The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-05-26
ITALIANS FLOCK
HERE IN DRovEs
Number Of Immigrants win Be
Limited by the Capacity
sof Liners.
STRICT CONTROL IN ITALY

STRICT CONTROL IN ITALY
TbIsvss It Naples Get High PRICED
for American Passperts-kssn
Competition for Foreign ships
Maintain Close Inspection.
Napaes.-The number Of immigrants
. the United Statss this year will
only bs limited by the capacity of the
steamships. according to United States
Consul Homer ". Boyington, who has
been here, for Ds years and has : good
knowledge Of the situation. The Ital.
Ian companies lost . good many
steamships during the war and have
not yet been able to replace them.
while the foreign vessels calling at
Naples and Genoa for immigrants
have dwindled since the war to an a.
most negligible number.
The consul said that the Italian gov
eminent had consented % permit sur
geons In tho United States public
health service to be present at the in
spection Of the immigrants before en-
barkation. 10 that they will be able
to Sign the bills Of health and stop
the detention Of the steamships On
their arrival at the quarantine station
in New York. There have only been
two cases Of typhus In this port and
they were Greeks from Piraeus. In
consequence Of this the government
has put 4 tight ring around Italy and
no alien Immigrants are permitted to
pass the frontier. The steamships
leaving Italian ports for the United
States now only carry Italians. and
Poles, Czechs, Croats, Greeks, Ukran-
ians, Roumanians and other rationale
ties will have to sail from some 9th
er ports like Danzig. Bremen or Ham
burg.
The staff at the consulate consists
Of @ clerks, stenographers and inter-
prefers, ETC., who are chiefly employed
In handling the hundreds Of immi-
grants who thrOng the, bureau on the
Via Santa Lucia all day long. Won.
en- with babies In their arms have
precedence over all other applicants
by orders of the consul. Under nor
NAL conditions the immigrants get
away within three months Of the date
Of their vises on the passports, but
on account Of the holding up Of the
liners In New York through the typhus
scare. they are now fully six months
behind, according to the officials.
Passports Closely serutinized.
The greatest care is exc. eised at
the consulate to see that no more get
BY with false passports or counter
felt vises. The immigration authori-
ties are also notified at New York to
look out for the private marks on the
which will be changed from
time to time in case they get known
to the Italian crooks who are making
a fat living by fabricating passports
and vises for immigrants who may
have some charges against their char.
acter which would prevent their OBJ
tanning a wise on their passports at
The American consulate.
Two Americans who arrived from
New York by the Canopic had their
stolen and had to proceed
TO Rome to obtain emergency papers
ut the United States legation after
getting Identification certificates at !
he consulate here. These stolen pass
ports, the officials say. are sent to An.
coma or to COsenza, which Is near
Naples, and the seals and vises are
aiken off and used for other passports.
well-executed false passport Is
worth 1,4OO lire, about $50 to $50 |
United States currency, according to
he rate Of exchange. which fluctuates
Tally. At the consulate 1t was said |
hat these two stolen passports would
let the pickpockets who took them
,bout 1000 lire. Passengers are
warned on landing In the custom
louse to be careful Of their pocket
looks and passports, as the Neapolitan
'urse snatchers are, famous In police
ircles all over Europe, for the dex-
Gritty Of their fingers. The police.
gere notified of the loss Of the pass
orts belonging to the two Americans.
ut they were not recovered.
All intending immigrants seeking
risks have to produce their
ermits to leave the country, military
apers (if they are males), VAGINA
on certificate and the dossier frora
Re chief Of police Of their district to
how whether any criminal charges
ave ever been preferred against
lem. The American authorities have
OF interfered with the inspection at
re dock before embarkation, as they
1T that to the officials Of the steam
nip companies. The Navigation Gen.
rale, the White Star and other lines
liling from Italian ports have organ
ed their own sanitary plants where
he immigrants are put through a
borough examination before they are
to go on board the ships.
he. Inspection is done by the Italian
)ctOrS from the steamships and the