Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1918-02-21
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ANXIOUS TO SINK TuscANIA. I

= Capt, Peter Mclean, then COM =
= manding the vessel, denied that +
= he had seen a submarine on any =
= of these occasions, but he took I.
: every precaution in each in =
= stance to ward off the submarine =
= menace. =
= The first report of actual dan =
= ger to the Tuscania came from +
= passengers arriving in New York +
= on the liner on July 20, 1915. :
+ They reported that on June IL, +
+ at a point 40 miles south of I.
= Queenstown-not far from the !
= spot where she finally was sent +
+ to the bottom-she received q +
+ wireless message from the ad- =
= miralty warning her that two =
= U-boats we're lying in wait for !.
= her 10 miles apart and on her +
+ direct route. Capt. Mclean i'm !.
= mediately ordered full speed and !.
!. frequently altered his course =
+ + I. = + 4 I. + + + + + i + I.
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The latest advices received by the
state department from the embassy at
London regarding the Tuscania is
that at IL D. N. Feb. the latest infor-
nation was that 1912 officers and
men on the Tuscania were accounted
for out of 2,173."
Belfast Mayor Gives Aid.
The ambassador has sent an assist
ant military attache and another army
officer to Belfast, Ireland. Represen-
tatives Of the American Red Cross and
the Y. NJ. c. A. also have gone with
full power to spend all the money
needed and authorizations from the
British Red Cross to use their equip
ment at Belfast. The ambassador fur
Their reports that the lord mayor at
Belfast is giving all the aid possible"
The Tuscania was the first ship
carrying American troops to Europe
to be sunk by German submarines.
The American transport Antilles was
torpedoed and sunk in the war zone
while returning to the United States
from France and IA soldiers were lost,
with 156 other persons.
American warships conveying troops
| to France last June twice fought off
submarine attacks. Since then, how
ever, there has been no report of an
attack on a ship carrying American
troops to Europe.
The same regulations as to life-sav-
ing apparatus govern the movement
of American troops on British yes
sci as would govern their passage on
an American craft. Those regulations
which are rigidly enforced provide for
| sufficient lifeboats and liferaft capaC-
ity for every man aboard the ship,
even if one-half of the boats are rem
dered useless through the listing OF
the ship when she is struck.
The Tuscania was a British passen-
ger and freight steamship of 14,34S
tons gross register. She was built al
Glasgow in 1914 and was owned by
the Anchor line.
The last report of the Tuscania was
her arrival at an Atlantic port Jan
II last.
Restored to Regular Service.
The Tuscania during her days as a
passenger liner was one of the best.
equipped vessels in the transatlantic
service. She made her maiden voyage
in February, 1915, and for a time was
in the service Of the British admiralty
but later was restored to her owners
for regular service.
She was 567 feet long, with a &C.
foot beam, and was equipped to carr,
$500 passengers in cabin and steerag,
accommodations. The ship had twir
screws and a speed of about IS knots
On several occasions since the wal
began she was the object of torpedo
attack, but managed to escap,
/. through her speed, assisted by defens,
, guns.
For some time the Tuscania ha
been under charter to the Cunard lin,
: and she is the fifth big vessel of tn,
Cunard Co. lost since the war began
: Although prior to Jan. of the pres
, emit year there were more than 200, 90
American troops in France, ACCORDING
r to the statement made by Secretar
l of War Baker, the Tuscania was tn
. first transport to be torpedoed on tn
l voyage from an American port I
France. Several American transport,
q however, have been torpedoed on tn
d return journey, after having debarke
|. troops.
s When the Tuscania was first pu
into service her appointments for frs
h cabin passengers, OF whom she coul
d carry $50, were sumptuous. The PAL
t. cling OF her main lounge room was /
II olive wood, inlaid with a line of syci
Q more. The floors were of polishe
oak
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Telesraphers' Strike Expected.
u Chicago.-Anticipating discharge
i members who will openly declal
I their union affiliation in public NEE
y ings April 2S. the commercial tele
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