Arizona republican., 1909-10-24

Atlantic City. N. John D. Rocke- teiler offers a million dollars to the man who will give him a healthy stomach. He made that offer to a doctor who called upon him, saving that fl would be worth a million to him if he could fix his stomach up so that it would digest his food.
 "A MILLION DOLLARS FOR A HEALTHY STOMACH."-JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
 "I ACCEPT THE OFFER AND WILL FORFEIT s5G00 l. I FAIL TO DELIVER THE CURE."-DR. Mo LAUGHLIN.
 This looked to me like material for an interesting story. which led me to pr. McLaughlin's offices for more par ticular details.
 The first greeting from the doctor convinced me that I had met man of convictions, and strong ones. The doctor was enthusiastic over what he terms a long-sought opportunity. and entered gleefuny into a discussion of the subject.
 "I would like to accept that offer" said the doctor "I think that l can earn it. and. further. I believe that no medicine on earth in the shape of a drug will do what Mir. Rockefeller wants done, simply because there is no vitality in the secretive glands of the stomach, and until he gets that vitality. which no drug can give him. he will never be cured.
 Just understand one point clearly: His food does not digest because cer- tain functions related to digestion are powerless to act. They are weak, incapable of doing what Nature in tended You see that Now you can see that to set him right you must revive the strength in the parts which are weak. That is plain. Drugs will not do that. They never did. and they never will, and every doctor on earth knows 1t.
 What will do it, then? Electricity!
 T would pay 5000 this minute to see John D. Rockefeller walk into this office and permit me to tell him what I can do for him." said the doc tor. "I am certain that I can build up his digestive apparatus as I am that have done the same thing for hun dreds of others. His case is not in curable by my method. and I would consider my fortune made if he would but grant me a trial.
 What is my method? The restora- ton of vitality-nOthing more. To appreciate what am going to say you will have to understand that it is now generally conceded by medical men that the motive energy of human or gans-the force which keeps the heart pulsating the stomach digest ing and the brain scheming-is cleo tricity.
 Three years ago Professor Loeb recognized as a high authority. stated that he had discovered. after ten years of studious research. that cleo tricity is the basis of human vitality
 Just glance at this book of mine. written in 1896. and read what I say in the introduction"
 took the opened book from the doctors hand and read: T anticipate still greater results from my efforts toward demonstrating the truth of my lifelong claim that electricity is the basis of all animal vitality. and with out 1t We could not live"
 That indicates that my discovery was years ahead of Professor Loeb" continued the doctor, but I claim no credit for that. did not discover | at all. It was my belief twenty odd wears ago. as it is the belief of every thinking man today, and I have sim ply developed the theory until now it Is a proved fact.
 "I quote Professor Loeb simply to clinch my right to say tat if Mr. Rockefeller's stomach is unable to digest his food IL is because il has not sufficient vitality, and we have already shown that vitality means 'Elec- tricity'"
 In another part of his book Dr. Mo Laughlin gives a more comprehensive