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The Washington times., 1911-03-12
RECIPROCITY AND THE "FAV.
ORED NATION CLAUSES"

Popular diplomacy" is not an ex-
clusively American institution. The
ALTERATION would require to translate
it into sterling craftsmanship" in
Britain, mark management" in Ger
many, and franc finance" in France;
but it is all the same thing. 1t is get
ting into evidence just now with in
sistences that, if we engage in a
reciprocity arrangement with Canada,
then, under the most favored nation"
clauses of our treaties with other coun-
tries we will be compelled to extend
to those countries the same favorable
terms that are given to Canada.
This suggestion, which the diplomats
of other countries are prepared to
back with much earnestness, compli-
Gates curiously the problem OF hand
ling the reciprocity legislation. The
reciprocity pact had to be put in the
form of legislation rather than a
treaty, first, because Canada doesn't
make treaties, and, second, because no
treaty of the sort could possibly COM
mand the necessary two-thirds ma
iority in our Senate.
But the Democrats, finding the
President very devoted to his recipro-
city arrangement, propose to write it
into a tariff provision act. This
necessitates that they abandon their
early proposal of schedule by schedule
revision, and consolidate their entire
program into one bill, with the reci-
procity measure as a section.
Thus, when a Democratic revision
of schedules gets to the President it
will be accompanied, under this plan,
by the Taft reciprocity arrangement.
To veto one means to veto both. The
President would be placed in the diff
ficult position of having to Kill the
reciprocity plan for whose sake he
forced the extra session, or else to sign
the Democratic revision.
Out of such a situation it is not
difficult to see what would come. The
President would sign the bill that
passed. With the Senate still Repub-
lican there is small chance of the
protection policy getting a serious
blow; and the public at large will be
very well satisfied if some substance
of results in the interest of the public
shall be appended to the very dubious
advantages which the Canadian agree
ment, standing alone, would bring to
consumers in this country. The Demo
Gratis ought to be glad to force the
issue. and to force the Presidents
hand, by hitching a real revision to the
reciprocity pact, and letting the Presi-
dent sign or veto both together.
The Washington times., 1911-03-12
LAWYERS WHO FAIL OF A
LIVING.

If the conditions among the l,500 to
1900 Baltimore lawyers are as recently
depicted by Attorney J. Booker Cliff
and other members of the Bar Asso-
citation, the legal market has been, so
to speak, "overbought" Shingles" do
not lend themselves to speculation as
a good buy" Hopeful professional
ambitions must go through the drastic
process of practical liquidation. In
other words, the supply has been
greater than the demand. Taking as
true the statement that from 50 to 20
per cent of the Baltimore lawyers are
not earning a subsistence, the equa-
tion can be solved in only one way:
there must be a higher average return
by the simple process of a reduced
competition.
Complaint that trust and title COM
panies are absorbing business that
ought to 60 to lawyers will scarcely
commend itself to the public as a
matter calling for legislative interven-
tion. These corporations do not prac-
tice- law without license; they have
no privileges that conflict with the
lawyers rights in the pursuit of their
profession. They are, in fact, the out
growth in some instances of mistakes
and want of Judgment that caused
loss to individuals and estates in
days when all conveyances were at
The Washington times., 1911-03-12
MISS DITTO SENDS AN ANX
IOUS HEART THROB.
To the Editor Of THE TIMES:

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
would like to ask your advice on
the following matter:
There Is a gentleman who has been
standing on my CurbStone for some
time Every now and again I look out
OF my window and l have been watching
him. Now, the only bad habit that l
can see thatshe has is smoking. (Of
course, We poor women never know
The smoke from his cigars comes up in
nv rooms and almost stiles me.
Now, this gentleman says he is will
ing to divide the last loaf Of bread with
me, but as he only has a half of a loaf
for himself. it only leaves one-eighth of
n loaf for me. Now, Mr.. Editor it IS
impossible for me to live on one-aighth
of a AOaf He also only has three neck
ties q have siO.
He also promised to buy me a
bungalow, but as he Cnly had S49S the
real estate dealer refused to take so
small a deposit. He has gone back to
work to try and make IIp the balance,
Notwithstanding all of the above facts.
I suppose if l ever make I'D my mind
finally to take unto myself husband
will be foolish enough to take this one
Candidly, what do you think?
The foregoing heart throb, with
which Miss (?) Ditto Ditto has honored
us, makes a satisfactory reply impos-
sible for three very good reasons: She
leaves the point at issue uncertain;
the internal evidence goes to show that
the more she elaborated the point the
more uncertain she would make it;
and, finally, no answer to these riddles
of feminine emotion could ever be salts
factory.
In the Provencal Court of Love
such questions were debated until
everybody was properly bewildered,
and then they carried an appeal to the
tilt yard, where the paladin who i'm
paled himself on his opponents lance
lost the debate. One might say that
the method was conclusive without be-
ing satisfactory. The priestesses of
Delphi, and other dark oracles, answer
ed in conundrums according to which
the answer would be right, provided
you guessed it. The wise King Solo
mon, still leaving his reputation in
The Washington times., 1911-03-12
SMALLPOX is CONQUERED BY
VACCINATION.

Every now and then we hear loud
protest from honest and intelligent men
and women against vaccination. People
who are otherwise thoroughly rational
boil over and sputter at the mere men
ton of the word. They decry the
policy of injecting poison" into the
human system, and deny stoutly that
it accomplishes the purpose for which
it is administered. They declaim at
length against laws that compel their
children to be vaccinated before en-
tering the public schools.
In fact, the anti-vaccination people
stir up quite a little fuss. They
even succeed in causing few
other people, who really don't
believe them, to harbor some
doubt as to whether the. unanimity Of
scientific opinion on the question of
vaccination is justifable.
Fortunately, the anti-vaccination
propaganda doesn't get far, probably
because most people are too intelligent
to be misled by it. Ample reason for
their declination to accept seriously the
hysterical utterances against vaccina-
tion may be found in any physicians
library, but no more convincing brief
is likely to be produced for several
years than that just issued by our
Public Health and Marine Hospital
Service. It was written by DR.. Victor
G. Heiser, quarantine officer and di-
rector of health for the Philippine
Islands, and DR.. Robert Oleson, his
assistant
The bulletin shows that systematic
vaccination has practically driven
smallpox from the islands The six
provinces nearest Manila have a popu-
lation of about 100000. Before the
American occupation the deaths from
smallpox in that area were about 5000
per annum. Twelve years ago the
Public Health and Marine Hospital
Service began vaccination crusade
there, and has kept it up ever since.
Deaths from smallpox have grown
fewer and fewer. Since 1907 only a
few scattering cases have developed
and in no case has there been a death
when the person had been successfully
inoculated.
The bulletin gives a most conclu-
sive argument for vaccination in the
account of an outbreak of the disease
on an army transport. The vessel car
ried 292 people and had been out less
than a week when smallpox developed
in an unvaccinated child in the steer
age. The ship doctors found that 2S9
of those on board had been vaccinated.
Not one of these people contracted
smallpox, while both of the other two
who had not been vaccinated were
stricken.
Drs. Heiser and Oleson cite a score
of such incidents. Why, in the face
of their tatements-which are sus-
ceptible of proof-people still persist
in joining anti-vaccination societies is
one of the things beyond human COM
prehension.
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press questions upon you at such time
as this, but our own time is very limit
ed indeed now"
The surviving brother bowed sober as
sent and waited.
Mr.. Deston. you have-seen the
body"
Yes"
And the dagger"
Deston bowed.
You have seen t..ot dagger before?'
"Yesr the word c.. lie with dificulty.
And 1t belonged to-"
Gray held his breath. One agonized
glance shot from DeSton'S eyes toward
Barker loking out of the window now
Wilkes faced Gray again.
1T belonged to Nina Amato!" he
said.
Barrows' breath came with a sharp.
audible catch. For a minute, no one
spoke; then Barker had walked to the
center Of the room and was saying:
to that, gentlemen"
Naturally not" Gray smiled. 'It
Just a moment" the detective In
fancy and villainous affair, with its
gold hilt and it's curved blade. Did the
young woman, by any chance, have any
reason to carry such a thing?"
out ulO nOl carry
We'll, it is not exactly the trinket
a girl would"
THAT knife was merely a curiosity"
Barker broke in forcefully. Nina
picked it up on their last trip to Mex
leo. about one year ago When she and
her father came here to spend a few
weeks, she brought it for the purpose
of showing it to the boys"
"And-?'' Gray suggested.
And I think that it has been lying
right on that table for at least one
month";" Barker said shortly AT
least, up to Monday night of last
week Was 1t not, Wilkes?"
L" The elder brother hesitated
for moment. His hesitation vanished
suddenly. Yes! recall that distinct
ly," he said.
Burton. Barrows was studying the
desk at his side.
"I suppose Miss Amato gave the thing
to one of you?" Gray said softly.
NO" Wilkes shook his head. "I
remember that she offered 1t to Gerald,
and that he refused it. He said some
thing about fearing to sever old friend
Ibid she give it to Norman7"
Norman had little or no interest in
such things"
Amato's property?''
"Of course"
probably took It with her?' Gray ask
ed.
lido not know" Deston confessed.
Grays lips pursed. Gray, it seemed,
was about to say something-but Barker
was there before him.
"she did not!" he stated fatty. "I
The Washington times., 1911-03-12

Let the Cosmos Club take heart OF
grace. OF course 1t must be
humiliating not to be able to
locate that bit of philosophy from
Emerson about the man who
makes a better mouse-trap than his
neighbors, but since the newspapers
of the country have once more her
aided it abroad that the philosophers
own son has sought for it in vain. the
sting of failure on the part of the
Cosmos Club is blunted. The occasion
seems opportune for some literary as
pirant to claim the maverick and
make good his claim.
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recall clearly that that knife was on the
table here among the papers after Miss
Amato left that night
"And you attached no Importance to
its sudden disappearance"
Il did not notice its sudden disappear
ance" the lawyer said crisply.
Gray made no comment. For a con-
siderable time, he looked keenly at Mr..
Barker and the lawyer stared back al
most dehantly. And the detective would
have given much to know certainly
whether or not Mr.. Barker was stray
ing from the truth in the interest of a
beautiful young woman! That challeng-
ing tone meant at the very least that
Barker was in some doubt about the
thing; but did it, by chance, go fur
ther and mean that he was in no doubt
at all?
Gray shrugged his shoulders at last
Then if it was here after Miss
Amato's departure, 1t must have been
used BY"
His voice dropped away.
by the murderer" he finished.
Second after second, minute after
minute, the clock licked loudly-the only
sound in the room. Then, evidently
continuing aloud his train of thought,
Burton spoke:
And judge that he was rather
expert wrestler
r'Eh?'' Barker said.
This Mr.. Forbes. l judge so from
mum Der of the postures in his pictures
Il believe that Gerald was quite a
wrestler-and an all around athlete,
too"
And muscular"
Yes"
''Um,' commented Burton.
Gray smiled a little.
Gentlemen" he said softly, I'VE must
face the truth, however horrible 1t
seems. l am afraid that young Mr..
Deston and his cousin entered into an
argument that nfght-with the conse-
Quences we know"
''But-they never exchanged an angry
word in their livcsr' Deston cried.
Perhaps not. This-this latest discov-
cry alters everything, of course, and
skaters whatever theories we have
built up and tried to substantiate; but I
fear that it has sinplifled the case won
derfully,' the detective pursued. This
must be about what happened: Mr.. Nor
man peston went with Forbes to his
room that night, realizing his highly
nervous condition and wishing to calm
him in whatever was possible. Tn
doubtedly, he feared that Forbes might
give way to some terrified impulse and
use his pistol in one way or another;
therefore, leading up to the subject very
gently, he secured the weapon, Just as
We supposed. Then-and probably owing
to Forbes condition-an argument arose
about-or-ap argument Of some charac-
ter arose. ... ..
What dispute could come between
them%' Wilkes demanded.
"That-we have no means OF knowing:
Bus whatever y Bas, it arose ana II
The Washington times., 1911-03-12
Former Judge Kimball Says,
"Why Give Brute Jail
Comforts"
GIVE HIM THE LASH
AND MAKE HIM WORK
Twentieth Century Social Workers
Advise Get at Mans Heart
First.

not mistreat their mates But after my
years on the bench, l believe that every
nine men out of ten-nO, every ninety
nine out of one hundred-Can be reached
and made better. II is true that the
Wffe-beater IS about as low as mau
would be insensible to the degradation
Of a good, sound thrashing. But 1
would not demoraliZe the man who has
to give him thrashing by letting him
feel that he has the right to punish the
flesh Of a fellow man."
Major Sylvester believes that the
whipping post would not have TO be
used more than once in community.
Its example would be so salutary, ne
AYERS, even if only one lash were given
and the other ninety-nine reserved for
the second offense.
Even more extreme than Major Syl-
vester in his views Is former Judge
Ivory S. Kimball, who during the nine
teen years in which he was judge OF the
Police Court here, tried over 10000
cases and passed severe judgment upon
many wife beater.
Has Wanted Post
Here for Nineteen Years.
Il have always wanted to see a whip
ping post established in the Jail here"
said Judge Kimball. Il tell you why,
Take a man who is sent to jail for hav-
iRg beaten his wife until she is physf-
cally disabled. He has there a fairly
good bed and three meals a day, all
the indolent rascal wants. But what
about his wife, whom he has Temporal
rily or permanently disabled? There
she is, robbed of a means Of support,
and unable to earn even one meal
day Why, l have had these banged
up women positively crawl back to me
and beg for their husbands release in
order that they and their children
might get bread to eat.
Now, as to all the women in Wash
ington who are SO down on the whip
ing post l say, with due regard Tor
their feelings, that they are looking
down on the question from pretty
high viewpoint.
but If you want the really valuable
testimony, ask the woman whose hus-
band has just given her a Saturday
night beating, and she won't have the
horror of the whipping post that rich
and well-proteded women have. So
/ say, instead of depriving a woman
Of her sole means Of support and giving
lazy man a few months rest in jail,
give him a thrashing and send him
back to work
Opposed to these views are many of
the criminologists Of the day. The
more advanced methods of penology ad-
shall be strictly reformative and not in
any sense retaliative.
1T isn't a mans body, it's his heart,
that the social reformer must reach
first" is the slogan of twentieth century
social worker.
But is your husband a wife beater?
II so, 1t might be well to let him know
that despite the plea made for clemenCv
by Washington women the men are
after him!
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THE SINS OF THEFATHERSwf5s.;fey,@saf5a wf5s.; e,saf5a

must have continued for a considerable
time, and it was sufficiently warm to
drive away all thought of that sedative
dose the doctor had left. One or the
other left the room and came down
here. The argument continued and. I
should say. Forbes ran out of the house
with his cousin after him. Out in the
grounds, the trouble came to a head
and-the rest is plain. After the crime,
overcome with remorse. Norman shot
himselfr'
''Impossible"' said Barker, angrily.
Deston said nothing at all. His
gloomy eyes travelled from one to the
other, settling finally upon the crack
ling fire. The lines in his face seemed
to deepen; and Gray, watching him,
reflected that the inscrutabie counten-
anCe belonged to a Careworn man OF
fifty, rather than to one in his early
thirties.
1t was here that Barrows' medita-
tions broke into words with:
How would Miss Amato know all
about this?"
How the deuce could she know?''
Burton asked, in astonishment.
Miss Amato left the house-was at
the station here-hours before it all
happened. There We lost all track OF
her. Yet. supposedly without a sou
with her own dagger actually in the
poor fellows body, she and her father
have disappeared completelyI'
'Barrows, does that mean that you
The younger detective, faced him
voice came suddenly and strongly.
II see their suspicions-see them
clearly! They don't know-no one
knows! But God Almighty knows that
Nina Amato could have no fafntest
trace Of knowledge, even. Of such
crime as thisv'
II the suggestion of cynical smile
came to the corners of Gray's mouth,
the investigator quickly snoothed it
away.
Deston was on his feet now, and his
race showed q growing excitement such
as the detectives had hardly fancied
possible to the distinctly odd nature.
Gentlemen" Wilkes went on, with a
little difficulty. Mr.. Barker has Of
fered reward for the apprehension Of
a possible murderer. The possibility
knows that the murderer could not have
been my brother. If-if money can lead
the way to the truth he choked, IT
will give to the man who finds the mur-
derer-yes, who even proves the truth
beyond question-$100OOO"
lone hundred" escaped Gray.
"One hundred thousand dollarsn' Des-
ton repeated, hoarsely, as he dropped
into his chair. And now, gentlemen
go, pleased
The trio glanced at Mr.. Barker. The
lawyer, palpably shaken, nodded a Wig
oro1s assent and stepped to Deston's
side. with bow, Gray wheeled about
and led the way out.
The three rode many rods from the
house before Gray broke the spell with
an almost awed:
d-thousand-dollars! The
salary of the President of the United
States for two years! Thunderp'
well, don't want any of itv' Bar
rows said, rather surprisingly.
"What?''
"I don't want any of it!' the younger
man repeated.
Continuation of This Story VIII Ba
Found In TomorrOw's Issue
of The TimeRl
The Washington times., 1911-03-12
Women's Objection
Puzzles Police Chief.

Major Sylvester had spoken rapidly,
enthusiastically. and with the cour-
age of his convictions. A moment
later he was to founder hopelessly on
uncertain ground. For l asked:
What about the victim of the wife
beater? Would she oppose, the whip
ping post?"
"WelI. she probably would, she
probably would" he reiterated with
a grteved and puzzled expression. But
don't ask me TO account for a wom-
an. You can't do ii. Nobody can do
it. All the more reason that she must
be protected from herself. All the
more reason for a whipping post"
Major William f. Horton, u S. A,
one OF the best-Hked men IN the smart
set of Washington and member of the
Metropolitan, the University, and Chevy
Chase clubs, may be said to represent
the sentiment which the average gal
The Washington times., 1911-03-12

An Immigrant who learned twenty
languages before realizing that his
ignorance of English might embar-
rass him a bit in the United States
has been detained in Boston. He
claims to have come from Antwerp,
but he ought to register from Ar
cadia. since he went broke giving tips
to the stewards on the ship.
The Washington times., 1911-03-12
Denounces Substitutes
Offered for Spanking.

Tell him, confidentially, that these
men denounce, confidentially of course,
as sentimental" ignorant" 'theoreti-
cal at best" and inadequate" the
mode of punishment proposed by many
we'll known Washington women as a
fitting humiliation for the man who
spanks his wife.
Breathe 1t to him gently. in other
words-that they advocate-not solitary
confinement; not hard labor; not ell
forced separation, for a given period
Of time, from the partner Of all his
joys-but, in no uncertain terms, the
whipping post!
For the wretch who beats and in
lures a woman, or a child" says
Major Sylvester, with emphatic con-
viction, cor for the man who knocks
woman down and robs her, 1 be-
lieve the whipping post is the only
cure. Talk about its demoralizing
man? Can you injure. by a good
sound whipping. the fine seusibility
and tender heart of man who has
put out one OF his wife's eyes, brok-
en- her third rib, and then kicked her
downstairs?
II respect the attitude of those who
say, Don't degrade such a man by
giving him a whipping, even after
other methods of punishment have
failed but l can't agree with this
attitude. 1t is the attitude OF the
inexperienced humanitarian. can
only speak from experience, from
The Washington times., 1911-03-12

The attitude of the whole country
seems to be that of the Des Moines
police, who said to the wearer of the
harem skirt. 1--WE will have to arrest
you, though We don't know what the
charge would he"
The Washington times., 1911-03-12

ANYONE MAY CONTEST-An read the
salments Of this stirring serial the chapterh Whole
Truthhen sit down and write what THE Whole
Truth should reveal The sender Of the solution this
will penmanshin
The Washington times., 1911-03-12

The thieves in Richmond are not
wholly bad. While one of them re-
Gently cleaned out all the other
household and kitchen furniture, he
generously left the stove pipe.
The Washington times., 1911-03-12

The net total circulation Of The Washington
Times daily during the month Of February
vas l,077, ,639 all copies left over and re-
turned being eliminated. This number, when
divided by a. the number OF days Of publi-
cation, shows the net daily average for Feb
ruRry to have been a. 902
The Washington times., 1911-03-12

liant man cherishes for the wife-beater
He is the only man interviewed who is
able to answer. without a compromise
of his views, the objection raised by
every woman to the whipping-post on
the ground that 1t is a medieval mode
of punishment. For he says, with ferv-
ent feeling:
"If the whipping post isn't modern
enough to be in the fashion, why, let
some man who is real man take the
wife-beater to a ten-acre lot and wipe
up the earth with him."
The Washington times., 1911-03-12

The returns would indicate that
Mrs. Eddy's millions are very, very
real.
The Washington times., 1911-03-12
Would Save Respect
Of Man Who Whips.

Judge William H. De Lacy, of the Ju-
yeniIe Court and a close student of
criminology, during the first years of
his experience as judge was an advo-
cate of the whipping post for the wife
beater.
Il do not believe in it any longer,
however," he said today. "It is true
that the wife-beater is the lowest speci-
men in the brute world, for even So
called brutes of the animal world do
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Sunday.

The number Of complete and perfect copies
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during the month OF February was as follows: