The San Francisco call., 1908-11-22
WHITE SLAVE WAR
WAGED IN SEATTLE
Special Commission Charges
Importation of Japanese
Girls for immortality

SEATTLE, Wash, Nov 21.-The re-
cent roundup of alleged importers Of
Japanese girls into the United States
for illegal purposes which led to the
arrest here of Captain 7. R. Gawley.
three Japanese men and one Japanese
woman was, it is said, engineered by
Prof. jeremiah Jenks, head of the
department of political and social
economy in Cornell university
The operations of the commission
which was appointed to investigate i'm
migration have been conducted
great secrecy. Congress appropriated
fund for the use of the commission,
which consisted of three members OF
the senate, three members of the house
and three citizens from private life
Professor jerks was selected as citi-
zen and he has proved to be the brains
and working force of the commission
in the United States, while other mem
bers have been abroad.
W. R. Wheeler of San Francisco was
another member from private life, but
he has since been appointed an assist
ant secretary of commerce and labor.
GIRLS OFFERED FOR SALE
A party of the commissions sleuths
reached Seattle two months ago, after
Professor jerks had paid visit here.
1t was headed by ]. B. Miller, holding
a commission in the secret service and
one Mark Blake, who was used to in
gratiate herself into the good graces
of Captain Gawley and through whom
it is asserted Captain Gawiey, r. X
Katayama, S. Ishakawa, S. Minami and
Mrs. H. Minami contracted to furnish
six Japanese girls for $500 each, with
the assistance of one Kimura of Spo-,
kane.
Most of the girls alleged to have
been contracted for were to have been
sent to Kimura from Spokane XII
mura is married and he and his wife
are said to control considerable prop
erty in that city.
At the hearing of all under arrest
before United States Commissioned
Augustus Armstrong yesterday after
noon the attorney for GawIey and the
Japanese moved to have the complaints
made more specific by naming the girls,
where they were imported and where
they are now located. Commissioner
Armstrong directed that the names be
furnished, but overruled the remainder
of the motion. The complaints were
amended to name only two girls, Ma
tanke Ochoiyo and Miyoshi OF.
LOCAL OFFICIALS ACCUSED
When the secret service of the i'm
migration commission descended apon
Seattle it was with the greatest Sc
crecy. A conference was held with
United States District Attorney Elmer
z. Todd, but all other government of
ficials were excluded. Miller has sur
rounded his operations with such mys-
terry that the other special detectives
employed by the government, said to
be four women and two men, can not
be communicated with except through
him. In some way it has been inti-
mated by members of the commission.
that officers connected with the local
immigration service have been implf-
Gated.
While the commissions agents have
been at work the last two months. the
local immigration office has not been
slow, and the commission found upon
arrival here that the district had been
cleaned UP in such quiet manner that
the commission did not know what
was going on. Seventeen arrests have
been made by the local Immigration
officers since October 2T. Claude yilIet
charged with the importation of
women, was indicted and Yesterday
gave a bond of $4,000 for his appear
ance in the United States court for
trial.