The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-27
FORGOT TO DECLARE GOWNS
MRS. ~. y. SLATER or BOSTON
~ TROI mr. WIN THE a. STONS
HeT Trunks sent To the seizure Room
Mrs. Newman Brings In FUR stoIes
Wrapped Around lier Legs Iowa
Map says Ilis Pearls Are Imitation.

MrS n. y Slater Of Pinebank. Read.
willie. Mass. who derives her income from
=. Slater Sons. manufacturers OF cotton
goods and il well known in Boston society.
had trouble with the customs yesterday.
She arrived GA the steamship Kaiserin
Auguste Victoria. accompanied 10y
daughter and maid She had nine
pieces Of baggage and made a declaration
thar ten model dresses worth 81 81 and
other articles increasing the total To 81 200
were dutiabls.
Inspector Travis had the task Of exam
ming MIS-. Skaters baggage, and after he
had gone through three trunks he found
thai there were many more dresses than
had is.-n declared. lie reported to
acting Deputy Surveyor Harris. who
asked Mrs Slater 10 explain Mrs. Slater
told him that she really did not know what
she had IN her trunks and had made ont
the declaration 90 the hest % her knowl.
edge She was invited TO go o the Custom
House and explain there.
Special Deputy Surveyor George J.
Smyth received Mrs. Slater late in the
afternoon She repeated TO him what
81. had told On tn" dock The trunks
were ordered To the seizure room and
they will H. thoroughly examined to-day
Mrs Slater il the widow Of Hor alto
Nelson slater who was at the head 81 the
firm Of Slater sons. Inc cotton goods
manufacturers az Worcester She owns
a controlling interest IN the cotton mills
AZ Worcester Her late husband was a
grandson Of Samuel Slater. who was the
first man To- introduce" cotton weaving
machinery into this country at Paw
'uck"t X I where the corporation hear
ING his name had it, inception.
Mrs. Jacob Newman. wife 81 Jacob
Newman. dealer in women's neckwear
who lives at 3I1 Fast Fiftsenth street. was
passenger IN the second cabin On the
kalserln Sh. made declarations amount
ing to So. but when going through her
baggage the inspector found a Persian
lamb coat and reported the find to Deputy
Surveyor Bradley Mrs. Newman made
evaSive answers when asked about the
coat She finally admitted that It had
been purchased abroad and that on the
advice % fellow passenger she had sewn
an American label in the coll r while
crSsing the oc~an. When examined
further she admitted that she had $50
worth 81 goods dutialls which she had
purchased abroad.
An lnspsCtr,sss was ordered 10 examine
Mrs. Newman further and Il was found
ihht sh. had fur stolss wrapped around
her legs. She told special Deputy Sur
V"yor Smy'h IN the Custom Hous. ysster-
day afternoon that she had hidden the
stoe-S on the advice ~ another passenger
She was arrested and taken before United
States Commissioner Russ at Hoboken
who held her for examination.
Leon Lsmairs Of the Mi--irsippi Pearl
Button Company ~ Burlington. Ia. was
a -ieerags passenger on the -. Louis.
He came in the steerage because he was
IN hurry 10 get home and could find no
room in any other part 81 the vessel Al
Fills Island yesterday morning two gold
watches and chains were found on his
person and in his baggage b. had two
gold brooches. embroidered linens. lace
-carfS. pearl neck laces and unset pearls
He was taken Co special Deputy Surveyor
Smyth and - ID the pearls were limitations
He said he took pearls worth tsOO abroad
and while there exchanged $500 worth for
those he brought back with him The
watches and chains we're seized and the
pearls and other things we're sent to the
public stores for apprlisement. I,emairs
will appear before the Deputy Surveyor
again In a few days when IL has been d.-
tsrmined II the pearls are real. II they
are real they might be worth $50 600.