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The Washington times., 1916-09-12
BRITISH GOVERNMENT
AIDS TRADE EFFORTS
Becomes Partner in Hail. Mil
Iion.DoIIar Company to
Boost Commerce.

Some light on the efforts Great Brit
ain "a making TO increase her trade
with European countries IL shed by the
report OF Consul General r. =. Skin
ner. London. OF the organization OF a
British company that will do business
under the title OF the British Italian
Corporation. The report was made re-
Gently 10 the Department Of Commerce,
and says. In part:
"a very interesting departure in Brit
ish methods OF securing trade In Euro
pean countries was discussed in Parlia-
ment Itself appears as full partner by
the contribution OF a subsidy of s243.S 25
per annum. On the occasion named. the
chancellor OF the excheuuer reported
that a British company. under the title
Of the Standardization Corporation. Ttd.,
ed on July ~. There will be no public
issue. the capital having been sub
scrIbed privately. chiefly among banks.
The British government agrees tn
subsidy. during each Of the first ten
years after It's Incorporation an annual
sum OF S2l3325 or the equivalent OF 8
per cent upon Its paid-up capital. IL less
than A.S66.6O0. In consideration of the
subsidy the company agrees to pay the
government amounts equal to any divi-
dend above a cumulative dividend OF 6
per cent per annum which the directors
may distribute TO the shareholders In
any year-after making such provisions
as the directors may think desirable for
bad or doubtful debts and the establish
ment OF a reserve fund-until by such
means the government has been repaid,
without interest, the amount 40 receiv-
ed by the company by way Of subsidy"
Mr.. Skinner also reports that a COM
pany under the style OF the Compa gnia
italio- Britannica will shortly be form
ed under the Italian laws with n capital
Of 100000 lire G2.O0, 600. one-half OF
which Is to he taken by the British
Italian Corporation and the other half
by the Credito Italisno and their
friends. Out OF the nine directors OF the
Italian company three will be British.
The Washington times., 1916-09-12
TRACK-WALKER HAS
MANY-SIDED JOB
One Road Demands That He 30
Safety First Expert.

No longer IL n railroad track-walker
man who walks tracks looking for de-
fects. The track-walker OF today must
combine with his ability for keepness
an intimate knowledge OF safety first"
rules and a more or less expert ac-
huaintance with the most improved
methods OF bandaging a wound. check
Ing the flow Of blood. and other first
aid-to-the jured expedients.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad. for
example. has just issued to all rs
track walkers a vest-pocket book OF In
structions on the ways and means OF
protecting train operation and the fvea
Of men who work on the track. The
book dwells on the importance Of strict
obedience to superiors while In the serv-
ice, cautions the employees to exercise
the utmost care to avoid injury 10
themselves and others, emphasizes care
full inspection Of all track tools. tells
how to locate and identify defective
ties, and concludes with a complete
course in first-aid methods.
The Washington times., 1916-09-12
Children to Entertain
COlOred Odd Fellows

Delegates to the eighteenth biennial
movable committee OF the Grand
united Order OF Odd Fellows, coiored,
In session at Convention Hall. Will be
entertained tonight by a three.act
cantata to be given In the hall. by col
ored children OF the District.
The convention II being devoted TO
business today. and reports from the
various officers and committees are be-
ing read. DR.. J. c. Norwood. Of this
city, In presiding
The Washington times., 1916-09-12
For All Complexion Ills

II the akin be coiorless. sallow. muddy.
over-red. biotchy or freckled. nothing vii
10 surely overcome the condition a. ord!-
nary mercolized waI. II literally takes on
a bad OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the dead ans
near-dead particles Of surface akin. gently,
gradually. causing no Inconvenience At all.
A complexion IL then in evidence,
clear. spoilers. delicatsly soft and beauti-
full. One onnce OF this wax, procurabIe at
any drugstore. will reJuvenate even the
worst complexion. Il 10 used like cold
cream.--Advt
The Washington times., 1916-09-12
MAYOR MAKES WAR
ON NOISY BIRDS
Organizes Shotgun Posse to Insure
Nocturnal Quiet.

POUGHKEEPsIE. n. Y. Sept. IA
Mayor Wilbur marshaled twelve crack
shots. armed with shotguns. at shutdown
last night and set forth to make war
on the starlings and blackbirds.
The clamor of the birds at dawn was
such an annoyance to late sleepers that
a petition was sent to the mayor asking
that the nuisance be abated.
Until the moon was bright In the sky
the roar of the shotguns proved the In
duetry of the hunters,
The Washington times., 1916-09-12

when welI-known local business men
VIII act az suctioneers. Among those
Who will take part IN the selling VIII
ne Col. Robert N. Harper, Wilbdm ".
Jude. p. r. Moran, Il. e. Prandenburg,
X. p. Andrews, n. Edwin Joyce. ana
George O'Connor.
The Washington times., 1916-09-12
Cow Wrecks Auto.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. Sept. IA brin-
de. COW. belonging to Wilson Lewis.
q farmer. at Wascoville, Ave miles
from here, disputed the right OF the
road with a liRht touring car. The
machine had to be towed to a garage
for repairs.
The Washington times., 1916-09-12

The Rev. w. q. Davenport. rector
emeritus Of Emmanuel Church, and
in charge OF Esther Memorial Chapel
at Congress Heights. who was taken
Ill at his summer home at Colonial
Beach last week. was brought here
this morning. His condition Is slight
ly improved
The Washington times., 1916-09-12
EVANSVILLE.

A special meeting Of the council
was held last night In the armory
hail TO determine upon . hre alarm
system by those who subscribed to-
ward II. More than one-hsIf the cub
acribers were present and upon a vote
N was decided to install "A whistle
with compressed air tanks, motoi.
and other necessary appliances Ths
vote stood sixty-four for and three
aga inst the whistle. M. r. Holloran.
chairman. was instructed to OBTAIN
further subscriptions. The sum or
&eSs already has been subscribed with
a promise OF 800 more. making u
necessary to secure an additional $3.50
before the town Will have proper
alarm system.
In anticipation Of the early return
OF Company r, OF Hyattsville. from
border service, committees headed by
John O. Holden for tho citizens. and
Mrs. Mills Okeefe. for the mothers
and wives. have made plans for their
reception.
Spanish War Veterans OF the coun-
~. 1873 In number. are much elated
over the election OF Capt. u. V. CHS
holm. as commander-in-c hief OF the
national organization.
V. V. MacNeil has returned from q
two weeks vacation at Stone Noun
tain, Ga.
The Washington times., 1916-09-12
ANACOSTIA.

Or. william A. White. superintend-
emit Of st. Elizabeth's Hospital. IL away
on leave. During his absence the in
stitution is in charge OF Or. Mary
O'Malley
The Washington times., 1916-09-12

officers and teachers OF the sunday
school OF Emmanuel Church Will meet
the opening of the regular term will
be made.
The Washington times., 1916-09-12

Anacostia Chapter. No. IL, Royal
Arch Masons. met last night. Degree
work was presented
The Washington times., 1916-09-12

Anacostia Tent. No. :. knights OF
the Msccabees. met last night In Ma
sonic hall. \ number of candidates
were admitted to the order
The Washington times., 1916-09-12

w. Ralph Williamson has been
chosen captain OF the bowling team
OF Anacostia Lodge. No, 81, r. a, a. M.
which Will be In the Masonic Bowling
League this season.
The Washington times., 1916-09-12
A Series of Talks
With Wdshington's Foremost

By A. X. HILL, President,
Navy Printing Co.

With the approach Of the Fall buying season,
the big majority Of Washington Printing statesmen
again face the problem Of either cutting prices to
such point to lose the small profit on their
product Of seeing the work placed out of town.
1t is not unusual situation in the Capitalit is
unusual in the majority of cities Of the size Of Wash
ington. " - ..,-
TherSsb an instance of banking institution Of
Washington. Their printing is done by out-of-town
printers. The saving is less than per cent-their
order is not large at time. The work was sent
away to save less than cent per thousand the
particular form in mind And the Washington
printer who bidding against the out-of-town
firm, was a depositor of the local banks. There
mercantile firms in Washington whose printing
orders amount to hundreds Of dollars a season who
continually patronze print shops of other cities.
Yet the bank does not carry the funds of the
out-of-town frm-ts earnings are from Washing
ton capital The money put into circulation by
Washington printers helps earn their dividends. And
the mercantile firms who go elsewhere for their
printing sell their wares to Westinghouse ns-not
residents Of other cities, in the majority of cases.
Why should it be so? Washington print shops
have invested millions in equipping some of the
most up-to-date plants in the United States. Their
printers are paid high wages-because high priced
men do high grade work. Their margin of profit
Is not high-not inconsistent with the grade of
work turned out An investigation will reveal the
fact that on the average the price of printing work
in this city, Is lower for the class product than
in the majority Of the larger cities of the country
There is only one way to give a cheap bid on
printing. The producing cost cannot be made
smaller. The paper stock be made cheaper In
quality, the work be done by unskilled labor
In either case you the one who suffers by get
ting printing which is not the best. which does nos
reflect the high standard Of your establishment and
at saving Of few cents dollars, causes the loss
hundreds mi a
profit to stay in business, the local estab-
lishments. And the producing cost is lower in
Washington for the same class work than in most
large cities. Remember that when you give your
next order
Boost your home town. and its industries 1t
will pay you big dividends ultimately.
The Washington times., 1916-09-12

Zane PyIes, son of DIR. and Mrs. Il. A.
Pyles. has returned to his home in
Nicholas avenue after n visit OF sew
eral weeks at the P1attsburg military
camp. He will leave shortly to re-
sumo studies at Harvard University.
The Washington times., 1916-09-12

" V. MacNeil has returned from q
two weeks vacation at Stone Noun
tain, Ga.
The Washington times., 1916-09-12

The Rev. w. o. Roome, ir,. rector Of
Emmanuel Church. returned to his
home this morning after a stay OF
several DAYS at Norfolk Va
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23
Prof. ssor Tough
Explains That the
Natural Impulse to Steal Is
Aggravated in klepton1aniacs and Associated Nth
Disease of the Self Controlling Function of the Brai

Irene Vose was a high-minded girl OF
unbalanced character, of absolutely cor
rect conduct and reputation. She was
unusually highly educated. She had
graduated from Smith College and re-
turned to the college 10 take a post
graduate course of still further study.
But Irene Vose had the irresistible i'm
pulse 10 steal. She did not steal alb
sent mindedly or occasionally. She was
probably a thief on a wholesale scale.
For long time articles have been miss
ing from the rooms OF Smith College
girls, and the servants OF the college
have been suspected. At last attention
was attracted TO Miss Vose. and she
was followed, and the astonishing dis
covery was made that she had hired
another room outside the college to use
as a warehouse in which TO store her
stolen articles.
Irene Vose has confessed. She has
said, and her friends have said, and
her relatives declare, that she has always
been amply and generously supplied with
money and was able to, and. as a matter
Of fact. did, supply herself with every.
thing she wanted.
Why did Irene Vose steal not one or
two, but probably dozens and dozens OF
things-some valuable and some of no
value-from the girls of Smith College?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

q TARTLING disclosures OF stealing
and pilfering by 7ell-to-do women
periodically demand the attention
OF the press. Some woman OF good So
cial position. refnemen, education, is
discovered stealing articles of jewelry or
clothing. She and her amily are dis
graced, and her friends can find no pos
sible motive for the criminal tendency
Usually the police, with al utter lack OF
scientific approach, either psychological
or medical, arrest the woman as a COM
mon thief.
She may be apprehendet in a depart
ment or jewelry store and dragged to the
police court in the same patrol wagon
as the thug from the corner saloon And
all the time she is no NOR, responsible
for her thievery than the!young babe
who reaches out impulsivey for a red
worsted ball.
TO the layman the so-caled monoma.
MAC Is & mystery. Many people confuse
the term with the doubtful medical foun.
dations of the clever LAWYERS brain
storm" plea for the criminal. 1t is al.
ways difficult for the averafe man and
woman to conceive the fad that the
human brain can function formally in
all save one direction.
have frequently found itdifficult to
explain to my students tie curious
scientific truth that a man or woman
can display normal control pver every
impulse save one. The thini seems in.
credible. Most Of us Judge otter peoples
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23
The Difference Between Common Thief
and a kleptomaniac
By James E. Tough


problems through our Individual expert
ences. When we pick up the paper some
morning and are astounded to find that
the wife of some prominent and wealthy
citizen has been caught stealing ribbons
In department store, we condemn her
off-hand as lacking In stability Of char
acter
We use her as a text that day in the
religious and ethical training of the chill
dren., II the plight Of the unfortunate
woman can be turned to any good end,
l suppose that Of being a horrible ex-
ample to children Is as profitable as any.
Yet think ii only fair to state to these
mothers that IL any of their children are
afflicted with the brain sickness Of the
monomaniac, their teaching is to' little
purpose. Precept upon precept does not
register control in the unbalanced mind
You cannot argue or reason her out Of
her impulse to steal. She may be able
to reason intelligently on every other
subject, but when the mind approa ches
the acquisitive impulse 1t seems to strike
bottomless pit. There is nothing upon
which to base reason. This does not
mean that every child or every person
who shows q tendency to be light fn-
gered has rotten spot in the brain
somewhere. The normal sense Of mine
and thine has been gradually bred into
the race. 1t Is not natural instinct
AN children at some time or other ex-
hibit pilfering tendencies. This is per-
fecty normal and deserves no more at
tentlon than the usual parental discipline.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23
rR. AND mrs. OSCAR vOsE live
MI in the handsome Vose mansion at
d. - No 3 Vos, street Westerly r 7

X rR. AND mrs. OSCAR vOSE live
MI in the handsome Vose mansion at
49, No. Vos, street. Westerly, r. l.
The Voses once owned large part Of
the town, and tb public park was do
mated to Westerly by the Voses. They
are old Rhode Ishnd residents of album
dant means.
When Miss Tree Vose. the delicate,
sensitive daughter Of these sturdy New
England parents, stood up before the
Judge the other dy and confessed that
she was thief, al her friends and rela-
tives were astouned.
There is no reBon why Irene Vose
should be a thief. When she crept into
the rooms of her classmates at Smith
College and stole their trinkets and
1ewelry, there was 10 sensible reason for
her actions.
Irene Nose took a seaskin coat be-
longing to Miss Catherine F. Nissley, a.
Smith College girl-,ut Irene has hand.
somer seaskin coat of her own.
Miss Vose sllppa into her handbag
a neat little gold witch which belonged
to Miss Henrietta Bloom, a fellow
student-but Miss Nose has a more
valuable gold watch of her own.
Irene stole gold watch and jeweled
tray from Miss Margaret f. Jennison,
also Smith Collea student-but she
did not need them.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

cover that just as some children develop
their eye teeth much stronger and sooner
than others, SO some have the sense OF
right and wrong, the conscience, devel-
oped to an uneven degree.
1t Is admitted today that there is such
thing as morbid weakness of control
The lawyer and the doctor of to-day, both
like to have other evidence of insanity
than mere lack OF control over impulses,
before they are willing to put forward
the plea of diseased want Of self control
in mitigation of legal punishment. And
yet most physicians and psychologists
know that many forerunners of serious
mental disturbances manifest in lack of
self control
Clouston does not find the tendency of
the kleptomaniac to lack control of
single motor impulse as puzzling. Con-
slider, he says, the variety of simple
motor impulses or acts that are physio-
logically uncomfortable. or partly so, such
as coughing, etc. Next, look at a more
complicated act. that will be recognized
by any competent Psychologist to be auto
ordinary inhibitory power.
Place bright tempting toy before
child Of a year and it will be instantly
appropriated. Place cold water suddenly
before sane man dying of thirst and he
VIII take and drink it without power of
doing otherwise. These simple examples
winch Clouston uses can be readily ap-
piled 70 an overwhelming impulse to
steal which marks the affliction Of the
kleptomaniac. She is no more respon-
sble for her act than the man dying of
thirst
81 have known man to steal" says
ClouSton, who said he had no intense
longing for the article he appropriated at
all, at least consciously, but his will was
In allowance, and he could not resist the
ordinary desire of possession common to
all human nature"
The case of the New England college
girl calls to mind another interesting fact
in the diseased impulse TO steal. The
defective will of such an unfortunate and
the oVerpowering impulse may be momen-
tarY In duration or may be constant
Their etiology is varied
Clouston calls attention to the interest
Ing fact that the uncomfortable impulse
TO steal usually has other morbid mental
symptoms present. "The mere desire to
appropriate for ones self what does not
belong to one is an instinct strongly de.
veloped in the animal kingdom, in print
tive and savage man. in children and in
many kinds of mental disease lmbeciles
appropriate and hide what they fancy.
just as jackdaws do. The desire is there
and there is no inhibition. In general
paralysis. appropriation of all kinds Of
things is most common"
Clouston goes on to mention a patient
who stuffed his pockets every day with
rags. stones, bits Of glass. broken pottery,
ETC., till he looked as if he had meal
bag on either side Of him. He also once
found general paralytic patient trying to
stuff the coalscuttle down the back of
his trousers.
The case Of the kleptomaniac is always
one for the doctor and not for the police.
Many physicians believe that with proper
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over impulse can be cured.
Great Britain Rights Reserved.
Arizona republican., 1916-02-08
RELIEVE EARLY SETTLEMENT U
 [US|TAN|A CASE |S IN SIGHT

row. and it is believed in Teutonlc diplomatic circles that Count Von Bernstorff, the German ambassador may be summoned to the state de- partment some time during the at- ternoon and informed of the decision of the United States.
 Confidential advices received today from high official quarters are to the effect that the expressions of op- timism regarding the outcome of the negotiations, which have been heard in certain official and diplomatic cir cles are not without foundation. Chairman Stone of the senate for eign relations committee declared af- ter conferring with administration of ficials that he believed the case was practically settled
 It was authoritativelv said at the , state department that the position of 1 the government today in regard to l the .Lusitania case was identical with l the position taken at the time the Hast note was dispatched to Ger many Secretary Lansing flatly de- nied the truth of a statement at tributed in press dispatches to Dr Alfred Zimmerman. German under secretary of foreign affairs. to the ieffect that "new demands had beer made in the case at a time when tho Herman government considered the negotiations virtually were at an end
 The German view as represented here is that the agreement now of !fered goes as far as German off lcials consider possible toward meet ling the views of the United States. l Germany has agreed that reprisal
 must not be directed against an,
 other than enemy subjects. It ha become known that the Berlin gov lernment expresses the hope that may have the opportunity to cooper ate with the United States in som
 action looking toward freedom of tn
 seas before the end of the war.
Arizona republican., 1916-02-08
MENTION LORIMER
 IN BEALE CONTEST
Republican A. Q. Leased Wire1

SANTA BARBARA, Cal, Feb. 7.- A national political twang was given to the second John F. Beale estate contest today, when the attorneys for Mrs. Beale attempted to show that Arthur K. Stearns one of the con testing nephews. had been connected with the Senator Lorimer set in H. linois. The attempt was made to se- cure an admission from MT. Stearns that when he came west a couple of years ago to see MT. Beale. that he travelled on a pass furnished by Banker of the LaSalle Institution made prominent in the Lorimer in vestigation. MT. Stearns denied the implication. but said he had borrowed the money for the trip from MT. Ward.
 Mrs. Natalie Sawyer. of Montecito, today testified to a conversation she had with MT. Beale a few months be- fore his death, in which he expressed unhappiness in his married life.
Arizona republican., 1916-02-08
PASTOR WOUNDED
 BY IRATE WOMAN
Republican A, p. Leased Wire1

SHERMAN. Tex, Feb. 7.-Rev. H. M Cagle, widely known north Texas Baptist minister, was shot and probably fatally wounded here late today by Mrs. Annie Faust, wife of Finis Faust, farmer who lives near Denison Tex. Charles Barton by-stander, sustained a flesh wound in the left arm from one of the bull lets. Mrs. Faust, who was arrested immediately after the shooting, which took place on the public square, was released on $1.000 bond and returned home.
 Mrs Faust, who it is said, came to Sherman today on a shopping trip, had just left a local store when she encountered the minister, and ac- cording to bystanders, pulled re- volver from her handbag, firing five shots into his body.
 When arrested. Mrs Faust is all legged to have said that the minister slandered her and she shot in re- Venge