The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-05-13
Children, of Whom There Were
Many, Probably Will Be In
TERED In One Long
. Trench In ireland.
SURVIVORS, TALES DIFFER
World Wonders Why Liner Was
Not Convoyed-Cripples and
r.. Bereaved Ones Haunt
= City of Queenstown.

Queenstown, May 9, (via London)
Nay 11.-Affidavits made by Miss Jes-
sic Taft Smith, of Braceville, Ohio; DR..
Howard l. Fisher. Maj. +. Warren
Pearl and Robert Rankin, of New
York, are the only permanent records
OF the Lusitania disaster obtained by
the United States consulate here. All
are brief and lone reflects seriously
upon the behavior of the L~usitaAia's
crew, except what some witnesses con
slider the lifeboat fiasco. The afidavits
of Miss Smith and Mr.. Rankin Were
cabled tonight to Secretary Of State
Bryan. while those OF Major Pearl and
DR.. Fisher were sent to Ambassador
Page at London.
Beginning at noon today, at Consul
Frost's orders, the bodies of the iden-
titled Americans covered with the stars
and stripes, were removed from scat
tered morgues and placed side by, side
In the Cunard line offices on the water
front. AS they were carried through
the streets by. British sailors the
crowds uncovered.
bodies OF Charles Frohman, Isaac +.
TrumbuIl. Of Bridgeport, Conn.,; Mrs.
Henry d. MACEDONIA, of New York;
Charles H. Stevens, of Atlantic City
DR. F. s. Pearson, OF New York; ID.
Walker, of New York, DR.. Pearson's
Compton. II a old. c. T.. Broderick,
of Boston; Herbert Ellis, of New
York, and Mrs. Spillman, of Detroit.
Mr.. Frohman's secretary arrived to-
day to take charge of his employers
body.
body OF Mrs. R.. d. Shymer, or New
York. the American widow OF an Eng
fish nobleman. who subsequently mar
ried an American and had been Nv
ing in New York. She was on her way
10 London and her name probably VIII
be sdded to the list of, American dead.
Her body will be sent back TO the
United States, as well as those of the
others, some OF them starting tonight
Three Graves Prepared.
A whole of British soldiers
TODAY completed the digging OF three
huge graves. each 80x20 feet. in which
the 40 odd unidentified dead Will be
buried tomorrow. The moving of bod
les up the hill to the cemetery VIII De,
gin at $50 a. IN. and continue until 1870
n m Then. as the last 10 or dozen
The number to be determined by the
hearses aVailable-move to the come
terry. the funeral procession will form
and march to the graves. pc
lice. soldiers and civilians Will partici-
nate, There VIII DS JOAAG V fSSb
Clergymen or all creeus JOINING IN say
Ing prayers.
MANY children and little babies still
lie In the morgues like so many dolls.
The townspeople covered them with
flowers today n it is possible these
little pres will be placed In a grave to-
gether.
Some on crutches, many limping, and
nearly all bruised, the survivors left
their hotels In silent groups through
out the afternoon. There were some
Americans, many Canadians and Eng
lish. The presence OF so many children
on the Lusitania was due to the fact
that Canadian women were going to
England to join their relatives while
their husbands were at the front.
Not a single body was brought in to-
day from the spot where the Lusitania
disappeared, but some bodies may yet
be found If q storm does not scatter
them. There will not be so great a
number picked up, however, as was the
ease in the North Atlantic after the
Titanic disaster, for hat vessel re-
manned afloat so long that all on deck
had ample time to carefully adjust life
belts.
Lindell T. Bates. son of Lindon w.
Bates, OF New York. vice chairman of
the American Commission for the Re-
lief OF Belgium, was arrested at Kin
sale yesterday on q charge of espion-
age, while searching for the body of
HIS brother, Lindon w. Bates. jr., who
is believed to have persisted on the
Lusitania. Newton B.. Knox. an Amer
lean mining engineer. who was With
Mr.. Bates, was taken into custody al
the same time.
Spy Suspects Released.
The sergeant who made the arrests
accused them of being officers Of a
German submarine. After being taken
6afnna n ,optoin than uynra detained
at the barracks a half hour until Uni
ted States Consul Frost, at Queens
town, vouched for their Innocence
Their search OF the coast revealed no
trace of the body OF l.. w. Bates. jr.
The body OF Mrs. Anthony Watson,
of New York, has been added to the
list OF American dead. while the name
of John Williams, . years old. has beer
included in the list Of survivors.
William Webb, the representative OF
Alfred O.. Vanderbilt, wanted to senc
out a tug last night to continue tht
search for Mr.. Vanderbilts BODY, DuE
the admiralty and Cunard line Officials
discouraged the plan and II was aoan-
doned. There is no indication when the
search for bodies will be resumed.
Survivors Disagree.
The survivors do not agree as 10
whether the submarine fired one oStwC
tOrpedoes A few say they saw the
perlscope. MANY ATTEST 10 LTaeihS ~"
wake OF foam as a projectile came to
ward the vessel. The only points in
which all concur Is that the torpedo
struck the vessel a vital blow amid
ship, causing her TO list almost imme-
diately to ~starboard. In this careening
fashion she plowcd for some distance,
smashing the life boats darits as she
did so and making the launching OF
boats we'll night impossible until head
way had ceased.
How far the Lusitania struggled for
ward after being struck and how long
II was before she disappeared beneath
the waves likewise are points upon
which few passengers agree, estimates
Of the time she remained flo ranging
from eight to 20 minutes, At any rate,
the list TO ~starboard sc elevated the
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