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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY HORNING, OCTOBER 4, 1903 f r - RUSES OF THOSE WHO j? JW WiMW ' WOULD ESCAPE THE v. K ' v -1 4 hlC"? W lusiwfflD uuii " L'.v'V -, .'.1 1Vii.V. i ,-'4 ' J y It.-: vl - J J: , ' VI; ,.' ' - A 'ft i rTlHE handsome woman on the big finer smiled pleasedly as the New York 1 customs official approached her.. 'Apart from your baggage, madam,' he observed, ivith M inefectual endeavor to dull the gleam of intense interest in his eyes, 'is there anything else you have that is duti able and you wish to declare? 'I can't say I have anything I really wish to declare," was her laughing response, whereat the gleam flared, like a sudden, . harsh joy, in his piercing glance. "But there is something whtch, I suppose, you customs people can compel me to declare. Here" and her inquisitor looked completely disgusted as she passed it to him, open- "is an importa tion I suppose you may consider dutiable." ; On the brilliant scintillations of a hand ful of unset diamonds the treasury agent snapped the lid irritably. 'JVe have information" he declared, "that you are bringing in a necklace of dia monds, valued at $20,000." i "My good man," answered the passen ger, "if you find the necklace you refer to you are at liberty to confiscate it. I believe your business with me is ended." I The treasury agent turned on his heel, for he was madt clear through, i "Another of those confounded legal smugglers," he gritted, wrath fully. "After awhile they'll run a pipe line for women's 'diamonds from here to Kimberley." or anything doubtful, Just as nterprlslng railway cUreot or do. x. Then you would learn that, to sneak through even o email an object ae a diamond necklace, you would have to 'get up In your dear Parla so early that 3 A. M. would be the beat time to make your purchase at the lewalfif's. Even then, the chances axe bitterly against you, for the omnipresent treasury agent would learn from -he Jeweler that he had sold you such an ornament, and would be cabling the department In the United States to watch all steamers for your highly desirable arrival. So you would conclude that smuggling, plain and unadulterated, rarely pays. ' . "What!" the horrified client exclaims. "Pay 60 per cent, ad valorem $12,000 duty on, a 120,000 necklacjT Does this miserable government Imagine I'm going to pay $32,000 for a necklace worth 20,000?" "Not st all; not at all," rejoins the consulting coun sel, hastily and soothlnglyi ,rThe paternal government. In the omniscient Ignorance of Its chosen Congress, has so framed Its laws that you can smuggle legally, with a clear conscience, and any and all disparaging reutarics, line ' ou annoying wretcu' anu 'uuvi'uuuuh vampuo mat yuu may io ime loaumg ua lim iu Hjectora. "Listen carefully," he enjoins. "Buy your necklace as openly as yuu would ouy a gown, instruct me jew eler to remove the stones carol ully, so that tney can n real, ana take ais receipts ior tuo uiuuiouus auu iae setting separately. "it you cuuose tu be. splendidly insolent) you can bring thain in togetaer. tout a little discretion never hurts any one. bo bring in your Jeweia yourself, and ueuiare taetn as openly as you oougnt them. Let ine , otung toliow you uy th, next slitainer. "Xutt have both buls, showing just what you paid tor both importations. The duty on the setting, as jovreiry, win, of course, be t0 per cent.; but the value is comparatively siigut. iUo uuty on the diamonas, whlca, unaer the express wording of the law, are un set stones, becomes only 10 per cent." Isn't tnat the economical scheme? Just comply with the letter of tne law, and pay what the law Ue mantla for unset gems. With a little more, for the duty on the empty set tings and for the American Jeweler's charge for re setting, you have your necklace,, as magniuuent as it was the day you first beheld li la Paris, and so cneaply that your friends will rainy die of envy. Even though you should sucoumb to that strongest of temptations, and be allured by the risk of the thing Into a real Attempt at smuggling, the law has so gal lantly championed your feminine helplessness and in nooence thai the devices of hollowed shoe heels and false trunk bottoms, and all the other antiquated me chanical hiding tricks are crude In comparison with a shrewd legal study of your opportunities. . The $8u,000 worth of art objects recently said to have been Imported at Chicago by Mrs. "Jack" Gard ner, of Boston, through her friend, Mrs. Emily Rock well Crane Chadbourne, which has aroused so much .sensational Interest, may yet prove a load greater than the Treasury Department can confiscate under any form of law. The department has found the courts its most un reliable allies In all cases where Intent to smuggle was less apparent than something like a sworn alndavlt of the intent by the defendants would guarantee. A European exporter once bethought htm of a brand-new scheme on Uncle Sam. He handed to a ship captain acquaintance at Amsterdam a modest package. "My good friend," he observed, "when you reach Philadelphia oblige me by mailing this to the address it bears, In Cincinnati." A COUPLE of months later, during the Intermis sion at one of the great operas, she passed tb customs official, her escort at her side, with a noble chain of diamonds, perfectly graduated In else, admirably set, pure as a clear winter sky in their color, flashing about her bared throat. Now, the lady did not know the treasury agent so cially; and be had no claim whatever upon her ac- quaintance. The angry look he conferred upon those ' gleaming jewels and that lovely throat was enough to to a cabinet office. . Tet the wearer of the necklace, as she passed, con ferred upon him a smile more dazzling even than her flDU-A mil that rn nltr.ln. him t . -. . - w . uip lam, OM.- aaowledglng bow and. as he went beyond hearing, a muttered word or two wtlch were very reprehensible "Wno'a your new friend. Nellier asked her escort, curiously. "Friend?" she echoed, laughing- happily. "Oh, no that is tny latest, and roet inexpensive foe. I was merely grinding hint Into the duau" Iadeed. If the oriental abaaemant nr .tn was aver forced upon a white man. that customs mracmr iiA fcn uhtM.tH in it i-n - - - . w wae had ae calmly outwitted him, the Treaiurv De partnivnt. and the Congress of the United States flaunt r grudged necklace before B Is very eyeit wag neuga im make asy conscientious customs officer threw vp his Job. Until the last year or so that Inborn passion of humanity far scoring something for nothing which ttalos ita climax of temptation when lovely woman "-enters horrid customs officers, wrought the undo ing ef ma-ay a leader of society. Also. It wrought the loaa of the Jewelry ther had Mdeavered la vain to smuggle, together with custom tfuUea la soma cases and. In all. lawyers' fa out of all proportion to the casli values in Jeopardy be raas oner's social reputation seems perfectly secure until the profitable UtUe Joke yoa've played on Uncle Kara turns Into grim courthouse drama and the only only thing nnder the ana that can save yon is the wry host leral talent la the United Htatea which fii mom falgaer Ike better yonr position and the wora yon Bd II But Haw., oh. now y-o,reflort on all the mischance that b alien otharr charming smecaier of ore i ajalt au level r as yon. bat very wheedling vertbe oas and yen s-xtMek ynnroelf that yon 11 ' to sr I ns rathe, oarly In the morning te ciooe rga aon ot year oia annas at a re.auva, Ua- jloiMTAIN CIlMBPIG AS A SPORT FORWOMEN1 aaaaannsnnnnnsnnnnnsnnaa?'' mtKmrnmmswmwm. mum MaWyw-F.itig,-.' r .,,i...,-3h I w HEX one begins to compile a census of the daring mountain climbers of recent years he finds that many women must be included in the list. Some of them climb from pure love of adven ture; others from a desire to excel; a few, per haps, because mountain climbing has become more or less of a fad. Whatever the motive, remark able exhibitions of daring have been given by women during recent years. Common in these latter day are ascents by women of the most forbidding Alpine peaks. Only a few years ago Mrs. Fannie Bullock Workman climbed Himalayan peaks to a height over 6000 feet above the summit of Mont Blanc, and in doing so established record for her sex. when Ton l ef common !e t.,tn the level a4r af geoa, ab.e, seatiiuar oonnoel a-efero aotag E WHAT prosate wss tb first ambitions at- ewipt at saoaataln climbing by tbs gentler sex least, tbs first, no far as known, la ceatarlos ton gone by women taoaataiaoora, whoa aaanos war at prosorvod, salgjtt bavo aeomplUbe4 aaiing feats on crags and mountain aides, bat no historian baa preserved thalr names. In HOI Maria Paradies, a servant girl la a JBwiss village, was persuaded by soma Alpine amides to at tempt the ascent of Mont Blaao. Thalr object was to make a curiosity of her and exhibit her for money. It was a tremendous experience, both for ber aad the guidea Half way up she grew helpless, and bad to be fairly carried to the snmmlt. Afterward she could give no clear Idea of tbs prospect from the peak. Her successor did not sppear until IStl. Against the wishes ef -her family Mile. D'Angevllle, animated by pare enthusiasm, performed the same feat. So eager was she that the guides bad to bold her back In many dangerous places. But a he reached tb top, and was over afterward known as "The Bride of tb Mountalna." la her younger days the Empress Eg genie of Franc took much Interest In mountain climbing. Asetber widely known woman climber ef the period waa Madam Pal 11 en. who eontlnuod ascending tb dim cult Alpine peaks until she was an old wotnaat Her endurance was no loos marvelous than her ambition. A Mis Brevoort aaad It a yearly dsty from lilt te 1$7I to ascend as many as possible of ths Swiss Alps. he Is numbered among tn first women to at tempt such trips In the dangerona winter oason. Paring the coldest weather of 117$ she cllmbo both the Wetterborn aad the Jnagfraa. It Is a detail of some Interest that la all these ovent she vu accom panied h ber favorite doc, TochUarel. who ba4 alto gether fifty or mora ascents te bis caaln credit. Another climber of fame Is Miss Rtchardeon, with IIS Alpine ascents. la fourteen of tbeee she was the pioneer woman in the peaks attacked. The greateet Alpine feat accomplished by a Pwlss woman was the ascent of the Schrockhorn by Miss Bruaner la Ilia, To accomplish this ah bad to remain over night oa aa exposed part of the mountain. Tb Queen Dowager of Italy has been for years aa enthusiastic mountain climber. She began the work early in life, aad has continued It sine. Other nota ble ladles of that land fond of the same sport are the Ducbess of Serroonets, Baroness Holland and the La dles Blraght, Orassanl and Per til. Austrian enthusiasts are 14 by Miss Harms Rlnoch. Fh began cllmbiag la the sixties and stlil keeps It up. he baa made In ber career between aad 40S such mountain excurskma la some of the sh wae the woman pleneor. In both Austria and Germany most of the Alpine elnb have numerous women mem ber wh are as regular eath aslas ts la their cilmotag tour as their male comrade. In the C a erase the first woman t achieve result a wss Mis Mabel Rlckmer. - A desen dattarereus and dltnmt paks wr among bar Victories. Mra Fannt Bullock wotirraaa at another mountain climber who has wa fame. Her work In the Himalayas baa bar the reputation of the. blgbeet climb for woman. On the eecaalon f tb golden wedding of the fs nwoua Alain a aide. Christian Aimer, bla fl-year-eld wtf. who bad aevor bofor tlaie4 a peak, west wita tusa aa tha Wetturnocu. , - Tb Innocent captain wss quit willing to oblige mm, aat was horrified into trembling terror when, at rniiaasipDia. 'i rsaeury Agent aallsa. advised of tb soherae by agents la Holland, demanded ths diamonds be carried, .' Protesting that all hs had waa a package bis Dutch friend bad given him, th captain produced It. Tbs diamonds wsr there, sura enough. Tha captain wss not proseouted. for his Innocence was clear. But ths oas was promptly taken Into eourt aad the exports earns over to look after bis Interests and recoverable diamonds. . Up to th United States Court of Appeals went tb famous casa, until tb exporter waa finally triumphant, aad every op of bla diamonds restored to him. with sxprssslons of distinguished consideration for bla legal ' knowledge, ana with tnsse words of th oourt, ad monitory to all ovsrsealoua customs men: "Mere sots of concealment of merchandise oa enter ing the waters of th United States, however pre paratory they may.be and however cogently they may Indicate an intention of thereafter smuggling, or clan destinely Introducing, at best ar but steps or at tempts, not alone In themselves constituting smug ' gling, or clandestine Introduction." Although he la back In th department now, SpeclatVJ vu ,uvwiii vev mi wvupaiiua ior a long and lean time because of bis Injudicious course In ths highly romantlo case known as "Th United States vs. One Ptarl Chain." , When Mra Ida Josephine Dulles, of Philadelphia, arrived at the port of New Tork and was questioned as to what she was bringing In from abroad, it was asserted that she did not declare anything like a lovely pearl necklace which would have mad Cleopatra com mit suicide a dosen times over. She was on the pier, when Agent Theobald, aver-' ring that he bad Information from Europe that she was In possession of Just such a necklace, worth 111.000, returned with her and her husband to her stateroom on the steamex, and there received from her the fasci nating necklace. There ware statements, oounter statements, reiterations and asseverations that she produced It from around her neck and from around well, from a place of concealment every woman has come to consider aafer than a bank. The government prosecuted this time with a vigor which was as energetlo as It was unchivalrous. And the government lost, all the way up to the Supreme Court "If," said the courts, "the Jury believed the wit nesses for the government, they would have been Jus tified in finding that the claimant Mrs. Dulles when the vessel on which she was a passenger has arrived in port and landed at the dock, was carrying con cealed in one of her stockings a necklace worth $16,000, which she had recently bought in Paris, and they were at liberty to find that she had concealed her necklace in her stocking for the purpose of smug gling or clandestinely Introducing it into the United States without paying duty. It was seised upon her person, however, before any obligation on her part had arisen to pay or account for tha dutlea uarcvi XIX iut VV O "The case discloses a serious defect in ths customs laws; but It Is for Congress, and not for the courts, to remedy that defect." Mra Dulles contended that she had no intention of smuggling, and that when landing wore the neck lace about her neck under a transparent lace collar, and there was no attempt at concealment She and her friends regarded the outcome of tha case as a complete vindication, . Mrs. Cassia Chadwlck, female Napoleon of finance, beat the government in as pretty a customs battle as was ever waged. A woman who has smuggled through the custom house so much as a hairpin 0v.?,rtn8 1100 'rom which she is absolved by law will boast of it to her dying day. The secretary of the treasury finally came to hear how the wealthy Mrs. Chadwlck had brought, as far as Cleveland, Ohio, nearly 170,000 worth of1 Jewelry. When Collector Lach, of the customs office at Cleveland, came to demand them of her attorney. A. H. Larkin, this was the gorgeous list: One marquise (single stone) diamond ring: one ruby sna diamond ring; one diamond ring, about threo carata. off-color diamond: one ring aet with two cabochln rubles and sixteen diamonds; two earrings aet with two-carat dia monds ani small pear-ahaped diamond pendant; one mar quise (canary) diamond ring; one ring aet with dlamonda In shape of ahteld; two empty aettlnga; one ring aet with ... -"'- " w.etu, un ring sei wiia iwo nve- , carat dlamonda, twelve diamonds In ahank; one ala-carat si I diamond (white) ring: one seven-atone pearl -ring; two 5 .iiu; mu cimieiitnie watcn: one oroocn (one oval pearl) aurrounded by eight diamonds and small rubles: one cardcase aet with Jewels It happened that the Jewelry was In New Tork when Leach obtained possession of it on the plea that he had to consult an expert He carried it all to Cleveland, and there, in his capacity as collector, made formal seizure. But alas for official interpreta tion of the lawl The courts held that his seizure was altogether Illegal, because It could be made legally only In the district where the articles were found. The history of the tTn corded to date some remarkable schemes and mis chances of aristocratic smugglers, as well as of smug glers not so aristocratlo and of alleged smuggling that was not so regarded by the courts. Th?re W.M . ,adjr ,n Chicago, whose marriage name was that of a family that has accumulated millions In the meat business. She was asserted to be the smooth est smuggler who ever slipped 110,00a worth of neck lace through the port of New York. Months passed. She was absolutely safe. There was not the faintest suspicion anywhere. Her victory was so signal that she couldn't refrain from tellini her dearest and most intimate friends about It Thev told their dearest friends, and those, theirs. Special Treasury Agent Crowley, stationed in Chi cago, heard of it a year ago, and decided that it was about time the government got Its 60 per cent duty He called one evening at the lady's home. Introduced im.V-v,n-vi he w,?ul tak her husband's check for 16000. That was alL There was no dispute, no denial. The scandal Im pending waa too terrifying. The check was signed within five minutes, and Agent Crowley departed as quietly as he cam. That case never got Into the papers until today. There was another young woman who always re turned from Europe with a new pet dog. She would bring In as much as $400,000 worth of diamonds. Inside the dog, doggie having been fed diamonds Just before arrival and being killed for bis contents as soon as danger of detection was over. Her last adventure occurred Some years ago when the customs men went on her trail and that of her Japanese poodle containing $100,000 in Jeweia They didn't catch her, but the alarm deterred her from aubaeouent attempts. Muffs of valuable furs have been worn on the lea- 4 of a girl as she walked off the steamer to hide them J I from th inspectors; ostrich plumes have constituted r I whole union unaergarment when the fair smuggler came to be searched; shoo heels have carried gems and even the Inglorious porous plaster has been found, i between shoulder blades, to have a lining of diamonds worth a fortune. China and Japan SOME TIME AOO a weU-known writer and traveler assembled a number of facts about Japan and China, in order to show the difference between oriental and occidental Ideas. In hi statements about Japan these were noticed: Japan has nearly M.sos.So people, more than half as naaiiy as tbe united State The word "mikado" eignlflee something like "tbe Sacred Oate" or "the Sublime lorte." - """ Europe a. areas la worn at all court fenctleaa Kloe la the common fo-x5 ef tha common people Siatoeu eeata a day la good pay for anaklue tuber la Japea. Tea rear aeo It wae eeata Japan baa very few millionaire, and practically a ssultl BOllmneJro Toaio te a beadred year elite than Px. Peter sbnr. Tbe lovely Japaaeao cherry trees produce no cbemes Pa tne japaaeoe star anaie acta- play tbe female roles. ""v. I javaneea dead ar batted la a aqua it bag paeiuoa. chin J Tbe Japanese people, eves the poor, travel anaah la their run reentry, Meooru Japan eolne art naaknotas bear legeads la Of Chinos customs th traveler writ: - enuth instead ef north. Tee rvnoeee points bis eompaaa enuth ti la salatln yen. be Pats Ye hat Welkin wH. ye, fee beep et ef step. Pe ebake he own ban rneteo ef youru He e t ae ! of emiMieast. Te b petit, be a you yr aa and toceeeo. Hs weian ttn wear tree em. while be oftan wears a gewa. ' He pi isants aoffia S has frsea-e re preseal clear
