The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-17
SUFFICIENT l STRENUOSITY Roosevelt in Storm at Sea.
 SLYPH STANDS THE GALE Two Sailors Drown in Sight
 of the Vessel. Pilot Brainard Refused to stand by in Order That Assistance Night Be Rendered the Un- <; fortunate seamen.
sLYPH STANDS THE GALE

I hF l welt is resting quietly in a train fo-nishs | after a day of varied experiences. While | on the way from Oyster Bay to New | York on the naval yacht Sylph he pass | ed through terrifying wind and rain storm. during which the vessel was in danger. Subsequently he visited the im- i migration station on Ellis Island. in New | York bay. and made a rnorousn inspec- | ton of the institution.
 l After dining on the Sylph tonight. he | went on the revenue tug Chamberlain to Jersey City, where he boarded special | train on the Pennsylvania railroad which | is to convey him. Governor Murphy of New Jersey and their invited guests. to the battlefield of Antfetam- There to-mois row will occur the dedication of the mon- ument erected to the memory of New Jer- sey soldiers who fell in the Civil War; | Leave Oyster Bay. Shortly after 10 o'clock this morning | President Roosevelt boarded the Sylph | in Oyster Bay. He was accompanied by | Mrs Roosevelt and their son Kermit. Mrs. Richardson. Secretary Loeb, Profes- | sor Albert Bushellhart ofe Harvard Col lege; Professor J. B. Moore of Colum- l bia University, c. Grant La Farge of | New York and Jacob A. Riis of Richmond Hill. L. I.
 Tn addition the guests of the President | and representatives of the press associa- tons.
 Less than an hour after the Sylph had | entered Long Island sound she ran into terrific wind and rain storm. The storm off Fort Schuyler developed into hurri-
 cane. The Sylph. comparatively small vessel, pitched heavily. and off Wiilett's Point, listed sharply to starboard. The IPresident and his guests had been forced
 to go below and beyond drenching. none of them suffered inconvenience. The storn1 became even more severe as the vessel neared Hell Gate. The waves and wind lswept the deck The baggage of the par
 ty was swept about the deck and every
 thing movable had to be tied to pre-
 vent It's being swept ocerpoard.
 Saw Sailors Drown.
 In Hell Gate, a quarter of a milo of
 the port bow of the Sylph tug boat hav-
 ing in tow large three masted schoon-
 CT was capsized by the wind and waves.
 A small boat from the tug put of with
 the crew except two men wno clung to
 the bow until the vessel disappeared It
 appeared from the Sylph that the two men
 were taken aboard the yawl. Lieutenant
 Preston wished to stand by to render
 assistance but Captain William ii. Brai
 nard. an experienced pilot. declared 1t
 would be ifool-hardy for the Sylph to att
 tempt a rescue in such a storm; that she almost certainly would be wrecked in the attempt.
 President Roosevelt knew nothing of the capsizing of the tug boat until nearly an hour afterward. He then expressed the
 wish that some assistance might have 1 been rendered the crew.
 The Sylph arrived off Ellis Island at 2S
 o'clock. The President and his party wefc | landed by the tug Chamberlain. | At Ellis Island
 Despite the furious storm large party had assembled at the island to greet the
 President. He was welcomed by Com
 missioner of Immigration William VII
 Hams. After an informal reception. l followed by luncheon nearly four hours
 were consumed by the President in his
 Inspection of all departments of the im- | migration station. The President ex-
 pressed his pleasure at the admirable con- l dition in which he had found everything | on the island
 During the afternoon the President went directly among the immigrants with a
 view of asceftaining personally how they l were treated
 The Presidents interest was attracted l by comedy German woman. Adele Wal l ter. from Leutendorf. who bore in a | wicker basket a tiny 7-months-old baby. After chatting moment with her. the President slipped 8 bill into the hand | of Jacob Riis to be given to the woman | for her child. She nearly tainted on learning that the gift was from the Pres | ident of the United States Old Woman's Plight. As the President was passing through | the room in which women, who had been excluded, were detained temporarily an l elderly woman. learning in some way that
 the President was in the room, rushed to-
 ward him. She was restrained and ss the President passed into another de-
 partment, cried out p.tifully. The Presi-s dent inquired about the case and learned
 that the woman had been detained at the
 prison since July 30. On that date she, rived on the steamer Barbarossa frcm Russia. The husband and one child had come over as second cabin passengers; probably because they knew they were amlcted with disease which would bar their admission to this country from the steerage, while the woman and the other three children were steerage passengers. The husband and one child escaped from the ship. Although the evidence showed that the woman had a son in this coan- try engaged in a profitable business, she and her three children were held up Her son in New York instituted habeas cor pus proceedings to secure the release of his mother and brothers, but the decision a few days ago was against him After the facts had been developed, the Presi- dent announced that there could be no possible reason for detaining the woman longer, as 1t was evident that she and her children were financially able to care for themselves