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Show ITI OF IMII TELLS STORY OF EMIRS From general manager of one of tho largest department stores In Syracuse, New York, to a tramp, hobo, and a "dope" fiend. That is the history ,of George Carlson, who claims Syracuse as his home. , Carlson told a story replete In human hu-man interest. Whether it is true orj ihe result of a dope-spurred imagina-i lion nobody knows but anyway it's . interesting. j He shWed Captain Jones scars up- on his wrists. These scars, he declar- ed, were the result of an attempt at suicide. While in a hospital in Mox-j ico City, he says he slashed the art or ( lcs. The arrival of a nurse prevented his bleeding to death. j Twenty-two years ago, according to j his statements today, lie was manager ( and part owner of a large store in Syr-, acuse drawing down a fine salary-Tie salary-Tie had scores of friends and wealth was his. His downfall" was caused by "dope." In a street car accident in his home , town years ago, he was severely injur- j od and for months ho lay at death's door. j. One injection of morphine turned the trick. Carlson fell Into the1 clutches of "dope.0 He lost his posi-i lion, his friends, his money. In the fall' lof 1912, Carlson said that he was eon-' fined to his bed at a hospital In Mex-! ico. With the aid of a priest ho started start-ed to reform. For three months he re sisted the dreaded drug. One afternoon after-noon he had a relapse, just as he was1, preparing to depart to visit .his agcdj! mother, with the result that another J shot of morphine, placed him back I n j : thralldom. i , Carlson's mother died later while he j was undergoing treatment. ( He claims to hnve served in the'( Philliplnes with Gen. John J. Persh-,, ing during the war with Spain. Carlson says he made another at- tempt to reform during the Avar. De- I siring to "do his bit" he says he went : to work for Uncle Sam at Nitro, West I Virginia. For three months he touch-ji ed no drug. Then there was an acci-1 1 dent. He broke two or three ribs. A's doctor wished, to be kind and gave him a "shot." This ended his period of i roform. U Carlson had 2 cents and a. gold rlngr today. He says he requires three I "shots" daily and never fails to get ! them, no matter where ho is or whcth-'( er he has money or not. on i 5 |