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The Torture Chamber.

There have been many denunciations
OF the methods adopted by the police of
this country-and hardly any large city
is excepted-to extort confessions from
supposed criminals.
Most often, indeed. the allegations
have come from persons who. suffering
arrest, have made public afterward
some OF the things they were forced
to undergo. Sometimes newspaper men,
imbued with more than ordinary ZEAL
have investigated and reported conditions,
But nearly always there has been some-
thing about the published statements OF
the third degree" methods employed
by the police that have caused the pub
lie 10 doubt them. or at least to deem
them exaggerated.
IN the Yale Law Journal Prof W. L.
Burdick brings up the subject once more.
He has made a study OF the police meth
DDS Of the tough districts OF London.
Paris, Berlin, and even constantinople.
and yet he declares that the American
policeman leads the world in his unnec-
essary and brutal, use of the club" But
putting aside the manner Of making ar
rests. Prof. Burdick takes up the mat
ter OF the third degree" and he gives
some horrible instances OF cruelty and
torture that beggar the descriptions
given of the Spanish Inquisition.
A woman is arrested for murder. At
midnight the corpse Of the murdered IS
dragged TO her cell. so that the horror
of it may compel her to confess.
Another prisoner is denied food
Another is ''slugged" until he is forced
to speak.
Other atrocities are practiced. such as
highly sailing the food and denying the
prisoner water ana placing the prisoner
in solitary confinement or in a cold cell.
OF in a superheated cell.
The professor adds: RED pepper has
been blown into their cells and other
indignities too numerous to mention per-
petrated in order that a confession may
be tortured from the helpless wretch"
How much Of this tale of horrors IS
true we do not know. Part or IL is true.
we must believe. One great trouble IS
that the crime of the third degree" can
hardly ever hope TO be brought home 70
its perpetrators The police themselves
will always Indignantly deny IT, It Is
seldom that when prisoner makes
complaint his voice is heard, and If
heard his testimony. having been q
prisoner. is discredited as against the
/ testimony Of policemen Of good record.
But while such things are allowed to
endure, we cannot boast much of our
Wanted civilization or our progress,
These charges have been in the air for
years. It is time. we think. that there
/ should be some movement, either by
officials or legislators. to sift the charges
not so much with a view TO Furnishing
those who have been guilty of such
practices as to stop forever the POSSIBLE
ity of these things continuing to dis
| grace the country.
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On July II, 1902, occurred the famous
battle Of Courtrai, In which the barons
and knights Of France were fearfully
slaughtered by the sturdy burghers of
Flanders. and which is generally known
In history as the Battle OF the Spurs
on account OF the great number OF gilt
spurs which was taken from the bodies Of
the dead and hung UP by the victors in
Ccurtrai Cathedral.
As the FIemings advanced In wealth and
consequence, the feudal dependence OF
their country upon the French crown
grew increasingly irksome and oppressive
to them, and their attitude toward France
became one Of confirmed hostility. At the
same time they were drawn 70 a friendly
leaning toward England By common COM
mercsaI interests. This showed itself
decisively ON the occasion OF the quar-
rel that arose between Philip ~. called
''The Fair" and Edward I, OF England,
concerning the rule OF the latter In
Aquitaine in 1926.
The French King found allies in
Scotland. the English King found al.
lies IN o1anGcEo All hAAsAACC u AA-s@-
rage. in fact, had been arranged to
take place between King Edward and
the daughter of Guy de Dampierre.
Count of Flanders, but Philip contrived
treacherously to get possession OF the
persons of the count and his daughter
and imprison them both In Paris. de-
claring the estates Of the count to be
forfeited.
IN 1923 the two kings settled their quar-
rel and abandoned their allies on both
sides-Scotland 10 the tender mercies of
Edward, and Flanders to the vengeance
OF the malignant King Philip. the Fair.
The territory Of the F1emings was an
nexed TO the crown OF France, and
jacques dc ChetiIlon. uncle Of the queen.
was appointed governor.
Before two years had passed the I'M
patient F1emings were in furious revolt.
The instruction began at Bruges, May
Is, 1902, and more than 5000 Frenehmen
In that city were massacred in the first
rage Of the insurgents This massacre
| was called the Bruges Mathis.
The French army entered Flanders TO
put down the uprising, and on July IL
1902 occurred the battle OF Courtrai. The
| French militia was led by Guy OF Dam
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-11
May Let I'm Fish on sunday.

From the PhiAdslphia North American.
Susquehanna, Pa.-Advocating the re-
peal OF the anti-Sunday fishing law. Com
missioner OF Fisheries William z. Nee
han. addressing the meeting OF the United
sportsmen OF Pennsylvania here, said
that the Sabbath. according TO the Scrip
lures. is made for man. and not man for
the Sabbath.
EFT is not a question OF whether or not
Sunday fishing IS prohibited by the
Bible" said Commissioner Meehan, but
case OF being practical and providing
recreation and legitimate rest on the day
set aside for that purpose
1T does not take a fisherman to see
that the men OF our cities are far better
off angling on the bank OF rustic
stream than hanging about the towns
street corners idling their time in use
less and harmful pastimes.
I'VE cannot AFFORD 70 restrict these men
who toll six days a week from this good
which might be theirs on the Sabbath.
Fish were not given to our streams
alone for the weli-to-do anglers who can
AFFORD 10 journey whenever they wish.
but they were given TO the poor man
also"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-11

From the Pathfinder.
In the vicinity of Tuiu Lake, Califor-
MIA, about forty extinct volcanoes covered
with thick vegetation, and beneath the
beds Of lava given of by them IN the
past numerous interesting oaverns have
recently been discovered and explored
One Is said to be 800 feet long, 80 feet
wide, and 40 feet high. Another has been
reported discovered which is miles long;
it has been named the Mammoth Cave Of
California. One recently explored IS said
TO contain two stories, the temperature
in the under one being so low that icicles
two yards long depended from the ceiling
Large caves have various origins. Many
have once been solid ground, covered
with heavy clay and limestone rock; the
lower ground IS washed away by UNDER
ground waters, a roof and floor being left.
Other caves are the result Of air or other
gases getting into the molten lava, ex-
panding with the heat and blowing them
selves into lava bubbles. leaving hollows
and caverns when the lava has cooled
and hardened. just as air bubbles may be
seen TO do IN molten tar
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-11
An EXPERT Speuer.
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
In the Oklahoma State spelling bee
at Oklahoma City. Miss Bessie Oliver.
fourteen years old. OF McAlester. was de-
ciared the champion when her remaining
opponent spelled 'laudanum,' the 2,o21st
word, incorrectly and she correctly.
A list OF 1000 words first was given TO
the scores OF contestants. Miss Oliver
and one other girl spelled all of them.
Twenty other words were then given TO
these two. one at time. and both spelled
all OF them. On the next word Miss Oil
ver's opponent missed.
The winner will represent the State in
the spelling contest OF the National Edu-
cation Association IN Boston.
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sohool savings nanks.

From the New York Sun
The system of school saving banks
started twenty-five years ago by ]. II.
Thirty, OF Long Island City, N, 2, has
prospered amazingly. In 1.1eS schools in
us cities OF this country over s5.0Oo.00O
has been deposited. The New York City
school children have saved fully s1.50o.-
900. The system has spread to twenty
three States and also 10 Porto Rico, Ha-
wall and the Philippines. It has also
been adopted in other lands. having been
cordially welcomed In Canadian nine
years S2T0,000 has been deposited in the
school Of Toronto alone. In France there
are banks in 1900 schools. with more
than s., $4,000 deposited Algeria has
also taken up the plan. In South and
West Australia It has been made part
of the postal savings system. More than
100000 children have participated In
this good work.
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Money for Votes.

Undoubtedly it was largely a personal
triumph, and a notable one. for Mrs.
Ella Flagg Young when she was elected
president of the National Education As
ISOLATION. Her fitness for the place is be-
yond dispute Her reputation as an
educator OF exceptional ability and force
was demonstrated and established long
before she was made superintendent OF
the schools Of Chicago, an Office IN which
she has displayed marked executive ca
pacity.
It is therefore the more distressing that
st should DO alleged that large sums OF
money were used TO secure the election
OF Mrs Young. The charge cannot be
wholly ignored, because it is made by the
superintendent OF tho schools OF Reading.
Pa, who alleges that the money was
used by the publishers OF school books,
who spent as much as $500 to promote
the election OF Mrs. Ella Flagg Young.
1t is declared that the money was spent
in paying the expenses of delegates from
ton was at the last stampeded for her
by the same methods used in political
conventions
The general public. which hailed the
election Of Mrs. Flag as an assurance
that the affairs OF the National Education
Association were in good and able hands,
will be slow 10 believe that she herself
knew anything OF the doubtful methods
by which her selection was secured. NJ
one alleges that she knew OF these
methods; no one believes that II she had
known OF them she would have con-
sented TO take advantage Of them. But
any one who knows anything about
public school matters does know that the
school book publishers have frequently
taken more active part in ths conduci
Of school matters than their connection
as mere outsiders warrants or tustlfes.
We cen hardly believe that the aIlega-
tons OF Prof. Charles Foos, of Reading
Pa. can be passed over in silence Their,
must be, there should be. a rigid investi
cation. both for the sake OF the publ,
interest and Tor the sake OF Mrs. Ella
F'lagg Young. Doubtless there can b
found no remedy for what is alread,
done-unless Mrs. Young herself can fnC
One-but If it should prove true that IN,
school book publishers have been so per
niciously active in injecting politica
methods into educational matters Their
can be- at least, due precautions take1
TO prevent a repetition Of what Nigh
very well develop into public scandal.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-11
The Accusing Maine.

The effort 10 raise the wreck Of the
Maine at Havana Harbor has been again
frustrated by the failure of Congress to
appropriate sufficient funds to carry out
the project which should have long ago
commended itself TO the action Of this
government as a removal OF an obstruc-
5ion to navigation in the harbor of a
Friendly nation. and as the termination of
what is a melancholy spectacle TO Amer
ican visitors. and. as Gov. Magoon said
in his last annual report. an international
disgrace and scandal.
The army engineers, who are charged
with the task OF raising the wreck, are
bound TO proceed with deliberation, since
It requires a careful examination of the
conditions before the work is under
taken. AS yet the cost OF the project is
a matter OF guesswork, concerning which
the views OF one expert are quite as
relilble as those OF another. The appro-
priadon OF $4,000. increased from the
original allotment OF $lo0OOO. win prob
@~A-y DC itASAii4tf6Ab ny GuC-udtI ING
amount ultimately required Fer that
matter. It may take round million to
dig the twisted remains Of the vessel out
of the mud OF Havana Harbor.
Not the last reason for carrying out
Ehis duty with the least possible delay IS
the enduring chatter which attributes TO
kho government aOFne aDnrahansio,, ~
disclosure. If there IS anything to be
learned at this belated time OF the causes
OF the destruction Of the Maine. that
furnishes only another reason why the
work should be undertaken with expedi-
ton. There win be no harm in finding
out the truth. if It IS any different from
the conclusions OF the naval court Of In
quirxs which went into tho question OF
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baseball az It's Writ.

From the Buffalo Express.
baseball is an awful gamer exclaimed
Aunt Barbara.
1T is not generally considered So" her
niece answered.
Just listen 10 this" returned auntie.
readjusting her glasses and reading:
'scoby brought two men in, but died
himself Any game that requires such
heroIsm is dreadful" she commented.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-11
Curioritie. of Smell.

From the London Globo.
Nc substance that refuses to dissolve in
water has an odor. 1t is the actual sub
stance itself. floating In particles in the
air, that appeals TO the nose, and not
simply a vibration of the air. as in the
case of light and sound. The damper a
thing is the more powerful the odor 1t
gives of. A pleasant proof Of tho fact
can be had by walking in a garden after
rain. There is no end 20 the curiosities
OF smell. It is. for instance, the vapor of
a liquid that smells, and not tho liquid
m the mass Itself. II eau de cologne be
poured into the nostril the nose refuses
to recognize any odor there at all
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CONGRESS IN 1855.
OverpOwerfng Purpose and Aims
Were Office and Patronage.

ONeEpOReF9nE purpose anu aims
Were office and Patronage.
Frum ''Wsaes' Diary." IN the Atlantic.
Monday, Dec. "a. 1sss.-Most OF the
members OF Congress have gone home or
abroad on excursions free OF expense,
popular way OF travelling, recently intro
duced by free passes and passages. It is
weak and factious Congress. the most
so OF any have ever known. There IS
less craftsmanship. less principle. less
honest legislation than usual. There is
fanaticlsm. demagogisnl, recklessness,
The radicals, who constitute more than
thres-fourths, are managed and controlled
BY leaders who have no more regard
for the Constitution than for an old al
manac. and the remaining fourth are
mostly party men, not patriots. There
are but few who have a right compre-
hension OF the organic law and our gov
ernmentel system. There are a few
good. conscientious men. but no great
and marked mind looms up in either
House. 1t seems to be taken for granted
that Congress is omnipotent and with
out limitation Of power A proposition,
introduced by Thad Stevens, for re-
ducing the old State of North Carolina
70 a Territory was quietly received as
proper and a matter-of-course legislation
By what authority or by what process
this is to be brought about Is not stated
nor asked. To break down the States,
to take all power from the executive, to
cripple the judiciary. and reconstruct the
Supreme Court, are among the principal
objects Of the radical leaders at this
time. Tour-ffths of the members are
small party men. creatures OF corner
groceries, without knowledge OF the sci
ence OF government OF our constitutions
With them all the great. overpowering
purpose and aim are Office and patron
age. Most OF their legislation relates
to Office, and their highest conception OF
legislative duty has in view place and
how 10 get IL
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woMAx's WAYS.

woman says shs'u Gall on Sunday
You stay at home and wait al dag,
And get postal card on Monday
That tells you Why she stayed away
A woman says, EDO coms to dinnsrt
I'll look for you on Tuesday night.
You go-and how you'd like to akin herb
The house Is closed up snug and light
A woman ssys 81 wish to give you
A little token Of estsemP'
She'll let that wish Of hers outllvo you
Or elss twill vanish ike dream.
woman SAYS. 'Yes. play pcxerf'
And when she loses forty cents
You feel as If you'd ike to ehozs h1
For TYSON you her rags she EcntR
A woman .hurries to the ncss
And bets the smallest sum allowed
Her horse Is last. OF an the faccs
She simply weers beforS the eroEd.
4 woman goes to do some shopping
And send the goods homs c. o. ID.
They all so baek-tbe man sust stopping
To bear her say, ''No CASH. Dear mei''
A woman is a curious creature
The riddle oF the universe.
a mar Is different-but the feature
OF Differences is-that he is worse.
--Lurana W. Sheldon, IN the New 1ork Tines
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MONDAY. JULY II. 1910.
Home News Away from Home

Washingtonians who leave the
city. either for a short OF long
stay-Whether they go 10 mountain
or eeashore. or even across the sea
should not fail to order The
Washington Herald sent to them
by mail. It will come regularly.
and the addresses viii be changed
as often as desired. 1t is the home
news you win want while away
from home Telephone Main $500.
giving old ard new address
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-11
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
LENcTHY snRIALs.

Continued stories. long drawn out.
Delight my wife,
They are the Soy, beyond q doubt.
or her young life.
A Chinese magazine would be
A boon to her.
think I'll look around and see
Which she'd prefer.
TIE Chinese brevity abhori
And it appears
Sometimes continue stories fer
A hundred years.
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DON'T blame Them.

From Brooklyn Life.
Half the world doesn't know how tho
other half lives
Possibly" answered Miss Caustic, but
that isn't the fault of the ladies who get
together with their knitting on the piazza
at our hotel"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-11

There was a time, four months ago.
when all around the sleet and snow
We're thick upon the frozen ground. and
trapped earth was cold and drear. and
we said: Would July were here" And
now July upon the spot like Johnny Is
but, gee. it's hot
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-11
Natural Error.

From the Houston Post
But what do you keep ii in that case
for?"
Madame. that is a scabbard; all
swords are kept IN scabbards"
"a sword7 Why. / thought it was
hatpin."
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Expert Advice,

my pigs seem sickly." complained the
amateur farmer. yet l give them
enough to eat"
Your troughs are too narrow, stranger.
A hog don't think he's * ting enough to
eat unless he can put his feet IN the
trough"
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Tbeodore RooseveIt,s Course

Prom the Philadelphia North American
The attempt 10 make mystery Of Theodore Roose-
velts plans and ideas has reached the stage OF the
ridiculous. To portray him as uneasy and unde-
cided with his future course riddle. seems an alb
surdity which, even in tho oOEpGatOn-ridden reac-
tOnary nsasIaDsTs is too FrOSs to b an honest
errW.
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The other side.

Prom the Kansas City Times.
Moving picture men invested Spoooo In the rights
10 show the JetfdesJohnson aght Now most cities
are taking rteps to prevent the exhibition So far
no ore has put in word for vested interests and
against "cunfscatiOn Of property" The whole
thought seems to be about the ethics and the pubic
policy Of the question. What's the mstteFf
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-11
Fair Warning.

Frum ths Baltimore hmerinn.
so Gazzam died suddenly. Was IL the
heat2"
enthusiastically.
'+What do you mean by incidentalyY'
HE kept asking people IL It was hot
enough for them
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Dead Easy.

From the Youngstown Telegram
Mrs. John-I do wish I had 8 good
recipe for falling hair.
John-Most women nowadays Just pick
it ND again and hang 1t on the back Of q
chair.
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did you read about this maz who gave
his son @ mountain"
Yes: and 7 fear the precedent thus es-
tablshed VIII get us all into trouble"
"As to hoW7"
Nov. my daughter wants ms to buy
her an individual ocean,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-11

DR.. Wiley says there is nothing es-
peclally dangerous in kissing. Some OF
the summer girls will forgive the good
doctor now for the mean things he
has said about ice cream soda.
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wou1dn't Think Of Il.

From the Buffalo Express.
Bryan reiterates that he IS not IN the raes for
United States Senator from Nebraska OF course
notl Who would expect him TO deviats from his
regular cousseG
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-11

People do not scare before the microbe
peril as they once did. That scientist
who discovered 100000 germs in one
Malaga grape IS not going TO hurt the
Malaga grape market, particularly.
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Her reasoning.

THAT young fellow is very attentive"
''Yes." said the belle Of the beach;
"and he must be worth all kinds OF
money"
HAS he bought you ton OF candy7"
mo; he hasn't spent a cent on me
yet"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-11

Crab fakes and ice cream continue TO
constitute an impossible gustatory COM
blnatlon. notwithstanding the fact that
every little while somebody foolishly
tries It.
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Mn and Tuck.

From the Hoastcn Post.
Il is said 100000 words were spoken during the
rscent session q Congress- Congress vas almost
great z word mill as Reno.
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"A Boston suicide left dollar bill TO
pay for the gas he used notes the De-
troit Free Press. Still. in view of the
fact that he could not possibly take it
with him
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-11

Oklahoma may be something OF cut
Up among the States. but 1t does not
permit prize fightlng within its borders.
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'Mr. Nicholas Longwcrth may be the
next governor OF Ohio" says the Balti-
more American. This Illuminating para
graph is copied in al the funny columns
out in Ohio.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-11

It is denied that Mr.. Taft will soon
call an extra session Of Congress. Mr..
Taft already has had one extra session
on hand, and we have an idea that viii
hold him for a while.
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.Putting in dc summer.

II -
could you give a nrst-elass actor
Job on your farm7"
''You couldn't do the work. my friend.
Life on farm is no barnyard drama"
''But don't you want somebody TO talk
dialect for the summer boarders7'
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-11

Tom Watson has decided to keep out
of the Georgia gubernatorial campaign
this time. That takes practically all of
the spice out of It. too.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-11

The Duke OF the Abruzzi has been
made director general Of the arsenal at
Venice. The duke himself. OF course. is
the biggest gun in the arsenal
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The Epworth League and the Society
Of Christian Endeavor-7 600 strong
have united against those prize fight
pictures That is force to be reckoned
with.