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particular  class  require  the  interference  by  the  board  of  health,  and. 
second,  that  the  means  adopted  for  the  purpose  are  not  oppressive 
on  individuals."  The  Court  held  that  this  ordinance  in  question 
met  neither  of  these  purposes.  The  appeal  of  the  Department  of 
Health  from  this  decision  of  the  trial  court  has  not  been  sustained, 
and  the  Court  of  Appeals  unanimously  upheld  the  Appellate  Court's 
decision  and  expressed  the  opinion  that  the  ordinance  and  regula- 
tions have  too  remote  a  relation  to  the  public  health  and  are  there- 
fore invalid. 
The  Alien  Property  Custodian  to  Sell  Chemical  Prop- 
erties.— A.  Mitchell  Palmer,  Alien  Property  Custodian,  announces 
that  certain  chemical  manufacturing  plants,  taken  over  under  the 
Alien  Property  Law,  will  be  sold  at  public  auction.  The  Bayer 
Company  sale  will  take  place  on  December  3  to  American  citizens 
only,  while  on  December  4th  the  Heyden  Chemical  Works  of  Gar- 
field, N.  J.,  will  likewise  be  sold  at  public  auction. 
Service  Flag  of  the  Jacobs  Pharmacy. — Mr.  Joseph  Jacobs, 
of  Atlanta,  Ga.,  advertises  in  the  local  newspapers  his  service  flag 
showing  that  forty-six  of  the  employees  of  the  Jacobs  Pharmacy  are 
in  the  military  service  of  the  United  States. 
James  E.  Bartlett  Elected  a  Director  of  Parke,  Davis  & 
Co. — Succeeding  the  late  Charles  Stinchneld,  a  Detroit  business  man 
whose  death  occurred  in  the  latter  part  of  September,  James  E. 
Bartlett  has  been  elected  to  the  board  of  directors  of  Parke,  Davis 
&  Co.  Mr.  Bartlett  is  assistant  secretary  and  sales  manager  of  the 
corporation,  a  post  to  which  he  was  called  in  July  of  1913.  He  en- 
tered the  service  of  the  house  in  1889  as  a  traveling  salesman. 
Later  he  was  transferred  to  the  Detroit  laboratory,  eventually  be- 
coming its  general  superintendent.  For  seventeen  years  (1896  to 
1913)  he  was  manager  of  the  company's  Chicago  branch. 
Members  of  the  P.  C.  P.  Faculty  in  the  Army  Service. — 
Four  members  of  the  faculty  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy are  now  engaged  in  the  military  service  of  the  government. 
Professor  Roddy  is  now  a  major  in  the  Medical  Corps;  Professor 
Fitzkee  a  lieutenant  in  the  aviation  service,  and  Drs.  Fischelis  and 
Foran  are  in  the  Chemical  Service  Section. 
