The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1918-02-07
STATE FORESTER THINKS 800
! MINNES0TANS ABOARD; PART
f0RESTERS; 2I0 LIFE TOLL
(By United Press,s)

dcate officers men, Of the
United States army Or navy were lost on the Iuscan
& The tG IT. % sayed d;1 is I'll nts ,onorn Il ,er
Secretary Of War Baker issued statement today to com.
heroic dead" .r~ -" ~ -E -.3.,.2 .3
o It e i caenge to the to
from adversary who has refined but made more deadly
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rgadier General Mcintyre of the war department said the
3 seraSs
greatest and probably the most dramatic work Of the war De-
British officers, closed the sinking vessel saving 80
HUNDREDS OF SURVIVORS ARE LANDED
Washington, Feb Six hundred survivors of the trans
port landed Iarne Ireland depart
ment dispatches this morning announced The names of 25
Ss e
and mae last These ss G dig
British hospital ships rushed to the OF the disaster
said he believed the Tuscana still aaoa he failed to men
British authorities wired their commands Scotland and
and furnish them with clothing 1t believed the
Tuscana 1000 American soldiers She orpedoed
MET FATE OFF THE IRISH COAST
Washington Feb 1.-THE Cunard liner Tuscana carrying
2199 American soldiers torpedOed and sunk off the Irish
Tuesday night official reports late night said 912
the and men had been saved nj 6e that I
chiefly of deachmens of Michigan and Wisconsin national
guardsmen travelling the Tuscana British VESSEL
under convoy of British warships.
brief dispatch to the department from London last
evening announced the disaster and reported the landing OF
only 1100 survivors, This made public shortly after 10
more it feared that probably
men, down.
When to the state department. from the en-
basy at London saying at II o'clock 1912 of the Americans
had been accounted for the joy of officials almost swept away
distress occasoned by the earlier The first 100 sur
vvos landed at Larne and Buncrana two widely ePar
ated Irish por and this coupled with the evident fact that
ships hand quickly rise to hope that nearly
everybody board the Tuscana except those injured by the
explosion hight have been saved :. .
The president, Secretary Baker, and in fact, all official
Washington up late waiting for further news Only the
et dispatches received and none gave details OF the
attack the liner Even the time missing.
URGENT MESSAGES ASK DETAILS
The president at the theater when the news was re-
ceived told until he returned to the White House
meantime the and state departments had sent
urgent by wireless cable nsrcg their repre-
senatiye England Ireland to forward available
fact Immediately. ~ .... ....,. 1850,
Because of the military organizations carried
ship the department announced that it would be I'M
possible definitely what troops abroad until the list
of survivors received Later however, the adJuant gen.
erals office made the list public. ....... ..- ,
The war department announced it's record show the
following on board the Tuscania - -.
Headquarters detachment and companies D. b and OF
the Twentieth Engineers 10th Engineer Tran Engineer
Train 10Th Military Police, 1O7t Supply Train Number lO0
Squadron 15S Aero Squadron, 213th Aero Squadron
Replacement Detachments Numbers and of the Thirty
ond Division Fifty-one casual officers.
The division is composed OF national guard
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