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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-02
URGES ANTl-CLERlCAllSM
Mayor of Rome Reviews Work
of His Administration.

Rome, Dec. LIN anticipation OF the
municipal elections. which will be held
next Sunday, Mayor Nathan delivered 4
speech to-day before an immense audi
ence reviewing the work OF his admins
tration. He recalled his speech OF Sep
TENDER 20, 1910, on the occasion of the
commemoration OF the entry into Rome of
King Victor Emmanuel and the fall OF
the papal regime. in which he had warm
ly criticised the temporal power OF the
Catholic Church.
In that speech, said the Mayor to-day.
he had merely contrasted the conditio
of Rome before 1870 with the position II
assumed afterward He had simply stated
facts, but his speech had acquired i'm
portance through the criticisms directed
against II. even by the Pontiff. He said
he would not retract 50 much as a syllable
OF that speech. submitting It to the le-
Ultimate judges. the electors.
Mayor Nathan concluded by urging the
maintenance OF the bloc OF the 5.berrI
forces against "the bloc, which. under
the shelter Of the Vatican, the reactionary
Clerical forces are organizing"
The "Osservatore Romano" the Vati-
can organ, attacks the Mayors speech,
saying that II is beneath contempt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-02

outside saloon on the corner of Sew
enth avenue and S7th street is another
stand" where a street seller" of CO.
caine may usually be found This one
was on the job Saturday night and made
a big sale IL appeared from the report
that ran around through the district that
Casey" who was usually TO be found
with plenty Of coke" up around 4lst
street and Eighth avenue. had run out OF
his supply of the drug by reason Of an
unusually brisk evening trade. -Four wom-
en- and three men, all of them easily 10
he picked out as confirmed drug users,
were trying TO buy from Casey and,
as they were regular customers. he want
ed TO obige.
lie sent as his messenger TO the street
seller" whose stand is In front Of the cor
ner saloon at Seventh avenue and S1th
street a woman OF the district who is
elaringly noticeable because she always
leads a poodle dog about on a rather long
chain. This woman made the trip for
Casey" on Saturday night, and conduct
ed negotiations for semi-wholesale
transaction with the street merchant at
the saloon corner. There was some little
DELAY before the terms were arranged. but
the 18th street man. seeing a chance 10
make a big sale at profit OF something
like 200 per cent, took "Casey's" PROPOSE
ton rather than work through the night
for his regular 500 per cent profit.
At Ssth street and Eighth avenue the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-02
POODLE DOG A "COKE" SIGN
USED BY WOMAN DEALER

Investigator was able 10 purchase another
deck" of cocaine without any trouble or
pickering. and each of the sales noted
above was made In locations where either
street or shop lights threw glare on the
proceedings.
On 3sth street between Seventh and
Eighth avenues. in front OF disorderly
house. the investigator bought one deck
from a salesman who seemed to nave
some little idea Of hiding his business
from the police. This man was the only
street merchant encountered who APP
peared TO think that there was even re-
mote chance of police interference HIS
stand" is in the middle Of a dark block,
and, though he was perfectly Willing 10
sell cocaine. a question as to his name
with the implication that the purchaser
might want 10 look him up again met
with a reply that "he'd be around some
where's. and he'd come without name.
With that single exception, the street
sellers" OF cocaine in the Tenderloin DIS
trict made their sales without al appar-
ent thought Of police, and the lack OF
activity by the police seemed 10 JUSTIFY
the faith Of the drug sellers.
In the course OF making the purchases
noted above, the investigator was able
TO see over two hundred sales gong on
all through that district, and. although
patrolmen in uniform and detectives or
Acknowledgement were numerous in the
district. there was not single case or
police interference with the trsffic.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-02
FATHER SEES AUTO HIT SON
Lad Warned Of Doctors Gar Too
Late Receives Fracture of Skull.

Carl Montag, jr., eleven years old. of
No. s7i Prospect avenue The Bronx, was
struck by an automobile at 16lst street
and Prospect avenue last evening. while
his father looked on. unable to save the
youngster The boy had run across the
street ahead of his father, who called to
him to come back. The little fellow be-
gan to walk backward. The automobile,
owned and operated by DR.. Samuel Field
man. OF No. $50 Prospect avenue, was
going at a moderate speed, but DR.. Field
man had no chance to stop the car be-
fore II hit the boy
Tho lad was carried into a drug store
by DIR. Feldman and his brother-in-law,
Frederick Hill. The father was nearly
overcome. Mrs. Montag heard of the
accident and ran to the drug store. where
she became hysterical. While awaiting
"a ,.S.bulance DR.. Feldman looked the
boy over <nd said that he was unable to
.nd any serious injury. DR.. Jacobstein.
OF Lebanon Hospital. on his arrival. how
ever. said that the lad had received a
fracture OF the skull. lie was taken ~
the hospital. The Coroncrs' Office was
notified of the accident.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-02

a card" The card" OF opium is prop
erly named. for 1t is an ordinary playing
card folded over with a smudge OF the
costly, pasty drug stuck like gum in the
fold.
From this card" a skllfu smoker Will
extract from two to three pills" pill
being one smoke. This is accomplished
by mixing the original opium with the
ashes from previous "pills' lett in his
pipe, and is much practised among the
poorer smokers.
For the wealthy smoker the hop mer-
chant" has for sale what is called toy
which is a receptacle constructed Of bone.
glass or porcelain. and containing some
thing more than twice as much opium az
Shell" Sometimes these toys" run in
larger sizes and sell for different prices
up to 81.
The opium smoker in the act OF smoking
is said TO be cooking his pill" Ordinary
tobacco smokers who have seen opium
pipes are usually msed into believing
that the bowl OF the pipe IL filled with the
opium, but as a matter of fact the pill
OF paste" is merely stuck upon the cover
OF the DOWl Oh inc pipt' aHb thc o'iA'HN -
drawn through a hole in that cover about
the size OF an ordinary nail hole and on
through the bowl and stem OF the pipe to
the smokers mouth.
Another popular mistake about the
habit is that the user smokes one pipe OF
opium and then curls over on couch, but
as a matter of fact even an inexperienced
smoker is only dazed by one pill" 1t
affects him much as two OF three drinks
affect an inexperienced drinker, but the
opium users who are stretched out on
hunks and touches in an opium den are
saturated with the drug before 1t has
the effect Of putting them to sleep.
With both the opium and cocaine habits
the depth OF remorse which follows its use
IS greater than that OF a drunkard, but
not so lasting, and the desire and craving
for another dose Of the drug usually over
ride quickly any determination to swear
off,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-02

How careless of law or legal restrictions
on their trade these cocaine merchants are
can be Judged by the fact that the state
law not only prohibits the sale OF the
drug except under a physicians prescrip-
,,on hut declares that the mere possession
~ cocaine without such prescription 20
Justify II is a felony.
Possession is presumptive evidence OF
intent 10 sell" according to the penal law
on the subject. but the traders and users
~ the drug in New York worry neither
about the physicians prescription nor the
police. who are supposed to enforce the
law.
So profitable has this business become
from the point OF view Of the street hawk-
or who makes upward OF 500 per cent on
his sales, that in at least one section OF
the city the idea OF monopoly has taken
hold with a grip that Is backed up with
gun nghting whenever any one Is nrazen
enough TO dispute the control OF that Sec
ton.
One man handles the cocaine trade IN
the section lying west OF Broadway and
south OF 18th street as far south as the
BROOKLYN Bridge. lie buys the drug In
quantities which ought to lay him open to
the suspicion Of the wholesalers but COW
ers his tracks TO some extent by buying
from a number OF firms. Cadets and lob
bygows Of the underworld handle the r"-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-02
AND SON
REPORTED RECONC|LED
Raymond, Who Married Ethel
Lorraine, Is Supposed To Be
with Father.
IS NOT LIVING WITH WIFE
Family Does Not Deny That
There Has Been Understand
ing-Mrs. Belmont Keeps
in Her Apartments.

Raymond Belmont, who was reported
Saturday as having parted with his show
girl bride, Ethel Helen Lindner, known
on the stage as Ethel Lorraine, had not
returned last night to the Gostord, where
he went to live with his wife after their
marriage
According TO seemingly well founded
reports, the second son of the financier
left the apartment on Friday noon, and
from Information obtained yesterday, he
has been at the country home of his
father at Babylon, ever since.
II was said that Raymond and his
younger brother, Morgan Belmont. were
e ge'h.- at Babylon. When a reporter
called up August Belmont's country home
Morgan Belmont came to the telephone
ana did not deny that Raymond was
staying there.
1--WE understand that Raymond Belmont
is staying a. Babylon" said the reporter.
How long has he been there?"
The voice at the other end Of the line
hestattd for time. and then asked that
the queition be repeated.
II cannot say anything about the mat
ter" was the final reply.
May speak to Raymond. them
mo" somewhat emphaticalIy; and
then: Tint is. ! do not know anything
about IT,"
The receiver was hung up.
At the G)sford all efforts TO see MISS
Lorraine, az Mrs. Raymond Belmont is
stin known there, were unsuccessful. The
halboys pr.fessed ignorance of her
whereabouts and said that no one an
swered the telephone in her apartment.
Employees aboit the place said that they
had not seen Mr. Belmont in three or
four days.
II the story that Raymond Is at his
fathers country home be true II means
that there has been a reconciliation be-
tween father and son, who became
estranged when the former learned posi-
lively that Raymond had married Miss
Lindner in Jersey City on November 20
Since his marriage young Raymond Bel
mont has not appeared at his fathers
office, in Exchange Place. where he has a
desk
August Belmont, according to all re-
ports, did not remain idle. but engaged
william Sheridan. a detective. to work on
the case. sheridan left town Saturday.
and is not expected back to-day. His
mission has been kept a secret but
friends of the Belmonts regard the trip
as significant.
Sheridan spent three days in Jersey
City examining the marriage record and
running down ends that seemed TO favor
his quest-a flaw that might be the
grounds for annulling the marriage
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-02
GANGS OF GUNNER PROTECT
SELLERS FROM COMPETITION

failing of his product, and an active gang
Of gunner are at his beck and call TO
drive out OF that district any other coke
pedler" who has the temerity TO invade
his territory.
Opium Easy to Get.
The opium traffic OF the city, which has
its handspring IN Chinatown, is probably
less bothered by the police than the CO.
, caine trade. In the Tenderloin, in the
neighborhood OF Columbus Circle, along
Second avenue south Of 18th street, over
In Brooklyn. and, Of course In Chinatown
itself a SHELF of opium can be bought
In scores Of places almost as easily as a
cigar.
Customarily the would-be purchaser
asks simply for a shell" The shell"
Is the real shell of Chinese lychee nut,
about an inch in diameter. in the form OF
half an obloid. Ordinarily the pur-
chaser does not even need to designate
what he wants. more than to name the
container, although In one alleged laundry
in goth street the Cinnamon demanded
"A she'll of what?'
Among its users 1t is not ex:led opium.
but goes under the nan@s of mud
grease" hop" or paste" A sbsll sells
for so cents. but for those who cannot af-
ford 10 spend so much at one time the
trade has q smaller receptacle. known az
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-02
'NARROW,ON PIER QUESTION
r. A. G. Smith Attacks Attitude
of Brooklyn interests.

Il. 4. G. Smith. chairman OF the New
York state commission 10 investigate
port conditions and pier extensions, has
written to Mayor Gaynor complaining OF
false impressions that are being given
by Brooklyn citizens. who through error
or design make misleading statements
about the port conditions Mr.. Smiths
statement in part follows:
interests that pretend To love their
Brooklyn have begun a systematic as
sault on our recommendation and are
using, either through Ignorance or ques-
tionable design, false arguments and
misstatements. They state that there
is ample accommodation for handling
passengers from express steamships in
Brooklyn and that Manhattan needs the
room for freight distribution.
The absurdity Of that statement is
shown by facts developed in our investi-
which are that those owning and operat-
ing terminals there do not want the eX-
press passenger ships which are seeking
accommoda lions at the west side OF
the big passenger ships bring no grlst
TO their mill, which exists In the form
Of warehouses and manufacturing plants
| lying behind the piers There is no
profit to them in passengers passing
through their property.
They cry out al the alleged cost Of the
Manhattan Improvement, without saying
that the improvement would follow In
sequence when required. They will not
say that dollar for dollar the piers and
sheds at Manhattan Will cost no more
| than at any other point In the port.
| They indicate the narrowness of their
vision when they allow their agitators
TO state that New York is so great that
she needn't care about whether big ships
| come here or not. New York IS great be-
cause OF its harbor.
1t Is hard to discern whether IL IS ic-
norance or righteousness that prompts
the speakers from the Brooklyn interests
when they state that the recommenda-
lions for Manhattan as a site for the
long piers are based on anything else
than a conclusion proved by thorough
investigation for the best interest of the
entire city and port OF New York.
The settlement of port questions be-
tween the federal, state and city author
tiles makes II important that the public
should understand the big question In
volved and not allow itself to be carried
away by selfish or personal motives.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-02

ProbabIv the most enterprising street
seller" in the Tenderloin conducts MS
business in such a way that II would be
hard for the ordinary observer TO imagine
that the police do not know all about nm
and his business" This man. known
only as Tommy" makes his sales from
the corner of Eighth avenue ana AIst
street. and at that stand" the tribune
investigator bought one deck from MIN
on Friday night. Tommy" has MADE
arrangements for the use of shed IN
the rear of a tenement house few doors
from that corner. in 4lst street. ana IN
that shed, from which half the rooi
boards are torn or worn away, he mas
6xed I'D a score of hunks. which are
nothinr more than 80 many bins.
.Tommy's" customers, when so satu-
rated with the drug that they cannot get
around the streets. are welcome TO the
use of "Tommys" clubhouse, and they
can be found there by the half Dozen
even on the coolest nights. The coke
sends" bunkhouse is so close to the
,oar and side walls of some OF the l2d
street theatres that II the fire escapes OF
some of them were ever called into use
the people on the iron ladders would De
able 20 look down directly upon the drug
saturated sleepers.
The cocaine in New York, so far as the
,ueral selling Of It is concerned, is ham
dIed largely in what are called decks"
A deck" is a small envelope or folded
paper containing from one to three
''sniffs" and sold for from 10 cents 10 :"
cents.
Commonly the cocaine is taken much as
the old-fashioned SNUFF. by drawing 1t UP
through the nose, and its effect upon the
nerves Is keen and direct. 1t exhilarates
temporarily, but that feeling is very
shortly succeeded by a reaction on the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-02

Among the dope fends" the cocaine is
called coke" Junk" and white stuff,
and the street merchants who buy it
from the drug store headquarters Of the
trade get il in small one-elghth OF an
ounce bottles. The price over the counter
OF the drug store is about 81 an ounce
but the eighth Of an ounce bottle costs
the street pedlers about 81 20.
From the small bottle costing 81 20. how
ever, the street pedler makes up the
equivalent of about forty 25-cent decks.
so that his profit runs we'll over 500 per
cent. AS conditions are now. and as they
have been during the present administra-
ton, this street merchant apparently
takes practically no risk whatever. lie
is seldom even bothered by the police, and
rarely arrested.
He can detect a newcomer into his field
OF customers easily by the signs which
the drug leaves on its users. The con-
firmed coke sniffer" will have a mark OF
nervous twitching which can scarcely be
mistaken for anything but what II is;
dilated and abnormally shining eyes, and
in extreme cases the bridge Of the nose
will be partly sunk in.
IF you search coke sniffer' you'll
always find a wet handkerchief on i'm,
like a person with a bad cold in the
head, but much worse" one Of these
street pedlers explained to an investi-
gator last night
Another term used TO describe the class
is 'Ieaper," and this is derived from the
fact that the nervous twitching grows
upon them, so that eventually they be-
come unable to control their movements
and will. after dose of the dope" Jump
about as II in sheer boyish exhilaration.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-02
RECALL WINS IN IDAHO
Initiative Amendment Was Also
Adopted by Voters.

Boise. Idaho, Dec. AL of the Idaho
constitutional amendments voted on at
the recent election were adopted accord
ing to figures given out by the State
Board of Canvassers to-day.
The vote in favor of the initiative was
3S.s2I, against 1897; in favor OF the re-
call 36,S27 against l4,O94, Less IMAM
half the voters expressed themselves
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-02
REFUGE, FOR DRUG VICTIMS
UNDER NOSES OF POLICE
Trade Has Its Own Jargon.

nervous system which leaves the user
"shot 10 pieces"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-21
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

i The publication in The Star last even
ing of the Introduction of the bill in Con-
gress creating company to operate a
street railway from Rosslyn, on the Vir-
ginia side of the Aqueduct bridge. along
NJ street to the Union station and the
eastern portion of the city, was the first
notice to the men actively interested in
two street railway systems of the city
that such thing was proposed.
The general route of the new line is not
new. Some years ago the Great Falls
Company was interested in a similar
measure, and in the scheme of Streetfratl-
way extensions sent to Congress during
the present session by the Commissioners
this is one of the new routes suggested,
but to be operated by one of the existing
companies 1T was said today by an off,
Ger of the Great Falls company, now
the Washington and Old Dominion, which
is building the trolley to Bluemont, Va.
that his company had no interest in the
new enterprise.
E. Southland Parker will not enter upon
his new duties as president of the Union
Savings Bank until the 1st of. June. In
the meanwhile he will visit his farm in
Pennsylvania. When he returns he will
resume a line of work which has become
familiar to him through years of expert
ence. Mr.. Parker his been identified with
no less than four national banks in Wash
inston.
The trading at todays meeting of the
stock exchange was mainly confined to
the traction securities. In some of the
stocks the figures were on slightly higher
levels. Capital Traction stock sold at 12S
Washington Railway and Electric. COM
mon stock at S91a and the preferred stock
of the same company in broken lots as
high 94ss. Washington gas stock sold
up to S6aa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-21
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. May 21.-The cotton mar
ket opened steady at a decline of 1a4
points In response TO lower cables and
faorable weather in the south over night
Active positions sold about . to Z points
net lower right after the cali under a
continuation of the recent selling move
ment. out forecasts for showers in South
Carolina and Georgia checked the decline
There were private reports OF rains in
south Georgia. and the market during
the middle of the morning became ffrmer
on covering OF shorts ana reports of an
increasing trade demand Prices ad-
anced several points from the early low
level. and toward the end OF the first hour
were about to points net higher
The market was very quiet late in the
forenoon, and after showing a net adj
vance OF about 10 10 II points on cover
ing and trade buying inspired by private
reports of rain in south Georgia, eased
on from the best under realizing by early
buyers and local selling. Prices at mid
day were steady and from 5 to 6 points
net higher.
Spot quiet; middling upland, 1I50 NOM
inal
Estimated receipts at all the ports to-
day. 11.oOO bales. against S419 last week
and pass last year. For the week, 5000
bales. against 80. 754 last week and Al. SIS
last year. Today's receipts at Galveston
1881 bales. against LASS last year; at
New Orleans. 3.244 bales, against 2,s47
last year. and at Houston. 49, bales,
against 49i last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-21
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, May .21.-F1our-Quiet at
the decline Spring patents. 5.50a5.sO;
winter straights, 515a5.25; winter pat
ents. 5.40a5.6O; Kansas straights, 5.1Oa
5.25.
wheat-Very light northwest receipts.
dry weather in the southwest, covering
of shorts and absence of bear pressure
resulted in a % advance in wheat early
today. July. 1.12tsa1.13A.
Pork-Easy; mess, 20 25a20.5O; short
clear. 19.O0a20. so.
Beef-Steady.
Lard-Weak; middle west, 10.35a10l b.
Raw sugar-Steady; muscovado, 50 tests
1856: centrifugal. 90 test, 3.S6, molasses,
50 test. 311, refined quiet.
Petroleum-Steady.
Enthusiastically
Hay-Quiet.
Hides-Steady.
Leather-Firm.
Butter-Steady; receipts, 1857 pack
ages; process. seconds, 23a4.
Cheese-Steady aud unchanged. Re-
ceipts, S, SSS boxes.
Eggs-weak. Receipts, 50.3S0 cases
Fresh gathered seconds. regular packed,
1S,1a17h. do. thirds and poorer. 15a16:
fresh gathered dirties. No. I, 161ea17; No.
2. 1512a16; state, Pennsylvania and nearby
hennery white. fancy. large, new laid. %;
do. selected white, fair to good q 1aa221a;
western gathered whites, 21a22: state,
Pennsylvania and nearby hennery browns,
2la2l1z.
Poultry-Live steady; chickens, broilers,
25a:p: western fowls. IL; turkeys. IL.
Dressed irregular; western fowls, 14a151s;
turkeys, 13a22.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-21
BOSTON WOOL MARKET.

wool left in the market. and only light
arrivals of the new clip, trading in do
nestle product is along very narrow
lines, and in odd lots. Values hold fairly
firm in nearly all lines.
Interest centers almost wholly in the
new clip and arrivals from the west find
ready takers.
Binding in Utah and Nevada is reported
as very brisk and 20c is said to have
been paid for medium wool.
In the fleece sections medium woods are
bringing sc in Michigan and Ohio f. o. b.
In old wool some small lots of Ohio
fine unwashed has sold for PIC, and a
little Michigan one-quarter blood has
changed hands at &c.
A lot of old territory fine staple brought
1sc recently. Pulled wool is scarce and
high.