Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1934, Page 4

L] THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., DECEMBER 9, 1934—PART ONE U.S. SEIZES o/ INDOPE CLEANP Eight Arrested in Capital; $100,000 Stock Taken in Seattle. (Continued From First Page) Fast, Ruppel took command in Chi- cago. He flew back this afternoon. The campaign began with this mes- sage sent to all division officers by headquarters here earlier in the week: “Believing a Nation-wide drive against narcotics violators will have a salutary effect on the criminal element this bureau orders your entire per- sonnel to devote every effort to clean- ing up vour district between Friday night and Saturday night, Decem- ber 8. While eight persons were held in Baltimore formal charges of violation of the Harrison anti-narcotic act was made only against Louis Oppleman, operator of the hotel where the rald was staged. Florence Oppleman, his wife, and Daniel J. Phelan, room clerk, also were accused he other five were minor employes of the hostelry. Attorneys for Opleman and his W tonight raised the $15.000 bond re quired of ecch for appearance at a preliminary hearing December 19 be- fore United States Commissioner James K. Cullen. Mrs. Oppleman, the agents said, was smoking an opium pipe when the raiders forced their way into her room. | Hotel Guests Startled. The raid staged with dra- | matic suddenness, which left many of the approximately 50 guests of the hotel aghast. “Sit still and keep your hands out of your pockets,” Boyd Martin, chief of the Baltimore narcotic division, said to those who were in the lobby as the raiding party entered. The agents, who were assisted by local police, im- mediately put a guard at every exit and began a search of each room. All guests were questioned but none held on narcotic charges. The police, however, took into custody a 50-year-old woman after she had broken her leg jumping from a sec- ond-story window The Baltimore officers said that the search of the hotel apparently had revealed the headquarters of a shop-lifting ring as well as a narcotic business. was Acrobat Is Indignant. Humor was added to the situation by the frantic protests of a team of Spanish acrobats, playing at a local theater. They could not understand much the agents were saying nor what the raid was all about. One screamed his objections when the agents post- poned his visit to a tailor’s shop where, he yelled, he had to have his trousers pressed. Baltimore police pointment that one find for had not materialized. They had received information that they would find Robert Mais and Walter Legenza, convicted murderers who shot their way out of a Richmond jail just be- fore they were scheduled to be taken to the Virginia death house to await execution \ In Seattle a man and his wife were arrested and their 10-day-old baby, addicted to morphine by pre-natal absorption of the drug. was sent to a hospital for a reduction treatment Ruppel explained that the child could not live if suddenly deprived of the marcotic, which is to be ad- | ministered in progressively smaller quantities until its use may be stopped In Cleveland, a ring was turned up which officials said had been at- tempting to entice school children into drug addiction for the sake of increasing their market for nar- cotics. Postal Violation Charged. expressed disap- they hoped Brooklyn saw the arrest of three on charges of conspiracy to violate the postal laws, in connection with the Baltimore “mail order” enterprise. The closest thing to a casualty that was reported on connection with the day’s drive was the case of Agent V. C. McCullough, bitten by a dog at Dallas, Tex. Anslinger and Ruppel were im- | pressed by the number of those ar- | rested who were former convicts and in some cases out on parole. Postal inspectors, too, joined in the raid, in view of the use of the mails The chief of the Baltimore Narcotic Bureau, it was disclosed, had made many purchases by mail. Drive Held Only Start. In Cleveland, narcotics officials | described the day's activities as *just a start.” The tale of luring school- children to try dope-taking aroused the agents to redoubled efforts. With that angle of the case they connected a woman known only as “Jane” and said to be the wife of a prominent Cleveland business man. She, so the agent's story went, named Tony Sam Testa, manager of the boxer Babe Triscaro, as having offered to furnish her with narcotics free of charge if she would entice pupils of the Addison Junior High 8chool into becoming addicts. Testa was arrested, together with his brother James; a Chinese, Jim Hong, chef at the Elite Social Club, and seven others, including three | women, Helen Davis, Ethel Blagdon | and Jean Wood. 20 JAILED IN GOTHAM. Nation-Wide Ring Seen Broken With Arrest of Score. NEW YORK, December 8 (P).—| After weeks of preparation, Federal agents today opened a series of Lar- cotic raids in the metropolitan area | six ye | in the Be: | was a d |'a hermitage. | country-wide Which by nightfall had netted a score | of prisoners. The Government men | Drugs Seized in Raid and Woman Injured in Leap Littering the table. in upper photo, is an assortment of nar- cotics seized in a Baltimore hotel during a raid which set off a ide drive. Federal agents it was the largest batch of ver seized in the Maryland and the peddlers op- er business. The ture at rear of table is that of Mrs. Florence Oppleman. in whose apartment much contraband was found Below: Mrs. Fannie Stein, who jumped from & second-story win- dow during the raid is being Wwheeled to an ambulance. The woman suffered a broken leg and fractured elbow. Agents said she had no connection with the nar- cotic peddlers. P. Photos. WOMAN WHO FLED TO EDEN IN PACIFIC SOON TO GO HOME (Continued From First Page) is anchored at Black Beach Road anchorage, at the old convict island of Charles, in the Galapagos archipelago. Capt, Hancock said he will convey Frau Dore to Guayaquil, Ecuador. There, through Capt. Hancock's kind- ness, she will purchase the first clothes she has bought in more than . and get a ticket back to Germany The end of Frau Dore’s dream re- calls the party that was given in 1928, in home of Dr. Ritter. He al research expert, and raw food faddi He was an inventor, too, having been credited with mak- ing the first stainless steel plates for | dentition. Woman Liked Scheme. A dreamer, for 25 years he had thought of finding a paradise in some lonely island in the Pacific, far from civilization, where he could establish He had talked of this with Frau Dore S ich Koerwin, one of his patients, who liked his ideas about raw focds. The ta turned to plans for a Garden of Eden. Then this party in Berlin. Dr. Ritter's wife, an opera singer, entertained. Frau Dore’s hus- band, a Berlin gymnasium professor, was there too. Finally the guests made 13 arrests in New York City and 7 in Newark, N. J. The largest group of prisoners was taken in the San Juan Hill district, just north of the West Side Manhat- tan area known as “Hell's Kitchen.” Operatives, who had rented an apartment there six weeks 8go, rounded up nine colored prrsonsi whom they termed the leaders of a | narcotic ring. The| prisoners were held in bail ranging from $1,000 to $3,500 for grand jury‘ action. District Supervisor Frank L. Igoe. | who led the raids, said they would be continued tomorrow and Monday. | Are Your Shoes Ready for Winter? SHOE REPAIRING went home. Auf weidersehn's were said. Dr. Ritter said farewell to his wife. Frau Dore farewell to her hus- band. So started the journey to the most lonely island in the world, that a century ago Darwin had described as a naturalist’s paradise. Ritter and his mate, who went about their island home unclad. strug- gled hard against nature in the raw, but were happy. Two years later an- other German family went there—Al- bert Charles Whittman, known also as Wittmer; his wife Margaret and a 12-year-old blind stepson. Baroness Brought Turmoil. Three years ago the sensational Baroness Eloise Bonsquet de Wagner came trom Paris and Vienna with two men. Ritter wrote of turmoil in the baroness proclaiming herself empress. Now she has vanished with one of her companions, Dr. Robert Philipson. The thirst-ravaged body of the other, Alfred Rudolph Lorenz, was found three weeks ago on a waterless island a hundred miles away. Capt. Han- cock reported this week he had learned the baroness had driven Lorenz from the island. Last January Capt. Hancock brought | a pitiable plea from Frau M. Strauch | of the Galapagos | of Berlin, mother Eve, that her daughter return to Ber- lin. The Eve decided to remain with her mate. Now tragedy has turned her thoughts | to her mother, and she is going home, Shop Early HMake up your Christmas Bud- get now and do your shopping Monthly Deposit For 12 Months $10.00 $15.00 Loan $120 $180 New Hormone Promising Ulcer Control Found by Scientists By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO. December 8.—Discovery of a new hormone that gives promise of effective control and treatment of stomach ulcers was announced tonight by Drs. Andrew Ivy and Harry Green- gard of the Northwestern University Medical School. Named “enterogastrone,” the new | hormone in laboratory experiments slowed down the acid secretions and | spasms associated with duodenal and | gastric ulcer. The discovery culminated four years | of research by the scientists in the | functions of the intestinal lining. They succeeded in first isolating entero- | gastrone and later producing it in the | laboratory in sufficient purity to per- mit injection into dogs without harm- | ful effect. | Actual use of the hormone in treat- ment of human patients awaits only its production in chemically pure form, but Dr. Ivy was unable tonight to pre- dict how soon this could be achieved. “The effect of ‘entergastrone,’ " said the announcement from the medical school. “on a normal stomach is to slow up its secretion and movement, thus bringing on a condition of stag- nation. But in cases of gastric or duodenal ulcer, which are ordinarily accompanied by excessive acid secr tion and movement, ‘enterogastrone’ brings conditions back to normal, giv- ing nature a chance to heal the lesions.” ‘The scientists pointed out that two types of hormones are known to medi- cine—one of the stimulating type, en- hancing chemical action in the body, the other having a quieting, inhibiting effect on bodily secretion or action. “Enterogastrone” is of the latter type. FE ERRS IN SAYING SUICIDE HER HUSBAND | Dead Man Not That of Leroy l C. Betts, ware Reveals EWI | Brother in Dela- By e Associated Press READING., Pa., December 8 —Belief that the body of a man found near Boyertown November 28 was that of Leroy Cecil Betts, 27, of Milford, Del., was abandoned definitely tonight after | State police talked with Betts’ brother, Kenneth, in Wilmington. | Kenneth told State Police Sergt.| Edward Sickel he had a telephone | conversation with Leroy Betts yes- terday. The tentative identification was made Wednesday by Betts' wife, Rose, | Moes Agate (shown), I(,)nyx_. Persi: WATERMAN'S GIVES YOU ALL and her father, Rev. A, Maconaghy, of East Mauch Chunk. Mrs. Betts said she had not seen her husband for five years. The dead man’s lips were sealed | with adhesive tape and a chloroform- | soaked rag had been stuffed into his | mouth. Death was caused by a bullet through the head. A certificate of suicide was issued. i 402 CABS ATTACHED ST. LOUIS, December 8 (#).—A motor acceptance corporation, hold- | ing $70,000 in notes on which it al- leges there is $17,000 in payments due, tonight attached the 402 Yellow Cabs operated here by the American Taxi- | cabs, Inc. About 300 employes of the company, | including 255 drivers, were thrown | Ithe close of the week. ARMS QUIZ TURNS 10 CHEMIGAL DATA Garvin Due to Be Heard To- morrow on Government Control. By the Associated Prass. The Senate’s investigation of an aroused munitions industry will delve this week into the military import- ance of great chemical plants and the relationships between their operators here and abroad. In addition, the committee plans to produce more evidence on the at- titude and maneuverings of the arms makers in connection with the sev- eral embargoes which have been im- posed on shipments of arms and ex- plosives to the war-torn sections of the globe. No sooner had Francis P. Garvin, president of the American Chemical Foundation, heard the suggestion of Stephen Raushenbush, committee sec- retary, that effective disarmament must include governmental control of the chemical plants than he hastened to Washington with a glint in his eye and an assertion that he'd have plenty to say. Assured He Will Be Heard. He broke into Friday's proceedings, which saw the Du Ponts launch a vigorous drive against governmental control, to make sure he would be heard tomorrow. Chairman Nye told him with an ironic inflection he need not worry, but what he would be called to the stand. The Du Ponts, who have extensive chemical interests in addition to their | plants for the manufacture of ex- plosives and their subsidiary gun-mak- | ing company, Remington, will be ready, too, to continue their attack upon the committee’s methods and Chairman Nye's announced objective of governmental munitions ownership. During a week which saw the intro- duction of voluminous documentary and oral evidence on both the chemi- cal industry and the armsmakers’ ac- tivities in embargoes and treaties, the Du Ponts, notably Irenee du Pont, were sharp and frequent in their criti- cism of the committee. | This attitude reached its climax at| Statements were forthcoming from company offi- cials that governmental control would bring more, not less, arms making They said it was just as reasonable to take over the farms and industries producing the needed raw materials as to take control of the chemical plants. | Hoover Mentioned. ‘The outburst came after a series of developments. prominent among which were these: ! Herbert Hoover, as Secretary of Commerce, in 1925 called a meeting of munitions manufacturers regara- ing the approaching Geneva conven- tion on the control of international arms shipments. Meeting with the | munitions men were State Department | officials and delegates to the ‘con- vention out of work. Hoover issued a statement at Palo! Relieved of Job FORMER AIDE DROPPED BY HITLER. GOTTFRIED FEDER, A founder of the Nazi party, whose theories expounded in a Munich beer saloon persuaded Adolf Hitler to become a Nazi, has been re- lieved of his governmental and party offices and pensioned by Hitler himself. Feder, drafter of the Nazi party program and its chief economic theorist, was under- secretary of state for economics and commissar for homesteading. —Wide World Photo. CURFEW ENFORCEMENT IS ORDERED IN CHICAGO By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 8 —Orders to clamp down on Chicago dawn spots | violating the curfew ordinance went out to police today from Mayor E. J. Kelly. 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