South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-21
CHIEF OF POLICE
LABORS TO STEM
TRAFFIC IN DOPE
Oaks Asks A Appropriation of
$4,000 TO BE Used in Nab
bling Drug Agents.

Los ANGELES. Dec 40-Ch.sf %
Police oaks today asked the city
council fer a special secreat sersi ce
appropriation OF 10000 90 be used
IN running down 500 dgus agents
who are selling dope" To movie
actc-s and others in this city
There IS q master u-ni behind
this dope plot and an organized ring
- distributing the stuff said OAKS
This vast quantity OF narcotics -
not flowing IN haphazardly. The
chief concern L. % arrest the brains
o. the organization.
There are 500 peddlers known 20
the police. They VIII be arrested, u
possible. otherwise. they VIII oe
driven out o. town as Migrants.
Chief oaks expressed the belief
that incidentally. this campaign
might reveal Information concern
ing the murderer Of william Dec
mond Taylor.
The city council rs expected 10
appropriate the $4,000 asked 0y
Oaks without delay, his request ale
ready having been given an o. *
by The police commission.
Reid Fights for Life.
Meanwhile. Wallace Reid. fa-
mous nlm star whose desperate bat
tie against narcotics weakened him
- ne Is now dangerously I'D. con-
&Ied 20 fight for lfe with WEI
- IS. movie car. and practically
an officials of the industry root
ing for his recovery. &c was news
o. Reds plight that aroused new
interest in the Hollywood narcotic
situation.
"f am heartily iu accord with this
campaign. Hays said today with
reference To the offensive against
dope agents There is nothing in
the traffic in narcotics which is In
digenous 90 Hollywood or the mo-
ton picture industry Every city
town and village In the country has
tof cope with this terrible evil and
the public should regard tine mat
ter In this light Cities such as New
York. Chicago New Orleans, san
Francisco and scores of other have
far more 20 do with the work OF stop
ping the dope traffic than Holly
wood
Hays. who has the power to ban
movie actors forever for the good
OF the industry" took occasion
10 point ont that Wallace Reid S
case differed from that of narcotic
user who takes up certain of the
more fantistic forms Of drugs mere
Is for the "kicll" TO be obtained.
To Get Another Chance.
He emphasized that Reid suffer
ing from iu-health and over work.
used morphine to deaden pain and
insomnia Morphine is not a drug
taken for dreams and fantastic re-
suits but IS a sedativc Hays view
or the Reid case. taken i'm counec-
ton with the statement yesterday
that he would be the first to shake
&aIly's hand when ne is well enough
receive visitors, clearly shows that
Ne rulers Of the movies have de-
clded to give him another chance
20 make good with tho public
With announcement Of Chief Oaks
drug ring drive, Hollywood made
ready TO defend it's good name. A
apecial committee was appointed hy
Hollywood citizens To- see that none
puts an unseemlv blot on the csrut-
cheon OF the moving picture caIital
THE people should remember tnat
the film colony scattered throuch
Hollywood only Composcs small
part Of the population between five
and ten percent" declared GesrGe
Eastman president of the Hollywood
chamber of commerce. THE motion
picture actors and actresses number
about g. 600 As matter OF fact the
vast majority or them are respected
citizens OF the community and should
not deserve to be even so much as
mentioned I'm connection with dor .
STORIES. There has been lot OF ir-
responsible rot published about Wild
dope parties in Hollywood. 7 have
no doubt that narcotics are used se-
cretIy to a small extent lon Holly
wood but show me the city who has
no dope users