Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-01
Me>dsy, Dsosmber I, 1913.
III. as.,i.sriun % oblivicr.

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To he the pace tha' kills Is me
tendency Of great cities. More ano
more they chafe under restraint ana
rail al tire slugg:shaess of rural con-
zzua.t.es. TIE personal liberty
followers de--.a-d "22:o:-.a -u!e" that
the restraining hand Of the character
OF the oouat-y ray rot withhold them
from making every derssly populated
district = sink hole of vice. fheA
ask 10 be set off from the reach Of the
laws of responsibility, that their in
diligence may gather it's kind and
carry all more rapidly sodomward.
Have you read of the latest gilded
snare of the devil-the "Sanitarium of
Oblivion? 1t is the society opium
der. II is where beautiful women
ard girls, too--of the smart set, lock-
ing for new diversions in gorgeous
costumes so TO partake OF suppersa
where THE pipe" is the irresistible
norsel. Matrons and maids of So
called responsibility, in their desper-
ate attempts to dodge ennui, enslaVe
their own souls and perfect the net of
the white SLAYER.
s--Read the following excerpts from
New York dispatches CT emily week
age
his offices az l52 East Twenty second
street, DR.. Herman Seidler is under
arrest nos on charge OF being the
host at opium suppers," at which,
the Federal authorities claim, scores
of beautifully gowned women and
girls INDUCED in the pipe as the
principal morsel. The raiders found
50 pipes, 100 pounds of opium, and a
complete manufacturing kit in the
rooms.
= II is also alleged that DR.. seidler
operated what he called q "sanitariun
o. oblivion" in which he treated wo-
men suffering with cancer and other
diseases by teaching them TO become
slaves to opium.
He had a room fat next to his
Office. for which he paid a monthly
rental of 1892, and which, the Federal
agents declare, was filed with women
all the time A waiting list is said to
Shaye been discovered.
: Other; evidence discovered in the
lat led the authorities to Immediate
~ start investigating the charge that
DR.. Saidler was connected with
ring of white siayers. Of which his
sanitarium cure was merely an ad-
tJunct.
= The "opium suppersn given by Dr.
Solder were hilarious affairs, in
which the women, and some few men,
inhaled the fumes of the poppy. When
their senses were completely dead
ened declare the Federal authorities,
the diners" would drop off to their
derams, one by one
These "suppers," it is said, always
brought more patients TO the sani-
tarium.
The majority of the women are said
by the agents to be well known to so
ciety. with a slight sprinkling of ac
tresses and other professional women.
The .suppers" were elaborate af-
fairs, the diners" being dressed
usually In evening gowns. Many wo-
men were found in the "sanitarium'
when the raid was made. Their
names were taken, and after their
Identities had been verified they were
silor.ed their freedom. They will all
he called into court later as Wit
nesses.
Or. Solder had high standing in
the community in which his SAM
tarium' is located, and was pos
sessed Of a large practice among a
number of wealthy New Workers. The
Federal authorities claim he has made
100000 in the last year through his
"opium ring