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XJ, IlrliJ. WIN OR BREAK" TO BE MINERS' H0T10 Every Resource of Federa tion to Be Concentrated in Michigan District. MOYER'S RETURN PROMISED CMrago Cnlon Men Join in Demand for Investigation by Congress. Condition or Mojrer Is Re ported Favorable. CHICAGO. Dec SI. An appeal to Conarresa to Investigate condition In the copper country of Michigan wu inada today by the cnicaa-o reaeration of Labor in resolutions which directly charged owners of the mines and their agents with being responsible lor ths tragedy of Christmas are. when 72 ehll ilrrn and adults lost their lives. The resolutions also charged that Houghton County Is under a govern ment by gunmen under orders of the mine owners and that Charles H. Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, was assaulted, snot ana oriven out of Hancock by thugs and gunmen. The announcement that the Federa Hon of Miners will concentrate It strength on the copper strike was made bv Yanco Tersich. a member or tne ex ecutlve board. Every member of the board, he said, plans to go to the cop per mining region next week. Wis er Break la Matt. "We are going to win that strike or bieak up the organization." he said. "As soon as Mr. Mover Is able he will be ba-k there as the leader." Charles H. Tanner, auditor of the Western Federation, who. with Moyer, waa escorted from Hancock, charged the Christmas ava panic against the Citisens" Alliance. "We have ample evidence." he Bald. "Half a dosen will testify that the man who called Fire- in Italian Hall wore a Citisens' Alliance button." Tanner said he was with Moyer In their hotel room when a dosen men broke In and seised them. One of them. ha said, struck Moyer in the back of the head with the "butt of a revolver, which a moment later was discharged, shootlnir the Federation president. The two. he said, were marched, closely guarded, to the railroad station, where the crowd, which had grown to several hundred, threatened them with hanging should they return. Orsaalser Coaaarla Violence. Emmet T. Flood. National organiser of th American Federation of Labor, was the only speaker directly counsel ling violence. "'Meet them with tneir own weapons." he urged. "If It is known that the state and county government will not give the protection guaranteed under the Constitution, every man who goes to the strike region should have his own protection with him." The resolutions related the conditions of labor for the miners, declared that representatives of both state and Na tional governments, after investigation. had found that the miners naa a real ffrlev&nce. and added: "Since July Si two of the striking miners, while peaceably In their own homes, were cowardly murdered in cold blood by the imported murderers, gun men and thugs brought together by the roDDer mlna owners to drive the stria ing miners back to the mines like slaves, and "Whereas, these Imported despera does have also shot a part of a little girl's head off. brutally beaten up the striking miners, their women ana chil dren, abused and insulted them as part of their avery-day work; and, Bloody Alma" Rejected. "Whereas, as a direct result of the determination of Shaw, Aggassis and other owners of the copper mines to prevent the organization of their slaves for self-protection and to prosecute and drive labor organizers from the copper country, so many human lives were lost on Chrlstmae eve. many 01 them being children of the striking i-nDDer miners: and. "Whereas, the blood of these Inno cent children, whose lives were lost In that awful panic. Is upon the heads of the mine owners who tried to starve the parent into submission and slav ery, and after the calamity tried to force upon the suffering; families their bloody alms; "Whereas. citizens of Houghton County, together with imported thugs and gunmen, brntally assaulted ana shot Charles H. Moyer. president, and Charles IL Tanner, auditor, of the Western Federation of Miners, and by force and at the point of guns, drove both Moyer and Tanner from Hough ton County and the State of Michigan. "Resolved, That the assembled citi zens of the United States appeal as a last resort to the Congres of the Cutted States to Investigate conditions In the copper country of Michigan to the end that the people of this coun try may know the truth and that all citizens may be guaranteed .in their rights guaranteed by the Constitution." Moxer'e Weaa Xot.Seriooa. fucie is only the most remote chance that the wound In Charles H. Moyer' back will prove fatal. Probably within ten day he will be back In the copper country of Michigan directing- the strike of miner in his capacity as president of the Western Federation of Miners. Favorable news of his condition came today from Drs. O. H. Hilton and Wil liam M. Harsha at St. Luke's Hospital, when the skiagraph showed that '.ha bullet was Imbedded In the muscle of his left shoulder. Wlthtn -IS hours : t the latest the surgeons will know whether it Is wiser to remove the oul let or to allow It to remain. L'nlass Mood poisoning develops, it is proba ble it will be allowed to stay whir it Is. unless the proposed nvestlati n of the snooting at Hancock. Mich.. Im peratively demands that the caliber of the bullet he ascertained In order to trace the culprit who fired the shot. The patient was in a cheerful frame of mind, but the physicians lpl.tei that he should saa only those visitors whose cause Moyer regards as urgent. GIRL DRUGGED. SHE SAYS f Continued Krotn First Page.) re would be taken out before the tire started. She said the voice declared that It did not have any grievance against the plrt. but that it proposed to "get the company and Its manager. Ben Hay hurst." On Christmas eve. Miss Evans ex plained, she walked to work. Just as she reached the point from which the man usually telephoned, she said, a rough-looking man came out from be hind the telephone pole and spoke to her on the street. She says he criti cized her again for turning: In the alarm and Insisted on walking down the street with her. As they cam down the steps she says the man left her and Joined another man and they tilscussed the plot to start the fire. Before each, Are she said the man would inquire as to the number of girls on duty, the number of policemen scat tered through the city, their position at certain hours of the night and other in formation about which the girl always gave lm Incorrect data. He seemed to know better, owever, for she says be said: "What's the use of lying to me. We have Just as many fly cops and spies as you have." Mea Are Shadewe. Finally she reported the matter to Ben Hayhnrst, ber manager. She was told to watch for them, and on locat ing them by their voices, she followed them from Sixth to Twelfth street on Main. They disappeared behind a store. As she passed she said she heard them say, "The cop will be watching fairly close at 1 o'clock. Better burn Green's house at 4 o'clock." She said she became 111 last night "1 bad to stay at my post, though, be cause I knew that the alarm waa going to come in from Seventh and .Center street at 4 o'clock. "I heard a noise on the roof and later at the front door. A soon as I ap proached the .window it was raised and AMERICAN GIRL WHO APPEARED TO LIKE FORCIBLE MARRIAGE TO GENERAL VILLA. -fr-afeafcSUfcM- Photo by MRS. was struck by something- that ln- tantly sickened me. I flashed the po lice red lights and fell to the floor. When I went to work for the night the doors and windows were all locked. After that window was 'raised I could swear that I beard the door slam in front and that it had been opened." Miss Evans is 20 years old and lives with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Evans, at Eighteenth and Van Buren streets. MINERS BURY THEIR DEAD ffontlnued From First Pajte. urled. Fathers and husbands who left the copper country to seek work In Arizona and Montana have not yet rrlved in Calumet, but it is expected that Tuesday will see the last of the funerals. Four were held yesterday. The Coroner's Inquest into the tratredy is to convene tomorrow. Ac cording to statement of investigators for county officials, witnesses will be produced to show that the cry of "fire" which started the panic came from near the center of the hall instead of from the doorway as first accounts had it. Search for the men wno snouted tne first false alarm has been unsuccess ful. It was intimated, however, that an arrest is something more than a remote possibility. IVife Sues; Mia Gets IMvoroe. SALEM Or.. Dee: 28. (Special.) Although the wife filed the suit. Cir cuit Judge Galloway has granted Jared H. Newklrk a decree of separation from LJxxie Newkirk. The Couple were married in Portland February 10, 1908. A written statement by the husDand. which he declared that he would never again live with hi wife, was leld not to be proof or desertion, ne tatement was written while the New- lrks were conducting a lodging-house n Albany In September, 1908. CHRONOLOGY OF STRIKE IN UPPER MICHIGAN COPPER MINING DISTRICT. July 28 Strike called: 10,000 men out. July 24 Troops ordered to Calumet July 25 Governor Ferris asked to visit strike zone. July 26 Strikers threaten to burn home of superintendent; one store wrecked by lire July 28 Pumping operations resumed In one mine. July So Mine operators refused to meet union delegates at Lansing. August 2 Western Federation and Michigan union officials confer. August 9 Three thousand miners resume work. August 15 One miner killed, two deputies wounded in riot. August 20 Cavalry routes mob of striker. August 25 Soldiers find bomb under home mining captain. August 30 Troop rescue deputies attacked by mob of women. September 1 Fifteen-year-old girl shot in riot. September 4 Women begin escorting non-union men to work. September SoWler prevent clash between women partisans in strike. September 12 Fifteen women, three men arrested for Inciting riot. September 18 Randolph Harvey, soldier, shot from ambuah. September 22 Injunction granted prohibiting picketing and parad ing by strikers. September 2 Judge O'Brien dissolves injunction against picketing. October J Twenty artillerymen light mob of strikers; t-year-old girl hurt. October (School children in Keweenaw district strike. October! State Supreme Court issues order for renewal of injunc tion restraining picketing. October 8 Joseph Polock. Jr, deputy, killed by striker. October 12 Unknown men nre on striker" parade. October 17 Nonunion men pouring into district. October 18 Attempt dynamite passenger train frustrated. October 27 Operator reject proposal of men to return without recognition. November 4 Stores opened by Western Federation, preparing for long siege. November 11 Attempt made to blow up ten mine guards. November 17 Harry Baker, deputy, shot by striker. December S Sixty-six strikers arrested for picketing. December Hundred and forty-one men found guilty of picketing. December 7 Three strikebreakers shot and killed. December 10 State Supreme Court makes permanent injunction against picketing. December li Grand Jury plans investigation of disorder. December 24 Eighty-three persons killed In Christmas tree panic December 27 Charles H- Moyer claims was beaten and ordered out of district. Cause of strike: Called by Western Federation of Miners to force recognition of the Western Federation over the copper district. REBEL STEALS WIFE Forced Bride of General Villa Is American Girl. YOUNG WOMAN RECONCILED Mexican. Officer's Attention Drawn to Cashier of American Store at Torreon, Whom He Wooes With File of Soldiers. TORREON, Mexico, Deo. 28. (Spe cial.) General Villa, rebel leader. Is a firm believer In the old saw about Underwood VILLA. Underwood,New York. faint hearts and fair ladles. Thereby hangs the story of how an American girl is in line to become the "first laay of Mexico if the constitutionalists are successful in their efforts to unseat Huerta. and elect, or appoint or pro claim Francesca Villa, head of the re Dublic The girl was cashier in the Ameri can Clothing Company's store at Tor reon, when the town was captured by General Villa and his rebel forces. It was a case of love at first sight on the part of the General. Fearing the young woman might refuse his oner of marriage. General Villa ordered soldiers to surround the store In which she was employed. The rebel leader then sent for a priest and ordered the American proprietor of the store to bring forth the fair one. A marriage ceremony was performed on the spot. The young woman did not appear to regret .her "capture." In fact, she seemed to like It and went through the ceremony smiling. When General Villa left Torreon, to capture Juarez and Chihuahua be car rled the bride away in the grandest carriage be could obtain. The ve hicle was surrounded by mounted sol diers and a guard sat on the box be side the coachman. The bride was smiling. ROAD FORESTALLS STRIKE Continued Prom First Page.). the event of the expected strike, Mr. Levy said. Telephone operators would be recruited from the main offices of the company and several of these offices will be closed. If necessary, to allow the men to go to the front. The only telegraph instruments leit on the lines will be one at each of the 24 division points and one at head quarters for the use of official in transmitting messages regarding the strike. tfV J . , t I . r . i Jf'. -t A Partial List of Business and Professional People Now in Dr. E. C. McFarland DENTISTRY. tt-T Morgan Bid.. Broadway and Washington Bta Portland, Or. 1 A- It. to 11 t., t P. M. to 4 P. M. Main Mil Residence, Tabor lti. H. F. Leonard. D. O.. M. D. TM-T5T Morgan Bids. CONSULTATION AND SURGERY, Office Hours 10-11. I-f. Phones Office. Main 70S, A 1T0I. . Rasldeaoe, 710 Irving St. Marshall .4117. Dr. E. Wesley Finzer PYORRHEA. SPECIALIST. Office Honrs t to 11 A. M., 1 to i P. 24. 747-7M Morgan Bids. Phone Mala tot, A 174. Dr. F. Q. Freeburger DEOTTST. Suite IOS-407 Morsaa Bids. Phonas Offloe Mala 7a. Raa. Tabor Dr. J. H. Miller DENTIST. SsiU 444-7 Morsan Bio. Thomas Wynne Walts. M. D, DISEASES OP THE SKIN. I04-I07 Morsan BMf., Portland. Or, Mate 441. H. M. Greene, M. D. 851 Morsaa Bolldlng, Waahlnstoa and Broadway. Offloe Hours 1 to 5 P. M. Main 4514. A 488. Redden ca . 115 Fiftieth St. N. B. Tabor 1014, C 1274. Dr. William F. Hubbard PHYSICIAN. Suit 801-804 Morsan Bids. Phoaa Mala 1416. Hours 11 to 11 A. M.. 1 to 6 P. M. Monarch Dental Laboratory T. O. MT7NSON, Prop. 84 Morsaa Bid-. Phoaa Marshall 1181. Bos 710. Dr. J. W. Borders Dr. H. P. Borders Dr. L. Bogan DENTISTS. 68-5 Morsan Bids. Phone Mala 6840. John Welch Denial Depot 618. 681 Morgan Bids. RAILWAYS ARE NEED Engineer Says Quantity Is to Be Preferred to Quality. NARROW-GAUGE IS FAVORED Thousand Miles at 910,000 a Mile AVill Bo More Good Than 100 Miles at $100,000 a Mile, In Opinion of Expert. OREGOMAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash lnston, Dec. 28. "What is needed in Alaaka la manv miles of chean railroad: not a few miles of expensive road. cut off from all other railroads, there is no reason for standard-gauge, and 1000 miles of road at 810.000 a mile, a total of 810.000.000, will do more good than 100 miles of road at 1100,000 a mile." This idea is advanced by Harrington Emerson, an eminent engineer of New York City, who speaks somewhat by authority, having built two short rail roads in Alaska with private capital. Mr. Emerson has written a brief pam Dhlet setting forth reasons why, in his judgment. Congress would be wasting money in expending 235,000,000 on the construction of two standard-gauge railroads from tidewater to the Interior of Alaska, when the same money, ap plied to the building of narrow-gauge road, used in developing new mining districts in the United State and In othercountrle, would produce infinite ly better result. . Expensive Work Deemed Uawtae, Mr. Emerson describes Alaska as a land of immense distances, great nat ural obstacles, sparse population." That being the nature of the country, he questions the wisdom of building ex pensive standard-gauge roads, not only because of the greater Initial cost, due to grading, cuts, expensive bridge con struction, etc., hut because of the greater cost of operation and mainten ance. A standard-gauge railroad, Mr. Emerson contends, calls for heavy loco motives, large cars and expensive road bed, where the road traverses a moun tainous country, and an easy grade, which is costly to obtain in such a country as Alaska. A narrow-gauge road, on the other hand, uses lighter rolling stock, can follow more circuit ous routes through the mountains, can take steeper grades and make sharper turns, and the cost of construction, as well as of operation. Is comparatively small. Some years ago Mr. Emerson was asked, to build a 14-mile railroad from a mine in Alaska to tidewater, the owner wanting a standard-gauge road to mitt 10.000 tons of ore a year. Mr. Emerson showed that a narrow-gauge I MORGAN BUILDING WASHINGTON ST.. BROADWAY AND PARK STS, LIGHT, STEAM HEAT, HOT AND COLD WATER ASD JAMTOR SERVICE! ARE INCLUDED IX Kli. TAL CHARGk. " The meat admirably located office building; In Portland. He expense baa beea spared la Its eonstrnetloa and eoipmeat to make It thoroaahlr adaptable to all office aeeds. Absolutely fireproof sad with every kinn eoavealeace for tenants tiaa and compressed air far at doctors aid deatlata. Millard C. Holbrook DENTIST. Moved from Medical Bids. To SOT Morsan Bids. Dr. Charles E. Moreland DENTISTRY. JS4, 141. ISO Morsaa Bid. Phone Mala (144. Dr. E. G. Clark DENTIST. 868 Morsaa Bid. Phone Main 2168. A 8761. Geo. Earle Henton, M. D. DISEASES 0 TBB ETH AND REFRACTION. Office Hours to 11 A. M.. I to 4:14 P. M. : Sunday. I toll A 14 Bvaolag fay appointment. Phone: Main 6667: Res.. Tabor 8618. Farrin & Micellt ATTORNEYS-AT-I-AW. Removed to 6SB-6SO-63T Morsaa Bids. Portland. Oreson. Phone Main 1076. OBNBRAIi PRACTICE. H. U Moody. -Notary Public. " G. Mlseh. Motary Public. MOODY-MISCH CO. INSURANCE. SURETY BONDS. Room 80S. Phone Main 87. Dr. F. H.' Dammasch PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 404-401 Morgan Bids. Oftlcs Boura 11 to 18; 1 to 4:80; I to 1 Sunday by appointment only. Office Phonea: Main 8718. A 1916. Residence. 162 East 120. near Haw thorne. Phone, East 77, B 8118. road with light rails could -carry 180, 000 tons a year from this mine to tide water and those financing the roa,d saved an enormous outlay. Thirteen years ago Charles T. Lane built a narrow-gauge railroad from Nome to Anvil Creek so cheaply that it earned its first cost in the first 80 days of operation. Later he built a similar road from Council to Ophir which earned its first cost in 90 days. Full System Not Necessary. Summing up his views on the Alaskan rstllroad situation, Mr. Emerson says: "Where the total travel might amount to half a dozen persons a day, a full train with conductor, engineer, fireman, trackman, station agents andainterlock ing signals and switches is not neces sary. Three or four light automobiles with trailers running on light track could take care of all the business. Where the freight traffic amounts at most to a few thousand tons, 50-ton freight cars weighing, empty. 25 tons, are not needed three to five-ton trucks will do the business. "One of the fundamental rules, often violated, of sane capital expenditure Is that we shall not invest 81.000,000 to accomplish a result if we can accom plish an equally valuable result from an investment of 810.000." BRIDGE GUARD KILLED ONB SHOT, ANOTHER SERIOUSLY HURT, IN COLORADO. Effort to Bora Structure Replacing One Burned Early lm Conflict Is Made by Striken. TRINIDAD, Colo., Deo. 28. One man was killed and another probably fatal ly injured today when strikers at tacked guards of an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad bridge connecting ui.nes at Radiant and Rockwell in the strike district near here. One guard died from a bullet wound and the oth er fell lrom the bridge Into a gully below. Ernest Farmer, who was killed, and G. W. Li'oby, were guarding the bridge from incendiaries, it having been con structed recently to replace one rased ly fire two days after the strike be gan. Armed strikers, it was reported, approached the structure, carrying a can which was found to contain coal olL The guards ordered the strikers to stop, and their reply was a fusu.aae of shots- Farmer war instantly killed, while Libby, In attempting to run and return the fire, fell from the bridge, breaking an arm and suffering internal in juries. The strikers ran irom tne Dnage im mediately after the shooting and on the approach of a track walker, who discovered Farmer's body and aided Libby. , Ge'nesee Pioneer Passes. GENESEE, Idaho, Dec. 28. (Special.) Mrs. William Hordemann. one of the pioneers of the Genesee country, died toaay. V W. G. SMITH A CO. and Visiting CARDS Third Floor Telephones: Office Main 879S. Residence Main 327$, A 3273. Hours 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Wednesdays and Saturdays. 8:30 A. M. to 12 M. Dr. Fred A. Reisacher DENTIST. T16 MORGAN BUILDING. Dr. Martin Abelson " DENTIST. 401 Morsaa Bids. Phone Mala 2177. Dr. C. E. Brown DENTIST. 154-7-4-6. Phone Mala 646. A 1181. Harry J. Anderson, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, alt S48. Phonaa: Mala 6161: Rea. Main 5(18. Boors: 8-12 A. M.. 1 to 6 P. M. DR. LEON E. SOOK Optometrist and Optician. EYESIGHT TROUBLE CORRECTED. Broken Lenses Duplicated. 456-7-8-8-60 Morgan Building. Evenlnga and Sundaya by Appointment. Telephonea Office: Marshall D8. A 8827. Residence, C 12. RES. PHONB TABOB 4278. MARSHALL 1888. Dr. H. N. Lacy OSTBOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. SUITE 801. MORGAN BLDG. ACTION IS SOUGHT Public Land States Urged to Unite on Legislation. BORAH BILL IS NUCLEUS Chamberlain to (Tall on Members of Congress From Region Affected to Join in Obtaining Re lief for Settlers. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Dec 28. When Congress recon venes after the holidays. Senator Cham berlain, of Oregon, will endeavor to call together all the Senators and Repre sentatives from the public land states in the hope of agreeing on a bill to amend the three-year homestead law in a way that will make it less bur densome to the settler. Senator Cham berlain realizes that the law in its pres ent shape is not as beneficial as 'was intended by its framers, because of the hardship frequently occasioned by the cultivation 'clause, but there is so much difference of opinion as to how the law should be modified that progress on amendatory legislation is being re tarded. If the Western contingent in Con gress will come together on this ques tion and will formulate a bill which all can support. Senator Chamberlain believes there is good prospect of mak ing a change in the law. Present Law Unsatisfactory. Although the Senate has passed the Borah bill, which proposes to recognize permanent improvements in lieu of cul tivation as establishing the good faith of homesteaders, there is a great deal of objection to- this bill in the House, particularly since Assistant Secretary Jones, of the Interior Department, has made adverse recommendation. An ad verse report from the department is all the theoretical conservationists need on which to build a strong objection to any measure affecting the public lands, and that is the lever they now propose to use on this measure. Every Senator and every Represen tative in Congress from the West, and especially those from the mountain states, is being flooded with letters of complaint against the operation of the law is it stands. It is proving difficult for many homesteaders to cultivate as much land eacsi year as the law re quires, and if the law ts not amended many honest settlers will lose their homesteads unless the law is changed. True, a certain discretionary power is vested in the Secretary of the Interior, and this reservation might be ample if teiki the Morgan Building Dr. D. H. Rani Hours Day, 1:10 to 4; Sundays, 11:10 to 11 M. Evenins Tuesday and Satur day. 7:10 to . Office. 401 to 407 Morgan Bids. Residence, 144 14th St. North. Telephone Main 156, Home A 1144. Dr. Elof T-. Hedlund Dr. Dallas Lay. DENTISTS. 4S4-450 Morgan Bids. Marshall . A 1417. Dr. John W. McCollom EYE. BAR, NOSE AND THROAT. Suite 451-1(7. Office Phones Main 1211. A 1761. Rea Phone Main 1104. Dr. Henry C. Fixott DENTIST. 60S Morsan Bulldln. Office Hours -13 A. M., 1-S P. TeL Main 1254. A 1751. Dr. H. A. Huffman . DENTIST. 401 Morsan Bids. Office houra to 11, 1:14 to 4. Mala 1340. E. Nelson Neulen, M. D. Frank H. Morey, D. D. S. 401, S04, 505. Marshall 641. Dr. Jack M. Yates DENTIST. Suite 866. Phones Mala 1144. A 1078, Dr. C. O. Young Physician and Surgeon. Office 715-711. Main 1041. A 4144. Dr. Lloyd Irvine PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Suits 561-567 Morsan Bid. Office phonea: Main 1256. A 1751. Res. phone. Mala 2156. Dr. Frank . Ball DENTIST. 804-809 Morgan Building. Phone Mala 2844. Herbert Greenland TAILOR. 101-1-6 Morgan Bids. Home Phone A till. Pacific Phone Marshall 191. Secretary Lane had the time person ally to examine into these indidlvual homestead cases, and grant leniency i where it is deserved. Ruling Made by Clerks. The fact Is that Secretary Lane, pressed as Je Is by larger matters, has not the time to go personally into the records In individual homestead cases, unless it be at the request of some member of Congress, and in conse quence what go forth as the opinions and rulings of the Secretary are really prepared by clerks in the Interior De partment, most of whom have never seen an acre of public land, and few of whom know anything of the hardships which homesteader encounter and must overcome. It is because of this situation that Westerners generally want to amend the three-year law and by statute pre scribe an easier method than that now prevailing whereby homesteaders, es pecially those on rough lands, may ac quire title to Government lands wltli reasonable expense and effort, and may be relieved of conditions which are un justly burdensome and which operates to discourage rather than encourage those contemplating making homestead entries. - There are about 17 pines native to the TJnlted States, of which 26 are Western species and 11 Eastern. DISCOURAGING LETTER TO A DIABETIC "It Is due you to say that it does not get such results In young cases of Dia betes as would justify you In abandon ing for it anything from any other source that offers real help. At the same time if your physician has gone as far as he can and can give no fur ther encouragement, would take what ever chance there is in this treatment." Notwithstanding the above, B. J. Palmer, of Atlanta, Ga., gave his 13-year-old Diabetic daughter Fulton's Diabetic Compound. He now writes (two months later): "She seems to be getting along very well. Our physician says she Is doing nicely and advises continuance of the treatment. He says the- sugar is a great deal better and she has gained several pounds In weight and has hardly any disturbance at night. Is not troubled with thirst and her appetite Is normal." The letter discloses that the patient's ..ifi. arravltv la still high and there are still Diabetic symptoms. As we have said over and over, we nave wi uttio confidence as to this treatment In young cases, but that it relieves and has prolonged young lives a year or so has been reported a number of times. In Diabetics over 50 we begin to look for definitely reducing sugar by the twentieth day and many live to old age in comfort. Adv. t