The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-17
PRESIDENT AT ELLIS ISLAND.
Continued from First Page.

fash he woman looked at her United States
bills and examined the portraits Of lincoln
and Grant on them. Then. after taking
long look at the President and comparing
his face with the portraits. she shook her
head and told the attendant that the man
at the desk couldn't he the President.
As he stopped half way down the line
the President = attention was attracted
by cry AT his feet. II came from seven
months lid baby in wicker basket The
mother stopped and pulled aside piece Of
quilt to show her baby 10 the gentleman
~ years old, from Lutendorf, Germany,
and has come 10 America to marry the
father of the baby, Conrad Winkler, who
ia earning a living for three at Adams,
Mass.
Five DOLLARS FOR BABY's MOTHER.
1t il not a desertion case. The lover
sent for Adele, to whom he is betrothed,
and az soon Al he appears at Ellis Island
and swears to marry her the young woman
will be released. II was explained to the
President that in some parts Of the old
countries il il not a disgrace for a child
to be born after betrothal and that the
peasants save money by having the mar
riage and christening ceremonies at the
same time
Then the President handed to Jacob A.
Riis fivc-dolar bill and asked him to
give it to the baby's mother
He spent ten minutes in the medical
department watching the experts examine
eyes and remarked to the doctors there
An this work is mighty well worth doing
II is 80 interesting
From the medical department he went
to the rooms where the immigrants who are
to be deported are detained pending special
inquiry.
In the detention pen for men was an old
Irishman, who ia to he sent back and who.
consequently, doesn't feel very friendly
toward America. When somebody pointed
out the President TO him the 1rishman
remarked:
We'll. he amt much:
In the room where the detained women
are there came very near being scene.
Russian woman who. with three OF her
sons, has been detained at the island since
July 80, principally because her husband
is scoundrel, had learned somehow or
other that the President was going through
a word Of English, she had evidently made
up her mind to make a personal appeal
to the head OF the nation. As the President
passed within two feet Of her she held up
her clasped hands without saying word
The President didn't see her. Those who
did don't want to see very often the ex-
preston that passed over the woman \
face az the official party walked by
When the President was about TO leave
that room the woman determined upon one
desperate effort. She screamed and rushed
toward the door,
The President heard her, hesitated an
instant and then walked out without turn
ing round
MAKES FAMILY HAPPY
An attendant put his hand over the
woman's mouth and she was pushed back,
sobbing to the other side OF the room
But her scream had been heard by the
President and had the desired effect Later
in the day he asked about the woman's
story,
This official memorandum of he woman's
case WAS handed to the President:
Case Of Chaje Levin and her four children.
arrived steamship Ban barossa, July 30. 1909.
The husband and one other clid came
in the second cabin and were ordered held
by the boarding inspector az having trachomh.
They escaped from The ship and Marran,
Mn7 ISSUED Tor Their arrest, ms ms war, Mar.ant
| the father has vet been found. This case ia
| now on appeal. decision having been deferred
pending the arrest Of the father and child
| who escaped.
That's shame" exclaimed the Pres-
, dent. This woman should not be pun
! ished for the offence of her husband. Let
| me see her
The woman, still crying, was brought
| before the President in Commissioner Will
| lams's office. and an Interpreter was sent
~ ~ ha woman:s four def aimed bows was So
;nd,,S, r;o,,s that he had earned t25 shaving
and c,,,tinp hair for The Immigrants since
he syrived Mt Ellis Island
.Rnllv snid the President "Iat's sae
the boy, too"
| ;ovfnI reunion beity,en mother and son
Iiyht there in The Presidents presence,
I Both members of the family were closely
mIestioned bv the President and the up-
shot Of the case was promise from the
| President 10 recommend 10 the Deuartnent
Of Co,r,Serre and Labor that the Levin
womn,, md her bows be allowed to leave
tho isinn,i and remain in the United States
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