The New York herald., 1922-09-02
500 PICTURE BRIDES
in FROM NEAR EAST
Prospective Husbands With
Photographs Seek Their
Mates at Pier.
U. S. SURGEONS RETURN
Party Tells of Affront in
Berlin Hospital Before
Clinic in Their Honor.
NUN AND GIRL DETAINED
Held at Ellis Island Before
Being Allowed to Go to
Quebec.
NUN AND GIRL DETAINED

Eight hundred picture brides ar
rived yesterday on four steamships
from Near East ports. On the piers
were the husbands to-be armed with
photographs, through which they
made identifications. There were 1900
women on the four ships, which were
the King Alexander. the Acropolis and
the Madonna from Constantinople, and
the Argentina from Naples.
The Acropolis will probably enter "a
protest over the timing of her ar
rival at Quarantine. Officially she
reached there at 1902 A. NJ, and the
King Alexander was timed at mid
night. AS a result of this time SO
Armenians on the Acropolis could not
land as the quota for the month OF
September had been filled by those ar
irving on the King Alexander.
f. Malchor, foreign trade expert, re-
turned from visit to the oil wells Of
Baku, which. he said. afford wonderful
opportunity for American capital. Amer
leans should be more lenient with credit.
he said. and remarked that the American
sentiment for settlement OF war debts is
annoying Europeans.
Six prominent surgeons from the mid
die West returned on the steamship Van
Dyck of the Lamport & Holt Line, which
has been under charter of the Royal
Mail Steam Packet Company. and all
were Of the opinion that American sur
geons were equal to those of foreign
countries. The surgeons were Drs. W.
II. Ballard of Bay City, Mich. L. r.
nf Ia II ar pf
Lansing. Mich. II. Fl. Hines of Cincin-
natl; Alexander Mckenzie of Port
Huron, Mich, and A. Oyen OF Chicago
DR.. j. l.. Smith of Chicago, who was a
member of the party. remained in Europe
TO so on sightseeing trip. They left
this country on June 7 to attend clinics
given in their honor in cities of Europe.
An Incident In Germany.
The only dsagreeable feature OF their
trip, the surgeons related, was in
Munich. Bavaria. A special clinic was
arranged for them and an operation was
10 be performed by DR.. Swarrbock. just
before the time set, the surgeons said.
they were notified by the German physi-
clans that they could not attend the
operation unless they signed en- agree
ment to use their influence on their re-
turn to America to have all German
physicians restored to their former
standing. They explained that many
German physicians Turing the war had
been expelled from American societies.
The Americans refused to agree to the
proposal and quickly left the hospital
Nun and Girl Detained.
La Touraine of the French lire ar
rived yesterday with 1917 passengers. OF
whom s59 were cabin passengers and
13s third class.
Marie Madeline De Leselenc. IL years
old. making the trip from Paris to
Shearbrooke. Quebec. was detained by
the immigration officers and will be held
at Ellis Island pending an investigation.
She was travelling with Sister Marie of
the Assumption School. Shearbrooke.
Quebec, where she was to enroll as a
student. The Sister overlooked the fact
that 1t was necessary to be appointed
temporary guardian of this girl.
Prof Ralph Barton Perry doctor OF
philosophy at Harvard, returned on the
Touraine after delivering fifteen lectures
in French universities.