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Show Photo Marriages Illegal. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. lS.-Superlor Judge Cook Ffiday decided that Japan. .,t photograph n trrlng-et are Illegal in the United States. This decision was rendered ren-dered In habeas Corpus proceedings instituted in-stituted to take a Japanese girl from the custody of the Japanese Woman's home. The girl, fifteen years of age, was sent to this country against her will, she claims. Her parents told her she was to become the bride of a prominent Japanese, Jap-anese, to whom she had been married by Shotograph. The girl will be returned to apan. It Is alleged that the photograph marriage scheme Is being used for the purpose of importing Japanese women for immoral purposes. 1 1 |