Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-20

vovager declared about nine hundred dollars worth
of dutiabe wearing apparel purchased abroad by
his wife, While the Inspector and an appraiser were
examining lace gown in OF the trays that had
been set aside Donohue turned some articles in
the trunk with his cane and discovered five or SIX
crushed and empty jewel boxes. He examined them
and found they bore the marks OF well known .x
Belgian jeWeer. The veteran promptly called the
inspector aside and asked him to point out the
of the trunk, who happened to be standing ten
feet away. He brushed against the man from Pitts
burgh several times and then turning suddenly upon
him said:
IN trouble you to take out that leather in
your upper vest pocket.
took on ashen pallor. Donohue literally had caught
him with the goods; but the Pitts urgher put on
bold front. Who are your" he demanded of
Donohue. What do you want! Ill call a police
man if you insult me again! I'll have you under
stand"
The sentence never completed; for Donohue
yanked the packet quickly from the mans pocket
and found it contained the jewels taken from the
empty boxes his cane had turned over in the trunk
The jewery should have been confscated as it was
clear case of an attempt swind1e the Government
but the from Pittsburgh was permitted to
amend his declaration, pay duty of seven hundred
and twenty dollars and keep, the gems he had
planned to smuggle. Moreover, he probably believes
to this day that informing fellow passen
ger instead of Donohues acumen that uncovered his
transparent scheme.
Wanted to Bump Judge Gary
DONoHUE has tapped many pockets in his time.
- He is jealous of his record, and when anything
is pulled off in his department without his assistance
initiative his professional pride is touched 1t is
said that Donohue has not stopped growing over his
failure to feel the pockets of Judge Gary when the
steel trust official came over from England last
son. Judge Gary brought much that was
dutiable declared it. and cheerfully paid the duty.
About to leave the pier he turned back and finding
the deputy surveyor in charge said with laugh
Look here! thought had declared everything;
but find have forgotten this.
The millionaire drew small ball of tissue paper
from his pocket unfolded it, and displayed large
confused thought the Judge was testing; but when
assured that the pearl was foreign purchase, unin
tentionally omitted in the declaration he had it ap
praised and received the duty Judge Gary easily
could have taken the pearl away with him without
detection; but he chose to be honest, thereby
richng the Government by about forty dollars.
Mixed in Her Dates
nNE method of getting goods into the country
- without paying duty necessarily attempted by
travellers is the claim of foreign residence. This
foreign residence clause in the customs law has two
divisions the first applying to persons who actually
live abroad and the second to those who have lived
abroad consecutively for two years more. There
is little trouble with actual foreign residents but
year clause privilege severely tax the wits OF deputy
surveyors.
American dressmakers and buyers as we'll as for
eign modistes, make business OF employing young
women studying art abroad as carriers of dutiable
nery into this country. 1t is not uncommon during
the autumn rush from Europe to find students of
modest means arriving laden with costly gowns,
young women who have been eking out haphazard
existence in the Latin Quarter returning for brief
vacation with apparel BETTING persons of unusual
wealth. These and similar cases are the ones ID
which customs officials apply the elastic law with re-
lentless strngency.
Not long ago young woman arrived from r am
burg on German liner with collection : gowns
not one of which was mentioned in her declaration
In fact he