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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-13
Commissioner Woods Joins
Crusade, and Has All
Prisoners Examined.
MAJORITY OF CROOKS
USERS OF NARCOTICS
Six Accused in the Inspection OF
Yesterday-Cocaine Price Up
to S45 an Ounce.

The presence OF six alleged users and
vendors OF cocaine and heroin in the line
I'D at Police Headquarters yesterday MADE
public a quiet crusade that Commissioner
Woods has been conducting against drug
pedlers ever since he took office
From the information given lin by
Inspector Faurot and Captain Dunn. OF
the Detective Bureau. Commissioner
Woods was convinced that at least 90 per
cent of the crooks brought in were drug
victims. Since he took office. last April,
there have been more than 800 arrests for
selling or possessing habit forming drugs
There was the more reason TO make
cleanup because under the provisions OF
The Tribune anti-cocaine law, those ar
rested for possessing the drug illegally are
tried in Special Sessions, and 1t is SAID
that fully 20 per cent Of the cases tried
there have resulted in convictions. FLOYD
II. Wilmot, the Assistant District Attor-
ney in charge OF Special Sessions, has
tried more than 300 drug cases since No
vember.
SO watchful have the police and the de-
tectives Of the District Attorneys once
become that the street prices Of both CO.
caine and heroln are soaring. The furtlVe
creature who used to buy his cocaine FOR
s. an ounce and peddle IL at SIG an ounce
has raised his price to si5 an ounce. Ihe
higher price is due not only to the IN
creased risk the pedler runs, but to the
increasing difficulty OF obtaining the drug
at any price.
The publicity which attended the efforts
of Mrs w. X Vanderbilt. the Rev.
James B. Curry, Judge Swami, Ernest X.
Coulter and others to obtain the passage
OF the Boylan bill last spring is still bear
ing fruit.
On July 1 the new ant-drug act takes
effect. The new law will include heron,
which is considered by some to be fully
as dangerous as cocaine, i'm its provisions.
II also provides that upon proof that he is
a drug user a prisoner may be sent either
to a sanatorium or state hospital or to
any public institution to which a vagrant
could be legally committed.
The prisoners in the lineup yesterday
who were said TO be drug victims were
John Suzzo, known as THE Chop Suey
Kid" James Lombarto, Philip McManus,
Matthew Burns. Otto Siegert and Louise
Reynolds. Burns, Siegert and Louise
Reynolds were charged with assault and
robbery, as we'll as with the Illegal pos
session of drugs. 1t is alleged that they
struck down and robbed of s5l Otto Stein
field. who was searching in their apart
ment house for the rooms of friend.
Andrew Butter and Annie Goldstein
were convicted of selling cocaine Illegally
Yesterday before Judge Mulqueen in Cen
eral Sessions. Blutier had stable In
Sullivan ST which is said to have been
merely a blind for his real business OF
selling cocaine.
James Reggini, who was arrested as
&C caine vender at 17S West Houston st.
after Harry c. ellison. an investigator for
the District Attorney, had been slashed
in the arm and Patrolman Seyler shot
was held in the Jefferson Market police
court Yesterday for the grand jury.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-13

The Resolute won by minutes 4s sec
onds elapsed and by minutes 80 seconds
corrected time. The Resolute's time al
lowance was minutes 10 seconds.
The Resolute left for Bristol. r. l.. by
way OF Montauk, Immediately after the
race. where some alterations are TO be
made, including, II is said. the changing
from single TO double head rig
The Nanitie was towed TO City Island.
where the Defiance had preceded her
early yesterday morning. Beth yachts are
to undergo some alterations.
Those on board the Vanitie said yes
terday that the races this week must be
regarded as little more than trial spins.
and that when the Vanitie found herself
she would furnish many view OF her
counter to her contenders in races TO
come.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-13
CUBAN TRAINING SHIP HERE
The Patria Arrives, and Grew
Asks, What's the Scorer

Twenty-one guns from the forts
greeted the Cuban training ship Patria
when she arrived in port yesterday and
anchored in the North River OF west
I'D st
The trim little gunboat fairly shook her
self in answering with twenty-one guns
the greetings OF Fort Hamilton, Fort
Wadsworth and Governors Island. as she
passed each saluting station in turn
No sooner was anchor dropped ana
boats lowered TO receive visitors than the
crew, from Captain Villegus-Ruenas'
down to the youngest apprentice. began 10
ask about the baseball score. All the way
up from Havana the crew said they had
been informed by wireless OF the pCsi-
ton Of the Giants who are looked up 10
nightly by Cuban fans.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-13
Leading Facts
of Yacht Race

seventh race of the Americas Cup
yachts of SANDY Hook in fresh breeze
from the :. =. ".
StarterS-ResOlute and Nanitie.
Winner-Resolute. by minutes 50 sec
onds, corrected time: minutes &c sec
Onds. actual time.
COurse-30 miles. an eduilateral tri-
angle. 10 miles to the leg.
Corrected time for full courses hours
10 minutes 80 seconds
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-29

er. 1t is 30xSO feet in size and 10
feet deep and the water overhows
much of the time. An electric mo-
tor and pump has been installed for
irrigation purposes.
aside from its value as a money
making institution for the state, the
prison farm is of great value as an
example in farming. Here may be
seen modern and approved methods
being carried out under intelligent
supervision, and a visit to this insti-
tuition cannot but be OF benefit to
any person interested in farming.
The editor of the Age wishes to
express his appreciation OF the cour-
tcsies shown him by Warden DECKER
o upon his recent visit"
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-29
The Prison Farm as Seen by
Editor of Clark County Paper

During his visit to Carson City last
week Charles ?. Squires, editor OF
the Las Vegas Age, took occasion to
visit the prison farm, and from his
observations wrote the following in
teresting article for his paper:
"EX-Governor d. S. Dickerson,
warden of the states prison, is car
rying out the improvements of the
PRISON farm very successfully. Ia
the very near future the farm will
not only be self-supporting, but vii!
contribute substantially to the sup
port OF the prison.
"i"c ,rOnc,ty consists OF l.iSO
acres located about six mics south
Cl Car City The Old buildings.
which ;Ic now nearly in runs, ar"
being replaced with substantial new
structures. Among thOse recently
or! iettG is a large stable, modren
i'll ever, respect, for twenty millh
COWS, 4 table for the wolk horses.
and a ,lo2 house with wv: lty-fcur
{ apartments for breeding pur-
Lose.
"N"c.i new fencing has been done
aid OUT" an area OF new lard brOk-
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-29

I'll Ii, II is season. The work IS all
done bv convicts, who are glad OF
the change from the prison to the
farm, d favor granted only to those
w'oo have proven themselves worthy
The tact that they are placed upon
Their honor, together with the out
door life, is very beneficial to those
permitted to live on the farm. The
getting good results. A careful sys-
tenn Of accounting is in use for all
material.
In the d%airying department every
thing is as clean and sweet as scrup-
ulous care can make it and a cOnsid-
cradle amount OF excellent butter is
turned out each day. Under direc-
ton of Warden Dickerson a fine herd
OF blOOded dairy COWS is being built
up.
"Ihe hog business promises to be
very profitable to the farm. Only
registered Berkshire stock is used
Tor breeding purposes and many OF
the pens are now occupied by CON
tented black mothers with large fam
lies Of cunning little sucking pigs,
from a few days to several weeks old.
The porkers are butchered on the
farm and the hams and bacon cured
and smoked, a large smoke house
having just been built. The cured
product has the delightful flavor OF
the home smoked hams of our youth
full days.
alfalfa and hogs will be the main
stay Of the farm probably, although
quite an acreage of grain is being
sown this year. \ splendid quality
of wild grass hay is also cut from
the meadows.
"Water is found very near the sur
face on the farm, and the warden mas
dug a we'll which is a record break
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-29
NOTICE OF REMOVAL

Notice is hereby given that the
principal office OF the Freno Flume
& Lumber company, a corporation
under the laws of the state of Ne
vada, was on the 18th day of March,
1914, changed and removed from
county building, Carson City. Ne
yada, to the office of James D. Finch,
Clay Peters building, North Virginia
street, Reno, Nevada, and that James
d. Finch is the duly appointed resi-
dent agent OF said corporation IN
charge of it's said principal office.
J. G. FERGUSON,
Secretary Fresno Plume q LUMBER
Company.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-29
BUSINESS

be a back number when TWO
CT three applications OF Perfecto
Gray Hair Restorer will give your
Lair Its youthful color and a beau
tl1ul, glossy, fluffy appearance? 1t
l. a vegetable preparation and I'M
like others is not injurious to the
scalp. Sold in two sizes, $1.uO and
81 cents, postpaid. Send cash or
money order. Dept. B., Western
Agency Realty Bldg, Spokane,
Wash.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-29

DR.. BAKERS Nerve and Stomach
Kennedy will give you a perfect
healthy stomach and build up your
nervous system. 1t is positively
without equal as a tonic for stom-
ach and nerves. In bottles $l.OO
Postpaid. Send cash or money Or
der. Dept. E., Western Agency.
Rea.ty Bldg, Spokane, Wash.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-29
Mill for Klondyke

James Golden has succeeded in
raising $4,000 instead Of $4,000 for
the construction OF d mill at Klon-
dixie, according to a letter received
this morning from Chicago. Mr..
Golden also stated he was going to
Philadelphia and New York before
returning home. He expects to break
ground for the mill in about three
weeks. The work would have begun
before this had it not been Tor de-
lays in Chicago, but the letter CON
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-29

PAxTONS-For everything of the
best IN wines, liquors and cigars.
An excellent box ball aIley f,r
sport and recreation. Drop in n
time and roll a game. Courteous
treatment and good service.
Subscribe to the Appeal.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-29

MONTHLIADE is the worlds best
female regulator and health giver.
All women, young or old, should
have a supply on hand. Sold in
two sizes, post paid for $l.O0 and
S-OO cash or money order. Dept.
D., Western Agency. Realty Bldg,
Spokane, Wash.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-29

CATARkH should never be lett un-
cared for. Should it become chron-
&c it will lnjure the eyes nose,
throat and stomach, giving a O
offensive breath to the sufferer.
katarcura has cured thousands Of
obstinate cases and will cure you
Postpaid for $1.OO cash or money
order. Dept. g., Western Agency,
Realty Bldg, Spokane, Wash.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-29
Piano Tuning

w. Guy Smith, state distributor o.
Story & Clark pianos and player
pianos; twenty-five years experience
IN tuning and building. A rare op-
p%ortunity to have your piano tuned
regulated and revoiced. Telephone
C. G.. Hankle, Bon Ton candy store
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-29
HUNTING NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that n
hunting nor trespassing will be al
lowed on my property.
ala w. +. SORBAOGl1.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-29

EVERYTHING good at the Sacra
mento Saloon, Ask for what you
like and get it. First-elass n ev-
erything. South Carson Street
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-29

tains assurance that the last difficulty
has been overcome and Klondike will
soon handle its own ores.-Bonanza.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-29
Automobile Supplies

The Capitol Garage and Engineer
ing company has taken the Carson
agency for the Columbia Hot Spar
battery. something new and eff
cient. A complete stock Of inner
tubes, Goodrich castings, tires and
general uto supplies. Garage open
at all hours. Main street, opposite
the Arlington. al"-tt
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-29

Don't use your neighbours newspa-
per; have one of you own. Ii won't
cost you any more than it does him.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-29
Wood! Wood!

One hundred cords of good dry
wood from 81 to SO per cord deliv-
cred. Phone your order to H. c
Kattleman's feed yard. 1S-tf
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-29
SACRAMENTO SALOON

Only standard goods carried Drop
in and get acquainted. We have
anything you want. If
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-29
Baker

OUR NEW YEAR OFFERING
of fine confectionery is simply ire
sistible. Just a glance at its tempt
ing sweetness is enough to set your
mouth watering. Come and select
your favorite kind from our many
varieties. Don't get too small a box.
Our candy is so good and whole
some that you can always eat "A
Little Bit More"
Chill Cocktails. Hot Drinks of all
Kinds.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-29
Block Wood

Order your block wood from
Charles Taylor. Prompt delivery
Phone 7So. a1-tf
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-29

Subscribe for the Appeal.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-29
HEAT WHEN and
where you want it

WHEN YOU COOK WITH GAS
THERE is NO HEAT WASTED.
THE FIRE BURNS ONLY WHEN
AND WHERE YOU WANT 1T.
THAT PROVES THAT GAS is A
VERY ECONOMICAL FUEL. NO
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-29

Everything frst-class at the oae'
r,mento Saloon. Drop m' get &C.
ou,;nted and ask for anything you
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-29

The Appeal reaches the homes
Mr.. Advertiser.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-29
GAS! GAS! GAS!

WHEN YOU COOK WITH 1T
YOU HAVE AN INSTANT, IN
TENSE, EVEN FLAME AT THE
TOUCH OF A MATCH. THINK
HOW USEFUL 1T is AT NIGHT
IN CASE OF SICKNESS, FOR A
QUICK BREAKFAST ON COLD
MORNINGS. USE
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-25

thus will remain his only public state
ment prior to his appearance before the
two societies mentioned.
Talbot, who is 36, and still looks the
mighty football player that he used to
be, is now in charge of the Eket district
of southern Nigeria, where he has to
keep something like quarter of a mil
lion natives. many of whose towns had
never been seen by q white man until
Talbot first visited them, in something
like order, with only II native policemen
the way, is one of those which were
drawn on most heavily to supply slaves
for the United States, and the 1bibios, who
inhabited 1t are said to be the most expert
poisoners on earth, as we'll as expert
magicians. torturers and the practitioners
of perhaps the most hideous btooo rl,es
known in Africa. They value human life,
apparently, about as highly as we do that
Of the to-be- "swatted" fly and until COM
paratively recently offered up some hun
dreds of victims yearly-ineluding chill
dren not yet in their teens-to appease
their great Juju deities. two of the most
terrible of which are named 'Ita Brin-
yam" and ''Eklxpo Njawhaw.'
In the Eket district. the professional
rate for committing a murder is three
yams, tuber much like a giant potato
though one man who was brought before
Talbot charged with killing somebody at
the instance of a third party was proved
to have stuck out for four vans before
he would take on the job. On being as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-25
Ono az the "soIs LaIxes'
of which Ire now ~ oVerlorti

much-resented increase In the cost of liv-
ing Is that Talbot has practically put a
stop to the digging up of corpses for the
sake of the skulls which used to be quite
a thriving industry in Eket. working
hard, said Talbot, two or three partners
sometimes could dig up as many as 30
skulls and afterward they sold them to
folk who wanted to become members of
one or the various secret societies which
exist IN the country, and to which no
enc who does not possess at least one
human skull is eligible for membership.
So, of course. neither the enterprising
grave robbers nor their customers, on
whom they have promptly raised the
rates, thank me for curtailing their ac-
tivities."
Asked how. with only a handful of
native policemen to assist him. he MAN.
aged to govern 100000 of savage natives.
Talbot replied: by white prestige. in
other words, sheer buff In case of need.
there are native troops to be had from
Calabar, three days away, and the 1bibios
know this Thanks to my escapes from
various hot corners, however as when |
passed, full day before | was expected
an ambuseade that would have blown
me to bits, and another time when
whizzed by on my motorcycle. with my
wife in the side car, before the intending
murderers could take aim, the natives
firmly believe that | have a powerful Juju
watching over me, and this belief of theirs
often stands we we'll in hand.
"one of the most formidable of the
secret societies in Eket," Talbot con
tinued. lis the 'Ekkpo Niawhaw. whose
name signifies 'Ghosts-the Destroyers.
and my attention was drawn to the fact
that 1t was again offering up human
sacrifices in September last, when a poo,
woman brought In some fragments OF
charred bone which she declared was al
that was left of an only brother who had
fallen victim to one of the chiefs OF
the society. Later ON / discovered that
a little girl Years old was rescued only
after great difficulty from being offered
up after the saerifieal dress had heen
placed upon her, while the great drum
was beaten and the head priest an
nouneed 'Ekkpo Niawhaw will eat today
| at once sent court messengers To sum
mon before me those responsible for the
ohtfases, but the unfortunate emissaries
We're seized, beaten and sent back with
the message that further attempts to in
terfere with the society would be nun
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-25
Copyright. 1914. by Curtis Brown.)

Copyright, 1914. by Curtis Brown.)
III oNDON, January 24.-(Special. )-P.
Amaury Talbot. the famous and
- plucky British district commits
sioner in southern Nigeria, surely must
bear a charmed life, or else. as some of
the natives believe. be under the special
protection of a powerful Juju. for he is
back in England again, safe and sound,
with the exception OF an old football
knee that has required expert medical
attention, in spite of 20 or more deliberate
and ingenious attempts to kill him IN the
strange land of which he is overload.
Meanwhile he proves TO have had a lot
more adventures, and made a lot more
discoveries than those which already
stand to his credit, of which almost MOTH
ing has been allowed to get into the
papers here.
This proves to be because two famous
scientific bodies, the Royal Geographical
society and the African society to wit
before whom Talbot is to lecture, are
anxious to be the first in this country
to hear of his adventures, but with the
proviso that what he said should be
printed only in the United States, the
plorer consented to give me an account
of some of the most interesting of his ex-
periences. The interview that follows
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-25

sured of the higher remuneration (Which
is equivalent to about u cents), he invited
his predestined victim to go hunting with
accepted. and as the pair were about to
enter the thick bush, the proposer of the
excursion politely made way for his guest
to enter first, and when be did so, shot
him dead through the back.
Since they arrived in Eket, 10 months
ago, Talbot and his pluelSy wife and her
sister. who accompany him on all his
travels. have been exploring almost con-
stantly and have covered something like
1900 miles. Risling their lives at nearly
every turn, they have gazed ON sights
such as no white person ever has seen
before, and some of their discoveries have
come as near as anything on this earth
can do to causing excitement among Brit
ish scientists.
Some theatrical folk think themselves
in hard luck" said the explorer, dryly
"if they rehearse a few weeks without
pay, and then find themselves figuring in
a short-lived frost. but they might find
a bit of consolation by rejecting on the
still sadder lot of Thespians who belong
10 the Ava tribe in the extreme western
part of my district. There a player re-
hearses for seven years, and then, IL he
makes a slip on the night, as one might
say, it used to cost him his life.
"This marionette show of the Awas,
which no white man had ever seen before
consists of a complete drama performed
by some 80 queer little figures about three
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-25

national ideal 10 an extent that would de-
light Colonel Roosevelt. one of a pair
Of twins. the natives thins. must be a
DEVILS child. and outside of the sphere
of British influence. both infants general
y are killed at birth. The husband then
forsakes the wife, and she must spend Al
least a year in "A twin town." isolated
with other women in like case. and tase
part in purifying rites" after which she
may possibly be permitted to reioin her
appeased lord.
There is a strange belief on the part
OF these natives that certain human be-
ings are capable Of sending forth their
Souls into the bodies OF animals. Il was
warned said Talbot. that a so-called
'oroeodile-man. that is one who WAS
supposed tnahave the power of sending rs
soul into such a reptile-iutended to- re
Nenge grndge against me for disposses-
sing him of illegally acquired land Tie
surprising thing is that only a day or
two after | received this warming one %
my oldest and most trusted servants was
deNoured by a crocodile. Ny wife and
had been entertaining French gentleman
10 dinner, and Stu. after serving our
coffee, had withdrawn and gone down to u
small pier To bathe as 1t was the feass
| of Ramadan and he was a Mohammedan
Suddenly we heard unearthly shrieks. and
| all rushed down to the pier. but before
| We could get there the cries ceased, and
when We reached the waters edge there
was nothing 10 see but the swirlinr
water, which the struggles Of man and
| beast had churned to a foam
Il do not attempt To explain these
strange condolences. l only know thai
| they occur. Quite near to my station fa
| example. there lived so-eaned fish
woman. One day she suddenly heeama
SO Ill that her friends thought she sure!,
would die. Z am caught in the fish traa
| in the river she managed 10 gasp go and
/ set me free or | shall die So they has
/ TENED to the river. where there was +
/ fish trap and found ii to be full of fish
among the rest a large one. which was
| kicking and struggling ia evident agony.
| They released all the fish. and from this
moment the woman began to recover ana
was soon quite Well"