Uncertain Fate of Tuscania Torpedoed Transport
Reports conflict on the British transport Tuscania carrying American troops. Official tallies list 1,912 of 2,173 accounted for with 231 missing, while unofficial words reduce missing to 170. Navy and war departments note disputed figures and await definitive notice as details of the attack remain withheld.
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International News Service
Washington
France
State
Navy
War Departments
London
Scotland
War Department
Navy Department
Sims
Royal Naval Reserve
Admiralty
Tuscania
Organizing For Third Liberty Loan Here
First activities for the Third Liberty Loan occurred at the Lawrence club with about thirty men at a dinner. Thomas F. Morehead was named county chairman and outlined plans while F D Glover spoke on government aims but could not set a loan amount or date. Local bankers and leaders from Ellwood City and Lawrence County attended, with Frank Gibson and various bankers taking part in the discussion.
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Lawrence Club
Thomas F. Moorehead
F. D. Glover
Fourth Federal Reserve District
Frank Gibson
Moorehead
Burglars Steal $200 From McCrory Store
About $200 in small change was taken last night from the Mc Crory five and ten cent store. Police say a skeleton key entry likely opened the Yale lock on Mill Street. A clue exists and investigators seek the burglar’s identity.
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McCrory
Yale
Mill Street
Physician Killed After Erie Train Collision in Ohio
Dr. Geo. Smith, 43, a prominent Niles physician, was killed when his automobile was struck by an Erie train near Youngstown yesterday. Born in Cincinnati, he was a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh.
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Youngstown, O
Geo. Smith
Niles
Erie
Cincinnati
University of Pittsburg
Strengthens America's Determination 10 Win Says Secretary Baker
Secretary Baker declares the sinking of the Tuscania sharpens the nation's resolve to win the war. He notes losses unite the country and pledge rapid public updates to families of the heroic dead.
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Secretary Baker
Washington
Tuscania
Baker
Tuscania’s Adventurous Three Years At Sea
The Tuscania has seen an eventful three years since commission as German submarines attacked during voyages. In August 1916 off Ireland she narrowly escaped a periscope sighting amid mine sweeping trawlers while headed to a British port. The armed liner fired at U boats on several occasions, a brokered fate noted by seamen.
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New York
Ireland
Tuscania
Roosevelt Resting After Ear Operation at Hospital
Col. Theodore Roosevelt underwent yesterday procedures for ear abscesses and a fistula. He is resting easily and is expected to remain in the hospital for about two weeks, according to doctors.
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International News Service
York
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Fires, thefts, and wartime notes from across the nation
A Port Clinton store fire causes 200 dollars in damage. T A Stanton pays 10 000 dollars for a 10 month old pig in Wheaton Illinois. Reports include 1 800 000 women on farms, wage talks in New York, a locomotive stuck in Lorain Ohio, and domestic thefts in New York.
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Port Clinton
T. A. Stanton
Wheaton
United States
New York
Government to Guarantee Railroads 945 Million Yearly
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee forecasts the government will guarantee railroads about 945 million dollars annually under the current railroad bill. The measure, set for Senate action Monday, limits government control to 18 months after the war and allows presidential termination within the period. The committee argues the plan is a war measure and leaves permanent ownership open to future action.
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International News Service
Washington
Congress
Senate Inter-State Commerce Committee
Senate
Survivors From Torpedoed Tuscania Landed in Scotland Names
Washington reports six hundred Tuscania survivors arrived at Larne and were moved to Port Ellen Islay Scotland. Notable names include Second Lieut Frank L Maker and several officers and enlisted from Company E Sixth Battalion 20th Engineers Forestry and related units such as First Lieut Schweisinger, Sergeant Harry A Kelly, Corporal Howard E Bullock, Corporal William A Cherry, and Private T Kleist among others.
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International News Service
Washington
Belfast
Larne
Port Ellen
Islay
Scotland
Frank L. Maker
Engineer
20Th Engineers Forestry
Schweisinger
Harry A. Kelly
Howard E. Bullock
William A. Cherry
Alva Bowman
Dale C. Hazelett
William Hickering
Charles H. Sneck
Harry A. Keeler
Lloyd Ledbetter
James T. Moss
Walter Macsearch
David Foe
Edward B. Peterson
J. W. Redd
L. M. Roberts
Lee F. Perse
Ralph Uphus
A. Vandenreische
Coleman White
John S. Williams
Edward L. Anderson
Tom Ashby
Aliquippa Plant Destroyed By Fire
Fire completely destroyed the J. C. Russell Shovel Co. plant in Aliquippa Pennsylvania causing losses over 200000 dollars. The blaze origin is unknown though incendiary suspicion arises and trench shovels for the U S army were being produced at the time.
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Aliquippa
J. C. Russell Shovel Co
Peace Parley Reports Diverge on Brest Litovsk Talks
No confirmation of Brest Litovsk peace or breakoff. Petrograd cites interrupted communication with Brest Litovsk and Lenine accuses German concealment. Austro German POWs released but not allowed home. thousands of Russian soldiers desert to Austro-Hungarian lines amid ongoing Bolshevik anti movement fighting in southwest Russia.
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International
Copenhagen
Brest Litovsk
Petrograd
Nicholas Lenine
Bolsheviks
Russia
Camp Sherman Men May Be Included
Fear was expressed that Ohio men may have been aboard the transport Tasmania. About 150 soldiers from Camp Sherman were moved to the 19th engineers at Camp Grant, Rockford Illinois, as the 20th engineers prepared for overseas service some members of the 19th were shifted to the 20th and some Ohio men may have been included in the transfer.
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International News Service
Camp Sherman
Ohio
Tasmania
19Th Engineers
Camp Grant
Rockford
Ill
British Report of Tuscania Disaster Off Irish Coast
London officials report 210 lives lost when the British steamer Tuscania was torpedoed off the Irish coast. The vessel carried 2,179 Americans and 1, etc. The admiralty gave figures for officers, crew, and passengers saved and noted 168 American soldiers missing. Captain J L Henderson commanded the ship.
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War Department
Tuscania
Department
International News Service
London
Admiralty
J. L. Henderson
British Take Prisoners Near Armentieres
British troops raided a German trench near Armentieres during the night and captured German prisoners and machine guns. British casualties were slight while German artillery fired in the Lens and Cambrai sectors.
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International News Service
London
Armentieres
War Office
Lens
Cambrai
U Boat Losses Lower For Week
London bulletin reports British and American submarine hunters reduced losses to 15 ships in the past week. Of the 15 ships, ten exceeded 1,690 tons and five were under 1,600 tons. four small fishing boats were among the losses.
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International News Service
London
Germany Readies Major Western Front Drive
Fresh dispatches from Amsterdam report Field Marshal Von Hindenburg and Gen Ludendorff have moved their headquarters to Belgium near Brussels. The relocation signals intensified German planning for a large western offensives, while mild weather and fog hinder artillery actions along the front.
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International
London
Germany
Amsterdam
von Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Belgium
Brussels
Western Front
What Have You Knit For U S
Mrs Louise Kildo a 79 year old from Butler avenue has knitted 25 pairs of socks and 7 wristlets for the Red Cross and her country while her three grandsons serve in the US forces Gerald Kildoo in aviation Paul McBride at Camp Lee Virginia and Percy McBride with Hospital Corps No 31 in France Mrs Sarah Maxwell 83 continues knitting reaching her 20th pair of socks and several scarfs Mrs Carl Hallgren and family from Delaware avenue plan to visit relatives in Pittsburgh
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Louise Kildo
Butler Avenue
Red Cross
United States Service
Gerald Kildoo
Aviation Service
Paul McBride
Camp Lee
Virginia
Percy McBride
Hospital Corps No
France
Sarah Maxwell
Winter Avenue
Soldier Lads
Maxwell
Glass Defends Administration Against Chamberlain Attacks
Representative Carter Glass of Virginia rebutted Senator Chamberlain's charges that the American military establishment had fallen and that government bureaus were inefficient. Glass argued Chamberlain's motives, blamed Congress for the war department's wartime condition, and cited Baker's testimony to refute the Oregon senator's assertions.
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International News Service
Washington
Wilson
Senator Chamberlain
America
Carter Glass
Virginia
Glass
War Department
Congress
Oregon
Baker
Health department notice card from Florida trip
Miss Margaret Wimner of the health department received a card from Miss Dora Newton, who with her sister Mrs Pansy Hughes, former clerk in accounts and finance, describes arriving at Hotel Seminole in Florida and visiting Camp Le Va while en route south.
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Margaret Wimner
Health Department
Dora Newton
Pansy Hughes
Department of Accounts and Finance
Hotel Seminole
Florida
Camp Lée Va
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Royal War Corps
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