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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-04-13
Masonic Calendar

Tuesday, April 13-Richmond Lodge
No. 1876 +. & A. M. Called meeting
Work in Entered Apprentice Degree
beginning $50
Wednesday, April 14-Webb Lodge
No. "a F. & A. M. Called meeting
Work In Fellow Craft beginning Z
o'clock
Friday, April licking Solomon's
Chapter No. 4, r. A. NJ. Called meet
ing. Work in Mark Master degree.
Saturday, April 17-Loyal Chapter
No. 40 o. E. S. Stated meeting and
initiation of candidates.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-04-13
Good Evening
BY Roy x. Moulton

One of the magazines presents a
radical departure from custom this
month by publishing the picture of a
pretty girl on its cover. The world
do move.
What did people do before the age
OF the telephone?" asks an eastern
college professor Well, for one thing,
they enjoyed little contentment here
and there.
More men are done" by their
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-04-13
Answers to Questions

w. B.-Who invented the rotary tur-
bine? C. A. Parsons, Of England, in
1891.
Subscriber.-De a pagoda, A
hindoo place of worship, containing an
idol. 1t consists of three portions;
an apartment suhmounted by dome,
resting on columns, and accessible to
all; chamber into which only Brah-
Minis are allowed to enter; and, lastly,
cell containing the statue of the
deity, closed by massive gates. The
most remarkable pagodas are those
of Benares, Siam, Pegu, and that of
the Juggernaut, in Orissa.
E. c. R.-Do different nations use
different colors of mourning? In the
United States and Europe the usual
color is black; in China, it is white ;
in Turkey, blue or violet; in Egypt,
yellow; in Ethiopia, gray.
c. M. L.-What does the abbrevia-
ton H. M. S. stand for? His Cor Herr
Maiestys service, ship, or steamer.
H. HIN what year did the Boxer
uprising take place? In 1900.
Readers may obtain answers to
questions by writing the Palladium
Question and Answer Department
Questions should be written plainly
and briefly. Answers will be given
briefly.
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Where To Get Vola-Tonic

The expert is at QuieIey's drug
store at eo6 Main ST.. anad will be
there until Saturday afternoon. He
will explain Vola-Tonc to you. You
also can get VoIa-Tonic at any other
Quigey drug store and at one leading
drug store in cities and towns all over
this section.-Advertise
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-04-13
PLAN PUBLIC AQUARIUM.

a. a cost or what Is expected to be
100000, according to an announce
ment in Chicago, public aquarium is
to be built in Lincoln park. Fish from
all parts of the world will make UP
the collection. 1t will be located near
the Field Museum of Natural History
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-04-13
Dinner Stories

And SO you learned French thor
cughly while over there, SOM" said
the proud father OF the returned sol
der.
Sure! I got so l could say Hello
and Goodnight and order ham and
eggs, and l could ask a fellow to lend
me money and tell girl loved her
bettern anything and that's all a
fellow needs in any language"
One day little Ella was very naugh.
ty, so her mother told her she was
going to send her back where she
came from. Ella replied: You can't
You washed me and you combed me
and I'm used now, and they won't
take me back
what are your impressions Of Nc
Mans Land?"
II didn't get into the war" answered
the morose citizen. MY only vivid
idea Of No Mans Land is home while
spring usecleaning is going on
Two little girls we're playing in the
street when an automobile was seen
approaching. Loretta, the elder. said
to her sister: Look out, Sophia, or the
automobile will run over you and you
will never be alive again as long as
you i've"
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active campaign to obtain their quota
Of members.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10

tons of explosives any given distance and
then dropping the same. This device could
be used to destroy whole armies miles
away 1t could be used at sea. and I do
not believe the Rock OF Gibraltar could
Withstand an attack from It, This device
also could be used commercially and would
be an Improvement over our present flying
machines.
Having thus described the general char
acter OF his ideas, Mr.. Abraham says he is
prepared to demonstrate that they are prac-
ticable but being mindful that Inventors
are frequently not rewarded but cheated out
of the benefits of their Inventions" he will
not reveal his secrets until he is positively
assured that his interests are fully protected
He declares that the principles upon which
his war device is founded will in all prob
ability go to the grave with him unless Il is
takenAup by the American Government for
he would rather sacrifice any gains that
might come to him than see such weapon
fall into the possession OF some other
country that might use II against ~.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10
Many Act on Mistaken Theory.

"One of the most potent factors in making
and Keeping the narcotic addict helpless Is
the so-called ambulatory method OF treat
ment, by which he is at liberty to go from
physician 10 physician. from drug store to
drug store. from pedler to pedler. This am
bulatory method is merely means of salts
flying an abnormal craving and leaves the
patient no better of than when he began.
The physicians such as he employs regard
him merely as prescription buyer and to
him they deal out his script with machine
like regularity He is under no control. He
undergoes no periodic examination. There
is no urge for him 60 seek cure He Is
practically seduced by the ambulatory
method into becoming hopeless addict for
life.
1.-THE general public, the police and the
jailers I'm their ignorance Of drug addiction
fail to understand that the narcotic addict
cannot by merely willing It be free from his
addiction. Acting upon this mistaken theory
that he could help himself IL he would, the
unfortunate addict has been arrested thrown
into ;ails all over the country and com
pslled TO suffer 1t out Two narcotic addicts
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10
Inventor Promises Many New Marvels

E HE modest claim of ]. b. Abraham of
Newport News, Va. that he has
an inventive turn of mind" leaves
no ground for dispute when substantiated by
a list of ideas which he hopes soon to dem
onstrate along lines that would be of vast
benefit to our Government. as a govern
ment. as well as commercially" Aside from
a number of railroad patents, he mentions
the following:
|. Ditch Digger. This idea, II put into
effect, could be used to build canal as
large as the Panama Canal at comparative
ly little cost say, less than s25,000 900.
This idea would also revolutionize com
mercially the digging of channels of rivers.
harbors. &C. and incidentally mining.
2. Automobiles | have an idea that
would revolutionize the manufacture of
automobiles My invention would be simple
in operation and cheap in construction, and.
in the operation Of the same. kerosene could
be used as we'll as gasolene.
2. War device for sending at least two
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10
Mr. Goslington Makes Happy Find

February H.
February %.
What that envelope meant couldn't i'm.
agine and then had the bright idea of l.ok-
ing inside of Il to see II there was anything
in it. and inside that envelope l found two
five dollar bills
Evidently had started putting aside week
" a definite amount OF money for some
specific purpose. and then needing all the
money | had for current uses I had stopped
accommodating. But the simple fact was tina,
as TO those two five dollar bills | could really
recall nothing at all, though the finding Of
them now was certainly pleasing incident
OF my search for what was looking for.
Later in the fall. when the weather gets a
little cooler, ann going to rummage through
another drawer in my bureau on the chance
Of finding another forgotten envelope con-
tanning the nucleus OF another fund. why
not7 If find an envelope like that in one
drawer why shouldn't find one in another?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10

Chinese Government as set forth in a record
report made by Albert ]. Weber of this city,
member Of the committee on drugs and
crimes Of the American Institute of Criminal
Law and Cr1minology, caused enormous
quantities Of opium to be seized and officially
cremated.
In the presence Of spectators and guests
$4,000 worth Of the stun Of which dreams
are made was burned in a roaring furnace.
After the flames had done their work the
sacred ashes the Yen Shee, so dear to
Chinese hearts, was viewed by mournful
Celestia1s who chanted over it the refrain,
Thou hast given to us so much of exhilara-
ton, thy parting is so sad" China. however.
has succeeded virtually in overcoming an
evil which is casting its dark shadow OF
bondage over this land of the free.
The most conservative estimates give
$4,000 addicts Of drugs in the city of New
York alone. 1t may be there are fully
hundred thousand, figure which DIR. Cope
land is more inclined to accept There have
been registered in this district. according
to Miss Sara Graham Muhall. $500 addicts,
which in her opinion do not represent one
seventh of those who have succumbed to the
spell Of drugs.
The pitable feature of drug addiction in
New York city is that the average age of
the sufferers is only twenty-six and that of
these about one-third are under 20 years of
age On the other hand, the moraltst sees
hope that on account Of the youth Of the
habitues they may be the better able 10
break the bonds of their debasing habits
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10
~ UMMAGING through one Of my bu-
reau drawers this morning looking
for something

You know how you put things away. so
that they will be safe and secure and so
that you will know right where 20 look for
them when you want them? You put some
thing, for instance. In the right hand rear
corner of the second drawer from the top.
under something else, and you say to your
self as you put II there now that's right
where I know just where it is.
And then you forget entirely where you
did put It, and IL you ever should come across
1t again 1t is more than likely that you
can't remember what you saved 1t for
Rummaging through one Of my bureau
drawers this morning. looking for something
that l did remember and wanted. / came
upon an envelope, just plain ordinary white
letter sized envelope that had on one end Of
II two memorandum like this:
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10
MORE TIA" aS9o c2x s-AH4S

parfah of the Streets who in order TO fill
his pockets fixed the habit upon school chill
'dren. He fed it to them in candy and slipped
IT to them in tiny powders.
Their curiosity was their undoing, and
before long there were literally thousands
of these victims of the drug growing up into
manhood and womanhood bound by a habit
which grew more and more upon them. The
drug which at first their systems tried to
throw off was finally tolerated, and when
the supply failed the victims were in des-
perate straits.
With the passage of drastic State laws
to supplement the Federal statutes a de-
;ermined drive was made last March against
drug addiction in this city. The victims were
assembled at clinics where small doses of
their favorite drugs were prescribed for
them, and others were passed for final treat
ment to the Riverside Hospital on North
Brother Island. 1t was found, however, that
the so-called ambuatory treatment of drug
patients was not success and the clinics
were closed. The State Department of Drug
Control is now fighting for the lives of the
victims of drugs against the powers of the
underworld. Even the addicts who are reg
istered will, when the supply which is pre-
scribed for them runs below what they re-
qure. buy what they need on the street, as
they call II.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10
The Sinking Merchant of Woe.

There sinks out of nowhere like the pesti-
lence which walks in darkness, the rat faced
dealer in dope BY that strange cunning
which is sharpened by drug desire the victim
knows by instinct the merchant of Woe
The drug is quickly passed between the two.
Numerous arrests have been made, but the
traffic still continues with little abatement
For SO the victim buys a small packet of
hcroin, just enough to tide him over, be-
cause he is short and the small quantity
in the deck" may have been much adul-
terated in order to increase the enormous
profits OF the vender.
The drug pedder is especially alert when
he knows that groups of patients who have
been under treatment at some hospital are
about to be discharged as cured" He lies
in wait for them. makes the secret sign and
slips them little of the philter Of despair.
He is willing even to take the chance of
giving them just little without price In
order that he may be the gamer by the
return of the old craving.
In this connection it is charged that al
though the profession of medicine is a high
minded one there are some who hold physi-
clans certificates who pander to the drug
vice The medical men Of the city as
class do all In their power to uphold their
fine traditions. They prescribe for the drug
addict, duly registered with the idea of re-
ducing his allowance and bringing 1t at
last to that Irreducible minimum beyond
which he must go with the aid of special
treatment, and perhaps by the force of his
own WILL
"a physician in the course of legitimate
practice of his profession in good faith and
for the purpose Of relieving pain and pre-
venting suffering on the part of a patient
or to effect cure administers. prescribes
and dispenses cocaine or opium or its deriv-
atives"
In his work even with the most benign
intentions however. the physician must ac-
cept to a large extent the statement of the
patient Under the so-called reduction"
method the patients often exaggerated
statement of his dosage requirements Is
taken at its face value. Then the physician
from this very high base line, tries to come
down. Even when the doctor has really sue
ceeded in making large descent tho patient
reaches a point when he experiences great
discomfort and falls prey to the peripatetic
vender.
The State Is at every point trying to regu-
late abuses of this kind, but with only two
inspectors in the whole district of New York
city il Is indeed hard to keep strict count
on the thousands of prescriptions issued in
the metropolis.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10

provided the city and the State did its Full
duty by them.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10

provided the city and the State did it's full
duty by them.
In the Bowery's Lineup.
The writer last week visited the Bowery
Mission at 277 Bcwery, where through the
courtesy of the superintendent, the State is
permitted to register the drug addicts. All
classes of citizenry were represented in the
rows of applicants who had come to have
their dosage sheets made out whereby they
could for a time have drugs prescribed for
them to carry them over to the time when
they would be ready to finally break with
the ban which weighs so heavily on their
lives.
Professional men. teachers, mechanics
bookkeepers dishwashers, waiters-all sorts
and conditions of men and women were in
that narrow loft waiting their turn. The
faces of many were worn and pinched, and
yet one could not but be impressed with
the fact that drug taking in this country
is sin of adolescence.
How did you get this habit?' was
question asked of many of them, and the
answer invariably was, bad company
In the opinion of such experts as DIR.
Stokes the eager exploring mind of youth
is largely responsible for the growth of the
drug evil. In the younger years the human
being is seeking new experiences. He seeks
to drink the wine OF life to the very lees.
1t has. CHANGED that within the last few
years number of drugs have been offered
as substitutes for opium and its derivatives.
In the ten years just passed heroin, which
is an alkaloid derived from the drowsy drug
of the Orient, has been coming into use.
Heralded as a non-habit forming drug orig
inally. ii reached the underworld largely
through It's use as dope" for race horses
The tipster. the race track hanger-on. the
stable boy and the jockey brought the stuff
into the reach of humans. The discovery
of heroin, once hailed as boon to the race,
proved to be the source OF insidious peril
Youth, under the cosmic urge. was induced
to try IT, The drug found it's way to the
picnic. the chowder party. the dance halls.
Young men and women who had learned
the habit of heroin passed 1t to their friends
and associates Then came the drug pedler,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10
MISS SARA GRAHAM NULhAll
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER STATE
NARCOTIC COMMISSION

after care says the Deputy Commissioner
away from the old environment with its
constant Indictment to relapse, indicates thai
his ultimate welfare can best be served by
the colony plan, for which abundant prece-
dent is found in his State, famous for such
institutions as the Craig Colony for Epilep-
tics and the Letchworth Village. City and
county and State have well worked out
olans for the distribution of the financial
burden of such institutions. notable case
being that of the Hospital for the Treatment
of Incipient Pulmonary tuberculosis.
"An old and we'll known colony site is
available for the use of the State Narcotic
Department. Plans, indeed are under way
to turn over to the care and the cure of
the drug addict the beautiful and well
equipped Shaker village at Lebanon Column
ba county, where thorough application
could be made of the methods of hospital
convalescent home. Industrial community
and industrial training school The organi-
cation of this project would be in the hands
of medical board, experts Of mental and
occupational therapy and recreational lead
ers"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10
How Real Cure Can Be Made.

AS shown by the work conducted by DR..
Stokes at Warwick, 1t is possible when a
patient is under strict watch and control
to break the drug habit. He can be helped
over by such non-habit forming drugs as
pilocapine or eserine to resist the strain of
the craving which is upon him, and by means
of exercise In the open air. wholesome food
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10
Activities in Other States.


Efforts along the lines indicated by Miss
Mulhall are being made in other States. It
is reported, for instance, that San Fran
cisco is about to establish a psychopathic
hospital in which both men and women
drug addicts will be received In Los An
geles and at San Diego clinics are being
tried I'm which the patients are treated along
the lines Of receiving the drug regularly
and of gradually reducing the dosage until
the craving has disappeared
Without vigorous and sustained prosecu-
ton of the Illegal venders, however the men
and women and children discharged from
even the best conducted hospitals and health
resorts will still be subjected to the fearful
temptations which only one who has been an
addict can realize.
In this connection the New York Police
Department has been very vigilant
During the past year." to quote again
from the report of Mr.. Weber Capt Henry
Sherb OF the Police Department of the city
of New York in charge of its narcotic bu-
reau squad, has added more laurels to it's
splendid official record for his zeal and
marvellous abilities in ferreting out the
plans and schemes of dangerous criminals
certain physicians and druggists illicitly
trafficking in narcotic drugs and in prevent
ing the consummation of their evil designs
Eighty-1ve per cent. of the defendants
whose arrest conviction and sentence he
caused had unlimited criminal records IL
was very essential to the public safety that
these desperate criminals should be put be-
hind steel bars. so that for a time their ac-
tivities in decimating human souls should
cease. The tons OF narcotics which acting
Capt. Sherb confiscated in making these ar
rests totalled i'm value more than 81 900 900
in American gold
"As foreman of the Grand Jury for the
United States in the Southern District of
New York when / was continuously attend
ing clinics must record the appalling con-
dition that more than IS per cent of mar
cotic drug addicts are young persons. both
boys and girls approximately 16 or IS years
of age. Most shocking and revolting
I'm conclusion I am forced to reiterate
absolutely, as indicated in preceding reports
that present conditions in relation to the
Legitimate sale of opium, morphine. heroin
and cocaine throughout the United States
Notwithstanding legislative and administra-
tive efforts to prevent il. has taken such
roots and spread out so vciously that we
must pray for immediate Congressional
legislation for relief
ut remains, therefore, in view Of the
spread of addiction both in this city and
everywhere and for that matter in the CAPT
tails Of Europe. that all constituted authority
should lay hold upon the problem on new
and radical lines"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10
eadly Drugs Killing or Running Thousands Yearly

Veona the Latest Substitute for Alcohol Under Investg
ton by Health Authorities Alarming Growth in
Use of Narcotics Shows Laws and Methods
of Cure Are Inadequate
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-10
AMENDING THE AMENDMENT i.

MANY times iii its interpretations OF
the Constitution the Supreme court oi
the United States has held thattno WORD
of that document could be regarded as
meaningless. So exact have been It's defni-
tions and so reverent its adherence TO the
letter as we'll as the spirit of the law that
the court has been truly spoken OF as the
living voice of the Constitution.
The Judgment sustaining the valaliy
Of the Prohibition Amendment and the
Nolsteadact was sunanimous but fouT OF the
Justices dissented from the views. OF the
majority on one vital point. For the flrst
time the Eighteenth Amendment intro
duces into the Constitution provision
that the Congress and the states snall
have concurrent power oi enforcement.
The majority opinion makes Dlahk paper
of this clause, first by negatlon, SAYING
that it does not enable Congress or lne
several States to defeat or th"art the
prohibition, but only to enforce y ny ap-
nropriate means, which nobody mas de-
MED; and secondly. that the power
confideCi to Congress is in no wise depen-
dent on or affected by action or naotion on
the part Of the several States or any OF them.
which ,sa reversal OF the plain language Of
the amendment.
Justice McRcvnods. dissenting. speaks
Of the "bewiderment which the amend
ment creates Justice Mckenna sees IN
the concurrent power clause formal rec
ognition Of our dual system Of govern
mcnt, an invitation to harmonious ac-
tion. which he believes can be had, and as
Ia the fears expressed thatsuch would not
be the case he adds: opposing Laws are
not concurring laws, and 70 assert the
one over the OF her Is to assert the eXclt-
sivencss Of one over the other, not its con-
cornltance, and Chief Justice White,
elaboratelv refuting the contention that
( the concurrent power provision can be
made use 81 10 defeat enforcement Of
prohibition. holds that the purpose q the
I clause WAS to unite national and state
4 administrative agencies in giving erect
10 the amendment and thai % defeat
the concurrence of the two powers by
Interpretation Is 20 destroy u by making
one paramount over the rhPr.
On many occasions COURTS have nullihed
this instance the prevailing opinion SIMPLY
repeaIs or disregards part OF the Con-
stitiltion Of the United states which i
neither ambiguous nor meaningless The
court he's amended the amendment =
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