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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-15
BABIES VICTIMS
OF DRUG HABIT
Given Morphine Until
They Refuse to Take
Milk.
TAUGHT USE OF HERON
Authentic Cases of Debauch-
ing of Infant Nature With :.
Evil Results.


NEW YORK. pcc. lS.. Baby y. Is
ewenty-sevcn months old
She is drug addict
0he is one of thousands Of baby
nrvg addlcte.
Drug addiction ~ a fact known To
most Of us We know doctors pre-
scribe drugs nnd dealers pcddlc
them Illegally.
We also know that dStormincd cf-
forts are being made Wy city, state
and government to check "opium
rings" and drug sales. that officials
try TO regulate tho habit Ia those
users they win later try 10 cure.
but We think OF drug user M u
wllfully disalpatcd adult, n poor,
for excitement who got the habit OF
his or her own free VIII
Baty y has the habit and through
no fault ~ her own. | went 10 see
her In Che home OF her unhappy
mother.
She seemed 10 be asleep. CIaspcd
IN her soft arms w1H u nursing bottle
fillcd with strong tea.
Baby drug addicts cannot drink
milk. II nauscatcs them.
On n rickoty table mt the bedside
was a glass of water. A spoon with
whltish powder lay beside Il.
Baby x.'s mother was vivacious
that Yht. She had had "a large
The happy dust Rad made the
mother gay--but 1t had put her baby
into n denlthlikc slumbcr.
The next day tho baby was
brought to Manhattan from suburb
"A Jolting journey In cab--but she
still slept.
''Shc always sleeps sound" Mrs
X. s0id You can't wake her up"
She was right. I couldn't. And !
tried everything which might accom-
ciish that purpose In order To have
her picture taken. Baby y. slept on
heavily. her pulse How, hcr little
hands fcverod. her breath hardly
audible.
She opened hcr eyes for n mo-
mcnt. They were brown and misty.
She closed them again and her head
nodded. Reside hor was the bottle
Of tea again.
"Shc doesn't like mill.-s!ncc she
was very sick once" the mother cx-
plaiped. exopediy. Nobody could
get her to Pink It now. She loves
'ei; Finally the mother hola ME the
history Of her owu drug taking. Thus
she had unwittIngty made her pretty
and apparently healthy child Vie
tim OF the ,cruelcst tyranny In the
world.
1T was after an accident" she
began. ~ was taken to the hospital
They gave mo the hypodcrmic
needle. l hated II. But | didn't
know what II was and It took away
the pain. I had fallen and was
badly hurt. For eleven weeks
was given drugs to soothc me.
Then ] was released from ihc
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-15

Mowbray Undertaking Co.
eos 8. Boutder--Phone 329
Ambulance Service--Advt.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-15

n TAKE your Christmas present
W something he will be glad to
have-something that will Gil
real need all the year round.
Nine out OF ten men, for instance.
will tell you that their faces are tender
OF their boards are tough.
This Is only another way Of saying
that their razors pull and scrape-that
after shaving their faces burn and
smart. 1t is rapidly dulling blades that
make shaving q daily discomfort for
% many men,.
What more welcome Christmas
present could you give such . man
than razor that sharpens itselfe
\ Built right into the frame Of the
AutoStrop Razor Is q simple. Efficient
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-15

ments. firm OF check and clear OF
eye.
The story OF Baby y. is a dreary
one. In II there Is nothing of tho
JOYS OF babyhood Its bubbling
laughter. and iusty grief, its contin-
ual reaching out are strangely Alb
sent.
This baby's smile is n lazy ono.
the mcre., uplifting OF elabby white
checks.
fail to tighten on visitors prof
fcrcd finger. one of babyhood's old /.
est tricks.
Yet. sad and gloomy as the picture
II. the greatest force in the world
lightcns II.
iIope--thore is hope for Baby X.
and her unlucky kind.
They can be deprived of drugs
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-15
OUCH; BACKACHE!
RUB LUMBAG0 OR
STIFFNESS AWAY
Rub Pain From Back With
Small Trial Bottle of
Old "St. Jacobs Oil"

When your back is sore and lame
or lumbago. sciatica or rheumatism
has you stiffened UP, don't suffer-
Gel o small trial bottle Of old, honest
st. Jacobs obs. or at any al drug = store, ore,
Il right on your aching back. and
by the time you count fifty. the
soreness and lameness is gomez
Don't stay crippled! This sooth-
ing. penetrating oil needs to be used
only once. 1t takes the pain right
out and ends the misery. II In mag
icaI. yet absolutely harmless and
doesn't burn the skin. ..
Nothing else stops lumbago. sciat-
Tea, backache or rheumatism 10
prompuy. 1t never disappoints!--
AdyL
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-15

thcy make this best Of foods i'm.
possible TO their slavcsl For there
In quality In milk which wars
against drlfgA In the human stomach.
Signs of IIcroiu.
Beside the rosebud mouth Of Baby
x, pouting while she dreamed was
an angry looking red abrasion. Her
little nose was disfigured with an
other such mark.
These ordinarily trivial irritations
are to an expert suspicious signs.
They indicate hcroin applied 10 the
nostrila to be brcuthed into the sys-
ten.
bright, fun Of tho cxubCrancc ~
fout h. active, aggressive Ia its moVe-
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-15

without any serious effects. They
will not wish for 1t after " is taken
away from their diet And that
fact proves the drug addiction Is not
a disease, but n habit. None but
adults. who are mentally awake
crave the drug.
But Baby X. must be separated
from her mother while that wretch
cd woman takes a cure In some In
stitution, Fear OF this separation
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-15

has haunted Mrs. X ever since her
child was born. II is her dreaded
punishment, yet so mighty Is the
call Of morphine she cannot put the
drug from her even to hold fast her
baby at her side.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-26

The heroic sacrifice of blood by a
friend failed to save the life of John
Jordan, nineteen years old, 1888 North
Warnock street.
Jordan, who was crushed between
Two motortrucks this morning, died in
!ae Polyclinic shortly after an opera
uon, followed by TRANSMISSION of the
blood Of devoted friend into his veins.
Louis Fine, twenty four years old. 746
north Twenty fourth street, is the man
VINO volunteered to submit to the blood
transmission operation.
Jordan was injured in strange
accldent at the garage of the Ameri-
can Hallway Express Co., Twenty sec
ond and Ludlow streets, where he works
as helper on truck. Early today,
Whcn the drivers and helpers were pre-
pairing Tor the first trip out, Jordan
started to climb in over the tailboard
Oh the big electric truck on which he
works: At the same moment the driver
put his key into the control lock. BY
mechanical accident so far unex-
planned the big car shot backwards,
crushing Jordan against q truck stand
ing few feet to the rear.
| Inc young mans friends rushed him
70 the Polytechnic Hospital The sur
geonS found he had been severely in
JurSd internally. and decided oil an i'm
mediate operation. The men who had
come with Jordan were told that n
uahSIuslon operation would be neces
'0'y later IT the youths life were to be
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-26
NO TRANSFERS HITS
LINE ON BOULEVARD
p. r. T. Promised Free Passes
When City Was Asked for
Franchise
BIG INCREASE ON NO. 65

Persons living in the northeast are
wondering about the promise Of free
transfers made by the p. r. T. when It
first argued In favor Of Roosevelt
boulevard franchise. Free transfers
were the promise then, and now they
are to be abolished under the new plan,
leaving residents in that section fiat.
In the case of the boulevard line, Il
was doomed as splendid transfer prop
osition for employees at the Blabon OIL
cloth Works, Midvale Steel Works, the
=. g. Budd Manufacturing Company,
Link Belt Engineering Company and
other plants in the vicinity. The pro-
jected boulevard line is planned to go
through Hunting Park avenue to Twen-
neighborhood of Twenty ninth and AL
People using the line and wanting to
go down Twenty ninth street or any
other transfer point will. under the new
plan. have to pay their three cents extra
In this connection, another section
Of the city that will have a
surprise is the neighborhood along York
road, served by Route 65, south of
Olney avenue. These residents will nay
twenty cents to go one way to Willow
Grove, 100 per cent increase.
It will work out this way: Route 85
runs all the way to Willow Grove, Sun =
days and holidays. On this line the
p. r. II. fve-cen fare terminus, going
north, is Olney avenue. Then another
fare to City Line, five cents more to
Jenkintown, and another again to the
Grove.
Another illustration of the proposed
new fare system is the case of the
Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets line
where the first five-cent fare zone Is
! City Line, allowing riders on those
lines to go to Willow Grove for fifteen
cents and return for the same sum.
Eighty per cent of the crowds using
Route 60 on Allegheny avenue re-
ceive transfers, and by actual investi
CATION it is found IS per cent of thu
riders use them.
This line runs from river to river. IT.
patrons will pour golden stream int
the =. II. r. through abolition Of fret
transfers. The chief transfer points
along the route are at Twenty seventh
and Allegheny avenue, at Seventeenth
Ridge avenue, Twenty second street
Seventeenth street, Germantown ave
nue., Eighth, Fifth and Second streets
| Kensington and Frankford avenues, AIT
| ovpr the Richmond line,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-26
BIG DECREASE IN DEATHS
$50 succumb In Week, SO Less Than
Total of Previous Seven Days

A big decrease in deaths in this city
Is shown by the records of the division
OF vital statistics issue today. The fig
ures for the week ending yesterday show
that $50 persons died, decrease Of 50
from the deaths of last week, and a
decrease Of 10 from the figures for the
week ending June q, 1910.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-26
Hoio Fare Increases
Would Hit Districts

no power to prevent the Rapid Transit
Company from increasing fares by the
sale of three cent exchange tickets in
lieu Of the free transfers, beginning
July LIST, according to counsel for the
company.
A brief to this effect was fled late
yesterday afternoon before the Com
mission.
The company's claims are summed up
in the following which is taken from
in the following:
"The contract Of 1907 does not cure
the commissions lack Of power to sus :
pend rates the contract cannot confer
on the commission power which the
Legislature has twice withheld.
"Without any intervention or action
as changed from time to time on thirty
days. notice become, and are, the legal
rates and departure from them Is un
lawful.
"An order by the commission to sus-
pend the rates would not only fail to
comply with it's provisions, but 1t also
would violate the law.
Such a ruling would cause the com
pany much confusion, and would subject
II to vast losses, due to the inability to
distinguish between those passengers
Paying an eight-cent fare and those
paying q ten cent fare under the new
schedules
Outlines Views in Letters
Letters outlining his views on the
transit situation have been sent tC
Mayor Moore, Mr.. Stotesbury ant
Thomas II. Mitten, president Of the
Rapid Transit Co., by l.. Budd, heat
Of the Budd Crate Co., POLL East Let
terly street.
Declaring that present reports indi,
cate that the Rapid Transit Co. faces
bankruptcy unless additional revenu,
is obtained, Mr.. Budd adds:
I'm my opinion, for any municipalit,
to stand by and do nothing under sucl
circumstances is deplorable. An i'm
mediate investigation should be made
and IL more or higher fares are neces
sary then this should be placed in eff
feet"
Mr.. Budd asserted that il Transi
Director Twining believes the Taylo
plan of high speed lines is not right
then an adequate substitute should b.
presented without delay.'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-26
NAB BUCKET SHOP SUSPECT
Louis Van Ripper, Taken In New
York, VIII Be Brouaht Here

Louis G. Van Ripper, who is said to
have conducted bucket shop at Fiji
teenth and Walnut streets until short
time ago, has been arrested in New
York, and will be brought here for
trial.
Van Riper was among fifty persons
indicted in New York on charges Of
using the mails to promote oil and other
stock frauds. His specially here, the
police say. was the sale of worthless
silver mining stock.
He furnished $4,000 bail in New
York on the charges there. He was
Immediately rearrcsted on an indictment
found by the grand jury in Philadel-
phia, charging him and his son, Charles
+. Van Ripper, twenty-six years old,
with operating bucket shop. grand
larceny, conspiracy to dcfraud, lar
ceny by bailee and fraudulent sale Of
collateral.
The elder Van Riper was continued
under $4,000 additional bail when ar
raigned in New York today, charged
with being II fugitive from justice. De-
tectives Coogan and w. Brown. of the
Central Station, went to New York to
bring him here.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-26
pENB0SE "STAR" IN RACE
senator, Feeling Fine, Leases New
o#o.s 70 Handle Corresponds

Indication that Senator Penrose will
a. ''biv noise" in the presidential
coS,naipn was given today when he
isased an additional suite OF Offices,
(, Correspondence is piling up 40 rapidly
,bat special corps Of stenographers
and clerks will be retained for 1t during
the campaign. :. .
Senator Penrose has been appointed
a member of the executive committee OF
tventy .one which will run the Re
nubiican campaign. His new offices are
In the building occupied by the Republi-
can state committee, at 500 South
Broad street.
"Senator Penrose is looking and feel
ing fine. and just itching for the ply
sicians' word allowing him freedom to
nlunge into the presidential fight. y
feigbton c. Taylor, his confidential
secretary and chief Of staff, said today.
''Ue has completely recovered and is
,rst mining for action. His friends will
he surprised and gratified by his physi-
cal appearance and health.
Mr.. Taylor said that the press OF
correspondence was SO great during con =
yentiou week that it has not all been
cengbt nm to vet. An indication of the
Mace Senator Penrose holds in politics
NAV be cleaned, he said, by the fact
that more than suitcase full of clip
nings we're printed in various papers on
bis condition and activities during the
Renublican convention.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-26
MISSING F|ANCE
TRUE, SAYS GIRL
Elizabeth Rick, Deserted on Eve
Of Wedding, Thinks Sweet
heart Is Being Detained
SECOND DISAPPOINTMENT

II know Joe would never stay away
from me Of his own free will. He is
being detained some place"
Miss Elizabeth Rick, 251 Hermitage
street, Manayunk, who was deserted
on the eve Of her marriage by Joseph
Deegan, is chagrined rather than heart
broken.
But her faith in her sweetheart Is
unbroken. She wouldn't tell today
though, whether she would marry him
or not when he turns up. The mar
riage was set for Wednesday evening in
the Church Of the Holy Family.
The guests had assembled, the priest
was waiting, as were the bridesmaid,
and best man, but the bride and bride
groom were listed as "a. w. o. L."
They didn't appear.
What I want more than anything
else is to see Joe vindicated before the
world" Miss Rick said ''He stands
branded as a runaway now and man
without honor, but such is not the
case.
II know Joe loves me. lie told me
so very often. Some family complica
ton is back of his disappearance.
The Deegan home is at 2445 North
Corlies street Joe" is Cor was) the
sole support of his mother. Mrs. Deegar
said today she had tried to get Beth"
to postpone the wedding until Septem
Der, but that she insisted upon being @
June bride.
No. l won't say whether I'll take
up with Joe again when he comes
back" Miss Rick said. 'This is the
second time he and have been dis
appointed in love.
I'VE went together and were virtual,
engaged about two years ago. bu
broke it off because of his mother.
opposition. Then ] went with another
fellow and became engaged to him.
! About nine months ago Joe and
became friendly again and later we wer,
re engaged. Then this affair had tc
come up and break up our chances O,
marital happiness.
On Decoration Day Joe pleaded
with me to run away with him, ant
said that he wouldn't go home to hil
mother without me. I argued with hin
two hours before / convinced him
was right about waiting, and | tool
him to his mothers house myself"
Miss Rick isn't the kind Of a cir
a chap forgets. She is tall and ba!
light brown hair. Her blue eyes wer,
on the verge of filling with tears a.
she talked today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-26
CAR TAKEN ON HEALTH TRIP
Woman's Auto Stolen From In Front
Of Souder's Home

The automobile of woman who came
here from Los Angeles alone in the car
on q health tour was stolen early this
morning outside the home Of Mrs
Lillian Gundry, 3505 Lancaster avenae.
1t was later recovered. A negro was
arrested. He gave the name of William
Peel, thirty six years old, of ia North
Forty fifth street.
Clad in corduroy clothing and wear
ing heavy boots, the dusty traveller from
the coast testified against the negro Mt
a hearing before Magistrate Rooney in
Central Station. The negro was held
in $500 bail for court.
Mrs. Alice Henery, whose home is in
Los Angeles, is the woman who made
the long Journey here. She formerly
lived at 1906 Lancaster avenue, and
thought she would pay a visit to Mrs.
Gundry, who now lives in the house.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-26
LIKES BATHING BEAUTIES
"Get Some Other Magistrate to Fine
Them" SAYS Price

"I've looked the bathing beauties
over and they'll have to take them to
some other magistrate IL they want them
committed or fined"
This is Magistrate Prices thought of
the feud between the girl bathers Of
Manayunk and the Suchylkill Naviga-
tion Go. The company has forbidden
the girls to bathe In It's canal.
Magistrate Prices Office Is Mt 1880
Main street, Manayunk, and the rear
window overlooks the canal at the foot
of Cotton street, where the girls
immerse.
This bathing beach gives my Office
regular seashore atmosphere. / can
see more here than I can at Atlantic
City or Wildwood" the Judge" said
today.
"Why shouldn't they bathe In the
canal? Most Of them are good swim
mers and there is little or no danger
attached to their fun.
And besides they are all nice look
| ing, whole -souled. healthy girls, and
entitled to every bit of enjoyable recrea
tion they can get. enjoy seeing them
have a good time,
A committee of girl swimmers will
wait on w. B. Nissly. superintendent OF
the company, to request continuance
of the swimming privilege.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-26
PROFESSOR DOOLITTLE ILL
Condition of Distinguished Astron'
orer Reported as Critical

Eric Doolittle. professor of astron-
omy at the University of Pennsylvania.
director of the Flower Astronomical
Observatory and one of the most dis
tinguishcd astronomers and scientists in
the country. is critically i'll at his home
in Upper Darby.
For many years an authority in this
section of the country on phenomena
pertaining to astronomy, Prof. DOo-
little has contributed many valuable
works and observations on the subject.
He is the author of several works on
multiple stars, and has also written
books on the subjects of "The Secular
Variations Of the Orbits and "The
Four Inner Planets"
Professor Doolttle is fifty one years
old
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-26
SISTER DISAPPEARS
Police Asked to Find Woman Missing
Since Tuesday

After helping an old woman onto q
trolley car at Fifty eighth street and
Woodland avenue last Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Marion Il. Grebb, Of 1920 North
Alden street, disappeared
Walter Baldwin, her brother with
whom she had made her home for a
number Of years. has asked the police
to locate his sister. Mrs. Grebb is
described as thirty years old. FIVE feet
tall, slender, and wearing white dress
and blue hat trimmed with roses.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-26
RISKS LIFE FOR HORSE

Charles Stocker, negro junk dealer,
had a narrow escape this morning when
he saved his horse Theodore, named
for the late Colonel Roosevelt, from a
burning stable adjoining his establish
ment, at 1867 Agate street, near Mem
phis and Westmoreland streets. Stocker
succeeded in getting Theodore out Of
the flames with difficulty just as the
roof collapsed amid a shower of sparks
and falling timbers. He was slightly
burned. The fire loss was $3.50.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-26
Bucket Of Water Puts Out Fire

Fire in n shed at the plant of the
William Schofcld Co., at Krams ave-
nue. and Wilde street, today resulted in
the calling out of four engine com
panies. The blaze was extinguished
with a bucket of water.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-26
STEAL PRICED WATCH
Memento Of Relation Killed In War
Taken by Thieves

A watch given him by his soldier
brother before the latter left for
France. where he was killed. was
among 5000 worth Of stuff stolen from
the home of William Marone, 1910
South Ninth street, last night.
William Marone said he would not
have parted with the watch for $1,000,
About S225 in cash. two gold watches
and other goods and clothing were
among the booty. The thieves forced
a window in the rear of Marone's home
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-26
R. R. MAN HIT BY TRUCK
Assistant Yardmaster Seriously Hurt
In Frelqht Yard

f. L. Heathcote, assistant yard mas
ter of the Pennsylvania Railroad
freight yard, Thirty first and Chestnut
streets who was struck by motortruck
in the yard is slightly improved.
The accident happened shortly be-
fore midnight. Mr.. Heathcote lives at
1876 North Fifty sixth street. He was
working overtime to facilitate the
handling of freight when struck by the
truck
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-26
ICE PICK LEADS TO ARREST
One Taken After Fight Over Juds.
nnent Note

A fight over a judgment note, during
which an ice pick is alleged to have been
used, resulted in the arrest Of Joseph
Tenaglia, fifty years old, of S14 Cath :
arine street. He was held under $500
bail for court today by Magistrate Har
ris in the Second and Christian streets
station. charged with assault and bat
terry on Joseph Cirotti, fifty-two years
old. Of 023 South Eleventh street.
Cirotti is banker in the downtown
section of the city, and declares Ten
aglia hit him with the ice pick at his
Office at OF South Eleventh street
during the alteration over the note.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-26
MAN GIVES BLOOD IN VAIN
. TO SAVE LIFE OF HIS FRIEND
Feow Employe Quickly Volunteers for TRANSMISSION Opera
ton, but Worker, Crushed Bet,Oeen Trucks, Dies
When Sacrifice Fails in Its Purpose

saved, as he had lost a great quantity
of blood by internal hemorrhage.
Fine Immediately volunteered. While
Jordan was being operated on test was
made of Fines blood. 1t was Of the
right quality for the purpose, and his
offer was accepted.