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1 v*«l‘ .HbuiUi •Tola! missing. 30*i -Total number of American soldiers missing, .73. ■.Total number United States officers saved. 76.American soldioi* ip hospital, SI: MenibMS • ot*.TuscMl*’* ciWW mle sing. 2f». .. .. Is . .r Ttie war department today was moraontarfty expecting the complete list’ of- the missing.. .Major General Bartlett was under orders to compile It at once and send it- forward. .. According to Information recorved hero «lie bodies of. forty-four American soldiers have been washed ashore. They arc badly mutilated and identlfl-cation will be difticult. tf not impossible. Tht3* bodies will bo buried with complete milllary honors probably In Ireland.t-Bcat May Have Sunk.There was no offlclal coeflnrmtion today of the report that a British destroyer has accounted for the submarine which sank the big transport. OHIclsb ore lx)|iui Uial the unofficial report that she was destroyed by ore of the cob toying destroyed^ which dropped a depth ebnrse was true, bet It was stated that there was no Official information on this line. And there Ss not likely to bo any..Thi* was entirely a British convoy and the officials have made very few i-lftlms of sinking submarines Al-■ tuoilgb mortally certain that ihey have ■ accomplished such a task in many Instances Ihcy havo Tefralried from Including a poalUv*-. claim in their of-Bclal reports because tfioy could not be absolutely ccrlain. ‘The-hlgbest. possible praise for the British coovoy tvas uttered in official •circles today.Th* Tuseania. if Is now admitted, was only one of n very large Boel or likusporla most of them loaded with supplies. The U-boat hnd taken a position close in shora so that the contoyed Beet would be between it and the rapidly fading light. Such position was Ideal fo submarine work and that only one torpedo took effect on the Tuscanle. the other passing harmlessly astern shoes conclusively of Itself, that Die convoying dcsiroy-ers must have sol into action against (ho submarine with fhc sound of the explosion of the first torpedo. . .Await Official IHtails.Official details of tbe attack arc (Continued on page Keren)known early today to have been saved. He is private .Jiuno* T. Hons, brother of Mrs. Oafcloy Marie Moea of Ccry, lad. Mona is a rnombor;of }hc 3DthXoreilers refcirncnt .J.The thirteen julWing men are: .• Grover J. Kadcmakcr. company D. 20th engineer rorcotry regiment; fa-(hor. John T. Raclemaker. 1S19 South WjBUIngtou street.' Morion. Ind.private CUarloe Dtiilughain. lWth who squadron; wire. Mrs. Floy Eill-liigUiun. Indianapolis.Private Bay Crebaugb, ISStb. asro »lt;ir.ad, sister Clara Crebaugh, lcdkia-apolis.Jos. L. McKee. 2131h. aero squad, father Jofv. McKee. Indiana Harbor.ASSo Sign oi Panic. ; ■Advices from Londonderry had Belfast s*-d when the TuScaniu was at-1 ticked the men behaved with «ht-ut- fo most gallantry. Strict discipline was ob»6wclt;* from the highest officers on board down to the privates' and aca-m«r.. There was no sign of panic At any time.The transport was oue of a considerable convoy and every precaution had been takea to ensure safety. No lights were allowed on deck and the mer. were under orders to remain as quiet as possible. Klauklne the convoy were woic.bfcl dcB'.royor*, readyi to open fire at a second's notice onSergoaui Clement E. Eckstein. »th resembling an enemy perls-engloccis: mother. Mr*. Thorcra Sok-stoiu. Jasper, Ind.Sergeant Archie McCracken, 20th #n-glnecrs; father Q. A. McCracken, Now Albany, Ind.Private Russell E. Eikorberry, lOOtb aero oquad. ftber, lilln* Klkcnberry.cope.In addition to Ihe ordinary danger of the passage which the convoy was travelling, it was known tba; several of Gomujiy'a most active U-boat commanders were of sea and Uils in-Elwood, lnrt.Prtvato Lloyd Ledbetter. 133th aoro squadron, father Civero Lsdbolter, Lapel,'Ind.Private Lawrence C. Bell; lalhor, George Bell. Georgetown. Ind.Sergeant Frank 'V. Pearson. 107|h supply rretn oi 32nd national guard division; (nthor, Charles W. Paaison, Moorelond. led.Sergeant Harry C Peters. vegtivent-al medical detachment of 22nd division; rcothor Mrs. T. W. Peters. New Albany, Ind.. Prtvato Charles A. Campbell; lather. Daniel Campbell. Dubois, Ind.Russell- J. Morrison. 107th supply tralu; father, J. F. Morrison. lagnage Indiana.tensidod the watchfulness of the gun- oi r.cro on the destroyers. As’soon oo^nows of Uio attack bad been Cashed.destroyers, the mlna gwoepere and trawlers mebed toward tbo scene but ev«n with thl* rescue fleet the loss of life probably would have been greater but for ebe coolness and disciplines of the Americans.Officer Tells Sfory, id officer Lynas ut the.WAR REPORTSLONDON. Feb. R—German artillery Cling ou the Flcsqulrea, sector of the Cambrni front, was the only thing reported br tbe British war office today.Paris. Feb. S.—A small but successful surprise Attack was carrion out against rUo Germans in the Fcrges sector, the war office reported this afternoon. Forges is on the Verdun front.Second officer Lynas ut lt;he( TuH-caaia. who was saved, said that the Anrarlenna 'behaved splendidly nnu maintained perfect discipline tbroush-c’ut the oidert,..“The American's nerve did cot desert them after they bad been (aken ashore. A powerfully built youug guardsman from Wletonaic. who had been swimming for over an hour in the ifijf waters of the Atlantic before being picked up. grinned cheerfully from the blankets lnlo which be had been rolled when be got ashore.I opt cuoilgh swimming to last me for the rest of ray life,’’ he declared. I Asked what the meo did when ffco torpodo struck and the ship began to tattle, he scratched his head ar.d drawled:Well. I gncn moat of us were wondering how cold the wafer was. Then'some of the fellows started up the 31* r Spangled 3ar.aer and w* all sang like helV.An uncondrmod report reached (Continued on page Eleven'
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Logansport Pharos Reporter
Logansport, Indiana, US
Fri, Feb 08, 1918
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