Evening star., 1934-12-09
100000 Stock
Is Seized in
Seattle.
SCHOOL TRADE
BANDS CAUGHT
Anslinger Leads
First Raid in
Baltimore.

Drugs valued on the illicit market
at 100000 were seized at Seattle,
Wash, last night in the climax to a
Nationwide drive against the dope
traffic which netted some STA prisoners
in a series of swift raids on dens and
dealers in every major city. The at
tack started early yesterday morning
and the reports were still struggling
into the Federal narcotics headquarters
at 2 o'clock this morning.
In Washington the raids got under
way late in the afternoon and con-
tinued until 2 o'clock this morning.
Although police said only eight were
being held. the narcotics agents SAID
"a great many" had been arrested.
The names of only three were given
out. The raids we're directed from
the Federal headquarters in the
Tower Building, Fourteenth and K
streets.
391 Ounces Taken From Liner.
The Seattle seizure was reported by
Agent Melvin Hanks, who telegraphed
that 397 ounces of morphine had been
taken from the Dollar liner President
jackson Just before it was scheduled
to sail for the Orient.
Details were not available immedi-
ately, but it was reported that customs
men, working in cooperation with the
narcotics squad. raided the liner be-
81, lob tho dr1IUc ashore
could be consummated.
The results Of what shaped up as
the Governments greatest offensive
against the evil in the various CEN
tiers, as reported by the Associated
Press. were:
Baltimore-Eight arrested and a
store of narcotics described as the
largest ever found in the city was
seized when Federal operatives de-
scended upon the headquarters of
combine doing a mail order business
in the illegal stuff.
Cleveland-Answering the fearful
pleas Of parents to save our children,
a force of agents exposed an organlza-
ton selling narcotics to high school
students and corralled seven men and
three women.
Chicago-Federal and city officers
swooped down on Chinatown and
picked up IL Chinese in continuation
of a week-long campaign against the
evil that has netted more than 26O
prisoners in Illinois, Indiana and Wis
consin Six other persons, alleged
members of a syndicate enjoying a
S36OO,0O0 annual trade, whose leaders
were run down Friday were also taken
into custody. The squads hurried out
again to carry their war to finish"
IS Taken in States.
Kansas City-Federal Division Su-
pervisor Wood announced that IS al
legged narcotics distributors had been
taken in sudden sorties in Missouri,
Kansas, Arkansas and Oklahoma.
San Francisco-Forty-f men and
five women were seized in the flrst
step of Statewide drive.
Omaha-A quick drive sent "a per-
sons to jail.
Atlanta-Fifteen arrests were made
by Federal men.
Des Moines-Fourteen persons were
held for investigation in connection
with drug thefts from pharmacies
and physicians offices.
PittsburghAEight Chinese we're
taken and a tong president held.
Oklahoma City-Eleven persons ap-
pretended.
st. Louis-TWenty persons rounded
up.
Little Rock-Eighteen arrests made
1t was indicated also the drive had
spread to Detroit and Cincinnati
IL Taken in Boston.
BoSton-Eleven suspected addicts
were taken in the start of a drive to
clean up New England.
Denver-Twelve suspected users
and salespersons were taken into
custody.
Detroit-Eleven persons appre-
hended as drive opened, with goal
set as 100 per cent cleanup by De-
cember TO-
MllWaukee-A Chinese pleaded
guilty to illegal sales here and three
persons sentenced to a State hospital
from Superior, Wis. Mrs. Elizabeth
Bass, Federal narcotics chief for Illi-
nois, Indiana and Wisconsin, con-
ferred with police officials and pointed
to Superior as a distributing point
for drugs smuggled in from Canada.
The names of three of those ar
rested in Washington, as given out by
the narcotics agents are;
Jimmy Barker, All G street north
west; Jack Callahan, Twelfth and
New York avenue, and Bill Young,
63l E street.
The raiders here were so busy, how
ever, that the police and special
agents did not bother with the usual
procedure of booking those taken into
custody on formal charges, but simply
arrested them, slapped them in cells
and continued their raiding.
Relaxed after a strenuous day. in
which he personally supervised the
Baltimore hotel raid, Harry ].
AnSlinger, narcotics commissioner.
surveyed the results of the campaign
1T was a good days work" he said.
"But We hope to do even better next
time. OF course, it is too much to say
that we have broken down the drug
industry, but we've certainly put a
crimp If it."
Raids Quietly Planned
Louis J. Ruppel. deputy commits
sioner, sat with Anslinger receiving
telegraphic reports on the progress of
the campaign. Ruppel had spent "a
hours without sleep
The raids were quietly planned over
. period of several days. With
Anslinger directing activities in the
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