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The Lakeland Evening Telegram
BUSHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BE8T STATE BOOST REMEMBER THAT SATAN STAYED IN HEAVEN UNTIL HE BEGAN TO KNOCK HIS HOME TOWN
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KE2 BEMALNED AFLOAT TWO
' (By Associated Press.)
an, Feb. 7. The loss of life
TUBcania Is now estimated at
HElly cae hundred and one. This total
as. ven in a dispatch from the
rree;?ondent of the Associated
cfre88 in Ireland, and subsequently
infirmed at the American embassy.
Torpedoed On
I Tuesday Night
: ' ''By Associated Press.)
Loz.ion, Feb. 7. The Tuscania was
-rrpcioed Tuesday night.
mTo Wire Names
1 Immediately;
2,1 79 Aboard
fj' . ''(By Associated Press.)
facilngton, Feb. 7. Indications
"urljr today are that 168 American
fiifficers and soldiers are unaccounted
far la the sinking of the Tuscania,
hlch was torpedoed off the north
""wast, of Ireland. The British admir
alty dispatches accounted for 2,0 11
American officers and men as sur
ivors. The War Department records
tftidr 2,179 officers and men aboard,
ijlrt War Department has issued the
Hollowing statement: "The British
jtithorities have wired instructions
O their commands in Scotland and
Ireland ', to afford our troops from
, lie Tuscania every assistance an1
' torniah them clothing and other re
- Inurement b. Officers have been dis
jwtched from Liverpool, Glasgow,
i'lnd London to points in Ireland,
i H'bere the survivors now are, and
ihpy will wire names immediately,
the American consul at Belfast re
lorts six hundred survivors at Lame,
vis soon as properly outfitted they
rK5 be' brought to Winchester."
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'SLfp Remained
1 Afloat Two
Hours After
Torpedoed
,f (By Associated Press.)
,j London, Feb. 7. The Tuscania re-
aisiiu'd, afloat two hours after being
torpedoed. The condition of some of
'C-f- survivors was pitiable. Many had
tt.i.-S aside all their clothes, and had
swimming two hours when res
cued. All Soldiers
' Lost Protected
By Insurance
t (By Associated Press.)
; vvashinbton, Feb. 7. Every Amer
f a f soldier lost on the Tuscania
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1 TROOPS ABOARD SUNK BY
j SUBMARINE TUESDAY HOT
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FROM
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AMERICAN
Laving dependents, are protected by
government insurance. This auto
matic insurance aggregates about
$4,300 each and will be paid at the
rate of $25 monthly for twenty
years.
107th Engineer
Not Aboard
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 7. Torpedoed
and sunk by a German submarine,
the Cunarder Tuscania, bearing 2,179
oflicers and men of the Thirty-second
National Guard Division, lies at the
bottom of the North Atlantic today.
On the basis of figures reported to
the War and State Departments here,
the missing would be 257. The fig
uresi of the British admiralty as they
stood early today, however, placed
the missing at 168. which was later
lowered to 101.
Reports available gave no details of
the disaster, but it is regarded prob
able the vessel stumbled on a suh
mersible rather than that the disas
ter was the first shot in the much ad
vertised German offensive against the
Americans.
At the first there was some confu
sion in the War Department as to
whether the 20th Engineers or the
107th Engineers were aboard but it
was finally established the latter
vere not on the transport.
Only One Floridian
Believed Aboard;
Had Great Faith
In Ship's Safety
The troops aboard comprised the
32nd division, which is composed of
National Guardsmen from Michigan
and Wisconsin. All the soldiers were
from Wisconsin and Michigan, with
the exception of the aero men and
members of the 20th Engineers, who
were recruited from all over the coun
try. Only One Aboard from Florida
If the Tuscania carried the 20th En
giners. as stated above, there prob
ably was but one Floridian aboard, as
the following letter published recent-
ly in the St. Petersburg Times from t
a former young man of that city,
would indicate. The letter follows:
HAROLD SMITH ON HIS WAY
TO FRENCH FRONT
Writes as He Boards Transport
Sail for "Over There"
to
Harold Smith, formerly manager of
the Ideal Lumber company in St.
Petersburg is now "somewhere on
the Atlantic" or "somewhere in
France" doing his bit as a member of
the 20th Engineers, Fifth division
Smith enlisted In the service as a for
estry engineer and owing to his ex
perience in the lumber business was
rapidly pushed ahead, going to the
front much sooner than most men
who volunteered.
News of the fact that he had sailed
for France was brought In a letter
just received by Tyson L. Harris,
which reads as follows:
"Dear Tyson: Before this letter
reaches you. we will be on our way
to 'over there.' This is the last let
ter I dare wTite before we land. Al
ready we are aboard the transport,
are comfortably bunked and eager to
DEPT. LABOR TO
WORK OUT PROBLEMS
OF HOUSING
WORKERS OH ALL
I
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 7. Entire con-
roi of the problem of housing work
ers of all war industries has been
delegated to the Department of Labor
after discussion of the question In re
cent cabinet meetings.
TROTSKY'S FORMER FRIEND
RUNS AMUCK OF COURTS
Pittsburgh, Feb. 7. Joseph Ron-
sky, an alleged professional pick
pocket, of New York, who claims to
have been at one time a workmate
WAR
INDUSTRIES
Cunarder Aurania
Torpedoed
For U. S.;
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Feb. 7. The Cunarder
Aurania, of 13,400 tons, was torpe
doed the past forty hours while bound
for the United States, Cunard officers
reported today. It is believed it was
not Bunk.
GOVERNMENT TO BUILD
HUGE POWDER PLANT
Mills In Tennessee and W. Virginia
to Hare Output of a Million
Pounds a Day
Wilmington, Dela., Feb. 7. The
United States government has com
missioned the Dupont Engineering
Company to act as its agent in the
construction of a smokeless powder
plant on the Cumberland river near
Nashville, Tenn., it was announced
here tonight. This plant will be sim
ilar to the one on which the govern
ment began work a month ago near
f'harlestown, W. Va.
Officials of the Dupont Company
caid they were not at liberty to dis- ent. The paper added that the
cufs either the cost or capacity of 1 ffvernment would consider nothing
the new plant, but it was announced but unconditional surrender and that
at Washington at the time the first j General Manuel Dieguez had been
contract was let that the two plants ordered to press the campaign
would have a combined capacity of.aKR'nHt Pelaez.
one million pounds of powder a day. ' It was stated by one of a party of
The total cost, according to Secre- travelers who is in a position to know
tary 0f War Baker, was to be about
$0,000,000.
transport has made
be riding. This
several trips, all successfully, so you
need have no fear about our safe ar-
rival. The general report among the
officers is that he 20th Engineers,
Fifth division, is one exceptionally
fine bunch of men and are sure to do
i business as soon as allowed. College
men. athleties, lumberjacks from the
far northwest. Mississippi lumber
men (I am the only one from Florida)
all bound together with one com
mon purpose, have laid down their
book for a while, thrown aside the
baseball mask and glove, shut down
their sawmills and sur unselfishly en
listing all they have and are to the
one end of cleaning up Kaiser Bill.
It's great to be in with a crowd of
men that show such spirit, I tell you,
and I wouldn't be out of It for any
thing. It is surprising and pleasing,
inn in u tn what tielphts ftf sacrl-
flee and selfforgetfulness men will fielrtR' not on that ft mlht Pt
go when the occasion demands and d,tiona! rPvenue- but aIs0 t0 use
the duty calls. control of the oil supply to force
"Will write you again when we favorable conditions for the exoorta
reach the other side. Remember met'o" of foodstuffs and gold from the
to any who ask about me. With United States to Mexico.
best wishes. Harold Smith."
COL ROOSEVELT
OPERATED
YESIERDAY
WAS
COMFORTABLE TODAY
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Feb. 7. Col. Theodore
Poosevelt, operated on yesterday for
the. removal of an abscess, passed a
comfortable night, it was announced
at. the hospital today.
eign Minister of Russia, was fined
and chum of Leon Trotsky, now For-
$50 and given one hour to leave the
city after a hearing before a police
magistrate. He had been arrested
ae a suspicious character.
Before being placed on a train,
Ronsky declared it was his intention
to go to Russia and secure a position
under his former friend.
Bound
No Details
DIPLOMACY NECESSARY
IN HANDLING THE LATEST
MEXICAN REVOLT
Laredo, Texas, Feb. 7. Diplomacy
and not arms has been called on to
end the latest revolt in Mexico that
of Generals Luis Gutierrez and Fran
cisco Coss in Coahuila while diplo
macy, plus arms and American In
fluence is counted on to bring Gen
eral Manuel Pelaez to acknowledge
the authority of the government and
incidentally divert to the national
treasury the flow of money which
Pelaez has been receiving from the
Tampico oil producers. This infor
mation was brought to the border by
travelers from Mexico City and sup
plemented from the carefully cen
sored stories appearing in newspa
pers which recently have been
brought here from Mexico Citv
According to a story printed in
Mexico City, General Pelaez, whoso
forces have been guarding the dis
trict that supplies the Entente navies
with fuel oil, had made overtures to
uai lor amnesty with the govern-
the workings of President Carran-
za'fc latest scheme to conciliate
warring Mexican factions, that
recent seizure of the fleet of
the
the
the
Mexican Navigation Company waseie with Governor Hobby, of Texas,
not for the purpose of bringing food-1 was quoted unofficially as saying that
stuffs from Central America, but for
transporting troops to Tampico and
driving Pelaez' forces from their
stionghold. One steamer already had
heen loaded with soldiers at Vera
Cruz the day he left, he asserted,
Another statement was to the ef-
font that General Luis Cabellero had j dependent rulers In Lower California
reauested the Tampico producers tojScnora, Tamaullpas and Yucatan re
use their influence to bring Pelaez i sportively, that Villa is rampant i,i
back into the ranks of government ! Chihuahua, the Cedilla brothers in
gpnerals; and that, if this were notjtbe region between San Luis Potosi
accomplished. Pelaez would 'be at-ami Queretaro and that unorganized
tacked from the landward and sea- bandits are unopposed in Hidalgo.
siiles. with probably disastrous re
sults for the oil fields, from a pro
ducing standpoint. The claim was
n;ade that the government was de
termined to secure control of the oil
With regard to the recent revolt
E
L
RAID TAKING
MACHINE GUNS
(By Associated Press.)
London, Feb. 7. "Liverpool troops
carried out a successful raid last
night east of Armentieres, capturing
several prisoners and machine guns.
Out casualties were light," says the
war office report.
HALF MILLION ENEMY ALIENS
WILL REGISTER IN AMERICA
Washington, Feb. 7. Thousands of
unnaturalized Germans in the United
States have registered with the police
of cities, and with the postmasters of
smaller communities, under the rules
of the department of justice provid
ing for a complete census of German
alien enemies. The registration will
continue throughout the week, ami
about a half million are expected to
enroll.
YIS
BELIEVED LOST
(By Associated Press.)
Buenos Aires, Feb. 7. The Ameri
can bark Normandy is believed to
have been lost on a voyage from the
United States. She left an American
port last August, with coal for
Buenos Aires, but has not yet re
ported. Coahuila, Mexico City papers an
nounced that Gutierrez and Coss had
taken the field against the state gov
ernment, but had been defeated and
their forces driven to the hills. Gu
tierrez is said to have been wounded
Unofficial reports received here from
the region of Saltillo and Monterey,
however, state that, although five
regiments were sent from Mexico
City to the affected district and other
forces were hurried there from the
north and east, Gutierrez and Coss
have virtually been unmolested and
have anywhere from 1,200 to 2,000
men and are threatening to take over
the coal mines in the region of Mon-
clova, thereby paralyzing the nation
al railway system.
Guitierrez asserts, according to re
ports, that at the recent state elec
tion in Coahuila, he ,was named rov
crnor, but that Gustavo Espinosa Mi
reles, a strong Carranza supporter,
was "counted in." iMreles assumed
office on Dec. 17. Although the revolt
Is given space in the papers from the
capital, Governor Zembrane, of Neu
vo Leon, at his recent conference
the situation was serious. Coss is the
second of the divisional generals who
backed the Carranza government to
revolt. Villa was the first.
Americans arriving here from Mex
ico City say that Cantu, Calles Pe
laez and Alvarado are virtually in-
and In the Vera Cruz and Guarlajara
districts. The campaign against the
Zapata followers In Morelos. at th
gateway of Mexico City. Is quiescent
while forces, estimated at thousands,
under the command of former fed
eal officers, control the Isthmus.
Hunger and the constantly Increas
ing cost of living are believed to be
tte cause of much of the present dis
content in Mexico and especially of
inthe recent recrudeseene of border
BRITISH
MAD
UCESFU
PRISONERS
AND
mm
m
N0R1ND
GOV'T WILL
GUARANTEE
TO RAILROADS
$45,000,000
ANNUALLY
ROADS WILL ACCEPT THIS AS A
JUST AND FAIR AGREEMENT
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 7. Chairman
Smith, of the Senate Interstate Com
merce committee in reporting favor
ably to the Senate the Administration
railroad bill, estimated under the bill
thai, the government would guaran
tee annually to the railroads $45,000,
000, which would represent a return
of 5.32 per cent. A majority of roads
will accept "these terms as a just
and fair measure of their constitu
tional rights."
FORFEIT BOND IN
CASE OF WIRE TAPPER
Miami, Feb. 7. When L. W. Wal
ters, charged with conspiracy in con
nection with wire tapping operations
in this city, failed to appear in court
when his name was called yesterday,
Judge James T. Sanders ordered his
bond for $2,500 forfeited.
Walters was arrested in connec
tion with the victimizing of a man by
t'ui name of Johnson, a Pennsylvania
visitor, who claims to have lost $16,
000 through a wire tapping bet.
Johnson has been waiting a week
or more to return to his home, where
he says that he has a hard task be
fore him, but he leaves here a poorer
but wiser man.
It was learned yesterday that the
wire tappers are working with a
hoodquarters near Fort Lauderdale.
Agents of the gang operate in this
city and Palm Beach, It is alleged,
and carry their victims to Broward
county where the outfit is located at
a fine country home.
Chief of Police Dillon received
word yesterday that the man Fred
Benson escaped from the California
penitentiary some time ago where he
war serving a ten year term for wiro
tapping. He has been arrested four
times for the same offense, accord
ing to a letter received by Chief Dil
!on from Chief Roach of Jackson
ville. The Identification was made by
the State Bureau of Identification
from the finger print marks sent out
from this city after Benson was ar
rested. Benson was turned loose
when arraigned in Justice of the
Peace J. J. Combs' court, on the
ground of insufficient evidence. He
J'Aai later arrested by the city author
( Hies and furnished $100 bond for his
anyienranoe, but his bond was for
'feiled. RAILWAYS PLAN PRIVATE
' TRUCK IN FREIGHT WORK
Chicago, Feb. 7. Railroad officials
here are today contemplating the in
auguration of railroad owned and op
erated trucking lines, to replace the
present private enterprises, in an ef
fort to speed up deliveries and pre
vent congestion of freight at the
freight houses. The system would be
onerated on lines similar to express
companies.
Under present conditions, unsys
tematic trucking lines operate in
practically every city In the country
aud handle all work that is offered.
i aids. The last corn crop on the
central plateau was ruined by frost
and the embargo measures on food
stuffs are also beginning to be felt.
Prices on almost everything through
out the republic have risen to unpre
cedented heights.