TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN. 3rONIAT, JULY 15. 1918.
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G. A. KYLE WRITES
Experiences While Captive of
Chinese Bandits Told.
LIFE OFTEN IS MENACED
For 62 Says Portland Engineer Is
Prisoner of Outlaws in . Interior
of China While Captors Flee
From Government Soldiery.
G. A. Kyle, of Portland, chief engi
neer in charge of construction of the
Chinese government railways, who was
captured by Chinese bandits. March 4,
while oa his way to the interior with
a small party, and was held prisoner
for 52 days, tells of his experiences
in a letter to Charles E. McCullough.
The Incidents of his captivity make a
story as thrilling as anything told In
fiction, but Mr. Kyle, with the accus
tomed accuracy of the engineer, states
the mere facts without elaboration.
Xurlng the 62 days of captivity he did
not have opportunity to change clothes
or to have a bath, and was obliged to
travel from 10 to 40 miles every night,
in the attempt of the bandits to elude
the officers in pursuit. .,
Experiences Are Related.
Here is the text of Mr. Kyle's letter:.
'I suppose that you. of course, know
of my experience as a captive among
the Chinese bandits. On March 4,
while on my way into the interior with
a small party (one of whom was an
; American, B. J. Purcell) to look over
V. our railway, surveys and visit the two
parties then working in the field, our
party was attacked by a band of about
70 Chinese bandits, and as our 24- Chi
nese soldiers who . were sent as guard
with us did not fire a shot in our de-
fense, we surrendered to the bandits.
After breaking, open all our boxes and
taking everything of value they. could
use, including 312.250 that belonged to
the Chinese government, they took Mr.
Purcell and a Chinese named Mr. Wu,
who was born in . America and is an
American citizen, and myself prisoners.
Only two soldiers stayed to defend us.
the rest of the" soldiers leaving us and
..hiding- In the village. Mr. Purcell, the
two soldiers and myself fired several
shots at long range at the bandits, but
when T saw that the main body of sol
diers had deserted us, I told every one
to quit firing, and we threw away our
arms and surrendered.
Lives Are Endangered,
"After our surrender the bandits en-
; tered the compound where we had tak
en refuge, and two of them, for some
reason, fired point-blank at Purcell and
, myself from a distance of 10 feet, one
bullet passing through my overcoat on
top of the right shoulder and just graz
ing the skin. Two mules in the com
pound were killed and one- wounded
and the ground was covered with blood.
The bandits walked us every night
from 10 to 30 miles, keeping away from
the soldiers, and we slept in small vil
lages in the daytime. In the mean
time the American legation, the Siems
Carey Company and the Chinese author
ities were making strenuous efforts to
Bret us released.
"On March 25 the soldiers and bandits
- had a battle which lasted all day. The
soldiers had us completely surrounded
and we were under fire from the sol-
' dicrs through the day, and lay flat on
..the ground on top of the mountain
"with very inadequate protection till
! dark, when the firing ceased by com
mon consent and the bandits proceed
ed to break through the cordon of sol
diers surrounding us, taking us with
them, louring the retreat the bandits
divided up into small bands and Mr.
Purcell and Wu found themselves with
" only one bandit to guard them and
finally induced him to throw away his
arms and accompany them as servant.
-..-They were finally found by the soldiers
find returned to Peking about March 28.
' Experience Is Trying.
"l . "In the meantime I was with a band
""of nine bandits who managed to elude
.. the soldiers, but as they held on to me
" pretty carefully I could not escape. "We
L were fired on five times by the bandits
"-during our escape, and each time my
life was in danger. After the 25th I
was with seven of the bandits, who left
the mountains and we traveled during
'the night from 10 to 40 miles nearly
- every night until April 25, when I was
' finally released. I had none to inter-
"; pret for me. and I did not speak Chi
nese, nor did the Chinese speak Eng
-.. llah, and it was a very trying expe
" rience.
"The robbers did not treat me so
badly excepting on the long, enforced
marches during the night, and they
were continually reminding me that
if I did not comply with their demands
they would kill me. The younger ones
would point their rifles or automatic
revolvers at me and snap them In my
face to scare me. I was covered with
body lice the whole time, and had no
time or chance to take off my clothes
during the whole 62 days I was with
the bandits. My release was finally se
cured through Military General Chang,
who secured communication with the
bandits through the Chinese Catholic
priest. As Btated before, I came in on
April 25 with the seven bandits who
had me in captivity, and in company
with the two Catholic priests, and was
turned over to General Chang. The
robbers were pardoned and the leader
was given a position on the bodyguard
of General Chang and the others as
privates. Although the bandits made
extravagant demands for guns and am
munition, but never for money, they
were glad to escape with their lives
Bath Is Finally Taken.
"General Chang sent me to a Chinese
bath house where I was given a hot
bath and a clean change of clothes and
'. discarded the lousy, dirty suit I had
worn during the 52 days of captivity.
I "On April 25 General Chang sent
i me under guard of 100 soldiers 30 miles
t to Tenchang, a station on the Pekin
t Hankow Railway, where Mr. Hitchcock,
i who had been staying five weeks in a
private car working for my release
f took me to Pekin. arriving on tne even
Ing of April 27. just two months from
the time I left Pekin on the trip into
:. the interior.
"The bandits are very active now on
account of the revolution that is in
; progress between the North and the
' South, and there is no strong central
trovernment in Pekin to suppress them
and it is not safe for foreigners to trav-
, cl very far from the railroads nowa
days. I don't think I will attempt -it
again soon, although we have two par
ties in the field in the interior who
seem to be In no Immediate danger."
FAWCETT OUT FOR SENATOR
" Tacoma Man, Defeated for Mayor,
Files for LeRislatlve Office.
- TACOMA. Wash., July 14. (Special.)
1 . A. V. Fawcett, former mayor of T-
coma and participant in a score of
political battles, is not ready to retire,
although he is more than 70 years old,
He filed for the Republican nomination
, for State Senator in the Twenty-ninth
district as soon as the books were open.
J He was defeated for Mayor two
- months ago by C. M. Riddel!, and since
' that time has been dividing his labor
between a small store he operates
Camp Lewis and a truck farm.
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CLARA KIMBALL TOCNG, WHO APPEARS AT THK MAJESTIC THEATER Vi
PERSON TODAY AND IN THK PHOTOPLAY, "THE REASON WHY.
TODAY'S FILM FEATURES.
Star Mae Murray, "Her Body
In Bond."
Sunset "For the Freedom of
the World."
Liberty Mildred Harris, "For
Husbands Only."
Majestic Clara Kimball Young.
"The Reason Why."
Peoples Dolly Sisters, "The
Million Dollar Dollies."
Columbia Dorothy Phillips, "A
Soul for Sale."
Globe Kathlyn Williams. "Re
deeming Love."
Circle "The Kaiser, Beast of
Berlin."
Peoples.
IN "The Million Dollar Dollies." the
famous Dolly sisters. Yancsi and
Roszika, make their Initial bow
upon the screen with all the exquisite
grace at their command. This pretty
pair achieved their fame on the stage
by their clever dancing, their lithe
beauty and the remarkable resem
blance one bears to the other These
assets assist them in their debut on
the silver-sheet, but the sisters also
show a particular aptitude in striking
beautiful poses, forming pictures of
rare beauty, and they prove to be
charming little actresses of no mean
ability in the new Peoples Theater of
fering.
Apologies are made at the beginning
of the picture because it was impossi
ble to explain how to tell the sisters
apart. The substitutes tell you that
Tancsl looks, dresses and dances just
ike Roszika, and that Roszika looks.
dances and dresses just like Yancsi,
and not to blame the management if
you can't tell which is which. You
can't you give it up. but you don't
care, because one is as delightful as
the other, and the other is as delightful
as can be. Even their beaux make a
mistake once and kiss the wrong ones.
The picture is a frothy, frilly, bon-
ton type of musical comedy affair, ab
surd as to story but very pleasing to
the eye. The subtitles sparkle with
up-to-date remarks about places and
things familiar to New York's own
that Is when they are not trying to tell
you that Roszika is Yanscl, or vice
versa. The plot is trivial, but daintily
seasoned, and isn't Intended to be any
thing but camoufalge to show off the
Dollys. In this novel way it creates
wealth of merriment.
The Dollys wear magnificent clothes.
and many, many of them, and then,
carrying the idea to an extreme, one
catches a glimpse of them bathing in
sunken pool. One Dolly performs
mermaid stunt and executes a high
dive in as graceful a manner as An
nette Kellermann herself, and the two
of them together are seen winning
laurels on the Palace stage. They
romp around, turn somersaults, vault
over furniture, and are delightful and
amusing. .
News pictorial and beautiful travel
scenic are also screened.
Liberty.
"For Husbands Only," a Lois Weber
production, and "Ladies First," a Mack
bennett oiiering, co-star on the new
Liberty Theater programme, which
opened yesterday with one of Henry B.
Murtagh's popular organ concerts. The
names of Lois Weber and Mack Sennett
are well known, and each is a guaran
tee of excellent screen entertainment
The guarantee holds good in the case of
these pictures.
Mildred Harris, a demure little screen
newcomer, and Lew Cody are the princl
pals In "For Husbands Only." which is
not the sexy film affair the title might
promise to some seekers after that
brand of entertainment. The story con
tains ginger bivt nothing risque, or at
least not so very risque, when one stops
to consider that the story Is construct
ed chiefly about a girl's efforts to pre
vent another chap from stealing her
from her husband-
Cody, the villain, is a young society
man whose chief occupation may be
summed up In one word, "women." He
meets Ton!, the little convent-bred girl
and from then on there's a battle of
wits between the two, the girl schem
ing to revenge herself upon him for his
insults, and the man struggling to take
her away from her husband.
Her wit is too quick for htm and,
when he discovers that she Is the victor.
he resorts to an adroit and unusu
method of turning her husband against
her. Of course the trick doesn't win
and virtue Is triumphant, but It keeps
audiences in suspense until the final
minute. There is much of the whimel
cal in the photoplay, which is entitled to
that designation much sought after,
"different."
Chester Conklin and a squad of Ben
nett funsters make merry in "Ladles
First." "Walrus" Chet la in his glory
in this hilarious two-reeler, and there
are enough laughs in It to make one
forget his troubles.
Clara Kimball Young, in Portland to
day on a Navy recruiting mission, will
make personal appearances at the Lib
erty this afternoon and tonight.
Columbia.
Dorothy Philips, who has had the
good fortune to appear in some of the
most sensationally successful pictures
of a season or two, including "Hell
Morgan's Girl." has a vehicle In "A
Soul For Sale" that will please her
friends immensely and entertain those
who don't know the difference between
Dorothy and Mary Pickford.
"A Soul For Sale" is a nifty title bnt
it's not a vampire picture, with ths
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owner of the soul willing to auction
it off for money, title, or something of
the sort. No. the heroine is 24-carat
fine. It's her mother who wants to
link her daughter with money. Add to
this desire a weakness which turns
the mother Into a thief, and places the
girl in a position where she is charged
with being mercenary, and then that
of thief, and you have an idea of the
plot of the Dorothy Phillips special.
Nefla Pendleton is the name of the
heroine. Her father dies, leaving wife
and daughter penniless. and the
mother, who has never been taught
self-denial, and has an Inordinate pas
sion for gems, plans a wealthy mar
riage for Nella. They go to a fashion
able resort and the girl is thrown at
the head of Hale Faxon, a wealthy
old rounder who is the scandal of the
place. Nella Is compromised financially.
cnieny inrougn tne mothers activity,
and it looks as though she will be
forced to wed Faxon, when Steele
Mlntnrn appears and the girl falls
in love with him.
The mother wrecks this romance by
stealing from Minturn. and when
Neila enters his room to replace the
money and he sees the bills in her
hands, the man thinks sties a crook
and the resort folk think she's every
thing bad.
Not until the girl claims her soul as
ner own and turns to commercial life,
seeking independence. Is she In a posi
tion to meet Minturn on a basis of un
derstanding and happiness.
Poor Fish." a comedy, accompanies
me rnimps production.
Sunset.
"For the Freedom of the . World
is a patriotic photoplay of Canada and
the trenches "over there." with Aroerl
cans who early responded to the call
of arms against the Hun hordes as Its
principals. It's a stirring picture, pro
duced with eye to story dramatics as
as inspiring war spectacle.
l raining camp scenes ar nnrtfitar.
ly interesting when so many American
ijmijies nave boys In the various can
icnments. lne story has Its onanina-
in lanaaa ana men shirts, to the ht.
tlefields of Europe, where the tale of
love, heroism and villainy is worked
cut to tne expected happy ending. The
oame siurr, done at night with an
army or lights and star shells, much
rmoke and a handful of men. la much
more effective than usual picture war
fare, while the few trerch shots are
most realistic.
E. K. Lincoln. Barbara Castleton snd
riomaine Fielding are tho leading play
ers In this dramatic offering. Lincoln
takes tne part of a Yankee llvlnr in
csr.ada. He enlists in the American
contingent of the Canadian army. He
meets a Canadian girl 1 Barbara Cas
tleton) and saves her from the attack
or a drunkard. This man (Romaina
Fielding) is given the choice of golnar
to jail or enlisting. He chooses the
latter.
Before leaving for the front ths
American weds the girl. The girl later
crosses the ocean and smuggles herself
into France with a Red Cross contin
gent. She is moved to ths front nsar
her husband. The villainous Canadian.
made a Lieutenant for heroism per
formed by another, spies upon her and
manages to bring husband and wife to
gether In the officers' quarters. They
are discovered and both sentenced to
be shot, t'ie penalty for a wife visiting
a husband at the front. In desperation
the soldier shoots his wife and then
asks that he ma v seek death on a peri
lous mission. The duty is performed,
he falls on the field, and Is rescued by
the Canadian who la te'.ven this one
more chance to redeem himself. Re
covering, the man is pardoned and Is
rtttored to his wife, who had recov
ered from the wound Inflicted by her
husband.
.Majestic.
The presence of Clara Kimball Toung
in Portland today, with three appear
ances on the Majestic Theater stsge, is
responsible for the shelving of the
William Farnum picture. "True Blue."
for one day, end the screening of "The
Reason Why," a popular Young photo
play. Elinor Glyn wrote "The Reason
Why." a story which Involves a wife
vho believes that her husband married
her only for money, and the man, who
believes that the wife is conducting
an affair with another man. In the
end all minunderstandlngn are straight
ened out but not until Lord Tancred.
the husband, dramatically denounces
srs. his wlfs.
Milton Sills. J. W. Johnson. Frank
Losee. Florence Billings snd Kate
Lenter in the cast.
Allied nations official war pictures,
comedy and Pathe News will be shown
on today's revised bill.
CAMP TO CLOSE JULY 20
University of Oregon lo Open Sec
ond Officers' School August I.
EXJGEXE. Or.. July H. (Special.
The University of Oregon's first Sum
mer military training camp will close
Saturday, July 20, after the busiest
week in the entire month of Its life
Applications for the second camp. In
which the enrollment has been limited
to a maximum of 300 men, are coming
in large numbers. More than SO appli
cations have been received since it was
definitely decided last Saturday to pro
vide a second course in officers' train
ing. August 1 to August SI. The appli
cants reside in all parts of the North
west. Enrollment will not close until
August L
MUCH FRUIT GAIK1ED
Several Thousand Jars Were
"Put Up" Last Week.
MANY DONATIONS RECEIVED
Gift of Jars and Sugar Appreciated
by Those in Charge of Work.
Antos Carry Pickers to Where
Fruit Is Gathered.
Several thousand jars and glasses of
canned fruits and Jellies adorn the
shelves of the Kannlng Kitchen at
Hawthorne and Grand avenues, and
still there is more work to do and
great programme for the coming weeks
Is outlined.
The Kannlng Kitchen was founded
by the National League for Woman's
Service, of which Mrs. Alice Benson
Beach Is general chairman for the
city.
Mrs. Lee Davenport Is chairman of
the Kannlng Kitchen and has charge
of the pickers and the lieutenants.
while Miss Ruth Guppy is manager of
the kitchen, where she la to be found
each day directing the workers, llri.
Anton Glehisch Is chairman of the ser
geants. Miss Bertha Masters, major
of the motor squad, helps to arrange
for cars to take the pickers out each
day.
All donations of fruit, jars and sugar
are very much appreciated, also auto
mobiles to convey the pickers to and
from the places where they are gath
ering fruit. If anyone cares to make
any such donations, kindly notify the
National League headquarters, Mar
shall 4600, sixth floor of Meier A
Frank's.
Following were the Kannlng Kitchen
workers for last week:
Monday, lrhm Oregon Asiirulturnl Cel-
Irre Llutnint Mi. J. O. Bennett, aw-
tfitant. Lieutenant Mrs. J. C. Elliott Kins.
Elan von W Int aiitB-rol'. aira. . von wlnt-
zinfrodp. Carolyn 1.. Erarta. Georgia
Kwlns. Wlnirrea tiawier. airm. Kmttt tr.
Templeton. Frances liayton. Lucy rilamk,
Alti Hlooa. Lillian r.rin Amos. Mrs. bill
Thompklns. Mm. it. M. Hoffman, Mrs. A.
w. tjooper.
Tuesday. United Oaushtera nf Confederacy
Lieutenant Mm. M. J. I.unch. Mrs. Ferdi
nand Joplln. Mm. I-:. H, Moaea. Mra. Charlea
A. orvell. Mary 1-.. Morton. Helen lav1a.
I.eona Ward. Mil. Leon L. Hull. Mra. TJ. D.
Maxaon. Mm. John D. Williams. Esther
Mlt.-hell.
Wednesaav. w nodatork Red Cro Clnb.
Ilolladay War Keilef Unit. rlta Gammi
Lieutenant Mrs. It. II. Kawyer. Mrs. C. A.
Btawart, Mra. Joseph Bros"os;er. Mra. Erva
M. Peure. Mrs. c;eorice H. Woodbury. Esthsr
Mitchell, Ertan tiray. Clarlbelle Williams.
Mra. K. K. UiKor. Mary Woodward. Mra. W.
C Keller. C. l.elhy. Mrs. 11. I.. Chaptn. Mrs.
Kdwar sc. Klnsalev. M ra. w. o. Mima. Airs.
Kooert wortnlnajton.
Thursday. Luurelhurat Club Lieutenant
Modwljc niece. Mm. N. ;. I'lke. Mrs. W. C.
Harvey. Hazel strlef. Mra. t.enrce Weiss,
Mifu Charles Hofeie. Vary Ilofele. Grace
Mavcs. Mabel l.amer. Mra. W. C. stone. Mra
John I. havn. Mra. Huso Kerble. Mrs. W
D. Deaver. Mra. K. D. Weber. Mra. F. C
Uowker.
Friday Lieutenant Mra. A. M. Dibble. Mra.
B. Duerden. Mra. Amelia Holt, Beulah
Mrtasea. Florence Kendall. Mrs. A. C. New
ton. Mrs. F. Hanelin. M n. Neale. Mra. Hall,
Mra. W. 8. Ouisley. Mrs. W. L. Kvser. Mrs.
Charlea c. ftaah. Lmma Louisa Naah. Mra.
minam H. puxton. Louisa M. Buxton. Mra.
J. E. Band. Mra. I.oulse Coffey. Mrs. A. R.
urout. Mrs. .1. A. r.aatman. Mrs. Z. M. Clam
nL Mrs. Charlea C Petheram. Mrs. Chris
Shaw.
Saturday. Grade Teachers and Chi Omeras
Lieutenant Mrs. It. H. Hawyer, Eugenia
Morae. Florence R. Harrla. Alice Metsler.
Rhea Benson. Edith Campbell. Alma Harrla.
Harriet Harris, Agnes Dowd. Edith A.
Wrlaht- Mvrtla Wtieeloea. fionhla. A Wllaon.
Jane A. Wilson. Vola Orteehlld. Lena Drtnita,
Luclle shepherd, Sybil Brown. Nellie Hn
enway.
Donations included:
Mr. Rcarburv. SI for aus-ar: Mra Jamea Tte.
rhubarb- Mrs. George H. Kelly, one sack
sugar; Mrs. E. Burkctt. cherries: Wilbur
Keld. lour boxen clierrlea: Mra. Melen 1-1 a va
Jars: E. 8. Jenne. 130 pounds cherries: Mm.
M. J. Lynch. .'. for sugar: S. s. Montagu,
raspberries: Mra. A. H. Johnson, cherries;
Home for the Aged, cherries; Bisters of
Merry, cherries; Mrs. Dixon. raspherrles:
THE KAISER AS HIS AMERICAN
DENTIST KNEW HIM FOR 14 YEARS
Document of Absorbing Interest to Be EublisKed
Serially in The Oregonian
The Opening Chapter Will Appear Monday; July 22
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UNIFORMS TO BE CHEAPER
Redaction From SO to 4 0 Per Cent
of Cost Is Promised.
CAMP LEWIS, Tacoma, Wash., July
14. Officers here are Interested in the
receipt of Information from Washing
ton that they -would soon be able to
purchase their uniforms here through
the Quartermaster department at a re
duction of from JO to 40 per cent under
the price they now pay.
According to the official communica
tion, standard cloths haTe been "adopt
ed. Contracts will be let to civilian
tailors at a specified cost for each uni
form ordered, the Government furnish
ing; the cloth at actual cost. The Quar
termaster department will furnish cloth
at actual cost to officers who wish to
have their uniforms made by tailors
with whom the Government has no con
tract. It is expected that the plan. In
addition to effecting- a considerable
savins- in the cost of uniforms, will
standardise them.
Hood RlTcr Boy Commissioned.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. July II. (Sp
clal.) City Marshal Car on today re
ceived a telegram from his son. J. K.
Carson, Jr.. at a Jacksonville, Fla.,
camp, which announced receipt of a
Lieutenant's commission in the Qua
termaster Corps. Lieutenant Carson,
a University of Oregon graduate, was
practicing law in Portland last July
when called to the service by mob
ilization of the Twelfth Company,
Coast Artillery here. He is the sec
ond son of Mr. Carson to rise from
private to commissioned officer, a
younger brother, Luclan Carson, hav
ing won a Lieutenantcy in the flying
corps.
BY ARTHUR
ARTHUR N- DAVIS
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Just try one package you'll
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also find every member of the
family asking for WHEAT
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There are many ways of serv
ing WHEAT SAVER Crackers,
and each is a boost for Hoover
ism. They are also delightful
for picnic lunches.
BISCUIT
Sold by All Good Grocers in
Packages and Bulk
WOMEN VOTE CHANGES
CTTT FEDERATION MAKES ALTER.
ATIOVJ IJf rON'STITlTIOS.
New Xasse Decided aad Matters ef
Pajblte Poller Need Ket
Referred Hereartesr.
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Many changes in the constitution of
the City Federation of Women's Or
ganisations were made nt the meeting
yesterday afternoon, the first being the
change in name to Portland Federation
of Women's Organisations. Another
was empowering the body to vote upon
matters of public policy without first
referring back, to the various organi
sations. Also, by a two-thirds vote.
the constitution may be changed, pro
viding the amendments have been read
at two previous meetings.
Hereafter chairmen of the depart
ments will be selected by the officers
of the federation.
Mra. H. Hendee reported her -work
along reform lines In advertising.
Mra. A. F Flesrel. child-welfare
chairman, made a report of her recen
visit to Chicago, when she visited i
Mothers Congress convention being
held at Aurora. 111. There she found
the spacious convention hall adorned
with the posters of the Oregon Hygiene
Society, the work of which hss been
recognised by the Government. 1S3 sets
having been ordered to be placed In the
various cantonments.
Miss Viola Ortschlld requested old
tooth brushes, gunwlpers and ailk
scraps to be given to the enlisted men
stationed at the Benson Polytechnic
School. They are to be left with Mrs.
McClellsn in the credit department on
the sixth floor of Meier Sc. Frank's
store.
Mrs. F. 8. Meyers announced the ex
hibit to be held at Liberty Temple by
the Food Administration, Service
League and othera during the coming
week, demonstrating and giving expert
advice upon the feedlna; of children
during war times. A large attendance
is desired, as much care has been ex
ercised In Its planning.
All mothers with children under S
N. DAVIS, D. D.S.
The Kaiser visited Dr. Davis
about 150 times, invariably stay
ing from ten minutes to an hour
and a half after the professional
work was done, to discuss the topics
of the hour particularly during
the war years when the Kaiser
asked many questions as to the
likely attitude of America under
certain possible conditions and
provocation. The first and only
account written of the Kaiser by
an American unofficially intimate
with him, to whom the Kaiser
could talk freely without fear of
occasioning international compli
cations. No part of this story has ever
been told to the public. First pub
lication for this territory will be in
The Oregonian. It will be published
HAD SUFFEERED
18 LONG YEARS
Was in Bed Weeks at a Time
Unable to Move Now Does
Own Housework. '
"For the past eighteen years my wife
was a sufferer from rheumatism In on
of its worst forms." said William Ben
nett, who is employed by ono of the
arge saw mills at Redmond, Wash-
recently.
'Whenever these attacks came on."
he continued, "she would get so weak
and crippled up that she would have to
take to her bed, where she would lie
for two or three weeks at a time, suf
fering untold a ironies and unable to
move. Her left foot was drawn up and
twisted so with pain that she seemed
to be permanently crippled, and one
finger on her left hand was drawn all
out of shape so it was useless to her.
Her stomach, too, was all out of order,
she had no appetite, and. although she
was just as careful as she could be
about her dieting, her food would sour
on her stomach and cause her great
distress afterwards. Her nervous sys
tem seemed to be shattered, and her
rest was so broken at night that ehe
could hardly sleep. Her arms and
throat appeared to be withered, the
skin soft and flabby, and she was just
about as miserable aa anybody ever
gets to be. For years she had been
too weak and ailing to do any of her
housework, and what time she wasn't
bed she was barely able to get
around.
"I consulted specialists about her
case, but they could give me no hope,
and I took her to one of the most cele
brated health resorts in the country.
hoping she would be benefited through,
drinking the water, but it seemed to do
her no good. Then she tried all kinds
of medicines, but not till she started
taking Teniae did she find any relief
whatever. After taking a few bottles
of this wonderful medicine we are pre
pared to say that Teniae Is the only
thing we have any faith In. Her last
attack of rheumatism was all of two
months ago, and she hasn't had a
twinge elnce. Her twisted foot la get
ting back into Its normal position, and
that bent finger Is getting straight and
supple like the others. Her stomach, is
in such splendid condition that she csn
eat anything she wants without suf
fering any bad effects afterwards. Her
arms and neck are filling eu'. and are
plump and firm, and aha sleeps Ilka a.
child every night- She is now able to
do all her housework, and she la In
better condition that she ha bean. In
many yeara."
.Teniae la sold In Portland by Owl
rme Co. Adv.
years of age are urged to have their
children -weighed and measured under
the direction of the National Child's
Bureau, as this Is on of the war ac
tivities. This will also be conducted
at Liberty Temple.
Phone your want ads to The Or ego
nlsn. Main 7070. A SOUS.
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