w $ Another
i
There were cioue
Aboard, 2,189 Being Amer
ican Soldiers
SUBMARINE BELIEVED
TO HAVE BEEN SUNK
British Ship Carrying Ameri
can Troops to Europe Sunk.
Most of Victims Were
of the Crew
LIST
OF MISSING
SMAtLER.
GROWS
London, Feb. 7. The loss of
life on the Tuscania is now esti
mated at onlyTOL This total is
given in a dispatch from a corre
spondent of the Associated Press
in Ireland and subsequently was
confirmed by the American em
bassy. -
At one point thereare, 550 sur
vivors, erght of whom are in a
hospital. At another point there
are. 1,350 survivors, 80 of , tStm.inj
vT ; f i
hospitals? v j
A numbet- jof,siv4vrs?lttdK.
ihm tha evnnrf nmr.pf nt ini mil. i
eania, were landed at a Scottish
port -
The majority of the missimg
were members of the crewl
The Admiralty announced late
this afternoon that 10 more survi
vofsr had reached a Scottish port.
Proof of the order which pre
vailed on the Tuscania is given by"
the landing of two typhoid and
two pneumonia cases without bad
effect
Forty of the survivdrs were ta
ken to hospitals. In the majority
of cases they are suffering from
injuries as a result of accidents in
the lowering of -lifeboats and in
consequence of sliding down ropes.
The survivors are. proud of the
behavior of the only two women .
on the Tuscania. They went
down a rope in fine style, laugh
ing. Sergeant E. C. DuBuque and
Sergeant Muller, both of Brook
lyn, were rescued from a raft by
a" coasting schooner.
Submarine Was Torpedoed.
Londonderry, Ireland, Feb. 7
The submarine which torpedoed
the Tuscania was attacked by a
destroyer. An American officer
save an intimation that the sub
marine was destroyed.
Washington, Feb. 7. Torpedoed and
sink by a German submarine, the
Cunard iler Tuscania. beariner 2.179
officers and men of the 32nd National
ward division, lies at the bottom of
me .North Atlantic ocean today and
a least 168 troopers, probably more,
are missing.
On the basis of figures reported to
je War and State departments here,
JJe missing would be 267; Jhe figures
lhe British Admiralty, as they
od early today, however, placed the
UUSSITH mo
o ut i'jo.
l ls eve,y hPe that the lower
jumber v,in pr0Ve to be correct.
shin t Convys clse to the torpedoed
i- ed in quickly and did heroic
miJl' as the comparatively small
JJber of losses shows. The posi-
coMtlrthe Tuscania off the North
EneiaJ reland- evidently headed fro
of Wialso was such that numbers
ra 1 ships and other vessels
the loss
oiuc, ttuu iix iixai way
es were minimized.
today rPp0rts as were at hand earlv
tranL,53'0 no tails of how the
H feii i -' SuPPOsedly heavily convoy-
s reU the omarite, but it
,ie shin as more Probable thai
ble r2 SlUmblpd on the submersi
fir,,, than that the disaster was
Gertoan m Ule much advertised
America-, nsiVe against the line of
' TliewarTr?0ps and siPP"es.
lo'ng Df,Partment issued the-fol-
-nacti
"'""s nave wired m-
Scotlanrt V llcir commands
in
,rPs from , lreland to afford our
every pos-
clotb"Ce and to furnish, ibera
VP K.
in?
r',TJircments. Officers
JjPlT'horl T : . - i
7M n,
'n
J: "nd London to points iu
m lre 7' survivors are and they
naines immediately. Ameri-
J' ; ' ' - l-,ir' r-ysjW,. 1-; .. -'77' ; p
- .:v, ,J.,:.--V ' i -r--.-- '
can Consul at Belfast reDorts 601
survivors -at Lame. As soon as they
are properly outfitted- they wltt be
brought to Winchester."
Secretary Baker Issued th follow
ing statement: '
"The-sinking of the Tuscania brings
us face to face with the losses of war
in its most relentless fonn. It Is a
fresh challenge to the civilized world
by an adversary who has refined but
made more deadly the stealth of the
savage -J h warfare. We must win this
war, andwe will win this war; Loss
es like this unite the , country xin
sympathy with the families of those
who have" suffered loss; they also tin
ite us to make more determined our
purpose to -press on.
"As rapidly as details come in,
they - will -be -given to the public in
order, to relieve anxiety where pos
sible and notice will be sent,as .promt
ly as possible to thosewhose sons
and brothers have beben added Jjo the
nation's heroic dead." ; ... '
- First news of the sinking came in
a feportto s the War Department
early last night, . announcing that
1,100 survivors had been landed . at
.uncre'ad'JLa.rn; two. widely 'sep?
arated Irish" porta." This was made
iniMuu .Mwm'iVrOjciires ana. u qui tne
amvairoffethe State DenartmeM HiS.
wjUaiun. iiktmii4i
that;mOr,e than 1,400, incluidng
thnf. tv t jaa ii.u
qjanarders" crew; Mad . perished.
Ntr mention of thfe fate of the crew
was' 'made . in the ' State Department
advices nor was the-landing points
of the rescued American troops indi
cated, but the War Department's
message saying that- "1,100 survi
vors" had been put ashore at 'Bun
crane and Larne indicated that the
convoy vessels got alongside the sink
ing transport quickly and relief ships
made the scene of the disaster within
a few hours,
Buncrana is on Lough Swilly on
the north coast of Donegal, not far
from Londonberry, while Larne is a
north channel j port on the east ocast
of Antrim,: near Belfast. The landing
points indicate that the Tuscania
was taking the-northern route around
Ireland to England and the distance
between .-Buncrana and Larne leads
officials to believe the number of res
cue ships ..searching the vicinity is
large.
No mention ot the time of the sink
ing was made in either of the offi
cial messages, but the news was re
ceived in London at 3 p. m, yester
day. -
A coded list of survivors was com
ing into the War Department early
today, but officials declined to give
out the names already received. The
troops aboard the Tuscania were
mainly , former Michigan and Wiscon-1
sin National Guardsmen, how at
tached to tle 32nd Division, trained moval of all those on board TBe Tus
at Camp MacArthur, Texas. Sevf ania as she remained afloat for about
eral aero squadrons and several com
panies of the 20th Engineers, a. for
estry ' regiment, were aboard. The
list of units; ias made public by the
Adjutant General's office last 'night
is as follows:
Headquarters Detachment- and
Companies D, E and F, of the 20th
Engineers. i
107th Engineer train.
,,107th; Military police. "
107th Supply train.
Number 100 Aero squadron.
158th Aero.; squadron.
213th Aero: squadron..
- Replacement Detachments Num
bers 1 and 2 of the 32nd Division. .
Fifty-one , casual officers. 7
At" first there was some coniuskm
at the War Department' as to whet!i
er the 20th Engineers : or the 107th
Engineers were aboard. the Tuscania.
if finally was established that the
107th Engineer regiment was not on
board. (This is a separate organiza
tion from the 107th Engineer train,
which1 was on board.)
A -headquarters company and Com
panies D, E 'and F, of the 20th En
gineers were on ' board.
These units? comprise the 6th Bat
taiion Of the 20th, which is a forestry
reeiment. not attached to the 32nd
riivisoin. It' one of the forestry
regiments, specially .organized iforj The behavior of the greater: part of
work in France. ' . the soldiers and members of the crew
- f CWastyneton Hopeful ' iwas 'splendid . In some cases the en-
- Washington; Feb. 7. Late tody no. tire crew's : were thrown out while the
adidtlonal . dispatches had been re- boats were . being lowered. Other
reived here ..further reducing ,the boats were ? let - down - hurriedly on
Tuscnia's i losses, as indicated in the men who were swimming arOtmd the
London- cablegrams,- but. Army , anat
Navyf Officials, declared it entirely ,
possible and eagerly awaited official
advices.
Conflicting information as to
whether the First - Michigan Engi
neers were aboard the Tuscania as
part of the 107th Engineer train, de
veloped this information at the War
Department.
While the official statement of the
composition of the. 107tb Engineer
train - gives the First . Battalion ol
Michigan Engineers - and the First
Battalion of Wisconsin Engineers,. th
First Michigan recently was reorgan
ized. Those Michigan Engineers left
over after the reorganization want
with the 107th tralnC'on the Tuscania.
The others remained in this- country
where they are In training. ; Which
men went .aboard can only be shown
by- the Tasmania's list.
50 including 40 members of the
crew. ' f ' - r
: r Mate's Story;
London; Feb. 7. The. Tuscania re
mained afloat! for two hours after be
ing torpedoed. - ; ....
The condition or some of the sur
vlvors of the .Tuscania was .pitiable.
Many had cast aside all their clothes
and. had been "swimming about for
wo hours beforeC being rescued.
'.. Three;,men from f;the Tnscania' died
f Thomas Shrittgef Glsdsgowi :i boats
tswitrc mateaifrOTcansaia
Engllsij 'port "under i convoy. -"At t f 45
o'clock on Tuesday. eninj,": lie con
inued, "I was in No. 1 room talking
with a fellow boatswain when I heard
a terrific explosion and felt the ship
heelinsr over." - . .
"We commenced lowering Doats on
the starboard side. The soldiers were
ined up on ' the . deck waiting for the
boats. TJnf ortunateyl many 'Jumped
overboard.
"I found the boat at No. 9 station
to which I proceeded had been blown
to, pieces. I then helped to get boats
9-A, 9-B and 9-C ' away with full com
plements and the second officer , got
boats 1 and7 safely away. ' After
seeing these launched I proceeded to
the other deck wnere 1 launched a
raft.
"I picked up 14 soldiers and two of
the ship's company who were swim
ming about. We had no oars and had
to caddie along with our hands. We
;were picked , up. at 9 o'clock in the
evening and landed Wednesday morn
ing." -
The first survivors were landed at
4:30 o'clock Wednesday morning.
From then until 7 -a. m., many patrol
boats arrived, each bringing a full
complement of survivors, the number
of whom by that time had -reached
All t- - medicaMmen at Larne, on
the Ba. rn coast of Ireland, where
'some of the survivors were landed,
were ; requisitioned.
There was sufficient time for re-
wo hours after being torpedoed.
The Tuscania was one of a convoy
of troop and provision ships which
was entering what until recently were
considered comparatively safe wa
ters. The ships were within sight of
land which was just distinguishable
in the dusk of evening when a tor
pedo hit the Tuscania amidship. This
was at' about 7' o'clock.
The steamer took a heavy list which
made proper lowering of the boats
impracticable. Some men jumped into-the
sea. Others were thrown into
the water when the boats : were low
ered. -
The survivors are receiving every
attention. - I
Women volunteers at Larne attend
ed to slightly injured men. Wards
were improvised in hotels. Thirty
seriously injured men were -dispatched
to local hospitals where they are
receiving careful treatment. The Re
sources of Larne were taxed to the
utmost to provide food and clothing
for the survivors.
One of the me who swam,for about
two hours bef on s he was rescued, Jok
ingly .said he had ehough swimming
to satisfy him for the rest of his life.
Survivors report that two torpedoes
were fired. . The , first passed astern
of the vessel. The second struck in
the vicinity of No. 1 boiler.
lines; many casuaiues were vccasiuu-
ed in this way;
Einei
. New York, Feb. 7.-e nardliner Aurania, 1 3,400
tonsv was toedbed ty a German' sutmarine within the last
48 hours jJi'toiind for the United States it was learned
from officials tff the Cunard line today.
. Although badly damaged by
sunk; and is believed to be making her way back to port-with
mV assistance, of government vessels, it was said. The ship
earned but lutie cargo. .,'-..'" i
The Aurania is a sister, ship of the Anchor liner Andania,
sunk by a submarine last month She was built in 1915 at
Newcastle-On-Tyne, in the same yard where the Mcuretania
w-as construcjtedi The ship was 530 feet long, 65 beam and
had acconjipftjbns J or 550 passengers in the cabin and
2,00CMh ihe steerage. -
; TKe' Aurania made her first, voyage to this port in April,
9hdnoi fig in the records of this port since
trt time , 1 ' "
GLASS COMES TO 'FAVORABLE REPORT
JEFENSE OF THE ON RAILROAD BILL
ADMINISTRATION FILED IN SENATE
ma - MMigressman An
swers Chamberlain's Spech
Point ' by Point
HE DENIES THAT WAR
Declares War 'Department Set
a Record for the .World
in Preparations for the
Struggle
, Washington, . Feb. 7. -Representative
Glass, in a speech delivered in
the House; today, came to defense of
.the administration, answered the
charges "contained in Senator Cham
berlain's indictment of the War In
dictment, and denied that the Amer
ican war '-machine has "fallen down."
Mr. Glass followed Senator Cham
berlain's speech, point by point, and
praised the work of the administra
tion in each instance. He said that
it was General Joffre who suggested
supplying American troops with ant
munition from French factories,
"since It would save the unavoidable
delays, the oressingly needed cargo
space, '- the tremendous cost of ship
ment.1'
Regarding the machine gun- eontro
versy, Mr. Glass asserted that, the
Browning gun was selected because
experts pronounce it "the best ma
chine gun in the world."
"The only prop on which the crit
ics now rest their case," he said, "is
the plea that the Lewis gun was im,-
mediately available while deliveries
of the Browning gun will be delayed.
"The American army in France has
thousands of machine guns to go up
against the enemy;" he - said. "It : is
as well equipped with. machine guns
as any army in Europe perhaps bet
ter; equipped than the German army.
And no set of malcontents should be
permitted to deceive the people of
this country into the disturbing sup
position that our fighting forces in
France are suffering in equipment of
any kind."
Regarding the health of the sol
diers in camp, Mr. Glass referred to
the conditions at - Spartanburg, S. C,
where he said there were only four
deaths among 31.000 men during
neriod of more than three months.
Referring to the difficulties which!
the administration s faced at the out
break of the war, Representative
Glass pointed out the success of the
selective draft as a: remarkable
achievement.
'Not until the third year of the
war could Great Britain venture to
apply partially; a conscription law,"
he said.; "Not until a. few - months
ago could Canada do it in opposition
to the rebelious threat of one of the
largest provinces. It has not been
done as to Ireland, and Australia has
twice declined to attempt the sys
tem. And yet, this republic instant
ly applied the democratic method of
selective draft, and the country re
sponded with unparalleled spirit of
patriotism. Great military cities
were built almost over night, and
then without friction or hesitation,
our boys went, offering their bodies
and-rthfcir:-'lrires:-in.tifense.. of human
liberty. : We. have; sent nearly ' 10
times as .'many ""troops abroad " as the
French i and English - military mis -
edoed
the explosion, the ship was hot
Chairman Smith Says the
Measure is Fair to All
Parties
annual mmmtm
.X
Railroads Receive a Return of
5.32 Percent-Chbirman
Discusses Various Sec
tions of Bill
Washington. Feb. 7. Chairman
Smith of the Senate-Interstate Com
merce Committee, in reporting favor
ably to the Senate today, the admin
istration Railroad bill, estimated that
under the measure's provisions the
government will guarantee annually
to the railroads of the country $945,
000,000, which will represent a return
of 5.32 per cent. This, he says, "re
flects neither poverty nor riches;" but
the committee believed a majority of
the railroads will accept "these terms
as a just and fair-measure of . their
constitutional rights."
An agreement on the billt, was
reached by the committee last Satur
day, but minority reports are to be
submitted by Senators Cummins- and
LaFollette. Administration leaders!
plan to call the bill up for considera
tion next Monday.
"Your committee is of the opinion
that this is the time for war emer
gency legisaltion and not the time
to settle the many controversial and
vexed questions concerning our future
transportation policy," Chairman
Smith says in prefacing his report.
He then takes up the compensation
section and adds:
"About 75 great operating railroads
do over 90 per cent, of the railroad
business! The committee believes
that most of these great railroad car
riers will accept these terms as a
just and fair measure, of their consti-
TUSCANIA LEASED
TO CUNARD LINE
New York, Feb. 7. According to
the record sof the Anchor Line here,
the Tuscania carried a crew of 220,
under command of Captain Peter Mc
Lean, the majority' of the crew being
subjects of Great Britain. Th loss
of the Tuscania, which - was under
charter to the Cunard Line, completes
the destruction by submarines or a
fleet of fifiv passenger ships aggregat
ing 57,818 tons gross owned- by the
Anchor Line at the beginning Uf the
wan The other ships, .were: Cale
donia, sunk in 1916; Cameroni. April
15, 1917; Transylvania, May 4, 1917J
California, February, 1917. '
f ions had ; expected that we cotdd : do
in the time required, and we have
trained and are training .an army far
beyond the original estimates. This
year we will have In France more
than ' a million - men." :. -.'' 1 - 'yM
Torp
QWm AT 1 (fill :
- - -
DAMAGED VIES" CUT
OFF
No
News Comes Through
From the Scene of Peace t
Negotiations
London, Feb. 7. The resumption : of
tho peace negotiation sat Brest-Llto-
vsk today, if it occurs, will take plate
in a tog of vague reports and contra
dictions as fax as the outside world
is concerned.
Statements In many German news
papers indicate a probable breach be
tween the Germans and the Bolshe
vik! and the colusibn of a separate
arrangements between the Central
Powers and the Ukerame. - Ino Ugat
on the situation somes from Russian
sources
A dispatch from the Peirograd cor
respondent of, The Daily News under
Tuesday's dte say st theTe has been
lih-. dsert by the Austfo-German dele
gation.- ,
Foreisaf'Minister Trotzky is report
ed to be at Brest-Litovsk but nothing
has been heard Jom him.
Th Bolsheviki government, accord
lag to a Petrograd dispatch to. The
Times, is proposing to revolutionize
Chinav by supporting the movements
in the Southern provinces against the
Central Chinese government. A Rus
sian delegate will - be sent to South
ern vChina to work no this plan. The
object is to produce a Socialistic revo
lutionary agitation with a view to
helping to break down China's refusal
to let Russia have Chinese produce.
tutionai rights: Section one further
provides that ordinary taxes, national'
and State, shall, as now, be. paid out
of operating, revenue, but war taxes
accruing under the Act of October. 3,
1917,: are to be paid by the companies
out ' of their own funds, or charged,
against the standard return. In other
words, the holders of railorad securi
ties are to bear their own just portion
of the war burden. Section one also
requires that' each agreement shall
contain adequate and appropriate' pro
visions for the maintenance and - de-.
preciation of the property and the cre
ation of reserves so that the proper
ties at the end of Federal control be
returned to the ownersr; in a condi-.
tion substantially equivalent 46 their
condition when taken over by the gov
ernment. Chairman Smith explained that in
case of controversy over compensa
tion the bill permits an appeal to the
court of claims. The committee rec
ommends, the report says, that ; im
provements made by the government
whije ; the carriers are under govern
ment control should go to the rail
roads when they are returned to the
security holders. This should' be ar
ranged through an agreement between
the carriers and the President. Dis
cussion of the provisions Inserted by
the committee providing for the term
ination of government ; -txmtrol : 18
months after the peace proclamation
has been issued, the report says:
"It is possible that, certain condi
tions may arise from Federal control
whioh will need ejustment before
the properties are returned to their
owners and a reasonable peridd
should intervene in which these con
ditions may be met and adjusted. It
may be that the nation will be un
willing to return to the conditions ob
taining before the assuniptionof Fed
eral control. Legislation may be de-
manded radicallv chaneinier the rela
tion of the government to the rait
roads from thatSiow existing in theflm clalms-the destruction of seyn ghl
Interstate Commerce Act as amended.
Your committee has suggested a pe
riod of " 18 months, ; and " they belie e
it will- be found adequate for that
purpose. . ' - -
VThere is also a provision to the ef
fect that the "President may, prior to
July 1 next, relinquish control of .such
transportation'" systems as " he may,
deem npt needful or desirable anjl
may thereafter, on; agreement, relih-'
quish all ;or any part of any system
of - transportation, ; ' nl..-"'
Number of Victims 'of ;.UBoit 1
urows L-ess - w itn nassr w .
ing Hours.;.:'
AMERICAN FREIGHtERt -
ALSO SOBMUNED
Alamance Went Uow?iwith 1
res r.
American
American soldiers, probably tie s
than 100, are believed to haY'e.hevp
lost in the sinking, of the'Biiti?!!
liner Tuscania, torpedoed Voff .v th a
Irish coast by a German :snbmae.
At noon today the number; ifisln3
from the Tuscania' was Ojljrd
ing to semi-official repaK&5a
jority of these were membersof ithe
crew. : ' : ' " :.iv-.!!g:.
Early reports led, to f earsithat X000.
total". All told it , appears.- .from--the i
official reports there Were ;2307?; pejf ".
ing the crew 01;these'tip'rsV;j
cued is given as 2,187 mcludinfct v
of the crew, three .passengeVsTd 32 i
persons not specinea in ine repprtSi
making the total loss of life so far 'as .
is .uuwn, iu. . i ae . luscania .n was
convoyed by British warshipd and'Tin'';
doubtediy their aid was 'prompt 'waVm!'
Survivors have been landed, at twit I
points on the northern coast rof Ire- ;'
land. i
The troops on " board the .Tuscania' i
were largely -former National 'Guards
men frota Michigan . and ' WicOflsinv ,
Three aera squadrons - and ; engineers.
uiu reymuemeai; ueiacnroenis - aula 1
were on board. The - Tuscaiiia,.of li,- '
348 tons, was the first ship; carrtriAjr '
American, troops to be sunkvbj 6Ubjr.a ,
rmes, aimougn me transport Anuues i
was torpedded with the - Iossjpf.iT0 :
persons last October while retaraiagH
to the United States. A German ub-;. ,
marine also has sunk : the Anerician ;
freighter Alamance of 3,000 HonsV The. '
freighter went" down-otf?the.Engfi&h
coast with the loss' of r sit MiMl
the Americans onvboard, including th
gun crew, were saved. ' - "v- '
xjiitiou 1UDBCB iu uiercuauunea uQa , ;
vessels, including 10 of more than-.l
600 tons, for the first week'of Tebtu
ary. The total equals that of the pr?
vious week, but in that , period ' ntna
tof the 15 ships were of ' moretlian 1
1,600 tons. Italy lost one largVsteiun
er during v the week ending February
2 and two large and one small French
merchantmen were sunk in the ; satna
period. ' ; H'-'
On the battle front in France,' the
German artillery continues" active; in -Flanders,
the Arras-Cambral sector
and in tfie Champagne. There . also
have been small raida -at , widely; sc?t ,
tered points. On the American sec-
tor the atrillery action is lively. QMr
the artillery has- been acttve Ian f,tha :
Italian front. Ya' vv v
Entente avlatonf Jar' iilffi;Qf69-i
ping, bombs on German mUitary estab
lishments and in downing. ,ehen5j,:ajr-
men. One of two American "flyers' in
a French bombing - squadron. brought
down an enemy machine ' an4 fAmeri- ;
men that attempted to cross the'An- ',
erican lines. French,. BriUshV; and
Italian aviators during 'the lasufew i
days have brought sdown ;3l. tJeniitt
airpalnes. and have JdroppedU.;. miny
ions oi oomos on nosuietargeis. ( ijer- .
tente madhnes on the. Western irqat.
Negotiations at. resLitovsk": be
tween the Central Powers and : Russia
and tho TJkraine ,are..xpe.ctedV t67.be
resumed today. . . . w
After" his victory at ' tJleaborg and
the Rapture Vf ' Tammetf orf 1 tene)rl ?
Mannerheinff commander of; the forces
of ; the j Finnish Diet, , iirrrepbrted ;to 1
have been -defeated atTammerfors by
Finnish revolutionists. The govern
ment leader is sard to be;retreatifJ5
toward the Gulf of -Bothnia, ? -"hi
Sector&aM
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