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Newspaper Page TextTITE MOKXiyCr OREGOXIAy, WEDNESDAY, MARCII 13. 1012. " ' - - ' ' sssasa ssssss s ssssa aBaiasiassssssssaT,as WOMAN ASSASSIN CALLS FOB FATHER Viola Carver Impatient at Time It Takes Parent to Reach Los Angeles. GIRL TALKS WITH LAWYER Tamnu ! Minininneii to Califor nia City, Wher InuhMT Is Hld for KIIMns Hfll-Ki Young Iteajllr Dealer. LOS iSOELFA Mrr(i 1 Miss Viola rarrfr, tha ye'ins; Taeoma wemsn who net and killed J. Edward Eda. a wU known younf realty dealer, yastarday, r-rt a restless Amy In the city prison f:ar a n!aht f troubled sien, an forei by tha usa cf opiates adminis tered by tha prlt physician. Miss Carver ivoki tht moralni only to be Kin b!n for her father, "ha aave Ma address a 0 North K street. Taeema. ana am4 Impatient at tha n -.. ry delay In bl reaching Los An ! Many girl aeoualntenres. clerks In the atora whara Mlsa Carrar worked, eallad at tha Jail today, bat she refused to sea any af them. About noon sha sud denly started from a semi-stupor and demaadad that a lawyer b sent to her at on-a. One waa called and. after conference lasting balf an hoar. Miss Carver aaamad mora worried than aver. However, within tn mtnutea after the Uwyer left tha Jail he wa whlst line and slngln In her celL The coroners lnjust upon tha body of Kda will ba held Thursday morn mg and Miss Carver probably will ba formally arraigned that day. terday by Dr. Calvin 8. White, secre tary of the board, who Is arranging the details of the conference. Lr. White eald yesterday that al most every county In tha atata would be represented by Its state health of flcer. and In addition to these thera will be a number of city health officers and health officer on Indian reserva tions. Tha board has asked tha County Courts to defray tha expenses of the county health officers to this conference tend many of them have al ready sent agreeable rpllea. Tlie conference will ba the lira of the kind to be held in the state and an elaborate and Instructive programme haa been mapped out for it. An In teresting festura of the prorramma will be a stereoptlcon lecture on sew (. disposal by IL E. Koon. a sanitary engineer of Chicago. Mr. Koon will show visas of the largest purification planta In tha Vnlted States and Europe. The conference will begin at 10 A. M, March ft. WOMEN APPLAUD SPEAKER Practical Mwosa-sreepcr and Cook Talks on Homo Economics. Tha first of a aeries of addresses on Home Economics" waa given In tha auditorium of Olds. Wortman King's yesterday afternoon by Mrs. Evelene Spencer. Mrs. Spencer Is widely known as a good speaker and also a good practical housekeeper. From the fact that she haa made her knowledge of domestic sciences, aa ap plied to the production of wholesome, nutritious food, of considerable value, her Ideas carry weight. In her open ing talk yesterday she outlined the subject to be taken up in tuiure an drweaes all dealing with tha educa tion of girts and young housekeepers In the eminently desirable acquire ments of how to conduct a home In the good old-fashioned senso of the word. The audience, of women sup plemented bv one lone, brave man. who gallantly stated that hla wife I a good cook, capturing every woman present thereby waa large, and many expressions of appreciation were heard at tha close. BANANAS COST $17 EACH BaaroMcT Work old tiame and Vic. Iitii lne Roll. TACO) v. Vi. Mi-' i IS (Spe cial.) Cr ". a be or bananas that CO t t :rn i-Q. An'one Anderson, employed In a Mone TVebster camp, report -i at r"i r headquarters that he ws t' a v:-i of sn, ancient bunco game. Ar.dron i-iip t town Monday wit . t:.a KH. Th.s mornlns ha met Itri affaMa :rai.k'rs, with whom he pa j'd the forenoon. The trio took a mr I. One of t ie men handed An rerxon a fi Mil and aaked htm to go cres the street and buy a dosen bananas. ArMerton started to go. but taa man cl;ed him back. "Here, glre us aoma s-uriiv. so we'll know you're romlr.n back with the change. he .ild. Anierson t-ssed the stranger his wallet, then made for a fruit atand .-rn t street. 1 Wren he returned the affable etran- BRIDGE BOOSTERS TO ACT fortUni! and Vancouver Commlttre Will Mrrt and 1'Ihmc KnfilnT. V A OtV KR, Wash, .March 12. i S-cti.I Tho PortUn.i and Vancou ver ronimttif on the proposed I'aclrtc Michwiv brWiice arro the Columbia Kir-r hTf will hohl a joint me linn n I'M rntnmrrclal Club rooms in tht i r Krldujr night, o chootn aa en-.'in-r iu mike a preliminary survey n-l riketrheia of the proxel brlds J. I. .Siatpleton. rhalrm-tn of tha com init-- of IS men appointed by tMa Vancouver i"onmrctal t'lub, haa re- e!rel many Utters from enjrlneers alto deslra to bid on the preliminary t'tatBS. A le'ter from Ilalpb Modjeski, of '"iikx.o, who made tha first sketches -f the proposed bHilse, says that in e he were appointed entclneer to uper intend the building of tlie bridge he h'uM refund the money paid for he preliminary work, micfi as making; 3ortnc. sketches and dotna other work nece-tary to set the project started. AMENDMENTS ARE URGED Xrw fri Irmrrnor Send Mr ace to State IsNlnturr. ANTA FIT. N. M.. .March 12. Four amendments to the mat" constitution were recommenderi by Oovernor Mc Ionald in his mesaxe submitted to ;be state Lea:iilature tMav. Ther are: Kemoeal of the Ists;iimc" qualttlca tion imposed by the ermMInc net: adop lion of the initiative and referendum; more equitable lrs;ttHtlve apporuon neot and the construction of educa :lonal Institutions. The Oovernor also recommended the depttrn of the Australian bullet, more rtffld control of the liquor traffic. IocmI option, absolute penallslns; of all forma ef aambllnc. direct primaries, advisory primaries for Senators, adoption of .a In corns tax amendment, a corrupt prac tices act. publicity and limitation vt ampatarn expenditures. SKYSCRAPER IS PLANNED nothcr -1 2-Siorj Rulldlnf to Be Krrctrd) In Seattle. SEATTLE. March 12. Barns U Smith, of tiyracuse. N. V . who la erect inic a 42-story ofT.e butldina at Sec ond avenue r.d Yeler Way, announced Hlay i!t-t completion of this building wuuld b. fI.owei immediately by con ftructlon of u p-Htnl 42-wtory bulltiinc At Verier Way and - Itlental avenue. In makiiijc excavations for the first .tfcyacrarer a bed of beach sand 100 feet t:.l-k w ets struck, upon which the f'ur.daftt ions will be lal 1. N reck, evcert cl.trtal bouldrri. l.9 ever been found n Sent e. HEALTH OFFICERS TO MEET Almost lverj County of state to II lie presented at Conference. Tlie f u!l proa ram me for t He -or.fer-ence f the coun?c lies th orTicers of the state, t'. be held m conjunction with the llr?f quarterly meennsr of the Ores on State Board of Health. Mar-h 31 and 2V ss snnounced ?f- $6,000,000 DEED FILED C. A. Smith Timber Company Gives Mortgage? on Holding. PlACKRVIU-E. Cal.. ilarrh II (Special A trust deed for $. 000.000 was filed bere today to eorer a mort gage to the Merchants Ixan A Trust Company, of Chicago, by the C. A. Smith Timber Companr. The Smith Company owns ITs.000 acres of land In Cooa. Curry. lougiaa. I.lnn. Lincoln and Malheur countlea. The principal holdings are In Coos. Curry and Doug las counties, and these arc the only counties Included In the trust deed. In California the company owns 1J. 0t acres of standing timber. Of this. (0.004 acres are In Eldorado and 41.000 acres In Humboldt. The company will build an 0-mlle railroad from Sacra mento to Its holdings In Eldorado County. Work beaan aereral years aao on the road, but Smith's timber Invest ments were so great that be became lajid poor. Negotiations for a mortgage have been pending for two years. The deed securea ti.oon.ono In first mnngaare per cent gold bonds. The mortgage runs for IS years. MISS DUKE TO BE BRIDE? Persistent Rumors Say She Will Be Wed to Prince Abroad. SBW YORK. March II. (Special.) When, about two weeks ago. the en gagement of Prince Iudoric Plgnatelll d'Aragon to Miss Mary I Puke, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Newton Duke, of New Tork and Durham. N. C waa rumored, a denial was authorised by Mrs. Duke. After Prince Plgnate:M had sailed away for Kurope today on the Kron prins Wilhelm It waa learned that close friends of hla and of the Duke family had been Informed that the engage ment was now a fact and that the mar riage would take place within the next few weeks In Kurope. Mrs. Duke and her daughter, according to present ar rangements, will sail for Kurope alth In two week?. PORTLAND APPROVES PLAN Chamber of Commerce Wants Cer tain Canal Toll Kxempted. In response to a telegram from the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, the Portland Chamber telegraphed yes terday to Washington to the Congres sional deleg-atlon from this state reit erating the request for legislation that will exempt from canal tolls all ships sailing undr the American flag on ro9lw lue traffic. In the telesram from San Francisco was another resolution whlcli will not be acted upon by the Portland Chamber nntll the next meting of the board of trustees. In this resolution the Fan Franclaco Chamber puts itself on rec ord aa follows: Resolved, that this Chamber Is un alterably opposed to operation through the Panama Canal of any railroad owned or controlled ship engsged wholly or partly In coastwise traffic." YOUTHS TO GET FORTUNE Two Sons of W. It. Hoflns Beq ueathed 1,750.001. SEATTLE. March 1J. The will or the late William P. lloflus bequeaths the ll.T50.000 estate to his two son, aged and H years. The estate Is not to be distributed until the younger son Is Si years old. Portland real estate valued at I7i.000 waa owned by lloOus. The Portland property represented In the lloflus estate Is the half-block on tark street, between Third and Fourth streets, which Is the site of the Cham ber of Commerce building. The struc ture Is now ten stories high, three floors having been added to the build ing In 1M0. I anil Company 1 ncorporates. VANCOCVHIJ. Wash, March II. Soci !1. 1 Tlie Swedish Ijind A Col onisation Company lias lncorporate4 In Clark County, with a capital of lu.UOi. John Anderson. J. C. Un nerberg and John Naae turned In prop erty valued at IU0.U00. which give the company a $40,000 surplus. The officers elected for the company are J. C. Lannerberg. president; C. A. Sher-perd. vice-president and general counsel; John Anderson, secretary, and John Nase. Tiiom., A. Y'l en t. s:liT en thuiat le pr?r h( lufa f t-:tiDC loks on thtn sh.'e o? f!ke;. cp-r. toucher and mere ri'br. thsn papr. Ke sa that by hie tn.thcMl n can product th nl' k-t eheeta mt a .All.r a purtl. anil that thv would rlnt a .ll aa papr sad be sraeticai:)' tnd s;rutta:t. Novelties in Hand Hammered Brass .Your Choice 98c Regular $1.50 to $3.00 Russian hand-hammered brass in many attractive and novel shapes. In this sale we have in cluded all our finest pieces selling from $1.50 to $3.00 each. They are offered at this small price to clean them all up at once. Fern bowls selling from $1.25, $1.50. $1.75 to $2.00. Flower baskets, regular $1.25. $1.50. $1.75. $2.00 and $2.50. Candle sticks. $1.50. $2.00. $2.50 and $3.00. Trays at $1.75. $2.00 and $2.50. Hanging baskets. $1.25, $1.50 and $1.75. All to be sold Wednesday at the one price, 98c each. JL Merchandise cf yrveril Onlx-. flirty One-Piece Serge Dresses Wednesday $12.50 .win- n-air until tho season is UD0n you be fore purchasing a one-piece Serge Press? For you know you will need one, so why not now. when the styles are fresh and new and you will enjoy wearing a bright new style during the early Spring days ! These dresses can be had in navy, brown, tan and Copenhagen French serge. They are designed in the newest styles with ill those new style touches brought forth for 19V2. The waist line is rather high and trimmed with plain cloth, satin and small fancy buttons. Models to fit all styles of figures iff Long and Short Crepe Kimonos Specially Priced Spring Styles Long Crepe Kimonos $1.69 Regular $2.50 Style A splendid long crepe kimono made in the empire style with "V" neck and kimono sleeves. In navy, light blue and gray with lavender in Persian designs and bandings to match on neck, sleeves and down the front. ' Sizes 36 to 46. Short Crepe Kimonos 69c Regular Price $1.00 A short kimono of good quality crepe in plain navy, light blue, pink, lavender and red. Made in a loose style with yoke in the back and front, full flowing sleeves. Trimmed with Persian bandings. Sizes 36 to 44 only. ITU k m Showing New Hand Bags $2.95 Bags That Usually Sell at $5.00 A remarkable showing of new Spring Hand hags in seal, walrus and morocco leathers. All are leather lined. They can be had in a variety of shapes, and sizes from the small size for dress occasions to the large practical shopping size. Frames finished in gold, silver or gunmetal and others leather covered. Many with round and envelope-shape bottoms. Fitted with coin-purse. "5P - iP ikdm . I -Wa. ft", :''- af I I 32-inch Ginghams 12c the Yard . Again we say make your gingham purchases early. These are mill ends, and come in lengths from 2 yards to 7 yards. A very choice lot. They are all good styles in every design of checks and plaids. Pretty colors for children's school dresses and aprons. Come early if you want to make a good selection. The price. J 2c a yard. ft.' l- . . 'mime' ri 1 ld XT-UTS crx A Little Chat on Spring Millinery We wish to give you an idea of the many different styles of hats we now have for the 1912 season. Hats for women, misses and children, at prices to suit every pocketbook. Trimmed Dress Hats $10.09 and $12.50 You will find more intrinsic worth and exclusive styles in these hats than you would ever believe possible at this price. Hats trimmed with handsome feathers, ribbons and beautiful flowers. Tailored Su t Hats $3.98 to $7.50 Smart, snappy styles with a dash and air about them which you will immediately recognize as being radically different from other hats about town. Models trimmed with odd stickups in unique fashions. Untrimmsd Hat Section Hats in this section can be had from $ 1 .48 to $ 1 0.50 each. Perhaps you think this an uninteresting department not so; you have but to see the clever untrimmed shapes to be convinced otherwise. We are justly proud of the wonderful assortment, and assure you that we are prepared to please the most fastidious. Hats that require but a little trimming to convert them into dashing trimmed hats for Spring and Summer wear. r i JJ MR Scalloped Tea Aprons Special 22c Regular 40c Style This is an immense special purchase of tea aprons of a dainty sheer white material. Dainty scalloped aprons with pretty embroidered patterns, some in the sew ing apron style, all with scalloped edges and come in all white or with lavender or pink embroidery. Some with pockets, also hemstitched strings. Gas Lights Special Wednesday Only On sale at the Notion Depart ment. Sec them in normg order. Lindsay Gas Mantles Special 5c We place on sale Wednesday inverted gas mantles made by the Lindsay Light Company. These mantles give a pure. clear, white light. Every mantle guaranteed. Buy all you want for one day only at 5 c. $1.00 Inverted Gas Lights Special 39c Every light guaranteed full brass burner with all air vents high grade mantle. Full or half frosted globes. These lights will save 50 per cent of your gas bills. Buy all you want at 39c for one day only. Corset Showing New Spring Models A Spring Model Taffeta Silk Waist Very Special $1.98 This is a new Spring model waist of good quality chiffon taffeta silk. BLACK ONLY This waist is made with a high tucked collar and set-in sleeves, with large armhole, which is the newest fashion, also three-quarter length. In the front is a small oval shape tucked yoke which laps to one side and held in place with two silk covered buttons. On each side of the front are clusters of pin tucking. Little black fancy silk cord adds to its dainty attractiveness. March Sale of Floor Coverings 75c Linoleum 49c a Yard 5000 yards of the best standard quality of printed linoleum in attractive light and dark colors. Also several pretty wood inlaid designs. $1.50 Linoleum $1.19 Yard The best standard quality of inlaid linoleum. A large variety of patterns from which to make your choice. 35c Japanese Matting, Special 22c Yard 25c Chinese Matting, Special 15c Yard Imported Japanese and Chinese mattings in colors of tan, green, blue, red or brown. 36 inches wide. Good variety of patterns. Silk Hosiery Special 39c Pair Pure' silk boot stockings, in fast black, seamless, light weight. Made with lisle toes and heels and garter tops. Special 50c Pair Pure silk boot stockings in black and tan. Made seamless with lisle toes, heels and garter tops. Special 28c Pair Black pure silk boot stockings, in light weight and seamless. Made with lisle toes, heels and garter tops. Special 25c Pair Pure silk boot stockings, in fast black, light weight. Made seamless and with silk lisle garter tops. Silk Lisle 50c Pair Stockings of fast black silk-lisle in medium and light-weights. "With four thread soles, heels and toes. Double garter tops made extra wide. Silk Lisle 9c Pair Stockings of fine gauge silk-lisle, lightweight and seamless. Made with donble soles and high spliced heels. Full length and elastic. Regular 3oc a pair. Regular $1.75 to $5.50 Corsets, Special $1.28 Lot 2 consists of new models in W. B. and C. B. corsets, also dis continued mode Is in W. B. C. B Smart Set and Nemo corsets. A splendid assortment of large sizes. i Made of the best coutil and batiste. Lace and embroidery trimmed. Girdle styles medium and high bust styles medium and long hip styles. Sizes 18 to 36. Regular $3.50 to $7.50 Corsets, Special $2.39 This lot of corsets consists of such models as the W. B. C. B. Smart Set La Vida W. B. Reduso and Nemos. Medium and high bust styles medium and long hip styles. They are made of batiste and coutil, finished with lace, ribbon or embroidery. Mostly large sizes. t , y Sizes from 18 to 36. ) New Barrettes 15c We have just received a new line of 3. 4 and 5-strand heavy barrettes. Every one guaranteed made of extra heavy stock. Shell or amber. Regular 25c and 35c ALL BLAME TAKEN General Edwards Tells of Find ing of Ray Papers. HOSTILE DESIGN FEARED Itell Believed to Have Credited Ad jutant - General's Department With Desire to Show En mx for President. VASHINGTOX. March 12. BrlEadler Oanral Edwards, chief of the Insular Bureau, today assumed all responsi bility for the delay In transmitting to Congress some of the papers In the Major Kay case. lie appeared before the Helm com mittee on expenditures In the War De partment, which has beon Inquiring Into Paymaster Ray's political activi ties, especially lor President Taft In 130s. llMtllltr la SMSfrlW. General Edwards recited his part In tha discovery of the nilsslns; records In the Hay case from the Adjutant Ueneral's office.. He rave it as his belief that the former chief of staff. General J. Franklin Bell, had retained the Hay papers from the Adjutant-General's of fice and transmitted them to the wit ness when he left the War Department because he thought the Adjutant -Generals office waa "hostile to trie Presi dent of the United States" and he be lieved It would use the papers against blm. General Edwards told the committee that I'.ay was appointed to tha Army through the Influence of the late Mark Hanna. and ex-Vlce-Preeldent Fair banks. "I first met Ray in 1he Philippines when 1 m-ent there with Mr. Taft as Secretary of War. In 1907. At that time." (said General Edwards. ".Mr. Taft was brine talked of for President. "Various friends of his Id the Philip pines suRcested that Kay. who former ly was in labor organizations, would be a Rood man to have at Chliiaco to Interpret Judge Taft's labor decision. I cabled Colonel McJntyre. in Washing ton, to have Kay returned to the I'nitcd States. The reply was bucIi that I dropped liay at once." General Kdwards said he spoke of Ray to Mr. Taft on the way home over the TranF-SibTian Railway and also asked if Mr. Taft waa a candidate at that time. .... .. "He was not an avowed candidate, said General Edwards. "He was reluc tant to a.-sume the role of candidate. He felt that he waa not qualified. He would have preferred to go on the bench, 1 know." said the General. CIIICAGOAX FKIEXD OF HAY Major Says Appointment Was Dne to Mnn Xot In rolitics. CHICAGO. March 1J. Major Beecher B. Ray denied today that he was ap pointed to the Army through the In fluence of Marcus A. Hanna or any one else prominent politically. "My appointment to the Army was due to the friendship of a Chicagoan, who Is very well known, but who never has been interested in political affairs," said Major Ray. CHARTER TOJSE REVISED Mayor or Baker City ARrees to Ap point Committee. BAKER. Or.. March 12. (Special.) The Baker City commissioners today, upon motion of Commissioner Flnlay. passed a resolution favoring the ap pointment of a committee to revise the present charter. The committee prob ablv will consist of five members, ap pointed by the Mayor. The move Is one promised by Mayor Palmer sev eral weeks ago. when the commission ers tabled the petition asking for a special election to decide if Baker should continue the present form or go back to the aldermanic idea. At that time several defects were found, among them being the number of remonstrances required to kill a proposed street Improvement, the two thirds now required being considered too high and the method of no Jury snd no appeal in cases in the City Po lice Court- Mayor Palmer will announce his com mittee within a few day GQASI IS MISSING Map Changed Since Durville Visited Antarctic in 1838. AUSTRALIA SEEKS HONOR Two Parties of Explorers Left at Two Separate Points on South ern Regions Aeroplane to Be Put In Use. HOBART. Tasmania, March 12. The ship Aurora, which sailed from this port on December 2 last with an Aus tralian Antarctic expedition under the leadership of Dr. Douglas Mawson, re turned to Hobart today. The Aurora is commanded by Captain J. K. Davis. He landed two separate parties at two points In the Antarctic regions, one under Dr. Mawson. January 18, and the other under Dr. Wilde, a veteran of the Shackleton and Scott marches, February 19. The Aurora found no trace of the Clarie coast, from which it was con cluded that It was an ice barrier that had broken up since Durville's discov ery in 1838. The Aurora left the Ant arctic on February 31 and Intended to return in the Spring. Aeroplane to Be Vsee. Some of the best known British ex plorers are with the parties landed by the Aurora, which muster 25 men in all. The most advanced feature of the equipment is a monoplane In charge of Lieutenant Watkins. who has taken part In several aviation meets. Speak ing of the value of the aeroplane In exploration. Dr. Mawson, prior to the departure of the expedition, said: "An aeroplane can fly over an ice crevasse or a ridge as easily aa over anything else, whereas a party on foot might have to search a long time to find a pass, and an aeroplane can do a journey of 130 miles in three hours." Noted Men In Parties. Lieutenant Ninnis, of the Royal Fusileers, who is an expert on survey ing and sledging, and Dr. Mois. a Swiss, who is an adept with skis, are included In the expedition. Australians and New Zealanders complete the com plement. Captain Amundsen says It will be im possible for him to comply with the re quest from the United States to have his ship, the Fram. at the Panama Ex position at San Francisco In 1915, as he will be in the Arctic regions at that time. DETECTIVES GO TO PRISON Victims' Acquaintance With Mrs. ' Taft Bad for "BIackhand".Palr. PITTSBURG, March 12. (Special.) Mrs. William Howard Taft. wife of President Taft. was chief Nemesis of Gilbert B. Perkins, head of the Perkins Detective Agency, and Charles Frank lin, manager of his Philadelphia branch, who left here today for Leaven worth prison, Kansas, to begin their sentences of thre and five years re spectively for using the malls to de fraud by sending "black-hand" letters to Mrs. Charles Strong, of Erie, Pa. Mrs. Strong, who is publisher of the Erie Herald, has a sister named Mrs. Townsend, who is in Mrs. Taft's set at Washington. Mrs. Townsend told Mrs. Taft of her sister's suspicions re garding the detectives. Mrs. Taft told the President and urged him to action. Then came a flock of 35 secret serv ice men and postofflce inspectors and Perkins and Franklin were caught in the net. FORMER PORTLANDER DIES C. W. Kimball, Business Man, Passes Away in Seattle. SEATTLE. Wash., March 12. (Spe- cial.) Following an illness of several months." C. W. Kimball, aged 67 years, a business man and for more than a decade a resident of Seattle, died yes terday of heart failure at bis home, 723 Sixteenth avenue North. The de ceased is survived by his widow and , two daughters. Charlotte and Bessie. Mr. Kimball was a graduate of Ober lin College and had been engaged in business in this city and Portland for manv years. He was interested in the Bothell Irrigation Company, Seattle Snohomish Interurban Line, C. W. Kim ball Investment Company and the Sno homish Electric Company. Spokane Gets Mining Congress. SPOKANE, March 12. Word was re ceived here today from Secretary Callbreath, of the American Mining Congress, that the 1912 meeting of tha congress had been awarded to Spo kane. The congress probably will be held the week of November IS. ' Nothing Succeeds Like Poslam This Perfect Remedy a Revelation to . Sufferers From Skin Diseases. Poslam, as everybody knows, has in a few years achieved the greatest suc cess of any remedy for the skin. Its present sales are phenomenal; the cures- it has accomplished, marvel lous. And all because Poslam actually possesses the curative power so long sought by chemists and phj-sicians. healing in all conditions where the skin is diseased: stopping: all itehinjr at once; readily curing eczema, acne, tetter, barber's itch, scaly scalp and similar troubles. All may prove Poslam :s merit by writing: to the Emergency Laborator ies, 32 West 2oth street, New York, for free sample. Apply this to an affected spot and note results appar ent overnight. The cure once begun, a further supply of Poslam may be purchased for .jO cents from Owl Drug Co., and all druggists. Poslam Soap, medicated with Pos lam, is the best and most delightful soap for your skin; antiseptic; price, 25 cents.