The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-06
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UP0N'Y0 ! N J men ! len
Dr.. Wiley Again Making Expert p
t,1ents as to Effect on Httn1ai,
System Of "Preservatioils.
POISON SQUAD i. VOLUNTEER y Y j i l::IE'
Close Watch Kept OH Results,
Which Are Of Great Value to
the Department..

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II w ftrron our Regular corrospondont.)
-vAsTi1NGTON,AD b. 81, August 5.4--Dr.,
wiley. chief chemist and pure food e e:
pert 81 tho Department q Agriculture
Is forming q new poison sduad,' for ' the
purpose OF testing the effect which cor col +
tain dyes used In the preparation OF food
products l,nvc upon the system. Experl-
ments conducted with q yiow to nscs d,
tanning tile erect o. certain chemicals
used III tho preservation OF articles Of
food were very successful, and the de-
lpartment Is now III possession OF great
deal Of information on this subject which
could have boon obtained nsnp other man n
ner than BY subjecttng g number ~ Of
healthy men to experiments covering q
more or less prolonged period. q.
b 6 The information obtained Is y OF csl,e-
Fcial yaluo to tho department Just nt3tllis
( time, when tho pure food low ID going
into effect, and rulings must DO made on
many products prepared with tho use Of
chemicals. v s Bfi
Poison Squad N
Is The "poison squad, " as It has been.
donominnted by tho newspapers, consists
& OF. six or eight young men emp Dyes CT
the departments, who submit themselves
to Dr. w LEY Tor perimentation. 'Fheyi
cat at q table sot In the department but
sleep at their boarding q uses, Every
meal Is served undor tho direction OF
4 representative Of # DR. Wiley and n the
doctor himself keeps a. close swatcll &, !, Oh
the progress Of thoaS eriinents.ai. The
food consists Of usual nrticles, but there
is always In evidence for a period Of sew.
fernl weeks some especial article, prepared
with the use Of q certain cher fcnl' It Is
not the custom to feed the young ipts
moro than one article the effects OF which
upon the systcmsnre desired to BIO noted;
otherwise the effects EWhic Nigh be ex i
Inhibited mlght!be attributed to the wrong
source. Occasionally one-hnlf Of the IL
tsdlundn8iwill be fed q certain article, and
the other half some other, put lleitler
half Is allowed BOTH Ky BIZ VI
tG It Is a somewhat surprising tact that
actically every particle Of scientific IN
formation which the i department pos
sessed upon the subject OF so-calletl
$.'harmlcss presorvntives'' used in tho
preparation Of articles Of food was OBJ
tanned rom these poison squad expert !.
tnents. 1t wns upon the POISON squad
that tho department had4to depeIlti sa o..
flu tely9 for all {informationsn MS to- the erect
\ Of chemicals used In food preparations
when tho pure food bill was under dis
3cuesion&inE Congress this fall YtssEf
8 Certain kinds OF dyes and several pre-
5seryativcs have / not been IL experiment .
&withRatSall It9is for the purpose io1 as q.
$certailiing the effects OF these upon 4she
human system that D WilcyaS."Allli IL Y
knrgurato further periments ana q O. HalI-
dozen or so young m en- VIII recelYe lI .
board !. such$as it 4 Is, from the govern
ment. $at sas Il " 35s
Signed With the Thumb s5l
L Thumb-prnts In ink are being allowed
by the Indian Bureau Of & the Interior l
Department as means Of 81 gnature Dy
INDIANS who cannot sign their N names.
The tlluinb-prints. have been adopted IN
stead of tho conventional CROSS mark,
witch had been IN use for years. The
Indians have SO ten denied the anthem
ITCHY Of the latter that the bureau adopt
$ed the thumb print instead, Tho Indian
nov simply jabs Ills thumb! In the ink
bottle, and then 8presses itS5wllcrc he has
been accustomed at to making his
mark BY means OF d CROSS. Tho thumb
print is used ny the police rs means
foi identifying crimlnals, and has been
found remarkably successful as no two
men llayo boon found to have precisely
tho samo character Of thumb. mo re-
cent treaty between tho government aIee!!
tho Umatilla Indians. Of Washington
State, was signed with indian thumb
prints. n 5y \
The Jamestown Board.
Bs Tho board which is to have charge OF
tho work OF installing the government ex-
{ hjbit at the Jamestown Exposition WILL
moet on next Thursday for the purpose
OF considering the type Of architecture
which should DO adopted by tho super
vistng architect OF the Treasury In erect
ing buildings and Of considering details
or tho exhibits. The board IS composed
OF tho chief clerks OF the various depart-
n,entH. Appointcd ut the request of the
Ter Centenary Commission. which ~
composed of the Secretary OF tho Navy.
tho Secretary Of War and the Secretary
OF the Treasury. It Is understood TINT
tho h'ard will endeavor to duplicate, az
nearly as possible. the government exhibit
"a. tho Portland Ixposition.s "
Commercial Congress.
(l3y Associated Tress.) ST.
KANSAS CITY, August 4 5.--The OH