The National tribune., 1909-04-08

drug, except under physicians preScrip-
ton, and it is now difficult to get suck
drugs, except the proper prescription
signed by the name of a reputable ply
sician. is first shown. 1t seems, how
ever. that just about as much morphine
| is being used as ever. A Miss Mabc
Owens of Washington. has been ar
rested in Baltimore, and on her person
was found about / 900 quarter of ;,raiT
tablets of morphine. 1t is STATED by
her that she procured the morphine OF
DIR. Lauer, druggist of Baltimore,
and that she went over twice week
for that same amount of morphine
This drug she is supposed 20 have
brought back to Washington and sold
at immense profit to drug fiends -sno
could not get the stuff in this city Miss
Owens. of Washington, has been ar
partments here, ii is said. The police
had been on her trail for two months.
They knew that drug fiends were get
ting the dope, but did not know how
nor where. They shadowed Miss Owens
to Baltimore. They found she was net
in Baltimore at the Union Station by
the colored porter from DR.. Lauer's
drug store. He gave her package, he
said, and received one in return, but
he declared he did not know what was
in either of the packages. The police
preferred to arrest Miss owens in Mary
"
are so lax in the matter.
Joseph Peter Mcintyre. Chaplain of
the battleship Oregon during the men,
orable run from Puget Sound Navy
Yard around Cape Horn to Santiago,
died last week in Seattle. Gf nervous
disorders resulting from service during:
the Spanish War and by shock caused
by exposure following the San Francis
CO earthquake and fire.
Inaugural Day was so nearly bliZ-
zard-it would have been called that if
it had been ripping over the plains of
Kansas-that the High School boys of
the District schools could not march
in the parade. because their uniforms
do not include overcoats, and 10 have
marched in the storm without thefn
would have called for the ''woo1el'
variety very soon after the parade. The
boys want to be reviewed by the Pres
ident, however, and have been discuss
ing this among themselves and appeal
ing TO the Superintendent of Schools.
Permission has been granted for them
to march, and they are to have the
Filipino or "Constabulary" Band, as it
is called. They were to have this band
on Inauguration Day. 1t is said to be
the finest band in the country: but, of
Marine Band is going to admit that
anything on earth can be any finer than
that. The Filipino Band has been Civ
ing concerts, and will be stationed at
Fort Myer while it remains IN this Sec
ton of the country.
The business men of Washington are
to give President Taft dinner. The
invitation has been extended and ac-
cepted. The people of Washington
never gave a President a dinner before
in the history of the country. This
dinner is to be an UP and upper, now
mind you, and every man who can show
dress coat and the wherewith will be
at that dinner
Representative Mccall, of Massachu-
setts, has introduced a resolution re-
questing the President to open negotia-
tions with the various Nations of the
globe looking to an agreement for the
naturalization of the Philippine Islands,
and for the recognition of their index
pendence whenever it is granted by the
United States.
The preamble to the resolution sets
forth that the argument for not giving
the islands their independence has been
that if the United States abandoned
them some other Nation would take
them.
The Belgian Minister. Baron Mon
cheur, has announced that King Leo
pold of Belgium has decided to grant
prize of $1,000 to the author of the best
work describing the progress of aerial
navigation and the best means of en-
couraging it. That the students of
aerial navigation from all over the
world may have a chance to compete
for the prize. King Leopold has an
nounced that the work may be written
in French, English, Flemish. German,
Italian, Spanish or Portuguese.
In speaking of the competition, Baron
Moncheur said:
king Leopold requested that pub
lie announcement of the competition be
made to America. because Americans
now lead the world in aeronautics, and
he thinks from their interest in the
subject an American could win the
prize as easily as those of other Ma
tions."
Shall BE Amounted for Merit