Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-02-14
DEATH LIST PUT
At 1855 BY BRITISH
Report Four U. S. Officers And
143 Enlisted Men Lost
On Tuscania.
CAPITAL STILL IN DARK
Admiralty Says That Bodies Of 1875
American Soldiers Have Been
Observation-Disclosures
Figures Vary.

Figures Vary.
London, Feb. 9.-Revised figures In.
dictate that the loss Of life on the Tus-
eanta probably was considerably in ex-
cess Of earlier estimates Of 1o1. It is
now believed complete returns will
show the number Of dead to be nearer
200 than 100. Az the list Of Ameri.
cans on board the TuscanIa was lost
whom the vessel went down, it will
be Impossible to ascertain the names
Of those lost until the names Of the
survivors have been cabIed to the
United States.
An Irish Port, Feb. 9.-The bodies
OF "A Of the missing 1O1 victims of
the Tuscania disaster have been wash.
ed up on the rocks Is miles from the
scene Of the torpedoing. All were
Americans and their bodies were mutt.
lated beyond recognition. Although
all the soldier victims wore tags, no
identification numbers had been put
on them because these Americans had
not as yet been assigned to definite
army units. Therefore there is no
way to identify them and they will be
buried in one grave.
London, Feb. 9.-The British admit
rally has informed the Associated
Press that latest figures available on
the Tuscania, torpedoed and sunk by
a German submarine, showed 2,235
persons had been saved and about
166 were missing, of whom lat were
American soldiers-four officers and
143 enlisted men.
The saved, it was added, included
liz American officers and 1917 Amer.
lean men; 16 officers and 1873 men OF
tho crew, and six passengers.
The bodies Of 126 American troops
have been recovered
OF 14S survivors landed on the Scot
fish coast, ia belonged to the United
States army, including seven officers.
OF these. one officer and 25 men are
remaining where they landed to at
tend to funeral arrangements for
American dead.
Washington Figures Vary.
Washington, Feb. 9.-Seventy.two
hours after the Tuscania was torpe.
doed and sunk the War department
last night still was unable to relieve
increasing anxiety of relatives of
those on board by announcing the list
of survivors.
Even an unofficial report on cir
cumstances attending the sinking
was lacking and official figures still
failed to accord with press accounts
Of the number lost.
The War department has had moth
ing to change the report that 21O
persons were missing, 113 of them be-
ing American soldiers.
Despite realization that the loss
was remarkably small, considering the
number carried by the liner, the re-
vised report of the British admiralty
was received here with bitter disap-
pointment. Press dispatches Thurs.
day night indicating that the dead all
told might not exceed 100 had led
to the hope that possibly not more
than so of the soldiers had persisted.
Washington, Feb. 8. - Carrying
2,179 American soldiers, the Cunard
liner Tuscania has been tor.
pedoed off the Irish coast, but late
Official reports said 2078 of the Of.
ficers and men had been saved, indi-
eating the loss of 101 lives. These
reports suggested the list of rescued
might prove even larger.
The troops were composed chief.
ly of detachments of Michigan and
Wisconsin National guardsmen.
The Tuscania Is a British vessel,
and was under convoy of British war.
ships.
Greater Loss First Reported.
| A brief dispatch to the War depart.
ment from London early in the even.
ing announced the disaster and re-
ported the landing Of only LOO sur.
vivors and for more than two hours
Il was feared that probably 1,400
men, including members Of the lin.
er's crew, had gone down.
When a message came to the State
department from the embassy al
London later saying 1912 of the
Americans had been accounted for
the. Joy of officials almost swept
away the distress occasioned by the
earlier news.
The first 1,100 survivors were land
ed at Larne and Buncrana, two wide
ly separated Irish ports. and this,
coupled with the evident fact that
Finland Forces Route Red Guard.
Stockholm, Feb. General Man
nerheim. commanding government
forces in Finland that were organ
lied to enforce the authority Of the
| E1nnish diet has defeated the Fin