Evening journal., 1920-12-09
KEILS HAPPY,
MOTHER HOME
Son Succeeds in Getting
Aged Parent and Sister
to Wilmington
IN POLAND
DURING WAR

There was a happy family, reunion
in the home OF Max Keil. 2i03 Boule-
ward today After a separation OF
some p years the aged mother and
sister Of Mr.. Keil were restored 20
him
4 To begin the story Alright one
must go back a quarter century to The
time when Mr.. keil arrived in this
country from BObONa. or TarnOw. PO-
land, determined 10 make his fortune.
His name .h-n was Max kuchen. An
uncle who had prcc, ded him TO Amer
lea. however, had changed The kuchen
90 kell because IL was easier 10 pro-
.Ounce and less forgetable. So Max
adopted keil. From New York he
came 10 Wilmington and has pros
pered beyod his fond ST dreams
In 1910 a younger brother, lsadore,
came over from Poland, TO be follow
ed two years later by still another
brother Samuel Both these are liV-
ing In Wilmington and interested
with Max in his business enterprises.
, AT different times three sisters also
. came 10 This country. They have
, married and now are Mrs. Bertha
, Schlangcr and Mrs. Mamie Swinger,
; Of this city. and Mrs. Helen Wax, OF
. Chester.
/ Meanwhile Louis Kuchen. the aged
father. and his wife. Mrs. Gosie
2 Kuchen, remained in Poland with an
- other daught-r. Mrs BESSIE Nord.
5 Max Ken sought at different times 10
/ gcf his parents to Join the rest Of
the family in this country but the
laged father preferred Tarnow.
COSsacks In Their Home.
Then. back in August 1914, the
] world war started. one OF its ilrsl
n movements was the great drive Of the
n Russian armies through Poland
: against Germany. Tarnow was d.
n rfcily in the path Of the onrushine
leg. ons Of the since murdered Gar
c Many OF The Jewish res dents. fear fesrrns
}, massacre, ned. But Louis kuchtn
p and his wife clung 30 their home
j. They had a little farm and the hus-
J. band Of Mrs. Nord had a prosperous
IS shop.
FINALLY. one day, the Cossacks drove
l. into Tarnow 4 number OF then
l. were quarlered in the home or th'
kuchens. But contrary 90 all eXpeota
D. tions these Cossacks turned out lo D'
d men OF humane instincts. Ihe,
!. treated the kuchens well. and in iact
n proved a safeguard for the family u
the DAYS and nights Of battling whicl
IS followed.
r. The Cossacks lived with the kuch
r. ems for three months and then ha'
le TO retire in the face Of the advanc
ing Germans.
le Again, as Mrs. Kuchen eXplalne
p today in her native tongue, there wa
grave fear in TarnOw or a MASSACRE
K But. like lhe COssacks, the German
10 proved better than painted, an
treated the tOwnspeople as wei a
TO could be asked. considering The trOu
lPotatoes Worth millions"
nd Mr.. Kuchen. the father, died al il
- age OF 10 Nord, husband OF u
20, daughter, also passed away, lhus MI MT
Kuchcn her daughter and three cnll'
K rem of the latter. were left TO get alon
er a. hest they could. Fighting rage
about them almost continuously. Al
nd planes dropped bombs close by the
1e home: but a kindly fate each I'm
rs. Drotscted the home and family. Ine
loo. they had potatoes from their u
IS ne farmland potatoes, as Mrs. hl
1T. chen explained today, meant that the
p0ssessOr was a millionaire.
For months at a time Mr. keil an
his brothers in this city were ulterl
unable 10 communicate with the
mother and sister. They sent none
most OF which reached the famil
Sometimes when the money failed
n arrive the Jewish War Relief helpt
" out.
u American money and American ald
said Mrs kuchen. and there wei
other Jewish families in the san
re When the armistic was signed, NJ
Keil began energetic efforts 10 get h
mother and sister and sisters chih
rem TO America. For two years he h
been working 10 gain passports az
arrange passage several times IN u
past few months, after arrangemen
had been made, some member OF U
Kuchen family would fall sick and d
@ LAY the whole enterprise.
- Hard Time Getting Ashore.
Last Saturday Mrs. kuchen, Nj
lNord and a young son and daught'
red passcd the statue OF Liberty and @
The Tered New York harbor. They car
VI on the Rotterdam from the city
OF Holland OF that name which they h
in reached by rail from Poland
on Arrival In New York. however. d
.or. not conclude their troubles They h
lsil been obliged 90 take passage by steC
age or forego further opportunity
ned coming until after the New Year. All
his getting aboard the Rotterdam IA
der managed TO hire a staterOOm. Nevs
at IN eless. they still were classed
No. steerage passengers, ana as sucn We
No. subject 10 the same examination a
led questioning as others Of the sal
led, class
and Young Isadore Keil, who went on
10 New York last Saturday with
.eer brother. Max, said today the steera
ok messengers were treat a like so ma
his animals" He added that Ellis Isla
10 was a hotbed OF graft. graft. graf
and little or no provision was ms
cks for the comfort Of steerage arrivi
llar unless lavish ''iips" were paid. II y
ter mot until yesterday afternoon that
,ins family was allowed 10 60 shore q
and lit was iiii last night wh en- N
sge Preached Wilmington. Another son
lac Mrs. Nord, Adolph Nord. aged 2i yea
hdid not come with the family but
A expected TO arrive later.
oori But Max Keil Is about The happi
s55 man today In Wllmington-his mot
,Sat is home"
~. III ROSE HILL GRANGE ELECTS.
r. At tn annual meeting OF Rose
a. Grange. held in the Rose Hill Sch