The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-09-01
10000 MULE Walk,
SAYSyOUTH,cURED
HIS TUBERCULOSIS
Nan il Tatters, Picked UP by
he Police, Tells of Tramp
Across Continent and Back.
IN LESS THAN A YEAR.
Gained "a Pounds, Won A
$1,000 Bet and Lost All Trace
of Disease, He Declares.
IN LESS THAN A YEAR.

4 cross country walk ron, New York
10 San Francisco and back. accom-.
plished In ten months and half. cured
twenty oDe-year-old Herbert w. Hoover
OF Newark Of q desperate case Of con-
sumption. II ,;ie s;oiy no told at Pc.
lice HEADQUARTERS early to-day 10 cor
rect.
Hoover has . skin tanned almost 70
sole leather. an expansive chest and a
superb set OF muscles to prove that he
In free from tuberc ulosis now. and car
ries = package OF ietters from police
chiefs and others. gathered At various
points on the Continent. u evidence
that he footed his way from ocean to
OCEAN.
incidentally. Ne says he has won y
purse OF $1,000 offered by the Grey Crsst
Athletic Club Of Newark to any one
who would walk from New York to San
Francisco and back. under certain con.
dinons. In one year and seventeen days.
Besides that, he claims 20 b the hrst
person VINO ever made . round trip
~e'OsS I~sS ShsOu Sestoe Suu W0lAou AL
the way.
APeARiTIoN srARrLEs EVEN A
DOWN TOWN POLICEMAN.
Policeman kuhne. stationed ct Broad.
way and Grand street. nrst sighted the
pedestrian. Kuhne saw q young man
with hair about u foot long. wearing tat.
tered khaki. the raggedest shoes ever
seen on Broadway and . whole lot OF
queer trinkets dangling from his belt.
u think ] know who's honey now"
remarked tie policeman a. he seized
the odd young man.
The lon6 haired one was taken to Po-
lice Hsadquarters to ascertain II he
were sane. and there no told his name
and story. This 70 the story:
II live at No. 22S Mulberry street.
Newark. A year ago weighed io%
pounds and was dying OF consumption.
! heard Of the Grey Crest Clubs offer
and Dr. Davis told me to try II. He
rid II would either kill or cure me.
Ono Of the conditions was that
neither ask for work, food. clothes or
money. I was 20 get everything with
out asking. Most people helped me
when I merely told them what had
started out to do. rsfraining. from ask
ting anything. however.
The hrst day made Perth Amboy,
". j.. and had - hemorrhage. had
another hemorrhass near Philadelphia.
But I had gained three pounds when I
reached the Quaker City and I had no
more hemorrhages. went down the
Eastern states to Florida and across
the Gulf coast. through Texas. Betwssn
New York and Texas I was arrested
ninety-ons times ~ . warrant.
GAINED ~ POUNDS AND A LOT
OF HAIR.
II left New York on OCT. "A, last. aud
reached San Francisco. s,28 miles the
| way I went, on March n. ! rested ten
| days and started back across the con.
trail line Of the United States. landed
IT. New York 1t o'clock this morning
To-day I weigh 1S pounds and am
perfectly we'll. I was 3 feet Inches
tall when ] started. have gained
three-quarters Of an inch in height. but
the extra height In not due to callousel
on my soles.
On the trip Fwors out-really wor.
to rags-seven pairs OF shoes and q;
pairs Of silk stockings. wore silh
stockings because. they we're best fol
my feet. but q pair rarely lasted more
than a day.
| II am going to collect that u. 900. have
a good Tubing. put on new clothes and
Eave my finger nails manicured.
| wnn'f ho