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Show One Hundred Seventy-one , Victims of Ill-fated Tuscania I Buried in Scotland. J VILLAGERS PAY TRIBUTE Of Americans, 131 Identified and 33 Unidentified; Crew, , Four -Identified, Three I Unidentified. . A SCOTCH SEAPORT, Tuesday, 1 Feb. 12. (By the Associated Press.) Up to Tuesday night, a week after the ' disaster, 171 victims of the ill-fated j Tuscania had been laid to rest at dif- fcrcnt points on the Scottish coast j Theso were divided as follows: -; Americans, 131 identified and 33 un- I ' identified; crew, four identified and 1 three unidentified. The Associated Press' correspond-ent correspond-ent co-operated with tho American " army officers in obtaining these fig- , ' uros, which go forward to Washing- j ton as the most accurato and com- i plete list obtainable. The last seven- j j teen of these bodies recovered were all I J Americans wore burled this after- i! noon, villagers coming many miles In 1 a downpour of rain to pay their sim- , j, pie tribute to the American dead. Tho i' bodies were brought to tho burial , place on one big motor truck which was followed along the route several ; miles long by tho squad of twenty- , ' five khaki -clad American sun' Ivors , and the village mourners. One of tho t villagers carried the Union Jack while , an American soldier held aloft the 1 Stars and Stripes. Simple Ceremony at Grave. i, JA At the graveside the American sol- ; diers sang the "Star-Spangled Ban-ner." Ban-ner." followed bv the natives singinc "God Savo the King." The usual mill- IJ lary salute was then fired, ending the lfl ceremony. Temporary fences have been built iH around the graves to be replaced by jH a permanent enclosure as soon as the H materials can be brought to these desolate shores. A British colonel, who has worked day and night since ( ' tho disaster helping the Americans IH bry their dead, announced today that IH the people of tho nearby countryside . IH had started a public subscription to erect a permanent monument to the Americans. ' Eight Very III. There are eight Americans still too I ill to leave, several of them still dazed j by their experiences. They are quar-tered quar-tered in nearby farm houses and vil- - lage hotels. These men are: F. I. , Benefiel, E. L. Lystrom, Wilbur Nutt, Boyd E. Hancock, E. E. Harppam, I Henry Schurting, James J. Colwell and F. A. Gocher. . One American officer and fourteen j jH men are still in a hospital at Glasgow. The following is the first complete ' list of Americans now buried -on the i Scottish coasU Each body, whether identified or not, was given a number. IH Thus at a point where seventy-eight victims were burled side by side in a i long trench the numbers run from one to seventy-eight in the following order: IH L. W. Herman, L. B. Reeder, Wll- Ham C. Keown, L. Roberts, Orvillo 'H Casper, E. H. Duffy, Paul John C. Wood, W. R. Johnson. B. E. Pago, C. B. West, T. Tuttle, Walter Brown, Clarence W. Short, H. Stewart, fire-man, fire-man, member of crew; Raymond But-ler, But-ler, state of Wisconsin; James Logan, member of crew; G. V. Zimmerman, J. Edwards Buttemont, Gcorgo H. Rein-hardt, Rein-hardt, Walter Crelline, William E. Bennett. G. E. Swanson, unidentified ' private, William P. Moran. G. J. Jen- . kins, Charles McMillan, crew; . Ray- mond T. Hurst, T. E. Lawton, T. E. Davison, W. Hardy, C. H. Beanor. B. L. Weeks, Henry F. Spldel. David G. Ronton, Julius D. Wagner, William J. Tragesser, Alfio Licarl, Percy A. Stevens. W. W. Wright, Marcus B. Cook, G. N. Bjork, John C. Johnson, i T. T. St, Clair, Arthur W Collins, G. ) Lankennn. J. W. Cheshire, Gerald K. Grover, Frank Burns, Milton Tully, j Edwin R. Berkey, unidentified sol- dier, Philip E. Lelgand, CurtiasjWil- (Continued on Page 10) I LAfflJO El (Continued from page 1.) lard Wilson, unidentified member of crow, Frederick Allen, W. Raines, Homer L. Anderson, Fred M. Linton, J. B. Guerney, J. L. Pearce, Elmer R. L. Cowan, William T. McMurray. Samuel Sam-uel A. Pentecost, Russell F. Bennett, Robert F. Warren, L. W. Ozment, Williams Wil-liams I. Gregs, I. Sims, B. P. Hawley, W. Matthews, unidentified soldier, Samuel P. Riggis, Uorman C. Cracker, P. A. Agrien, J. J. Byrge, Fred D. Rudolph, Milwaukee, Wis.; unidentified unidenti-fied private, Herman Rupp. Forty-nine in Long Grave. At another point in a long grave are forty-nine bodies. They are all in coffins and are numbered one to forty-nine forty-nine in the following order: Unidentified private, Jesse H. Rholles, Captain Leo P. Lebron, John Jenkins, wireless operator; James A. Price, Boise; two unidentified privates, pri-vates, Claudo W. Walker, Los Angeles; An-geles; E. O. Peca, George W. Tomlins, Ethan Allen White, unidentified private, pri-vate, Oscar Leo Smith Winters. Edgar Ed-gar E. Burna, unidentified member of crew, George Morns, unidentified private, pri-vate, Tula B. Thompson. Doll Walter Leonard. Whittingtotn Sherman, Lieutenant Lieu-tenant R. Phillip Lightall, W. E. Wilson, Wil-son, unidentified private, Daniel Tro-bridge Tro-bridge Bryant, unidentified private, William O. Williams. Fletchor O'Dell Pledeger, threo unidentified privates, W. E. Bickers, unidentified private, J. J. Buckley, J. B. Bishop, two unidentified unidenti-fied privates, Captain Philip V. Sherman, Sher-man, unidentified private, unidentified member of crow, three unidentified privates, William Arthur Mooro, Oris E. Hutchins. Forty-four In Three Trenches. At a third place forty-four victims are buried in three trenches, the largest larg-est holding eighteen bodies, another sixteen and a third ten. In tho first named the bodies have been numbered from ono to eighteen in this order: Harry Carpenter, two unidentified privates, John A. Laakko, Rocco Cal-arcse, Cal-arcse, Ado McCoy, two unidentified privates, Stanley A. Anshurger, E. A. Houston, Stanley L. Collins, Joseph G. Maxstruck, Otto Ray Martin, Columbus Colum-bus Hill, Clare Motsenbaumcr, Wilbur Clark Jackson, John Elchammer, Ben Barker. Those in the next gravo are numbered num-bered from nlnotecn to thirty-four, as follows: Unidentified private, Wesley W. Hyatt, Anstad Gunder, Van Smith Peters, William R. Raisner, Fred N. Unger, Frank Drahota, John O. Robinson, Robin-son, Edgar Cullen, J. P. Wasson, E. F. Church, Henry A. Stommer, N. B. Short, three unidentified privates. In a third gravo ton men wero burled, tagged from ono to ten, as follows: r John Sloss, RIloy F. Murray, H. G. Bates, Anihony ElbonI, Winston A. Harsock, L. N. Collins, Claud Bradley. Brad-ley. J. B. Crow, D. E. Inglehart, A. H. Gillespie. Warren, Robert F., Seattle, Wash. Ozment, Luther W Broken Bow, Okla. Droogs (not Grogs), William I., Mount Idnho, Idaho. Sims. Irvln, Alto, Tox. Hawley, James P., Neenah, Wis. vMatthow3, William, Bclllngham. Wash. Rlggs (not Riggis), Samuel P., San Francisco, CaL Crocker (not Cracker), Norman G. Center, Tex. - Agron (not Agrien), Peter A. Jowcll, Ore. Byrne (not Byrge), Jack J., Butto, Mont. Rudolph, Fred A.. Milwaukee, Wis. Rapp, Herman, New York City. Rhoades (not Rholles), Jess M., Hal-bert, Hal-bert, Okla. Lebron, Captain Leo. P., Luther, Okla. Price, James A., Boise City,, Okla. Tomlins, George W., El Reno, Okla. White, Ethan, Arnott, Okla. Smith, Captain Oscar L., Winters, Tex. Barns (not Burna), Edgar, C, Ranger, Tox. Moreno (not Mernes), George, Pear-sail, Pear-sail, Tex. Thompson, Tulla B., Medill, Okla. Whlttington. Walter L., (Leonard), Sherman, Tex. Lighthall, Phillip Kilbnrn, Syracuse, N. Y. Wilson, William R. (not W. E.)f Canton, Tex. Trobrldge, Daniel W Strawn, Tex. Pledger. Fletcher (D.) Odell, Norman, Nor-man, Okla. Vickers (not Bickers), Wih.am, Southwest City, Okla. Buckley, James W., Minneapolis, Minn. Bishop, John B., Foster, Okla. Young, Edward F., Gilmer, Tex. Perez, Angel (not Engel) Percy, San Antonio, Tex. Sherman, CapLain Phillip Vincent, Nortmicld, VermonL Mooro, William' A San Francisco, Cal. Hutchins. Otis E., Whiteh-11, Wis. Carpenter, Harry, Potomac, 111. Laakko, John A., Astoria, Ore. Calabreso, Rocco, Mount Solo, Wash. McCoy, Ora L., Elmonte, Cal. Augspurger, Stanley R Dayton, O. Houston, Elmer A-, Held. Ore. Collins, Stanley L., Knights Ferry, Cal. Maystrlck (not Maxsrtuck), Joseph G., Astoria, N. Y. Hill, Martin C. (Columbus), Wlm-berley, Wlm-berley, Tex. Mowrey, Otto (not Otto Ray), Kenosha, Ken-osha, Wis. Metzenbauer, Claire, Chippewa Falls, Wis. Clark, Wilbur W., Lansing, Mich. Eichhammer, John A., East Grand Forks, Minn. Barker, Ben, Foulsburg, Tex. Hyatt, Wesley W., Lobatt. Wash. Austad, Gunder G. (not .Anstad Gundor), Oklcc. Minn. Smlthpoter, William V. (not Van Smith Peters), Fort Cobb, Okla. Raisner, William H., Corning, Cal. Unger, Fred M., Parstown, S. D. Drahota, Frank, Jackson, Minn. Robinson, John C, Potlach, Idaho. Skinner, Major Henry A. (not Henry A. Stemmer), Rockfold, 111. Short, Nathan B., Stephens, Ark. Sloss, John, Lochwinnoch, Scotland. Murray, Riley F., Eugene, Ore. Bates, Henry G.t Baker, Ore. Abbonl, Anthony (not ElbonI), Detroit, De-troit, Mich. Hartsock, Winston A. (not Harsock), Rapid ina, Va. Collins, Alvin N. (not L- N. Collins), Markesan, Wis. Bradley, Claude, Swaty, Ark. Crow, Jennings B., Appleby, Tox. Inglehart, Dclbort E., Santa Monica, Cal. Gillespie, Alexander S., Lob Angeles, An-geles, Cal. Home Address of Soldiers. WASHINGTON, Fob. 13. Tho home address of tho Amorican soldiers buriod on tho Scottish coast, taken from tho Associated Press' list of thoso unaccounted for, as checked up with tho Tuscanla's passonger list, follows: (In somo instances tho spoiling from tho Scotch sea port does not : agreo'wlth the official passengor lisL) Herman, T. W. (probably Fred W. of Lincoln, Neb.) Reeder, Luther B., Broadu3, Tox. Keowanr William, Sand Springs, Tex. Roberts, Lowis, Nachldochoe, Tex. i Caapor, Orvol N.t Milwaukee, Wis. i Duffy, Evorctt H., Slloam Springs, Mo. Johnson, William R., Motamora, Mich. rmr mni iii ' i ii Page, Henry H., Saratoga, Tex. West, Clayton B., Baster Springs, Tex. TutUe, Terry, Elgin, Ore. Brown, Walter L., Pera, Va. Short, Clarence W., Willsboro, Pa. Butler, Raymond, New Richmond, Wis. Zimmerman, George V., New Roch-elle, Roch-elle, N. Y. Edwards, John, Butto, Mont. Roinhardt, Georgo A., Jefferson, "Mo. Crellin, Walter, Virignla, Minn. Bennett, William C, Rogers, Ark. Swanson, Charles E., Rothschilds, Wis. Morin. William P., Portland, Ore. Hurst, Raymond T., Pocasset, Okla. Lowton, Theodore E., Forest Grove, Ore. Besner, Herbert C. J., Saginaw, Mich. Weeks, Bert O., Modesto, Cal. Speldel, Henry S., Now York City. Ronton, David G., North Bend, Wash. Wagner, Julius, Stamford, Conn. Trageser, William L., Cottonwood, Minn. Licari, Alfio, Eureka, Cal. Stevens, Percy A., (list spelled name Stephens) Bend, Ore. Wright, William W., Bismarck, Okla. Cook, Marcus B., Como, MonL Bjork, George Nelson, Holbna, Ore. Johnson, John C, Big Falls, Minn. St, Clair, Thomas E., Junction, Tox. Collins, Arthur W., Appleby, Tex. Lankenau, Theodore E., San Francisco, Fran-cisco, Cal. Chesier, John W., Lucas, Wash. Clover (not Grover), Gerald K.. Hopewell, Va. Bruno (not Burns), Frank, New York City. Talley (not Tully), , Milton, Union City, Tenn. Burkoy. Edwin R., Bermidji, Minn. Wegand (not Legand), Phillip, Baltimore, Bal-timore, Md. Wilson, Curtis W., Salem, Ore. Alien, Fred K.. Ada. Minn. 4 Rnmes (not Raines), Manuel (not W.), Paia Maui, Hawaii. Anderson, Homer Llewellyn, Cumberland, Cum-berland, Wis. " Lintow (not LInthon), Fred M., La-moinc, La-moinc, Cal. Gurney (not Guernoy), James B., Glide, Ore. Pierce (not Pearce), James L., Cres-well. Cres-well. Ore. Cowan, Elmer L., Victor, Mont. McMurray, William F., Rovse City, Tex. Pentrose, Samuol N., Doucottc, Tex. Bennett, Russell F., Plalnfield, Wis. List Contains Confusing Errors. The list of thoso buried, sent by cablo to tho Associated Press, contains a number of confusing errors nnd a numbor of names which cannot bo transcribed with certaintv. Among them are tho following: E. F. Church, (may bo Franklin A. Church, Providence, R. I.) ; j. p. Wasson, Was-son, (may bo Thomas S. Wasson, Kosciusko, Kos-ciusko, Miss.); Edgar Cullen, (passon- ; ger list shows Sterling E. Collonn, SL James, Ark.), and Connor A. Collins. Battle Creek, Mich., (not yet reported as sun-Ivors) ; T. E. Davison, (may bo ! Chauncey J. Davidson, Anaconda, Mont); Paul John C. Wood, (may bo Private James C. Wood, Yantls. Tox.); 1 William O. William, (passonger list shows Bell M. Williams, Glonwood, Ark., and Paul A. Williams, Pueblo, 1 Colo.) 1 In tho cabled list aro also W. Hardv, E. O. Peca and Claud W. Walker. These names are not on tho list which remains after romovlng from the pa- ( senger list all thoso roported as sur- c vlvors and those lost. nn f |