DOPE FIENDS
GETTING CURED
SlSCE LAW PASSED HUNDREDS j
OF VICTIMS ENTER JAIL
VOLUNTARILY.
(Special to Gateway by United Frees)
NEW YORK, Feb. 2.—Their supply
of cocaine, morphine and other kinds
of dope greatly curtailed by the fed
eral anti-dope legislation, hundreds of
dopers, men and women from all
walks of life, are flocking to this city
and begging or confessing their way
into Blackwells Island penitentiary,
where Prison Physician Dr. Ernest F.
Bishop is having remarkable success
in absolutely curing the victim® of
haait forming drugs. Two Broadway
theatrical stars, one a man and one
a woman, recently went before a
magistrate and confessed, under as
sumed names, that they were drug |
users, just so they would be sent to
the island. Both have just emerged
from the voluntary prison term, cur-,
ed. It is a common happening in
magistrates courts here no^ lor
dopers to walk in, ask to be arrested
and confess so they will be sent to
the prison. However, there is noj
drug “curoM at Blackwell's. Commia- j
sioner of Correction Burdette G. j
Lewis says the same cure should be
effected by any intelligent and ordin
arily competent physician who will
quit looking upon dopers as the'
victims of a habit and diagnose each
individual case from the standpoint
of a peculiarly individual disease
Said he: “There is no prescribed
method followed by the city physi-1
cians. Dr. Bishop is responsible for
the record made at the hospital. It
was his theory that drug taking, like'
the excessive drinking of alcoholic
stimulant*, was not a habit, but a
disease. On that hypothesis he began
studying all drug users committed to
Blackwell’s Island for cure, and made
individual records of each case.
“The human system generates a
certain amount of toxic poison to off
set the drugs which are taken by the
users, but as no two human systems
are alike Dr. Bishop found that in
dividual diagnosis of each case was
necessary before he could prescribe
an efficacious treatment. No two per
sons are treated alike. Of course,
rest, exercise and medicines of one
kind and another are part of the
treatment. No particular kind of a
drug is used, I am sure, to offset the
craving for cocaine or morphine, or
whatever the patient was in the habit
of using. Numerous persons have
tempted Dr. Bishop to say he had a
formal treatment for all cases, but I
know* that is not so. One of the first
things he does, however, is to cleanse
the system of as much poisonous drug
as possible.”
“Almost every day one or more
come here,” said Mr. Lewis. “There
was a man in here this morning who
said he wanted to rid himself of the
drug habit. I advised him to go be
fore Chief Magistrate McAdoo, plead
guilty to using drugs and be commit
ted to Blackwell’s Island. He lost no
time in doing so.” Mr. Lewis said the
cases admitted to the Blackwell’s Isl
and Hospital revealed that the
amount of drugs obtainable from il
legitimate sources was small.
“There has not been a case of seri
ous collapse from sudden cessation of
drugs admitted to the island in three
months now,” he said. “In the hos
pital today are seven women and six
men. A year and a half ago the
ward, which ha* a capacity of forty,
was always filled, and w’e had a list
of prisoners awaiting treatment
EMPRESSTHEATRE
Thurs., Feb. 17th, 8:15 Sharp
Daniel Frohman Presents
The Distinguished Dramatic Actor,
Bruce Me Rea
In the Famous Political Romance,
"The Ring and the Man"'
By CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY
PARAMOPN f pictures are entertaining, educational and artistic
Admission 25 cents Children 10 cents
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SCANDINAVIA
MAKESJORTUNE
EVEN CLERKS BECOME MIL
LIONAIRES BY THE
WAR BOOM.
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(Special to Gateway by United Press)
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 2.—Scandin
avia is enjoying a tremendous war
boom. It is more or less common to
Sweden, Denmark and Norway, but
so far as appearances go, it is most
pronounced in Norway. Sweden has
sold to the belligerents, especially to
Germany, immense amounts of raw
and finished products, including war
munitions, though these latter sales
were not countenanced by the Swedish
government. Denmark, being separ
ated from Germany only by an im
aginary line instead of a stretch of
mined and dangerous water, has done
still better. The lion’s share of the
war business, however, has gone to
Norway.
The Norwegians have profited, to
some extent, like Sweden and Den
mark, by sales of their own goods to
the belligerent nations, especially to
Germany, but it has been as middle
men that the bulk of their business
has been done. Norway was the
world’s third maritime nation when
i the war broke out England ranked
first, Germany second. England still
j ranks first but even the British mer
cantile marine has suffered heavily
from the destruction incidental to
, war. Germany’s merchant shipping
has been out of commission altogeth
er sinco the early days of hostilities.
This was Norway’s chance.
Compared with Norway, Americas
war boom has been a small affair.
This is speaking relatively, of course.
In actual dollars and cents the
! European struggle unquestionably
has brought more money to the
United States than to any other
country. Comparatively Norway has
ben the big gainer. That is, the Nor
wegians are richer by the struggle to
the extent of about $200,000,000 in
actual cash thus far. To properties
I they already ow ned there has been
I added a value of approximately as
! much more. This is on a basis of a
population of 2,500,000.
An addition to $80 per capita to
; Norway’s wealth in a year and a half
has been felt emphatically. It has
meant a boom such as the old world
has not seen hitherto in historic
times. Millionaires have been created
wholesale. Many of them are mil
lionaires only in kroner—a krona be
ing in the neighborhood of 27 conts—
: but a jump from nothing, in 18
months, to a fortune of $250,000 to
I $270,000, which has happended in
hundreds of cases, is not so bad. The
big old shipping firms have profited
in actual millions of dollars. The
new'ly made millionaires in Norweg
j ian money are mainly mere clerks in
shipping houses, or working officers
of ocean going craft who were able
to command a little credit and branch
! ed out in business for themselves.
Numbers of the newly-made mag
nates have never owned a ship. They
have bought vessels in course of con
struction or invested merely in char
ters and have been able to transfer
either their unfinished craft or their
charters, so rapid was the increase in
the demand for bottoms at huge ad
Howard and Hamilton
Watches!
•ft
I
George the Jeweler
vances, sometimes in the course of no
more than a few days. War taxes
have been high, but profits have been
so much higher that the taxes have
hardly been felt. The Norwegians
count on being the world’s second
maritime power when the war ends.
Only England, they believe, will lead
them. Neither do they believe their
boom will burst with the struggle’s
end.
Shipbuilding, with the exception of
warships, has been practically at a
standstill since fighting began, they
point out. This means, they say, that
the supply of vessels has not been
kept up in proportion to the world'6
increasing demand. More than this,
emphasis is laid on the fact that there
has been, first ami last, a heavy de
struction of ocean-going craft by
mines and submarines, adding great
ly to tiie shortago the w'orld already
feels and will feel still more keenly
with the Post-bellum rovival of inter
national trade.
When you need underwear remem
ber our fine Merino random, at $3.00
per suit. Brown & Hawkins, “Quality
First.”
All the leading grocery store* are
handling Sno*wflake Bread. When
ordering bread from your grocer, in
sist on having it wrapped in sanitary
Snowflake wrappers.
“Jersey Cream Kisses,” VANILLA
FLAVOR. A pure food candy, made
in Seward Alaska. For sale at the
Key.
Our three for $1.00 “Bargain Sox”
are the best in town for the money.
Whito and gray. Brown & Hawkins,
“Quality First.”
Black Diamond, second mined run
coal. $10 per ton delivered from
i dock. Alaska Transfer Co. 2-1014
Ladies’ and childrens' furnishings
j at Butt's.
■ i ■ ■ ■
Smoke the Key special. Always
good. Sold only at the Key.
“Wright’s” Union Suits give satis
faction.—URBACH'S.
Ranges, heating and camp stoves
l at Brown & Hawkins, “Quality First.”
—
You have read about the Raisin
j Bread, made from Sun Maid Raisins?
I We make it. Try it. We’re at The
| Home Bakery.
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Long distance telephone booth at
The Branch.
See the ready made skirts and
' waists at Butt’s.
Noodle Cafe. Phone Main 111.
Tray service receives prompt at
tention. 10-6—tf.
Star Naptha Washing powder
makes washing easy. Twenty cents
per pkg. Brow n & Hawkins, “Quality
First.”
Diamond “W” and Magnolia brands
steel-cut coffee.—URBACH'S.
Best cigarc and refreshments at
Terminal Bar. See ad. 11-1—tf
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Seward-made candies. Johnston
Chocolates fresh from the factory.
Also fruits. 12-16—tf
| Fox’s Oyster Cocktails at the
Branch.
Medlicott Scotch Woof Undenvear
for men—URBACH’S.
Good Eating!
Every Day Something Good at
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NEWS NOTES
The manner in which mistakes are
made in newspapers was illustrated
today in the case of the man who was
injured while working on the dock.
When a reporter asked one of the
bosses for particulars he was told
that a chain broke and hit the man in
the face. From another source it was
learned that the man’s last name was
Geach. The facts a6 stated by the
foreman is that the man was injured
by a broken “dog” and that his name
is Hugo Fels. This is one of the ex
amples which ought to have educa
tional elements for those who are so
quick to find fault.
Arthur Meloche and A1 Wolfe
reached Bird creek last night and ex
pect easy traveling the rest of the
way. They have five of the dogs that
Joe Martindale brought here.
J. F. Lavarne, a builder and con
tractor of Spokane, is in the city but
will go out for a while soon. He says
that while in the east recently almost
everyone he met expressed the inten
tion of coming to Alaska at the open
ing of the season.
NOTICE TO ODD FELLOWS
All Odd Fellows in Seward, whether
delinquent or in good standing, arr
requested to meet in the onice of I)r,
O. J. Keating over the Harrimar
National Bank on the evening ol
Thursday, February 17.
This meeting is called at the re
quest of the district deputy grand
master, and business of utmost im
portance will come before the meet
ing.
2-16—2t. C. E. MULUN.
Chicago prices on made to measure
suits at “URBACH'S.”
Job printing of every description at
The Gateway.
Mackinaws, Pants, Socks, Soots,
Packs, Underwear. Anything you
need. SEWARD COMMERCIAL CO.
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the original place. Always try “The
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Objection—
If your coal dealer de
livered only three-quar
ters of a ton of coa 1 ,
and charged you for a.
full ton, you would ob
ject—and refuse "to pay
the bill. The same
principle applies in
the fuel consumption
of a heater—why use a
heater that wastes one
quarter of your
fuel?
Great Western OaK
consumes all carbon and ^ases—none es
capes up chimney. Scientific flue system
discharges heated air through slotted open*
in^S rUfht over fire; and through mica door
you can clearly see the shooting flames —
representing the burning ^ases. In actual
use, you can feel the increased heat —
and decreased amount of coal used Be
convinced by an inspection*
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I “PALACEJ1NGLES" ,
The Outside Bunch are milling
Like flies around a lamp
Because we've got $2,000,000,
And it's bound to make a camp.
■. ... ...
Hard times are soon forgottea
Now let every fellow try
To paint a rosy future
With a drop of Sherwood Rye.
“ PALACE JINGLES "
There’s a welcome at the Palace •
That makes good with the Bunch.
So call and join the booster’s Club,
When next you get a hunch,
Come try our Scotch or Sherwood,
Or smoke a good cigar.
And then you'll boost for Sherwood,
And The Famous Palace Bar.
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Furnished. Rooms for Men
JOE MORRIS Cafe and Lunch Counter in Connection [ BILL DEVINE