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The Washington herald., 1921-11-06

legitimate channels. This trade Is in the
hands Of so-called dope peddlers, who ap-
pear to have national organization for
procuring their supplies and disposiny Of
them. For the most part they obtain their
supplies BY smuggling them from Mexico
or from Canada and through the various
ports Of the Atlantic and Pacific. This
sort Of smuggling is a very profitable en-
terprfse, because of the fact that such drugs
may be sold in the United States for ten
times what they cost. The smuggling Is
comparatively easy, because the bulk of
these materials is So small in proportion to
value. An ounce of cocaine. for example.
can be bought in Italy for five dollars. In
the United States 1t can be sold wholesale
for ten times that amount and IL retailed
may be sold for a price as high as three or
four dollars q grain. There are 4S0 grains
in an ounce. So do stupendous profits be-
come possible.
80 on the face of 1t It becomes obvious
that it is an easier thing to reap a given
profit through smuggling cocaine than
through smuggling whisky. It's necessary
to introduce only a few ounces of cocsins
to insure profit equal to that of the in.
PRODUCTION of a barrel Of whisky. Let me
show you something
Colonel Mutt went to a cabinet in hiv
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introducing opiates in this way. Ordina-
rily woman coming In from the Orient
would not be 90 carefully searched as to
reveal the presence Of these packages.
once suspected, Of course, she would be
turned over to woman inspectors and thor
oughly examined.
Along the Mexican border all manner Of
suoterfuges are resorted to. The most
striking OF these was one which we detected
In which the tire of an automobile coming
over from Juarez was found to be filled with
morphine cubes In another case a can Of
CUBAN jelly, delicacy of that island, was
found to have in the center of it a space
eiveen over to the inclosure of drugs. Thus
the devices resorted to are SO numerou.
that 1t is admittedly virtually impossible to
prevent the introduction Of narcotics into
this country without the building Of q very
much more complicaed machine than that
which now exists."
T. How are these drugs disposed of a they
arrive in the United Statesf" / asked.
UTN THE underworld of every city," said
Colonel Mutt. there are sources Of
~PP's Aoi tnrse HaTCOtiCs. lHt suuSBicTS
establish them, of course, as a means of dis
posal of their Illicit goods. The dope ped
dlers are IN touch with these sources of sup
ply and regularly get supplies for their trAf,
nc. Drug addicts have naturally developed
information as to the agencies through whicn
narcotics can be obtained in the course Of
the development Of their habit. As the habit
fastens itself upon them they become more
determined to obtain the drug and cleverer IN
the devices to which they win resort. 30
long rs they have money to pay they are
pretty certain Of finding = source Of supply.
and they win get the money with which to
buy drugs by any means within their power.
lawful or otherwise"
Are these drug addicts," I asked.
largely members Of the underworld. or are
they to be found in respectable -ocietyi''
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OF the ambulatory type to be established In
different communities. We at first thought
that some cures we're thus being made, but
We found that all Of these persons even
tually returned to the use Of the drug. We
found that many Of them were merely i'm
posing upon ~ for the amounts that we
gave them in tapering them OF; were, as
Q matter Of fact, peddiins those allowances
under our very noses at great profits, buying
the dope at from six to ten cents per gram
and selling at fifty cents and one
dollar or more. We became convinced
that We made virtually no cures through,
this method df treatment. The, American
Medicdl Association has stated its couyic-
tions that this amhnlatary taperins OF
method gets no results and ha, discontin-
ued its support Of 1t.
The cry was raised when We first besan
to take the drug away from these addicts
that they would die for want Of il. Great
emotionalism was released over the horros
which they would suffer. As q matter of
fact. We know that this claim Of great
hardship through stopping the use Of mar.
eotics Is without foundation. Not long eco
I visited the, Federal Penitentiary at At
lanta. There are about 24O0 convicts In
that institution and one in eight Of them
comes there victim to the drug habit, .
fact which shows that dfus users are
largely criminal. This means that there are
300 people in Atlanta Penitentiary who are
drug addicts. When these addicts arrive
at the peitentiary they are put In cells and
deprived Of their narcotics. Tho supply 10
otopped short Thea peonls make a xr~aa
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There are several CLASSES cf tbsn." sei4
Colonel Mutt. There are the dsnissns -
the underworld, WHOSE addietions grow eat
OF general depravity and who slip fron sed
70 worse. They recruit their numbers fron
strata Of society that are sonewhst isviy.
One might become sddietsd 70 TIE drug IN
this way, for instance: He or he might b
participant in the pleasures that are
offered b. tie dance hall. This sort ct
opportunity ID nueh less frequent now than
oefore the days Of prohibition. A youns
gifi might Be exhausted or suffering from
some ailment At such Q dance and q COM
panion, already an addict, would give her
the drug. which would reSult In m exhilsra-
tion carrying her joyfuily through the bal
ance Of the evening. This first experience
would lead 70 q second and addiction would
soon Be acquired.
"svsa in bsttsr srads Of society similar
Hprtsnces senettDss occur. People In
essd circumstances may acquire the drug
habit through following he venturesome
spirit ef sxperimentstioa. They pay scquire
Il because of illnss that thsy' have had.
eperatisas which thsy havs undergone which
required them to take epistes TO alleviate
thetr pain. Hewsver they have scquirsd the
habit, they are lihsly to iose their moral
absf and may become sources for contamisa.
tsn for other people about them. Thus IL
Il possible for the habit to 6nd its way into
the very best Of circIss.'
CTS n pessibie 10 cure the drug habitr'
'Thh b Q question with regard to which
there hes besn Q great deal Of misinforma-
tisn distributsd," !" said Colonel Mutt. when
the Harrison Narcotic Act FIRST went into
eject there was much emotionalism over the
idea Of depriving addicts Of their drugs and
the terrible asonies which they suffered when
% deprived. The enforcement Of the act ed
to various theories Of cure, most important
Of which was that Of reduction or taperins
oR-of giving the addict each day q little
los Of the drug than be had the day before
until finally he was receiving none Of 1t at
all. This idea Of cure was thoroughly tried
out.
I'VE even went 50 far as to allow clinics
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BY William Atherton Du Puy

ONCE and took therefrem q plain white,
conventional psssicost. He showed ne that
around this petticoat at about the point
where 1t came over the hips there was b
series Of pockets, twenty-seven sf them
altogether. In each Of these pockets when
this petticoat was retrieved there was q
little package Of the drug. The wsnnan whs
wore the petticost was in collusion witt
the steward Of q steamer which locked At
Gan Francisco and the two were regularly
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This phase Of the law is satisfactorily
tn operation. 1t makes 1t impossible for the
unprofessional doctors or druggists to dis
pense habit forming drugs.
80 does the big problem become that
Of preventing the illegitimate introduction
into this country and the illesitimate sale
of narcotics. 1t is estimated that the 'un
derground' trafhc in narcotics introduces
about the same amount of these substances
into the United States a. come in through
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cities b Be fGrsted out and elimin2tsA
There II the administration Of . comph-
Gated law which prescribes the methods
through which importations may lesit-
mately ind their way to wholesalers, b
druggists, to doctors, to patients entitled 10
their use. It would seem on the face Of y
that 200 men could not accomplish much
On such q task, but As q matter Of f.et
We are able to show quite material results.
s~THE primary accomplishment Of the
L Harrison Narcotic Act IL that II s,.
ables us to keep track Of an the hahit-
forming drugs that are legitimateiy intrs.
duced into the United States and dis.
tributed through the trade. The Secretary
Of the Treasury three years ago appointed
q special committee to investigate and report
upon the trafhe in narcotic drugs. 1t should
be borne in mind that there are two primary
materials from which these different habit
forming drugs are made. One Is opium,
made from the juice Of the poppy. The
other Is coca leaves grown In the forests
OF South America. This committee found
that about 500, 900 pounds Of opium was
being lawfully imported into the United
States each year. This opium retailed for
about $40 pound and thus the trade in ;t
amounted to something like $40, 600 600 Q
year. The average yearly importation Of
coca leaves Is found to be about 900 900
pounds. These leaves had a value Of about
u q pound and 50 represented q business
Of about 81 ZOO, 900.
The raw materials must be duly re-
ported BY the importer, who pays q duty
on them Their journey from the importer
10 the Manufacturer must be shown and the
manufactures must pay another duty. After
preparing them for use he sells them to a
wholesaler and the transaction must bs
again reported to the Government. Every
ounce that the wholesaler sells to a drug
sist must be reported and the dfusxist
In turn must show exactly what il his
disposition Of these narcotics. Finally, III.
law requires that every grain of these for.
oidden drugs that are obtained on pre.
scription must be recorded, and where any
PHYSICIAN prescribes them overmuch sus.
picion 10 Immediately aroused. Thus is .
complete chain established which inform,
the Government as to the disposition of all
narcotics that are handled through regular
channels.
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perimantation''

sCIIIE HAVE hundreds e thSusands. -
w sibly q million, psrsons In the United
States Who are addicted b the use ef mar.
eotie arurs,- said Colonel L. @. Mutt, Who
4. I'm eharre Of the enforcement ef the
statuts which prohibits the importation.
manufacture o. sale Of sueh habit-formins
materials except through prescribed chan.
nels. That group Of persons which b thus
in the grip Of Q demoralaing habit 10 un-
doubssdly the most miserable and hopeless
element In all our national hfe. After years
Of experience With them have come to the
conclusion that IN addict, an habitual and
confirmed user, cannot be cured. Our prin-
eipal hope lies with the rising generation.
II We can prevent the members Of that gen
eratica from falling under the inhuencs v.
the drug vs viii only have to wait 70: Hs
passing Of those who are now beneaS; ~
thraIl for Q solution Of the problem.
Colonel Mutt II an ofhcial Of the Treasur.
Department who has emerged through the
decades, has perfected one Of those services
which the Federal Government renders to its
peopls In q field which 1t has found for
ftself. Twenty-Five years ago be was .
druggist In Kankakee, III. For ten years
scriptions for his townmen.
- Then he was lured away from the mo-
notony Of mixing medicines BY an oppor-
tunity to enter the Federal service and be-
come an agent Of the Bureau Of Internal
Revenue. For years he scurried about the
country on the track Of those men who
sought to manufacture liquor, or tobacco, or
drugs, and to avoid payment of the taxes
On them which were due the Government.
He had charge Of the enforcement Of these
laws In one section after another In tbs
United States until Il came to pass that
the map Of q nation was rolled out before
him, from IN internal revenue standpoint.
nks the detail Of your back yard garden.
EuNALLY Congress passed the Harrison
L Narcotic Act, which provided very dras-
DC safeguards against the sale Of drugs for
ether than legitimate medicinal purposes
and which created q little army Of specia,
agents b fight the unlawful importation or
ale Of those drugs. The veteran revenue
agent who had once been q druggist was pu;
n charge Of the enforcement Of that act,
and thrsugh the years that have since in
tarvsnsd hs has fought q valiant battl.
aCsinse overwhelming odds with this de.
eeneratins demon
There are but 200 Of NJ IN this organ.
hat3on." he colonel told me, "and there II
. border b b watched to prevent snug
Cling which runs around the United States.
There are nests Of dope peddlers in all the
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"Give me that cross" commanded
the colonel. When examined it was
found to have . remarkable cap and
q hollow interior which would carry
goodly supply Of opiats
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DEVIOUS WAYS OF DRUG TRAFFIcKERs VICTIMS DISCUSSED

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-08
DEM MOPOLIS WINS CLOSE
 GAME FROM UNIONTOWN

Uniontown, August 7.--(Special, )-- Demopolis took a zipless, seven ir :. ming game from the Uniontown team here by score of 4 to 9 A heavy shower about an hour before the game made the diamond muddy and the plays were slow and bungle- some. The Demopolis boys did not find much difficulty in polling out Robbie Hintons offerings, and they ming by punching hits and taking advantage of errors.
 Uniontown got one run in the sec ond, also, when David Rosenfeld laced out a pretty twozbagger, Er- win got on by an error of short, and then Frisbie went wild and walked two men in succession, scoring Ros- enfield.
 Sam Hinton made another tally for Uniontown in the fourth on d three -bagger to center followed by wild throw home, which let him in.
 Demopolis made one more score in the seventh. Uniontown failed to rally in the last half of the seven sh, as Demopolis saw heavy array of left handlers coming up and sent Lefty Wingard to the mound to re- lieve Frisbie, and Lefty didn't let them have look-in.
 Score: R. H. F.. Demopols ...0S0 900 1-4 s 3 Uniontown ...0lo 900 02 ' 5
 Batteries: Frisbie. wingard and Blue: Robert. Hinton and Erwin. Umpire. Luther Pratt
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NEW DIVISION OF A. A. U. TO BE ORGANIZED FRIDAY

Plans formulated and pushed by c. W. (BilD Streit and Al Doonan, Atlanta, for the forma- ton of new division of the Amateur Athletic union, namely. the Southeastern Association Amateur Athletic union, are no longer merely probabilities. They are now certainties sure of de- velopment. Friday night a meet ing will be held at the Birming- ham Athletic club, at which tho new association of the A. A. U. will be formally organized. Rep resentatives from different cities within the territory of the pro- posed association, local men in- terested in the project and an of- ficial of the A. A. U. will be present at the meeting.
 \ When the plans were first of fered for consideration of cer- tain southern athletic author ities, petition for organization of the new association were drawn up. As vice president of the A. A. U., Bill Streit presented thes plans before the national
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There is a virtual tie between the Barons and Pels, but per centages favor the Barons, who now have the place with two- point lead over the Pels.
 Today the Barons open a two- game series in Chattanooga, while the Pelicans are playing the Chicks. If the Barons lose and the Pels win, or are rained out, Moleys men drop down into third place. If the Pels win and the Barons are rained out, the same thing will occur, while if the Barons win and the Pels lose, or are rained out, the Barons will secure lead over their rivals.
 Floyd Wheeler will probably pitch the opening game in Chat tanoga for the Barons. Floyd has been finding himself lately, and is now in splendid form. He won the one victory which the Barons gained over the Pelicans, shut ting the Birds out with scar city of hits.
 The Chattanogans have been going extremely good of late, and will probably be anything but the easy mark for the Barons, as has been their condition this season in previous series.
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Watson ". Washburn
 Beats R. ". Williams for the Tennis Title

Newport, R. L, August 7.-Watson M. Washburn of New York, for the first time won the singles champion ship of the annual Rhode Island in- vltation tennis tournament here yes terday afternoon, taking hard and brilliantly played match from R. Nor ris Williams II of Boston. The score was 4-6, 6-3, 1-6. .6-3, 6-2.
 Earlier in the day Washburn teamed with Williams to win the doubles championship in straight sets from Robert and Howard Kinsey, the Pacific coast stars. The scores of this match were 60, 6-4. 6-4.
 Williams played a strong game against his doubles team mate when they opposed each other in the sim gles, but he was cratic at times.
 Washburn's brilliant net play proved to be the undoing of the Kinsey brothers in the doubles.
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Frank Chance Will Return to Baseball
 If Cubs Want Him

Chicago. August 7.-William veeck. president of the Chicago National league baseball club, when told of n statement made by Frank Chance at Los Angeles, in which he expressed willing ness to return to baseball as man. ager of the Cubs. said;
 .'The Chicago club naturally thanks Mir. Chance very cordially, hut 1t so happens that the Chi caGO club has manager, who will continue as manager, and who la such good manager that the club should be congratulated on possessing him. Tint manager h Bin kiliefer."
 MT. Vceck added that no offers had been made to Chance on the part of the club or any of its di- rectOrs.
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---SPORTS
INDIANS AND TANKS
 STAGING GREAT FIGHT
Pirates Gradually Drawing Away From Giants Id National League-lndian; SIumped Badly

New York August 7.-The fina third of the major league pennanl races opens with the New Yorl| Americans leading the Cleveland worlds champions by point anL the Pittsburg Nationals drawing away slightly from the New Yorh| Giants. The spurts of the third placeI teams, the Washington Americana and the Boston Nationals. appar ently have come to an end.
 In the American league, New York| went into first place last weeI mainly because of Clevelands wors slump of the season. Including toi days victories, their percentages are New York, .62245; Cleveland, .621s6l The Indians have batted in only l 4 runs in the past seven games and Manager Speaker has been kept busyl changing pitchers. The Yankees slowed up after the Cleveland serieS and, with the exception of Mays, thd pitchers. are going none to well, al i though Collins held Chicago to one hit today in five-inning contest.
 Washington, which dropped it's pas1 two games after winning i straight. has been playing the best game of the American team. The Senator's 5atted and fielded well and last week the pitchers yielded an average of slightly more than two runs a game. Detroit took a series from New York by hard hitting after losing four straight to Washington. St. Louis and Boston are beginning to hit again, Chicago is batting poorly and Philadelphia, despite it's low position, is playng we'll aganst all teams.
 In the National league, the Pitts burg twirlers are becoming effective again and have been aided by good batting. New York went to pieces after being pulled down from it's joint possession of first place with the Pittsburg Pirates. The New York and Boston pitchers were unable to check the western batters last week, the Brave twirlers yielding an aver age of almost six runs a game. Brooklyn aud St. Louis are fighting hard for fourth place. The Chicago and Philadelphia moundsmen are un- steady, while Cincinnati. with fair pitching, has dropped several close games.
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body, and they met favor with the high moguls of the A. A. U.
 A. A. U. official Coming
 As a result, Bob Weaver of the Pacific coast, who is president of the A. A. U.. has ordered o. B, Obertubussing, chairman of the edistricting committee of the A. A. U., to proceed to Birming- ham from Philadelphia, his head quarters, and the A. A. U. off cial will be present at the meet ing Friday night.
 Representatives Coming
 Representative from the fol- lowing cities are expected to be present at the meeting Friday: Tampa, Rollins college; Orlando, Camp Walton, Pensacola, At lanta, Memphis and Camp Ben hings. Other cities within the territory of the new s. A. A. A. may also be represented at the meeting Of course Birmingham will be ably represented by c. wv. Streit, Coach Hutsell, local col lege athletic authorities and other men interested in the wei fare of southern amateur ath- letics.
 At Friday nights meeting, of- ficers to serve during the next year will be elected Obertu- bussing will map out the exact territory of the new district, plans for future athletic meets will be made and other important business gotten off the file.
 The territory of the new asso- citation will probably include Ala bama, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida, which will truly com prise the southeastern portion of the A. A. U.
 First Meet Saturday
 As an organization of the as- sociation will be completed Fri day night, the swimming meet to take place at East Lake Saturday afternoon will be the first sane toned meet of the Southeastern associati Amateur Athletic union.
 In breaking away from the Southern A. A. A. U., officials be- hind the new division are taking an important step. but the closer grouping of their territory and the compactness of the new as- sociation more than make the project practicable.
 It is something of boost for Birmingham that local authori ties got behind the movement and made it success. for the new as- sociation promises to be one of the strongest, most compact and practicable of the several divi- ions of the A. A U
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-08
MISS BLEIBTREY SETS
 NEW AQUATIC RECORD

New York, August GA world s record for the women's 2oo-yard swimming race in 75-foot tank was claimed yesterday for Miss Ethelda Bleibtrey. who covered the distance at Brighton Beach in ? minutes 36 1-5 seconds. The record of 2:ss was by Miss Charlotte Boyle. Miss Bleibtrey won her heat in 2:374-5 and finished third in the event, handicap affair. in 2:36 1-5.
 Miss Helen Meany of New York won the women's national fancy div ing g.championship with 124 35 points; Miss Aileen Ruggin of New York, Olympic champion, was second with 122.2s, and Miss Helen Wainwright, 1920 title holder, third. with 115.07.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-08
DULUTH BOAT CLUB
 WINNER IN REGATTA

Buffalo. August 1.-The colors of the Duluth Boat club were carried to victory In four out of seven events on the closing day of the forty-sev- enth annual regatta of the National Association of Amateur oarsmen hers yesterday. and Walter Hoover, the young sculler of the same aggrega- ton, is the national champion for 1921. The Minnesotans were winner $ of the Barnes point championship ? trophy for the regatta.
 The wind Quartered over the course at between 12 and Is miles an hour and two squalls, sweeping in off Lake Erie. broke the surface of the course into fhoppy waves that both cred crews accustomed to rowing in smooth waters.
 Hoovers chief contender in the slr.- gle souls championship was Paul Costello of the vesper Boat club of Philadelphia. The pair came over the first mile of the course so close together that from the grandstands 1t was impossible to tell which had the advantage, but in the final quar- ter Hoover moved up into the lead, Costello accepted the charge and made desperate try to overtake the flying Minnesotan. Hoover. however, had something in reserve and fin ished two lengths ahead in 7.43 s-5.