THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY HORNING, OCTOBER 4, 1903
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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-
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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
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"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