New-York tribune., 1911-11-27
HER VOYAGE A MYSTERY
Woman Said To Be Mrs. 6. h.
CreeI, Jr., Here on SavoIe.
DECLARES SHE IS MRS. RUE
Officers of Liner Say She is
Passenger Who Wept on Deck
on Departing, Nov. z.

4 Young women dressed IN placN'
whom several passengers declared ""f
Mrs. George H. Creel, jr., arrived mere
Yesterday from Havre on the frchch
liner La Savoic. She remained Within
her suite of rooms throughout t"e
greater part of the voyage, ana on net
arrival yesterday dismissed all inquiries
concerning her identity with the state
ment that she was Mrs. Rue, an Aneri-
can woman, who had been traNelI'nS
abroad for some time and who had come
home for a brief visit.
When the Sayoie left New York on
November > she had on board young
woman who said her name was Mrs.
Rue. She was dressed i'm black and wept
at the ships rail. After several photog
raphers had taken her photograph, WitA
her consent. she said she was the Wiie
of George II. Creel jr, the son OF =
Chilian banker. with whom she could NOT
agree. Mrs. Crccl declared she and Mr.
Crecl. who was her second husband had
differences over religion. and that lie
together had been Incompatible. She
said she was going t. London to sue Tor
divorce. and that she might never return
to her native land.
Some of the ships officers who had
seen Mrs Creel posing for her photo-
graph before sailing declared yesterday
that she had made the round trip on the
Savoie, landing here yesterday as Mrs.
Rue"
According TO a woman passenger with
whom Mrs. Rue had talked, she SAID
she had obtained a divorce from Mr..
Creer and expected to marry the young
son of one of the Mumms, French wine
merchants. whom she described as the
handsomest man in the world. Mrs.
Creel was quoted i'm a newspaper in NO
vember 1910, as expressing the same
sort of affectionate. admiration for Mr..
Creel. Apart from describing him as
the "handsomest man in the world she
declared he had such beautiful hands
and feet"
Mrs. Rue was met at the pier yes
terday by the same man who bade good
by to Mrs. Creel when she sailed on the
Savoie on November >.
When a reporter called at Mrs. CreeIs
home. in West 10Th street, yesterday and
asked to see the woman who had just
arrived on the Savoie the maid went
away and returned with Mrs. Creel.
Asked if il was she who sailed on the
Savoie about three weeks ago, she re-
piled: Yes, ] was the weeping woman.
am weeping now because l am ILL.,
Are you Mrs. Rue?" asked the re-
porter.
NO" she replied. Il am Mrs. Creel.
Mrs. Rue is my sister, but she went To
Canada to-day after her arrival. / ar
rived here two days ago on the Lusi-
tania."
Neither the name of Mrs. Creel nor the
name of Mrs. Rue appeared on the pas
senger list Of the Lusitania.
Mrs. Creel was married when sixteen
years old to Henry Davis Barnes, Of
Baltimore. lie maiden name was Van
Eensimer She has n daughter, Edna
May Barnes. nine years old.
She met Mr.. Creel at dinner in a
suburb Of Paris and was married to him
in London in August. 1910. The couple
went to Buenos Ayrcs and later trav-
elled to Chill, where they visited Mr..
Crccrs family. Mrs. Creel said that her
husbands parents were not pleased with
the marriage. as she was a Protestant
and AN American 1ator ON bcr ratttru
to this country, size became u Catholic.