U. S. TRANSPORT
IS TORPEDOED
BY SUBMARINE
1,912 Officers and Men on
liner Carrying 2,179
Are Rescued
U. S. HAS FIRST LOSS
Many of 267 Unaccounted for
May Be Saved News of
Attack Meagre
(Continued from pare 1)
Blon trained at Camp McArthur. Tex
as. The 107th engineers was compos
ed, of the first battalion of Michi
gan engineers; the 107th military
police wag made up from the Fourth
and Sixth Wisconsin infantry and
the 1 07th supply train from the
.Fourth. Fifth and Sixth Wisconsin
infantry.
Soldiers Former Guardsmen.
Thus, all the soldiers are former
' Wisconsin and Michigan guardsmen
except those of the aero squadron,
who prabably were recruited from all
parts of the country. .
Neither the dispatch to the war de
partment nor that to the state de
partment, referred to the fate of the
members of the Tnscania's crew.
Undoubtedly many i of them were
saved, and when all reports are In
officials hope that the loss of life
will be remarkably small. The liner,
which' is not a regular transport, was
nnder convoy and the warships ap
parently were quickly alongside for
rescue work when the torpedo struck.
The first news was given here In
this-terse announcement from the
war department:
. "The war department has been of
ficially advised that the steamship
Tnscania, was torpedoed . and sunk,
and that survivors numbering 1100
as far as -could be ascertained, were
landed at Buncranna and Larne, in
Ireland. There was a total of 2179
United States troops on this' vessel.
No names of persons lost have been
reported to the war department and
no names of survivors were reported.
Additional particulars are promised
as soon as received." ,
' ? Organizations Rush AM.
1 The state department's dispatch
gave the number of soldiers on board
as 2173, six less than the war de
partment report. It told of plans
- promptly made for caring for the
survivors. The state department Is
sued this statement:
"Tie latest advices received by the
state department from the embassy
at, London regarding the Tnscania is
that at 11 -p. m., February 6, the
latest information was that 1912 of
ficers and men on the Tnscania were
accounted for, out of 2173."
i "The ambassador has sent an as
sistant military attache, and another
army officer to Belfast, Ireland.
Representatives of the American
Red Cross and the Y. M. C. A. als-i
have gone, with full power to spend
all the money needed and authoriza
tions from the British Red Cross to
use their equipment at Belfast. The
ambassador further- reports that the
lord mayor at Belfast Is giving all
the aid possible." .,
' - i Transport First to Tie Rank.
The Tuscanla was the first ship
carrying American troops to Europe
to be sunk by German submarines,
but the American transport Antilles
was torpedoed and sunk in the war
tone while returning to the Unite!
States from France and fourteen sol
diers were lost with 156 other per
sons., including several members of
the naval armed guard.
American w a r s h I ps convoying
transports to France last June twice
fought off submarine attacks. Since
then, however, there has been no re
port of an attack on a ship carrying
American troops to Europe.
Recently the navy department has
feared that the Germans would make
a concentrated effort to intercept
transports, the recall of many of the
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submarines to their bases being In
terpreted as preliminary to such a
campaign. '
Tusrania Round for England.
The position ,of the Tuscanla when
she was sunk Is taken to indicate
that she was bound to England. Her
Blnklng definitely discloses that
British ships are being used to carry
American troops abroad, supple
menting American transport ton
nage. This fact has been intimated
before and probably arisen from the
decision of the supreme war council
to make every effort to augment
General Pershing's army during the
nrMnt vear.
Navy officials have Insisted, that
dcfsnite the most careful plans anl
efforts I to safeguard troops, there
was always a chance that a troopsmp
would stumble noon a lurking sub-
f marine I and the general belief to
night was that this ia what had Hap
pened In this case, r
The same regulations as to life
saving apparatus govern the move
ment of American troops on a Brit
ish vessel as would govern their pas
sage on an American craft. Those
regulations, which are rigidly en
forced, ; provide for sufficient life
boats and life-rart capacity tor ever
man aboard the shin, even if one-half
ttt the boats are rendered useless
through the listing of the snip wnen
she is struck.
Tuwlanla Well Equipped.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. The Tus
canla. a Cunarder of 8691 net ions
was last reported In available marl
time records as at a United States
Atlantic port on Octooer 19, ii.
it u nrMnmed that since that time
she has been employed In transport
ing American troops to Europe.
I For some time the Tuscanla has
hn nnder charter to the Cunard
line and she is the fifth big vessel
of the Cunard company lost since the
war began. ;
Although prior to January ,1 of
the present year there were morj
than 200.000 American troops in
France,; according to the statement
made by Secretary Baker, the Tus
canla was the first transport to be
torpedoed on the voyage from an
American port to France. Several
American transports, however, have
been torpedoed on the return Jour
ney after having debarked troops.
; When the Tuscanla was first pnt
into service her appointments for
first class passengers of whom she
could ckrry 500, were sumptuous
The panelfng of her main lounge
room waslWolIve wood, inlaid with
a line of sycamore. The floors were
of polished 'oak. .
A veranda cafe and gymnasium,
smoking room, dining salons and a
novel system of heating and ventil
ation were feat a res of the new liner.
The first and : second class state
rooms were situated on the bridge
deck and shelter deck admlsblps and
were large in size and well furnlshel
Lut Arrival January 17.
. It is probable, however, in view
of the exigencies of the situation
that the steamer had "been stripped
of the exigencies" of the situation
order to take as many troops as pos
sible on each voyage. I
The Tnscania was a British pas
senger and freight steamship of
14,348 tons gross register. s She was
built at Clasrow In 1914 and was
owned fcr the Anchor line. .
.The last report of the Tnscania
was her arrival at an Atlantic port
January 17. last.
The Tuscanla during her days as
a passenger liner was one of the beat
equipped vessels in the transatlantic
service, i She made her maiden voy
age in February, 1915. and for' a
time was in the service of the BrItUh
admiralty but later was restored to
her. owners for regular service.
Survivor lOO Mile Apart.
' She was. 567 feet long, with a 69
foot beam and was equipped to carry
2500 passengers In cabin and steer
age accommodations. The ship had
twin screws and a speed of about IS
knots. On several occasions since
the war began she was the object of
torpedo i attack but managed to es
cape through her speed assisted by
defense guns.
Buncranna. at which survivors
from the Tuscanla were landed, is
located i on Lough Swllly on the
northern ; .coast lot Ireland, twelve
miles ' from Londonderry. Lough
Swilly f a long, narrow bay running
In from the Atlantic ocean.
Larne, where other survivors were
landed from the vessel, is on the
northeast coast of Ireland, twenty
three miles from Belfast. It is a
north channel port. The approximate
distance bv water between the two
ports Is! 100 miles.
TACOXTA. Wash.. Feb. . 6 There
is a probability that some of the men
board j the Tuscanla were from
Camp Lewis.
Cantain M. D. Welty, aide to Gen
eral Fredirck S. Foltz. In command
at Camp Lewis, tonight stated that
Camp Lewis had sent a number of
men from the 166th depot brigade to
fill out the Twentieth engineers.
How many had been sent he could
not state tonight.
TACOMA. Feb. 6. George S
Long Jr., son of George S. Long of
Tacoma, manager of the Weyerhaus
er Timber company, who recently de
clined an appointment on the Pacific
coast committee or the aircraft board
is a member of Company F.! 20th en-
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Financier Will Pnrchas e
Supplies for the Army
Edward R. Rtettlnlus, partner In
J. P. Morgan & Co.. the "he-man"
mention 11 by A. J. Borle, president
of the Savage Arms corporation, who
should have charge of the purchase
of army ordnance and equipment,
has been named for the place by
Secretary of War Baker. Mr. Borie
when testifying before the senate
military affairs committee in De
cember about the difficulty of get
ting the ordnance bureau to consider
the Lewis machine gun, said: "I
think the only possible solution of
this difficulty is to have a big broad
minded man, a man who is a 'he
man.' not a 'pussy foot.' " Then he
named Mr. Stettinius, James A. Far
rell of the Steel Corporation, Charles
M. Schwab and Grayson Murphy.
gineers, one of the units on the Tus
canla. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 6. Nona
of the divisions or units reported to
have been on the Tuscanla came
from the Presidio of San Francisco
or Camp Fremont, near Palo Alto,
occording to available data, it was
announced at the Presidio tonight.
ELLIOTT IS ANGERED
BY CITY C0UNCILMEN
(Continued from page 1)
tron. Mrs. Dorsey is the present
matron. The applications of both
women were read before tne meet
in? 1at nle-ht. Th nunc 11 hud Aii-
r- -T. - -
last mgnt wnen Aiaerman stmerat
spoiled the run by moving tnat tne
election oe postponed unm aiier a
rnort nr: Ttpcnliminn with In Ri
leni Hrhnot honrrt fnlatlva to com
Dining the ornce with that or truant
offlCAi I: ..
Aldermen Jofinson and RIgdon
were appointed a special committee
to confer' with the board. Johnson
rennriaA that tha onmmltlM bad vl x.
lted the board at one of its meetings
qui mai ine Doara naa requesiea
ficmtlatinn tn lw rfofrrof until thi
Doara couia appoint a special com-
miuee 10 comer wun tne two repre
sentatives of the council. "That's
tne last we nave neara or it," saia
Johnson. ;
In Disagreement with Firm.
Tho nttv fi In itluf roamsnt with
IhA fnnta vti-VnalI1v C.nnmtmMlnn
company over money due the city
inr roniai or mrppr mar n inrr in tnn
comnanr for use at McMinnvlHe. The
question is whether the city shall re
ceive pay to tne extent oi s& a aay
ror time required in transporting tne
machinery to McMinnville and back,
amounting to eight day. The ques
tion was (referred. Mayor Keyer
asked City Attorney Mcy if it would
be. -possible for the city .to collect
for. the eight days.
"I don't see why it wouldn't," re
plied Macy. "The c'ty owes the
Montague-O'Reilly company between
11700 and $1800." . .
Another Meeting Monday.
Because of pressure of work the
council adjourned to meet again next
Monday night.
' The fire and water committee re
ported that the bid of Lot L. Pearce
St Son tor S00 feet of fire hose be
accepted. - The report was adopted.
A resolution was adopted cailint
upon the', city attorney to draw a
new ordinance for the reassessment
of South Twelfth street In conform
ity with corrections made in the as
sessments. Vick brothers petitioned for per
mission to erct an electric sign over
the front of Uelr places of business
The petition was referred to the com
mittee on lights. The council con
firmed the appointment by Chltf of
Police Poland of E. Ervin as a spec
ial policeman to serve at the &st
end of the Intercounty bildge. The
appointment was requested by the
commercial club.
The library board, through Alcr
man Ward petitioned that thr city
recorder draw warrants of $500
monthly for the use of the board
Upon motion of Alderman SImen.1
the petition was indefinitely ot
poned. The recorder was then in
structed to draw a warrant of $500
for the board, the idea being to al
low money to the board ks needed.
The police committee was soteo
jurisdiction of the comfort station
except as to the buying of materials
and keeping the station In .repairs.
' An ordinance bill was patsed re
ducing the license fee of taxicibs and
jitney from $50 to $15 a year. The
higher fee was voted previous to the
state fair to keep out competition
with local buses.
A new substitute traffic ordinance
bill was given' first and second read
ings and then referral 7
corder for engrossment after several
nmenaments naa Deen voted.
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BROAD SURVEYS
OF COAST ARE
HELD URGENT
Inadequate Sea Charts Cause
Loss of Lives and Curb
Expansion
WARTIME STEP IS SEEN
Preparation Must Be Made
for Operation of Big
Fleet. After War
WASHINGTON, Jan.' 24. Com
plete surveys of the entire Pacific
coast and a careful study of ocean
currents were recommended in a
bulletin on "The Neglected Waters of
the Pacific Coast." Issued today by
the coast and geodetic survey.
For twenty-one years no system
atic survey of water areas adjacent
to California, Oregon and Washing
ton has been made on account of lack
of vessels. Approximately 64 per
cent of the waters around the Phil
ippine islands has been surveyed In
the twenty years that the islands
have been a dependency of this coun
try, while only 27 per cent of Cali
fornia waters, 14 per cent of Oregon
waters and 44 per cent of Washing
ton waters have been surveyed in the
seventy years that they have been a
part of the continental United States.
Wreck Is Cited.
Inadequacy of present charts and
surveys and peculiarities of config
uration and. currents were said to
have been responsible for many cost
ly wrecks, notably the loss of the
."Valencia" in 1906 with 134 per
sons. It would require twenty years
to complete '.the necessary surveys
along thfi coast, but It was said bene
fits would be ftvailable within a year
after the work was begun. The cost
for a vessel and twenty years' ope
ration was estimated at $2,300,000.
Not only consideration for lives
and property, but the need of prepar
ing for maritime expansion dictates
the necessity for beginning the sur
vey immediately, in the opinion of
the survey. The bulletin concludes:
"The end iOf the present world
conflict will see the merchant fleet
which we are now building released
from the restrictions Imposed by our
needs for transatlantic transport,
sailing the seven seas In a strnggle
to regain the pre-eminence which
was ours In the old days of the clip
per ships, only to be destroyed by
the upheaval of the Civil war.
Pacific Coast to Share.
"In this maritime expansion the
Pacific coast will hare a full share.
And with the cominr of new ships
there will come new commanders:
men unfamiliar with the special con
ditions affecting navigation. It has
already been stated that the present
?omparatlve Immunity of shipping In
nlaces is due less to the facilities
furnished by our surreys and charts
'ban to the intimate local knowledge
of conditions possessed by the pres
ent masters, who have gained It only
by years of experience.
"Strangers lacking this local
knowledge must navigate 'by the
hart, and unless the charts are per
fected and the currents known., the
nevitable result will be a marked
Increase in the number of disasters
occurring, an increase out of all pro
portion to the increase in the num
ber vessels.
"We have already waited too long,
the Pacific coast has been woefully
neglected, and years of work are re
luired to complete this important
ta&k.' It Is vital for the safety of
'he traveling public, our -commercial
interests and our nary that there be
io further delay in recognizing the
needs and providing adequate facili
ties for pushing the work."
WAR QUERY IS
DODGED BY BAKER
(Continued from page 1)
granting the president further
powers.
Sessions of the senate and house
today passed without revival of the
"ontroversy, but tomorrow addresses
n both bodies are scheduled.
Detailed Figure lurking.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. Under
cross-examination at a public hear-
'ng before the senate military com
mittee today on his recent optimistic
statement concerning America's war
reparations and the prospects for
arly and effective participation.
Secretary Baker declared that the
number of troops sent abroad up to
January 1. 1918, was In excess of
'he previously planned schedule. The
?ross-examlnation was beun by
Senator Weeks of Massachusetts, Re
publican v i
Secretary Baker explained that hl3
former statement that a million men
more would probably be sent to En-
rope this year did not contemplate
dependence wholly on American ton
nage. Hut the principal point in the
controversy, the question of where
America would get ships to trans
port that number of troops, was left
untouched, partly because Secretary
Baker did not have detailed figures
to show the committee the basis for
his assertion and partly because
members of the committee got into a
squabble over whether it would be
oroper to have the Vvretary disclose
the figures Dublicly. The unshot was
that the question ofl tonnage was left
to be presented to the committee in
secret session tomorrow and the
cross-examination went to other sub
jects of a general nature.
An estimate of 791,000 tons of
ships available for transport on Feb
ruary 1. the secretary said he
thought was rathef too small than
too large.
When pressed by Senator Hitch
cock for a statement as to the basis
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on which he predicated his statement
that the United States could put 1,
000.000 men in France this year.
Secretary Balqer replied that this
was his general opinion of a broad
situation rather than the exact state
ment of experts dealing In details.
"The misfortune for me, if I may
call It such." said Secretary Baker,
"lay In the fact that I attempted to
give opinions of the broad general
situation as I saw when the informa
tion lay in details that ought to have
been gotten from experts In direct
charge or In statists giving specific
facts. I was attempting a general
survey. It was" a misfortune for. me
to do that."
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t MANY U. S. TROOPS
(Continued from pace 1)
April. 1917, you had 9524 officers
and 202,510 men. You have now
110,000 officers and 1,500,000 men,
and the number of your men In
France at: the present moment Is
notably in excess of the establish
ment of your army nine months
ago."
Entente Needs Are Tinge. !
France, he said, has taken "every
necessary measure" so that Ameri
ca can complete, in France, the train
ing begun here. Regarding aviation
American 'developments had been
"beyond all expectation," he declar
ed. He outlined how America had
helped the entente also financially
and with shipping, food and fuel
aid which he descrived as "immenae
and conclusive."
"Wherever, on . special points." he
added, alluding to his association
with officials at Washington. "I be
lieve that mistakes have been made.
I say It frankly; the heads of the
cabinet or the heads of your depart
ments know it from their own ex
perience." "I have the optimism of the satis
fled." Mr. Tardieu said, discussing
the situation generally, "and as long
as I shall be here as the representa
tive of my country I will ask from
you, every day, a still greater effort.
"After forty-three months of war,
our needs are huge indeed and in
order to supply them .enormous sac
rifices are required of you."
PLENTY OF FISH
ON MARKET HERE
No Smelt Is Obtainable at
Kelso, Wash. Halibut
Forecast Made
It was reported a few days ago
that the Great Northern Express
company was advising its -patrons
by circular letter that the smelt sea
son is now on at Kelso. Wash. .and
that the price is cents a pound
with the prospect of its ging lower.
A large dealer in fresh fish in Sa
lem had the agent here wire a deal
er in Kelso, and yesterday this reply
was received:
"No smelt obtainable. Try Clif
ton or Rainier."
Investigation made yesterday re
vealed the fact that there Is now in
Salem pletny of other fish, and even
Royal Chinook salmon Is 5 cents a
pound less than Saturday. Late tel
egrams from Washington say that
the government has commandeered
all the Royal Chinook canneries and
will nse the output of this, the very
highest grade of fish an the market,
for the army and navy.
Other grades of salmon are In the
markets of Salem, Just as good for
home consumption. Including steel
heads and silver tip salmon, and In
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north, as well as clams and oysters
in abundance, so that the good peol
pie of Salem, when they et fish
hungry, will have a variety of fish
to choose from, and when the smelt
get into the Cowlltx river in big
shoals they woll be sold on this mar
ket at retail for $1.50 a box of fifty
pounds, or six pounds for 25 cents.
: Halibut from Newport will be on
the market in April, and It should
be remembered that the first run of
any .fish Is always higher than when
the catches are large, but It is pro
mised that Newport halibut, when
the run Is good, will be sold on this
market at from 11 cents to as
low aa 10 cents.
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(Continued from page 1)
enthusiasm with which all section of
my people bare responded to every
demand made upon them for this
purpose, and as they face the final
tests which may yet be required to
carry our efforts to fruition, I pray
that Almighty God may vouchsafe to
us his blessing." . . .
1500 NOMADS
QUIETLY LEAVE
Action Is Due to Failure of
Slab of Marble to Arrive
on Time
OAKLAND. Feb. 7. Because a
slab of marble needed to complete
the mausoleum of the late King Al
exander Adams, ruler of the gypsies
of the country, failed to arrive here
recently, approximately 1500 of
these nomads who had reached here
from all parts of the country to rote
on a successor, silently stole away
again. They will be recalled when
the slab arrives. ;
The normal population of gypsies
in California is estimated at 300
persons. The other -twelve hundred
came from all parts of the Pacific
coast, the eastern and middle west
ern states. Many of them came in
the gaudy but ramshackle covered
vehicles drawn by horses familiar to
those who have seen the fortune tell
ins gypsies on the roadside. It was
noticeable, however, that a large pro
portion of them arrived in automo
biles, many of these being of the
latest model and far from being in
expensive cars.
The election was postponed. .The
gypsies learned the tomb of King Al
exander could not be completed until
a single missing slab of marble ar
rived from Italy. Until the tomb is
finished the old king may not be bu
ried; and vntil he is buried Ro
many must do without a king.
The son of Mark Adams, brother
of the late ktng, is the latest choice
of Mrs. Alexander Adams for the
succession. He Is 19 and he knows
an automobile as his gypsy ancestors
knew a horse. His bride to be Is the
pride of Romany. Her name is
Amelia Mitchell.
Miss Mitchell Is several years old
er than the son Mark. ' It Is the law
of Romany; a wife must be her hus
band's senior, so that any inclina
tions toward work that he may have
may be curbed properly. It is a dis
grace when a man of a gypsy house
work.
Once the late king, who .weighed
350 pounds, and was 6 feet 6 inches
tall, looked forward to old age and
decided to put some of his $1,000.
000 Into a business ventuore. His
plans Involved building; a fine bung-
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alow on his property In Berkeley anl
starting there a fortune telling cen
ter which the queen shonld lead. An
agent asked Mrs. Adams about It.
"If he goes Into business," she
said, "I will leave him. I will not
live in a bungalow. My home Is 1a
the world. The men of Romany shall
notiwork. It Is for the' women to
tell fortunes; the men must stay
home and take care of the babies.
Work is degrading."
A gypsy told the story of Romany's
desertion of horses and tented wag
ons. in favor of automobiles. It was
for business reasons.
"When the old king still lived,"
he said, and sighed, "we learned that
Americans would flock to us if we
came into a town In big automobiles.
Our women told many fortunes. We
banked many dollars; yes; many
thousands of dollars. So we use au
tomobiles. .
SHIP MENTIONED;
OFFICER IS HELD
Information Given Concern
ing Troop Movement Un
der Investigation
WASHINGTON. Feb. &. A young
army officer who confided to a rela
tire the name, of the ship on which
he was coing ovtrscas and the date
of the sailing is under arrest pend
ing determination of whether his su
periors properly Instructed him con
cerning the requirements of secre
cy, s ,
In announcing the arrest tonight
the war depatn',ent' did not disclose
the officer's name. The purpose in
giving publicity to the Incident is to
emphasize the department's deter
irlnatloi to prevent the spread of in-,
formation concerning the movement
of troops.
This statement was Issued:. I
'"The war department authorize '.
the, announcement that a young of fl
eer' is held in arrest because he dl- j
vulged to a relative the name of the,
vessel. uplon .which he was about. to-':
start' overseas and the schedule!
date of its departure. As a result
of this prohibited Information the-;
relative of the young officer, a first;
lieutenant, sent a telegram to him.
at- the port of . embarkation. This1
telegram ! which was not in cipher,
furnished information which in th."
rtand. of 'the enemy might have eu-J
daweered the vessel and all aboard
"The disclosure of such lnforma-'
t!rn by officers and men about lo;
sail ir strictly forbidden in, .Genet at)
Order "No. 94. war department. 1917;
and warning Is again issued that of-v
fleers and men must' not acquaint
relatives or friends with details of.
arrangements for departure., Dis-1
ciplinary action faces offenders. .
"The case of the young officers'
nnuer arrest in this Instance Is be-,
fore the war department, for action, :,
following an investigation."
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De Oro Fights Hard for
. Billiard Championship
CHICAGO. Feb. 6 lAlfredo D
Oro overcame a twelve-point lead
and defeated Augie Kleckhefef' of ;
Chicago, 50 to 42, tonight In the
first block of their, match for the
world's three-cushion billiard cham
pionship. De Oro, apparently hope-.r;
lessly beaten for more than half uf
the game, played In wonderful fora
at the end, scoring twenty-three'
points In twenty Innings. The game
went sixty-five innings. De Oro get
ting a high run of eight and Kleck
hefer one of six.
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