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TITE MORNING OTCEGONIAN, THURSDAY, APR II' 18, 1912. 18 BOAT'S PASSENGERS SEEK WRECK HEWS All on Board Steamer Kansas City Ignorant of Great Loss of Life. INCIDENTS OF TRIP PALE J-atM .5 as Miip Lraic San Francix-o Is Thai Titanic Is Safe, Krrrjrone SnrprlM-d and Shorknl by I-atcM Irtail. Thouzh the horror of the iccMrnt to tha transatlantic liner Titanic waa nona the lfs felt by persons ashore, ther were apparently not as much con cerned In familiarizing- themselves with lerall as the dozens of passen gers who disembarked yesterday from the steamer Kansas City on her arrival from Han Francisco, as they had been ptven only meager details by wireless and the first newspapers received were those printed In Portland Tuesday and at Astoria yesterday mornlnp. The Kansas City sailed from the ;olden (iale Monday noon and then It had been reported that all of the Tltaple's passengers had been saved and the vessel was en route to port iind"-r her own steam. It waa not un t.I Tuesday morning that the wireless flashed the facts of the. accident and It became known thst fearful loss of life had followed and the new ship had cone to the bottom. FCeports re ceived on the water were posted In the social hall for all to read, but they were not sufficient and there waa a scramble at Astoria yesterday morning for more. Fven ofrtcers of the vessel seemed to Imbibe soma of the restless spirit, for the Kansas City surprised her staunchest frlenifw- by reaching the harbor at 4:49 o'clock yesterday after noon, coming In on the time of the big Pcaver. the place of mhich she had taken during the latw-r'a period of overhauling. The Kansas City hauled away from the dock at Astoria soon after :30 and It was 4:10 when alio reached the flour ml Us. If anything out of the ordinary hap pened on the trip it was forcotten by all yestcnlay. and Instead of telling experience passengers and members of the Kansas City's company were hent on obtaining Information, even th ball score not being asked for by the most pronounced fans, who wanted to know the latest from mklatlantlc. where the survivors were traveling: to ward New York and friends. will probably be held by Major lie Indoe. Corps of Knglneers. V. t5. A. A representative of the Pennsylvania Steel Company called on him yesterday and said that the completion of the bridge would be delayed for months If It waa Insisted that the East Side span be built flrst, but when permission was granted by the War Department for the crossing It was expressly provided that the engineer officer here should regulate the work so as to Impede navi gation as little as possible. Musters of vessels concerned and pilots will be asked to attend the hearing If such a move Is decided on. Schooner Churchill ar Harbor. ASTORIA. Or.. April 17. (Special.) The schooner Churchill, en route for Grays Harbor, was spoken outside the mouth of the river today by the tuc Oneonta. Marine Notes. Politicians on the waterfront regard it as an ill omen that the Itoosevclt was sunk yesterday when she struck a snag near Portsmouth, while on thfc way to Oregon City with cotton wood and I- tow of the steamer Georgia Burton. Though the damaged vessel Is only a barge and can be raised easily. It Is aald that the mishap has served to throw more votea to Taft. With 1.451.243 feet of lumbec. valued at $ir,ro. which she loaded at St. Johns, the British steamer Strathbee cleared yesterday for Australia and is to sail today. She also haa aboard AKBITIIAKT HATK IS msLIKLID KiHrtrrs Want lo Know If Watcr- lioux Will Continue Kmbargo. Announcement made by A. T. Prichard. Portland agent of the Water bouse fleet, that the service would bo continued to the Orient after August 1. and with sis modern steamers, while reassuring to shippers, haa not wholly eu tinned them, because no mention has been made officially whether the arbi trary Increase of 6 cents a ton on flour shipments from Portland will be main tained, since it has been decided by Andrew Weir to keep his carriers In the field. It is hoped by some that the Water house executives will see fit at times to send a vessel direct from Portland to the Far Kast Instead of returning her by way of Puget Sound. That will probably be done In the rase of the Norwegian steamer Hercules, which left Hongkong for Victoria March So and Is expected to reach the Coast AprIL 21 or Ij. There Is more than enough cargo here to fill her. and the remainder will be loaded on the steamer Oceano, which sailed April 2 from Yokohama and is due at Victoria April 20. It Is thought that Mr. Waterhouae will fol low the news of an agreement he cabled Monday with a letter, so that It may become known when the three addi tional steamers are to be sent to the Coast, and whether there will be any change In the present schedule. ITtAMIK IXTKIXJGI2IC. DM la Arrt. . -r - From. sl Klamath an Franriaro In port arl San Krn-tco In Wrt Sue H. Clnon. Tillamook. .. .In port Kanaaa City. .. tan Pdr. . . In port Falroa .n rranclace aprll is Bnttwvtr Coot Fay April 1 0o W. Elder, .fan Dies.... April 1"J Far San Fedro. ... April Alllaar Eurasa ...... April : Boa City..... fan P4re. ... April 2i Roanoka San Dl. .. . A pril 1'S Bearer ban Tedro. . . . May i Kbedoled t Depart. Tame. For. K i-a H Rnm. TtlTamr.fi K:amath an liro April 1 4'urto ?n Kr.ncla o A prll 11 Harvard i r". far u A. April '.-O Fairaa Se Kranclac April 'Jl Kansas City. . .fan Pdro. ... April 22 Breakwatar Coos Bay April 2 G-o. W Elder. .Han DI.(S.... April -4 A man c Euraka April Pear. ......... San Fdro. ...April 7 Roanoka baa Dies. ... May I rtoaa City .... ..San Pedro. ... Way 2 Beaver San Pedro.... May 7 01 SEN, Oil STAND JELLS OF MURDER Gaily Garbed. Small Chinese Woman Serene as Tragedy Is Pictured. VICTIM ONCE SWEETHEART Seid Kin Laughed When Told of Impending Danger, She Declares. Tong Vengeance Feared bnt Answers Come Quickly. Having recovered partially from the effects of ber attempt to commit sul clde by drinking benzine. Ol Ben. the Chinese slave woman In whose room, at 284 Flanders street1, Seid Wan Bing was murdered In the early morning hours of December SO and who shipped the dismembered body In a trunk to be anie, yesterday took the witness stand in Judge McGinn a Court. She told a story of the killing in Data April 1 51..V.8 feet of material that waa loaded at s-an Francln.-o and about I.bOO.000 feet that was taken on at Kureka. She will finish at Ta-oma. The cargo la con.signed to Newcastle. Melbourne and Uellong. Captain Arthur Riggs was in charge of the steamer Undine yesterday after noon when she made an excursion run with delegates to the convention of electrical engineers. The party waa taken through the harbor and stopped at the electrical station at lnman I'oulsen's mill, after which they' con tinued to Oregon City. Having finished the East Side fill at the site of the Southern Pacific's proposed freight station, the Port of Portland dredge Columbia was towed to the public drydook yesterday to un uergo her annual overhauling, which will be ended In about a month. Inspector Beck, of the Seventeenth Lighthouse District, has complained to the Council regarding the maintenance of a white arc light on Montgomery dock, which was established at the in stance of skippers of the upper ferry, lie suggests that a red globe be used so as to eliminate tho glare. I I If-; ' ?A M - "1 I t I . : ill V j I i .!-. a. . i,...,; 1 1 o, Sea, Chlaene Klave Womi, Principal Wltaeaa for State. Aaalnat Wobbt SI Nana, aa Sh Looked oa Witness Mtaad Yesterday. In the rooms of the Suey Quon Tin. an association of Chinese cannery laborers who had quarters In the same building. This was on the night of the murder and Seid Wah Bing was present. While Seid Bing and she were there with the cannerymen, Wong SI Sam and Lew Soon were in her rooms, she again told Seid Bing about the threats, but he did not become frightened and followed her to her room, when she left about 1 o'clock in the morning. When they entered Wong SI Sam and Lew Soon were sitting on tho bed. Lew Soon picked a quarrel with Seid Bing, she testified, and hit him on tha head knocking him over on the bed. Both men had then attacked their victim using a razor, a Chinese vegetable knife and a hatchet. Lew Soon had sent her Into an adjoining room, in which was her trunk, and a few min utes afterwards came In and asked her for the key of the trunk. The door between tbe two rooms was opened and the 'trunk was dragged through. She saw the dead body of Seid Bing lying on the floor. Lew Soon and Wong Pi Sa.m threatened to kill her If she said anything about the crime and cautioned her to remain In the adjoining room without making any noise. She said that she soon became tired of tbe solitude, and went across the street to smother building and en tered the room of Wong Si Sam. He came In a short time later and again told ber she must keep quiet about the murder. UKK MAN'S OWX FRENCH DA UK Kusne Schneider's Name Is Ac munlrd for Through Slock. Commenting on the fact the Italian ship S. MArahertta. which was rhar tered Tuesday to load new crop wheat here. Is owned by Germans, the name of the French bark Eugene Schneider, which Is ready to load cereal here, rame up for discussion among a crowd f waterfront dcnlxens yesterday, be cause the cognomen and her flag do not Jibe. one reason assigned for the name Is that ntnt of the stock in the Kugene S.-hnelder is owned by Hermans and they were responsible for her title being selected, but she waa registered under the French flag, one more ad dition to the fleet In port waa made yesterday through tha arrival of the French bark L'Herralte. which halls from Iouique and Is under charter to Kerr, iiifford & Co. to load for Kurop. The French bark Bossuet, from Junin, is looked for next and she will be fol lowed by the French ship La Peroune from Newcaatle-on-Tyne. which has been on the way 117 days. ST. HELENS COF.S TO ALASKA Portland Will Furnish Cargo Guar an tee to Start Service. Portland will have marine connec tion with Alaska commencing May 23. wlng to the industrious labors of memPrrs of the transportation com mittee of the Chamber of Commerce, iio held a meeting yesterday and de cided to telegraph the Dodge Stearn slilp Company, of San Francisco, to send a steamer. V. S. Smallwood presided at the meeting. It was known that the steam er St. Helens would call at Portland if !0 tons of freirlit for Alaska were promised, and. although there was not that amount, several men guaranteed that there would be that much or more by the date of sailing. Sir. Smallwood will appoint a committee to arrange for lie freight. .Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND. Arrll 17. Arrived Steamer Kansas City, from Han Franclaco; steamer Wlllapa. from Fan Franclaco: steamer Cw co. from San Francisco. Called Steamer Koae Cllv. far San Pedro: steamer Hreak- raater. for Coos Hay: steamer Roanoke, for Kan Dlrxi and way ports; gasoline schooner I'atav. for Nehaiem. Astoria. April 17. Condition at tha month of tbe river at P. M.. smooth; wind. northwest II miles: rather, cloudy. tSalled at S:30 A. M. tSteamr W. 8. Porter, for Monterey. Balled at A. M Steamer Quln ault, for Wlllapa Harbor. Arrived at and kft up at :30 A. M. Kteamer Wll laps, from Pan Francisco. Arrived at 4:1. and left up at JO A. M. Steamer Kan sas City, from ban Fraacisoo. Failed at t A. 31. 8teamer Nehaiem. for Kan Frarr claco. Arrived at 10 A. M. and left up at 1 P. X. Steamer Caaco. from San Fran claco. Arrived down at S:X0 and sailed at P. VI Kteamer Rose City, for San Fran claco and Kan Pedro. Sailed at f P. M. steamer FreaKwater, ror coos uay. Arrived laat nlcht French bark L'Hermlte. from loulaue. South Bend. April 17. Arrived Steamer Qulnault. from Portland. Arrived yester day steamer Oraywood. from Portland. San ledro. April 14. Arrived Steamers Tamalpaia and Olympic, from Portland. Seattle. April 17. Awlvad Steamers Jef fereon. City of Seattle, from Skagway; Northwestern, from Southwestern Alaska; Watson, from San Franctero: Hornet, from Kureka. Sailed steamers Keemun. for Uiv- e-pool la the Orient: t'mattlla. Montara, f'atania. for San Franclaco: Admiral Samp eon, for Southwestern Alaaka: llghthouae tender rmena. for Alaska. San Francisco. April 17. Arrived Steam er Fair Oaks, from BeMlnrham: Ithmtan. from Sallna Cms; Crown of Arraaon. from I.elth: iveorx IxKtmia. from Aatorla; Atlas, earxn S.V from Seattle; llonirr. from Coos P-av; arhoonrra Lily, from lmtnua; B-rtle Mllier. from Conullle Ruer. ra'lrfl Steam era llocolulan. for Honolulu: Nippon Mini, for Hone-sons; barkcntlne Olympian for Hrlafol Bay. Yokohama. April 17. Arrived previous!: fhl)o Maru. from San Francisco; e;ado Ma ra, from Tncoma- TTonckong. April 17 Arrived prevlooaly Bellerephoa. from Liverpool for Taeoma; I'roteallaus. from Tacoma. Tidea at Aatarla Ttinreday. High. Ixrw. A. M....S.I fet 717 A. M . ... -a. I fe.s! l:i P. M ?. fert,7:40 P. it.... 5 feat IIKAHINt. OX IV nUIIK.E CASK lajor .Mrlndoe. I. s. A. Engineer, lo Decide on Hroadvay Work. Before passing made by masters fVet against the Hroadway bridge ame of the con rima-n bridge, by brM;t draw will to permit the big from Atnsworlh tl Anally on complaints of the "Big Three west span of the being built In sd ipletlon of the Har whleh time the Steel be open at all times vessels to ba k away ock, a public hearing J. 0. MICKLE IS INDORSED fonjnmers League Expresses Confi. donee In State Dairy Candidate. PORTLAND. April 17. (To the Fd Itor. W the undersigned, members of the executive board of the Consum ers' League of Oregon, desire to give public expression to our confidence in the ability of J. D. Mlckle to meet the. requirements of the office of State Dairy and Food Commissioner. After a careful consideration of the qualifications of the several candidates for this position, we believe that we are justified in recommending Mr. Mlckle to the members of the Consumers League, and to all who are Interested In pure food, pure milk, and In a faith ful administration of the laws dealing with these important subjects. Mrs. Henry Ilusseil Talbot. Mrs. Millie R. Trumbull. Mrs. Ii. B. Colwell. Miss Van Benscboten. Mrs. William P. Gannent, Mi w Trevett, Mrs. W. B. Ayer, Mrs. Frank J. Owen. A FIVE-CENT DELIGHT. A whole lot of people have an Idea that all So cigars are alike. If you want'to find one that's different, buy a "Sam Sloan." A vote for La Follrtte mean a vote for Taft; therefore, vote for Roosevelt and sustain the primary. (Paid Adv.) Kleetioii of Senators by vote of peo ple, i.eo. sj. shepherd, lor Congress which SI Sam, now on trial, and Lew Soon, who will be tried immediately after the trial of Wong Si Sam is con cluded, were declared to be the per petrators of the crime. She had taken no part In it. she said, and had kept silent and shipped the trunk on orders from Wong SI Sam and Lew Soon be cause they threatened to kill her also. fiay Attire Drawa Attention. Dressed In a Chinese costume con taining many bright colors Ol Sen at tracted a great deal of attention while on the witness stand. Her diminutive size she weighs Just 9 pounds and her daintiness were particularly re marked by spectators. She spoke with the aid of an Interpreter,' but some times used "pidgin" Kngllsh . when a question was asked of which she could catch the drift. Both she and the two accused men are members of the Hop Sing Tong, which- she referred to as a society of highbinders and hatchet men, she testified, and this was one of the reasons she maintained secrecy about the crime till after her arrest at Billings, Mont. Ol Sen said that Seid Wah Bing had been her sweetheart. On the after noon preceding the murder she had heard a number ' of members of the Hop Sing Tong discussing a proposal to murder either her or Seid Wah Bing. Lew Soon was one of these, but she could not remember the names of any of the others. Her demeanor on the stand made It evident that aha feared to Implicate any members of the so ciety other than the two who are said to have actually committed the crime. The discussion she overheard was In tho room of Tit Tow, a Chinese woman of the underworld. Kxpreasmaa la Identlded. About 7 o'clock in the morning she went back to her own room and said that the trunk bad been locked and roped. She supposed that it contained the body of Seid Bing. On instructions from 'the two men she called an ex pressman and had It checked to Se attle. Lew Soon had given her the money to buy the ticket to Seattle, which It was necessary to present be fore the in Ion station authorities would check the trunk. She had given the ticket to Lew Soon later. She lden tilled George Star fas as the expressman she had employed to take the trunk to the Union Station. A few days later, about December 24, Wong SI Sam had told her that she had better leave the city and she went with him to The Dalles on a boat on which he was cook, remaining in hiding In his room during nearly the entire trip. She remained in The Dalles few weeks and then returned to Port land. On her return she took up her quarters across the street About two weeks more passed and Lew Soon and Wong SI Sam became afraid that the body would be discovered. They sent ber away, telling her to go to Canada and get under the British flag. She got as far as Billings, Mont, and was arrested. Ol Sen corroborated evidence given by Seid Bong, a cousin of the murdered man. Tuesday, when she said that Seid Bong had come to The Dalles and asked for the key to her room and then she had referred him to Wong Si Sam. Room feed to Hatch Plots. Cross examined by C. W. Fulton, at torney for Wong SI Sam. she said that members of the Hop Sing society had frequently used her room to secretly talk over proposed assaults and mur ders. She either would not or could not give the names of persons who had Indulged these alleged conversations or the names of proposed victims. Wong Si Sam, she said, had once told her about someone having murdered a Chinaman in Seattle. Mr. Fulton asked her a great many questions about the alleged use of her room for the hatch ing of plots, but could gain no specific Information. She said that a Chinese woman attends to her own business and does what she Is told and she had, therefore, not listened much to the con- vernations. The witness told about facing Wong SI Sam at police headquarters after her return from Billings. He denied ever having seen her before, she said. She mimicked In "pidgin" English Wong SI Sam's statements at the police station in which he denied acquaint anceship with her. At no time in telling her story did she hesitate before answering. TITANIC'S BOATAGE LESS THAN RULES American Inspection Service More Strict Than Pre vails Abroad. ENGLAND'S LAWS ARE LAX Few Ocean-Going Vessels Equipped With Enough Lifeboats to Care for Passengers and Crevr In Case of AVrcck. COMPLIMENTARY VOTE. Show your personal appreciation of what Dan McAllen has done for Port land by giving him a complimentary vote for County Commissioner. Dan McAllen is a booster for home Industry and a well-known friend of labor. 34 years In Portland and this Is his first offense. Number 110 X McAllen, Dan. (Paid Advertisement) In the United States steamboat In spection service there Is no specific rule for vessels of 45,000 gross tons, such as the Titanic In reference to ves sels of more than 20,000 gross tons the regulations provide that "vessels of more than 10,000 gross tons shall be provided with an additional boat ca pacity of 2225 cubic feet for each addi tional 600 gross tons or fraction there of." The subject has been delved into by Portland marine men since the Titanic disaster. Had these extra boat regu lations been complied with there would not have been a sufficient number of lifeboats on the Titanic, under the American law. to have cared for her passengers. On the basis of calcula tion prescribed by the supervising in spectors she would have had 1354.5 cubic feet of boat capacity and as 10 cubic feet is allotted each passenger on ocean vessels and eight cublo feet on liver craft, her boats under that ruling would have accommodated 1354 persons. Few Steamers Well Equipped. In England there Is said to be no law governing boatage on vessels of more than 20,000 tons gross, and if more boats are carried than are pre scribed It is optional with the owners or masters. Seldom do oceangoing steamers sailing under American reg ulations carry sufficient lifeboats to accommodate the number of passen gers allowed. Of the total cubic ca pacity demanded by the Inspection ex actions, one-third can be in llferafts, but all lifeboats must be equipped with ir tanks of sufficient buoyancy to float them when submerged or awash and full of passengers. But there must be life preservers for every pas senger carried and each member of the crew, and they must be approved by Government officers and bear the stamp of the service. Breakwater One Exception. One exception to the rule of steam ers known in Portland is the Break water, which sailed yesterday for Coos Bay. She Is allowed 84 cabin pas sengers and 30 In the steerage and with her crew could carry all told 154 per sons. She would be required unaer the law to have only 1540 cubic feet of boatage capacity, but has 1716 cubic feet which Is more than enough to care for all on board when she is load ed to capacity. Difficulties encountered by the Ti tanic would not be met with by ves sels on the Pacific Coast because those plying between California and Oregon, as well as those steaming to Wash ington ports, usually are so close to land that heln could be obtained easily 5 by wireless and boats could be headed for the beach with assurance of reach ing land in reasonable time if not swamped. Unless, in such cases as that of the steamers Columbia and the Norwegian tramp Selja, which sank in a short time after being damaged, there would not be such a heavy loss of life as In mldocean. Everyone needs S. S. S. in the Spring because there is no other medicine equal to this great vegetable preparation for building up a weakened, run-down system. General bodily weakness, tired, worn-out feeling, fickle appetite, poor digestion, nervousness, etc., come as a result of thin, watery blood. These symptoms show that the body is not supplied with a sufficient amount of nourishment from the circulation. The stomach, bowels and digestive members are sluggish from a lack of stimu lating blood nutrition. , A great many so-called tonics are simply nerve stim ulants, producing temporary exhilarating effects, but of ten acting with decided injury on the system. Dosing yourself with such drugs is not giving your system the benefit of proper treatment. If you are depleted and run down you cannot overcome the condition except by sup plying an increased amount of nourishment to the body and this can be done only through pure, rich blood. S. S. S. is the greatest of all tonics because it is the greatest of all blood purifiers. It builds up the system in the natural way, by purifying the- blood and supplying an increased amount of nourishment. S. S. S. gives nealth ful energy to every member of the body; it increases the appetite, promotes digestion, quiets overstrained nef?:, and in every way adds to the physical comfort of those who use it as a tonic. Do not "mope around" and "feel bad" this Spring; take S. S. S. and be able to perform your customary work every day without fear of overtaxing your strength. Cleanse and enrich your blood with this great purifier and tonic so that the energized circulation will build up and strenghten your system, and permit you to enjoy all the beauties and pleasures of this the most wekome season of the year. S. S. S. is made entirely of roots, herbs and barks, and is therefore a perfectly safe tonic. Everyone needs S. S. S. in the Spring and almost everyone takes it. If you will try it this year you will know why it is regarded as the best of all tonics. S. S. S. is sold at drug stores. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA, CA. :rk out Week End Pares to Beaches. Tillamook The Southern Paclfiic has placed on sale round-trip tickets from Portland and- Hlllxboro to Beach resorts on the new Pacific Railway & Navigation Line at one and one-third fare. Tick ets good going; on Saturdays and re turning the following Monday. Train She told Seid Bing i leaves Union Depot via Fourth street about it but declares he laughed and I at 8:45 A. M.. and HUlsboro at 10 A. M. said that he was not afraid. I Call on agent Union Depot or Fourth She told about a midnight supper and Yamhill streets. ALTON PROPRIETOR HELD Hotel Man Arrested After Charging Graft Against Slover. Victor Brandt, proprietor of the Al ton Hotel, at 88 Eleventh street, was arrested yesterday on a grand larceny charge as the result of an accusation he Is alleged to have made, but later denied, that Chief Slover had accented a Kraft of $50 from him to settle a little difficulty In which his clerk, J. B. Bund, had been engaged. Bund alleges that Brandt held the 150 out of a salary of $100 due him. saying that he had to jrive it to Chief Slover to square the clerk. The clerk rebelled, however, and sought o Slover. who denied that lie had received ' any money, and advised him to have Brandt arrested on a charge, of srand larceny. Although when confronted by the Chief and Bund. Brandt denied that he had made tne allegation. Bund was equally positive that he had, and backed up his assertions by signing the complaint Ar investigation by Assistant Dis trict Attorney Tlennensy revealed tho fact, as Bund had alleged, that Brandt had given Bund only $50. Brandt did not give a satisfactory explanation of why he had withheld the other $")!. After his 'arrest he was released upon $1000 cash ball, and he will have a hearing in the Municipal Court this morning. ECZEMA Cl'RED IX 10 TO 30 DAYS. The Paris Medlrin Co.. 2S'.'t Tine St.. St. Louis, Mo., manufacturers of Laxallvo ftro mo Quinine, have a new ami wonderful 'lis covery. OROVK'S SA-XARE CVT1S. which they guarantee to euro any case of Et'ZKMA. no matter of how lonsr Htanrlinff. In 10 lo :!. days and will refund muney if It falls. Grove's fcia-Xaro Cutis is perfectly clean and does not stain. If your druKgist hasn't It, send tit r0c stamps and it will be sent by mall. ?2:aVN jcr!2CS I J UZ t IMBr J-J I if I The Toasties Lunch If you want a clear head and to feel "lit as a lord" for the afternoon's work, cut out rich foods and join the big- army of those who make Post Toasties the principal dish for their lunch. These golden-brown, crisped bits of corn are delicious, sat isfying, and full of wholesome nourishment. Most good eating places serve Post Toasties. "The Memory Lingers" Mad by Potem Cereal Co Ltd, Pur Food Factories, Battl Creek, Michigan Please Read These Two Letters. The following letter from Mrs. Orville Rock will prove how mrvriFe It is for women to submit to the dangers of a surgical operation when it may be avoided by taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She was four weeks in the hospital and came home suffering1 worse than before. Then after all that suffering Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound restored her health. HERE IS HER OWN STATESrEXT. Paw Paw, Mich. "Two years ago I suffered very severely with a displacement I could not be on my feet for a long time. My physician treated me for several months without much re lief, and at last sent me to Ann Arbor for an op eration. I was there four weeks and came home suffering worse than before. My mother advised me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound, and 1 did. To-day I am well and strong and do all my own housework. I owe my health to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and advise every woman who is afflicted with any female complaint to try it." Mrs. Obvuxe Rock,. Ii. R. .No. 5, Paw Paw, Mich. " THERE 3TEVER WAS A "WORSE CASE." Rockport, Ind. " There never was a worse case of women's ills than mine, and I cannot begin to tell you what I suffered. For over two years I was not able to do anything. I was in bed for a month and the doctor said nothing but an operation would cure me. My father suggested Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ; so to please him I took it, and I improved wonderfully, so I am able to travel, ride horseback, take long rides and never feel any ill effects from it. 1 can only ask other suffering women to give Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound a trial before submitting to an operation." Mrs. ALlbgaket Meredith, R. F. D. No. 3, Rockport, Ind. We wilil&ay a handsome reward to any person who will prove to ua that these letters are not genuine and truthful or that either of these women were paid in any way for their testimonials, or that tie orig inal letter from each did not come to us entirely unsolicited. For SO years Iydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been the standard remedy forfe male ills. No one sick with woman's ailments does justice to herself who will not try this fa mous medicine, made from roots and herbs it has restored so many suffering women to health. r Write to LYDIA E. PIXKH KM MEDICINE CO. W (COS FIDEXT1AL) LYJfN, MASS.. for advice. Your letter will be opened, read and answered (13)