1924-10-25 — Page 9

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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, 25th, OCTOBER, 1924.

SMUGGLING HUMANS INTO AMERICA.

Facts About a Big Organisation.

Upper left is Animas strect in Havans

On the right are allens earning their livelihood Below are shown schooners of the type

The story of Cuba's smuggled allons in pictures. where headquarters of the smuggling gang is located. until it is there burn to be smuggled hate the United States used to struggle run and aliens.

Naples, Constantinople, Danzig,' dudno last month by Lord elsewhere. Moạtyn, who had been prosented

Hongkong. and

To those barred from Amer- ica by the quota law, they wtih a gold key for the occasion. During the South African's make their appeal. For 10,000 francs they offer to put them: journey to Llandudno a railway ashore in the United States. The mishap at Chastor delayed the tourists, who completed the aliens are brought stoerage to Havam. There they are put in, journey in a guard's van. the slums, surrounded on ovory side by the underworld and its rapacious hunters, who soon rok them of the few ponnies that they may have loft.

At the annual general meeting of Trinity Academicals F.P. Rugby F. G., the following wore elected] office-bourers for the ensuing ses- į

* Many are compelled to go into son:-Hipn.president, Rector Dun- the streets, pedding small can; hon, vice-presidents, Thomas articles frm pushearts, in order Scott and F. J. Trotter; captain. to make a living while waiting Jamos Liston: treasurer, for their "Great Day."

M'Intyre: socretary, Alfred Ilar-

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Eric Thomas, Portobello, por

up to his private swimming reputation at Dune he put up ย

The head of the organization is CUB, said to be a French-Cuban. He maintains his own police force- who guard him and his haunts,

The day arrives when his formed

clear coast agents report'u somewhere in Florids, generally dee when around Tampa. A dozen or so now record of 61 seconds for the Fords, each driven by one of his 100 yards Scottish junior cham- police," draw up to the various pionship, and boat the holder, hotels in the slums where his Dick Chatfield, of Glasgow. The victims are quartered, and those Watson's ecliool boy is likely to who have boon separated from beat his now rooord when he their last cent are loaded into altors his arm action. He swims the cars, five six to each, much better in salt water.

cover of Quickly under the

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darkness they are whisked to one Regarding a roport that he of his schooners, of which be wisted to return to the ring again, has more than a dozen ongaged Joo Bockett, the ox heavy-weight in the smuggling of liquor and champion of Great Britain, said immigrants. There they are recently:-“When I announced placed on board to buddle on the that I had retired last year I did deck for the run to the coast think of retiring for good, but of the promised land, where they time drags on my bands, so, with are dumpod ashore at night.

nothing to do, I thought of having Then they are smuggled in another fight with anyone who other autos to some inland town came for me. However, from whence they are shipped to their friends, if they are so lucky as to what I can see of the game at present there is not much induco- have any. The others, less mont for me to take it on again." fortunate, are farmed out

Bill Collier, the popular balfi

NEW YORK'S BEST 1923 BUILDING.

Prize Awarded to Cotton Exchange.

TOWERING Y

COTTON EXCHANGE

architects and buildors through- out America and Europe.

peon labour, by the agents of the organization. The profit of the

Firat prize for the best building enuggling gang run about $350 a hack of Raith Rovers, and inter-erected in New York during this

The prize winning structure 18 head. The average number of nationalist, has just given his alions landed monthly on the signaturo to Sheffield Wednesday. year 1923 has just been awarded beautifully faced with Indiana American coast is 700. Many of This is the second of Raith's to the New York Cotton Ex. limestono. This atone from the those so landed are caught, and, prominent players of two or three change building. The award is hills of the Hoosier state has Throngs of those whom the are waiting their turn to pene- Behind it all is an organization penniless, are deported to their seasona past to sever connection made annually by the Downtown entered into innumorable awards

homoland, there to live or starvo. with the club, Archibald having has ita akente United States designatos as un- trate the immigration barrier that that

But their fate does not act as ajgone to Third Lanark recently. League of Now York City. port in Europe and desirable aliens, crowd the little has been erectod around the every restaurants and hotels of the United States. From every land whose representatives may be deterrent on those others who No information is forthcoming found in flamburg, Marseilles, hunger for a land of peace and yet regarding Brown or Inglis, who are also on the open to poorer quarter of Havana. They and clime they come.

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Interesting World Items

J. A. C. Bogio is the Wost of Scotland Harriors' new prosident.

Rhodes, Yorkshire, has gone in lost in Test matches, and also first.

J. C. Whito, Somerset, is the only amateur English cricketer who has taken 100 wickets this season.

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Several of the members of the South African oricket team, hav-) ing a day off, saw the 6-0 triumph of their Association over Wimbledon.

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J. D. Sanderson (Loretto), who was a competitor in the boys golf championship, is a nephew of Councillor David Sanderson, Melrose, and the son of an old Melrose cricketer and football player.

Of the Border clubs, Pechlasi Rovers, Valo of Leithen, and) Borwick Rangers still remain in the Scottish (Jualifying compoti-

the tion, With

clashing of Berwick Rangers and Peobios Rovers it is possible for only two to go forward to the third round,

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St Johnston's present on- closure at the Recreation Ground has outlived its usefulness, and it was ralhor a tight squeezi getting 12.000 people in tu seo tho Hibernians' inatch. The now ground at Dunkeld Road is bo ready about expintod to the New Year time.

Jimmy O'Donnell, a Stockport fonthor-weight boxer. whoso followers are anit to hellove him; capable of rolloving Goorge M'- Kouzio of the Lonsdale holt, mado, an impressive first appearance at Tho Ring recently when ho bent; Waltor Wright, of Huddersfield, ia a Aftoon round content.

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