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TTTE MORNING OREGONIATf, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1914.' " ALLEGED SPECIFIC EXCITES COMMENT VISITING , SHIUNEHS, WOMEN ACCOMPANYING- THEM, AND ONE OF PATROL" TEAMS HERE TO It's Great to Find Just What You Weed Blood-sick Pooplo Everywhere Welcome the Greatest Blood Purifier Known. - - ATTEND CEREMONIAL AT ARMORY LAST NIGHT Dr. Harry F. McKay Denies Be lief or Disbelief in "Cure" for Tuberculosis. 18 f la S X Japanese REGULARS FLOUT. REMEDY Kxplanation. Made of Way Introduc tion Came About Which Pro j cured Publication That Cre I: ated' Erroneous Impression. Dr. Harry F. McKay, of the State Board of Medical Examiners, yesterday denied that he either believed or dis believed in the assertion of tr. H. L. Henderson, of Astoria, also a member of the board, that he has discovered what practically amounts to a specific for tuberculosis. Dr. Henderson gives his prescription as 100 to 140 grains of salicylic acid and 40 to 60 minims of guiacol injected into a vein. . . "It might be inferred from reading the article in The Oregonian today that I agreed with Dr. Henderson that he had discovered such a cure." said Dr. McKay. "I would like to correct any im pression that such is the case by tell ing my connection in making the re quest to your office to have it pub lished. "The matter came up at a special meeting of the State Board of Medical Examiners, held yesterday, in the of fices cf Dr. L. H. Hamilton, secretary of the board, for the purpose of con sidering charges' in the matter of revocation of licenses of Sive physicians now practicing in thia state, . Opposite Views Taken. "The membership of the State Board of Medical Examiners consists of three of the so-called regular school, one from the homeopathic, one from the eclectic and one osteopath. This is according to the state law and all were present at this meeting. A discussion arose between Dr. F. E. Moore, the osteopathic representative, and my self in reference to the appointment of an osteopath in Oregon City as health officer for . Clackamas County.- I de- dared I was of the opinion that It was not a position which an osteopath should occupy, that I had been County Physician of Multnomah. County for ; years, and during, the time I occupied that position I was frequently called to attend cases of diphtheria where the children of poor families had con tracted the disease; that I had admin istered antl-toxln which the county .paid for.. This. treatment is recognized by the majority of the medical profes sion as being the proper method of treating thi dreaded disease. I asked Dr. Moore, In case the Osteopath- in Oregon City were called to a case of diphtheria occurring in a poor family, the head . of such family being com pelled to ' call the County Physician owing to financial reasons and not be ing able to employ a regular physi cian who was to administer the anti toxin? "Dr. . Moore replied that he would have to employ a physician to adminis ter the treatment. I then asked him who was to pay for the services of the physician? . Antitoxin Kot Approved. "During this rather heated discus sion, Dr. Henderson asked me how 1 knew antitoxin was a cure for diph theria, and declared that he never had Eiven antitoxin and did not believe in it. I then told Dr.. Henderson that from the personal results I had ob tained from the use of the remedy and from the statistics published by scien tific men, I was convinced that ,the majority of the medical profession agree that- it is the remedy for diphtheria. Dr. Henderson said: 'Do you know. Dr. McKay, that I am curing 97 per cent of tubercular cases and I will guarantee to cure 95 per cent in round numbers of any am bulatory cases which may be brought to me.' I said: " 'Dr. Henderson, why do you - hide your light under a bushel, why do. you not give it to the world? If your as sertion is true, . you will, go down In history as one of the greatest men of the twentieth century. You will be the means of advertising our state and country. 'You will do more to adver tise the city of Astoria, not only in the United States, but all over the civilized world, than Jim Hill, with his Titanic ocean-going steamers, leav ing your port, will ever do.- Astoria will be known as the home of the dis coverer of the cure of the white plague. His picture will be in all of the prin cipal papers in foreign lands and he will be blessed by the coming gen erations.' "I then offered to make a bet of $1000 that he could not cure three cases which I would send him, cases to bo selected by a committee of phy sicians appointed by the City and County Medical Society. They were to be ambulatory cases as he requested. I told him that if I should, be th means, through him, of letting the world know of such a. cure, I would gladly lose the 11000 and be the hap piest man in the United States over the loss of the money. He" then said. In the presence of Dr. I H. Hamilton, that he tried to get it before the peo ple and that he had published it in the Astoria papers, that he had sent it to the governor and tho governor bad referred it to some person, and he never had heard what became of it. Publication Is Desired. "ITe also said he -had made an at tempt to get it published in the medi cal journals of my school and also in a daily paper published In- Portland and that they Ignored it. I, would like to state right here that Dr. Henderson is the representative of the eclectic tschool on the examining board. "After the doctor had made euch statements. 1 said, I shall be delighted to have you come over to The Ore "gonlan editorial rooms and request them to publish it; that I would in troduce him to some of the editorial staff, and, if his statements were true, I . was convinced that The Oregonian would do him justice and publish it , to the world. "I might here state that during the time that one of your reporters was having an interview with the doctor, I said to' one of your assistant editors that, inasmuch as the doctor was a member of the State Board of Medical Examiners, I was of the impression that he firmly believed that he had a cure for this disease, that my object in bringing him over was to get it be fore the medical profession and the public at large, so that steps might be taken to have it investigated." - Dr. IS. A. Pierce and Dr. Calvin S. White, members of the State Board, of Health, expressed themselves as being skeptical , of the merits of Dr. binder son's specific. "Dr. Henderson is an eclectic ap-i pointed by the State Board of Examin ers and has practiced extensively In electrical therapeutics." said Dr. White. "The Board has little faith in the efficacy of such cures as Dr. Hender- I r . a . VW v - i . t lzim W K FN ;- -life k 3tsT VjtJ ' -rfflT fpi-pp?! If W yWlfAX V xH n - f VJy- son claims to. have discovered. "There 1b no ' reason ur chemistry-or science why such drugs should effect a cure in tuberculous cases. ..- Death Predicted Result. - "The. idea, of putting 10 grains of salicylic, acid into .the. blood seem; wrong to me. It would probably kill the patient. Salicylic acid is good to cure cider - or. grape Juice.- It is also a good preventative against meat spoiling, but it is forbidden by the pure food and -drug act. "Guiacol is - a distillation of beech wood creosote. - It- has- been used for the last 50 years or . more in the treats ment of tuberculosis. 'It Is also a valu able adjunct in the treatment of chronic coughs. The' dose is ordinarily about five grains. Injecting ' 40 to 50 grains into a , vein' would be in -ray mind a procedure of dubious" virtue. ' ' "As for the salicylic acid, as a matter of fact I don't Bee. how you could.-dis-solve 140 grains of ' It. It takes, '300 times its volume of water or twice Its volume of alcohol , to dissolve " it. Salicylic acid poisonings are not un common. Thirty-or forty grains taken Into the etomach will sometimes pro duce ringing in the ears, dizziness or cross-eyes. It is excellent in am ointr ment for the eradication of corns. In fact it Is the basis of practically all corn salves." - . - Dr. Pierce said ' that Balicylie acid was used, largely for all febrile diseases and had been for - many - years -as a general . medicine. -: Gnlncol Common Remedy. 1 "Guiacol: is acknowledged to be one of the best medicines' known " for tuberculosis," he said, ; "but it has to be taken over long periods and has never been proved to be & specific. The combination - of these two which la claimed to be specific by Dr. Henderson in 5 per cent of cases seems an amaz ing statement to me. Tersonally I can not accept the proof - submitted up to the present time. I feel that, as in other -so-called cures, there must be sufficient data of an official nature sub mitted and passed upon by the highest medical authorities ' before being ac cepted by the profession. "It la very, unfortunate for the peace of mind of these poor sufferers that they - should be excited from time to time by so-called cures till they have been thoroughly proved by competent medical authorities. - Look at the false hopes raised in the mind of many by Dr. TTrledmahn recently. I know of people who sold all their possessions to obtain money to go to New York to see Dr. Frledmann. I would advise deliberation and more thorough study oi cases heiore taking this so-called specific - seriously. There is nothing crueler, in my mind, than raising false hopes of - cure - in, the" mind of a consumptive.''- -- ' CANNERY TCK BE REOPENED Farmers at Meeting Raise Money to Start Centralis riant. .. - CENTRALIA; Wash., April is'. (Spe cial.) The Washington Fruitgrowers' Association.- a new organization that has made arrangements for reopening the Centralia canning plant this year, held a-meeting on Ford's Prairie to night, at which further stock was sub scribed by the farmers of this vicinity. The meeting was addressed by the State Horticulturist. - . ' - The association has employed William O. Mason to market the "products ft the cannery. . . ; ( 't ' - 1' ' I A - A- V J -1-'. R. Uarl.' Omaha, .eb. : A. I to Right) E. I'- Springer. K. O. Berg, K. X. Mmrnons, II I rector Kl Kntlf Bamdf K. K. Lucas Kneeling), Robert Schmlilt, Harry- W. Smith nnd Kd : ward J. Voos. All of Spokane. 4 Mn. S. T. Hart. Mrs. 'Angus t Alue. Mrs. 1 Clarence' Hubbard, Edward J. Vosa, . Illustrious Potentate El Kntlf Temple; HIM D. Barti, H. G. West, Past Potentate, nnd Miss Elizabeth Harrild. All or Spokane. A Robert Marty n, Yeldus Temple. Aberdeen, !. D. fl J. Asheltn. SpokaDr-. 7 W. H. Stewart. Med ford. S Arab Patrol of El Kntlf Temple, With Willis D. Ren In Command. 0 C. W. Mm, Ashland. lO C. E. Anderson, Ashland. WILL CASE IS HOT Thomas 0'Day and Mr. Purdv Exchange Compliments. JUDGE HAS TO CALL ORDER Mrs. 1-ora Maxflpltf Testifies . to Withholding Paper Sliv Found In 'Strong Box of Mr. "Winters " After His- Death. Emphatic denial was made yesterday by Thomas O'Day, on the witness stand in the-Winters.' escheat trial that he had at any time advised either Will E. Purdy or Miss E. L. Pratt, or any one, to "forget" any; information which might be used against Furdy in ,hls contest fnr the Orand-avenue property left by Winters.- Judgi O'Day was attorney for Purdy in the first case.- brought by Agnes Butts, administratrix of the estate, in which he attempted to secure title and possession of the property through an instrument which he declared was a deed by which Winters transferred the Grand-avenue property to him. Miss Pratt testified Tuesday that the attor ney had advised her "to forget" that the deed was to become effective only on the payment of a certain mortgage. In his cross-examination Mr. Purdy tried to get the witness to testify, that while coming up on a train from Salem, the same advice had been given to Purdy. This Mr. O'Day denies with emphasis. ' . - Before Judge O'Day had completed (iovc, Minneapolis. X Standi mar (Left his testimony - the ' questions and an swers which passed between himself and Mr. Purdy became spirited, and it was necessary for Judge Morrow to interfere several times, especially cau tioning Mr. Purdy not to testify him self in asking questions. In answer to a question from Mr. Purdy why he had been required to relate his story in the presence of John Manning, Judge O'Day repHed: "I . learned that you have no confi dence In any man except yourself. You think everybody else is a rascal, and I can't account for it on any ground ex cept that you are measuring all men by your own yardstick." The morning after Mr. Winters' death Mrs. Lor a Max field testified yesterday that she found a paper in bis strong box in which he said that he left all of the Grand avenue property to Mr. Purdy, for value received, and the re mainder of his estate to the East Side Baptist Church. Though the instru ment was signed, and she thought in tended for a will, it was not witnessed, Mrs. Maxfleld testified. Secrecy Is Maintained. Xo one had been advised of this paper, Mrs. Maxfleld testified, until only recently, when she told Mr. Purdy of it. She denied that she had advised any of her attorneys of it, explaining her con cealment by saying that Mr. Purdy had promised the property mentioned in the Instrument to her. She was the house keeper for Mr. Winters for several years prior to his "death, and it was she that delivered his papers to Mrs. Agnes Butts Heckhart,' administratrix, saving out, she said, the instrument intended for a. will. This has been lost, she tes tified, for. which reason she was unable to produce it in court. Attorneys Logan and Cltrou subjected her to a long, severe cross-examination. To the surprise of attorneys for the state Mr. liurdy rested his case late In the day without taking the stand in his own behalf. The state - probably will conclude its rebuttal today and argu ments in the case be commenced. SHRINERS INVADE CITY ( Continued From Flr.t Page.) pened to be In town yesterday, donned their red fezes and Joined the merry Com Oat of the Cloud of Doabt and If jon are down with any bleed trou ble, call It rheumatism, malaria, eeccmai bolla, carbunclea - or any eruptive condi tion pin ycr faith to 8. S. 8. It Is really tha moat searching-, the taoit tffcctlTe, tha most cleansing blood remedy known. It has tho peculiar action of soaking through the atqmach and tntaatines di rectly into tho blood.-. Ia five minutes Its Influence is at work in erory artery, vein and tiny capillary. Every mem brane, every organ of the body, every emunctory becomes In effort a filter to strain the blood of Impurities. - Tho stimulating properties of . S. S. com pel tho skin, livor,. bowels, kidneys, blad der to all work to the one end of cast log out every irritating, every palu-ta-fllcting atom of poison ; it dislodges by Irrigation all accumulations in the Joints,' causes acid accretions to dissolve, roadors them nentral and scatters those peculiar formations In the nervs renters that cause saeh mystifying an4 often baffllag rhsn matie pains. The action of thia reasarhablo remedy Is Just as direct. Just as positive. Just ns certain in Its Influence as that the- sun rises in the east. It Is one of thos rare nodical forces welth sot la tho Moon Uk tho asms degree of certainty that crowds. Robert Martyn. .of Teldus Temple, at Aberdeen. S. D., and A. I. Gove, of Zuhrah Temple, at Minne apolis, were among them. By the time all these stray visitors, together with the special train parties from various parts of the Northwest, assembled with the Portland nobles at the Armory last night the place was comfortably filled. The three bands from Portland. Spokane and Seattle were there and furnished the music. The Arab pa trols of the same three cities likewise were on hand - engaged In. excellent footwork on the floor. ROSE SHOW IS DISCUSSED Kcports Made at North Portland Sleetlns From Various Districts. Arrangements were completed 'at the meeting of the general committee and heads of local committees held Tues day night in the North Portland Ll- WHY YOU SHOULD BATHE INTERNALLY Under our present mode of living. Nature unassisted cannot dispose of all the waste. This waste sends Its poi sons Into the system through the blood circulation, and brings on countless ills. That's the reason a physician's first step in illness is to give-a laxative. - Physicians generally. In orderf to stop this accumulation of waste, are now advising the use of the "J. B.- L. Cascade." Nature's cure for Constipa tion, which rids. the lower Intestine-of all waste and keeps It healthy without drugging. It is now being shown by Woodard. Clarke . Co., Alder and West Park Sts., Portland. Ask for booklet. "Why Man of To day Is Only 60 Per Cent. Efficient." Adv. - LOCAL ENGINEER NOW PRAISES PLANT JUICE Found the Wonderful New Tonic Did Him More Good Than Anything He Ever Tried. Mr. J. K. Thomas, who resides at 1199 East Grant street, steam, hydraulic and electrical engineer at present con nected with Olds, Wortman & King's, one of the largest department stores In Portland, says: "I have suffered with catarrh tor nearly 20 years, and about a year ago my condition became so bad that I was laid up for five weeks. My throat and stomach were badly affected and in re cent years my hearing has been con siderably impaired. There was a most disagreeable roaring and cracking sound In my ears. This In itself was bad enough, but I also suffered greatly from diabetes. My kidneys seemed to be in a bad way. I had pains across my back and I often had to get up during the night four or five times, whtoh broke my rest so that I felt un fit for work. I tried a good many dif ferent things, but nothing seemed to do me any good until I began taking Plant Juice. 1 am feeling like a-differ-ent man. my stomach Is so much better I can eat anything I want, the catarrh Is so much better every way, my hear ing Is better, I sleep well at night and seldom have to get up at all." People who ' suffer from catarrh-of the head"often neglect treatment until the sto'mach and bowels become af fected. Aa a constitutional treatment for catarrh, there Is nothing better than Plant Juice. It puts the whole system Into healthy condition and not only relieves the condition, but re moves the cause as well. For sale at the Owl Drug Company's stores. Adv. Let S. S. S. Till your Blood with Httoltk. Is fennd In all natural tendencies. Th msnaer in which It dominates ana con trols the mysterious transference of rich, rod, pure arttrlal blood for tha diseased venous blood is marreloas. Out through every' akin pore 'adds, germs and ether blood Imparities sxs forced In tho form of Invisible vapor. Tho lungs breaths It out. tho livor Is stimulated to consume a great propor tion of Imparities, tho stomach and In testines csase to convey Into tho blood stream - the - catarrhal, malarial germs; the bowels, kidneys, bladder and all munctortes of the body are ssarshslled' Into a fighting force to expel every ves tige of eruptive disease. And best of all. this remarkable root ed Is welcome to tho weakest sesmsch. If you have dragged yourself until your stomseh Is nearly paralysed, yon will bo astoulshed to Had that B. . 8. gives no soswatioa hscsure-it Is pure vegetable infusion,' is) taken natnrally Into yenr Mood Just as pare air is inhaled natu rally Into fwor lungs. 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