FRIENDS 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.
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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
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.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
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to one of the most inspiring automobile trips you ever had. Call and
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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.