New-York tribune., 1915-03-14
Says Oxypather Is Fraud
That Has Cheated Public
Out of 81 ,59O,785.
"CURES PRACTICALLY
EVERY DISEASE
Machine Is Advertised as Their
mo-Diamagnetic-Term Is
Meaningless, Say Experts.
lFrom The Tribune Bureau J


Washington, March l3.-ine Postoi-
flee Department has issued fraud
order against the Oxypather Company
of Buffalo, and allied companies, with
Offices at Columbus, Ohio, and VIII
mington. Del, on the ground that these
concerns have deirauued the puoiic
in the last six years 10 the extent Oh
81. $50, 1855.
They sold an appliance known as an
oxypather, which they SAID would cure
practically all forms of disease. Dur-
ING the last six years they sold 45,45l
Of these machines at S35 each.
The memorandum submitted to POST
master General Burleson by the solicit
tor for the Postofiice Department. when
recommended the issuance OF the fraud
order, says:
"The Oxypather Company was moor,
narrated i'm New York State ~ l9Oo
nnder the name of the Oxygenator
Company. the name being changed IN
Julv' 1911, to the present name OF
the Oxypather Company. Elvard l..
Moses. vice president and general man
ager Of the company. was convicted III
the United States District Court a.
Rutland. VI. on November 6, 1914, OF
using the mails i'm the furtherance OF
a scheme TO defraud in the conduct
of this business and was sentenced on
Vovember T 10 eighteen months IN the
penitentiary at Atlanta, stay OF SEN
tence and bail being refused ms
case is now pending on appeal belort
the United States Circuit Court OF
Appeals for the Second Circuit, having
been taken up on writ OF error
"The business of this company - the
sale. through the mails, OF device
known as the oXypather, when CON
sists Of a brass cylinder hlled "lth
black powder To each end OF ne CYL
inder is attached copper WIRE at tne
terminal Of which are straps ana treat
ing plates. designed for the apPllGa-
tion OF these wires TO the human pody'
The cylinder containing the powder 10
termed by the company the polarlzer'
and is to be immersed in cold water
while the machine is in use.
"In it's advertising matter whlch Is
freely circulated through the mails
the company represents that the oXy-
pather. with attachments, Is theriho-
diamagnetic instrument. whlcn' "heh
attached to the human body, alters lts
magnetic properties, greatens It's al
6nity for oxygen and thus increases
the body's capacity TO attract ara an
sorb the oxygen of the air; and lur-
.her. that the use OF the machlhe III
accordance with the directions when
accompany each instrument WI! .
cure practically every disease.
Physicists. chemists and experts on
radio activity testified that the ma
chine was absolutely inert and without
known TO science. or to Increase mag
netism in any way. Among those VINO
EXPRESSED this view were DR.. Charles
f.. Parker, a government chemist; ~.
Il G.. Agney. a physicist; W. ID. Col
Inns a physicist in the United States
Bureau of Chemistry. and Drs. Law
renee J. Briggs and John b. NicholS'
physicians, of Washington.
Dr. Agney declared that the term
"tbermo- diamag, etic" which occurs re-
neatedlv in the company's literature. IS
a meaningless expression, and that the
term "thermo- -diamagnetlc induction
which also seems 10 be a tavorlte III
the company's advertisement. never ap-
peared in print until invented by the
promoters of the oXypather.
/ "When il is considered that the COM
/ many sells this instrument Tor the treat
ment of practically every known dis
ease" saws the postofiice Inspector
many of which if allowed TO continue
/ without immediate medical treatment
NAV prove fatal to the patients, ana
that those who buy the device may be
lulled into a sense of false security
from all disease. necessarily resulting
f in many cases in serious or even
/ fatal outcome which might have been
prevented had medical treatment been
promptly resorted to, the vicious nat
/ ure Of this sch me becomes apparent
& The fraud order is directed against
I the following firms and individuals:
+ The Oxvpather Company and Alvin l..
Highley. president; Elyard l.. Moses
vice-presidene and general manager;
/ Charles y. McMichael, treasurer;
Charles W. Brooke. secretary and as
/ sistant general manager; Charles j
/ Armitage business manager; Clarence
: b. Edison. sal s promoter; +. II. john
/ son. oxypathetic specialist; Joseph
Zalduondo. Spanish expert; the OXy-
generator CompanJ, the Buffalo OXy-
pather Company at Buffalo. y. y; the
+ Central Ohio Oxypather Company and
( W. II. Sandwic general manager, CO.
lumbus. Ohio, and the Delaware OXy-
generator Company and Booth 4
Broadway. n gers. Wilmington, Del.
CICH T0WS a FISHER