Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-02-14
VICTIMS Of
TRAGEDY
REDUCED
NUMBER POSSIBLY SAFE
is ESTIMATED AT 234
Red Cross Agents Aiding in Work
of identifying the Bodies Picked
Up or Washed Ashore
(Ccntiaued frcm first page.)


On Sunday afternoon the intense
tension in Baraboo homes was relieved
when word came that all Of the sol
diers from here on the Tuscania had
been saved. For several days cables
had been coming through that certain
ones were safe, and on Sunday mes
sage came to Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Ca
boon that their son was all right, and
this accounted for them all. The days
had been ones of intense anxiety, and
there was general rejoicing when the
last report was received.
The following in the Tuscania dis
aster are reported safe:
Earl l.. Powell, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
William C. Powell, sos Fifth avenue.
Donald Duncan, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Duncan, 224 Fourth street.
Otto F. Bates, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. T. Bates, 604 Ninth avenue.
Clarence Braun, son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman Braun, 8O2 Ridge.
Herbert Steckenbauer, son of Mr..
and Mrs George Steckenbauer, Sew
enth street.
Vernon Cafisch, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cafisch, Fairfield.
Ralph L. SandersOn, son of Ernest
Sanderson, I'll West street.
Arthur Francis Bender, BarabOo.
WayIand E. Kier, BaraboO.
Hale R. TOlieth, KilbOurn.
Otto Arndt, Baraboo.
James F. Bray, BarabOo.
Horace G.. CahoOn, BarabOO.
Randall H. Herfort BarabOo.
G.. w. Hattie, BarabOo.
c. G. Jones, KilbOurn.
r. l.. Mailer, BarabOO.
Earl VeerhuSen, BarabOO.
A. H. Thayer, Reedsburg.
John O'Brien, BarabOo.
NO WORD FROM O'NEILL
The relatives of James O'Neill
Greenfield, have heard no word from
him. It is not certain that he was
on the boat Word is expected later
A report was current that Earl
Veerhausen was in a hospital, but
there appears to be no foundation for
the rumOr.
There are a few other names, but
it is thought they we're not on the
ship that went down.
Total Dead
The latest reports state 1926 bodies
have been recovered. 1t is thought
that 145 soldiers were killed, but the
list has not been made public.
Engineer and Mrs. Arthur Argyle
have received a letter from their son
which states that he did not sail from
New York on the Inflated Tuscania.
He was on furlOugh and thus escaped
the experiences Of his companions
One GAINESVILLE young man is num-
bered among the trOps aboard the i'll
fated Tuscania when it was tOrpedOed
by a German submarine off the coast
OF Ireland, according to reports which
have been received from various
sources. Charles Kellogg, a MEMBER
of Co. D. 10th supply train, and a
former student of the local high school,
was on the boat at the time it was
sunk, but a report, this morning, re-
ceived by relatives, stated that he was
now safe in Ireland
Kellogg formerly lived at BaraboO,
and enlisted from that city last spring
at the time so many entered the serv-
ice. He was then sent to Camp Mac
Arthur at Waco, Texas, where he was
in training. for several months pre-
yious to his entrainment for an eastern
port and the trip across the Atlantic
Just previous to his sailing, he wrote
q letter to Mrs. Cornelius MahOney,
326 South Locust street, and told Of
his sailing on the Tuscania Rela-
tives and friends awaited word from
him anxiOusIy, and were awarded this
morning by the news that he was safe
in Ireland.
The young man came to this city
from Baraboo, and attended the local
high school until the time of his en-
listment. He is twenty years of age,
and brother of Mrs. Albert Mahoney
Of this city.-Janesville Gazette, Fri
day February s.
The soldier enlisted in Company T.,
Baraboo and friends here have been
notified that he is all right He is
a son of the late Arthur Kellogg.