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NOTED RADIUM GUREi
Big Tumor Killetf and Patient's
Life Saved.
ONLY SCAR TISSUE REMAINS.
Victim of Malignant Growth Treated In
New York Hospital Had Radium
Impregnated Gelatin Injected Into the
Mass Improvement Was Rapid.
What physicians pronounce one of
the most remarkable cures through the
agency of radium in the history of
medical science was recently confirmed
by the examination of a patient who
was expected to die six months ago,
when he went to Flower hospital in
New York city with a malignant tumor
the size of a child's head in his abdo
men. The large mass which threatened his
life has disappeared, and the small re
maining knot in its place has lost its
character as a tumor and is simply
Bear tissue which has not been re
moved by the process of absorption.
Drs. William H. Dieffenbach and
William Tod Helmuth, who have had
the case in charge, claim for Flower
hospital the discovery of the method
employed, which was the injection of
gelatin impregnated with radium into
the tumor itself after the seat of the
trouble had been reached by opening
the abdominal cavity. The practice in
the only other similar case on record,
one performed in Europe some days
ago, was' to inclose the radium in a
class tube, which was sewed up in
the tumor.
When the patient, who is a promi
nent resident of Westchester county,
N. Y., was taken to the hospital Dr.
Dieffenbach called in Dr. Helmuth
with an idea of performing an opera
tion for the removal of the tumor.
After a thorough examination Dr. Hel
muth found the tumor to be so large
and its roots to have invaded so much
of .the abdominal tissue that he re
fused to operate.
A council was held, and it was de
cided to treat the patient with the
X ray for the purpose of preventing
the spread or growth of the tumor.
By this methed the physicians suc
ceeded in checking the advance of the
tumor, but after three months of the
treatment the skin of the patient be
came so irritated that the apjslication
of the X'rays had to be discontinued.
Another examination proved that any
operation for the removal of the mass
would ' prove futile, and as a heroic
attempt to save the life of the patient
Dr. Dieffenbach proposed that the tu
mor be exposed and that radio-active
gelatin be injected into the diseased
parts. ,
The patient .was placed under the . in
fluence of an anaesthetic, and the gela
tin, which had been impregnated with
- $100 worth of radium, was injected In
three places in the tumor. . The in
cisions were drawn together with
purse string suture, and the abdomen
was closed.
When the tumor was disclosed the
surgeons pronounced it a round cell
sarcoma, a most malignant variety of
tumor, but cut off a small piece of the
mass for analysis. A later examina
tion of this portion by Drs. Hertzmann
and Kellogg, eminent pathologists.
confirmed the opinion of the operators.
The reaction from the operation was
unusually severe, and at times it was
feared the patient would not rally, but
after a few days an increase of
strength was noted, and at the end of
five weeks the patient was so much
Improved in general health and the
tumor was so greatly reduced in size
.hat he was permitted to go to his
home.
While greatly elated over the results
of their efforts, the physicians did not
allow their enthusiasm to overcome
them, and it was only after a thor
ough examination of the patient by
Dr.' Helmuth a few days ago that they
allowed a report on the case to be
made public.
-. This last examination revealed an
apparently healthy condition in the af
fected territory. Only a small lump
remains in the place of the tumor, and
this, the physicians say, retains none
kif the character of a tumor, "but is
simply a nodule of scar tissue such as
remains after the healing of any mod
' erately sized wound.
The efficiency of the treatment by
the radio-active -gelatin lies in the
artificial irritation which it induces in
the tumor, says Dr. Dieffenbach. Con
traction of the tumor and a change in
Its character result. Tle physicians
were moved to their decision to try
the radium treatment by their observa
tions of the beneficial results that
-have attended the treatment of super
ficial skin ulcers at the hospital by
the application of radium.
, The method employed in this case is
declared to be superior to that in Eu
rope, in which the radium was inclosed
In a glass tube. In the latter case
$5,000 worth of radium is reported to
have been used, while the cost of the
material used, in the case at Flower
hospital was one-fiftieth as much. "It
Is thought also that in this case the
- activity of the radium is much in
- creased! New York Herald.
Incidents In the Career of Governor G.
L. Lilley of Connecticut,
When Governor George Leavens TJ1-
ley of Connecticut' was fourteen his
parents moved into Oxford, Mass.,
leaving him behind to run his uncle's
farm. The Lilieys rtext went to Mid-
dleboro, and there the boy peddled
meat from a cart for his father, who
occasionally sent him to Boston to buy
supplies. On one of these trips the
lad, who ywas not eighteen, learned
that there was a shortage of potatoes
in New England and that there was
an abundance of them in Nova Scotia.
He Induced a Boston merchant whom
he knew to lend him $2,000, with which
he went to Nova Scotia, chartered a
schooner and brought a cargo of pota
toes to Boston, where he sold them at
a handsome profit
His entry into politics in 1900 was
spectacular. He entered a town meet
ing at Waterbury, Conn., which was
packed with adherents of a controlling
ring of grafters and denounced its ex
travagance. A road repairing contract
was about to be awarded for $35,000,
and he offered to do the work and live
up to all its specifications for $3,500.
He was not only howled down, but
was threatened with personal violence.
That experience determined his fu
ture course in life. He announced him
self as a Republican candidate for the
legislature and as a foe to all grafters,
large or small. He was overwhelm
ingly elected and made good from the
day of his election. He served a sec
ond term and was then sent' to con
gress, where before he was hardly
warm in his chair he defeated an at
tempt to extend an electric light com
pany's franchise in Hawaii upon terms
that were oppressive to consumers. It
was a hard fight, for he was up against
seasoned congressmen, but he won out.
FIGHTER OF GRAFTERS.
TRIBUTE TO A SLEUTH
Candle to Burn Nearly Five Years
For Joe Petrosino.
BE HEADY TO PAY TJP
Notice to Subscribers to the
Advertising Fund.
TERROR OF ITALIAN CRIMINALS
BARS TO SIGNALING MARS.
Messages Mechanically Impracticable,
Thinks Professor Mitchell.
Professor William H. Pickering of
Harvard university will have to over
come some very real difficulties before
he can hold conversations with the in
habitants of Mars. So Professor S. Al
fred Mitchell of Columbia university
said the other afternoon. The most
puzzling of these difficulties, in Pro
fessor Mitchell's opinion, will be 'the
mere construction of the gigantic mir
rors by which means Professor Picker
ing purposes to throw a beam of con
centrated light In the direction of Mars
in such a way that signals can be
transmitted.
The mirrors, Dr. Mitchell says, would
have to be about a thousand yards in
length, and their cost would be . stu
pendous. It is extremely doubtful if.
the whole scheme is not mechanically
impracticable, according to Dr. Mitch
ell, because of the very delicate ma
chinery that would have to be made to
keep the mirrors in adjustment. -
After the mirrors have been con
structed Dr. Pickering will have to
worry about the code by means of
which he will talk with the Martians.
"It Is very unlikely," said Dr. Mitch
ell, "that the people on Mars are con
versant with' the Morse code, and it
will take at least five years for Dr.
Pickering to teach It to them, if he is
able to do It at all. Life on Mars is
supposed to be much older than on the
earth, and there is no reason why we
should not believe the Martians have
been signaling to us for years, while
we in our imbecility have been unable
to decipher the messages or even de
tect the signals."
TO ABOLISH DARKNESS.
to
Hoosier Inventor Has a Device
Make It Always Daytime.
After ten years of work David R,
JNicely or 1'etersburg, ma., has per
fected an arrangement by which he be
lieves that daylight can be made to
continue through the ' twenty -four
hours. He has applied for patents.' "
He has made a system of lenses and
reflectors of great size, which he pro
poses to put on towers a thousand feet
high a hundred miles apart, and with
these he expects to carry daylight
back many hours after night has fall
en. In order to keep the lenses and re
flectors at focus a clockwork appara
tus is to be provided, and with the
lenses so moved he expects to give
daylight all the time.
Nine Foot High Candle Adorned With
, Gold Will Remain Lighted In Mem
ory of New York Detective Slain In
Palermo, Sicily.
A candle soon will be lighted to burn
four years and seven months in mem
ory of Joseph Petrosini, the detective
on the New York police force who was
assassinated in Palermo, Sicily. It was
constructed . with mathematical . cer
tainty by a New York firm and was to
have been placed In the procathedral
on Mott street, New York to k'eep
alive the light of remembrance, but
because of its dimensions and expen
sive character the determination was
reached that it await the wishes of
Mrs. Petrosino, who probably will have
it sent to her husband's birthplace in
Italy, and there enshrined to burn un
til the last particle is consumed..
There was another reason apart from
those advanced to explain why the
candle was not placed in the procathe
dral. Anonymous threats were made
to destroy the church on the day of
the funeral of Petrosino, and it is un
derstood that it was thought the burn-
of the memorial candle in the
church would be a constant reminder
of Pfetrosino's martyrdom to the des
peradoes who plotted his death. To
avoid this the candle was quietly tak
en back to the makers, in whose home
Petrosino had been reared and where
he was looked upon as a beloved mem
ber of the family.
The fashioners of the candle are ex
perts in the making of candles used in
the ceremonies of the Roman Catholic
church. About nine months ago Petro
sino called at their shop while Father
Monteleono of Mount Carmel was
there and jokingly asked what kind of
a candle would be made to burn for
him. The elder member of the firm re
plied that the day was far off when
that service would be required, but
when Petrosino insisted replied jok
ingly:"
"When the time does come, Joe, 8
candle to burn in your memory will be
made that never has been equaled in
Rome or in France or in the United
States. It will be the most perfect ever
designed." . . -
Immediately after the news of the
assassination was received the promise
was recalled, and the candle firm set
its most skillful men at work. They
kept nt the task night and day, for the
candle had to be made by hand and its
ingredients so blended and its long
wick so prepared that it would burn
longer than any candle ever manufac
tured.-, ' ; "'.
The principal material used was 'pure
Austrian beeswax kneaded and tem
pered and mixed with a secret ingre
dient to retard combustion. The wick,
of a special Egyptian cotton, was treat
ed with a composition to keep it from
feeding too fast with the waxy fuel,
The candle was' ready on' the night of
the day the slain detective's body ar
rived in New York.
The candle is nine feet high and has
a circumference of "three feet six inch
es. It weighs 178 pounds. From with
in one foot of the tip to one foot of the
base .it is embossed with fourteen
carat gold, laid on in octuple leaf. The
centerpiece, all pure gold, shows lilies
of the valley and a reproduction in
miniature of the holy college. The
laying on of the gold and the fabrica
tion of the design were the work of
two men, who kept at their task, when
time began to press, thirty-six hours,
with only a brief intermission for eat
ing and sleeping. The cost of the can
dle was $450.
. Precise calculation as to the time the
candle will burn was not figured out
to the hour, but the makers believe
they are within ten . hours when they
say that it will burn steadily four
years and seven months.
You are each and all hereby
notified of the organization bi an
executive committee to have
charge of the advertising of our
City and County and the hand
ing of the funds subscribed
monthly for such purpose,
through the election of the fol
owing nine men to-wit: : M. S.
Woodcock, B. W. Johnson, J. M.
Nolan, Virgil E. Watters, John
F. Allen, N. R." Moore, G. A.
Robinson, F. L. Miller and A. J.
Johnson, the former having
been, elected as Chairman and
the latter as Secretary and
Treasurer. G. A. Waggoner has
been elected by this executive
committee as Advertising Mana-.
ger and with instructions- to
make.al' collections on monthly
subscriptions, beginning on May
1st, all subscriptions are payable
in advance. We trust all will
be prompt with their monthly
pavments and thus greatly aid
the Committee in their work.
By order of the Committee,
A. J. Johnson,
27-4t Secretary.
Sure to Come Back
Strange as it may seem, Brick
Kycraft, who has long been a
prominent citizen of the Alsea
country, has decided to leave
the best country on earth and
try to make a living in the sage
brush around Prinevi'le. Real
izing it would keep him moving
he went to Ammy Cameron and
ordered one of the handsomest
saddles ever put together in the
Willamette vallev. Horsemen
say it is one of the easiest riding
saddles they ever straddled,. Per
haps in moments of sober reflec
tion he will realize how easy he
made a living in the Valley and
come back home.
Millinery and
Ladies' furnishings
Special Prices on Millinery
10 Per Cent Discount
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Big Values Offered This Week
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Baker's Bargains.
I 'have for sale some of the best busi
ness properties in Corvallis; also choice
residence property. Call and investi
gate. R. F. Baker, Office 111, Second
street, Corvallis, Oregon. 5-4-8t
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Paints and Varnishes are the Best. Sold by
Now is the Time
To see Just the very
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NO TOOTHACHE AFTER 10 A. M.
' Turkish Bath For Horses.
As if blankets-.for poodle dogs were
not enoughalong comes Dr. Mark L.
Frey of Huntington, N. Y., a veterina
rian who has a horse and dog hospi
tal, with plans for a Turkish hath for
horses. And "he really means It,- too,
his plans being completed for building
;the necessary addition -to his animal
hospital. Dr. Frey thinks that Turkish
baths for horses will make them more
healthful.
Woman's Cake Baking Challenge, '
Mrs. B. L. Wilson of "Nashville,
Tenn., is out with a challenge to any
woman In the United States for a
cake baking contest. The cakes made
by Mrs. Wilson have carried her name
over several southern states. She is a
clubwoman, and her cakes are served
at almost every society gathering In
Nashville. She says she has no secret
for making cakes; that success in bak
ing depends simply on a knack for the
work. She first fonnd her skill in
baking to please her husband and first
won general praise for her baking by
200 Individual cies which she served
to as many guests at a JJutcn luncn-
eon.
New Breed of Night Riders. .
Landowners in Pike and Daviess
counties, in Indiana, are being terror
ized by a. secret organization whose
purpose is to fix land rentals, says a
Petersburg dispatch. ' Barns are being
burned ana otner depredations com
mitted. The organization, supposedly
composed of renters, has notified i. all
landowners that they must let their
land for the season for one-third .. of
tha crops, thus giving' the renters two
thirds instead -of two-fifths as has
been the rule for years. Albert Cape
hart's barn was burned the other
niht." and the farm of Albert Henser
was visited, and three , sulky -plows
were broken to pieces with axes.
Filed
Request For Leave Muct Be
" Early on Day of Game.
Owing to the opening of the baseball
season in JNortoik, va., Postmaster
Carney caused the following notice to
be conspicuously posted in the office: '
'All requests for leave of absence on
account of toothache, severe colds and
minor physical ailments and on ac
count of funerals, picnics, church so
ciables and the like must be handed to
the superintendent of your division be
fore 10 a. m. on the morning of the
game."
Object of Hygienic School Car's Trip.
Professor Snow of the Stanford uni
versity recently left San Francisco on
a campaign - of sanitary education.
Professor Snow is traveling in a pri
vate car equipped by the state, and he
expects to spend several months in the
rural districts. The car is filled with
models showing farmers how to care
for ' their homes, barns, iood, water
drainage and general hygiene. This
is the first time in history such work
has been undertaken so thoroughly.
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Wh i I e Wheat Soars.
I must not throw upon the, floor -. v.
The crust I do not eat,
For many a hungry millionaire
Would think it quite a treat. y
Eheu! Our tears fall thick and fast;
They dim our eyes for old time's sake;
No more we know, except in dreams;
The biscuits mother 'used to make!
One a penny, two a penny, - .
Hot cross buns.
Each one-costs a dollar straight,;
Now the rhyming runs.
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Just received at our store ; also have in this week
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The very thing for EARLY SUMMER WEAR .
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