The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-17
PRESIDENT RIDES
OUT STORM AT SEA
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movable on deck had to be tied to pre-

movable on deck had to be tied to pre-
vent it's being swept overheard.
In He'll Gate q quarter of a mile off
the port bow of the Sylph a tugboat.
having in tow a large three-masted
schooner, was capsiZed by the wind and
waves. She sank stern foremost, but
did not settle completely out of sight
for perhaps five minutes. small boat
from the tug put off with the crew
except two men who chung to the bow
until the vessel disappeared. 1t ap-
peared from the Sylph that the two
men were taken aboard the yawl
Lieut.. Preston wished to stand by to
render such assistance to the tug crew
as he could, but Capt William H.
Brainard, an experienced pilot who was
at the wheel, declared it would be
rescue in such a storm; that she al
most certainly would be wrecked her
self in the attempt
President Roosevelt knew nothing of
the capsizing of the tugboat until
nearly an hour afterward. He then
expressed the wish that some assist
ance had been rendered the crew.
The Sylph arrived off Ellis Island at
2:25 o'clock. The president and his
party were landed by the tug Cham
berlain.
Nearly four hours were consumed by
the president in his inspection of all
departments of the immigration sta
ton. AT the conclusion of the work
the president expressed his pleasure at
the admirable condition in which he
had found everything on the island.
During the afternoon the president
went directly among the immigrants
with view of ascertaining personally
how they were treated. The presidents
interest was attracted by a comely
German woman, Adele Walter, from
Leutendorf, who bore in a wicker
basket a seven-month baby. After
chatting a moment with her, the presi-
dent slipped a S. 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
president of the United States
AS the president was passing through
the room in which women, who had
been excluded, were detained tenn
porarily, an elderly woman rushed to-
ward him. She was restrained, and, as
the president passed into another de-
partment cried out pitifully. The
president inquired about the case and
learned that the woman had been de-
tanned at the prison since July 80. On
that date, with her husband and four
children, she arrived on the steamer
Barbarossa from Russia. The husband
and one child had come over as second
cabin passengers, probably because
they knew they were afflicted with a
disease which would bar their admis-
sion 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 show
ed that the woman had a son in this
country engaged in profitable business,
she and her three children were held
up. Her son in New York instituted
habeas corpus proceedings to secure
the release of his mother and brothers.
but the decision a few days ago was
against him. President Roosevelt ask
ed that the woman be brought to the
commissioners office, where he could
personally investigates After the facts
had been developed, the president an
nounced that there could be no posi-
BILE reason for OBTAINING the woman
longer. as 1T was evident that she and
her children were financially able to
care for themselves.
At o'clock tonight the president
went aboard the Sylph for dinner. At
10 o'clock the party left for JERSEY
City on the tug Chamberlain, where
they boarded the train for Antietam.