THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1912.
PAGE THREE
NECK BROKEN, HE
STOOD UNAIDED
Waldorf Miller's Case Has Sur
prised the Doctors.
ASTONISHED HIS FRIENDS,
Rose Twice to His Feet and Remained
Erect For Seconds Predicted Ho'
Would Live and Seems'to Be Fulfill
ing the Prophecy.
Faith never -worked greater wonders1
thnu in the case of Waldorf Miller, a
Now York man who lives with a bro
ken neck and continues to show mark
ed Improvement when, by all the tenets
of medical science, he should be a
hopeless paralytic, with the only puz
zle that he lives at nil.
Recently for the first time since he
was injured, a year ago, he stood un
assisted upon his feet Ho was erect
only nbout five seconds. Then ho fell
back in his chair, but to prove to any
possible doubters that it had not been
merely .1 trick display of strength he
rose again and tills time stood up
right for the full space of half a minute
and resumed his seat only at the urg
ing of others.
This exhibition of strength and the
use of his legs by young Miller proved
more astonishing to physicians and sur
geons than to laymen. At the time Mil
ler wns lying unconscious in the hos
pital directly after he wns injured
they could 6eo nothing ahead of him
but speedy death. When he Improved
there arose doubt about the diagnosis
and the X ray was brought into play.
The photograph showed a broken cer
vical vertebra. Then the surgeons said
be might linger on in n hopeless con
dition of paralysis and that certainly
he never would regain the use of his
legs or even le able to move them at
will.
A Curious Phase of the Case.
There was a curious phase of the
case that did not enter into the progno
sis of the physicians, as It was not then
written into its history.
Miller, who was twenty-one years
old, went to Hudson park, New Ho
chelle, N. Y., on July 3, 1011, with
other members of the Iroquois Social
club. About a dozen of the most dar
ing of the young men slipped nway
from the others for a swim. Miller
dived off a high rock and did not come
to the surface. Ho was rescued from
twenty feet of water.
Three years before Frederick, ' his
Elder brother and the only other child
ttf their widowed mother, dived at al
most Identically the same sjwt and
broke his neck. He lived ten days.
When Waldorf surprised the physi
cians by regaining consciousness sev
eral days after he had been hurried to
the hospital he seemed to know the
nature of his injury. lie a6ked how
long he had been in tho hospital and
Enid:
"If I can live longer than Fred did
I shall recover."
The ten days passed and Waldorf
was still living. Ho became more
cheerful and whistled and talked all
day. Ills faith grew Btronger and
Etronger as the days passed, and death
was still In the future and finally de
clared: "I'll fool them yet I am going to
get better, and some day I shall be
able to walk on crutches."
Miller first showed that his body
wns recovering from complete paraly
sis by moving his Angers. Then he
could move his nrms. When he hail
made this much progress he was re
moved from tho hospital to the homo
of his mother. lie has steadily leen
gaining strength and not many days
ago found that ho could move his legs.
How He Came to Stand Up.
One day recently a numlcr of his
friends were visiting Miller and were
grouped about his chair out on the
lawn.
"Wa.Lv,. eaji't you stand on your feet
"Surely I can," ho replied. "Just
watch mo!"
Then, to tho amazement of nil, young
Miller rose to n standing posture. It
was only for n flash of time that ho
was In a standing position. Mrs. Mil
ler wns called out of tho house by Uie
delighted friends of her son, and the
cheerful patient stood up for his moth
er and sat down ncaln only at her
command. She wns tho most surpris
ed of all who witnessed the feat
"Did you know yon could do It?"
flaked one of tho Iwys.
"I wns sure I could. 1 had never
tried It, but I wns sure I could when
I did try. I told you that I would bo
walking around In n year, nnd It looks
as If I would make good tlve prediction.
Of courw? I'll have to use crutches,
but It will satisfy mo Just so I am
able to move nlwut unassisted. I nm
going to get a wholo lot better."
MULE BETTER THAN AUTO.
Test Shows Animal Is More Satisfac
tory For Troops.
The army mule apparently has won
his fight for existence. The test of the
auto truck ns n substitute for the mule
has loen extensive enough .to justify
tho following statement from Carunln
M. E. Fnvlll:
"The automobile demonstration has
been such as to warrant the conclu
sion that it is unwise and unsafe to su
persede army mules and wagons with
ttio troops by any other form of loco-notion."
WAR ON LOAN SHARKS.
Eight Prisoners, Three of Them Wom
en, Caught In Raid.
New York, July 0. The first of what
promises to be a series of raids on the
"loan sharks" of New York was made
under tho direction of Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Franklin Brooks. Eight
prisoners were taken, three of them
young women, who were arraigned in
the Tombs court later before Magis
trate Corrlgan and held In ball for ex
amination on the charge of usury.
Mr. Brooks has had men gathering
evidence against the money lenders
for some time nnd found that tho rate
of interest ran all the way from 100
to 500 per cent
In addition to the eight prisoners a
hand truck, loaded with account books,
a safe, loan receipts for many thou
sands of dollars and diamonds taken
as security valued at $40,000 were
seized.
ICE PATROL IS OFF.
Wireless From Sea Lane Say3 Scout
Cruisers Have Quit.
Washington, July 0. A radiogram
received from the scout cruiser Bir
mingham stated that that ship had
censed her ice patrol nnd was now
bound for Philadelphia, where she
was to return to the reserve fleet.
Since late in May the scout cruisers
Birmingham nnd Chester have been
taking turns in pntrolllng the naviga
tion routes of the North Atlantic on
the lookout for Icebergs and ice fields.
Ice encountered wns reported to the
hydrographlc office dally nnd thence
distributed to all ships on the north
erly routes, while tho cruisers also re
layed tho wireless reports of other
;Mps to tho shore.
The Ice patrol wns instituted by or
der of Secretary Meyer following the
Titanic disaster.
Heat Death In Buffalo,
Buffalo, N. Y., July 0. Gustavo Law
son, sixty-three, father of tho one time
world's champion bicycle rVler, Iver
Lnwson, who was overcome by the
heat while standing In front of his
home, is dead.
Four Artillerymen Killed.
Berlin, July 0. During artillery prac
tice at Cerkeny a gun exploded, kill
ing four of the gun crew and fatally
Injuring several others. Tho cause of
the explosion Is not determined.
Sixteen Drownings In Northwest.
St. Paul, Minn., July 9. Sixteen per
sons were drowned In the northwest
All the victims were at neighboring
lakes and rivers enjoying a day's out
ing to escape the extreme heat.
I pouroicre to COWS
I J? Atlantic Refining Company j J
KILLSTWO CHILDREN
Mother Also Ends Her Life
by Gas.
ILL HEALTH CAUSED CRIME.
Westchester Woman Commits Suicide
With Her Little Ones Believed She
Made Unsuccessful Effort Year
Ago Great Shock to the
Community.
Westchester, Pa.. July !). At her
home In this city Mrs. Florence Hoble
Boyd, aged forty years, destroyed her
self and daughter of seven and son of
four years by turning on a How of gas
in her sleeping room.
Fumes of the gas aroused the suspi
cion of neighbors, nnd the house wns
entered and the three dead bodies
found. The husband, Edmund Boyd,
had gone to his work. Everything
showed that the net had been carefully
considered. Ill health of Mrs. Boyd Is
assigned for the triple tragedy.
Mrs. Boyd was of good family con
nection, but was wearj" of life. A year
or two ago. It Is believed, she made an
effort to take her life by the same
method she employed, but her act wis
discovered In time to save her life. Her
two little children were favorites In the
section where fhey lived, and the com
munity Is deeply shocked at their terri
ble death. .
The husband Is In n frantic Btate o
mind over his loss. Ills sorrow is
something too deep to be described,
and ninny friends nro doing their best
to relieve him of the great shock so
suddenly visited upon him. Death from
asphyxlntlon was the verdict of a cor
oner's jury.
LIBERTY DEPENDS ON GAME.
To Pick Teams From Hoboes and Loser
Will Be Punished.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., July 0. Thirty ho
boes who were rounded up by tho po
lice of PlyuioutL borough were taken
before Burgess Morris for sentence,
and he decreed that all be held In the
lockup until tomorrow, when he will
lead a parade to tlve best baseball
diamond in the borougli. Two teams
will be selected, and tho burgess de
clares the game must bo hotly con
tested from etart to finish. The losers
are to be rather severely punished.
After tlio full nine Innings have been
played the losing team will be taken
to the lockup and held prisoners 'for
two days, putting in their time pound
lug stones on tho streets of tho bor
ough. The victors are also to be tak
en back to the lockup, but held only
long enough to le well fed, when they
will bo ordered to shake tho dust from
their feet in a hurry and get out of the
town.
Burgess Morris is a great baseball
fan. He believes that out of thirty
hoboes there are several good ball
players, and he says he Is particularly
anxious to see Just how well men can
play the great national game when
their liberty depends on the outcome
of the contest
WILSON HAS A DOUBLE.
Pittsburgh Manufacturer Is Mistaken
For the Governor.
Pittsburgh, July 0. Woodrow Wil
son has a double In John R Gill,
president of the Manufacturers' Light
and Heat company of this city. Mr.
Gill hoa repeatedly been mistaken for
bis distinguished double, and some of
his experiences have been both trying
and nmuslug.
Recently when ho nnd Wilson met
hero in a hoted lobby they were Intro
duced, and Wilson Jokingly asked Gill
to help him out with some of his
speeches. Gill only Inst week was be
sieged by a flock of suffragettes nt his
hotel, who pleaded their cause and de
manded a declaration from him until
they were persuaded to seo their mis
take.
BURY WRECK VICTIMS.
Mills, Shops, Stores and Mines at Li
gonier Valley Will Close.
Llgonler, Pa., July D.-SFhreo of the
twenty-six victims of Friday's wreck
on tho Wllpen branch of the Loonier
Valley railroad were burled with prac
tically tho entire iopulatioii of Llgonler
valley ntteuding. Otlier funerals will
bo held when stores, mills, shops and
mines will lie closed out of respect
Tho death list remains nt Saturday's
figure, although n number of tho thirty
injured are in a critical condition.
ARM CRUSHED IN MACHINE.
Girl Hurt In Laundry and Amputation
May Be Necessary.
Philadelphia, July 0. Her hand
caught hi a machino nt n laundry In
this city, Margaret Daly had her right
arm so crushed that It may have to bo
nmptutnted. Sho Is In the Pennsyl
vania hospital.
Her screams brought several other
employees, and one of them, Otto
Cook, quickly pulled tho belting from
its place.
Tristate League.
At noadln-Atlantlc City, C; Head
ing, 7.
At nnrrisburg Trenton, 0; Harris
burs, 13,
At York-Wilmington, 0; York, Q,
HARRY M. DAUGHERTY.
Ohio Man Said to Be Tnft's
Choice For National Chairman.
1
There was uncertainty ns to the out
como when tho men who aro to pick the
new Republican national chairman met at
tho White, House for luncheon with Presi
dent Toft Harry M. Daugherty of Ohio
Is said to be strongly favored for the
place by Mr. Taft.
Dreamed His Stories.
Justin McCarthy. It Is said, used to
Cream his stories. "When 1 awoke
and recalled tho wholo," he Is quoted
ns saying, "I wrote it word for word
as If I were copying without taxing
my brain to provide Ideas or word
dressing."
The Caucasus.
No fewer than thirty languages are
spoken in tho Caucasus. The inhab
itants nro Russians, Armenians, Tar
tars, Georgians and divers Moham
medan tribes.
Rochefort Cheese.
Bochefort cheese gains Its distinc
tion and Its flavor by ripening six
ionths in a cave in tho mountains
near tho little village of Bochefor;, In
southern France. Part of tho process
which it undergoes is the pricking full
of little holes. Into which the air of
tho cavo penetrates. This air remain"
of the same temperature the yea'
round. Only sheep's milk Is use '
I
Tlio Kind Ton navo Alwnys Bought, nnd which has been
in use- for over 30 yenrs, has homo tho slgnaturo of
- nnd has heen mado under his per
LFL jC(J?71s Bonal supervision since its Infancy.
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EXCURSION
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