The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-14
TRAFFIC TO CEASE
SECRETARY STRAUS OUT
AGAINST GREAT EVIL.
Importation of Women from Abroad for
Immoral Purposes, as Well as That
of Greek Boys, to Be Stopped.

WASHINGTON, Oct. H.-That the Fed
eral authorities, working in conjunction
with the local police in New York ana
other large cities throughout the country
intend to break up the slave traffic in
women and boys. is vouched for by Oscar
S. Straus. Secretary of Commerce and La
Dor. and Frank p. Sargent, COMMISSIONS
General Of immigration.
Reports just placed in the hands of Off
cials here show that prostitutes are being
brought to the United States in ever-in-
creasing numbers, from nearly every Eu-
ropean country, particularly France, and
from hint md Japan.
In New York, for example, according 20
advices received from Helen NJ. Bulls,
who was appointed immigrant inspector at
Ellis Island for the purpose of paying spe-
cial attention to the Illicit traffic In women,
houses of i'll fame are supplied with young
girls from Paris. Several disorderly houses
In New York. known to harbor women i'm
ported for immoral purposes. are now UNI
der surveillance.
The important thing in Miss Bullis's opin-
Ion, is not to deport these women, but to
apprehend and punish to the extreme llmi.
of the law the men engaged in the business
of traficking in them.
Secretary Straus IS determined to end. If
possible. the slave traffic In women, and
also to break up the system whereby hun
dreds of boys, most of them Greeks, are
held in a number of Dig cities of the
United States in a condition practically
amounting to bondage. Under Secretary
Strauss direction a comprehensive inquiry
into this form of slavery has been in prog
ress for many months. The investigation
is directly in charge Of A~lchibiades Sc
raphic. a Greek, recognized as one of the
most competent inspectors in The immigra-
ton service. In this case Greek has been
pitted against Greek. with gratifying re-
suits to the government.
Inspector Seraphie has prosecuted his
work in New York. Boston, Philadelphia,
Chicago. st. Louis. Kansas City. Indian
apolis and New Orleans. His reports, it is
understood. disclose a startling state of
affairs. and in a number of instances.
upon evidence collected by Seraphic, Greek
padrones have been brought into the
court and convicted of violations of the
Immigration laws. Other convictions in
this connection are expected to follow.
There is good reason to believe that in
a comparatively short time disorderly
houses in New York and other cities will
" AoA1td oia ~ diiCH llliLldlt6 taken
into custody, to be held as witnesses
against those responsible for their i'm
portation, and afterward deported. About
the same time there will be a roundup of
the Greek padrones now under survell-
lance.
Miss Bulls was authorized also to
travel on immigrant steamers plying be-
tween New York and foreign ports. This
was done when Secretary Strauss atten-
| ff0,, mo, a~-% Is-.-k- a. $500 -at-
tions of those provisions of the law relat-
ing to prostitutes or women or girls i'm
ported for purposes of prostitution or Other
Immoral purposes. Miss Bulls was given
a temporary appointment, but the indica-
ttons are that she will be permanently re-
tanned in the immigration service.
In the work of driving out the white
slave traffic the authorities expect great
aid from certain foreigners in New York
some of whom, however, prefer to extend
a helping hand in the form of anonymou.
which has just been forwarded to Wash,
ington by Miss Bulls:
If you want to make a good up Of
prostitutes annually arriving in this coun-
try go to (nanling a resort on the West
Side). This disorderly house is run by q
Frenchman and his woman for the last
three years, and is the first step in this
tOullEy VI the BOOu iIlduy fTeIlCu pTOSil-
tutes from Paris before they be sent to
the disorderly houses of Chicago and the
cribs of Western States and Alaska. There
is about eighteen women in that house
every night, all French. They are in the
country not more than two or three weeks
and some are under age"
The house designated was visited by tho
New York police, and the facts as repre-
scented In the communication
s-ubstantiated, it is understood, in every
detail.
On the Pacific coast, the practise of
bringing over Japanese and Chinese girls
for immoral purposes is an old story. Lo-
cal police authorities ON the coast are saiG
to have winked at the traffic, but now
that the Federal Government has become
awakened to the seriousness of the situa-
ton. II is the expectation that the police
of San Francisco, Seattle and other coast
cities will cooperate to the end that the
immigration laws may be vigorously en-
forced.
Secretary Stratus and Commissioner Cen
eral Sargent have issued instructions to
immigration officers TO arrest and deport
alien prostitutes and procurers of prosti-
tutes.
when 1t Is learned that an alien woman
or girl is practising prostitution reads
eANA 90 ~ III LIZ AOICI
"or that an alien is engaged in procuring
prostitutes from abroad, within the terri
tory under the jurisdiction of any immi-
grafton officer, such officer shall institute
careful inquiry with the object of ascer-
tanning as accurately as possible the date
of the aliens entry into the United States,
whether at such time the alien was a pros
titute or a procurer of prostitutes, whether
the importation of an alien was for the
purpose of prostitution or any other i'm
moral purpose, or whether such alien has
become en- inmate of a house of prosti-
tuition within three years after landing,
and when the information thus developed
indicates that the case of such alien falls
within the provisions of the law regulat-
ing the deportation of such persons a full
report shall be submitted to the Bureau Of
Immigration and Naturalization, accom-
panied by a formal request for warrant of
arrest made as nearly as possible in con-
formity with departmental rules relating
to deportation.
The fact that an alien when appre-
hended is found practising prostitution or
engaged in procuring the Importation q
prostitutes within the meaning of the act,
is so strong an indication that the alien
was a prostitute or procurer of prostitutes
~ tho time of entry into the United Statpa