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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-07
F0SS WTLLROUSE
| [U.S.,SAYSBAKER
ruscania Sinking Makes
Nation More Deter
mined to Win
ruAILENGE OF SAVAGE
wAstIINGTON, Feb. {.

WASHINGTON, Feb. I,
A., adversary who has refined out
"a. -. moro deadly the stealth OF tne
In warfare" has chalIehsou
Nsrica Secretary of War Baker ue-
aa Ame today in AN official statement on
.s'e~ y. e,orpedoing Of the Tuscania.
"put" he added, we must anu VIC
Ali win this war ,...,,,.,,.
m,o secretary made mis- statement
,ooking through the scant early
~. dienatches on the disaster, He
csv v.a off his promised appearance be-
Tho Senate Military committee
.shcrtly afterward' A., r,.,,,io =" ~.
- ,ieaves us H,cc to face with the
saeos of war in it's most relentless form.
fresh challenge to the civilized
IA hv an adversary who has refined.
W., made more deadly, the stealth of the
tavaee in warfare.
,yre aust win this war. and we will
,his war. Losses like this unite
~. eea,ntry in sympathy with the fami'
~. ~ those who have suffered loss
sssv also unite us to make more de-
tarmined our purpose 10 press on.
aAs rapdly as details come in they
IN bo given to the public in order to
r.I,eve anxiety where possible. and no.
,,se will be sent as soon as possible
chose whose sons and brothers have
Men added to the nations heroic dead
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survivors LarnC
be brought to Winchester"
LONG-AWAlTED UBOAT DRIVE OPENS
lhs disaster marks the opening the U.boat
against the increasing lines United
french front and Germany the
country.
The War Department landed
and arne in the north Ireland stated
uscana comprised National Guard Michigan
Desoyers are searching for additional survivors and
hopeful the missing list will be materially reduced.
The Tuscania manned
by British warships.
UNIDENTIFIED UNITS OF TROOPS ABOARD
The War Department records showed ing
were on board the Tuscania:
Headquarters detachment Twentieth
Engineers.
10th Engineer Train formerly First Battalion Michigan Engineers
First Battalion Wisconsin Engineers.
10Th Military Police formerly Fourth and Sixth Wisconsin
10th Supply Train formerly Fourth Fifth Sixth Wisconsin
Infantry.
Tooth Aero Squadron
158h Aero Squadron
2l3h Aero Squadron.
Replacement deachnens Nos. the Thirty Division
troops from Michigan and Wisconsin National Guard.
Fifty -oncca officers.
The Thrtysecond Division composed National
Michigan ard Wisconsin The division trained Arthur
Texas
Engineers recruited in the New
numbering districts of the
o take forestry duties in France
three squadrons of the THIRTY Division
is made I'D oc Michigan and Wisconsin
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NoH Colr'Suord'dt ironing Puh',C I"dgcr
WITH THE AMERICAS ARMY IN
TllE FIELD, Feb :.
My visit 10 the trenches yesterday aft
crnoou and night disclosed that the
Rochcs are very careful about sticking
thcir heads over tho top, because Of
American vigilance,
saw from ruined church stecplc
the demolition Of portion or the Ger
man line by American artillery The
Germans ntcrmlttcn,ly bombardrd the
road leading 10 this village during the
day
Their roor aim resulted ia no serious
damage They merely covered the dd-
joining fields with great ,rator- where
their shells exploded.
The spirit or the Samm"cs was cNcm-
plihcd In % conversation with soldier
belonging To- a company which was rcst-
ing after the usual period Of front-lnc
work
"I can't 500 why they don't leave us
u the trenches longer" he said. We
could stand twice the time between re-
lirrs ! and the rest of tho bunch are
anxious to get back
lll'SF'l lllillN NlIl|llIE - .l INl ~
over the lines Both French ana Boche
planes were targets for auti-aiI craft
guns. Both sides were also ncppcriuG
each other with machine guns. The
break of shrapncl and the crack of ma
chine guns were plainly heard, despite
the height
Later | talked with a French aviator
who took part in the aerial encounter
lie said ono Bochc plane was brought
down, These fights ATE OF daily occur
renee over our adjacent lines. ! talked
with several American observers, who
are dying with French pilots.
/ ono of these men said.
II went up 1000 feet, and thence "a
lower level, with the intent of bomb
inG German mun.t'on plant fifty
miles within their lines. The results
were successful I distinctly saw the
damage caused by my plane. We
dropped 500 pounds Of high explosives
! hope to repeat the job soon"
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Wafer Mosch and Robert Taylor. whose
addresses Conklin does not know
WASHINGTON, Feb. THE Twen-
ticth Engineers (forcstcrs), some Of
whose members were aboard the tor
petlocd Tuscania, Is the biggest and the
most unusual regiment in the world, Its
aggregate strength is 1000 officers and
men under command Of Colonel W. \.
Mitchell. L. S \. The regiment was
trained at the American University camp
here.
Forest regiments work that others
may be made comfortable. II i- their
duty TO cut timber jn tho forests Of
Franco for military uses at the front,
Cor the hospitals, the Y. NJ. e. \. build
irgs and trench work for the fighters
They are the men behind the men behind
the guns,
Wncu the Twentieth was in training
here u welfare fund was established
by the American Forestry Association
for their benefit. l.umbcrmcu through
out the country subscribed to provide
them with sweaters and comforts.
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PHLADELPHIAN WINS
PRAISE FOR BRAVERY
Callantry in Carrying Wound
ed Man Through "No Mans
Land" Commended
By HENRI BA7IN

k,,s Cor-sspordcut Ercriro Public Ledger
F''O ,rith thC American army IN Franco
kMrRIcAN FIELD HEADQUARTERS
IN FRANCE, Feb. I.
A private soldier member of the hos
bual corps. performed a decd Of great
krayery yesterday. Unfortunately, his
hame may not be mentioned. He is
Iraduate Of jefferson College. He was
captain in the French Red Cross
Hsryice before the American entry into
She war and took the examination for
In American commission in Parts on
august Is Wearied by red tape and
Relays, he enlisted as a private in the
medical corps on October Is.
The official report Of the colonel COM
handing his regiment says:
He has displayed unusually soldier
u qualities since his attachment to the
Regiment, Today he performed an act
h personal bravery here detailed"
The act consisted Of jumping into No
Mans Land, waving "A Rcd Cross flag
)n plain view of the boche. and thence
3nrrying across No Mans Land q Sam
he wounded in the trench through the
Dcidental explosion Of a hand grenade,
Aeh blew off both hands. The unfor-
Ne soldier hit the fuse bef.-e re-
pt1nc tho tin protector.
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SECOND SHIP NAY HAVE
NET TUSCANTA'S FATE
MAS1lIN,irnN. Ech- I.

NASlIlN'iIlN, fth. d.
\ report that the German submarine
which sank the transport Tuscauia tor
pcdocd aud sunk another British vessel
near the sam" spot was current this
afternoon, This report said that this
vessel was under the same convoy a.
was the TusCanid,
Officials at the Navy Department
would not discuss the report. II was
pointed on, that If the report was truc
the vessel was under British Admiralty
orders and that the Admral"y's policy
had been to withhold news of such sink
iyg-. The .ocoud vessel was said to
have been trciGhtrr and did not carry
amy '"oup-
While So far no details uf where the
Tusyauia was attacked have been made
public it Is understood that it was with
in twenty miles of the shore
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Railroad Guarantee
Fixed at S945, 900, 900


tbffluncU IRON rage Vnc
war emergency purposes aud "a a,oid all
contentious aud controversial questions.
We believe tho bill will aC, ompli>h these
results. II follows closely the Trysi-
dents recommendation II has. in its
main provisions and purpose. received
general approval and comparatively
little criticism
The committee expressed the belief
that the most Of tho great railway sys-
toms would accept the basis Of compcnsl-
ton "as just and fair measure Of
their constitutional rights" In rc0uir-
ing the railroads to pay their own w2r
taxes. the committee declared it was
only Just that the holders of railroad
securities should bear their own portion
Of the war burden
The committee explained that in adj
dtion to the basis OF compensation first
proposed it had inserted a provision
authorizing q return at such reasonable
rate as the President may determine, "
upon the cost of additional transporta-
tion facilities made during the last half
Of 1917
This addition" said the committee,
"of perhaps ton to fifteen millions is
mHdu in tho interest Of equality, il APP
prariug that $3.50. 900 900 of additional
capital had been put into new transpor-
tatiuu facil,tics during the last half of
/ 1Hl1 hy a comparative fcw of the
carriers takou under Federal control"
MAY INCREASE DIVIDENDS
~ further concession to the rail-
roads. the committee explained it had
amended the hill to permit some of
tltr more prosperous carriers to increase
their regular dividends with tho Prcsi.
+ dents approval Nondividcnd payers or
Irregular dividend payers, whose staud.
ard or as,rrtaiu"d return warrants divi.
drnds. may. with the Presidents per.
mission. he put in the diVid"nd-paying
class at a rate to hc determined by tn,
President
This section" the committee cX,
plaiucd. goes upon the theory that dur.
ing the war the railroad security hold
CrS ought to receive certain, regular and
moderate dividends but that extra un.
expected diVidcndS--a common source oi
speculation and manipula ion--shoult
not he permitted"
In defending it's refusal TO aCrcc witt
the Administrations desire to place the
rat"-ilXug power entirely in the Prcsi
dents hands, the committee said:
1--WE were Of the opinion that the com.
mcrCial organization Of tho country
should b. disturbed as little as the emcr.
Ccncy would allow, and that every safe.
guard should be thrown around the great
productive activities Of the country ana
everything possible done 10 inspire con,
ndeucc in their being protected from
unnecessary embarrassment"
The committee pointed out that In,
bill ~ amended, would give the Presi
dent power to initiate rates, subject tC
review by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
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)SS OF BRITISH LINER: 2156 SAMMEES ABB

under tine strict military regulations
prevailing lie had not been permitted
TO advise his relatives of his presence
In the city.
Lcavi,t was Il member of the Michigan
National Guard aud had seen service on
the border during the Mexican trouble
in 1915. For several months past ho
has been in training at one OF the Texas
camps and was one of those selected
for immediate service 'over there" II
Is not known whether ho was one OF
those rescued by the conveying vessels
when the Tuscania went down.
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OFFICERS, 1O2 MEN
LOST ON TUSCANIA, SAYS LONDON

In addition the Uu'ch Press dis
watches reported among the saved six
scngcrs and thirty-twO uudCSiGuatcd,
making "a grand total Cr all saved of
9IS7
Thc Same figure give tho total Of all
lost as 2lO Of which evidently sixty
five were classified as not belonging to
the United states army.
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'lass HOtly Replies
to Chamberlain
Continucd from Page One

lands who might have survived may
ind their last resting place in the plains
bf Flanders
The first of Chambcriain's charges
aken up by Glass was that France had
% supply American troops with guns
Ind ammunition. This was fact, he
fdmitted, But what member of Con.
fress does not very definitely know" he
asked, that France is furnishing the
american army with guns, not because
we sought to deplete hcr mcagcr
FtCres but because her chosen amhas-
pdors asked the privilege of armine
pur expedtionary force from her over,
Supplied arsenals."
He revealed that Marshal Joffrc had
warned against the folly of hurriedly
attempting to throw into France an
frmy Of unframed and untested Amer
can troops" Joffrc suggested that but
pne division Of the best-trained troops
pf the regular army be sent to France
For its moral effect.
when it was suggested to Joffre
hat we had no immediate equipment"
be said, at was promptly replied that
france had an overabundance.
rs II because of ignorance of these
ects chamberlain Sought 10 nave the
country believe the military establish
nent was "A myth" Glass demanded.
"upe II is ,shora,lc'' pecauSe "ouid
H. IKE 10 pclic.c ,i'a' any adversary OIL
tne uoVer'lhent is nale'oIent enough
PerVersely to employ the sympathy for
III an "Se"u'' o'i '"e ->'''e'ica''
'"''e"'
G,ass stanchly defended General Cro-
A. t.a
ner IN his conduct OF the affairs of the
ofonance department as for the ma
rnihe gun controversy, he said there
was abundant proof that Crozior was
pustiled III rejecting the Lewis gun and
selecting the Browning gun for use
fbroad. General Pershing, he asserted
nad sent word the Lewis gun could not
oe used on his front for land lighting
The American army, Glass insisted
.cha ,,snsod ,so ~ ~ .b,, .,a,, ha,s
witted American could have foretold
our entrance into the war" lie pointed
put that Woodrow Wilson was re-
elected because he had been wise and
brave enough to keen us ont of war and
Ghat a., ,', 'o lei'eu W., W uo q,
to avert the borribIo ,g,ic,inn - Eor this
reason. he said Tho ordnance hI,rea,
could not have kno,vn tho urrent ncces.
sity, for nranarat,nn
n.
nhs Gown 10 the real reasons ioi
r%prpareuhess' CLASS declared ina
amoeriaih was in large measure
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PAGE WIRES HIS APPRECIATION
OF AID EXTENDED BY BELFAST

lyelicst gratitude T. stiIl another cvi-
dcncc, not only Of your national warm
hcartcduess, but OF the strength Cf
our brotherhood in arms.
Tho Mayor conveyed the additional
to the ambassador that
every facility had been provided for the
comfort of the TusCania survivors, and
that Red Cross units have gone to their
aid, backed by unlimited funds"
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NEW YORK. Feb

United rrcss dispatches from London
to-day Indicated the total number Of mon
aud officers Of the Uuitod states army
lost or missing on the TuSrania is 'i5,
divided as follows: Forty-thrcc officers
and l02 mon.
These figures showed tho total officers
on board az 10, tho total men as 2O3I
tho total officers saved as Scvcnty-SiN
and the total men saved a 1888.
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LONNON, F'N. :.
In reply to a telegram Of sympathy
oyor the sinking OF the transport rus
cania from the Lord Mayor OF BrHaHt
United states Ambassador waiter II
Page sent the following telegram:
The sympathy and help which YOU
and the people Of Belfast 50 gcncr-
ouslv extend and which my country
men will Join me in receiving with the
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\ Red Cross drive to enlist pupils OF
the public, parochial and private schools
in tho organization will he made from
I.incoln's Birthday TO Washington'a
birthday. according to an announcement
made by Louis Nusbaum, assistant Sec
rctary Of the BoIrd of Education.
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MANY TUSCANIA MEN
WE'RE HERE EN- ROUTE

Many of the Wisconsin and Michigan
members Of the "Lumbcrjack Regiment
who were on the Inflated Thscania when
she was sunk by a German C-boat yes
terday were in this city some weeks
ago, prior to sailing for France.
They are remembered as having been
seen on the streets here in their khaki
and were reported to have stated that
they were from these States and also
their rating in the division that was
being sent over soon after They said
at the time that they had received per-
ren route to IAN Atlantic port"
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HARRISBURG. Feb.

iiNiNiNiSbb biN'ii ffp' O.
Just how many Pennsylva. .ians were
recruited for the Twentieth Regiment
(foresters), portion at least OF which
was on the Tuscanla, Commissioners
Conklin, Of the Forestry Department,
did not know today. but he said that
the States district foresters had all
been active In enlsting men for service
in that regiment. II was possible. the
commissioner said. that five men from
the state forestry department were on
the Tuscania They are Marvin H.
Moyer, of Bucks County; Roy d. Ros",
of Huntingdon, and Lewis c. Loetzer,
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Wafer Mosch and Robert Taylor. whose
addresses Conklin does not know
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CRACKSHOT SAMMEES
KEEP HUNS IN HIDING
Boches Fear to Stick Heads
Above Trenches in Amer
lean Sector
By HENRI BAIlN

Ni0H Correspondent Ironing Pubi,o i"dgc
Wth the american ARM lt Franc"
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21S7 SAVED WHEN TUSCANIA
is ATTACKED BY GERMAN U-BOAT

Continued from al One
survivors Larnc AS soon ne tcv aro nropcrly
be brought to Winchester"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-31
AIR RAID PARIS
20 Killed and so Wounded by
German Aero Bombs.
Airmen Drop Explosives on
French Capital and Suburbs.

Paris, Jan. 31.-Twenty persons
were killed and fifty wounded in last
nights air raid, it. is announced off
ejally.
German airplanes raided Paris last
night. The alarm was given at 1880
o'clock Bombs were thrown at vari-
Gus points in Paris and the suburbs.
An earlier report stated several per-
sons were killed and material damage
is reported.
One of the German machines which
raided Paris was brought down. The
occupants of the airplane were made
prisoners.
Bombs Hit Two Hospitals.
Firt information indicates that
four escadrilles of enemy aeroplanes
cross I'd the French lines north of Com
peignc and approached Paris at great
heights.
The enemy machines bombed Paris
suburbs and then various points in the
city, principally on the right bank of
the Seine. The victims were mostly
women and children Two hospitals
were struck
Dropped IA Tons of Bombs.
Berlin. via London, Jan. 31.-Four-
teen tons of bombs were dropped on
Paris last night. in the first of the
systematic air attacks which will be
carried out in reprisal for enemy raids
on German territory, the official state
-ment declared today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-31
- 55s'6S a5a6S !
9 BELOW TODAY
Mercury Will Probably Go Still
Lower Here Tonight.
Slight Relief Promised by Fri
day Afternoon.

The temperatures for the day aver
aged S2 degrees below normal for the
date The wind was blowing ten miles
an hour from the north at O'Clock.
Temperatures for Wednesday night
and today furnished by the local
office of the United States weather
bureau:
Star indicates below zero temperatures
The low record of below in 1917
was broken by one degree this morn
ing at 3 o'clock 1t had been predicted
that the temperatures Wednesday
night would probably be the lowest
ever recorded for the date, and the
prediction was fully carried out, To-
peka was saved from much more
severe cold by the clouds that hung
over the city all night and by a dis
turoance of some sort to the south
The temperatures tonight are ex-
pected to go to 10 below, and the rise
TINS afternoon will not by any chance
take the mercury above the zero
mark. The cold wave is centered over
Continued on pa 90 Tue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-31
TRIED kU-kLUX-kLAN
Raided Negroes Homes in Effort to
Prevent Them Voting.

Indianapolis, Ind, jan 31.-Raids
on hundreds of Homes of negroes in
the middle of the night, prior to the
election of 1914 by police to terrify
them into leaving the city. or into
moving so they would be unable to
vote, were described by Michael J.
Glenn, former city detective, in the
trial of former Major Joseph Bell and
thirty-four other politicians and city
officials in federal court here today.
Glenn, also under indictment, has
pleaded guilty to the charges and turn
ed states witness. When men were
found in houses raided, if they prom
ised to move out of the ward they
were not arrested, Glenn explained.
If they were arrested, they were re-
leased the day after election.
Chief of Police Gave Orders.
The witness testified that Samuel
Perrott former chief of police, told
him that he wanted to run five thou
sand niggers out of this town because
they controlled the vote"
Perrott is now serving a four year
term in Atlanta prison.
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TAKEN BY SURPRISE
Italians Victorious Attack at 3 a. m
Found Enemy Sleeping.

Italian Headquarters in Northern
Italy, Wednesday, Jan. 30-(By the
Associated Press) Eye witnesses of
the Italian attack of the past few
days on the Asiago plateau tell a story
of thrilling interest. From their ac-
counts it appears that the first Ita1-
ian rush was in the darkness at 8
o'clock Monday morning. The Sleep
ing enemy forces were taken COM
pletely by surprise. The Aipinl were
in the thick of this fighting and by
daylight they had swept the first line
trenches and taken an old church
which formed a strategic point in the
enemy line of defense. They were Wig
orously supporting the heroic Cassari
brigade which took and re-took the
height of Col del Rosso three times
against the stubborn desperate resist
ance of the enemy.
The early movements were a diver
sion to screen the main movement on
the right where stroke was delivered
forsthe dominating height of Monte Di
Val Bella. 1t was here that the most
severe fighting occurred thru Monday
night and in the early hours of Tues
day. Italy's storming troops took the
eastern and western slopes and by Z
o'clock Tuesday morning had cut their
way to the summit and were estab-
lsning themselves firmly in definite
control of the key situation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-31
Elements Render Rail and Fuel
DictatOrs Helpless.
Ritter Cold Wave Is Final
Knockout Blow.
FOOD NOW SUPERSEDES FUEL
and Track WashOuts
Added to McAdoO's Troubles.
Never Did Nation Face Such a
Desperate Situation.

washington, Jan. 31.-With deep
snow piled over some tracks and rain
and torreptial streams washing cut
others. the National railroad and the
fueI administration were almost help
less in the power of the elements to-
day. Predictions of a bitter cold
wave moving toward the Atlantic
coast destined to settle down for
stay of several days added to the grav-
ity of the situation. Coal movement
has been disastrously upset by con-
tinued snow tie-ups.
While frankly admitting its inabil-
itv to supply all demands for cars, the
railroad administration in co-opera-
ton with the food administration to-
day began to make special provision
for movement of food. Grain and
feed will be moved first where needs
are most acute. Zone representatives
of the food administration will divert
cars to points where need of food is
sharpest and to points where large
stores require immediate removal.
Fuel Famine Worse in East
Extreme uneasiness over the coal
situation in the east, particularly New
England, was expressed today, altho
Director General -McAdoo after con-
ference with j. j. Storrow, New Eng
land fuel administrator, declared that
enough coal will be sent in to prevent
suffering Arrangements are COM
pleted for rushing fuel to New Eng
land points by water from Norfolk 1T.
was frankly admitted however, that
the situation is serious and that slight
additional weather setbacks will cause
great harm.
Further minor steps for elimination
of cross haulin;s are expected to help
the situation somewhat. Some relief
is expected by the decision to divert
every possible ton of freight eastward
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