Show 1 E D I ADLY OlY JOl JOLTED TEO ji iV Hb EXPOSURES by St. St Louis Louisar Louisi I ar i- i Bring to Light Many lills Mill s Issuing Diplomas r Stated Sums I UIS Mo rIo Nov ov 17 By ByA A barrage of ot printers printers' ink spread pread terror amon among the ranks t practising medi- medi under forged and purchased over the country p posed sed by the St. St Louis Star fa ofa n. n ring In St St. Louis and andas as City which tho the newspaper jed id sold diplomas of or If from rem medical colleges c furd fur- fur d degrees ees of doctor of meri men men- cine cane alid and furnished experts to take and pass medical examinations In inace I Place ace of the person named on on the I diplomas has extended Itself all oyer oyes the country resulting in a half a 3 dozen active Investigations within a month Legal investigation to determine tho the fitness of ot men to practise medicine has been ordered by the governor of ot Connecticut In Missouri a grand jury will be presented with evidence that a reporter re- re porter parter for The Star Harry T T. Brun- Brun under the name of Harry Thompson purchased a a. degree of 01 doctor of ot medicine upon payment of ot 1200 without a bit of study Four physicians were arrested and now are ale free on bond as the result resul of or I this disclosure Brundidge through the same men according to The Star obtained full equipment and a graduation diploma diplo diplo- ma I in chiropractic on payment of ot I 0 The diploma was characterized character character- as a forgery by authorities authorities- of the school whose name appeared at atthe atthe atthe the top an Illinois institution OTHER RINGS EXIST I II i I Ramifications in the diploma diploma- selling business spread over the country countr one ono of ot the arrested physicians physIcians physicians declaring that rings similar to the tho Missouri l one existed In Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago cage in Denver on the Pacific coast and in the East This physicians physicians clans estimated that persons were practising medicine In United States under faked or forged credentials Slate State authorities in Missouri have started the tho machinery for an expert j examination of ot all persons whose credentials do not show proper preparation Tho The governor of Ari Arkansas Arkansas Ar- Ar i kansas has offered to attempt to 1 have havo tho the laws of his state revised to shut out any further exchange j of illegal megal physicians Health Commissioner Frank J. J I Monaghan Jona han of New York City furnIshed furnished fur- fur with evidence that fake physicians physicians physicians phy- phy from the St. St Louis-Kansas Louis City ring had been practising In New York Tork City ordered an Investigation Investigation investigation of ot all questionable questionable- physicians physicians phy phy- in hospitals there The ring furnished high school credits to students who wished to I get some preparation In medIc medical l schools the newspaper charged After Arter a a raid on the home horde or of one one of t the e four doctors involved od eVIdence evidence evidence evi eVI- dence was found which involved a superintendent of ot schools of an adJacent adjacent ad ad- jacent county who confessed authorises authoritIes authorities au au- say that inthe last ar he had supplied at least seven fifty certificates of completing high school work at 5 5 each to one of the four doctors STUDENT On the strength of ot this an investigation was conducted and nd one medical college collego expelled thirteen students who were found to have entered these fraudulent credentials creden Governors of ot a score of ot states wrote letters to The Star commend commend- commendIng commending ing the work that brought about the disclosures and promising cooperation cooperation cooperation tion in preventing any fraudulent credentials being passed by the I medical examining boaras boards of or their states The Journal of ot the American Medical association followed the newspapers newspaper's campaign with publication publication pubU- pubU cation of ot a similar fraud in which a Chicago ex service man told of purchasing for certificate of graduation apparently Issued by a St. St Louis medical college Directors of the institution whose names appeared appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap on the document pronounced the signatures forgeries Frank Taylor Jr managing editor edItor editor edi edI- tor of ot The Star directed the cam cam- |