Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-01
Hope Of Recovering Re-
mains of Presidents 8 Aid
is Abandoned.
SAD HALIFAX SCENES
Corpse of Small Baby Girl One
of UnClaimed-Had FIoated
Without a Life Belt.

Halifax, May Thirty embalm-
ers worked all night at an improvised
morgue preparing for inspection the
Titanic dead. Major
Winship, U. S. A, said today he had
seen the unidentified dead and had
given up all hope of finding Major
Butts body.
A wireless from the cableship
Nina says the body of Purser King
had been found. This body was
picked up As miles from where one
was found yesterday showing the wide
area the bodies were scattered. lee
bergs are still numerous.
NO CRITICISM OFFERED.
None, not even the few here whose
friends or relatives had been recon-
mitted to the Atlantic, expressed any
criticism of Captain Lardner's action,
believing him sincere in his explana-
ton that lack of space on board,
shortage of embalming material and
responsible for his course in returning
bodies to the sea.
That there was no favoritism
shown in the reburial, that is, that
the bodies of prominent persons were
not kept aboard to the exclusion of
the more humble, is indicated by the
White Star lines announcement that
among those bodies sunk again was
that of George d. Widener, the Phil
appears to be mistake in that Mr..
Widener's son, now here, believes
from Captain Lardner's description
that the body was that of his fathers
valet, the name Widener stands on
the official list of reburial as issued
by the White Star line
SIXTY BODIES UNCLAIMED.
The one great hope held out to the
bereaved today was the fact that
there lay stretched in the rough pine
collins in the morgue 60 bodies for
which there were no claimants. Some
OF these upon closer scrutiny tomor-
row may be identified.
Eliminating Mr.. Widener's name
from the list there remains, SO far as
can be checked up from the data here
the name of only one first class pas
senger recommitted. He was Freder-
ick Sutton of Philadelphia. Reginald
Hale was among the second cabin
passengers on the list.
1t was nearly 4 o'clock Yesterday
when the claimants of bodies began
to arrive. Nicholas Biddle of Phila-
delphia, who accompanied Vincent
Astor here, went alone to identity
the colonel's body, and it was the
first prepared for removal to New
York. The body of Isador Straus, a
few moments later, was turned over
to Maurice Rothschild of New York
and in quick succession with little or
no ceremony the bodies of Frank d.
Millet. the artist, II. Allison of
Montreal and many others were Civ
en- in charge of friends
BODIES or FIVE WOMEN.
. There are only five women bodies
among the unidentified and as
one of them, a Swedish wom-
an and the other four those
of Italians, there is little hope
p apparent of recovering the body OF
Mrs. Isador Straus, who stayed by the
|, ship with her husband.
One little child, baby girl OF
about two years, lies among the un-
claimed, nameless and without a sug-
gestion OF who her parents we're or
are OF all the bodies picked up hers
was the only one that the waves lore
without the aid of a lifebelt. She
was found floating serenely, looking
very much like big doll.
Despite predictions to the contrary
nearly all the bodies bore indications
| that the victims had died swiftly IL
not almost painlessly.
IsMAY NoT IN CONTEMPT.
Washington, May ii Bruce Ismay,
managing director of the International
, Mercantile Marine. and C. H Ligkto..
z Ter and J. G. Boxhall, officers of the
e Titanic, were immune from subpoenas
e requiring them to testify in the civil
}. action brought by Mrs. George Robini
# of New York. Contempt proceeding
d will not be Instituted against them, /
, was declared today The three mel
~eIe summoned yesterday.