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We are our own manu?
facturers from start to fin
ish.
Work direct with the
best mills for our woolens.
Collaborate on the pat
terns.
Do all our own design
ing. Avoid religiously any?
thing that borders on the
"freak." Have the same
ideals as the most exclu?
sive custom tailors.
Only difference is?the
price! We charge nothing
for our name. A normal
profit on the cost of manu?
facture. That's saying a
lot when you remember
that our piece goods for
this t Spring were con
tracted for at prices con
siderably under thc present
market.
Spring suits. Spring
overcoats. A si/c for even
build.
Rogers Peet Company
Broadway Broadway
at 13th St "Four at 34th St
Convenient
Broadway Corr.crs" Fifth Ave.
at Warren at 41st St.
Over 100,
Drug Addicts
Reported Here
Health Officials Say That
1.500,000 Prescriptions
Werr Issued I 1 I i c i t 1 y
During the Last Year
Startling revelations on tho scope nf
thr illicit traffic in drugs here were
made yesterday by Federal and city
officials active in thc crusado against
this traffic, which was inaugurated here
; Tuesday night when internal revenue
officers arrested six physicians and
i four druggists for alleged violations
of the Harrison act.
Health officials said that about 1,
500,000 prescriptions for illicit use of
narcotics have been issued to drug
' addicts by unscrupulous physicians in
N'ew York City in thc last year.
'Ihe failure of tho Harrison and
Boylan acts and tho high cost of
whiskey have been responsible for the
increase in thc number of addicts to
between 100,000 and 200,000 in tho
metropolitan district, according to
Health Commissioner Copeland.
Between thirty and forty unscrupu
Ioiih physleiana and a iil.e number of
druggists have been making nood in?
come ?? hero by rn inli toring to tho
cravlnga of narcotic addicts, Fcdoral
agents reporti d.
Commi sionoi Copeland will seek to
DD ". rnl 0 IBCrioUl CI . WaVO here
by opening n special drug addicl
clinic daily from D a. m. to 5 p, m,
iii thc Health Dcnnrl mcnl lluildlng, 139
? 'ent ri' Stn et, bou inni ng this moi n
ing, i.o provide for the paliontH of tho
:.i - physicians a i rostod fur day nlghl.
Thr drug habil in on the incroiiHo
here, Sevenl ?. per cenl of t he vicl ims
aro under i wenl v ln u \ i urfl of ago,
M;.ny of i Ih'ih nre di i :hii i (,'ed i oldiei i
nnd ? iiilors, The cffecl of tha I 'adcral
Harrison aet, and of i he IIoj lan act, a
sl ate meai u re, .rei v hiifl been to s)ii ft
tho drug tn\ffic from the hands of tho
"pedler" to those of lhe unscrupu?
lous physician and druggist, according
i ii ini ernal ro\ onuo ol ficers.
Ph; icinns t rn rfieking in drugs
havo written B0 to 150 prescriptions a
day each, and tho pationts of the six
physicians arrested Tuesday totalled
-<'?'). t'.m iss ioho r i lopoland said.
\ "xrghtening up" by physicians, mnn
ifest in SCOl'OS of telephone calls to (he
1 Health Department from cocaine and
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PRESCRIPTION PRICES
The price of a prescription at Liggett's
represents cost of ingredicnts. plus the labor
and a fair profit?nothing for mystery.
Using the best ingredients, with an exact,
uniform method of figuring costs, we enter
into prescription price-competition with
no one.
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heroin addicts, deprived of their usual
narcotics, was thc first reaction to the ,
raids conducted Tuesday night by
Major Daniel L. Porter, BUpervisor of :
Internal Kevenue Office agents here.
Commissioner Copeland met in con?
ference with police, Federal and health
officials in his office, and late in the
afternoon announced the opening of the
drug clinic.
"We simply must care for tho
patients of the physicians arrested last
night," said Dr. Copeland. "If we don't
a serious crimc wave will develop hero.
If deprived of drugs these unfortunates
will simply go crazy and commit vio
lence and murder.
"Drug addicts suffering because of
the arrests and of a 'tightening up' in
the traffic here can come to this clinic
and we will examine them physically,
after which such drugs as may be nec?
essary will be prescribed and furnished
al cost.
"The Health Department does not
desire every narcotic victim in the
city to report here for treatment.
This is primarily a plan for helping
those affected hy this recent raid. The
purpose of the plan is to take care of
the clientole of the arrested physicians
and we will administer the drugs with :
a view to the ultimate cure of addicts.
100.000 Prescriptions Found
Startling dlscoveries were made in
the offices of some of tho doctors and
druggists arrested Tuesday night, ac?
cording to officials. Several of the
physicians had thc names of, their pa?
tients carefully indexed in card files.
In the collar of one drug store 100,000
narcotic prescriptions wero found: in
another, 50,000, all of them filled dur?
ing the last year,
One hundred and fifty addicts have
been examined, Many have confessed,
il is said, and have.given names of
the men who prescribed and sold drugs
to them.
Prices charged by doctors have
rangod from 50 centn to $1. varying
with tho nuantity of drug demanded
by the addict. Competition has be
come bo kecn recently that. price cut?
ting has developed and some physi
cians are issuing small quantlty orders
for 25 cents. Druggists are' buying
heroin nl about $15 an ounce and rc
taillng it to addicts ai prices ranging
Irom $00 lo $100, it was i aid.
Tho six physicians nnd four drug
gists taken Into custody bv Internal
revenue agents on Tuesdav night woro
arraigned beforc United State:'. Com
1111 loner Hitehcoek yesterday. The
cmnplninl charged n coiiHpiracy to vio
ate i hr llarri'ion act bv dii penslng
habil forming drugs,
Ralph 11. Oilor, of tho Narcotic Dl
vision of the Internal Rovonuo Depart
ment, sworc to tho complaints, Ali tho
defendants entered plens of nol guilty
and were hold in bail ranging from
$3,000 t? $5,000 for examination on
April 15. Surety was furnished for all
the defendants.
Uniformed Pedlers Mostly
Jmpostors, Officials Say
"According to my observation, two
thirds of the men who are disgracing
the navy uniform by 'strong arm' ped
dline; and disorderly and offensive
conduct were never in the service."
Licutenant Commander D. I*. Wickcr
sham, in charge of naval recruiting for
the third district, made this statement
yesterday.
Maior P. L. Thomas, commandinc
the Provost Guard, stationed here, also
stated that a number of lhe khaki clad
pedlers and panhandlers aro ille
gally wearing the uniform. The im?
postors are beiiifr turned over to tho
local Federal authorities for prosecu
tion.
Lieutenant Commander Wickersham
said he had been aroused bv thr hard
hlows struck al recruiting by the dis
graceful conduct of some men wearing
navy uniforms and had determined to
make an investigation. Hr confined
operations to Union Square Park
where thc land battleship Recruit is
moored.
At. various times members of the
crew of the Recruit would sally out
into the park and question sailors
pcddling or playing the leading role
in crap shooting gathcrings. On
Tuesday Commander Wickersham's
men -were p.^rtlcularly vigilant and six
were brought into the skipper's cabin
of the Recruit and questioned.
A eomfortable, clean shave every day
?not once in a while only
A fresh razor blade every
day is out of the question
for most men, but a perfectly
satisfactory shave every day
is not out of the qucstion for
any man. You don't need a
new blade to insure a keen
blade if you use the AutoStrop
Razor.
The AutoStrop Razor
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ofcuttingedge. To keep these
- _ ?j.
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is made with a patented,
self-contained stropping fea?
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a specially-treated strop of
selected hide.
' A pressure of the thumb
adjusts it for close, medium
or light shaving. It is the only
safety razor that sharpens,
shaves and cleans without
removing the blade.
Ask your dealer about the
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Oil Men Accused
Of Seeking to Force
War With Mexico
"NationV Charge of Pro
moting the Diaz-BIanquet
Revolution Called False
by American Producers
"Tlie Nation," in its issue to-day, de
clares editorial ly serious efforts are
being made hy American oil interests
to bring about war between the United
States and .Mexico. This effort, the
editorial says, is being made through
propaganda of thc Diaz-BIanquet revo?
lution.
A statement. by the Association of
"il Producers in Mexico makes em
phatic denial of the facts and deduc
tions set forth in the editorial. Tlie
oil companies, this statement declares,
are doing'no more than resfsting con
fiscation in tho courts of Mexico and
have no connection with tho revolt.
"Tl e Nation" editorial is constructed
around a recent statement in Chicago
signed by three Mexican archbishops,
Francis Plancarte < f Linares, Leopold
''?'? of Michoacan nnd Francis Orozco
y Jimenez of Guadalajara, This state?
ment caUs upon thc citizens of the
United States min Mexico to be patient
and forboaring with each other lest
tho amity between thc nations he
broken hy the evil forces arrayed
against ii.
After commenting on the fact that
thc news of Blanquet's landing in
Mexico hnd received wide publicity,
Whilo the statement. of Ihr a rrhbishop.i
was passed over, thc editorial says ln
parl : "Tho archbishops have a bltter
grievance ngnin il i ho < larrnnzn gov?
ernment, vel, in the faco of thc situa?
tion which thoy i.rr thrcatonlng, thoy
rofuso lo Icnd their moral suppor'l
to any moveinenl fostoring American
or foreign inlervonl ion in Mexico,
"Why dni ihr Mexican archbishops
foel called u]. lo tako such an o>
traordinai y step'.' The archbishops
mu ' have d.red i lini i hoy and
' hi ir campaign for funds wero being
usi fl bj ? mi in forces as i ho moral
cloak for n nefarious propaganda as a
spiritual blessing on an unholy entor
i"1'' To pu tii baldly, ihe Mexican
archbi hop mu.sl nnve smelt oil.
"'I here is reai on to believe that ef
1,111 "I serious proportions are being
made to bring aboul war between thc
I nited Stati s and Mexico. A drive is
on, and the story of it is written plainly
ui tho Blanrjuct propaganda. Presi?
dent Carranza is to be labelled pro
German, and his regime is apparently
to fall into thc category of Bolshevism.
Foreign reeognition is to be secured
And then, notch by notch, public opin?
ion in America is to bc whipped into
favor of intervention. The Monroe
Doctrine and tiie anti-Japanesc senti
ment, can be used as a powerful lever
age. The oil magnates and their bank?
ing committee understand precisely
the nature of the instrument which
they are playing on."
V. S, Invcstigates
Attack by Mexican
Bandits on Border
WASHINGTON, April 9.?An in
vestigation of thc attack on a pas
sengcr train between Tampico and
Montcrey by Mexican bandits last Fri?
day has been ordered by the State De
partment Assistant Secretary Phillips
announced to-day.
The department's advices show thal
J. P. Mennot, an American citizen. was
reported wounded in lhe attack. which
occurred about eighty-four miles north
of rampico. Thr t\,TA-fr 0f Mennet's
injuric i ha i not been Icarncd. f
Monterey newspaper accounts say
that the train was derailed by the
rebels and a number of passengers
were wounded. A Federal guard is re?
ported to have been killed. Part of the
train wa . di stroyed when tho bandits !
sol tire to tho coaches.
Mexican newspapers reachlng hero
reporl a revival of bandHry in the '
State of Vera Cruz, Immediately south
of Tampico, and reeord six serious at
,;''; on trains since the middlo of
March. This is largely the territory
where Felix Diaz, recently reinforcod
bj General Aurehano Blanquot, is re?
ported to bo operating.
U. S. Chemists Organize
AntMierman Division
Special Corrcupondonee
HI'i I'/M.i ?, Api il 0. ln an ell'oi't to
freo Amcricn from German propaganda
and Influonco, dyo chomists attonding
tho eonvention of lhe American Chem
tcal Society to-dny formed an organi?
zation to bo known as the dyo division
of tho society, Dr, J. M.' Roose, of
Philadolphia, was olectod prosidont of
tho division, Othor divli 10ns will bo
formod to Includo phy ilcal, Inorganic,
biologicul, industrial and engineoring
chemii i ry.
Thal mustard gas wm the most ef
fectivo of tho forms used at tho front.
by tho American army was brought out
during an interesting symposium this
afternoon, Fiftoen exports from va- I
rious sections of tho country tfave evi?
dence io show trlat the mustard gas
wus most depcndable nnd could be used
to better advantage than any other va?
riety. A. E. Hill, a government expert,
testified to the failure to devlse a gas
proof cloth, and this failure was ex
plained by A. II. Lamb, who emphasized
the perfect penetrability of tho gas.
Veterans Will Piek
Delegates at Caucuses
Major Cornelius VV. Wickersham,
secretary for New Vork State of the
American Lee;ion, which is being organ?
ized to form ex-soldiers and sauora
into an army of v:u-o to fight for
American idcals, announced yesterday
that the state hnd been divided into;
districts for the purpose of electing I
delegates to tho St. Louis eonvention
to begin May H. Major Wickersham is
the son of George W. Wickersham.
New York City, with tho exception of
Brooklyn and Queens, comprjses one
Stato district. The other districts are
Long Island, Western New York,
Northern New Vork and Middle
N'ew York. Major General John
F. O'Ryan is chairman of the New
Vork committee. Other members are
Brigadier General Charles I. De Be
voise, Colonel Henry L. Stimson, Colo?
nel William ,T. Donovan, Lieutenant
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Lieutenant
Colonel Robert Bacon, Colonel Charles
W. Whittlesey, Lieutenant Colonel
Ucslie Kincaid Lieutenant Colonel
Qrenville Clark, Chaplain Francis A.
Kelly, Ensign W. G. McAdoo, jr., and
Major Wickersham.
District caucuses will be called to
eleel delegates. Eighty-six delegates
and nn equal number of alternates will
he chosen. H is expected that more
than hnlf of those selected will be en
listed men.
Swanri Urges Soldiers1
Civil Service Preference
District, Attorney Swnnn yesterday
sent a letter to the State Civil Service
Commission at Alhanv, in which he de?
clared "that all red tape should be dla
pensed with nnd the men who have been
at the front on the firinjr line should
be KlYHD. Drpfprn.npai'^n^nnointtTiwrit.ii- |
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