New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-14
DR.. Gotthei| Quits Dinner Amid
Kisses After He Objects to
Turtle Germ Mans
Presence.
DR.. STURM STORM CENTRE
Declares He Has Serum Secret
and Will Open a Place in
New York Where the
Poor Will Be Treat
ed Free.


row at it's monthly dinner at the Ca
dilac last night over the propriety OF
entertaining DR. Friedman. DR.. Sturm
or anybody else connected with the
turtle germ movement as the guest OF
honor, that for a time il looked as n
one Of its members was going TO get
into fist fight with the POSTMASTER.
Half a dozen members were on their
felt about il all. II ended up by the
beligerent member, DR.. William s.
Gottheil, stalking out in a great huff
amid the derisive catcalls Of those who
stayed.
It all came about because DR.. Fried
mann was invited 10 be the guest Of
honor. For reasons not divulged. he
was replaced in this capacity by Or.
NJ. a. Sturm. his deposed aid. DR..
Gottheil's name and those Of eleven
other doctors were placed on the dinner
committee without their consent.
This was the first point that Or.
'rOlliltIi NOth 'Af'Iiipll w. the Nt'tIitl
point was that the club should lend
itself to advertising the turtle germ
business by inviting any one con-
nected in any way with it. to be its
guest Of honor. As soon as the toast-
master rose to open the speechmaking,
DR.. Gottheil rose, too, and said he
wanted to speak before any one else.
Even ForcefuI Tactics Fail.
The postmaster, Colonel John F.,
Hobbs, asked him to sit down. but the
doctor refused. Then he appealed to,
his poiteness, saying that he was sureI
he would not want to be so discourte-
Gus as to speak before the guest OF
honor But this did not abash Dr.,
Gottheil, and he insisted on going on.
Then Colonel Hobbs tried to push him'
into his seat by force but DR.. Gottheil'
re sted even this.
J. Z this time almos very one vas
on his feet. including , an G. Hughes,
Senator John W. Russell and j. Arthur
Lehman, grand ruler Of the club.
They all told Dr. Gotthel to sit down.
Then DR.. Sturm. the guest of honor.
rose and cast oil upon the waters by
requesting that Or. Gottheil be allowed
to speak first. This request was heed
ed. and the doctor did speak
Il want to object" he said. "as
physician. first. 10 my name being put
on 4 dinner committee to entertain Or.
Friedman. Jurm. and any of these
turtle germ people. because 7 don't be-
lleve in IT, In the next place I want
TO protest against the clubs being used
to advertise the turtle germ vaccine,-
and I speak for five other doctors on
the committee. have made my protest.
and shall now withdraw from the
dinner"
with that he stalked out. amid the
derisive cries of the club members.
few Of whom seemed to sympathize
with his attitude. DR.. Gottheil said
afterward that he intended withdraw
ing from the club as a result OF the in
with him were DR. Thomas w Emblev.
DR.. Sol Rosenbaum. DR.. Leo Jacoby.
DIR. Walter 4. Shoales. DR.. l.. l.. Saten-
stein and Or. David Lazarus. He had
talked with these he said. and thought
all doctors i'm the club would indorse
him I'm his stand.
After he had left. calm came to the
club. and DR.. Sturm was allowed to
speak. He reiterated his various
statements of the last few days, that
he was in complete possession of the
turtle germ secret. would put it on
IAN ethical basis" and would see that
every tuberculosis sufferer had the
opportunity to receive treatments.
Sturn's Written Denial Out.
The complications in the Fried.
mann Eisner- Sturm embroglio grow
on apace. Criminations and recrimi-
nations. charges and countercharges
follow each other in swift succession.
DR.. friedman and his patron.
Moritz E,isner. the self-styled distrio-
uter of the turtle vaccine for con-
sumption. say they are entirely un-
concerned over DR.. Maurice Sturms
claim that he has the secret whicn
Eisner thought he had purchased eA-
clusivelv from the Berlin doctor.
They thought enough of ii yesterday
In give out a statement, which they
saythey obtained from the recalcltrant
Sturm on April - last, which Is the
date on which the fateful Eisner-Fried-
mann contract was signed, while DR..
Sturm was still premier in the turtle
germ cabinet The statement Is as fol-
lows:
Having to-day made the statement
thar | have knowledge of the formula
for the preparation Of DR.. Friedericn
Franz Friedman vaccine, ! now OF my
own free will repudiate that statement
a. in all respects unwarranted. fuliy
and voluntarily state that ! have no
Lnowledge OF the method OF preparing
said vaccine or of the ingredients
composing the same.
,signedo MAURICE A. STuRM.'
April -. 1913.
"Ir any one says made such state
ment he is not telling the truth said
Or. Sturm.
A long conference took place betwess