4 - ..' THE MOnXIXG OREGOXIAy. TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1912.
FEDERAL INQUIRY
RESUMES TODAY
NO CHANGES
DUE
10 LATE
1 l. : 1 1
RETURNS
Estimates of Saturday Still
Stand With 12,000
Votes Coming.
SELLING LEADS BY 6000
KfxiMMrlt Poll Plurality of "172
Otrr Taft and 'Wilson Is Ahead
of C lark by Than
10tM.
Additional returns from only seven
.-ntintle err obtained Sunday, total
is practically 1000 votes. Thf fi
ure tend to chance In no war the estl
p:te made on the preredlns day on
any of the nominations on the Republi
can ticket. In the additional return"
were three precincts from Multnomah
County and additional return from
Imutliti. Ijike. Utif, I. Inn. polk and
Yamhill. The total Tote counted I
:.'. whl.-h. It Is believed, la about
1J.O00 short of the complete returns.
In this lotil nrwwvrlt has ?3.S1. I-a
Fmiette t0.t4. Taft l.:i. Uoowelts
Inromnlete plurality over I Folletto
la S1T. over Taft Till- Ij Kollrttea
plurality over Taft la 19TJ.
Oelllaa lada fcy MMMI.
Th additional returna on Tnlted
states Senator made practically no
ehanae In tl:e plurality heretofore
shown for Ben Sellinir over Jonathan
Pourne. the favorable rote for Hclllnc
In tlie countrv practically being offset
lr the favorabl vote for Bourne In
Mi!tnomah County.
The votes rountel on Senator now
total 4J.O0. of which Mr. rVllins has
5.!7. Bourne IS.?:. Lowell S and
Morton ITS; Celling s plurality po.
In the Second Congressional Il
trlct N. J. Pinnott's lead, over W. 1'
Kllis has not been Impaired, ha now
having a plurality of -J4i. The cor
rected totals are as follows:
Slnnott S404. Fills Rusk 2l7t.
(n.'hrane 10 IV C. K. Koosevelt 587.
, B. W. C'lcott slightly Increased his
lead over Frank Fields for Secretary
of state. His majority with the added
returna Is :5s. Olcott has a total of
31.474. Fields 2.li.
Mlclkle'a rials la Bis.
Corrections In the figures and totals
made a material addition to Mirkle's
plurality over Cottel In the contest
for Dairy and Food Commissioner.
Mlrkle'a lead is now 1C33. The vote
follows: Mickle 1C.6C4. Cottel 15.011..
Edwards 720S. Lea 11.423.
Altchlson now has a total vote of
1S.29S for Railroad Commissioner, with
Srhulderman 793 and Stayton 721 ;
Aitchlson's plurality 355.
On the Democratic ticket there Is an
Interesting- contest for the nomination
for Congress in the Second District.
Returns have been sent in. in part,
from nine of the 14 counties in the
district. These returns give Graham
a lead of less than 100 votes. The
totals reported stand as follows:
Covey 1J1S. Graham 130a; Graham's
majority S3. V
U IImi Leads hr 1X.
Woodrow Wilson apparently will not
have a walk-away in obtaining; the
Oregon preference for Democratic nom
ination for President. While Multno
mah County went strong- for Governor
Wilson several of the other counties
gave Champ Clark heavy pluralities.
The result I that on the face of the
Incomplete returns Governor Wilson Is
leading his opponent by les than 10V0
votes In a total rount of 13.410. This
total probably represents two-thirds
of the Democratic vote cast In the state.
- On the Democratic ticket the count
Is cot so complete In Multnomah County
as It Is on the Republican ticket, so
there Is little prospect that Wilson's
plurality will be materially reduced by
the official returns. Multnomah will
probably offset much that Clark gains
up-state. The figures available five
the following:
Wilson S37. Clark 5433, Harmon 50.
Wl'son'a plurality S4.
Harry Lane will probably have sev
eral thousand plurality for the Demo
cratic nomination for United States
Senator. The Incomplete figures are
as follow:
Lane 5J0. Pierce 2101. Coshow I04X.
MIMer . Unel plurality 181s.
The Intervening of Sunday so soon
following the primaries has made the
obtaining; of complete returns more dif-
iicuit than usuaL
AUTO IN SAHARA DESERT
Scrlbner's.
We stood on the edge of the desert
and looked out over lu Then
looked at each other. Then we talked
of other things, neither wishing; to be
Iirit to suggest the mad Idea. Then
we read In the guide-book: "Biskra
to Touggourt. about 130 miles: a track
possible for wheeled traffic, but sandy
In parts, and mpy in places In bad
weather: It would be Imprudent to Ven
tura upon It on a bicycle or In an au
tomobile." Next day we looked acaln,
and at last one of us I ut the thought
of both Into words: "Well, I suppose
we shall have to try It!" . . .
The modest traveler, like oursolvea,
soon discovers that It Is not the sandy
plain of his schood days. He finds, from
time to time, great or little spreading;
mounds, or dunes, of golden sand
called "barchans" In which only a
camel does not sink ankle deep, and
these, wind-created and wind-impelled,
move forward almost like lire things.
Engine employed In laying; our des
ert railways have made costly, and
irtra fatal, mistakes by not recognis
ing the fat. now established, that
"desert dunes are not anchored or sta
tionary hills of sand. but mobile
masses, advancing at a very appre
rliLblo rate, In a definite direction."
These dune begin to move, according
to another scientific observer, as soon
as a light breeze blows: the air Is per
ceptibly charged with sand In a mod
erate brewe: and during- storms their
progress may be nearly two Inches an
hour, while their average advance Is
5o feet a year. Many a one flourish
ing oasis is now burled forever be-.
nth the great san dunes, which, "ever
rlowfy widening, silence all": nothing
Hops their Insidious advance: "In some
1'vaiitles extensive and prosperous
settlements have been overwhelmed,
ii nd blotted out of existence. They
form, however, but a minute part of
t.'.e surface of the desert. This Is a
mass of gypsum, clay and stones, dot
ted over every few yards with mounds
from alx inches to three feet high. The
origin of these is a tough bush of a
kind of succulent samphire, with a
.n:ill cream-colored acacla-llke flower,
and tamarisk wltli woody stem and
gray leaf. These grow very slowly In
Irnye cloee bosses, and the sand drifts
a. id packs into them, forming a solid
ma. But for these an automobile
could travel fast In almost any direc
tion. As It Is. to go a hundred yards,
a score or more of tLeui have to be
COVPLKTK TOTE BY mrW(T OX (UtT.RIrT UT IM ntECTNCTS.
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leveled, and since It takes five min
utes" hard labor ulth the shovel to)
level a single one. any lengthy prog
ress Is very slow and fatlKUlns;.
FRANKFURT NOT HEARER
f.EKM.VX VESSEL. 140 MILES
FTtOM SCKXE OP'llISASTEK.
Captain Itcportu on Efforts to Uo to
A-si-tam--, After Being Told
Not to Interfere.
BREMEN, April 2t. Tb North Ger
man Lloyd Steamship Company has Is
sued the following statement after hav
ing; taken under advisement the testi
mony of Harry S. Bride, the assistant
wireless operator of the Titanic, re
garding the steamer Frankfurt:
"We sent a wireless message to the
Frankfurt and have Just received the
following answer:
-The steamer Frankfurt turned
north Immediately after getting the
sitrnal of distress and arrived at 10 64)
at the scene of the disaster. The dis
tance was 140 miles. We found the
steamers Burma, Virginian and . Car
pathla there. HATTOKF.' "
Captain Hattorf la commander of the
Frankfurt, According to testimony
given by Bride before the Senate In
vestigating committee, the first answer
to the Tltanlc'a rail for help waa re
ceived from the Frankfurt.
"We sent the C. Q. 13.." said Bride,
"and the Frankfurt answered. We sent
our position and the Frankfurt replied:
'Stand by."
'About 20 minutes later the Frank
furt asked. 'What's the matterr We
answered: 'You're a fool, stand off and
don't Interfere.' "
Bride went on to testify that they
had asked for the position of the
Frankfurt and that the only answer
was "Stand by." Bride also testified
that responses came from other steam
ers. Including the Carpathla.
Because of the relative strength of
the messages. Bride said, Phillips, the
chief wireless operator on the Titanic,
who waa at the key, decided that the
Frankfurt was nearer to the Titanic
than the Carpathla, The statement by
the Frankfurt commander. Captain
Hattorf. which gives the distance of his
vessel from the Titanic aa 140 miles,
shows that the Carpathla was much
closer to the scene of the disaster than
the German -uteamer. Th Carpathla
wss only St mile away when she re
ceived the call.
Officers of Company and 37 of
Titanic's Crew Go Before
Senate Committee.
ISMAY DENIES PROTEST
French Government Assures TJnltcd
States of Co-operation Nor
way's Navigation law to
' lie Cj-ocJ as Example.
WASHINGTON. April 22. Mr. Ismay
has made no protest t& the British Am
bassador, Mr. Bryee, because of the
holding of members of the Titanic's
CB.PW as witnesses and added that he
had coma to Washington to co-operate
with the investigating committee In
any way he could. He added that he
had not talked with Huntington Wil
son, the Acting Secretary of State,
about the question. .
Kriii-r riedaes C.-operat loa.
Assurances of the co-operation of
Ihe French government with the
I'nlted States further to safeguard hu
man life at sea were given yesterday
by Ambassador Jusserand to Senator
Smith. Ignoring formalities of pro
reeding through the State Department,
Ambassador Jusserand called in person
upon the chairman. Ambassador Jus
serand told the Michigan Senator that
he called to express his gratification at
what had been accomplished by the
Investigation and to make assurances
of the desire of the French government
to co-operate In Improving conditions
at sea.
The Ambassador asked for any sug
gestions looking toward an immedi
ate Improvement In the protection of
passengers. Suggestions were maae oy
Senator Smith. These were that every
ship not only should be equipped with
wireless, but that every ship should
have two operators, one constantly on
dutv. The other suggestion was that
there should be additional life-saving
equipment on board ocean liners. In
cluding lifeboat accommodations for
every passenger.
No Objection Manifest. -
Senator Smith said yesterday that no
notice or intimation either from offi
cials or members of the crew of ob
jection to the committee's course had
reached him.
"I am proceeding on the theory that
what we will obtain will be as valu
able to them as to the United States,"
he said.
Major A.thur Plechen. of Toronto,
has notified Senator Smith that today
he will be In Washington to put
his story into the record. Louis Klein,
a Hungarian member of the Titanic
crew, has been subpenaed at Cleveland,
O. He will appear -before the com
mittee to verify a story he related In
that city of his experiences in the
wreck.
A feature of the forthcoming in
vestigation will be the inquiry Into the
wireless communication as the Titanic
waa stnklng. Aj effort will be made
to ascertain the exact location of the
German steamer Frankfurt, which re
sponded to the Titanic's signal of dis
tress. -It. Is desired to ascertain
whether the Frankfurt actually was
nearer the sinking ship" than the Car
pathla, as Operator Bride estimated
the Frankfurt to have been. Judging
from the strength of the electric spark
in the wireless communication. Whether
the Frankfurt operator will be called
aa a witness could not oe iciroto yes
terday. ,
Cruiser's Operator Summoned.
Secretary Meyer, of the Navy Depart
ment, called yesterday on members of
the committee and gave assurances
that the wireless operator of the Ches
ter, who endeavored to get details of
the disaster from the Carpathla, on the
latter'a way to New York, would be
"held subject to the committee's orders.
Senator Nelson, chairman or tne com
merce committee, expects to have pub
lished today a translation of Nor
wegian navigation laws, which the
committee will consider In framing its
recommendations to the benate.
"If any such laws as the strict Norse
requirements had been In force In Great
Britain," said Serator Nelson today,
"there would have been no such death
list. They provide that lifeboats and
other lifesavlng apparatus shall be suf
ficient to take care of every passen
ger and member of the crew. There,
the llfesaving apparatus is based upon
the number of passengers, while In
Great Britain It Is based upon ton
nage." CLARK NEBRASKA'S CHOICE
Harmon Is Second In Itace and Wil
son Is Third.
' LINCOLN. Neb., April 32. Corrected
tabulations of the Nebraska Presiden
tial preference vote. Including returns
from 880 precincts, give Roosevelt 31,
242. Taft 10.692. La FoUette 10.279,
Clark 14.031. Harmon 11,241. Wilson
9860.
It is believed that this Included so
per cent of the vote of the state.
Representative George W. Norrls
continues to lead Senator Norrls Brown
for the Republican Senatorial nomina
tion, the vote from Q9 precincts be
ing:
Brown 21,061, Norrls ZJ.753; demo
cratic Senatorial figures from 779 pre
cincts are:
Thomason 8T5S, Shallenberger 13,414.
State Senator Moorehead has defeated
R. L. Metcalfe for Democratic Guberna
torial nomination. Moorehead received
16.187 votes in ?J1 precincts to 12,189
for Metcalfe.
WOMEN SAVED BY ASTOR
Survivors Tell of Colonel's Abrupt
Command That They Be Plared.
CHICAGO, April 22. Mrs. Ida Hip
ptich and her daughter, Jean, surviv
ors of the wreck of the Titanic, who
arrived at their Chicago home yester
day, said they were saved by Colonel
John Jacob Astor, who forced the crew
of the last lifeboat to wait for them.
"We saw Colonel Astor place Mrs.
Astor in a boat and .assure her that
he would follow later," said Mrs. Hlp
pach. "He turned to us with a smile
and said: 'Ladies you are next.' The
officer in charge of the boat protested
that the craft waa full and the seamen
started to lower It. Colonel. Astor ex
claimed: 'Hold that boat,' in the voice
of a man accustomed to be obeyed,"
continued Mrs. Hpach, "and the men
did as ordered. The boat had been
lowered past the upper deck and the
Colonel took us to the next deck below
and put us in the boat, through a port
hole "
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THIRD AND MORRISON
AT THE THEATERS
"A NIGHT OCT."
A Comedy in Three Acts, by May
KoBson and C. T. Daiey Pre
' aented at the Hellig Theater.
CAST. -
. ... May Robsoa
.... Jack Storey
. ... Faye Cuslck
, ... Paul Deckr
. . . . Lotta Blake
. .. Edith Conrad
Margaret Boland
Jack
Betty .......
Paul
Mrs. Duncan
Mrs, Haslem
Grace
Terry
John Rowe
Mr. Deacon C C. Gwynne
Percy Eddie Leaman
Mr. Staples Lewis E. Parmenter
Peters . Georsa Hall
McMahon k.... B. Collins
Mltza . . Louise Rand
BT LEONE CASS BAER.
JUST before the last curtain of "A
Night Out" May Robson stepped
out from the other players and bade
the audience which had listened in at
tentive delight to the three acts of her
charming; play the nicest sort of a
pood bye. She did it in poetry real
poetry and not a mere rhymlns; of
words. It the verse was a homily
on Btayinft young the sort of advice
that should b. pasted in every man's
hat and in the corner of every wom
an's mirror. Miss Robson preaches it
not only in the goodbye verse, but
throughout the play. "A Night Out"
is a regular orgie of humor. At times
It's only gentle quiet humor, then asraln
It transcends all bounds and the audi
ence stops the action of the perform
ance to testify in smiles rl?ht out loud.
Miss Robson is jointly responsible for
the play. With C. T. Daxey she origin
ated its plot and gave it plenty of
clever dialogue. And she did not give
all the best lines to May Robson. In
stead she carefully passed them around
so that every member of her company
ahares equally in the repartee. Maybe
that's one reason they all work in
such evident harmony.
Naturally Miss Robson has the big
rose. It's reminiscent in the very faint
est way of that other dear old stage
lady who was created by Miss Rob
son. "Aunt Mary," who became re
juvenated. Gran'mum in her present
play is a grandmotherly "Aunt Mary."
Miss Robson gives an exquisite etching
of that rarest kind of woman, a young
old, broad-minded, unaffected woman
who has an acutely developed sense of
humor. In fact, her sense of humor
Is so keen it borders close onto that
other quality a fine understanding of
the ridiculous. She gets lots of fun
out of life and all the queer folk it
throws her amongst does gran'mum.
A Jump in the cogwheels of heredity
has given gran'mum a daughter with
a New England conscience, a face that
Is afraid to smile and the passions of
a Chinook salmon. In turn this iceberg
woman has brought Into the world two
sons, rolicklng, care-free. Joyous chaps,
their gran'mum all over. In these two
boys the old lady finds kindred spirits
and aids and abets them in their inno
cent untying- of their mother's apron
strings. In her desire to be their
"pal" she gets them to take her for "a
night out." This, as might be inferred
from the title, is the nucleus of the
comedy. Gran'mum takes a prominent
part In a raid that Is made on one of
the shady dives, where the boys take
her for a midnight supper, and only
by' bribing the attendants do the trio
escape. Gran'mum loses her brooch, the
boys names are known and the scandal
comes out in. the papers.
Naturally there is a love story two
of "em m fact for each boy has a
sweetheart and for awhile matters
are certainly not a comedy only for
the audience. '
There's a real heart-throbby sort of
storm in It. too when gran'mum
misses money and is told that her
"boys" have stolen it to gamble. This
gives Miss Robson opportunity to de
light us with that fund of spontanlety
and delicate clean-cut humor: and the
brilliant thrilling pathos which has
made her acting famous. As (tran'mura
she expresses it convincingly and
withal so delightfully that the play
grows steadily on one.
In her present role she has the
bpyrlsbt Bar., ScfaaAer ft Mais
youthful blush and fragrance pf a Car
oline Testout, though she buys silvered
puffs to add to her own gray locks
and owns proudly to being maternal
gran'mum to two lads old enough to
wed. She is a constant preachment on
happiness, and adjusts everybody's
viewpoint to her own before her last
little goodbye speech. It's the sort of
a play you can see more than once and
still find new 'joys tucked somewhere.
An excellent support is in attendance
A-t-an'miim 'The two erandsoDS.
"Jack and Paul, are given spirited.
youthful impersonations Dy jacK
Storey and Paul Decker, not a mere
coincidence of given names either,
since Miss Robson helped write the
play and named those characters to go
with her. already selected cast.
Edith Conrad's portrayal of the se
verely Puritanical daughter of gran'
mum, and mother to the boys, was a
gem of acting.
A well sustained bit as a shipsnod
and garrulous neighbor with a pen
chant for gossip was given natural in
terpretation by Lotta Blake. John
Rowe. " as the gardener, old and im
posed upon by the fun-loving boys,
gave a quaintly humorous and thor
oughly fine contribution. A Portland
girl, Faye Cusick, made a charming
Betty, the sweetheart of Jack.
A half dozen more characters helped
ably to bring out the comedy. It is
beautifully staged.
"A Night Out" stays at the Heilig
tomorrow night, Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday nights with a Saturday
matinee. On Wednesday, at a matinee
and night performance, and on Friday
night, "The Rejuvenation of Aunt
Mary," will be given.
"THE SPOILERS."
A Dramatization In Four Acts of Rex
Beach's Novel by James JIcArthnr,
Presented at the Baker Theater.
CAST.
Roy Glenuter . ..
Joe Dextry
Slsn Jack Slmms.
Alexander McNan
Arthur stlllman..
Wilton Strove....
Drury Chester....
BUI Wheaton.....
Caaalar Charley..
Mexico Mulllns...
Captain Stephens.
Flrt officer
Willard Mack
.Harrison J. Terry
Earl D. Dwlre
ira.J. Frank Burke
.D. S. Seldon
....Richard Vivian
....Walter Gilbert
William Dills
.Ronald Braduury
Robert Knox
.Ronald Bradbury
....George Walker
....Walter Gilbert
. ..Nelll McKlnnon
Kred Winters
Ship'
Toby
dootor.....
Shorty
Hoian Cheater Maude Leone
Cherry Mallote Marie Baker
The "Duchess".... Fanchon Everhsrt
BT LEONE CASS BAER.
The real beauty and thrilling inci
dents of Rex Beach's story of "The
Spoilers" was brought out vividly by
the enactment given it by the Baker
stock company, the opening perform
ance being at yesterday's matinee.
Heretofore Portland ha had this play
once or twice put on by traveling com
panies, and in point ot actual merit
the visiting organizations have offered
most inferior productions in comparison
with the splendid work of" the Baker
force. , ,'
Invariably these plays of the open
life of men with red blood In -their
veins of brave women, of the exciting
early' days of the gold fever, and par
ticularly of the neighboring land of the
Northfolk, exert the greatest Influence
for compelling interest and holding
warm sympathy for all of us of the
West. East of the Rocky Mountains
they may feel differently about it, but
certain sure it Is these strong, virile
plays make a positive appeal.
In "The Spoilers" the plot is woven
with remarkable Ingenuity and the
characters are of flesh and blood crea
tion and not mere experiments of the
author's Imagination.
There's a half-dozen meaty stories,
each with a separate and distinct
theme, and each in itself of enough
stability to make as many . individual
plays. Briefly told, the main story tells
the machinations of an Eastern con
cern of swindlers to gain unlawful
control of the Midas mine, a rich hold
ing of Roy Glenister and Joe Dextrys.
A niece of the Federal Judge is the
heroine, who unwittingly brings Glen
ister a great deal of trouble with the
other miners, and is herself made the
Headquarters
for
John
B.
Stetson
Hats
$4 to $10
Soft
and Derby
target for censure and insults becaust
of her ambiguous position in the camp,
but who later saves Glenister's life and
is the means of returning the mines to
their several owners and ending th
trouble in general.
The action is decidedly rapid an
never for one instant lags. From th
first scene, midnight on board the
steamship Santa Maria, docking at
Alaska in the Spring of 1900; on
through the midsummer scene In the
law office at Nome, to the final. three
scenes which take place at- Christmas
tide, the enactment moves, with cer
tainty and fine attention to detail.
To Marie Baker Ja given that well
known Beach character. Cherry Ma
lotte, one of the most original types
ever brought to stage life. Miss Baker
makes her alluring and irresistibly lik
able. Fanchlon Everhart is the "Duch
ess," playing the slipshod ex-actress
with lifelike detail. Nelll McKlnnon,
as Toby, the waiter at the dance hall.
Is a real comedian. Ronald Bradbury
as a belligerent miner. Earl Divine
as the emaciated Slap Jack Slmms
foreman of the Midas, Billy Dills as a
lawyer, who doesn't law often or much,
complete the cast, with a plentiful
sprinkling of miners, cowboys, dance
hall girls and habitues of the gambling
resorts.
"The Spoilers" will remain at the
Baker all week and is worth any
body's visit.
NEW FEARS DUE IN CHINA
Soldiers Show Discontent; Editor Is
Put to Death.
HONGKONG. April 22. Fears are
entertained of further disorders in
Canton. Thousands of soldiers have
returned from the north in a state of
discontent and have been disbanded.
The Governor, and General in com
mand have been impeached for puttins
to death a Chinese editor. The pro
vincial assembly and populace condemn
the arbitrary action.
Dr. Sun Yat Sen Is due to arrive here
today.
German East Africa produced 3S0O bale
of cotton in the 1910-11 acason. an lncrfaM
of nearly 100 per cent over the preceding
season.
Homely, Yet Admired
and Envied; Her Secret
The convention crowd in th lobby
made a path for her, cast admiring
side glances, then with longing eyes
followed her to the elevator. It 'was
at the Ponchartrain in Detroit. The
incident was recalled when I chanced
to sit across table, from the woman.
What was it about her that caused all
that commotion? She wasn't hand
some; she was lacking In form and
feature. Yet she did seem marvelously
fascinating. ' Her complexion must be
tho secret. Really, I've never beheld
its equal. Venturing to pick up ac
quaintanceship. I learned the reason.
"I know I'm not built for beauty,"
Bhe confided, "but I've tried to make
the most of my one charm. I've learned
that men abhor make-ups and arti
ficiality. I bar cosmetics; there are
Just two things I ever us and they
promote natural loveliness and youth
ful appearance.
"When my complexion begins to age,
I get an ounce of mercollzed wax at
the drug store, apply at night like colu
cream and wash it off in the morning.
This gradually flakes off the outer
skin; then I have- a brand new com
plexion, magnetically beautiful, as you
see. t
"Wrinkles never bother me. At tlu-ii-inception
I bathe my face in a solution
made by dissolving an ounce of pow
dered saxollte in a half-pint of witch
hazel. It works like magic." Mona
Morrow in Town Tattler. Adv.
DONT GET RUN DOWN
Weak and miserable. If you have Kidney or
Bladder trouale, uull neaa paini, uiznnia.
Nervousness. Pains In the back, and f-?cl
tired all over, pet a package of Motloi
Gray's AROMATIC-LEAF, the pleasant herb
'cure. It neer fallB. We have many tcsll
mnnlRli from ra.teful neoDle who hlvt u--od
this wonderful remedy. As a regulator it lis, a
no equal. Aik for Mother Gray's Aromatir
Leaf at Drugirlsts or sent by mail fur l0
et. Sample FREE. Address, The klothor
Gray Co., l,eRoy, -n. x.