On May 2, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Indiana, acting 
upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of 
the United States for said district a libel, and on June 26, 1919, an amended 
libel, for the seizure and condemnation of 3 dozen bottles of a product pur- 
porting to be Knoxit, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Indian- 
apolis, Ind., alleging that the article had been shipped,on or about March 27, 
1919, by the Beggs Mfg. Co., Chicago, Ill., and transported from the State of 
Illinois into the State of Indiana, and charging misbranding in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed that it consisted essentially of zinc acetate, hydrastis alkaloids, 
glycerin, and water, perfumed with oil of rose.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded for 
the reason that certain statements appearing on the cartons, bottle labels, and 
in the accompanying circulars, regarding, the curative and therapeutic effects 
of said articles, falsely and fraudulently represented it to be effective as a 
remedy for gonorrhea, catarrhal affections of the eye, nose, and throat, inflam- 
mation of the mucous membranes, beneficial in the treatment of hemorrhoids, 
ulcers, and other mucous irritations, as a prophylactic for inflammation of the 
mucous membranes, effective for gonorrhea and blenorrhea of long standing, 
and as a prophylactic, when, in truth and. in fact, it was not.
On January 2, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.