Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-27
'TRUDY WELCOMED
HOME MNEW YORK
WITH GREAT POMP
City Receives Channel Cham
pion as Equal Of Its Most
Famous Guests.
MAYOR PRESENTS HER
WITH SCROLL OF HONOR
Girls Attorney in Tilt With Ger
man Leader-Has Offers
Totaling 5000, 900.

AhS IidIlS VI ELueIIc, yOuHS
daughter of an Amsterdam avenue
butcher, was hailed by the sirens of
harbOr craft as the city tug Macon
took her from the Berengaria at quar-
antine and led triumphal procession
up the bay.
1t was cheered by thousands Of her
fellow townsmen massed about the
Battery to see her land. 1t rever-
brated through the crowds that lined
Broadway to City Hail.
The conqueror of the English Chan.
mel was back from accomplishing a
feat never before achieved by woman,
and from doing it better than any man
had ever done 1t. and New York took
her to its heart.
Greeted by Mayor.
A. queen in the realm of sport. the
swimmer was truer queen today
than if she sat on a throne or wore
a jeweled crown and all New Workers
were her subjects.
After the clamorous journey up
Broadway. with whistles screeching
and horns sounding and ticker tape
spiraling from skyscraper. windows
above. Miss Ederle was received by
Mayor Walker. who presented her
with a. scroll praisirg her deed.
1t was inscribed to Miss Gertrude
Ederle. conqueror of the English
Channel" 1t linked her name with
that of Betsy Ross and all other
American women who have added to
the glory of our Nation"
The channel swimmer was watching
from the Berengaria as the tug bear.
1Ay Ca, oh
and while 1t was still 800 yards away
she sang out the one word Mama as
she caught sight of her mother.
Mother First to Greet Her.
Mrs. Ederle was the first to greet
her daughter on the Berengaria. she
was one of three persons to go aboard
from the tug which carried two score
other relatives. and many representa-
tives of athletic clubs. German socie-
ties and reporters
- The daughter cried little as she
was clasped in her mothers arms, but
smiled again as. handinha hand they
went aboard the tug. Miss Ederle was
wearing a dark blue serge suit and
a small orchid felt hat. On one arm
she carried an ornamental French doll
she had bought while abroad.
On the tug the swimmer posed for
photographers and then talked to half
a hundred reporters. telling them of
her exploit In nervous voice.
Attorney In Argument.
Some of the questions asked her
were denied answers by Dudley Field
Malone, her attorney. who stayed
close to her all the time she was sur
rounded by reporters. He forbade her
to say anything about her immediate
plans, but he remarked that she
had received offers totaling 5000 900.
These included two stage offers at
100000 each, he said.
The spirit of friendliness was
marred for moment on the tug
when Mr.. Malone took exception to
man society and asked newspaper
men not to mention it, The German
took offense and heated words passed
between the two.
German Is Interrupted.
The discord appeared when Magis-
trate Oberwager greeted the girl as
president of the Federation of Ger.
man-AmericanS, who felt the keenest
joy.
Mr.. Malone asked the newspaper
men not to report this greeting, and
the magistrate asked why he had said
that.
1T would hurt her." Mr.. Malone
replied, and the magistrate protested.
Both men seemed angry. but they
quickly quieted and the incident
passed
Grover Whalen. who met Miss
Ederle at Quarantine as chairman of
the mayors reception committee. said
that the ovation given the girl at the
Battery was the greatest he had ever
witnessed in his years of meeting
celebrities of every sort.
Nervous as She Talks.
On the tug Miss Ederle sat in the
midst of the reporters, and attempted
to answer all the questions fired at
her. She was nervous. and mopped
at her face with blue handkerchief
as she told how she had begun her
swim in calm water, but that after
the first mile she was constantly in a
rough wash.
She said that several times her
trainer wanted her to give up but
that she was determined to win.
II wouldn't give up" she said 81
never knew how much further l would
have to go. just kept going. | knew
1 had made it when I walked on the
beach,
Denial of Help by Tug.
Miss Ederle repeated denials made
abroad that her swim had been made
easier for her by second tug, say
ing that her progress was impeded
by the extra tug as she was con-
stantly swimming in the wash be.
tween that one and her own.
She also denied reports that she had
made any challenge to swim the chan.
mel again with anyone. She suggested
that probably her father has issued
the challenge in a moment of pride at
her achievement. The father himself
denied reports that he had made
fortune through a bet on his daugh.
ter placed with Lloyds.
Linked With Washington.
1T took Washington to cross the
Delaware and Trudy to cross the
Channel" was the welcome of
streamer, waving over a little dry
goods store on Amsterdam avenue
near her dads butchershop.
The real homecoming was reserved
till Miss Ederle's arrival in Amster.
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