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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-15
TOO FRIGHTENED TO
JUMP INTO WATERS

HALIFAX. y. s, oct. 15.-Capt.
Harneden of the Furness liner Rap
pahannock, which arrived here Tues
day night, told of his part in the res
cue of Is women and four children.
the first TO be taken from the flame
swept Volturno.
After hearing the Carmanias re-
port of the Volturno's position. he
gave orders to crowd on all steam.
Capt. Harneden said:
AT 1890 a. m. Thursday when
the Carmania s message was received
we were about $50 miles from the
VolturnO, and various wireless mes
sages exchanged led us to believe her
position was very desperate.
AT $3.50 p. m. we sighted the
burning ship about 20 miles away
and when we came nearer. the flames
were rising above her funnel
AT 1925 that night we sent out
first lifeboat to the wreck. About
$3.50 a. m. the boat returned and
reported it was dangerous TO APP
proach within 500 feet of the Vol
turno. There were about 400 aboard
then, but they appeared 10 be too
frightened to jump into the sea and
trust TO be picked up All had life
belts on. 1t was decided TO wait un-
til daylight.
Saves Nineteen.
AT a. m. Friday / sent the boat
away again and she succeeded in saw
ing Is women and four children, all
Of whom were in a most pitiful state.
The boat again returned TO the res
cue, but boats from the various other
steamers had succeeded in getting all
he off
After all had been rescued. search
made made for two boats reported to
have left the VOlturno before any of
the other steamers came to her as
sistance and which were reported
missing. Eleven steamers scattered
and searched, but no bodies or people
were found"
The captain explained that with
the heavy wind and rough seas. some
delicate maneuvering was required in
a fleet of IL ships. They circled
about the burning craft and when
one Of the fleet got in a position to
windward she would send off a life
boat and then work around the cir
Gle to the leeward of the Volturno
and watch for an opportunity to take
the life boat on board, again going
to windward and launching another
boat.
The arrival of the oil tank Nara
gansett and the pouring Of her cargo
Of oil on the water very materially
aided in the work of rescue. 1t was
stated however, that more than half
the people were rescued before the
arrival of the tank steamer.
Twelve of the 10 VolturnO surviv-
ors, bound for the United States, sail
ed at midnight for New York on the
Red Star liner FlOriZel. Five will
leave for Cape Breton Wednesday.
Mrs. Paraska Genuik, a young Polish
widow. and her year-old son will be
sent TO Hamilton. Ontario, to join her
sister.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-15

steerage deck. When he saw the
smoke ne opened one of the matches
and was met with a rush OF smoke
and heat The sailor then returned
10 the bridge and warned the captain.
All the passengers in the forward
Steerage had by this time become
aroused and everyone seemed panic
stricken ] believe some jumped over
board as the result OF sheer fright
When the smoke and choking flames
became visible there was an excited
rush aft and the passages and stair
ways for awhile were crowded with
struggling lighting people
Ali Panic stricken
In the meantime the captain had
given the alarm. The fire crew was
manning the fire apparatus under the
eve OF Capt Inch, who thus was un-
able for the present TO keep order on
deck where the panic stricken pas
sengers had gathered around the
lifeboats in the stern In the alb
sence of the captain and the other
officers who were below lighting the
fire, there was much disorder.
The fire seems 10 have been due
to the carelessness of a steeraEe
passenger. Hans MagnuS. a member
of the Nolturno's crew. AYERS there
steamship company's strict order for
bidding persons in the Storage to
smoke.
The company fines any one smok-
ing IS as is usual on emigrant ships"
Magnus said, yet the rule was
broken / have found cigaret stubs
and half burned matches often push
ed into cracks or under objects
II feel sure that some steerage
passenger. when an inspector was
seen, threw a cigaret down a hatch
way. The fire broke out in a part
Of the hold where lot OF rugs and
other stuff that would burn easily
were piled"
Magnus says there was no eXplO-
sion on the Volturno except when
one of the bulkheads blew out under
the pressure of heat. He worked at
a hose from o'clock in the morning
until Z o'clock at night
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-15

get clear OF VolturnO with five res
cued passengers or his boat would
have been overloaded and sunk.
Called To Jump.
The other whalebOaU commanded
by Second Captain Rousselet of the
TOuraine was near the stern of the
Volturno and its crew was calling TO
the passengers to jump. bat none
would do 50. No other boat was
seen at that time near the burning
ship Lieut.. Izenic wanted TO again
put off from the Touraine but l sent
a second mate with a fresh crew.
'Rousselet returned later with three
rescued people. All who were brought
in were in a state of great exhaustion
"Rousselet was allowed TO make
another trip in his whaleboat with
A fresh crew and then l lowered a
lifebOat, thinking it might bring
back a large load.
The second mate returned with
seven persons he had picked up and
Rousselet brought back seven others
"RouSSelet reported that he had
found ropes, pulley tackle and i'm
provised ladders along the after part
of the VOltuTno dangling from the
sides The vessel had a strong list
to starboard, her nose was low in
the waves and the water was break
ing over her. The flames lighted up
ran in close and a hail of human
beings fell upon it and its crew. Four
teen people were picked up, of whom
seven were transferred to the other
whaleboat.
by this time it was 6 o'clock on
Friday morning and numerous boats
from the other ships alongside had
been lowered and were around the
Volturno. Another one Of our boats
took two women and two children
from the sea, which had become
moro calm. The women and children
were let down into the water tied
with ropes.
No More on Boat.
When no more people were on
board the VolturnO our boats were
taken in.
IF there had been less panic at
the beginning of the fire, many more
could have been saved. Unfortun-
ately two boats launched from the
Volturno were broken up by the seas
and it is certain that many were
drowned during the night. If the
crew and passengers had kept calm
everybody might have been saved"
The doctor, the purser and several
officers were the last 10 get into the
boats. and Capt. Inch was the very
last to leave his ship.
Frederick Bake, young steerage
DdSSeHStIt was the AllSl pei sui
on board the Volturno to discover the
fire.
81 saw smoke coming through
cracks in the floor Of my quarters
forward" he said land I became
sure that the hold below was afre.
1 ran as fast as 1 could to the deck
in front of the bridge. The captain
himself was there and 1 yelled TO
him in German that the ship was on
fire. He did not understand me. I
called out again in Polish and then
shouted in Yiddish, but still 1 was
unable to make him understand and
he sent down a sailor to inquire what
was the matter.
II led the sailor down to the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-15
Bnnker Catches Bic.

AT a. m. the bunker was found
20 be ablaze. II being impossible 10
stop the FIRE in the bunker on account
or gases. the wa1er-tignt doors were
closed and water poured down the No
hatch onto the FIRE but the fire was
gaining all the time.
AT IL a. m. the Carmania arrived
and lowered a boat but could not
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-15
HEROIC WORK SAVES
LIVES DURING STORM
New England Coast Struck by
Heavy Gale But Only One
Life is LOSt-Many Boats
Caught in Winds.

BOSTON, oct. IA northeast
gale swOOped down on the coastwise
shipping of the New England coast
Tuesday. leaving death and ruin in
its wake Heroic rescues kept the
known loss of life down 10 one. that
of Capt. Sears Perry OF sandwich.
who persisted in the wreck OF his
boat on ScOrtOn beach.
The barge Sumner L.. Mead one Of
the town of the tug Paoh from New
York for Boston. piled upon the tip
OF Cape COD and her three men were
taken on by those on the PaOH. The
Oakland. another OF the Paolfs string.
was in a precarious position near
Highland light Tuesday might with
her crew signalling for help.
Six men were rescued fr1m the
tWo-masted schooner Georgia Pearl,
Elizabethport for Liverpool. y. S. by
the surf side life savers on Nantucket
The vessel was expected 20 90 70
pieces before morning.
on the extreme northwest of the
New England coast another daring
rescue of four men took place when
a small boat from a Canadian steamer
braved the breakers near Grand Man
an. y b. where the British fishing
schooner Dreadnaught was pounding
to pieces.
As usual the brunt Of the gale was
felt at Cape Cod A large coastwise
fleet Of schoOners, tugs and barges.
released Monday from a two weeks
fog embargo. was rounding the cape.
Many Of them worked 10 snug an
chOrages with the loss Of sails and
deck fittings.
The schooner Henry A. Whitney
was brought into Vineyard Haven by
a tug after a narrow escape on Tucke-
muck shoals. She sighted the revenue
cutter Gresham struggling 10 save a
two master from the clutches or
CroSsnip shoals.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-15
SURVIVORS TELL STRIKING STORIES OF VOLTURNO WRECK

The fact that all these rescued by the
Minneapolis were men afforded fur
Their evidence that this was true
They were nearly the last boat load
taken of. Many had seen their wives
and children depart in the earlier
boats
Several Of the survivors agreed
when talking 10 Mr.. Fuller that the
fire originated in an explosion OF
grease in a galley as a result Of which
several cooks and their assistants
were killed Later a number Of the
crew and several passengers lost
their lives fighting the flame
None OF the survivors on the Min
neapoHs saved anything with the ex-
ception of a cheerful and clerical
looking Pole who brought off a huge
Bible and green bag filled with
books.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-15
NO WOMAN ABOARD.

GRAVESEND. Eng, oct. Is
There was not a woman among the
80 survivors of the VOlturno brought
to port here Tuesday by the Mime
apOlis All were men. Several of
them charged the crew of the Vol
turno with acting with abominable
cOwardice.
Some of the immigrants refused to
try again to cross the ocean.
wild horses could not drag me to-
ward America, with all its golden OPP
portunity" said one.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-15
APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT.

An appeal TO the supreme court
was taken by the plaintiff in the suit
Of George Thomas against Joseph H
DeFreese in the circuit court Monday.
Thomas sued DeF'reese as executor OF
the McNaughton estate in Elkhart for
a specific performance OF contract
to sell a business block in Elkhart TO
Thomas Judge Funk held in favor
of the defense and Overruled a motion
for a new trial, and the appeal re-
suited.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-15

reach the ship on account Of high
seas. I asked the Carmania to look
for the No. boat The steamship
Seydlitz arrived and lowered boats
which could not reach US About 3
p m. the Carmania returned and
tried TO reach the snip with life rats
but all drifted past our bow, too far
away.
several steamers had arrived by
dusk The Kroonland put away boats
which made four attempts TO come
alongside but were swept away each
time.
AT $3.50 p. m. the saloon and chart
house were flaming. The deck. bridge
and all before the funnel were blaz-
ing fiercely. Pumps and dynamos
stopped for want of steam. Marconi
operators were working with the ac-
cumulatOrs until II 70. IN. when the
magazine on the bridge blew up
carrying the aerial away.
Several boats by this time were
laying off the ship and induced pas
sengers TO jump and they were res
cued by boats AT l. a. m. midnight.
the weather was overcast and
squally. Operations were suspended,
il being too dark for boats TO see
The fire meanwhile worked through
the wOmen's steerage 10 the after
end of the ship but we kept knowl-
were quiet throughout the rest Of
the night.
The chief engineer, the Marconi
men and seamen and myself spent
the night making small RATS in case
the fire burned though the deck be-
fore daylight.
AT SIS a. m. the first boat arriv-
ed. Weather and sea having mOder-
ated boats were enabled to come
oil
sengers to embark quickly All the
steamers laying around the ship sent
boats. Now we were enabled to load
three boats with passengers at once.
The passengers left in a very orderly
way and there was no panic, women
breaking down and crying, when help
was alongside, and all were off the
ship by a. m. about 400 passengers
I searched the ship myself and found
no one else on board and decided to
abandon her as the No. hatch was
well alight now, so with the remain
der Of the crew embarked on the
Kroonland.
Nothing at all has been heard Of
the two missing boats. Passing yes
sells were asked to keep a lookout for
them
Il wish TO express my heartiest
thanks and gratitude 10 the captains
of ships who stood by; also to the
officers and crews, who came TO our
assistance for their bravery and en-
durance in their endeaVor to come
alongside the ship; also to the pas
sengers of the Kroonland for their
kindness to the rescued passengers,
engineers and crew and myself in fit
ting US out and doing everything for
us. Following are the names of the
steamers that came TO, our. assistance:
Touraine, Asian. Narragansett, Seyd-
litZ, Minneapolis, Devonian, Car,
RappahannoCk, Also one other
steamer without wireless. The ship
was abandoned in latitude 1880
north, longitude 3457 west"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-15
WAS NO PANIC.

LONDON. Oct 15.-Stuart j. Full
Ter, United States consul at Durham,
who was a passenger on board the
Minneapolis, which arrived Tuesday.
possessed a linguistic equipment suffi-
cie1t to enable him to talk in their
own language with some Of those res
cued from the Volturno. by the crew
of the Minneapolis.
Mr. Fuller told the Associated
Press he had gathered from the sur
vivOrs that there was no panic on
board the burning ship and that on
the whole good order had been main
tanned though the passengers had
been herded aft like a flock Of sheep
They complained that the ships Off
GERS had treated them roughly and
had refused to give them any infor-
nation.
On7 survivor told Consul Fuller
that the first boat lowered from the
VOlturnO, which was dashed TO pieces
against the steamers side and all it's
occupants drowned. was loaded main
ly with women and children, which
indicated that the men had &C
quiesced in giving them precedence.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-15
SOME NEWS NOTES.

Davies Laundry. Both phones.
Leslie, the optician, sol s Mich. st.
Or. Stoeckley, dentist, 511 J. NJ. 5.
Walsh&Best, Dentist, RIM. 8. J.M.S.
Rubber stamps and alphabets made
by II. A. Pershing, $50 S. Michigan
g., room 6, over Burke's. Advt.
Try NEWS-TIMES WANT ADS
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-04-24
Notice of Trustees Sale
State OF Mississippi
NeshOba county.

On the lst day July, 1911, DR.. O. F.
Partrige executed and delivered 10 R
q Cooper, Trustee for Mrs &. B. Day
certain deed of trust ON the within
described land Said deed of trust
being executed and delivered to the
said to secure the prompt payment of
certain sum OF money due the said
Mrs. G. 4. Day by the said o. F. Par
tr!ge amounting at that time to-
Eleven hundred and Forty Dollars
more or less. The said deed of trust
being recorded in Book % page l54 of
the recor.ta of Mortgages and deeds
of trust Of the records in the office of
The Chancery clerk Of the county Of
Neshoba and the State of Mississip-
pi. And default having been made
in the payment of the said sum
when the same become due and pay
ment not yet being made in full.
And the said Mrs. G. B. Day desiring
said full payment and requesting the
foreclosure of said deed of trust and
The origional trustee being unable to
execute the saiddeed of trust and !,
the undersigned being duly appoint
81 by the said Mrs. C. b. Day to exc
cute the said Deed of Trust, 1, J. E.
Goden Jr. Subistute Trustee, will on
the 28th day of April, 1918, within
l-gal hours, at the North door of the
court house of Neshoba county, Mis-
sssippi, sell to the highest bidder
for cash the following described
lands, situated in NeshOba country
Mississippi. to-wit: sw or of the Sc Or
and Sc or Of the sw or Section & N1a
Of the he or Section 8 All in II. nine
aud NV or of the sw & 8 A. in the
sw Or of the NV or and the VIZ of
the Sc or sec. % all in II. Eleven and
all being in Range Twelve, Neshoba
county, Mississippi.
will convey only such title as is
vested in me as trustee, which title l
believe to be good
J. E. Golden, Jr.
trustee.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-04-24
Trustees Sale
State of Mississippi
Neshoba county.

BY virtue of the au-
thority vested in me by a certain deed
Of trust executed by r. f. Horne con
veying to me as trustee the follow
ing described property situated i'll
said county and state, to-wit: Block
235 Northeast Division of the town
Of Philadelphia, Miss. Hendrix Sur
vey, to secure an indebtedness to Mrs
Annie Henson, Guardian, in the sum
Of ninety-six and 20-IO0 dollars, exc
cuted on the 2sth day of Feb. 1910,
and which trust deed appears of re-
cord in the Chancery clerks office of
said county and state in Deed Book
20, page 566.
will, On the 1st Monday in May,
1913, withing legal hours, in the town
of Philadelphia, Miss, in front of the
north door of the court house, offer
for sale to the highest bidder for
cash, the said land to satisfy the said
indebtedness ana interest thereon,
together with the cost Of executing
this trust deed.
Witness my signature, this the End
day Of April, 1918.
G. E. Wilson,
TruStee
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-04-24
o,d mavbe send YOU to bed.

and maybe send you to bed.
New Drug Store sells Dodson's
Liver Tone and guarantees IT.
For YOU and for your children
it's good thing to keep a bottle
always in the house.
New Drug Store will give you
your money back if you think
Dodson's Liver Tone is not worth
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-04-24
DRUGGIST GIVES MONEY BACK
DODsOA'S LIVER TONE GETS A FOUR SQUARE
GUARANTEE FROM new DRUG STORE

When an article is sold a drug.
gist who is willing to give 1T his
personal guarantee, it's mighty
strong proof of real merit.
That's exactly the case with
Dodson's Liver Tone. 1t is a
pleasanttasting, vegetable reme-
dy for a slow and sluggish liver.
Since Dodson's Liver Tone come
on the market the sale of Gallo
mel has gone way down. The
reason is simply this: Dodson's
Liver Tone. is safe and harmless
and guaranteed to be satisfactory
Calomel is often uncertain, some
times dangerous, and no druggist
wants to guarantee that it won't
knock you out of days work
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-04-24

the price. "Keep your liver
working and your liver will not
keep YOU from working" is good
advice to go by.
ADVERTISEMENT
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-04-24
Cole Bros, Distributors
PITT "A DEPHIA, MISS.

NOTICE
l Will stand, three fine Ken
lucky Jacks at Dees stable this
season. Fee $40
CASTOR Clark.
You will always find Liv. Yer.
Lax in the best drugg stores, ask
Irby Drug %.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-04-24

Liv.Ver Lax, the Liver regula-
tor, ask Irby Drug Co.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-04-24

FOR SALE-Barred Plymouth
Rock and Indian Runner Duck
Eggs at Soc per setting.
w. L. Houston at Hen
derson-Molpus Co.
FOR SALE-Good mule at bar
gain. Henderson Molpus Co.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-04-24

A. "N" "osOi vnuSnU Vi OlUvLIIIS
and some good nanfa cham hoe
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-23
What The Mayor Promised He Would Do, And The Health Board Would Do
 About Garbage And What's Been Done

The Farmer believes that the of Health been desiring garbage
 
 This statement in difference to the of the takes editorial which it stated board best to be rid of the garbage
 This, Nor should the of the health They displayed infant They merely adopted of men for which they not to blame Indeed they could scarcely do otherwise.
 But garbage Bridgeport. throughout another entire
 the of the the situation in which they have always been.
 smell the nu to in ure their property.
 than should have been done without omission has been.
 the remedy that might adopted to the Side
 the remedy which Mayor Wilson PROMISED
 The garbage nuisance old the East Side. There 
 During Buckinghams administration a was to be Side organized protection this association raised committee protective clauses inserted in the contract
 of this committee entirely familiar with delays that surround effort to that e from garbage plant amount to nuisance and they
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-23
EDITORIAL NOTES

The first Roman Catholic periodical in the United States was established in 1925 at Charleston, S. C., by John England. first bishop of Charleston The United States Catholic Miscellany was the title of the publication which was the pioneer in a journalistic field now occupied by scores of able jour nals in all sections of the United States and Canada Bishop England ago today, Sept. 23, 17S6, and was the editor of a weekly paper, '"The Re Iigious Repertory,' published in Cork, before he was consecrated bishop of Charleston in 1920. The next Catholic journal, 'sThe Truth Teller was pub 1ished in New York by William Den man in 1929. 'The Shamrock found ed a little earlier, was also Catholic, but was not strictly a religious peri odical. The first religious journal in America was the Boston Recorder, founded in 1916. The Boston Watch Observer were founded in 1819 and 1920, respectively. The first anti-re- hgious paper, the Boston Investigator, was founded at about the same time.
 First a clergyman, then a poet, later Q journalist, and finally a world-fa- nous writer of thrilling tales of ad- venture-such has been the life pill grimage of s. R. Crockett, the emi- nent Scottish novelist. He was edu- cated at New College, Edinburgh Uni versity and the University of Heidel- berg, Germany As a young man he determined upon a clerical career, and at twenty-Six entered the Free Church of Scotland, and for some years was minister of a flock in Peniouik. He left the pulpit to become a journalist His first book was a thin volume of verse, entitled 'Dulce Cor,'' which was published in 1886.
 It was twenty years ago that MT. Crockett leaped into prominence as an ter" Encouraged by his success with this effort, he wrote four novels dur ing the following year-'"The Raiders, The Lilac Sunbonnet,'' Mad Sir Uch- tred,' and ''The Playactr ress.'' Since then over two-score volumes of fiction have appeared with his name on the title page, including such popular tales as Joan of the Sword Hand '' ''The Stickit Ministers Wooing,' f'The Sill yer SkulI'' "The Bloom of the Heath er," and s'The Men of the Mountain"
 In his latest novel, Patsy" the au- thor introduces as heroine an heirees of his native Galloway. Patsy is a woman of spirit, fond of adventure, and, from the numerous suitors who offer themselves as life partners, she chooses a handsome smuggler. The story introduces a number of historic characters, including George III. and the gay blade who afterward became the fourth George
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-23
CANNON WILL RUN AGAIN
Ex-Speaker Announces His Candidacy To Old District
 Today.

Chicago, H., Sept 23.-Ex-S Speaker Joseph G. Cannon made formal an nouncement to his former constituency today that he will be a candidate for Congress, at the next election. He saws that a two-years' rest is long enough for any man, and that he has no doubt that his old friends and as- sociates want to see him back in the House of Representatives
 The announcement of Cannon's can didacy is part of the plan of the Re publican Congressional Committee, aiming to carry Illinois in the Con gressional contest.
 The committee thinks there is a good prospect of e1ecting nineteen of the twnety-seven Illinois representatives
 'sIJnc1e Joe'' is to start his campaign today in an address at the Westfield