A St. Louis reporter charged that a " diploma mill" centering in Missouri was turning out bogus high school and medical college diplomas for a consideration. Howard Sidener, U. S. circuit attorney, started an inquiry. William P. Sachs, former examiner of the Missouri School Department voluntarily appeared at Mr. Sidener's office and confessed to having taken part in such a ring. He named two doctors of St. Louis and Kansas City as members of the clique, and admitted that in ten years he had sold over 1,000 high school certificates (necessary prelude to...
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