New-York tribune., 1921-12-20
Ship Lines Face
Million Inn Fines
On Immigrants
Liable, II Daugherty Up
holds Contention of Davis
on Penalties for Bringing
Aliens in Excess Of Quotas
Cunard Case Is Assailed
House Committee Told That
Turks Murdered IL Ar
menian Women Deported

WASHINGTON, Dec. Steamship
lines which have brought immigrants
TO the United States in excess Of Ia
tional quotas under the 3 per cent limi~
tatlon law face imposition of fines ag-
gregatng $l05O,0O if Attorney Cen
eral Daugherty sustains the contention
of the Department Of Labor as to their
liability under existing statutes, Sec
retary Davis said to-day. 1t was in
dlcated that consideration Of the uues-
ton of whether there is Federal au-
thority to impose the fines already has
been taken up.
Both from humane and from an
economic standpoint the deliberate
bringing of excess aliens to American
ports is a crime Mr.. Davis declared,
the would-be immigrants suffering dis
comfort and in many cases, loss of
their entire life savings as a result.
Says Cunard Was Notified
In connection with the alleged VIC
lation of the immigration laws by the
Cunard Line, when the Aquitania
brought to New York early this month
some 800 immigrants from Hungary,
Mr. Davis said the Cunard and other
lines had been notified that Hunrarv's
quots- had been accounted for and that
further arrivals would face almost Ger
tain deportation.
Commissioner of Immigration Hus-
band said that the Aquitania incident
was aggravated by the conditions at
Ellis Island. There now are approx
mately LOO aliens awaiting deporta-
tlon at the station, having been found
lnadmissible, while 2,190 more are on
ships IN the harbor, SO were held over
sunday and 1888 arr coming into New
ork harbor for examination and ad-
mission. Also 125 aliens previously "
admitted into the United States. but
found to be undesirable are due to ar
rive at Ellis Island
Inquiry by State Department
At the State Department it was said
an investigation was being conducted
to determine the circumstances under
which the Hungarians refused adnis
SION to TINS country left their native
land
P. A. S. Franklin, president Of the
international Mercantile Marine. TODAY
declared before the House Immigration
committee that great expense was suf-
Tered by the companies under present
conditions, because of the requirement
that rejected immigrants be trans
ported free 20 the point of embarka
ton. The main difficulty, he said. was
to determine the country of origin of
immigrants since they were free to
embark at any one of number of
ports.
The murder at Constantnople in
September of seventeen Armenian
women and children who came to the
United States seeking safety but who
were ordered deported by immigration
authorities was reported to the House
immigration Committee by c. Y.
knightly. counsel for welfare or
ganization at Boston. These were de-
ported, as being in excess Of the quota
allowed from their country.
Senator King. Democrat, Utah. intro
duced in the Senate an immigration
Dill which he said he hoped would serve
as the basis for a permanent immi-
grafton policy by the governments The
measure, introduced by request, pro
vides for the restriction of entry Of
aliens to 2 per cent each year of the
number of any given nationality in this
country in 1910 1t also would require
prospective immigrants to register
with American consular agents in their
respective countries and to have their
passports vised before they sailed