The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-30

has its way. That organization has !
full authority to take up the situation
and it appears sufficiently determined |
Last week there was a raid of the |.
opium joints, together with the arrest
Of 200 whites and Chinese. Since that
time the hauls have not been as big, |
but they have been coming along at a
pace that indicates business is meant
this raid brings into the
limelight a condition which the police
and medical men, together with the
Federal authorities, have known all
along. In spite of the high price of
the dope and the absolute prohibit
ton against it as an import, opium in
its various forms is still smuggled into
this city in large quantities Prob
ably it is true that most of it is now
coming in over the Mexican border,
owing to the successful raids on trans
Pacific steamers at this port during
the past year or two.
Profits Are Big.
Whichever way it is coming in, it is
patent that large quantities are sold
here and somebody is making large
profits out of the law breaking.
Medical men say it is surprising
how many white men and women use
morphine and opium and how sad are
the stories of these drug fiends Some
of them are so soaked with the poi
son that it is hard to believe the guam
titles they take at times.
According to a clerk in one of the
all-night stores where the drugs are
for sale, one of these steady custo-
mers buys and swallows something
like sixteen grains of morphine about
five times week.
The disappearance of Captain Ray
mond L. Meyer, one of the active
mariners of the Pacific Coast, has led
to a statewide search on the part Of
his relatives and friends. The last
time he was seen was at Shasta
Springs, on the evening of June 30. At
that time he had considerable money
on his person. He was passing his
vacation at the resort and had written
home that he would return to San
Francisco in a day or so.
At the time of his disappearance
Captain Meyer had a schooner, of
which he was the main owner, at Coos
Bay He was to have Joined the yes.
sci within a few days. His friends
say that he had no business or domes.
| tic connections that might have led to
his disappearance. He was a single
man, thirty-five years of age.
Record Is Widely Known.
Captain Meyer has figured in {
number of exploits of Pacific Coast
navigation. He was the mate of al
ocean liner some years ago when the
captain was murdered at sea and a
the time he took charge of the yes
sci and put the accused men in irons
San Francisco is going to have &
traffic squad of police, like those il
the big cities of the East. Plans TO
this squad have long been agitated b.
the Chamber of Commerce, the Nortl
Beach Improvement Association, tn
Motor Car Dealers and kindred organ
= cations.
The traffic squad, according to Car
tain O'Meara, probably will consist G
fifteen to twenty men, the major POI
ton of whom will be mounted an
commanded by lieutenant of police
1t will be the duty of this detachmen
to enforce the present traffic laws
which are believed to be ample, ono
the driving public is educated to oil
serve them.
The mounted men will work in tn
middle of the block All heavy veh
Giles will be required to travel as nea
the curb as possible and the ligf
traffic and automobiles will be kept
the middle of the street. Drivers turt
= ing into a side street to the left wi
have to drive entirely around the ce
. ter of the crossing, instead of riskin
. collision with the traffic from that d
= rection by cutting across the corne
= Mining Business Active.
=. There are signs of big revival
mining on the mother lode in Califo
mia. Malcolm McLaren, the represe
tative of a London syndicate, has ju
purchased, for $150,OOO from the e
tate of Alvina Hayward, two mines
Amador county that have been Gle
ed for years. McLaren and anoth
agent of the syndicate are making I
port on five other mines which, 1t
believed, the Britishers will buy,
the prices are satisfactory.
The owners of the Jumper mine,
French crowd, have been successful
selling some of the company's sto
on the Paris Bourse and with t
money will actively work the pro
erty. This is the first American 60
mine to sell its securities on the Pa