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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-14

Robbing prisoner of sleep is one of the most effective means of forcing confessions. Continued loss of sleep undermineS the nervous system and breaks the will To have bright light thrust into ones face every time the heavy lids close is form of tor ture that does credit to q more bar barous people than the American is supposed to be. Added to the other forms of coercion. it is calculated to break down the will power of almost any man.
 X favorite method of jogging the memory of forgetful prisoners who were supposed to have valuable in formation formerly was the dousing of them while in their cells with buckets of water or playing the sta ton hose upon them. Recently this are many policemen on the force who recall with humorous satisfaction the efficiency in eXtorting confessions of an inch stream of cold water skillfully manipulated by playful detective. In this way much important informa- ton has been washed out of men who had fallen into the grip of the law. Occasionally an instance arises of a criminal inviting the third degree. Butch" Smith a notorious and des- perate West Side criminal, after be- ing arrested, sat in a room and heard police officer question another pris- oner in the rough-and- tumble way in vogue.
 You big stiff, you know better than to try that on me-" said Dutch.
 Discovers His Mistake.
 He was taken downstairs and the officer undertook to show Smith tha, he was mistaken. How long the affair lasted is not matter of official rec ord-these little differences between criminals and policemen not being re corded-but it was something more than an hour before Smith was con vinced that he had spoken hastily Al inventory showed one of his fingers to have been broken, pieces of hi!
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THREn

stitute coercion. There is no law that compes the police in seeking To secure statements and confessions from prisoners 10 inform the prison CT that what he says may be used against him. but il is becoming more common for the police to caatiou prisoners 10 this effect When this warning is given the statement s0 se- cured has much more weight in court than if the confession be secured by coercion.
 Practice Ignores Law.
 As matter of practice, we all know that the police do not adher@ 10 strict legal provisions in many cases, although I believe thct are working farther in this direction con stantly I have heard q great many tales of vicious abuse, bat have n5 means of knowing how much of what one hears is true. have had person al knowledge of q good many case. however, in which the stories of abllse were unfounded In the matter of sweating prisoners and coutcrring what is termed the third degree the question of how far the police are jus tificd in going is an open one Ii viewed from the standpoint of the pc lceman If the police offend ill this respect they do so in the pursuit of criminals and the suppression Of crime, which weighs heavily with the public During my experience in the criminal court building as assistant :, states attorney I have known much valuable information to have been se cured and many criminals caught and punished through the original agency of means which were not legal nor contemplated by the law
 On the other hand to say that the practice of violating law as a means of capturing and punishing offenders against the law is justfiable is dan gerous and unsound doctrine. The ] practice also results in the diScredit- ing of some enforced confessions, for every man and especially men familiar
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to escape The issue was clear If he held his tongue and maintained his pact with his fellow thieves the girls reputation would be blasted and she would be made to suffer for his crimes; if he talked, he would save the girl and deliver to justice his con- panions in crime, making him forever marked man among criminals.
 Tell the inspector 1 am ready to talk" was the word he sent upstairs after his criminals mind had thrashed out the intricate ethics of the situa tion
 He talked. He told narrative that sent twelve men to the peniten- tiary, among them the two who are believed to have been the long man and the short man of 1urid criminal fame But it is altogether unlikely that the same information could have been beaten or tortured out of him. and it is easily conceivable how, as he sat ill his cell pondering the ques- tion of whether he should sacrifice l his sweetheart or his partners in crime, the situation was far more cruel than would have been the "chair treatment" or brutal beating.
 Shin Kicking Effective.
 Nearly all the coercion of prisoners with a view of getting them to con- 1 fess their own crimes or give informa- tion about the crimes of others be- gins with simple questioning. It does not take the experienced police in- quisitor long to tell whether he has an "easy" or an obstinate character to deal with A police official high in the ranks, takes his position with reference to that of the prisoner dur ing an interview so that he can con- veniently kick the prisoner on the shins if he balks at answering queS- tions. The process, while intiicting nc serious or permanent injury, is painful in the extreme If the prisoner tries to shift his position he is yanked back within reach of the deadly No. 13's It takes an iron will to withstand this form of persuasion very long.
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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
Alfred vanderbiIt,s Banter.

"On the Alfred G. Vanderbilt coach"
said a Pittsburger, 81 rode from the
Hotel Windsor to the Atlantic City
horse show for the small sum of one
dollar.
"Mr. Vanderbilt was in good spirits
the day / was his paying guest. He
bantered very gracefully the beautiful
young lady who sat beside him on the
box seat.
81 heard Mr.. Vanderbilt say that
women were never satisfied. No mat
ter what you gave them, they always
wanted something else, and If they
couldn't get what they wanted by fair
means then they got 1t by foul.
"He said that last fall lady who
had Just returned from Newport sent
for fashionable physician.
"The physician, on arriving, found
the lady reclining on a couch, one
maid tanning her and another holding
to her nose a gold bottle of smelling
salts.
"'What is the nature, madam, of
your complaint? the physician asked.
"'Oh, DOCTOR said the lady, plain
lively, L am suffering dreadfully from
-er-oh, what was that illness any
way for which you sent my friend,
Mrs. Code, on yachting tour in the
Mediterranean?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
UNLOCKING THE ELUSIVE EEL
Ingenious Angler Asserts Hypnotic
Method Is Best.

1t isn't so hard to catch an eel
Not infrequently you will land one
when you are fishing for something
else. But getting him off the hook
without having your line tangled and
tied into innumerable knots-aye,
that's the rub! When Izaak Walton
wrote his treatise on the gentle art OF
angling, he overlooked the eel Yet
the possibilities Of this squirming
fish in developing patience in the fish
erman are infinite. The average
angler, when he has hooked one, can
do nothing more than rub his hand
in the dirt till it is rough with CRIME,
seize the eel by the neck and club
him to death. Meanwhile his line is
all snarls and tangles.
But an ingenious angler, with the
nervous system of the eel in mind,
has discovered a better way. The eel,
properly handled, may be soothed and
put into an immediate state of calm
simply by rubbing him gently on the
spinal column with a match or small
stick. Indeed, no one who has hpyno-
tized crab by rubbing between the
eyes viii doubt for a moment that
the eel may somewhat similarly be
put to sleep.
1t is the only effective way to de-
tach an eel from the hook. Try it,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
ONLY A TEMPORARY CRAZE.
Pilgrims From "the Other Side" Lapse
Into Omitted States" Again.

Recurrent peril, threatening our
American speech, becomes imminent
about this time of year. For there
now returns from "the other side" the
traveller, rather more likely to be
feminine, who, swollen with the pride
of her first ocean voyage, having
stuffed her trunk to bursting with
dutiable articles, gets even with a
meddlesome government by SNUG
Cling in a warranted British accent
for herself and family. Upon her
avid tongue such useful little words
as were" and "been," suffer sea-
change into something rich and
strange" approximating respectively
the verb of garmenture and the popu-
lar name of common vegetable. One
even encounters accents which distort
clerk into clark But the NAL
treatment is, happily, in most cases
only temporary. First, the family,
despite panied and patient correction,
fall from grace. Presently the enthu-
siast herself gives signs of lapsing.
She imperceptibly graduates into the
convalescent state of George AIDES
rising social light, who every Satur-
day took a bawth in the bathtub.'
And, long before the sewing circle has
heard the last of her views of the
Eiffel tower and the intricacies of
continental currency the healthful
home atmosphere of Pontiac, Mich,
or Topeka, Kan, has done its work
and the returned exiles common
speech is again according to Noah
Webster, abridged.-Colier's Week
lY
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
SKILL MORE THAN STRENGTH.
Latter Is of Little Avail IN Properly
Ruling Horse.

Strength has nothing to do with
hands, or rather, it is distinct draw
back to their requirement. The weak
ling must use other means to attain
his ends; the strong man disdains the
delicate effects which make for every
thing of the best in Craftsmanship. A
little 80-pound boy will control per-
fectly a rattle-brained race horse that
no man could hold by main strength;
a slight woman will guide four horses
as few men can't is the combination
of the attributes named that enables
them to do it.
Appropriate biting has much to do
with success, but the novice is apt to
proceed to the extremes of severity
in his desire to get that delicacy of
touch and profnptness of response
which he thinks should follow sharp
restraint. The reverse of this should
always be the rule, and the horse
should be constantly tried with light
er biting effects until the least pos
sible restraint is employed. Hands
and mouths vary from day to day, ac-
cording to various circumstances of
irritability and sensitiveness, and no
one arrangement is likely to be for
the best interests of both biped and
quadruped. A balanced horse is al
ways light-mouthed horse, and it is
cup to" the driver or rider to find
what best brings about this result.
No balanced horse can pull; no puller
is in balance-Outing
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
An Old Kentucky Campaign

Judge John M. Harlan and James
B. McCreary canvassed Kentucky to-
gether, as the Republican and Demo
cratic candidates for governor, 80
years ago. They travelled about the
state on a joint debating trip, and in
many small mountain places had to
sleep in the same bed. They were
warm personal friends, and so did not
object to this intimacy. One night
Mr.. Harlan got into bed first. Sena-
tor McCreary was not far behind, and
Just as he entered the bed Judge Har-
Ian raised his bulky form-he Is
large man-and said in his stentorian
voice: "McCreary, there is one thing
certain, the next governor of Ken
lucky is in this bed" As he spoke
the bed stats broke and Judge Harlan
rolled to the floor. Senator McCreary
caught and held himself in bed, and.
as Judge Harlan reached the floor.
said: John. you are right. the next
governor of Kentucky is stifl In thiS
bed"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
sandy's Eleventh Commandment.

Bishop Brooks was at one time in.
terested in Sandy Mckenzie, a well
known character in and about Boston
Sandy was a pretty good fellow, but
not much of a churchman.
One day the bishop was taking him
to task for playing cards ami getting
intoxicated on Sunday.
I'm afraid. Sandy" he said "you
don't know much about the Ten Com,
mandments"
What's the Ten Commandments %
asked Sandy.
The bishop explained.
"Oh, aye, nay. / dinna ken aught
about the Ten Commandments" said
Sandy, "but ken the Eleventh Com.
mandment RIGHT weel.'
THE Eleventh Commandment" said
the mystified bishop; why, Sandy,
there is no Eleventh Commandment. "
"oh, aye" said the imperturbabIe
Scotchman.
The bishop, becoming rather curl
Gus, asked: We'll, Sandy, and what is
the Eleventh Commandment"
The Eleventh Commandment, We
KEN" said Sandy, sis for every mon to
mind his ain business"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
MIXED HIS BUSINESS UP.
observation-disclosures Badly MARRIED Sol
emnity of Occasion.

Not far from Worcester, Mass,
there lived some years ago a man
who combined the business of rural
undertaken with that of miller He
had spells of absence of mind that
were dangerous to his dignity when
in the presence of death. One OF
these spells was upon him when he
was officiating at the funeral of a
worthy woman who had been one of
the most popular leaders of the coun-
try society.
The funeral was at the home of the
family, and more people attended
than could be seated inside the house,
so many were standing about the en-
trance when the time arrived for con-
signing the body to the hearse.
The man who assisted the under
taker, in the capacity of driver both
at funerals and about the business of
the grist mill, exulted in the name of
John Smith. He was sitting on the
funeral car down the road when his
superior bawled out from the door
way of the house of mourning: Bring
up your wagon, John; we will load
the grist!"
1t was the last call the undertaken
in question had to bury any of that
particular family.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
LEARNED LESSON TOO WELL.
Reporter Went to Extremes in Desire
for Caution.

my boy" said the editor of the
Billsville Bugle to the new reporter,
you lack caution. You must learn
not to state things as facts until they
are proved facts-otherwise you are
very apt to get us into libel suits. Do
not say the cashier who stole the
funds say the cashier who is al
legged to have stolen the funds. That's
all now, and-ah-turn in a stickful
about that second ward social last
night"
Owing to an influx Of visitors, it
was late in the afternoon before the
genial editor of the Bugle. caught a
glimpse of the great farhiIy daily.
Halfway down the social columns his
eye lit on the following cautious para
graph: ct is rumored that card
party was given last evening to a
number of reputed ladies of second
ward. Mrs. Smith, gossip says. was
the hostess, and the festivities are re-
ported to have continued until 1920
in the evening. 1t is alleged that the
dndll Aso a SOCld1 lHICAlOA otfCI ~
the ladies of the Second Ward Cinch
club, and that, with the exception of
Mrs James Bilwilliger, who says she
comes from Leavits Junction, none
but members were present. The
reputed hostess insists that coffee
and waters alone were served as re-
freshments.
The Smith woman claims to be the
wife of John Smith, the so-called
Honest Shoe Man. of 315 East State
street"
Shortly afterward a whirling mass,
claiming to be a reporter on the
Bugle. flew Is feet into the street and
landed with what bystanders assert
was a dull, siekening thud.-Puck.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
Go to the Polls.

How can THE PEOPLE expect RAILROAD LFGIS-
LATION AND CONTROL if they elect w. D. Conner,
A RAILROAD OWNER HIMSELF, to the office of Leu-
tenant Governor
How can we expect MIR. Conner to be instrumental in
passing lows give the people two cent fare when every
railroad and every railroad in the country opposed to
a two cent fare and in favor Of a three cent fare.
Conner two railroads. Do want railroad
governor We must have railroads, need them, but
don't want any railroad government
The railroads have governed long enough Railroads
all right in their place but THAT place is not the Capitol
building at Madison.
This is why every voter should go to the polls ana vote
for AWKWARD for Governor and for the entire democratic
ticket.
Go yourself and get your neghbors and friends to
with you.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
PERSONAL HATRED IN WAR,
That II Is Valuable Fighting Asset
Is Questioned.

1t is fresh experience to take up
book which breaches a doctrine of
hatred on the ground that a living
personal hatred" is a most valuable
fighting asset, and this is all that can
be said in favor of these "Heresies of
Sea-Power." Mr.. Jane quotes Nelson
to support his curious theory and de-
clares that crude desire to kill Rus
Slams contributed materially to the
success of Japanese arms in the late
war. 1t is unfortunate for his argu-
ment that Nelson should have been
so consistently chivalrous to oppo-
nents and that the Japanese seem to
have been anxious to spare and save
life whenever killing served no useful
purpose. This attempt to connect
blood lust with victory shows how
difficult it may be for a civilian to un-
derstand the peculiar sympathy which
exists between fighting men of differ
ent nations. Il am going, 1 hope and
trust, to join Nelson" said Gravina on
his deathDed, and from what we know
of Nelson he was probably the first to
greet his old enemy in the Halls Of
Valhalla.-Saturday Review.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
ATE FLESH OF DoLPHINs,
Breton Fishermen Pronounced 1t Not
Unlike Wild Bear.

A curious new fishery and a still
more novel source of food supply has
just been submitted to the Breton
folk, sorely tried by the failure of the
sardines. The Prince de La Tour d'Au-
vergne, after taking part in the ST.
Malo regatta, went to the ST. Cast in
an automobile boat to visit the Comte
de Carne-Trecesson. The motor boat
set UP great commotion among the
blowing dolphins with which the bay
swarms, and regular battue was or
ganized, with the result that 90 of the
great creatures were captured-it is
believed the entire shoal Some of
then we're eight feet long and weighed
500 pounds. They were distributed
among the people, who ate the flesh
readily, pronouncing it Ike wild
boar" Dolphins have ruined the Bre-
ton coast fishery this year. The prince
took a cass IF the biggest as a model
for submarine construction.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
WHAT LAFOLLETTE MEANS "Oh

WHAT LAFOLLETTE MEANS: "Oh, |
tell you, fellow citizens, if the Ameri-
can people thoroughly understand the
situation you could no longer impose
upon them. Never, then, rather blind
ly follow any party flag or any party
declaration, the people would rise up
en- masse and compel legislation that
would wipe out the iniquities these vast
corporations are imposing on the peo-
ple."
What do the foregoing words of Sen
ator LaFollette mean if not that the
present deplorable condition is due to
the republican party, which has con
trolled legislation for ten years II
that party is to blame, is not the infer
ence of the Senator, that if the people
''only knew" etc, they would refuse
to follow the republican flag any lon
gerY
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
THE MAN WHO is AHEAD.
Proper Tribute Paid to Worthy Mem
Der of Community.

In almost every newspaper you pick
up you are pretty sure to find a lot
of gush about the man behind the
counter and the man behind the gun;
the man behind the buzz-saw and the
man behind the sun; the man behind
the times and the man behind his
rents; the man behind the plowshare
and the man behind the fence; the
man behind the whistle and the man
behind the cars; the man behind the
kodak and the man behind the bars;
the man behind his whiskers and the
man behind his fists; and everything
is entered on the list.
But they've skipped another fellow
Of whom nothing has been said-the
fellow who is even, or little way
ahead; who pays for what he gets,
whose bills are always signed. He's
a blamed sight more important than
the man who is behind. All the edi-
tors and merchants, and the whole
commercial clan are indebted for ex-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
Same Old FAKE.

With considerable blowing of trump
cts and self congratulations the repub-
liean state administration has announc-
ed that there will be no state tax this
year, that is none to speak of. Of
course there will be state tax of some
thing over 5000, 900, but that is such an
inconsiderable sum when the unprece-
dented expenditures of the republican
administration are considered that the
party spellbinders feel justified in
making the unqualified statement that
there will be no state tax this year.
Naturally they do not explain that the
reason for no state tax is the large
amount received from the general gov
eminent in payment of the money ex-
pended by the state during the civil
war. On the contrary they try to make
the people believe that there viii be
only small tax because of the excel
lent administration of public affairs by
the republican officials. This claim,
however, falls fiat when it is remem-
bered that the expenses of the state gov
eminent have increased about 800 per
cent. since the time of Gov. Peck. About
the only credit the republican party is
entitled to is the fact that they didn't
spend all the money. They did their
best to get away with it but the sum
was too large and so they have done the
next best thing, used it to make politi-
cal capital. Had the administration
been as careful of the public purse as it
was watchful for the welfare of the re-
publican party there would not even be
a zoo, 900 state tax this year or next.
As it is, unless the democratic party is
successful this fall the state tax next
year will probably be larger than ever
Fond du Lac Reporter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30

Unougn Jnere are 'sonfe Where condi-
lions of work are for the most part,
good. The people, however, are en-
couraged to continue hand weaving
and to hold their time-honored indus
trial customs rather than to take the
risk of a disturbed economic order
due to market glutted with shoddy
trash. In all Sweden there are to-day
only about 10000 factories of all
kinds, employing in all a little more
than 265,000 workmen-not great
number out of total population of
more than 3,0O0,O00.-The Craftsman.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
Motor buses and Trains.

Will suburban trains die out, killed
by the all-popuIar motor bus? In Is
months there viii be $50 additional
vanguards on the roads, and in the
next eight =lcuths no fewer than 300
more. To-day tire vanguard company
employs 500 meT, then the number
will reach 5000 Certainly it seems as
though the doom of the suburban
train were sealed.-Motoring Illus
trated.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
His Ready Retort.

Jack Thompson is a very witty fel-
low
Well, he's chemist; he ought to
be"
Now. what on earth has that to do
with his WITT"
Everything; chemists should be al
ways ready with retorts. ,-Tit-Bits.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
oLp CUSTOMS IN swEoEN.
Peasants Do Much Hand Work-Re-
suit Is Few Factories.

Sweden is the home of the handi-
crafts. In addition to manual training
taught in schools, the most exquisite
hand weaving, lace making, brass
work. even pottery. is done by the
peasants Each district has its own
patterns. which the peasants make
and wear, deeming it unpatriotic TO
have aught to do with patterns of
other localities.
Because of the handicrafts Sweden
has not many. textile factories. al
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30

DID you ever know of W. w. Albers,
in all of his public life. going wrong on
a question that was of vital Importance
to the people Not on your life. Mar
athon county needs Mr.. Albers in the
State Senate. Talk for and vote for
him