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HANDS CRACKED AND BLED

St Clair, Monty trouble began
About fifteen years ago. 1t was what
some claimed eczema The form the
disease worked under was breaking
out with watery blisters on my hands
which would then dry and scale. and
then would follow the trouble Of
cracking and bleeding. also itching
and hurting. My hands were disng.
ured at the timc, and sore. The trou-
Bile was very annoying. and disturbed
my sleep This last February It was
ever SO much worse than before. I
did not do all my work on account OF
tho condition of my hands. could
not put them in water without max
ing them worse. I tried lot Of homo
remedies. also salves and liniments
that claimed to be cure for the
trouble. but did not obtain cure.
AT last saw tho advertisement for
Cuticura Soap and Ointment. ! sent
for a sample. I thought they would
cure. SO sent for q fifty-cent box OF
Cuticura Ointment and some CUT.
cura Soap. A doctor advised mo to
keep ahead with tho Cuticura Soap
and Ointment and they cured mo com.
pletely. No trace Of tho trouble 70
mains" ls!gned) Mrs. Mary Taylor
Mar. 20. 1"l2. j
CptIcure Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free. with Sap. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura. Dept L. Boston"
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into politics and prevent men and
women from going into the service Of
the United States as a life vocation
worthy of careful preparation and de-
votion.
Mr.. Champ Clark's preference for
the spoils system. which with most Of
his real convictions dates back a gen.
Grafton. is known. Also II 10 appar-
emit to observers that whenever DEM
ocracy gets into the neighborhood Of
office its devotion to civil service re-
form rapidly recedes into the academ-
L.
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Leaves Much to Charity.

Hackensack, N. J.-Several hundred
thousand dollars Is left to religious
and charitable institutions by the will
OF John q. Lyle Of Tenahy. N. j..
which has been filed for probate here.
Mr.. Lyle was for years . partner Of
the firm of Lord a Taylor OF New
York. The bulk of the estate. which
aggregates many millions. Is left to
tho widow.
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Turning Back the Clock.

The defense Of the Democratic at
tempt to get rid of the merit system
in government administration is pitt
full thing. The pian Of the Clark I'm
derwood organization to commit con-
gress to seven-year clearances Of the
government service Is advanced as
measure Of efficiency. Every student
Of the merit system here and abroad.
every friend OF civil service reform.
knows ;his II buncombe. that the
measure would throw the service back
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ured mile course. was under consider.
alton. Strict inquiries we're held into
every incident and the causes ascer-
tained wherever possible.
With regard to the recruiting Of
the flying corps" the colonel said the
eighteen hundredth application had
Just been received.
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him gently and exclaimed: "What
pity that so young a man should
soil his soul with such q crime" He
turned and fed from her presence In.
stantly. and his successor. finding her
at prayer. came quickly behind her
and accomplished her execution.
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After Dark.

Honest as the day IL long. ehf"
Absolutely. But you'd better keep
your chicken coop locked"
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The Editor-Well. there's hardly
any chance Of our going to war with
Japan.
The Reporter-I'm glad Of that. !
never could spell those japan Sss
names.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-17
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY,"
fFrom The Tribune Bureau. ]

Washington, April 16-Mrs. Lloyd w.
Bowers had Miss Taft, Robert A. Taft and
their house guests to dine Informally with
her tonight.
Walter Logan, OF New York, who has
been the guest of Robert A. Tart returned
to his home to-day
Such a gloom has been cast over Wash'
ington society by the terrible disaster 70
the Titanic and the fate attending seVerai
of their favorites that many Invitations for
large social affairs are being recalled. Mrs.
Richard Fl. Townsend will not give the dln-
ner and dance tomorrow night whlcn was
to have been in compliment TO MISS Tatt
and her brother and house guests. mrs'
Lurton, wife of Justice Lurton, has re-
called the invitations for the tea which she
was to have given on Thursday In honor
of Miss Taft and Miss Morrow, and MT
and Mrs. Joseph Letter have recalled the
invitations for young peoples dinner
party. Other prominent hosts and hostesses
have recalled invitations for this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Christian Hemmick enter
taIned at dinner tonight I'm honor or Car
dinal Gibbons She had as other guests the
Brazilian Ambassador, the POSTMASTER
General, Senator and Mrs. George T. on
YER tho Swiss Minister, the Assistant sec
retary of War and Mrs Robert Shaw oIi-
yer. Mrs. Marshall Field, Mrs. Phil Sheri-
dan. Mrs. Lloyd w. Bowers, Mrs. Franklin
Ellis, Miss Hlnckle, Miss Patten, Father
Hemmick, Father Fay, Alfred Mitchell
Innes. British counsellor; Mr.. and Mrs.
Wadsworth and Mr.. and Mrs. Perry 9ohh-
son.
Mrs. John Hays Hammond has gone 70
New York to remain until the end OF the
week.
Mrs Moody, wife Of Lieutenant Coionei
Moody. gave a tea this afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs Edward McCauley gave
dinner tonight In compliment to the tor-
mer Minister TO Norway and MIS- Herpert
II. ID. Peirce.
Rripadrer General and Mrs. Clarence X
Edwards have as a guest the mother Oh the
former. who has arrived from CleVeiaho
for her annual spring visit.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-17
AT IT AGAIN.

1t would have been against all precc-
dents If the first Democratic convention
of the year in Illinois had not been
opened with the aid Of n sledge, a battle
axe and battering ram. The season is
at hand again when the Hon. Roger
Sullivan Is either to be read out OF the
party leadership or to be reconfrmed in
it. This necessarily means that the
fighting men Of the Democracy are
called out for two weeks war game,
In which astute general staff stategy Is
supplemented by good deal Of old
fashioned knock-down and drag-out ar
gument.
In the memorable state convention OF
1904 "strong arm" chairman, who had
foisted himself on that body, compelled
it to do his bidding after enlisting the
assistance Of a battalion of Chicago
prizefighters as sergeants-at-arms Mr..
Sullivan retained grip on the organiza-
tion, although William J. Bryan subse-
quently made an impassioned appeal to
the national convention at St Louis to
rebuke the rascally work done at
Springfield by the Sullivan lieutenants.
Now another threat OF election i'm
pends and the Hon. Roger Is again try
ing to nullify an apparent defeat ut the
hands of the voters by second-story ac-
tivities. He took the precaution Of leas-
Ing in his own name the armory In which
the Cook County convention was to be
held and installed in 1t as guardian
one Captain Octigan. instructed to
grant admission to, none but Sullivan
ties. But the Hearst Harrison contin-
gent not to be outdOne IN martial pre-
paredness, armed itself with iniunctions
and other judicial orders, and then with
the cooperation of three hundred police
men, one hundred deputy sheriffs, n
county judge and a full-slzed siege ap-
paratus broke down the armory door,
took Captain 0ctigan prisoner and
elected delegates to the state conven-
ton. The Sulliyanites also elected dele
gates. but had to pay rent for new
ineeling place as well as for the capitu-
lated armory.
Inc recent primary named all the can
dldates for Office on the state ticket.
Only the nominal honor of party leader
New-York tribune., 1912-04-17
CLARK TO HELP ACADEMY
Former Montana Senator Offers
Money for Exhibition Hall.

Ex-senator william A. Clark, at the Sec
ond annual dinner OF the National Acad-
envy of Design, held in the Fine Arts Buiid-
ing last Sunday night. offered MS hhah-
clal aid In erecting the new National Acaa-
amy Association building, which has been
MANNED for some time. Senator Clark did
not name any exact sum. but promised 10
give his help when the plans for the puild-
ing are sufficiently advanced.
John w. Alexander. who presided. said
yesterday that the need for such o. ou'ioi',s
was very great, New York being the only
large city In the country which had TO
such art home. The great difhculty' no
said. was In the selection OF eite' as the
building must be placed In large open
space where there are no tail puiidlhgS
10 shut off the light. However. two sites
were now under consideration, no said' anu
tho members hoped to get one before lons,
Governor Dix, Mr.. Alexander said, signed
the bill on Monday Incorporating the Na-
tlonal Academy Association, which Is COM
posed of the National Academy OF Design
ths Architectural League. the Society OF
American Artists. the Society OF Mural
Painters. the Society of American Illus
traitors. the Beaux-Arts Society OF Archi-
tects. tho two water color societies and
other associations.
The new academy Is planning an amol-
tlous home, and many promises of financial
aid have been received aside from Senator
CIarks offer The need for such a build
ing. Mr.. Alexander said, ia shown by the
fact that at the last academy exhibition
only three hundred canvases out OF SIX
teen hundred could be exhibited.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-17
A BAD DISPOSITION OF TIE THAW
WRIT.

Why is the writ Of habeas corpus I'M
der which it is proposed to determine
whether or not Thaw has recovered made
returnable In Brooklyn? The excuse
was offered in the newspapers yesterday
morning that the judge at present sit
ting in Duchess County, Justice Mors-
chauser, is disqualified from hearing this
case by the fact that his brother Is of
Thaws counsel. But Is that any rea-
son for taking the case not merely out
Of the county but also out Of the judicial
district in which the Matteawan asylum
is situated? All the previous hearings
of habeas corpus actions In this case have
been in that district. When an applica-
ton was made TO Justice Gaynor, sitting
I'm the 2d judicial District, which Is also
that of Justice Stapleton, who issued the
present writ. Justice Gaynor, recognizing
the impropriety of bringing the case 10
district In which none Of the witnesses
live and I'm which the prisoner IS not
confined. made the writ which he issued
returnable before Justice Isaac " NILS,
of the 9th Judicial District
That example should have been fol
lowed in this instance, but If any other
disposition was TO be made of the case
it should have been sent 10 New York
County, where Stanford White was killed
and many OF the witnesses reside. and
where the officials are familiar with the
case. by making this present writ re-
turnable in Brooklyn Justice StapletOn
sets a precedent which may come TO be
abused If the hearing Of the case Is
to be taken away from the parts Of the
state where the witnesses live and where
courts and officials are familiar with It's
history, where is the process TO stopi
If Brooklyn is to give the hearing this
time, why not Buffalo the neXt2 This
IL matter entirely within the dlscre-
tion. OF the judiciary, and whether or not
the courts are TO be brought into any
more discredlt than they have suffered
already through the efforts Of this
wealthy maniac to secure freedom de-
pends upon how the judges use that dis
cretion.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-17
THE pRETENCE OF ECONOMY.

The hollowness Of the professions made
by Chairman Underwood of the Ways
and Means Committee and Chairman
Fitzgerald of the Appropriations Com
mittee that the Democratic majority in
the House Of Representatives is really
trying to reduce expenditures Is again
exposed by the special pension gag rule
rushed through the House on Monday.
Mr.. Underwood himself advocated the
rule, which will give privileged status
10 omnibus pension bills on the second
and fourth Fridays of each month until
adjournment.
The House in previous sessions has
been pretty active in passing private
pension bills. Ten years ago one thou
sand such measures used TO be consid-
cred a high average for each Congress.
That meant five or six special bills apiece
for the Representatives from the dis
tricts in which the great bulk of the ap-
plicants for pensions live. But recently
the output has multiplied six to ten
times. In the 59th Congress 6,003 pri-
vate bills were enacted, in the Goth,
$500, and in the 61st, 9,649. Private
bills are now Jumped in omnibus" meas
ures, carrying seventy-ive to one hum
dred claims each, and the aim Of the
average Representative is to get forty
10 fifty satisfied claims to his credit In
each Congress.
The present House is trying 10 break
all records in pension expenditure. Not
content with passing general bill sad
ding the Treasury with an additional
outlay Of $75,000000 year, the Demo
cratic managers have been operating the
private bill grist mill at its highest ca
pacity. They have already passed manner
ous omnibus measures. and two days Il
month for the rest OF the session were
still available under the rule which had
been followed both by this Congress and
its predecessors. But those two days
month did not suffice, and the Demo
cratic leaders have now added two more
days month for the benefit Of the in
PRODUCERS Of private pension claims. APP
parentIy they want TO set new mark Of
fifteel thousand pension bills for this
Congress, entailing an expenditure of
100000 to $2.J0O,OOO in addition to
any increase which may be made by
general legislation.
If there is 10 be general legislation
there ought to be no special legislation.
Pleas Cos general legislation are made
New-York tribune., 1912-04-17

forbidden European governments 10 tahe
all proper measures for collecting from
them their Just claims or for exactins
suitable redress for injuries. We cer-
tainly have not objected to the institu-
ton of judicial proceedings against any
Of them at The Hague. We have as
sented TO the taking By European powers
of precisely the measures which we our
selves have taken. up 10 the point where
the actual sovereignty and integrity or
our neighbors are concerned: merely in
sisting that in the all but unthinkable
contingency Of it's being necessary to In
fringe upon that sovereignty and integ-
rity some American power and not Eu-
ropean shall undertake the task.
1t is well, moreover, TO maintain a
sane and clear conception or what Is
meant by international obligations suit
able 10 be enforced by extraneous COM
pulsIon. II will never do TO say that we
must he ready with our warshlps, or
even with diplomatic representations and
demands. to exact payment Of the tinan-
cial claims Of spectators, money lenders
or contractors against individuals or cor
porations. or even against governments.
People who invest money in foreign coun-
tries are supposed to do so with their
eyes open, and to have attained years of
discretion. They must know that they
are doing so at their own risk, depending
upon the law and the courts of the coun-
tries I'm which they invest TO assure them
Justice It Is not for this government
70 intervene in their behalf unless 1t Is
shown that there has been n material de-
NAL of Justice, and that not OF justice ac"
cording TO our Jurisprudence but accord
ing TO that Of the country In question.
That is the established policy Of the
| United States. and Of course our govern
ment cannot he expected to make any
execution TO 1t in behalf Of any other
country. AS q matter of fact, at least
one Of the foremost European countries
long ago established precisely the same
rule OF action, and we should doubt If
any of them would challenge II.
The prime responsibility of the United
States under the Monroe Doctrine Is to
see that the American continents are not
made subjects for colonization by any
European power" and that there is no
"interposition for the purpose Of oppress-
ing them or controlling their destiny"
That is the essence Of the doctrine 1t Is
guarantee Of security against spolia-
ton, but 1t is not charter to unlimited
license 1t makes this country the pro-
tector Of its neighbors-if they need pro-
tection-but not a vlcarlous substitute
for them In all the affairs OF interna-
tional life And so long as no attempt
is made to oppress them or to control
their destiny we think that our South
American neighbors are likely to get on
| in their international relations about as
we'll as the rest OF the world.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-17
SCIENCE IN BURGLARY.

1t is disheartening to those who are
eager 10 promote the material advance
ment OF the race that ofttimes the irall.
ties of humanity intervene. ms mas
been noted by investigators and phlioso-
phers in the arts, the sciences, even In
the crafts and business occupations OF
daily life II comes anew TO public at
tcntion for prayerful pondering In the
case Of one Burke. Of The Bronx. Burke
was burglar, but not the Dlunherihs'
black lack. dark lantern type OF burglar,
bless you He was devoted 10 DIS pro-
fession. intent on acquiring all the nice
ties of burgling. With him 1t was more
than a fine art 1t was n science. He
studied all the latest Police Department
statistics on finger prints and Bertlllon
measurements and read all the treatises
on the power to be developed from hy-
draulic jacks as compared with axes
Burke was scientific and systematic. lie
had n card index which was not port
able, and a notebook which was, In which
he entered alphabetically the names or
the persons whom he robbed and kept
careful record of all he stole and where
he disposed of It..
An exemplary burglar, Burke-a man
bound TO rev0lutionize the technique and
business methods Of his profession, a
man seemingly on the high road to fame
and fortune. Then into play comes the
human limitation. Burke Is interrupted
in the peaceful practice Of his profession
by an inconsiderate householder. Flurried
and distressed by this lack of courtesy,
Burke neglected to take with him the
notebook in which he was tabulating the
silver as he removed 1t from the pantry.
In consequence the blundering police ac-
quired much information about Burke's
career, which led 10 his Incarceration
and the arrest of four comrades
Never was greater reform in burglary
undertaken than the card index and the
notebook 1t promised to lead to com
plete reorganization Of the business ma
chinery Of that profession and TO put 1t
on a profitable and systematic basis of
efficiency such as all the leading busi-
ness magazines advocate. Yet through
the innate frailty Of humanity II un-
doubtedly has received so damaging a
blow that its adoption by burglars as a
class is almost beyond bspe. Such
things are discouraging.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-17
JEWS DEFEND SYNAGOGUE
Committee Says Business Has
Hurt Their Religion.

Baltimore. April lS.-The report OF the
committee which Investigated tho attitude
Of the Jewish Industrial classes toward the
synagogue and their religion was submitted
10 the Central Conference OF American
Rabbis to-day. 1t said that "the Industrial
conflict has aroused in some Jews an an
tipathy for religion. especially the syna-
gogue as the institution Of religion, because
1t is believed that the synagogue has be-
come the bulwark of the rich. the defender
and advocate of the modern taskmaster. II
is distressing TO observe that our altars, ~
ways regarded as the unifying and paoiVs
ing influence par excellence. have lost tneir
hold on so many of our working people"
The committee declared that the working
people are becoming less violent In their op-
position to the synagogue and less denun-
clatory in their criticism OF religion than q
few years ago."
The conference adopted resolutions ex-
pressing sorrow over the Titanic disaster
New-York tribune., 1912-04-17
IN THE BERKSHiRES.
rRv r.,,rraph 70 The Tribune. ]

tBy Telegraph 10 Inc Irlounoi
I,enox. April 1s.-Mr. and Mrs. Edward IA
Morse have returned 10 their country place
I'm Stockbridge from Boston.
Mrs. Alexander sedgwick has gone to Bos-
ton, to spend a few days with Mr.. sedg-
wick, who is a Representative in'the Legis-
lature.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rodney Proctor, who were
at their country place over Sunday, have
returned 70 New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis L. Riggs, OF New
York, who were guests OF DR.. and Mrs.
Austin F. Riggs, in stockbrldSe. returned
to New York to-day.
The Misses Civiless and Anna L. Alex
andre, who were guests OF Mr.. and Mrs
Frederick S. Delaheld, have returned TO
New York.
Mrs Thomas II. Rodman, OF New YORK,
Is In Stockbridge, putting her country place
in readiness for occupancy.
Miss Anna Brakeman Shaw, OF Boston,
will open the Homestead tomorrow.
Mr. and Mrs. Lindsey Fairfax ana MIS-
William II Bradford Will sail this week
for New York from France, where they
have been for the winter.
George Baty Blake, who lately returned
from Panama, gave lecture on the canal
of a meeting of the Trinity Mems Club to-
night.
Charles x. Crane, who has been in Egypt,
has returned to his country homo In Dal-
ton.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-17
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS

Armed bandits robbed New iork care
which is our idea OF true reciprocity
inston Post.
Professor Kelly. OF Johns Hopkins says uiA'
New york's moral rottenness is stencil IN ihe
country's nostrlls. and II will be unui so''e
other CITY gets TO be the biggest and richest
end most famous In the land.-Detroit journal
A New York tailor claims to have found that
automobiling enlarges the chest. MOST people
have been in error In thinking that hrs'
fected the head in that manner'-schenee'aa'
Union-9tar.
A girl wearing a pannier skirt attracted such
a crowd in New York that traffic was blocked
New York's cosmopolitan veneer wears OH
auickly when subjected to the strain OF human
curiosty.-Rocheste Democrat and Chrohie'e'
opposition to the new rapid transit routes Is
threatened wherever the erection OF fpF'hef eie-
waited strlctures is contemplated Public op'h-
ion in New York has become much opposed 10
further development I'm this direction The dit-
ference I'm cost between subway ana elevated
construction is great. but New Workers say 'hey
would rather walt few years for SUBWAY
than put up with the objections TO an eie'a'ed
railroad. d.--Boston Herald
New-York tribune., 1912-04-17
BARNES ESTATE, Sl,sOs,Sos
Late Banker, of John 8. Kennedy a.
Co.. Left Residue to Widow.

The transfer tax appraisal OF the estate
OF John s. Barnes. who died on November
%. 1911, was nled in the surrogate's once
yesterday by Wallace S. Fraser, Deputy
state Controller. Mr.. Barnes. who was
member of the banking firm OF John D.
Kennedy & Co.. had at his death en- estate
valued at s1,9OS.s03. His house. at NO 10
East 10Th street, was valued at s2So,oOo.
The bankers estate consisted largely or
railroad and Industrial securities.
Among his holdings were 1000 shares OF
Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe, slo4.soo'
ooo shares Tide Water OIL Company.
.,ts ooo n shares Guaranty Trust Com
SSiS'VOV SSGH ls, ies: 75o shares Lehlgh Valley
Railroad, SCI, ,265, and l,S!s shares 81 81 tae a
Atlas Portland Cement CompahSy,, S,s ss;s sr;soy%
Mrs susan Bainbridge Barnes, ms wlaoS
receiyed nersi the residue OF the estate. amounts
ing 10 slS2T,176.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-17

on the ground that 1t is needed to re-
lieve many individual cases of distress
But the exceptional cases of distress
are being more than taken care of right
along at the rate Of about ten thou
sand a year. Congress is insincerely
playing both ends against the middle In
its pension policy. and halt should be
called on system by which pensions
are voted not SO much to relieve worthy
claimants as to accommodate Congress
men seeking TO make records as pension
getters for political effect at home.