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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-02

One OF the beautiful children's
parties during the holiday week was
the birthday anniversary celebration
W the swanson home h Sunset Park.
Wheh Mrs. G, T.. Swanson honored
'he twelfth natal day of her daugh-
YER Miss Helen. Christmas dccora-
uohs prevailed and one of the much
.,hJoved features was the SNOW pie"
rom which each child received a
~'eiy E!it, Games. contests and
music made the hours pass after
"hi'h refreshments were served
present were Young Misses Dororhy
iey'r' Josephine Lantpy, Marian
savage, Minnie Kennedy, lmogeno
tape' Elizabeth Cries. Mary Alice
le' Maxine Noble, Kathryn Smith,
wary Kathryn Rodolf, Isabel ane
ItIinT strouviilc. Helen Welch. Alice
nm's'l'r' Mart ma Ann Smith. Marian
Ho"hlee, Gertrude Stalker, Mar
sartt Baker, Jane Frceborn. Doro-
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-02
LuncheOnS.

LuNO UNO OVo
Nrs lohn Leroy Shakely con-
,orrcd honor ON two VISITING h'"
INA Mrs. Robert III. bradford u'
wichita. kansas, guest ot Mrs. IL
n,is NcClintock and Mrs. Niiiaih
- linton Of ChicagoA Nisitins n'r
s,stcr Mrs W. H. Pomoroy' on III
~ In the Country cup wheh she
s,yo a beautifully appointed luhch-
eor in their honor. The New year
pcar approach was inspiration i"r
an id,,I motif snow white blossoms
80 ,bc uidWintcr intcrmingled with
delicate fern, making beauti'ul
,,.p,crpicrc, in among this being "a
l,rvpie bearing wish for the com .
mo season for the guests assembled.
Thc luncheon was small and IN
formal
orc Of Tho beautiful lunchcons
rn- the Young folk was that given
,y Mrs. r.. T. Miller Tor her daurh-
,rr Miss Cdudine, on Tuesday.
Christmas grccnory, poinsettlas. gay
candles burning Nv among the green
e1H and bright tinted place cards
Hndpaintcd IN ladies, were suffi-
r.,nt TO inspire the guests that sur
n,ascn,. besides Mrs. Miller and her
daughter. were: Misses Elizabeth
IIillon oC Chicago. Martha sharp.
El.s,bcth COOK, Mary Neasey, Doro-
thy Neasev. Jane Wallace, Esther
T1kin. Mary Frtncos Eakin. Mario
, -io Wclch. Betty Welch. Marie Con
sisntiu. Helen Antle, Ruth Lyon
clinton, Thelma kennedy, Ann Ken
ncdv Ialidnna Rebold OF Okmulgec,
irene Buel Mary Leonard. Kathryn
FtilghL, ora Weaver Dorothy
VenseI. Aipharetta Scott, Margaret
t1,zecrald. Dorothy Boyer, Clephane
Ncrizbergcr. Katherine Schcll of
Kansas city, Elwilda Belle Springer,
W.nifred West. Dorothy Jane Mark
nam. Ruth and Alice Bruere Of
itrtland ore; Naomi Brown, Jane
RHbnson, Virginia Winkler, Dorothy
Burke. Mollie Baker. GcneNievc
Miscner Ethelyn Moore of Musko-
gcc. Lillian M!sener, Kirk Algeo,
Catherine Crosbie, Katherine Smith.
Florisc Wertzbergcr and Joan
Skellcy.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-02

gina Campbell Mary y,d ucrnicc
walker Gertrude Linn. Uctty Wclch
II,irn Rcbhuz young Mcssra Jim
mic tIcckmuyc, raul JlnkoWakt.
R"rtou Jordan Lyon Stonc. Robert
iildckmorc. walter Htoa,h. Gordon
NNcu. chr sudu S'gcr. Harold Gil-
bort Ben kirkpn' rick. John Trick
ncr, Jos, ph ScEcr Louis Train, John
Iiuit of saltwater
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-02
Dances.

MIR. and Mrs Fran,l. Maurice
hrrcnS beautiful new home.
'Nidgcwood. was opened Thursday
evening for hcvN OF The young
"i hororing Mis-, Dorothy Jane
Markham and Miss GLADYS Williams
NanLaLInl Nr. Erntnn In hl.nnnrlnr
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-02

dancing. contests and gamCs we've
enjoyed. Christmas decorations of
hollyy, mistietoc. Christmas garlauds
and much beautifully grccucry con
Nerted the home into a lovely setting
bcfitting the season. runch and tuit
cake were served throuEhuut tho
evening and at late hour y light
supper was enjoyed Present Wrt"
Mcssrs. aud Mcsdamcs l.. ". Single
ton. Clarence j Marshall IT, =
l.ang,cr of Pryor. Okla. &. -. Nor IA
.ngton uf Galcna, kas.. Misses Nil
drcd Powell, juno Rowland, NliCc
Rowland Virginia Singleton, Dor
othy singleton. Mcssrs. Floyd Powell
Wiuslow smith. Fred Woods, John
shelton. Robert MnhuucN, Terry
Butcher of pittsburgh. IA ~ g.
Hoffman or Kansas City and n w.
Vaughan.
Mrs. II. Il. Kerstcttcr Of i1l6 Nur-
4 folk avenue entertained "Wednesday
with four 'ahlcs of bridge ln honor
IoC Mrs. Philip Shrcck ana Ms
! Foster nushmore of l1wtou okla
land Mrs. G. Mari also holiday Nisi
, tor In the game. Mrs. sam Good
man won high score, Mir. J. W
! Rogers sscond, and Mig. &. Il Johu
son consolation. Mrs. Shrc,k won
guests trophy. Christmas dcco'n
ions were in evidence and tive
lcoursc luncheon was served. the
guests besides the honorcrs being
! Mrsdamcs ~. =. Price, J. w. Eugrrs
Joseph Iorrigan, barney 0orriean
|T. Is johnson, sam Guodmau. Iam,s
Mastcrman. William HoWuiuT
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-02
To the Public.

O., ro''oWing Is II list of cars delayed
w minutes or moro at railroad
oSsings Friday, December 81: Car
n"' i,, 500 on Kendall, at Midland Val
~ rom 7:i7 TO 8 a. IN. Car No.
200 on Kendall at Midland Valley.
%"" Il;25 to lt;45 p. m. Car. No.
800 on Bcllview. at Midland Val
w. rom 1908 to 1900 a. m. Car
w, -'O North Peoria, at Midland
rraney' from 1904 to 1910 a. m
ldu, S'sd street Railway Company
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-02

The Si4torhood ot Tcmp,c lsraei
gave a delightful dance IN the socih'
rooms of tho temple ou saturday
evening. There Nas spl'ndii ~
tendance and tn" happy Sehso"
proved most cnjuynhlc Tor everyone
rnNrtNUEp uN PAGE rlNE.-
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-02

hospitalitics were Mrs. John Henry
Markham, Mrs. Kiroi w. Holm, Miss
MAY Miscnor. Misses Grace and
Murdccn Brocnc. American beauty
roses and chrysanthcmums wore
used as floral enhancement. Dane
ing was enjoyed and a buffet supper
served. There were about sixty
present.
The New York herald., 1921-02-20
u. S. Lacks Plan TO Determine
Legitimate Quantity Needed

THE difficulty in this country Is that no
plan has been worked out to determine the
legitimate quantities of opium which should
be admitted. AS understand 10, the Secre-
tary of State certihes to the English Gov
ernment how much opium should be re-
ceived. In his turn the Secretary of State
is advised by the United States Public Health
officials. have not the figures for last year,
but during 1919 we received into the United
States more than 100000 pounds Of opium
This is equal to about fifty grains for every
man, woman and child in the United States
The amount received by every other civilized
country did not exceed three grains per
capita.
'In other words, we are receiving IN this
country about fifteen times as much opium
per capita as any other country receives.
Certainly the physicians Of the United States
are just as competent to treat disease a.
are the physicians OF any other country.
! do not believe that opium and It's deriva-
tves are used any more commonly by our
physicians than they are abroad We are
forced TO the conclusion, therefore, that
tremendous majority Of the imported opium
is used for unlawful purposes
What is the source Of the morphine and
heroin unlawfully sold in the city of New
York? This seems to be the answer: The
crude opium brought into the United States
is manufactured by our chemists into NOR
phinc and heroin. It is then shipped to
Canada or TO Mexico Upon leaving our
country we lose track of IL. 1t is then
smuggled across our borders and peddled
on the streets of New York l think it is
safe 10 say that the amount of morphipe
and heron of foreign manufacture sold on
the streets of New York is negligible. Prac-
ticaly all of the drugs sold here are OF
American manufacture, which have beep
shipped out Of the country and then smug-
gled back.
"The solution of this problem lies in
Federal act prohibiting the Importation
manufacture and expectation of habit form
ing drugs except in such limited amounts
as are necessary for the legitimate uses OF
the medical profession. They should be dis
pensed through licensed drug stores. Every
honest pharmacist should be made an agent
Of the Government to handle opium and IT,
derivatives. There need be placed no restric-
ton upon the honest pharmacist or the
honest physician. There should be i'm every
community % sufficient amount OF these
drugs to allay suffering OF the sick
The New York herald., 1921-02-20
Most Opium Reaching This Country
Comes from Turkey. Persia and Smyrna

THE popular idea is that the opium we
use in this country comes from India. While
! was abroad last summer Lord Sinha, Sec
retary of State for India. referred me to Mr.
Campbell, chief Of the Revenue Department
OF the India Onice. I spent several hours
with him discussing the opium question, and
what was learned at that time is most inter
esting
Even though all the opium we consume
in America does not come from India never
theless all of it is purchased through London
merchants The majority Of the opium
reaching this country comes from Turkey
Persia and Smyrna Much Of the Indian
opium does not contain the 10 per cent. NOR
phine content demanded by the United
States.
"A great deal of silly nonsense Is talked
over here about the fear that England might
be offended IL we prohibited the Importation
OF opium. / was assured that England would
be glad II she could wash her hands of the
American trade, and will be delighted II we
prohibit the importation of opium.
"The three largest morphine manufacture
ers are In England. large part OF the
product OF these establishments is sent to
Japan. The drug is not permitted TO oe sold
in Japan, but is sent Immediately to China,
and the morale OF the Chinese Empire is
being broken by this evil
There was great international opium
convention held at The Hague In 1912 BY
the Treaty OF Versailles Great Britain bound
herself TO bring the convention into force
and to enact the necessary legislation for
this purpose. To this end bill has been
introduced in Parliament to control tho dis
tribution Of dangerous drugs. The purpose
Of the Hague convention was primarily to
protect China against the opium traffic, and
incidentally to ration the amount of opium
To be sent to tho various countries of the
The New York herald., 1921-02-20
Easy Matter for Boatmen
To Land Drugs in New York

It's a perfectly easy matter for har-
Dor boatman to load his clothing with
thousand dollars worth of dope during the
day and come ashore with IL at night. He
is not subjected to daily search So long
as he maintains reasonable care and observ
ance of common sense in his methods he
can continue indefinitely The stuff is easily
carried and easily concealed. They've found
It hidden in womens hair. sewed into mems
hat bands. contained in artificial limbs. fill
ing the inner tubes of automobile tires, in
Consgnments of lumber and vegetables. and
even in the collars worn by dogs trained to
make daily trips across the Canadian border.
Relatively the situation in Chicago over
shadows that in New York. For several
months Government investigators had been
making observations In Chicago. They com
pleted their work two weeks ago. Since then
twenty well known druggists and physicians
have been arrested I'm the Illinois city. The
same sort OF an investigation is going on
mere at present. Before prohibition became
o national law, the Chicago police say, the
traffic in habit forming drugs looked
upon as a nuisance. To-day 1t is serious
menace
The New York herald., 1921-02-20

prohibits without any reservation the inn
portation or the expectation of the drugs in
question, except Importation by the United
States Public Health Service. This is not
WISE and 1t is not just because there is
legitimate need for these drugs. believe
the gentlemen in Congress who are backing
this latest amendment TO be sincere in their
opinions but il will not reach the desired
ends.
"The shocking conditions in the Far East
which this amendment seeks to relieve real
ly do exist. ! went out to China myself in
1918 to see how the laws proposed by my
husband were working and whether the
Hague Convention had put them into effect
l found China deluged with drugs Of Ameri-
can, English and Japanese manufacture
"At the last international opium confer
ence, held at The Hague in 1914, every ma
ton in the world save two had joined the
movement to protect China and the rest of
the world from this great calamity OF the
use OF these debasng drugs, and had prom
ised to put the Hague Convention Of 1912
into effect. But the war broke out a few
weeks later and the attention OF the world
was attracted elsewhere. The United States
however. carried out it's obligations by pass
ing a series OF laws which were in conform
ity with the Hague Convention.
Great Britain is trying to meet the prob
lem as we'll as ourselves, and by acting CO.
Jointly with her we are much more likely
to be successful. An arrangement has been
made by the English Government with the
United States, French and Japanese Govern
ments whereby no consignment Of morphine
or kindred drugs is allowed to be exported
from the United Kingdom TO any OF the
countries in question except on the presenta-
ton Of certificate from the Government
concerned stating that IL is satisfied that
the consignment is required exclusively for
legitimate medicine or scientific purposes
end will not be reexported'
The New York herald., 1921-02-20
Planning New System to Keep
Better Tab on Drugs and PedIers

Moreover. they discussed the idea of limit
ing the legal dispensing of habit forming
drugs TO a few large firms so that every sale
of the stun might be officially recorded and
all parties thereto made Immediately avail
able. Under the plan New York would be the
centre OF news distribution regarding the
movements OF known or suspected trafiick-
ers This far the scheme Is nothing more
than an exchange OF information between
Simon and Mills. They hope'to extend It TO
Boston, Baltimore Chicago, Detroit, st.
Louis, Denver. San Francisco, and thus
throughout the country. And from that they
hope to see IL become an international sys-
tenn.
The man who was given credit for doing
most to cause Congress TO adopt the Har-
rison anu-narcotic law was the late Dr.
Hamilton Wright of Washington. And Dr.
Wright was fond of insisting that he was
spurred to greater efforts by his wife Mrs
Wright. who Is still most active in the gem
eral fight against the illegitimate drug traf-
fc, says that nothing short of an imme-
date agreement between the United States
England, Japan and China Will stop the
universal increase I'm the habit OF indulging
in narcotics.
THE Jones-Miller amendment. which Is
before Congress vt this time" Mrs Wright
said, 'and which most strongly oppose.
The New York herald., 1921-02-20
Secrets of Montreal Letters
Revealed by Chemical Tests

Right here in New York the Secret Service
operatives began investigating the huge
amount OF correspondence that "A Montreal
concern was carrying on with individuals
whose places OF business. If they could be
thus designated and whose homes were not
OF character warranted TO attract exten-
sive business correspondence from rich
Canadian importer. Many of the letters
were received by proprietors of small cafes,
restaurants and billiard parlors on the lower
East Side. In Harlem and Williamsburg.
Investigation revealed that the letters
came from a place in Montreal not much
more impressive than a Williamsburg bill
lard room where pool may be played for
two and half cents a cue on the only table
In the place. Some of the letters were
intercepted They were most inoffensive--
sometimes offering books for sale on the
instalment plan and sometimes offering the
recipient great bargains in snappy art photo
The New York herald., 1921-02-20
Condemns LoophoIe in Treaty
Permitting Reexporting of Drugs

Mrs. Wright condemned tho loophole in
existing treaty arrangements whereby the
drugs can be reexported from a country
and the spirit Of the treaty thereby evaded,
She declared there has been much criticism
in China Of the great quantity Of opium
that is allowed to come from Great Britain
and to he shipped in bond across the United
States to Japan, where It has at once been
reshipped and smuggled into China.
Japan has not kept her word about put
ting into effect treaty obligations respecting
the reshipment OF the drug TO China" she
continued ut simply means that we must
have some way Of enforcing these obliga-
tions. The United States took the initiative
in the matter twelve years ago and it still
rests with us, or the Netherlands Govern
ment, or the League Of Nations, IL that
proves an effective instrument. 10 sec that
the Hague Convention is carried out"
Here in New York Dr simon and Ralph
The New York herald., 1921-02-20
Cocaine Rapidly Taking Place
OF Booze, Authorities Say

Lieut.. Hughes. head OF the Chicago De-
tective Bureau, says that the traffic has
increased fifty per cent in the past six
months in his city. DIR. Simon says that II
has increased here quite as much. Both
Simon and Hughes say that fully twenty
five per cent. OF men and women who used
to depend upon booze for their thrill have
turned to cocaine. This despite the fact
that the effect and the sensation obtained
are entirely different
Col. w G.. Beach, head OF the Central
states Narcotic Forces characterizes the
drug traffic "the most desperate crimi-
nal problem the Government has TO deal
with to-day
The Government is finding that dentists
druggists, veterinarians and even florists
are involved in the business OF dispensing
dope The profits are tremendous. Sixteen
grains of morphine costing the dispenser
about fifty cents are retalled TO addicts at
from $40 TO s14, and the unfortunates are
glad to pay the price. They get the money
as best they can.
The dope bootlcgger can demand and get
as much as s55 an ounce for heroin or
cocaine. The best grade OF morphine retalls
for as much as 800 an ounce. Tho peder
experiences no trouble getting his price.
The New York herald., 1921-02-20
How an opium den is guarded: Note
the three doors, one of wire and the
last (No. 81 heavy oak reinforced with
iron.

The situation s most succinctly summed
up by Royal $. Copeland, Health Commits
soner for the city of New York who says:
There can be no doubt that the illegiti-
mate use Of habit forming drugs has in
creased in New York since January /, 1920.
While n great many of our citizens ere ask
ing when prohibition is going to take effect,
nevertheless there has been such restriction
on the sale of alcohol as to make It difficult
for many to obtain the stimulants they
formerly consumed in large quantities. A
good many such persons are resorting TO
drugs. and as time goes on and IL becomes
impossible to procure liquor n larger number
OF persons will employ these drugs II they
can be obtained.
The New York herald., 1921-02-20
Carrying Heroin in Crucifx
Is One of the Latest Dodges

These typify only the more extraordinary
measures the smugglers and dispensers re-
sort to. A dozen more might be told about
the use of motor car tires, water soaked
logs set adrift in the harbor and so on.
Only four or five days ago three presumabIe
Sisters of Charity were arrested in Chicago.
Each wore, suspended upon a gold chain an
unusually large crucifiX Each crucifix was
found to contain it's capacity Of heroin
Therefore, the figures obtainable from the
Public Health Service in Washington are
Of little value to a general treatment of the
habit forming drug traffic, for the simple
reason that they represent only the legiti-
mate traffic. 1t is estimated that for every
ounce Of cocaine and opium and the latters
derivatives, morphine and heroin legitimate
L. trafficked in the United States last year
four ounces were illegitimately traded in
Practically all the opium lawfully fetched
into this country comes from London and
Edinburgh. In these cities three manufac-
turers send out more opium than all the rest
of the manufacturers i'm the United King
dom. The Public Health Service issues
Figures showing that in 1910 the United
States received 449,239 pounds of opium
from England i'm 1911, 629 S42 pounds: 1912
399,S37 pounds; 1913, sos, ,423 pounds; 1914
455,200 pounds; 1919, 730,727 pounds and
last year we received about ], 900 900 pounds
liohi i~HSlhHu moreover, we received g4,4U9
pounds from Japan last year. while Japan
was receiving 127.04S pounds from England
Where all opium product goes to is not
listed on the Governments books Much
is exported, only to be smugged back again
What portion of it arrives at length into .he
possession of the street pedler and the ad-
dict is not officially known.
Thus far the United States has no inter
city cooperation in the fight against the
illegal traffic. The first steps toward such
a positive drive against the smuggler and
trafhcker were taken February g. when
DIR. Carlton Simon Special Deputy Police
Commissioner in New York. and Superin-
tendent of Police Mills of Philadelphia con-
ferred in the latter's office There the ad-
visibility and efficacy oA national picture
and Bertilon index of all known addicts and
pedlers were considered. They discussed the
value OF eataloguing and keeping track OF
drug pedlers and users just as the police do
pckpockets and burglars. When one Of
the dope handlers left his home town the
police of all the country would be apprized
Of the fact. He'd be under constant surveil-
lance.
The New York herald., 1921-02-20
Fighting for Legislation
To Curb Drug Traffic

Representative Henry T. Rainey OF Illinois
is making a hard fight to have his amend
ment, House resolution No. l5511 adopted
by Congress before he leaves Office on March
a. 20 make an end OF the illegal traffic 81
opium between the United states and the
Far East countries. The Illinois Represen
tative gives some interesting information re
garding the wide spread Of the drug addicts
and declares that the existence Of the traffic
at this time is a positive menace TO thc
nation.
Representative Rainey's bill would amend
section OF the act Of January il, 1914. en-
titled IAN act TO prohibit the importation
and use of opium for other than medcinal
purposes" The amendment which he pro
poses hits the traficker In this country who
reships opium and other forbidden drugs a.
the Far East after its Importation into the
United States
Facts which Representative Rainey will
present TO his colleagues in an effort TO OBJ
tain an amendment Of the Harrison anti
narcotic act include reports from the Health
Department officials and police heads in New
York The Health officer of New York city
reported total number Of drug addicts a.
1903 600 which is equivalent 90 Us per cent
Of the population Upon this basis, Mr.
Rainey pointed out there would be l,ggNo 900
addicts I'm the United states.
The New York herald., 1921-02-20
Thriving Traffic in Dope
In the Mexican Border Towns

There was thriving traffic in dope being
piled in San Antonio, I'll Paso. Nogaes and
between. The Government threw extra men
along the Rio Grande, with instructions to
do nothing else but catch the smugglers. 1t
was taken for granted that the stuff was
coming in from Mexico. For a month the
Governments men watched and waited
They resorted TO all the accepted tactics of
catching the dope pedler They arrested
and thoroughly questioned suspicious per.
sons Under their dazed eyes the traffic in
creased and scandal was hinted at The
detectives became panic stricken. An in
vestigaton was under way, for there were
those who insisted that some of the watchers
we're permitting the stuff to pass. for
financial consideration Of course.
BY the merest chance one of the Secret
Service men followed an American across
the border one morning. He supposedly was
a thoroughly reputable citizen living in Ell
Paso. though employed on some engineering
job just south OF the border--a mining CON
struction job on which he held responsible
technical position. In the shack where this
man and his associates changed their cloth
ing every morning and night the young
engineer removed a couple of fine woollen
undershirts These he plunged into con
taners of water They quickly absorbed the
water, and were left where they lay to
dry.
Forty-eight hours later this young man
carefully buttoned the shirts around his
body and returned TO the United states The
shirts were immersed in distilled water and
from that water six ounces of morphine was
precipitated