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Evening star., 1921-03-17
dy0IE 81. PATR|cK'S
l...DAY WITH MASSES.
Campaign for 100000 Re-
lief Fund Also Begun
y All Over City.
AMATEUR PLAY TONIGHT
Kany Clubs to Entertain in Honor
of Ireland's Patron
- Saint,

Favored by ideal weather, thousands
of Washingtonians observed st. Pat
rick's day throughout the city.
At many of the Catholic churches spe-
cial masses were sung in honor of the
day, and a number of business houses.
hotels, banks and private dwellings dis
played bit o green, just for the sake
of old Ireland
st. PatricR's day was observed by the
various Irish societies of the city. when
many members attended special mass
at st. Patrick's Catholic Church at 10
O'Clock. Right Rev. Bishop LIE Grand
of the Diocese of Dacca, sx.ngAl. India.
%@sra,e %rsached by BY Re Rev. John :. CsrSett of St
Bridget's Church. BaltEsorr. The dea-
con was Rev. Joseph H. Cassidy Of St.
Stephen'S Church, and Rev. John cana =
CHAN of ST. Matthews Church was sub
deacon.
Two ChOirs Render Music.
The two choirs rendered special
music. Many priests from the par
ishes of the District were in attend,
ance. Following the mass. Mgr. Z.
+. Thomas. pastor of the church. en-
tertained the priests at luncheon
Accompanied by the boys band OF
St. Mary's Industrial School. Baltl-
more. small army of woman work
ers left Headquarters OF the AMER
can committee for relief in Ireland,
1895 New York avenue. and proceed :
ed to their various stations. where
they will make the first collections
for the drive for 100000 to relieve
the suffering women and children OF
continue until Easter Sunday.
In two large excursion busses,
playing Irish airs, Babe" Ruth's
band, composed of fifty pieces: then
Travelled the principal thoroughfares
of the city, and made stops at busy
intersections where large crowds
gathered TO listeh to the music.
Plan Pleas mt Movies.
Announcement was made last
night, after meeting of more than
, ZOO woman workers at sol r street.
the city would be addressed at to-
nights performance by four-minute
Smen speakers, following which young
women will go through the audience
collecting for the fund.
Young women have also been as
signed to the large department stores
and banks of Washington, where they
will preside at small tables during the
drive.
A feature of last nights meeting was
the volunteering of twenty-eight young
Jewish women. who offered their Serv-
ices to work in the theaters.
Quotas for the various districts into
which the city has, been divided were
announced last night, and are as fol-
lows: Brookland. $4,000: Friendship.
$500; st. Aloy',ius. $4,000; South Cap
itol. $1,000: Northeast. $4,000: Mt.
Pleasant. $1,000: Union Station, $500;
Anacostia. $1.50e: Mid-City. s2.500;
West End $4,000: GEORGETOWN. $500:
Capitol Hill. $500; Wheeler, $500
Mackin. $4,000: Chevy Chase. S1.S00:
Southwest. $1,000; Central, $4,000. and
Woodley. $4,000.
Many Clabs to Entertafn.
Many clubr4nd Organizations wilr
entertain tonight in honor of Ire
lands patron saint. The Padraic II.
Evening star., 1921-03-17
BUDGET |SL|STED /
FOR EARLY ACTION
Senator Mccormick Places
the Measure AIMING First !.
to Be Enacted. {.
FAILED IN LAST CONGRESS
Will Be Reintroduced Next Sesi
sion Observation-Disclosures
of Departments Scheduled.

one OF the first acts of the new Con.
sress when it meets will be the on:
actment into law of the so.called
budget bill. in the opinion of Senator
Mccormick of Illinois, who stood
sponsor for this measure in the SEN:
ate during the last Congress. The
proposed legislation is in line with
the promise of President Harding
that there shall be more businesslike
government Of the United States. I
The budget bill as finally agreed 10
by the House. which amended the bill
70 meet objections raised by Presis
dent Wilson and Attorney General
Palmer. was allowed TO lie on tho
table in the Senate throughout the
short session of Congress just closed
without action. II could have been
put through quickly, it is believed;
Pad the republican leaders deter.
mined to call il up. But as the opers
alton of the measure would not have
become effective for many months, fe
was determined to let II lie over un.
til the republican administration and
the new Congress came into Office. Z
VIII Reintroduce without Change.
Senator Mccormick will reintroduce
the bill without change as soon as
Congress meets. In his opinion and
that of other friends OF the measure,
it should be put through without fur.
bher amendment. Any attempt to
tinker with it. they believe, would
lead possibly to long debate. The
bill as it stands is the fnal tudgmenG
resulting in part from compromises
Of the Senate and House.
In the meantime Attorney General
Daugherty will be requested to pass
upon the constitutfonality of the pro-
posal that the auditor general shall
be appointed for life and should be
entirely independent Of the executive
branch Of the government. II was
this feature of the bill which caused
President Wilson and Attorney Gen.
eral Palmer to object to the passage
of the law, and led to veto on the
part Of Mr.. Wilson.
II this objection is valid. in the
opinion of the present Department of
Justice officials. the leaders in Con.
gress do NOT desire to raise the is-
sue again. :
Reorganization Also Up Soon. ::
Senator Mccormick also will rein:
troduce his bill for the reorganiza. I.
ton of the government departments
This will be worked over by the joint
committee on reorganization, headed
by Senator Smoot of Utah, which Is
now getting under way. :
These two measures. the one revis-
ing tho method of submitting the
estimates fer the governments exf
penditures and putting them on 9
businesslike basis. and the other. de :.
signed to eliminate duplication Of eff.
for and waste in the government de,
partments, are considered companion
pieces Of legislation BY republican
| leaders. who have announced tina
they propose to save the government
! money in administration.
Evening star., 1921-03-17
Mr.. Hays Outlines
Rules to Be Observed
When Mailin3 Letters

"Fundamental principles OF
mailing" to be 0bserved BY
every citizen. were outlined to-
day BY POstmaster General
Hays.
Postmnsters should emphasize
the importance, Mr. - Hays
directs, Of the fOllOvvings
Addressing mail to street and
number.
That firm letter-heads should
bear their street address.
Tint mail should he depOatted
early and frequently during the
day and not held until the close
Of business.
That return addresses On en-
velopes result in prompt return
of letters II unbelievable.
That valuable mail matter
should he registered.
That postal money orders
should be used for remlttances
by mail instead Of cash.
Evening star., 1921-03-17
COUNTRY CLUB BALL.

The third annual ball of the Colum-
bus Country Club will be given at
Rauscher's this evening at o'clock.
Special entertainment and music have
been arranged.
The following committee will be in
charge of arrangements: Frank c.
Hall, John B. Coyle. Harry B. Spicer,
Frank p Glacey, Edward L. Hiliyard
George A. Daddy, Joseph ]. Degnan
Timothy j. Hart, Daniel J. Nee, John
OConnor, Edward Shaughnessy an6
A. c.. Spalding.
Evening star., 1921-03-17

In Uruguay the law forbids the
sale Of intoxicants to women.
Evening star., 1921-03-17
MAIL CLERK IS HELD UP
by TWO AND MONEY TAKEN

Thomas J. Waller. 2ls New Jersey
avenue. was held up at the point of a
pistol and robbed of $25 near North
Capitol and G streets about 1:15
o'clock this morning. Waller, a rail-
way mail clerk. reached Union station
and was on his way home when two
white men accosted him. one drawing
a revolver and placing it against his
stomach. while the other commanded
him to raise his hands. The man
searched his pockets and got his
money. Then Waller was permitted
to go his way.
A green-body automobile belonging
to Charles S. Brown. 1882 U street,
disappeared from in front of the
Brown residence last night and later
was found abandoned at 7th and Madi-
son streets.
Evening star., 1921-03-17
Two New Styles Illustrate

4 LSO shown, one of the new Oxfords
n for Boys. Dark Brown genuine
Calfskin. AS illustrated; also wing
tip "BROGUES." In every sense of the
word one of the best shoes than can pos
sibly be made for Boy. Sizes 2H
to 6, A. to D................... D. pO
Evening star., 1921-03-17
SAYS BRITAIN CAN PAY.
War Undersecretary Denies Desire
to Cancel Debt Here,

CHICAGO. March 17.-Great Britain
has no desire to allow the United
States to cancel the eAnglo-American
war debt. according to Sir Arthur
Steele Maitland, NJ. p, undersecretary
of state for foreign affairs in Great
Britain during the war, who is here
to give series of lectures at
Northwestern University.
Britain is able to pay her debts"
he said. Mutual respect does not
come from begging favors."
Evening star., 1921-03-17
SCIENCE LOSES RACE.
Girl Dies After Seven-Day Gas
Poison Coma.

LOUISVILLE. KY, March 17.-Death
won its race with medical science
when Miss Caroline Zurschmelde
died from gas poisoning at the city
hospital here today, after seven days
in a state of coma. Physicians say it
was remarkable for its duration and
assert il pneumonia had not developed
her chances for recovery probably
would have been even. Size was un-
conscious 16O hours.
Evening star., 1921-03-13
SaIeSmanShip.

DELLINGHAM BRAY. the efficiency
- expert was responding at Chica :
go banquet to a toast on salesmanship
Your star salesman never prerar:-
Gates he said. AT the same time
well. let me tell you about Walla Walla.
Il worked in my boyhood in Walia
Walla furniture store. and one after
noon a lady customer came in hopping
mad
".See here. she said. that rocking
chair you sold me yesterday is no good.
mo good, ma'am? says the boss in
his silky voice. No good? How So:
why says the lady customer. the
rockers amt even. When you start
rocking the good-for-nothing chair
slides sideways all over the room
The boss gave kind of angry
moan.
",Consarn that new salesman" he
says. I'm going to fire him for this.
He's gone and sold you one of them
patent twentieth century rockers war
ranted not to wear the carpet out i'm
any one place. That style is three and
a quarter extra
But the lady customer was already
half way out Of the shop.
"T don't care nothing about that
she screams back from the sidewalk. 4
amt going to pay no extra three ana
a quarter, and won't return the rocker,
neithcr-so there!"
Evening star., 1921-03-13

Since that time our position has been
high. All other treaty powers ac-
cepted the British treaty of Ilentsih'
and thus the western world sane
toned the opium traffic in CHINA.
BY the treaty of 1882 with Korea
American citizens were prohibited
from engaging in the opium traHc,
directly or indirectly, in Korean
waters and at Korean ports. ny tns
treaty of 1893 with Siam the cnlleu
States agreed that opium was con
traband, and by the treaty OF May
20. 1856. with the same country,
Americans were greatly restricted IN
the opium traffic.
In all the earlier treates VII II
Japan the United States accepted tne
Japanese view, that no opium shouid
be carried to Japan. except for strict :
ly medicinal purposes and under the
strict regulations made by the jap
aneSe government. %.
BY the act of 1902. American citi-
zens were. among other things 1or-
hidden to carry opium TO cer.aill
islands of the Pacific ocean NOT pelhs
in the possession or under the pro-
lection of any civilized power.
-Ry several acts of the Philippine
government and. finally, under the
act of Congress of March ), 1919. the
importation. sale and use OF OPIUM
in the Philippine Islands We're pro,
hibited. except for strictly medicinal
purposes.
The beginning of the modern move
ment for the suppression or me
opium traffic may be SAID 10 date
from tie action of the United states
government in forb;dding the use oil
opium in the Philippine Islands. al
though il must not be forgotten that
In 1895 the better mind of Great
Pritaip was sufficiently aroused to
send "A royal commission TO India 10
investigate and report on the ques-
ton. ,o.o
Nevertheless. il was not until 1909
that the subject was approached IRON
new angle by the United states
And for those who were opposed 10
our acquisition of the Philippines. let
it be borne in mind that but for the
unforeseen and unsought entrance OF
America upon the eastern horizon
the eradication of this most iniqui-
tous traffic might still be far from
it's accomplishment.
X !. x
WITH our taking over the Phil
w ippines we inherited as well the
opium question introduced into the
islands by Chinese labor. The Fill
pinos were being rapidly contaminat-
ed, and in 1903 the Philippine govern
ment appointed a committee. of which
Evening star., 1921-03-13

marking: you don't know what
you're talking about: that girl com
ing down the deck a.sportihg an Old
fashioned white petticoat
Hanged if she isn't" exclaimed the
other in surprise. Bet you ~ 10 1
she's the only woman aboard VINO Is
wearing one, though.
Not until she was leaving the vessel
at san Francisco did the sleuths ae-
cidentalIy realize the real use OF the
petticoat. The girl was crowded
against the side of the gangplank,
of the detectives just happened to be
close by, and his suspicious were
aroused. When he disDla"ed his badge
of authority the girl turned tigress,
kicked him on the shin. landed
short-arm jab in his stomach and
started to run. 1t was too late. She is
now serving three years.
i: !. x *
LITTLE girl wearing elaborate
beribboned round Garters of the
vintage of twenty years ago aroused
the Sherlock suspicious Of an official
at FL Paso last autumn. He noticed
mother and child making daily trips
across the international bridge. into
Mexico. In all other respects mother
A few days shadowing convinced
the authorities that mother and
daughter were systematically SNUG
Cling opium into Ell Paso. 1t developed
that their modus operandi was to con-
ceal the drug among the ribbons on
their garters.
There was time when spare tire
on an auto created no more suspicion
than a man carrying two handker-
chiefs. But that time has gone. Every
extra tire these days arouses sus-
picion, especially near the border.
Minions of the law suspect them to
be filled with dope. For long time
this was a favorite method of Snug
Cling.
Even bologna sausage has come into
disrepute through opium smuggling.
A cunning fellow found it profitable
to hollow out most of the meat and
refill with dope" Almost any person
is liable to tote a section or two of
bologna homeward once in a while,
hut no one thinks of making regular
practice of it. When pale man in
buffalo was noticed carrying bologna
every Wednesday afternoon it looked
unusual to the policeman on that
beat.
The chug- g-chugging of motor boats
around harbors does not necessarily
mean that some one is out for the
purpose of looking at the moon or
iiling. their lungs with fresh air. Not
at all. 1t is quite possible they are
Evening star., 1921-03-13
FEATURES
Squadron Kept by Cunning Smugg

looking for floating inner tubes or life
preservers containing dope thrown
fl ON the port hole of an incoming
Steamer the previous night.
Venus is no longer beyond justifiable
suspicion. A short while back n
plaster cast of that noted and shapely
lass WAS brought TO this country from
Europe by a distinguished looking
man whose conversation was "arty.
His Venus had been followed and
art it is directed to close companions
al Leavenworth.
The shipping of lemons and lines
affords an easy method of smuggling.
They are cut in two. followed out and
dope substituted in place OF pulp
and juice. This can be done so artis-
tlcally as to fool almost any one.
The fine art Of the opium game is
the peddling of the stuff to the hun
drcds of thousands of addicts through
out the country after it has been
smuggled across the borders or
requires constant scheming in order
to outwit. for a time at least the
city police and government detectives
who are cternally on the quest OF
violators of the law.
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A MATRONLY looking woman in
Kansas City resorted to the
strange medium of combs TO fool the
officers and deliver dope to woman
addicts. She would tuck a large
comb ornamented with imitation dia =
monds in her hair and saunter down
the main business street to the rest
room of a large department store,
where she found it necessary to re-
arrange her hair. casually laying the
comb on table or washstand. The
addict. wearing a similar comb also
would be present and an exchange
of combs was a very simple matter.
Back of each stone was a hollow
space filled with opium.
So eager was a New York man to
make quick money in an unlawful
manner that he had his luxuriant
crop of hair shaved close to his scalp
thus enabling him to wear a wig be
meath which he could secrete A sur
! prisingly large quantity of morphine
cocaine and other drugs. His ambi-
tion was fulfilled. SO far as money
| making was concerned, but it did
, him little good. as he had to spend
most of it in lawyers fees unsuc-
| cessfully trying to keep out of jail
BY constantly talking rurch. Sun
/ day school, and carrying gilt-edg'
| Bible beneath his arm, dappeD
prince -alberted Young man in mid
die west town had no difficulty II
fooling the authorities for man,
months. AS he walked down the stree
wearing sanity expression ana nj!
; Bible prominently displayed. no on'
in the world would suspect he wa!
, just an ordinary everyday, low-dowr
dope" peddler. This genius of crook
dom took sharp jackknife and hol
lowed out the interior of his Bibl'
from Joshua to Isaiah. In this spac'
Evening star., 1921-03-13

gave his consent. shortly thereafter
il was observed that the prisoner was
under the influence OF drugs How
ever. the wife was not suspected for
months, until rubber soled and
heeled keeper observed MIR. Husband
stealthily dip nicely laundered
! handkerchief in cup OF water and
carefully squeeze il into another cup.
His lady love had previously soaked
| IL in solution of morphine. IL de-
veloped that shirts. socks ties aud
other apparel had been similarly
treated.
In California young girl who
was serving a term in Sail decided
that she just had TO have morphine al
| regular intervals. She begged. and
tried to bribe her taller. He merely
laughed at her. \ former sweethea
was appealed TO. Being a man of rare
resourcefulness. he solved the difti-
Guilty in most original way. Eaca
Sunday morning he wrote her the
| lovingest kind Of love letter. send
| ing it by special delivery. But lie did
not use the regulation blue special
belivery stamp with the boy and
bicycle printed on it. Instead. he
used five two-cent stamps. Under
each stamp was neatly hidden D.
quantity of powerful drug Ia powder
i form.
Each week n fond wife would take
a bag of fruit TO her lord and master.
who was languishing in Jail in New
Jersey. The sheriff thought right
! well of her until he learned that she
| was flooding his hastile with drugs
which she carefully secreted in the
seam found in the bottom of all paper
| bags.
| When a policeman in Pcnnsyl-
vania town observed that a small
grocery merchant on his beat appar-
! emily sold more candles than sugar
or potatoes his curiosity was natur'
! ally aroused. This thrifty merchant
| had hit upon the plan of following
/ the lower end of the candles ard
! filing them with opium. Nothing but
| electric lights are used in his prescn.
! place of abode.
Cinnamon arc inveteratc card play
! ers. II is therefore not uncommon for
! them to have decks Of cards in their
pockets or scattered about their
| homes. For years il was the custoN
| of sleuths to pay no attention what
! ever to such articles. It's different
now When they enter Chinese prcn,s
, ises suspected of concealing opiur, :
one of the first things they do is II
examine both sides of every playing
! card Cinnamon found it was very
easy to spread out enough soft opium
one one card to furnish full smoke.
| Out in Omaha a cruel trick was
played on drug addicts. With an
outfit of counterfeit L. :. revenue
stamps. a fellow filled boxes and bot
ties with ordinary face powder or car
I! Donate of magnesia and sold il as
F, high-powered drugs. He would gel
$50 for something that cost him . o.
10 cents. He left Omaha in u hurry
and his return is doubtful.
There are men and women in WASH
ington, New York. Baltimore. Phila-
Evening star., 1921-03-13

he carried complete dope outnt, IN
Guiding needles and pills.
His nefariouS occupation was
| brought to light as a result or pet
between two men who had never seen
him. One chap bet $40 to IS that Moan
was the first man to become intoxl-
Gated, and sought to prove 1t by bor-
rowing a Bible from stranger VINO
happened to be passing. The refusal
to loan the Bible made the betting
chap warm under the collar and with
out further ado he took it away from
him. Imagine his wide-eyed amaze
ment when he opened it and found
the drug layout.
Another irreligious man stopped so
low as to use crucifix as a means
of delivering morphine pills TO ms
miserable, unhappy victims. He had
the crucifix made SO that 1t would
slide open by unfastening small
screw. He wore this crucifix around
his neck on a gold chain. 1t contained
enough morphine for thirty.four
shots.
Large fountain pens make excellent
instruments for the conveying OF
drugs from one place to another. 1t
is surprising how many needles and
other articles they will hold. The dope
filled pen is boldly carried in the
vest pocket of a peddler and. as
rule, he is seldom suspected of being
V1OlalOr OF tne law.
Beautiful gold watches. with the
works removed, are popular ways OF
concealing opium. cocaine, heroin and
other drugs. A dealer can start out
with a watch case full of dope and
return in few hours with thou
sand dollars in his pockets
A restaurant keeper in New iork
enriched his Golfers to the modest ex-
tent of $5 per day by allowing man
to hang his overcoat on hook in the
far corner. Each packet contained
different priced drug. which were
identified by colored wrappers.
Through a "gentleman's" agreement
the addict would partake Of a cup OF
coffee or some article OF food ana
then saunter over to the oyercoat and
help himself to his favorite kind or
dream producing drug. carefully de-
the pockets 1t is claimed this agree
ment was never violated by GUS
toner taking more than his share or
leaving less than the sum due.
Getting drugs into jails where ad-
diets are serving sentences for vari-
Gus crimes requires scheming of
high order in order to circumvent the
suspicious cunning of jailers ana sner-
ifs.
X x Il II
oNE dutiful wife told the sheriff
" Of an Indiana county that she
always liked her husband to look neat
and we'll dressed, and asked permis-
sion to take clean laundry to him
every week. Thinking he would save
the county little expense, he readily
Evening star., 1921-03-13

the people that the government had
to fight the internal production III
addition to importations. ~
1t is interesting to note Americas 8
earliest association with the opium
problem. In the first treaty between
the United States and China, in 1914,
this country agreed not to protect
American citizens trafficking in
opium. practically a prohibition of
the trade to America. We fell from
this high position by accepting the
commercial agreement Of the Tientsin
treaty, and until 1880 American citi-
Zens piled the opium traffic as freely
as the British, though not on SO
large a scale.
In the treaty OF 1880 the American
government recovered it's position,
when American citizens were pro-
hibited from engaging in the traffic.
Evening star., 1921-03-13

Maj. Carter was chairman and Bishop
Brent one of the members, to inves-
tigate the opium question as it per-
tanned in the neighboring countries
of Java, Burma and the drug-con-
sumng peoples to the south. This
commission presented its report in
June. 1904, making certain recon-
mendations which were aimed grad
ually to reduce and finally prohibit
the use of opium in the Philippine Is
lands except for medicinal purposes.
Congress interviewed, however, and by
the act of March 3, 1905, provided
for the prohibition of opium in any
from except for medicinal purposes
on and after the 1st of March. 1908.
Since the passage Of that famous
law by Congress the government Of