The Washington times., 1921-10-01

Wanderers Last Game.
Brutes Usually Poor.
Debs to Come Out.
Shocks Are Useful.
y ARTHUR BRISBANE
Copyright. 1912

by ARTHUR BRISBANE-l
Copyright. 1912
Wanderer, Chicago murderer,
told Of his hanging in the morning,
said:
what Of it? That last trick
was mine. I played the ace Of
spades" and went on with his
game.
Indifference to the murderer's
own death explains his indiffer-
encc to the death of others. One
detail in the wanderer case may
interest city editors. Newspapers
everywhere one morning printed
great praise of "Wanderer, War
Hero" the story of his gallant
deed, how a tramp had held him
and his wife up at the door of their
apartment. The tramp had killed
the wife. Then Wanderer, "the
hero" killed the tramp.
This reporter, who has studied
news for some years, telegraphed
from New York that same morn
ing to Walter Howey, managing
editor of the Chicago Herald and
Examiner, please look into that
Wanderer case. He undoubtedly
murdered his wife, using the
tramp for q blind"
Howey was on q vacation; the
answer came back from his assist
ant that there was Nothing in it."
The police had investigated, and
said Wanderer had surely killed
the man while defending his wife.
When Howey got back and went
10 work, the situation changed,
and Wanderer played his last card
game.
The learned Judge in the Ar
buckle case says not Roscoe Ar
buckle alone, but ourselves, our
morals, our present-day social
standards are on trial" Mr.. Ches-
terton, fat and forceful, discovers
in the Arbuckle case much wicked
ness on the part of Americans
generally. The learned judge and
the clever Englishman perhaps at
tach too much general Importance
70 Mr.. Arbuckle.
Brutality usually lacks intel,
gence, and is, therefore, Unable IL
crafty its tendencies-it il hasn't
the money. Occasionally as in the
case Of Coal Oil Johnny, hrbrckIe,
and others, money come rapidly,
without restraining int iIigsnce,
and what Zola describes ~ "the
hog asleep In each man" Lrraks
out and disgraces itself. But it
doesn't disgrace everybody.
Acce ,dins tn Universal Service.
Mr.. DeIgherty will advise Presi-
dent Harding to pardon Eugene
Debs and let him out of prison, for
The reason that he would die in Jail
before the end of his term, prob
ably. I.N.
A better reason for setting Debs
free Is to be found in the fact that
he Is q mild, harmless person;
never injured anybody or any
thing. The nation, having recov-
cred from It's patriotic panic,
might as well let an old man out
Of Jail. They freed such political
prisoners in Europe long ago.
Doctors In Chicago demonstrate
the value Of shock in disease. Elec-
trio shocks most frequently stimu-
late dormant nerves. All shocks
work we'll and help explain cures
sometimes called miracles"
The late DR.. Weir Mitchell had
for patient a woman confined to
her bed, convinced that she could
not move. One day DR.. Mitchell
began taking off his coat and
waistcoat, pretending to undress
completely. The lady, we'll brought
up, jumped out Of bed.
Another lady, well known in
Chicago, and helpless for a long
time, heard that her husband was
appointed minister to q foreign
court. She got up and ordered
new dresses. .....
Often a little shaking win
start an automobile. Faulty
ignition" often ties up the human
body and q shock will cure the
situation. It doesn't always last.
Mr.. Voliva, Of Zion City,
"proves" that there is nothing in
the theory Of gravitation. In his
important scientific demonstra-
tion he uses a brick and q
feather. He observes that the
brick comes down rapidly, the
feather slowly. II he carried his
scientific studies further and
dropped the brick and the feather
side by side in a vacuum he
would see them strike the ground
AZ the same time and might de-
eide that Newton's old-fashioned
ideas are still worth looking into.
Fitch and Dawson, labor MEM
bers Of the British parliament,
are home from the United
States telling England that boot
Logging will affect United States
morals. They say this country
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