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the fraud statute and then refer the
evidence to the local district attorney
for such action as he may deem neces-
Sary."
DR.. Kebler goes on to say that re-
Gently the president of a big quack
concern guessed rightly, while his case
was being investigated, that his best
bet was to insist on criminal procedure
for trial. The result was that his case
was adroitly stalled along until it
drifted so far into the background of
events that it never did come to trial.
In another notable instance. concerning
a. cure for thin people. more than $780,
600 was extracted from the trusting
ones during the interim prior to the
trial. In yet another case. the head
arrested, put IN Jail and with the con-
nivance of the jaiier conducted his
business from his cell quarters!
q An eye water quackery case, DR., Keb-
Ter says, was the first medical scheme
tried by court and jury. The de-
fendant lost and was given a fine of
$4,000, besides sentence of 18 months.
After appealing the case to higher
court he lest again. This time he
served his sentence, but did not pay the
fine. The Government lost that through
the cleverneSS of his attorney. But
harken to the most laughable irony of
the situation: The big eye-water quack
doctor was shrewd enough to cheat the
self-same attorney out of his ingeniously
earned fee! And thereafter the money
logged physician was able to live in
comfort the remainder of his days.
CTILL another schemer, this time a
~ rejuvenator Of vim, vigor and vi
tality, managed to extract 100000
from his dupes in single year. BY
and by he drew a fraud order, even
though he was bank director, a pill
lar in the church and the owner of a
sumptuously furnished 100000 house.
Nor was he ultimately quite so lucky
as the eye-water expert. A grand jury
indicted him, court and jury found
him guilty and he was sentenced to
serve two years in the penitentiary, rs
well as to pay a fine of $4,000. This
Schemer, like that other one, also ap-
pealed, but he lost the case.
With such raScalS, post Office in
Spectors obviously cannot afford to use
humanitarian methods. Not so long
ago an inspector was unkind enough to
report the pilferings of one who claim
ed to be able to reduce circus fat
women to beanpole proportions by urg-
ing them to bathe their corpulent selves
in common "hypo," such as is used by
photographers. The mixture he sold
consisted largely Of sodium hyphosul-
phate, which was to be dissolved in a
tub of hot water. The bather was to
remain in the tub long enough so that
perspiration and fat would leave her
person simultaneously An arch-scient-
tist, the inventor" of this particular
schemel He reasoned, with highly in
dividual cunning, that if hypo could
fix the photographers wares so
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DiscOlored Gasoline.
in comm,

DISCOLORATION in commercial
- motor gasoline does not necessar-
lily mean poor quality. because the
brown tints in the fuel, often plainly
apparent to the customer served from
the modern glass dispensing apparatus,
have no relation to possible damage
which fuel might do to motor. On
the contrary, some very corrosive, low
grade gasolines are sparkling, water
white" liquids.
Specific gravity, once a critical meas
ure of gasoline quality. now has almost
nothing to do with merits in automotive
use. In spite of this fact, one State
still demands certain specific gravity
test for gasoline sold in its territory.
probably to the actual disadvantage of
retail customers. Odor and color tests
are equally wide of the mark. With
lubricating oils flaSh-point, boiling-point
and various other tests have also grown
obsolete, but customers continue to de-
mand goods up to the so-called stand
ard
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appears as described above then its
health value is practically nothing.
More specifically, assuming that the
radioactivity of water in given spring
is 100, then four days after bottling it
will be only so, whereas after II days
bottling it will dwindle to only 10. In
months time it will virtually zero
compared with the original radioactivity
of the water at the original spring. The
public. therefore, Is warned to regard
with suspicion any water advertised as
possessing radioactivity AS far as the
governments specialists have been able
to ascertain, no bottled waters, no mat
ter how radioactive they might have
been at the spring, retain their radio
activity for any length of time"
The Treasury Department, acting in
cooperation with the Department of
Agriculture, now refuses admission to
this country of foreign waters so labeled
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they come from the ground do possess
certain radioactive properties. Exami-
nation of many of these waters by
specialists of the Bureau of Chemistry
indicate that whatever radioactiyity
they may possess at the spring is due
almost entirely to radium emanation
rather than to presence in the water
of any substance possessing radioac-
tivity.
"These emanations in the form of
gas quickly disappear from the water
and as a result, after the water has been
bottled a short time it possesses prac-
tically no radioactivity. The belief
long held by many people to the effect
that some mineral waters used at the
springs are more effective than when
bottled has been explained by certain
authorities on the ground that the bene-
ficial effect of these waters is due to
radioactivity. AS the radioactivity dis
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petrate a great fraud on the American
people through advertising certain min
eral waters as possessing radioactivity.
These waters, in some cases, are taken
from springs the waters of which as
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variety of the wonder working potion.
Their findings were interesting but
hardly inspiring. An official report
stated in part: There are indications
of the beginning of an attempt to per-
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BY MARION MEYER DREW.

/ Jew YORK and the cities and
towns nearby may prepare
VI during the coming IL months
: for all sorts of exciting events
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DOST OFFICE authorities are doing
= everything in their power to force
the quacks out of business. But in
their efforts to do so they are laboring
under a tremendous handicap. They
may be convinced that a certain busi-
ness represents the ultimate of fraud,
yet they cannot open a single letter to
get the evidence. The securing of that
requires special methods and especially
trained men. OF these. moreover, to
adequately protect the public, there are
far too few, DR.. Kebler believes. Many
times the cases require uninterrupted
investigation for more than year.
The information is collected by CORE
spondence, interviews, chemical analysis
and consultation and study by medical
and drug experts. A common procedure
Is for the various inspectors (once they
hear of case OF supposed fraud from
an alleged victim or else competent
health authority to write to the nanu-
facturer under an assumed name. Thus,
under the guise of patient the inspec-
tor may very readily collect important
evidence.
Concerning the penal laws designed
to protect the mails from fraud, DR..
Kebler explains: THE Federal food
and drug act provides two courses for
adjusting and misbranding, one by pro-
ceeolng against Inc person, the nrm or
company responsible for the violations.
and the other by attaching the Offend
ing goods. The former is criminal in
narIre, while the latter is Largely looked
upon as a corrective measure. Similar
courses Of procedure are provided TO
protect the mails. One is the fraud
order law enforced by the Postmaster
General and the other the penal statute
enforced by the Department of Justice
These two laws operate independently
The same evidence, however, may be
used wider .cs or both acts. The
criminal law is necessarily more drastic
but it is also more difficult to enforce
1t is always possible to have a court
trial postponed on one pretext or an
other. Until the case comes to trial
moreover the mail order business goes
merrily on unless fraud order has
been issued The ordinary procedure
IS to give the party hearing under
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-26
BERGER OUT WITH ATTACK
 ON RUMANIA
Wants Severance of Rela- tions- Charges Nations
 With Atrocities

WASHINGTON, March 26- Breaking off of treaty relations with Rumania is urged in reso. lution prepared for introduction by Representative Victor l.. Der ger, Socialist of Wisconsin who charged that nation with atrocf- ties against racial religious mi. norities, including the Catholics, Lutherans. Baptists, Jews, Ger mans and Magyars.
 Representative Berger declared that "cruelties and brutalities practiced by some of the mongrel nations of Europe, including Ru- mania, again discloses how fool ishly We acted when we poured out our life and treasure on Eu. ropean battlefields in order t0 safeguard and perpetuate exist ence of these nations. As the re suit of our sacrifice, Rumania has increased her territory from 53, 900 to 10000 square miles and acquired jurisdiction over 1S.000, 900 of people in place of S,G00,0ot she ruled before the World war.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-26
 KEYNOTER TAKES RAP AT SENATOR
Manager for Lowden Talks at G. o. P. Missouri
 Convention

ST. JOSEPH Mo. March 26-- The Republican party does not condone nor excuse dishonesty on the part of public servants nor fraudulent practices in elections. said James A. Finch, Missouri Manager for former Gov. Frank o. Lowden, keynote speaker of the Republican State Convention held here today.
 Finch attacked senator James A. Reeds utteranees that hon. esty in government and purity of elections will be paramount IS sues" in the coming campaign Finch declared that Senator Reed was beneficiary along with oth- CT Democratic candidates of al legged election frauds in Kansas City.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-26
Automatic Telephones
 Being Installed, France

PARIS, March 26 Deaf tele- phone. girls in France and others not so deaf as seemingly go are gradually losing their jobs. The answer is the automatic telephone.
 One-fourth of the telephones in France will be automatics by the end of the year with Paris leading the way. It has been a long hard fight to get them, with hints in parliament of contract scandals, but the government is carrying out it's plan to replace the manual system with the automatic be- cause it never has been able to develop what Americans would consider a competent staff of op- orators. The standard has been so low that only recently tests of the telephone girls hearing were made. Some of them were deaf.
 Nine cities already have sauto- matics. This year five other places will at least be partly equipped with them and Parts is expected to get about 10000.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-26
U. 5. OFFICIAL IS CHOSEN FOR
 BOLD ROBBERY
M C xican Bandits Stage Hold-up Intending to
 Rob Morrow
AMBASSADOR IS AT
 SCENE HOURS LATER
Mexican Soldiers Securing Region - Plan to Em-
 barrass Government

MEXICO CITY. March 26.-- Strong guards of troops are pa- trolling one Of Mexieo's chief highways while squads of sol diers are securing the foothills for a band of highwaymen who Saturday held-up four automo- piles and II automobile busses and robbed 200 persons because American Ambassador Dwight W Morrow was scheduled to pass along the road at the time of the robbery.
 The affair is held in some quarters to be an attempt on the part of insurgents to embarrass the Mexican Government.
 Ambassador Morrow arrived at the scene three hours after the robbers had scattered.
 Fifty men held-up the automo- piles and busses. methodically stripping the occupants of valu- ables.
 While the hcid4nr was in pro- gress. q pay car carrying $50. .000 suddenly appeared. The driver of the ear, realizing what was hap pening, swung around and es- capped to Mexico City after the high waymen's shot wounded two of the pay car guards.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-26

WATERS THREATEN ONE
 NEVADA TOWN
Lower Sections of Reno Inundated During Night
 Dam Still Holds

RENO, Nevada, March 26- Danger from further inundation of Reno by the flood waters of the Truckee River diminished consid- erably today as word from the Boca Dam, 20 miles up the stream, indicated hourly improvement in the situation there and less possi- bility that the structure would break. after night of anxiety.
 Police were prepared to spread the alarm in event the dam broke
 The dam showed a drop of IS inches.
 A torrent of water is still rush ing over the dam but this dropped five inches during the night.
 Lower sections of Reno were inundated last night and the over flow waters entered basements and covered sections of the city's park system.
 Fears had been expressed that the excess water would weaken the dam and break it, throwing contents of more than 5o0 acres of water down the valley through Reno.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-26
COURT BALLS
 STOP Z A. M.

ROME, March 2G-Two o'clock in the morning sees the end of court balls at the Quirinal Palace. To dance after this hour is not Fascist and the Royal family thinks the example should come from above.
 This was the closing hour for the first court ball of the season given in honor of the twenty year-old Princess Giovanna. As far as King Victor Emmanuel was concerned. It did not begin much before the buffet supper was served at midnight. He appeared at eleven thirty and together with Queen Helena. the princes, prin- cesses and several noblelnen of his court made q circle" for the presentation of guests.
 To Francesca de Pinedo. the aviator. now General de Pinedo. fell the honor of being the partner of Princess Ciovanna for the first dance. She was dressed In red. The Queen was in toilette of blue yoile and wore diadem of brilliants Princess Mafalda wore a gown of silver blue lace. adorn- cd with brilliants and sapphires. Two duadrilles were danced under the direction of Marquis Gagliel- mi
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-26
OHIO COLLEGE TESTS
 TEACHING METHODS

Partial results show, said Dr. Reymert, especially in the in, stance of men who were handed rifle and told to shoot, that learning may come quicker by the individual attempting to grasp a total motor performance, rather than learning the elements of a performance before combining them
 In the ball throwing experiment 75 students have learned to throw with their untrained arm, usually the left, and the learning process has been recorded by an appara tus attached to the boys arm.
 If the new method is proved feasible. Dr. Reymert is hopeful thai under it athletes may reach new heights of skill,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-26
Queen Mary Refuses
 To Disclose Weight

BIRMINGHAM. England. March 26-The British nation has learned that King George V weighs l5O pounds. He was visiting the Brit ish Industries Fair here and was invited 10 test his weight on a patent weighing machine.
 When the reeori was presented to him. he exclaimed:
 ''Is that my weight? We'll that's not at all bad and the tone of his remark indicated that he was ignorant on the subject of his own weight as most of his sub jects.
 The queen, who had watched her husbands test. was then ask. ed whether she would like 10 he weighed. but she startea back quickly as if fearful oi he ordeal and shook her head with laugh saying, 70 dear. no, thank yonl" Loyal subjects are therefore Jeff guessing at what figure this bux om lady turns the scale.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-26
White Wyandotte Hen
 Does More than Share

MARKET RAsEN. England, March 26-A white Wyando;te hen is reported by it's owner, F. Park CT of Weelsby Honse. as ostra' cised by it's fellow hens for not observing union rules and laying more than the orthodox number of eggs daily.
 The Wyandotte began 10 lay two eggs day when it was bullet and the other hens showe. their dspleasure by pecking and ill- treating It..
 Parker segregated the prolific layer which continued to produce iis daily quota of two eggs
 Here is her record Tor one week according to Parker:
 Sunday 3 eggs, Monday 2, Tues day 1 "Wednesday 2. Thursday ?, Friday 0. Saturday |
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-26
CAPT. COCHRAN ]. PLANS BUYING
 CUTTER BE FAR

SAN FRANCISCO. March 26s- Capt. Claude& Cochran, of the Coast Guard. announced plans for buying the superannnated Cutter Bear if Congress fails to appro priate money for upkeep
 Capt. Cochran commanded tho Bear for years, and said. T think my Investments are going to turn out big and | propose tu purchase the Bear 10 keep tho Government from junking or sell ing 1t to wrecker. 1 will use the Bear for U yacht and tae lses, and l together will pass the eye ming of our lives cruising about the Sonth Seas and other out the-way places"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-26
HUNDREDS IN BATTLE;FICHT
 FOR , HOURS

VIENNA. March 26-Seyen hun dred members of the Socialist De- fense League and Bourgeoise Home Defense League fought for three hours at Feldkirchen last Friday night. according 10 ad- vices received here today. The Gendarmes were powerless to stop the riot which only ended when troops interyened. Ten persons were seriously wounded and many were stabbed. The largest hall in the town was wrecked. The authorities fear the battle will be resumed but are taking precautions to prevent it. Re Inducements are already arriving at the town from outside points.
 The trouble Friday night start ed when the Bourgeoise attempted to oust speakers from the Social ist meeting. Both sides summon ed endorsements by telephone.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-26
J.E. M'DONALD, 4 PROMINENT
 CITIZEN, DIES
End Came Peacefully While Beloved Citizen Sleep at
 St. Ann's Hospital

John F. Mcdonald, prominent citizen of Juneau and Douglas for more than quarter of century, passed away at o'clock this morning at St. Ann's hospital, at the ripe age of 16 years. The end came peacefully and quietly as the old pioneer was asleep. At the bedside was his wife of over 30 years and Mrs. Harry F. Nor. ton. of Anchorage, his youngest daughter. He was conscious al most until the end, and was talk ing over business matters with his wife and daughter until he went 10 sleep a few minutes be fore death came He has known for several days that death was only matter of hours.
 While the community had been expecting the announcement that the end had come. when it was reported throughout the City that Jack Mcdonald is dead il caused severe shock. He had been prominently identified with the activities of Gastineau Chan nel for more than two-and-a-halt decades and no one in the com munity had more or closer friends
 John F. Mcdonald was born in County Carlow. Ireland, 76 years ago, and came to America with his parents when IS months of age. They located in Pennsyl vania where Jack grew to man hood. He crossed the continent when a young man and located at Marshfield, Oregon, where he was married in 1875 to Miss Elizabeth Hutcheson.. who survives
 
 h
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-26
Christening in Family
 Of 24 Is Gala Event

BASEL-WAES. Belgium. March 26-The twenty-second child of the Van Hul-De-Ben family has been christened, and the event was q gala occasion for this little town near Antwerp.
 The papal nuncio, Monsignor Micara, performed the ceremony. Senator Viscount Villain XIV, the burgomaster, was there in state with many of his friends. The king and queen. who are godpar- ents of two of the numerous pro geny, sent representatives.
 After the christening everyone turned out to attend the laying of a cornerstone of a new house on a farm purchased for the Van Hull De-Bens by public subscription All of the 22 children. the eldest Iof whom Is 25 years old, are liv' ing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-26

SPRINGFIELD, O.. March 26- To determine whether learning is more rapid under method of teaching the whole performance at the start, or by the present system of step-by-step instruction, Wittenberg college is completing a group of experiments which has been carried on for two years.
 Dr. M. L. Reymert, director of the Wittenberg psychological la boratories, believes the results may lead to important changes in the present methods of teaching children and of training men and women for athletics.
 So far, the experiment has con. sisted of gauging the efforts of students aiming and firing a rifle and throwing baseballs:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-26
Future Shipbuilders
 Taste Ship Discomforts

PARIS. March 26-Dlscomforts aboard ship that make sailors grnmble in the French navy are due to be removed when the rising generation of naval engineers be- gin to build warships. For it is ordered that the young engineers. now in training in government technical schools. must hereafter get part of their instruction at sea and taste the sailors life themselves.
 From this experience, the naval authorities expect that. among other things. they will gain an understanding that will lead to a change in the design of the crews' living quarters, said to be poorer than in other navies.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-26
Aviatrix Crashes Into
 Wall; Child Is Killed

DUNKEN FIELD. England, Mar. 26-Attempting to bring her plane to stop on the small field here. Miss Winthrop Brown crashed in to a wall killing instantly Jackie Hood. aged 10 years and injuring five other children seated on top of the wall. The plane carried away the top of the wall with the nose. The propeller was smashed but neither Miss Brown nor her companion were injured.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-26
Engineers Plan for
 Tokio Congress in '29

NEW YORK. March 2G-Ameri
 can engineers are already making plans to participate in the World Engineering Congress, which will be held in Tokio in October, 1929. The purpose of the congress is to promote international cooperation in the study of engineering sci
 ence and problems.
 The American committee met in Washington on March P at the invitation of Tsuneo Matsu' daira, Japanese ambassador to the United States, to discuss details of the proposed trip to the Orient,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-26
Passport" for Voter
 Proposed in Quebec

QUEBEC, March 26-A bill de signed to prevent impersonatlon at the polls and which would re- quire every voter to carry an Identification card, has been of fered ill the Quebec legislature.
 The bill provides that every voter must present at the polling booth card of identification
 This would bear his photograph, his signature. his full name, his occupation, address, age, nation ality and allegiance and, if he is a naturalized subject. the date of his naturalization. The card would carry the city's coat of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-26
German Plume To Attempt
 1,lmtt;c Fhght
lInternational Newsrsels

BERLIN. March e An- other attempt to conquer the Atlantic ocean from east 10 west is underway with the de- parture of a Jimkers plane, presumably for Baldonnel, Ireland, on the first lap of the hazardous Journey. The plane is carrying Baron yon Huenfeld. Capt. Herman koehl and Mechanic Spindler. The plane left secretly.
 DUBLIN.a March 26 The German plane Bremen. on the first lap of the proposed flight across the Atlantic, has arrived at the Baldonnel air drome.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-26
Television in Homes
 Predicted Within Year

NEW YORK, March 26-The New York Times quotes an un- named representative of the Ra- dio Corporation of America pre- dieting that "one year ought to see television in homes"
 The New York Times said the invention of the television causes observers in the radio field to give credence to rumors of the acquisition of the Victor Talking Machine Company by the Radio Corporation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-26
Seattle Coffee Shop
 Is Robbed in' Sight
 OfNa,ly Theatregoers

SEATTLE, March While scores of theatregoers passed by, two robbers last night stole the cash register from the Moves Coffee Shop. One bandit. masked, stood outside the door covering the patrons with a pistol. The other stepped inside the Coffee Shop, wrenched the register from the counter The two fled in an automobile. It is said there was over S350 in the cash register
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-26
Congressional Inquiry Into Sinking of S-4
 Is Demand of Senate

WASHINGTON, March 26.- The Senate today stood pat in the demand that a Congressional committee investigate the sinking of the submarine S-4 and turned down compromise offer from the House that Presidential commission, with some Congress sional membership, make the inquiry