Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 49, Number 7, Jasper, Dubois County, 26 October 1906 — Page 2
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CLINK OF GOLD DRAWS CHINESE
X
Regular Traffic Done in the Smuggling of Ifccsc Dbjcclionablc People to America.
I RICHES FOR -CONTRABAND" DEALERS
i
Injenioas Scheme, Devised to Elude the Watchfulness of Customs Officers -Schooner Frolic with Cargo of Coolies, Driven Into the Harbor of Providence, R. I., a Case in Point.
'vine grj color silken chiefs about their neck.
It Is along ;h. K: Uran 1 border
nowever. that the snimculinr of ,ti
i 1 t hlnese la conducted with con
ummaitt nnesse. The schont in there, if followed by a really cap-
e ninaman. arc usually effective. I Hundreds of the more intelligent are
IM !ed in Havana and at Mexican
ports, whence they can make their
wav to this country.
I hlnese Immigration is welcomed In
Thejja la a tradition pre- ; ved in the o!d histories of the Celestial empire that centuries ago l.l.iin-; JU'.ua f;o;u I ' !: .luJ,. tlM western coast of Mexico and opened up commercial relations with " ie.-f of Moiit.-'ut'-a. T!ie ChiBOO) often have in mind thla ancient relation when they g to the country ov.-r which rul-s President l!az. The
ChttM loam Spanish. ado;t the Mexican dress an.: manners. learn to wear a WbraW with grace and often, after waiting for two years to perfect " niselvvs in being imitation Mexl ,
M'u thnv Rri.H1. - - - tx.-. - - ' - I . , .
" in:" nit? fuuiuiTii 11 eiesuais are oiavrned who a.'
uu in. IM- ut :. way u tne
for the benefit of friend and reism hat. Tb merchant will practically dose out his business, leaving, how- ' Ver. a few outstanding accounts I Sometime. If his niltflHia are Rood pay. iwo or three obliging friends mav consent to bo debtor-. The merchant, after comfortably MlahHoilBI himself I in China, sends his friend or kinsman I
ver to the Inlted States to closa
out his business, looking after h? bad!
elts and geuet.illy adjustltiK tiilnsa. I
duly certified accounts are shown to the In ots to demonstrate the ne
cessity for admitting the merchant'
without delay. Frequently such a one
round ironing shirts in a latindrv
ut his lc;;al status Is that of a heater
Vsidc from the Chinese who nn
admittance through the gates of tha
country l.y means of kt-vs to um.s
foooooooooooooo
A SUNDAY CLOSING CRUSADE
By EDWIN J. WEBSTER
i ai iJun. tub k let.
i WNI an ai. of dlgulty. stood tu front 'f h.. uloan. au oiutuous frown OS his fare. As the political leader of the Muth v.. id. the pivotal ward of that assembly di.trict. Mr WYIdon ft It tha' he
was at all time.-, entitled to the most
Se.i :. ,. ,, in,j,., , . , .
"' Bustle right over to the police "n and call on the eauLn L ...
MilKiW,!
respeemu treatment. It was cettain that Jtiim M Howell, tho principal
hey have no ksfg ilht. there is a ,wt'' d the local baseball club, had
Ho
n.
It is the lure of wacoa sn 1 fP .
bi,h that five year,' savings nuu. . ' sT r' m "a n,on ,lonie
"-v uuu .iiiiuiru, ssUSO his parents and the parents of his wife. If need be. to say nothing of contributing to the support of a needy-
member of the clan, and yet be able to have a substantial emergency fund
"üi.in a year or so an expert latin-
fortune that is drawing venturesome Chinese these days into the coun'ry by ncvel shifts and la strange disguises. Officially '! rn:i::nc of f. :, :;lis cross the borders is dead. Experts
in immigration and some
i i !,... r .. - .
ril! say h..,i mwii... . w" I a' wu"!n snoP r hiB
h mm mi vi vliai L Ufid
ia no such thine. As
however, although the Chinese opulatiuu of the United States is not increasing, and timidity and the severity of the enforcement of the exclusion act deter many who might othorwlti attempt to gala this promised bum Plans for getting the contraband race Into the I nlted States are bolder and more skitfhlly concocted than ever Messages sent along the New Eng.
m imi a iew nays ago to intercept the frolic, a schooner yacht, with her consignment of 35 coolies, called puV lie attention to the fact that the Chinese are stiil mindful of the oppor titnitb-s offend in this country Tactics similar to those attributed to the essel s charters are used bv shrw-H
speculators, many of whom are mt leans. Chinese who have persistence ' nd co.irae are able to make tbMr I
WIV tl . u In . L . . I
- i'uc ui me mmost vigilance of the authorities. From a sentimental point of view It would appear that Chinese would not raro in . ... w. . -
ut-c jor icar tn'v
own or round a little hmin., i.
a matter of fact. oriental wares. If he does he
nearest Chinatown.
Many Cross Border Disgu'sed as Nuns. Some of the Chinese under the direction of shrewd agents have even I'ass.-d oyer bo-h the Can i lian :nl Kio Oraada borders larhod as nuns. Most of them are bora Imitators, and once they have seen their instructor in familiar poses they follow his directions to the letter. tittle is heard these days of the poctaetttnr mathoda of running the
blockade which were once employed
to China, visit as long as he wishes uy oa?r Chin "nd have dropped in-
and boldly jiais through
a port of
M iffiir
wnrisf
mm -r,.o I'M i
K . ä
Across the Mexican Border.
rouid
he subjected to indignities by 1 ntr' as merchant, for he Is entitled
the inspectors who are stationed at to that
. iv, privilege nr.uVr th lo- -r,
T.n-- - . . . - i , . . --- i ur
. wmwj ana U the principal r"'ng noard. at the present time rillt Tiriil f . xa- n a. k tL a t , hnvai-A. I. it.. "
mmÄ lu L Jia ine nortnern ---"w, me oest means bv which 1 Chines and souths Kn.... tu . .Ith ",K " i ninese
,n. 1US aoes not Pply to the more conservative of the ' 3mo
race, out there are hundreds of shrewder and bolder ptrftj who see a
ii ai.Mise. tninese no longer have ' tnselves packe! up ln boxes or la sts and sent by express; neither do they po a vans, which are likely to be suddenly tipped into rivers. There are seldom wild chases across th
J snow from Canada to the Cnlted Stt"-. with accompaniments of bavI Ine hounds and barking revolvers. I Such methoaa are irregular and unreI liable and they have been sunnlanted
by those which are esteemed as more
ni'-jlnesslike. Chinese are not welcomed In Canada any more than tl.ey are here and I head tax of $r,Ort each is placed up
on mem. It is regarded as
prohibitive, i ntil three months
when a law was passed assessing them at $:"" a head, no such tax was exacted In .Newfoundland. Chinese could be carried In bond from Vancouver without having to pay the Impost demanded of them in the Dominion, and th? result has been
! that many of them availed themselves
. m . -
in muse coiiir:on. It was unMI
(quite recently the custom to permit
"Are you certain fines will be iru. booed ' Inquired Mr. Junes, a tUu hspoudently. IWball playc- have
is, majority who as nien bn .. Ui l' ' "'"': to .,,,. , ,. :h, "V' Sltf.u Delo n " BOlloa
. . o i. . v' i;m li.ifL-. ,1 f h. ii,
, M !' . Ml . ... ,1..
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iu i nib ri-iusutg me season ' liaises." tho.iKht Pat. "and it isn't bis throwing me down when I asked I bira as a personal favor to give Tom Wilson a try as pitcher w the nine; j It's the ingratitude of the man that Jars nie. Atter all the trouble I took i this spring to see that his Sundae
Iiis as ; has, liail Kai!t.-s wouldn't be intet fered Justice
-im ana uow nes tiymj; to get up an
ents. travelers or actors are entitled i
to all the Privileges guaranteed them
.. J I
uuuer me staute. Tbe classes wi h
money do not have to fear beina sub
mitred to Inconvenience. As far as the
In
without complying with the law the
i swoa with the air of a man ha roafa that hla aervtoas, WasU and ChOtlfattj rendered. fO none the less essential. KiKht there Is where I break Into ttie game strong - h,. jt.rlared with t '"re appreciation of his own talue When th.se fellow. are arrested
". III ail t;lL.... l.r,. u.a..
. (S lßl J m Ulli M
r.vans Tonimv Ftvim v....
w -- -1 w.
know r. .
cppoaltioa nartv m tb,- Nlr.rh .,rH- ......' 7 "r,Jl""8 lommy has bad in
HO was .till wrathfullv considering ' Xu " Fat Weldon-h..i..
the matter when the evening i.a:,er ' mi , ... 00 "W alWai calls
was delivered He glancd at it lan-
sui'jiy. Among the local items
one relating to a meeting of the Min Isters' asscHiation. Ordinarily Pat Vitt It f 9 In 4 - - -M M - .
,.., rMr.j m me Höings of h , i ,1 p t. this association ii,.t ih. Ä. K J()nes- reformer and rei,
- - ' I'v.-.i iii r..stt t , ; . . . i ... w
l A" lb aupiH.se I am trying t,, steer you oft fr.... . . .
, . . -. . uianillg iroiii: aS 'I ' ' 1 -x ''' K.es. Uvea Mel,..,.
aoeaat appreciate that I'm laying for aim.
He read it
ii-A aaJ t aaa. .
.mmittce on Sunday Baseball tIn . , . y .'iZ1
- " iuc unifies "I the piaver, and of McDowell tho oaraaf of the bas. ball club, and th.-r, hurried to th r... .
and ;iril..nf .i . iM--inci sta s had n ' Where be made Wctloa for s. nad been the arrest of the offen!.-
The Return. ng Ch.nese Merchant la Never IVclested. , Ms wages and the industrial ODpOP I (unities here make -.he game for them I Vel1 w""th the candle if they succeed. Rough Weather Ends
Trip of 'Slave Ship." In this connection a real life story of the sea. of smuggling and adven-
in: :.:ir r.-irsn t- u
........... - mi j 1 1 a i r- i
in f, . t'arsuii-; an. I in tact, hrpadfh j
v. ' ' -i-- Hu me perilous vov
a or a little schooner, under wh
" fe l down h.ivh.-s wa.
the
uamoa taught his eve with increasing lest.
Accortling to the paper, the Rev
Kaekiai p. leader in n
apiKdnted an investigating committee of one to attend the game scheduled for the next aft.-rnoon. which was Sunday. If Mr. Jones found that the law was being violated he was to apply for warrants for the arrest of the proprietor of the team and the players. As he read the resottatioi passed by the Ministers' association a gleam of gratification crept into the eves of Pat Webb n. political leader.
i ne ,'ooi man who i aftr th
ball players means well, but he don't know all the ropes." soliloquized Pat
I can let him take th. b ading part rhlle I fix things
i tart ........ . I the police iuHttr Tha ... - - -
.such as the slavers of the store hrw. I r Jon'' ol 018 Tbird Church, and
carried, ended when the Frolic" of Ros
ton was discovered by chance in the harbor of Providence. R. I. It was the sea that had been Its refuge that finally wrought the undoing of the Frolic and foiled Its ad-
( venture after it had plaved tag with revenue cutters ind customs officers
- " wnicn Chinese who were supposed to be on i , vullt!S customs officers
chance to gain wealth and they miss
.r.sm. -2
As Italian Laborers
and profitable.
To get a chance to avail hfmself of
present conditions in the labor market Chinese who have initiative or are under the dire-tion of some American adventurer who Is bold and re-
,uurcerui rrerp-ently make their way here by methods underground and 1 over sea. OfTcers Fooled by Ingenious Makeup. j Although smugeling them scross I the Canadian border is now almost 'stopped, some of the most ingenious j schemes are employed with gaoa It Is a popular fallacy that all Chinese ! took alike and that no matter how the aro arrayed they will betrav at a . glance their oriental origin. There ar white men in Vancouver Ii r
Who do not accept that theorv Urn
by shrewd manipulation they are able I
io convert the most thoroughgoing Chlaaoa into an American orCaaodlaa farmer. A coarse shirt, a pair of blue over- j alls and a straw hat will work won-! ders in the hands of an expert. Par- 1 ties of Chinese goi
proper credentials to remain ln Cana
da for 90 days before they were notified to proceed with their Journey. Ry a special arrangement, however, with
bo means of gaining admittance to this country. They are eaaer to take
tfie places of the thousands who are "linlon. in bond not infreouentlv invo'the Canadian Pn
Many Chinese Laondr.cs Now ploy Wmte Help.
Em-
the Chinese
was a battered and criut.led eho nf
a boat when it crept Into port with 42 woebegone and starving Chiuamen In its hold. In the night, while It was believed the crew of a storm beaten fishing boat was repairing damage, dories went to and from the shore and the Frolic and 27 Chinamen were landed. The Chinamen were still being tawen ashore and hidden in coal heaps, when a man employed on one of the pockets on a dock stumbled across a shivering group of Chinamen aud gave the alarm iitn. i....
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vuaioujg anu immigration officers swooped down on the Frolic and captured 15 Chinamen and two of the crew. Skipper H. K. Colby, of Rosten, who led the adventure, and his mate, "AI" Adams, slipped away In a dory and escaped On shore" offl-f-ers captured John C. lhncniann. of R' ston. whose part in the adventure was convoying and smuggling China
men to the refuge of the Chinese '
aoanor in PiorMoaoa. In his cell Lehneniann said the
smugeling of Chinese into New- F.ne land states has been carried on for years with great profit. He nr,..t
oy - x.
i . t l r
i i
Stagerinn Poke in the Ribs.
Mr. Patrick Weldon. of the Nln'h ward ChoraH be a team that will 1 " 1 boj McDowell think he is Irving to sidestep a cyclona!"
HOW Ipavin th. f 'nil., i I Ihn In na 1A :n . . .. . . "' !....
m ciiaies ror , " "v nines oercre reach- i WPrp rusnen through the British terrl- ifuiwon iikc tnat of the Frolic
....u auu competences. . lu" ouuuaries oi the I nited Iory without having the advanti
Whtx the R. . F.z. kbd P
presented himself at the entrance to ball grounds on Sunday he was poUta but firmly told that he would
In the second half of the ninth in- - the police marched across the aasOBSl under a tire of Jt-ers from grandstand and bleachers, and notibed M Iiowell and the team that they yv . . . m J
r " ",,wr arrest. The players headed kf MeOoWoO. wrathfully de-' oaoclac the police, the Ministers' asaaclatloa, and th. world In general ' b d to the precinct station ThrJ
'; ;' -re paroled to appear before Police Justice Kvana next morning The next morning Mr. Jones reached the police court building be fore court oj-ned. As he strode up t-e corridors leading to the courtMOaa he met Pat Weldon. The broad countenance of :he new ally of the Ministen association beamed a w.-J nie. He seized Mr. Jones by the uttonhole. and. desi.it hi.
ind.-eision. led him to corner of the
corridor. "I saw the judge yesterdar " said
. -v .a onn.ientiai tones, and told htm McDowell was knifing him In the Mnth. Of course Tommy was wild in a minute. Then I lo .ks up McDowell. Mac.' I gay, to him. you know Tommy Evans, and how he hates to have anyone delaying police court by calling for a Jury trial. .Now I vo had a talk with him. and when the cases are called to morrow, plead guilty and throw yourself upon the mercy of the court. Tommy will see that you are treated as you ought to be.' And Mac said he would." Pat and Mr. Jones entered tho
(court room Just as Police Justice
f.vans. n short, fat little man who loved the sound of his own voice. read the charge. McDowell had a short conference with his attorney. Then the lawyer with an fasy air of confidence -n'
I tered a atoa of guilty for all r,..
cerned. and aked for the mercy of the court. McDowell glance.! at Justice Kvans. A half smile was on the baseball n.agnate'a face. He seemed almost impatient as he waited In full
Jones ! PonfleVe for the expected discharge
i Piusen ana tne baseball team.
nui justice lommy Kvana
iook or tne sternest
had a
severity. II
Thrifty Clest.-ls
Send Money "Heme.
Express
advantage of ; netted Jxut ,,5 W0 c,er of all ex- the Ministers ' association.
not b admi'ted. McDowell hn-1 sr, landed the desk in fr r u, ..
lore warned bv the ar: Ion fi.- : a plumi hand anrf h.ir . a . .
I liuiu 1 1 I J
a., . . . - - a - nuiauiue . Ii . a i .'iiuisir a ossociatlon MlU Sta es. Here Imv nrn hi- i i . i tha oft -i , " tHnaoi si., 1 . i. I . . '" nie
hvi ' " m iwnq r"" i nis arrangement, i w,e smugglers Jones stood In perplexltv befon f bj one who understands nmr.it.in. Ä however Hi,i nr. twu . . were ab e to ..vmio i m., . u ' . 1 . w,nrH
While Mr , 8eat-
compantes whfrh i- ' immni fo -w i . . .
'"u'i- i up n l n t CT w"rt-t-i. uiii n u hn d u- h
theatrical makeup and converted Into maller railroads which ca-riod n.
m
s io .Newroundlat.i. Tho I nlted
evade the officials, he i he was astonished bv
th
cities are busy transferring accounts of thrifty Celestials to Peking. Hong Kong and Canton. Hundreds of the returning Chinamen are buving large establishments in tho trade centeri of their native country, while others ore investing In farms and plantations. They return with stories of how they are often 111 trea'ed in tho I'nlted tote but they also clink the American gold which they have garnered. The depletion of the Chinese population la, as investigations made In the principal colonies In the 1'nlted States show, hardly met by the
..ui rie or uy the Influx of the .,r et.tals across the borders. The result of all this has been to increase the wages of Chinese workmen in America to exorbitant figures. Chinese are in d-mrnd not only for work as laundrymen. but as highly paid servants. The prevailing rate for laundrymen is from $1.r, to $20 or more a week, with board. Once a Chlne-e has learned the uses of Irons and starch his services are m demand at tho highest figures. To keep up with their work some of the larger Chinese laundries have been obliged to hire white help Others whose proprietors cannot get along under
i- icn an arrangement are selling thr'r establishments. Chinese laundries are at present for sale by the tmn because of the tcarcby In the labor mark.-. wr Chinese laundrymen who save fo a month out of their wages are common, n costs only four doliais a month to maintain am person In
vuiua. m laundrymac la th!
Chinese Inspectors have p.-
fter that it Is a walk to the border. 1 giat.-d an arrangement within the I farlll, ,ha' he Chinese
were able
i.ttprnn I h . . . . i . .
r-""' " J. Jsost places 1 'renne nap on the back. Turning he IB N. w England are 'Axed.' anH : beheld tie .r,!Mn. .
don't have any trouble." Lehnemann Pa' rick Weld. of th v....k JA
-"I - i oi i ii. i .t
$L2lM U J J
last iew weeks un 1-r which fhin,.aa M""l's lo -''wroundIand. where Um
supposed to be on their av ,., ,,ie Canada and from there in raraall Cnlted States must bo bonded. grounds to Newfoundland, where thev There ar r. i to he hundreoo JS? M(i to await vessel from the
of Chinese In N'ewfotmdiaaq who have (1 S,aU'8
Making Up
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and In many cases It Is posslblo for the coolies to gain their destination Oaoa within the borders of this country they usually prowl 40 or 50 miles rarther before they think u
I - . . . - " iu
-iu ira:n ana proceed In a tw ,r
, -.I . .-mioniii manner.
Chinese have been Intercepted in ttl state of Washington making their bound to work as laborers on some of the large farms. They .re dlsgnlse.1 as immigrants of Other nationalities Many of them have essayed th, roles of IUI ana. after Ineadng thenir.eivri in eorduro, jackets and truurera and
m as . mmm w
ror monies neen waiting their chance to attain their ultimate goal the united States. Claim to American
Birth la Common. One of the problems which have worried the Chinese Inspectors f..
tloned at Maione. which Is the point In this state where many Chinese are brought from Canada, is the nativity clause. Sc ires of them .u
. ... ,,, -.,-ilt i neu. selves and submit to arrest, for they have about them as a usual thing nothing which Indicates anv claims Ohlei thef may be inclined to make Hardly have they been taken Into
ciistofiy. nowever. whn relatives or friends, accompanied by a shrewd lawyer. go to the rescue with birth mrtiflcates and affidavits which
The two sMaaJhon of the crew cf tha
Accor.IIng to the BÖBOa of tho nn.
a Jovial, if I oners themselves." IkrnAWJ .. ...
'le Jus-ice. they nave bee,, guilty of a most flagrant and open Tlolatlon of HnaI The duty of the court I Plain under such circumstances rhe nee of -he r-,,ii.. ... .... ..
said I'at. Iieamlug frlendlinens I I 111 Tha liaaai I II I i '
f,Ver"T'f h,S' rofun" "But X nm, and that each piaver pa" Its all right. Im with vou .inn wv'a fine of f:-o. Anri i,
- i i ' . l III.- I'll vein
a,.re n-U-( his hand cheerily
i on stfm to he
'P against it
gong
we'll
a bunch of
Mac.
that the persons detained we
re really
t-i, In t V a l'.ti..1 i-ii.i
m.m ... mm viiiwu states and as such are entitled to admission. It Is estl-
oiaieu i.v a prominent inspector that if all the claims to American birth made by Chinese be true every Chi nose family In this country must have ... children. ' f'lnese of Intelligence who can give any evidence that they are not
e.w,T-,. um actually merchants are Ola to get into the I nlted Sta'e, w.th litMe trouble. One of the famUtar themes--.nd it Is one which is often Vitiate) Ol aaiHafU by merchants
i -1 -LaaLlviBPntaflBw'La
tell von
continued the judee rtr..,'.-
Klll .. . I In... -
ussao sundav 1 ""' " mmwm conversational tone 'that OB think they have run I ,n" neit "me you are UD on th ,
n. and
e that
aweDaii pc. j
against a hi ace faro game
Its all right. He', with me." said Pat authoritatively, as they pushed past the gateteuder Into the baseball grounds. ' "You see." said Pat Impr.-vsi vely be-or.-the astonished Mr J.jneS nad time to ask i-uestions or regain his presence of mind, you Soe. lot. of tim-.s you people have trbd to atoi the Sunday games, and vou weii right, for the l,w ought to be obeyed nrl I.,... I.. .. .. "wr-Jtru
- . . .ncikia-eii taught
rr ,u. mm yon dldn t ha.e
aooy with you to tell
sorne-
vou how thin-
. . . I rw
mm be no One. but -ix months straight that will be coming to you.
v-onsternation filled the heart of very player at the words of the little judge. Hut the bitterest cup of w was that which fell to the lot of Mr D.well The etiquette of the baseball world required that be should pay the fines of the players aa well as his own. and this would eat up a goodly portion of the profits of the baseball season. In the corridor Pat Weldon. a smile of triumph on bis face, turned to the
Found in a Goods Box. Frolic who were captured said the little vessel had beaten about the coast from Kastport. Me. to Cape Hatteras for two weeks, dodging reven ha riifUr.
roawr guard, and buffeted by storms They ,,h Frolics captain only t.K.k the desperate chance of running into Provi deuce when the little vessel had. been so battered It could not stay atea any u,:,ger. l
ought to lie run. And that . .k.. . . clergyman
an. BOM to do You d your friends 1)1(1 We he Inquired ran put 00 the pus front ,nd I gleefully. "Did we teach them to US I ,e"',wfablt required, and I ,,hcy the keep out of poll sill hustle around and see that the ! lk'r pcilice back you up " And Pat brought j "An,, nr, more thfng I want his hand down with a reas...,ring slap H to "lk Xu about. " continued on 'he kn. e f Mr .?one. a, fht, Pat. sinking his vole to a businesstime g.ving him a wink of the utmost ,,ke lul whisper. "I've tried to foodfellcwshlp and mutual .h. rht thing by vou h,.t nf
course In doing It I've queered myself with a lot of people who favor 8unday Karnes. Now it seems to me that the fair thing for you to do would be to Kct your friends to back me up at the primaries. Tell them that Pat Weldon is a good fellow end your friend If you could get the Ministers' asso-
standing
Tae events of the last few minutes bad proceeded H tipldly the Rev. Mr Jones had not had time quite to com prebend wha it 11 meant. " A brand snatched from the bum lo-:. murmured the good man softly. Theres no orraion for Miifea
a mtMuX" rejlied par. somewhat ag . rlat,on te raa resolntloas sort of is rile ed. ' dut jet It go at that. We ! inr,n m 11 mwt be a ffOod thln"
-erruht. by Joseph II. Uowle