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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-12
CHIEF BELT is TH.NKED.

". NJ Sirich. secretary Of the Con-
eress Heights Citizens Association. has
conveyed to Chief Belt. of the District
Of Columbia HiUr Department, thanks
from his association for the interest
shown by the fire chief IN the matter OF
FIRE protection I'm that locality.
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One friend alone was left-my wife.
God bless her evFy houri
She saved me from q drunkard's grave,
And Whiskey wicked power
just how she saved me you shall see
This IS the way she told IL me.
when hope was almost dead within
Her faithful constant breast,
She read Of Dr. Haines Cure.
Then without stay or rest.
She sent for one Trial Sample Tree,
And gave IL uubeknown 20 me!
] drank Of IL at ev'Ty meal
] ate 81 IN my bread,
While Mary watched me anZiously.
But ne er a word she said:
lnti one day j stopped 10 think,
That / hac lost my love for drinkt
When quite unconscious 1 was cured.
M Mary told me ail-
II seemed the very act 81 God
A modern miracle.
! cali IL this because my wife
And Haiues Cure had saved my life.
And now nv little st0ry's done,
My eVry word is true.
And what this treatment cid for me.
The same twill do for you.
And wives and mothers-one and all,
Take heart of MdTy's Miracle.
Save those near and dear 10 you from a
life Of degradation. poverty and dis
grace. You can do f. by cutting out this
coupon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-12
REPRESENTATIVE KAHN
WILL DELIVER ADDRESS

Representative Julius Kahn Of San
Francisco. Cal. viii deliver an address
tomorrow at 4 O'Clock al Typographical
Temple under the auspices of Argo
Lodge, No. 4l3. Independent Order of
b Mai Birth.
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Cures
Drunkards
Mary's Miracle

The day OF working miracles,
I'm sure Is far from past,
And now 20 show you what I mean.
I'll tell you Of the last
Great one that happened right 70 me,
For ! was part of il. you see.
EOu know the life I used 20 lead
. God q living death,
A dsunkard Of the hopeless kind
For. scarce A sober breath
] ever drew and hope and pride
Were lost 20 me and nearly ali beside
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AmuSementS.
Excursions.

GREAT FALLS OF THE PoTOAAC.
Do Not Fail 10 Visit
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scenery Huge elids. Great gorge and rapids.
Secure your excursion dates for next season
Is cents round trip. Take G. !. < o. d, r. r.
cars . 26th ard n sts oe-l-u
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-12
New Kansas Senator Once
Jockey and Topeka
Hack Driver.

TOPEKA, Kan. Jan. 12.-Charles Cur
lis, who began life as "a race horse
Jockey. then drove "A hack for a lVeli-
hood. educated himself for the bar. be-
came county attorney. then Congress
man, viii De the new United States Sen
ator from Kansas.
The Republican legislative caucus
gave him the nomination last night. and
the caucus diclum is equivalent TO cleo
ton.
Thus Curtis steps into line Of the
I fatal lane succession He takes the
seat temporarily occupied by Benson
. after 10 had been vacated by Burton,
when the latter was forced 10 resign his
seat I'm the United States Senate in order
70 begin term of Imprisonment In the
Federal Peniteuuary.
Curtis is a Kansas product. He was
I born Do Topeka ON January -, la1p and
has a strong strain of Indian blood In
his veins. His only education he re-
ceiyed in Topeka. re earned his first
money riding race horses at county fairs
Z and later as a hack uriyer in Topeka
But when he was driving q hack In the
day time curtis was studying law Ga the
night. and IL was thus that he utted
1 himself for admission to the bar In 1851
Three years later, IN 1854 he was elected
county attorney on the Republican anti
Prohibition platform.
In the election OF Representative
/ Charles Curtis of Kansas 10 the United
states Senate the District adds one
more To the list of strong advocates IN
the Senate for local measures.
Senator-elecJ Curtis is the first Amer
| lean 20 be elected 20 the United States
Senate. The word American Is used I'm
/ the sense that Curtis is an American
! Indian, being one of the few remaining
members OF the kaW tribe. His name
/ is identified with the legislation for the
| Indians enacted by Congress during the
/ past decade.
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FreeTreatment Coupon

FIH in your name ana address on blank
lines below. Then cut out this -uupJu
and mail it 10 DIT J. W. Haines, S2I4
Glenn building. Cincinnati ONO. You
VIII receive lu return enough Of the
remedy % prove 20 you that ft viii cure
drunkenness iu any form. You give IN
in tea coffee. or food. The dFuukard
viii stop drinking without knowing Why.
You Win also geJ books and testimonials
q prove now hundreds have been saved.
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Your Vote Needed.

The purpose of this communication is
20 earnestly urge YOU TO be present at
the meeting on January IA. 1907, and
express By your vote your best judg-
meut as 10 whether such a change in
The character of the board should take
place"
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Not more than six seats 10 one person Mall
orders filled after window sale has opened
No telephone orders taken PRICES. sec %
SEQ Jas-tf
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-01-12

cent? Surely any one not entirely
Insane should have saved the price Of
the fare for her children. "Unwritten
law" indeed! These 10 a weak and
foolish flop In New York who has
kept the press busy for half year
guessing whether he viii plead in de-
tense OF cowardly murder. when he
slipped up and shot brilliant man OF
brains and achievement In the back.
this same "unwritten law" or simply
emotional insanity.
Now, have we not had about enough
Of this "unwritten law" nonsense3
Who viii be the next man or woman
70 shoot someone in the back or belly.
and plead the "unwritten law"f !
cay and you know that had II not
been for the noisy and foolish flop
in the Tombs with his plea about the
"vnwritten law" this poor woman out
of the far west would be at home to-
day with her children and her Victim
~ his feet about his business.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-01-12

fortunate a. to have brothers, but
the reply was that seldom was there
q case In which there was no male
relative. and that he believed that
were such case 10 arise OF gross
abuse. there was always to be found
In tho community man who would
protect tho woman and her rights.
Two Noted Tragedies.
Who that reads the recent trial OF
Gillette for the murder OF his victim
can forget the GOODNESS with which he
claimed he said: Tell your father;
II you don't. will" There comes a
mental picture of that father and
what swif> vengeance he would have
meted out to the destroyer OF his
child. Was Gillette such a degen.
crate that to him the unwritten law
had no meaning. OF was he merely
talking for effect?
The unwritten law which says Ven
geance 10 NINE" Is no excuse for the
diseraceful broils OF the degenerate
man and woman who find their only
pleasure In dissipation. The man who
despoils innocence himself-who gives
his name and his protection to a won.
an whose life has been like unto his
own, Is not In any sense the defender
OF what the home stands for. His
sense OF moral obligation for himself
Ia too blunted to NJ him. to Judge
Of the transgressions OF another. He
Ia himself an outlaw when judged by
the standards OF common morality.
His propensity to shoot is the re.
suit OF a heated brain. or the lack OF
brains.
No woman, no man, is safe with
such a creature at large.
Let US add to the unwritten law an.
other section: Let there be no inu.
endos against the chastity OF woman,
but only straightforward statements
with page and verse" and the viola
Tor OF this law shall be placarded:
This person took away the good
name OF another without cause" and
walk the streets In shame.
In the heart OF every man. there
dwells first, absolute faith In his moth
or. That Is his birthright. and In pro-
portion TO his faith In and affection
for his mother will be his faith In
and affection for his wife. On that
foundation Is built his attitude to his
offspring. The true son. the true
husband. the real father. In all these
relations. owes to the home a clean
standard OF living. He should never
invite into that home a man who does
not himself respect virtue. The man
who Is despoiler OF virtue in one
instance Is an unsafe guest and friend.
How much more so. when license Is
his rule OF conduct.
Protect my innocence OF fall into
the trap that Is laid for me"
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-01-12
FOR UNWRITTEN LAW
Dean Of the Washington College o.
Law Defines u 90 the Right to DE-
fsnd the integrity Of Family Life.

~ ELLEN SPENCER Mussgv.
The unwritten law might be de-
fined to be right TO defend the intsg.
rity Of family life against all invasion
and invaders. While the family has
M distinct legal entity apart from the
persons who compose II. yet. In the
interest OF society. the law holds the
more intimate family relations as
sacred and not 10 be inquired into BY
a court OF justice. II Is on this ground
that communications between husband
and wife are privileged. and they can.
not testify as 10 confidential communi.
cations made by one TO the other
during the marriage,
Marriage In civil Institution as
well as q contract. and II should be O
religious sacrament. Law cannot
make or unmake the true marriage
relation, but 80 far as the relation
concerns society and the state. Il must
control II.
The Family as . Unit.
The law regards carefully all prop
erty rights. II deals promptly with
the sespasser and the thief. and en-.
forces contracts. The murderer. the
emberzler, the perjurer. have Justice
melted out TO them as enemies Of the
commonwealth.
But the law does not deal win the
family as a unit. Every student of
SOCIOLOGY knows that the homes 81 the
commonwealth are It's real corner.
stones, but the Law does not 30 iecog.
nixe Il. II 10 the one institution still
left 10 the defense OF the head sf the
family. In the very nature OF things.
there Is always a woman In the case.
II the crime Is against her personally.
n she be over the age OF i6. what
remedy does the law give herr
A young woman went into a dty 10
support herself unwarned. inaxperi.
enced; her faith and her affections
found an unworthy object. Too late
she found the man was already mar
ried, and In wild moment she shot
him fatally II the mgr had boldiy
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-01-12

Shot and kaled foenssr Senate. Arthur
BroWn of UAh IN Warrington hotel foe
refusing to mary her. Held on murder
charge.
Killed D.. Thomas Butler At Monticello.
Mss. for boAsfins Of alleged relations
uifh hsr. Found gully Of rsAnsiAoehfsr.
Killed D.. BENJAMIN Harris Of Chicago IN
louysr's office because he says vaeffm
u~seAed Ids home IN Amigo, Wis. Case
pending.
Tried on charge Of numbering William, T.
MemAn Of Chicago IN Empire hotel. Me
man had promised TO mary her. Was
acquitted.
Killed Stanford White In Nsu Yo~A Roof
Garden Theatre. alleging WhHs had
ruined his <vtfe. Ebeyn MsbH 7hAp.
Murder trial pending.
Tried and acquitted Of ka.ins Casa,
Young, 4 booknAksr. IN . CAB IN NsU
York. Had GveS wdh Young. ohio USs
married.
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The naybours then gathered In. an
they thried all they could with him
TO pacify him. or dhrivs . particle Of
sense Until his head.
Wan an all agreed Il was his daith
was on Padh. Some went homo. an
them stayed behind got him until bis
bed at last. when he got walker.
Then Nancy she got . younghstsr
who could write. 70 draft out Psdh's
win. They tried to insinse her. she
might ~ we'll be talkin' Jarmin to .
turkey-cock a. thinkin' to get that
man to make . will. But Nancy. she
got the will Az the paper. an sets the
young fellow down with the pen In
his nst an she says to Padh. says
she:
"'Me poor Padh. It's yer daith right
enough In on ye. me poor man. an
yen need TO divide yer Ian an belong
in's'-for II was Padh's name was 10
the rent-book--'to divide. says she.
yer bit Of Ian an belongings % ~ not
TO have sQuabblin' about II when we're
no more. Now. Padh. says she. =
know yen lay me the Lang Park. for
who hiss . bstther right TO II nor your
wifer
IAN more II had it, says Padh--
An more n had III @
"'Put that down. says Nancy 70
the younghster,
IAN Padh.' says she. 7 know
yen not begrudge yer own Nancy the
RISKY ner besidesy
"'An' more II ! had it,' Padh saga
An more II ! had III
IAN the Calves park. an Tie
whinny hill. Padh. . mhicT says
she.
~'An'. more II had III An more
II had ~
"'Put II all down. younghstsr. An
! daresay. Psdh. ven be for THROWN
In To me, likewise. the Prsus net
an the Black bottomsf'
"'An' more II ] had III An more
n had III
AN so she went TILL she finished.
when she put the poor mans HAND
to the pen till he made his mark. an
when Padh give up the ghost-which
wasn't many hours afther-there
wasn't COW. kline. stick. stavs. cross
or crown about the house or plsee she
hadn't made herself heir TO.
AN that was Psdh Muiisns
Nancy"
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threatened her life, II she hsA -
treated to the wall to elude him, It
would Nave been case of justifable
homicide. But his crime against her
was q more atrocious one than mur-
der. It took away her good name. the
love and affections Of her friends and
relations, her future, her faith In and
respect for herself-and her trust in
God and man. =
Written In the Mothers Heart.
And. again, tho man takes, under
the unrighteous laws OF certain states,
his child away from it's mother. Which
Law comes hrst--that written In the
statute books or that written In the
heart Of every mother by the pangs Of
childbirth! So sure as she lives, that
mother will obey the unwritten law.
and the child she will have. II 10 only
ten years since there was taken from
our statute book the law that q man
could by will give his unborn child to
whom he pleased, without reference
to the paramount claim. by affection
and suffering Of its mother.
A member of the bar in the ione
state In the union where there are no
divorce laws once told me that in his
state they had no serious trouble a.
to domestic infelicities. III q man
abuses my sister he knows whom he
has to deal with" In this case the
unwritten law seemed to be preferred
to the statute law. which sewers the
marriage bond on adequate grounds
well proven. I suggested to the gen.
ueman that all women were not 20
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-01-12
PADH MULLEN'S NANCY
BY SEUMAS MACMANUS

Padh's mothers best milk crock, an
made short work an scatthermint O.
the oul lady herself when she went
to put correction on him.
Mkt day, for 1t was In the May
time, all hands wor goin' out to foot
turf; but Nancy, she plaided she was
too tired afther the journey the day
afore, an she sayed she'd stay in the
house an make ready the pick O. din.
ner. They didn't care for raisin' rue.
lions with her SO early, 30 they sayed
little; no more did they say much
when she went out an caught the
biggest an finest dhrake they owned
wan big enough for q goose-an'
kilt him for the dinner. They didn't
say much but. like Paul Tinney's par
rot, they thought enough to make .
history.book.
AN 10 an behour! when tAey
comes in an sits down to the dinner,
there was no signs Of the dhrsks
forthcomin'. Padh looked roun' the
table. ~
Nancy. says he. where's the
dhraker e..
where's the dhrake! says shs;
where would ye think him to bsf ]
ate him. Didn't ye see the bones Of
him on the du'ghill as 70 come inr
"'WhatT says Padh, says he. lifted
out Of his safe with CONSERVATION:
ate the dhrake. Ye don't name To
say 70 ate the whole dhraksr
"'Och, ye gommerlin, YET says she,
great fats It was. wasn't II, to ate Q
wesshy bit Of q dhrake? I did ssts
him. IN throth. an would ate more II
I had It.
AN och. lawhendie see! that Va
the play. The our mother an the
daughter a. good a. tainted; an Padh,
poor boy. he got his two hans. wan
to livery side OF his head. to thry to
keep II from burstin'. and wandered
through the house. up the house. N
down the house. an round the house
his throat nivir closin'. but ding-ding.
in away at the rhyme An more II ]
had it!--An' lnore II had it!-och.
och. anee oh!--An' moro II had I'll
An more II had it!--An' more II
had III An there he got On like .
rsvin' lunatic, naither stoppin' nor
ceasin. barrin' to let . heart,breakin'
sigh out Of him for hours By the clock
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-01-12

almost anything But defy you TO
find anything like this "unwritten
law" in all the lessons. laws, prscepts
and examples to be found between
the lids of the Book of Books. I con.
fine you let us live by the sacred
decalogue. There Is all the law. Ac.
cept the sermon on the mount, the
holy lesson of our Savior. who prayed,
Forgive us, as we forgive others"
"unwritten Law" 10 New.
II may be well enough for those
who care to entertain any sort Of Do,
thence with the "unwritten law" plea
to understand distinctly that Il 10 en-.
tirely Of mushroom growth and char.
acter. Think of Draco or Lycurgus
entertaining such absurdities. You
will see nothing Of the sort even
limited at In Justinian's code. Coke
upon Littleton, no commentator, an
cient or modern, ever mentioned any
thing Of the sort. The law was the
law. that was all. Blackstone was 9
brave, bright poet. q sentimentalis,
as we'll as mighty expounder Of the
law. But surely he would have
laughed In the face Of any advocate
who might have dared - talk to him
Of the "unwritten law" Thsre ID
literally nothing Of the sort outside ol
America, and there IL really nothing
Of the sort here except . sort Of sub
terfuss for law. used by demagogues
And he sin Of II all 10 the misleadins
Of silly people who mock at the lawl
that have cost so much toll and are
costing 20 much to maintain them
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-01-12

son OF q prominent politician Of the
time, and our minister to Mexico:
This for the wronged member OF
congress:
Blood on his hands.
A stain on his bed; 4.
Pity them all
Living and dead.
And this Is for the handsome and
dashing betrayer:
Billows OF sod
Swell DER his breast
Pleading with God
There let him rest.
Sentiment is noble and inspiring
I have no use for either man or WON.
an without deep and sincere sentiment
and sympathy In all things. But you
search the Bible In vain for anything
like this ''unwritten law" disease.
There are those who tell you that you
can find anything you want 10 md In
the Bible. And. true. you can find
many strange things. You can and
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-01-12

Count up on your fingers, II you can
do II on both hands. how many cases
of this "unwritten law" idea have
been conspicuous since the silly and
insolent young idler in the Tombs be-
gan to exploit his defense for shoot
ing q useful and Industrious man In
the back. Why. right in the column
next to the ugly account Of the
woman without a cent" who len her
babes behind to travel for day1 and
nights to kill q man. you read o.
woman killing q doctor and pleading
In justification "unwritten law" vity
her! Yes. But put her quietly In
some good asylum. and. above oil.
don't exploit her a. you have Vie
young lunatic in the Tombs. who 20
enjoys being exploited. For see What
comes Of 1t all. The most piteous Use
OF this character took place . stones
throw from the White House. In frtnt
Of the old house where the assassSns
tried to kill Seward the night Linctdn
was murdered. But It took place quite
a dozen years before the Hateful nsfht
at Ford's theater. A young politician
Of great promise. and, too, OF subse-
quent great achievement. was living
with his notably young wife on that
same side OF the square. A great iron
fence enclosed the square at that
time. Had II not been for that fence
his retreating victim might have hsd
and escaped.
Two Cultured Victims.
Both the young men In this very
first "unwritten law" tragedy were
men Of fortune. culture and position.
One. the son of poet who wrote The
Star Spansled Banner" the other .
member of congress from New York
and equally conspicuous and respect
cd. The member of congress. seeins
the other leave his home and wave .
handkerchief back TO his young wife.
leaning out Of the window. confronted
him there by the iron fence In front
of his door and telling him Of his
shame and that he must die. followed
him up and shot him to death. wss
reading law at the time Of the trial
and followed the case closely. 70
member reading with surprise the
plea, not Of the advocate. but the plss
Of the Judge for the prisoner. ! 10
call how one Of the jurors, the Oldest
OF them all. going down on his knees
In Q corner of the Jury room. prayed
long and loud for the divine guidance
in holding the hearthstone sacred.
Tho man was acquitted. partly b.
cause II was made to appear that he
really loved his wife. but mainly b.
cause the victim had by his acts and
some foolish admission to . friend,
made Il appear that he had no real
heart In the AFFAIR, but rather glorisd
In his crime. II Is to be admitted
that the hearts Of all. both women
and men, were with the wronged man.
especially when he again took 'he
frail woman to his heart and lived the
life Of good husband till death took
her from him.
Lines ey c. n. Webb.
As an example OF the unexam pied
pity for both parties to the TRAGEDY let
me quote a few lines written a the
time by c. II. Webb. Of New York.