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The Washington times., 1915-07-03
WHEN is A MAN CRAZY?

The question of whether a man ia
crazy or not is about as hard to
settle as the question of whether a
man succeeds by genius or luck.
There appears to be plenty of proof
both ways, and arguing from the
same facts there seems to be no
trouble in arriving at opposite con-
clusions.
In the case of Thaw's present
trial several very interesting il
amusing situations have developed
which have not been altogether
without advantage to the defendant
although not staged for his benefit.
Ihaw has in previous trials per-
sisted in writing on scraps of pa
per words and sentences which had
no bearing on the matters which
would naturally be thought to be
uppermost in his mind. In the pres
ent trial this fact was presented as
evidence Of his mental unsoundness.
To counteract this evidence it was
shown that one of the attorneys in
the present trial even in the heat
of taking testimony had scribbled
on bit OF paper the totally uncon-
nected, and irrelevant words
Patsy" Cheese" "Chemung," and
David B. Hill," yet there was no
contention that the lawyer was suf-
fering from any mental trouble.
One Of the Thaw attorneys asked
one of the alienists if he thought
that man who protested violently
because newspaper had misspelled
his name might properly be thought
to be suffering from insanity. He
was answered that it would at least
evidence an exaggerated idea of
self-esteem. 1t was then developed
that day or two ago DR.. Flint, one
OF the insanity experts most promi-
nent in the Thaw case since it's be-
ginning. had loudly criticised a re-
porter who had voluntarily pre-
sented him with a middle initial
when in reality he was christened
without one.
The value Of insanity experts and
handwriting specialists grows of less
and less value the more they are
used in the courts. If man doesn't
demonstrate his mental incapacity
to the extent that it is observable
to the Judge and the jury there
isn't much use to attempt to prove
him crazy by expert testimony. The
old Quaker who said "They are all
crazy except thee and me and thee
are a little queer" spoke a near
truth,
The Washington times., 1915-07-03
Again Denied
Permit to Wed Couples

George ]. S. Hunnicutt, whose author
ity to perform marriage ceremonies in
the District was revoked by Justice
Barnard in 1912, again has been refused
reinstatement by the court.
Chief Justice Covington says In an
opinion on the matter:
I'm view of the dubious status Of
George J. S. Hunncutt with respect to
his being at this time in reality min
lister of the church of Pennsyl-
vania, and also because of what has
been determined in this court in prop
er judicial proceeding to have been his
course of conduct with respect to the
celebration of the marriage ceremony
at the time he was formerly authorized
to celebrate such ceremonies. his appli-
cation is hereby refused"
The Washington times., 1915-07-03
Our Mechanical Civilization and Its
Noises.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
It Is custom among the class Of
people most responsible for night noises
to describe those who require a reason
able amount of rest and quiet, at least
at night, as "cranks," in spite Of the
fact that intelligent people, especially
those with scientific knowledge. issue
shattering effects Of such conditions.
And most of this performance is ex.
cused as necessary" causing some Of
us to wonder which is more necessary,
full Of machinery: II civilization and
business cannot be conducted in less
absurd fashion. then both are a fall
ure. 1t is claimed by other large cities
is exercised than in Washington. and.
II this Is the case. II Is hoped that
your paper will take the matter up.
some ,Sa years ago police regulations l on
nails; but since then these have been
growing louder and more piercing, un-
/ I'll now many OF them sound like loco
motive whistles And. in fact. It is
city government allowing a freight
car to rush through a residence street
at night screeching like a locomotive.
for. this Is about what some of the
motor trucks have developed into. And
the motorcycles, though small in size,
are. as regards noise, about as bad,
and worse because of the number. Not
being a mechanic, l cannot say how
much of the loud. sudden explosions
1 these make is necessary" but l can
say that II this cannot be altered in
any other manner, the manufacture of
motorcycles had better be prohibited
altogether: the world moved without
them bef.G- they were invented. and
| the use they are to some people is not
sufficient excuse for making life hid
eous. Not long ago as I was passing
through a certain residence street, one
Of these contraptions suddenly let off
the most nerve-shattering, grating, and
| frightful sound that l ever had the i'll
luck to hear never having been in the
vicinity Of Krupp gun. and, although
In normal health. 1t made me feel
main point Of my story is that. as hap
pened. in the house which this racket
| fiend happened to be passing at that
moment, a man was lying critically i'll.
who died a few days later. And this
man was one of Washington's most
valuable citizens. H. L. B.
Washington. July l.
The Washington times., 1915-07-03
Blues Are Impossible
If You Take Alfalfa

CHICAGO, July 3.-Alfalfa as a rem
edy for indigestion. the blues and. in
fact. almost every bodily i'll. was recon-
mended by Dr. Alexander L. Black
wood. of Chicago, before the convention
OF the American Institute of Home
opathy at its closing session.
The alfalfa is converted into a tine
ture and administered internally, Its
use. according to DIR. Blackwood, is ac-
companied by an immediate delightful
feeling of wellbeing, increased appetite
and great improvement in weight
'All bodily functions were stimulated.
and 1t was impossible to have the
tincture is known as mediCago satiYa.
The Washington times., 1915-07-03
BALK
LEAVING SING SING
Stolen Prison Calf Sold and
Whisky Fund Drunks Put
Five "Trusties" in Limbo.

OSsINING. y. Y. July 3.-Eighty-
four convicts in Sing Sing prison were
on the verge of a revolt here after
they were ordered to get ready for
transfer to Auburn.
Recognizing the futility of an open
rebellion. many of the men resorted
to desperate measures to prevent the
authorities taking them from the
pleasant care free life of Sing Sing
and putting them under the harsh
discipline of Auburn
John Arnse. one of the member 0f
the Mutual Welfare League, who vas
drafted by Auburn. wanted to stay in
Sing Sing so badly he took poison.
Earlier in the day he asked for some
carbolic acid to clean out his cell
and an hour later he swallowed some
of IT. He was removed to the prison
hospital and Is in a serious condition.
Drowned Their Sorrow.
Two other members of the Mutual
Welfare League. known as Brother Gal
lagher and Brother Wagner, who were
to have gone to Auburn, drowned their
sorrow in the flowing bowl. In some
manner thev got hold of a lot of liquor
and indulged IN il freely. Having drunk,
they began to sing, and aroused every
body In the prison. Finally some guards
heard them. but they were so drunk
then they had to be taken to the hos
pital. where physicians said it would be
several daNs before they sobered UP.
Warden Thomas Mott Osborne Is con-
Quoting a strenuous investigation to find
out what good brother of the Mutual
Welfare League stole the prison calf
from its stable last night and sold it to
the prison butcher.
Fire TRUSTEES Suspected.
Tho calf WIS a brown Jersey and he
and other members of his family were
attended by five trusted honor men of
the league.
The bleating of the calf awoke the
prison last night. but the guards did
not think an honored convict would
stoop so low as to steal a calf. They
changed their minds this morning when
the good brothers began distributing
whisky they had bought with the money
the butcher gave them for the calf.
The five TRUSTEES who worked in the
stables have been locked up. Warden
Osborne said he would keep them inside
the walls of the prison until they tell
him who stole the calf
The Washington times., 1915-07-03

enous gluttons for anything and every
thing that any specie of bird could pos
sibly swallow, and such mean little
fighters-that they have fought and
starved out all our own lovely native
birds, who have none Of their disagree
able characteristics-so that we are lit
orally overrun with these pestiferous
foreign birds, while our own sweet
songsters are driven from us.
l am an ardent lover of birds. but
fail to find any lovable traits in this
greedy. obstreperous, quarrelsome sleep
disurbcr. Let US hope that the proper
authorities will soon find ways and
means to wage war against them, and
exterminate them. Like weeds, they
will be hard to kill.
ELEANOR WARNER.
Washington, July /.
The Washington times., 1915-07-03
ITALIAN STRATEGY

AS the success Of the Austro-Ger-
man arms in Galicia becomes more
complete the transfer of large Aus
trian forces to the Italian front may
soon be evidenced by more rapid
development in that region. While
the difficulties on the greater part
Of the crooked frontier seem we'll
nigh insurmountable, the Italians
thus far have shown themselves to
be both resourceful and courageous.
The initial offensive has undoubted-
ly resulted to their advantage.
In order to follow intelligently
the movements along this front, it
is necessary to keep in mind the
character of the terrain. The Aus
tro-Italian frontier has the shape of
a huge rs" lying on its side. First
there is a semi-circular sweep south
ward from Stelvio Pass, where the
boundaries of Austria, Italy, and
Switzerland meet, to the north end
of Lake Garda and to Ala in the
valley of the. Adige. This is fol-
lowed by sweep northward to the
Monte Cristallo near Cortina, where
the line runs almost due east along
the crest of the Carnic Alps to Pont-
ebba. Here it turns south toward
the Adriatic between the Taglia-
mento and the Isonza. From Stelvio
Pass to the Isonza river at Gradisca
1t is about $50 miles in direct line,
but more than 800 along the actual
line Of the frontier.
All of this long line With the ex-
ception Of about thirty miles from
the sea northward to Tolmino Is
Alpine - mountainous - and every
pass Is strongly fortified. From
Stelvio to Lake Garda only two
roads cross the mountains, one at
Tonale Pass, already in the hands
Of the Italians, and the other along
the valley Of Chiese, up which the
Italians have advanced to Storo.
They also hold the mountains from
Lake Garda to the Adige and are
several miles north of Ala. Farther
east they have already mounted
heavy guns on the plateau of Lava
rome and have succeeded in destroy
ing Fort Luserna, four miles west
Of that place. Thus they would
seem to be we'll on with their plans
for an advance on Trent, after a
campaign that in any war but this
would have challenged the attention
Of the world.
In the Carnic Alps the Italians
hold three important passes and
several heights, and others are be-
ing powerfully attacked. Along the
1sonza the progress has been steady
if not spectacular. 1t is necessary
to push operations on the Alpine
frontier until the flank of the ad-
vance along the river is we'll COW
cred, for it is here that the great
invasion must take place if the
Latins would wrest from the dual
monarchy the lost provinces which
were the glory Of ancient Venice.
The knowledge of the positions Of
the Italians at these points, how
ever, does not expose the strategy
Of General Cadorna. There are
great stretches between, where no
hint of the disposition Of the forces
has been allowed to leak through
to us.
Mountain warfare permits of
great art In the arrangement and
movement of troops, and the first
thought of the commander should
be, in the words of Stonewall Jack
son, "to mystify, mislead, and de-
ceive the enemy"
The Washington times., 1915-07-03
John l. Sullivan Listed
AS Speaker, Miles Balks

ATLANTIC CITY, July S-Reports IN
advance Of the approaching convention
of the Anti-Saloon League. which opens
next Tuesday. say that the campaigners
against liuuor are falling out. Gen.
Nelson A. Miles was listed as one of
the chief speakers, but it Is said that
he declined to appear when he was In
formed that John L. Sullivan. of fstio
history, was on the program.
Indications are that the convention
viii bs divided over whether there
should be a national amendment or a
campaign to permit each State to reach
its own conclusion On the issue.
The Washington times., 1915-07-03
Couple Wed on Horseback
Start 5000 Mile Ride

OREGON CITY. Ore, July 3.--Miss
Bessie IHichtweis and Leonel ]. WiIkin-
son, both of the Molalla district. were
married TODAY on horseback on the
lawn at the Baptist parsonage.
They will spend two or three days in
Molalla before starting on their honey
moon. which will take them through
san Francisco, Los Angeles. Denver,
Wichita. Kan. and several other c.tles,
They expect to travel 500 miles before
returning to their home at Molalla.
The Washington times., 1915-07-03
Freak Tree Bears
PlumS and Peaches

YORK, Pa. JULY 3.-The oldest freak
fruit tree in York county is attracting
attention at the home of Mrs, Priscilla
Taylor. near Seven Valleys One OF the
two main branches is heavily laden with
plums and the other with peaches.
The tree was not grated. IL Is said,
but two trees. a peach and a plum,
growing close toeether. intertwined Their
roots in some manner.
The Washington times., 1915-07-03
PUT OUT THE FLAG
Put out the flag!

Tomorrow is the anniversary OF
American independence. Never since
ITS was there more reason for the
whole country to ratify the deeds
and sentiments Of that day.
Put out the flag and let it speak
for each citizen an independence Of
the highest sort.
Let it tell Of an independence Of
hatred, of revenge, Of malice, of
envy, Of all those mortal character
istics which separate the individual
and through the individual the coun-
try from the highest good.
Put out the fiag.
The Washington times., 1915-07-03
Amusements.

Polrs-"Blue Bird" 2:2o and $50 p. m.
Columbia-'"The Dictator" in motion pic.
lures. 200 p. m to lo:45 p. m.
B. F. Keith's-Vsudeville 2:l5 and SIS p. m.
Cosmos-Va udeville continuous.
Garden-Photo plays, II a. IN. 10 II p. m.
Strand-Photo plays, IL a, m. TO IL p. m.
Crandall's-Photo plays, II a. m. to II y. m.
Glen Echo Park-Open air amusements all
day and evening.
Marshall Hall-outdcors attractions all day
and evening.
The Washington times., 1915-07-03
Favors Killing off All English
SDarrows

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
In the various letters, pro and con.
rega riding the English sparrow, both
sides have put up strong arguments.
The communica alton particularly, which
pleaded for the lives Of these little pests
because they are such gluttons for
weed seed, and thus aid the farmers.
AS a matter of fact, they are such raw
The Washington times., 1915-07-03
MANY EVENTS LISTED
FOR CAPITAL TODAY
Meetings and Entertainments to
Be Held in Every Section OF
City by Various Societies.
Today.

Meeting, District Suffrage League, People 5
Forum, Eighth street and Market Square
northwest, p. m.
Masonic baseball game. American League
Park, Templates vs.. Outianders, 2:3o n. m.
Odd Fellows-Canton Washington. No. l, Pa
triarchs Militant.
Concert Marine Band White House. p. m.
The Washington times., 1915-07-03
Ten Perish as Dutch
Ship Strikes Mine

LONDON, July S-Ten OF the crew
OF the Dutch sailing ship Katwyk l47
lost their lives when the vessel struck
a mine and sank in the North Sea, ac-
cording to an Amsterdam dispatch to-
day,
The Washington times., 1915-07-03
THE TIMES MAIL BAG

Communications OF
s
The Washington times., 1915-07-03

Prohibition in Alabama Is State
wide, but it could be worse. The
State is much longer than it is wide.
The Washington times., 1915-07-03

Apparently, Uncle Sam intends to
take the say out of Sayville.
The Washington times., 1915-07-03

The gravity of a situation has
just the opposite effect on some
poorly ballasted diplomats.
The Washington times., 1915-07-03

If wishes were horses, beggars
would still prefer limousines.
The Washington times., 1915-07-03

Entomologists will do we'll to shun
the Bug river.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-09-04

Let the pigs do the granting.

Let the pigs do the granting.
There is better work ahead for us.
Granting never 1essened the burden OF load, never pulled a COM
munny out of a rut, never added a dollar to any mans bank account.
Granting makes pessimists, and pessimists have bad Ivers, and
around.
And pesInlsts are always granting about something.
They grunt if times are bad; they grunt because they ire not better
when they re good; they grunt ovr their meals, and owe politics,
and religion, and anything else that offers a chance to gunt.
And then they grunt because there is nothing left to grunt about.
Grunhng is a habit with them-it is their daily pastnme-and
nothing is so dear ITO their hearts as a great, big unadulturated grunt.
Many of us grunt a part of the time, but some folks gIunt all OF
the time
Now let's quit grunting.
Let's get down to hard tacks and dig a lot of wealth out of tms
Let's make the coming year the greatest productive year in local
history.
Let's get IL and hushelets find the opportunities, O make them
where none exist.
The soil is as rich today a it was a year ago, and it will produce
a much and the products will sell for more money.
There is nothing produced in this community but has a market
waiting for it. If we don't see the market, let's get out and find It,
Time is too short for it to hunt u.s..
Let's not sit IN dry goods boxes and wait for the worldt to come
to or feet. We will die granting if we do.
There's a great big place for us in the world. Let's fill it-ets
that W are producers, that W. are something more than grunters.
Let's be optmists-for optimists do things, and eve grunt.
Let the pigs do the gruntng.
There are better times and more congenial work ahead for u.s..
Let's all get busy and whoop it up.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-09-04
What Do Mail Order Houses Do for
You and the Town You Live In?

Columns have been written in the
local newspapers OF Nevada to show
the viciousness OF the mail order
habit that seems to be firmly fixed,
especially among the inhabitants of
small towns and rural districts. A
huge catalogue, alluringly printed i'll
colors, showing everything from Il
Partisan gown at $1.69 to a moving
machine for 1920, catches the y o.
the rural buyer and he Immediately
begins to figure just how much he is
being swindled out Of by his local
merchant, forgetting that the mer-
chant is selling him a standard arti-
Gle and stands back of it with a guar
antee; that he is on the spot to hear
any complaint that may be made and
stands ready to see that the article IS
all the manufacturer claims for it, or
, money back" A late report states
that Sears, Roebuck & Co. did a total
business of $S,4o4,7l3 during the
month of May, an increase of nearly
one million dollars over the same
month last year, and by far the great
er part Of this enormous business
came from the western farming and
industrial centers. 1t means that
ed OF that amount of cash that went
20 build up Chicago to the detriment !
# their own communities.
In these days OF standardized arti-
cles a purchaser gets just what ne |
pays Tor. This applies equally to
automobiles as to furniture, sewing
machines, cream separators or ging-
ham gowns. No farmer would think
of buying a horse from a picture, no
matter how highly colored the
chrome might be, but he will fall fer
a set OF six pieces Of solid oak furni-
ture for $13.oS and his wife will buy
a bingham apron for II cents that
you can shoot peas through and after
first washing is fit for nothing
but a i1imsy pot rag, You can go
INTO a household or on the farm OF
any patron of the mail order house |
and spot the goods he has paid his t
good cash for and has been outrag- {
eously swindled in the transaction.
The victim of the mail order habit t
he is getting the advantage 5
II price because OF the greater buy d
ng facilities Of the catalogue t
delusion that is s%edulously il
cultivated by these concerns. Nothing y
5 or can be further from the truth. b
II these days of standardization, as ii
bove stated, a purchaser gets just y
that. he pays for--no more, no less. a
When anyone offers you something c,
just as good as the standard ar 81
Gle for less money, you can put it y
own right there that somebody lies. Il
f you doubt this, try to get a stand W
I'd guaranteed article from a mail Z
house, it matters not whether h
is a sewing machine, a cream sepa- n
at0r, a wagon, an automobile tire oc tC
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-09-04

any Of the thousand or one things
that fill the pages OF the catalogues
from these concern- and see what
you will get in reply.
With the exception of the stock
market, the mail order business is the
only business in which the entire cap
ital is advanced by the trader in ad-
vance of the transaction. Further
more, it is a strictly cash business,
hence there are no risks, no bad
debts and no necessity for the need
to make immediate delivery to the
customer which means capital tied ,p
indefinitely. Did you ever stop to
I realize what it would mean to your
home town and county in the way Of
more taxable property, better streets
and roads, better schools and local
improvements if these millions sent
away, never to return, were invested
right here as they should be? What
would you say to your home mer-
chant if he were to ask you to pay in
advance for every article you pur-
chased from him insight and unseen,
and then be compelled to wait for two
or three weeks for delivery? But this
is what you do every time you send
for anything from a mail order house.
Do you know that there is not a
local paper published in any town in
this country but that can get more |
money for advertising and boost
ing" from mail order houses, if it
would but accept it, than it can get
from all the merchants of the town
in which it is printed? But news
papers realize that a community is
builded by the money that is sent
of it.
Try to imagine what would be the
if this mail order business were
10 be pushed to a logical conclusion,
when every merchant was compelled
@ go out of business through lack Of
ocal patronage. Suppose you were
Unable to buy any article Of any kind
n character in your own neighbour
lood, but must send away for every
hing that entered into the daily needs
II your life; where the postoffice was
he only trade mart, the only avenue
through which your wants could be
upplied. How long could you en-
ure such conditions? Remember,
he mail order house pays no taxes
, your county, is not interested in =
our social, civic or financial we'll,
eing, cares nothing for your educa-
onal advantages, the security of
our property rights, contributes not
cent to the maintenance of your q
ourts OF justice, but are concerned i,
oiely in draining every dollar from
our community and grudgin2ly re- S
the least possible value for al
hat it demands cash in advance. T
very dollar sent to a mail order -
reduces by just that much the :
"aterial prosperity Of your own hone /
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-09-04
Autos to Any Part OF State

Capitol Garage and Engineering
Works will furnish you with cars,
day or night. We will run a Cadillac,
Buick, Studebaker of Ford to any
part of the state, Prices furnished
on application. Call and see us, md
uelp make our Capital City lively.
First-class inner tube vulcanizing
done day or night.
raI2-tf r. B. SULLIVAN, Manager
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-09-04
NOTICE TO

Bids will be received by the Board
of Trustees OF Carson City, Nevada,
up to 7 o'clock p. M, of the 9Th day
of September, 1915, for the paving OF
the intersections of cross-streets with
Carson streets from Washington
street on the north to Second street
on the south, all in Carson City
Ormsby County, Nevada, in accord
with the plans and specifications
file in the office OF the City Clerk
OF said Carson City.
The Board reserves the right. to re-
ect any and all bids.
DANIEL E. MORTON.
City Clerk of Carson City, New.
Dated this 10Th day Of August, 1915.
The APPEAL boosts all the time
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