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]. F. H.-Of course, we have nothing
but your letter to enable us to judge
as to the propriety of your continued
detention in an insane asylum. Sc
rious is the fact that at the inquiry
''de lunatico.' you told the Jury that,
though not insane, You heard psyche
telepathic noises" Now. hearing
those noises is not proof of in
sanity. Most of US hear them. But
telling about it-particularly to the
jury that had to decide the question
of your sanity, seems to prove that
the doctors were right. When you get
so that you can convince people that
you do not hear noises whether you
do hear them or not, write us again.
p. B.-You are another victim of the
real estate office" swindle, complaints
of which are but too frequent in the
District Your statement seems TO
show that the sales cited by the
agent of property adjacent to that
which you purchased through (or
from) him were fictitious, or wash
sales,'' as they are termed. The fact
that upon foreclosure your equity for
which you had paid $500, brought you
in nothing. though the total nominal
value was $4,000. subject to a trust
of $500, would seem to Indicate
pretty substantial swindle. II you
can prove your assertion that the
agent was the real vendor, you can
recoup his profits. which will be
about the measure of your damages.
The Washington times., 1914-04-17

refreshments, at Is cents for each
person refreshed, just as long as its
"owner" desires to draw on its re-
sources, but the very moment he
pays his bill and leaves the hotel
the jug automatically and instan-
taneously becomes empty, leaving no
residue whatever on the hands of the
innkeeper. Because of this property
it would be manifestly unfair for the
hotel to charge its guest, who has
had only four or five drinks, per-
maps, for any more than he has con-
sumed. To the eternal credit of
Memphis, be it said, he is not so
charged.
1t all goes to show either that the
days of miracles are not passed or
that prohibition laws, like some other
laws, are afflicted with blowholes.
The Washington times., 1914-04-17
NEW LEGISLATIVE FIELDS
OPENED IN THE AIR.

That progress in the science and
art of aeronautics has indicated, if
it has not demanded, some changes
in existing laws was demonstrated
again on Tuesday when an aeroplane
and its pilot were planted suddenly
on the soft grass of Central Park.
The New York policeman who was
called on to deal with this situation
was frankly puzzled. Whether the
park regulation prohibiting the driv-
ing of a wheeled vehicle elsewhere
than on the roadways had been vio-
lated he was not quite prepared to
say, although the aeroplane was pro-
vided with wheels. Neither could he
decide offhand whether the gentle
man who had descended from the
sky, to the destruction of shrubbery
and the disturbance of the public
peace, was guilty of trespass or dis
orderly conduct.
w Iob, COsciJ W pS uohC
with the aeronaut? That was anoth-
er point over which the policeman
vcxed his tired brain. Should he be
haled to the police station, or merely
summoned to appear there at some
future date? And the aeroplane? I?
Was that an instrument used in the
commission of a crime or a mere
pleasure vehicle out of bounds?
The policeman came very near Civ
ing it all up. Finally the air-pilot
was directed 10 appear before mag
istratc and rehearse whatever ex-
cuse he had for whatever otfense he
had committed, and the officer OF
the law let it go at that.
Obviously, lawmakers must get
busy, and they will. Here is a whole
field of new legislation that extends
over The earth and far up to the deep
blue sky. The opportunities it offers
modern Solomons are practically
boundless, and boundless indeed will
be the fervor with which these op-
portunities are embraced.
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NOW THE ANTI-FIVISEC-
TIONISTS!

DR.. Alexis Carrel, the wizard in
surgery. has just been demonstrating
the possibilities of surgery in cases
of heart trouble. He has demon
strated that the heart can be stopped
for sufficient time TO permit an op-
Grafton for valvular trouble, and that
it can then be set going without diff
ficulty, the trouble having been re-
lieved.
1t was a wonderful demonstration,
and DR.. Carrel has made it now a
sufficient number of times to guar
artee within reason its comparative
safety. But wait till we hear from
the observation-disclosures. 1t seems that
the doctor did his demonstrating on
a dog; and after he had shown the
assembled surgeons how to do it, he
called in a pack of five healthy dogs
on all of which a like operation had
been performed. Think of the cruelty
to animals that is involved in that!
It is, of course, perfectly imma-
teriaI to the ''antis" that every town
and city sends scores of dogs to the
pound" each season, TO be, later,
taken out and killed, on the ground
that they are a nuisance. 1t is quite
beside the question that these dogs
The Washington times., 1914-04-17

the persons of Christ and the apos-
ties. their history, their lives, their
teachings, We're revealed to an as
tonished world. The effect was to
be spiritual earthquake" But unlike
the earthquake, II is constructive
power that impels the energies to
build the beautiful. useful and prac-
tical. Certain it is that students OF
the Bible cost the state little or
criminal courts, of police or jails.
When they are overtaken in fault
the sensa ton IL produces Is in itself
indicative of the rarity Of the occa-
sion.
The Bible. moreover, contains the
undiscouraged characteristics Of
youth. 1t will not let US be discour-
aged by early failure. 1t teaches us
to reflect, and its study inevitably
discloses 10 us the fact that our fall
ures have been simply due to neg
lect of the principles of success II
teaches or to Wilful misrepresenta-
tion of its meaning. We start Off
again satisfied we may still expect
TO win II only we are content to let
the Bible authors determine tie ma
ture and measure of our ambition.
While II tells its readers their faults
with urerring fidelity TO truth, It
accompanies the revelations Of
human frailty with the promise of
divine help. and the assurance OF
divine sympathy. He knoweth
whereof We are made, he remem-
bereth that we are dust" is the Ian
gIIaGe of heaven translated by the
Psalmist into the vernacular OF the
thankful world.
Copy sLt. 1914. by Ioss IN L. E"wresh
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are likely to starve half to death be-
fore even the humanities of the
pound and the policeman's revolver
put them out of their misery. Ut
terly unimportant. Likewise, it is Of
no moment whatever that we slaugh-
ter millions upon millions of animals
for food every year without a pro-
test from the anti-vivisectionists
The fact stands that surgical and
medical science must stand still, if
need be, lest cruelty be imposed OH a
few brutes that, under an anasthetic,
are quite unconscious of the inflic-
tion they have undergone!
That is the view Of the anti-vivi-
sectionists, and they are highly
vocal and enthusiastic group.
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What's on the Program in
Washington Today

Meetings, evening:
Masontc-Columbia Lodge, No. 3 and Leila
non. No. I. school OF instruction. Roya
Arch; Columbia Commandery. No. :
knights Templar: Martha Chapter. No. 4
Order of tho Eastern Star
odd FelIows-CentrsI Lodge. No l, Phoenix
No. IS. and Metropolis. No. is Msgenent
Encampment. No. 4; Miriam. No. .. Re
bekah Lodge.
knights OF Pythias-Syracusians Lodge No
10: Rathbone Temple. No. S. Pythian Sisters
Interstate Commerce Commission hearings
msZZanine floor. New Willard.
Dance by lnter-Fraternity Association
George Washington University, red room
followed by supper in green room. New
Willard, evening.
Address by Sir William Willcocks auditor.
ium, New National Museum, under auspice.
Home Club, S:l6 O'Clock.
Dance, Interfraternity Association Gecrg,
Washington University, the New Willard
. p. m.
Public reception. Petworth NJ E. church. by
the Rev. W. \. Hasgerty and Mrs. la z
gerty. p. m.
4Cture Sir William WiIlcocks. Auditorium
New National Museum. s:l5 D. IN
Meeting Womans National Press Assncia
tion. Raleigh Hotel. p. IN.
spelling Bee at meeting of Indiana Society
New Ebbtt tonight.
The Washington times., 1914-04-17
TORPEDO SECRETS KEPT

The decision of Judge Veeder in
the United States district court of
Brooklyn in the Bliss-Leavitt torpedo
case is peculiarly interesting be-
cause of the warlikc atmosphere of
these days. Judge Feeder makes per
manent an injunction which prevents
the secrets Of the construction and
operation of this torpedo from being
revealed TO any other firm or govern
ment.
This particular type OF torpedo,
which was perfected by Frank NJ.
Leavitt, of Brooklyn, and is manu-
factured by the Z. W. Bliss Com
pany, of Brooklyn, is now recognized
as the nost practical war engine of
ITS class in the world. Its use has
not been enjoyed exclusively by the
United States, the Bliss Company
having sold it to whatever nations
found it to their liking. The Italian
navy, in the recent war, used more
than a thousand OF these little de-
stroyers.
What the United States has sue
ceeded in doing is to prevent the
Bliss Company from revealing to
Whitehead e. Co., the greatest of
British torpedo builders, such plans
as would enable Whitehead & Co.
10 build these torpedoes and market
them.
The effect of the decision is not to
prevent the Bliss Company from
selling torpedoes to whom they will
SO long as the national defense
act is not violated-but to prevent
firm in any other country from
making and selling the torpedoes. 4
nation at war with us will not be
able to buy supply unless from the
secondhand stock OF some third ma
lion.
We will not be hoist with our own
petard
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ages of seed were sent out by the
guild last year.
When June reaches US, with its
warm sun, comes the time to dis
tribute growing plants to place in
borders and beds around hospitals
and settlements, in back and front
yards. and to furnish window boxes
for many humble little homes as well
as institutions. Last year 244S grow
ing plants were thus given out.
With the arrival OF autumn and In
dian summer comes the season for
planting bulbs for future Towering,
and then the guild turns its atten-
ton to distributions Of German iris
and narcissus bulbs. And so We
come to the end Of the year. winter,
which brings with it parties and
functions, when many a debutante
or bride turns over to the guild the
flowers which have frightened the
festive and happy scene. and they 60
to brighten the hospital wards.
No Explanation Needed.
To those who have seen what cheer
and comfort flowers bring to the
suffering and sorrowful no word of
explanation Is necessary. To those
who have not come into this close
touch. who have not participated In
this beautiful ministry. the advice 10
Go thou and do likewise"
No account OF the work Of the
guild is adequate which does not
mention Miss Florence II. Harding,
who organized the Washington
branch eighteen years ago Although
now living in Boston, Miss Harding
continues her interest, and is the
most generous supporter Of the guild.
Voluntary contributions make pos
sible this work, which is under the
management of a board, which in
cludes Miss Frances Carpenter,
Mrs. Whitman Cross. Mrs. George
z. Hamilton. Mrs. Olive Gale Hiil.
Mrs. Richard Fay Jackson. Miss
Jeanette Jewell. Mrs Horatio King.
Mrs. William A. Mearns, Mrs.
James Henry Moser, Mrs s. Logan
Owens, Miss Georgia B. Pillsbury.
Miss Amanda Powder, Mrs. r.
Douglas Simms, Mrs Frank Z.
Smith, Miss Lena Mary Spencer,
Miss Helen Lee Stevens, and Mrs.
John Van Schaick, Jr.
The Washington times., 1914-04-17
TENNESSEE'S THIRST AND
A MODERN MIRACLE.

Just as it takes more than one
swallow to make a summer, so it re-
qUlres more than one to Guench the
thirst of the average Tennesseean.
Down in Memphis, despite the sup
posed rigors of the prohibition law,
The kindly hotels see to it that more
han one is supplied.
The plan they pursue is beautiful
in its sweet simplicity. On the day
# guests arrival the hotel takes
from him a signed order for a gallon
ot whisky, a case of beer. and such
"the' articles of like character as
nc may conceive his needs and those
# his friends will require. The
theory is that the order is sent TO
some source of supply in an adioin-
ing and prohibition State; at
any rate, on the day following the
hotel is ready TO furnish the guest
with such proportions of his order
as he may indicate.
mere IS nothing so crude as
collection for the whole amount. The
guest pays, on the installment plan,
doubtless for what he and his friends
consume, plus the hotels charge for
service" BY what can only be re-
garded as a peculiar coincidence the
proportionate cost of each drink of
red LIQUOR that he acquires, with the
service charge added, is exactly Is
cents.
Another remarkable circumstance
is that the gallon jugs have all the
qualities of the widows cruise and
some even that that wondrous YES
sci could not duplicate. Not only
docs The gallon continue to supply
The Washington times., 1914-04-17
Right From the Shoulder

Decision.
IT'S a strange fact. but the less mind
of his own a young man has the
longer it takes him to make 1t
up-which signifies more than
that minds are unlike beds.
Lack of decision has kept many a
young man from succeso-that is.
from the kind of SUCCESS that is
written in capital letters. His in
ability to make up his mind promptly
and surely has given opportunity time
to dodge by him time and again
A general. leadins his army IN time
Of war. carries the responsibility of
decision. He must decide when TO
advance and when to retreat. He must
decide upon the enemy's probable po-
sition and strength, the chances of a
battles outcome, the fighting condition
and military effectiveness of his own
troops. War Is more a battle of keen
wits than many people realize. 1t isn't
wholly a matter of numbers, or arpa-
nent, or even patriotic zeal. 1t Is
largely a matter of decision. The gen
eral who decides great military ques-
tions the more promptly and the more
surely has the tremendous advantage
over his adversary.
So the generals in the business war,
which yields i battle every day, go
on to triumph or down to defeat, &C
corling i sthcy have employed de-
cision. And so in the little skirmishes
"f your own work iay. II you are not a
great business general, do YOU rise
or fall by your decisions Or your lack
OF them.
Learn to decide. Learn to decide
sagely and promptly. 1t is the anu
let that will give you something better
than mere luck" in your daily battles.
The Washington times., 1914-04-17
The News of Society
BY JEAN ELIOT.

Ruth Bliss. Miss Katherine du Bose,
Miss Mary Bayne, of New York; Miss
Hazel Funk, Of Bloomington, Ill; Miss
Ruth Hall. Miss Katherine Andrews,
Lieut.. John j. London, Lieut.. Forde A.
Robert c. Ransdell. all of the May
flower. and Captain Macarthur and
Lieutenant Wright.
p
The Vice President and Mrs. Marshall
were among the guests last night at a
dinner given by the Attorney General in
compliment to the chief justice of Can
ada. Sir Charles Fitzpatrick. and Lady
Fitzpatrick. The dinner was served in
the Presidential suite at the New Viii
lard, and the table was decorated with
pink roses and white lilacs. Mrs. John
W. Davis. wife OF the Solicitor General,
was hostess for the Attorney General,
receiving the guests with him.
The otter guests were the Postmaster
General and Mrs. Burleson, Mr.. and
Mrs. John SHELTON Williams, the Soiici-
tor General, Miss Mabel Boardman, Miss
Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Eva MunslIl, Nine.
Haugc. Miss Bowman, ]. CaIIan
O'Laughlin, Judge Robb, J. G. Calhoun,
and T. w. Gregory
=
The Congressional Club has sent out
cards for n reception Tuesday evening,
April IS, at $50 o'clock, at the club
house in X street.
+
The Rev. Harry Baremore Angus will
deliver stereopticon lecture on
"Horseback Through Yellow stone Park
at the Riding and Hunt Club on Mon
daS evening, April 70.
=
George +. Perry. Of Denver, has ar
rived In Washington and Joined his
father, Judge John H. Perry, at the
Shureham.
Mrs. Nicholas Luquer, Mrs. Perciyal
Dodge, Mrs. Richard Davenport, and
Miss Leila Waller presided at the tea
table yesterday at Mason House, loan
ed by MIS-. Julian james for the two
teas given for the benefit OF the House
OF Nero. Mrs Henry Brown. president
OF the board. was present
=
Mrs. Charles E. Kregelo, of Indiana
polls, delegate and first vice regent Of
Continued on Ninth Pase.3
The Washington times., 1914-04-17
THE BILLIARD CON-
TUMACY.

Some of the officers of the Billiard
company have decided, rather than
take the chance of being indicted, to
go on the stand and tell all they
know about the inner affairs of that
mysterious corporation. 1t has ap-
peared, as result of Investigations
into New Haven railroad affairs, that
the Billiard company served as a
sort Of pipeline by which profits of
New Haven manipulation were con-
duited off into pockets that had lit
tie or no claim to them, while the
railroad property and stockholders
suffered. Perhaps when all the facts
are known this suspicion will be dis
credited; but the refusal of people
connected with the Billiard company
to tell what it was all about, whet-
ted desire for more details. So the
counsel for the Interstate Commits
sion took steps looking to locking up
contumacious witnesses if they
should persist in their attitude.
Altogether too many times, in
vestigations which the public inter-
est required to be prompt and search
ing, have been halted right on the
eve of results, by just such proceed
ings as this. For many years the
question whether witnesses could be
compelled to answer questions has
been from time to time revived; long
and involved court procedures and
appeals have been necessitated; and
no precedent worth while seems to
have been established. Every case
stands on its own bottom, to be
handled according to the notions of a
different lot of lawyers, and decided
by the word of a different bench.
Is it not time that some effective
general rules CT law and procedure
were laid down for such cases, so
that the regulative efforts of Gov
ernment instrumentalities should not
be made a joke? 1t would appear
that if a witness has money enough
to pay lawyers, he can pretty freely
defy the interrogators. In the pres
ent instance the vigorous procedure
of the Governments lawyers con-
WINGED the recalcitrants that they
would be safer if they answered the
questions; so they are coming down.
Petween the privilege of refusing
to testify and going into court about
it, and the serious probability that a
witness will win immunity if he is
compelled to testify against his will,
about all a man needs in certain
kinds of cases is the certainty that
he is guilty of something, and that
he is compelled to describe that
something. In that case his chance
of going scot free is excellent. 1t is
one of the worst features of our sys-
tenn Of administering law.
The Washington times., 1914-04-17
THE TAMPiCO SALUTE.

Our flag is going to be saluted at
TampicO, and we are going to return
the salute. 1t has required a vast
amount cf preliminary and palaver
70 decide this tremendous point. The
Administration has had TO hunt up
the diplomatic preccdents, and Con-
sress has worried intensely about
whether we were getting our dignity
properly recognized without in the
next breath sacrificing it again and
thus leaving ourselves in the orig
inal position. It has been sapiently
decided that to return the salute
would not be equivalent to recogniz-
ing Huerta, and so we are going to
do it.
If it takes a battleship ftset 1000
miles under no-Stop orders, a bat
terry OF experts in international cour-
tesy procedure, solemn considera-
tion by the Committees on Foreign
Affairs, and a worldwide excitement
lasting a week or two, to decide on
an exchange of salutes, who can
guess what would be necessary in
order to effect some substantial re-
suits in Mexico? The casual outsider
who has aimed to preserve his sense
Of humor will be LED to suspect that
Gilbert & Sullivan's talents in the
realm wherein "Pinafore" shone so
bright will be needed to present a
proper history Of this glorious inter
national incident.
The Washington times., 1914-04-17
Mary Antin to Speak
At the Columbia Todas

Mary Antin will lecture at 4:3o
o'clock this afternoon at the Columbia
Theater under the auspices of the
Housekeepers' Alliance, which Is
raising a furnishing fund for its new
school of housekeeping. Her subject
will be Jewish Life in the Pale: a
Lesson for Americans"
Miss Antin is prominent as a writ
err and speaker on immigration ques-
tions. She came to this country as .
Russian immigrant.
The Washington times., 1914-04-17

- ASHIONABLE society will turn
l. out in force this afternoon for the
opera, Many Happy Returns,
presented by the Paint and POW
der Club, of Baltimore, for the ocne-
fit of the Christ Child Society at the
New National. Those who have boxes
fer the opera are Mime. Hauge, Mrs.
Montgomery, Mrs Marshall Field, Mrs,
Thomas F. Walsh, Mrs. George How
ard, Mrs. Dudley Morgan, Miss May
Adams, and Mrs. Edward Beale NC
Lean. Following the performance MIS-
Merryman and Miss Adams VIII De
bostesses AT tea at their home, 1871
New Hampshire avenue, to meet MEM
bers Of the club.
Iohn r. Mclean gave al ms town
residence last night one of the largest
attended private entertainments ever
given in Washington. The guests were
received in the small ballroom, and the
larger room was used for dancing.
Among the 500 guests were members OF
the Diplomatic Corps. of official, Con-
sressional and residential society. y
buffet supper was served.
Il
Mrs. Anna NJ Laise Phillips who has
been prominently Identified with 'ducs-
tionaI work for a number of years. VIII
address the Federation of Women's
Clubs, visiting Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution, and other cluhwomen
st the Public Library Saturday morning,
on THE Art of Being Attractive, or
What Makes or Mars woman
Charm" Mrs. Phillips has been a resi-
dent of Boston for two years. and has
been engaged in literary and Journal
istIc work.
Mr.. and Mrs II. G. McNickar and son.
Of New York. have arrived at the Shore
ham.
Mrs. &. NJ. Bowen, of Pawtuckct, r.
l., passing ten days in the city. Is at
the Hotel Powhatan.
+
Major William ID. Connor, L. -. "A,
and Mrs Connor entertained at dinner
ast night at the Army and Navy Club,
preceding the Thursday night dance in
compliment to Miss Maitland Marshall
and Paymaster John Harrison Knapp.
v. 8. N. The other guests were Miss
The Washington times., 1914-04-17
Truths By Women Who
T-o1,, A Real Charity of
NllOW Cheer
A Non-Sectarian Guild

Mrs. John Van Schack , wife Of Washington PASTOR tells
today of liekno charity which spread Of good
cheeer far and wide the city The organization of which she
and fruits and distributes among hospitals
homes asyums kindred institutions Even the consevatoes
White House send their quota add the brightness Of the
or less vistas Of sick ward and corridor.
By MRS JOHN SHACK, JR,
Washington National Plant Guild