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IC TITE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 19, 1919. KIDNAPING PLAN OF MURDERER EXPOSED Letters Mark John Cyril Liard as Master Criminal. PORTLAND NAMES ON LIST Ransom of 950,000 In Each Case - Was to Have Been Demand ; ed of Prisoner. "John Cyril Liard. murderer, train robber, highwayman, student and master criminal, is to be taken to Salem this week to begin a life sen tence for the murder, on November 19, of. Deputy Sheriff Twombley. The 23-year-old ex-convict is looking: forward to a life in prison with a philosophical air. He is unafraid of the future. He believes that the German philosophy, which he has studied and which he has come to believe, will stand him in good stead. He feels confident he will not spend the remainder of his life behind prison bars. ."We have convicted the most danger us and cunning criminal who ever operated in Oregon," was the state ment yesterday of District Attorney Evans. "Liard is not safe unless it be behind the bars of the penitentiary." That Liard considered himself to be a super-man and had planned to be the master kidnaper of modern times is evident from a mass of correspondence and data found in his possession at the time of his arrest two months ago. The young Southerner he was born in Georgia had embarked on a kidnaping plot, which, had it even partially suc ceeded, would have stirred Portland as one of the most daring' of criminal plots. Plans Carefully Studied. At the time of his arrest there was found on the slender, dark-haired youth the names and addresses of a dozen of Portland's wealthiest citizens, whom he had planned to kidnap and hold for ransoms of $50,000 each. That his plan might have succeeded had not his sudden and unexpected murder of Deputy Sheriff Twombley interfered, District Attorney Evans has little doubt. The papers found in the posses sion of Liard show that he had made a careful study of his plans and had left no loophole for possible failure. From these letters found on Liard, ft; israt once evident that he has been well educated. Walter Geren, special agent for the District Attorney's office, learned that Liard was exceptionally bright as a youth, and had been taken out of high school during his second year because of his abnormal mental development. He had reached his junior year in high school at the age of 11 years. -With his parents, he moved to Everett, Wash., several years ago. On June 26, 1915, he held up and robbed a saloon at Centralia. He then held up a Centralia physiciari and ordered the latter to drive him from the scene of the holdup. The physician found an opportunity to grapple with Liard in the machine and Anally overpowered the young highwayman after the latter had fired several ehots at him. Liard vis sentenced to a term of from five to ten years and was paroled on August 4 of last year. A month later, on Sep tember 23, he held up and robbed the Great Northern train- 20 miles north of Seattle, when he procured $6000 in ne gotiable papers and nearly $70,000 In non-negotiable papers. Robber Gloves Worn. Liard came to Portland some time In October and began making prepara tions for his kidnapingyplot. In his lit tle apartment on Belmont street he worked late into the nights typewriting- his plans for kidnaping, and so careful was he to hide his identity that he wore rubber gloves while using the typewriter. He did not want his finger prirtts to show on any of the papers which he used. On the night of November 19, when Twombley was murdered, it was learned that Liard had driven to the homes of four of Portland's prominent arid wealthy citizens whom he had planned to kidnap and hold for ran som. At each home his-intended vic tim was absent and he was compelled to give up his kidnaping plans for that night. The holdup of the toll-taker of the Interstate bridge is believed to have been decided on the spur of the moment, as he was driving home from Vancouver with his woman companion, Augusta Carlson. It has also been learned, from hints dropped by Liard, that he had planned to hold up a train at Vancouver that night, but did not carry out his plana because of the pres ence of too many "soldiers at the bar racks town. Liard's kidnaping plan Involved the carrying away of the victim in his machine. He is believed to have se lected a hiding place in the dense woods near Vancouver, as he drove often in his machine to that vicinity. It is also believed that he had Intended making use of the Carlson woman in furthering these plans. Fraudulent Card Carried. By use of a fraudulent business card impersonating an "Arthur. B. Conway, Department of Justice," Liard figured on gaining an audience with the business men whom he planned to kidnap. After gaining an audience he had the following typewritten J NOSE CLOGGED FROM f. A COLD OR CATARRH. I Apply Cream in Nostrils To I - Open Up Air Passages. Ah! What relief! lour clogged nos trils open right up, the air passages of your head are clear and you can breathe freely. No more hawking, snuffling, mucous discharge, headache, dryness no struggling for breath at night; your cold or catarrh is gone. Don't stay stufled-up! Get a small bottle of Kiy's Cream Balm from your druggist now. Apply a little of this fragrant, antiseptic cream in your nos trils, let It penetrate through every air passage of the head; soothe and heal the swollen. Inflamed mucous mem brane, giving you instant relief. Ely' Cream Balm is Just what every cold and catarrh sufferer has been seeking. It's Just splendid. Adv. Superfluous Hair Kemoved easily and quickly by Dem osant', a perfumed powder. A smooth, hairless skin always follows its use. Xemosant will not injure or discolor the skLn, is easily applied and removes super fluous hair or fuzz in two minutes, a 'single application sufficing unless the hair is unusually thick. Does not smart or tsfigure and does not stimulate the growth of new hair. Demosant' is rec ommended by one of America's leading specialists and 1 guaranteed to give sat isfaction. It can be obtained by mall in plain wrapper for seventy-five cents from the Esbencott Laboratories. Portland, Dr., or any druggist or department store can supply it. warning which he intended banding his ( victim: "I have you covered with my pistol. I am armed to the teeth and my con federates have surrounded the house. If you make an outcry, move or menace me In any way I shall kill you and any member of your family who may appear. "We want $5000 dollars. Tou can pay this sum or not, just as you like. If you wish to pay, it will be necessary for you to accompany me. Tou must do that, however, without exciting suspicion. A hint to the servants or to one of your family will be sufficient notice for me to shoot everyone in sight. "Read this over until you thoroughly understand it, meanwhile remaining absolutely motionless." After having kidnaped the victims, Liard had prepared a letter which he intended sending to the relatives and friends of the person held for ransom. This letter follows: General Headquarters To "Whom It May Concern: Greetings We are sending, to -you In duplicate and by different messengers letters written and checks signed by a prisoner in the hands of a society that, for the past three years, has made a practice of kidnaping and holding for ransom wealthy persons In .the United States and Canada. A perusal of' our prisoner's communica tion should convince you that he is in a dangerous position and that an attempt at rescue would, if you were clairvoyant enough to approach the vicinity Cjf his concealment, terminate fatally for him. Please under stand us. We do not object to your making a private search for our prisoner; for if. by some inscrutable method, you contrived to come near enough to menace us. we should simply conceal the body and make a leisurely escape. We shall not penalize you if you call in private detectives on the case providing they do not make the cir cumstance public However, we advise you not to enlist the services of the police; they would not be more efficient than private detectives; would cause, to us. un welcome publicity and would forcibly pre vent you from compounding a felony in delivering the money demanded by us. We must Impress you with the necessity of keeping this mater from the public. Not that we fear any immediate trouble from the law nor its stupid upholders, but because we do not care to bring needless competition to our profession by the attracting of medi ocre bandits to this essentially easy form of robbery. We owe our continued success to the fact that, thus far. none of our cap tives has seen fit to take the public into his confidence concerning the matter after loaning us a few thousands. And, wishing to prosper further by reason'of the false notions of security entertained by the ma jority of capitalists, we do not care to have the dear public know that as long as Its person is unguarded Its estate Is In Jeopardy. Do not be so fatuous as to Imagine that because of an absence of positive illiteracy In this communication that we are of a stratum of society unused to violence. Re flect that one may have a knowledge of rhetorical forms and still make no distinc tion between the killing of a human and the destruction of any other of the many forma of organic life. Murder and cruelty are not the weapons of the degenerate, vicious and inefficient ones of earth alone, but. on the contrary, find their highest expression in the hands of men of action and achievement, like Captain KidJ. Frederick. Jesse James, Generals Clive and Sherman. Napoleon. Soapy 6mith. Bismarck, Pancho villa and Von Hindenburg. We do i not claim to equal In Intellect and ability 11 of those amiable cut-throats, but we are fairly accomplished at plain, common murder. We have nothing further to advise than that If you do not deliver to us fifty thou sand dollars ($50,000) In the manner which shall designate we will kill our prisoner within an hour of your failure to comply with our demands. We have the honor to be, sir or madam. your most obedient servants. NAMELESS ET AL. Instructions Are Given. Other data included strict Instruc tions for the kidnaped persons to com municate with their friends, and warn ings to both the victims and their fam- incidence of influenza among- the inocu llies to remain absolutely quiet in all J lated may be only apparent. The at- their dealings. This list of instructions reads: Preliminary instructions relatire to the payment of money. Other orders following: These instructions should reach you on the eveninr of November . On the morn ing of November . procure the money as directed by our prisoner. The money must be mixed treasury, bank and Federal reserve notes that have been in circulation, add must be of the following denominations: su.uoo in uu-doiiar notes; $20,000 in 10-dollar notes; $10,000 in 5-dollar notes. If you decide to mak this matter pub lic, and, at the fame time, deem it expedi ent to pay the -ansom, it will be necessary to make an additional payment of $100,000 to compensate us for inconvenience caused. We are enlosm checks or orders to cover this further sum. The additional $100,000 must be in notes that have been in circulation and of the following denomin ations : $50,000 in 100-dollar notes; $25,000 in fO-dollar notes; $25,000 in 20-dollar notes; In pencil.) See countermand. Divide the money into 10 parcels of equal bulk, wrap in waterproof covers of oiled si'k, rubber or eo-ne similar material ana place in a tan traveling bag. This done. you will go to and await further orders. And while yon are awaiting orders don t imagine that we axe going to be so ele mentary as to ten you to leave the money at some crossroads where our couriers would be splendid marks for some hick Sheriff and a 30-30 Winchester. Our agents are not go ing to expose themselves in the slightest de gree If there are any chances to be taken you are elected. Tou will note that we are making no pro vision for a penalty payment in the event of a delay on your part. A promise of a million dollars to be paid 24 hours later than the time we shall specify will not interest in the least degree, for withm that time we can kidnap someone who will probably so strongly dislike being chained to a corpse that he win giaaiy contrioute to tne iunas of the premier bandit association of North America. We have written you at this great length. not because of a love of words, but because we want to make our position clear. Know ing that these instructions or a copy will be certain to reach you, and knowing that you will have no difficulty in obtaining the money we shall not tolerate any vacillation, delays nor excuses. When we say or write 3 o'clock we do not mean by that 10 o'clock nor 2:59 o'clock; similarly fifty thousand means 50,000; not 49.991. Be alert. Prisoners Are Instructed Directions to the prisoners held for ransom are explicit, and contain some pointed directions which the victims without doubt would heed without trouble. These directions are: Directions for writing" communications to friends: 1. Communication need not necessarily be brief, but must be clear. 2. In some caaes of extortion similar to the present instance, the police have been called in. and, with stupid of f ictousness, prevented friends of the principal from pay ing the ransotn demanded. The result of such action has often been death for the prisoner. You must aiiude strongly to 'this circumstance in your letter or letters. 3. You will give the most explicit in structions for obtaining the money de manded by us. (You will sign - checks in duplicate to cover all the amounts named in our communication to your friends or financial agents. These checks, as well as any additional monetary orders, orders of relinquishment or legal instruments you may think proper to send will be caused to be conveyed, along . with our instructions, to ! any person whom you may designate.) j 4. You must impress upon your agent the necessity of paying the money at the pre cise time specified by us. (No delays will be tolerated, and we have made no provis ion for any such contingency.) 5. You will state your opinion as to the possibility of your, being rescued. 6. You will .express your opinion as to what would happen to you in the Improbable event of a rescue party approaching the vicinity of your detention. 7. You will write a brief will Indicating to whom you desire the bulk of your prop erty to be left in case your friends disre gard your Instructions and appeal. 8. You will send a word of farewell to some of those you leve best in case you should die as the result of their attempts to thwart us or intercept our couriers. (You may as well make this genuine, because it will be the last communication you will make unless all our demands are met.) If nothing has occurred contrary to our plans, and if he has not been shot, there will be a man chained near you. To prove that our hearts are in the proper places we pur pose killing this man merely as an example to you if it should be necessary. If your letter to your agent should fall to specifically cover each of the eight para graphs above, and if it should show any indication of innuendo or jeopardizing am biguity, or If it should be written in a half hearted spirit of compliance with our In structions, we shall give you the opportunity of witnessing a very cool murder. So, to save your fellow prisoner's life, we advise you to check off the eight Darairraoha above before giving your letter to the sentry ... , time I ette- ! tl ' guara. w e win give you an the you need, but if the first draft of your lett should not.be sincere or fails to follow tl instructions above, we will sive you an In mdiat. example of. our scrupulous unacrupu lousaeas, ROCHESTER EXPERT ADVOCATE OF SERUM Value of Inoculation in Com bating Epidemic Shown. TESTS- ARE CONDUCTED Attack Is Less Severe and CompU " cations Seldom Develop, Says Dr. E. C. Rosenow. Use of vaccine in combatting influ enza is approved by Dr. E. C. Rosenow, of the Mayo Foundation. Rochester, Minn., who Is considered an authority on the subject, in an article in the January 4 number of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The vaccine formula prepared by him was brought to Portland by Dr. George N. Pease, and a copy has been turned over to the City Health Board. Quantities of the vaccine also have been shipped here from Rochester. In investigations conducted among some 28,000 persons, Dr. Rosenow's conclusions are that inoculated persons have three times the better chance of not contracting the disease, and in case they do have influenza have four times the better chance of recovery. Dr. Rosenow gives the vaccine in three doses at seven-day Intervals. Dr. Rosenow's observations were conducted from October 15 to Decem ber 8, 1918. His data was obtained from physicians, hospitals and other Institutions, chiefly from cities and towns within a radius of 200 miles of Rochester. Meningitis la Eliminated. "The total Incidence of recognizable influenza, pneumonia and encephalitis in the inoculated is approximately one third as great- as In the control -un-lnoculated," he eays In his article. "The total death rate from influenza or pneu monia is only one-fourth as great In the inoculated as in the uninoculated. No cases of meningitis occurred In the former, whereas in the latter there were 0.4 per thousand. These results were obtained by including all persons who developed influenza or pneumonia and all who died from the day of the first inoculation, and 7667 persons, or about one-fourth of the total number who received only one inoculation. "All but two of over 70 physicians who have used the vaccine report that the attacks of Influenza if contracted by the inoculated are milder and of shorter duration and that convalescence is more rapid than among the uninocu lated. This agrees with our observa tions and is in keeping with the lower death rate among the inoculated. This difference has been noted in communi ties in which the incidence and mortal ity were comparatively low. In view of this observation, granting that the initial symptoms in Influenza may be due to an unknown virus, the lower tacks may have been so mild as to have escaped detection. Hospital Tests Con d acted. "Among the nurses at St. Mary's Hos pital, Rochester, where 14 developed influenza within two days prior to the first inoculation, only one case devel oped subsequently during a period of GRIEF" OVER LOSS OP SOJf HASTENS J CRISTAS DEATH. Judge J. C. Haines. Grief over the death of one of his sons caused the death of Judge J. C. Haines, of Oswego, at the Oregon City Hospital on Jan uary 10. Judge Haines was 70 years of age. He was born on November 6. 1848, at Cheat Keck. W. Va. He was married to Mary J. Worthington in 1868 at Kelly's Mills, Lawrence County, O. He came to Oregon In January. 1881, taking- up residence at Oswego on February 6 of that year. He had resided here continuously ever since. Judge Haines served as Justice of the Peace at Oswego for 30 years and always took an active part in the political and civil af fairs of the county. Hewas the oldest of a family of 14 "children and was the father of 11. Judge Haines is survived by his widow and ten children, 44 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct- ed at the Oswego Methodist Epis copal Church, of which the de ceased was a lifelong member. Rev. W. B. Moore, of Junction City, Or, officiated. ! f 1 1. : x f ' t -'" s - &J&'$v : s V ; - : f '. ' - " 5i -.'. ' ! if : . ,j l2 ! ... . r n lt 1T f ,,-,) - ,f . Unl. j I t Stomach Distress Stops Instantly! Sure, quick, pleasant relief from Indigestion 3?alns Gas, Acidity, Heartburn or Dyspepsia. IT &ajJT !The moment voti m a. ablet or two, gestion, gases, ity and stomach distress TTYJ Costs little stores. Buy T Tfc; six weeks. Similar apparent protec tion was afforded to the personnel of other hospitals following vaccination. At the State Hospital for the Insane at Rochester, with a total population of about 1500. where one case of In fluenza had occurred before tbe Inocu lations were given, only three cases occurred following the date of the first inoculation for a period of six weeks. With the occurrence of the second wave of the epidemic however, there occurred a mild outbreak of the disease. This would indicate that the immunity is of short duration. "Of 1000 persons employed by one company. 4S1. about one-half, received one Inoculation: 224 received two inoc ulations, and 95 received three inocula tions. From October 28, the data of the first Inoculation, to December 8, 138 cases of influenza occurred, only 20 of which were among persons who had one or more inoculations. Of these 14 had only one inoculation, and the remaining six had but two inoculations. There were 13 deaths, only two of which followed influenza, among the Inoculated, and in these two cases only one inoculation had been given, CANTEEN'S WORK IS GOOD SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS AT DISPOSAL OF SOLDIERS. Union Station Staff Depleted by Influenza Epidemic; Two -Tears Service Ahead. Not since Christmas Ere has a soldier been without sleeping accommodations In Portland a condition that Is largely due. say observers, to the work of the Portland Red Cross Canteen. Nightly the canteen sends a representative through the downtown district, appris ing bedless soldiers where they may procure rooms for the night. The average daily attendance at the canteen room In Union station Is now between 300 and 600.. with immediate prospect of heavy increases as soon as demobilization Is expedited at Camp Lewis and elsewhere. On a single day during the past week the canteen han dled 1400' men two complete troop trains, one from Vancouver Barracks to Arizona and one from Camp Lewis to California. Mrs. Ferdinand E. Reed, commander of the unit, has been notified by Major W. G. Muller, division adjutant of the 13th Division. Camp Lewis, that a heavy movement of men will soon start south ward. Arrangements have been made in accordance, and Major Muller has promised that the commanding officers of the troop trains will usher the sol diers Into the canteen room, 'when the halt at Portland la made, where they will write letters and postals, and re ceive apples, candy and other items of the canteen service. Such a provision is necessitated by reason of the fact that 22 members of the canteen are ill with influenza, while 20 are acting as influenza nurses, leav ing the station staff depleted. Major Muller recently called at the canteen, and later wrote a letter of appreciation to Northwest divisional headquarters, praising the work of the local canteen highly. .... Six canteen workers are on duty from 9 A. M. to 6 P. M., a similar squad is on duty from 6 P. M. to 11 P. M-, and a su perintendent is in charge from 11 P. M. to 9 A. M. The canteen room is never closed. Attendants are stationed at the desk. In . general supervisory work about the quarters, in attending to the checking of baggage, procuring of tickets, .locating' of friends and the hundreds of similar services needed by J the boys in a stranger city. If the soldiers or sailors expect to remain In Portland, and are looking for positions, they are referred to Captain Conviil at the Government Employ ment Agency at Liberty Temple- If they wish sleeping accommodations they are sent to the Atkinson School, where 250 beds -hears been Installed by the War Camp Community Service. The canteen workers do not expect their heaviest rush until June or July. Instructions from Washington. D. C, are that the canteen service will be the last to be discontinued, and that It will be expected to take care of the men until the final discharge of all has been completed. These advices predict that the canteen will be in existence for 18 months or two years longer. WORKERS GREATLY NEEDED Women Volnnteers to Be Asked For From Portland'Pnlplts. Expansion of activities of the Sol diers' and-Sailors" Club, of the War Camp Community Service, callsrtr a number of new volunteer women work ers and this call Is being presented to day from several Portland pulpits. Learning of the increased burden thrown upon the present workers, es pecially since the Influenza has re sumed sway. Dr. John H. Boyd ar ranged for the appeals. Mrs. Everett Ames. In general charge of the club, and Miss Mabel Ransom, supervisor of the club canteen, both re ported yesterday that their forces of helpers are inadequate. An average of 800 men visit the club each Saturday and on fjunday the number runs as high as 1500. They point out that with crews properly recruited, the shifts of duty are but three to four hours long and that many women can give that much time to this practical patriotic work on behalf of the enlisted and dis charged men, once or twice a week. Volunteers may report in person or by telephone to the club. Royal Building, or to the War Camp Community Ser vice. Nqrthwestern Bank Building. . Husband Twitted of Age. Carrie A. Huffman had a disagreeable habit of referring to her husband as an "old derelict" and an "old relic." he alleges, in a suit for divorce filed yes terday in the Circuit Court. He also says she referred to him as an old man. despite the fact that he Is only 40 years old and in the prime of life. He be lieves he is entitled to a decree. Old Postorrice Xow Station. When the old Federal building, on Morrison and Yamhill, between Fifth and Sixth, opens up for business to morrow morning it will no longer be the Portland Postoffice, but merely the all the indi- pain, acid All 'drug a box! i. will put you A LIFE- OPPORTUNITY Here are values that have never been offered anywhere in the State of Oregon or, in fact, anywhere in the United States. This is a bona fide. Sacrifice an absolute saving of $46.15. We are closing out 52 brand-new and up-to-date model WHITE ROTARY SEWING MA CHINES at less than half price.- Remember this is a standard article, known the world over, at a remarkable reduction that will never be forgotten. . Be sure you come early, as we expect to close them out on very short notice. Mailordes will be given the promptest attention for the benefit of outside patrons. Send us your order at once. Regular $85 Drop-Head (Sane aa Illustrated) $38.85 LESS THAN COST S43 .85 Take advantage of Home Furnishings at less than the wholesale price. Over $45,000 worth of Furniture, Carpets, Rugs, Ranges, Heaters, to be closed out at once. This is far from an ordinary sale, as you will find values here that absolutely defy competition. LIBERTY BONDS ACCEPTED ELDSTEIN FURNITURE C 166-168 First Street, central station office. The task of mov ing the various departments to the new Postoffice and Federal building was started yesterday and will be well com pleted today. Station B. at 38 Russell street, will be discontinued, while Sta tion E will be merged with the new office. Erection of Moren Feared. Joseph R. V.'halen and Oertrude D. Eilers. owners of the Carlotta Court apartments. ro fearful that J. P. Mc -it has been done ! more than a million people now us a essence Mentho-Laxene to check and abort colds. take a dose the instant you know you are taking a cold then inhale and exhale the breath deeply through the nostrils. and "feel the medicine killing the gems., in an hour. " do the same thing again. Not. i T ebeck sod abort an Incipient cold there Is aetbtng so sure ss MrBtbv-Laxnie. It Is concentrated wic-t 2W oa. bottle ran be mixed at bom. with srrnp or boney to make m fall pint of wonderfully eSectiT medicine for colds, coofbs. bmnrliltls, sore tbro.t. hoarseness, wbooplnr coach, etc Fall directions with each bottle and raranted to pleas, every Earrhaser or money back by The Blackburn Products Co-, ajtoa, Ohio. Soli by drug flats areryvhera. PAINS AND ACHES YIELD QUICKLY TO SLOAN'S LINIMENT Are yo,n tormented by Neuralgia. Lumbago. Prlatica or any of those aches that require a counter-irrltantr Then let the soothing, warming application of Sloan's Liniment stop the pain by drawing the blood away from the con gested part. . It is the pressure on the nerves by the blood rushing to the inflamed mus cle or Joint that makes you ache. So when Sloan's Liniment relieves the swollen blood vessels by setting up a counter-irritant on the surface, the cir 3 lu3)(o vi F u (Established 1907) Between Yamhill and Morrison, Portland, Or. Phone Main 4133. Entee. an undertaker. Is to erect a morgue opposite the family entrance of tbe apartment house, and In a auit filed yesterday In the Circuit Court they ask that an injunction be granted restraining the defendant from erect ing the projected building. Tt would seriously Impair the value of the build ing, the plaintiffs assert. James CSorman, of Milwaukee, for merly a Northwestern engineer, wrote home to a friend tht he was running culation la equalized. sympathetic nerves all soothed and soreness or lameness disappears. Sloan's Liniment Is probably the counter-irritant most widely used to overcome painful Inflammation in cases of neuralgia, sore muscles, wrenched joints, strains, bruises, gout. Rubbing is not required. This clear, clean liquid is easily applied as It does not stain the skin. Oenerous size bottles at your drug gists. 30c. 60c. $1.20. nj 3 x j TIME Regular $95 Bungalow Drop-Head . Cum aa Illustrated) the same old locomotive "over there in France that he used to run over here.- WAS WORTH FIVE HUN DRED DOLLARS'.TO HIM Could Hardly Walk on Account of Rheumatism Gains IS Pounds by Taking Tanlac. "I would have willingly given flv hundred dollars. If neces.-arv. for th wonderful good Tsnlac has done me.- said M. Grata, a well-known baker, who lives at 109 W. Montgomery fct Spo kane, a few days agio. "For more than twelve years." ha continued. "I suffered all the tortures of rheumatism, and all the misery that goes with a bad case of stomach trou ole. My feet and ankles mere so badlv swollen and the pain so tevere that I could hardly walk, and my arms wer so stiff and drawn that I would have to) get somebody to help put on my coat I also suffered with the worst sort of pains In my back and hips, and I hardly ever got any sound sleep. "I had a bad case of stomach trouble, also, and all my food soured and mado me miserable for hours after eating. I have often gone forty-eight hours without eatins a b!te was afraid to try It. "Eight years ago I rave uo my horn- and business In Pendleton. Oregon, and. went to California seeking health, and I later made two trips to Catalina Is land, a widely known health resort, hoping that I might get some relict from my suffering there. I honestly be lieve I have taken a wagonload of different kinds of medicine, but noth ing ever reached my trouble until I took Tanlac Actually three bottles of this medicine has done what all theo other things failed to do. I have no rheumatism now not a sign of it; my appetite Is as good as It ever was. and nothing I eat hurts me. Why. I can eat cabbage now without any bud after effects. Kvery night when I go to bod I know that I am going to get a good night's sleep. I have gained eighteen pounds, am as well and hearty as I ever was in my life, and am working ten to twelve hours every day. Tanlac is certainly a blessing to all suffering humanity, and I am more than glad to recommend It to everybody." Tanlac la sold in Portland by the Owl Drug Co. Adv. CATARRH Is now earlly overcome by using an antiseptic oil spray, which ab sorbs and dislodges the hard web like mucous membrane of throat and nose. Quick relief Is always ob tained by using the McKenzie Ca tarrh Ppray. The price complete, with special atomizer. Is only Ili.O". We pay the postage on this and all other drug orders. LAUE-DAYIS DRUG CO. Traaa Exs'rti, Dept. 3. Portland. Oregoa.