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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-21
INSURANCE AND PUBLIC POLICY

The decision Of the United States Supreme
Court in the suit brought by the McCue heirs
is what was to have been expected, both upon
the precedent of former decisions and sound
view of public policy
In declaring that recovery cannot be had upon
a policy. where the insured dies by reason of
legal process. the court follows its former de-
cision in which it declared that no recovery
could be had by the heirs of one legally ex-
the decedent was innocent of the crime where
with he was charged Although we have not
pose that the reasoning was similar 10 that in
tho former case.
Sentiment in this matter of McCue was III
timed and misplaced. The argument that at
the time he took out the policy he did not in
tend to commit murder and thus run himself
upon a sort of unintentional quasi-snicide does
not hold water. The contention that, where
suicide is specifically waived as cause OF con-
test, execution SHoulu ceItdini! Iouhu d tiSht
of recovery was worse than specious. The
prime necessity of government is that the nd
ministrat1on of law is assumed to be founded on
/ exact justice. That being true, the policy OF
the law is clearly TO permit no contract which
may create an obligation a result of the
breaking of the law To permit recovery on
the insurance policy of murderer would have
exactly that effect since it would decidedly
tend to excite the commission of acts OF VIC
lence growing out Of passion or revenge by
certifying the chances which the criminal as
sumes in engaging in a gamblers chance with
the law.
Now that this specifically abstruse question
has been definitely decided. ii is to be assumed
that even the "incontestble policy will contain
the implied condition that it Is not collectibie
as reward of the industry of the assured In
getting himself hung policy of insurance
contempiates partial replacement of the loss
occurring In the natural inevitable. or chance
, conclusion OF life: it does not contemplate, sX
cept In the case of suicide. an end of life AZ
a result of the act of the insured. In suicide
the insured hurts only himself and lives up
though dying. to the spirit Of his contract: in
case he do murder, he Injuries society at large
lily should be left to benefit by his wrong.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-21
BAYONET CHARGE
REFUSES TURKS

ROME, Feb. a0.--Arahs and TURKS
made an attack on the Derna re-
doubts Sunday night. but were rcpel-
led by the Italians. who charged the
enemy with hayonets under cover 09
sharp rife FIRE. The Turks lost
heavily and abandoned their rifles ana
ammunition. Seventeen Arabs were
killed and large number wounded.
Four Italians were ali9htly wounded.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-21
CRIME no CRIMINAL PREVENTIVE

CRIME NO CRIMINAL PREVENTIVE
New York, which has been aptly termed the
wild East" is again in the throes of guam
Diary with which every city has from time to
time TO deal: that is, how far in practice the
theory of personal liberty should be preserved.
Coming to the mayoralty from the bench,
Mayor Gaynor naturally took the view of the
jurist as to the sacI edness of individual secur-
ty of rights and of person. He shook the po-
lice force from top to bottom. He purged the
"rogues' gallery" of its photographs of suspect
cd persons He stopped the practice of the
round up by which from time to time the
police IAN drag-net through the streets and
put every unexplained individual under official
scrutiny AS result, the safety of the ind-
vdual in New York was preserved against the
police; but sadly enough. 1t appears 10 have
been sacrificed to the crook.
In former days. the vast number of recog-
nized criminals in the big city understood fairly
well how far they could go and where they
could operate. In effect, the situation was a
grim case Of hide and seek within certain def
drawn dead line past which it was the
recognized agreement that no yeggman, conf
dence man or hold-up artist could 60. OF course,
all this was illegal and. strictly speaking. i'm
moral As a matter of logic, the police should
have arrested only such men as they could
make case against; and In default of such IA
case the criminal, no matter how we'll known,
had as good right to the whole city as its
mos, respected citizen. But the point is, that
illegal as the method was it worked in prac-
tice far better than the more legal attitude Is
doing New York is now in the grip of 'crime
wave such as ii has never known. The police
are baftied and the cry Is for the re-establsh-
ment OF the old days of arrests on suspicion,
of the beating up of thugs by the bulls" of
the sweat box" and the third degree New
York. shuddering at the prevalence of crime, is
/ signing for the good old days when the most
lawless thing in the city was the force sup
posed to administer the law
This is the natural but superficial view incl
dent TO such crisis The crisis itself results,
not because Mayor Gaynor was wrong in de-
manding justice for all citizens criminal or 9th
erwise. but because the police by long practice
OF illegal methods have not learned how to ap-
ply legal methods, Unless assault or disor-
der is being committed, It remains forever true
that liberty ought net to be infringed without
warrant. But it is possible by wise enforce
inent of vagrancy statutes. by diligent inspec-
ton of suspicious persons. to accomplish in ac-
corlance with personal liberty what won,
to be accomplished in its despite. No crime
wave that ever happened can be forced to per-
manently subside by meeting crime in the in
dividual by crime in the public service.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-21

Miss Eva Booth was an honored guest In
Richmond yesterday. AS commander of great
body OF earnest men and women working in the
interest of morality and peace the chief won
der of this remarkable woman is the military
genius she displays in the control of her or
ganiZation.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-21

The Patterson Tobacco Plant will stay in
Richmond, declare it's officers. Louisville evil
IDENTIFY became unduly excited over ware
house. ..s..~r-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
WHITMAN GETS BRANDT NOTES.
Unable to Obtain One Said to Have
Been Written to Mrs. Schiff.

New York, Feb. l9.-With the grand
jury proceedings, the habeas corpus de-
cision and the official hearing ordered
by the governor in the case of Folke L.
Brandt, all postponed until this week,
developments in the case Saturday CEN
tired upon the district attorney, who de.
voted his usual Saturday holiday to
further investigation.
1t was learned that the district attor-
ney obtained possession Saturday of
three letters taken from Brandt's room
at the time he was arrested. charged
with burglary at the home of Mortimer
L. Schih
The letters were turned over by How
ard L. Cans, Mr. Schif's lawyer, but it
was said that fourth, in possession
OF Mr.. Schitf he had declined to give
up.
The letter was said to be the one
which Brandt wrote to Mrs. "Schiff and
she turned over to her husband. The
three the district attorney obtained on
Saturday were said to have been writ
ten by Brandt to servants in the Schiff
home.
Cans, in denying Saturday that eth
er he or Mr.. Schif had any need of be-
ing granted immunity if they appeared
before the grand jury, which the dis
trict attorney had refused to allow, said
he would seek permission to testify at
the public hearing on clemency for
Brandt before Commissioner Richard i.
Hand next Tuesday, and if allowed to
take the stand, would make the whole
truth plain
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
POLICE RAID
THE UNKNOWN
Accused OF Plot to Get Hermit's
Wealth
HIS NURSE IS ARRESTED
Also Ex-State Senator Gardner-Sweep-
ing Power of Attorney That Was
Recently Put in Gardeners
Hands.
HIS NURSE IS ARRESTED

New York, Feb. l9.-George H. Decker
employed as nurse in the home in
Brooklyn of Samuel Z. Haslett, known
as "the hermit millionaire" who for o5
years, until recently, had allowed no one
to enter his house, was arrested Satur.
day night, charged with conspiracy to
defraud his employer out of his propert v
by criminal means"
A warrant also was issued for the ar.
rest of a lawyer, who, according to an
alleged confession by Decker, drew ND d
will whereby Decker was made the chief
beneficiary of the aged millionaire, who
for two weeks has been deriously i'll.
The arrest of Decker followed raid
upon Haslett's residence on Renselt
street, known as the house of mystery"
when Chief Magistrate Otto Kempner
and two policemen We're obliged to batter
down door TO ascertain the reason for
the alleged revocation by Haslett of his
power of attorney held BY John b. Lord.
,Haslett's attorney for the past Is years.
Earlier in the day Lord had been re-
fused admission to the house by man
who, he said showed him a power OF
attorney supposed signed by the sber-
nit" and witnessed by Decker On hold.
ing court by the sick mans bedside,
Magistrate Kempner says he was told
by Haslett in voice scarcely audible
that he never signed any power of at
torney and that he supposed that Lord
was still acting for him.
The magistrate then ordered the ar
rest of Decker, afterward broke
down and comics according to the
magistrate, not ON lac falsity OF the
power of attorney, which gave to his
alleged lawyer-accomplce full power
over the millionaire's bank account, but
to having drawn up a will, under which
he received large share OF his estate
This will, according to his confession,
he recently altered to include property
left to Haslett by the death in Cornwall,
Y. y, Feb. q, of the latter's sister, who
large fortune from her father,
Dr. John Haslett, member Of an old
North Carolina family and years ago
prominent in the society life of Brook
lyn.
Saturday night the police had been UNI
able to find the alleged aceompliee in the
case, Manhattan lawyer. Decker had
been in the house scarcely two weeks,
having been employed by Lord, with an
other nurse, to care for the eccentric
Millionaire when he was taken ILL.,
Mr.. Haslett had scarcely stepped out
If his house in 70 years, and had led |
.he life of recluse there, following the /
.ragic death of his wife, who was fa-
ALLY burned.
The physician who sas called found |
he magnifcently furnished interior of |
he house covered two inches thick with |
lust, and littering the floor or swept !
nto rubbish-flled corners, more than |
10000 in paper currency and stock eer
ifieates and bonds.
Boxes OF gold and silver coins lay eN-
,osed in various rooms, and hundreds of
are books were found in disordered /
leaps Two bushels of unopened mah,
With postmarks dating back for years.
from two brass jardinieres in
he hall
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
MISS CAMERON ON HAND.
Takes Possession Of Hawley's New York
House.

New York, Feb l9.-Possession of the
late Edwin Hawley's town house on East
Sixtieth street, New York, was taken
Saturday by Miss Margaret Cameron, his
ward, who long presided over the railroad
mans city and country establishments.
Soon after her arrival the report became
current that she had lost no time in
making known her intention of staying
and claiming the property by virtue Of
papers she held These documents. 1t
was further said, Miss Cameron told
members of the Hawley family, showed
her she was entitled not only to the
house she was then in. but to the late
tinaneier's country place at Babylon, l..
l., the furnishings of the two mansions
and enough of the personal estate TO
maintain them. Miss Cameron is credit
ed with having communicated all this
information over the telephone to a rep.
resentative of the family and to have
added that she had engaged counsel to
push her claims, which could be made
effective through the papers in her pos
session, in her attorneys opinion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19

Congressman William Joseph Cary
of Wisconsin. who agrees with Post
master General Hitchcock that Uncle
Sam should own the telegraph and
telephone lines. has introduced a bill
with that object in view. Mr.. Cary IL
a Republican of the progressive brand
During the famous uprising against
Speaker Cannon he was a leading in
surgent and is distinguished in other
ways. 1t is said that he mails more
free documents than any man in the
house and that his main diversion is
chewing tobacco
A native of Milwaukee. his Youthful
days were filed with hardships. At
the age of thirteen he was left an
orphan with other children and began
work as a messenger boy. the younger
children being placed in an asylum.
At eighteen he was a telegraph oper-
ator and at nineteen he took the
younger children from the orphan asy-
lum and gave them a home. The fu-
ture congressman got into politics by
being elected an alderman In Milwau-
kee Next he was chosen sheriff and
at the first trial Of the Wisconsin pri-
mary election law was nominated and
elected TO congress. Congressman Cary
is forty-seven years old and is serving
his third term
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
TEDDY, JR, IN WALL STREET.
RumOr That He Is to Ally Himself with
Bertron, Griscom & jerks.

New York, Feb. l9.--It is rumored here
that Theodore Roosevelt, jr., will desert
the carpet business in the West for a
partnership or an important place IN a
prominent financial concern in Wall
street. 1t is said the matter is settled
and that the firm is Bertron. Griscom &
jerks of 40 Wall street, which has a
branch office in the Land Title company
building, Philadelphia.
a reporter, calling at the home of the
senior member of the firm, Samuel r.
Bertron. found young Theodore Roose-
welt and Mr.. Bertron at the entrance,
shaking hands in parting.
Roosevelt hurried away, and the bank
er refused to deny or confirm the rumor.
please don't say anything about
that" he said. please don't say any
thing about it-just now"
as it trueG" was asked.
''Why--well. no; it isn't altogether
decided. Now, il you come to me la
about three or four weeks, I'll tell you
all about it. But it really isn't fully
decided now.g
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
LA TOILETTE NOT OUT.
Campaign Manager Denies the Story of
Debt.

Washington, Feb. l0.--Col. John D..
Hannah, personal campaign manager of
Senator La Toilette, issued statement
Saturday denying reports that Repre-
sentative William B. Mckinley, in charge
of the Taft campaign, lent financial aid
to the La Toilette headquarters and that
the latter was in arrears for rent and
other expenses. He further reiterates
that Mr.. La Toilette will never withdraw
from the race for the presidential noml-
nation and that he has no alliance with
Mr.. Taft, Mr. Roosevelt or anybody else.
aside from few small contributions,
the money to conduct the campaign has
been furnished by Charles r. Crane, Will
liam Kent, Alfred S. Baker, Amos PIN
cbot, Clifford Pinchot and William Flynn.
"The La Toilette headquarters will be
maintained to the end of the campaign
and every dollar of the expense will be
borne by contributions made by real
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
ALL YOU NEED is A
CASCARET TONIGHT
No Sick Headache, Bilious Stomach,
Coated Tongue or Constipated
Bowels by Morning.

Turn the raseals out-the headaches,
the biliousness, the indigestion, the sick,
sour stomach and foul gases turn them
out tonight and keep them out with
Cascarets.
Millions of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never know
the misery caused by lazy liver, clogged
bowels or an upset stomach.
Don't put in another day of distress.
Let Cascarets cleanse and regulate your
stomach; remove the sour lndigested
and fermenting food, and that misery
making gas; take the excess bile from
your liver and carry out of the system
all the decomposed waste matter and
poison in the intestines and bowels.
Then you will feel great.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep. A l0-cent box from
any drug store means clear head and
for months. Children love
to take Cascarets because they taste
good-never grippe or sicllen.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
The Amiable Mar.

I've never found that speech profane
has won friend for me.
I've never found it paid me much to
cuss.
And while | know n lot of words of
sheer profanity
I've never found they've helped me in
a muss
And so it is no mortal lives who's ever
heard me swear.
Not even such a little word as "Myl"
When things go wrong and seem to be
completely past repair
simply bang my foeman on the eye.
I've never found il paid to meet nv trou.
hles with a frown---
II doesn't pay to corrugate ones face.
Frowns only serve to drag a fellows
troubled spirit down,
And fill his mind with notions mean
and base
And hence it is my pallid brow of wrin-
kles all is free,
Nor gives IN outward sign OF inward
cares.
When some one comes along by day or
night to poster me
simply smile and kick him down the
stairs.
I don't believe it ever pays to lose ones
temper Ger
The little slings and arrows of this
life.
don't believe an angry shout or loud
and blatant roar
Will ever ease a fellow of his strife.
lis better far to go your way with
fresh and happ mien.
As though you dwelled beneath flag
of truce,
And when the hosts of Trouble shall
appear upon the scene
Take off your coat and thrash 'em |
like the deuce,
-Lippincott's
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
BITTER CRY OF THE LONELY.
Unmarried Westerners Flood Bennington
with Applications for Wives.

Bennington, Feb. l9.--Postmaster Col
Inns found in his personal mail Saturday
morning a lot of letters requesting his
help in securing wives for bachelors and
widowers ON the Pacific coast. Each let
ter contains the following clipping:
Seattle, Wash, Feb. Bennington
has sent an appeal to Seattle and the
Pacific coast to furnish husbands for it's
excess female population, the ratio in
and around Bennington being twenty
women to one man, says letter received
yesterday by Claude f. Gage, marriage
license clerk, who is trying to do what
he can to satisfy the eastern complaint"
The story describing the overwhelm-
ing abundance of women in Bennington
has been published from British Colnm-
bia 10 the Mexican line. w. A. Winchell
of Vancouver wants to be commended
to widow between 80 and 40 years old.
Donald Smith of Yam Hill. Ore. is 81
years old, but he says he does net ex-
pect a young woman to marry an old
fellow like him. p. T. Sturgiss of Port
land, Ore, would like to correspond with
a country girl between the age of 20 and
80. He writes that be is lonely and that
it's hard to get acquainted with good
girls In the city. He is widower.
James Connors, veteran of the Civil
war living at the soldiers home in West
Gate. Cal. asks the postmaster to pick
out a rich widow for him, as he is too
old to support a wife by hard work He
Is drawing pension of sl7 month.
Postmaster Graves realizes that only
seven days have elapsed since the pub
LEGATION of the story, and he is wonder
ing what is going to happen when the
yarn begins its work in earnest. Accord
ing to the 1910 census there are l6 more
females than males in Bennington.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
SAYS ITALY is COMING NATION.
Duke Litta Addresses Twentieth Century
Club.

Boston, Feb. l9.-Saturday was a busy
day for the members of the Twentieth
Century club and their guests who list.
ened to four speakers during the after.
noon. Patrick II. w. Ross lectured upon
National Marine League" Ray Stan
nard Baker analyzed "The Spirit of Pro-
gressivism," Duke Litta of Lombardy
talked of italian Immigration and Trip
oil, . and Professor George A. Coe of
the Union Theological seminary dis
cussed Religion and Education"
Said Ray Stannard Baker of the rela-
tion between business and politics: You
hear it said so often that if politics
would keep its hands Off big business
the financial affairs of the country would
take care OF themselves. In my opin-
ion the present business depression is
only surface Indication of registering
general unrest
Just as slavery came up for trial
in the supreme court in the bred Scott
case, so is Legitimate business up for
inspection before the bar of justice.
believe that the result of the latter
cases will be just as revolutionary as
the bred Scott decision"
Duke Litta said of his countrymen,
the Lomhards: The Lombards would
have invented the wooden nutmeg if
the Connecticut Yankee had not In
Italy we Lombards are called Yankees
and we are proud of the title, too. I've
heard Americans say that the 'Dagos'
were lazy. The 'Dagos sent sl00,000,000
to Italy in one year. Does that look
lazy?
1--WE needed Tripoli--it was a grand
grab for us. To use vulgar express
sion, Italy is just beginning to feel
her oats. Wait a bit, and you'll see
that Italy is the coming race in Eu-
rope
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
SHE IS DELIGHTED
For Nine Years Stomach Trouble is
Gone.

Everybody knows that the best fed
people stand the best chance in the
world, if they are careful to keep their
stomachs in good trim.
We say positively that there is moth
ing that will do you so much good when
you have stomach trouble and are run
down, worn out and weak, as Vinol, our
delicious cod liver and iron preparation
without oil.
Letha Chewing, Lucknow, S. c., says
indigestion, loss of appetite and gen
eral weakness have been troubling me
for nine years, When began taking
Vinol few weeks ago I noticed an inn
provement in very short time and
now | feel much stronger than | have
in years. Vinol has built me up, i'm
proved my appetite and digestion, and
| am delighted with it's splendid results
You can have your money back if
Vinol does not do all we promise you,
and certainly this is generous offer.
Let Vinol make you strong Red Cross
Pharmacy, Burt H. Wells, Prop, Barre,
vt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
The Governor Of IVES. Virginia.

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt has no
warmer supporter than Governor VIII
liam (. Glasscock of West Virginia.
While on a recent visit to New York
he urged the colonel to announce his
candidacy for chief executive of the
nation. with what success has not been
made public, but on his departure for
home he declared his purpose to work
for Roosevelt delegation from West
Virginia.
Governor Glasscock is fifty years old
and is the thirteenth governor OF the
of West Virginia. He
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
WILL MAKE TOWN ''DRY.n
Sheriff Orders Deputies to Get Busy at
Sherman Station. Me.

Bangor, Me-, Feb. l9.-Sheriff T. Her
bert White has received petition from
the people of Sherman Station. who
clam the names Of all but six voters
Rre. enrolled upon il. asking that the
prohibitory law be enforced there.
The sheriff has therefore directed his
deputies to make the place dry"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
TIME TO KNOW THIS
What Hem-Roid Will Do For Any wom-
an With Piles.

Many woman drags along a life OF
misery with piles because she does not
know of HEM-ROID the sugar-eoated
tablet remedy that cures any kind of
piles by restoring good circulation of
blood in the swollen, elogged parts.
20 HEM ROID is sold under a guarantee
of satisfaction by Burt IL. Wells, Barre,
VT, and all druggists. 81 for "a days
treatment. DR.. Leonhardt Co., Station
b, Buffalo, n. Y, mails free booklet
describing it
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
Simple Home Remedies.

have proven to be not only safer, but
far more effective than any combination
of drugs.
Nearly forty years ago the now ia
nous Lydia EA Pihkham's Vegetable
Compound was a simple home remedy
made by the woman whose name il
bears, on her kitchen stove, from the
roots and herbs of the field, and supplied
to friends and neighbors without cost
The wonderful success of Lydia 4.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound in al
leviating the suiferings of womankind
has made it known in every home in our
land. and now recognized the world over
as the standard remedy for female lis