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Show INSPECTORS, SEARCHING FOR DIAMONDS, COMPEL SOUTHERN WOMEN TO DISROBE NRW YORK. Mrch 11. Th wlfa and daufhlar of Joaoph Hull of Savannah. Oa., on f tha waa)ttUat maa tn tha aouth. war rx)ulrd to dtaroba In thatr tataraoma aboard tha ataamahlp Loel-tanla Loel-tanla yaatarday wblla a cuatoma laapao-traaa. laapao-traaa. act In on a my alary tip, aubaa-quantlr aubaa-quantlr bound to ba falaa. anada a aaarcb lor a diamond necktac. thoucht to bar tn purchaard abroad, Tha aaarrn provlnv futila. Mra. HuU and Mlaa HuU ro allowad to prncaaa to thatr hot), vhara another daushtar. Mtaa Nina. Hull, convalaaclnf from aa attaeok of typhoid fmr, had prac-sdad ttwni without haTtnv baan aubjaotad to twnrf.1 ..MrnmrrrwnTrrmrmrtmirw Tha necklace rumor dismissed, customs Inspector arnitlnlaed the family Baggage, Bag-gage, and charging undervaluation In the caae of Mrs. Hull and tha daughter, Bllaa L, seised tha article la queetwa. aaggaga la kelaad. Mother and daughter maintained they had acted In good faith, but their explanation, ex-planation, were aot considered eatle-iectory eatle-iectory ta Collector lxeb. and the articles were eelaed. They consist entirely of wearing apparel and will be held until "tha home value" thai, la, tha foreign cost, pi tie duty I. paid. Joseph Hull was on tha pier to greet hie wife and daughter, aa waa a eon. letnlel. a cotton broker here. All were indignpnt at the prooeedlnae and threaten to carry the abetter to the courts. "We were made ta take off even aur stockings v aeld Mra. Hull. "Every atltch of our clothing waa searched and even our hair did aot escape. 1 consider this treatment an outrage and had no Idea such a thing could happen oa American soli." It waa explained for tha family that the report concerning the necklace had pmhabiy noma from eleven nah. where "there waa iealmiev" over the fact that tha Hulla were fortunate enough to enjoy en-joy foreign luxiirtee and finery. Aa to the undarvaluatloa charge, Daniel Hull said'. . Uodarval natl oa Ia Small. "My sister rilsa wa the only one of tha three who had previously been abroad, ao yeeterdey my rather eent a wlreleaa warning mother and the glrle to be very ceuttoue and particular In making their de.-laratlone. As to the alleged al-leged undervnluatton. the total can be no more than tfM. and that waa due to the Ignorance of my mother and alster and waa dona with no mallcloua Intent. "My .."tor Ellsa had a diamond necklace neck-lace which she purchased five year ago In Kavannah. A customs Inspector there heard of thla and got tha mistaken lm-preeelon lm-preeelon that she bought the trinket In Parle and waa hrlnalng It with her en tele trip. Of course, ah had ao puch Jewel" Jneeph IfuH eame from Savannah to meet his wife and daughter. He le prea-tdent prea-tdent of the Merchente' National beak of that dtv. cliatrman nf the board of dlrecloca of th Ravennah Trust cora-penv. cora-penv. a director of the Central Railroad of Oeorgla end preeldent of tha Prairie Phoephato eoennany. |