New-York tribune., 1922-12-20
S75O,OOO Drugs
Found
InFish Barrels
Fortune in Narcotics Is
Discovered in Consign-
meni to Address, Here,
Brought by French Ship
Crash Reveals Secret
Auto Smashes the COniainer
Disclosing Tin Can OF
Morphine Hidden Inside

Customs agents seized $4,000 worth
Of narcotics yesterday In a shipment OF
salt ash aboard the French freighter
FenehurcA. which arrived from Malaga
Spain. The drugs were consigned 70
a New York address.
Discovery OF the shipment was aeei-
dental. One barrel Of the fsh had
been unloaded from the freighter on TO
the Ward Line pier, where the freight
er had doeked, although this Is not the
regular docking place Of this craft.
An automobile accidentally eollidsd
with the barrel Of Ash and the reesp-
tnclc burst, revealing a sealed tin can
6vo inches high and two feet in d.
ameser. Il was stuffed with morphine,
the customs agents found.
Tho agents then opened the entire
shipnent Of twelve barrels Of fish, and
In ALI except one Of the barrels they
found gimilnr cans allied with narcotic
drugs. The value OF the shipment u
based on Illicit market prices, which
Are about 600 per cent higher than
prices IN the legitimate drug trade.
Shows Foreign smuggIeu Active
The Fenehureh Is not operated By
The Ward Line. 10 was said By GUS
torne agents 20 have been chartered
recently By J. W. Elwell A Co.. agents
FOR the Fabre Line There have boen
several large seizures Of narcotics
aboard vessels Of the Fabro Line. The
largest previous seizure was aboard the
Fabre liner Patria year ago, when 9
large quantity Of narcotics was found
concealed IN q bArTeled olive shipment
The smuggling Of narcotics over this
line IL something the ships ofisers or
the company officials have no knowl-
edge Of or means Of preventing. II
means simply these ships sal from
ports which are used By smugglers as
shipping points.
Drug peddlers who 60 20 tho public
schools and give children their wares
were mentioned as one of the chief
causes Of drug addiction In New YORK
Dy Mrs. 0rdway Partridge, who spoke
on drug conditions yesterday befors q
COMMITTEES at the Womon's Republican
LAuOt = NfHh AAAhAAFN 1hANNNs
She said the children enjoy these
powders like candy, and quickly be-
come regular customers OF the
peddlers.
$4,000 Registered Addiets Here
There are $4,000 registered sddlets
in New York, sho said, and more than
100000 In the United States, consti-
tutlng the greatest menace 70 tho pub
lie health and morals Physicians, she
charged. were among the most guilty
IN creating thls state Of affairs, as they
often gave drugs to hddicts.
"The physician is the most Eullty Of
all" she said, because he is under the
cloak Of his profession and can claim
his patients need the drug. IL Is hard
70 arrest physician, and the
mothers hate 20 give the names OF
their boys as witnesses because Of the
disgrace which attaches 20 drug
addict"
Mrs. Partridge said tho only solution
OF the difficulty is 10 strike az It's root
in India, from which country a great
quantity Of narcotics comes. Only
1000 pounds of opium yearly are
needed In this country for medicinal
use. but 100000 pounds come in. which
means moro than 1000 pounds is
used illegally every year. An interna-
tional committee is working 90 have
the supply In India limited.