The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-23
CRUSADE AGAINST
dope Commended
West End Citizens Association
Praises Campaign Against
Illicit Drug Traffic.
DIR. HUDSON A SPEAKER
Says Offenders Should Be Relentlessly
Prosecuted Would Alter Board
of Education Origin.
DIR. HUDSON A SPEAKER

Efforts Of the local press to end the
Illicit traffic in drugs were praised in a
resolution adopted unanimously last night
by the West End Citizens Association, at
meeting at Kidder's Hall.
The resolution. introduced by Capt. w.
o. Evans. president, follows:
Resolved, That the West End Citizens
Association indorses the movement. and
pledges its best efforts in the campaign
now being waged by the health authori-
ties and the public press of the District
against irresponsible practitioners of the
medical profession, and others within the
District. to prevent the illicit traffic in
Ihabit-forming drugs, the sale of which
is proving a serious menace to the public
health and morals in this community,
! resulting in the committing of crimes.
insanity and suicides. due to the inability
of the drug victims to obtain their usual
supply of dope: and. be it further
DR.. Hudson Speaks.
Resolved. That copies of this resolu-
| ton be furnished the Commissioners Of
! the District of Columbia and the Fedora
ton OF Citizens Associations for their
Information and appropriate action"
These people who sell drugs must be
! found and they must be prosecuted until
they arc stopped said DR.. William B.
| Hudson.
The suffering of drug fiends,' said
| Dr. Hudson. who was physician at the
, District Jail for several years. lis exag-
gerated | have found that they gain
weight and strength rapidly. The usual
| system of cure in jails is to stop the
supply absolutely. The fiends will not
die or go insane. but will be healthier.
Any step to cure drug fiends by Civ
/ ing them small amounts for treatment in
hospitals is foolish. 1t is a waste Of
money, and should not be tolerated for
a minute. Treatment is not necessary.'
Capt Evans and Randall H Webb also
discussed the resolution.
The association passed "A resolution in
dorsing the joint citizens committee
which is to represent the people before
the Congressional committee appointed to
investigate fiscal relations of the Dis
trict and Federal governments Another
resolution was adopted requesting the
Commissioners 10 eliminate the horse
stalls in Engine Company No. g. 2ll9 Cr
street
Resolutions were referred to commit
tees urging the appointment of the
Board Of Education by the District Com
mfssioners instead of by the Supreme
Court; protesting against the making OF
bricks by the District at OCCoquan: in
dOrsing the movement to furnish school
books free to hiSh-school pupils, and
urging that owners of alley property be
REIN bursed for losses they will sustain
when alley residences are prohibited in
1918.
The following wore admitted to member
ship: George b. Bryan. 100 Pennsylvania
avenue northwest: Robert q. Howard.
st.; Seventeenth street northwest; Clar-
enCe E. Huck. 1924 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest: Z. a. Macomber. c1o7 II street
northwest: S. l.. Hilton. 1893 Twenty-sec-
ond street northwest: Noble y. Potts.
1u1- Twenty-second street northwest;
Philip u Brown, 1i43 New Hampshire
avenue: William 4. Brown, 1143 New
Hampshire avenue; Edwin l.. Rothwell,
I1"O Eighteenth street northwest and G.
%. Whalcy, 1724 q street northwest.