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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-18

During the period between
1917-1919. several millions Of
young Americans lived under ex-
tremely unnatural and trying con-
ditions In European countries.
Necessarily these Americans be-
came intimately associated with
the peoples Of Europe, and quite
naturally acquired customs, habits,
and q 1axity Of moral restraint
which at home would not have
been ordinarily tolerated.
The majority OF European peo-
pies were living highly artificial
lives and existing upon sheer
nerve force. Consequently, many
sought various types OF stimula-
ton to help tide them over the
strenuous period OF conflict.
ARTIFICIAL LIFE.
With the close contact existing
between Americans and Euro
peans, those addicted to tho use
of habit forming drugs become the
nuclei Of veritable 'sepidemics" Of
drug addiction. Stimulation by
alcohol, drugs, and the other vices
enabled many to Withstand the
tremendous drains upon the nery-
GUS system.
Such excuses and vicious habits
served as q safety valve for re-
pressed desires and cravings,
or helped draw q veil over con-
seriousness, and shut out the reali-
ties Of life. Prohibition has also
been great factor In causing
an increase in the use Of narcotic
drugs.
In order to release America
from the narcotic drug evil new
and radical steps must be insti-
tuted by the Government and the
States, working in harmony and
along definite lines. First, there
should be established q Federal
Narcotic drug bureau under di-
rector, appointed free from politi-.
cal attachments. and selected by
reason Of ability and experience.
This bureau should have national
authority, and its officers should
be vested with power to enforce
the law in any State or Territory
of the union, without political or
other embarrassment.
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This bureau should Be distinct
part Of the Treasury Department.
REGISTER ADDICTs.
Another important step would
be the registration OF an known
addicts. each identified ~ finger
prints.
Control over an ingsatutdchs
treating drug cases would - 4
step forward. Our laws should
give very severe prison sentences
to all offenders. with repetition n
the offense made 60 constitute
habituaI criminalism ana be dealt
with by laws similar to those In
force in New York for malicious
offenders.
Our international position ii
quite unsettled, and with the
probabilities OF disturbances In the
Orient, this nation cannot afford
to ignore such menace. Investi-
gators have recently uncovered
the most insidious and malignant
foreign agencies at work dissernS
mating habit formed drugs In this
country and In the world ct large.
These agencies are financed in
both Europe and Asia, and their
qualifications have extended 1ar
and wide.
Certain Oriental syndicates have
already permeated China, many
Chinese towns and villages being
under the complete domination OF
these syndicates. Itinerant agents
give free injections Of morphine
for all types Of Ills. After the
habit had been fixed, these free
injections are Withdrawn and, the
habitues ara forced to buy drugs.
In conclusion. it must be re-
membered that this great increase
in the use Of narcotic drugs win
continue until our people are
awakened to o full realization OF
their peril. with the probable num-
Der Of drug addicts In. America
now beyond the million mark. it
can readily be seen that this con-
dition has become q rational
menace. Should the figures con-
tinue to climb at the rate esti-
mated 400 per cent In six years
what win the number bo ten
years hence?
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ing "the international policy?''
How can you defend something
that does not exist? Is there
an administration foreign policy7
heard some Republicans in
the Capitol restaurant talking
about this question Of a foreign
policy and one Of them said he
had an idea Of printing an ad-
vertisement In the New York
papers like this:
WANTED-A foreign policy.
Those finding or inventing
one will please communicate
with c. Evans Hughes, Wash
ington, D. c., and the Jam
ages will De paid and no ques.
tons asked.
If the advertisement was in
serted no answer has been given
the public. 1t may be that
George Harvey brought over a
policy or that there is a policy
on cold storage in Washington,
being kept there for fear 1t might
spoil il the air reached 1t. But
certainly until there is such q
thing as an international policy,
1t is in order to ask why is
Senator Lodge given two able
bodied sub-lieutenants to help him
defend it?
NEEDS A REGIMENT.
But as to domestic policies and
blocs, why Senator Lodge needs a
whole regiment of Iieutenants to
keep the Republicans in the Sen
ate marching to the music OF the
band.
/ am not now speaking of the
bad Democrats in that body
those fellows like Pat Harrison
and the like who throw rocks at
every Republican policy that is
trotted down the aisle of the
Senate. 1t will take Lenroot and
Jimmy Wadsworth to keep up
with and "repel" the doctrines
preached by Republican Senators
who seem not willing to take
orders.
Now there is the new Iowa
Senator. Since the advent of
Brookhart and Couzens and half
dozen other Senators whose
necks are too tender for them to
wear the party collar made in
Massachusetts" / have been
looking for something to happen.
1t has happened. But 1t was
no surprise even though it has
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-18
Can Mir. Lodge And His Two Field Lietenants Hold
the Progressive Republicans Long Enough To Put
On the Halter? Or Will the Er1fart TerF1bles
Ride On the Back of the Old Guard Steed

policemen knew that the price OF
their salary was to enforce the
laws they were paid to enforce.
Moreover he was dry and driver.
Detroit liked him and made him
mayor. The street car companies
thought they were bigger than
the city. This manufacturer
didn't agree. Result: He built q
street car line and made 1t go.
It went so well that in short
time he had the car company on
its knees, eating out Of his hands.
CRITICISM OF McADOO.
And when Newberry quit, and
the politicians couldn't throw wool
in the eyes of the people any
more in Michigan, the governor
suddenly remembered that Cou-
zens was a Republican and ap-
pointed him to the Senate.
If Brookhart is the Enfant Ter
rible to the elder statesmen,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-18
By DR.. D. @. DICKINSON,
Of the q. s. Public Health Service.

Articles Of jewelry are fire.
Quently used for hiding drugs.
and special rings are made for
the trade. These are constructed
In such q manner that by q clev-
erly devised system Of slides a
hollow can be revealed for stor-
ing small amounts of drugs.
Walking sticks have been made
for carrying habit-forming drugs.
A very common place for the
concealment OF drugs Il in the
seams Of the clothes, the small.
fIattened-out decks" being sewed
into the seams and then pressed
with a heavy iron.
Ripping out the lining OF shoes
and placing drugs between the
cloth and the leather Is another
trick, and the back of a belt
buckle offers a convenient place
for storing small quantities Of
drugs. European jewelry makers
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Couzens is the unbridled business
man who will not keep the rules
Of the union.
For example: The chief bust
ness OF the Republican old-time
politicians for years has been to
tell the public that Mr.. McAdoo
made a mess Of taking over and
operating the railroads. They
have told 1t so often they have
almost convinced themselves it
is true.
If they should admit that be-
fore McAdoo took over the man
agement of the railroads. they
had ceased to function efficiently,
and that he so improved condi-
tons that they were able to
carry troops and munitions and
material to the seaboard for
transport abroad, all the propo-
ganda against Government oper-
alton would be exposed as hav-
ing no foundation.
1T WAS ALL BUNK.
And now here comes Senator
Couzens who breaks over the
traces and says this Republican
anti-McAdoo campaign OF saying
he failed is all bunk. Did you
ever hear of any new Senator
so ruthlessly spilling the beans?
Here's the way he did 1t. He
was talking in Philadelphia-of
all places-in the very sanhedrin
of Old Guardism, where they are
Corrupt and content" in politics
and fine in every other way.
And he was talking about Presi-
dent Harding and his last mes
sage to Congress. His audience
almost lost their breath when
Senator Couzens said:
Although q Republican I can
not agree that government opera
ton during the war was a mis-
take. I note the absence OF proof
in President Harding's statement
that Government control had
brought about the present unsat"
isfactory situation.
THREW A WRENCH.
It would make interesting read
ing" Senator Couzens added, ITO
show q comparison of what the
railroads did during the war and
what private industry did to the
Government"
AS If throwing that monkey
wrench were not enough to shock
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been a terrible trial to the nerves
Of the old timers who thought of
the Senate as a staid and COM
Portable club.
DIR. HARDING PROPHET.
I will give the father of War
rem Gamaliel Harding credit for
being true prophet. When he
was visiting in Iowa last sum-
mer he heard Of the capers of
this bronco buster Brookhart.
He scented danger to Warren
and with fatherly love unbosomed
himself to the Hawkeye people,
telling them in substance that,
"Son isn't living on flowery beds
Of ease in the White House.
There are colts in the Senate who
kick up their heels and throw
dust in the direction Of the White
House. Don't elect Brookhart.
He will give son Warren even
more trouble"
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his Quaker hearers. the Michigan
iconoclast went on to remark that
the Government might be com
PEELED to take over the railroads.
''This does not necessarily mean
Government operation" he went
on to- say.
There are worse inter1erences
than interferences by politicians"
and there he specified: There is
the Interference OF the bankers,
who must get their 'rake-ofr re-
CARELESS Of the public service or
the treatment of the men who
operate the railroads.
II Mr.. .Penrose had been alfve
and told that Senator Couzens Was
a Republican talking that way. 1t
would have struck him speechless.
Times have changed. 1s
81 OTHER VARIETIES.
Brookhart and Couzens are only
two. Then there is Borah. He
keeps the Old Guard on q tension
wondering what he viii do nexs>
He made them call the Disap-
pointment Conference last year.
They gave it the wrong name
when it was called the Disarma-
ment Conference.
And now Borah wants to call q
real conference to stabilize Eu-
rope. The only international
policy" now evident Is to be
against everything Borah pro-
poses.
I must congratulate Senator
Lodge upon having help with all
the wild colts cavorting on the
Senatorial velvet. It is so differ
ent from the good old days"
when harmony and addition, di-
vision and silence" ruled peace
fully under Hanna and Penrose.
. The vigor Of Curtis, part In
dian, could not ''repel" the at
tacks Of the Republicans who
came out of the West. He had
to seek his tent and give up the
Job. 1t was too much for Lodge
unaided. do not envy Lenroot
and wadsworth, but If they sue
Deed, Svengali viii have nothing
on them.
Query:
Can the Triumvirate bride tho
colts? Or win Brookhart's
prophecy that the colts win short
" be riding the Old Guard steed
come true?
1924, b. twenty EeiTBt Cen
fury Proaa1
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excel in the manufacture Of arti-
cles suited for the concealment Of
drugs. A cleverly made fountain
pen has been seen with readily
detachable parts, where narcotics
could be carried. Hollow-headed
hatpins also are used.
FOUND IN JEWELRY.
It is common to find drugs con-
cealed in watch charms, in watch
cases and In scarfpins. Another
trick of the addict is to soak a
quantity Of cocaine or morphine
solution into a shirt or other gar
ments; this Is a handy method
for carrying drugs into an insti-
tuition. The drug may be taken
by chewing or sucking the cloth,
or by soaking in water a solution
may be had for hypodermic use.
The white lining Of the necktie is
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-18

The doctor from Marion was
right. He diagnosed the Brook
hart symptoms accurately.
He heard him tell the Iowa
voters that 1.-The Nonpartisan
League of Wall Street is the
most serious menace to the peace
and happiness of the American
people," and by running his
hands over Brookhart's phiz he
became convinced when he got
to Washington and New York he
didn't have any more sense than
to blurt it out there just as he
had gone to the farmers in Iowa.
COUZENS SPILLS BEANS.
He may or may not be the
greatest surgeon in the world,
but DR.. Harding correctly dag
nosed Brookhart. He will not
stay hitched. This Iowa man.
whose measure was taken by
Warren G's father has certainly
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-18

use Of narcotics are marked.
Opium and its derivatives exert
the greatest influence upon the
nervous system, and especially
upon the brain. Long use Of this
drug results in insanity and
general wasting OF the tissues Of
tho body.
Small doses produce diminished
sensibility to lasting impressions,
especially those OF pain. hunger
ana fatigue: larger doses produce
q depression Of attention. and
thereby weaken the appreciation
OF external stimuli or Impressions.
Judgment and concentration ara
also seriously interfered with.
The exclusion Of external Inn
pressions and the shutting out OF
an disagreeable sensations quiets
the user. Then a dreamy, drowsy
state IL entered upon. ending in
deep sleep. It II peculiar that
no matter how deep the sleep the
individual can be aroused; how.
ever, he instantly returns to sleep.
During the period between the
administration OF drug and the
Intervention OF sleep there IL Q
period Of profound flight OF the
imagination, with resultant bizarre
decisions, Authorizations and
other mental phenomena finally
ending in phantasmagoric dreams.
EX-SOLDIERS ADDICTS.
Thousands Of American ex-serv-
ice men have become addicted to
the use Of habit forming drugs in
Europe, chiefly through associa-
ton with men and women who
were addicted, and the ease with
which narcotics could be pro-
cured In European cities. Many,
however, became addicted through
disease or injury. Hundreds OF
Americans are today In the coils
of the drug cliques" Of the
Montmarte and Skipper Street Of
Antwerp. Some, having de-.
veloped addiction while In the
Government service overseas.
elected to remain IN Europe
rather than return to America to
face friends. relatives and an In-
certain drug supply.
To determine the exact causes
for the great increase in the use
OF habit forming drugs would
require extensive sociological and
psychological investigations.
That psychological changes
have occurred In most peoples
during and after the war must
not be overlooked. A distinct
alteration in the behavior or
humankind has been noted by
many observers during the past
six or seven years. The so-called
''crime waves seen In many
cities are known to follow in the
wake Of widespread drug orgies
of the criminal world. A brief
and rather superficial examina-
ton of the situation may suffice
to uncover some Of the reasons
for the appalling increase in drug
addiction.
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been a trial to the sedate Re
publicans Of the Senate.
Then there is Couzens. He Is
a very different type OF man
from Brookhart.
He and Henry Ford make mil
lions in manufacturing automo-
biles: One day they did not &C.
cord perfectly on some not very
important policy. Maybe Henry
wanted more say in office. or
Couzens in the machinery. And
so CouZens sold out to Henry for
ever so many million dollars.
He thought he wanted to retire
and rest. But Detroit doesn't un-
derstand having a leisure class,
and they used the selective draft
and made Couzens head Of the
police force.
He made a good one. He put
Ford methods OF efficiency in
operation, crime was reduced and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-18
By JOSEPHUS DANIELS.
(Secretary Of the Navy In WiIsOn'O
Cabinet.)


Cabinet.)
- READ in the pa-a-per. the other
day, as Mr.. Dooley used to
say, that two assistants have
been appointed ito help Senator
Lodge, Republican leader Of the
Senate, repel assaults upon the
Administrators international and
domestic policy" and that the
Senators chosen to give help to
the scholarly leader were Senator
wadsworth youngest OF the Old
Guard and Senator Lenroot new
est OF the Missing Link between
the Old Guard and Progressively.
They are called "Field Lieuten-
ants a Ia military. Both are
quick and experienced debaters,
and from now until March the
wicked Democrats will not be al
lowed to criticize the Harding pol
icies without being called to taw.
LODGES EMBARRASSMENT.
It IL a good move. Senator
Lodge isn't as young as he was
once, though he is vigorous
enough when he is aroused. He
needs help, and Lenroot and
wadsworth are the very men to
come to his rescue.
It IN rather embarrassing for
him to have to defend the sep
arate peace with Germany after
: what he said about it and to
aenounce the League Of Nations
after he had for years favored
O league to enforce peace. Wads-
worth is young and has no such
vulnerable record, is a good parlia-
mentarian and he is ready in de-
bate
Lenroot IL also q fine debater-
as smooth as butter. He is the
most progressive Old Guard
Lochinvar that ever came out of
the West. He Is a conserva-
ZIONIST, who converses rather
than conserves; he Is a progress
sive when progress doesn't run
counter to his orderly mind, ne is
Independent when independence
does not jolt party harmony.
REPEL A SHADOW.
I can understand very well the
need for young and capable de-
baters to "repel attacks on the
domestic policy Of the administra.
tion." They are necessary.
But why any to repel concern
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Clg3feLteSS CnlS pTaCClcO ID quite
common among the Bohemian
sets Of the larger cities. This
form OF the vice is usually q step
ping stone to the use Of the pipe,
particularly in the case Of women.
Licorice or other gummy sub
stance are often combined with
gum opium and made into small
pills, which are chewed. Morphine
is almost always used In the n.y.
podermic syringe. Some habitues
ct first take the drug by mouth,
but ell eventually resort to the
needle.
Cocaine and heroin may BE- In
hailed or injected. BY rubbing CO.
caine into the gums some effect
can be produced, especially In the
case Of the recent addict, but per-
haps the most common method
among women habitues IL that Of
inhalation. q small quantity Of
cocaine being held. beneath the
nostriIs on the blade Of . knife
or finger nail file and drawn deep
" into the nose.
Statistics compiled by the board
Of health Of q largo city recently
disclosed that only . small per-
centage Of addicts had acquired
their habit through disease or
injury and that about 80 or 20 per
cent had developed mainly through
association with confirmed addicts
and the desire to try q new form
Of stimulation.
Persons who are morally weak
are prone to follow in the foot
steps Of those with whom they
associate. The drug habitue will
rarely associate with those who
do not use drugs. for he finds
trust In the drug coterie which
he cannot find elsewhere. He
believes that everyone is trying
to deprive him Of his supply, and
that by association with drug adj
diets he viii always be sure Of
getting q shot" when the
emergency arises.
Cases are on record where hus-
band or wife, as the case may be,
having been addicted to the use
Of narcotics, has secretly sought
and frequently succeeded In Gre
ating the habit In the other. In
most Of these people there seems
to be a desire to create as many
converts to the vice as possible.
SECRET TIES FIRM.
It IL well known that the entire
narcotic world seems banded to-
gether by ties which cannot be
penetrated. and which in many
respects are as strong as those
OF thu secret italian societies.
The drug addict under the
strongest grilling, will not divulge
the source Of his supply, and adj
diets are abominable liars, there
being no lnebriety known where
lying IL such a marked feature.
No court Of justice will accept
the testimony Of the drug habitue.
Bodily effects from the long
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Habitues 0f narcotic drugs
rarely carry Q complete hypo-
dermic set ON the person for fear
Of arrest and exposure Of their
vice. In New York city 1t 10 I'M
lawful to buy or to sell hypodermio
sets, except, Of course. for legal
medical purposes, but by crossing
the river to the Jersey side these
articles may be bought without
molestation. Il IL more common
to find the drug addict with an
incomplete hypodermio set than
with q complete one.
IMPROVED OUTFITS.
A very common trick IL to I'M
provise q hypodermic outfit from
an eye dropper, q cigarette paper,
Q rubber band. and Q hypodermic
needle. Cheap needles may be
bought In any drug store or bor-
rowed from other habitues, and
after use may be destroyed with
out danger Of tell-tals evidence, II
arrested.
In an emergency. the addict
may use tina "safety1bin shot"
making a puncturo In the skin and
forcing the solution 1rom an eye
drOpper into this opening. Some
addicts, especially those Of the
higher order In social life, are
rather fastidious regarding their
hypodermic sets, and very ex-
pensive gold or platinum syringes
are used by some Of the ultra
smart devotees to narcotics.
Some wealthy users Of opium,
after being in the coils Of the vice
for some time. acquire more or
less elaborate ''layouts" for In
dulging in their vicious habit.
Many have ornate pipes, with
Jade. ivory, or amber mouthpieces.
These are decorated with weird
designs Of the dragon or other
Oriental figures. Such pipes are
rare, but q few are IN the posses
sion Of opium smokers OF this
country and are highly treasured.
Many opium ''layouts" can be
found In the evidence collections
Of police departments Of the larger
cities, taken during raids on opium
dives or similar places.
Extensively decorated gold and
lacquered boxes inlaid with Jewels
are occasionally found In the pos
session Of women addicts to CO.
caine or heroin.
A silver mounted agate cocaine
box was removed from an addict
arrested on suspicion. Investiga-
ton showed two of these boxes
on his person. One contained CO.
caine and the other quinine. the
latter to be substituted for the
former in case of arrest. Evident
1y he did not have the opportunity
to discard the box containing the
cocaine.
OPIUM CIGARETTES.
Frequently opium, or "chandu."
as it is sometimes called. is COM
bined with tobacco and made into
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Continued from First Page.)
dress OF Mr.. Shear, as I had
something of great Importance to
impart TO him. Mr.. Danzansky
himself became anxious to know
just what it was about. / told
him it was impossible to disclose
1t through the phone, but made
an appointment for 1 o'clock in
the afternoon OF the same day,