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Show M' its iuvrn. m i (.OIINIII who his been indicted on charge of pi inning to blon up munitions phnts along with ( C Cnnle and Biron Wilhclm on Hrincl en attache of the Gennm consul itc at San 1 rancisco BIG OPIUM SEIZURE AT 9NJIHEISGD Deadly Drug Worth $850, 000 Brought Over From China By I ten at onal News tervi e SAN FRANCIS O Dec 0 Bight hundred and fifty thousand do lars worth ef opium which arrived here from China upon the Japanese steamer Set o Maru billed to Sallna Crux, was today eized by the port officials and dc la red contra band under section 5 of tl e opium act This la the largest seizure of opium ever made in the United States Through the confession of Angela Tovie fireman upon the steamer San Ramona, . who was arrested in connect on with the , seizure federal officials be leve that the capture of II. Grobe known from coast to coast as the "king of smugglers and al leged head of a natlona ring of op m traffickers, is but a matter of hours. To s declares Grobe is at present run nlng a barroom 1n Saltna Cruz Mexico Grobe was Indl ted by a federal grand jurv m New o k some months ago made his escape by a spe ta ular night flight and has been a fugl e from Jos tice since Customs and departn en of justice agents have been searc Ing for him through many states of t e union and In Mexico Grobe Is al eged to ha e agen s in a dozen large western cities wo he keeps supplied with opium and other narcotics That caiirm Cruz is the clearing house for opium that finds it wav by subter ranean channels Into a I sections of this country and which is bro ght In o that port from the orient n great quant ties was proved almost bevond a doub by the seizure Collector of the Port Javis sa s he will keep the fortune In opium in the customs house for a few days after which It will be buried according to aw It is understood that the opl m was shipped bv a powerful orporat on of wea thv Chinese whose raff c in the drug amounts to millions yea ly |