Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-02-14
Packers Question Constitution
atty of Law Under Which
Papers Were Seized.

chief counsel of the federal trade com
mission i'll charge OF The inquiry into
tho affairs of The packers declared
llcA We're confident their contention of
The conslitutionaliiN Of The clause OF
III" espionage act umdcl. which the
raid ON the offices of The legal depart
ment nf Swif, " GO. Was made
would he sustained.
The legal fight of The packers at
tornoNs against The validity OF the
se;trch and seizure warrant by which
the government officials gathered a
erS Obtained an order STAYING pro
cee,lings started Yesterday before
Judge Lands.
As The search warrant is said To be
virtually the same as GSed in Selling
1. w. w. papers and search of Social
is, headquarters. government officials
said II strong fight would he made for
it's validity.
craft travels ahead of II conveyed fleet.
The l%estroyrrS are spread over /;
considerable area. 1t is known that
virtually all of the German t'-boats
are equipped with listening devices so
the approach of the deS,roycrs may
have become known To them. Fear of
depth bombs WOULD drive the u-boat
below to i,rk ~notionleSs at some depth
until the sound of destrov"rs' propellers
had faded out. Showing THAI they had
passed. The boat probably would
come To the surface then To explore.
One Chance of tho Boat.
NAVY officials say tnat the one
chance against hicn absolute prccau-
tion will not guard, is that the sub1na-
rine will come up in the patl, of APP
preaching transports. obtain ~ sight
that will permit her To train her tor
pedo tubes by colnpasses and again
submerge. AS the listening devices
show that :; ship is within range.a tor
pedo could fire before the submarine
submerged. Some times under tho
and this MAY nave happened with the
T~uScania.
While the loss indicated was fully
appreciated by officials here there was
"a general air of belief about the war
and navy departments that the loss of
life was not larger. The army Will
continue to go to Europe in the face OF
the submarines. the government mean
while bending every energy to find ad-
ditional means of checking the under
sea- campaign.
First news Of the sinking came in :,
report To the war department early last
night announcing that loo survivors
had been landed at Buncrana and
Larne, two widely separated Irish ports.
This was made public about 10 O'Clock
and until the arrival of the state de
partlnent dispatch two hours later il
was feared that more than ] 400. includ-
ing the Cunarder's crew. had persisted.
The state department message said
2,l13 troops were aboard the Tuscania.
Fate of Crew Unknown.
40 mention of The fate Of the crew
WAS made in the state depnrtn ut ad-
vices nor WAS the landing points of the
rescued American troops indicated, but
the war departments message saying
tina II, 100 survivors" had been put
ashore mt Buncrana and Larne indicat-
ed that the convoy got alongside the
sinking transport, quickly and relief
ships made the scene of the disastc,
within a few hours.
Buncrama is un l.ough SMilley. ON the
north coast of Donegal, NOS far from
Londonderry. while LaIne is u North
Channe port on the east coast of An
Indicate thai the Tuscania was taking
the northern route around ireland to
England and the distance between Bun
crana and Lame leads officials to be
lieve the number OF rescnc ships
searching the vicinity is large,
No mention of the time OF the sink
ing was made in either of he fficia
messages, but news was received in
London at 3 y. m. Yesterday.
A coded list of survivors Was ON
ing into the war department early TO
day but officials declined TO give ou'
the name ALREADY received. The Off
cial list was expected Today as soon a.
il is decided.
Mainly Guard Troops.
The troops aboard the Tuscania w-r,
mainly former Michigan and Wiscon'
sin national guardsmen now attached tt
the Thirty-seccnd division trained q
Camp Macarthur Tex. Several aero
%s1Iadrons and several companies OF tn
engineers We're aboard. The list of unit.
as made public by the adjutant geneY
ais office last night. IL as follows:
One Hundred and Seventh, "n"incel
train.
one Hundred and Seventh nilitar,
police.
One Hundred md Seventh suppl,
train.
Number one Hundred aero squadron
One Hundred and iift,-elgh,h aeI,
squadron.
Two Hundred Thirteenth aero squad
ron.
Replacement detachments Nos. an.
> . of the rhirty-sccond division.
F%lfty-one casual officers.
The One Hundred and Seventh engi
nccr train was composed of the frs
battalion o! Michigan engineers and tn,
first battalion OF Wisconsin engineers
The organization is distincd from tn,
Ono Hundred SEVENTH engineer regi
ment. The Onc Hundred Seventh mill
tary polio" was made up from tn
Fourth and Sixth Wisconsin infantr,
, and the One Hundred Seventh suppl.
train from: the Fourth. Fifth and Sixtl
Wisconsin, infantry.
At frs; there VA some confusion
at the war department as to whethe
the Twentieth engineers OF the On
Hundred Seventh engineers Wer
1 aboard the Tuscania.
& 1t WAS finally established tina! tn
One Hundred Seventh engineers, reg