The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-17
SCHOONER WENT DOWN
BUT SHORT WAY OFF
President Makes an Inspection Of Ellis
Island, and Becomes Greatly Inter-
ested In the .mmigrarts--He
Leaves for Antietam Where
He Speaks at UnveiI-
Ing To-Day
(By Associated Press.)

B NEW YORK. September 1U.-President
Roosevelt is resting quietly on his train
tonight after q day Of strenuous and
varied experiences. While en- route from
Oyster Bay to New York on the naval
yacht sylph, accompanied by Mrs. Roose-
velt and a party OF guests, he passed
through terrifying wind and rain storm,
during which the vessel was In imminent
danger. Subsequently he, visited the I'M
migration station on Ellis Island. New
York Bay. and made thorough lnspec-
tlon the institution. ts
After dining on the sylph tonight he
went on the revenue tug Chamberlain to
Jersey City, where he boarded special
train on the Pennsylvania Railway. which
ig to convey him to the battlefield OF AN
tietam for the dedication ceremonies.
sYLPH IN a STORM. ~.
When the Sylph weighed anchor the
skies were dark and forbiddlng, and as
the vessel drew out OF the bay light
rain fell. Less than an hour after the
Sylph had entered Long Island Sound she
ran Into terrific wind and rain storm.
The storm Increased in severity rapidly
and off Fort Schuylerit developed into a
hurricane The wind blew, according to
~, estimate made by Lieutenant Preston.
commander Of tho Sylph, tat the rate OF
sixty-five miles an. hour. The Sylph, a
comparatively small vessel, pitched heav-
8ily. and off Willctt's Point listed very
sharply to starboard. The President and
his guests had been forced to go below,
and beyond drcnching none OF them suf-
fered Inconvenience. The storm became
even more severe as the vessel neared
Hell Gate. The waves and wind swept
the deck making 1t almost impossible for
the sailors to remain above. ia!a
Y SCHOONER WENT DOWN.
In Hell Gate. quarter Of mile off the
port bow OF the Sylph. a tug-boat having
In tow a large three-masted schooner,
was capsizcd by the wind and waves. She
sank stern foremost. but did not settle
completely out OF sight for perhaps five
minutes A small boat from the tug put
off with the crew, except two men who
clung to the bow undl the vessel disap-
pearcd. It appeared from the sylphy that
the two men were taken aboard the yawl.
Lieutenant Preston wished to stand by to
render assistance. but Captain William
4 p. Brainerd. an experienced pilot, who
was at the wheel, declared It would bo
foolhardy for the sylph to attempt a res
cue in such storm. President Roosevelt
knew nothing OF teh capsizing OF the tug
boat until nearly an hour afterwards.
He then expressed the wish that some as
sistance might have been rendered the
crew.
GOES AMONG IMMIGRANTS. 3
Mrs Roosevelt and the other members
OF the party were landed at the Brooklyn
navy-yard, but the President proceeded
to Ellis Island, where he spent some
hours inspecting the station. A number Of
persons Interested In immigration were at
the island, Four Of these were appointed
by the President committee to make a
thorough investigation Of the station and
its administration.
During the afternoon many interesting
incidents occurred. the President acting
upon his desire to go directly
among Y the immigrants themselves
with a view of ascertainlng person
ally how they were treated. He
was particularly interested by the fact
developed that forty-four out Of fifty
applicants for admission were supplied
with American money. The President
talked with q German woman who had
baby In wicker basket and gave her a
IS bill for the chlid.