Evening Star Newspaper, November 28, 1926, Page 19

TOANGRESCUER ' HERTO 2000 | Fireman Who Carried Baby| to Safety Is Made Guard- | ian With Bequest. Special Dispatch to The Star TORONTO, November 27.—Heir to $2.000,000 and guardian of a girl 14 years old, who is an infant he saved when the Titanic went down in 1912, is .the happy fate which, according | to his own story, has betallen John | James, a fireman employed in one of | Toronto’s pumping stations. A few | days ago James left for England for | the purpose, he said. of concluding legal formalities. ' Among John James' assoclates his accepted at its face value, for | ve known him for many yes tworthy workman and a word. Among others there is skepticism pending his return from England with his millions and his ward. John James' story in any case! Atands unrivaled among romances of | . {Here it is in his own words: | ad shipped on the Titanic as a meaman under the name of John Jor 1 did not use my own name because of a previous disagreement With the company’s employment office. Went to Station. “When the vessel struck the ‘growl- ' 1 took my station beside No. 8 | ting into at I received charge of the haby who has been re- sponsible for the events which have | ladies had got into ! iber they included and Lady Rothe, | when a lady carrying a_baby in her arms came forward. Her husband and two other little children were with her. She first handed me the child and then, on learning her hus band could not accompany her, re fused to go herself. The other two | children stayed with their mother, | and 1 was handed a sum of money | and an address in London, with in-| structions that should anything hap- | pen I was to deliver the child to that | [ was told I was keeping | recaution. None | * 4 moment the | r from the doomed vesse! Gave Passengers Rum. “Each hour I made each passenger | take a teaspoonful of rum and I took | some myself. It kept us allve, for the cold following the proximity of the | fcebergs was intense, and I was dressed only in canvas breeches and | jersey. 1 had not even shoes on. 1 had stowed the baby wrapped up in mv oilskins in the boat's locker. Now | and again it would cry, and I moist- | ened its lips with « little rum and water. That, in my opinion, kept it alive. | “It was terrible when the pa: | gers in the boat realized the gia vessel was gone. The tragedy has heen sufficlently written about and | 1t is enough for me to say that the nest morning we were picked up by the Carpathia and baby was still safe and sound “On the Carpathia they tried to | take the child from me, but I had | siven my word to del it to its | grandparents, and I meant to keep it. | The child cared for, of and, * we reached New k, T took it_ashore with me and to England, where 1 was vents at Liverpool | : i her over to them. At the time I was well compensated finan: clally. and, after the Washington and Southampton inquiries, at both of which 1 gave evidence, I returned to my calling on the sea. Called on Grandparents. “The grandparents would write me and send me money on the Titanic's anniversary, but it was not until the | war that 1 'saw them again. It was about six vears after the Titanic’s | sinking that i was in a hospital wounded. When 1 was discharged I was given a fortnight's leave and I went to spend it in London in the | 1k Club. 1 had nothing to so 1 thought I would pavents, for I had been often invited when in London to do so. ‘I went down I was” wearing When 1 surprised at the size posing | front of the house I had come to visit. Mustering up my courage, 1 rang the bell, and when the door was opened by a butler asked to see the lady of the house. He viewed me with apparent doubt, and then remarked that the lady of the house was not at_home. _ “‘Tako her my name,’ I sald. ‘I know she will see me. “He was about to close the door | when a little girl walked from a room 10 the left of the great hall across it. She was dressed in white, and as she crossed she saw me. She stopped and | looked at me for a long moment. Gains Admittance. *What is your name? she asked me, and I told her. | **Martin,’ she sald, ‘kindly let the gentleman in. I know him and grand- mother will see him. | “T was taken inside, where an old lady was sitting reading. I introduced myself, and to my consternation she kissed me “‘Send for Mre. Martin,’ she order- | ed the butler. ‘Mr. James will stay with me." “I demurred, but she insisted, and the whole of my fortnight’s leave was spent in that wonderful house. Each day we would drive to the theater or | some entertainment or other. while I met many people at her home. You can guess I not _entirely com- fortable, but I gradually used to the new luxury, and my leave expired almost before it had begun, so to| speak. Then T went back to the sea | again. After the war, with £500 the| old lady gave me, 1 came to Canada | and started my new life here.” | Now, according to James, the grand- | mother is dead, and he has been noti- fled that he must assume guardianship | of the child and is heir to an estate | that is valued at $2,000,000. | An embarra hange in his mode of life is ent: but James thinks | he can best bridge the gulf by becom- | ing & gentleman farmer, an old ambi- | won with him { In any case, he s he will not ! abandon Canada or his friends at the | City Hall and elsewhere in Toronto. ENTERS DOG IN SHOW. | d. of course, | unifor Assistant District Attorney Acts for Daughter in New York. | Application to rest his 18- months.old _Boston Terrie with_the American Kennel Club New York City as “Assistant Dis t Allol'l}?y was made yesterday by David Aiken | Hart, assistant district attorney sta tioned at Police Court. { The dog is really the property of Mr. Hart's small ghter Jane of 3708 Jenifer street, but, being a minor, the registration has to be applied for by her father. “The dog is the last of a large fam 11y of ped 1 dogs and is of brindle and white. volor. Jane recently enm-| tered the dog in the pet contest being | conducted by The Star, PLAY TO BE PRESENTED. St. Peter’s Cast to Stage ‘“Boom- erang” Tomorrow and Tuesday. The St. Peter's Players will present “The Boomerang,” a comedy farce, to- morrow and Tuesday evenings in the parish hall, following a special per- formance for the Catholic Sisters of the city this afternoon. They play is under the supervision of'Rev. James Murphy and directed by William A. Walsh, This will be the first major produc- tion of the year by this group, which was organized three years ago. The officers include Alfred A. McGarraghy, president: Blanche Lothrop, vice pres- ident; Agnes Nolan, secretary, and | Thomas O'Donnell, treasurer. They have more than 50 players in the or- ganization. g Those in “The Booferang" cast in- clude Margaret Eckloff, Blanche Lo- throp, Margaret Tappan, Louls Frick, Katherine Golden, Margaret Cuddy, Thomas O'Donnell, Willlam A. Walsh, Robert Dillon, Joseph White and Chris San Fellipo. The St. Peter's Orchestra, under the direction of Justin McCarthy, will render the musical numbers. — “REFORMERS TO MEET. Prohibition and Other Issues on Program Beginning Tuesday. 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