Tuscania sunk with 2179 troops reported loss
The Tuscania torpedoed off the north coast of Ireland is reported sunk with 168 to 267 missing, 550 survivors noted, several landed at Scottish ports. Troops aboard were mainly former Michigan and Wisconsin National Guardsmen of the Thirty second division, with engineers and aero squadrons aboard as convoys hurried to aid survivors.
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Washington
Cunard
Thirty Second National Guard
North Atlantic Ocean
War and State Departments
Admiralty
de Hérote
Tuscania
Telnod
England
Saliungton
Heen
Ireland
London
France
War Department
Ear Myers
Buferang
Statf
Tuosanias
Tate
Department ‘Dutces
Imi
TACO
Buncrana
Lough S
Donegal
Londonderry
Darneisia
Anrim
Bellan
Tasrania
Hie
Irana
Larne Readg
Aiready
Michigan
Wisconsin National Guardsmen
Thirty-second
Camp BacArthur
Tex
Twentieth Engineers,& Foventry Regiment
Adjutant General's Office
Twentieth Engineers
Wilase
Asker
Teres War and State Department
Mes Magea
Unti
I Muertocera
Dimiter Popof Faces Murder Trial at Atlanta Prison
Dimiter Popof, an alien enemy confined in the federal prison at Atlanta, stands charged with the murder of Deputy Warden Brock. If convicted, Popof would be the first inmate at the institution to receive the death sentence.
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Dimiter Popof
Atlanta
Frig
Brock
Popof
Cunard Liner Aurona Torpedoed En Route to United States
New York dispatch reports the Cunard liner Aurona of 13 400 tons was torpedoed by a German submarine within the past 48 hours while bound for the United States. The vessel was badly damaged but not sunk and is believed to be making for port with government vessels assisting. It carried little cargo.
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New York
Cunard
Aurona
United States
Cunard Line
Smith Reports Railroads Bill Details Government Returns
Senator Smith reports the administration railroad bill would guarantee railroads $945,000,000 annually, a 6.3 percent return, with terms seen as fair. The bill phases taxes, plans government control duration after peace, and contemplates railroad concessions to the president for restructuring and return of properties.
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Washington
Smith
Senate
Dnter
Administration
Gummains and LaFollette
Centro
Ales Cortains
Raitragda
Submarine Torpedoed Tuscania May Have Been Destroyed
London reports from February 7 describe a submarine engagement with the liner Tuscania. An American officer said a destroyer pursued the submarine and dropped bombs, with witnesses suggesting the sub was destroyed after the second torpedo failed to hit.
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Tuscania
Londonnery
Ireland
Tiscania
Women Laugh in Great Disaster on Tuscania
LONDONDERRY February 1 Survivors from the Tuscania disaster are being treated in hospitals after the ship’s lowering ordeal. Forty survivors are hospitalized. most injuries stem from fall injuries or rope descents. Two women aboard the Tuscania reportedly descended the ropes bravely, laughing as they went down.
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Londonderry
Ireland
Germans Seize Boats in Occupied Belgium
Report from Havre notes that over two hundred boats described as airworthy have been seized by Germans in occupied Belgium. Authorities say many of these boats were used to transport war materiel during heavy fighting, according to blunt Belgian intelligence.
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Havre
Jan
Belgium
Swift Packers Fight Over Seizure Warrant in Chicago
Federal attorneys prepared to contest the seizure of papers from Lift and company as they seek to block continued seizures and to recover items seized in Tuesday’s raid. Officials argue their warrant, used in the W. W. case, is constitutional while Packers’ lawyers challenge its validity before Judge Planis.
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Chicago
Lift and Company
Charles F. Cline
United States
Jovanh.e. Fleming
Francia J. Henay
Federal Trade Commission
Department of Awilt
Poumeasy
Plandis
W. W. Panera
Vallaitys
Reds Surround White Guards in Finnish Battle
A Russian dispatch from Petrograd says Finnish red guards surrounded Tammerfors and defeated General Mannerheim's government forces, who are retreating toward the Gulf of Bothnia. Tammerfors, defended by about ten thousand troops, saw heavy losses on both sides in a battle that began Monday morning. Dispatches from Stockholm reported Mannerheim, acting under the Finnish diet, had also captured Abo and Taramerfors in southern Finland, about 160 miles northwest of Helsinki.
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London
Red Guard
Tammerfors
Mannerheim
Finland
Petrograd
Ced
Mannerhatm
Gulf of Bothnia
Tammerfars
Stockholm
Aleatorg
Takem
Tumulty Declines Senate Bid. Remains Secretary to Deal
Washington February 7 Mediatory Tumulty issued a formal statement saying he cannot candidate for senator from New Jersey nor run in the November election. He emphasized that his duties as secretary to the peacemaker deal are more important. The piece notes private employment agencies were abolished.
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Washington
Soaks
New Jersey
Moore
Heavy Allied Artillery Active on West Front and Air War Rages
Allied lines show heavy artillery action across the Wes front with aviation crews kept busy. A raid east of Armentieres yielded several prisoners and machine guns. German artillery remains active near Cambrai Lens and in Flanders with occasional incursions on the Italian front. Entente aviators continue bombing German targets. American airmen claim several enemy planes and many German victims in the past days. Brest-Tsio vak talks expected to resume. Finnish forces report setbacks after victories. Paris reports heavy fighting on the Alpe Verdun fronts and Alsace fronts. The Tuscania, a 14 548 ton transport, was sunk by a submarine with heavy loss of life as survivors reach Ireland and Scotland.
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London
Armentieres
War Office
Cambrai
Lens
Fresce
Flanders
Champagne
Lyely
Entente
Americas
Ixumera
Mannerhela
Tammerfora
I S
Gulf of Bothnia
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U.S
Associated Press
Fromi London
Toscanini
Scotland
Page Sanda
Soares
State Department
Page
Belfast
American Red Cross
Europe
Germany
Navy Department
Irleh
Fort Filton
Islay
Frank
L. Maker
One Hundred Seventh Engineers
Schweissinger
Harry A. Kelly
Howard E. Dullock
William A. Cherry
Alva Bowman
Dale Hazelett
William A. Hickering
Charles H. Sneck
Harry A. Keeler
Lloyd Lebetler
James T. Moss
Walter Mac Zarek
David Foe
Edward H. Peterson
J. W. Redd
A. M. Roberle
Les F. Teria
Ralph Uppus
A. van Driesche
Coleman White
John 5. Willams
Edgars TY. Anderson
Liverpool
Lac Gue
Canaas
Ditimer
Smith Reports
Bill
Packers
Heney’s
Gulf
Vu. Jhe
Naid
West Front
Alene
Paris
Alme
Verdun
U Alsace
Wisconsin
Mink
Tha ‘United Lana Byitlss
Mubwarine
Minew
Indy
Cee
Perenantenen
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