New-York tribune., 1919-07-17
Trafickers in Narcotics Are
Said to Have Fled After
Arrests by U. S. Agents;
Druggists Are Warned
Defendants Furnish Bail
Official Registration of Ad-
diets Begins To-day;
Heavy Rush Is Expected

The physicians and druggists taken
into custody on a charge Of Illicit
trafficking in drugs, following the
raids conducted by Major Daniel A.
Porter and squad Of twenty internal
revenue agents. were arraigned before
United States Commissioner Samuel
M. Hitchcock yesterday and were re-
leased on bail.
In addition to the seven men ar
rested Tuesday night, George F.
Philllps,, proprietor Of a pharmacy at
S9s Eighth Avenue: and DR.. Edward
E. Gardner, 246 West Seventy-first
Street, were arrested yesterday morn
ing and also arraigned.
=, Dr. Arthur H. Stern, 1927 East
Eighty-second Street, and DR. Gard
ner waived preliminary examination
and were held to await the action of
the Federal Grand Jury. Their bail
was fixed at $1,000 and $4,000, re-
spectively. The other defendants were
given week to plead.
Heavy Bail Demanded
DR.. Joseph Katz, Of III East 18th
Street; DR.. Jacob Kornblum, Of 1870
Lexington Avenue; DR.. M. A. Levy, Of
107 Lenox Avenue, and Aaron Cold
berg, Of 1842 Lexington Avenue, were
released under bonds of $500 each.
Bail for George F. Phillips was fixed
at $4,000, and at $1,000 for Charles
Felder Newark halter. H. B. Liss,
clerk in the drug store of George
f. Phillips, Is held under $1,000 bail
as material witness.
Fielder was said to be in a serious
condition from the effects Of drugs.
After being taken to the Federal
Building in an ambulance he suffered
a nervous collapse and physician was
called.
According to a Federal operative, the
raid has thrown CONSERVATION into the
ranks of doctors who have been filling
out prescriptions illegally for addicts.
Several against whom evidence was
collected are said to have disappeared
Dozens of doctors sought to find out
from the State Narcotic Commissions
yesterday just what the Federal and
state regulations are. Commissioned
Walter R. Herrick pointed out thai
they can obtain copies of the state
and Federal regulations easily.
Addicts Rush to Clinics
Another evidence of the result Of
the raid was the crowd of addicts that
besieged the clinic on Worth Street
ySoCCA udy. mere we're more IMAM nave
been seen there since the days fol-
lowing the earlier raids, when the
clinic was first opened
Registration at the clinic at 1928
Prince Street also took a jump Of
ficially, registration begins to-day, and
large numbers of addicts are expected
to be on the cards by night.
DR.. Royal S. Copeland, Commissioner
OF Health. is having the sanitary code
of the city SO amended as to require
all persons who sell drugs or pro-
prietary medicines to secure licenses
whether from the state authorities or
from the Board of Health.
After Drug Pedlers
"This change will be effected by
Thursday" he said, "and after that it
will be crime to sell concoctions with
rs per cent alcohol on the streets from
pushcarts. The sale of opium mkt.
ures will also be forbidden. This will
check the activities of the irresponsi
BILE pedlers.
$50 far as I am aware, the pedler
is not violating the law as it now
stands. Under the present state and
Federal laws it is permissible for any
one to sell proprietary medicines as
long as they do not exceed two grains
of opium to the ounce. one grain of
'codein not more than a quarter of a
grain of morphine and not more than
one-elghth of a grain of heron."