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VOLUME XXXVIII.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1918.
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168 AMERICANS LOST
ON TROOP SHIP
2,179 American Troops on Board
British Transport Sunk by
U-Boat.
Washington, Feb. 7.—Torpedoed and
sunk by a German submarine, the Cun
ard liner Tuscania, bearing 2,179 offi
cers and men of the Thirty-second na
tional guard division, lies at the bot
tom of the North Atlantic ocean today
and at least 168 troopers—probably
more—-are missing.
On the basis of figures reported to
the war and state departments here
the missing wouljl be 267; the figures
of the British Admiralty as they stood
early today, however, placed the rais
ing American troopers at 168.
Convoys Do Heroic Work.
There is every hope that the lower
number will prove to be corect. Brit
ish convoys near to the torpedoed ship
closed in quickly and did heroic work
as the comparatively small number of
losses show. The position of the Tus
cania off the north coast of Ireland,
evidently headed for England, also was
such that numbers of British patrol
ships and other vessels rushed to her
side and in that way the losses were
minimized.
Such reports as were at hand early
this morning gave no details of how
the transport, heavily convoyed, fell in
with the submarine but it was regard
ed as more than probable that the ship
stumbled on the submarine, rather
than that the disaster was the first
shot in the much advertised German
offensive against the line of American
troops and supplies.
This was made public about 10
o’clock and until the arrival of the
state department dispatch two hours
later it was feared that more than
1,400 including the Cunard’s crew,
had perished. The state department
message said 2,173 troops were aboard
the Tuscania.
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No mention of the fate of the crew
was made in the state department ad
• vices nor were the landing points of
the rescued American troops indicated,
but the war department’s message
said that 1,100 survivers had been
put ashore at Buncrana and Larne,
Ireland, that the convoy vessels got
alongside the sinking transport
quick and relief ships made the scene
of the disaster within a few hours.
Buncrana is on Lough Swilly on the
north coast of Donegal, not far from
Londonderry, while Larne is a north
channel port on the east coast of An
trim, near Belfast. The landing points
indicate that the Tuscania was taking
the northern route around Ireland to
England and the distance between
Buncrana and Larne leads officials to
believe the number of rescue ships
searching the vicintiy is large.
No mention of the time of the sink
ing was made in either of the official
messages but news was received in
London at 3 p. m. yesterday.
A coded list of survivors was com
ing into the war dpeartment early to
day but officials declined to give out
the names already received. The offb
cial list was expected today as soon as
it is decoded.
Mainly Michigan and Wisconsin.
The troops aboard the Tuscania were
mainly former Michigan and Wis
consin national guardsmen now at
tached to the Thirty-second division
trained at Camp MacArthur, Texas.
Several aero squadrons and several
companies of the Twentieth engineers,
a forestry regiment, were aboard. The
list of units as made public by the ad
jutant general’s office last night is as
follows:
List of Units Aboard.
Headquarters detachment and Com
panies D, E and F of the Twentieth
engineers.
107th engineer train.
107th military police.
107th supply train.
No. 100 aero squadron.
158th aero squadron.
213th aero squadron.
Replacement detachments Nos. 1
and 2 of the Thirty-second division.
Fifty-one casual officers.
Makeup of Units.
The 107th engineers was composed
of the first battalion of Michigan
engineers; the 107th military police
was made up from the Fourth and
Sixth Wisconsin infantry and the 107th
supply train from the Fourth, Fifth
and Sixth Wisconsin infantry.
The Twentieth engineers, a forestry
regiment, and the aero squadrons
probably were recruited from various
sections and the place they trained
was not mentioned by the war de
partment.
President at Theater.
President Wilson, who was attend
ing a theater when the news of the
sinking was received, Secretary Ba
ker and many other officials remained
up late for more details, but only the
terse war and state department mes
sages came through until the list of
survivors began to arrive from the
American army headquarters in Lon
don early today.
Relief is Rushed.
The state department’s dispatch
said Ambassador Page had sent two
army officers to Belfast and repre
sentatives of the American Red Cross
and the Y. M. C. A. had gone with full
power to spend all the money needed
in the relief.
Although the American transport
Antilles was torpedoed and sunk in
the war zone while returning from
France and fourteen of those on board
lost, the Tuscania was the first ship
carrying American troops to Europe
to be sunk by a submarine.
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The Tuscania, until last fall, had
been in the trans-Atlantic trade, but
the sinking indicates that she had re
cently been engaged .in transporting
American troops. She carried a Brit
ish crew and a British armed naval
guard and was convoyed by British
warships.
The use of British ships to carry
American troops has been hinted at
recently in connection with decision of
the supreme war council to make
every effort to increase Gen. Persh
ing’s army.
Atack on Troop Ships Expected.
Navy department officials have be
lieved that the Germans might con
centrate their submarines on ships
transporting American troops and the
recall of many submarines into their
bases recently was interpreted as pre
liminary to such a campaign. Despite
the most careful plans, navy men say,
there is always a chance of a troop
ship stumbling upon a submarine and
the general belief here is that this is
what happened off the Irish coast.
Some Land in Scotland.
Washington, Feb. 7.—Additional
dispatches reached the war depart
ment today saying that some 600 sur
vivers are at Larne, Ireland, and that
seventeen are at Islay, Scotland. The
dispatches said the British authorities
were doing everythng to make the
survivors as comfortable as possible
and were sending supplies to the
places where they landed. This does
not materially change the number
saved, which stands at 1,912.
Golden Wedding.
Fifty years ago on January 31st, in
far away New York state, at the town
of Greenwich, were married Mr. New
ton Carson and Miss Isabelle Brady.
Eleven years they lived together in
that state and then went over into
Canada, where Mr. Carson worked in
the timber helping to saw lumber.
Like the majority of the people at
that time the longing for home life in
the west where their children could
gow up and settle around them, over
came the love for old home ties and
in 1880 they came to Saline County,
Nebraska, where they lived for nine
years coming to Holt County in 1889,
where they have lived, an honor to
their community, their county and
their state, for twenty-nine years next
March. Around them and with them
have grown to perfect man and wo
manhood seven children. The oldest
child, a little girl whom they named
Jessie, passed to the other side at the
age of two years.
Of those who remain are Jemes,
Johnny and Mrs. Floyd Wolfe, of Red
Bird; Mrs. Frank Hunter, of Star;
and Lizzie and Edward, who are yet in
the old home, near Red Bird postoffice,
surrounded by its beautiful cedars and
memories never to be forgotten. There
on Thursday with the snow blowing
and piling the roads with drifts and
the thermometer registering 20 de
grees below zero, relatives and friends
met numbering twenty-seven people.
This was a disappointment to many
as the roads were impassible. Never
theless a splendid time was enjoyed as
all of the children were there with
their families, the grandchildren
numbering eleven, besides a few
neighbors.
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of seventy-one years young and his
good wife is sixty-five. Both are en
joying good health and help with the
chores and housework. Mr. Carson
can still dance a jig and does so every
once in a while for the benefit of his
little grandsons. Mrs. Carson is knit
ting for the soldier boys. The ladies
present were doing this work during
the day and the bride did her share.
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs.
Newton Carson, Mr. and Mrs. V. V.
Rosenkrans, Mrs. Ladely, Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Brady and son, Clarence, Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Pickering and daughter,
Vera, Mr. and Mrs. Slack and son,
Forest, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Carson and
daughter, Margret, Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Carson, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Wolfe,
Mr. and Mrs. John Carson, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Hunter and Lizzie and Ed
die Carson.
Owing to war and need of conser
vation only a two course dinner was
served. The table decorations were
gold and white lace doilies and center
piece of white carnations yellow
tulips and ferns. A platter fifty years
old was in use being one of their first
dishes. After dinner a program was
given. Two letters of greeting were
read. Mrs. John Carson gave the
reading, “An Old Sweetheart of Mine,”
by Riley. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Carson,
Mrs. Hunter and Mr. Wolfe sang
“Silver Threads Among the Gold,” and
“Down by the Old Mill Stream,” and
Mrs. Will Carson and Mrs. Lee Brady
sang a song written thirty-nine years
age by a brother of Mrs. V. V. Rosen
crans for a golden wedding of that
date.
Mr. V. V. Rosencrans made a pre
sentation talk and the bride and groom
each received a gold watch which was
the gift of the children and some other
friends and relatives. The other
presents were: A picture, a dresser
scarf, two cream ladles and three
gold spoons. The only thing regretted
was that the weather was so inclement
only a few of those invited could go.
Their many friends unite in wishing
them many years to come of happy
wedded life. ***
LOCAL MATTERS.
M. F. Harrington came up from
Omaha last Tuesday night.
Lloyd Bergstrom went to Ewing
Tuesday to look after some business
matters.
Hugh O’Conner, of Emmet, was in
the city Tuesday attending to busi
ness affairs.
A. A. Hardy, of Ewing, was in the
city Tuesday attending to some busi
ness matters.
W. B. Cooper and Chauncy Porter,
of Chambers, were O’Neill business
visitors last Tuesday.
Louis Weber and George Haigh, of
Atkinson, were visiting with friends
in this city last Friday.
J. B. Ryan and son, Clement, went
to Omaha the latter part of last week
and spent several days visiting.
Jack McCafferty, who has been
visiting relatives here for the past two
weeks, left Sunday for Butte, Mont.
Attorney D. L. Jouvenat, of At
kinson, came down Tuesday and at
tended to some legal affairs in court.
John Mullen returned Monday night
from Omaha, where he had been for a
few days visiting with relatives and
friends.
Dr. O. K. Tickler went to Stuart
Wednesday afternoon and returned
this morning after looking after busi
ness affairs.
John L. Quig returned the first of
the week from a business trip of
several days, that took him into South
Dakota and Wisconsin.
Hans Peterson, who has been work
ing in Omaha for the past two months,
arrived here Monday night for a
week’s visit with friends.
Roland M. Whitmore, 27, of Elgin,
Nebr., and Florence E. Bethea, 27, of
Ewing, were granted license to wed by
the county judge on Tuesday.
Hugh J. Boyle went to Omaha Sat
urday morning and will spend a few
days there looking after business
affairs.
F. 0. Hammerburg and Nelson
Whitnell, both of Celia, were in the
city last Monday and favored this
office with a short call.
W. J. Hammond and M. F. Har
rington went to Omaha Thursday
morning and will stay there for some
time attending to some legal matters.
L. E. Chapman left Wednesday
afternoon for Billings, Mont., where
he will remain for a short time visit
ing with his family, which is loated
there.
Mrs. Richard Stryker, who had been
visiting with her sister, Mrs. H. J.
Boyle for a few days, left the latter
part of last week for her home at
Lincoln.
Mrs. O. K. Tickler left this morning
for her home at Harvard, Nebr., being
called there to attend the funeral of
her grandmother, who died Wednes
day night.
Charles Pruss was down from Em
met today and favored this office with
a pleasant call. Charles recently had
a sale of his personal property and
will move to Emmet where he wil
take life easy.
Clarence Gladhill, the efficient fore
man of the Stuart Ledger, was in th<
city today, having come down to taki
the physical examination for admis
sion to the army.
Dan Holland, who has been visiting
with relatives here, and also attend
ing to business affaiis for the past ter
days, returned to his home at Davie
City, Nebr., Thursday morning.
George Clinton, who is now em
ployed by the Burlington railroad, anc
working out of Sioux City, came up
Tuesday night and visited with rela
tives and friends here Wednesday and
Thursday.
Joel Parker, who was in the second
draft contingent that left this county,
arrived home Wednesday night from
Camp Funston, Kans., being called
here by the death of his father, Byron
Parker, who died Tuesday morning. ,
Byron Parker, one of the pioneer
residents of this county, died at his
home just east of this city last Tues
day morning, after an illness of
several months. The funeral will be
held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock.
Webb Kellogg will entertain twelve
of his young gentlemen friends at a
turkey dinner at the Kellogg resi
dence this evening. The minimum age
of any of those who will dine with Mr.
Kellogg will be over seventy-five
years.
Neligh News: E. Templin, of
O’Neill, father of Mrs. Harry Kre
beck, and a brother and sister of Mrs.
Krebeck, one of Lincoln and the other
from Iowa, came in Tuesday from
O’Neill for a visit at the Krebeck
home.
Mrs. Thomas Quinn returned from
Mapleton, Iowa, Monday night, where
she had been helping to nurse her
little grandson, Earl Quinn, who has
been down with bronchial pneumonia,
but was on the road to recovery when
she left.
Tuesday night, Etta Froelich enter
tained the Martez club at her home.
A delicious three course luncheon was
served and after seven games of whist
the remainder of the evening was
spent dancing. Virginia Testman won
the .prize, a silver cream ladle.
The Knights of Columbus are to
have an initiation here next Sunday,
the program for the day is as follows:
All assemble at the K. C. Hall, and
march in a body to the church for
High Mass. The initiation will take
place at one o’clock, and the banquet,
which will be served by the Catholic
ladies’, will start at eight thirty p. m.
The Cribbage tournament held at
the K. C. Club rooms last Monday
night was won, after a hard battle, by
Parnell Golden. A number of the
members were tied when the tourna
ment ended, and they had to settle the
dispute between themselves. They all
played for the prize, but the god’s of
luck favored Golden and he took the
prize.
Col James Moore, the genial
auctioneer, was passing around the
cigars last Friday morning with the
smile that would’t come off illuminat
ing his countenance and hollering to
every one in sight, “It’s a Nine Pound
Boy.” Jim has been so hapyy ever since
that he came near losing the oppor
tunity to cry a sale, being so busy tell
ing about the wonders of the little
fellow that he hardly had time to talk
business.
Tuesday, February 12th and Friday,
February 22, have been designated as
1 thrift stamp days and the ladles in
charge of the postoffice thrift stamp
. booth hope that all persons will be
, very liberal with their patronage on
. the above two days. They have been
. making a splendid record of sales and
Mrs. Stout, who has charge of the
postoffice booth, hopes that all records
will be broken on the two thrift stamp
days. Don’t forget them.
State Journal, Feb. 6: Father M. F.
Cassidy, for thirty years a priest at
O’Neill, visited friendsinLincolnTues
day and was a visitor at the state
house. He is taking an active interest
in war work and expresses regret that
he is not a young man so that he
might serve in the trenches. He is
personally acquainted with and is a
friend of everyone of the forty-two
Holt county boys who are in military
training camps. Nearly everyone of
the young men keep in touch with
him by correspondence.
The Rev. G. W. Bruce was the
victim of a surprise Monday evening
when friends to the number of eleven
couple walked in to the parsonage
about 8 o’clock and announced that
they had come prepared to properly
celebrate the anniversary of Mr.
Bruce’s birth. The latter had just
returned from a day in the country
and was entirely unsuspectful of the
affair until the visitors arrived. The
evening was most enjoyablely spent
with games, music and fishing and
hunting tales, followed by refresh
ments.
Ed. F. Gallagher entertained at a
dinner Thursday evening at the Golden
Hotel, the ladies who are devoting
their time to the sale of war stamps.
Covers were laid for Mrs. Stout,
Beatrice Cronin, Etta Froelich, Mary
Fitsimmons, Mae Hammond, Evelyn
Stannard, Sue O’Donnell, Florence
McCafferty, Virginia Testman and
Messrs Weekes, O’Donnell and Gal
lagher. After dinner the girls went
home with Mrs. Stout and spent the
evening playing whist. Mae Ham
mond won the first prize and Florence
McCafferty the all-cut.
The O’Neill Basket Ball team added
another game to their string of
victories last Friday night, when they
sent the Ewing five on their way home,
with the short end of a 46 to 19 score.
The game was well attended, a large .
crowd on the bleachers and many
standing, their cheering is sufficient
evidence, that the game was appre
ciated. The Ewing team while they were
good, could not, in any way be com
pared with the O’Neill team, they
were out of their class. The O’Neill
quintet will have a game here in the
near future and for their past record
they should have a good attendance.
State Journal, Feb. 6: Judge P.
Boothe testified in district court Tues
day morning that his wife, Lena K.
Boothe, had gone in bathing with men
and that they did not trouble them
selves to don even bathing apparel.
This was about three years ago and
soon after the occurrence she left him,
remaining away continuously since.
She is now in Wisconsin, he said. Prior
to the bath scene it was declared Mrs.
Boothe had harbored disreputable
women at the family home in Holt
county and had gone away to a hay
camp, where she is alleged to have
been guilty of infidelity with a man
named Bivens. Other acts of indis
cretion and misconduct were charged,
so Judge Lansburg granted the plain
tiff a divorce. The parties were mar
ried in 1887 and have three grown
sons.
I I DO IT NOW is the most
potent phrase of three I!
words in the Dictionary II
of Success. :
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