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FOUR BIG PACKING
COMPANIES ARE
FINED SI5,0O0EACH
Had Been Charged with Receive
ing Rebates, Contrary TO
the EIkins Act.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE pro-
ceeding by the government against the
Armour Packing Company, Swift & Co,
Morris & Co. and the Cudahy Packing
Company, all operating in Kansas City.
Kan, under which the companies were
each fined s15,0 900 by the United STATES
Circuit Court for the western district
of Missouri on the charge of receiving
rebates, contrary to the provisions Of
the Elkins act, was decided by the SUI
preme Court of the United States to-
day adversely to those companies.
The courts opinion was announced by
Justice Day, who held that the Elkins
act is applicable to transportation any
where, Inc that an offense is not con-
fined to the initial point. He also held
it applicable alike to shipper and car
rier.
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MEDICAL PROFESSION
DEMANDS SUCH MEASURE.

DIR. Edward j. Ill, in speaking ON the
measure, said:
1T gives me much pleasure to speak
THE NEWARK EVENING STAR, and
/ trust hat your honorable body will
consider it favorably. A low COM
mercialism only can oppose it.
This bill does not originate from a
morbid sentiment, but finds its concep-
ton from true humanitarianism, as an
officer of the law who was and is con-
fronted by a condition which threatens
to undermine tho stability of society
wisely prepared 1t.
1.-The medical profession has long ago
been aware of this danger. It treated
il as a habit and disease. and con-
stantly warned its patients of their
dangers. So long as the habit was con
fined to a few. with whom it originated
because of physical pain, little could be
done in the restrictions OF sale of the
rugs. The medical profession did not
feel itself called upon to ask for a law,
which might be construed as II pc
cuniary interests prevented its passage.
"This worthy bill is now presented
by the laity, and there seems no reason
why l should not say that a vast ma
jority Of the medical profession is in
favor of such a measure.
~Unless such laws are placed upon the
statute books of the various States OF
our country and are enforced. we shall
not be long 90 rival with China In tbs
production of c~ocafne and opium ffends
There viii be only one difference. be-
tween us--wc shall go into this misery
with open eyes and n knoyFedge OF
W hat is coming to us, while poor Chins
was forced into II by the n~ieanness and
crfminaIity of the uItra-eOmmercial IN
stInct of the English government o.
sixty years age.
cit is estimated h a there are a
I least 100000 persons in this country ad'
dicted to the morphine habit, and prob
ably a like number of cocaine-takers.
.'This is a modern disease, commonly
leading to criminality and degeneracy
and should be combatted with al
energy,
sat threatens to he one OF the mos
serious cnace accompanying WI
twentieth century civilization"
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SERGEANT
JACKES BROKE
POLICE RULES
Alleged He ParOled Saloon
keeper and Wouldn't Let
Him Be Searched.

Charges viii be preferred before the
Police Board against Desk Sergeant
Jackes, of the Fifth Precinct police
station.
1t is alleged tina the sergeant re-
fused to allow Patrick J. Dolan, a sa-
loon-keeper of Morris venue and New
street, to be searched yesterday after
noon. following his arrest for violating
the excise law by Plaincloti1esinen Nc
Cabe n Ulrich. and that he violated
q second rule when he paroled Dolan
after he left a deposit of $50.
Captain Ubbaus was very much ex-
ercised over Jackes's action. Before
Dolan was placed under arrest the
plainclothesmen had a citizen purchase
some drinks with a marked quarter.
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| should attempt to sell it. But when
once in improper hands it Is hard to
watch it, especially as, according to
the bill. it is not an offense to have
the drug in ones possession.
"And, secondly, the doctor may IN
general be depended on to protect the
community. But who shall protect the
doctor. Members of this profession are
no more immune against the drug
danger than other people. This, how
ever. appears to he a difficulty that
legislation cannot meet. Ultimate dis
erection must be lodged somewhere. and
this bill places it where it will be least
abused. p
"This. bill. then, is justified as a
working measure. 1t is also justified as
a legal measure. For it introduces no
novel principle or application of law.
The universal Judgment, proscribes- the
general or indiscriminate traffic in poi
SONS and dangerous drugs. 1t strictly
prescribes and limits the conditions of
their sale.
Now all those who are acquainted
with the properties of cocaine and its
derivatives pronounce it TO be a highly
dangerous drug or poison. 1t is there
fore rightly made subject to the same
restrictions of sale as other drugs of
the class. And that is what this bill
provides.
such a law would have the moral
support of every community; not only
the nominal support, but. wherever the
evils of the cocaine habit are known,
the earnest, active support.
Here, then, we have an ideal situa-
iona law whose intent and principle
every one believes in and supports.
Moreover in this case no ones moral
or legal rights are sacrificed or i'm
paired. For no one has any prescrip-
tive right of any sort to sell what the
universal Judgment of the community
pronounces to be a nuisance and a
danger.
No Legitimate Business Hit.
Moreover. again. no legitimate bust
ness interest is affected. The reduced
consumption effected by this law will
not materially affect the legitimate
traffic in cocaine; though II this law
were 10 be. postponed for a few years
this, would probably be the case. as
the abuse of this drug, now in its first
beginnings, promises to grow to large
proportions # not checked.
.sThc cocaine habit is comparatively
new. aad though spreading all too
rapidly it cnn be controlled and bictted
out now by n law such as THE EVEN
ING STAR proposes. Hut give II n Few
years more, when it's victims SHAH
have become a desperate multitude IN
tent ON procuring their drug at any
risk. and Mt any cost. aud when there
fore cocaine shall have become an Inn
portnnt commercial interest, and u
will be n far harder matter to conq"e
1t. Today is the time. and this meas
ure or ono like 1t Is the needed law
1--WE have surely had enough evi.
experience with the drug habit IN othe.
forms, in the way of blasted lives Oh
youth and strength and vigor and use
fuiness graduating into the mad-nouse
or the premature grave, to be willing &c
add another TO these terrors.'
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ESSEX MEDICAL SOCIETY
GIVES ITS ENDORSEMENT.

THE EVENING STARS anti-co-
caine bill. which came up for a hear
ing before the House committee on
judiciary today. has received the IN
dorsement of the Council of he Essex
County Medical Society. At a meeting
held on Saturday night the bill vas
discussed by the physicians present
and at the conclusion of the meeting
il was decided that the Council would
extend hearty support to the measure
and work for its enactment into law
The physicians present We're: DR.. H
c. Bleyle. DIR. Edward ]. I'll, Or. Under
wood. DR.. Robertson, DIR. Eagleton and
DR.. Charles Young.
Welf-known physicians throughout
Essex County have come out strongly
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nnLuMRIA
CITY ADyERrrsEMENrs.
NoEgcn OF INrENrIoN-Boara ct street /,
Mats. - Monday
Tues.,W We'd, Sat.


NOTICE OF INrENTIoN-Board Of street and
Water Commissioner.
Pursuant to a resolution adortsd hg the
Board Of Street and Water Commissioners Of
the city Of Newark. at q meeting held the
twelfth day of March, 1905. and approved
by the Mayor Of the city Of Newark
on the sixteenth day OF March, 1905. public
oe tho Board Of Street ami water Commission
ers OF the city of Newark. under and by virtue
OF provisions Of the act entitled AN Act TO
Revise and Amend the Charter nf the City of
Newark" approved March Ith, 1881. and
supplements thereto. and the act creating The
Board Of Street and Water COMMISSIONERS "
tho-city OF Newark. approved March 2sth. 1881,
and other public laws of the state OF New
Jersey, to order and cause the vacation Of r
MYRTLE AVENUE
(the name having been recently changed to
Devine street, located about 20G feet west of
Speedway avenue. and running parallel thereto.
from South Orange avenue suDtheriy a dis
lance Of about 625 feet, excepting from such
vacation that part Of said street which would
be included within The lines OF Devine street.
Formerly known as Myrtle avenue, If said
Deyine street were extended northeriY to South
Orange avenue upon q straight continuation
Of the present street as II exists between
on map on hle in the Office OF the CHEZ
Engineer
such persons ar may object thereto are r..
quested to present their objections in writing
TO the Clerk of said Board. at the office Of the
Board OF Street fne Water commissioners
ton 81 six days from date Of this notice.
BY direction OF the Board OF Street ana
Water Commissioners Of the city OF Newark,
NJ i, S~HERRERn.
Newark. N J March ls, 1875. marls-ss
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GOOD TEMPLARS URGE
LAW TO SAVE THE YOUNG.

Edward S. Black. a Newark lawyer.
deputy grand chief templar of the In
ternational Order of Good Templars,
and a prominent member of the State
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children, who is ali enthusiastic sup
porter of the bill, sent the following
letter to the committee on judiciary;
Hon. william p. Martin, chairman
judiciary committee of the Assembly.
MY Dear Sir-As the special repre-
sentative at Trenton of the two thou
sand members of the International Or
der of Good Telnplars in this State, and
as a member of the New Jersey State
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty
to Children, I intended to appear before
your honorable committee this after
noon to speak in favor of the anti
cocaine bill.
Business matters have come up this
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RINGING APPEAL FOR
BILL BY DR.. WATSON.

The Rev. DIR. e. A. WATSON; rector
Of St. Stephens Protestant Episcopal
Church of Newark. in a ringing speech
said:
"This bill distinguishes between the
use and the abuse of cocaine in its
several forms. II permits the use by
entrusting the drug TO the professional
class. along with the dealers who must
be depended on TO supply it, who are
bound by every consideration Of honor
TO use it only for beneficent ends. II
lnterdicts the abuse by excluding L
from the hands Of the general public
as well as from all irresponsible per-
sons. In the hands TO which the pro-
posed law entrusts cocaine it VIII do ILL.,
lie but good. In the hands 70 which il Is
denied It would do nothing but harm.
This bill makes 1t easy for those TO
procure cocaine who ought to nave
Il, and very hard for others.
There are indeed two possibilities of
abuse not guarded against by this bill,
and l respectfully subplit TO your com
mittee whether in one direction at
least the bill might not be strengthened.
Rams the ~BIac sheep"
'.This bin does not guard against the
unworthy doctor who might be in
duced for a mons consideration to
misuse the authority conferred on him
by prescribing cocaine for vicious pur-
poses. Unfortunately there are black
sheep in every society, and there may be
enough Of them in the medical, dental
snd veterinary professions TO undo in
some part the good aimed at In this
iii. There is. ! am fold, q large profit
X yenai'i.s cocaine, and, II feasible,
thsre ought to be some penalty TO-
the 5ocfos, VINO should prescribe CO.
cabie 1T any but professional scien-
tine uses. IA be sure, the bill penal
izess tie layman who, having secured
cocaine III a physicians prescription,
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Legislators Give Attentive Ear
to Eloquent Appeals for
New Law.

ceasing work we have discovered more
than one hundred thousand cocaine
fiends in New York alone.
"Already we have Investigated New
ark and Jersey City and our discoveries
have proved that the habit has n strong
hold on hundreds OF their inhabitants.
which is catered TO by druggists who
feel safe NO long as the law IL in it's
present lax condition.
Let me say to you that there Is no
jail too cold or dark, there Is no shackle
and ball too heavy. there Is no pun
ishment too severe for the wretched
dealers who would hand out this drug
to the young of the community"
sheriff Son,mer talks.
Sheriff Sommer gave many Of his ex-
~periences while he and his Office were
trying to wipe out the evil in Newark
and Essex County during the early
part of his term in office. lie told of
the prevalence of the habit among the
classes with which he had TO deal and
the difficulty encountered in rounding
up HI gangs that distributed the
poison after procuring it there or IN
other cities. He told of attempts made
10 evade the law and the contempt In
WiiiClA Lie pCidiA9 lpI SACAhtiCiA VI Inv
present statute was held. He said:
aNhen I got into ohlce In ESSEX
County ] said to myself. Here nrc laws
that must be enforced Not because II
was n duty did I say this, but because
as n father ] wanted TO see every lad
and lass in Essex County rlse TO
typical American manhood and wOman-
hood. / had little trouble In finding
the law violated. I found dozens of
young boys from ID years TO young
manhood IN the road TO the insane
asylum from cOcaine.
"They were everywhere in u
streets. l found gangs of them spread
out over the city poisoning themselves
and other with the deadly drug. ]
made up my mind to break them up.
Doctor Makes Appeal.
2 "A doctor came to me and said that
there was a man addicted to the use of
cocaine. and he wanted someone to do
something for him so that he would not
take his own life. I told him to send
him to me and he came. We had a
faik, and he disclosed the source OF
his supply. As a result ! arrested
many Of the boys and men who were
selling the stuff. The man said he
wanted to get on the right road If there
was only some one back of him. I said
I would stand back of him, as | would
stand back of everyone, and of every
boy who would let me.
.eThe meauest man in the world, !
think, IL the one who sells cocaine to
the people. There were n good many
OF these about town, and ] passed the
word along that they must stop their
business. Some tool the hint md got
nut, hut others pHid no attention, and
these fellow l put away"
The sheriff went on to explain the bill
before the committee. The present law,
he said, made the penalty a thing to be
~disregarded as absurd. 1t covered the
selling of cocaine, but in such a way
that It was easily evaded. But one
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morning which may keep me in New
ark this afternoon. In the event of my
not appearing before you, please be kind
enough to consider this letter as giving
my strongest Endorsement to said bill.
which should be supported by all good
citizens.
"The evil thai the bill seeks to sup
press is a most vicious one. and its
deadly influence is rapidly extending
The International Order of Good Tenn
plars believes in the great work of re-
claiming the fallen. which is a work up
on which Gods angels look down and
smile.
t'But there is a work that is still
nobler and grander. namely. to save the
boys and girls of the rising generation
from evil contamination, so thata gen.
GRAFTON may arise in the future that
shall be free from he vices that nov
pollute human society. Very sincerely
yours,
EDWARD s. BLACK"
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EVANS'S FLEET At
TARGET PRACTISE
IN MAGDALENAB BAY
big Sixteen" Will Keep at Prac.
tise with Big Guns for
Three Weeks.

y WASHINGTON, March ls.-Record
target practise by Admiral Evans's
big sixteen began at Magdalena Bay
yesterday and will continue for APP
proximately three weeks. This infor-
nation was received by the Navy De-
partment today by wireless
Secretary Metcalf is considering an
application to have the fleet divided
into four squadrons when it reaches
San Pedro. Should this plan be adop-
Monica. one at Venice. one at Redondo
and the other at Long Beach. 1t
doubtless will be approved if the
anchorage facilities are found adequate.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-16
COOK
FOR HANNAH ELIAS
ENDS HIS LIFE

NEW YORK, March .16.-Frank Kito.
n Japanese cook. formerly employed by
Hannah Elias, who got a big sum of
money from aged John r. Plat, today
fired five bullets into the body of Mrs.
Lizzie Hulse. aged %, who had spurned
his love, and then drank carbolic acid.
Kito was dead before a physician
reached him. Mrs. Hulse will ecover.
Kito was rs years old. Both had been
employed in a restaurant in upper
Broadway, out last week, on account of
Kito's persistent attentions to her Mrs.
Iulse gave up her situation. Today's
home.
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for the bill. The following statements
were made by medical men today:
DR.. Thomas N. Gray, East Orange,
al viii do all within my power to aid
in getting THE EVENING STARS
anti cocaine bill through the Legisla-
ture. 1t is n of the best bills ever
introduced"
Bill Ought to Pass.
DIR. Ralph Fl. Hunt, East Orange: ~
think the bill is q mighty good one.
The drug is an unsafe thing to have
in the hands of the laity. and any
measure that will restrict the use of
cocaine to the Prescriptions of physi-
clans ought to pass the Legislature
DR.. G. Herbert Richards, Orange:
why, certainly. l am in favor OF such
a bill. Have you heard of anyone who
is not? The extent of the cocaine habit
is not appreciated by the general pub
lie, and / think 1t is entirely wrong for
a druggist to sell cocaine, morphine or
opium to anyone without a regular
physicians prescription. ] am glad to
say that in Orange there are some
druggists who will absolutely refuse TO
sell the drug without the proper au-
thorization."
DR.. Frank B. Lane, East Orange: 81
feel that no cocaine or other such drugs
should be sold other than on a physi-
clans prescription, and the prescrip-
ton should never be repeated unless
the doctor is consulted by the drug
gist.''
welcomed by Profession.
DIR. s. "A. Muta, West Orange: THE
anti-cocaine bill is an excellent meas
ure n 1 hope it will pass. The re-
s~triction of the sale of cocaine to legiti-
mate uses would be welcomed by physi-
clans
DR.. j. Minor Maghee, West Orange:
Every physician feels it would be a
good thing to break up the improper
uses of the drug. We feel the anti
cocaine bill is a very good measure
DIR. William NJ. Brlen, West Orange:
II think THE EVENING STARS
measure a good bill and had such a
measure been put on the statute books
and enforced years g many valuable
lives that have been wrecked by the
drug would have been saved. 1t seems
that the victims of the practise of CO.
caine using are to be found in every
walk Of life; professional men. business
men and day laborers seem to have
~succumbed to the attacks of the baneful
habit"
Hearty Endorsement.
DR.. william B. Graves, East Orange:
II Most heartily indorse the results
aimed at by the bill"
DR.. w. A. Wakeley, Orange: II GER
tainly approve of the measure"
Or. Palmer A. Potter. East Orange
-The introduction of such a measur
in the Legislature in certainly a wise
thing and the principal of 1t is exactly
right
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WATER DEPARTMENT SHOWS
NEAR $500, 900 BALANCE.

Closing the past veal after paying
maintenance cost, with a cash balance
of $51, 597 and with accounts receivable
aggregating $140, 1896 were the prin-
cipal features of the 1907 report placed
in the hands of Clerk Greathead, of the
Board of Works, by Henry d. North
rup. cashier of the water department.
In accordance with an act under
which the board operates it will be
presented at the ext meeting of the
Common Council.
The showing of the department is
equal to the records established in other
years since the city operated It's own
plant.
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TOXIC. March ia satisfactory
settlement of the Tatsu affair was an
nounced this afternoon, China conced-
ing all the Japanese demands. She will
purchase the arms and ammunition on
board the Tatsu. and will hoist the
Japanese flag over the vessel. While
the flag is being raised a Chinese war
ship will fire a salute.
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BLESSING TO THOUSANDS,
SAYS WOMANS CLUB HEAD.

Mrs. Maurice II. Decker, president
of the Political Study Club, of Orange,
In a spirited address, said:
eve cannot too heartily commend
this bill, for II is one of the best ever
introduced, md will be n blessing to
many poor w~retcbes. who are now In
the thraIl of deadly drugs, and will be
the savior of many who would fall into
deadly habits"
After careful study this bill seems
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remedy existed TO correct the evil. That
was to pass a law through which a con-
viction could be secured and then have
the violation made a misdemeanor. All
this. said Sheriff Sommer, was included
in THE NEWARK EVENING STARS
measure.
r. A. Ransom, secretary OF the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children OF Hudson County, also spoke.
He said:
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times over from them. The reason l
am here is because many of these boys
were good friends of mine. I intend to
do all in my power to stop the spread
of what I know to be the most serious
evil that confronts the children OF
Newark"
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me to be without a fault. and the
failure to pass it will mean that our
legislators dc not fully recognize the
of the drug. Sheriff Sommer
and THE EVENING STAR should re-
ceive the heartiest commentator of all
people for this gallant and public
spirited fight to better conditions. and
the blessings of thousands of broken
hearted parents win be with the bill
when It becomes law"
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OLDEST APPLICANT FOR WAR MEDAL

TRENTON, March 16.-William C..
Fennimore. of Millville, 81 years old,
has applied for one of the New Jersey
Civil War medals. He is the oldest
applicant on record.
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CHINA BACKS
DOWN TO JAPAN
IN TATsU CASE
Will Purchase Military Stores on
Ship and Fire Salute.
Vessel Released.

HONG KONG, March 16.-The Japa.
nese steaner, Tatsu Maru, has been re-
leased by the Chinese authorities.
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We keep In open stock a line of
sterling siIverware in satin cases;
we also repair and replate silver
tableware at the diamond house Of
J. MAYO, Second Floor,
Newark Arcade. Phone service.