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Show MAY REVEAL A PLOT OF GREAT MAGNITUDE New York, Aug. 16. United States customs inspectors recently made a seizure of opium in Hohoken, X. J., which, it Is believed, may reveal a plot of great magnitude lo swln.lle the government. Three arrests were made, and the men were charged with having brought in 12 pounds of op'imi bought in Shanghai. Congress passed a bill In February which makes It a crime to have opium without proof of puichase from an authorised source of supply. The penally is noi more thou $5,000 nor less than f.'u fln or not mnre than two years' implrHOiimcnt, or both. |