The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-13
UNKNOWN DEAD Of
LUSTAN|A TO In.
IN THREE GRAVES
Children. of Whom There Were
Many. Probably Will Be liz
TERED In One Long
Trench In Ireland.
SURVIVORS, TALES DIFFER
World Wonders Why Liner Was
Not Convoyed-Cripples and
Bereaved Ones Haunt
City Of Queenstown.
SURVIVORS, TALES DIFFER

C1Iy OF QueenStOWu.
Queenstown, May 9. (via London).
May 11.-Affidavits made by Miss Jes-
sic Taft Smith. of Braceville, Ohio; DR..
Howard l. Fisher. Maj. #. Warren
Pearl n 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 none reflects seriously
upon the behavior Of the Lusitanta's
crew, except what some witnesses con-
slider the lifeboat fiasco. The affidav1ts
of Miss Smith and Mr.. ankin We're
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
Cheap brown collins contained the
bodies OF Charles Frohman, Isaac j..
, Trumbull, of Bridgeport, Conn; Mrs.
Henry ?; MACEDONIA, Of New York:
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DR.. f. S. Pearson. Of New York: p.
Walker, of New York. DR.. Pearson's
secretary; Mrs. B. Mcbride, Hugh
Compton, II years old, G. T. Broderick.
of Boston; Herbert Ellis, OF NeW
York, and Mrs. Spiilman. of Detroit.
Mr., Frohman's secretary arrived To-
day to take charge Of his employers
body.
One of the survivors identified tbs
body Of Mrs. r. D.. Shymer, OF New
Wi, +ba hraricap widow of an Eng
fish nobleman, who ubsequent mar
ried an American and had been Nv
Ing in New York. She was on her way
to London and her name probably VIII
be added to the list Of American dead.
Her body will be sent back to tha
United States, as we'll as those of the
others. some OF them starting tonight.
Three Graves Prepared.
A whole of British soldiers
TODAY completed the digging of three
the 14O odd unidentified dead Will be
buried tomorrow. The moving OF pod.
les up the hill to the cemetery VIII be.
gin AT $40 a.. m. and continue until 1873
D. M. Then. as the last 10 or dozen
the number to be determined by the
hearses available-move to the GENE,
terry. the funeral procession will form
and march to the graves. Mounted po-
lice. soldiers and civilians will partici'
pate. There Will be a JOINT service.
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Many children and little babies still
lie in the morgues like SO many dolls.
The townspeople covered them with
flowers today and 1t Is possible THESE
little ores will be placed In a grave to-
gether.
some on crutches, man limping, and
nearly all bruised, the survivors left
their hotels In silent groups through,
out the afternoon. There We're 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 a storm does not scatter
them. There will not be so great q
number picked up, however. as was the
case in the North Atlantic after the
Titanic disaster. for that 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 a 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 3. Knox, an Amer
lean mining engineer, who was with
Mr.. Bates. was taken into custody at
the same time.
Spy Suspects Released.
The sergeant who made the arrests
accused them Of being officers of a
German submarine. After being taken
before a captain they were detained
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, 8 years old, has peer
included in the list of survivors.
William Webb, the representative o,
Alfred c.. Vanderbilt, wanted to senc
out a tug last night to continue the
search for Mr.. Vanderbilts body, pu'
the admiralty and Cunard line ofnclals
discouraged the plan and 1t was aban-
doned. There is no indication when the
search for bodies will be resumed.
Survivors Disagree.
The survivors do not agree as II
whether the submarine fired one or tW'
torpedoes. A few say they saw TN
periscope. Many attest to tracing IN
wake of a as a projectlle came TO
which all concur is that the torped
struck the vessel a vital blow amid
ship, causing her to list almost iInme
diately to starboard. In this careeninI
fashion she plowed for some distance
smashing the life boats davits as sh
did so and making the launching Q
boats well night impossible until head
way had ceased.
How far the Lusitania struggled fol
ward after being struck and how Ion
1t was before she disappeared beneat
the waves likewise are points upo
which few passengers agree, estima
of the time she remained afloat rangin
rom eight to 20 minutes. At n rat
!, the list to ~starboard so elevate tn
, life boats on the port side as to rende
, them useless. and it is said only tw
!, on that side were launched.