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Show VANCOUVER RESIDENT HELD IN NEW YORK Wealthy British Columbian Is Detained De-tained Because of Slight Ump. By International News Service. NEW YORK. Aug. 8. W. A. Anderson, one of the wealthiest cit izena of Vancouver, Van-couver, B. C, was held for Ellis island on his arrival today aboard the White Star liner Lapland. He w:!l be taken to the island tomorrow for further examination. exami-nation. Anderson, who has been a resident of Vancouver for eighteen years, where he was encaged In the real estate business, left sixteen months ago for England to have an operation performed on his foot. The operation was successful, but the damp climate of England gave Mm rheumatism, rheu-matism, which caused him to limp. It was on account or this limp that Dr. Brooks of the Immigration serve ordered him held. Anderson pleaded to be allowed to land, and showed his through t icketff to Vancouver to prove his contention that he did not Intend to stay in this country. An agent from the Canadian Pacific, who was sent specially to meet him. corroborated cor-roborated hi? statement, but failed to move the Immigration authorities, who declared they had no alternative under the law but to hold him. "I think it is an otitntge," he said at first, but. later added. "Well. I'll get a tcrrv ride at the government's expense. ex-pense. " |