East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-06-18

from an office from which the edicts
OF the medical world of America are
issued.
He has done his task well, For
many months he has been herald
ing forth denunclations of the man in
article after article but it was not un-
ii, his June issue that he delivered
himself of all that he had cleaned in
a searching investigation which led
him through several states. He prints
sworn affidavits and fac-similies tend
ing to show that the editor of the
great medical journal was at differ
ent times cheap advertising quack.
a homeopathic physician and surgeon,
the owner of water cure, a special
ist in diseases for women, profess
sional abortionist who even prevented
his wifi from enjoying the blessings
of motherhood and who engaged in
various other practices unethical and
criminal. 1t is charged that he Sc
cured by fraud a regular" degree
from Rush Medical College. 1t is al
legged that since advancing himself to
the position he now occupies he has
prostituted the columns of the Jour
nal to business interests and has built
up ring which exercises a dictator
ship in the medical world and gives
him the power of czar. One of the
affidavits printed is signed by the
wife whom he wronged and deserted.
OF course all of these charges may
be false and DR.. simmons much
abused man but the evidence Mr..
Clark has gathered together seems to
be ample to warrant a thorough in
vestigation by the convention of dele
gates In token of his good faith
and eagerness to be called upon for
proof. the Dakota editor has taken
rooms in the same hotel in which
the convention is being held. He has
circulated his magazine among the
delegates and is doing all in his power
to secure a probe. If his charges are
false or without foundation. he has
provided excellent grounds in black
and white for civil and criminal suits.
1t seems to be squarely up to the
doctors to search for skeletons in
their closets and we would like to be-
lieve that the many honest men who
have dedicated their lives to the fight
against disease and death will not be
hesitant in this search. Theirs is one
profession that should keep itself
free from the taint of politics and
graft.
The announcement that the La
Grande team of the Western Tri-State
baseball league has
Organized Ball blown up" fur
In Small Towns. nishes further evil
dence of the rough
road which the small town travels in
trying to maintain a club in organ
lied ball. La Grande, Baker and
Pendleton are all small towns but
they are live ones and could easily
finance teams were they in a league
in which only towns of their size
were represented. However, in un-
dertaking to compete with towns
whose population outnumbers theil
own several to one, they are placing
themselves under a big handicap for
there is more money in the bigger
towns, and money is what makes the
mare go.
Though there is a provision in the
league bylaws whereby all clubs are
supposed to be held to the same salar!
| limit it has had about as much re-
straining effect upon the larger clubs
as has the Sherman antitrust law up
on big business. 1t is a well known
fact, perhaps hard to prove, that both
Walla Walla and Boise were last year
and are this year paying much larger
salaries to their players than the by
laws permit. They want winning
teams and they can afford to pay fol
them. The smaller towns also want
winning teams but they can't afford
to go over the salary limit. If they