Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-14

office and wired her husbands: This
seems to be your lucky day for 1t
CHANGED to be the Chance wedding am
rivcrsary. is 10 years since Chance
Fcdnie to join the Cubs. At that time
he was catching, but he had played
baseball only six years. four of them.
on college teams. He is graduate of
Washington college in California. Over
2.5Ol people! paid to see the electric bull
letinS at Orchestra hall, the proceeds
which went toward the maintenance of
summer hospital in the country.
CH1CAGo'S LOSSES
EHorts to check the fire waste In the
United States, amounting to $1T5 900, 900
more than It would under European
regulations for fire prevention, are tar
Oily meeting with success in Chicago,
as plans have been prepared for a high
pressure water system IN the DOWN
town district. Although the cost will
be over S2,OOO,O00, its cost will soon be
saved, for Chicago fire loss annually Is
S4.S5O,0Oo more than Berlin's, although
its population is only two-thirds as
large. The plans provide for pres
sure Of $50 pounds per square inch.
enough for frefighting even in sky
sscfapers without fire engines and long
leads of hose In the congested streets.
Improper building ordinances, faulty
state laws and lack of fire protection
Were given as the chief reasons why
the fire waste in the United States
each year is far In excess of that in
other countries For the FIVE years
ending in 1905, the average loss per
capita III this country was $2.4I, where
as In Europe, the average is only 33
cents per year for each man. woman
and child The announcement of the
plans came when the city was full of
insurance men. members OF the File
Underwriters association of the North
west. who in their discussions pointed
out the reasons for the excessive fire
loss in this country in poor building or
d!nances, faulty laws and inadequate
fire prevention. Its effect is nothing less
than a tax upon all classes OF business
and people, as it cuts into the earnings
of capital and abor. The end Of the
lumber supply, partly because of this
waste, is now in sight. but no adequate
check has yet been put upon the fire
losses. Insurance interests have estab-
lished in Chicago testing station and
are investigating every factor that
contributes to fire losses, but opposition
has been shown to the changes in rat
ings and conditions which science and
experience have Endorsed as necessary.
FREE MUNICIPAL BATHS.
Bathing is on tile rapid increase in
Chicago, Judging by the records of the
municipal free public baths, showing
total OF 32S,7S9s persons who took
plunges in 190S,as compared with 23b, LOO
in 1907 That is an increase of 80 l-3
per cent. At that rate bathing Is like
sly to become a habit here. Unless the
railways find the money to electrify
their terminals and relieve Chicago OF,
locomotive smudges. bathing will have
TO become comparatively general. How
ever, the rate of Increase shown by the
figures for this year and last are mis-
leading In 1906 the bathings numbered
g30S,9S6, so the increase fol. the Two years
was at an annual rate of only 31G per
cent, which puts another face on IT. The
use OF soap and wateris at least not on
the decline The numbers who patron
ize the public baths do not accurately
measure the bath penchant of the city.
because they are crowded about to ca
pacity all the time during the hot
months. Moreover. the bathing beaches
are on the increase and compete for
favor. The busiest of Chicago's IA pub
lie bath houses was the l<osciusko, in
Polish neighborhood. although when it
was built, five years ago. the People
decided it was place of punishment,
and proceeded to dornoisll it, and po-
lice guard night and day was necessary.
temporarily. However. q new bath
house promises to outdo the 1<osciusko,
for. although it was opened only 10
DAYS before the season closed, it was
used in that brief space by s,741 men
and boys and T22 women and girls, a
total Of 4,193.
PENSIONS FOR MOTHERS.
a system of pensions for mothers
who arc the only support of their fami-
lies. is being urged here by some of the
charity organizations as a solution Of
tbs, problem that has faced the munich
pal authorities since it was reported
that there are 5000 starving or half.
fed children in Chicago Many widows
and deserted wives, said Rebecca b.
Holmes, assistant Superintendent of the
Chicago Bureau of Charities, arc un-
able Ia earn enough to feed their chill
dsen from piecewori from the sweat
sltors, and from scrubbing and wash
ing. / believe organized charity should
nav these women q pension until their
.children are old enough to support thelr
parent. The pension should be IN ad-
dltioi. to the income, and Just Sufficient
TO make Zip the amount needed to care
properly for the family. Pitiful reve-
5lati0i.s of the want and restitution pre-
5yailing in hundreds of homes are being
brought in every day by the truant Of
4tieers. and as the facts become better
known, they are meeting with a Spiei1-
did response in the shape OF contflpu-
lions for the WORK OF 5relieI. tIne ilSuIe
Of !. 1000 suffering children is thought
10 ic an overestimate, but the brlef
official reports OF individual cases made
10 Snpt Bodine bring out the pathos
ard horror of the situation more strilS-
iugly than would volumes of statistics
{HCyt. are i, few of the reports: m :
Nv living on Mosprntt street; most
rhjcl,Iy inhabited street in the city; six
4clnldfcn, ages 10, 8 s. s, 4, ?; father
working for So a week in soap rae,
tory; mother picks wood in alleys and
coat on tracks; miserable insanitary
home: conditions discovered by chill.
drer crying from hunger IN school,
Widow. West ,rhirty-tirst place.
=has five children: Oldest girl, aged ID
aon.y hreadwinner; earns S. a week IN
stack yards; children frequently go
ia he'd without eating. tamlis
ar father and mother and 10 children
IN Washburn schoo! district, six chill
5n,.an at school; father dying of tuber-
c,,lcsis: mother and boy OF "a supper,
5Tamily: their diet Is dry bread ana
tena three times a day NO ADEQUATE
Erslier for these conditions has yet been
soiven. tn spite of individual contribu-
s1inns the board of education claiming
ethnI Il has no authority to appropriate
money for free lunches,
v1c,T,UEMTs FOR 4AIIGIIST.