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Show STOWAWAY SYNDICATE BARED ' gronp of sin stowaways ohoard a liner bound from Hal) lo the t lilted StatCK, arid tian-.lei i (. in ml d-mian. to OllOtbcr liner (but was bound back ito Italj . 0 i.tiitin .i ( DBS I MUiff I orrcspondent. nkw YORK, Dec. it Acting Commissioner Com-missioner of Immigration Frederick A. Wallls has discovered in operation the greatest stowaway syndicate e.r known. And li Is his belief that since the han on Immigration during the war hundreds of dangerous foreigners have smuggled their way into this country through two channels a stowaways a nil as sailors pn vessels Coming intb New York. I'l.i m ir i hum i The most alarming evidence of Its 9 Deration came recently with the trip made to this country by the ship, 1'residenl Wilson. Starting from Greece, the officers of the ship discovered dis-covered 16 stowaways. The.v were put oft at the first pnri where the vcshcI stopped. Before the ihip was well under wav, however, is more were discovered. These were nit off at the next port When the joal Was Hearing x,.w York harbor wo stowaways Jumped overboard, lhe body of one was found and the itber managed to reach ope of the sinnri- in the harbor. y m Miu its of i : i :v This stowaway told Wallls that the .rdlcate is In operation in nearly ' ever) port out of which vessels sail I for this country. lie said that the stowaways pay members of th- crew I $-10' apiece for keeping uniet about Mom and then smuggle their Ws3 into this country wh'-n the ship ur- j rives. j "if you will go to the President i W ilson." aald he, ' you will find 12 'more stowaways still there" HELD rU M I'oki npX. WalllS found the 1 and sent them' i to Kili. island to be held for deppr-! deppr-! ration. While there they sent wonl , to the "SQuealer" that his heart would b 'in out when they caught him In I Italy, They win have no chance to I do this, however, for the stowaway after a year spent in: work at Ellis' Island is to le given a chance to enter this country oh parole ' Summing must be done to stop the stowaway practice." says Wallls. A stowaway of this character is the I Worst Sort of immigrant for nine limes , out of ten his Is a criminal who can. ' 1 not obtain a passport." |