New-York tribune., 1920-02-03
WifeOpensU.S.
10 Spil>er Baby
And Affinity
Emily Knowles, With Her
Five Months Old Infant.
Released From Ellis ISL
land on $1,000 Bond

Seven years ago Cora Spiker. who
had given up her place as teacher in
the village school in Harrisdale. w
Va, to marry Perley Spiker, a heater
in the rolling mills, became the mother
of baby. She named the little girl
Yetlve, after the romantic princess who
ruled the legendary principality about
which George Barr McCutcheon wrote
in his best seller, "Graustark"
Cora Spiker came to Ellis Island yes
terday and deposited two $500 Liberty
bonds for the release from detention
of Miss Emily Knowles and her five
months old son. Then she hurried
outside the immigration administra-
ton building to the ferryboat pier,
while Benjamin Kirschsien, her
lawyer, was led back into the labyrin-
than detention quarters.
Woman and Babe Appear
A few moments later the lawyer
came out followed by gray cloaked
woman, who held a shawl-wrapped baby
/ IN her arms, and Cora Spiker ran to
/ them and greeted with kiss this
woman who made Perley Spker forget
his marriage vows while he was in
England as private in an American
aviation squadron.
The baby next claimed Mrs. Spiker's
attention, but while she was transfer
ing 1t to her own arms and before she
bent her head to kiss it her eyes
fingered appraisingly on the mothers
brown eyes and red lips, shadowed by
the peak of the Quakerish cap that is
the Distinguishing mark of the uniform
Of the Royal Air Force Branch of the
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps
Somewhere in the background, jostled
Cora's lame twenty one year old
brotherin-law, who was her pupil
when she taught school in Harrisdale
His belted green overcoat was pulled
out of shape as he strained at the
weight of Emily's bulging paper suit
case, but he finally managed to catch
her eye and was rewarded with a shy
smile. 1t was their second meeting.
They are to be married in Fall River,
Mass, within week.
Perley Spiker did not appear in New
York yesterday. The father of tiny AL
bert Ray Knowles, who will be chris
Yetive, becomes a whole sister by adop-
ton, remained in Baltimore. Cora ex-
planned that her husband is a roller
in the steel mills at Sparrows Point
and could not get away. But Guy, who
is a heater in his brothers squad of
eight assistants, came in his place.
Really, it is his own place, now that it
has been arranged that he and Emily
are to be married.
It was busy day for Cora Spiker,
but she denied that it had been hard
In foo hn ha1 hoe
beautiful.
Smiles at War Baby
Zone could almost think it was
spring" exclaimed Mrs. Spiker, as she
herded Guy and Emily aboard the Fall
River Line steamship Plymouth, tied
up among the ice foes in the North
River at the foot of Warren Street.
Then she looked down and smiled at the
sleeping countenance of the little war
baby resting in her arms.
Cora and Guy left Baltimore at mid
night. When they arrived yesterday
morning they went to the office Of
Klrschstein, at $50 Broadway, handed
him $1,000 in bills and urged him to go
with them at once to Ellis Island. Then
Cora grew curious about the peo-
pie who thronged Kirschstein's Office,
and seemed just bit surprised when
ne told her some of them were report
ers and photographers.
Then the start was made for Ellis
Island, and, though a golden chariot
would have been more fitting for one
in Cora's frame of mind, the subway
had to serve as far as the Battery
After that it was the Ellis Island ferry
dingy from contact with countless thou
sands of immigrants. But the report
ers and the camera men formed guard
of honor, albeit their curiosity was
alarming in its extent.
There is more red tape on Ellis Island
that can we'll be imagined, and Corn
and Guy encountered some of it when
they went ashore and offered the 81 ,OOo
as a bond for the release Of Miss
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