Tuscania Loss Toll Likely Near Two Hundred Dead
London reports revised figures push Tuscania deaths toward two hundred while missing lists hinder confirmation. US and British officials plan joint funerals as muster rolls and survivor lists lag amid scattered bodies washed ashore near the coast.
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London
Jon
Tuscania
United States
Washington
D. C
War Department
Committee On Public Information Today
Embarkation
Menace
Admiralty
Navy
Law City Ticket Formed For Municipal Election
The campaign managers settled the Law ticket for the March 25 election. Names include Maryer W Law auditor R ll DeGon attorney J G Clark treasurer W H Brunn assessor J A Townsler second ward councilman WW Matthews third ward councilman F A Sparie councilman at large east J W Rickert. Several incumbents may join later as the ticket expands. Mayor Law says the ticket will shape itself.
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Law
J. G. Clark
Williams & Clark
Yankees Find no Lifeboats But Act Cool
An American officer recounts Tuscania disaster actions in an Irish port. Soldiers waited on deck under arms as torpedoed lifeboats were lost, then were transferred to a destroyer with the last Tan removed, including hospital patients and cases of scarlet fever and fever.
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London
Tuscania
Hner
Po Tention
Survivors of Tuscania Rescue Refugees Face Icy Plunge
Irish port reports Maj. Benjamin Wade safe elsewhere as hundreds of American troops reach safety. Two women, Mrs Collins and Mrs Parsons, tell how their lifeboat filled with men in life belts. Troopers waited on deck, some smoked, others searched for belongings while destroyers arrived to rescue.
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London
The
Press Association
Benjamin F. Wade
Washington
Collins
Parsons
Atlantic
White Guards in Control of Finland March on Capital
Reports from Stockholm show sympathy for the Finnish government fighting Bolsheviks. White guards are said to have captured Viborg and plan to cut the Petrograd railroad and march on Helsingfors. A Helsingfors dispatch claims General Mannerheim defeated red guards at Korkeakosi near Taumierios with about 3,000 red casualties.
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London
Stockholm
Finland
Viborg
Petrograd
Helsingfors
Red Guards
Afton Tidningen
Ekhotin
Mannerheim
Red Guard
Korkeakosi
Tauimerios
Family in Rockford Arranges Funeral After Father Dies
Mrs. H. A. Hanks family prepares arrangements in Rockford NL after Charles Chamberlain her father died yesterday. A 9 year old son, who had been at school, returned home with a fractured left leg from a recess play incident. Brother remains in hospital.
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H. A. Hanks
Rockford
Charles Chamberlain
Bon Brother
Camo Code
Nlm
44 Americans to Rest in Ireland on Irish Port
Bodies of 44 Tus cauikt disaster victims, all Americans, washed ashore 15 miles from the torpedoing site. They were unidentified and not assigned to army units, leading to burial in a single grave.
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Wab
Senate approves draft reform bill with 21 year registration
Washington report notes the Senate military committee unanimously ordered favorable action on a war department bill to register men at 21 and base quotas on county population, while rejecting an Indiana senator's 19 year registration amendment and a provision exempting those reaching 81. Other bills reported include officer uniforms at cost, six months pay to dependents of fallen soldiers, nurse corps reorganization, higher bugler pay, and recovery of lost property.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Senate Military Committee
Gen. Crowder
Senpatoe
New
Indiana
Senator Jones
Washington
Quartermaster General
Army Nurse Corps
Raiding in the Pacific to Start in This Paper Saturday
A serialized feature recounts Haldor Smith’s wartime voyage aboard the R. C. Slade and capture by the Seeadler. It covers the sinking, captivity on a Pacific island, escape to Pago Pago, and Smith’s later service with the United States Navy.
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Pacific
Courier and Reporter
Jules Vern
Haldor Smith
San Francisco
R. C. Slade
United States
Western Pacific
Seeadler
Smith
Southern Pacific
Pago Pago
Pew
Unels Sam
Allied Envoys Driven Out Of Petrograd Riot Years
A dramatic dispatch reports allied missions at Petrograd driven out by Bolshevik forces and fleeing toward the Swedish border. Kiev battle claimed as Ukrainian victory. Bolsheviks suffer 3,000 casualties. Petrograd unrest continues with rioting, looting, and deadly troop actions. Gen Alexieff marches north with 30,000 men. Brest Litovsk talks remain unsettled amid rumors. Ukrainian victory claim cites 200 machine guns and 290,000 rifles seized from Bolsheviks.
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Washington, D. C
Petrograd
State Department
Morris
Stockholm
Francis
London
Russia
Kaledines
Alezieff
Novo Tcherkask
Alexieff
Brest Litovsk
Hukowina
Litovsk
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Sofia
Bulgaria
Kelia
Danube
Ukrainian Information Bureau
Kiev
Rail Chiefs Rush Cars West for Hauling Corn
Washington Delaware February Special efforts by the Tallready administration to send empty box cars westward to haul the soft corn surplus in the midwest to elevators and missing points. Grain interests urge speedy transport as 40 to 40 percent of this year’s corn holds moisture, risking spoilage if not moved promptly to centers like Chicago Cincinnati Detroit Indianapolis Galveston Kansas City Milwaukee Minneapolis New Orleans Omaha St Louis and Peoria.
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Washington, DE
Tallready
Middlewest
Mhica-Go
Cincginnati
Detroit
Oubitn
Indianapolis
Galveston
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Omaha
St. Louis
Totede
Peoria
Housing bill reported favorably to the House
The labor committee favorably reports a bill to use convicts in wartime production. It would equip federal prisons to manufacture supplies and pay convicts average wages in each community. The notice references El Tovar Broadbeat and Wavana Se Cigar in advertising portions.
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Washington
The
Labor Committee
Missouri Lieutenant Scores First Flight Kill Over Saarburg
An American Air Service lieutenant from Missouri accompanied a French bombing squadron over Saarburg, Germany, and shot down a German aircraft on his first ever flight after joining the mission as a last minute observer. The other American pilot failed to hit his target as the two planes pursued their targets. The Missouri officer, having recently arrived in France, flew with a French escadrille and earned the distinction amid a brief, decisive dogfight.
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Leutenant
Agunner
Missourian
Missouri Yeutenant
Franca
Prip
Missouri Leutenant
At_lanta
Germany
Heatless Monday suspended in southern states amid warm weather
Washington reports the heatless Monday program is suspended across the states south of Virginia as warm weather and better rail service ease fuel shortages. A half holiday Saturday and Lincoln's birthday on Tuesday create a 3 1 2 day shutdown. Garment shops in eligible states may receive fuel to operate lofts and workshops under union action.
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Washington
D.C
Virginia
Fuel Administration
United States
Lincoln
International Allied Garment Workers’ Union
North
Sawtarolina
Tennessee
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Salute Scout Anniversary Campaign Aims for 100000 Leaders
The Boy Scouts of America marks its founding with a four day campaign to recruit 100000 adult leaders and raise 600000 to support war work. The effort relies on government cooperation and a national pledge and flag salute as part of the observance.
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New York
Bob
United States
Boy Scouts of America
Col Roosevelt Still Seriously Ill Amid Medical Updates
Washington reports President Wilson sending sympathy as Theodore Roosevelt’s condition remains serious after surgery for fistula and abscesses. Subsequent bulletins from Roosevelt Hospital note a satisfactory morning, normal temperature and pulse, and rest, with daily updates on his progress and visitor restrictions.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Martin
Roosev
Col. Roosevelt
Harold Kkegen
Roosevelt Hospital
Keyes
Longworth
White House
Gleaves
Douglas Robinson
American Guns Disperse German Forcing In France Warfront
Americans press on the Verdun sector as artillery and infantry drive back German snipers and raids. A patrol seized a German trench, recovering a loaded rifle. Night shelling and machine gun fire eliminated several sniper nests while German posts faced continued French and Allied pressure on multiple fronts.
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Verdun
Alsace
Italy
Associated Press
No Man’s Land
Berlin
Ong
ST. Quentey
London
St- Quentin
Belgium
Flesquieres
Paris
Forges
Meuse
Kenyon Backs Bill to Bar Aliens from Voting
Senator Kenyon of Iowa urged a constitutional amendment to require voting citizens for Congress and presidential electors. He cited seven states Arkansas Kansas South Dakota Missouri Indiana as allowing aliens to vote. Vice President Marshall noted nine states might fit the claim.
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Congress
Kenyon
Iown
Senate
Arkansas
Kansas
South Dakota
Missouri
Indiana
Marshall
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