Evening journal., 1903-09-17
PRESIDENT is
CAUGHT IN STORM
Sylph Endangered by a
AZ. Gale Which Sank a Tug
Z Nearby
IMMIGRANT STlIlON INSPECTED

Now York. Sept. 1F.-While On route
from, Oyster Bay. TO kNew York Presi-
dent Roosevelt. on the naval yacht
Sylph, passed thro tgh a terrifying
wind and rain storm. during which the
vessel vesiin immin, Int danger. Sub
sequentIyghe visited the immigration
station, on (Euis3 3Islant New York bay,
and made thc-ough inspection of the
institution.
When the tsylpng w IiEhed anchor at
Oyster Bay uSeisklcskiwere dark and
forbidding, al W as tn esvessel drew out
of the bay al (ght 'ra hAeil. Less than
an hour after tthe ssHIph had entered
Long Island S, Npdsshe ran into ter
rife wind and kainistofm. The storm
Increased in sc verify rapidly, and OF
Fort Schuyler it NdeveloPed into hur-
ricane. The win u blew at the rate OF
Go miles an hour The Sylph. COM
parativcly small vessel pitched heav-
lily, and listed W, Wy sharply TO star
board. The prosi lent and his guests
had been forced to- go below, and be-
yond drenching une OF them suffer-
ed inconvenience. The waves and
wind swept the decls making it almost
impossible for the sailors to remain
exposed TO their for &c.
In Hell Gate, a gu irter OF mile on
the port bow OF the Sylph. q tug boat.
having In tow a la rye three-masted
schooner. was capsi ped by the wind
and waves She sam stern foremost
but did not settles completely out Of
sight for perhaps five minutes. A
small boat from tive tug put off with
the crew except two mlen, who clung
to the bow until the, vessel disap-
peared.
President Roosevelt band party later
went to Ellis Island toSinspect the i'm
migrant station.
Before beginning his tour OF inspec-
ton OF the station Pre- sident Roose-
welt informed Commissi, per Williams
that 1t would be impossil Nc for him to
make such an investig alton as he
would like
Commissioner Williams y then re-
quested the president to ap point COM
mittee in whom he could have conf
donce to make complete II lspection Of
the plant and its administra ton. In ac-
cordance with this request the presi-
dent named as the commit bee Eugene
A. Philbin. Thomas Hynes. arthur y on
Briesen and Ralph Trautm ann.
Nearly four hours were co nsumed by
the president in his inspec lion of all
/ departments Of the immigI ntion sta
tion. At the conclusion Of the work
the president expressed his eeasure at
the admirable condition in which he
had found everything on he island
: lie personally complimente6l Commits.
sioner General Sargent antt Commits
: si0ner Williams on the exc Silent worl
/, they had accomplished, and assured
t them their administrai1 )ns needed NJ
defense with him. It poke for itself
He said IL was literally Nruefthat tner'
was no other country in the worlt
where such work was eing done as al
Ellis Island. in the Uni led States.
During the inspection many interest
ing incidents occurred. the president
acting upon his desire 10 go directly
among the immigrants q Iemselves witt
a view of ascertaining p ersonally how
they we're treated. He WI Is particularly
interested by the fact d eveloped tha'
49 out OF so applicants or admission
were supplied with Ameri can money.
The statement was mac le by the i'm
migrant officials that immigrantl
passed at the station carr led an aver
age aggregate OF sS,0O00l0 a year il
American currency. One man TO whom
the president talked had $3.50 in 81
and $40 bills.
The presidents interest Was attracte,
by a comely German woman. Adel
Walter. from Leutendorf. WHO bore II
a wicker basket a tiny 7-ulonths-ol'
baby. After chatting a moment will
her the president slipped a IS bill int
, the hand of Jacob Riis to be given Il
! the woman for her child. She nearl
, tainted upon learning that the gift wa
! from President Roosevelt-