5749.?Misbranding-  of Haarlem  Oil   Capsules.     U.  S.     *     *      *     v.   Franli   H.
Evans, Alva W. Morrison, and Edward W. Harrington (Evans Drug?
Mfg. Co. and Evans Capsule Co.). Pleas of guilty. Pine, $750 and?
costs. (F. & D. No. 12311. I. S. Nos. 7051-r, 79o2-r, 7953-r, 1585o-r,?
15869-r.)
On June 24, 3920, the United States attorney for the Western District of?
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in?
the District Court of the United States for said district an information against?
Frank H. Evans, Alva W. Morrison, and Edward W. Harrington, trading as?
the Evans Drug Mfg. Co., and the Evans Capsule Co., Greensburg, Pa., alleg??
ing shipment by said defendants, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as?
amended, on or about May 2, and February 1, 1919, from the State of Pennsyl??
vania into the State of Ohio, on or about May 3, 1919, from the State of?
Pennsylvania into the State of West Virginia, and on or about April 1, 1919,?
from the State of Pennsylvania into the State of Virginia, of quantities of an?
article of drugs, labeled in part " Haarlem Oil Capsules," which were mis-?
branded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed it consisted essentially of turpentine, linseed oil, and sulphur,?
commonly known as Haarlem oil.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the information for?
the reason that the statements regarding the therapeutic and curative effects?
thereof, appearing on the labels of the boxes and contained in the leaflet accom??
panying the article, falseiy and fraudulently represented it to be effective as?
a preventive, treatment, remedy, and cure for (all shipments) kidney, liver,?
bladder and uric acid troubles, rheumatism, calculi, stone in bladder, impure?
blood, gravel, backache, catarrh of bladder, ulceration of bladder, (one ship??
ment of February 1) colic, liver and stomach complaints, fever, ague and blood?
disorders, (remaining shipments) weak kidneys, chronic disease of the kid??
neys, aches and pains, Bright's disease, appendicitis, chronic headache, stomach?
trouble, sleeplessness, nervousness, despondency, gallstones, difficulty in urinat??
ing, cloudy and bloody urine, sciatica, and lumbago, (second shipment February 1,?
also) gravel or renal calculi (stone in bladder) weak stomach, dyspepsia,?
bilious complaints, nausea, vomiting, gallstones and female disorders, when,?
in truth and in fact, it was not.
On October 18, 1920, the defendants entered pleas of guilty to the informa??
tion, and the court imposed a fine of $750.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.