Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-09-17
The President and Party in a
Severe Storm on Long =.
49,. Island Sound. ,a.t,ss
YACHT IN GREAT DANGER
Sea So Rough the Crew Could Hardly
Stay on Deck-Ob1igcd to Land Some
Yard-President Now en-
Route to Antictams Esi.

welt is resting quietly on his train to-
night after day of strenuous ana va
| ried experiences While en- route from
oyster Bay to New York on the naval
| yacht Sylph he passed through terri
| tying wind and rain storm during which
| the vessel was in imminent danger.
| Subsequently he visited the immiSra-
| ton station on Ellis island. After dining
| on the Sylph tonight he went to Jersey
! City, where he boarded a special train
! on the Pennsylvania road which is to
| convey him, Governor Murphy of New
| Jersey and other invited guests to the
| battlefield of Antietam. There tomorrow
| will take place the ceremonies incident
to the dedication of the monument erect
ed to the memory OF New Jersey soiolers
who fell in the Civil War.
| shortly after ten o'clock this morning,
nearly an hour later than had been ar
ranged, the President boarded the SyIph
in oyster Bay. He was accompanied by
Mrs. Roosevelt and their son. Kermit,
| Mrs. Richardson, a New York friend of
Mrs. Roosevelt. Secretary Loeb. Prof.
Albert Bushnell of Harvard. Prof j. b,
Moore of Columbia, G. Grant Ld Farge
Of New ork and Jacob ~. Rils OF Long
island.
| The vessel left oyster Bay in light
rain Less than an hour after the Sylph
had entered Long Island Sound she ran
into a terrific wind and transform. Inc
storm increased in severity rapidly ana
of Fort Schuyler it developed into
hurricane with a velocity of 90 miles an
hour. The Sylph, pitched heavily and off
Willows Point listed sharply to star
board The President and his guests had
been forced to go below and beyond
drenching none suffered inconvenience
The storm became even more severe as
the vessel neared He'll Gate and the crew
had great difficulty in remaining Oh deck.
The baggage of the party was swept
about and everything movable had to be
clcwed down.
in Hell Gate n tug boat having in tow
"A large three mastcd schooner, was cap
. sized by the storm, Il quarter of "a mile
from the Sylph. A small boat from the
tug put off with the crew except two
men who clung to the bow. 1t appeared
, from the Sylph that as the tug dlsap-
peared the two men were taken aboard
/ her yawl. Lieutenant Preston, command
ing the Sylph, wished To stand by to
, render such assistance he could, hut
Captain Brainard, an experienced pilot
, who was at the wheel, declared it would
: be foolhardY in such a storm; that she
| almost certainly would be wrecked her
self in the attempt. When President
, Roosevelt learned of the capsizing of the
| tug he expressed the wish that some
assistance might have been rendered the
crew
Mrs. Roosevelt Kermit, Mrs. Rich
3 ardson and some of the guests were
= landed at the BROOKLYN navy yard, the
place to put them ashore at 23rd street
having been abandoned, owing to the
: fury of the storm.
I The naval tug Powhatan. in COM
= mand of Lieutenant Commander Homer
Poundstone. ran alongside the Sylpil
Z near the navy yard. Lieut.. Preston re-
| ported to the President the absolute
: impracticability of proceeding to Ellis
, Island in the face of the storm.
oH n Ca
t of the yard, went aboard the Sylph
! however. and after consultation with
4 the President, the storm meantime hav-
Y ing abated, it was decided that the
trip to the island could be made in
e safety and the Sylph arrived off Ellis
4 Island at 2:25.
n A large party greeted the Presidet
: Among the invited guests were Sena-
. | tor Platt of Connecticut, Representative
[ Douglass of New York. chairman OF
I the immigration committee in the last
j. House; Frank y. Sargent, commits
sioner-general of immigration; Thomas
w. HYncs. commissioner of charity
7 former District Attorney Philbin, anc
y. several men prominent in charitable
&C work and Il number of local immigra
- tion officials.
g After the informal reception Com
-, missioner of immigration Williams
- conducted the President and party Il
served by Hudgns and Dumas wh'
a. have the contract at the island 70
c feeding the immigrants.
a INSPECTED ELLIS ISLAND.
u Before beginning his tour of inspection
o of Ellis island President Roosevelt IN
:. formed Commander Williams that /
, would be impossible for him to max
- such an inspection as he would like II
the limited time at his disposal. Com
missioner Williams requested the Presi
70 dent to appoint a committee TO make
' complete inspection of the plant and II
y administration and the President name
~ ~ Eugene A. Phibin. Thomas Hynes, Ar
~ thur Won Briesen and Ralph Trautmanr
- The committee will report personally I
n the President.
a Nearly four hours were consumed b
y. =. the President in his inspection of all de
IN partments of the immigrants then an
- he expressed his pleasure at the admir-
Sc Sc able condition in which he mad foun
80 " everything. He personally compliment
~ ed Mr. Sargent and Mr.. Williams o
10 - the excellent work they had accomplish
. ed and assured them their adminisra
~ i tions needed no defense with nm,
~ ~ smoke for itself. He said it was literall
- true that there was no other country l
"a the world where such work was bein
VI done as at Ellis island in the Unite
~ States.
D. GlET 10 "A 1EtShaAN nv
II The President went directly among tn
q. immigrants themselves with view of as
30 certaining personally how they were trea'
ra ed.
a. The statement was made by the i'm
~ migration officials that immigrants pass
Y. ed at the station carried an average as
re gregate of IS, 900, 900 year in America
Il currency. One man to whom the Pres
he dent talked had $50 in S. and $40 bills
] The Presidents interest was attracted b
r. "A comely German woman. Adele Walte
- from Leutendorf. who bore In wicke
en- basket a tiny seven months old bab'
en- After chatting a moment with her tn
n President slipped a S. bill into the han
e. of Jacob Ris to be given to the woma
$ for her child. She nearly tainted on learr
ee ing that the gift was from the Presider
ge of the United states.
er A PATHETIC INCIDENT.
m AS the President was passing throug
" the room on which women who had bee
excluded were being detained temporaril.
a pathetic incident occurred. An elderl