The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-27
FORGOT TO DECLARE GOWNS
uRS. H. y. SLATER or BOSTON
~ TROI ne WIN THE a. STONS
Her Trunks sent 90 the seizure Room
MR.. Newman brings In FUR stoies
Wrapped Around Tier Legs Iowa
Man says IIis Pearls Are Imitation.

Mrs. II y. Slater Of Pin"bank. Read
vile. Mas who derives her income from
y. slater SrnS. manufacturers OF cotton
goods, and u well known IN Boston society
had trnubl" with tn" customs Yesterday
She arrived on the steamship Kaiserin
Auguste Victoria. accompanied by a
daughter and "A maid. Shc had nine
p,sC,- Of iaggagc and made a declaration
that ten model dresses worth 81 go and
other articles increasing 'he total To 81. 70O
were dutIahla
Inspector Travis had the task 81 exam
ming Mrs Skaters baggage and after he
had gone through three trunks he found
that thcr" wer,' many more dresses than
had been declared He reported 20
acting Deputy Surveyor Harris. who
asked Mrs slater 10 explain. Mrs Slater
told hirn that she really did not know what
she had IA her trunks and had made out
tn. declaration 10 the b.ast of her knowl-
edge Sh" was invited 20 go to the Custom
House and explain there
special Drputy surveyor George J
Smyth received Mrs. Slater Late IN tn.
afternoon She repeated 10 him what
sh- had told on ~" dock n" trunks
v"r" ordered - tn" seizure room and
they Will Ia" thoroughly examined to-day
Mrs slater - tin. widow II Hor alto
Nelson slater. who was ~ IN" head IT tn"
firm Of Slater sons. Inc cotton goods
manufacturers ~ Worcester She owns
a controlling interest an the cotton mills
AZ Worcester Her late husband was a
grandson 81 Samuel slater who was the
first man To- Introduce cotton weaving
machinery into this ountry al Paw
fuck"t. X whrr" the corporation hear-
ing his name had - inception
Mr- jacob Newman. wife II Jacob
Newman, dealer M wum"ns nerkwaar
whu lives AZ 3iS hast Fifteenth street. was
a PASSENGER IN TN" second cabin on the
kals"rln 81" made deCla nations amount
ing 20 So. but when going through her
haggag.' the INSPECTOR found a Persian
lamh coat and reported n" find To Deputy
surveyor Bradl"y Mr. Newman mad"
"Vaslvs answ when asked abput the
coat She finally admitted that IL had
h'.T purchased abroad and that on th.
advio" 81 IA fellow passenger she had sewn
an American lal-el m the coll while
Kissing the Ocean. When examined
further sh" admitted that sh. hal sD
worth 81 guo,ls dutIahl- which she had
pur, ha-.'d abrnad.
M in-p.srtr's~~ was Ord.r'-l - examine
Mr. N.ViHan fur her and 10 was found
that sh" had fur sIul-s wrapped around
her legs She told Special Deputy Sur
NDyor ~'uyfh ~ the Custom HOUSE yestsr-
day afternoon thar she had hidden III"
s'ul"- on IN" advice ~ another passenger
She was arrested ami taken b"for" United
States Commissioner RuSs At HobUken
who h"ld her for examination
son I"maire ~ the mississippi Pearl
Button Company II Burlington. Ia was
a -fs-rag" passenger on ~" 81 Louis
He cam. In the ste"rage b"cluz. h" wns
in q hurry "a get home and could find no
room m any other part ~ the vessel. Al
Elli- Island yesterday morning two gold
watches and chains v"T" found On his
person aud IN hI- higglg" be- had two
gold brppChs-s, embroidered linens. lace
-curf- pearl necklaces and unset pearls
w.. vas taken 90 SpsCIal Deputy Surveyor
Smyth and Stid ia" pearls were limitations
~. said he took pearls worth sgsO abroad
and Will. Their" exchanged 81 worth for
thu-.. h" brought back with him Tho
watches and chains we're seized and the
pearls and other things were sent ~ me
public Stores for apprlis"ruent. IemaIr.
will upJ,"tr b"fpr" the Deputy Surveyor
"a gain IN q few DAYS when II has b.--n de-
t"rnined " III" pearls ar" real. II they
are real they might h" worth $50 90