The San Francisco call., 1905-08-02
ACTION
TO SETTLE FRAY
Commission to Investigate
the State Dental Board
Starts Hearing Witnesses
WAITING FOR LICENSES
Young Dentists Cannot Be
gin to Practice Until the
Whole Trouble Is Ended

I The commission appointed by Lieuten-
ant Governor Alden Anderson 10 investi-
gate the situation now alleged 10 be ex-
fs,ing in the State Dental Board began
lis sittings yesterday morning in room
IS in the Ferry building. The members
of the two contending factions were
there. each represented by attorneys
The board is composed of A. J. Pills
bury chairman. Frank A Cromwell
1secretary) and Frank R. Deviin.
On one side of the board sat DR.. R. H.
Cool and DR.. j. NJ. Dunn. representing one
faction. with their attorney, Russel j.
Lukins; and opposite sat the other fac
ton, known as the solid five. composed
OF Dr.. a. B. Mayhew, DR.. c. A. Herrick.
Or. G. A. White. Dr. z. J Howard and
DR.. f G. Baird, with their attorney,
Walter S. Braun.
Grouped around the room were the
eighty five young dentists who are await
ing the outcome of the findings of the
committee to see whether OF not they
are going 10 receive their licenses to prac-
tice in this State. They took a lively
interest in the proceedings, and expressed
their amusement in such audible terms at
some of the funny sayings Of the wit
nesses that Chairman Pillsbury had 10
admOnish them TO Keep quiet or he would
have the inquiry carried OH with closed
doors.
The attempt TO learn how the alleged
examination questions in anatomy came
into possession of the students prior to
the examination last June occupied the
entire. session Of the day.
DR.. Mayhem prepared these papers, If,
as is limited at by. DR.. Cool, these papers
We're allowed 10 go TO some of the stu
dents, the commission wants TO find how
tie leak came in and where the papers
came from.
TESTIMONY Is TAKEN.
g Dr. Cool was. the first witness. He said
runners came to him soon after the eX-
animation that the questions had. been
given to- the students. IL the questions
had been given, they could only come
from one source and that was from the
doctor who had prepared them. He said
he had not heard any one openly accuse
DR.. Mayhem of. having given out the
questions He himself had judged by the
general. atmosphere that existed at the
time Of the: examination that Mayhem
had given out the papers. He stated that
a the examination, when DR.. Mayhem
appeared on The stage before the stu
dents he 'CDr. Mayhew) had received
rounds of applause. When questioned fur
that he. had received applause, but not
until the last day of the examinations.
He. however, put d. stop to the applause
BY .raIsing his hand. He admitted that
there was feeling in the board which
he designated as more or less family
distUr rbances.'
The beginning Of the feeling between
the members occurred when the board,
moved the office Of the secretary to Jack
son. He said he had never aspired to
be president of. the board, and had
never asked any one to vote for him. He
denied in. an emphatic manner that he
had ever told Dr. Mayhem that he would
ruin Or. Mayhew's practice at Palo Alto
and cause him 10 lose his millionaire
patients living there.
DR.. Cool said that DR.. Steele had
Informed him that questions in ana
tony had been given out, but Steele
would not tell him where he got that
information. Steele had, however,
placed himself on record by addressing
him a letter, which letter was in pos
session of the committee. Mayhew's
name. was. not mentioned in the letter.
When questioned by Attorney Braun
as to- the statements that had appeared
in the Chronicle on Sunday. June IS,
1905, regarding the conditions OF af-
fairs existing in the board, DR.. Cool
replied Il refuse to be interviewed
by reporters
DR.. J.. F. Steele testified that he had
told Dr. Cool that questions of the ex-
animation had been given to him, and
he admitted having written the follow
ing letter ia Dr.. Cool:
SAN FRANCISCO, June. 15 1905.
p. DR.. r. H. Cool; At your request l will
state that 1 Gid hear number of the ques-
tions in anatomy prior 70 the examinations
held by DR. Mayhem June 13, and feel con-
hdent that the questions we're circulated among
eertsin OF the applicants. J. F. STEELE,
607 Washington St, Reno, New.
Before giving the letter TO DR.. Cool
he had a conversation with him. DR..
Coof said to him! Il want things done
fair and sQuare."
DIR. STEELE'S VERSION.