Tuscania Loss Report Opens U‑Boat War Hour
263 U S soldiers still missing from Tuscania after torpedoing near the Irish coast. British destroyers and possible depth charge action cited. 1,900 survivors accounted. Consul at Belfast confirms relief efforts and survivors being outfitted for transport to Winchester.
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State Department
Tuscania
Belfast
Raphlin
American Red Cross
Londonderry
Larne
War Department
Daniels
Scotland
Ireland
Liverpool
Glasgow
London
Winchester
Survivors Named From Iowa to Indiana After Tuscania Rescue
The Navy lists thirty survivors from Twentieth engineers and related units, with origins spanning Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana. Additional survivors from Oakland to Los Angeles are noted, plus ships’ crews and the One Hundred and Fifty-Eighth serial squadron. The Tuscania torpedoing left 650 to 1,850 survivors over two hours adrift.
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Washington
Navy Department
Edward L. Anderson
Twentieth Engineers
Bigelow
Ark
Tom A. Ashby
Liberty
Kan
James Basye
Kallistell
Mont
Frank S. Broz
Cleveland
Alexander H. Bush
Godfrey
Ont
William A. Cherry
Dempolis
Ala
William A. Hickling
Leicester
England
Marty A. Kenny
San Francisco
James T. Moss
Corry
Ind
David Foe
Laytonville
Cal
L. M. Roberts
Venice
Frank van Driesche
Stevensville
John S. Williams
Gardner
Fla
Goliman White
Augusta
Alva Bowman
Carmi
Howard E. Bullock
Newport
Wash
Lloyd Ledbetter
Walter Maczaursk
Detroit
Mich
Edward B. Peterson
Elk, Wash
J. W. Redd
Buhl
Charles A. Schweissinger, Jr
Los Angeles
John B. Fleming
Oakland
Edward I. Klingman
Pittsburgh
Engineer Reserve Corps
Frank L. Maker
It. Kleist
Kenosha
Wisc
Loss of life on the Tuscania may near two hundred
Revised figures from London on the Tuscania disaster show death toll likely around 200, with earlier estimates ranging near 101 in American embassy reports and 210 from the British admiralty. Survivors include D. C. Hazelett of West Liberty and C. R. Ineck of Ames.
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London
Tuscania
D. C. Hazelett
West Liberty
C. R. Ineck
Ames
Identification tags fail to identify fallen troops washed ashore
Report from the Irish port notes army identification tags on soldiers washed ashore bore no names or numbers. Only a few survivors are named. no full missing list is being prepared. Army regulations require name rank company and regiment on tags for identification.
Roster Lost With Ship in Irish Port Disaster
An Irish port reports that the list of Americans aboard the Tuscania was lost when the ship sank. Names cannot be determined until survivor lists are cabled to the United States.
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United States
Lenine Calls Seizure of Lands Across Russia
Lenine urged land reform amid the Spring Maneuver season as peasants and bourgeois are to be deprived of estates. He told agitators to lead confiscation campaigns against village exploiters and wealthy peasants. In Finland, the Finnish red guard surround Tammerfors and defeat General Mannerheim according to Petrograd.
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Russia
Lenine
London
Red Guard
Tammerfors
Mannerheim
Finland
Red Guards
Care of the Canary Advice
Practical tips on caring for canaries including feeding, fresh greens, and avoiding overfeeding hemp seed which can cause obesity.
Representative Carter Glass Defends War Effort in Congress
In Washington on February 7, Representative Carter Glass of Virginia challenged Senator Chamberlain’s charges that the military establishment had fallen down and that inefficiency existed in every bureau. Glass attacked Chamberlain’s motives, argued the department bore responsibility for wartime disruptions, and cited Baker’s testimony and official records to refute the criticisms.
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Wilson
Senator Chamberlain
America
Carter Glass
Virginia
Glass
Chamber
Congress
Oregon
Mong
Baker
McAdoo Called For Hearing On War Finance Plan
Senate finance committee opened hearings on the administration bill to create a War Finance Corporation with 50 million dollars capital and authority to issue up to 84 billion dollars in securities to aid war production. Secretary McAdoo would head a five member board to direct the new body. He said prompt enactment is needed to provide financial support for factories and related industries as private financing grows difficult amid war loan demands.
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Washington
New Administration
War Finance Corporation
Senate Finance Committee
McAdoo
Cunard Liner Aurania Torpedoed Near Atlantic Passage
The Cunard liner Aurania, 13,400 tons with 14 passengers aboard, was torpedoed by a German submarine within the last forty eight hours while en route to the United States. The vessel is badly damaged but not sunk and likely returning to port with government escort. The Aurania, sister to the Andania sunk last month, measures 580 feet and carried 550 cabin and 2,000 steerage passengers.
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New York
Cunard
United States
Cunard Line
Irish Sea
Merkey
Liverpool
Soldiers Sing After Tuscania Is Sunk
Londonderry February reports an American officer recounting the torpedoing of the Tuscania by a submarine. Exploding bombs from a nearby destroyer were said to have "done in" the sub while US troops sang as lifeboats were launched and rescued by destroyers.
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Tuscania
Londonderry
John
Skull
Britain Cuts Rations For Home Forces
London February 8 reduction of rations for home forces except youths under nineteen training for service abroad. Meat sugar and tea limits are included in the order sent to Marshal French commander of home forces by the Earl of Derby secretary for war.
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London
Mashal French
Earl of Derby
Sullivan Dies Without Will Leaving Estate to Sister
John L Sullivan refused to discuss a will a week before death at Abington. His farm near Abington was his main asset. The estate will go to his sister Mrs. Annie Lennon of Boston, the sole surviving relative.
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John L
Boston
John L Sullivan
Abington
Sullivan
Annie Lennon
Gun Explosion Kills Three at Fort Sill
Fort Sill Oklahoma suffers fatalities when a French 76 artillery piece bursts during a weapons test. Captain P. P. Christie of Philadelphia and Privates Gien T. Vanderveer and Jacques Bareilles die in the incident.
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Okla
P. P. Christie
Philadelphia
Gien T. Vanderveer
Jacques Bareilles
Fort Sill
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