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Show 1 THF 'flPFAN NIL UlsLftli Yawl Capsizes and I the Men on Board I Are Drowned y San Francisco, Feb 10. At least six persons were drowned off the coast south of San Pedro in an attempt at-tempt to smuggle a party of Chinese ashore, according to reports received at the Angel Island Immigration sta-) lion yesterday, I The information came from Inspector Inspect-or Frank Alnsworth, in charge of the Immigration cutter Or.ent, which has been patrolling Southern waters since tho beginning of the year in an effort to check the smuggling of Chinese into this country from Mexico Mex-ico Early last week Alnsworth, while cruising south of Styi Pedro, gave chase to a power boat which ho suspected sus-pected to be loaded with Chinese. Tho power boat steered shoreward and put off a yawl with about six men The yawl capsized, nnd Alnsworth believes that all on board were drowned. drown-ed. The power boat escaped In the fog |