The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, December 01, 1908, Image 12

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Newspaper Page TextFRIENDS MEET ALIENS AT THE GATE Benevolence Shields the Im migrant at Ellis Island Landing and on to His . New Settlement, Wherever That May Be. By FREDERIC J. HASKIN. ( (Copyright. 108. by Fr-dsrle J. Haskln.) J Kill Island, New Tork, Dec. 1. To ths Immigrant, freed from the oppres- sfon of despotic old world governments, . Kills island is the doorway to the glo rious opportunities of riches and Inde pendence that He beyond. To the anti Jmmlgratlonist it is a mill that rlnds out too coarsely tha grist of oitixenship for an erat-while all-American , coun try. In reality EUia Island is the na tion's biggest coast defense. For, ' the surest safeguard of a nation i Is Its ! good citUens, the work of the officials here in alfting the Incoming peoples to secure only desirable ones, is of as pig ' proportions as the successful manning of a fortress against the l.-lnca guns 'of a hostile fleet, , Up to 170 there was no immigration question worth considering.; There was no problem of trying to assimilate alien races, for those who came before that year were chiefly of the old stock that had peopled the United States since the ' days of Jamestown and Plymouth Eng lish, Scotch. Irish and German. Then the tide of immigration began to sweep In from continental Europe. Today . 1700 came through the gates from the various ocean liners. A year ago the average wal 6000 a day. With 1 lmlnr nmanaritv the influx Will SOOn - ba greater and may perhaps touch the higa water roar oi isui i.iou.oi. -..ontativca of 40 different nations. When work grew scarce last winter many Immigrants returned home. If all the foreign born of this country had gone back, Knooe lsiana ana m;uu setts would have each lost one-third of its population, Connecticut and New York one-fourth, and the northwest al most as heavily. The southern states would have been affected least of all. Thm Bills Island Hostelry. ' There Is Ta vast difference between the landing of the immigrant at Castle Oarden a auarter of a century ago, and the landing Of tfcs Immigrant at- EUia Island today. Then there were fewer re strictions. Today the newcomer must be physically, mentally and morally fit He must bring with hira money enough to keep him from becoming a public cnarje. Tne provisions maua mr m reception and care of the Immigrant are superior. As they leave the boats they are marched into cage-like aisles, ac cording to nationality. Hera they await inspection, wniio oign over iun an American flag swinging canopy-like from the dome, typifies at the outset the nation's overshadowing friendliness for the immigrant or wormy aapirauoiiB. . If detained over night these immi grants are taken to sleeping rooms in the second story. Tiled floors, walls and ceilings make perfect the sanitary con ditions of the rooms, and at night shelf like canvas beds ore swung down by steel chains and with good blankets, of fer comfort and repose. When morning comes the beds are aired and fumigated, the ceiling, walls and floors are flooded with boiling water, and the blankets are taken to the big laundry downstairs. Formerly the dormitories were like long wards, but international warfare raged with such disaster among the lodgers that the present system was Inaugurated by Commissioner "Watchorn. who in vented the comfortable and sanitary sleeping arrangements. Twelve hundred can be kept eaoh night The Tutors Cltlsea sluing. In the big diningroom where tables stretch out like sheets, a half hundred man are keDt busy serving excellent food. Fourteen hundred can be fed j here each meal. A sign on the wall in six languages tells that the food is free to the Immigrants. The bill Is charged to the ship's company that had not exercised the care that would have prevented the Immigrants' delay. Here sits a Russian, who spears a great piece of meat with his fork and. Holding it firmly in his hand, calmly gnaws his way around it Next year, with his hair cut and his big boots dis carded, he will probably be among the hundreds of Americans that wait below, just outside the big gates, to welcome newcomers- Next him sits a Finnish woman in gay plaid dress and yellow kerchief on her hair. In a half dosen years from now who knows but she will be heading the equal suffrage club In some remote western town? Here is an Italian woman with sally colored short skirts that she will exchange for more soDer raiment as soon as ner nine daughter has learned in school what the other children think of the matter. There is a young Greek, supple limbed, suggesting Marathon and olive wreaths. Despite the vigilance of the government he may next year be In the keeping of some shrewd padrone. Here is an Ar menian with scars that suggest escape from massacre In years gone by. and there another Russian with the horror of Klshnev still in his haunted eyes. Here is an Irish girl with the spring of County Clare yet in her heels and the summer oi the green hills yet in her heart, and there is a frightened German housewife going to the far west to join her prosperous sons. Here sits a little girl who has traveled many thousand miles alone, and is going thousands more, relying on the protection of the government until she reaches her own people. Criminals in Detention.' Thousands who pass through hera speaking no tongue but their own, are placed on trains and cross the conti nent without discomfort, so excellent is the safe guarding by the nation, so de pendable the transportation system of this country. Practically all who come to EUia Island are between the ages of 14 and 40. The only unpleasant specta cle in the building is the strong room, where are kept the suspected criminals and the others who are held for deporta tion. There is sorrow and sadness there. Across the way stand the 17 hospital buildings, solely for the use of the Im migrants, the almost completed chil dren's hospital being dearest to the heart of the hard working commissioner. Downstairs In the big corridors there Is an orderly confusion. "No, she can not so with you. You have lied to me twice. You said you were married and you are not. You say your brother is? Then let rum send iiu wiie ior me gin. You go!" And under the accusing finger r an irate orricia a snmy-eyea ieiiow slips away, while the bone of conten tion, a patient Lithuanian girl. Is locked is a detention room by one of the ma trons. Two pretty French girls have just been released to go to the German t'athoile home for a short while. They have bern In a great tangle. They had told different tales about their coming, and because the woman who came to ilt thenw proved a stranger to both girls, thev were detslsed. -Finally' they told a French speaking matron that t)y were really employes In a big Paris )partnnt store : spending their vaca tion In a trip to America, and that an fhi scmleman with kindest intentions "d rtnest ignorance of the Immigra tion lw had told them they could not Jr,l tinie one of htr .icounti y women nt itiem. j( had sent the keeper of a i wi h lrwn!in limine for thom.;-.they l"M ml) i,uA u J.M .lauslble stories, f, :." f' '.-it -jiMd ho been u' .":! :-;!., i-nid Mm. but since he was an American gentle man we were sure he must be right," one naively said. They then showed their letters of Introduction to various Americans and were permitted to pass at one. people Whs Mast Immigrants. An Armenian girl is the subject of discussion over there. She had been or phaned toy the massacre, educated in the Congregational mission schools, and had come over to marry an American ised Armenian whom she had never seen. She was told that in America she could do as she pleased about marrying. Sh waa than n&roled to the Armenian and Bulgarian missionaries, and they have come to report that the lover had mm on . the srlrf was Dleased with him anil thev were married over In Jersey City that same evening. To eome for eigners this spirit of Independence In women Is a bad thing to be encouraged. The Italian over there la greatly dis gruntled because the girl whose way he nas paiu wvei 11 n.s buuucui ti..;.... this spirit' of American Independence and has refused to marry him until she sees if she likes him. To his astonish ment the officials are abetting her in her heresy to old world traditions. Here the curly hatred Irish Catholic priest Is making ready a bevy of red cheeked Irish girls to take to the Cath olic home for the night; over there an Italian priest ia, comforting little chil dren in their own tongue. Here Is the German' Lutheran missionary with a perplexing case of a sick girl on hla hands, and there the five representa tives of the Hebrew associations - are talking volubly to new arrivals. And an the while there Is a steady stream of humanity pouring out toward the wharf, to be met on the way by those of their people who came over some time ago, have tried the country and found it good. ' . oars of immigrant Qlrls. ' Ths" government Is leading a big work 1n preventing ths traffic in im migrant girls for immoral purposes. Women's clubs and churches through out ths country are helping. In the keeping of the bureau of inquiry Is a list of ths questionable houses in many big cities, and when the name a girl shows the officer Is that of a person close to these or suspected of being connected with these the girl is placed in other hands. It is a rule that no f lrl or woman Is allowed to leave the sland with a single man, unless he is a close relative, and the officials try not to lose sight of her until she is in safe hands. . Down on State street not far from the barge office are homes supported by private philanthropy, where girls and women detained over night on the island may go. The Woman's Home Mission ary society of the Methodist church has had a home there for 20 years, and has kept track of many of the girls for all that time. The Hungarian. German Lutheran, 'Scandinavian, German Catho lic and Irish cat none nomas are ait in that quarter.' The Clara ds Hlrscb horns takes care of Hebrew Immigrant girls, and there are Italian ana Aus trian institutions subsidized by ths gov ernments or tnose countries. The Council of Hebrew Women Is do Inir the blfreest work hera In three nun' time its acents have investigated 700 cases of Hebrew girls, and have traced them on tnrougn omer cmes o mum nf i ha council's branches, an only one a weak minded girl has been known to go wrong. During two dull antnmer months this year ths council's immigrant station worker aavisea ana helped in an mbv women ana gins, os man and 4292 children. And this is only a part of the enormous work being done by nation, state, church and pri vate philanthropy in the uplift of the immigrant jap editors Fight over socialism (United Press Leased Wire.! San Francisco, Dec. 1. Stabbed, fol lowing a quarrel over socialism, Z. Otsuka, editor of the Japanese Daily News, is at the Central Emergency hospital In a precarious condition, while his assailant, F. Takenuchi, editor of the Fresno Labor, also seriously gashed, ia being- held by the police. The attack occurred at Otsuka's home, 1615 Laguna street, where Take nuchi called to obtain satisfaction for the editorial roast which he had re ceived last week. Otsuka was in bed and Takenuchi went away only to re turn demanding admittance. This be ing denied, . he . broke down the door and rushed into Otsuka's room. Here the two men clinched, and in the strug gle both received dangerous wounds. . The noise of the fight attracted the attention of a policeman, who placed both combatants under arrest Wedding of Miss Crjrder. fflnmtal Dtinatnh to Tha Journal I New York, Dec. 1. A small but fash ionable wedding today was that of Miss Ethel Cryder of this city and Cecil Hlg- ?lns of London. The ceremony was per ormed at the home of the bride's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Cryder, 'in Washington square. The bride is one of the belles of New York society. She is one of the famous Cryder triplets. Her sisters are Mrs. William Woodward of New York and Mrs. F. Lothrop Ames of Boston. Mr. Hlgglns the bridegroom, is a son of Henry V. Higglns of London and was formerly secretary of the British lega tion in Washington. Q0EEII BEAUTIFUL AT SIXTY-THREE Loyal Subjects Everywhere Celebrate Alexandra's Birthday. (Special Dlapatch to Tae TearasL) London, Dec. 1.- The United Kingdom together with other portions of the British empire, today paid ths custo mary tribute to Queen Alexandra on ths occasion of bar birthday. It was the aueen's 64th anniversary. Greetings from all parts of the world were re ceived, flags were displayed everywhere and there were the usual salutes at the naval and military stations. - Queen Alexandra spent ths day at Sandrlnaham. where there waa an an- usuallv lame aatherins of the royal family In celebration of the occasion. At the. command of King Edward a com pany traveled from London to Sandring nam to give a special performance of E. Alfred Butro's new play, "The Builder of Bridges." Queen Alexandra Is in excellent health. Despite ber sixty-and-four years and the fact that she has nine arandchlldren. her' majesty still retains her youthful beauty. Bine her eleva tion from the court of .Denmark to that of England Alexandra has seen num erous rivals in beauty forced by pre mature loss of loveliness to resign their claim. The empresses of France and Austria were her contemporaries,' and thair radiance and perfection of fea tures all but threw her into the shade. King Edward nas aged rar more rap idly than has his gracious consort. As the years have rolled on the aueen has kept her figure and her freshness, her grace of movement, her smooth cheek and full, bright eyesj and at three score and three drives out with the king, looking very much like an eldest daugh ter Instead of a wife but 18 months his Junior. Looking for a Business In Portland or elsewhere or good home on easy terms, or good farm in the valley, any size? If so maks your wants known to Goldschmldt's Agency, 263 Washington street--- 1 1 nru ost&t saxpx.b mobs lly Sample Shoei are Superior Shoes. They are Ihe Pick and Cream of the Shoe World Positively No Branch Shops In Portland FOR WOMEN PORMBN IIJI A PAIR Portland's Busiest Shoe Shop l Never Pay More Than These Prices Open Daily 8 A. H. to 6 P.M. 6th Floor Oretionian Building 7IRK Rooms 600-601 u These Shoes are Regular $3.50 to $6.00 Valnes o nnnoi 2s IX) fEE) ZA I Open Saturdays 8 A. IX to 10 P. 11. 61b Floor Oregonlan Building Rooms 600-601 -i..i.h.i...i i. i. nil ,,m B yAJI gWATOl' u i..ii in i mmj- n ii.fmw armnm 0 T, ni-a ii . , a 290 MORRISON STREET Sweeping Bargainsm Suits and Coats THE LITTLEKOST, with its earned reputation of being Portland's Greatest Bargain Giving Store, now comes forth with increased effort to maintain its title, and offers to the community right now, at the height of the season, bargains in' new, seasonable merchandise that no store would venture to' give at any clearance sale. Now, why wait? Get your things now and en joy using them. You'll never get them for less money. LADIES' SUITS STRICTLY TAILORED NOBBY LONG COATS, in broadcloths or fancy worsteds, satin lined, fancy button trimming, flare skirts, unequaled values at $35.00. Now OF? at the Littlekost Jbl'xstjD CRAVENETTED COATS General utility coats, coats practical and useful ; fine textures, rainproof and dustproof; long and full, covering the dress entirely: eood value at arA or $22.00. Now at the Littlekost ;,.'.. JO HEAVY WINTER COATS, directoire, empire and tight fitting effects, in blue, brawn, tan, red and black, this season's smartest style, exact copy of the. highest class designers, some lined throughout, others half lined? -strictly tailored, good value at $30.00. , Now at -J 1 A OC the Littlekost ..... ............. v.'. ?......,. . ... . . ; r. . . e7 0 The Littlekost Cloak & Suit House - CORRECT STYLES DEPENDABLE GOODS LITTLE COST : 290 MORRISON ST. RfiSE For a long time there has been a large demand for acre lots, along the Base Line road, suitable alike 'for investment and home purposes, inluding soil suffi ciently fertile to permit the cultivation of a garden and the raising of fruit. Base Line Acres answer every one of these purposes, besides being crossed by the sur vey of the Mount Hood railway. If you had the good fortune to be allowed to choose a place to live happily and profitably, these Base Line Acres would appeal to ypu more strongly than any iother property in the entire state of Oregon. ' It is expected that the Mount Hood, railway will be completed, ready for business, through to the c;ty, within six months. Construction work has been about com pleted almost to our property line, all the way from Bull Run " ' - ;;' '.-, :i: r:: '-A J.'-'Q -;v ' : , ; ' . - F?or Investment ' r- : - - -f - ; )V' : . ;t; ' ". ." : t '. , No property on the Base Line road can be bought for so low a price .as this. The operation of the Mount Hood Railway will double the price we are now asking. The tremendously increasing demand for suburban homesites is another argument. Greater than all these is the fact that no property in Multnomah county, for sale at any rea ; sonable price, located on an interurban road, fertile, only nine miles from a metropolis, possessing every possible educational, social and religious advantage, will ever be1 poor investment. In our judgment Base Line Acres will double in value within six months. Be it also remembered that an acre may be had here at a lower price than you can buy a lot 50x100 feet in any recent addition to the city of Portland. For a Home There are few men who do not recognize the superior advantages of suburban life over city existence. With ample fertile ground to raise table, vegetables and fruit, within 35 minutes' ride from down town via interurban electric cars, with churches and schools near by, on the best "good" wagon road In the state, with every desirable city conven ience at hand, all suburban privileges at one's own door, located at an elevation of 300 feet above sea level, 50 feet higher than the highest residence section of the east side, surrounded by the most gorgeous panorama of natural scenery on the face of the earth and all the high class of improvements that suburban life requires, what better life could a man devise? Truly, living in a suburban community within sight of Mount Hood and the Cascade Range is an inspiration. About the Soil Base Line Acres has the best fruit soil in the state of Oregon. This is not an idle statement, but a demonstrated fact The best cherries and berries in the northwest have been grown in this soil, and only a few minutes' walk from our property. Not an acre of land in any part of the state can produce better fruit than this property. A ride along the Base Line road will surprise most people not already famil iar with the fact that this is the most successfully cultivated soil in the vicinity of Portland. To fully prove every statement made in this advertisement, we will be pleased to take you to Base Line Acres in our automobile today or any other day, treating you at the same time to one of the most inspiring automobile trips you ever had. Call and see us at once. Make your selection as early as possible. The prop . erty will not last long. CALL FOR THE FOLDER "THE MAN OF TOMORROW" F. B. H0LBR00K CO. Room 1, Worcester Building, Portland, Oregon km jtflERiMlfi! tlltiu I 7 PorrriJVNixOnEooii. I Of CAIW f REE With every cash Want Ad brought to the JOURNAL office for insertion in the SUN DAY JOURNAL December 6, 1908. 1 000 Boxes of the Famous "After Dinner Mints" Manufactured by the Pacific Coast Biscuit Co., of Portland, Or., will be delivered to the JOURNAL office at 8 o'clock Wednes day morning, December 2, and one box will be given to every person who brings in a Want Ad to be inserted in the SUNDAY JOURNAL. You can bripg in the ad any time after 8 o'clock Wednesday morning and get the candy. If the ad runs several days, one of these days must be Sunday, Decem ber 6. If it runs one day only, that , day must be Sunday, December 6 to entitle the advertiser to a box of candy. A Confection that merits Its favor v 'With the people Remember, Every . Person Who brings in a cash ad befpre 9 o'clock next Saturday night for the SUNDAY JOURNAL will receive a box of this de licious confection! The picture in this ad J ihe exact size of the top of the box, V There is absolutely limit to the num ber of boxes given but. " Afterhhe 1000 boxes ae gone, more will be -provided.