The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-29
Number Of Immigrants Will BE
limited by the Capacity
of Liners.
STRICT CONTROL in ITALY
Thieves at Naples Get High PrIcso
for American Paasports-keen
CompetItion for Forelgn Ships
maintain Close inspection.


to the United States this year will
only be limited by the capacity Of the
steamships, according to United States
Consul Homer w. Boyington, who has
been here for Is years and has n 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 al.
most negligible number.
The consul said that the Italian gov
ernment had consented TO permit sur
gcons In the United States public
health service to be present at the in
spectlon Of the immigrants before en-
barkation, so 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 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 nationali.
ties will have to sail from some 9TH
er ports like Danzig, Bremen or Ham
burg.
The staff at the consulate consists
Of 20 clerks, stenogrnphers and inter
prefers, ETC., who are chiefly employed
III handling the hundreds OF immi.
grants who throng the bureau on the
Via Santa Lucia oil day long. Wom-
en- with babies in their arms have
precedence over Nil other applicants
by orders Of the consul. Under nor
NAL conditions tho 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 Scrutlnized.
The greatest care Is exercised at
the consulate to SEQ that no more get
by with false passports or counter.
felt vises. The Immigration authori.
ties are also notified ut New York to
look out for the private marks on the
passports, which will be changed from
time to time In case they get known
to the Italian crooks who are making
fat living by fabricating passports
and vises for immigrants who may
have some charges against their char.
DrtaV Nyhich would oh.
tanning wise on their passports at
the American consulate.
Two Americans who arrived from
New York by the Canopic had their
passports stolen and had to proceed
to Rome to obtain emergency papers
ut the United States legation after
getting Identification certificates at
the 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 arc
taken Off and used for other passports.
A well-eXecutcd false passport Is
worth 1f4OO lire, about 500 to 500
United States currency, according to
the rate Of exchange, which nuctuates
daily. At the consulate 1t was said
that these two stolen passports would
net the pickpockets who took them
about 1000 lire. Passengers arc
warned ON landing in the custom
house to>be careful Of their pocket
books and passports, as the Neapolitan
purse snatchers are famous In police
circles all over Europe for, the dex-
terity of their fingers. The police
were notified Of the loss OF fife pnss4
ports belonging to the two Americans,
but they We're not recovered.
All intending immigrants seeking
American risks have to produce their
permits to leave the country, military
papers Cf they arc males), vaccina-
tion certificate and the dossier from
tho chief Of police Of their district to
show whether any criminal charges
have ever beer preferred against
them. The American authorities have
not interfered with tho inspection at
the dock before embarkatien, as they
left that to the officials of the steams
ship companies. The Navigation Gen
erale the White Star and other lines
sailing from italian ports have organ
ized their own sanitary plants where
the immigrapts are put through
thorough examination before they are
permitted to go on board the ships.
The inspection Is done by the Italian
doctors from the steamships and the
doctor Of the port.
First, a Bath.
The first thing the immigrant has
IN 1n ia RI take q hath nnt 10 nocoo