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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-07-08

Your work, health, happiness and
eyesight can be improved by having
pair Of improved glasses. Call and
believe. Every Tuesday, all day, also
every evening, except Friday and Sat-
arday. you viii find Specialist Wood
cock on eyesight in his Elkton Office
opposite Court House. He visits
North East. Md, at Hotel Cecil every
Wednesday, 9 A. M. to IL o'clock noon.
Every one in Cecil county who writes
a postal he will call on them, examine
their eyesight FREE OF COST.
In his Philadelphia, Pa, Office, 1888
Olive street, every Saturday.
aug 2z-6 m
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-07-08

for the execution at the Towson Jail.
Taylor, who is colored man, wrote
the Governor a letter asking for par
don, and saying if it were granted him
he would enlist in the army and act
as "shield" for one of the soldiers
now in Mexico Taylor, with two other
prisoners. attempted to escape from
the Towson Jail recently.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-07-08
Why Endure Summer Colds?

1t isn't necessary to have stuffed head
running nose To cough your head off as it
were. All you need do is TO use Dr. Bells
Pine-TarH Honey. The soothing and healing
balsams open the clogged air passages and in
short time you get relief and start the
road to recovery. Your nose stops running
you cough less and you know you are getting
better Get bottle, directed Keep
what is left ~ a cough and cold insurance.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-07-08
Child en- Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
9 a 8 TO RIA

The Georgetown, Del, strawberry
juice plant closed last week after q
seasons pack of 1900 barrels.
Wilmington High School graduates
this year totaled 1877.
Governor Harrington recently sign
ed the death warrant of John VI. Tay-
lor, convicted recently in the Rel Air
Court; for the murder of Lucy Myers,
colored, at her home in Baltimore
county. July % was fixed as the date
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-07-08

ference for Maryland Ministers will
deal with this and other opportunities
of the country church, in its sessions
July oath to August 4th. Anyone in
terested may obtain complete informa-
ton by writing to the Secretary of
the Country Life Conference, College
Park. Nd.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-30
A Fight to a Finish.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The letter which appeared in your
raper recently from Mr.. Homer Dunno en-
bodied my sentiments. This is no time for
anv suppositions or Knights" Mr.. Hughes
might make very good President, but MI
Roosevelt did make one of the very best we
ever had. for a period OF seven years, and
kent us out Of trouble by his firm, farseelng
policy.
Mr.. Roos welt never sidestepped an issue
but always faced any situation which con-
fronted him firmly, courageously and un-
waveringly. We know that his method OF
keeping peace is the best way, because you
cannot-either individually or as a nation
pursue the course Of least resistance and
keen out Of trouble Does any one believe
that he would have passed the buck" 70 an
other administration when confronted with
the Mexican situation? Or does any one be-
lieve that villa, an cx-bandit, and his lk
would have been allowed to accumulate the
arms. ammunition and appurtenances which
he has now to be used in killing Americans
The main opposition to Mr.. Roosevelt
seems TO be that old "he talks too much" one.
Shades of George Washington. Has our code
Of ethics reached such a state that a man
must stay muzzled when he knows that it is
for the good OF the country that he should
speak? When the public was being blinded
as to our actual state of preparedness, should
he have refused to embarrass the Admnistra-
ton when he knew the facts? When Mr..
Roosevelt made that Plattsburg speech of
his he was the one man in the country
aware Of actual conditions with the courage
and foresig ht 10 speak his mind at all haz-
ards Now, almost year later, they all sd-
nit it and say something should be done.
As a reader of The Tribune have been pa
tiently waiting 70 see where you stand. II
seems 70 me that you have been practising a
"watchful waiting" policy yourselves. Is it
Roosevelt Hughes? You seem to be lead
ing fight for decent Americanism. Why
not come out hatfootedly and unqualifedly
for Mr.. Theodore Roosevelt and start I'VE
wan. Roosevelt movement? Because the Pro-
gressive vote has seemed 20 dwndle since
1912, don't think we're not behind 7. R. in
fight to the finish. We want Roosevelt.
JOHN II. FRAZIER.
Brooklyn, March %, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-30
Exaggerated Stuff

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: For the sake of the thousands OF
brave men who have worn the uniform Of the
United States army. and not 20 make more
ridiculous the puny fighting force maintained
By this government. please stop the publica-
ton of those sickly sentimental letters which
describe the "suiFerings" ~ OF the forces
now in Mexico. The desert horrors storie,
Of "parched, unshaven" men are unworthy OF
place in your columns. IT, after months OF
preparation for just such an event, the army
is not fit and fully equipped for any emer-
gency. then the officers should be court mar
tialed and the force recognized.
IL is safe TO say that none OF the men now
in pursuit Of villa has suffered as much dis
comfort as did the regulars and militia who
took part in the joint maneuvres held in Vir-
ginia in 1904. The work Of a month was
crowded into a week. Men were smothered in
dust by day and nearly frozen sleeping out
at night; they went without food and water:
forded streams, with no chance TO change
shoes or clothing; dropped from sunstroke
and exhaustion, beside all Of which the pres
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-30
The Waite Case.

Whatever DR.. Arthur Warren Waite S
relations may have been to his un1ortu-
nate parents-in-law, we must hope that he
docs not do to this community what Harry
Tbaw did-make US an object OF deriSion
to all who believe in justice and It's digni-
fled and efficient administration Inc
Young dentist does not enjoy the unilm-
tied pecuniary backing which enaDieo
Tbaw 10 proiect one high priced lawyer
after another like monkey wrenches into
our legal machinery; and the imam from
Egypt" is not an attractive young woman
~ tho flesh whose tears can be employed
20 melt a Jury. But there is about this
case such an abundance of sensational
features as to make those who know the
history of our criminal trials tremDie
lost we run too true to form.
DR.. Waite is entitled to his day IN
court. to the employment of the best couh-
sci purchasable and to the lnterpoSition
Of anv defence he may choose. lie Is
presumably still an innocent man despite
the confessions he is alleged 10 nave maui
TO crimes whose enormity almost passes
belief. He is fully entitled to a suspen-
sion of judgment until the jury which
tries him renders its verdict.
But the people are entitled to cam
consideration of the evidence at the trlai'
and any emotional hysteria or morbid
sentimentality which his youth or MS
Might or the notoriety of his case may
excite constitutes an injustice to society, a
handicap to the prosecution.
The issue in the matter seems clean cut
enough in all conscience. Surely 1t Is
possible so TO bring the prisoner to trial
and see him through the mill that Tor
once we may be proud of the justice done
and of the speed of its accomplishment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-30
The Suffering Truck Horse.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: This mornings Tribune contained an
editorial that wish all lovers Of horses, as
well as owners OF horses, could read II
voices the sentiments of 80 many men and
women, and for one should like very much
TO know how We can help TO get that ordi-
nance passed.
noticed during recent visit to Massachu-
sets that nearly all the truck horses had
shoes with removable calks, which the drivers
told me were very practical and easy to put in
and remove without disturbing the shoe.
JANE FRANCKE.
New York, March %. 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-30
Expert Testimony Disregarded

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: Your attention is respectfully calle'
to the following interesting excerpt from
"The Congressional Record:
Mr.. Kahn, member of the Committee OF
Military Affairs, was speaking on the Hal
bill on March Is, and said regarding the com
mittee:
The committee was greatly at sea on
the question as 10 how many additional
men should be added 20 the regular
army; and that was not strange. The
committee is composed of laymen. they
know little or nothing about military
matters. Some few Of the members have
had eervice in the national guard. Two
or three Of them had service Of some
kind in the Spanish-American War; but
the overwhelming majority have no per-
sonal experience in military matters.
Therefore. they have to depend upon the
testimony of those who are at the head OF
the military establishment Of the govern
ment; and what happened?
Answer: The Hay bill.
In view OF what Mr. Kahn says. can yo'
blame the military experts for feeling some
what discouraged as to the status of our de
fences. particularly when we know that thu
committee practically dsregsrded the testi
mony Of these experts, ID. A. WlLCOA.
New York, March %, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-30
Germany's Future

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: How viii Germany be able TO recover
its former prosperity? The Socialist party,
on sort OF universal Brotherhood Of man
principle, holds the view that national and
social relations with the Allies will soon COM
mence again after the war But after all the
horrors that this war has called up from
Hades. can one believe that possible?
Germany's future and the future Of ;he
world depend upon the obliteration OF mill
tarism. But can we ever obliterate it? VIII
the stain it has left upon Europe ever be
wiped out? After the war, the richest ma
ton will have the least TO fear. But for
what reason? Because it can employ all the
barbarous weapons with which militarist Ger
many has made Us familiar. We can only
thank God tina, nations in incipient stages of
civilization are poor. II they were not, the
world would become an inferno.
{. KING.
Stratton, ~ Cornwall England, March 10.
1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-30
The Altitude of Wilson's Motives

lP. l.. IN The Nc,0 Repubtc.l
II is impossible 10 read the correspondence
between President Wilson and Mr.. Garrison
without making guesses. All we can be
sure Of is that in this quarrel as in all other
quarrels, neither party sees himself as the
other sees him. On this occasion, as on most
occasions when President Wilson and some
body else have ceased to be friends, this diff
ference OF opinion is probably very great.
Mr. Wilson, so far as we outsiders know
him, does not easily conceive himself as act
ing upon any motives that are less than
seven feet high Il would be painful 10 him
TO admit that his motives at any particular
time were less high than they had been az
some other time. Now | should not think Of
affirming that Mr.. Wilson was alone in be-
lieying that he is always actuated by motives
Of exceptional and uniform height. Mr.. Will
lam Bayard Hale SCENT at one time TO have
held this belief about Mr. Wilson. and may
hold il still for all / know. SO, | imagine,
does Mr.. Tumulty. None the less it is true
that one OF the easiest ways Of being mis-
understood Of turning disagreements in opin-
ion into another kind Of disagreement, is 70
contract the habit Of attributing to oneself
the highest Of high motives. Mr.. Wilson's
passion for tall motives is as intense and
sincere as Friedrich Wilhelm's passion for
tall men in his Potsdam regiment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-30

which lacks the expert direction which
only a permanent General Stan can give
That is the fundamental truth on "hich
all plans for the reorganization OF our
navy ought 10 be based. II is the fruit OF
all naval and military experience that or
ganization is indispensable to success IN
war-more than ever so in modern war;
with its vast use Of and complete depeh-
dence upon complicated machinery
It is truth which has been rightly IN
sisted upon by Admiral Fiske and by those
who have fought with him in this country
for the creation Of Naval General STAN
1t is a truth compactly expressed IN d
recent article on the American navy oy
Mr.. Arthur II. Pollen. one of the foremost
authorities in Great Britain on na'ai
strategy and policy. Said Mr.. Pollen:
"If the occasion Of a great naval pro-
gramme were made the occasion OF organ
ling a we'll proportional naval stan
staff for executive administration put
one dealing with all the naval problems
from the point of view of right theory ana
scientific practice-then result would De
produced far greater and more valuable
than can be got by any mere provision OF
inert and costly things. 1t is, after all on
the men and not on the ships that you
relv. See that they have the ships, guns
methods. plans, preparation, training they
ask for"
Such advice will fall on deaf ears in the
case of self-satisfied bungler like Mr.
Daniels. But until it is needed at Wash
inoton we shall never have real navy;
nor can we ever hope to get full ell
ciencvp out of such a navy as we do have.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-30

all holding diplomas. 1t would prooaoly
he as idle to attempt to confine the word
nurse" to the r. y. as Or TO the
NJ. D.; accordingly, the reformers have
done we'll not to insist on this point.
Upon the importance Of the bill to the
nurses themselves it IS unnecessary TO
dwell. They have reason enough to feel
that their profession entities them to a
degree of recognition they have not hith-
erto received at the hands of the state or
Of the public. Il is only necessary TO look
back a generation or two to realize what
enormous progress has been made, 10 IN
derstand what nursing implies to-day as
compared with what it implied formerly.
The development of nursing is indeed one
Of the most notable developments in the
art of healing; it would be quite impos-
sible to overrate its significance. Hence
the important thing to bear in mind is the
necessity of establishing the status Of the
nurse in accordance with modern condi-
tons. 1t is question Of vital lmpor-
tance, not merely to the nurse, but to the
public at large, and the amendment be-
fore the Legislature is a wholly COM
mendable step in the right direction.
1t is opposed, Of course, by those inter
ested in maintaining low standards, by
those whose profit is in schools that pro-
vide short courses and inadequate train
ing, and they put forth plausible pleas
for the sick poor and for those who can
not secure the services Of registered
nurses. All such pleas are idle, and
might be used with equal soundness to
Justify the abolition of standards in the
qualification of physicians or surgeons.
As it has been said, the conditions that
prevail are abundantly recognized in the
bill, which is further strengthened by the
proposal to establish an advisory council
to aid the Regents in the regulation of
the training schools and the fixing of rea-
sonable standards. The matter has hith-
erto been shamefully neglected, and 1t
may be hoped that there will be no further
delay in effecting a reform long overdue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-30
Soldiers Only.

Adjutant General Stotesbury has regis
tered opposition to the bill to create a
state police because, with slight changes
in the law, the national guard could do
all the work which the new force would be
created to handle No more mistaken
conception Of the situation could be eX-
pressed One Of the chief arguments for
the creation of cOnstabulary-one OF
the chief merits of the system-is that il
would free the national guard from the
police work which it now is called on TO
perform.
If there is any value in the state militia
it is in its readiness and ability to per
form military duties, and military duties
alone. That value has indisputably been
lessened by the fact that the guard is now
a semi-police body. Desirable young men
who might enlist for military training in
body recognized as a secondary army
refuse to enlist in a body liable to ser
vice in suppressing strike riots and doing
police patrol work in emergencies.
If by reason of such changes in the
law as Adjutant General Stotesbury sug-
gests the militia, or picked companies OF
it, were liable 20 assignment TO tours of
duty in patrolling country roads, TO SER
vice in arreSting poachers, in fighting for
est fires, in pursuing and arresting post
office robbers in rural sections, in serving
warrants for sheriffs, there would be
mighty little military character left in it.
These and many kindred functions com
prise the duty Of the state police. These
are their daily portion all the year round
To talk of handing over such duties to the
national guard in any year is foolish; in
this year, when the guard is likely TO be
called on for service on the border, it is
nothing short of fantastic.
The state police bill ought to he passed
because it would leave the militia free
for military service, as it should be. The
bill ought to be passed because New York
State needs, in its rural and suburban
communities, the kind Of efficient, care
fully drilled enforcers of the law which
this system produces. 1t is a costly force
to organize, but pot an expensive one to
maintain, in consideration of the work il
does in prevention and punishment Of
crime and in protection Of life and prop
erty. This state cannot we'll afford to be
without it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-30
AWAY WITH CANT!

set combinations that any prospect OF us
bairg opened by some new act OF SUI
marine commander was based on a proo"o'''
~, so small as 70 be negligl ble.
Mr. BernstorfF could then very properly III
sist in his report 10 Berlin that the ueFn'"
naval staff might safely continue airy O-po"'
nolicv which seemed for its advantage win
ont reference 70 the United States WHY"
was now in both its executive and ieg's'a'
tive branches defnitvely committed 10 ihae
ton under any and all circumstances we
Americans being known 70 Germans as
neople who like TO be humbugged, II was UNI
necessary for Mr.. Bernstorf TO ADD una
ANYTHING which the Chancellor cared 10 &c
in the way OF mere talk 70 assist IN the al,
raction OF befoolment would do no harm aho
nigh. be useful, so that, when the EeSigha'
ton OF Admiral Tirpitz had become hecessarS
for some reason, the opportunity was NAT
urally utilized of assigning raise one "
further deceive our public
So. too. We were asked 10 believe that the
controversy In the Reichstag on the conuue'
Of the war under the was TO be taken
seriously and as possibly Influencing the
plars of the military classes. To any one
who has studied the German people, tnel'
system Of government and the controlling
mart which their rulers play, especially III
war time. the suggestion that mere elected
assembly might affect their military policy Is
too simple for words, and those who assume
that the ruling classes Of Germany nave mac
change Of heart do not family begin &c
know them and are letting their wishe'
father their thoughts.
Resides. why should they have learned any
thing or have changed their minds? Nith'f
the month there have been ships, armed an1
unarmed. freight and passenger belIigeren
and neutral, sunk without warning oy SUD
marines. and no action by US. Perhaps We
do not know in every case whether the SUD
marine was German or Austrian, but some
time or other during these endless so-callet
negotiations, il has been made clear that th'
Central Powers cannot escape responsibility
bv the simple plan of hiding their identity
which. so far as we are concerned, must %
collective and not individual SO, TOO, Amer
lean lives have not always been lost, pu
here. again. we have taken the unassailaol'
nosition that 10 aim and to fire a torpedo a
A ship without previous warning lneVitaol!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-30
The Status of the Trained Nurse.

An important and even urgent measure
relating TO the practice Of nursing In TINS
state is at present under consideration at
ALBANY. 1t does not call for prolonged
elaboration, seeing similar legislation IN
all essentials has been considered and eX-
haustively discussed on former OCCASION
If on that occasion it was strongly OPP
posed and ultimately defeated the reason
was one which has no bearing on the
present bill.
The object Of the bill now pending Is TO
establish such standards as shall free the
profession of nursing from the state OF
chaos in which it is at present and give
the public a measure Of protection to
which it is manifestly entitled. This
aspect of the matter should be made clear
in the first place, since it is unjustly as
sumed upon the representation OF oppo-
nents not wholly disinterested in their OPP
position. that it is essentially an attempt
on the part of certain leaders of the pro-
fession TO secure, as it were, monopoly
in the practice of nursing.
Nothing could possibly be more mis-
taken. \ perusal Of the bill introduced
by Senator Jones must make it abundant
ly plain to any impartial reader that the
Interests Of the relatively ineXpert are
amply. even literally, safeguarded. II
may indeed be hoped that a more gen
eral recognition of the Importance OF the
nurses calling will lead ultimately to a
general raising Of Standards but 1t is a
particular merit of the present bill that
actual conditions were recognized and &C
cepted as inevitable in making plans for
immediate reform.
A reasonable excuse for the opposition
hitherto encountered was to be found IN
the attempt TO limit the very title of
nurse" to the qualified and thoroughly
trained attendant on the sick. In the
proposed amendment to the public health
law this is not insisted upon-in fact, a
plea which formerly overshadowed con-
siderations Of far more moment Is entirely
eliminated And wisely 50. Not that
there were no arguments in favor Of the
proposed restriction, for it might reason
ably be contended that in law there is as
good reason for defining the title
nurse" as for defining the title 'physi-
clan" But the practical impossbility Of
establishing usage in this manner is illus
trated plainly enough in the failure OF
official endeavors in England to limit the
use Of the title doctor" Formerly licen.
tiates as distinguished from medical doc
tors were called "Mr.." but popular usage
was too strong and the General Medical
Council was at last obliged TO conccde the
luse Of "Dr." as a sort Of courtesy title for