The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-06-09
Dr.. katz Of Wichita Dispensed
Big Lot Of Narcotics in
Nine Months.
RECORDS OBTAINED IN RAID
Rvenue officers Seized Large Stock
Of Opium and Morphine In Doc
tors Wichita Office.


ords seized in a raid on the headquar-
tiers of Dr. c. L. Katz show total Of
$14,510 worth of morphine and gum
opium.
That amount, which the revenue Of
ficers consider conservative esti-
mate, represents narcotics handled
by the doctor between September
and May rs. In the nine months,
LAP bottles of morphine in 40-bottle
lots, were received by Katz. according
to the confscated records. Valuing
that at the rate which Katz asked for
the one bottle sold in Kansas City to
revenue inspector in disguise, the
whole was worth 1920. Twenty and
three-fourth pounds Of raw opium
were ordered by Katz in the nine
months.
The revenue exacted by the govern
ment on smoking opium is $500
pound and would have been $4,000 IL
paid on smoking opium made from
the raw opium. This valuation on the
opium handled by Katz does not take
into consideration its real price in the
dispensing and is very low estimate,
the revenue officers believe.
Doctor Katz was arrested in Kan
sas City two weeks ago at the Union
Station while keeping an appointment
with Pauline Jones, his Kansas City
agent, who was under arrest. Dis
guised as a drug addict, a detective
bought from him bottle Of NOR
phine. He is held for the federal
grand jury under $4,000 bond.
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Pratt Banker Dead-Isaac e. Page,
70 years old, pioneer of Pratt, died
there recently. Mr.. Page came to
Pratt in 1887 and rode the first pas.
senger train in the city over the Rock
Island. He was cashier of the Pratt
County National bank for years. La.
ter he was head clerk at the state
asylum in Osawatomie for fifteen
years.
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Pastor Dies Suddenly-An attack OF
heart disease was fatal to Rev. Den
mis- r. Steiner, pastor of the First Con.
gregational church and treasurer Of
the township of Olathe. Death oc-
Cured on Mr.. Steiner's farm, Par.
sons Retreat" three miles northwest
of Olathe, where he conducted dairy.
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Last ReveiIIe Called Him-A uni
form of Union blue lies on the bed
at the home in Hutchinson of Joseph
Crouch, Company E, Eighty-third ILL
nois, veterans of the Civil war He
placed 1t there ready to march with
his comrade Of Joe Hooker post, but
reveille sounded for Comrade Crouch.
Shortly before the parade he was
found in his bedroom dead, clasping
one corner of his uniform.
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Judgment for $1,000 to Widow.
A jury in the district court at EN-.
poria awarded Mrs. Owen Thomas
$1,000 damages against the Santa Fe
railway recently. Mrs. Thomas sued
for $4,000 under federal statute for
the death of her husband, who was
Santa Fe conductor.
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Mcpherson Pioneer Dead.-S. M.
Law, 65 years old and pioneer Of
Mcpherson county, is dead at his
home in Mcpherson.
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War Medal After So Years.-George
l.. Banks of independence, has just
received from the War Department a
medal Of honor certificate" issued un-
der the provisions of a recently adopt- |
ed measure. 1t followed the presen-
tation to him Of medal of honor and
signalizes valiant service at the battle
of Missionary Ridge, Tenn, Novem-
Der rs, 1868, when as color bearer for
the Fifteenth Indiana infantry, he
planted the first Union flag on the en-.
emy's parapet, although twice severe
ly wounded
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hiaWatha Families SmaIi-TnlS
year the deputy assessor found 8S9
families and only 2,933 people in Hia-
watha. This makes an average Of but
3.3 persons to q family. It was found
that 225 families are made up of only
two people each, and that eighty-five
heads of families are living alone.
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Open New chanute Postofflce.
Business began recently in the SIS, 900
postoffice building erected by the fed.
eral government in Chanute. 1t sits
a block east of the Santa Fe station.
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An Atchison Grocer Dead.-Warren
Carey of Atchison, 70 years old, q
grocer, father of w. d. Carey, dele
gate to the Republican national con.
vention, died from a bullet wound
that he apparently had inflicted him.
self He had been in poor health.
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Two Dead in Motor Smash-Miss
Alma Nichols. Is years old, and Mel