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alert. for experience has taught them that
adulteratjon cases inevitably result.
They made a point of checking the product
closely and this system of chemical check re-
vealed the fake Neosalvarsan capsules in drug
stores Of several large cities. The containers
were marked with what appeared to be original
Neosalvarsan labels, the ampoules were cleverly
counterfeited, but inside there nothing but
yellow colored table salt.
Questioned, the different dealers told similar
stories. man. or, in some cases, a woman,
had come into the store. said that friend had
smuggled the drug through Switzerland from
Germany and had asked him to help sell it.
Usually the druggist made purchases. The in
spectors, armed with good description of the
couple, took up the chase
In Indianapolis they found the printer who
made the false labels and in Chicago they To-
Gated the maker of the glass ampoule contain
hot trail was picked up finally in St.
Louis where an inspector found that the man
and woman had stayed at certain small hotel
Through an express company they were traced
to Tulsa Okla, from there to Oklahoma City,
and finally to Dallas, Tex, where they were ar
rested. Both were sent to the penitentiary.
IT is possible to multiply such cases indefinitely.
In one instance libel was filed against a
firm, charging that product being sold
pure, ground black pepper was adulterated and
misbranded and out of a seizure made in New
York, after shipment from Maryland case
built up which resulted in quick convic-
ton in Federal court. The suspicion that
the pepper was being mixed with pepper Shells
for the spice dealer had been importing these
in large quantities.
Analysis did not reveal certainly that the
shells were being used, but this was believed
due to his use of some scientific control which
would make it impossible to detect the adul-
teration by ordinary chemical means. 1t was
necessary to resort to trickery Postal inspect
ors and secret service men are not the only
ones who know how to lay clever snares for
lawbreakers when it becomes necessary to do so.
When the next consignment of pepper shells
arrived billed for this same dealer. the bags
were sTreptitiously opened and marker" in
PRODUCED into each one In this case it con-
sisted of solution of quinine a1kaloid applied
by means of spray. The theory was that II
the shells were used later in the pure, ground
black pepper" the product would give a test
for quinine alkaloid, chemical entirely foreign
to it,
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reported in Chicago, where two italians were
dangerously ILL., and the case had been dag
nosed as botusm. Inspectors got on the job
Immediately. The first task facing them was
to find what food had been responsible for the
infection. This is often very difficult II
variety of foods have been served but in this
instance the repaSt had been simple.
On the menu had been shalots, picked wild
onions grown in Italy. The inspectors found
the can in the trash, examined it and found
it. heavily contaminated The label revealed
the packers name.
The next problem was to find out how much
more of this product had been distributed In
the United States and where it had gone. CUES
tons such as these kept the inspectors up day
and night for, If they don't act quickly, people
will die. They found where the can had been
purchased and quarantined the remaining
stock.
From the retail dealer they traced the ship
ment quickly to New York importer In New
York the local Office of the service took up the
chase From the importer they got list of
all consignees. Across the continent telegraph
and telephone wires clicked and hummed as the
inspectors notified health officers in "a cities,
listing grocers who had made purchases Of the
shalots.
Case after case was seized In all $4,000 cans
were rounded up and destroyed Many of them
we're highly toxic that they caused instant
death TO guinea pigs on which bacteriologists
made tests Still other cans were generating
the poison as they sat 1nnoeenCly on the retail
shelves. But so quickly had the inspectors
acted that, with the exception of one OF the
two Italians, no one died.
Now here is where the story takes
international angle. Agitated by the thought
that shipments had probably been made to
other countries the administration, through
the Department of State, got in touch with the
Italian government and the plant was imme-
diately closed by order of MuSSolini" until
proper sterilization could be provided.
COMETIMES the drug manufacturer, trapped
- for fraud or adulteration Is at fault through
negligence or unfamiliarity, with the laws, but
often he has been willfuly criminal. So it was
in the case of "a one-time drug clerk and his
lady friend, who initiated a scheme whereby
ordinary table salt was sold at SIS, 900 pounds
They sold it as NeoSalvarsan, complex ar
senic preparation used in the of serious
disease and until the Government men caught
up with them, were raking in huge profits dis
regarding the fact that persons using the drug
in good faith might become blind or paralyzed
later in life by being deprived OF the benefits
Of the genuine product.
The counterfeit drug appeared on the market
during the war when Neosalyarsan. a German
manufactured product, was almost impossible
to obtain. Due to the scarcity the price had
risen rapidly until single ampoule, containing
9-l0 of a grain, sold for 500 When such cir
cumstances arise the inspectors are on the
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Ter dickering with the management got a
driving q dead horse wagon. Later on he
kgested that he had a pal who was also out
work The pal was put an assistant.
tn were inspectors. Still others, in ragged
|guises appeared on the scene, mingling with
dump pickers. Quietly they observed the
|ngs-on at the plant until they had sufficient
Idence to prove its true function.
is not every day that such startling case
develops. but monthly more than 100 seizures
] made of foods and drugs found in violation
the pure food laws, and since 1907, when
act went into effect, there have been $1,000
lures and prosecutions. Products examined
the gamut from alleged cancer cures, hair
torers. and T. B. remedies, to "fat reducers"
b regeneration schemes.
Paul B. Dunbar. assistant chief Of the Food
y Drugs Administration, points out that
re are numerous instances where careful
] ectiye work is necessary. 1t Is often
! tier OF life and death for, among other
ngs, the inspectors investigate all cases OF
ID poisoning, run down the contaminated
bduct and destroy It,
There is. as all packers know. certain
crobe known as bacillus botulinus, whose
esence in a can of food is as dangerous as
candle in a powder magazine. Domestic
hned goods are seldom infected with botu-
us, due to careful sterilization methods on
part Of packers, and all imported products
checked for 1t.
However this is a tricky bug Sometimes
iority Of the cans win be sterile but the germ
Turk in others. Or 1t may appear after
test has been made This, then, is a sleuth
nv where the villain was a nicrobe and q
nufacturer the unwilling Intermediary
About year ago food poisoning case Wa1
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skers'' and Popularity Called ''Sleuths
estigators and Special Agents Has the
come Job of Running Down Unknown
&c or Animal Cunning Break Federal
rs Of Dollars, Menacing Health and
! l1Ze. :
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An agent secretly witnessed delivery Of the
shells at the factory and finally got tip that
a shipment was to be made from the plant TO
New York That shipment was seized and
analysed. In court the dealer said he was en-
tirely innocent of all charges against him.
CONSERVATION prevailed in his camp when the
inspectors took the stand and explained just
how they knew of the adulteration.
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has been treasurer of the County
Federation.
WOMAN'S CLUB

The Woman's Club was organized
in 1901 by a group of women inter
ested in broadening their cultural
background. Programs have been
planned each year so as to include as
thorough as possible study of some
given topic, such as certain country
to be studied at each meeting, an
historical study of a certain period to
be carried out through the year, or a
study of literature of a certain type
or period. Besides the study program
several meetings each year have been
given over to social times.
The membership of the club is
limited to twenty-five. There are two
honorary members, Mrs. Ella J. Bell,
and Mrs. Anna E. Ward, who were
charter members Of the club. Meet
ings are held every two weeks from
October to May at the homes of the
members.
The officers of the club for the
past year have been Mrs. D. w. Gold,
president; Mrs. John Lauterbach,
Jr., vice president; and Mrs. R. w.
Pryor, secretary-treasurer. The pro-
grams this year were devoted to
study of Psychology, which although
somewhat deep, was an intensely in
teresting subject.
AS the club is not money-making
organization, it has not been able to
do much of civic or philanthropic
nature. Whenever possible, however,
it has contributed to such causes.
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Federated Clubs
of Redwood Falls
CONTINUED from Page u


undertaking.
The officers for the coming year
are Mrs. H. M. Aune, president; Mrs.
J. M. Corbett, vice president; Mrs. A.
J. White, secretary, Mrs. E. M. Jor-
gensen, treasurer and Mrs. Bert
Kleaver, sergeant-at-arms.
The watchwords of the Twentieth
Century Club are well expressed in
the following, collect for Club Wo-
men,"
"Keep us, o God from pettiness,
let us be large in thought, in word, in
deed,
Let us be done with fault-fnding
and leave off self-seeking.
May we put away all pretense and
meet each other face to face, with
out self pity and without prejudice.
May we never be hasty in judg-
ment and always generous.
Teach us to put into action our bet
ter impulses-straig forward and
unafraid.
Let us take time for all things;
make us to grow calm, serene, gentle,
Grant that we may realize that 1t
is the little things that create differ
ences; that in the big things of life
we are as one,
And may we strive to touch and TO
know the great common womanis
heart of us all, and o Lord God, let
us not forget to be kind"
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QUALITY CLUB

This club was organized in 1910 by
a group of women who believed that
they were not being truly represented
in affairs which concerned the home.
This was worldwide movement,
having for its object the political en-
franchisement of women.
The first meeting was held at the
home of Mrs. F. w. Philbrick. The
meeting was presided over by Mrs. R.
E. Fuller, who acted as temporary
chairman. The following officers
were elected: Mrs. Philbrick, presi-
dent; Mrs. Phebe Fuller, vice presi-
dent; Mrs. A. R. A. Laudon, record
ing and corresponding secretary; Mrs.
P. o. Callaghan, treasurer; Mrs. w.
C. Starr, press correspondent, and
Mrs. A. E. King, auditor. A full set
of bylaws was adopted and it was
voted to call the organization Equal
ity Club"
Among the first members were
Mesdames Caroline Lines, Alice Grey,
Abbie Van Dolah, Elizabeth Francois,
Rhoda Ferris, S. A. Hall, Lydia
Thomson, F. G. Kumm, T. d. Lyman,
Shella Lutz, Margaret Little, Manga
ret McRae, Lola Chadderdon, B. G.
Hall, S. G. Peterson and the Misses
Winnifred Pentony and Edith Lyman.
For their programs they adopted a
systematic study of government and
civic affairs and of how to make good
:itizens. They wanted to create sem
iment for suffrage for women by
lolding debates and occasional pub
ic demonstrations. Many will re-
the demonstration this club
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made when our Chautauqua put OF
"Woman's Suffrage Day" and Mis-.
Fola LaFollett gave lecture on "The
Democracy of Woman's Suffrage
This was preceded by big parade
when hundreds Of children were in
the parade and cars and floats were
decorated with yellow, the suffrage
colors.
In 1912 this club federated with the
State Suffrage Association, and Mrs.
Philbrick was elected state vice pre-
sident and Mrs. A. D. McRae, one of
the state organizers. She toured
Iowa and helped gain suffrage. Mrs.
Philbrick held the office of president
up to the time of her death in 1915,
when Mrs. Fuller succeeded her as
president.
When word came that the 10th
Amendment was to be added to the
Constitution, which seemed to be a
corollary of the 18th Amendment, the
women were jubilant, and this club
staged big parade. Bedlam was
turned loose, bells rung, whistles
blew, bands played, and the railroad
trains were asked to ring bells and
blow whistles, which they did, loud
and long IN honor of the eventful day.
Suffrage having been won, we were
urged to dissolve and become a unit
OF the League of Women Voters. This
we refused to do but the club voted
to remain as a literary study club.
In 1919 we federated with the Min
nesota Federated Women's Clubs,
taking for our motto the "Home
Beautiful" and with membership
limited to thirty. Present officers are:
Mrs. L. w. Gilliland, president; Mrs.
]. A. Baikie, vice president; Mrs. w.
F. Jackson, secretary, and Mrs. C. v.
Everett, treasurer.
One day this club voted to drop the
letter c." which left us Quality
Club" This new name fitted us
nicely as we had quality home MAX
ers, musicians, cooks, artists and So
cial leaders. New people coming to
town were anxious to join us and we
usually have several on our waiting |
list. This clubs influence has been
'elt in this community, as it cooperat-
ID with other clubs for better homes,
better laws, good schools, and bet
er and more beautiful city in which
o live.
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THE SOROSIs CLUB

The Sorosis Club was organized
by Mrs. A. D. McRae on April 15,
1928 with twenty members. The first
officers were Mrs. Ward Pease, presl-
dent, Mrs. L. o. Alexander, vice pre-
sident: Mrs. A. F. Hassenstab, secre-
tary, and Mrs. E. w. Currier, treas
urer. The club joined the State Fed
Grafton at the time it was organized.
We how have % active members
and the present officers are Mrs. y.
R. Engeman, president; Mrs. F. B.
Macs, vice president; Mrs. M. L.
freise, secretary, and Mrs. c. V.
Farnsworth, treasurer.
During the club years 192S-193O,
the programs were miscellaneous with
papers and discussions on various
topics of state and national interest.
The Readers Digest has formed the
basis of our programs the past year
and other papers, book reviews and
so forth have been included.
We have bought a Health Bond
each year and have contributed the
last two years to the Community
Fund for the Americanism Award to
Senior honor students.
The club has two social meetings
each year at which our husbands and
other guests are entertained. Men,
bers who are i'll we remember with |
cards or flowers.
This past year our secretary, Mrs.
M. L. Freise won first place in ma
tional contest conducted by The Bur-
eau Farmer for the best Thanksgiv-
ing dinner menu. Another of our
members, Mrs. Gilbert McDougall,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-05-21
SLEEPY EYE CHAMPS
TAKE HUMBLE THIRD

The band and orchestra of the
Sleepy Eye high school music de-
partment placed third in the district
music contest at Mankato, while Al
bert Lea was awarded second in
each of the major events, and Fair
mon carried away first honors in both
divisions. Sleepy Eye was last years
champions.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-05-21
AGAINST PEDDLERs

Action was taken by the Sleepy
Eye Commercial Club to make the
way difficult for itinerant peddlers
and solicitors of advertising.
A committee of three will pass
judgment on all advertising schemes
offered to the business men of that
city. 1t was agreed that no one
would buy space unless the scheme
was approved by the club committee.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-10
IN COMA Since
AUG. RECEIVERS
Mysterious Illness Turns
Loose Grasp On St.
Louis Girl

ST. LOUIS. Feb. lO-lF- Miss
Dorothy Sawyer. "a. OF suburban
Webster Groves, today apparently
Was recovering from an illness
which had held her in a state O.
coma. unable to speak or move,
since last August.
Her mother, Mrs. Frank Sawyer,
today related how the girl awoke
from the coma Saturday night.
Physicians said her condition was
chiefly induced by shock when she
partially Strangled while wading
II the Meramec river. Two weeks
later hospital attendants had 20
resort to forced feeding to give her
nourishment. About two months
ago Miss Sawyer began 70 eat In
normal fashion. but still she was
unable to speak.
. Saturday night Mrs. Sawyer
related, Il was sitting By her bed
side when her eyes 5r5denly opened
and she said, mother II was the
first word she had spoken since
last fall. Then she called for her
father. and since then she has been
able to recall many things that
happened when she apparently was
unconscious. Since she was grad
uated from washington University
heTt four years ago. Miss Sawyer
has been a teacher In the Staun-
ton, Ill, high school.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-10
TTTHES
TO RED CROSS
Relief Fund Now Past
Seven Million
Mark

WASHINGTON. FEB. I0.=1P-
President Hoover today gave ten
per cent of his annual salary tu
the Red Cross for the drought SUI
ferers.
Today's contributions were en-
larged by the presidents personal
gift OF $500. His salary as pres
ident Is SIS 200.
The drought fund now totals
8 .303.l16 toward the $4,000 Zoo
asked BY the Red Cross.
Progress OF the Red Cross relief
fund will be reported on bv a
country : wide radio broadcast
Thursday from $50 to 3 .. m.
est. In IA program arranged Nv
the National BroadcaSting COM
panv.
Chairman Payne. OF the Red
Cross. will speak from Washing
ton He will BE- followed bv Coy
ernor Parnell of Arkansas. repre-
Stnting the state most severely az
fected by the drought. and Gov
ernor Case Of Rhode Island. ren-
resenting the state which haE most
readily answered the appeal for
the drought stricken.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-10
LEGION HEAD
RAPS MELLON
Brennan Says Seer
'UnfriendIy' To
War Vets

PORT ARTHUR Tex. Feb. 10
EJ-Hal Brennan. state command
er Of the American Legion. in an
address TO ~ex-service men here last
night. denounced Andrew Mellon,
secretary OF the treasury. as IN
friendly to the men who fought in
the World War.
Brennan preceded his criticism
OF the cabinet member with a tri-
butte to former President woodrow
Wilson. his praise for the war
time president and denunciation OF
Mr.. Mellon having excited a DEM
onstration Of approval.
Commander Brennan. who is on a
tour OF the state. came here from
Beaumont. He said there we're 5000
more paid up members in Texas
In the American Legion than there
were on the same day last year.
He said the National Organization
also had a membership increase
over last yeaxs
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-10
Cheerful Tone Seen
AS All Issues
Advance
MONETARY
Stop In Rise Fails To
Halt Bull Move
In Wall St.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1O.-(P-The
wave Of cheerfulness which has
swept Wall street this week vas
marked by vigorous advances in
stocks, grains and cotton. and q
good demand for bonds today.
Equity share values made extreme
gains Of 50 to $3.50 in the more ac-
lively traded issues, and added more
than 81. 0O0. OOO. 1000 to their aggre-
gate quoted value.
Although the advance in stocks
started quite spontaneously on Sat
urday. it was accompanied today by
improved business news, including
a report OF a large gain in United
States Steel corporations orders
during January, and firmer prices
for nonferrous metals, particularly
copper and silver.
The stock market wavered for a
time in the morning as the higher
prices attracted profit-taking. but
surged forward again in the s.ter-
noon. The days total transfers Oh
the stock exchange came close to
100000 shares, and were the larg-
est since mid December. Further
profit-taking in the final dealings
caused receSsions 81 TO SO from the
days top prices.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-10
BOY SCOUTSARE
STAGING WEEK
Seven-Da Anniversary
Program Is Now
Under Way

Brownsville Boy Scouts have
dressed four local display windows
with scout handiwork. and further
activities are planned for Anniver-
sary week which is being celebrated
now.
The windows are at the Browns
vile Tailoring company. Fritz
Schmidt's troop: J. c. Penney COM
pany. a Methodist church troop un-
der Sergt. Sanderson: a window IN
the Cromack building, another
Methodist church troop under DR..
Lawrence OlmSted; and a window at
the Davenport Typewriter EXCHANGE,
under Ed Goike's troop.
A tent and booth are to be erect
ed Friday on a lot in the business
section which will be determined
today. IL was said. The booth will
serve coffee. collect old clothes for
relief workers. and be a registra-
ton booth for e~x-scouts and scout
ers.
Nightly radio programs on scout
ing and scout history are being
conducted over station KWWG ~
Brownsville scouts.
The anniversary week, comment
Grating the twenty-first year or
scouting in America. started Sun
day. Feb. 8 and is to terminate
Saturday, Feb. IA.
The scouts display windows are
attracting unusual interest. II was
reported today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-10
CURTIUS VOWS
GERMANY WILL
FOLLOW PLAN
Foreign Policy Told
Reichstag BY
Minister
IMPROVEMENT
In Franco-G German Relations
Is Invited AS Pivotal
Problem of Europe

BERLIN. Feb. 10. Rl-Reminding
the world that Germany never guar
anteed her ability TO fulfill the
Young plan. Julius Curtius. the
foreign minister. today told the
Reichstag that the nation Is deter
mined nevertheless TO live up to
its provisions as long as possible
and to try to change it only by le-
gal means.
In his first appearance before the
parliament since he returned from
the League of Nations discussions
at Geneva he outlined in detail the
German foreign policy and describ-
cd the world disarmament confer
ence called for next February as
the "touchStone OF the efficacy OF
the League Of Nations"
Sees Improved Relations
He dwelt upon improvement In
Franco German relations as a pi-
votal problem OF European state
craft. at the same time emphasizing
that Germany will not be showed to
one side. Herr Curtius expressed
satisfaction that Turkey and Rus
STA had been invited to participate
in the Pan-European economic con-
ference and vigorously opposed a
suggestion that Germany withdraw
from the League Of Nations.
An unbiased panel Of judges and
historians, he told the reichstag,
would have no difficulty in dis
proving the thesis that Germany
alone bears the guilt Of the World
a
The ~rcparations question" he
said, forces itself as an unbidden
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-10
DISTRICTS TO
FIGHT LAW TO
TAX PROJECTS
+. Robertson Named
To Combat Measure
In Austin
fRv Staff Corresnondent.l

SAN BENITO. Feb. deposition
to a bill now pending before the
legislature which would tax the
owners Of appropriations for waters
Of the state to defray expenses ~
the. State Board Of Water Engineers.
on the ground that such a tax
would be unfair. was voiced az a
meeting Of the conservation commit
tee Of the Joint Association If
Cameron Hidalgo County Water I'm
provement districts in session here
Monday afternoon.
The opposition was expressed in
the form OF a resolution as follows:
Whereas a bill now pending be-
fore the state legislature known
as House Bill No. 325 proposes to
tax the owners of appropriations of
the waters Of the state Of Texas
70 defray the expense OF the State
Board OF Water Engineers. and GER
tain contemplated activities OF such
board. III said bill set out. none If
which expenses or activities are de-
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