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Show Unknown Dead Buriedjoniflrfow Luoltanla Victims Will Be Placid In Three Huge Graves, Each 30 by 20 Feet Quoenstown, May 10 via London. Affidavits mado by Miss Jessie Taft Smith of Bracevllle, O.; Dr. Howard L. Fisher, Major F. Warren Pearl and Itobert Rankin of Now York, aro tho only permanent records of the Lusltanla disaster obtained by tho Unltod States consulate hero.. All aro brief and none reflects seriously upon the behavior of the Lusitanla's crew except that some witnesses consider con-sider tho lifeboat fiasco. The affidavits affidav-its of Miss Smith and Mr. Rankin wore cabled tonight to Secrotary ot Stato 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, tho bodies of tho Identified Amnrlcnnn onvpred with the Stars and Stripes, wero removed from scattered morgues and placed side by sldo in the Ounard line offices offic-es on the water front. As thoy wore carried through the streets by British Brit-ish sailors tho crowds uncovered. Cheap brown coffins contained tho bodies of Charles Frohman, Isaac F. Trumbull of Bridgeport, Conn.; Mrs. Henry D. MacDona ot New York; Charles H. Stevens of Atlantic City; Dr. F. S. Poarson of New York; D. Walkor ot New York; Dr. Pearson's secretary; Mrs. McBrlde; Hugh Compton, 17 years old; C. T. Broder-ick Broder-ick of Boston; Herbort Ellis of Now York and Mrs. Spolllman of Detroit. Mr. Frohman's secretary arrived today to-day to tako chargo of his employer's body. Ono of tho survivors Identified the body of Mrs. R. D. Shymor of Now York, tho Amorlcan widow of an English nobleman who subsequently married an Amorlcan and had been living in Now York. She was on her way to London and her nnme probably probab-ly will bo added to tho list of American Ameri-can dead. Her body will bo sent hack to tho United States as well as thoso ot thu others, somo of them starting tonight, A whole company of British boI-dterB boI-dterB today completed digging of three hugo graves each 30x20 feet In which hundred and forty odd unidentified un-identified dead will bo burled tomorrow. tomor-row. Tho moving ot bodies up tho hill to tho coractory will begin at 0:30 a. m. and continue until 1:30 p. m, Then as tho last ton or dozen the number to be determined by tho hearses nvallablo moves to tho cem-otery cem-otery tho funeral procession will form and march to the graves. Mounted police, soldiers and civilians will par I tlclpato. Thoro will bo a Joint scrvico j clergymen of all creeds Joining In say Ing prayors. Many children nnd llttlo babies still Ho in the morgues llko so ninny dolls. Tho townspeople covered them with (lowers today and It Is possible that theso llttlo ones will bo placed In a grave together. Somo on crutches, many limping and nearly all bruised, tho survivors left their hotels in silent groups throughout the afternoon. Thoro were somo Americans many Canadians and English. Tho presenco ot so many children on tho Lusltanla was duo to tho fact that Canadian women were going to England to Join their relatives rela-tives while their husbands wero at tho front. Not a slnglo body was brought in today from tho spot whero tho Lusltanla Lusl-tanla disappeared, but somo bodies may yet be found if a storm docs not scatter them. Tliero will not bo so great a number picked up, however, us was the case In the North Atlantic Atlan-tic aftor tho Titanic disaster, for that vessel remained afloat so long all on deck had amplo time to carefully care-fully adjust lifebelts. Arrested For Espionage Llndloy T. Bates son of Ltndon W. Bates of New York, vice chairman ot tho American commission for tho relief re-lief ot Belgium was arrested at Kin-ale Kin-ale yesterday on a charge of espionage, espion-age, whllo searching for tho body of his brother, Linden W. Bates Jr., who is believed to have perished on the Lusltanla. Nowton B. Knox an American mining engineer, who wnB with Mr. Bates was taken into custody cus-tody at the same time. The sergeant who mado tho arrests ar-rests accused them ot being officers of a German submarine. After being taken before a captain, they wero detained de-tained at the barracks a halt hour until United States Consul Frost at Queenstown vouched for their innocence. inno-cence. Their search of the coast revealed re-vealed no trace of the body of L. W. Dates Jr., The body of Mrs. Anthony Watson ot New York has been added to the list ot ldentlfled Amorlcan dead while tho name of John Williams, nine years old, has beon included In tho list ot survivors. William Webb, the representative of Alfred G. Vandorbllt wanted to send out a tug laBt night to continue the search tor Mr. Vanderbllt's body, but he admiralty and Cunard lino officials of-ficials discouraged the plan and it was abandoned. There is no indication indica-tion when tho search for bodies will bo resumed. |