Evening star., 1935-08-13
u TAKEN IN DRUG
RAIDS TO Be TRIED
UNDER D. {. LAWS
Officials Cite Lack of Strin.
gent Statute Against
Marihuana Here.
VIOLATION OF PHARMACY
ACT WILL BE CHARGED
Seizures Made by Federal Agents
and Local Police Most Exten-
sive Ever Recorded Here.

In absence of stringent Federal or
local law against marihuana, the
habit forming drug which eventually
induces insanity, Is prisoners, ar
rested last night in city-wide raids by
Federal agents and police against
marihuana peddlers will be prosecuted
under the local pharmacy laws.
This was made clear today by Harry
]. Anslinger, United States commits
sioner of narcotics, who said that the
District of Columbia was now among
the minority of States and territories
without adequate legislation to deal
with abuses of this roxlous weed.
Within the past two years, Anslinger
said, 26 States have enacted legisla-
ton to suppress the abuse of mari
huana, and the nearby State Of Mary
land placed its new law on this sub
ject into effect Jure I, inaugurating
immediate drives against the evil.
Two Places Raided.
The raids last night we're the most
extensive against marihuana ever con-
Quoted in the District. They resulted
in seizure at two places of wide va
riety of materials and paraphernalia
used in smoking the weed, and the
arrest Of IS persons. one white man,
the others colored men and women,
all held technically for investigation"
The two principal centers raided were
at 933 N street and 1903 Fifth street,
where all the seizures were made.
The raids were made jointly by Fed
eral agents and police, headed by
Boyd Martin, District supervisor for
the narcotic bureau; Sergt- Dan H.
Of The narcotics squad. Police Depart.
ment.
One White Prisoner.
The one white prisoner is Charles
Joseph Floss, a taxi driver, of 100
Thirteenth street.
The others. colored. are: Aaron
Alexander, %. 1923 Sherman avenue:
George Perry, 81, l4l3 T street; Rich
ard Frazier, 48 1912 Fourth street:
Robert Frazier, 25, s33 N street; Mag
gle Frazier, Al, eS3 N street; Ruth
Bolden, IS. 1927 Corcoran street; Car
roll williams. 25, 1859 Harvard street;
Herman Murray, 90, zoos Lamont
street; William Stoddard, 25. 1902
Sixth street; Lawrence Turner. 81, ASS
N street; Sydney Foster, 20, 70 P
street; Horace Battler, IS. 1901 Sixth
and one-half street; John H. Brown,
"a, 1906 Eighth street, and Charles r.
Moore, IS, 507 Florida avenue.
Two Women Arrested.
At the n street address seven men
and one woman were arrested, while
at 1408 Fifth street. near the corner
of o street, four men and one wom-
an were taken prisoners. Others were
arrested n various places throughout
the city, principally in stores or on
the sidewalks.
The prisoners win be charged under
the pharmacy act of the District of
Columbia with practicing pharmacy
without license. failing to label the
drug a poison and failing to register
1t as a poison.
The seizures. valued at a total of
more than $1,000. included almost the
entire life process of the marihuana
They included many seeds Of the weed,
several growing plants in a bushel
basket of earth. the powdered flowers
of the weed. ready for making into
cigarettes. and many cigarettes, known
as REFERS.
COconuts Are Seized.
Among the most curious seizures
were some coconuts used as part of
the smokers outfit. Holes are made
in each end of the coconut. the milk
emptied and the nut filled with either
ginger ale or preparation of menthol.
The smoke is drawn through the
liquid. Various reactions result on
different smokers. Some are made
hilarious, some become bad actors and
get arrested for disorderly conduct,
others 60 beserk, and there are many
cases of murder throughout the coun-
try charged against marihuana ad-
diets.