TIIE MOKXIXG OREGOXIAy. SATURDAY. DECE3IDER 31, 1910.
HOMY PERFORMS
NEW FEAT IH AIR
American Record for Endur
ance Is Broken by Cali
fornia Aviator.
HE GOES UP 10,575 FEET
Bird Mn Maya Aloft Three Hour
1 T Minute, bat Kails to Equal
Altitude Attained During- Won
derful flight Monday.
AVIATION FIELD, Los Angeles. Dee.
J Fearing that through lm techni
cal error or oversight, the height rec
ord of 11.474 feet, which he made last
Monday, might not stand. Arrh Hoxsey.
the California aviator, soared tnf the
air tidy and broke all the world" alti
tude records but bis own.
The two barographs he carried with
Mm reentered height of 10.S7S feet.
Thla l nearly looe feet under the mark
he established Monday but It Is only
JIM feet above the record of La Oa
gneux. made In Pau, France, a short
time aco.
Uoxey May I-"e.
A new record must, however, exceed
the former mark by at least 300 feet.
Therefore, If the International Feder
ation of Aero Oube refuses to recng
Blzcj Iloxseys feat of Monday aa offi
cial. Le Cagneaux will remain the record-holder
and the t'alifornlan will lose,
besides the glory, prises which aggre
gate nearly IIOO.
Nevertheless, througb today's perfor
mance, is will have the satisfaction of
knowing that ha bold the American
endurance record, lie waa In the air
today three hours and 17 minutes, or
el(bl minutes longer than A. L- Welch.
Trial Not JKavored.
An effort was made sfier Hoisey
landed to Indue Mm to ascend tomor
row and try to aurpass the endurance
record made by Tabutcau In France to
day, but he said:
Td hare to be in the air mora than
10 hours and travel at least 4i miles
to beat the Frenchman, and I don't feel
like trying-.- said Hoxsey. I must be
a poor band at reading figures or I
would have Bone higher, much higher,
today. I had an aneroid barometer
strapped to my wrist. Besides. 1 had a
barograph tied up right beside me. and
another In my pocket, and 1 read both
the barometer and barograph figures
as 1I.;S before t started down.
Weather Is Favorable.
Itoxsey's flight today was accom
plished under the most favorable wea
ther conditions. The sky waa at all
times so clear that he was alwaya with
in view of the thousanda who crowded
the grandstand. He traveled a dis
tance estimated at nearly ii miles and
repeated bis feat of yesterday by sail
ing over and above the summit of
Mount Wilson.
While hovering over the peak, be
darted and dipped and did the aplral
glide, flirting with and Anally spurning
the forbidding crags or the mountain
as he sped away.
Dip la Recorded.
His barograph, when unsealed, showed
be had dipped down to within 400 feet
of Mount Wilson's peak, which la SS00
feet above mie sea. Then the needle
marked a steadily ascending line upon
the chart as he climbed steadily up
ward while beating back against a 14
mlle breexe to the Held.
Today waa the first 'ladlrs day" of
the aviation meet, and riilllp rarmalee.
of the Wright team, paid a compliment
to the feminine visitors by rising In his
machine and scattering red carnations
n the air to fall among them in the
grandstand. There was a scramble for
the flowers, and numerous expensive
toilets were torn or disarranged In the
effort to procure the favors sent down
by the aviator.
DISTANCE IUTORD IS BROKEN
Tabutcau flic 33.C Miles in 7
Hours 4)5 Minutes.
Bt'C. France. Deo. SO. Maurice Ta
butcau. contesting for the Mlchelln cup.
broke the worlds aviation record for
distances today, covering ::. miles in
a continuous flight of seven hours IS
minutes.
Tabtitciu had before made the best
mark for the prise for the Mlchelln cup.
I'.avlnr flown : miles on October. :7
Ut. IS cup is awarded annually along
with a cash premium of ll-00 to the
ablator making the longest sustained
flight within . lb li months. Henry
far man won the trophy In 1V". making
IS miles In four hours and IT minutes.
I'rem-b Army Aviator. Fa IN; Dies.
VtRSUUEj. France, pec. 1. Lieu
tenant t'atimont. of the Army aviation
corps, white tsstlng a new monoplane
today fell from a height of 40 feet, ttoth
arms and both legs were broken. Th
Injured man waa tktn Immediately to
the military hoepltal. where he died
tonight. .s soon as he learned of the
accident, general itrun. Minister of
War. nominated Lieutenant faumcnt
for the Legion of Honor, but death oo
rurrtii before the cross cou!d be taken
to uim.
COAL FRAUDIS CHARGED
I'rderal Attorney Would Compel
Concern to Prtxloir Honk.
DF.NVER. Pec. . Charging fraud
In entries on coal lands In Routt Coun
t. Kthelberl Ward. Assistant I'ntted
States Ptatrtct Attorney, appeared be
fore Federal Judge Lewis In chambers,
today and made requests for subpenas
duces tecum to compel ofneera of the
American Fuel eV Iron Co. to produce
the company's books In court.
Mr. Ward said he believed the books
would reveal fraudulent entries on coal
lands worth more than ll.iioo.eoo.
The American Fuel & Iron Co. was
formed by F. W. and Arte Keltcl and
ethers of St. Louis. Its principal of-B-
es are In Iienver.
Tste su.-aAta sn-t Klnhrlv tea eua
e"s are oet.lrlng the a1 uittuff ef erect
tag a Hat aiunlv.pal abatlwu.
SUPEEXNTENDZNT OP CHICAGO
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KLLA FLACG VOi G.
SPOUSEWJLNTED
Ella Flagg Young Says Mar
riage Is Not for Her.
LAWYER'S PRAISE SPURNED
"Let la Call This Matter Head
Sajs Superintendent of Chicago
ISchoola When Shown
Attorney's Speech.
CH1C.VJO. Dec. 30 (Special- "Don't
talk to me about matrimony, because
there are scores of other women In Chl
caigo who are better qualified."
Mrs. t.Ia Flsgg loung. superintendent
of Chicago's public schools and president
of the National Educational Association,
made that statement today when aiHced
to discuss the subject. Her name had
ben mentioned by ex-Mayor Thomas
Cordon Hare!, while defending a
client. School Ommionr Hooper. In
court In Baltimore. Why the lawyer
d'scuseed the Ciiicago educator aa a mat
rimonial prise was not revealed in court.
I do not know any of the persons
mentioned in the dispatches from Balti
more." said Mrs. Young after reading
a newspaper clipping. "I would much
prefer to have such discussions cast Into
oblivion. I would be pleased to discuss
cny subject but matrimony.
Mrs. Young adjusted her glasses and
read the newspaper article again. She
smiled and. handtrg back the paper to
the Interviewer, said : .
"Let u call this matter dead."
OFFICER'S Sine STOLEN
PICKPOCKET RELIEVKS POLICE
MAX OF COSTLY EMBLEM.
While on Way to Station San Fran-
rlo Sleath Is Rnhbed of Deco
ration of Authority.
SAN KKANCI9CO. Dec. . (Special.
Policeman John H. Fitsgeratd. who we.
a detective sergeant and night captain of
detectives under Chief Cook, was a vlc
t in of the nirable-flngered gentry thie
morning while on hie way to the Miseion
police station to report for duty, and was
relieved of his gold detective sergeant's
star, decorated with four rubies.
Fitxgenald waa wearing hie costly em
blem of authority on tl.e InsiUe of his
coat. He wae standing on the rear plat
form of a Mtselon streetcar, on his way
to work. Flckporketa, it is thought, were
among the crowd on the platform and
deftly unpinned the star from the pa
trolman s coat. The los w.e not dis
covered until Fltxgerald reached the ata
tion and a genersJ lookout for the stolen
scar hae been ordered, for the police are
not anxioua to have a detective sergeant's
star worn by a pickpocket.
liesfdc the monetary value of the star,
FitagcrsJd value It highly, as It was a
gift by his many friends on the apfVjInt
ment to the dcteive bureau.
CAPiTOL IS IN SUSPENSE
OKLAHOMA BV SI NESS STANDS
STILL PENDING DECISION.
Clerks In Stale Offices Sit Idle In
Ill Supreme Court Settles Claims
of Rival Cities.
GUTHRIE. Ok la- Dec. 30. While all
state offices were nominally open here
today, no official busineas waa trans
acted and only routine matters were at
tended to by the clerks. The same con
dition existed In Oklahoma City, and as
a result official business waa at a
standstill.
The Supreme Court has recognised
Oklahoma City as the de facto capital
by refusing to receive suits for filing
In the office-of the clerk of the Su
preme Court here.
The suit to restrain the removal of
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the Ftate Capitol from Guthrie was re
fiiod today in the Supreme Court. Tho
executive headquarters and most of the
state departments hare gone to Okla
homa City and established their offices
there.
Six days ago attorneys representing
Guthrie filed a suit In the. Supreme
Court, which by the Legislature was
given original Jurisdiction In the capital
litigation. This suit tested the legality
of the capital removal act of the spe
cial session.
The attorneys were then having their
day In court, but will probably reftle the
suit as soon aa the court Is ready to
transact business.
This action brings before the court
every phase of the capital removal con
troversy: raises the binding effect of
the enabling act. which provided that
the capltol should remain here until
after 1913: raises the point that an or
dinance of the constitutional convention
accepting the enabling act enn only be
changed by a vote of the people: and
brings Into question the right of the
legislature to convene prior to the
first Tuesday In January.
If the Supreme Court holds the en
abling act and the convention's ordi
nance binding, state officers must re
turn to Guthrie until Uie capital Iocs
tlon Is determined by a vote of the peo
ple. REBEL ATTACK AWAITED
IIONDVRAS EXPECTS GCNBOAT
HORNET AT Pl'ERTO CORTEZ.
Vnlted Slates Cruiser Will Land Sla
rlne to Project American Inter
ests When Fighting Begins.
PUERTO CORTEZ, Honduras. Dee.
30. An attack upon Puerto Cortex by
the - revolutionary gunboat Hornet,
which was reported several miles off
this coast iRte last night. Is expected.
Several hundred government troops
arrived yesterday from Tegucigalpa
and others came In this morning.
Fighting has already begun at Las
quabrados. according to reports.
Following rumors that the United
States cruiser Tacoma had sighted the
Hornet last night, the American con
sul, at the Instance of Commander
Davis, of the Tscotna. today warned
all Americans to remain indoors If
trouble started. Notice was given -the
commandant today that the Tacoma
will land marines to protect American
Interests here tomorrow.
The Honduran gunboat Tatumbla Is In
the harbor, but her two one-pounders
are not expected to be of much use In
defending the town against an attack
by the Hornet, which Is reported as
having four six-Inch modern rifles and
three machine guns. The Tatumbla. is
not considered seaworthy.
Guatemalan troops arrived at Morales
last night. This move Is taken here
to mean that a land attack br the
Honduran revolutionists Is expected
along the border.
BURKE'S LETTER TOLO OF
M'RSK AT SANITARIUM IS WIT
NESS AT TRIAL.
Employer Promised to Get Money
for La Elts Smith in Note to
Woman, She Says.
SANTA ROSA. Cal.. Dec 30. Ada
Clark, a nurse, testified that while at
Lu Etta Smith's tenthouse the day Dr.
Burke examined It. she saw a note In
the handwriting of the physician ad
dressed to Ml!s Smith. According to
the witness, this note was subsequently
destroyed, but It read substantially as
follows:
"Dear Lu: If the money does not
come for yoti to go tomorrow, I will
go to Oroville myself to get It. so you
remain here until I return.
"DR. W. P. BURKE."
The witness testified that when she
heard the explosion she at ones be
lieved It to be the 8mlth tenthouse and.
with Earl Edmunds, she rushed out to
see the result of the disaster. Miss
Clark said that she attended Miss Smith
after the explosion.
At the suggestion of Juror Rlckman.
Edmunds explained the map of the san
itarium buildings and marked upon It
the points where he said he saw Dr.
Burke Immediately before and Just after
the explosion.
Te m-it eoctly book in the world Is a
tfthraw Kibl. wnd br the Onriii gov
ernment, whlctj a few ..ears ago refused the
pvpe's offer ot si- lor tt. -
ROBIN SWALLOWS
POISON, BUT UWES
Accused Banker Takes Deadly
Hyoscine, but Prompt
Action Saves Life.
DRUG TAKEN FREQUENTLY
Means Which Crippen Used to Kill
Wife Are Employed by Banker to
Clieat Law Recovery Likely.
Former Attempt Made.
NEW YORK. Dec. 30. With head
erect, shoulders squared and eyes leveled
at the battery of cameras trained on
him. Joseph G. Robin. the Indicted
banker, stepped from his sister's home
this morning to face arraignment, calm
in the knowledge that he had swal
lowed a dose of hyoscine, the deadly
alkaloid with which Dr. Crippen killed
his wife. Belle Elmore. He collapsed
before be could be taken Into court,
with the exclamation:
"I am a dead man; I've taken poison
tablets."
Tbe case was postponed In the great
est excitement, a stomach pump was
hurriedly brought into play and the
sick man was carried first to the prison
hospital and later to Bellevue. where
he lies tonight in the prison ward. No
charge of attempted suicide la entered
against him. and it Is thought he will
recover, although the action of hyo
scine la slow and much will depend
upon his vitality.
Robin Took Drug Habitually.
The time at which Robin took the
drug Is approximately fixed by the tes
timony of Dr. Austin Flint, retained
for Robin by William Travers Jerome.
his counsel: Dr. Louise Roblnovltch, his
sister, and two detectives, who rone
with him from his sister's house to
the Criminal Court building.
Dr. Flint told the court that, as near
ly as he could Judge, the poison had
been in Kobin's system about three
ouarters of an hour when he collapsed.
The two detectives were positive their
prisoner swallowed nothing on the way
to court.
Dr. Roblnovltch said her brother was
In the habit of taking hyoscine in
small doses to counteract the effects of
morphine, which he used to deaden the
stabbing pains by which gallstones
make themselves known. She kept the
drug In her house and she thought her
brother swallowed 12 tablets. At Belle
vue tonight, the examining surgeons
estimated that Robin had taken about
one-tenth of a grain.
Stomach Pump Saves Life.
Robin seemed In good health this
morning better than at any time since
his troubles began and he made no ef
fort to screen his face from the cam
eras, as hitherto. The first sign of
illness was when he staggered, step
ping from. his automobile to the Crimi
nal Courts building. In the elevator
he weakened so rspidly that the detect
ives had to lift him to a couch. There
he sank Into unconsciousness and was
not revived until the stomach pump had
been worked rigorously. Its prompt
use saved his life.
Outside, the corridors of the Crimi
nal Courts building fairly hummed with
excitement, but In the Court of Gen
eral Sessions Itself, Judge Craln waa
transacting business as usual when At
torney Jerome stepped rapidly down
the aisle.
Jerome Announces Poisoning.
Tour honor," he began hurriedly, "'I
am here In the Robin case. It appears
that the defendant has taken a drug.
He cannot be stimulated. An ambulance
has been summoned and surgeons are
now pumping his stomach. The delay Is
unavoidable."
Dr. Austin Flint, retained by Mr.
Jerome, was called. The Assistant Dis
trict Attorney asked htm what Robin
had said.
"He said." answered Dr. Flint, 'I am
a dead man; I've taken poison tablets.'
I found his face flushed, the pupils of
his eyes dilated, his pulse 160 and fee
ble. He told me he had swallowed the
poison three-quarters of an hour pre
viously." The case was postponed until receipt
of further advices as to Robin's con
dition. Roblr's frustrated attempt on his life
today leaves the question of his sanity
still open. Dr. William Mable, for the
state, and Dr. Austin Flint, for his
counsel, examined him last night and
found blm physically able to appear In
court today, but they did not pass on
his mental condition
Robin Tried Suicide Before.
In the affidavit submitted by his sis
ter, when she applied for his commit
ment to an asylum, she swore he at
tempted suicide last Saturday and gave
that as one evidence of insanity.
There were no further developments
today In connection with either the
Northern Bank of New Tork or the
Washington Savings Bank, both of
which are In the hands of the State
Banking Department, but the State De
partment of Insurance took over the
affairs of the Title & Guarantee Com
pany, of Rochester. N. T. A large force
of accountants is at work on the
ledgers of the many Interwoven compa
nies which Robin promoted.
Deputy Attorney-General Frederick
C. Tanner, who made the descent on the
Title Company, told the court today
that it was practically defunct, be
cause of Robin's operations in substi
tuting questionable securities for good
ones.
SENATOR'S MOTHER DEAD
Chamberlain Is Called to N'atchei
by Sad News.
WASHINGTON. ' Dec SO. Senator
Chamberlain, of Oregon, received a
telegram today Informing him of the
death of his mother, Mrs. Parmelia T.
Chamberlain. In her home In Natchez,
Miss. Mrs. Chamberlain was about 0
years old.
Senator Chamberlain left tonight for
Natches to attend the funeral.
FLEET SAILS FOR AMERICA
American Battleships From French
and English Ports Reunite.
CHERBOURG, France, Dee. SO. The
1 battleships comprising the United
States Atlantic fleet, rendezvoused oft
the Scllly Islands, today, following
good-byes In the English and French
ports, where the officers and men have
been entertained splendidly by gov
ernment and civic officials for six
weeks.
Tomorrow the warships will turn
their prows homeward, the Immediate
destination being Guantanamo.' Cuba,
where they are due on January 16.
The first division comprising the
battleships Connecticut. Delaware.
Mlchtgan and North Dakota, under com
mand of Rear-Admiral Schroeder, Com
mander-in-Chief of the Atlantic fleet,
sailed from this port at 9 o'clock today. I
As the vessels passed. Admiral Schroe- J
der, from his flagship, the Connecticut, j
signaled a cordial message of farewell i
to the French naval authorities, oa
lutes were exchanged with the French
squadron.
The third division, the Minnesota
Idaho. Mississippi and Vermont, Rear
Admiral Murdock commanding, sailed
from Brest at 2:30 o'clock this after
noon. Earlier In the day the second
division, made up ot the Louisiana, ;
Kansas. New Hampshire and South .
Carolina, left Portland, England, while
the fourth division, the Georgia Ne
braska. Rhode Island and Virginia, set
sail from Gravesend yesterday.
OPERAS ABE RETURNED
MISSING MUSIC SCORES GIVEN'
TO NEW' YORK POLICE.
Dennis Higglns Tells Conflicting
Stories of How He Secured
Costly Bundle.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30. The missing
opera scores In the $10,000 prize con
test of the Metropolitan Opera-house
for American composers, which disap
peared from an express wagon last
Saturday, were returned today un
harmed. Where they have been and
how removed from the wagon remain
mysteries, although Dennis Higgins.
who took them back, has been charged
with larceny and held in J2000 balL
When Higgins took the bundle to
them, the Doilce say. he gave his name
as John Rea and explained that two
men handed him the bundle with
threats that they would kill hm If he
allowed It out of his keeping. When
he opened the bundle enough to see
what it contained and later read In the
newspapers of the missing scores, be
said he decided to take it to the police.
The detectives started out with "Rea"
to find the two men. After tramping
the streets, they say, he admitted there
were no two men, and explained that he
found the bundle. Pressed further, he
gave his name as Higgins. He was ar
rested and arraigned under that name.
The scores were shipped by Walter
Damrosch. one of the Judges of the con
test, to George W. Chadwick. director
of the New England Conservatory of
Music, and were valued at between
.40,000 and $50,000.
The Metropolitan directors gave out
a statement tonight that the scores
were unharmed and that the sealed
envelopes containing the names of the
composers had not been tampered with.
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BVS1NESS FOR ORIENT WILL-
BE BENEFITED.
Western Pacific Makes Agreement
With Oriental Line tor Trans
continental Freight.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 30. (Special.)
Complete restoration of the through
transcontinental freight business between
the Orient and San Francisco Is to be
made shortly after January 1. when" the
agreement between the Western Pacific
Railroad and the Toyo Klsen Kalsha
(Oriental Steamship Company) becomes
operative. This is cheerful news to mer
cantile interests.
H. M. Adams, freight traffic manager
of the Western Pacific, said today that
his company would publish within the
next few weeks through rates between
Chicago and Missouri River points and
the Orient. He also said the tariff would
conform to the ruling of the Interstate
Commerce Commission and show the pro
portion of the rate received by the rail
road. At present the rates through San Fran
cisco, outward bound, are the established
domestic rates to this city plus the steam
ship company's rate from this city to des
tination. The railroad receives just as
much for the haul from Chicago, fit.
Louis and west to San Francisco as it
formerly received to the Orient, when
the steamship companies took what they
could get out of it.
FRENCH MISTAKE AVOIDED
Italian Railroad Strikers W ill Learn
by Brethren's Errors.
ROME, Dec SO. The committee of
tho railway workers has recommended
to! the men blind obedience to their
leaders In regard to the threatened
strike. It warns them, however,
against precipitate action, declaring
that the French Premier, M. Briand,
triumphed over the workmen in the
last general strike In France because
he succeeded in making the railway
men prematurely start the agitation.
The committee says that In Italy the
opportune moment for a strike would
he the onening of the festivities In 1911
commemorating the 50th anniversary
of the proclamation of Rome as the
capital of the Kingdom of Italy.
' The orders for a strike will not be
given by telegraph or through men in
motor cars, as was the case In France,
but by a system that Is being kept
secret.
The hope of the authorities that the
strike will not materialize rests chief
ly on dissensions among the men. The
latter are divided into two camps, one
of which advocates violence, while the
other, wishing to secure the promised
Increase of $4,000,000 in the total an
nual wages. Is concerned only with
the manner in which the increase shall
be distributed.
Faneuil Hall Has No Room.
BOSTON, Dec. 80. The reasons for
the failure of the Municipal Art Com
mission to approve of a plan to place a
memorial painting of Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe in historic Faneuil Hall, for
which the public has subscribed nearly
$3000, are given In an open letter from
Chairman Thomas Allen of the Com
mission. They are that the hall is al
ready overcrowded, that the only space
remaining is along the gallery balus
trade, which would obstruct the view
and be in bad light: and that the at
mosphere damages paintings.
Cholera Precautions Cause Riot.
LISBON, Dec 30. The reserves of the
27th Infantry stationed on the Island ot
Madeira, the Portuguese possession off
the Moroccan coast, were called to the
colors today with the object of assur
ing order on the-Island. Serious rioting
has occurred there recently as a result
of tbe stringent measures taken by the
authorities to prevent tho spread of
cholera.
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FRAUDS GO ON 15 YEARS
GOVERNMENT LONG VICTIMIZED
AT XEW ORLEANS.
Alleged Drawback" Sugar Scandal
in San Francisco Will Be
Investigated Soou.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. When the
grand Jury now Investigating the sam
pHng of sugar at New Orleans finishes
fts work it will be found that the frauds
against the Government there have been
going on for at least IS years.
This statement was made today by an
official of the customs service, who said
that all the suspected frauds would be
found in the sampling of sugar and In
the polartecoptc tests which determine
the saccharine contents upon which the
Importers pay duty. ,
An investigation of alleged draw
back" frauds at San Francisco s also
imminent. A preliminary 'nvestigation
has furnished evidence which leads
Treasury officials to believe the frauds
there would eclipse those of New Tork.
which the American Sugar Refining
Company recently offered to settle for
1700,000.
Evidence collected by the customs
service is said to v show that the Gov
ernment has for years been Py'""
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came Into the United States duty free,
was used In the preservation of Cali
fornia fruit and later reported as sugar
imported from Java on which duty had
been paid.
PORTLAND GIRLS GUESTS
Misses Morgan and Hostess in Chi
cago Are Entertained.
CHICAGO, Dec. 30. (Special.) Rob
ert F. Delaware, of 6242 Woodlawn ave
nue gave a dinner tonight at the Ven
donie Hotel in honor of Miss Dorothy
Bour and the Misses Morgan, of Port
land, Or., who are visiting Miss Bour.
Beside Mr. Delaware and the honored
guests, those present were Mrs. John
C. Farwell. who chaperoned the party.
J
Walter Roach and Joseph Thompson, of
Tpsilantl. Mich. They afterward At
tended the cotillion at the Woodlawn
Park Club.
Smallpox Is Suspected.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash.,
Dec. 30. (Special.) A case of what may
be smallpox has been discovered in Bat
tery D. The soldier was taken to the
post hospital, where he will be closely
watched. No alarm Is felt. Nearly all
soldiers in the post have been vaccin
ated. When your feet are wet and cold,
and your body chilled through and
through from exposure, take a big dose
of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, bathe
your feet In hot water before going to
bed, and you are almost certain to
ward off a severe cold. For sale by
all dealers.
heumatism
is a blood disease.. It can
be cured only by ridding the
blood of extraneous matter. Hood's
Sarsaparilla cures it, as It does other
blood diseases. "The necessity for a
good blood purifier," writes W. G.
Skinner, Wakefield, Mass., "was first
impressed on me when I took Hood's
Sarsaparilla for a severe attack of
rheumatism. Aa Boon as I began to
take this medicine, I felt better and in
a short time was cured, and have been -In
good condition ever since.
Remember there is no real substitute
for ilood's Sarsaparilla. If urged to
buy' any preparation said to be "Jusl
as good" you may be sure te it inferior,
costs less to make, and yields the dealer
a larger profit.
Get Hood's Sarsaparilla today , in
liquid or tablets called Sarsataba.
PREMATURE GBATNESS.
Is the fate of many a young face.
Imperial Hair Regenerator
Is the only harmless preparation
Vnnwn which wben spoiled cannot
l,yl D detected, is unaffected by baths,
ly ')PX or shampooing; permits curling.
I Sampje of hair colored free. Irri
' vacy assured correspondence.
IMPERIAL CHUM. MFG. CO.,
134 V. 23d tel.. New lark. . ,
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