The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-16
VOLTURNO IMMIGRANTS
GIVE PR T RAISE IISEE TO GOD
America is Paradise, They Ex-
claim on Receiving Warm
Welcome to Shores

NEW YORK. Oct. 1.-THE land
Ing of the Grosser kurfuerst today
with 105 IF the Noiturn0s passeugt rs,
that stout German hearts and courage
had delivered from FIRE and the sea,
was worth making holiday over.
1t was an hour Of JOY and fine good
will. Miserable men brought 20 the
land NJ their dreams with nothing
save the rags they wore. found sud-
denly multitude of friends all about
them Money was thrust into their
hands. For their sake all formaiities
were thrown over the shoulder They
heard scores of voices shouting In
their own languages that their troubles
were over-that they were already
Americans with d mans chance Of
life.
The FIRST who came shutting and
stumbling down the gangplank, shout
ders dropping. spirit dull, was a boy
Of twenty, i Russian Jew. from Minsk,
Gadala kahinowitz. Ills clothing was
ragged and soiled He didn't even
have oil cloth satchel that even the
poorest immigrant carries. usually. All
at once he looked zap. He realized
that America was glad he was alive
and was goinG To give him a start IN
the world His whole face changed
marvelously. His hands few up in
an exeitable, half~orientai gesture.
God BE Thanked
"Gebeuscht soil sctn Gott." he
shouted. America is gan Eden"
7. what does he say" the reporter
asked one of the interpreters of those
good Samaritans, the Hebrew Impi-
grant Aid society.
"He says the Interpreter replied,
as excited himself as If he had just
landed, "He says. God be thanked;
America is paradise
Then they came trooping over the
Eangplank the 05 men who survived
one OF the greatest Of sea disasters.
They were taken iii charge as chill
dren are guided placed in automo-
hiles and sped through lower Manhat
tan. through scenes that made their
eyes CLEAN with amazement TO the
rest house of the Hebrew Sheltering
and Immigrant Aid society. at 229
East Broadway.
They were very happy. although
most of them had worries enough to
wiring their hearts separation from
wives or sisters or children--but the
kindness and generosity already
shown them were tightening their
burden Of worry and making them
forget the agonies of the twenty-four
hours when they believed they would
have to die.
Their Lot Fortunate.
In some ways their lot is more for
tunate than ii their ship had not
burned with their most priced belong
ines, They VIII tackle life in this
country. br in Canada, with more
ca pital than the poor immigrant Is
usually blessed with, The Hebrew
Immigrant society viii feed and shell
/ ter them The Red Cross erganiza-
i ton will collect money to give them
/ IA start wherever they settle. The
Uranium Steamship line will pay their
railroad fares TO the American
States or Canadian provinces of their
choice.
i On the steamship and on the dock
! In Hohoken one turned from the
rescued Immigrants to listen to stories
fof heroism finer than tho fiction writ
ers know--stories that hit one straight
/ between the eyes, stories that proved
that big things can be done when
sailors (the nationality doesn't mat
ter) are called upon to save life. There
were heroes enough to so around
among the nations and the races. Ger
mans did big things American and
Englishuen and Frenchmen gambled
their lives against the storm. There
was a negro stoker who showed that
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