Viola Davis, alias several other names, who claimed American citizenship, came to the attention of the American authorities on Thursday morning. Brought to the American Court by officers of. the French Police, by whom she had been apprehended, she told Mr. N. E. Lurton, the Commissioner, that she had resided. in cities on the Western Coast for more than six years previous fo her departure for Shanghai some four months ago, and that, though she had G.$200, when she left there, she was now without funds. Further questioning elicited the information that her parents were Russian, and, as she asserted, they loft Vladivostok in 1916 or 1917 and went to San Francisco. Her sister married an' American naval man. When told that the str. Taiyo Maru (on which she said she sailed) was not in the trans-Pacific service at that time, she mentioned the s: r. Tenyo Maru. Her main contention, though she had not an American passport, was that her father had taken out American naturalization papers. Having no proof of her status, she was referred to the U.S. Consulate-General. She added that she had been married to a Mr. McAlpin of British nationality. After an exhaustive inquiry, defendant was handed back to the French authorities.
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