263 U. S. men still missing from Tuscania
A cable from Belfast released by the State Department reports 263 American soldiers unaccounted after the torpedoing of the Tuscania on February 5. About 1,900 survivors have been accounted for, with 600 landed at Larne and arrangements for their outfitting and transport to Winchester.
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Washington
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 in Rescue List
The Navy department released the first thirty known survivors from the Twentieth engineers with locations tied to Iowa Michigan Wisconsin Illinois Indiana. Names include Edward L. Anderson Tom A. Ashby James Basye Frank S. Broz and others with cities such as Liberty Kansas Cleveland Ohio Godfrey Ontario and Detroit among addresses. Additional survivors from the One Hundred and Fifty-Eighth aerial squadron and the One Hundred and Seventh supply company are listed with limited locations and ranks.
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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
Harry A. Key
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
Ill
Howard E. Bullock
Newport
Wash
Lloyd Ledbetter
Walter Maczursk
Detroit
Mich
Edward B. Peterson
Elk, Wash
J. W. Redd
Buhl
Charles A. Schwelssinger, Jr
Los Angeles
John B. Fleming
Oakland
Edward I. Klingman
Pittsburgh
Engineer Reserve Corps
Frank L. Maker
H. Kleist
Kenosha
Wis
Bolsheviki Appoints Litvinoff as Russian ambassador to Britain
Late photograph shows Maxim Litvinoff, named by Foreign Minister Trotzky as the Russian people's ambassador to Great Britain. The appointment was wireless, Litvinoff has been in London for some time.
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Maxim Litvinoff
Trotzky
Great Britain
Litvinoff
London
Death toll from Tuscania revised to about two hundred
Telegraphic bulletins from London report the Tuscania loss may exceed 100 with new figures closer to 200. American embassy records show 101 dead while the British admiralty cites about 210. 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 sailors and soldiers
A report from an Irish port notes that many bodies washed ashore carry no names or numbers on their army identification tags, hindering identification. Only a few survivors are named, and no list of the missing is being prepared as yet. Army rules require tags with name, rank, company, and regiment.
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Tuscania
Names of Tuscania Dead Lost Until Survivors Cabled
An Irish port report says the list of Americans aboard the Tuscania went down with the ship and cannot be confirmed until after survivors’ names are sent to the United States by cable.
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United States
Lenine Urges Land Seizure Campaign Across Russia
Lenin addresses agitators planning to confiscate estates as peasants and bourgeois face redistribution. He calls for war on village exploiters and rich peasants, with officers departing for provinces to lead the campaign. In Finland, Tammerfors is surrounded by the Finnish red guard as General Mannerheim’s forces retreat.
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Petrograd
Russia
Lenine
London
Red Guard
Tammerfors
Mannerheim
Finland
Red Guards
Care of the Canary Advice for Pet Birds
A short note reminds owners to give canaries fresh greens regularly and warns that excessive hemp seed can cause weight gain.
Representative Carter Glass Defends Administration in War Debates
In Washington on February 7, Representative Carter Glass of Virginia defended the Wilson administration amid Senator Chamberlain’s charges that the military establishment had fallen down and that inefficiency exists in every bureau. Glass rebutted, accusing Chamberlain of motives and suggesting the war department bore responsibility for early breakdowns. He cited Baker’s tests and official records to counter the criticisms.
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Washington
Wilson
Senator Chamberlain
America
Carter Glass
Virginia
Glass
Jene
Chamberain
Ar Department
Congress
Oregon
Nator
Motiog
Baker
McAdoo Called for Hearing on War Finance Plan
Washington February hearing opens on a bill to create the War Finance Corporation with capital of 50 million dollars and authority to issue up to 4 billion dollars in securities. Secretary McAdoo would head a five member board to direct the proposed entity to aid factories and war related industries as private financing tightens.
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Washington, Feb
War Finance Corporation
Senate Finance Committee
McAdoo
Aurania torpedoed. 14 passengers aboard in mid Atlantic route
New York reports the Cunard liner Aurania of 13 400 tons was torpedoed by a German submarine while bound for the United States. The ship, badly damaged but not sunk, is said to be returning to port with government vessels assisting. Fourteen passengers were aboard.
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New York
Cunard
United States
Cunard Line
Irish Sea
Mersey
Liverpool
Apapa
Britain Cuts Rations For Home Forces In War Austerity
London February 8 reduction of rations for home forces except men under nineteen training for service abroad was ordered. Meat sugar and tea allowances are cut. The order was 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
John L Sullivan Dies Refusing Will 1892
John L Sullivan, dying at Abington, refused to discuss making a will a week before his death. He left little to his estate, which will pass 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
Explosion at Fort Sill Claims Three Lives
Gun blast on a French T5 field gun at Fort Sill near Lawton Oklahoma kills Captain P. P. Christie of Philadelphia and Privates Glen T. Vanderveer and Jacques Bareilles. The tragedy occurred on February 8.
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Lawton
Okla
P. P. Christie
Philadelphia
Glen TT
Vanderveer
Jacques Bareilles
Fort Sill
Soldiers Sing As Tuscania Is Torpedoed
A American officer recounts the Tuscania torpedo attack near Londonderry. The submarine was attacked by a destroyer. bombs may have destroyed it. Troops sang My Country, Tis of Thee as the liner listed and sank. British destroyers evacuated soldiers with order despite some lifeboat damage.
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Tuscania
Londonderry
O. S
John Bull
Bhis
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