EVBHING LlBfo&EB-PHIIiADELPHIA, MOKBAT, OCTOBER 16, 116
CONYEWWW,
2000 TO ATTEND,
HUB SESSION HERE
. . winiVi Annual
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LNy NOTED SPEAKERS
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fta .?lt""u" ' ,,, nfternoon In
ftSZit Street Church. Fortieth and
C. ! Save urogram of the conven
iJB&ih! nme. of many speaker!
a Juntrr It Is also to devote
WW-." "U.nKJ.ln of th Ave-
tm. th new constructive mov.
OTpJeh th. church P an. i to add" a
JS douiTua ."rr.u;
Su& ministerial .force.. A d.fln.1.
feiin WnnVylvnnla Trill be adopted
foSSi'ta modeled after the North
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P". . "... .. nrmnlled br a
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r M . ",m"". , 'Mvnlh.
organiiaio. - --, 7.-.,",,,.
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lWti?v aaventh of the. Kdueatlonal Bo-
MA ".Son of the Young reo.
a Beard, the .lath of the Wom.rt
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f& Wean's Foreign, MIssloratBoclety.
MISSION r,r.n.vio
J first session U .WW to com-
W th Woman's Foreign Mission Bo-
', Hslner. the chief executive of 'he
KwSSiirt 'Hm. Mission Society. at
M Will CBU W uniwi .,....-..- --
wr for a short session. The after
wv .. . til al.a.n Ia filniad htf A
ipg ... '"",-.; m
5LT Ministers' Union will convene to-
follow. ' -H.-.. - --."I",
. "ev... 7.'M..M.r .?.:'
Cheater, w... u,.. .... -";
,CBWton. oi iran" " ...-..
Imlth. of Chester Sprlnim. and the Ilev.
ik en the iteneral subject of the meet-
"w1!-. ii. "." ,iit.. ... r:
Urch." Tne iiev. Air, iuiin
Shirt sddresa and the Rev. Dr. 8. F.
I 2 . ti..HilnmlAn will niKW nn
rtalscences of Fifty Years." The re-
Iff ot ino ClCltlKK ... w. .w. w
II DUSiness.
. WOMEN'S I'ONFUREXCE
Is to be a short meeting of the
r Forclnn Mission Society tomor-
ernlng prior to the opening of the
convention, which win De cnuea
rstlO 30 a. m by Qeotge K. Croxer,
esldent. who has fulfilled tne aunes
nresldent since the recent death of
titcted head of (he convention. Davhl
ber Leas. Charles w summernem, or
aeVlohla. will steak on the "Keynote of
Convention." An address of welcome
Its lslting delegates will bo made In
itf of the city by U. J. Cattell. city
itlclnn. The uev. George D. Adams,
Chestnut Street Church, whero the
rtton sessions arc to.be htld, and
in of the program committee; the
Charlta A. Walker, of West Chester,
to. of the executive committee;
r. E. A. Harrar. of Pittsburgh, chair-
sf the youna: people's board, and Alvln
ves, of Philadelphia, the convention
rtr. wilt rend reports. The new pas-
- to be Introduced by the Rev. C. A.
, secretary of the State Mission So.
,Unil the convention sermon wilt be
eed by the Her. J. la. Ivorcross, of
York city.
EDUCATIONAL WORK
body will adjourn until the after-
when the Rer I.e Roy Stephens, of
leurt, will report of the work done
' the educational board during the year.
i Rev. C A. Soars will make an address
tlnlfg to the efforts of the Mission
re. There Is to be a stewardship
,et at I 30. The toastmaster for the
i Is H. V. Meyer, of this city, while
principal speaker la the Rev. Jr Y.
thleon, of Boston.
rl night there will be devotional service
acted by the Rev. John A. Ilalner, of
leaeipnla, an nddreBa by the Ilev. Mr.
Mson, entitled "The Forward Step."
Wttl nthetf at tin n Is fa tmillt Knn tlnst tawnn
i Woman's Home Mission Society Is
Lset at 9 o'clock on Wednesday morn-
ana its session will be followed by
rtfular morning session of the general
eeimon. which will be largely devoted
; eommltteo reports.
me afternoon Dr II. C. Glelss, of
burgh, will speak on , "City? Mission
(" The different women's associations
I. hold a session following this address.
ftanesday night's meeting Is to be de-
to the work of tho Young People's
eV There will, be addrrsaca hv lh
RsB. A. Harrar. the Rev. E. M., Steph-
v ui, mi. uiiu in iev. r, i.
r. of Indianapolis. Muslo will be
U chorus or 100 -voices, con
by If. C. Lincoln.
CLOSINC! DAY
ifc closing day of the convention Is
a, into morning and afternoon aea
At the first Catherine the ltiv. J.
gaee Green, of Qennantown, will apeak
M subject of "Readjustment of Asao-
t Jieuuons."
' are tO he nilm.rAIH mAArmmmm n
laleetkin of offlcera for the ensuing year
e final session. A atght-seelng tour
PMfln at p. m. The Closing address
e convention will be made t nlht
LLRV nusa" " Conwell, pastor of
-.tnwi icmpie uroaa and Uerka
RIGID LAWS1 URGED TO CURB '
GROWING NARGOTIC DRUG EVIL
Hnae fr.m rtm
p" Is'rfr .M1ck, cl of peo
ple, U revealed In the committee's report
Ttin warntnr I. Murutaj .. .1 .
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.Jl r'Vi1 .Llh wmmlttea'a re
f.n .K,h"v & Pblm of addic
tion to the habitual xise of narcotic
drugs In sufficiently serious in Ita na
ture and wlde.prwd In extent to con
atltule an Increasingly grave aource bf
danger to the eoclal and economlo
well-Wing of rhlladelphU and Penn
sylTsnln, KIOUTY-StX CASES STUDIED
The findings of th committee fully cor
roborates the facts concerning the spread
of the narcotic drug ell In Philadelphia
aa contained In a recent series of dope
""ltl i'uinn oy tne kknino lukikr.
A careful rftudy of elghtr-slx cases of
drug addicts by the committee brought
forth revelations well calculated to alarm
the most conservative cltlten. The com.
mlttee shows that the dope evil has cropped
out In all sections of the city West Phils,
delphla. South Philadelphia, Oermanlown
and Kensington. The report states that
the dope fiends say they do not need to
go far from home to obtain their supply
of drugs.
The Evrnino I.KDncn's revelation of how
large quantities of drugs are dispensed by
peddlers and unscrupulous physicians and
aruggiau is substantiated In the report
Impression -that the number of drug usert ts
large.
"A group of eighty-si persona addicted
to the use of one qr more narcotic drugs
was finally selected from which to obtain
acurate Information Of this group sixty
per cent were bom In and have always
lived In Philadelphia Of thla number
fifty-eight were found to have formed the
habit through association; that ts. not only
by frequenting the company of dissolute
tenderloin characters, but by association
with fellow workmen and men met In pool
rooms and saloons. tsera frequently stated
that seeing others use the drug they were
selied with the curiosity to experience the
sensation. Two persons attributed the for
mation of the habit tn sickness following
operations. Six claimed that the habit was
Inculcated through physicians' prescriptions
In times of Illness One began the use hop
ing to ward off tuberculoa a, which was
common In his family and of which he had
much fear.
"The users In this aroiin attributed a
large variety of ailments to the continued
Ue of drug. Decayed teeth, los of appe
tite, Indigestion, constipation often of sev
eral days' duration. !om of weight, impaired
sight and hearing, weak heart, extreme ner
Vnusneta, night aweat. tendency to tuber
miosis, general health Impaired, lost of will
power, loss of self-respect a tolerance of
living conditions which otherwise would be
Intolerable. And If they are deprived of
me drug for a brief period, they are ob
which details how the peddlers distribute "essed wljh one Idea alone how to get
xneir gooas. and snows how done doctor i " "
reap a harvest by selllngNlrugs to unfor
tunatea under the gulae. of- the reduction
treatment
AOES OK ADDICTB
The report backs up the charges con
tained In the Kvkxino I.EOORn articles
that heroin and cocaine parties are Im
portant factora In the spread of narcotic
drug usage In Philadelphia. The partici
pants In one cocaine party, the report
states, used 300 grains of the drug In a
period lasting twenty hours.
In pointing out how the dope scourge
la making the young In especial victims
tho report says that of the group of
eighty-six addicts studied by the commit
tee, sixty-four contracted the habit between
the ages of eighteen and thirty years. Pltl
ful Instances are given of .how morphine,
heroin and concalne han blasted the lles
of young men and mere bojs In this city.
COMMITTEE'S PURPOSE
When the committee was organised It set
forth Ho purposes as follows:
The probable extent of narcotic drug
addiction In this city and State.
What help could be ghen In the cure
of Ictlms of the habit.
What legislation by the State of
Pennsylvania might nnslat the Federal
authorities In their work of restricting
the sale or narcotic drugs to legitimate
uses, thus checking the further spread
or the drug nami.
A sum of money was privately collected,
the services of an Imeattgator was ob
tained 'and a careful study of the Use of
narcotic druga In Philadelphia and Penn
sylvania was made.
Tho committee consisted of Edward W
Bok. chairman! Samuel T. Bodlne. chairman
of the executive committee; C. II. I.udlng
ton, treasurer; Dr 4ohn II. W Rheln. sec
retary: Pierce Archer. Jr.. Charles W. Ed
munds, II. I. Itarre Jnyne, Howard M.
Iong, Otto T. Mattery, Dr. Krancla R. Pack
ard, J Rodman Paul, Dr Horatio C
Wood, Jr.
The report. In part, follows:
"We have no rellabta means of estimat
ing the number of drug users In Pennsyl
vania. The number of Institutions Is hardly
a reliable key to the number uslfcg the
drUR. since mfinv an fnr vara wlthmit
treatment In one case tho user took mor-'
phlne for thirty years and probably would
have continued uninterruptedly but for the
Harrison law.
USE IN BETTER CLASSES
"That the use of narcotics Is widespread
among the underworld admits of no ques
tion. How extensive la tne habit among
the better classes can only be a matter of
conjecture. liut this committee hold the
"In this group of elghty-slx. the lArgest
percentage. atxt)-foiir, contracted the habit
between the agea of eighteen aod thirty;
In other words, they were In the grip of the
habit during the very period of their live
when they moat needed their strength and
vitality
"The loss of time from work caused by
the drug habit varied trom six months to
twu jfr In thirty nine case.
RTORIKS OF DRUC1 USERS
"A young-man of twenty-four, living In
Philadelphia. I a machinist and baa worked
steadily at his trade 'since he was about
eighteen, turnlnv, his money over to his
mother, a widow, with whom he lives. One
eenlng two jests ago some younc fellows
urged him to try the new sensation they
had dlscorrcd. They dwelt upon the de
tlghta of 'happy duct the thrill of ex
hilaration, how strong It made then: fur
ther, they assured him It could do him no
harm And so he began the use of heroin,
It made him sick that first night but he
got a Utile ut Increasingly frequent Intervals
until nt the end of two months he discovered
he could not quit nslng It. He lost his
Job, has now not worked for a year. Is
Irregular In his habits, .eats only In the
evening, suffirs from Impaired digestion
and constipation, and lias tost thirty-five
pounds In weight. Now he must have the
drug before he can eat, he cannot go to
sleep without It, and he cannot get up until
he has some of It. He curses It, but cannot
do without it He has taken the reduction
treatment three times, but he Is still using
sixteen to thirty grains dally.
,DRUQ TO STOP PAIN
"Another young fellow was raised In
Sharon, Pa. He entered the United Slates
army, and In October of the same year he
was thrown from Ma hocee white em Mtf'
at Fort ftaM lteueton, Tex. He waa taken
to, the army hospital and remained a patient
until May of the following year it waa
found that he was disabled for further rmy
service and received an honorable die
charge. "On leaving the hospital he came East,
the doctor giving him a quantity of medi
cine, small, white pills, and told him to use
the pills whenever he had any pvln, but
not to use more than three or four a day.
He atopped In Pittsburgh, where he re
mained for some time During hla stay In
that city the supply of medicine furnished
him by the army doctor became exhausted
and he suffered great pain, from which he
seemed unable to get any relief A young
doctor rooming tn the same home told htm
what the trouble waa that he had been
using morphine. Aa he had some money at
that time he continued the use nf morphine
He has since learned the profesVon of
trained nurse, and during the last six years
has been employed at an institute for freble
minded During the Inst few years he has
been growing constantly more miserable.
Added to the physical torture has been tho
worry over the Increased price of drugs
since ine enrorcement or the Harrison act.
Until recently he obtained his supply of
drug by mall from n druggist in the v clnlty
of Da) ton. He ctalma lie recently paid 11
for one ounce of morphine, and that the
same quantity could have been purchased,
previous to the enforcement of the Federal
law, for $.
"A boy. eighteen years 010 who has
always lUed. In South Philadelphia, left
school at fourteen and went to work In n
textile mill. Within two months nf the time
he went to work he had formal the heroin
hvblt An old worker, at the same mill. In
troduce! him to Its pleasures. The habit
was soon formed and Its practice main
tained Hla appetite was affected, hla gen
eral health Impaired ; he was most Irregular
In his habits of sleep, became cnreleei nf
his personal appearance, lifeless and dull,
and finally lost Ills job In the mill He has
had employment alnce, but cannot keep It;
pertly because of the direct effect of the
drug In making htm careless and Incom
petent about his duties; partly because all
sense of self respect and responsibility have
disappeared, Ills clothes are frayed and
soiled, his shoes patched and broken, and
he does not care. He Is rough and Ill-man-nernl
and Inconsiderate. All this hla mother
says Is entirely unlike his former self What
he ought to produce Is being lost to the
community, when there Is need for wotkrr
on every hand. The 116 a week or more
which he should be earning is lost to him
and the expense of hla support, aa well as
that of the drug he Is using, must be horn
He haa taken 'reduction treatment' from, at
least four doctors and is yet using all the
drug he can get
"Another young fellow came to the habit
through dissipation. Ha went Into the Ten-
Your Child's Tcclh
are sa Important aa your child's
tnachlnc Future health la largely
dependent on them. Insur aicalnftt
dUeaaa by nrouraxtna dally na of
our Itoaea and Alyrrh delightful.
eneruve Tootn vtann wnien lor
many esra has been popular at 25o
RcmcdM Mtxuntrea Ashed
by Drug Invetitlgators
FIVE years' prison wnlenc and
$2000 fine, or bth, recommended
by Philadelphia narcotic drug com
mittee for persons convicted of il
licit salts in narcotic drug's.
Immediate construction of the
Pennsylvania Institution for Inebri
ates, tho site of which has already
been selected and approved. Urged
that this institution havo provision
for care and treatment of drug
fiends.
4
Legislature of Pennsylvania urged
to enact law which will make possi
ble more strict control of the manu
facture, sale and use of opium, coca
leaves and their derivatives, and to
cover those features of tho misuse
of drugs not covered by the Federal
law.
e
Report of the committee corrob
orates facts disclosed In recent sc
ries of drug articles published by
KVKNINO LUK)t3U
derloln for diversion, and one of the .diver
sions was "hop" smoking The women he
met taught him tn uso opium. That was
fourteen years ago. Now he la thirty-one
years of age. He haa since learned to use
morphine, heroin and cocaine. He married
a dote fiend Aa a buy be went to work
In the onice of a well-known law)rf, who
would have educated him. Now ha Is a
hopeless dope fiend, a pickpocket, a thief
and every kind of crook. He haa frequently
been arrested and haa served time In the
llouae of Correction."
In dealing with the reduction treatment
employed by unscrupulous physicians to
"bleed" dope fiends, the report states:
"Users say that- frequently these doctors
do not make any phyalclan'a examination
whatever, but merely ask the user what
quantity lie wants the prescription written
for. Frequently tho doctor nils the pre
scription himself and keepa it. In this way
It never passes Into i"e hands of the
inera."
The report tells of the esse of a woman
drug addict who pays a peddler 17.80 per
dram for heroin. In this regard the report
reada- "She aaya that all th users In
the Tenderloin know where they can get
a supply If they have the money, but that
moat of them, like herself, are afraid of
being arrested, so they employ a carrier.
The carrier Is a person, usually an alco
holic, who la not a drug user. A drug user
Is never selected as a carrier because he
0A llVaSttY1MBftii flY nM tICw MatkM
am re oohm not be trweteel wltn the 'aawsr.
Aa th carrier aseiutne the risk, he Wnnta
to be well paid. Thla woman anys that the
current charge Is ntty rent per city Woe
cove red,"
"DRUG PARTIKS
In reference to drug parties- the report
aaya- 'IJv two or more persons pooling
their funds, ISO or 100 grains of cocaine
are sometimes bought These users then
repair to the room of one of the party
and continue to use cocaine until the sup
ply Is exhausted. The same practice Is
common among heroin and morphine
users."
The committee found u difficult tn obtain
definite facts In rruWd to the extent and
the number of addicts In Pennsylvania. An
attempt was made to get Information on
thla point by sending letters to Institutions
through the State, These Included State,
private and county core hospitals for the
Insane forty-five In all Fifty-six Pr cent
replied They reported til drug users
"treated since the enforcement of the Har
rison net a against IhlrtyMhree of the
preceding year Forty-seven different '
towns, located In twenty-eight different
counties, were represented by th 341 per
sons trented at these Institutions. Allegheny
County Hospital for the Inanno treated a
large number of the drug user
About one-half of the hospitals In Phila
delphia answered the request fur Informa
tion In regard to the number of drug users
treated by them It was shown that the
number of different pallentn reported as
being residents of Phlladtlpnia wero as fol
Iowa: Hospitals, M0; penal Institutions.
HI; Huntingdon Reformatory, 7; arrested
for violation of the Harrison act. SI!; In
state Institutions for th Insane, III per
sonal Interviews. 10: other sources. Id! to
tal, 1136; less duplicates. 100; net total.
1(136 In explanation of th foregoing tne
report states
'These figure are for the year follow
ing the enforcement of tho Harrison act.
with one exception, whet tho flgurea .In
clude the preceding- year They probably
represent only a fraction of the actual num
ber of addlcta In Philadelphia. We have
no way of knowing how many persons ot
means are being treated for thla habit In
aanatnrtums, nor do we havo any way of
knowing the number of this class ot people
who continue to use drugs. Not all drug
JaW
t it?) la til) TaBaanatti J I
other aceftea r Una Mr tt TJJ
iU(lisaa
yatu t
aTvaa v
nn(4 aa well. That part ef FMh
maa m.0 m-...a ... -- u.,. -
Rowth PttllalaMa. east and weat ef ra4
street I Vt .Phltaelrsa, nottlt an ssMMb
of Market streets KM)atn bmC Oernum
town aro representee!."
In dealing with treatment t dtisg aaJtaaj
th report says:
"Tho only prwvtelon mad by the Meats
of Pennsylvania for th treatment ef dnat
users la commitment under the habit aaat
to th State hoiltata for the. mean.
"These Institution are net prteared t
take rare ot the dritc ueer apart from In
sane patients, and It dees not 'sum rlsnt
to throw victims of th drag haWt among
th Insane except In a few cAeea what
th drug user Is also Insane. Under thai
act persona may be oommltteM by the Court
of Quarter Sessions, but aa It la reoulred
to furnish a private bond and payNhree
months' board In advance at the rate ot tl
per weak, not many Indigent patients apply.
"Id the various communities In this Stat
drug users have also been cared fer In ex
isting hospitals, and In at least two In
stances they are being cared' for In the
county almshouse. Although some rood
has doubtless been done by the hoapltaU m
the various parts of the United State, many
of these patients have returned to the habit
.after leaving the hospital,
"Tho legislature of Pennsylvania, by an
act approved April II. lilt, provided far
the commitment of habitual users ef nar
cotic drugs to the State Institution for la
ehrlates, but this act Is Ineffectual until pro
vision la made for th building ot thla In
stitution. Wilmington Councilman Arrested ,
WILMINGTON, Del., Oct. IS Joeeph ".
McDermott member ot Council from the
Eleventh Ward haa been arrested on
charges ot forgery and obtaining goods by
false pretenses.
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414 S. Sib. st. tM OeraBaalewa are.
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t'hllnilelphls'a standard Druf Store
1518 Chestnut Street
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lines of Dress Boots'1
and Dancing Pumps at
$4.60 to $9.00.
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to scarcity, of materials
WBER MEN PLAN" CAMPAIGN
ratlve Selling Will Help Meet
Competition in Europe
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n organisation for co-operative all-
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