The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-13
z 0KLAHOMANS
DIE ON TUSCAN|A;
BURIED ABROAD
Total Death List ON Transport
Believed to Be III,
CAPTAIN LEBRON IN LIST
Norman, EI Reno and Guthrie
Youths Give Up Their Lives,
(By the Associated Press.

A SCOTCH PORT, Tuesday, Feb.
l2-Up to Tuesday night. a week after
the disaster III victims Of the i'll
iated Tuscania had been laid to rest
at different points on the Scottish
coast They were divided as follows
Americans, lJl identified and thir-
ty-three unidentified; crew. four iden-
titled and three unidentified
The following is the first complete
list OF Americans now buried on the
Scottish coast Each body. whether
identified or not, was given a number.
Thus at a point where 78 victims were
buried side by side in long trench
the numbers run from 10 rs in the
following order:
T. W. Herman, L. B. Reeder, vii
liam C. Keown. l.. Roberts, Orville
Casper, Z. II. Duffy, Paul John {.
Wood, w. K. Johnson, II. L, Page, c.
b. West, I. Tuttle, Walter Brown,
Clarence W. Short. II. Stewart fire
man, member Of crew; Raymond But
Ter, Wisconsin; James Logan, crew; G.
v Zimmerman, J. Edwards, Butte,
Mont George X. Rheinhart, Walter
Crelline, William F. Bennett, G. r.
Swanson, unidentified private, Will
liam 2. Moran, G. J. Jenkins, Charles
Mcmillan, crew, Raymond +. Hurst OF
Pocasset, Okla, T. r. Lawson, T. z,
Dawson, W. Hardy. c. X. Besner, r,
l. Weeks, Henry ]. Spidel, David G.
Renton, Julius D.. Wagner, William J.
Tragesser, Alto LicarI, Percy A. Ste
vens, W. W. Wright >of Bismarck
okla, Marcus B. Cook, B. N. BIork,
John c, Johnson, T. +. ST. Clair, Ar
thur W. Collins, G. Lankenan, J. U,
Cheshire, Gerald X. Clover, Frank
Rruno, Milton Talley, Edwin r, Berkey,
unidentified soldier, Philip Z. Leigan,
Curtiss Willard Wilson; unidentified
member Of crew, Frederick Allen, w.
Rames, Homes l.. Anderson, Fred M.
Linton, ]. B. Guerney, J. L. Pearce,
Elmer r. L. Cowan, William + Nc.
Murray, Samuel A. Pentecost, Russell
+. Bennett, Robert F. Warren, Luther
W. OImont of Broken Bow, Okla
William l. Droogs, !. Sims, ] P. Haw-
ley, w, Matthews, unidentified soldier
Samuel p Riggs Norman c, Cruckcr,
P A. Agren. J. J. Byrge, Fred w Ru-
dolph. Milwaukee, Wis unidentified
private; Herman Rupp.
Guthrie Captain Buried.
At another point in long grave are
49 bodies They are all in coffins and
are numbered from | to ~ in the fol-
lowing order;
Unidentified private, Jesse N.
Rhosdes of Hubert Okla. Captain Leo
p. Lebron of Guthrie, Okla John Jen-
kins, wireless operator; James A. Price,
Boise City Okla ; two unidentified pri-
Yates, Claude w. Walker Los Angeles |
F, o. Peca; George W. Tomlins, II |
Reno; Ethan Allen White, Annette,
Okla; unidentified private, Oscar Lee
Smith Winters, Edgar f. Burnsa; un-
identified member of crew; George
Merns, unidentified private; Tulls B.
Thompson Of Madill; W. L, Whit
tington, Captain f. Philip Lightall,
w. +. Wilson unidentified private.
Daniel Trobridge Bryant unden'
titled private; William O Will
liams Fletcher o. Pledgsr Of Norman,
Okla three unidentified privates; w.
+. Vickers; unidentified private; J, J. |
Buckley, J. B. Bishop Of Foster, Okla.
two unidentified privates; F. F. Young,
- Gilmore; Angel Perez; three unden-
titled member Of crew; three unIdenti-
fled privates; William Arthur Moore,
OriS f. HutchinS.
Forty-four In Three Trenches.
Al a third place forty-four victims
are buried in three trenches, the largest
holds eighteen bodies, another sixteen
and third ten In the first named the
bodies have been numbered from one TO
eighteen IN this order:
Harry Carpenter; two unidentified
privates; John A. Laacko, Rocco
Calarese, Ade Mccoy; two unidentified
privates; Stanley A. Anspurger. Z. A,
Houston, Stanley L, Collins, Joseph 6.
Martin c, Herl, Otto Wicey,
Clare Metzenhaumer, Wilbur Clark
Jackson John Eichammer, Ben Barker
Those in the next grave are numbered |
from nineteen to thrty.four as foF |
lows:
Unidentified private; Wesley II.
Hyatt, Anstad Gunder, William v.
Smithpeter, Fort Cobb Okla; William
H Raisner Fred N Unger, Frank Dha-
hota, John o. Robinson, Edgar Cullen,
]. ? WasSon, +. +. Church, Henry A.
Stemmer, N b. Short. three unidenti-
fled prlyateS
In a third grave only ten men were
buried, tagged from one to ten as fol-
lows:
John Sloss, Riley F. Murray, II, G.
Bates, Anthony Elboni, Winston A.
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