The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-04-01
MISCELLANY
Minutes in Manhattan.
BY Gotham Knickerbocker.


NEW YORK. March S1.-One COM
modify which is considered a prime neces-
sIty OF life by many persons heresbouts
has risen rapidly In price since last No
vember without an outcry on the part
months ago IL cost about So An ounce
Wholesale and rs to 90 cents deck
retail; now the price Is $lS to $50 an
OF the old four inhaia,ions Of delight.
All this Is due to a conspiracy In re-
stralnt Of trade on the part OF Assistant
District Attorney WIlmot. an oxford uni
versity graduate n daughter Of a Min
nesota Judge, and a German university
man. The three last named are all
friends" who have reformed, and are
now seeking TO assist others out OF the
clutches OF drugs.
One hundred and forty-five arrests OF
drug sellers have been made since No
vember The traffic has decreased 90
per cent AZ present every time victim
takes q sniff It costs him twice as much
as drink of whisky
Cocaine is one of tho things for which
we have to thank our sister state OF New
Jersey. Across the Hudson they have
law against selling the drug. but none
their agents across the river TO the big
city. The drug is sold only 10 persons
who are known TO be ''flcnds" AZ least
likely 10 squeal Even TO "ticnds" the
drug is not supplied II the would-b pur
chaser has ever been arrested on drug
charge. This is because the drug seller
usually squeals when In the tolls Of the
law--so invariably. indeed, that all who
have been arrested are suspected by the
wholesalers and are cut off from the
traffic.
Since the district attorneys men have
made innumerao ole raids and have dis
covered the costly drug In such places as
secret" drawers, stoves. floor boards
and flutes, the drug-sellers ingenuity is
They have taken page from the book
or the east side gang leader, who goes
out accompanied by a boy or a young
woman to carry the gun" thus avoid
Ing the dangerous weapon law.
The drug seller uses n new type OF
white slave" He takes woman
the stock of coke" in her garments. a
policeman is forbidden by the rules OF
the department to search q woman, so
the only way 10 meet the situation is-
through detectives. The daughter OF the
Minnesota Judge has proved TO be very
valuable. She contracted the habit while
suffering from headaches and sank lower
and lower until che was arrested for
TO reform and became the ally of the
drug crusaders. 1t was through her that
the notorious gang leader 'Humpty"
The German university man acquired
the morphine habit whilc experimenting
as medical student. Tho Oxford man
treated with morphine when suffering
intensely. lie. thus became victim.
You must not only be a woman to
live In the now hotel at Lexington ave-
nue. and Thirtieth street. but you must
also to he business woman. So quite a
select company is to be expected,
I do not give the name Of this hotel
because is hasn't any That is the latest
style, You know. It's only known by a
street number.
the first floor OF the building. But there
arc exceedingly many cosy nooks around
that first floor The decorations are espe-
cally designed for women, so I'm told.
whatever that means.
Captain George r Titus of tho New
york police Is now George r Titus, at
ty-seven years work In the buo uniform
he has been forced to retire on account
Of an injury To his knee received in the
course of his duty. He is an exception
retire rich. He hasn't made those FOR
tnnate rcal estate speculations' so com
mon In stories OF police retiremeuts In
70 make himself new career in the law,
which he practiced for few years az a
young man prior 10 accepting place as
a city sleuth,
The following by n press agent. unln-
dorsed: The NitsGraph Moving Picture
company ueNel0DS nearly l.HoN,nn0 1eet Ol
im weekly in its Brooklyn studio. After
the developer hag become useless for de-
veloping purposes, II is carefully savcd
and placed IN huge tank. The reason
for this is that the solution frees a Ger
tain amount OF the silver used in making
nm. When enough of the silver has COL
lccied Ia the form Of sediment at the bot
tom OF the tank. II is sold for consider
bic amount. Someone possessing n
knowledge Of these conditions a the vi
tagraph studio succeeded in releasing the
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lowing the sediment TO freeze In cakes,
which they then cut into blocks and stole
from the studio. II IS not known Just the
amount they were able 70 release. hut ii
must have been considerable. considering
that they carried off more than 100 pounds
OF tho sediment which contains large
rarropIa oc ~ silver