The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-08-17
CHARITY WORKER
IS BRANDED FAKE
DIR. MOUNTAIN EXPOSES WON
AN WHO SEEKS FUNDS FOR
QUESTIONABLE "HOME"
OUT FOR NOTORIOUS society
AGENT DENIES THAT SHE WAS
COGNIZANT OF FRAUD BUT
LEAVES CITY ON ORDER

"CuiiCoudy VI CIllS week d woman
claiming to represent the "Children's
National tuberculosis, Society,"" which
has headquarters in Chicago, spent
portion of the day in Sank Centre So
Letting funds for the organization by
the sale of pamphlets.
Everything moved along fine until
she accosted DIR. A. F. Moynihan. The
name of the 'Children's National Tu-
berculosis Society" sounded strangely
familiar to the Sank Centre doctor.
Bringing his think tank into play, he
was certain that somewhere or some
how he had come in contact with an
expose of the methods of this con-
Germ, and that all was not we'll
He Immediately got in touch with
the offices of the American Medical
Society, Chicago, and they referred
him to the issue of Sept. II, 1915, of
the Journal of the American Medical
Association, page 500. The issue in
question contains a complete expose of
the methods and people at the head
of the concern.
The officers of the society on their
literature are as follows: DR.. Cyrille
Vermern, president; David H. Reeder,
vice president and DR.. Paul Burmas-
ter, secretary. Burmaster graduated
and was licensed to practice in 1895,
and was prominently connected with
the now defunct National Medical
University" He is supposed to be
practicing at present in New Mexico,
and the Children's home is alleged to
be located there. DR.. Cyrille Yer
mern also has been connected with
several unsavory fakes, and CDR"
David Reeder, according to all records
obtainable, is not a doctor at all. On
the whole they are bad bunch.
After securing this information, DR..
Moynihan located the woman and took
her to the office of Mayor Henne-
mann. The woman was about 80 years
old. She refused to give name, and
said that she did not have a home.
She denied that she knew the concern
was fraudulent.
The Cleveland, O., Commercial Club
gave this outfit severe looking up
last year and they found that the wo-
men operators received from 80 to 40
per cent Of the proceeds of the sale
of the pamphlets. They ostensibly
have home" in New Mexico, and it
is reported that two or three children
are receiving treatment. 1t is quite
certain, however, that only very
small proportion of the sum filched
from the public is ever used for the
purposes for which is it given. G. w.
Paterson, who had charge of the
Cleveland campaign, seems to have
about sized up the aim and justifica-
ton of the 'Children's National Tu-
berculosis Society" in the following
rather candid statement:
"The world owes every man a
living. What difference does it
make whether he gets it selling
books for charity or any other
way? Why, I give a man credit
if he can fool the public and get
rich, don't you? There are lot
of people who do worse things
than this. No one will ever miss
that dime, so why should any one
else kick?" a
Sank Centre folks as rule are
charitable and are willing to open
their purse strings to any worthy
cause or charity, and it is quite prob
able that the woman representative OF
this fake organization flim-flammed
the public to some extent before being
exposed by DR.. Moynihar>
The woman visiting Sank Centre
was about 80 or 35 years old, medium
height, plump, and was dressed in a
gray tight fitting skirt, pink waist
and a broad sloping brimmed straw
hat. Mayor Hennemann told her she
must leave town at once, and advised
her to get out of the country because
the local authorities would follow her