Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1919 — Page 3

MILLION “DRUG FIENDS” IN U. S.

Congress Gets Report of Investigation Conducted by Committee. PROMPT ACTION IS URGED Strict Enforcement of Law and Stopping of Smuggling From Canada and Mexico la Recommended —Lack'of Adequate Laws. Washington.—The 'Alarming spread of the narcotic drug habit in the United States is about to be called to the attention of congress in the report of an investigation conducted by a committee appointed by the secretary of the treasury. The chief findings of the committee are: The number of persons Id the United States addicted to the use of drugs “exceeds 1,000,000 at the present time.” Increase of the drug habit in the dry South leads many authorities to the conclusion that national prohibition will swell the number of victims of narcotics. Illegitimate supplies of opium and other drugs are smuggled from Mexico and Canada and along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and furnished to 1,800 organized “dope” peddlers. Summary of Recommendations. The committee’s recommendations Include strict enforcement of the present federal anti-narcotic act; additional federal legislation; enforcement of state laws; concerted action on the part of state and municipal governments to suppress the illicit traffic; Stopping smuggling of dope from Canada and Mexico. “It is also recommended that educational campaigns be instituted in all parts of the United States for the purpose of informing the people of this country including the medical profession, of the seriousness of drug addiction and its extent in the United States,” says the report. The committee which made the Investigation consisted of Congressman Henry T. Rainey of Illinois, Prof. Reed ,S. Hunt, Harvard university; Deputy Commissioner B. C. Keith, internal revenue bureau, and Dr. A. G. Dumez, United States public health service. “The number of individuals addicted to the use of opium, its preparations or alkaloids, and coca leaves, their preparations or alkaloids, in the United States has at various times been estimated to be £rom 200,000 to 4,000,000,”-says the committee. “These estimates must, however, be looked upon as mere guesses. "Owing to the lack of laws and regulations making it compulsory for the registration of addicts, it has been impossible for the committee to obtain Information which would give the exact number of addicts in the United States. Causes of Drug Addiction. The causes of drug addiction in the order of frequency were given by police authorities as follows: Use of

Her Stocking Ticked Her Into Police Cell

Milwaukee. Allee Hawkins has a penchant for the unusual in jewelry. Patrolman Huettl had occasion recently to question Miss Hawkins. As he escorted her to the patrol box he heard a faint tick-ticking. The noise apparently came from beneath a very tight skirt. “What’s that?” asked Huettl. “Got a wooden one?” and he tapped his own leg. “Nothing like that,” explained Miss Hawkins. Then explaining that she “was going to spend the night with friends and wanted to be sure to get up on time," she reached down and, after requesting the inquisitive officer to "turn his back,” deftly removed a full man’s size ajarm clock from her left stocking.

WILL JUNK WARSHIPS

Twelve Vessels Have Outlived Usefulness as Fighters. 4 Historic Oregon Among Craft That Will Be Relieved From Active Duty. Washington. Twelve pre-dread-naught battleship® will be relieved of active duty with the fleet, placed out of commission and eventually broken for junk or used for targets by more modern vessels, under plans now being worked out by~the navy department. The ships are of the “mixed battery” type and are not considered to be of any value against’latest fighting craft. Four of the battleships, the historic squadron comprising the Oregon, Indiana, lowa and Massachusetts* have plready been relegated to the scrap beap. The remaining eight, apparent-

physicians’ prescriptions, association with other addicts, prohibition, use of narcotie drags for chronic diseases, curiosity to learn the effect of the drug, prostitution, use of patent or proprietary medicines, use* of certain narcotic drugs as a stimulant, idleness, and use by dentists. “What effect, if any, nation-wide prohibition will have on the situation could not be definitely determined by the committee,” the report says. “The consensus appears to be that the number of addicts will Increase as soon as the prohibition laws are enforced. This opinion apparently receives some support from investigations made in some of the southern states where prohibition has been In effect for some years.”

HUBBY CAN’T HELP HIS FACE

Judge Tells Wife Her Husband Is Not to Blame for What Nature Did. New York. —After Kelrous Polius drew back the gauze curtains that veiled his broken jaw his bride of seventeen forgot all her love for him, and straightway made for court. She charged her husband with disorderly conduct. But the judge on hearing the facts In the case told the bride her husband was not to blame for the face nature had given him, and lectured her on courting in the dark. For Mrs. Polius met her hubby in a moving picture house during ah ’ ex- ' citing eight-reel love affair. Mr. Polius had just been hit by an actor and came in to forget his broken jaw. It was not until days after the marriage that Mrs. Polius saw her husband’s face in full, and what she saw —well, that’s where this story started.

SENT TWELVE MEN TO WAR

Six of the Ross Family, Living Near Grass Valley, Cal., Are on Gold Star Roll. Grass Valley, Cal.—Two sons, two sons-in-law, two brothers and five nephews was the contribution of E. Ross, a farmer living near Grass Valley, to the allied fighting forces in tlfe world war. In addition, another son was in San Francisco for the purpose of enlisting at the time the armistice was signed. One brother and five nephews, serving with the Canadians, lost their lives in the first gas attack of the Germans in Flanders. Mr. and Mrs. Ross were once notified their son. Edward, was seriously wounded. He recovered and is now with the army of occupation in Germany.

’Tis Sad. Shad Tale

Fish More Scarce In Delaware Than Ever Before. Many Fishermen Have Placed Nets on Rack and Quit in Discouragement. Philadelphia.—“lt’s a sad shad season,” said the old salt as he shook hi s ’head over his “grog” in Gloucester. “It’s a sad shad tale. In fact, it s so sad that I’ve quit shadding and got me a job in the shipyard. There’s more money in It. Shad fishing is done forever in the Delaware In my estimation.” Inquiries among the fishermen at Gloucester and Camden elicited the information that fewer shad have been caught In the river this year than ever before and the majority of the fishermen now fear the Industry is a thing of the past Some of the men have not caught more than five fish this season, while several were found who have not averaged one shad per drift. Some of the fishermen have placed their nets on the rack and quit In discouragement. Others are utilizing them to catch herring. At Pennsville and Bayside several “fair catches" were made at odd times

ly doomed to the same fate, are the Kearsarge, Kentucky, Illinois, Alabama, Wisconsin, Maine, Missouri and Ohi«_ • The twelve vessels, built between 1893 and 1901, represent a total expenditure for hulls and machinery alone of more, than 890,000,000. When placed out of commission they will release for other duty approximately 10,000 enlisted men and nearly 400 oflW cers. The ships long ago outlived their usefulness as combatant units in a fighting fleet, although when they were built they were among the most formidable war vessels afloat. AH of them were used during the war with Germany as training ships or coast defense units. Slow of speed, with small coal capacity. Inferior ordnance equipment and ihsufficient . protection against present-day projectlies, the ships, If hept in commission, would be more of a liability' than an asset, In

THE EVENING REPItBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

Step, Kid; Wise Janes Nab Candy, Says Poet

i Philadelphia. - There are hopes for the slangwielders. The “bird” or “Jane” who lets go a “wise” line of “chatter” is no longer of backward class, but ' rather far ahead of her or his time. They are speaking the coming language; no, not Esperanto, but everyday American. Such was the claim made by Louis Unternjyer, the poet, in an address here before the Philomusian club. T He claimed that within the next 25 years there will be a distinctive American language, and pointed to Walt Whitman as the first to see beauty in slang.

PLAY BALL BY MOONLIGHT

Marine Drives Ball Through Post Office Window in Fifteenth Inning, Winning the Game; Washington. Marines down In Guam have the ball game and peanut habit, just like all good Americans back in the States. Only this time they’ve started something new in the national sport. In a recent game between the Agana and Sumay Marines, running through 15 innings, the last four innings were played by the light of a full moon rising over the palms which border the plaza. In a game played by moonlight almost anything is likely to happen; Manion of Sumay started things for his team when he mailed a ball in the post office through a hole in the screen of one of the windows. The Agana fielder was unable to recover it without violating section H2O of the local postal regulations and the Sumay boys walked home with the bacon.

Thieves Return Loot.

Cleveland, Ohio —Friday thieves took $955 in cash from a trunk in Edward Fuczlek’s home here. On Saturday he found $360 in a package on the front porch. On Tuesday morning there was S3OO In the milk bottle. That left $295 to be returned on Wednesday or Thursday, so local news* papers pointed out. But Fuczlek hasn’t recovered another nickel.

Aged and Happy.

Columbia, Ky.—Mrs. Ester Dohoney has just celebrated her one hundred and first birthday anniversary. She is a bank cashier. She has three sons, J. P., J. C. and W. T. Dohoney, all prominent In Adair county, and one daughter. Mrs. Nannie Flowers of this place. Mrs. Dohoney is in possession of her mental faculties and talks entertainingly of the past.

during the season, but they were not “one-tenth of what was expected,” although the fishermen found a ready sale for the sfcad at high prices. They will quit early, the fishermen say. Planked shad dinners are now bringing 83 per plate, with the demand far in excess of the supply. Records of the Washington Park fishery show that the highest number of shad ever caught in one haul was about 6,000, fourteen years ago. The run of shad started to fall off in 1909, when the United States fish commission discontinued its steamer, the Fish Hawk, coming up the Delaware because insufficient spawn was to be had to propagate young shad. Since that time the Torresdale hatchery has hatched out shad, but not In large numbers, like the Fish Hawk.

Richest Colored Woman Dies.

Irvlngton-on-Huason, : N. Y. —“Madam Walker,” reputed to have been the wealthiest colored woman in the United States, if not -the world, and credited with having amassed a fortune of more than $1,000,000 through the sale of a “hair restorer,” is dead at her country home here after a long illness. Between four and five million gallons of wine are annually produced in the Union of South Africa.

the opinion of naval experts. . They are armed with old-type 12 and 13 inch guns In the main batteries and eight-inch in the secondary defense. The.question of what to do with so many practically useless battleships after they have been placed out of commission is before the department at this time.

Strange Indian Names.

Rapid City, S. D. —A recent issue of the Ogala Light, the monthly magazine of the Pine Ridge Indian reservation school near here, gives some peculiar names among those listed as students. Lizzie Shot to Pieces is at the end of the list. Other names include Victoria Holy Rock, Julia Afraid of Hawk, Mary Brown Ears, Julia Crazy Ghost, Mercy Yellow Shirt, Emma No Fat, Ella Red Eyes, Martin Chase Alone, Noah Horse, John .Left Hand and Julia Stands Up. Out of 93 students attending .the school only .tour have iTifench names and seven names of English origin. 4—■—4—-, ~ • Wealth and religion have practically nothing In common.

LAND OF KOSSUTH

Mixed Races Make Up Population of Hungary.

Country Long Under German and Austrian Domination Until Magyar* Secured Political Emancipation— Has Immense Mineral Riches. Hungary has a population of 20.000,000. The area of Hungary is about equal to that of the state of New Mexico. Hungary ia unusually rich in Its mineral deposits. Its mines contain almost inexhaustible quantities of gold, silver, lead, copper, iron, coal and rock salt Hungary, like Austria, is inhabited by several distinct races, but since the ninth century, when the Magyars invaded the region from Asia and conquered IL they have controlled the government. Self-government through parliament In Hungary is of ancient origin, being founded upon a charter called the Golden Bull, which dates back to 1222, and is thus almost contemporary with the Magna Charta of England. Budapest, the capital city of Hungary, consists of the sister towns of Buda and Pest. Lying on either side of the Danube, just at that point where it definitely sets south. Pest spreads itself out over the flat sandy plain on the left bank, while Buda occupies a series of small and steep hills on the right bank. Empress Marie Theresa Germanized Hungary as completely as she Germanized all her alienated Austrian provinces, and German flourished as the official, bureaucratic, scientific and society medium in Hungary until the Magyars broke loose from Austrian thralldom and secured their political emancipation. Then German went to the wall, and today there are millions in Hungary wholly ignorant of the German language. The great national hero of Hungary was Louis Kossuth, whose memory is revered by Hungarians as that of Washington is revered by the people of the United States. KosSuth visited America in 1851, and it is a matter of history that no foreigner save Lafayette ever received at the hands of the American people such marks of esteem as were bestowed on the Hungarian exile. After the failure of the Hungarian revolution, of which he was the leader, Im 1849, Kossuth sought refuge in Turkey. Austria and Russia demanded his extradition, but the Porte, resisting all threats, declined to give him up, in which attitude Turkey was supported by England and France. At length the intervention of England and the United States secured his liberation, and at the beginning of September, 1851, he was permitted to avail himself of the invitation of the United States to come to America as the guest of the nation. In Ney York, where he landed, he was enthusiastically received. He attended meetings and received deputations in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Boston and numerous other places. At the national capital a great banquet was given in his honor by the members of congress.

Champion for the Whale.

Under the new law the only game that can be shot from an airplane is a whale. Also it Is still permissible to bombard whales from buzz wagons or motor launches. The whale has few champions among the game lawmakers, says the Los Angeles Times. Any orfe stumbling on the fresh spoor of a whale is permitted to plug the animal on sight with whatever artillery he may have on hand. Why the whale should be thus.marked for slaughter Is not explained. Left to itself the whale is a perfectly harmless beast, having no grudge against any man. They will not even bite a loan shark unless provoked. There is no reason why they should be left at the mercy of- every pea shooting aviator. That was no way for the legislators to celebrate the week set aside for being kind to dumb animals.

Germany's Big Mistake.

The distinguished Danish vegetarian, Dr. M. Hlndhede, has made the interesting discovery that Germany owes her downfall to the pig. In 1914 she had over 25,000,000 pigs to feed. For the first five months of the war slaughtering was discouraged, at the cost of enonpous reserves of foodstuffs. Early In 1915 this policy was reversed, and by April the number of pigs had been reduced by 35 per cent. Then a reactioriln favor of pigs set in, and their numbers were kept at about 70 per cent of the pre-war figure. Not till late in 1917 and early in 1918 was the fatality of this mistake realized, and then it was too late. Doctor Hlndhede argues that Denmark avoffied starvation by killing her pigs early.

Tip From Little Brother.

A youngster who heard an older sister say she would like to “shake” a boy who was rather attentive decided that he had solved the problem for hea He had a little girl playmate, who, when she tires of him, runs home. After receiving such treatment the other day, he entered the house and said: “Mother, I know how sister can shake John. Mary knows how to do it and she’ll tell her.” „ “How does- Mary do it?” mother asked. - “Oh, she just runs away. That’s how you can shake anybody."-—Wor-cester (Mass.) Evening Pott.

COWBOY NOT YET EXTINCT

May Be Fewer Than Some Years Ago, tout Thia Traveler Tells of Meeting One. wa “You mean to say,* I began, “that there are still real cow —But as smiles were beginning to pass about the platform I desisted, realization beginning to dawn ivhy the barber said that the men we had seen driving cattle back in Kansas would be pleased to have boen called cowpunchers. The trip at once began to assume a new interest, and when the mine barber came back on the platform I eyed him with something of that reserve with which one contemplates a deceitful man. But nothing could penetrate his drawling sang-froid. At a tank station farther along there was opportunity to stretch our legs; opportunity, also, to observe at close range a bronzed, dark-haired cow-puncher who had paused on his mustang to observe the train. The barber approached him confidently. “Neighbor,” he said, "I bought a gun in K. C., Mizoo. What do you think of It?” ' The puncher took the wicked 44, balanced it in the palm of his hand, twirled it around on his forefinger, and then brought it to bear upon a tin can lying in the road about 20 feet away. Bang! The can leaped Into the air, Bang! It rolled five feet farther along. Bang! Again it flew into the air and rolled. Bang! It rolled again. Bang! The can disappeared in the dust. “It’s a good gun,” said the puncher, handing it back, “only it shoots a little high.” ■ - • — -4 > — —— A Ifttle high! Rather a nice critloism, I thought. The barber snapped out the cylinder, reloaded the weapon and passed silently into the background. My impression was that he was avoiding some questions on my part relative to Kansas City bad men; but I may have been wrong. We began to fly through the level ground, perspectives on all sides dotted with peaks upon which clouds rested. Suddenly along the trail appeared an altogether amazing, un-looked-for, aftnost unbelievable spectacle—two Indians jogging along onhorseback wearing moccasins, wide black trousers, red or pink shirts, their black hair secured by scarlet bands about their foreheads. —Scribner’s Magazine.

Americanism in the Making.

Almost anything you can think of, it is said, can be seen somewhere in that long, erratic historic street that strays upward from the point of Manhattan island, cutting across the streets and avenues of the world’s largest city at its own sweet will. Something once seen there by Mr. J. B. Kerfoot, the author of Broadway, indicates that the enterprise, the daring and adaptability to new conditions that were characteristic of the early settlers in America are still characteristic of the people who are crossing, the Atlanfic to our shores in the twentieth century. j s One day, says Mr. Kerfoot, I saw an Italian peasant woman, fresh landed from the steerage and dressed in all the fete-day regalia of her native province, chase a Broadway car for half a block in front of the post office. She caught up with it from behind when it stopped at Park place, and failing to notice the entranceway, grasped the brake handle of the rear platform, threw a sturdy, red-stock-inged leg over the rail, and swung herself aboard with the satisfied air of having successfully surmounted one of the early difficulties of the new country. Broadway smiled, collected her fare, and went on about its business. — Youth’s Companion.

Birds Farmers’ Best Friends.

Examination of hundreds of stomachs of birds, taken in different localities and at all seasons, painstaking scientific observations of the birds* habits by trained experts, have now for many years been establishing, beyond question, the . fact that they are one of nature’s most effective checks on the undue increase of insect and rodent pests. In the early days, the days before we had scientific study of the habits of birds, the connection in the popular mind between birds sowing of seed principally took' the form of speculation as to what proportion of the sown seed or its product the birds would get. Crows ahd blackbirds were observed to pull com. The fact that some kernels were left in the hill uneaten did not suggest to the farmer that it was the cutworm that the crows were really after, not the corn. —B. S. Bovjdish, in Christian Herald.

Indians In United States Army.

A total of about 5,000 Indians enlisted to fight against Germany in the war, according to information given out by the office of the commissioner of Indian affairs at Washington, several hundred of them being in the navy. The Indians were not segregated and there were no army units made up exclusively of Indians. They served in the rdnks and fought beside the other soldiers without regard to the fact that they were Indians. Official reports of Indian superintendents showed that on June 20. 1917, the total number of Indians in the United States was 335,998.

Quite Enough.

• “When you charged oter the .top, did the Germans remark your style of fighting?" i i “Oh, yes; they kept up a running comment." , ' J

THE SUBSTITUTE

By GRACE WEATHERBY.

(Copjright. 1919, by the McClure News paper Syndicate.) George Thompson, familiarly knowi to his shipmates as “Jake,” idly thro ed over in his hands the letter thr mail orderly had just given him. Hi scarcely glanced at it. It probabl was from Sister Jo, anyway, as sto was the only one who wrote to hin lately. Jake was homesick. Just ai present his ship was in drydock for re pairs, and Jake had a 24 ; hour “lib erty” hanging heavily upon his hand* There was no place to go, and noth ing to do. Suddenly he rememberet his letter. Without glancing at thaddress, he tore it open, but repent ed of his act the next moment, so - he realized that the letter was no Meant for him. As he looked at thaddress on the envelope his suspicion were confirmed. The letter belonged to “Jacob Thompson” and not “GeorgThompson.” It was easy to see hov the mall orderly might get the tw» confused, as the latter was known ai “Jake.” Shamelessly Jake read th< short note written in a girlish hand “Dearest Jake, I am so glad you ar> home. ’ Please do come up and see m< very soon, won’t you, for I am anx lous to know what my sailor looki like. With love, Mildred.” In spite of himself Jake laughed. Jacol Thompson was surely not much ti look tft! He was a short insignifican looking man, with wisps of colorlea hair. Amused and a little .puzzled Jake went in search of him. He fount him busily writing, and the young fel low noticed what a perfect penman hi was. “Say, Thompson,” he began, “! got a letter of yours here. The mat orderly opened it. I’m very sorry.’ A half hour later Thompson himsell approached Jake. He was gruff ai usual but plainly disturbed. Without a preliminary he said, “You know that letter you so thoughtfully opened foi me?” Jake nodded, curious. “Well the girl who wrote it is a friend oi mine. She made this sweater and I found her name in it and wrote to her I am a pretty decent writer and sh< thinks I am a good-looking young chaj who is* in love with her. “That doesn’t happen to be the case for I’m no lady's man, so, my lad you take my place!” VBut why,” asked Jake, “don’t you go yourself? Thompson twisted his ungainly figure uncomfortably. “Why—er—she won’t be disap* pointed if you go, while one sight of me would knock her. air castles to nothing. You’ll go?” After thinking It over. Jake decided to agree, on condition that he might tell her who he was. Accordingly, at three o’clock Jake presented himself at the home of Miss Mildred Campbell. A little serving maid admitted him, plainly confused at the sight of the handsome sailor. With many bows she showed him into a cozy little room, where, at one end, an old-fashioned fireplace attracted his attention. He seated himself stiffly on a straight-backed chair, but be could not the temptation and settled himself comfortably on the wide 'couch, soft with many pillows, his boyish head buried in the pillows. It was thus Miss Mildred Campbell found him when she came downstairs. He did not hear her when she came and her girlish laugh aroused him. He sat bolt upright in an instant, a deep flush staining his cheeks. “Oh, I beg your pardon, I just couldn’t help it; that couch looked so Inviting!” Mildred soon put him at his ease and before long he was felling her numerous tales of his adventures in the navy. When he left at ten o’clock that evening he had promised to come again. Thompson was waiting for him when he got back to the ship and in Ms customary gruff way demanded to know what had taken place. Jake was only too willing to tell someone of the wonderful Miss Campbell. That young lady ready for the night was engaged in earnest conversation with her pet cat, “Funny Face,” and she confided to that feline that Jake Thompson was absolutely the nicest man she ever met!

The days flew by and the heart of Jake was in grave danger. As yet he had not told Mildred of his deceit and each day made it herder to do. Thompson paid no attention to him whatever except to listen silently to Jake’s accounts of his visits to Mildred. At length one day Jake summoned courage and told her. She did not speak until he had finished, and then she only said: “You must bring the real Jake to see me." Accordingly Thompson accompanied Jake on his next call. Mildred greeted them graciously and poor Jake was quite astonished when she said to Thompson, “You see, you were really more than kind to us, for if It weren’t for you, Jake and I would never have met, and that would be terrible for we love each other, you know!” When they were alone for a moment, Jake asked her, “Why did you say that, Mildred?” The girl’s eyes sparkled with happiness. “Well, it's so. Isn’t it?” she whispered. “Yes, of course it is, but how did yon know?" From the depths of a dark blue shoulder came the muffled words, “As for me, I knew when I saw you on the couch that day.” The Thompson-Campbell wedding was a gay affair, anti more than one person wondered why, out of that throng of good-looking men, the bridegroom should choose the short, insig-nificant-looking feHow for his best