Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-21
Postoffices and the United
States Court officers
Simultaneously Arrest
Men Throughout Country
CHARGE USE OF MAILS
FOR IMMORAL PLANS
Contributing to Race Sui
eide by Advertising Means
for Criminal Practice
Leads to Many Arrests.

Washington, D. c., Nov. 20.-Post
Office inspectors and United States
marshals in seventy-two leading cities
of the country began today practically
simultaneous raids for the arrests OF
173 persons charged with using the
mails to promote criminal medical
practices or the sale of drugs and In
struments used for illegal purposes.
All of the arrests are TO be made fol
alleged violation of section 211 of the
penal code Of the United States, which
bars from the mails any vile OF
obscene matter whether sealed or un
sealed; any advertisements, letter OF
circular proposing or, suggesting Grim
1nal practices; or any packet contain
Ing any substance, drug or thing in.
tended to be used for immoral or un
lawful purposes.
Work Of Several Months.
Chief Inspector Robert Sharp of the
postofffce department, and many Of
his force Of 800 inspectors have been
working upon the cases for many
months. The development of plans
which eliminated today is the most
extensive raid in the history Of any
n Strict enforcement of municipal and
state laws in the east Is said by the
postal authorities to account for the
comparatively few arrests in the large
cities in that part Of the country, but
i is said by the postofflce inspectors
that hot bedsof this sort of criminal
dty Is in the Pacific coast states.
Complaints From Coast.
r N~s% ort - \
ly little difficulty obtaining mass of
evidence against accused persons.
In San Francisco fictitious name was
used by several well known physicians
who employed woman to do the
necessary advertising and clerical
work. Cases were solicited by CORES
pondence and by printed circulars
sent through the mails. Scores Of
complaints have been received by the
department from respectable women,
complaining of the receipt of this
class of matter.
Many Arrests Made.
The number of arrests to be made
In the respective cities follow:
New York 2; Pittsburgh Z; Indian.
apolis 5; Chicago 8; st. Paul 5; Fort
Worth 4; st. Louis 3; Omaha 4;
Oklahoma City 5; Portland, Ore, 9;
Denver S; Seattle 8; Spokane s; San
Francisco 7; Oakland, Cal, 8; Los
Angeles 8; San Jose 8; Mobile 3; Mar
ietta, Ohio, 8: Dallas 3 Buffalo 3.
Two each in Albany, Washington,
Memphis, Birmingham Cleveland,
Steubenvil1e, Ohio, Duluth, Winona,
Mimi, San Antonia. Houston, New
Orleans, Kansas City, Topeka, Ale.
media. Cal.
One each in Atlanta, Cincinnati, To-
ledo, Minneapolis, Galveston, Salt
Lake City, Ithaca and Elmira, N. Y,
East Orange, N. j., Lancaster and
Pine Bank, Pa, Cumberland, Md.
Charleston and Columbia, S. c., Jack
sonville, Columbus. Sprinfield. Mt.
Vernon, Dayton and Convey, Ohio, Ft.
Wayne and Terre Haute, Ind, Peoria,
ILL.,, Kalamazoo and Iron River, Mich,
Holden, Mo-, Muskagee, Okla, Wich-
ita, KAN Council Bluffs, Iowa, Belling-
ham, Crescent and Tacoma, Wash,
Sacramento, Petaluma, Fresno ard
Glendale, Cal
Ten Arrested in Chicago.
Chicago, Nov 20.-Ten arrests were
made here today by postal inspectors
in a nationwide movement against
doctors and persons advertising meth
DDS conducive to race suicide. 1t was
declared raids were being made sim
ultaneously all over the country. The
specific charge against the persons ar
rested is using the mails in connection
with business under the ban Of the
government.
Three Arrested in Omaha.
Omaha, Nebr, Nov. 20-Dr. w. A.
Burke, DR.. CIaudius Dibbern and DR..
B. Pribbenow of Omaha were arrested
today on indictments by the federal
grand jury charging the mailing of
matter. prohibited by the postal laws.
James A. Clark, druggist Of Coun-
cilBluffs was arrested on similar
charge today.
Editor Found Not Guilty.
Clarmore, Okla. Nov. 20.-H. H. JEFF
fries, editor of the Nowita Advertiser
was acquitted today of the charge Of
numbering Mrs. Irene Goheen an ad-
vertisng solicitor employed by him.
The jury returned the verdict Of not
guilty at 80 this morning after de-
liberating since yesterday.
Dumb Boy Finds Speech.
New York, Nov. 20.-Among the
wonders Of surgery seen here ~ the
$500 members OF the clinical congress
was an operation that had surprising
development today, when Terence Dew
itt sfnt1pds scpa<ch for ff,e rcf fine i1,I