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Sinking of Tuscania Involves the Deaths of More Soldiers Than
Estimated Yesterday—Heroic Conduct of Americans
Commended by Officer
AX IRISH PORT, Feb. S.—- As tin* list of Americans on
board the Tuscania was lost when the vessel was abandoned
and sank, it will be impossible to ascertain the names of those
lost until the names of the survivors have been cabled to tie
uited States.
The survivors have been landed at various ports.
Loss Greater Than First Reported.
LUXDOX, Feb.-Revised figures of the loss of life in the
deslruction of the Tuscania show that it will be considerably in
■xeess of yesterday’s estimate -of 101. It is now believed that
the complete returns will show that the number of dead will be
nearer two hundred than one hundred.
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I lie bodies of forty four American soldiers havi been wash
< <! ashore on the Irish coast.
Heroic Behavior of Troops.
I .ON DON, Del). S An Amor iean officer who was landed
at an Irish port says that, the American troops in abandoning
il e I usoania alter she was torpedoed behaved most heroically.
!l“ <lid that two boatloads of men under his command marched
to the boats assigned to them, only to find that the explosion
had destroyed them. The men lined up on deck at “attention”
and preserved their composure until a destroyin' came alongside
and etfected their transfer from the deck of the rapidly sinking
vessel.
(My Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Kelt. 8. The sen
ate military affairs committee today
unanimously ordered a favorable re
port on Hie administration hill amend
ing the selective draft law to require
men to register as they reach (he age
of 21. and basing the quotas to be rais
ed by the various states on the num
ber of men in Glass I, instead of on
state population, as under the pres
ent law.
The proposal to exempt registered
undrafted tnen as they become 31
years old, a practice which has been
followed under the present system, is
not included in the bill.
An amendment proposing the regis
tration of youths of the age of 19 was
rejected.
The committee also favorably re
ported a bill authorizing the President
to call skilled industrial and agricul
tural experts into the United States
service, regardless of classification,
residence or quota.
(Class A, as defined in the Selective
Draft Regulations, is as follows: <1i
Single man without dependent rela
tives; (2) married man, with or with
out children, or father of motherless
children, who has habitually failed to
support his family; (3) married man
dependent on wife for support; (4)
married man, with or without children,
or father of motherless children, man
not usefully engaged, famity support
ed by income independent of his la
bor; (;/) unskilled farm laborer; (0)
unskilled industrial laborer, registrant
by or in respect of whom no deferred
classification is made, registrant who
falls to submit questionnaire and in
respect of whom no deferred classifi
cation is claimed or made, all regis
trants not included in any other divi
sion in this schedule.)
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II N BRINGS
till flSSHE S
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Feb. 8.—The steamship
Northwestern sailed tor Alaska ports
at 9 o’clock, this morning, with a good
list of passengers. Those booked for
Cordova were:
Irving Nelson, J. Drake. Mr. and
Mrs. George Kennedy, Verne King,
Thomas Davis, P. Truckey, A. Me
Dottgal, F. G. Noyes, Mrs. P. Tarnany,
A. Benson, G. W. Ragsdale, Miss M.
Charon, P. Herkenrath, Mr. and Mrs.
McKenzie, H. Caker, N. Kleyn, Nels
Bloomberg, Hans Johnson and Alfred
Carlson.
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GEORGE KENNEDY RE
TURNING WITH BRIDE
Among the list of passengers leav
ing Seattle this morning, on the steam
er Northwestern, are the names of Mr.
and Mrs. George Kennedy. This is
the first information Cordovans had
that our townsman had taken unto
himself a wife. The bride is Miss
Ethel Gilbert, sister of John Gilbert,
former superintendent of the Orca
cannery, who visited here last sum
mer. She is a talented and charming
young lady and the many friends of
the newly-weds join the Daily Times
in extending congratulations. No par
ticulars of the wedding have as yet
been received in Cordova.
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SLACKER ARRESTED
AT MOTHER LODE
Hening Olsen, a native of Sweden
and 29 years of age, who declared his
intention of becoming a citizen of the
United States and had not registered
under the selective draft, has been ar
rested and committed to the federal
jail at Valdez to await trial. Olsen
left Richardson last August and has
since been employed at the Mother
Lode mine near McCarthy.
DIPLOMATS ARE
DRIVEN OOT OF
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(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. -United
States Minister Morris, at Stockholm,
has sent to the state department an
unconfirmed report to the effect, that
the Bolshevik! have driven all the al
lied ministers from Petrograd, and
that they are now en route to the!
Swedish border.
The state daprment has heard
nothing from Ambassador Francis, at
Petrograd, since February 2.
CHILDREN'S SAVING PLAN
WORTHY OF EMULATION
(By Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8—School
thrift stamps, in denominations of 5
cents each, have helped the students
of Sentous Intermediate school here to
acquire full cards of United States
thrift stamps without investing a
whole quarter at one time, which thej
teachers said was a financial feat be
yond the ability of many pupils.
The new system, installed by Prin
cipal R. A. Thompson of Sentous
school, is an adjunct to the federal
thrift plan, and run on the same plan.
The school printed small folders,
prepared in its own print shop, with
spaces for five stamps; it also printed J
stamps, in red and white, bearing the
words, “Sentous Thrift Stamp, 5
cents,” and having a Liberty cap as;
an ornamental feature. The stamps
were placed on sale at the school cafe
teria, candy counter, book store and
other departments where pupils con
gregate, and it was soon found that
they were in great demand.
“We found that the students would
save a nickel from their spending,
money, or omit a dessert, or perhaps
walk home from school and buy a
I stamp with the savings,” said Mr.
, Thompson, “while they wouldn’t save1
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the cash from day to day until they,
could buy a regular thrift stamp. When
they get five of these stamps we ex
change them for a federal thrift stamp, j
and the number of thrift cards in the^
school is increasing at a gratifying
rate.”
Mr. Thompson said the federal au
thorities had been consulted about the
propriety of the plan, especially about
using special stamps, and they had ap
proved the move.
Other schools in Los Angeles and
elsewhere have been investigating the
new plan-, be - sa t ch ■ trt; d many had indi
cated an intention to adopt it.
“We will be glad to see it adopted,”,
said Mr. Thompson. “Anyone who
wants it is welcome to the idea. Wei
are trying to make it easier for the|
hoys and girls to become thrifty and
aid by their thrift, and if this plan is
the success that it now appears we
believe it will be widely adopted.”
OF RQOSFVFLT
REMAINS UNCHANGEO
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Feb. 8.—The condition
ol former President Roosevelt remains
unchanged, according to the report of
his physicians today. His tempera
ture and pulse are normal, and his
relatives say his condition is encour
aging.
The Colonel was operated upon on
Wednesday last for abscesses in both
ears.
President Expresses Sympathy.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—President
Wilson today sent to Mrs. Roosevelt a
message of sympathy.
TO KEEP GLOSE TAB ON
COASTWISE SHIPPING
(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8.—Collec
tor of Customs Davis announces today
that all vessels in the Pacific coast
wise trade hereafter must obtain spe
cial permission before clearing from
port. The order is designed to en
able the government to obtain an es
timate on the number of vessels in
the coastwise service and an account
of the carrying capacity of such ves
sels.
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FORT LISCUM BOYS
TO HAVE AMUSEMENT
FORT LISCUM. Feb. 8—The sol
diers stationed at this post have organ
ized an amusement association for
the purpose of giving weekly enter
tainments, boxing bouts, etc.
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District Food Administrator W. R.
Hillery has received from Territorial
Food Administrator Roy Gunnison of
Juneau a telegram in which it is an
nounced that new regulations have
been formulated with regard to sales
of wheat and flour and substitutes
therefor, effective immediately and un
til further notice in the First and
Third divisions of Alaska.
Under the new regulations local
provision dealers will be allowed to
sell wheat and flour in a ratio of two
thirds wheat or flour to one of sub
stitute, instead of at the previous fifty
fifty ratio.
Mr. Hillery has already been assur
ed by the local merchants of co-opera
tion with the food administration on
the new ruling.
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steamer Admiral Evans is due
from the south on Tuesday.
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(By Associated Press)
WITH THE AMERICAN EXPEDl-j
I TIONARY ARMY IN FRANCE, Feb. 8.
—The American artillery is keeping up;
! a harrassing fire on the German lines. J
bombarding batteries, trenches, cross-J
'roads, dugouts, light railways and the
[houses in which the Teuton forces arej
i billeted, and cleaning out the snipers, i
THINE FIMIS IN j
TO JOIN LIBERTY (ill
FAIRBANKS, Feb. 8—Six or seven
Fairbanks hoys left here on the last
for the Outside, and it is ex
pected that half a dozen more will
leave soon. They are on their way
to enlist in the United States army.
EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY
NATIONAL BO! SCOUTS
Cordova. Troop No. 1, Boy Scoutc
j of America, wish to extend the greet
j nigs of the day to their parents and
| friends. They offer their services as
I Bov Scouts for the new year to any
organization engaged in patriotic or
war work.
The Cordova Scouts invite their
parents and friends to attend a recep
tion at the Red Dragon club house on
Monday evening at 7:30 in honor of
the eighth birthday of the National or
ganization.
FOLLOWERS OF
BILL HAYWOOD
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Feb. 8.—The
federal grand jury in session here to
day brought in indictments charging
fifty-five persons with conspiring with
Secretary Haywood of the Industrial
I Workers of the World to hinder the
execution of the laws of the United
States in the prosecution of the war :
Forty-six of the men indicted have i
been placed under arrest.
LIBRARIES ARE PROVIDED
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 8.- A feature
of the war camp community service1
that has gained headway in the camps
and cantonments of Southern Califor
nia is the library work, as conducted
by a local committee under the general
direction of the National library, au
ihorized by Secretary Baker of the war
department.
At (’amp Kearny, near San Diego, a
library building with seats for 200
readers has been erected, equipped
with about 7,000 volumes, and placed
in charge of a trained librarian as
signed by the state library at Sacra
mento.
At San Pedro, the water rront sec
tion of Bos Angeles, which lies near
a training station used for sailors and
also near a reservation occupied by a
body of troops, the city of Los An
geles has greatly enlarged its branch
library, added to the working force,
and purchased hundreds of special
books for the use of the men in the
service.
Everett R. Perry, librarian of the
city of Los Angeles, is one of the mem
bers of the national library war coun
cil, and has been active in the work
of the various camps of California.
“We had to raise the money in each
section for that section," said Mr.
Perry recently. “We were called upon
for $10,000 and we exceeded that sum.
In the nation more than $600,000 above
the allotted amount was secured, and
our due proportion of the excess has
come to us, 1 am sure, although the
finances are all directed from Wash
ington.
"The books were all obtained as
gifts and hv purchase: new, light, read
able and well-written fiction was de
sired, and it was offered in large quan
tities; some selection had to be exer
cised in placing the gifts, as there were
Some books offered which were not
what the men wanted, nor what we
wanted for them; the gifts were nearly j
all fiction, hut we purchased, borrowed
and secured from various sources a
good assortment of technical works on
such problems as sanitation, aircraft,
motive powers, and matters that the
men were interested in from the ■stand
point of the soldier or sailor.”
The Carnegie foundation made a sub
stantial contribution to the library
funds, and suitable buildings were
erected at all cantonments. At Camp
Kearney. Mr. Perry said, the commit
tee believed it was making ample pro
visions for handling the readers when
it installed 20b seats?, hut these have
proved inadequate, and a large circu
lation also has been established. Xo
definite figures on circulation have
been compiled, but it was said that
“there was always a waiting list" for
many technical books, and that the
proportion of loans was higher than
in a civil community of similar size,
even with larger libraries than grow
with the communities.
FUEL OM IS
( By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON'. Feb. 8.—Heatless
Mondays have been suspended in all
the states south of Virginia on ac
count of the improved weather and
traffic conditions.
The state department lias heard
hope to suspend the order as affect
ing other states next Monday.
(By Associated Press)
STOCKHOLM, l-'.'ti. X. A Helsing
fors dispatch says that Heimral Mati
nerheim, commanding the forces s
porting the Finnish provisional gov
eminent, has defeated the revolution
ary Red Hoard in a battle tit Korkea
kosi, near TamnilTors Three thousand
of the Red Hoard were killed.
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(By Associated Press)
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 8—A Vienna
dispatch says that Dr. Von Seydler.
the Austrian premier, has tendered
his resignation and those ot the mem
bers of his cabinet to Ernporer Karl.
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WITH THE AMERICAN EXPED1
i TIONARY ARMY IN FRANCE, Jan.
20. — (By Mail.) —Private Hager of c
Battery can understand some women
and some he can't understand.
Take the little girl who waits on the
canteen—American front the top of her
j golden head to the soles of her little
hob-nailed field-boots. Husband an of
t
: fleer, no children and wants to be do
j lug things for -the soldiers. So du
came out to tens ntue mud-wallow or
a town to put in nine hours a day
standing on slippery duck-boards be -
hind the counter. .j
“I can understand a girl like her.'
said Private Hager. “Between us, this
| is the third time I’ve come up to thv
j counter this evening. Last time /
bought chewing gum—me who’s been
in the field artillery seven years. Now
, I’m going to have a cup of chocolate
If it chokes me.
| “It’s so doggone fine to see her smiles
and hear her voice say, ‘Thank you’—
. as though I’d done something for her
i instead of she for me—that I’I£ keep
on remembering things I want co buy
j until the canteen closes "
“This isn’t a stunt where .Hie doe*
. two hours work every third Wetfnes
i day just for the fun of it. .She’s onyjob
j every day and she lives rigid here in
this village. The colonel and the town
. major went around to the r ayor and
, shook him down for the bes mom in
the house in town—but it isn't much
of a house ”
Private Hager got a letter last night
from the kind of a woman he can't, un
derstand.
it was postmarked “New York" and
was addressed to “An Orphan Sol
dier.'' Having hail no parents for sev
eral years Private Hager ranked as
senior orphan of his battallion, and so
drew the letter.
“It's from a society girl,’’ he said
She says: “I’m going to take a Red
Cross course and come over to France?
and nurse the soldiers on the battle
fields. Who knows,’ she says,’ hut
what maybe someday i shall bandage
your head with the dead and dying
screaming all around us and the shells
crashing everywhere, and maybe save
your life? Who knows, dear lonelv
‘Orphan.’ ”
Hager said any girl having that con
ception of what war is like after three
years of it. must he lonely upstairs.
He wrote her a polite reply, the kind
of girl he can't understand, saying.
“Please don’t trouble about that Red
Cross course. In the first place I'd
rather he tended by a man on the bat
tlefield, if I get wounded, which, in
the second place i won't be. And in
the third place I’d a lot rather ride
with you on top of a Fifth avenue Inis
and hold your hand than have you
holding my head with the dead and
dying screaming all around us.’’