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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1928.
THE
KING OF HOAXERS,
BAD ELLIS ISLAND REJECTIONS.
ARREST OF MAN WHO HELD ARMY REVIEW.
BOGUS PRINCE.
Europe's most redoubtable swindler has been captured by the French police at Sarreguemines, in the Moselle Department."
He Is Stophane Otto, known to his accomplices as "Stephane the Great," on account of a long career of amazing exploits unequalled even in the wildest crime fiction. He was arrested in a cafe by a detective who has been looking for him for months. He was wenring the uniform of a French naval captain, with a score decorationą.
of
ACTION OF SHIPPING COMPANIES.
PORT OFFICIAL SUED.
Eleven shipping companies on- gaged in the Transatlantic passen- ger trade have fled actions in the United States Federal Court, calm- ing 160,000 dollars from the Col- lector of the Port of New York for alleged improper rejection of minigrants carried in their vessels.
Immigration into the United States of America has long been 4 thorny subject, and a certain amount of dissatisfaction on the part of many interests has been revealed for some time.
Not least amongst those who have considered they have long had a Otto is a handsome man, and legitimate grievance against tho are the speaks four or five languages per-American authorities fectly. Hia aliases have been European shipping companies.
the legion. Among them aro
Their dissatisfaction has "Baron do Horne' and the "Duke come to a head with the filing of of Tervouron."
suits by eleven companies in the United Statea Federal Court, claim
now
He has also passed himself off na a son of the into King Leopolding 150,000 dollars against tho of the Belgians; a son of M. Collector of the Port of New York Maurice Maeterlinck, the, famous as reparations for the alleged ́im- Belgian nuthor, and as the nep-proper rejection of immigrants hew of a well-known cardinal." carried by these lines.
Held a Review. Born in Liege he deserted from the Belgian Army during the war, but had papers to prove that be had had a brilliant war record.
These stood him.In good stead when he was first arrested in France in 1928 on a charge of petly fraud. He was acquitted on account of his services in the feld."
Ila biggest effort was perform ed in 1919, when posing as a member of the Belgian General Staff, he arrived in Coblenz, then the headquarters of the American Army, and held a review.
The amount is claimed as' a to- turn of moneys expended by the shipping companies in maintaining and carrying immigrants who have. recently been refused permission to Intd in the United Statos.
The companies involved include the Cunurd, the National Steam Navigation, Svenska, the America Line, the International Merchantile Marine, the United Steamship Co., Compagnie Generale Transatlanti- que, Compania Sud Americana de Vapores, Navigazione Generale Italiana, and the Transatlantic Italiana.
The American authorities, and such of the plaintiff companies as
At the request as he declared,ve offices in England, have re-
fused to make any statement. of King Albert, he conferred on After exhaustive inquiries "in Major General II. T. Allen, com Transatlantic shipping circles in manding the American Forces, the London, however, it is learned that Grand Cross of the Order
trouble in this direction had been Leopold.
brewing for
considerable time, and that the present ault was in the nature of a test.case.
of
He also paid a visit to M. Tirard, French High Commission- er of the Rhineland, and posed as Minister Plenipotentiary of Bel- glum, with the result that he was hospitably entertained.
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It is said that during his visit to the occupied area he borrowed 'money from no fewer than American and British officers.
He saw acrvice with General Wrangel's Army in Russia, and later visited Constantinople. Here he was so successful in posing as the Belgian Ambassador that he was received by the Sultan.
on
Bome
Precautions Taken.
The companies, it is understood, have for long been dissatisfied with the application of the law by the New York Port authorities, and their concerted action at this time would seem to point to their definite conviction of irregularities in this matter irregularities which in shipping circles have been discus sed for some time.
The United States Immigration Laws, dated March 1, 1927, pro- re-vide stringent penalties for ship ping companies bringing in aliens who are medically unfit. The list of ailments given in definition of this term are as follow: "Idiocy, insanity, imbecility, feeble-minded- ness, epilepsy, constitutional psy- inferiority, chronic chopathic alcoholism, tuberculosis in form, or a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease."
On two occasions he had murkable escapes from prison.
Arrested in Belgium charge of obtaining money on false pretences from the military authorities, he felgned flness, and was taken to hospital. There he drugged his guardian and escaped. At Rennes, later, he was arrest- ed for travelling without a ticket Next day one of his confederates, giving himself out as the Public Prosecutor, rang up the governor ordered the of the prison and release of the arrested man, then posing as Captain Mact Hinck.
His papers were so formidable that the governor had a guard of honour on the spot when the "explain" left the prison.
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The penalty for bringing in any such person to American shores is a fino of 1,000 dollars, to be paid to the Collector. Further, the shipping company must hand over to the Collector the amount paid by the immigrant for his which will be handed to him by that
official.
fare,
In addition, the companies have In 1925 he spent some time in a to return the allen in question to Swiss gaol, and two years later his native shore and maintain him he was arrested us Otto de Boudy pending and during the voyage... for swindling an English clergy- The shipping companies, at any man at Spa, in Belgium. He rate in England, and doubtless in denied the charge, saying that at all European countries, conduct a the time of the alleged fraud he most stringent medical examina- was serving with Abd el Krim, tion of all intending immigrants and had just escaped.
before they will accept them as passengera.
At Buckingham Palace,
The examination leavea few
In 1922 he appeared In London loopholes for an "undersirable" to as a major of the Belgian Air get through, in view of the great! em-risk taken by the companies in Force, with "documents" powering him to place big con-carrying such a person. tracts.
Calling at Buckingham Palace, he sought to interview the Duke
"The Last Straw"
One company admitted that, in of York on aviation matters, Athe past, isolated, cases had man- Court official was auspicious, how-aged to allp through in some way ever, and the police were called. when perhaphundreds were being As a result he was-brought be examined at the same time, but the fore the Westminster magletrate, numbers were very few, and when and the police having proved that they were discovered the companica his letters of appointment, "sign-admitted their mistake and paid the ed" by King Albert, were for-penalty. geries, he was sent to prison for three months and ordered to be deported.
numerous
Of late he has been engaged in strange enterprises and the French police have a long list of charges to prefer against "Stephane, the Great,"
Recently, however, the number of immigranta passed no fit in Europe, but rejected on the other side, had evidently become too marked for the companies to take the situation lying down, and the action by no fewer than eleven big lines would appear to be the outcome of very considerable provocation.
The straw which finally broke Vancouver, Sept. 4. Lord Lo-the camel's back, according to vat, Under Secretary for the Reuter, was the refusal of a num-- Dominions, on leaving Edmontonber of Immigrants who had lived for Peace River, effectively dis-in America for five years, and had posed of complaints that miner merely been away on holiday, with harvesters were not receiving the every intention of returning to the Jobs and wages promised. He land of their adoption. deplored the Press publicity given
to nineteen who wanted to return, The miners he met were, an excel- while the Press said nothing of lent type, strong and anxious to the 8,000 all over the West who work and settle down as good The Now Zealand Olymple team were perfectly satisfied with their Canadians. Many have jobs pro- loft Waterloo recently to join the jobs, wages, and treatment. No mised to carry them over till next a.s. Ruahine at Southampton fur promise as to wages was made in spring Lord Lovat added that their journey home. Mr. H. Amos England, he declared. They were he advised them to dig in and take the manager of the team, said that told that wages would be from anything being offered for the a team of British athletes might go three to five dollars, the latter rate winter. They are just the sort to New Zealand in the near future, operating when threshing began." Canada wants," he said.
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