The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-25
CAFFINE DID
NOT HURT HIS
LITTLE Pigs
EXPERIMENTS EXPLAINED AT
THE cocA-coLA HEARING
BY WITNESS.
WILL NOT give The FORMULA
Or. Vaughn Admits His Book Contains
False Observation-Disclosures
Confused by Testimony.
(By Associated PreSs.)

Chattanooga, Tenn, March 25.-Al- s
though Judge Sanford ruled in the h
Federal court that the coca-cola peo- |
pie must disclose the composition of I
the principal ingredient used in the
manufacturs of coca-cola syrup, the
government was not enlightened on
that subject today in the hearing of
the case of the United States against
forty barrels and twenty kegs of the
beverage. During his testimony DR..
L. Schaefer, of haywood, N. j., the
manufacturer of merchandise No. s."
stated that some of the extract of both |
coca and kola was used in the manu-
facture of the mysterious concoction.
DR.. Victor C. Vaughn, dean of the
medical department. of the University
of Michigan, was the first witness of
the day, having been on the stand
when court adjourned last night. On
cross-examination he told of his ex-
perience in experimenting on guinea
pigs with caffeine. He said he could
not discover any difference in the con-
dition of the pigs which he had given
caffeine and those which he had fed
and had given no caffeine. He said
that caffeine was not injurious to
+ fiuinea pigs, but admitted that two
Q of the animals died during the treat
+ ment with the drug. He also said that
t one of the pigs which had taken no
;. caffeine died during his experiments.
f He would not say positively that caf-
e feline was not a habit-forming drug,
o but was of the opinion that it was not.
n Admits FaIsehoods In Book.
h Questioned by District Attorney Cox
S in regard to book which he had writ
e ten and which contained the state
i ment that caffeine was a poison, DR..
e Vaughn admitted that there were sew
eral things in his book which were
IS not true, and many subjects treated
of which he had no knowledge.
Dr. Schaefer gave the process oi
making merchandise No 5" used in
the coca-cola syrup. He stated that
n the article contained a portion of both
u coca and kola.
DR.. Schaefer stated that to 900 gal
Ions of diluted alcohol, in reality Cali
fornia wine, he used 3S5 pounds o
% coca leaves, and 125 pounds of kol'
o. nuts, from all of which the entire
IN amounts of cocaine and associated
It, akaloids We're extracted the alcoho
Y. being of a strength represented in p
m per cent. The cocaine and aklaloid
III extracted are only one-twentieth o
IL the entire weight of the coca leave
IT. and kola nuts. Machinery is used TO
lr- the percolating process in the manu-
facture and the infusions are CON
bined mechanically and chemically
The Coca-Cola company use Is gallon
of the resulting merchandise No. 8
to 1,250 gallons of the finished syruI
+ McCandIess Becomes Confused.
80 DR.. John NJ. McCandless, of Atlanta
analytic chemist, said he had analyze
20 twenty-five cups of coffee obtained
- various restaurants in Atlanta an
=, found an average of 1872 grains of ca
-. feline to the cup. He said he had nc
~ analyzed cocacola. DR.. McCandles
=, was confronted by an article he ha
-. written and which was published
the New York Observer in 1909, Will
- DR.. McCandless was state chemist fC
~, Georgia, in which he said with refe
ence TO the analysis of coca-cola 9Th
- worst thing l found in coca-cola wa
% caffeine"
nm. The presentation of this article eN
IA. IDENTIFY confused the witness.
at DR.. ]. A. Wesener, of Chicago, wi
ny. qualified as a chemist and pharmacii
said he had analyzed coca-cola, al
. :. found it to contain 1.21 grains OF CT
= feline to the glass. He said he did n
:. think caffeine is a poison. DR.. Yves
:: ner is the first of the experts yet {
Z. amined who has said that caffeine
. :. not a poison.