The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-01-15
MRS. DUNK HURT
AT INQUISITION
OFHEALTHBOARD
Attending Meeting to Have
Questions Answered, She's
drilled Like Hostile Witness
MILK INSPECTION
is TERMED FARCE
ROmulus Farmer Bitter in De-
nunciations; Others Say
They're Satisfied

nunciations; Others Say
They're Satisfied
Surprised and hurt at the treatment
they had received, committee or De-
! troit club women, headed by Mrs. AL
fred o. Dunk, president OF the Detroit
Housewives league, left meeting OF
the Detroit Board OF Health. late
Tuesday afternoon. vowing that they
would make the board pay more at
tention to the matters which they de-
sire 10 have investigated.
Mrs. Dunk came 10 the meeting un-
der the misapprehension that a letter
to the Board of Health, which she had
drafted. had been received, and that
the information which she requested
would be furnished She found,
however, that the boards sole pur-
pose was to learn the grounds on
which IL accused her OF making
charges OF incompetency and dishon
esty against the boards milk inspect
ors. That was the basis on which the
meeting was conducted, with most o.
the questioning being done by DR.. j
B. Kennedy, after the manner OF al
rules OF evidence.
Mrs. Dunk explained that her in
formation was derived from farmers
in the neighborhood OF Romulus, AM
from men In Detroit who had volun-
teered It. She denied that she had
made accusations on her own author
ity against the milk inspectors. She
said that she had the names Of the
Il In fttrn fah hor xVtNh N
formation.
| Gossip" was DR.. Kennedy's char
zcteriIation OF Mrs. Dunk's informa
ton.
What Is knowledger was Mrs
Dunk's retort, and for a few minutes
there was almost an academic discus
sion OF the theory OF truth" Mrs
Dunk and her supporters holding tina
knowledge Is based on reasonable be
lief, and DR.. Kennedy maintaining
that experience 10 the true test.
Though George b. Yerkes, In who's
once the meeting was held, is presi
! dent Of the Board OF Health, II wa
DR.. Kennedy who conducted the ez
animation OF Mrs. Dunk, and VIII
chose the form which the inQuisitio
took His questions began along TIL
> line:
DO you know that 117,975 cans {
milk were examined during 1912? ID
you know that only % were dumped
Do you know that 1.S4S cans wer
sent back to the farmers? Do 20
|, know why some of the % cans wer
dumped1 Do you know that 1t wa
: because they came from farms whei
there were contagious diseases? ID
lyou know that the other cans whic
we're dumped had been plugged wit
soap?"
Mrs. Dunk replied that sha did nc
: know these things, and would be gla
, to receive information regardin
J them.
. Il did not come here to be cross
examined she said II think tina
instead OF asking me what | know
and what l don't know. you nigh
hear what know"
! 1t appeared, however, that the pur
pose of~the meeting was TO excoriat'
Mrs. Dunk, and not to hear anythin;
that might be worth investigating con
corning the acts of the milk inspect
ors.
Bring on your farmers" said thu
board members at last, and Mrs
Dunk introduced ID. w. Wood, o
Romulus. Mr.. Woods milk has beei
excluded from Detroit because he re
fused TO put q window in the east o
west end of his stable, but was willin;
to put 1t In In the south side. In
spector George c. Potter insisted oil
q window where he had ordered il
and Mr.. Woods milk was excluded
Thereupon Mr.. Wood administered
thrashing TO the inspector, sine
which he has not been on the best o
terms with the health board. Nj
Wood characterized the milk inspeC
ton as a farce.
And | guess you'll have to continu
30 to regard it," said Samuel
Douglas, a member OF the board
What is our redress against unjus
Inspection" asked Wood.
| AN appeal TO the Board OF Health,
was the reply.
"A committee OF US did come in
see DR.. Price" he said.
DIR. Price is not the Board
Health"
we understood that he's the ma
in power"
THE health board makes it's ow
rules" Mr.. Yerkes said
Mr.. Wood said that Charles Austin
q farmer OF Romulus, had moved hi
barn several months ago to compl
with an order OF the Board OF Healtl
and had been unable to get his plac
inspected since. The board took littl
notice OF this statement.
"If you'd take as good care that tn
mothers and fathers OF children al
OF as good a breed as our cattle, you
infant death rate would be smaller
was another statement OF Mr.. Woo
that caused the board to throw u
it's hands In despair.
William Mcbride. OF Romulus. sal
that the Board OF Health,s inspectio