Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-04
NEW YORK CROWDS
IN MOURNING, GREET
MRS. MACSWINEY
Widow of Starved Lord Msyor e.
Dublin Comes % Tell ~
Ireland's Woes
GREETEPS CARRY FLAGS
OF IRISH REPUBLIC
nv A..o~i,.,1 pos. y Fvs-y ; genlaF

Ev Assn~isfef Froes 70 FNHrN p fFNniHf
New York Dec Nlrs Nurs'
Mae Swinev. widow ~ ne lord Narr
~ Cork. who died IN = HuHger trke
I,ondnns Brirtnn prispn, r'eupef quIefl
down 'he gang plank from tho ~ grar
liner Celtic this morning. landing herr nn
her long tourney ~ testfv heforr fhc
Committee nf One Hundred invest
eating conditions ~ Ireland
The little woman risd Ia m0urnng
was arc0mpansed BY Miss May Mac
swinev. SISTER % the late Lord masor
Who made tho losru~y with her ers@irss
the entrance % the picr on Wr-f street
hundreds ~ men, women and children
wearing mourning bsuds and cNrrvtng
flags OF the Irish republic we're mas@egi
greet the two women, hut thnv Eupcafea
from A ArHercnt cxit than was ~ypecfe
and stepps-d in'o wRItIug faxcab ana
we're wcli started before The crowd knew
they had landed Immediately efforts wcre
made % form a parade 20 escort Mrs
MacSviney % d Fifth avenue hntei
Quiet marked the reception III the fUf
women. whn were tho first % stem asiinr
when the Celtnc berthed reception
c0mmlftee surrounded with fhc tri-col0f
bunting 81 fhe lflsh republic Ereetec
them.
The taxicab had rrarhed weufv-f hir
street, seven blocks IRON he pier, trisr
lt was halted and welcOmers tel INTO ifne
A band struck up the star ~pangicU
Banner and lrlsh RepuDhe AIRS chs-sr'
we're raised and 'he parade got lnderwaf
after The confusion whicn had markffi
the UNEXPECTED exit from the pier sne,is o.
Mrs Mac$vIney
The CITY officials welcomed Aiu Hl
~wlnev through Grover hNien. .rIt
resenting The mavor Down the hat 7.
Fawcitt, lrIsh counsDl et \ew 1ra
and personal representative oi lo frr.
president oi me rl=h rrpuOnr
companied 1v Oswald Garrison ..arN
III tho committee uf one hundreo mri Alr'
MHcSwIney. going nut n t1e "ic Hn
the coast guard cutter. winch ruE l-
toms and newspaper men tNoaru .hr
liner
Passengers on The stesmrr -ald Mr.
MacSwlnev renamed ln nor cabm alui
Of the voyage from llyerpoo she ap.
reared IN the dining saiOon brat aocr auriu2
the passagc
The police boats Patrol anu iohn
Hvlan carried welcoming aciexAtlons dou H
the bay with representatives oi . nuinnri
of organizations of Irish -vmpathlzers fu
meet the AEllAs WIS W.T. lev tAt'
and Mrs. Annie MacSWnCy DNon, cou-
sins Of Mr. MacSWiney shouted wci-
come from the Patrol
An extra loast guard cutter Was pressc,.
INTO service % csrry the unuslal nunllitI
Of reporters and photographers.
Mrs. NlacSWiney and her sister-.n-.aN
however, made no statement to reporters
and declared they would have nothing
say until they talked had 20 he Committ.
Of One Hundred
Mrs NacSwmeN po>rI iol pnOtug'ai
hers during the short trip from tglaranf.n,
The camera men saw small framed Uuma
about five feet four inches fh -.
wide opcn ewes sua hAb.c lines t
suffering j. hc. face
Collector 8 Customs NeWton -sar.
oalN FIVE plsscs to women reprrsentatltr IS.
of Irish organizations ID this couufr u
through tn haggagc Inspection Nnn-
- meet the visitors. These hVr hc -all
were granted out of thousands ', npp
cations that flooded his office al 0al
terdsy The BASS holders we're Mn N
Wsld Garrison Willard hostess fo 'nr
visitors while N this countr Nr. N
fred Smith, wife 81 Governor smlth,
Mrs. John Z Hyland. wiic oi Mayor
Hylan, Mrs. Rosa Downing Oi Nashns'
ton, and Mrs. James Walsh, rcprcscr tatiVe
Of lnsh societies oi this city