The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-08
MOTHER GETS LAST
! OF VOLTURNO WAITS
William the Silent. 10 Months
Old. at Last Reaches
POrt-ln West.
RELIEF TASK Is ENDED
Splendid Work of Red Cross in
Rrunitinw Scattered
Families.
RELIEF TASK Is ENDED

The Rcd Cross emergency relief CON.
n,ttce of the charity Organization So
cietN. which gave aid to- AZ? survivors
OF the Uranium liner Voturno. burned
at sea on October 10. while bound from
Rotterdam to this city has i1st sent the
last rescued passenger to his destination.
lie was Roman Jabculotskl. Is months
old. who had the distinction Of being
the most travelled Of twenty Youngsters
separated from rrowaups hv the great
sea disaster whom the committee re-
stored to their parents.
When the baby was ro~cuod from
Che burning ship he was carried across
the Atlantic TO Liverpool aud thence t,
Rotterdam, whore he had another eN-
pcrience by coming down with the mca-
sles As soon ~ he was able To travel
ha was brought To New York. but IN
the meantime his family had gone to
Minneapolis lie wasn't bg enough 20
send West tagged. and the COMMITTEES
was unable to lind anybody going in
that direction who was willing to accept
young Jabouetski ~ travelling COM
= panion.
The only alternative was to send him
10 Minneapolis under the care OF a
TrhlntU nurse, ana lU' NbullgsNc4 lll"bt Tue
trip in much comfort and great glee,
Had Forgotten TITS Mother.
hut when he got there he had for
gotten his mother. from whom he had
heen separated on tn. Nolturno. and cried
bitterly when she Rugged him to her
bosom. lie reached out his hands for the
nurse and made It very apparent that ne
didn't approve of the transfer hut the
mother soon caused him to feel at home
and his troubles were over at last
The committee found N ~ comparatiVeiN
easy matter to aid the survivors bN sup
plying them with clothing. temporary shell
ter and medical assistance u also found
work for those who needed II to take care
Of themselves and supplied tn" means for
forwarding them tu their destinations
The most difficult task was locating widely
separated members Of families and re-
uniting them hut this work gave the
most joy to those engaged IN IT and was
successfully carried out
The most difficult case of identification
was that Of William the silent" hoy
of years who was brought iu bv the
kroonland He was SO badly frightened
by all that he had gone through that
he apparently made up his mind that
he wouldn't do any talking. Tie wouldn't
tell his name for several days. which
was bg handicap 10 thos" who we're
anxious to lind out an about him
IL WIS uuar'rr,d ~ the Nurses Settle
m,ut for uca D. three weeks There one
90 tic nurses found = way OF getting To
the small chaps heart and confidence
-, told hcr that his fathers name was
Oscar and that he came over the ocean
20 90 to htuf u Was then learned that
oacar Grussm,u II Philadelphia had
bought steamship tickets for a woman
ana four children.
unbl, Il. necUuutre sou.
CyU..irast came To- New York hU' WAS
urahl" 20 recognize the hoy. whom ID"
had not seen for two years Ne brought
with h'n e group photograph Of his
family taken 900 IN" old country tud the
child was abb" to point cut each familiar
face aud cry out the names of his loved
ones The proof was convincing to the
father ard civilian the silent found port
AT last His christian name was Fiulme
4 small girl named Gene lvNr l'rhhlh
DELAYED her reunion with her mother hN
refusins for long time 1" tell her name"
She was fellow lodgrr a. the Nurses
Sert enent with Young frOiWe and iu'
some reason she aud William the Silent
refused to become friends Mrs prabik
was overjoyed when her daughter wa-
restored to her She mad believed the
child was lost
Mr. and Mrs Valentine Posautz No1'
turno passengers VIII, started FOR The
limited states to make a home in their old
are were rescued by different boats and
each believed that the other was dead
Mira Posantz was landed in Ihi.ideiphla
and her husband in New York city NC
was sent TO the Hebrew Sheiter4hs ana
Immigrant Aid SoNietys headquarters
AZ soon as Mrs PosHntZs whereabouts
became known she was brought To thi'
CITY by the Red cross Emergency Relcl
Committee.
Her husband Was N bed when SIN" ar
rived but he got up quickly wh'n lo1l
that a visitor had called 10 see him on
very impor,ant business Posantz hurried
downstairs came face TO face with ms VII"
and even those accustomed to affecting
scenes were obliged to turn away 7" mae
tears OF sheer happiness.
One Woman Made Widow.
Only one woman patengor ON the
Volturno Mrs Welwcl Wesbard was
widowed ny the disaster The mother
and her babies were brought to Ne"
York on one boat and the father 81
another Weisbard was sent to the Reti
Israel Hospital, where he was joined bN
his wife and little ones. shortly aftei
the reunion he succumbed to the eXposlu'
and hardships from which he suffered
Before he died Mrs Weisbard gave birth
tn another child. The cas-" was such
pathetic one and the unhappy family wa
In such dire need that the Red cross
Emergency Relief Committee appfoprl
ated 1000 for the mother and children
10 be paid as n weekly pension Whei
the amount il exhausted the United He
brew Charities will see to il that th
pension ~ continued.
The committees records civ" tndispui
abb. proof that IN" men on the Nolturn'
were just as brave as those who lost thei
lives on the Titanic. They went TO thei
deaths that women ana children nigh
b. saved.
OF the $50 survivors 231 were mel
traycliug alone, 10 We're unmarried
women travelling alone aud the rest wer'
made M Of members of hitE-thre. FAM
lies Ninety two We're children Thu
committee gay" each family suf'cen
funds 10 establish a home and get new
s'tri in Nc. Because Of this some of tn
men WHO had but little and lost that
were better off after the wreck than be
fore
The committee saw to II that every man
woman and child brought to this cit,
safely reached his or her destination
Later a representative of the relief Worl
called upon all to make sure that the,
were comfortably situated ana in no nee,
OF further aid.
spent xo,s76.sO In Relief.
The committee reports that ss,sI6 81