Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-16
M'CABE USES HARSH TERMS
Solicitor Replies to Testimony Of
Chemists.
DID NOT CHANGE COURT RECORDS
He says Missouri Tribunal Rendered
Opinion on Point Not Charged
in COmplaint-Dr. RuEby
on the stand.

! WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-Dr. Henry Il.
Rusby, dean Of the New York College Of
Pharmacy, whose employment as q govern
ment drug expert at 1890 & year has
brought criticism and threatened dismissal
on Dr. H. W. Wiley. chief Of the bureau
Of chemistry Of the Department OF Agrt-
/ culture, and his associates, testified today
before the house committee which is inves-
tiga1ing the matter. Solicitor McCabe also
/ testified.
Mr. McCabe appeared at his own request
20 refute statements rejecting on him
/ made by officials OF the chemistry bureau.
! He was asked whether there was q regu-
lstion in the department against employees
holding stock in private companies
He produced an order of Secretary Nor
ton. issued in 1906 prohibiting employees
from holding stock in corporations in lines
4 Of work on which they were engaged
There was another order. said Mr
McCabe prohibiting employees OF the chem
istry bureau from giving information to
district attorneys IN cases affecting the
department. He defended this order de-
clRring that we would have chaos II all
our inspectors were writing to United
States attorneys on our cases and giving
their views and ideas Of how the cases
should be handled
] MI. NCSdpe QtCldTeQ Inc 1000 dDQ drugs
act had been vigorously and effectively
enforced" He explained the Missouri court
Judgment in which he had changed ben
Eoic acid" TO 'caffein." He said the de-
partment had not charged that the ar
tcle was adulterated with benzoic acid and
that the suit had not been brought on that
charge i want TO make il clear to the
committee that ! have not falsified nor
changed court records said Mr.. McCRbe
II DR.. Kebler testified that officials Of
| the Bureau OF Chemistry are prohibited
| from giving information TO members OF
congress- he lied" declared Solicitor Nc
| Csbe 10 the committee When members OF
the committee objected to such language
Mr.. McCabe modified the statement 10
'fslsehood" and he finally was induced tc
withdraw IL altogether DR.. Kebler is DR.
! Wiley's assistant Former Representative
Hepburn OF Iowa, attorney for DR.. Wiley
was reprimanded by the committee dur
ing the discussion for declaring that the
remark was illustrative Of the character
Of the witness"
DR.. Rusby on Stand.
When DR.. Rusky took the stand TODAY
Representative Floyd asked;
Are you connected with the government
serv1ceT"
Il have been" said DR.. Rusby but
don't know whether ! am or not"
Have you had any notice Of dismisssl-
No. but ! haven't received any salarg
lately and my expense accounts are al
held up"
DR.. Rusby said that he received SO q day
from the government for the time he
worked when first employed In 1909 this
was reduced TO 50 a day because the gov
eminent could not pay more. Later he DE-
manded $50 a day for an appearance az ar
expert in court. but this was refused. Ths
s. 500 a year contract for eighty days work
then was made with him. DIT. Rusby said
that IN reality he worked more than eighty
days q year.
DR.. Wiley took the stand, but he had
barely finished a recital Of his official serv-
ice when the committee adjourned until
tomorrow.