The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-09
Captain of White Star Liner
Cretic Arrested in Boston
10 PASSENGERS TOO MANY
Case Was Continued for a Hearing Be-
fore United States Commissioner Hayes
in Boston ON May s--Cretic
Sailed Yesterday Afternoon.

Boston, April Captain Raphael
Iobez of the White Star liner Cretic
was arrested yesterday afternoon by
complaint charging him with violation
Of the federal law regulating traftic by
transatlantic steamers. Ii was claimed
that he brought in on the Cretie last
week nineteen more steerage passengers
than he had accommodations for, and
failed to make proper report OF the
conditions.
Captain Lobez was arraigned before
United States Commissioner Hayes and
held in 81 900 for hearing May 8.
lie was baled and at once returned to
his steamer, which sailed yesterday aft
ernoon.
The allegations in the complaint
against Captain Lobez, besides the claim
that he carried nineteen too many steer
age passengers, are that he kept un-
married female passengers in a compart-
ment not suitably equipped for their
care 1t is alleged that only canvas
partition separated them from the quar-
tiers of other passengers, whereas the
law requires that such partition shall
be substantial.
The third charge is that the defend
ant failed to post in conspicuous places,
about the ship, copies Of section seven
OF the passenger act, relative to the care
OF passengers. 1t is required that this
act shall be printed in the prevailing
language of the passengers.
The Cretic cleared from Naples for
the trip on which these violations of the
law are alleged to have occurred.
Stowaways Sent Home.
The twenty-seven Italian stowaways
who were found in a water tank on the
White Star line steamship Cretic last
Wednesday were deported on the liner
when she sailed yesterday afternoon.
The two interpreters who We're arrested
in connection with the case and who
had been held until yesterday under
bonds of $4,000 each also sailed. They
we're discharged by United States Com
missioner Hayes yesterday because OF
evidence. The immigration
were unable TO get from the
stowaways any evidence which could be
used against the interpreters. AT first
two or three of the stowaways said that
they were willing to look the Cretics
crew over and identify any who had
helped them on the voyage. On second
thought however, they decided that they
did not care to incur the enmity of
the BLACK hand" which is said TO be
at the bottom of the matter. One of
the stowaways is suspected of being i'm
plicated in murder in his native town
and four or five others admitted thefts |
and assaults The Others, for the most |
port, had been unable to secure passage |
in the ordinary way because OF con-
taCious disease--trachoma and favus-
and so were forced to become stowaways
as that was the only way open to them
to reach this country.
About twenty-five other aliens were /
also deported on the steamer. One of |
hem. Edelmais Marines, a Spaniard was
brought from Chicago by two immigra-
lion inspectors yesterday forenoon. He
S violently insane, and arrived in this |
in October, 1909, On the trip !
rom Chicago, the inspectors kept hand
'uffs on the man as a precaution against |
possible trouble Ten were brought from |
New York.
The Cretic carried 30 saloon, go Sec
md cabin and about 400 steerage pas
'engers, exclusive of those deported.