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duty, and fifty per cent fne-and they
generally glad to get off easily Some
times, however, women will fly into violent rage
when detected and will fling dutiable articles
overheard rather than let Uncle Sam confscate
them
Fashionable milliners and modistes are among
the worst Offenders One woman caught with
eight hundred ostrich feathers sewed to her petit
coat, while her husband had ninety watches fas-
tened to his undervest. Another had eight hun
dred dollars worth of lace concealed in a pillow.
To watch the trunks of some rich women being
unpacked is revelation to how dutiable arti-
cles be concealed, for between the thick
folded tissue papers that between the pleats
of the frocks, in the of paper that
crushed and put in the sleeves, bitso lace
some other filmy thing will be hidden. Hollow
boot-trees, too. are often successfully used by
ladies of fashion
Although not such frequent offenders men are
equally ingenious in their methods of defrauding
the customs. One smuggler took the trouble to re-
move the charges from number of revolver cart
ridges, fill the space with diamonds. and replace
the bullets. Seven years ago a consignment Of
$4,000 worth of diamonds passed the Custom
House hidden in a candy-coated animal carried by
child. Upon another occasion the famous dia-
mond smuggleT Max Lasar, rolled some large
stones in balls of sealing and inserted these
in a baby's rattle in place of the usual marbles,
These stones worth Sto,OOO were carried thrOugh
the Customs by the unsuspecting child of fellow
passenger.
A diamond smugg1er's trick.
nNE pursued the trade of diamond SNUG
~ Cling for fifteen years. He went to Europe two
three and sometimes four times year. Every
time he returned he had with him from $4,000 70
$4,000 worth of gems which he did not declare.
His trick simple it was daring His
hair was scanty and at the top of his head he had
round little bald spot. Customs officers all knew
him, but when they saw him he had most pro-
nounced where his friends only bald
spot That really a work Of art, made OF
wax and gum, and it contained two or three big
stones that would have been great hnd TO the
men on the pier.
The Perfecto that he had just lit and allowed to
go out held few more, and sewed in the handle
o1 the grip that he carelessly turned over to the
inspection of the officers were the rest of them
He never varied his methods, and was never found
cut He died recently, leaving a comfortable for
tune, and retired dealer in precious stones told
the stcrv of his operations.
The tale of the professor and his parrot has
been told before but it is well worth repeating.
He was an ornithologist, and stuffed and mounted
birds making frequent trips abroad. He was so
familiar a figure to the customs inspectors that
they were not particularly careful in examining
his baggage When in Paris one time the profes-
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Dreadnought. These
figures are, of course,
merely a drop I'm the
bucket of the snug
CLING that passes
through Atlantic ports
and over the Cana
dian frontier.
There is not a dav
passes in the travel
season without the
appearance of some
well-to-do woman at
the law division OF
the Custom House
seeking to avoid the
dire consequences OF
her attempt to Snug
gle. They are usual.
ly fearful, and eager
to settle at any price
to keep the affair ont
of the newspapers.
The chief of the law
division has learned
by long experience
how to deal with
such cases, and in
order to escape un-
pleasant action the
fair culprit must pay
the full foreign value
of the goods, the
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How Fashionable WOmt

Ut Is az amazing but undeniable
fact that women in the front rank
n Of society, whose lives are other
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gled into New York without paying
duties--a sum which would go a long
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quite crude.
The inspectors will tell you that nine-tenths of
all the women who travel try TO aVod paylns uuty, &
They cannot for the life of them understand why
they should pay all again for the pretty Jew
els and frocks that they have paid Tor WIN soou
American money in London and Paris henneu'
Educated Christian women, who in tneir homes
and their ordinary walks of life would be per
fectly scandaized at the thought or stealhg pm
will scheme and contrive to defraud the govern
ment out of hundreds of dollars, and When IL Is
done will geefuy brag about it at church socll-
bles and sewing bees Ihey & WIN & ster ~ IN nil
boxes and coifures. An elaborate headdress can
and has accommodated many unset gems success
fully. and many a pearl necklace mas arrived un-
strung In a medicine case one-half of the pearls
tinted pink and the other black with harmless
cooring matter in their coatings OF wax sun
others have been coral, being coated III
the same manner, and have come in successfully
And how shall the revenue man OF 1909 tell
which one of the FIVE or six hundred well dressed
ladies and gentlemen who are hurrying down the
gangplank to be met with the greetings Of long
absent friends, has valuable bag OF diamonds
concealed in the innermost recesses or his or her
garments? How can he tell which of that highly
respectable looking group gaily chatting has
"teiescope trunk with a false bottom, in which
are thousands of dollars worth Of rare laces!
Little things betray wrong doers
in other forms of wrongdoing, it is the little
"A trihes which the undoing of the smuggler
when he she comes under the surveillance OF the
trained inspector. The quick turn of an eye un
der steamer cap, trace Of nervousness as the
inspector approaches, the slightly abnormal fit of
a wastcoat or the inartistic hang of skirt, have
indicated in scores of the hiding place of
laces and diamonds and other jewels which it is
his business 20 secure and confscate Amusing
stories are told of badly fitting dresses that con-
tanned yards of expensive lace, of waistcoats that
buged in the wrong place to cover bags OF
precious gems, but these clumsy attempts, and
easily dealt with. There lady who lmped
because a diamond in a close fitting shoe crowded
as she walked down the slanting gangplank.
GO to any tea party composed of women who
have Just returned from abroad says a well
known society leader land you will be vastly en-
lightened to the methods by which these fair
smugglers have brought in things that Uncle Sam
should have had duty One will laughingly tell
you how she removed the label from each frock
and deliberately walked in it little trailing the
hem the ground to give it the appearance Of
having been worn, adding: "AIy gem of Lucette
will get out all those little smudges in ten min
utes." Another will unblushingy relate how she
deliberately SMILED some coffee lace rnffles
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reproach, will not hes
itate one moment 20
rob the government.
and will exercise the
utmost ingenuity AMI
trickery i'm so doing.
/ refer, Of course, TO
that polite form of
crime known as
"evading the GUS
tons" The "low ly-
ing. rakish craft" Of
the smuggler of olden
times has given way
to magnificent float
ing hotels, and the
bronzed seadogs who
sailed under the jolly
Roger have been sue
ceeded by immacu-
lately dressed men
and women who trip
lightly down the
gangplank under the
keen scrutiny Of the
customs inspectors
hardened but courte-
Gus officials who
know full well that
the passion for SNUG
Cling is as intense
today as it was two
hundred years ago.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-06
Downward Revision Has
Been Effected, Taft Says
While Not Perfect, President Believes New
Tariff Substantially Redeems Pledge

WASHINGTON. Aug. 5.-President
Taft tonight gave out statement en-
bodying his views of the new tariff act
He supported it as a sincere effort for
downward revision. The statement fol-
lows:
4 have signed the Payne tariff bill
because l believe it to be the result of
sincere effort on the part of the repub
lican party to make downward re-
vision and to comply with the prom
ises of the platform they have been
generally understood and as inter-
preted them in the campaign
This is not a perfect tariff bill or a
complete compliance with the promises
made strictly interpreted. but a full
fillment free from criticism in respect
to a subject matter involving many
schedules and thousands of articles
could not be expected. 1t suffices to say
that except with regard to whisky
liquors and wines and in regard to
silks and to some high classes of cot
tons, all of which may be treated as
luXuries and proper subjects OF reve-
nue. tariff, there have been very few
increases in rates.
There have been a great number of
real decreases in rates and they consti-
tute a sufficient amount to justify the
statement that this bin is a substan-
tian downward revision and a peduc-
tion OF excessive rates.
This is not free trade bill. 1t was
not intended to be. The republican
party did not promise to make free
trade bill.
1T promised TO make the rates pro-
tective, but TO reduce them when they
exceeded the difference between the
cost OF production abroad and here,
making allowances for the greater nor
NAL profit on active investments here.
I believe that while this excess has not
been reduced in a number OF cases, in
a great majority the rates are such as
are necessary to protect American in
dustries. but are low enough in case of
abnormal increase of demand and rails
ing of prices to permit the possibility
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-06
CRIME A DISEASE
SAYS YSSTOMACH MAN
Bad Digestion Warps Mental
Attitude and Lowers
Moral Tone
Eating Too Much More Apt to
NOurish Body Poorly Than
Eating Too Little

is crime a disease? Does morality
hinge on the mentality, and is a man
good or wicked according as his health
is normal or his stomach is out of
order? Cooper. the stomach man. as
he is called in the east, claims that
this is true. He was meeting callers
yesterday at the Owl drug store in the
Phelan building. He said:
Il believe that so per cent of all i'll
health is caused by stomach trouble.
And | believe the stomach affects the
mentality and that the condition of a
mans thinking apparatus controls his
conduct as a citizen. Experts on
crfminology prove by statistics that
practically all crimes are committed by
individuals of weak mentality and
poorly nourished bodies Medical rec
ords show that a disordered mental
attitude results from disordered nerv-
Gus system.
"A man doesn't have to eat too little
to have a poorly nourished body. A
poorly nourished body is far more apt
to result from eating too much. man
stuffs himself with rich food fails to
take exercise as nature intended, and
then gets dopey, droopy, tired and half
sick. He wonders why. It's as simple
as A B c. With such a mass of food
in his stomach it becomes overloaded
won't work and he is poorly nourished
He has bad dreams, gets a warped view
of everything. The whole world seems
to be against him. II this has been
going on from his earliest babyhood he
becomes criminal.
Il have medicine that I know will
put stomach in a normal healthy
condition in four to six weeks time
l have talked with thousands of people
since / have been in San Francisco and
many thousands more in the east be-
fore I came here Not one person out
OF 20 knew what was the matter with
themselves. 1 know that all this
chronic i'll health is caused primarily
by stomach trouble and nothing else
also know that the preparation I came
here to introduce will tone up the di-
gestive organs, and I know that mighty
few persons can be sick with a di-
gestive apLaratus in perfect shape
One of those who had thanked Cooper
for what his medicine had done for
them was N. Henry Meyers of 94S Mis-
sion street. He said:
For two years 1 have suffered tor
lures beyond description. 1 thought
my trouble was catarrh of the stomach
and l have been treated by various
physicians at different times for stom-
times that nothing could be done for
me. I have tried everything. had
almost given up hope when I heard of
Cooper He gave me some of his
stomach medicine and now 1 am a we'll
man. / am willing TO give all the
credit to this mans remedies. They are
wonderful x
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-06
GAR TELLS BRITONS
OF DESIRE FOR PEACE
Urges Closer Friendship Be-
tween Russia and England

CoWES, Aug. emperor Nicholas
concluded his visit to King Edward this
afternoon and on board the imperial
yacht STANDARD he left for <Kiel, es-
corted by Russian and British cruisers.
The czar received several deputa-
tions, including the lord mayor and the
corporation of London, and was pre-
sented with addresses in gold caskets.
In reply his majesty spoke of the i'm
portance of developing the political and
commercial friendship between Great
Britain and Russia as a guarantee of
the general peace.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
bade farewell to Emperor Nicholas and
the members of his party on board the
STANDARD and returned to the British
royal yacht. the Victoria and Albert,
which accompanied the Standard for
some distance outside the roadstead.
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of importing the foreign articles and
thus to prevent excessive prices.
''The power granted to the executive
under the maximum and minimum
clause may be exercised to secure the
removal of obstacles which have been
interposed by foreign governments in
the way of undue and unfair discrimi-
nation against American merchandise
and products.
The Philippine tariff section | have
struggled to secure for 10 years past
and it gratifies me exceedingly by my
signature to give it the effect OF law.
I am sure it will greatly increase the
trade between the two countries and it
will do much to build up the Philippine
islands in a healthy prosperity.
The administrative clauses of the
bill and the customs court are admir-
ably adapted to secure more uniform
and a more speedy final construction
of the meaning of the law.
The authority of the president to use
agents to assist him in applying the
maximum and minimum sections of the
statute, and to enable officials to ad-
minister the law, gives a wide latitude
for the acquisition, under circumstan-
ces favorable to it's truth, of informa-
ton in respect to the price and cost of
production of goods at home and
abroad, which will throw much light
on the operation of the present tariff
and be of primary Importance in the
way of officially collected data upon
which future executive action and ex-
eeutive recommendations may be based.
'The corporation tax is just and
equitable excise measure which 1t is
hoped will produce a sufficient amount
to prevent a deficit and which incident
ally will secure valuable statistics and
information concerning the many cor
porations of the country and Will con-
stitute an important step toward that
degree of publicity and regulation
which the tendency in corporate enter
prises in the last 90 years has shown
to be necessary"
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-06
PLAN MORE BURDEN
FOR SAN FRANCISCO
State Tax Equalizers Would In
crease Assessment Roll to
Aid Other Counties

Notwithstanding the fact that San
Francisco pays more than third of
the taxes of California, the state board
OF equalization proposes to increase
the burden.
A formal notice TO this effect was
received late yesterday by John Behan,
clerk of the supervisors. 1t was a
printed notice with the name, place
and date of protest stamped in. All
objections must be made at Assessor
Dodges Office between the hours of 10
a. m. and 4 p. m. wednesday, August
25. This announcement gives prop
erty owners an opportunity to make a
protest.
The present tax roll of San Francisco
is for s492. 900 600. The valuation of
Assessor Dodge was thus settled by the
supervisors sitting as a county board
of equalization. The supreme court
has decided that no individual assess
ments can be raised after the county
board has fixed the rolls The state.
however, can raise the figures of the
whole.
STATES SHARE NOT FIXED
The state receives about 40 cents on
each 800 of the county taxes. If it
increases the roll it is able to take
not only its regular share, but 40
cents of the amount of its raise, which
is lost by the county. The states share.
however, is not fixed until September.
Taken from the year of 1882 the
board has raised the San Francisco
valuation in the rates of s, Is, TO- IL,
80, 20, Is and 90 per cent respectively.
It stood at 30 per cent until 1904, when
ii was raised to 80 per cent. The
board now proposes to make it more
than 80 per cent
NOTICE FROM EQUALIZERs
The tendency of the state equalizers
to pile up San Francisco's burden has
long been a cause of protest. It's pres
ent formal notice reads:
Please take notice and inform the
board of supervisors of the county of
San Francisco that the state board of
equalization. having examined the as
sessmentS upon the assessment roll or
book for the year 1903 for said county
proposes to increase the entire assess
ment roll or book of said county for
said year, except property exempt from
taxation increase, for the purpose of
making the assessments conform to the
true value in money of the property
contained in said roll, so as to eaualize
the value of the taxable property of
the several counties in the state for the
purpose of taxation.
The board will consider all objections
that may be made to such increase at
the assessors Office. in San Francisco.
on Wednesday. the 25th day of August
1909, between the hours OF 10 a. M and
p. m.
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The California Promotion Committee

(The State Central Organisation organized in
Ie02--An association for the commercial and
industrial development OF California;
PROMOTIONS: The act of promotion. advance
ment. cement Century Dictionary.
TIoN OF California interests. 1t has nothing to
sell. It fosters all thugs tending to the AD
vANCEMENT OF California. 1t Is an authority
on all matters relating to California It EN-
CoURAGES the establishment Of new industries
and fosters those already established. 1t invites
desirable immigration. 1t presents the oppor
tunities and needs or all fields OF business and
professional activity. 1t is supported by popular
subscription and makes no charge for any service
rendered. 1t has affiliated with 1t zoo CONNER
cial organizations Of the state, with combined
membership of more than $4,000 Meetings Of
representatives OF these organizations are held
semiannua11y in different parts Of the state.
where matters OF California's interests are dis
cussed. Headquarters OF the committee main
tanned In California building, Union square, San
francisco. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED.
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The LYCEuM

Begins its seventeenth year July &c. We
prepare for the university. the law college. med
zeal colleges. teachers Exs., etc Our record
for 16 years: We prepared successfully 97 for
stanford, 80 for q. OF c.. { for Harvard, for
Yale for Columbia, for Princeton. for Cor
nell, 8 for Mass Inst OF Tech. for Michigan,
for Northwestern. for Virginia. for Univ.
OF Chicago; Annapolis Z, West Point Is, Army
Officers Ex. "a Civil Service s4, Rev. Cutter s.
Medical colleges 1S5. Our record at Stanford:
OF 81 students prepared for Stanford not one
'dunked OUT for lack OF preparation: were
offered positions IN the faculty: were gradu-
ated after only 35 years. 1 after only years.
We save from to years OF the high school
course. Six excellent teachers, specialists OF
fame. Individual instruction. The superiority
OF this school is incontestable. We give also
special courses. Attend the school where you
get the best preparation. 2500 Pine ST., cor.
Scott L. Fl. GRAU. Ph.D.. Principal.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-06
TARIFF BILL IS
PASSED AND IS
SIGNED BY TAFT
Senate Adopts the Conference
Report by a Vote of
AZ TO 81
President in High Spirits When
He Af1xes His Signature
to the Measure

high 10 suit him. with How are you.
old high TARIFF"
When the committees of the senate
snd house. appointed TO inform the
president that the extraordinary ses-
sion was ready to adjourn. called at
the presidents room, the bill had not
been signed.
Well ] have not signed the bill
yet" said the president. DO YOU think
that l ought to adjourn congress before
4 sign it,"
The announcement had been made
by Aldrioh on the theory that nothing
stood in the way OF adjournment. There
having been a great deal of talk about
The possibility of a veto, everybody in
The room caught the significance Of the
presidents jocular remark.
Il certainly do not" hastily replied
Senator Aldrich
The delay in laying the bin before
the president was due to Representa-
tive Psyne's desire TO convey the docu-
ment 10 the president personally.
Signs Philippine Tariff
After attaching his name to the gem
srsI tariff bin Taft signed the Philip
pine tariff bill.
Tie president picked up a mother Of
pearl pen which had been sent him
from the Philippine islands to be used
in signing this measure. He wrote his
name with flourish which was not in
evidence when he signed the general
tariff bill
The president left the capitol at $50
10 return to the White House through
3 driving storm.
The house devoted the last day OF
the special session to perfecting the
tariff bill and transacting a mass Of
routine business. Speaker Cannon an
hounced his committee appointments,
and they were received with varying
degrees OF satisfaction.
Address by Cannon
Before adJourning the house Speaker
Cannon said in part:
The majority is responsible from
time TO time for our legislation. We
have performed our duty to the best Of
our ability. AT times the contests have
been warm, but there is one good thing
about representing the American popu-
lation When the contest is over and
the legislation is complete, unless it is
quite Objectionable. the people of the
country conform to the provision of the
legislation and we move on
Dinner at White House
With the tariff bill passed and the
snimosities of debate and conference
al but forgotten, the tariff builders"
sat with the president at dinner to-
night in the state dining room of the
White House. The guests included
the FIVE members of the cabinet
who are in the city. ali the mem
hers OF the senate committee on
finance and the house committee on
ways and means. Vice President Sher-
man and Speaker Cannon and the fol-
lowing senators and representatives:
Senator's Crane. Hale, Root. Aldrich
Cullom. Daniel, Lodge. Burrows. Pen
rose McCumber, Taliaferro, Bailey
Simmons. Smoot, Flint
Representatives Dwight. DalzeI OF
Pennsylvania. Payne of New York Nc
Call Of Massachusetts, Hill OF Connect
icut, Underwood of Alabama, Clark Of
Missouri. Crumpacker OF Indiana.
Broussard OF Louisiana, Griggs OF
Georgia, Needham Of California. Cald-
erhead Of Kansas Fordney Of Michi-
gan, Gaines Of West Virginia. Pou OF
North Carolina. Randall of Texas
Longworth OF Ohio.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-06

IDENTIFY SURF vICTIM-Los Angeles Aug
J.-The body of the young man drowned in the
surf at Ocean Park yesterday was identified to-
day by two persons as that Of Charles S. Swift
son of wealthy parents OF Dublin. ireland who
are now motoring through Germany. Swift was
to have left Los Angeles next week and join his
parents in Germany.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-06
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DEATH oF coLoNEL

$3.50 Robins Egg Blue. Latest
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Aug. 5.-Colonel G. a. Richie, said to have heer
a government engineer ON the Panama canal
some years ago. was found unconscious in hcd
afterward. ~ o'