. , TIIE RUXPAY OREGONTAX. PORTLAXD. APRIL 21, 1912' '
13
BON
ES OF DEAD AT
BOTTOM OF PACIFIC
1 JIlll I IJMIIIB
Disasters Gff West Coast
Since Vanderbilt's Day
Recalled.
GREED BRINGS HEAVY LOSS
Overloading of Vcwstls Followed by
Catastrophe Don Ilotladaj
One of Survivors of
ISSS Wreck.
The close cf the war between the
Vnlted State and Mexico In 14
brought about the cession of California,
a Ions: and narrow atrip of territory
extending from Smith River on tha
north to San Diego on the south; and
from the range of mountalna known
aa the Sierra Nevada on the east to the
Pacific on the west. At the next ses
sion of Congress a Kentucky lobbyist
t Washington worked through a bill
authorising him to krp a Una of
steamships to carry tha Cnltrd States
m-ills from New Tork to Ean Francisco
by way of the Isthmus of Panama.
These vessels were to be of not less
than 1000 tons burden on the Atlantic
side and not less than 1200 tons on the
I'aclflo side.
Harris had not enough money to
hulld a boiler for any 1200-ton ship,
let alone the entire ship, but he went
on to New Tork and formed two com
panies. Th first was called tha At
lantic Mall Steamship Company, Its
chief Incorporators being George Law
and Oliver Charlie-It. shipbuilders, and
Marshall O. Roberts. I. W. Raymond
and Charles Morgan, merchants. The
other concern waa railed the Pacific
Mail Company, with Edgar and Samuel
Howland. John and William 11. Aspln
sll. John L Stephens and Edison
Croswel! aa incorporators. The nrst
named concern built two small steam
ers below the required tonnage, but
that was winked at by postal authori
ties), railed the Falcon and Osprey.
Prevlaleaa et Regarded.
The bill had provided that all these
vessels should be commanded by Navy
Lieutenants having a brevet rank of
Lieutenant-Commander, but as there
mere then few that bad ever aeen tha
pacific waters, that part of the act was
abandoned and the Pacific Mall Com
pany was allowed to choose its own
commanders. It built three- steamers
named and commanded as follows:
Oreron. Captain R. 1 1. Pearson.
California. Captain C. P. Patterson.
Panama. Captain D. O. Bailey.
James Gordon Bennett made all sorts
of fun for naming the Oregon as they
did. for the Ashburton treaty had not
then passed.
The ships on tha Atlantic side were
commanded by Naval men up to 180.
They were Lieutenants O. V. Fox.
James Findley Schenck and Charles 8.
Boags. succeeded later by W. I liern- t
ion and ft. P. Grifiis.
Prominent among steamship owners
'n the earlier 1ay of the California
trade was Cornelius Vanderbilt. known
In this late era as "the old commodore."
Prior to the discovery of gold at
Sutter's Mill he had taken little or no
Interest In ocean matters, contenting
himself m-lth two little ferry lines be
tween New Tork and Htaten Island and
a line of old and well-worn boats run
ning between Gotham and New Haven.
But on the outbreak of the California
fever In December. 1148. Vanderbilt
got Into the trade with both feet. Nat
urally thrifty, he looked out on all
Ides for bargains In the way of second-hand
machinery. In the first three
years after the opening of the trade he
had built the steamer Independence
erlth the machinery of an old boat
.-ailed the Itochester. that ran to Al
bany; the North America, with tha en
glne of a boat called the Knicker
bocker, and the Brother Jonathan with
the engine that bad been saved from
the wreck of the palatial Atlantto lost
-in Fisher's Island on November 2S.
I8.
Jaak fibopa laed atari.
With these three Junk ahop vessels
on the Pacific Coast and two brand new
hips called the Prometheus and Dan
lei Webster on the Atlantic, be began
the opening of what he called the Nic
aragua Steamship Line. The steamer
landed at San Juan del Norte, railed
Ureytown on the English mapa. There
the passengers took trnwheel boat
tip to San Carlos, at the foot of Lake
Nicaragua. Thence across the lake by
a fast and commodious stdewbeelcr
railed the Ometepee to Virgin Bay,
where they took "dead ax" wagons
across to San Juan del Sur on the Pe
rl ric.
Associated with him In this enter
prise was Cornelius K. Garrison, a
river steamboat owner, of St. Louis.
Mo, and Robert J- Vandewater, who
had commanded tha steamers Koscius
ko and Champlaln on tha Hudson in
the early 40s. Garrison removed to
Kan Francisco In lf2 and waa "the en
tire frontage" of the concern until the
line ceased to operate In ISSS. He dis
placed Vandewater. an honest nan.
bout the first thing.
ladegeadrae First Wreck.
The first wreck of any note In Pa
cific waters wss that of the Inde
pendence In the forties on a little
rocky island called Santa Margarita,
about 300 miles southwest of Pan
Diego. Her license called for less than
400 passengers but ehe had about 7&0
and. when she struck, the force of, the
Impact threw the hot coals oat of her
furnace doors and she was on fire In
leas time than It takes to tell it- Of
course, she was Insufficiently supplied
with lifeboats and with the rush that
came to escape from fire, there mere
two of the boats swamped. Conse
quently, there were many lives lost
which might have been saved.
Fortunately, on the second day after
the accident, along came two whale
ships that had been hunting for blub
ber In Magdalena Bay and Scammon'a
Lagoon. All the survivors were taken
on board but there was a scarcity of
provisions and the rescued ones were
very hungry when the ships sailed Into
Sen Dt-go. a week later.
Fv lSil the Taclflc Mail Company
had amalgamated Its fleet by the build
in of two steamers, the Golden Gate
and the John L. Stephens, either of
which could reduce the time between
Panama and San Francisco to II day,
while It took the Pacific and Brother
Jonathan fully 14 to come from San
Juan del Sur, which waa nearly 40
miles further north. The steamers left
San Francisco on the first and fifteenth
of each moDth and New York on the
fifth and twentieth: and in four years
the Nicaragua route landed Its passen-p-
In New York ahead of the Pacific
Mall Just four times
iome time ln-lSS2 a new line was
projected, coming by way of Panama ,
and having the steamers United State
and Uncle Sam on the Atlantic side,
and the Cortes. Repubilo and Wlnfleld
Scott In Pacific waters. The writer of
thla article worked his passage op
from Panama on the last of these three
J vessels. She was under command of
' captain Simon r. iJiunu wnose win
I was the daughter of Key, who wrote
tha "Star Spangled Banner. She waa
a very slow ship and barely could
make nine mile an hour under the most
favorable conditions. On her second
trip after the writer had left her at
San Diego, sh entered the Santa Bar
bara channel Just as the sun went
down. It was the custom to take the
Inside passage because It was not only
a shorter route but smoother water.
About 10:80 at night the fog that had
prevailed for two hours suddenly be
came thicker and la m few minutes tha
Scott was square upon a ledge of
rocks Just outside a small cove of
Anacapa Island, due west of 8an
Buenaventura. What ailed her- Instru
ments I never know, but she waa all
of eight miles out of her course.
There was no actual loss of Ufa on
the ship, but three or four of her pas
sengers died from the shock after they
had reached shore. Captain Blunt was
not long out of employ, for a big pro
peller came out. called the Chesapeake,
and the captain left her at San Fran
cisco, so Blunt got the ship.
Blast la Bad Lurk.
He made one trip with her to Hum
boldt Bay and on his second trip she
ran on a reef near Cape Mendocino,
I which to this day Is known as Plant's
I reef. The wreck of the Scott can be
seen at low tide with the cylinder heads
1 about six Inches out of water. If any
one has sufficient curiosity to visit
Anacapa Island.
In 183 Vanderbilt bought out tha
owners of the Cortes and they went out
of business. About that time a man
named Edward Mills built a very hand
some steamer called the Yankee Blade
and sent her around the Horn under
command of Captain Henry Randall, a
man of experience on the Great Lakes,
but who had never served a day on the
ocesn. The first officer was Charles
F. Hewitt, for many years later master
of the Southern Pacific's coal ships
plylnjr to Nannlmo. The chief engineer
was Elijah Mott- The ship left San
Francisco at noon with about 60S pas
sengers. It was late In November. 1884.
and at that time It comes dark shortly
after t o'clock. About S A. M.. in a
dense fog, she ran on a rock Just below
Point Arquello, at the entrance of the
Santa Barbara channel, not ZOO yards
from where the Santa Rosa waa
wrecked, t years later. Quite a num
ber of Uvea were lost on this ship but
ehtefly through anxiety of passengers
to get ashore.
Speaking of the affair, many years
later. Captain Hewitt said: "There waa
no good reason for the loss of a single
life. All tbey had to do was to wait
for daylight.
. . Wrecks la F.laht Yea ,
For eight years there waa no very
serious accident or any which Involved
the loss of life nntll. one day In the
Summer of 1862. came a story of ship
wreck and suffering that made almost
every home In California a nouse oi
mourning. The Golden Gate was the
flagship of the Pacific Mall Company
and was in charge of her fifth com
mander. William H. Hudson, a son of
the famous old tar who commanded the
Majara when she laid the first Atlantle
cable In 113s. She had on board about
900 passengers of whom at least 200
were prominent people from San Fran
cisco. The fire broke out amidships, which
cut off all chance of reaching four
of the ship's boats; and then the cap
tain found th fire was too strong for
hi pumps. Hudson concluded to beach
the vessel. Had he turned his ship
around and backed her In ho mlKht
have saved many more of his cabin
passengers, a with her going head on
the after part of the ship was almost
Instantly enveloped In names. Those
aboard did not watt to launch boats
before the ship struck but wrenched
off stateroom doors and Jumped over
board with them. One of those who
escaped was Ben Holladay. who was
Journeying east with bis partner, E.
P. Flint. One night In 1885, at Holla
day's home. East Third and Stark
streets, conversation reverted to that
catastrophe and Holladay said:
"'Flint and I Jumped overboard al
most together. I learned to swim when
a boy by letting my body rest on the
end of a plank with my legs down In
the water. So I knew that a state
room door would hold me up for hours.
After I bad been In the water nearly
an hour. I looked around for Flint,
but could see nothing of him."
"What do you suppose became of
him?" I asked.
"Don't know." replied the pioneer
railroad builder. "It took me all my
time to look out for tha Interests of
Ben HoIladay.'v
Captain Foresaw Disaster.
It was three years later that the next
great marine catastrophe came, aome
time In July, 1I6S the loss of the
Brother Jonathan. She was then over
If year old and had come near going
down In the open sea during tha Fra
ser River mining days. Nothing but
the splendid seamanship of old "Cap
tain Bob" Haley saved her. When the
California Steam Navigation Company
got bold of her they virtually rebuilt
her. at a cost of approximately 1165.
000. so she was supposed to be safe.
Her master waa Samuel J. De Wolfe,
who had been first officer of her under
Haley. On the day she waa to leave
FIRST
TO
SECOND
ON
YAMHILL
PORTLAND'S
BIGGEST
STORE
QUITTING
BUSINESS
CLOSING OUT EVERYTHING AT SACRIFICE PRICES
TO THOSE WHO HAVE
NEVER VISITED OUR
STORE, we have a sug
gestion. Perhaps you have
not visited our Women's
Department, for the rea
son that yon believed that
we did not handle a line
of wearing apparel that
would suit you. On the
contrary, we had you and
every woman in mind
when we ordered the pres
ent line. We had intended
makinp; a good profit on
these goods, but, alon g
comes an untateful land
lord, and we have to sac
rifice every piece.
Call
ai,d see what we have.
Women of Portland- Attention
SEE THESE WAISTS
CHUTON WAISTS, in blacks, blues, grays and lavenders, over white net. - A line that we had in- QC
tended to sell tor $12.00, Reduced by necessity to ouly . rr"'
FEY WAISTS, in battenberg Persians of newest designs. Midnight bines, silks and satins. Our origi CO QJj
rial price was low at $750. Present price only
WHITE LINGERIE WAISTS, an odd lot, with allover embroideries, some trimmed with the latest lace I QO
and insertions. Worth easily $4.50. Reduced now to .? J
SPECIAL LOT OF LINGERIE WAISTS, values up to $2.00, now 9S
FEATHERS Regular French "black
and white plumes. Reduced as follows :
$12.00 18-inch plumes for $5.98;" 18-,
inch $7.50 plumes for $4.98; 16-inch
$5.00 plumes for $2.50; up to $3, for
$100
KIMONOS These eome in crepe ma
terials and we have them in all kinds,
colors and a variety of sizef that will
suit any woman. See whai we have
before buying elsewhere. $2 values
POCKET BOOKS This
is the pl-ce to buy Pocket
Books, for you will have
something left to put in
them. $1.50 values reduced
to 75;.$2.00 values for
S5 and the balance
at 1.45
UMBRELLAS Regular
$2.00, long wooden-handled
Umbrellas reduced
down to only 98J; lno
wood handles, fancy tips,
regularly sold up to $3.00,
reduced to only. .Sl'.39
UNDERWEAR Corset covers, all
over embroideries, 75c values for 39c;
Drawers, trimmed with deep embroid
ered flounce, goods that we would or
dinarily sell for 85c, reduced now to
HOUSE DRESSES We have the
newest Spring styles, many of which
will attract you at once. High waists,
in neat patterns and offered now for
the first time at great reductions....
$
95
UP
SPRING SUITS,
WAISTS AND COATS
ARE HERE in this stock.
There are patterns,
cloths and lines that all
women are raving over
this year. Our stock is
just as up-to'date as any
you can find in the city.
The only practical dif
ference between buying
here and elsewhere is
that you get the same
goods here for a great
deal less money. Surely,
that is an inducement
that is -veil worth your
careful consideration.
W e have always
preached that this is the
house of economy..
PETTICOATS An excellent assort
ment for your selection. These have a
deep embroidered flounce and regu
larly sell for $2.00. SPECIAL FOR
98c; $2.00 combination suits at only..
$
39
NECKWEAR We are closing out
our entire stock, consisting of jabot,
side frills and linen collars. This in.
eludes everything we have in our
store. All values np to 50c now only
DfTic
ii ii ii"
I ti if
FIRST TO
SECOND ON
YAMHILL
GOWNS See our line. We have
them in low necks and short sleeves,
trimmed with embroidery and lace.
These have been .reduced more than
half and are exceptional values. Reg
ular $2.00 for..,
GLOVES Our entire stock of $1.25
gloves has been sacrificed to a price
that represents just about cost. We
show them in black, tan, gray and bice
for only, the pair....
SKIRTS We have one
lot of Skirts that will sat
isfy your longing desire
to get something service
able, pretty and well-fitted.
These are the black
Panamas, in serges "and
voiles. They are skirts
that you would readily
expect to pay $9.00 for.
Priced at S3.S5
We also have Fey mix
tures in grays, tans and
browns, up to $10.00, for
the low price of $4.95
FIRST TO
SECOND ON
YAMHILL
San Francisco Cs.pts.ln De Wolfe called
up Mr. Jessup. the vice-president of
the company, by a messenger boy and
asked blm to cow down to the dock.
On Inquiring; what was wanted Captain
De Wolfe aald:
"Mr. Jessup, we will have to refuse
any more freight. The ship Is now
drawing over 15 feet and there Is a
string- of SO drays between here and
the head of the dock."
"Well, what of Itr asked Jessup.
"Simply this." replied De Wolfe, with
1 feet she is absolutely helpless and
cannot make eight miles an hour. It
Is all you can do to keep her head to
a heavy sea drawing; 16 feet. Load her
down to anything over that and she is
liable to broach to with you."
"Captain De Wolfe, that freight has
got to go and In this ship. If you don t
want to take it, I can find somebody
else that will." retorted Jessup.
"I have a wife and family." said the
captain, "and I can't refuse."
Million Slaka With Ship.
Ordinarily that ship could make
Humboldt Bay In tt hours and Crescent
City In 40. She reached the latter
port In just 7 hours and left there
about :30 the next morning. A man
named John Jackson, living about half
way between Crescent City, sat on his
front porah smoking a pipe as the ship
reared the ledge known as St. George's
reefs. His wife was washing on the
back porch Of tha bouse. He called
her to come out and see the steamer
go by. As aha did not come, he went
to the bark porch and called her again.
By the time they got out there to
gether the ship was nowhere to be seen.
Everybody said she had struck a rock,
but. aa she had aboard nearly 11.800.000.
the greater part of which was for pay
ing off tha troops in the Northwest,
diligent search has been made with
divine, bells and all other appliances
for 80 years. The wreck has nevei
been located nor baa any rock ever
been found.
Among those lost on that ship were
General George Wright, commanding
the Department of the Pacinc. with blB
wife and bis chief of staff. Captain E.
D. Waltt; E. N. Eddy, paymaster of
the United States Army: Joseph A.
Lord, Wells Fargo messenger, and the
oldest employe In that branch of their
service, and Victor Smith. Collector of
Customs for Puget Bound. J. A. Ben
ton, purser of the ship, was among the
lost. Samuel D. Holmes was freight
clerk of the ship, but hearing of the
illness of his uncle. Samuel J. Hins
ley, to whom he owed his position, he
remained ashore and his successor
went down with Benton. Elijah Mott
was chief engineer of the ship. The
seeond officer, put off In charge of a
boat containing 42 passengers and four
of thei crew, and that is all that were
saved from the Ill-fated Brother Jon
athan. Other Wrecks Later.
Various other wrecks came In later
years. The magnificent City of Tokio
was wrecked at Aberdeen, Just outside
of Hongkong. The City of Ban Fran
cisco, the . most costly vessel of her
size aver built In an American yard
op to that time, went ashore In the
night at Cape Lazars, lees than a mile
from where the charred timbers of the
Golden Gate were engulfed. There were
several other wrecks of less Importance
when In November. 1175. came the most
terrible catastrophe In Paclflo Coast
history, tha loss of the steamer Pa
cific. Captain Jeff Howell. the left
Victoria, B. C. at 1:45 P. M. with S7I
persons on board, and by 10 o'clock
that night there were but Ave of this
number alive, three of whom perished
from cold and exhaustion on the fol-
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The atractlv three-story parish house of the. First Presbyterian Church, rising at the southeast : corn-r of
Thirteenth and Alder streets, will be complete arly in Juno. The structure has an exterior of brick and
stona. It will be occupied by various departments of tha church. Including pastor's study, Sunday-school
room, missionary room and committee rooms. The coi of the building' ba 170,000. s
lowing day. The Quartermaster, off
watch at the time, was named Neil
O'Hankpy. Let me repeat his story:
"There was niver a braver man nor
the captain. When the ship wint down.
I grabbed hold of a part of the upper
deck; and whin I had climbed up on it
there was the second mate and a young
girl In her nightgown. A minute later
up came the captain and we helped blm
aboord, too. The sea was not very
rough that night but we all suffered
from the cold. The next morning the
sea began to wash over the raft and
the poor girl was too weak to hold
on. and Ivery time she got washed off
the captain and the second mate would
Jump off and put her aboard again. This
happened three times and on the fourth
time that it happened, the howl three
of 'em went down together. God knows,
I sometimes wish I had gone down wld
'em." The other survivor was a Can
adian named Henry F. Jelly, but he
told many conflicting stories about It.
I lost 70 acquaintances on that ship
and have never forgotten that honest
Irishman's story.
Greed Caasea Disaster.
This casualty was caused by the
greed dt Captain Sawyer, of the ship
Orpheus, engaged in the coal traffic be
tween San Francisco and Nanalrao. He
wanted to And out whether any one of
three ships which left San Francisco
on the same day he did had reached
their destination. To do this he was
bound to speak the Pacinc, and in do
ing so he changed the course of his
vessel three times inside of five min
utes and finally struck the steamer
forward of her paddles, which caused
her to sink in less than 20 minutes.
Then he headed about, after leaving
273 people in the water and crying out
for help, and two hours later ran his
own ship on the, rocks at Cape Beale
having mistaken the light for that of
Flattery. Yet this cold-blooded snake
had no difficulty In getting command
of another ship in lees than six months
from the time that he had sent nearly
300 souls into eternity.
Next we come to the wreck of tha
Collma on the Mexican coast In 1885.
This was simply one of those cases that
are bound to occur where steamships
are. run by railway rules. The ship
had to take 350,000 feet of lumber to
eome port In Central America, and R.
P. Schworln, vice-president, ordered it
carried on the upper deck, despite the
protest of Captwln Taylor that, as the
ship's coal was burnt away and the
weight in her hold decreased, she was
liable to capsize if she encountered any
heavy weather. ..
Loss Follows Folly.
Pchwerin retorted that Taylor need
not go out In the ship if he did not
want to obey orders. Taylor went and
went to the bottom with his ship. Con
sidering that he was a graduate of the
Naval Academy at Annapolis, Schwer
in's standing in the class on naviga
tion must have been very near zero,
judged by this one incident alone.
ast we come to the loss of the City
of Rio Janeiro on Mile Rock, Just in
side the heads of San Francisco harbor.
This was due to the cadet system which
was Inaugurated by the Pacific Mail
who wanted to catch the early train
for Washington.
Old seadogs like Captain Ned Wake
man or Dick Whiting, of pioneer days,
would have simply told him to wait.
THOS. B. MERRY.
Portland, April 18, 1912.
ELKS TO START BIG ARCH
"Welcome" Sign Will Span Sixth
Street and Face Depot.
Construction of a mammoth and at
tractive "welcome" arch across the foot
' of Sixth street and facing the union
Company some 20 years ago, of taking : pasenger station will begin next week
youne men as cadets, or apprentices, i under tne direction
of the Portland
and working them up by degrees to a
captaincy. Ward, captain of the Rio
de Janeiro, was one of these cadets,
and, while he a most charming
gentleman, he was not to be ranked
for a moment with Morse, Seabury,
Howard, Shackford or Frell, his prede- 1
Lodge of Elks. It whl remain in place
until after the Elks' National conven
tion in Portland. July 8 to 13. It will
be built of fireproof material, but will
not be of a permanent nature, as was
at first Intended.
The contractors agree to have the
cessors In that line.
To please one man who wanted to
get Into San Francisco to catch an
early train for Washington. Captain
Ward ran his ship Into the harbor in a
dense fog. with the result of a loss of
122 lives, including Roncevllle Wildman,
arch completed by May 15, so that It
will serve as an advertisement for tne
convention to all visitors entering the
city between that date and the open
ing of the convention. It will be used
also as a part of a general decorating
scheme for the Rose Festival.
Trusses Like These Are A Crime
Honest Advice to
Consumptives
eomihov there exists a vast amount of
ekeptlclam as to the possibility of curing
Consumption. We state none but facts, and
are sincere In what we assert. .
If ourselves afflicted with Tuberculosis,
we should do precisely whet we ssk otbsrs
to do take Eckman's Alterative promptly
and faithfully. The reason we should do
this sad warrant we have for asking all
Consumptives to take it la tbat we hare
the reports of many cures, one ef which
follows:
1619 Susquehanna Ave., Phil a.. Pa.
Gentlemen: For two years I was afflict
ed with hemorrhages of the lungs, the num
ber totaled nearly one hundred. Our family
physician advised another climate, as to re
main would probably be fatal; however, I
remained and In February of I0ui, I was
taken with a severe attack of pneumonia.
When I recovered sufficiently to walk about
the house I was lett with a frightful hack
ing coush. which no medicine I had taken
could alleviate. I was asaln advised to go
to another part of the country. It was at
this time. March 1602, that I learned of
Eckman e Alterative. In a short time my
court) was gone and I was pronounced well
or -cured." Plnce that time I have had two
slight attacks of pneumonia and I nava re
sorted to no other medicine to effect a cure.
"I am at present in excellent health and
feal that as long as I can obtain Eckman's
Alterative I have no fear of Consumption,
I cannot speak too highly for the good It
bVtf?gned) HOWARD I. KLOTZ.
Eckman's Alterative Is effective In Bron
chitis, Asthma. Hay Fever, Throat and
Lung Troubles, and in upbuilding the sys
tem. Does not contain poisons, opiates or
hablt-formlng druga. For sale by The Owl
Drug Co.. and other leading druggists. Ask
for booklet of cured cases and write to Eck
man Laboratory, Philadelphia. Pa., for addi
tional evidence. -
Get Rid of Elastic Bands, Springs and
Les.atraps. Such Harness Has
Forced Thousands to Undergo
Dangerous Operations
Trusses like those shown above the
belt rod leg-strap, elastto and spring
contraptions sold by drugstores, surgi
cal supply houses and many self-styled
"Hernia Specialists" make life miser
able for everybody who wears them.
better rtghtaway then tha truss won't
cost you a cent.
Bow It Strengthens and Heels.
In addition to holding the rupture, tha
Cluthe Truss or Cluthe Automatie Massager
Is constantly giving a soothing, strengthen,
log massage to the weak, ruptured parts.
All automstlcally the massage goes on all
day long, all without any attention what
ever from you.
This mssaage which strengthens just as
And even when drawn so tight you exercise strengthens a wean arm is so re-
can scarcely stand to keep them on markably beneficial so remarKabiy cnrative
they eeldom do any good whatever.
Instead, they often do Immense harm
.thev sauaeze the ruoture. often caus
ing strangulation dig into the pelv c
bone in front press against -the sensi
tive spinal column at the back.
The Plain Truth Is This.
RuDture as explained in our free
book can't be relieved or cured can t
even hr kept from growing worseun
less constantly held In plnce. Just as
a broken bone can't "knit" unless the
parts are held securely tosrether.
And Just as a bandage or splint is
. v . nniv wi hrflli.n bone ran be
held the light kind of truss is the only Tells why for the protection of the pubMo
that In 190 cases out of every 200 rupture
begins to get better from the day a Cluthe
Truss la nut on.
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pages. 21 separate articles, and 19 photo
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It explains the dangers of operations and
why they don't always cure to stay cured.
thins? in the world that can Keep
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What a difference it will make when
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And you can get exactly that kind of
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It's the famous cluthe. Trues or
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Far more than a truss tar more
drug stores should not be allowed to sell
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Explains why belt, spring and elastic
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"meLhoda." appliances," "plasters," "sys
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And tells absolutely without misrepresen
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how It holds how It gives the curing mas
sagj how It Is waterproof how it ends all
axDense now uu i wu
than merely a device for holding the trial and gives namea and addresses of
ruDture in place.
Bo different from everything else for rup
ture that It has received 18 separate patents.
Thousands say it is as comfortable as
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No belt, elastie belt or springs around
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In existence that is honestly guaranteed to
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Sent on AO Days' Trial to Prove It..
over oOOO people who have tried It and want
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We have so much faith In the Cluthe
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so many others that we want to make
one especially for your case and let you
try It at our risk.
Weli give you 60 days time to tent
it if It doesn t keep your rupture from
coming out, when you are working and
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end to the trouble you've heretofore
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