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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-11-03
Traffic in Young Women in
America Is Disclosed.
BECOME SLAVES OF MERCILESS MANDARINS
Lured to Dens in Chicago on Various Pre-
texts and Taken to Orient by Ring of De-
ceiving Females-Astounding Prac-
tice Barred by Secret Serv-
ice Officials.

in February, 1901, from Montreal, may
have met the same fate. These girls
were employed in the Hotel de Villa,
Montreal. Two French women stopped
at the hotel as guests. They engaged
the girls to come to Chicago and lured
them to resort. The young women
were rescued from the dive and re-
turned to their homes. Later it is re-
ported they again disappeared. The
circumstances of their second disap.
pearance from home are supposed to
have been a second visit from the
French women, who pretended to de-
sire to make reparation and then sent
the girls to China for the dual pur-
pose of getting a price of $500 apiece
for them and sending dangerous wit
nesses against themselves out of the
country.
Chicago Girls Among Captives.
The names of ten more young wom-
en- that have disappeared from homes
in Chicago and other American cities
and were shipped to Shanghai are in
the possession of the inspector of the
Chinese immigration bureau. The po-
lice of this and other cities are gath
ering evidence against the promoters
Of the slavery and their prosecution
will follow. On this point the govern
ment agents say they must rely oil
the police and state authorities, since
there is no national law against eX-
porting women for such purposes.
American Consul James L. Rodgers
at Shanghai, has enlisted the coopera-
ton of the English and Chinese au-
tEorities in that city, and evidence of
many sales of American and Canadian
girls to Chinese masters has been pro-
cured.
The authorities have unquestionable
proof of the incarceration in Chinese
harems of at least dozen of the girls
who were shipped from Chicago. Hill
da Olson, aged 20, is said to have COM
mitted suicide on arriving at Shan
ghai in order 20 escape the fate of be-
ing a slave to Chinese master.
Others were shipped to interior towns,
where they were held by one master
after another, until they were finally
sold to Chinese, who took them SO far
into the interior they could not be
traced.
The horror of the situation of the
girls, all of whom are young and were
selected because of their beauty, can
be imagined when it is known that
the Chinese purchasers own them as
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-11-03
The Weight of Milk.

Prof. Van Norman of the Indiana ex-
pertinent station, says that one gallon Of
milk of average density weighs pounds
9h ounces, This will vary slightly ac-
cording to the amount of cream in it..
The greater the proportion of cream
the less will he the weight, as cream is
lighter than the milk. In the weighing
of cream, the percentage Of fat counts
largely. If tho cream contains Is per
cent. of butter fat, it will weigh s pounds
and ounces. II it contains So per cent.
Of fat, 1t will weigh pounds ounces;
10 per cent, pounds and ounce.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-11-03

women have been regaled by stories
of the palaces maintained by those of
their kind in the celestial kingdom.
formerly identified with Chicago's
dark side have visited the city and
departed with band of these women,
who have never been heard of after
ward.
Despite all this, the knowledge that
girls are being sold into actual slav-
cry and the4 the young and inexperl-
enced are being lured from home to
supply the demand for white slaves
came as q startling surprise.
More than a year ago an inkling of
the system and its extent reached the
local police, and from time to time
the atrocities practiced by the inter
national band of slave traders caused
a ripple. Nothing was done, however,
to Investigate the situation and sup
press the traffic until the federal au-
thorities acted in this instance, send
ing the police of Chicago New York
and San Francisco into action stimuli
taneously.
It il believed that exposure will Of
itself bring the operations of the slave
traders to an end, save in the cases
of the very ignorant Punishment be-
fitting the enormity of the crimes that
have been committed is doubtful, both
because OF the absence OF specific laws
meeting the situation and the fact that
most OF the Offenders have placed the
Pacific ocean between themselves and
prosecution.
1T is true this sort of thing has
been going on for some time" said
Chief Collins. 81 have detectives
working on the case now and expect
to do something before long The in.
formation came to me from Washing
ton first, and / then took the case up
with the government officers here, but
they could do nothing. / don't care
to state what our next move will be-"
One Woman Suspected.
One woman against whom positive
evidence has been gathered as cen,
trail figure in this system of kidnap
ing, abduction and sale into slavery
boollmaker, Several others are wom
en- who formerly conducted resorts in
Chicago and now make their homes
in Chinese treaty ports.
While 40 cases are charged against
the former, the latter are said to have
recruited hundreds who have entered
upon a living death from which there
is no possibility of escape save by
suicide.
The wife of the boolimaker, when
questioned. Indignantly denied the
charges. She lives in : splendid apart
ment and Is supposed to be wealthy
THE charges against me are prepos
! teTous." she SAID. Il cannot imagine
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-11-03
PARALYSIS CURED
Case Seemed Hopeless but Yielded 20
Or. Williams Pink Pills.

Mr.. Kenney has actually escaped from
the paralytic's fate to which he seemed a
short time ago hopelessly doomed. The
surprising report has been fully verified
and some important details secured in a
personal interview with the recent suf-
ferer.
"The doctor" said Mr.. Kenney, "told
me that if wanted to live any length
of time would have to give up work al
together, and he told my friends that
the paralysis which had begun would in
time involve my whole body"
just how were you afflicted at this
time 7" Mr.. Kenney was asked.
Well, had first hot, and then cold
and clammy feelings, and at times my
body felt as if needles were being stuck
into it. These sensations were followed
by terrible pains, and again Iwould have
no feeling at all, but a numbness would
come over me, and Iwould not be able to
move. The most agonizing tortures came
from headaches and pain in the spine.
"Night after night could not get nv
natural sleep and my system was wrecked
by the strain of torturing pains and the
effect of the opiates l was forced to take
to induce sleep. AS look back on the
terrible suffering l endured during this
period often wonder how retained my
reason through it all.
But relief came quickly when I
was induced to try DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People. The very first box
seemed to help me, and seven boxes made
me entirely well. There can be 10 doubt
about the thoroughness of my cure, for
have worked steadily ever since and that
is nearly four years"
Mr.: Kenney is at present employed by
the Merrimac Hat Company and resides
at 10l Aubin street, Amesbury, Mass.
The remedy which he used with such
satisfactory results, is sold by all drug
gists, or direct by the Dr. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N Y.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-11-03

how they originated. have been to
China once. Then 1 visited a married
lady friend in Hongkong. There is a
delightful colony of Americans in
Hongkong l found life there charm.
ing. Most American women who go
there do, There Is much wealth and
money is spent freely. But white
women no more associate with Chinese
there than they do here. never
heard of any American women being
married to Chinese there
"As for my being connected with
band of slave traders, the charge is
absurd. On my only voyage was
unaccompanied. have never sent
anyone there.
II have told stories of the fine cli-
mate and of the splendid times wom-
en- have there, but 1 do not know of
anyone who has been influenced to go
by my yarns.
1.-TWO of my friends have been
dragged into this scandal One Is the
wife of German banker and the other
the wife of merchant. Both were
Chicago women. They went to China
as single women and married there.
Every summer they come back to Chi
cago and stay with me at my fiat.
They make this trip to escape the
heated term in the orient. They are
wealthy women, and left only a few
days ago after a months visit with
me. have never heard Of any women
returning. to China with them.
II know Of large number of Chi
cago women of legal age who have
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-11-03
FUNNY
People Will Drink Coffee When It
"Does Such Things"

81 began to use Postum because the
old kind of coffee had so poisoned my
whole system that l was on the point
OF breaking down, and the doctor
warned me that l must quit it.
My chief ailment was nervousness
and heart trouble.
Any unexpected noise would cause
me the most painful palpitation, make
me faint and weak.
had heard of Postum and began to
drink it when l left off the old coffee.
II began TO help me just as soon as
the old effects of the other kind CT
coffee passed away. 1t did not stimu-
late me for awhile, and then leave
me weak and nervous Gs coffee used
tC do, Instead of that it built up my
strength and supplied constant vigor
to my system which l can always rely
on. 1t enables me to do the biggest
kind of a days work without getting
tired. All the heart trouble. etc., has
passed away.
81 give it freely to all my children,
from the youngest to the Oldest and It
keeps them all healthy and hearty"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek Mich.
There's q reason.
Read the little book. THE Road to
Wellyille." in pkgs-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-11-03

gone to China during the last few
years and secured wealthy husbands"
she said 1T is their own business
and l don't see why the authorities
should raise any objections to their
going. They are surely better off than
they would be here"
do they marry Chinese?" she was
asked
"Oh, no; they marry white men.
There are thousands of single Write
men in the Chinese cities who want
wives from their own lands"
The woman in question, it is said,
takes periodical trips to China and
receives and entertains women Wis
itors from the orient in the United
States ostensibly to enjoy vacations
during the heated term in the Chi
nese city. The visitors, it is declared,
are the women who do the actual work
of transporting the girls from Amer
lea to China at so much apiece. They
visit San Francisco, New York, Phila-
delphia. Montreal, and every large city
where it is possible for them to pur-
sue their nefarious vocations without
too much police interference. The
woman does not deny her oriental ac-
quaintances, but she does deny that
girls are obtained by her and sent to
China.
Hard to Reach Offenders.
Washington officials first notified the
local authorities of the nefarious ptac.
tice which was going on, as there is
no federal law under which punish
ment could be meted out to the Of
lenders. They can be reached, how
ever, under an Illinois law, and If
sufficient evidence can be obtained the
guilty one can be sent to the peni-
tentiary on the charge of abduction.
The difficulty which has prevented
the officials from taking action is
that the victims shipped out of the
country never return to tell the tale.
At Eongkong or some other Chinese
port they are met by agents of the
band and sold into slavery in the in
terror far beyond the pale of Euro
pean and American civilization that
fringes the seacoast
A number of persons have been sent
to the penitentiary under the federal
statutes for importing women into
the United States, but the aurnoritier
have never been able to reach persons
operating in the other direction.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-11-03

chattel slaves, may sell them to
others, or may keep them as long as
they please, and in event OF their dis
pleasure order their heads cut off, a..
without incurring the risk of trial OF
punishment.
Prices for Girls Vary.
The fixed price for Chinese girl
slaves at Shanghai is from $3.50 to
$500. The price paid by the Chinese
men for the American girls betrayed
into their hands by the two women
engaged in the traffic varies from $3.50
to $1,000 apiece, A young woman OF
special beauty and accomplishment
brings higher price than a palmer
aud less accomplished one.
The "levee" section Of the North
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-11-03

side seems to be the headquarters OF
the slave" traders. Detectives and
secret service officers have Investigated
a number of externally unpretentious
houses and. have discovered conditions
they never believed could exist. To
step within the portals of these houses
is like being transported to the orient.
Rich rugs, tapestry, Chinese and jap
anese bric-a-brac, virgin gold and jade
ware studded with diamonds and pre-
cious stones, greet the eye of the vis-
itor.
Lured by Tales of Wealth.
1t Is into these dens of splendor that
unsuspecting girls have been lured.
Wild tales of the wealth and pleasures
that will be theirs in the orient are
poured into the startled ears of the
girls by women so schooled that the
unsuspecting victims really believe the
glowing promises that are made.
You will find scores of wealthy
merchants and business men in Chit
nese cities who are far from home,"
say the deceivers. "They are seeking
wives from their own land"
Another story is that wealthy orien-
tails want American companions and
governesses for their children who are
to be trained for college courses in
the big universities of this country.
Traffic a Surprise.
That Chicago has been used as a
recruiting station for the resorts of
the treaty ports and the frequently
visited spots of the orient has long
been known to the under world whose
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-11-03
THE COW AND ITS MILK.

Good mixers will almost invariably
show a wel-developed milk vein.
Butter will be foamy il the cream
is allowed to stand until it gets too
sour.
After COW passes much beyond
nine years Of age she begins to de-
teriorate.
The development of the dairy COW
is engaging the best thought of our
dairymen.
The dairy COW is becoming popular
all over the world, as she is a money
maker and does not lower the fertility
of the farm.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-11-03
HINTS ON APPLE PICKING.
Careful Handling of the Fruit and
Sorting and Packing Necessary
to Best Results.

When the trees get such size that all
the fruit cannot be reached from a
stepladder, there is no better way Of
gathering apples than to use the COM
mon ladder with half-round spruce
sides and oak rungs. 1t is light an
possible for the necessary strength and
length
For trees over 30 feet high it is use
less to say much about the use of lad.
ders, but for anything up to 80 feet use
ladders that will reach fully to the top
of the tree, so that the fruit can all
be gathered easily and rapidly from
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-11-03

whose identity Is well known to the
government authorities.
The dealer who delivered the girls
into their slavery resides in Chicago
and has a woman confederate in
Shanghai, China, who is also known
to the government secret service
4, agents.
These astounding facts were dis
closed by the local immigration bu-
reau, which received complaint of the
ssale of Louise Miller, girl from Mon
treal, Canada, to the agent of Chi
hese official in Shanghai.
Other evidence obtained indicated
-Ahat Eva Campeau, Maggie Drouln and
Victoria Stamour, three mattresses
Nka we're induced to sme to Chicago
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-11-03
Amber in New york Citv.

Large masses of amber have recent
ly been discovered in cretaceous strata
on Staten Island, now the borough OF
Richmond of the city of New York. The
deposits are being commercially worked.
1t is thought that some of this amber
may ue the product of sequoia-trees
that grew on the Atlantic coast in cTs
taceous time.-Youth's Companion.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-09-25

happened to be an examination into
the probable responsibility for the
Bennington disaster.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-09-25
FOLLOW CONFUC|US AND
THERE WILL Be No WARS
Anniversary of The Philosophers Birth Gel
ebrated Yesterday by Honolulu
Bow Wong Societies.

of to
indicated
dimmed by the
the Mu Ke
junior Wong Society.
of the white
of Chinese hall
drag OF
The by speakers and the the
set the
China,
of
followed would be
war;, neighbors.
w must follow teachings great he
his than know
neighbors Of the things
asked by him to do.
are taught worship
who retained their
of they have msled and made
the people to obey their
should
if helpful the
Confueius must
churches and
Masters daily religion good others 1t
body If this
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history Jews9 Because they refused to listen
We
follow the teachings laws teacher
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Following the speeehmaking Refreshments served
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-09-25
PHILIPPINE FREE
TRADE A SURE
ENOUGH THING
Chairman Payne of Ways and Means as Well as
"Uncle Joe" Cannon in Favor of lt.-Ths
Bennington Investigation.

/ Honolulu people. The Secretary knows
that there has been great laxness
among naval officers about engi
neering duty. He is determined that
this laxness shall cease. The com
manders of ships of war in the Navy
will be held to strict accountability,
Lucien Young among the number. But
this is only one of the particulars
wherein Mr.. BOnaparte has created a
good impression here. If he only lasts,
Washington observers are now saying.
He has started well and gives promise
of being the best cabinet officer Presi-
dent Roosevelt has yet selected Sec
retary Root, of course, was not Roose-
welt s discovery. President Mckinley
brought him out. The same was true
of Secretary Taft.
When Speaker Cannon was here a
few days ago, he let fall some words
about the Philippine tariff which will
be of interest in Honolulu. The
Speaker, ardent standpatter that he is,
favors free trade for the Philippines.
He expects free trade Philippine
measure to be one of the very few inn
portant matters of legislation at the
coming session. All along Mr.. Cannon
has held to the view that it was only
a question of time when the freest
trade must exist between the Philip
pines and the mainland, just as it does
with Hawaii. He thinks, too, that the
Philippines must eventually come into
just as close relations in every particu
lar as Hawaii enjoys.
The announcement that Representa-
tive Serene E. Payne of New York,
Chairman of the Ways and Means Com
mittee, has been converted to free
trade, since he went to the Philippines,
has interested Mr.. Cannon immensely.
Heretofore, while not being much of
force IN the House, Mr.. Payne, as
Chairman of the Ways and Means,
has been a stumbling block to a free
trade measure with the Philippines.
But if the cable dispatches prove true
as to Mr.. Payne, Mr.. Cannon thinks a
free trade Philippine bill ought to go
through the House humming this
winter Tt will encounter more oppo
sition in the Senate, because the beet
sugar and tobacco interests will debate
it extensively.
A month will pass before President
Roosevelt and his family come back to
Washington. He has had strenuous
days, making peace, and only recently
word went out that the President
would attend to only the most import
ant business during the remainder of
He wants the time for his
vacation There has been a silence,
of late, about extra session of Con-
gress, but, after all the diverse state
it is now taken for granted that
there will be no extra session and that
CONTINUED on Page ID
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happened to be an examination into
the probable responsibility for the
Bennington disaster.
SIX SPECIFICATIONS.
The specifications of the charge made
by the Secretary of the Navy against
Commander Young are six in number.
The first says that he failed to enforce
paragraph of article 1900 of the
United States Navy Regulations, which
provides that all cocks and valves
are to be moved at least once week.
The second says that he failed to en-
force paragraph II of article 1909,
which provides that the safety valves
shall be lifted by the hand at least
once each week, when not under steam,
to insure their good working order
The third says that he failed to en-
force article 652, which defines the re-
sponsibility for the preservation, and
efficient working of all the machinery
aboard war vessels, and for the clean
illness and good condition of all bulk
heads, doors, valves, pipes and maehln-
cry in the engine-room. The four other
specifications are similar in character
to these.
The court martial adjourned today
until tomorrow almost as soon as 1t
convened to allow more time for prep
aration of the defense. The line Of de-
tense which will be offered by Judge
George D. Gear, counsel for Commander
Young, is, however, easily prophesied.
1t will be pointed out that not one of
the articles which the officer on trial
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FROM THE OUTER WORLD
BY STEAMER NEBRASKAN

James d. Kennedy of Honolulu has
been elected vice-president of the
Junior Glass, Stanford University.
Tt is reported on high authority that
Plenipotentiary de Witt will be dis
honored by the Gar when he returns
to Russia.
Tsunayubi Adachi. chief of the Toxic
metropolitan police, has resigned, and
Kiyohide Seki, Governor of Nagano
prefecture, has been appointed as his
successor.
The Little Carmelite Sisters, having
resisted expulsion, the doors of their
convent in Paris were forced open and
the institution was closed, the sisters
taking trains for elsewhere.
A detachment of Federal troops has
been sent to Clpperton island, in the
Pacific, to guarantee the interests of
the company which has a concession to
establish fisheries in the neighborhood
of the island.
The Northwest Indiana conference
of the Methodist Church declined to in
dorse an appeal from the congregation
at Whiting, Ind, to John d. Roekefel-
Ter for financial aid for the building of
a new church and parsonage.
For what viii probably be the first
time in the history of this country,
hieh-caste Chinese girl is to be intro
duced to Washington society this fall
She is Miss Liang Cheng, the seventeen
year-old daughter of the Chinese Min
lister.
Mrs. Alice Hogan Rice, the author
of Mrs Wigs and the Cabbage
Patch" and other notable stories, while
not altogether forsaking literary pur-
suits has made her debut in the COM
mercial world by organizing new
national bank with capital stock of
$3.50, 1000
Lawrence Brown, an inspector for
the Department of Interior, whose
hasty marriage to Miss Florence Har-