| Show BOGUS PAPERS SCHEME TO FLOOD TiE COUNTRY WITH CIIIXESE Fifteen Thousand Certificates Were to Have Been Distributed in California Cali-fornia nnd Oregon San Francisco March 2SThe federal officials here have unearthed a gang of forger organized to flood the country with bogus Chinese registration papers The ring has secured forged certificates I which defy almost the inspection of the United states oiHcers themselves Its members have included Chinese as well as white men in the scheme and have already secured a contract to supply 15000 of these bogus certificates of residence I resi-dence The ring was organized In this city probably a year ago The frt Intimation that the government received of anything wrong was from the department in Philadelphia Phil-adelphia I was there learned that dan geious accurate copies of Chinese registration regis-tration certificates were being printed In an establishment In the Quaker city An investigation followed at once The federal officers discovered that the paper which so closely resembled that issued is-sued by the government was being shipped t Oregon At the same time the discovery was made that the traffic In Chinese from Victoria was increasing The two facts made a chain which led to startling developments Those who were smuggling Chinese Into the United States were planning to give their contrabands full legal qualifications to remain They would supply them not only with certificates but for a consideration tion would also give to every other laborer in the country the certificate he had neglected to obtain or had no right to receive The headquarters of the ring were In San Francisco and It was Intended to distribute 15000 certificates In San Fran cisco and Oregon An excustoms official Is said to be at the head of the gang of swindlers |
