Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-26
NEWSPAPER MAN SENDS
IN CARD AS PHYSICIAN
"Dr. Quinby," Visitor on German
Raider, Is Recognized by
DR.. Levy.
WAS MCCAIN, OF NEW YORK
Enterprising Globe Writer on Pure
Food Topics Gained Access to YES
sci by Using False Card, but Rich
mond Man Knew Him.

mond Man Knew Him.
When the Kronprinz Wilhelm. after
| seas. slid out of the gray dawn off
the Virginia capes on Sunday morning,
April II. and few hours later warped
her weather beaten body into a berth
at Newport News. she brought to
American shores moro than 100 sailors
and prisoners of war. suffering from
beriheri.
Now. herbert is a disease about
which the medical profession wants to
know more than II knows now. 1t is
classified rs n species of multiple neu-
ritis caused by deficient diet. In
Slightly differing forms 1t makes it's
appearance in all wars where the pros
sure of circumstances deprive men Of
certain food elements necessary for
their well-being.
HEALTH OFFICIALS
MAKE CLOSE INSPECTION
In order to get better acquainted
with the disease and with an idea,
also. OF properly safeguarding the
I state against infection from any other
disease that might have been brought
to port by the German sea raider, the
health authorities of the State made an
! inspection of the vessel, examining the
cases of beriberi and consulting with
! the ships chief surgeon.
The party from the Health Depart
ment was headed by State Health Com
missioner Ennion C. Williams. He was
accompanied from this city by DR.. J.
McCaw Tompkins and DR.. w. J. West
| and by Chief Health officer e. c. Levy
and Medical Inspector b. L. Summers,
! of the Richmond Health Department.
! Dr. Samuel w Hobson, of Newport
| News, a member Of tho State Health
Department. made the proper arrange
! ments with the ships authorities, and
| tho party was taken on board on Fri
day. April 16. spending several hours
| on the vessel as guests of the chief
! surgeon. DIR. Pcrienon.
CARD is PRESENTED
FROM "DR. QUINBY"
1t was five days after the vessels
arrival at Newport News, and most OF
the beriberi cases. again on n proper
were still in the ships hospital The
visit Of the Richmond delegation gave
| promise of coming to an interesting
| but uneventful conclusion.
! Chief Surgeon Perienon was enter
tanning the visitors with Interesting
sideliGhts on the ships long cruise,
when sailor brought him n card bear
ing the name of DR.. Quinby. of New
| York. The chief surgeon directed the
! sailor to show the physician In. A
few moments later he ushered the
/ visitor into the presence of DR.. Peric-
| non and his group.
Why. how do yon do. Mr.. Mccain"
/ What are you doing here" Dr. Levy
/ greeted the visitor cordially, holding
| ont his hand.
| Tho visitor acknowledged the greet
ing with equal cordiality. and proceed
ed Mt once to take part In the general
discussion. He discussed beriberi
volubly, and with every Indication OF
having given 1t and kindred diseases a
lifetime Of study. If the German chief
surgeon noticed any discrepancy be-
tween the name on the card and tho
name by which the visitor was called
| by DR.. Levy he gave no indication OF it.
LEVY RECOGNIZES WRITER
on PURE FOOD TOPICS
When the opportunity offered a few
minutes later. DIR. Levy asked him in
an aside how he had come to send in
anothers card by mistake.
Il had 10 send in card and that was
the only card had about me-" he
replied.
DR.. Levy. who knew Mr.. Mccain as n
writer on pure food subjects and as
editor OF the pure food column of tho
New York Globe, having met him on
several occasions at conferences in New
York OF the Commission on Milk
Standards. made no further reference to
the matter He assumed that Mr. Nc
! Cams own card would have been sufi-
| Client to obtain him access to the shin,
ana mat the substitute card was sent
in for the reason just given by him.
But when Alfred Mccain got back to
New York n day or two later he wrote
many columns in the New York Globe
about his visit to the kronprinz Will
| helm, describing with a large measure
or complacency the success Of his
stratagem in obtaining access to the
n nv
clans card. when dozens Of other
| newspaper correspondents cooled their
| heels on the docks.
GLOBE WRITER IS
HITTER on RICHMONDERS
In the Globes issue of last Tuesday
Mr.. Mccain described in detail his adj
ventures on board the Kronprinz Will
helm and OF the discovery Of his identity
! ny 'r. Levy. His description of this
episode in particular Is permeated by n
vein or hostility to the Richmond dele
| cation. which. he charges by inference.
with being In league with the ships au-
thorittes In trying TO prevent him from
coming aboard Dr. Lcvys greeting is
described as having been delivered in
| stentorian tones, and with an incisive-
ness calculated to draw attention to the
discrepancy between the card and the
name.
DR. Levy, when asked In st night about
| THIS portion OF Mr.. McCann's account
said that he preferred not to enter into
discussion of matter which. because
OF Its triviality. he had almost forgot
ten He was surprised. he said. ut the
criticism Mr.. Mccain saw fit to make.
since in greeting him on the steamer
nothing was further from his mind than
to cause him the slightest embar rass-
mcnt lie could see no reason. he said.
| for the animus displayed in Mr.. Nc
| CAMS account.