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The Herald, 1906-12-14, Page 6DOCTORS SHOULD TEST MEDICINE. Would Then (Snow Whether it Was of Any Value. interesting Suggestions From Bench in Medical Case. • Council Laid One Charge and Found Doctor Guilty of Another. Toronto report: An appeal entered on behalf of Alexander Crichton, of Cas- tleton, of Northumberland county, from a finding of the Ontario College of Phy- sicians and Surgeons 1S giving the 1)ivl- atonal Court' +lui•te a giant with which to wrestbe. The casae involves so many hairlike differences 'between ways of ef- fect ting cures in the human body and has so many- technical shadings that the rut - theese testimonials would indicate, then it may reasenaialy be agreed that it must have :�onze value." "The mind has often a great deal to do with effecting cures;" replied 14r,. Curz-y, "and it is • to be proved. that these •people who give testimonials really had serious troubles;' "There are some letters here from very highly educated people," obsery ed Mi•. Justice Mabee, "Yes. and there was a • learned lawyer in Toronto who -went into Christian Science" was the answer of the mane soh T3©cause he found there Was more money in it" broke in Mr. H. Osler. Mr. ,Tustire Mabee took 'another look over the testimonials, :The appellant seems to have as many - clergymen on his side as medical men against liim." he remarked. "Yes. iho Gospel appears to be on. his side at least," said Mr. Curry, The court soon got back into its serious mood and the Chancellor pointed out that the appellant was an educated man. He was not an ignoramus, and if the Medienr Council wished to disprove the statements of Dr. Crichton they should have made tests which would have been of more value to the court in arriving nt some conelueion than nlI the expert evidence submitted, `But they ins of the eoaut after it has heard all evidently- do not believe in the pre - the evidence will naturally have a wide paration enough to try it," he added. "That is exactly the position, my publio interest. Lord;" answered 111r, Curry. From the little town of Oaetlet•on the' "Supposing this medicine, as it is appellant for a long time sent out ad- vertisements all over Canada. and the United. States drawing the attention of readers to a medicinal preparation he had which he clammed would cure or assist in curing a large number of cit- menu. It was known as a grip medi- cine, but ite curative properties tive•re said by Dr. Crichton to extend to nunier- oue Other diseases and. ailments. The College of Physicians and Surgeons took the matter up and a Discipline Cora- mittee recommended that the .apped- lants' name be'strzzck off the roll of qualified practitiehers of Ontario. Thus %wte done last July. The ease came up on Monday afternoon and lasted throuomhout yesterday. Although tire arguments built up by 'ale. Kerr were sequential and effective to a layman, at •least. the rem,aarks and questions . of their Lordships least sipecial interest to the afternoon pro- oeedings when Mr. Curry addressed the court. This followed an coneequence of the statements made said also on the evidence referred to by -lir. Kerr. Finding of Committee. In opening his remarks in the forenoon Mr. Kerr quoted from the Ontario Medi- cal Act that elaaae which authorizes the Council *o make inquiry into the case •of a. man alleged to ;be liable to have his name struck off the roll. He likewise read the report of the committee which had recomeudemd that Dr. C riehton'e name be struck off. It said: "Your committee finds tide charge called, is a benefit to the public. Then if it is discontinued a source of benefit to the public is cut off." remarked the Chancellor. Mr. Curry admitted this to he true, but of- course he held the preparation was not a benefit. He proceeded to show that tlio public were led to buy the preparation not knowing what they were taking. and that for a medical man to continue advertising such reme- dies was infamous and disgraceful from a professional view. Mr. Osler than opened his argu- ment. statin* that he appeared on be- half' of the Council to justify it course. He admitted there was no specific chane against the appellant of trying to de- ceive. It was improper, however. for a man to be advertising and sending out preparations without diagnosing a case or having some knowledge of what the true sympimns were of the individual case to he' treated. yon often find that n doctor givee you a bottle of something and says: 'Here, take this.' and he is not quite sure whether it will do yon any gond or not." remarked the Chancellor, and the court ln•eke into n smile. The ease will be resnmed this noon. _s fore - FRATERNAL CO-OPERATION. Ultimate Basis for Settlement of Labor Troubles. Chicago, Dec. 10.—At the convention of the proved, and that the eaid Alexander Citizens' Industrial Association, held here Crichton endeavored to impose upon the ! to -day, Mr. James W. yaneleave of st. credulity of the .public for the purpose of Louis, President of the National Association gain, by attempting to deceive the said of Manufacturers, delivered a powerful ad - person's as plight read the Said advertise. dress on the duties of employers toward their meats.' workmen, calling for the more considerate "They find th'e charge proved that we advertise," said Mr. Kerr. "T,htat we don't dispute. The medical '.nen say the medicine advertised will not accomplish what it claims. The appellant claims the ha.s offered it to the British and Cana- dian Governments, to medical men and to analysts for teats. None of the doc- tors who condezzun at has tested it. Is it fair for them to cende:nn him and the medicine he arca Li..es before they: know what it is? "'Tow," se ' Mr. Kerr, "no such charge was ...d againet Dr. Crichton as that of at'.M.u.pting to deceive the pub- lic ,and Let that is what they find a.gainet hiu. It is obviously a ease where one thing ie changed and a fleeting is brought in on an entirely different mat- tecr." In continuing his argument Mr. Kerr laid eimphasds on the point that, though the appellant had offered his lnouleiaze for tests, none of those who ihad con- demned it had made suffici'cnit tests to know whether it should in common jus- tiee i>•e condemned. Several exhibits were put in by counael, and among them was a folder containing the advertisements of the appellant and a targe number of testimonials, from those. Lingo stated they had used the pre- paration and had been materially .bene- fited. "I see the name of a Judge here," sal; Mr. Justice Mabee after looking over the folder. "I happen to know this Jiv, thinks very highly of the medicine," "Yee, but the Medical Council wanted, to have that 'evidence ruled out," was the quick reply of Mr. Kerr. When Mr. Carry began his argument in the afternoon he reviewed the evi- dence given at the inquiry in. which Dr. Ferrcia, Dr. Field and. others Had. stated that they thought it unprofessional for a medical man to so advertise, particu- larly if the motive were 'one of personal gust, Dr. Bray had also stated that in the advertisement put out by Dr. Crich- ton there was something misreading to the public. He claimed that if a discov- ery had been made the public should be made fariliair with it. ge "What do you say about all this evi- dence going beyond what the man is really charged with?" asked Mr. Jus- tice Mabee. Mr. Curry replied that in his opinion it did not go beyond what was, chaff- ed, but that the form of advertising was infamous and misleading. Chancellor Boyd then remarked;— "There have been plenty of oppor- tunities of trying this so-called medicine on cases in the hospital. It may be n, valuable discovery, and it would be easy enough to test it and find out ®Nether the appellant is making misre- presentations. If there are a lot of people who ,have colors, rougnhe, grip etnd such ailments and they have found this preparation to have helped then', as DOUK OBORS FOR CANADA. TEN THOP,'SAip NAY COME HERE T0,• WORK QN RAILWAYS. Report, , /also Says That the Canadian Coltny May Return to Russia—Peter Veitb`gin ,Interviews Russian Premier. St. Petersburg, Dee. 10.-•--M. P. \Teri gill, head of the Doukhobor community in Canada, Who is known as "John the Baptist€," has arrived in .St. Petersburg charged with the double mission of aster - tattling the attitude of the Russian Gov- ernment on the question of repatriation of the Doukhobors and recruiting a force of ten thousand Russian peasants, want- ed on two year contracts to work on ,the construction of new railroads in the Can- a dian west.. The answer of the Government to these two questions was given by M. Stolypin in the course of an audience. The Premier said the Government would be glad to welcome the Doukhobors back whenever• they were ready to come. They are considered, he said, as pilgrims who left the country during a time of reli- gious intolerance. Assuring him that he would not be hampered by the Govern- ment.' the Premier advised M. Verigin to obtain his contract laborers in the famine -stricken provinces. Included in the party of eight envoys who are accompanying M. Verigin is an old Doukhobor na4ned Moklzartoff, aged 81 years, who is journeying to the home of Count Tolstoi to have afarewell talk with the author. CHURCH WORK. NEEDS OF THE WEST SET FORTH AT MANCHESTER Bishops of Calgary and Q'Appelle Speak, Urging Churchmen to Heed the Call of the West --Schools Are Called Failures. London, Dec. 10. --"How churchmen may help the special appeal for 120,000 on behalf of the Church of England's work in Northwest Canada" was the special subject of speeches at the annual meetirg of the Manchester Archdeaconry, .Association of the So- ciety for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. The Bishop of Manchester said that every year 70.000 English settlers went to Canada. These needed to be fol- lowed by the means of grace. It would not do to let Eastern Canada look after the needs of the wet. The east had its ,own church work to do, and it was d g nobly what it could on behalf otzzt west, but could treatment of labor, that labor may respond to capital with increased industry, and that both may combine in the upbnilding of the country's trade and commerce. Labor unions are called into being,he said, by the oppression of the employers, and In several ways have done good service to the workers. The employer who would like to strike down all labor unions indiscriminately is blind to his own interests as well as faith- less to his duty to the general public. But the unions are not without their faults —the closed shop, the boycott, the restrictions of the number of apprentices, the attempt to draw class lines and to make laborers believe that employers are their enemies. These features must be condemned by every patriotic citizen. In these things, however, labor is not alone to blame. It is true that the teachings of most of the union leaders help to make socialists, but so does the arrogance of the selfish employer. Judging by their acts some employers seem to believe that the relations between belligerents in war. Toward their workers they hold a hostile attitude. Fra- ternal co-operation between employer and employed is the basis on which the neces- sary reconstruction must rest. Each is nec- essary to the other's welfare, social and fin- ancial, and both must be brought to see that there Is no place for strife between classes in the social economy of democratic America. We must curb the greed of the autocratic employer, and make it plain that the same re- ward for right conduct and the same punish- ment for wrongdoing await rich and poor alike. Thus "we shall abolish strikes and lookouts, remove all the workers' desire for enactment of anti -injunction ` laws, and es- tablish an era of industrial .peace through- out America. not possiblyovertake so great a de- mand. Archdeacon Webb, of Calgary, said he looked upon the schools in Canada as the greatest of failures. They were absolutely secular. The Bishop of anf'AppoIle said that whenever the An- glican Church was' sent there was sent an agency which strengthened and ce- mented the bonds of the Empire.' Tell- ing the story of the origin of the name of his diocese, he asked the audience to apply it in relation to the needs of west- ern Canada. FLOGGING STICK AS PROOF. Centrist Leader in Reichstag Illustrates Colonial Scandals Berlin, Dec. 10.—In the Reichstag yesterday Herr Roeren, the Centrist leader, coufinued his revelations of colonial scandals. Amid general laughter he produced a large stick. about the thickness of a finger, and. laying it upon the table of the House he explained it was the stick with which flog- gings were administered in the colonies. This punishment, be said, was inflicted upon the natives by the strongest of the black soldiers. The result often was that the pun- ished man was ill for a long time. The sneaker said these floggings were sometimes inflicted upon natives at the orders of office clerks for the most trivial offences. Herr Dernburg, director of the Colonial Office, spoke in defence of the colonial of- ficials. He accused herr It.oeren of misre- presenting the facts. He said that the Ger- man people. after having read the speech of the Centrist leader, would be compelled to believe that the colonies were governed by wild animals, and not human beings. ' CHILDREN BURNED. Mother Absent, Returned to Find Charred Bodies. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Dee. 10.—Two chil- dren of Albert Smalley, one 18• months and the other 30 months old, were burned to death this afternoon in the kitchen of the Smalley residence at Pittston, near here. Their mother, who was baking, went to a enighbor's to borrow pie plates, and in her absence the clothing of the children caught fire. She retimrned to find their charred bodies on the kitchen floor. RAILWAY SHEDS BURNT. Five-year-old Girl Will Die From Con- tact With Stove. Ottawa, Despatch.—A Shocking accident oc- curred to -day in the home of Alexander Mutchmor, Hull, when Regina, the five-year- old daughter, was horribly burned and can- not survive. Mrs. Mutchmor had put on a big fire in the stove and left two children while she went out. A man passing the house heard screams, and, rushing in, found the younger child's clothing in flames, having oome in contact with the red hot stove, and the elder, a crip- ple, unable to assist her. He face, arms, body and limbs were roasted and the flesh hung in lumps from her body. M'MASTER TO GET $6o,000. John D. Rockefeller Makes Munificent Gift to University. Toronto report: McMaster University is to receive $00,oCo from Mr. John D. Rockefeller. At the service in the chapel. yesterday morning Chancellor McKay an- nounced that Mr, Rockefeller had inti- mated his intention of donating $60,000 to the university on conditions easily ful- filled. The amount is to be used in the erection of an additional building at the west end of McMaster Hall toprovide several lecture rooms, a gymnasium and dormitories for fifty students. The conditions under which the gifts to be made are that the denomination complete the collection of the $711,000 forward movement fund, and that the subscription and collection be completed of the $5'ci,000 required for the new Science building, The amounts for both these funds have already been largely subscribed and a large amount of the money received. It is expected the new building will be er- ected, during the coming year. SUGGESTIONS L HOW WOMEN RELIEF. MAY FIND While no woman is entirely free from periodical suffering it docs not seem to be the plan of nature that women should suffer so severely. This is a severe strain on a woman's vitality. When pain exists something is wrong 'which should be set fight or it will lead to a serious derange- ment of the whole female organism. Thousands of women have testified in grateful letters to Mrs. l?inkham that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound overcomes women's special pains and irregularities. It provides a safe and sure way of es- cape from` distressing and dangerous weaknesses and diseases. The two following letters tell so con- vincingly what Lydia E. Pinkham's Ve- getable Compound will do for women, they cannot fail to bring hope to thousands of sufferers. Mies Matilda Richardson of 177 Wel- lington Street, Kingston, Ont., writes : Dear Mrs. Pinkharnt.,,. "Some four years ago my usually good health began to fail. 1 had severe.ams in my back my head ached. I would have dizzy spells and during nay monthly periods I would suffer intense pawn. 1 was advised to try Lydia E. ?inkhorn's Vegetable Com- pound, and I am'so; ,lad that I did, for it brought new.life-and health to ire. My monthly periods were natural and painless, and my general health improved. I have not had an acheor a pain since, and I feel it a duty as well as a pleasure to tell you what your medicine has done for me." Mint. Louise McKenzie, of Mount Car- riel; Montreal, Canada, writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham I had heard so much goodg about Lydia E. Ptnkham's Vegetable ompound before I started to take it for painful periods so that when it cured me I was not surprised. I had suffered with blinding headaches and pain until it seemed that "I must scream. These pains lasted from five to ten days , everymonth, and you can understand how glad I was to get relief. 1 am in the best of health, and amleased to give you this testimonial for 'that your medicine has done.for rue." Such testimony shoula be accepted by all women as convincing evidence that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound stands without a peer as a remedy for all the distressing ills of women. , The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound rests upon the well- earned gratitude of Canadian women. When women aro troubled with irreg- ularities, displacements or ulceration of the organs, that bearing -down feeling, inflammation, backache, bloating, (or flatulency), general debility, indigestion and nervous prostration, or are beset witch such symptoms as ol.izzirless, faint- ness, lassitude, excitability, iniltability, nervousness, sleeplessness, melancholy, they should remember there is one tried' and ,true remedy. Lydia E. Pinklzani's Vegetable Compound at once removes such troubles. Refuse to buy any other medicine, for you need the best. Don't hesitate to' write to Mrs. Pinkham if there is anything about your sickness you do not understand. She will treat you with kindness and her advice is free. No woman even' regretted writing her and she has helped thousands. Address Lynn, Mass. Ask Mlle. Pinkham's Advice =--A Woman Best Understands Woman's MANY FROM CANADA PRESENT AT INTERNATIONAL LIVE STOCK EXPOSITION.. Two Ontario ,Cabinet Ministers Among the ' Number— Grand Championship Sheep Award Won by Sir George Drummond. Chicago, Ill., Deo. 10—To-day was "Foreign Day" at the International Live Stock Exposition, and incidentally the largest crowd of the week was in at- tendance. Thousands from Canada ar- rived early in the morning, and there. was more than the usual gathering of celebrities from across the line. Among the notable men from Ontario were IIon. Nelson Montieth, Minister of Agriculture; Ron. Frank Cochrane, Min- ister of Lands and Mines; Hon. J. W. St. John, Speaker of the Legislative As- sembly; Jesse Smith, Mayor of Toronto Junction; James D. Allan, President of the Toronto Stock Yards; Andrew Dods, Toronto; A. J. Anderson, Toronto; W. J T-Inrtney, and Thomas T. Hoer, Tor- onto: W. 'Mutter, Thomas F. Wallace, D. McKenzie and W. J. Conroy. The grand champion sheep award to- day went to Sir George Drummond, of Beaconsfield, Que., who also captured the reserve championship: The breeding Hampshires entered by Lord Caven, of London, Eng.. will be judged to -day, op- posing a number entered by Canadian and United States breeders. NO DEFINITE DECISION. Right of Osteopaths Under Medical Act Not Settled. Toronto, Dec, 10—The Provincial secretary's Department has received the written decision of the Court of Appeal on a stated case sub- mitted by the Ontario Government as to whether, under the Ontario medical act, osteopaths and other practitioners professing to mire without the administration of drugs, and who are not registered under the act, have the right to practice. The decision, which is a lengthy document, does not settle the matter one way or the other. In the ab- sence of a concrete case the coert holds that an unqualified affirmative or negative cannot be given. The 'opinion was unanimous, being con- curred in by Chief Justice Sir Wm. Meredith, Messrs. Justices Osler, Garrow, Maclaren and Meredith. RUSSSANOPPRISONER ESCAPES FROM SIBERIA IN A BAR- REL OF SAUERKRAUT. San Francisco, Dec. 10—.Geo. Gershu- ni, a'Russian political prisoner in Siberia, arrived here on the steamer China yes- terday. He escaped front the Akattny prison in Siberia concealed in a barrel of sauerkrau t. Gershuni was one of the organizers sian revolutionist party. He was ar- rested in May, 1903, and in Mareh, 1904, was sentenced to be hanged. As he had never assisted personally in the killing of anybody, his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in the Schlessel- burg penitentiary. He was afterward transported to the prison at Akattny, near the Manchurian border. ♦,A DISAPPEARED IN STORM. The Steambarge Hickok Left Oswego on Saturday. Belleville despatch: Grave fears are entertained here over the whereabouts of the steambarge Hickox, owned and sailed by Captain Henry Smith, of this city. The vessel left Oswego on Satur- day at noon for this city wiht a cargo of coal. The barge Lloyd S. Porter followed shortly after with coal for Pic - ton. The Porter followed the Hickox on the lake until a heavy snowstorm came up, when the Hickox was lost sight of, Besides Captain Smith the crew con- sists of Mate Fred. Fairman and George. Cole, of this city, with an engineer end a cook from Trenton. •-a RENOUNCES SPIRITUALISM. Announcement of French Astronomer Causes Excitement. Paris, Dec. 10, Prof. Camille Mammalian, the distingutsbed astronomer, has renounced aolrltuallsm, to the tremendous surprise of his friends and of the readers of the numerous•, books' in which hs has treated cases of psy- chic phenomena and perfect belief in their full reality and significance. Now, without denying the subjective value,od rejects their objative importance. Years ago he declared that all his inspir-. ation came from the spirit of a lady, whteh appeared to him at constant intervals, and in the midst of a conversation with his wife his lips would suddenly cease to articulate. because be was listening to the conversation of his ghostly visitant. The latest phase, Flammarion's renuncia- tion of the phenomena of the spirit world, is exciting interest among the orthodox of Paris. ♦s0 CANADA'S APPLES IN ENGLAND. Display at Horticultural Exhibition Ob- - tains avorable Notice. London, Dee. 10.—The exhibition of British the colonial fruit at the Royal Horticui- • tura. Society's Hall, which opened yesterday, attracts. considerable . attention. A huge dis- play of apples from British Columbia, which was awarded the society's gold medal, ob- tales favorable notice in the press, as doer a smaller Nova Scotia exhibit, which gets, the Hnightian silver gilt medal. Silver • medals are bestowed oh Indlviitaal grower;. Tho Morning . Post's 'criticism et these ex- hibits indicate that as compared with Kent-. Ish fruit, they show lack of refinement in texture. ealor and taste. They, howevet. std,,, excellent ,amplest Of. eullnary fruit. •