Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-09-19

| reliant American citizen were weigh
ed by the same experts, to whom
Grabowsky was only the last conner in
a long procession Of stowaways.
On one hand lay the freedom to
walk through the forest Of skyscrapers
that is visible from the iron-barred
Ellis Island window--on to whatever
clay beyond for Grabowsky. On the
other, the freedom to ride safely
back to the port of Libau, whence he
came.
The Lad waited for two long weeks
i'll the detention ward of Ellis Is
land after he had told his story to
the board. Twice he was refused ad-
mittance, and each time his case was
appealed to higher authority by the
Russian society, which looks after it's
own In this country, with uneXampled
care well knowing in what sore
straits thousands of Russians leave
the fatherland. On August s the
answer came In one word: Admit
ted" His mothers sisters husbands
brother remote family connection,
who knew the Grabowskys only by
name-had refunded his steerage fare
to the Kursk's purser. and supplied
the necessary s25 for entrance. Grab
owsky left for the home of his bene-
factor in Newark the same night.
Now that the bother that was made
at the gateway Of the Promised Land,
about the disposition Of Grabowsky's
short body and his adventurous soul, Is
over, fis eyes are no longer frozen.
The dead look came into them only
when the lad heard that, after months
of blind struggling against odds that
became greater and greater as he
went on. his fate still hung In the
balance. 1t was his story OF those
odds, which stood out as unique even
to officials who untangle strange knots
in scores of lives daily, that was his
strongest recommendation to the
board.
Tragedy in Life in Russia.
Julian Grabowsky began life in a
comfortable home, His small, erect
body, his quiet gravity, his careful
Russian speech, still show his early
breeding. Ten years ago his father
was the employer of 800 men in
tannery in wilma. Perhaps it was
poor management that caused his fail
ure. Julian can not swear that 1t
wasn't. But his business began to
slump at the precise moment that 1t
became whispered about the town that
he was voting with the socialists. Aft
err the elder Grabowsky had the te-
merity to speak in public for the rad
ical party his failure became swift
and certain Not only did the cars
government withdraw its orders, but
the banks refused him credit. With
In year, in short, he was penniless.
That isn't an unusual story in Rus
STA
Twice after that the elder Grabow-
sky tried to commit suicide. Twice he
was discovered and prevented. These
are the only episodes that changed a
muscle of the boys face when he
told them TO the board His eyes M
ed with tears when he related what
happened 4 month after the last sui
cidal attempt, Grabowsky disappear
ed-.unaecountably and for good. His
son does not believe he went away
of his own accord. Siberia lies con-
veniently near to Russia, especially TO
the homes of the socialists
Julian tagged nineteen now thus be-
came at twelve the head OF a family
of one invalid woman and four chill
youngest TO Julian-ars geniuses.
Their emigrant brother says SO, with
pride One OF his reasons for com
Ing to America Is bis desire &C send