AMAZING DRUG FIEND
GORES ARE ANNOUNCED
BY CITY SCIENTISTS
! Philadelphia Proves to Rest
of World "Dope" Slaves
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Curse Z5U Lose Habit in
General Hospital.
Philadelphia, the medical centre of tha
&nUHi has proved to the rest of the
rias jurely as light can dlsslpato darkneflti.
Philadelphia General Hospital today,
bacnea uy '" " -v ..o.u ,. Uu
olclon thni the drug; cure Is an expert
Ji,.f. It Klves hope, say physicians, to
'i. hitherto hopeless. It means salvn-
i(n for' the army of victims enrolled
tunder the enslaVhB banners of opium,
f lne. morphine, heroin and laudanum,
?ninn and red blood, devising and ex
perimenting with methods of combating
W evil, were ready for the supreme test
I '.when tho Harrison act wont Into effect.
,'i gnd gUrCCBDO lium mo iiiBiiniimo,u uiu8-
nff was oiiereu lu an mo pmuuio cren-
tares WnO ciamoreu lor uruga wnicn ma
. ..! inlfAn rnm 4li,m.
m was announce! at the hospital today
"that physicians in the narcotic ward have
tM&Mfully treated 250 drug fiends. tn-
K'.iMinir 80 Women, since March 1. From
fi'alves ahd dens they came, from odlco
-V.'iMii,m from factories and Workshops.
-from' the homes where ho man thinks
'trie danger lurks. A special department
' tho hospital was created for the
(Treatment of, their cases, and by the
f wholesale the craving for the drug was
I .tiki-lcud. crushed and broken'.
T'dGYery patient was discharged as cured
Eaad 0' that.n.umbcr almost all are now
fre of tne naoit, xnoso wno were 100
; ik to throw oft their evil associations
g (eUagaln, rio doubt, but their cases are
noi. nopoioD.. ..-...-.. .-....... i
another process of "giving' them a back
bone" will take them further away from
(Krfr habit, until they" aro no longer weak.
faltering victims, but' resolute men and
;t women.
VICTIMS TAKE HOPE.
jSTEyiyq uebgeb--phti;abbl'phia sattjbday, junb
SOLID SHEET OP FALLING WATER PROTECTS BIG BUILDING FROM FIRE
26, 1915;
''ti'n "air of optimism today pervaded the
Rward whero will' power Is built up In the
i'Vfikened. syBt'ems. Dull-eyed men grow
pdfeerful, read the papers, chat and even
I Joke- -as they (eel tne Bnacxies supping
from them. Now patients enter, anxious
3.nitvinat rtftnfitrlnir. nnd leave, buoyant
mi determined, feeling fit to battle with
( lhnlr enemy .on equal torms.
Kj-,'"The habit can be cured! that Is a
'lelan today, as he glanced over a batch
Sfof '"Histories" records of patients who
h&Ve been discharged. "Tne process is
s'one of giving the victim a backbone.
'But right hero Is tho crux of tho whole
1 waiter If a man doesn't want to be
mred ho can't bo cured.
i .'"Thero are several Important systems
It.'nf. treatment, of which the Lambcrt-
gLTowries method Is tho best It Is, In
Kan'ort, a rapid withdrawal of the drug.
JDUUQing up 01 tne system ana mo una
sit sedatives. The craving Is relieved In
s&five-aays or a. woeK. xne craving 01 mo
l&'lju4i, innilaj with tnvlna tnr frrtoh Hlin
piles of tho drug, Is generally so strong
and Insistent that It requires weeks or
perhaps .months, and In some cases a
rvear. before the poisonous products can
mi ejected entirely. The. ordinary case
screaulres about four or five weeks, depend-
wlng on the patient's power of resistance.
1 symptoms 01 a euro appear wnen me
'.victim sleeps well, takes an active ln-
fcierestln what Is going on, becomes cheer-
MM and this In Important doesn't seem
yto be anxious to leave. Wo have about
St. now, In various stages of Improvement."
s Ttur i. wr,-n irt xrtr r nai?o
to. A story of reclamation is told between
(tine, lines of the typewritten histories.
whlch, .are securely locked In the chler
iretldent's office a story of men and worn-
Ken piqued by curiosity and seeking new
i,enaatlonB, of men and women surrounded
hv evil nn.ini-tn.tpfl. In China. In Phtladcl-
fhla's Chinatown, In the West Indies,
Staking the first "dose," Beeklng relief
pfrom naln." advised by a doctor or a
P, misguided friend. Old and young, man
until, with weakened vitality and nerves
.broken and seelmr terrors In their sleep,
fithey applied for relief and secured It,
:- .Most of the patients are youths ana
Lyoung men, but thero are a few of ma-
?turer years, case A, a man of sedentary
habits and 42 years old. became addicted
I'to morphine tWoscore years ago. He used
ni to alleviate pain and the drug turned
on him, as it surely must, and made a
wreeit of him. He left tho hospital wun
a.- new-born will nower and apparently
"has succeeded In conquering. the drug.
'We B, a men nearly W years old, con
tracted the morphine habit in Porto Rico
slh IMS. He used 60 grains a day; now
iae uses none. In Case C. a 23-year-old
iman smoked opium for four years In
IChlnatown until It became too expensive,
fwnen he began "snlfflng" heroin, inree
Wears, later, when the Harrison act came
be appealed to the hospital for help, and
jwas helped. Case D, a young salesman,
iwia cured after1 three years of the heroin
Iha'blt To read the record Is to ba con-
aced that the end of drug slavery Is
Rear.
BROTHERS CONFESS IXOLD-UPS
lrrested After Fight, Police Say They
Admjt Highway Robberies.
93-fk battle with a pojlcemanln a pawn
op, at Bth and yine streets, at noon
Ii9day, preceded the arrest of two broth
rs, Who," the police say, have confessed
BR .many recent "hold-uos."
KThey described themselves as Albert
Wsy a yeara old, and Paul May, l years
U, but refused to tell where, they lived.
KWhlle Llautcnnnt Hamilton and 10 police-
Btotn In citizens' clothes were trying last
plant 4a catch the highwaymen who for
fo.wetk have been terrorising the north
Past.rn section of the city, Ave hold-ups
per committed In that territory,
i-llamllton early this morning sent to
Kwnshops a description of stolen Jewelry.
iipo two ajays entered xne pawn-EhoD-
at Sth and Vina streets and at-
pempted to pledge one of ,the stolen
S&Khes. The pawnbroker engaged tne
Ilferwd to the 4th and Vine streets police
KMon.
KPo'jceman Ferris responded- As he en-
P,red the pawnshop, Albert May drew a
toiver and ordered the policeman m
open the d.oor that he might escape.
gwrU knocked him down with a black-
and dlsarmed-hlra. He then arrestea
other man. Albert May's revolver
W loaded with blank cartridges, t'aui
fty had secreted In his vest a dagger.
FIRE DESTROYS HOTEL
pse Thought to Have Been Caused
by Incendiaries.
ROUDsnirrm. Pa.. June St-Wlth a
Hlfir I a . oihlnh flUIUnt
Irwvthlns before It and put the guts
mnai, nre, or propaoiy inceuoir
destroyed the Casino Hotel, near
.nil lau. i.ii ft. rim uinm dls-
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Er.t .).., o.ca .i.ifl.l. In 1.a lannilpv.
eor apparatus could reaeh the
"a oeairoyad tne wnoie buuuiu.
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Tests of the "water blanket," which can bo released instantly in case of a threatening blaze, were hold
toaay at tne uurtis uuiidinp, on Independence Square. Tho picture here shows how tho water falls in a
great curtain down tho Sansom street side of tho 10-story structure. The demonstration was held under
the direction of Fire Marshal John J. Barnum, whoso permanent station is at tho Curtis Building. His
portrait appears in tho circle
KILLS WIFE AND HIMSELF
Sons See Quarrelsomo Husband Send
Bullet Through His Heart.
Alfred Cantncr, JO years old, shot nnd
killed his wlfo at their home, 3410 Tampa
ftreet, and then, before the eyes of his
three sons, turned the revolver upon him
self and sent a bullet Into his own heart
last night. He died instantly.
The couplo had been quarreling all tho
evening, according to neighbors, and this
Is given as the cause of the shooting.
Their three sons, Ira, Ilaymond and Ed
ward, were asleep upstairs when they
were awakened by the first shot. They
rushed to the kitchen to prevent a further
tragedy, and arrived there Just in time
to see their father Kill himself.
Tho would-be rescuer of a 4-year-old
'child explored a smoke-Ailed house last
night while the child nnd Us parents
were enjoying a movie show.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gordon.'. 426 Mifflin
street, and their daughter, Tetta, went
to the Empire Theatre, the first "2-ccnt
movie," at 7th and McClellan streets,
last night. Before leaving home they
lighted candles In the kitchen, according
to a Jewish custom. The candles set
fire to curtains. 'William Klrschner, 423
Mifflin street, a . neighbor, saw smoke
pouring from the upper windows and.
thinking the child was In danger, rushed
into tho house. He groped his way
through tho rooms and finally reached
tho kitchen, whero tho curtains wero
burning. A fire company responded to
an alarm and extinguished the blaze.
Tho "Tenderloin" never really cares
what time It Is. It knows only two hours
of the 21 and It calls them day and night.
It was In Ignorance of this fact that
Harry Stearns, when nsked at 3 o'clock
this morning what time It was by two
men near 10th and Arch streetB, courte
ously drew forth his gold watch. The two
men grabbed the watch and ran.
Acting Detectives Stocker and Barron
arrested two men later, and Stearns, who
lives at 3015 Brandywlne street. Identified
them. They said they were Edward
Duffy nnd "William Blddle. They were
held In J1000 ball each for a further hear
ing charged with highway robbery.
Efforts to recover a rubber ball for his
10-ycar-old sister last night resulted In
8-ycar-old Robert Davidson, of 2021 Pop.
lar street, receiving Injuries that may ne
cessitate the amputation of ono of his
legM. Ho was Btruck by a freight train
whllo trying to find the ball, which had
rolled under the Philadelphia and Head
ing Railway bridge at 32d and Poplar
streets.
Physicians and nurses In the Garretson
Hospital were entertained by conversa
tion which a patient continued while 20
stitches were put In a wound In his arm
last night. The man with, the unusual
nervo was AVIlllam Whitehead. 24 years
old. 1R02 South 22d street. He' was In
jured while riding his blcyclo at 2Sth
street nnd Pennsylvania avenuo by col
liding with a ventilator grating under the
bridge of the Philadelphia and Heading
Hallway.
John McArthur, 63 years old. of ES4S
Helskell street, was overcome by heat as
he stood at Germantown avenue and Col
lum street late last night. He fell'to the
sidewalk, striking his head against the
curb. He was treated at the Germantown
Hospital.
New trials wero refused to Edward
Murphy and William E. Griffin and each
was sentenced to six months In the county
prison by Judgo Walling, of Erlo, Pa.,
substituting in Qunrter Sessions Court
today, for forgery and falsifying the
registration books In the 10th Division of
tho lOlh Ward, In October, 1012.
A man who gave the name of H. M.
Merethew, of Long Beach, Cal., commit
ted suicide this morning by Inhaling Illu
minating' gas In the rooming houso of
Mrs. Jtuth Kobnson, 2423 Columbia ave
nue. By fragments of notes he left
the police believe that ho was Insane
and had recently escaped or had been
discharged from an asylum. At a table
where the notes were placed was n shot
gun Merethew had recently purchased,
the police say, to use In ending his life.'
jF & C t S Vers
F a 1 lacie
FACT is a real state of things. FALLACY isan appar
ently genuine but really illogical statement or-argument,
FHMj
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COMMON Sense always comes into its own. From the
beginning of Time there have been, hysterical out
bursts on this, that or the other question but eventually
good old Common Sense rules. And rio people in the
world have so much of this saving quality as the American.
FOR years FALLACIES were.exploited by Prohibition
ists. Untrustworthy statements, unprovable statistics
and hysteria marked their utterances. Being uncombated
their statements passed for truth. But when FACTS were
brought forth to disprove these FALLACIES a marked
change in public opinion was shown. For this series of
watts versus FALLACIES was beeun to erive the same
publicity to jfAtio as tne ironiDiuoniBia naa-10 iv
LACIES. rpHEN, good,. solid Common Sense camcto.the fore as.
X hysteria was pushed to the background. Thinking,
men agree that intemperance of thought,. of speech and of',
action are more to be feared than intemperance caused
by drink that the liqtior business, instead of being .un
lawful, was fostered, licensed and regulated by law.. Nor
js it true that a man is good only because he. is a'Prb-"
hibitionist; or that all. men are bad if they use alcoholic .
stimulants, even temperately. '
LD-FASHIONED, solid Common Sense has oyer-
.! come hysteria, and has done qunc -
WteZJ? f &vCbe adde-d? itoTSSK
rTnnrts received to date, that this series of articles
appealing every y v , 5jberai angie on a question cod
KaSS5d but one side.
Philadelphia Lager Beer Brewers' Association
(TA mt -rcfcfo wlllPPr WdnJy, Jumh)
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FIRE TEST AT CURTIS
PLANT A BIG SUCCESS
Department Chiefs Impressed
by the Adequacy of Preven
tive Equipment.
'. .. ,
Two thousand rhlladelphlans were
treated to at least a near-ftfe scene today,
when Deputy Chief Ross n, Davis In his
automobile. Engine Company No. 32 from
7th and Locust streets, th hlgh.presaure
machine from Cherry street and scores
of other fire officials and firemen w
eponded to the Invitation of the Curtis
Publishing Company to witness and as
sist in the annual test of the fire-prevention
equipment of the Curtis Publishing
Company's Building, Independence Square.
Indeed, those who lined the streets
.' -"" ..vu.tu iu u. welcome cool
Jii.ll wnt" whlcn Puid from the
.,... Dnnom streets sides of the great
building for more than a half hour In
Instant ranlv in 4h irl,n kl.nl fu
than 2300 gallons a minute wero showered
on those two sides from the many tanks
containing 183,500 gallons, which are lo
cated on the ninth floor.
At first, a test was made by the high
pressure system of the Fire Department.
Then came the test of the system of the
building Itself, Both wero highly satis
factory, according to Chief Davis.
"The Curtis Building is as well equip
ped as. If not better equipped than, In tha
flre-nghtlng line, any building In the city."
Chief Davla said. Both testa were highly
satisfactory. This Is tho first opportunity
we have had to show how tho flro de
partment could help In keeping fire from
rcuiimiR mo uurus uuuamg ny using tne
tanks of the building Itself. I wish we
had more buildings like It In some of
tho more dangerous sections of town."
Accompanying Chief Davis wero Bat
talion Chief George W, Moodle, Chief
William Murphy, Captain Edward Don
ahue, of ripe Lino Company No. "I, and
Captain George T. Martin, acting bat
talion chief.
Officiate of the Curtis Company ex
plained that the test made today was one
of the systems Installed In the building
to prevent fire reaching It from the out
side. That Is, In case buildings on San
som or 7th street In the vicinity should
catch flro.
One of the busiest men during today's
test was Fire Marshal John J. Barnum,
of the Curtis Building, who has the work
ing order of Its flre-flghtlng forco at his
fingers' ends. Chief Marshal E. Huhn,
Jr., of the Curtis Company, was In charge.
This afternoon nearly 100 employes of
tho company took part In a fire drill on
tho roof. Many of the SliOO or more other
employes missed today's test, ns the
Curtis Publishing Company closed at
John Henry "Honus"
Wagner tells fans of a rare
one next Sunday "A
Triple Play on a Pitch
Out." Second of the Wag
ner stories now running
in the Public Ledger's
SPORTS MAGAZINE
UWVEIl SAYS NUHSiS WHO SUES
"TKAVELKD WITH NAVY MEN"
Declares She Ceased Demands When
Detectives Followed Her,
A story that sleuths shadowed the fair
complainant added a now thrill today to
the $K.0O0 breach of promise suit of Miss
Mary Campbell against Frederick t.
Newberry, a wealthy Invalid, of the Bart
ram Apartments. Miss Campbell lives at
215 South llth street Sho says Newberry
broke off his engagement to her because
hla mother objected.
The case has how developed Into a bat
tie of documents between attorneys for
the opposing sides, Henry M. Dubbn.
counsel for Miss Campbell, opened with
- - --"""- '"-. tutu n Idler BOIU
VJi U Newberry demanding more of
"" Bnipacii m iresseq ror Ills locket
Harry Fox, attorney for Newberry, re
turned the fire with tho following!
"She also threatened to make 'interest
ing reading' unless my client sent her
funds. He became suspicious and en
gaged private detectives to shadow her.
.ftooui mat time ner demands ceased and
the detectives found she was traveling
With flAVornl nfTIPMra trn Ttnlta.1 at,
battleships then at the Philadelphia Navy
Yard."
"Wo have these letters," added Mr.
Fox, "and end produce them In court to
show tho woman's motive."
Royal Arcanum nt Willow Grovo
An outing at Willow Grove will mark
the 36th anniversary of Pennsylvania
Council, No. 313. Hoyal Arcanum today.
A feature will bo a banquet, at which
Colonel Alexander F. Nicholas will pro-aide.
T1"' tlwl "' iWftHjtifoitfaiirTfiftn 'mTTtawMWbaw
...n .ii..,... t, amwmirii.MHn ., w.. ,
woman mwm m mm
BKotoiiT irtM mm emmm
Prisoner Maintains Suitor Gavft iW
the Money.
Mrs. Catharine Wood, of tfctt PalfcH
AVenue, who was arrested In CMeaSs its.
CS"?.L t,,n li from Charles !,
of StlX Market street, was brought fraett
to thla city for a hearing at the Central
station today. Bhe wa held In WW.batJ
for court after she had reluctantly r
turned 27. all she had. '
Mrs. Wood was af rested whlltt hit
way to the fair In California. Halt charge
that hi trave Mrs. Wnn.1 th r, J.
keep for him until they er married.
She said It was given Unconditional!- -""
Mrs. Wood told Detective sdiiaer, who
brought her back, that she h a haie
doxen witnesses to prove that Hall gay
her the money Unconditionally. She said
that Hall wanted to marry her, but that
aa his breath was always perfumed with
Honor whn h iamfc .mt, (, !..
persistently refused him.
She told Souder that Hajt called bit her
Mendav. Ha had hti firlnttfti T,t !.
still had IMS left He handed her l!i
money saying. "Here, little girl, Is j
present for you."
She said that she thanked Hall knb
within a few hours waa on her way to
the fair, where she expected to open a
rooming house.
Murdered Man Found in Barrel ;
UTICA, N. T., June ie-The body of,
man believed to be Giuseppe Pasquale was
found In a barrel on Broad street In thin
city by a night watchman about U M.
today. The man had been stabbed to
death and his legs, cut off. The bo4y Wn
crowded into the barrel and tied in.
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