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DR. COOK WOULD HAVL RECOGNITION lie of Polar Fama Tells Edward Mart hall That Eventually the Publlo Will Recognise Ilia Claims and A -. , , . : , '. v -;, luKwMgt Him m th Tw Dlmttwr all fl Worth Poto.' '', - -', y ' ' By Edward MarshalL . - . Copyright, .H Vt 0. J. WU9vMlMUn The Arctie controversy 4 not rat dead, v- , , t ' ,,.- Dr. Frederick Cook haa by bo means abandoned, the belief tliat ha will bei recognised, efflolaliy 'and otherwise a th discoverer of tba North Pol. Ha la ml preesht planning -th' moat extraor dinary portion of hie flight for thlf tre- mendoua credit, v v '''""'' : Thart will bo found below a really as traordlnary autamant of , IMS aatreor ' dinary nan's tenacity of purpose, aoma explanation! from him, ana, in addition, a general talk, with hlra about tha prob lem of tha Arctic, tho othar unknown parts of .tha aartb's surface, and further matters, ail. to ma at least, ar interest. I did not "meet aim In the Arctlo re gions, but far, far from them in the little olty of El Paio, Texas. Where the water labelled "cold" in the hotel 4s so warm that one needs ice for tha devel opment of photographs; the little elty rouoh in view, of late because it is bounded on tha south by tha Mexican revolution. I had Just left the railway ticket offloe window, clutching with mad Joy a permit to Approach a oooler and leas warlike climate, when I saw a man approaching from tha outer door, fallowed at a dlatanoe by a respectful, eurious crowd. The seata of tha sta tion room were full, and everybody in them seemed to know exactly who he waa. Z did not, and wondered. Pres ently a bright young local newapapar man presented ma . Zaa'Vet CHvan Ty the Tig, Tour days we passed together on the train, and during those four days I learned much about the Arotlo and the various explorers who have gone up to it on alada And now X ean announce from personal knowledge that Dr. Cook haa not given up the battle to establish his priority ae the dtsooverer of the North Pole, but will carry it to the hlgheet geographical authorities in the world. I was a bit astonished, too, to find that his claim Is, even now, in dorsed by many European Arctlo stu dents and explorers. He had the pa per with him in a mammoth document case of leather to prove this. This oasa he carries with him - everywhere as personal car baggaga Ha told me that he knew of many othere. "The somewhat unsatisfactory, be cause vary difficult and not unanimous Indorsement of the oongresa of the United Statea, which, last winter, waa given to Mr. Peary, haa not affected the real situation in other eeotlona of the world at all." aald ha among scientists, the question is still open. Dr. Frederick Cook. was forced on me, much against my wllL The thins waa wearisome to me. "Elsewhere, I and then, aa I watched the unspeakable I unfalrneas of Pearv and hla friends. I dod not say that Peary did not I decided that it would be beat to let them reach the pola I have taken the ground say sij that they had to say before I from tha beginning that it would ba un- started to make answer. In the then wlae, unsportsmanlike and undignified itlng oondltions of publlo excitement to queetlon Peary's claim, slnoa I r dld not &t,m ,lt wjM t0 mak a counter reached the pole in April, 1908, and Peary does not claim to have reached it till April. 1900. Therefore, 1 very properly assume that hla clahn cannot. In the least degree, affect my actual landing. Inded, what Mr. Peary does not eeem to understand, and what Is not understood In the east, but is freely commented upon through the west and Europe, is that Mr. Peary's remarkable attack. I was oredibly Informed that they were stooping to bribery and con spiracy in their efforts to bolster up their case, but had no means of abso lutely proving this, and so decided that the best' thing waa to wait" "What do you refer to when you speak of bribery and unfairness V "Barrill." said Dr. Cook, with empha sis, "was bribed in connection with the diMi.WntlAn wrttr.n mar latar than toy own thls being quite euaceptlble otl0' tnmt not climbed Mount nrnnf of aourae). either D roved I "- easy i that hla experience absolutely paralleled my own, or proved that he had taken data out of my report with which to fortify hiajwn. -The Copenhagen Verdict. "How could he have got your ma terial T t asked. "Very simply," Dr. Cook replied. "He could have taken every Item of 1t off the wlrelesa at that point in Labrador, where he stayed three weeks, behind the rocks, pretending to try to send signals out to ships. That was in September, 190. "Tha general impression, if any such impression haa become general, that I have given up the battle, is erroneoua Not only have I not abandoned it, but never, since the fight began, have I felt ao absolutory sure of wlnnlg, and win ning so completely that Mr. Peary but why waste words o Peary T I find it difficult to really regard him with good nature. His claim of having; reached the pole a year after I had reached it, was only railroaded' to a confirmation . down in Washington by the unpleasant means of a conspiracy the - complicity of three high Washington officials to suppress data which would not bear the glare of minute inspection by the public." "But tha Copenhagen verdlctT" I in quired1. "That, like many other things, has been generally misinterpreted in this country," Dr. Cook replied. 'The Copen hagen verdict was not that I had not reached the pole, although the press generally spread the mistaken Impres sion that this was the case. In plain and unmistakable language the Copen hagen investigators stated that In the material which I submitted there was no absolute and incontrovertible proof mat i nad reacnea the pole. At no time have these learned men declared that I did not attain tho pole. And through Minister Egan they emphatlcal attack my veracity outrageously. This, I will admit, took me by surprise and startled ma . Under the circumstances I decided that silence was the best pol icy" until such time as I could prepare myself to produce positive proofs which would controvert the statements of my enemies," r Sr. Cook Has Proof, "When will that time oomeT" I asked. The reply astonished me, as did the manner of the speaker when he made it Dr. Cook's eyes can flash fire on ooca- sion, and they did so aa he said "The time ha come already. We are now ready Jo. submit legal doouments and other proof quite incontrovertible In this phase of the matter. We can show that the Peary Interests offered first f 1000 and then 15000 and finally bought Barrill by paying him 11600 and other considerations in a bank in Ta- coma. Wash, that he made an affl davit then and there discrediting me; that that affidavit was first printed In the New York Globe and that the New Tork Globe la owned by the president of the Peary club. The later talk of conditions, ba elucidated, and yet group of armchair geographers in the National Geographic society hss pro nounced that Mr. Peary, through a se ries of observations made when tha sun was less than seven degrees above the horlson, haa given proof positive that he reached the Pole. It should be fur ther understood that these men are all Peary's personal friends and that the society for which they act was finan cially Interested in his journey to the north. Their verdict waa based in par tisanship, not on science. Justice, or honor," Dr. Cook Denies Confession. "But your 'confession.' Dr. CookT" I ventured. "It was announced that you confessed' that you had never reached the pola" He smiled. "For the magaclne which printed It to call my perfectly plain statement of the difficulties of making observations a 'confession' was absurd," said ha "The difficulties of exact aoou raoy in making observations apply as much to Peary aa to me as much to any other man who goes up there with the existent Instruments as to either on of ua I merely said that, in view of th great difficulty of determining the exact location of th pole, owing to conditions there existent, I may not pos sibly have hit upon the exact the lit erally precise location of the center of the north. I reached the pole of course I reached th pole and I reached tha pol eleven months before Peary even claims to have been there. "When we left Svarteborg, th laat fixed point of land, the pole was 520 miles distant Wo set a course due north and walked and measured off each one of those StO miles, making observations as accurately as we, or any on else, could do, to fix our course and gauge the distance traveled. Those observa tions were mad with th beat avail able instruments and were made with ummi MKini an tha .-rnariitinna sr car ana accuracy as any ever making efforts to reach Its summit M mad by pwloua explorers or any likely the representatives of the Peary Inter ests are all connected with underhand financial dealings. Of the payments made to Barrill we have proof absolute and lncontrovertlbla" Peary's Evidence. "Mr. Peary's case rests on three ob servations, and these three observations are by no means to be certainly de pended on. I wish to state her that, letting aslds entirely my claim of pri ority, there Is grave doubt that Peary ever reached the Pol at all. Th ques tion of error in his observations by re fraction is on or very great import- to be made by th explorers of the fu ture. W finally reached a point where the sun, at midday and at midnight waa at about the same altltud above the horizon. At that point the, shadows were of the same length for every hour of the day and ntfht The sextant ob servations placed us within a few sec onds of latitude 90 degrees. Thus w meaaured our distances and fixed our position and claimed the first attain ment of the pole on April 8. 1908." Why X Ban Away. "Inasmuch as I was asking no money. no position, no pay of any kind from meteorologist ef th Peary expedition of 1898-1894, second in command of, tha W . 1 1 -nnn expeaiuon or. liil-lllt. ana organiser and leader of the Baldwin Stealer expedition of 1901-1901. ' can prove the truth of Dr. Cook's assertion that he reached the Polo from Peary's .own off loaL reoord of hla dash to th. northward." said this state ment. "80 rar aa I can learn, Dr. Cook has never mad a 'confession' q regard to ma trip to the Pol In' the sense that he denied his first statements. Ha baa merely said that,, in view of th great onricuuy in ascertaining the exact io cation af the. Pole, ha may not have bean preclaely upon the northernmost pin point of th world. That strikes ma . aa merely - boneaty-r-honeety . so exact, that it parbapa may, be called captious.-: ' Thla statement goea on, elaborately, to argue out the matter. "I have just a few words more to say upon the "subject of the Pole." said Dr. Cook. "Since Peary had compelled Whitney to bury a portion of my field notes and my instruments in tar off Greenland. I determined to rest my case in Copen hagen on a report and th complete set of reduced observations. The verdict upon these was that the evidence was Insufficient Borne ' newapapers aelsed upon thla as ths moat unfavorable ver dict possible, and a storm of empty abuse has raged since, which I have eon oo led myeelf not to mind; but the case la not closed yet believe me I" As he said this he snapped his lip together wth a flghtefs look upea his face. "But don't let's talk about th Pole any mora Tou may Imagine the sub ject has gone stale with ma" "What do w need to heln ua reach a real supremacy in geograpbleal mat ters V I inquired. "One very great national need la of a real geographical aoclety, which will not only approve of but encourage and actually assist exploration and original research," said he. "This should center in New Tork, and should have a fund 1th which to assist explorers in all legitimate work." till Work for the Explorer. "But have not explorers already pretty wel covered the whole world T Is there muoh left to be discovered T" "While the field of original discovery ba been pretty well covered, the eoual ly important work of reexamination of ths remote portions of the earth. In the light of modern needs, has only Just begun. For this a aoclety to promote original research is necessary, not one to give medala and receptions after the explorer's return. That la the apparent function of the societies now In exist ence. Medals and receptions when a man comes back don't help much they take up time and vest room. It's help at the start a man needs, and, as things are now, be can only make a start by going around to newspapers and maga sines and signing away his very aoul In order to get money to get off with. If be could atart out Independently and comfortably, his whole work would be strengthened and Improved. He could do what he wants to do and what he feels ought really to be done, not what the neoesslty for getting a few dollars in advance now compels him to do." "The explorations of the future will be tremendously important even if a good many of the big things have been done already. Undoubtedly the most useful work of any line is the develop ment .of those fields which have as yet been only touched. "Discovery Is but the frst step. Many sections have been 'dlsoovered' aod abandoned as uaeless, which, in the light of modern knowl edge, might prove npon Investigation to be very useful. We must have a re discovery of practically the whole world. It la going on continually where men congregate; there is true work for the i true explorer in carrying It into the world's remote places. We must know the mineral resources, the plant and animal possibilities of the distant spots, and quite as Important to us Is true knowledge of the life existing at the bottom of the sea. This offers a most fascinating field of research, and one whloh seems to be at present piratical ly untouched. It Is quite possible that some man may make discoveries upon the ooean's bed which will be of far greater real Importance to the world than the discovery of both poles ever could be. The field of rediscovery of fers mighty opportunities. Of all the oountrles of the earth I think our neigh bor. South America, afforda the beet chances for important work of thla kind and there are other mighty opportuni ties in th subarctlo and th subantaro tlo." Polar Work Wot Beally Useful. "What useful purpose has been served by all this polar workT I asked. "Not a very, very great one." he ad mitted. "Only that, I think, of elimi nating a problem, of abolishing a blank spot whloh interfered with balancing up aur complete knowledge of th world we live In." "Wbafj has been Its cost In humaa lirer "Somewhere Just ' lhstde BOO, I be lieve." ' i ' "Aod what haa been it cost la treas urer. ;.' T have pot totalled It, but It baa been enormoua, running, possibly, above 1100,000,000. It haa been in progress for three oeaturiea. Much of the early, work was not strictly polar, but consisted ef such quests aa that for ths Northwest end Northeast passages. ' Ths first to definitely start to find tha Pole waa Phlpps, an Englishman, fhe English were followed In the field by the Dutch, and after them the Germans rame. The Norsemen followed, then the French, and, finally, the Americana. We won. The Latins have never been great ex plorers of cold countries." "There was Columbus." I suggested. "He started north at one time" 'Columbus, before he discovered Am erica, was up among th Norsemen, and u is supposea mat ne got nia ineaa thera He believed, you know, that he could reach the orient by sailing west from Spain. Among the modern Latins who have done good work la the Ital ian Duo d'Abrusal." Our conversation had been fragmen tary, and by thla time w were n ear ing New Tork city. The doctor's faoe was full of anticipatory Joy at thought of being with his fajnlly again. He looked very happy and looked vary Strong and well. what affeot haa the whole thing had upon your health V I asked. "No bad effect It toughened ma I believe the times of famine cleared up ray system for new action. My phyal- oal strength la greater than It ever waa before. I have had mr foe bleached many times with frost and my nose froaen, to say nothing about ears" and fingers, toes and such, but I cannot find that any of theae eplaodea left behind thera any harmful after effecta" ' And you are aa firm as ever In your claim that you were first to reach the poleT" "Of oourse I am." "And you believe that, ere the con troversy enda, tha whole world will ac knowledge your priority of claim?" "I have not the slightest doubt of It. "Tou have no thought of giving up the fight r "If needa be, I ahall die fighting for the recognition which Is due ma" GENERAL STRIKE AT VMUVFJ1E5 Nearly Every Union Man in City Will Walk Out; Labor Parade Saturday. (United Prase Leaaaa Wlrat Vancouver, B. CX, May IT. Vancouver unionism has thrown down the gauntlet to th Federated Employers' association of ths Pacific couat The struggle la to be fought to a finish. A general strike affecting practically every union in th city with the excep tion of the allied printing trades will be called June 5. This waa decided upon at a reeetlag of representative of labor held under the auaplcea of the Trades j and Labor eounoll laat Bight when a vote of 40 to was recorded ia favor at : a eeaaatioa of work. Th strike will be preceded by a monster labor parade next aturday. - ' - . ... , . . : . ' Thla step Is a reply af th anion te' th employers and master builders' as sociation of thla city who are atrilng for an open shop, , , . 2000 ACRES WASCO LAND SOLD TO SCATTLEITES (special Dueatra to The JearaaM ' ' The Dalles, Or., May IT. A large and . Important land deal waa transacted Wed neaday afternoon when J, D Rlgga of this city and F. W. Settlemler af Wood bum aold 10P0 acree 'of fin train and orchard land to th British-American Land company of Seattle. The land la located at Fairbanks, about IS miles from here, on th Great Southern rail-' road and haa been known for years as the D J. Cooper ranch. The new own ers of the ranch will subdivide the land, surveyors now being oa the grounds. ' GOVERNOR JOHNSON TO CALL SPECIAL SESSION (United press Leased Wire. Santa Barbara, Cel., May 87. Before leaving here for Sacramento today, Gov ernor Hiram Johnaon stated that he would call a special session of the leg islature for next November. Thla no tion, he aald, waa necessitated by a deficit In the state's finances, caused by a separation of tha state and oounty taxes. While declaring that he believed that the state was Justified in protect ing Its women workers by the eight hour law, the governor said that the act might have been made more flexible. "I am by no means sure," Johnson said, "that the law oould not have been made more elastic, but It was a case of taking all or nothing. In theory I think there ean be no question among fair minded persona aa to the Justice and wisdom of legislating on a working day for women. Whether eight hours is the best limit that could have been fixed, I am not sura It might have been more expedient to have made it nine hours first and to have curtailed it still further two years from now." ELECTRO-PAINLESS DENTISTS E. S. Ausplund, D. D. &, Mgr. 303M Washington St. Cor. 5th, Upstair 5.oo V n I w ALL WOl KAJfTOO 1 TEAM. 5.00 Srow. 55.00 SSt......WsS0 ?Xg, i.oo KlSaa 50c Teeth with PUtea Best Sank Baferenoea X4y Attendant, We Are Alwayi Bur BECAUSE: Our success is due to the fact that we do the very beet work at very Ioweet prices. We depend on pa tients for recommen- datlona Aak your neighbors about our Palnleas Methoda and our eonsei enuoua work. Open Xvary Brenlng viw a ccioea. New Transcontinental Service. (.Dedal DlspitHi to Tha Journal.) Chicago, 111., May 27. Th Chicago, Milwaukee ft St. Paul railroad has com pleted all arrangements for the inaugu ration tomorrow of Its through passen ger service between Chicago and the Pad f la coast. The service will be ope rated over the Paclflo coast extension which was recently completed at a total oost of about 1100,000,000. The termi nals are to be at Chicago and Tacoma, th trains passing through Milwaukee, St Paul, Minneapolis and Aberdeen, crossing the Missouri river at Mobridge, S. D., and after climbing th great con tinental divide and passing through the famous Coeur d'AJene district extending through the virgin timber lands of Washington to th cities of Seattle and Tacoma DRINK HABIT TALKS M A PULLGMBl Cffi "BOTTLEDUP"AC0lIPlE0FSKEPTICS anca I will go further even, and say r ept me acKnowieogement of that it is by no means absolutely cer- mT achievement, I had no thought dur- taln that by present methods any man, th pleasant moments when I waa Mr. Peary, myself, or anyone, can dem- flwrt fully realising the success af my ly stated that there was no doubt In onstrate beyond the complete posslbll- endeavors or for a long time afterward their minds of my honesty." "What, thenr I inquired, "can bo the proof of an explorer's doings?" , "Since the days of Columbus," he re plied, "every explorer has been credited or discredited, not because of a set of figures, clearly worked out, but accord lty of any doubt that he haa reached the that I would be made th object of at Pol. In th three Peary observations tack. When I was attacked the fight be the sun's altitude was less than seven came so bitter, so unfair, and so gen- degrees. I challenge anyone to produce I erally vlcous, undignified, and lnexcus a dear cut lmag of the sun on an artl-1 able that" I sacrificed lecture contracts flcial horlson when the sun has not I Involving 1140,000 in order to get out of reached a greater height than seven do-1 It In order to escape th vile campaign Trusseis Like These Are A Crime Ing to the continuity and logical reason-1 grees. Tou can yourself prove thla very I of slander and mud slinging which was ableness of his final printed narrative. In that, with due after thought and a better perspective than is possible to a man out in the field, he has presented all the. facts which he has gathered. Therefore the final book presents the i true proof of an explorer's work. By the final books history has ever Judged easily. In order, to make an accurate begun against me. I .believed that the observation on must be able to get th injustice of this thing would automat ically clear itself up, and this I still be-Uva" It may surprise the people of th east to. know that there in the southwest it- really seema to have already done so. Dr. Cook's reception by the publlo all center of tha sun's dlso with his In struments. In that region of ice and snow th sun, whan not more than aeven degrees above th horlson, beoomes con fused with its own reflection on the glittering surface of the earth, and. In- Its explorers and on them it has baaed I stead of being a round dlso, Is an elon-lalong the railway line, his reception bv its verdicts of the successful men's vicgatr blur of actualities, reflections, and I the publlo when he appeared, upon th .lories. By our final books history will refractions. Try it yourseir witn a I lecture platform in such places aa I lamp a iigm ai a oorresponoing neignt above a basin of molasses. Tou wHl find the reflection' of the flame so mixed up with the flame Itself that you will not be able to determine th exact cen- Get Rid of Belts, Elastic Springs and Leg Straps -They Are Simply Slow Suicide. belt and leg strap, elastic and spring .,, contraptions sola Dy drugstores, sur gical Instrument houses and many eelf styled "Hernia specialists" make life miserable for everybody who wears them wearing thera is simply slow suicide. And. even when drawn so tight you Bands, better right away then the truss won't ter. That la what makes tha poaslbll-1 statements of fact Judge between that man and me, ,. "Then it Isv on ' that, alone, that yu base your hopes of getting full acknowl edgment as th discoverer of the North Pole?" - The doctor smiled a very canny smile. ?'I did not say that," he replied. "My final book Is not yet written. There inay be episodes which have not yet 00 f curred to make a record f In It." 1 Tie then told me. in strict confidence, vhat these episodes are likely to be. Unfortunately I cannot print the inier estlng story here, but if Dr. Cook car ries out his present plans, and there seems to- be no reason In the world why .tie should not, the controversy over the (discovery of the North Pole will sud denly be found reopened, and reopened in such a startling manner that the en tire world will promptly gasp and then, ait up, and, once again, take close notice. Why r. Cook Dodged.' I r asked him some frank questions. "Why did you run away to avoid no tice r I inquired. "Why did you dodg reporters who would nave given you on opportunity to stat your case, and why did you act generally - as if you war endeavoring to escape demand for pruoui inusiona. Many travelers nave seen T never have once failed to appear th returning sun over a sea horlson. promptly before any body, properly ao- after the long night," one or two days credited, who asked me to appear before before th proper time for its reap- it for the purposes of offering my avl- pearaneej Thua there may well be an 0encerr he replied. ., ".butrth vast storm error-in observations of as much as 0 of notoriety which burst upon m both miles. Here is a tangle of optics which - seprlied aod annoyed me, Publlo actio oanaot, under present knowledge ef have personal knowledge of, both seemed to Indicate that he was very rar rrom an entirely discredited man out thera This is a statement of mere fact, mad as a reporter must mak Oreatest boon to tba raptured the world haa ever known no "medicine" or "treatment" no operatton-no loss of time from work no springs, elastlo belts, or leg straps to wear. And won't oost you a cent if It doesnt result in Immediate improvement, n n si ii The Healing Massage. In addition to holding the rupture, the i iutne Truss or uiutne Automatic Mas ts constantly giving a soothing-. strengthening massage to the weak rup- turea parts. AH automatically tho massage goes on all' day long, all without any atten tion whatever from you. This massage whloh strengthens Just as exercise strengthens a weak arm . la (to remarkably beneficial so re markably curative that In 199 cases out 8f. every 800. rupture begins to ?et better from he day a Cluthe Truss Is put on. " A TRAVELOGUE FROM LIFE IN WHICH TDE HEAL TREATMENT WAS EXALTED - tty of error large in Peary's calcula tions, in my calculations, and In the calculations of all other men, made with the best instruments at present in ex istence. ' In the known sones the lesson of the ages has given us certain' tables for correction, but even with these ad vantages few navigators would take an observation when at sea and count It of any value, if th sun, when it was made, was but seven degrees above the horlson. "In the Arctlo th problem of refrac tion presents possibilities ' of error through refraction, not of seconds, but of minutes, and possibly of degrees. Every Arctlo traveler has seen, in cer tain atmospheric conditions, a dog ap parently enlarged to the slse of a bear. a raven frequently enlarged to the else 'Why in the world, if all these thlnrs are true, did you run away, thenr' I In quired. "I didn't run away," he answered. In the sense that you now use the term. I had, for three mouths, been very fair wun uie newspapers, while Mr. Ben nett had bought the -rights to the ac count of my experiences yet even the Now Tork Herald had had no 'Inside track, on whatever news I had which coud possibly interest the public. I had met all reporters who came to see ma and had answered, to the best of my ability, every' question put to ma I had given my time freely to the news papers ana had, thrashed it out com pletely. I did not feel that the press had any cause for complaint and I waa can scarcely stand to keen them on trtey do no good Whatever. Instead, they often do immense harm, they sqneese h. rnntiir. often .t"1!011! tlM? ftl World1. Greatest Book On Rupture. rs tirrba.k. izzi&r&ari js The Plain Truth Is This. of your rupture until you get our book Rupture as explained in our rree oi auvice wnion two cents for a stamp book can't be relieved or cured can't or a -penny for a nostal will bring even be kept from growing worse un- yu. leas constantly held In place. Just as 1 his remarkable book cloth bound 60 a broken bone can't "knit" unless the pages, 21 .separate articles, and 19 pho- parts are held securely together. tofixaphio pictures took us ovar 40 And Just as a banaage or spnnt ia years to wnw iook us that long to tne only way a protcen none can do neia una uui u me racis we ve put in It. the right kind of truss is the only It explains the dangers of operations thing in the world that can keep a rup- and why they don't always cure to stay ture from coming out. cured. Tells why drugstores should What a difference It will make when not be allowed to sell trasses any more you get that kind of truss. than a schoolboy would be allowed to Ana you can gel exactly uiai tuna oi MMiunn n oparnuon. truss -without risking a cent of your Explains why belt, spring and elastic money. It's the famous Cluthe truss or Cluthe Automatio Massager. Far more than a truss rar more tnan merely a devioe for holding the rup ture in place Hair reBruiaunr. seir najusuna-. No belt, elastic band or springs trusses can do no good. Exposes the ' . uiiers. rrauauient claims and humbug, "methods," "appliances," etc And tells absolutely without mis representationall about the Cluthe Truss Just how It holds how it gives mo trurmtr masaage now It IS water- very tired. I had been under one sort of a man. X have known a hummock 2S I of a strain up in the Arctic, and I waa feet in height te seem, from short die- I now under another sort of strain down tares, of a mountain's slxe. Mirages I her. I went away to rid myself of it turn things topsy-turvy and the whole I Of the amazing pursuit of me by lonr- nolar toDoaranhr la dlatortad bv otitic! I naliata which followed T knw nnthin. ( we nave so m mi... . . , v " I ... 1 Truss we have seen x n.v.r ior a, ainn wcona navv 'confessed' that I did not discover th North Pole.' said he, emphatically. Jtest assured fthat. Pleas read this" t "r" ' " "" HJ handed me a statement, made by Captain Bvelya JBriggs Baldwin, tha around your waist, and no leg straps proof bow It ends all expense how nothing to pinch, chafe, squeese or bind, you can get It on trial and gives names It Is held in position by suction can't and addresses of over 4000 people who emit oi sup me oniy truss jn kw ov irieu it ana want you to Know ence that Is honestly guaranteed never, about it to let th rupture come out Write for it todaydon't put it off Trv It Without Risking a Pennv. tnU boolt m,lT Da means of adding 1 ry Xt, vviuiouc subkuik renny. ,,.. years to vour life and of rnrlni rSaSr? navrsirwork" waders' i&<o: tor so many others that we want to 1 f rt 'wHtinr,- make one esneolallv for vour case and Si'" ?5..J?J'rltln u- P,eas0 letyou wear it at our risk. "".T numoer. We'll rive vou nlentv of time to test Qn l r"T ITTUP tvstitittp it If h Tlooari't keep your rupture from mb Bait TXia-i? w.- vnv Vft-coming-out, when you are -working and12 " atreV lfw - Tork Ctty.l- at an otner times ir it doesn't pui an xn minure it takea to write for this end te the trouble vou'v heretofore had book may wte you from suffering for wittv your ruptuie-4f you don't get tha rest of "bur lit a. . , Last week in a Pullman smoker on a Pennsylvania flyer a half dozen men were discussing live topics. Two prominent Cleveland attorneys, sev eral traveling men and a clear-cut business man made up the party. Something was said about drinking. coupled with a remark about the Neal Institutes. Ihe business man naa smoked, listened and kept still. When the Neal Institute was mentioned he became attentive. Ihe crowd was familiar with the advertisements of the Neal Treatment and admitted they had read them. "Those stories sound well,',' said one of the attorneys, "but, like all others alone the line, they are fakes Why, it isn't possible to relieve in three days the desire ipr liquor in a man who had been drinking for years I" The business man excused himself for getting into the conversational game, and then, turning to the critical attorney, he asked, "What do you know about the Neal Treatment?" The disciple of Blackstone ad mitted that he really knew nothing and that he was simply giving his impressions. "Havemy of you gentlemen ever taken the treatment or do you know anybody who has taken it?" was the question put by the business man, who received a general negative. lit- V?;. &M it: r PORTLAND NEAL INSTITUTE "Gentlemen," said he. Voq are thv pretty sorry shape to 'knock' the, : Neal Treatment, because vou admit you know nothing at all about it". The lawyer, hardest hit by, this observation, turned to the protesting1 business man and asked: How do you know so much aboiit the Neal Treatment?" "I know all about it, for I have -taken it and know that every promise, made is fulfilled. I had been drink ing heavily for months, and went to the Neal Institute as full as it waa ' possible for me tor. be. I left there in just three days completely relieved of all desire for liquor." It was with a feeling of gratifica tion and satisfaction that the busi ness man offered himself as livinar proof of the efficacy of the Neal Treatment, which does in just three days time restore slaves of drink appetite to self-mastery, It has been demonstrated that oer- sistent gnawing desire and era vi nor ' appetite for liquor are due to the ao cumulation of alcoholic poison in the system of the regular drinker. More drink affords only temporary relief. The Neal Treatment will in three short days eradicate 'every traea of alcoholic poison from the system of tne most excessive drinker, leaving the patient in the same physical an mental condition he was in before he , started to drink, so far as the ti'xt of alcohol is concerned. ; The Neal Three-Day Liquor Treat ment consists of the administration by regular physicians, always in at tendance, of a perfectly harmless veg- . etable remedy taken internally. There are no hypodermic injections.-" ... At the Portland Neal - Institute- guests enjoy all the privacy and com forts of home, club of hotel Names of patients are never divulged. ! Home treatment can be gives to those who prefer it. , ; , ,, . . , " - ' . ,, , For 'further information and free booklet, write or phone the Nrl In stitute, 354 HalJ . St, corner Park: take 16th street car, get off at Jh!l street, walk 2 blocks west. v PHONE MARSHALL 21 "Hbrphine and'alfDrufT "IW ' i - successfully treated at t'. e ' rt' Neal Institute