Show CALIFORNIA SLAVE T1ADE Twentytwo Chinese Women Sold for 2OOO Each San Francisco Aug 20The federal authorities are investigatIng a scheme by which a Chinese syndicate hopes to keep ii the United States 22 women of the 4110 Chinese admitted to this country coun-try on special certificates for the purpose pur-pose of appearing at the Omaha exposition expo-sition The Chinese were allowed to appear at the ecposition on condition that they would not perform any labor Willie here and that they would be returned re-turned to thr homes at the close of the eaposition It is said that the 22 women have been brought to this city and sold as slaves at an average price qf 2000 each One or two are said to have been sent to Los Angeles by their purchasers |