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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-18

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siLeston Ma were in Cairo vestar.
Mrs. James Casey has returned
from a three weeks visit IN Detroit.
Mich, and several other northern
noints
W. p. Vanderburg O. Care Gi,ar.
dean was IN the civ YESTERDAY on
BUSINESS.
Mrs. Frank P. Aver has return cd
sister. Mrs. r. King Kaufman.
Among the Mound City people here
yesterday were Mrs. w. A. Montgom.
cry, Mrs. Frank Handley and Mrs.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. n. Hosmer of Chi.
eago who have been visiting their
son RAYMOND l.. Hosmer and famil,
have returned home.
Dr r. L. Switzer ana wife of Har.
risburg, va. are here 10 attend the
-Wenser wedding. Dr.
Swftzer is a cousin OF the groom's
father.
Misses. Hattie and Peggy Rial OF
)ongola, and viii Giyens of Mounds
were here last evening to attend the
performs nce OF Al. H. Wilson at the
opera house.
Jack Burdette has returned from a
weeks southern trip in the interest
Of the Dalton Adding Machine Co. He
is the Southern Illinois agent for the
Dalton company
est, H., who has been the guest of
MIR. and Mrs. David S. Lansden, and
joan NJ. Lansden, and family, left
this morning for Anna,
Mrs. j. H. Watson and children
mers mother Mrs. Belle Powers 20s
Twelfth street have returned to
their home at Tuscaloosa. Ala
II. r. Knesche who has been visit.
ing the family of ]. B. Reed left yes
West virginia Mrs Knesche re.
NAMED for longer visit
Or. F. NJ Har~eu returned yester-
day from Detroit Mich. where ne
and his wife have been visiting refa.
tives. Mrs. Harrel Will remain in
year.
Miss Rosa Schuford OF Hickory, ~
G., arrived Sunday night to be the
guest of w. H. Sutherland and fam
lily of West Twenty-seventh street UNI
til after the Sutherland.W enger nup-
Mrs. Raymond d. Irvine of Cen.
tralia is here visiting hen, parents
MIR. and Mrs. W. H. Sutherland and
also to be present at the marriage
OF her sister Miss Maude, to Mr.. JOS
eph cambridge Wenger
anu ME, H. ~ reii'ie"'ii u " 'Sni"s
lon, u. ~ are quests a. ,ne Ao'ile VI
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-18
Bridal Party.

The members OF the Sutherland
Wenger bridal party composed a
crowd that cane down town last
evening enjoying several OF the vau-
deville theatres and afterwards lunch
Ell at the Alexander Club
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-18

lation. S. S. increases the resistive
powers Of the system and by strength
ening and building up the vitality,
allows nature to make perfect and
lasting cure. Book describing the
disease and any medical advice sent
free to all who write.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Co
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-18

Steamboat and Rsnlrosd Excursions,
There were two excursions into
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-18

cleansing a n q
purify in & the
blood, assists the
stomach and di-
gestive members
in the creation of
new blood cor
puscles and other
nourishing mat
ter for the circu-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-18
Meeting TONIGHT.

A meeting ii the ladies' who work.
ed for the knights of Colun bus din
.ner gwen recently, IS called for to-
night at ST. Joseph's hall on Cross
street.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-18
Alumni MEETING Tonight.

There will be a meeting tonight at
Cairo High school by the Egyptian
Alumni AJsdciauon, preliminary -
the Lyceum course.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-18
To Honor Rr.de.EIect.

Miss Marie HALEY will entertain
this morning with card party hon
oring Miss Maude Sutherland, a
bride OF tomorrow.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-18

p. NJ. Richards has returned from a
visit OF several weeks at Champaign,
Danville and other points in the
northern and central portions of the
state. While at Champaign last Sat
urday he saw the great football game
between Chicago and Illinois on the
state university campus
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-18
SOCIAL cAND PERSONAL !
Schiller Club.

The Schiller Club will meet this
afternoon with Mrs. Chas. r Miller
sec Commercial avenue at go
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-18
Enrtninl,tly Club.

Fortnightly Club.
The Fortnightly Club will nave
their first meeting at the club rooms
in the Cairo public library this after
noon.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-18

Edward P. Trobaugh of Murphys
boro was here yesterday on business.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-05
LOEB,S NAME ELECTRIC.

On THE wharves, the docks. and az
- all the places where the great
liners come IN, the name OF Loeb sets
every man 20 hurrying zealoUsly about
his work The new collector is not q
man 20 retain anyone inefficient or any
one whom he even suspects might accept
bribe- Therefore the inspectors are
more jealous than ever, and not even
the most naughty society uarron is too
great for curSOry search 70 be made,
despite her protests
II IS estimated that millions OF dol
lars worth OF articles NJ value, OF
gems, clothing. tobacco. and liquors.
have been Struggled in during the past
year. while special revenue cutters are
busy all the time watching for the
opium smugElers and the divers who
bring their little boats close 10 the
shore on the dark nights when there is
no moon
But even here that marvellous net is
spread Along the Pacific coast. down
through South America. across to
China and Japan. through the Orient
and 20 every port Of the European
coast extend those invisible lines across
which fash the messages that tel Of
plots OF smuSglers. and whose meshes
catch the feet OF these same peopIs
and drag them into the fare of the
iimellSht OF court Of justice.
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THE BIGGEST OFFENDERS.

sc OCIETY people are supposed TO be
~ the biggest offenders" he said.
but IL is simply that they get more pub
licity. We had a Harlem butcher who
smuggled in $1,000 worth Of jewels and
then got trapped because he took an
orange from the table after lunch He
put the orange in his pocket and the
bulge drew the inspectors attention He
was searched and the jewels found.
isceutly. "a noted musician who goes
back and forth every year TO Paris and
who bought a Stradivarius violin one
year He sold his old one and brought
the famous Strad back in his own case,
covered as IL was with customs stamps
Naturally the inspectors passed IL. but
the musician boosted OF his violin, and
a dealer who went 20 see Il heard the
story Of its purchase and notified US.
There was a man from Naples who
came in with his shirt fairly lined with
jewels. and there are the Syrians who
smuggle in Iaces and handkerchiefs, and
there are the manufacturers who declare
half or three-quarters in and smuggle
the rest.
There are automobile men who bring
their machines in With faxed certificates
OF value. and there are buyers OF cheap
jewelry who bring in great cases OF
plated brooches and bracelets, etc, with
magnificent sapphires. rubies. and even
diamonds set In with bits OF glass. and
these necessitate weeks OF work for the
Jewel experts IN the appraisers stores
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-05

abroad with her and then brought back.
II sounded plausible. but when IL was
found that they were all still IN sd-
vance OF the fashions the gowns were
corhscated and she paid the duty Big
hats are great hiding places for rare
laces used as trimming underneath silk
bows, etc, while even false calves and
padding Of all kinds are safe receptacles
for th= little things which women bring
in
Mistakes are bound to occur with US
sometimes. Sometimes We miss the right
man or woman and get the wrong one.
but IN nearly every instance We hnI
! mat the person searched has things con
cealed."
one favorite method is 10 put old
things in the trunk and carry as care
lessly az possible new ones. Governor
Rollins IS alleged TO have done this. put
ting an old watch into his trunk AMI
N+atihS = new ouv on his old chain.
while many women eurceaI new Jewels
among old ones which they can prove
tneF nave possessed for some time
The question o. people passing
through" IS another enc for which COL
lector Loeb has been forced 10 invent
new systems. FOR anyone on their wav
from one country % arOther NAV carry
many hings with tuem. and this perrlis-
sion Is sometimes used as q method 10
ger things into tie country
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-05
ADMITS FOOLISHNESS

.OF the Rollins case. and those Of Mrs
Chesboroush and Mr.. Lyons. all
OF whom paid the heavy fines imposed
by the Government. h. was less in
clined 10 talk, declaring that all tho
news appertaining 10 these famous
cases had been published
II was obvious thar his sympatbv in
a great extent lay with the former
governor who declares bitterly that he
was fool" but that everybody on
slHpboard had said it made delay ON
landing If YOU declared everything dr.
table YOU had with you.
The shame of the exposure has broken
Mrs Rollins heart and sent both her
and her husband into retirement. while
their places in the fare OF the IimeIight
have been taken by Mrs. Chesborough
and Hiram R Lyon.
Mrs Chesborough is the wife Of Ere
mont B. ChesbOroush. the steamboat
owner and millionaire of Newton.
Mass The story of how her trunk
was found TO have a false bottom
which she declared was an ironing
board, and how beneath this was
found a bill of sale for pearl neck
lace, which, including duty, is worth
5000. has Mortified her many friends.
The pearl necklace, which could not
be found at the first search, was later.
surrendered by Mr.. Chcsborough. al
though how it got into the country is
still a mystery. Collector Loeb Will
as soon as the present case Is over and
the sentence passed upon Mrs Ches-
borough, who still cries out that she Is
not guilty Of smuggling.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-05
NEVER TOO

THE biggest obstacle in the way Of the
smugglar is the fact that IL is never
too late for the watch dogs OF the port
10 Dounce upon them. You may have
brought things in a year. two years. or
three years ago, but if rumors Of II
reach this department Of the Govern
mcnt they may yet descend upon YOU
and demand the duty That IS why The
desire 10 tell is always so fatal
The time must come says Mr. Loeb.
when all these cases brought before The
judges in the United States Courc VIII
pHt a stop 10 smuggling II must reach
q point when az least the men who have
stood AZ the head Of their State, or who
or the women who make I'D its arIstO-
cratic sets. il not Tor the sake of Justice
% escape rctoT5etl-5 VIII STOP this bring
ing ID OF small articles We are willing
10 De lenient II We ind a woman
bringing In cigars and she tells US they
are included among her personal effects
We VIII a. once decide that If she gireS
them away at her dinner table 70 men
that IS personal use. and let her bring
them In NE Will interpret the law in
us broadest sense. but we are going 10
pu- stop TO smuggling
Just now the publicity given all these
Dix cases. tragic as they are. has set a
lot OF persons 10 Smuggling. Just TO see
OF new games. but as one By one We
catch them. and those games 80 dow
Into the scrap books ne shall be able 10
cope with them md smuggling viii come
10 an end But I'm afraid II will take
some time vet
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-05
EXCITEMENT IS CONSTANT.

L. VERY phase OF this business Of col
Il Iecting the duty from returning
passengers is fraught with constant ex-
element. Not day goes by but what
; the tragedy or comedy Of the snug
glers Is brought before Loeb's eyes Not
a day passes but what rumor or gossip
brings him more names for that list OF
suspects, and not a day goes by but
what the details Of getting the best OF
the smugglers keeps busy minds at
work, while rs male customs inspectors,
I'VE women inspectors, $50 weighers. and
. 100 other employees are brought into IN
slant service every time a liner docks
Duties Tor the calendar year come
somewhere near S351gp1,VFl saws MI
Loeb. while $3.50 packages month are
handled al the appraisers stores + rom
time 10 time the COntSc1ted goods are
sold al auction and this brings up an
other phase Of the work The bids often
come from those who would not pay me
society women viii come 10 blu IN the
gowns. The jewels mostly 20 10 dealers,
and so the evidence Of the smuggling
spreads across the country IN every d.
reCIion"
According TO Mr.. Loeb and also 70
Geor=e Wanamaker. the appraiser Of
tie po-t. the most interesting OF al the
smuggling Eases was the sleeper
trunk" This required the slinsid lzlnE
II an official and Robert Schwartz. head
bG-gaEe master. later confessed that ne
got BIS fer each trunk which he held
The trunks were labeled under assumed
names and Of course were not called for
Lett on the docks Till after night fall
thcy were silently swung into waiting
boats and shifted to another wharf ana
taken away openly Twenty-SeVen
dreSSmakeys were implicated IN this
fraud. and their leader. Phulipsen, is
now serving a term In prison while
Mary Moore, one OF his accOmplices. was
HrrT & O0C
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-05

diamonds and pearls: Of cheap trinkets
whose bits OF glass are mixed I'm with
real gems. and OF all the plans evolved
by clever men for hoodwinkinE the in
spectors-but fer each Of these Mi.
Loci has worked out a method Of de-
lection.
There is always flaw in their best
LAID plans he says, and it Is our part
10 find that flaw. one man was detect
81 through an inspector humping into
him on the pier and feeling a hard
substance under his coat.
Another was detected by her nervous
gossip with a stewaUdess, while still
others are traced as purchasers Of false
trunks. etc, from the manufacturers
of Antwerp and arc put down upon our
suspect list long before they take pas
sage for the home port.
The real point in our favor Is the
irresistible desire on the part of the
modern smussler 10 talk. They always
tell somebody, and 50 in time It gets
back 70 Us.
II hasn't been two days" he con-
tinued, since l had a case that was
almost tragedy y woman. the sec
ond wife Of d Wall Street banker. had
been smuggling things for some time.
Everybody slneW il but the husband
and at last the woman Quarreled VITA
q lTleEd who sent IRE an ANONYMOUS let
ter telling about il. I sent a man TO
her house and she confessed at once.
gave up the jewels and paid thousands
IN duties and fines eXacting only one
return from me, and that was fhat I
should not tell Ter Husband who ,,-o5,15
divorce her II he knew. Her allowance
IS mortgaeed for years TO come 10 nav.
up all this, but l don't think She viii
again. '-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-05
FORMER GOVERNOR IN TOLLS

FORMER GOV. FRANK w. roll
LlNS, Of New Hampshire, his wife
ana son, were among the first whom
the sudden searchlight Of the new GUS
tom laws and methods detected with
'undeclared' articles Of value, and
were fined 5000, while Mrs. F. B. Ches-
borough, wife Of a millionaire ship own
er' OF Newton, Mass. is now awaiting
sentence in Trenton after conviction as
a smuggler.
Hiram b Lyon, Of MINNEAPOLIS. caught
with 1880 worth Of Jewels, has ius-
paid a fine Of 5000. while Henry G.
Stuart, candidate for Congress from
Virginia, who brought in his wife's
trunks without declaring their contents.
was also fined.
Mrs. Cornelia NJ Woolman, widow Of
United States marshal Of Helena.
Mont, was stopped by the custom off,
Gals, charged with clipping the labels
from her Paris gowns to evade the duty
on them, while Ferdinand Bunte, Of
Chicago. was also caught, E nd, later.
proved 10 have scores OF watches strsD-
ped 10 his legs
mrs Henry G. Prick, wife of the
IlIJSDuTg steel magnate. was STONED
and her trunks held till she made a be-
lated declaration Of 5000 worth Of
dutiable articles. while the detection Of
the smuggling in of jewels bv Hindu
circus performers. the famous s.sleeDsr
trunk conspiracy Of the dressma<crs
OF SIX cities, and the history Of a score
or more other noted cases, has set the
whole country asking, How is il
Qone, since for so many years persons
nave bOasted and Dragged of their abil-
lty 10 fool the officials on their return
from trips % Europe2"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-05

Ufacturcrs abroad who aid and abet this
defraudinS by manufacturing means Of
carrying Struggled goods, but so long
as we know about these purchases il
really doesn't matter where they hide
them, We are sure TO find the things
in time.
Fashionable smuggIers." he contin-
ued, his voice rising a little Indignant
~. are the first TO false the American
flag and shout about their citizenship
when they get into trouble abroad, but
they won't do their part toward paving
the Government when they come home.
SiXty-One out Of two hundred pas
sengers lately have proved TO be snug
glers TO a small degree. but the big
cases like the sleeper trunk anafr.
are, l am thankful TO say, growing
smaller each month.
The custom officer who boards the
ship at quarantine and looks over the
declarations Of the passengers, natural
" becomes suspicious If he finds that
a man who recently purchased hun
dreuS OF dollars worth OF Jewels has
only declared one gold watch valued
al about $50 Naturally he's going TO
look close at that mans baggage. Then
II ne hnds woman, OF whose pur-
ChaSeS in Paris the whole French CITY,
sOssiped, declares only two dresses and
the rest Of her eleven trunks contain
costumes without labels or with badly
SeWed in American slips he begins 10
look for the Paris labels that she has
clipped out She won't throw them
away because they've got 10 be seved
back as soon as she lands
so II goes. The false bottom trunk
IS easy to detect for II is more shallow
inside than outside. Then too we know
pretty well who has bought those
trunks for whose purchase We get ,uch
excuses as: They are a prOtet ton
against robbers, they are to keep laces
from the damp they are mereIT extra
trays or as you heard doubtless. they
are ironing boards for travellers. .
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-05

! 10 President Roosevelt - used 70
/ wear a fEock coat and a t3p hat, but
/ now he comes 10 work in a business
suit and neglige shirt, and pIunges
! into the vast array Of mail with a
/ zest born Of real love of tie work,
/ although when ne was appointed he
/ is said 10 have declared tina he didn't
I know custom house from A cog
kennel"
Tall and well built. with Keen eyes
behind his glasses. ne seldom wastes
words His success has never brought
10 the fore the least touch OF per-
sonal vanity, while his main cnarac-
teristic is tho-oughness. T.e studied
law in order 10 be a courJ stenOgra-
pher, and then after case in which
a physician testified he plunged into
medicine an studied for yeas to %
able TO take accurately tie technical
evidence. For a while he IVES amanu-
ensis 20 Bishop Doane. " Albany,
where, by the way. he was born and
educated, but through II all he was
booking ahead. determined to make
something of his life. and is not
through yet.
II was upon his suggestion that
Deputy Collector g. c. Walls made a
h.sttA o. ftetIA TAP which resulted II MS
getting m touch with all the dress
makers abroad, and bringing 70 light
evidence Of smuggling cases that went
back TOR seven years. II was this
trip, too. whicn brought 70 light the
habit Of Partisan dressmakers 20 give
bills Tor half the price OF a dress
which, being presented, reduces the
duty one-half tt was this trip that
confirmed the rumOrS OF where the
false trunks and smuggling goods were
made IN Antwerp, and so fastened the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-05
INSPECTOR TRAPS LYON.

MIR. LYON, who was caught when
w Tim Donohue. one of the in
SpectOrs bumped into him and felt a
jewel case under his coat, was fined
5000 by Judge Re1lstab in Trenton
after ne had pleaded non vuIt to the
charge OF smuggling. Despite his
ST. enuous objection 10 the amount de-
m2nded by the Government he paid
the sum in order to escape a Jail SEN
tence which was the alternative.
The Stuart case was settled out of
court, Colonel Stuart's declaration that
he believed his wife legally a non
resident being accepted by the Govern
ment. after The Virginian had paid the
duty upon the gowns and jewels, valued
at many hundreds OF dollars, that were
found in her trunks.
1t is such cases as these" says Col
lector Loeb, that turn the attention Of
the whole country upon the custom
house. and I am glad. 1t shows that
We are succeeding in doing away with
an Cffense that defrauds the Govern
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-05
BUILDING SECRET SERVICE.

IT was not done in a day, nor a month.
nor many months. this remarka BILE
laying Of the foundation stones Of a Sc
cret service Unelualed In any branch Of
the Government II has meant the dis
charge Of trusted officials" it has
meant enemies where there should have
been friends; IL has brought condemna-
ton, charges Of inSolence Of brutality.
and the constant facing of a difficult
situation.
Yet in the midst Of it, Collector Loeb
has sat quietly at his desk in the Gus
tom house on Bowling Green weaving a
mighty web, which now reaches to every
harbor Of Europe, and has slowly but
surely enmeshed all those connected
with the great jewel smuggling enter
priSes, the makers OF false bills for cloth
ing, the undertaking automobile con-
Germs. and all those men and women Of
many lands who are drawn into the Gus
tom frauds by the lure Of gold
To The offices of Mr.. Loeb. with their
vaUlted ceilings. and mighty carved
doors. come daily. white faced women.
with trembling bejeweled hands. FORGET
ting their social prominence in their des-
perate plea for mercy and no public
IL. mere 100, come stern faced merG
white tipped, TO confess and pay up
and here. too, come the thousands Of
letters and cables. some anonymous and
some IN cipher. from the thousands Of
men and women working under Mr.
Loeb. telling Of the sales of valuable ar
ucles, OF the boast Of a returning trav-
eler. or the purchase Of a false bot
toned trunk
Hidden deep in the collectors desk
are fat books filled with the names Of
suspects many OF whom are noted the
world over for their wealth and integ-
rtty, while still other books are filled
with details as TO the methods of snug
Cling.
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WOMEN MOI THE WORST.

MIR LOEB declares that. despite the
1N1 popular theory that women are
born sn1uSglers, men are the worst
offenders.
"A woman, ne says, brings in little
things for her personal adornment or
use, but a man makes il a business
Women are easier to detect, too. and
although we have five women at the
ports TO search a suspect, we seldom
have to resort to it."
Then, settling back in his chair, this
guardian of the port, whose motto IS
the parody Of an ancient slogan, Amer
lea expects every man to pay his duty"
told of the work that is going on and
of the spreading Of the net Of espionage
about the harbOrs.
With graphic detail he told how, in
the old days, the swift-mOving revenue
cutters sped silently along the coast
watching for those low-lying ships,
without lights. rolling in the surf near
the shore from which were taken the
barrels Of wine and the bolts Of silks
brought from France But now, he de-
clareS, the old smugglers' caves are
given over TO. the eChOing winds or TO
picnic parties, for the smUgglers Of 1919
travel in deck cabins on the ocean grey
hounds.
Chuckling over their skill and ability
TO fool the custom men," these modern
pirates steam toward America all IN
conscious that that brown-ey I'd, stern
faced man sitting at his desk in New
York has before him a fateful list upon
which his or her name appears, to-
gether with the valuable things bought
in Europe, together with an interesting
description of the dreSsm4ker who made
out bill for SlG0 for that 500 dress
purchased, and the story Of the bar
gaining for those clever walking shoes,
with their satin lined heels. where the
gems glitter in such seeming safety.