The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-24
ELLIS ISLAND HAS CHRISTMAS
sDHE IHNIGRtNTS WtDE GIiD
,ND OTHERS NOR.
More Than :. TOO of Thssr bet ainrd Hear
~peechrs in Three Languages Gifts
for E,rry On~ Mnthrr and Three
children trt Word OF Thrir Release.


The = $50 immigrants AZ present, detained
at Fills island haze their Christmas cele-
hratIon Yesterday afternoon II was ln
the haud- oT twenty three societies.
religious and phllanthropIc. which have
missionaries and other representatives
at the immigrant station. Their" were
three talks. one in German. one IN Polish
and the third IN Italian.
Father Mor"tto. speaking IN Italian.
caused considerable enthusiasm and also
soma depression among the immigrants
Of hl- nationality. lie told them that he
had never seen 81 many Italians detained
AT Ellis Island. and said that It was too
had Ihat IN" land which had been dis
covered hy one. Of their countrymen should
shut IL doors against them. IL" exhortsd
such of hI~ hearers a. were allowed 10
enter IN" United States IN he law abiding
Their" was Christmas music by the
New York Ma"nnrrchor. and a Christ mas
tree standing IN front OF "A large American
Tag Each man among the immigrants
received Il paper bag containing "a pair Of
~ocks. u handkerchief. an orange, an
apple. som. candy and three cigars. The
women received similar bags. with stock
ngs substituted for the socks and more
candy III plac" Of the cigars. The young
Sf-rs each got some sort of toy and candy
Everybody also received cake Of soap
Robert and Eliza Meyer. brother and
sister. from Zurich. Switzerland were
two Of the imml grants who sat in the main
dining hail. where the CelahratIcn was
held i'ob"rt ~ Is years old and his
sister il wear Younger They came to
this 'Cuntry with letter IRON their
mother saving thai their father an Amer
lean citizen had died here last spring and
that sh" Sante.i his children To be brought
mp IS American citizens She said that
an uncle and an aunt of thu. children in
New York were willing TO ADOPT them
The urCl'. Max Meyer. - a Manufacture
of sweaters AZ 40 Broadway The aunt.
Mr. Isidore Moore. lives AT - Iiuyan
street. New Rochelle Both are At least
comfortably on The children however
were ordered deported on the ground
that they were not ACCOMPANIED 10y parent
or guardian Their relatives here will
appeal to Washington
Claus zimmerman a German who
arrived the other day on the steamship
Amerika. IL another who has been ordered
d.ported and who will appeal He was
Il hack driver IN Chicago for forty-iwo
year h. says and wa- naturalized
He didn't. hav. his citizenship papers
with him. however. and was d.harred
on the ground Of old ag. He has written
to the Chicago Judg" who signed his
paper. md who, Zimmerman says also
i a patron of his hack zimmerman
returned to tn. old country on visit
Only -Ix ~.ok ago
Mrs Louise Lue-cher and her three
children ! Ous@ Marie and Martha with
ages ran Gmc from . "a |, years the family
OF - baker IN Paterson. were nj the cale-
bratlou They had been ordered de-
ported and had taken an appeal To Wash
ingtOn While the Celet ration was in
progress word came HGt their appeal
had been granted and that they would
be allow - to enter