The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-03
'FAKE'JAP !
SAILORS
NAbbED
ON ship
Congressional Hearing a
Nipponese Resumed hero
This Morning

johnson, chairman 0f IL houno
immigration committee, tlhat :
regular organixation y maa4-
tanned fr the trsnsportsxien q I
Japanese Into the United 9ta1D I
surreptittosssay, eight Jsps wero
In custody hire todny a1ver N
zttenVt 20 susugEie thcs,seovoU
into this country. They weTo
discovered In hiding aboard H.
Japancse liner Eastern Teu,pae
They ARE being held for depegtH
tion back 10 Japan and ~
temporarily housed In The ~
migration station 1t the foot q
Union IT.
Chairman johnson and CcngreoD.
man Raker. Of California. returno1
to Seattle &his morning and reUsm0U
the Jap inquiry here. Other 0erns
bcrs OF the committee have refurnGm
to their homes or to washtnetoa
Search Of the Eastern Tem1)o-
which dropped anchor in EliioeG
Bay Friday night was b<gun ~
immigration inspectors Saturday
morning. Four Japs were found
hiding in the hold. Customs agents,
looking for booze. later discovered
four other Japs In concealment.
Others. II is said. reached shore -
fore the federal agents boarded the
vessel
How many succeeded in reaching
shore is not known. but several At
tempts were made TO reach q wait
ing rowboat and at least two Japan
ese. inspectors say, did make shore
and were whisked away in an auto
that was waiting at the Hanford It
dock.
immigration officials declare that
these Japanese are signed up -
members Of the crew" in Japan. for
a suitable consideration which -
simply a ruse to give them an op.
portunity to smuggie themselves
into the country.
The eight Japs in custody aro
Sakui Hishamatsu. Umao Kaida, No
kuwa Otoichi, Yamezo Seba. SakAr
suka Miyagashima, S. Takoda, Tuna
kichi kabata and Asao Toda-
Congressman johnson issued the
following statement today on the ~
sumption of the Jap inquiry here:
In reply to the denial BY Secretary
Kanxaki. of the Japanese-American
association OF San Francisco. that his
and other associations had directly
assisted in the surreptitious entry Of
Japanese, wish TO say that no such
charge had been made by me or any
member of the committee.
MY statement was that a SYSTEM
existed for the transportation of Jap
anese' Into the United States surrep
titiously; that the committee has So
cured full information of IL. the route.
names of agents and assisting Of
ficers, and that the COMMITTEES has
been unable to find a secretary OF
any of the Japanese associations.
local or otherwise. who kept a regis
ter of how the Japanese applying for
membership entered the United
States.
THE committee has no evidence
that the Japanese government itself
has knowledge of or any part In the
underground system"
SULLIVAN FIRST
WITNESS TODAY
Following his failure to appear
before the committee this morning
in answer TO telephone summons,
Congressman johnson ordered .
subpoena issued recurring the pres
ence of +. b. Ault. of the Union
Record as a witness this afternoon.
Anna Louise Strong. writer, was
also instructed TO appear.
Into the records of the congression-
al committee studying the Japanese
problem there was dictated today
the formal response to the demand
of Rev. u. G.. Murphy that the fl
nances and personnel Of the anti
Japanese workers in this state be
investigated"
The challenge to DR.. Murphy came
from John j. sullivan, former assist
ant district attorney. and chairman
of the national committee appointed
by the American Legion TO report on
the question of Japanese penetration
in America.
Rev. Murphy was characterized as
the paid propogandist of the Japan
ese" and the war records of the chief
witnesses appearing in favor OF
Japanese exclusion were recited,
Maj. Bert c. Ross" said sullivan,
'was promoted for bravery on tho
battlefield. He spent 10 months in
France. Capt T.. D. Colvin was cit
ed for bravery by Gen. Pershing;
Lieut. Philip Tindall received the ID.
5. {. and the croix de guerre; Miller
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