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Evening journal., 1912-04-19
MISS RUCC
TELLS STORY
OF RESCUE
lContInued lro.n Flrst Page.l

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huge steamer. There. in the cold. in
the dark. ice-strewn sea. numbed,
stunned by the horror of it all. with
women and children weeping and mu-
tually comforting each other. for
hours they awaited the end. Every
eye in the boats was strained TO the
huge black bulk of the Titanic, hop
ing against hope that relief might
come in time. Although half mile
away the ship was very distinctly
visible in tho clear night At last
came the fearful death plunge of the
monster ship. They saw her break
in two. amidships. and crash down
into the sea. and they heard with torn
hearts and sObbing lips, the ships
band playing the solemn notes Of
Nearer. My God, to Thee" They
heard It distinctly with the cries Of
the doomed souls on the ship as SHE
sank forever beneath the waves.
Later. the boat Miss Rugg was on,
picked mp a yonug man afioat on a
raft. and unconscious. He died with
in a few hours. They anXiOusly watch
ed the sea for other bodies. The JOY
at the sight of the Carpathia unnerv-
ed them almost as much as the sink
ing of the Titanic after their hours
of suspense not knowing their own
fate
Miss Rugg says the people on the
Carpathia were most kind in every
possible way. Mattresses were spread
in saloons and on decks Of the rescue
ship, but it did not seem so crowded
as people might think She was for
tunate in sharing the state room OF
woman with two little children. Miss
Rugg said this woman was so thrilled
, with the horror of the shipwreck, that
she said when the Carpathia reached
/ New York, she would return to hel
home. She would not 90 back with the
| Capathia. when that ship takes up iti
| interrupted voyage again, but woult
/ never cross the ocean again. The Car
pathia passengers we're so horriheC
that many of them were almost as un
newed as the survivors of the wreck
Many declared it was their last ven
/ ture on the ocean.
Miss Rugg found that out of tn
party Of eleven from the Isle o
Guernsey. who were aboard the ri
tanic. only four women survive. BE
yond being thoroughly exhausted Mis-
Rugg came out of it all unharmec
She could not judge herself anythin
about the speed at which the Titani
was travelling. but said the genera
report among the survivors on tn
Titanic was that the ship was goin
at a 23-knots speed She said b
heard rumors Of the captains deaf
by his own hand. The great surpris
and suddenness Of the accident wa
the thing that overpowered the pas
sengers. more than anything else. Mis-
b Rugg said that scraping, grindin
noise. stands out i'm her memory wit
= vividness that she will never TO
| get
= Mr.. and Mrs Queripel say the
{ family have had all the eXciteme
they want They are overpoyed
= find their niece stood hcr drea1f
= experiences so bravely, and has II
e been prOstrated
Miss Rugg is the Titanic passeng
2 in whom Wilmington people ha
I been most greatly interested.
Evening journal., 1912-04-19

giving orders TO the crew TO lower
the lifeboats and were telling the
passengers TO get i1fo them.
I'VE were told 20 get into boat
and we did, although at the time
much preferred staying on the Titan
ic. II looked safe on the Titanic and
far from safe in the lifeboat Before
we knew what was being done with
MS we were swung from the Titanic
into the sea and tnen the boat was
so crowded that the men lay on the
bottom to give the crew a chance
a. row.
"We went about 200 yards from ;he
Titanic We could see nothing
wrong except that the big boat seem
ed 20 b, settling at the bow. Still We
could lut make ourselves believe that
the Titanic would sink
But the Titanic continued TO set
tie. and we could see the passengers
plunging about the decks and hear
their cries.
I've moved further away from the
Titanic. Suddenly there came two
sharp explosions as the water rushed
into the boiler room and the boilers
exploded.
"The Titanic was torn i'm two and
floundered The explosions coun-
ieracted the effect of the suction made
when the big boat went to the bot
tom Il is more than probable that
this saved some of the lifeboats from
being drawn 20 the bottom.
Following the explosions We could
see persons hanging to the side
ratings of the sinking boat. It is
my opinion that many persons were
killed by these. explosions and were
not drowned.
"Others of the passengers were
tossed into the water. For an hour
after the explosions we could sec
them swimming about in the water
or floating on the life belts. We could
hear their groans and their cries
for help. but we dared not go to them
To have done this would have swamp.
ed our own boat. and everybody
would have been lost. Several per
sons did float up to our boat and W.
took them on board.
After We had got aboard the Car
pathia we did not see J. Bruce Ismal
until today. when he came on deck 70
a short time. He seemed badly broker
lup. You would hardly have know
him"
Evening journal., 1912-04-19
SUCTION SUGGESTED
AS CAUSE OF CRASH

LONDON. Cvia Glace Bay, April 10.
Among shipping experts the theory
is advanced that the collision Of the
Titanic aud the iceberg was caused
by suction. i'm the same way that sue
tion brought about the collision of the
Olympic and the Hawke and all but
dragged the New York into a smash
with the Titanic The suction theory
is supported by the testimony Of
United States Naval Constructor Tay-
lor, and is given additional emphasis
by the account Of a heretofore unpub-
lished incident at Southampton when
the Titanic left port
II has been learned that salvagers
at work raising a sunken barge in
Hampton water had placed slings I'M
derneath for hauling it up. but the
barge disappeared and was found later
500 yards away in the track Of the
Titanic.
Evening journal., 1912-04-19

them. None wanted 10 leave the Ti-
tanic. They believed she was pe-iect.
ly safe.
1T was a very br ght night aud
could not see any .csbergs. It was
my opinion the cf'cers were minng
a mountain out OF mole hill and
had no intention Of getting .ntO any
of the boats. So stayed Oh deck and
watched the other passengers crowd
ing into the lifebOats and on the life
RATS.
"Then l saw that the Titanic was
sinking and decided ! would take my
chances swimming. ! knew If stay
ed long I would be drawn down by
the suction. ] dived off the deck into
the sea and was picked up by one Of
the lifeboats.
Before we we're picked up by the
Carpathia we suffered terribly from
cold I did not see j. Bruce Ismay
climb into one Of the lifeboats. nor
did | see him after we were taken on
the Carpathia. No one saw him after
we were rescued that ! can learn. al
though we knew he was on board.
(Which one of the lifeboats he went
away III IL a lut0libu. WY ht uiu h'i
appear after he was on the Carpathia
was not explained. unless he was i'll
Mr.. Romane had expected TO be
met at the pier by his wife. When
she did not appear he became almost
as hysterical as some of the women.
You might think this is weakness,
he explained. but we have gone
through a good deal
Mrs. Romaine joined her husband
/ later
Officers Compelled Passengers 4
Take TO Boats.
Paul Cheyeret. the Canadian SOUP
tor. told how he and other passengeri
on the Titanic could not believe tna
the big vessel would sink. Mr. CheV
eret was in a state of collapse wher
he was carried from the Corpathia
He said:
You see am pretty far gone, but
remember everything that has occur
red since the moment the lltani'
struck the iceberg
"When | got on deck, after the boa
seemed TO tremble from stem TO stern
there was some excitement but il wa
among the officers and not among tn
passengers The officers we're running
about the deck insisting that person.
get into the lifeboats | didn't want 4
Get into a boat. but when the thir'
Evening journal., 1912-04-19
BABEL AT PIER AS
SAMARITAN SHIP
LANDS SURVIVORS

gangplank from the time the Carpa-
thia ceased motion. In some way the
words OF the yonug inferno seemed to
clear the air
A babble of questions. answers,
cries. sobs. and calls arose at once.
A woman whose feelings had Teen
pent within her bosom since the
dreadful launching of the little life
boat just after midnight Monday
shrieked wildly. and went into hyster-
ics
A little chubby baby boy. carried
off the boat by nurse. walled loudly.
Tears came TO those who had been
fearless and saved them. perhaps.
from madness The furrows in their
faces showed that they could not
much longer have endured the ten-
sion
Four women we're carried off the
boat on stretchers. man was car
ried out In a basket made with two
mems hands and arms. He was smok-
ing pipe and talking from the cor
ner of his mouth cheerily to two wo-
men. who sought needs Of his con-
dition After an hour and n half the
stream OF survivors ceased.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor. despite the
rumors that she was in a critical con-
dition gave the members OF her fam
/ ily a joyful surprise when she walked
down the gangplank She wore
white sweater and as she kissed her
/ father she said II hope he is alive
somewhere cannot think OF any
! thing else but I am sure that he viii
I be saved
Colonel AstOr's Parting.
She said that the Colonels last
words 10 her were.
81 will meet you IN New York.
dear"
Mrs. Astor was hurried in fast
i automobile TO the Astor home on
Fifth avenue. where an official state
ment was issued later by the family
physician that she was in as good
n health as WAS TO be expected under
the circumstances II was long before
i the upper pier was cleared Anxious
Questionors pressed around the sur
vivors. pouring queries faster than
tongue could answer.
J. Bruce lsmay, head Of the COM
: pany which owned the Titanic-lsmay
who came safe TO land-most talked OF
perhaps. Of all, unless Il was Colone
, Astor
Some cursed lsmay, among the sur
{ vivors. Others told that the boat IN
5 which he escaped was not full. be
! cause the women on board refused t.
come-they did not think the shil
, would sink.
The story Of brave Mrs. lsido
y Straur, who spurned proftered saiet
q TO stay with her husband when sh
D. knew that death was near, caused
great group of men and women
burst into tears II was simply To-
, by the woman who was speaking
- Mrs. J J Brown.
~ and she stayed Mrs. Brown sal
- "clinging there to her husbands al
and died
At last the crowd was gonn. r
N dock was deserted The Carpathia W
-. asleep A rain beat upon the paw
~ ments outside, and In the rain 700 su
vivors of the Titanic scattered,
al grieve for those who lie dead In Il
,e ocean, off Newfoundland.
Evening journal., 1912-04-19

boats and al noon we turned toward
Ambrose Lightship--and homel
Aboard the Carpathia everything
WAS confusion. Women were torn
with grief. the worst kind OF grief
the grief of uncertainty.
"Oh II I only knew whether my
husband has been saved or not, was
tho all-night cry Of more than one
errrow w-stricken wife Oftentmes thev
fell upon their knees and prayed for
tho safe recovery Of their loved ones
And II was only the hope that they
would finally find them here on land
when they arrived that kept most %
I the women as sane as they are WA " ma
thav wiil do now that they know
that as they themselves watched IN
Titanics life being blotied out the
Watched also tho life Of their owl
loved ones being snuifed out by IN
same hard sea.
icarnath'a Angel shin.
The distress Of the Titanic sur
i vivors secured for them every con
oession from the passengers OF th'
Carpathia. Women and men ahk'
gave up their staterooms 10 us an'
slent on the floors Of the library an.
smoking room Mrs. John Jacol
hstor was given one of the best rooms
In the cabin and she never emerged
from II during the trip. " Is sale
she was very IN from grief and eN
posure.
Everyone m the Carnathia wai
Kindness itself. CaDtain Rostron. th'
surgeon. the stewards. everyone coult
not do enough for Us.
The final shock was given us al
Thursday night as we came up th'
hay. II was then that we learned
how very near We all came to no
being rescued at all
And. Il is great wonder to me
rantain Rostron said. that We our
selves didn't split ON one Of them
those most treacherous. most deadl,
enemies Of those who go down TO tn
sea In ships
Aud to think that Nathalie and
? wished to see an iceberg all the wa
Ovnri
Evening journal., 1912-04-19
SAW BERG A MILE AWAY
BEFORE SHIP STRUCK IT

NEW YORK. April l9-H. b. stef-
fanson. of New York, another survivor
who leaped into the sea and was
picked up, declared that he saw the
Iceberg before the collision. II
seemed to me hat the berg, mile
awav | should say, was about eighty
feet ont of the water. The ice that
showed clear Of the water was not
what we struck. After the colllsion
saw ice all over the sea WhVh
we hit the berg we seemed TO slide ul
ON il. ] could feel the boat jumping
and pounding, and ! realized that We
we're ON the ice, but Thought we
would weather H. I only saw inc
captain once after the collision.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1912-10-31
Married Young to Beat Smallpox

When l was lad the number Of
people whose faces were pitted With
smallpox was legion. Blind from
smallpox" was on the card worn by
most Of the unfortunate street beg
CARS who had lost their sight.
The anxiety Of parents to have their
daughters married at an age which
would now be considered almost scan
dalously immature was one by-result
of the frequency and severity OF small
pox If a girls face We're married her
prospects Of matrimony were, OF
course. impaired, and the ambition OF
mothers-so common was smallpox
was to see their daughters safely mar
ried before they caught the disease
From Walter Gilbey's "Recollections
Of Seventy Years" in Nineteenth Cen
fury.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1912-10-31
100000

The balance due and unpaid on the
said Indebtedness to this date as prin-
cipa and interest being approximately
(tl6. Asst 50) Sixteen thousand four hun
dred and eighty seven dollars and fifty
cen s. and One thousand six hundred
and forty eight dollars aud seventy five
cents (tl ,64S.75) attorneys fees. making
a total of Eighteen thousand one hun
bred and thirty six dollars and twenty
five cents 1918 1856 25) to this date
That the said property will be sold by
the said Trustee on SAID date and with.
in the said hours mentioned at public
sale for cash to the highest and best
bidder therefor, and that the purchaser
at said sale will, upon the payment in
cash of the price for which the same is
sold, be placed in immediate possession
of the said property; and that the lrus
tee will make and execute to the said
purchaser such deeds and conveyauces
as are proper and necessary.
That the SAID property being and
constituting an ice and electric power
plant. etc, will not be sold or offered
for sale in parcels but will be sold as
an entirety and as a going operating
concern.
nat no pil upon Tue shli property
will be recognized or countenanced un-
less accompanied by certified check
for the sum of tive Thousand dollais
payable 10 the order of :. = Jones,
Trustee.
That the pioc,e L. "f the sad sale
will he applied tp the costs AMI ex-
penses If making said sale. payment OF
the said a,tui,evS fevs aai ~Si In.
drhtedness. ard the remainder, # any.
Will be held lject To the rights and
interests of the said Jefferson lee. Ligh,
\ Power Company and is un ecured
creditors.
This notice OF sale Is given by posting
at three public places in Marion Coun
~. Texas. one OF which ~ the Couti
House door. for more than twenty DAYS
next before the sale, and by the publ.
cation OF a copy thereof IN The Iei,er.
son Jimpleoute. "a newspaper publish
eel IN Jefferson. Marion County. Texas
Ia testimony Of all Of which witness
my hand this 10th day If September
1912
: 2. JONES,
Trustee
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1912-10-31

VII - Made a. state es'r-ss-y
pe~c,v~,s are ONsyed

There never ~ss more popular d.
vision NJ tn. Louisiana state TAR ~
Shreveport than that Z poultry. and
ecptiou unless {, II that tho collection
or display viii be bigger than ever
tefore AMI the number II spectators
larger
Superintendent, Sam NJ. Watson. who.
by 'h. way. has been superintendent
Of this department, Tor several years. Is
confident that the show this year Is
going To- b- genuine success In every
particular. IL. has been busy ever
sInce soon after the close OF last year 3
fair. 81 ldng out literature and an
swering Inquiries from prospective eN-
hibitors. and he predicts that the 1879
exhibition will be a record breaker lie
has worked faithfully each year TO
please the exhibitors. That he has hit
the mark Is indicated by the prospects
Tor this years poultry show.
The judge this year will be w. r.
Whitman OF Allentown. Pa, who is
highly recommended. He knows tho
various qualities OF the birds and Is
expected to make a favorable and sat
isfactory impression. His suggestions
also are expected to prove OF value to
the poultry industry in this territory.
Wnere uuTinS recent years IL hds seen
much progress.
The mana cement has arranged to
give away $1,000 in cash prizes, and
the usual large number of ribbons. II
has also provided splendid accommo-
cations for the chickens and other
poultry that will be displayed. The
building which il s0x160 feet. has been
remoGeled and ems osed. 1t Is right on
the main walk AMI Is large enough to
shelter many visitors.
1t is announced that the awards on
nearly all varieties will be on the fol-
lowing plan: Two dollars on first sin
giles and 81 on second singles. IS on
first breeding pens and $3.50 on second
breeding pens The entry fee on sin
giles will be so cents. on pens 1t will
be 81.
Entries in the poultry division will
close October q. three days before the
fair opens In all other divisions tho
entries will close october 20.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1912-10-31
HORSE DISPLAY AT FAIR
Promises to BIO tho Best on Record a
Shreveport This Year.

In line with other progress by the
livestock people of this section that or
the horse industry has been record
breaking and exhibitors and Visltors
both are promised profit from the ex-
hibit in the horse division at the Lou
isiana state fair this year. There Is
no doubt that many people Will be on
hand To see the fine horses, and surely
many fine blooded equines VIII be on
exhibit. Enough reports have been
received to make this assertion safe
one.
The exhibitors will profit by sales OF
horses as well as by the premiums,
amounting to $4,000. that have been Of
fered by the association. The visitors
who are Interested in fine blooded ami
mails will be benefited by seeing the
splendid specimens on exhibit and be-
ing prompted To improve their breeds
Quite number have already been
benefited by what they have seen al
past fairs. as will be shown by the
Louisiana raised horses on exhibit at
this years exposition, october 80 TO
November s.
Tn, parade of the prize winning
horses will be the best on record at
this years fair. for there viii be more
horses and the Conv,uicuCes for hold
ing the parade viii be better. There
will Toe parade each afternoon In front
OF the EtdNhNiAiA anu AAtR'f'i 'H' -
night in the coliseum. which VIII be
splendidly Illuminated.
In the matter uf arcommodations
the association has been quite active.
As a result there is "a 5000 concrete
and steel barn. with stalls enough for
a. least 100 horses. uu tht fair grounds.
Write tn Secretary T. y. Eru~gser-
hoff. Shreveport. La. Tor "A catalogue
and see the premium hst Ia the horse
division.
What b. said about the horse div Sion
may apply also 90 the mules
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1912-10-31
PARISH FAIR CONTEST
Will Be Of Great Interest at the Louis
lana State Fair.

An evidence of the growth OF In
terest In the Parish Fair movement viii
be the splendid collection Of parish ex
hibits to be made at this years State
Fair. October 80 to November 8, in
elusive The exhibit will be made in
the agricultural hall ard promises to
use a considerable portion of the big
building, for the parish fair rivalry has
grown to such extent that nothing but
big and attractive booths VIII serve the
purpose OF the arrangements of the
different parish shows.
1t Is expected that there will be not
less than dozen parish exhibits this
year This viii be nearly twice the
number participating last year, az fol
lows: Bossier. Sabine, Claiborne, Bien-
vile, Lincoln, Webster and Caddo. All
but Caddo, which comes under sep
arate contest head, engaged In the
competition for the $1,000 cash offered
as prizes TO the parish association
making the finest exhibit, counting
quality. appearance and other features
laid down in the governing rules, the
sum of $500 is TO be awarded. The re-
mainder of the $1,000 is to be divided
proportionately, $500 going to the Sec
ond best
Good crops have been the rule this
season and as the parishes are jealous
of each other there is every reason &c
look for a splendid showing at the state
Fair. Part of the transportation
charges are met by the state assocla-
ton, as an extra encouragement to the
parishes.
During the year Secretary L. N
Brueggerhoft was aboard the state ag
ricultural demonstration train in con
siderable portion of the state and lee
tured and distributed literature. When
he was not aboard others talked about
the state institution and its merits
and this is expected to have goo'
influence on the parish fair contest thi'
year.
United States government experts
will take part in the judging.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1912-10-31
EAGLES IN COMBAT.
Fury Of the BsIlloerent Birds In Their
Duel In tho Air.

An old time observer In Maryland
says that the Eastern Shore eagles can
fly faster, remain In their lofty flight
longer and descend from it to the earth
with more velocity than any other ere
ated thing with wings. He also says
that the flerceness OF the eagles and
the tenacity and power Of clutch they
can put into their immense talons are
beyond belief, and he cites as an In
stance Of 1t fight between two Of the
big birds that he once saw.
Just what melted the two eagles to
the combat this spectator OF the fight
did not know, but they came together
high In the air. A long time the two
fierce birds fought with beak and
talon and wing, rushing upon one an
other, delivering their blows and re
treating for advantage In new at
tack Then at last they clinched and
fought Mt close quarters.
In that position they came plungina
to the earth, but neither made any eff
fort to stay the fall, so desperately In
tent was each on the savage battle
They struck together In the freshly
turned furrow Of plowed field. and
the impact failed to separate them OF
to cause an instant's delay In the fight
and the coming on the scene OF man
with club, with which he at once
took part In the battle. did not dlstrac1
their attention from one another ana
the man killed them both. Their tai
ons were buried so deeply In each 9th
er's flesh that to separate the two
belligerent eagles 1t was necessary to
cut off their legs.-New York Sun.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1912-10-31
Whai Iifo Is

Nothing Is of real value In the world
except people. Never hurt person by
wrong thought or by word or by act.
Never hurt each other Then 90 on
a big discovering expedition and find
each other. Never say, That person
has nothing In him." for that only
means that you haven't found II yet
Then. last OF all. never think you are
the only person. You are just part
OF each other" You are not some
body and the rest Of us everybody
else. We are each other. life is each
bitterness. not every body -clseness ST.
Nicholas