The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-07-26
YOUNe|STOWAWAY.
BEGSfOR CHANCE
AT.uBERTY'S GATE
PoGsl, Lad, Who Tramped
5000 Miles and Starved to
500 Get Here, Barred.
FROM RUSSIA ON 50.
Walked Thousands of Miles,
TASTED for Days to Find a
~. Home for Mothe,.

"a.
Per four long months . twenty.ysAf.
old Polish lad sigRsggsd BY rail and
sfes< assoss Europe and then slowed
away On . vessel that brought him
ssrsss the Atlantic. Six thousand miles
~ sanA ana 1900 more BY sea the young
Pele travelled. half clothed. halt starved
am ssnstantiy hsrasssd. i
~ ct the foot Of HE rainbow hs
fond Rms Island's ssssn board Of On
cis,aswho' have deorssd that Joseph Ora
boWeay shall return whence he came.
Hin the story q his strenuous efforts to
reA6A America has brought him friends
n ~ Polish Society and his oao was
yssbssaay appealed to washington.
Iouv months ago Joseph 0rabowsky
baAs his widowed mother farewell IN
yrkutsk. Russia. A carpenter BY trade.
- Resolved to seek HE fortune in
Aass1ca and send for his mother joseph
M s)ss encouraged n HE desire BE-
canAo IN uncle. John eisuk1ewies, IN
Newark. Wrcts glowing accounts OF this
RArvsiious land. Also no has YOUNG
bc1thsf, to whom he wishes to give
mvaeai education.
Ths young Pole i,ad bat fifteen rou-
blss, about eight doilarA the savings OF
nssasAs. From lrkutsk 0rAbowsky beat
~ Wv On the Trans-6Sbsraan. Railway.
trSm time to dine because Of hunger or
l1bSsvsry no was forced TO leave the
carr ana seek odd Jobs. a. Nc clothes
became ragged and his hair and beard
unksmet he was forced to dodge the
stwnp.
weNT POUR DAYS WITHOUT
:; rood ON WAY HERE.
.xoA, it vas terrible some OF those
AVA" he said through IN Interpreter.
..o1ce went four days without food.
AL I was 20 weak fell on the roah.
but'a kind farmer took me to his home
asA fsd me-
Astsr nearly seven weeks Grabowsky
rsiehsI Moscow. but IN freight cars. be-
tween coaches and even On the roof OF
care h journsysd on through POLAND to
WorfAw.
Bremen, Germany. vas drabowsxy's
objective. But when he reached the
Gsemsn frontier after almost . months
tourney from Moscow he was confronted
with me passport problem. Travelling 1t
nlsht he managed to cross the frontier
safely, but the police were too curious.
$50 0rabowsky rstraeed his steps and
sloie across the frontier Into Poland
ss,ain and made for Libau. The journey
10 iibau was largely on foot. but the
, rsie walked thirty to forty miles Gay.
AZ last he reached LiSau ana was tosd
ths stsaImship Kursk Of the Russian
Asner;osn Line would sail In three days.
He spsnt two Of his remaining Ave rou-
blss. lor q supply Of food. made his way
aboard the ship and seeretsd himsek
below Q bunk in the steerags. .
Il thought would b discovered .
tnouiAnd times before the ship called,
nut q last I knew We were moving"
saiA 0rabowsky. But got terribly
sick. / thought would die and IM
~ care II ! ever saw America. But !
-. better and orawlsd out Of my
kiasnr piece and went about With tho
cthsr passsngsrs ne fourth day aftsr
e len Ltoau, one Of the ofsieers wanted
10 know who I was and then they locked
0esuA
yaXTa sst into American" the Pole
a,ead<A. .'Thsy won't send me hack.
1tn thsyf ] tried 90 hard and ! suffered
- mach and my mother 10 waiting until
"a fse her. VIII have TO 80 back
FoAos ARResr As pEsERTER "
%rs'e p pePoRrEo.
..it'e nearly ten years now since my
Iathtr Asssrtsd u.s." no went on. He was
~ ~ tannsry business a. wilma. We
were very happy. He was good to u
, A. intended TO give " al . good ohu-
EAon. Then his business failed. He
Secan,n desperate and attempted to con.
,,k suicide three timesI Some one caught
M each time. He disappeared one
No. after THAI and we've never herd
trom aim ance. ...
ice BEEN hard for W since NY mother
tSSa 10 Get waning. did odd Jobs Tor
: tine and then I became IN operative
( b = shoe factory. I receives seven
Nuts . week (aboslt ssSo). but on seven
ssSiet II wasn't easy 10 get along. Then
4 Nsss8 sl America They tod me that
coald est twenty rides doing ofs>
cane work here. My mother. who u
~ ANy-sour. didn't want me 10 80.
Not once as ne talked did orabowsky
sskle. when he spoke Of his possible
6sesytaAsos he shrusssd his shoulders
y Asepar.
N tKsy send me baok can't tell
veat wlli hsp2en to me-" no safd
.Ttn twenty-ons. ana under the law
vfjl b. arrested ~ . dsseFter from thu
sr1ay. II they ana mo physically Al
uaSy viii make me serve three years
I1Ve come reason an unit will b
s>acneA Tor three Of four months
~ cav esss ] don't know what my
'sssA9 WI Ao."
Z ~ Return Dast 70 0sseee.
WASHINGTON, July S.-Ths Grsel
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