Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-11-27
The Democrat
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MANCHESTER 5s.ya. IOWA
rs PERSONS HELD.
UNCLE SAM MAKES WHOLESALE
ARRESTS IN WAR ON ILLEGAL +
OPERATIONS.
TWELVE CAUGHT IN CHICAGO
Postal Authorities Launch Crusade
Against Exbloiters Of Demands. for
Illegal Devices From Coast to
Coast-72 Cities Involved.

!. Chicago, Nov. ga nationwide
crusade against doctors and other per-
sons advocating methods conducive to
race suicide was begun Wednesday
when many raids were made in near
ly every section of the United States
simultaneously, by postal inspectors.
Ten men and women were arrested
in Chicago alone, but the govern
ments net, spread over the whole
! country, brought in a total of 173 per-
sons from 70 different town and cities.
The defendants are charged with US
ing the mails to promote criminal
medical practices or the sale of drugs
and other materials for illegal pur-
poses. Fiji
"A telegram from Washington says
Postmaster General Hitchcock ordered
4 the arrests made simultaneously.
Questionable medical and surgical
practitioners and proprietors or agents
of drug concerns, charged with Grim
.fnal practices or the sale Of drugs
and instruments used for criminal
purposes" are the persons accused,
according to the dispatch.
The orders directing that informa-
ton be procured against doctors and
other persons practicing methods tend
4 ing toward race suicide were received
\ by postal office inspectors over the
entire country about two months ago.
HIS AS soon as all data against the al
legged illegal practitioners were pro-
cured communications went forth 81
simultaneously from Attorney General
Wickersham directing that the arrests
be made at the same time.
The defendants are charged with
violating section A97 Of the postal
laws and regulations by sending ;Ad-
5vertising matter and articles through
the mails calling attention to various
remedies. The Chicago defendants
were taken to the quarters of United
States Marshal Hoy.
The number of arrests made were
as follows: Chicago, II; Portland,
Ore, 80; Seattle, s: Oakland, Cal, s;
Cincinnati, 8; San Francisco, Z; Pitts
burg, z; Indianapolis, IS; st. Paul, 5;
Denver, 5: Spokane. 5: Oklahoma
City.5; Forth Worth, 4; Omaha, 4;
St. Louis, 8; Buffalo, 3; Los Angeles,
3; Mobile, 8; Marietta, O., g.; San
Jose, Cal, 8; New York, 2; Albany, 2;
Washington, 2; Memphis, ?; Birming-
ham, 2; steubenville, o., 2; Cleveland,
2; Duluth, q; Winona, Mimi, 2; San
Antonio,n52; Houston, Q; New Orleans,
2; Kansas City, 2; Topeka, 2; Ala
media CAL, q; Atlanta, i; Toledo, 1;
Minneapolis, I; Galveston, 1; Salt
i Lake City, I; Ithaca, N. Y, 1; Elmira,
NY, I; East Orange, N. j., 1; Ian
4 caster, Pa, I; Pine Bank, Pa, l.;
y Cumberland Nd, 1; Charleston, S. c.,
~: Columbia, S. c., /; Jacksonville,
Fla, /; Columbus, O., /; Springfield,
o., i Mount Vernon ILL.,, 1; Dayton,
o., 1; Convoy, o., 1; Fort Wayne,
Ind, l.; Teyre Haute, Ind, Il; Peoria,
ILL.,, 1; Kalamazoo, Mich. |; Iron
River. Mich, Il; Holden, Mo-, l.; Mus.
/ kogee, Okla. L; Wichita, Kan, l;
Council Bluffs, Ia, !; Bellingham
\ Wash, / !; Crescent, Wash, / I; Tacoma
. Wash, l; Sacramento, Cal, /; Peta
luna, Cal, i; Fresno, Cal, l.; Glen
dale, Cal, I,