Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-19
HAD AN ACTIVE YEAR
Humane Society Made 1921
Arrests for Cruelty.
CONVICTIONS WERE 1,168
Animals Examined Numbered H.
O45, of Which $50 Were Killed.
PRESIDENT HUTCHINs' VIEWS
Discusses Object Of Organization in
Address-Mrs. Taft q Sus-
tanning Member.

The activities Of the Washington HUI
name Society have been greatly increased
during the last year, and would have been
extended to even a greater degree had
finances permitted. according to the an
lual report for the year ending December
4, 1910, just issued.
There were 1921 arrests for cruelty to
animals during the year. against 53I in
, 1909. OF these complaints there were
1.16S convictions and 63 acquittals In the
| Police Court.
A summary of the years work shows
that 12045 animals were examined and
23O ANIMALS killed. Of the 1.-3l cases
prosecuted, personal bonds Were taken in
~ cases, co..ateral was forfeited in 1,u64
cases. fines We're imposed in % cases ana
| Jail or workhouse sentences were imposed
| in 10 cases.
The cases prosecuted were for the fol-
lowing offenses: Working animals unfit
| for service, abandoning animals TO die.
| beating or whipping, over oadlns, over
driving. working animals with So neckS
or shoulders, working while lame. 1ail@re
to provide proper food or shelter. over
checking, pouring carbon BIZ sulp ide on
cat, dragging horse with cham attached
to jaw. shipping chickens with les tied
carrying chickens in bag overci owd1nS
wagon, overcrowding sheep IN wagon,
working horse forty-eight hours without
proper rest.
The Sustaining Members.
The name Of Mrs. William H. Taft has
been added to the roster Of sustaining
| members who pay dues of s. annually.
Other sustaining members are ADMIN al
George Dewey and Mrs. Dewey, MIS-
Winfield Scott Scnley, Mrs A: Z. Barney,
| Mrs Thomas +. Bayard. Mrs. Waller
| Stilson Hutchins. Mrs. Eliza c. Hutchlns,
| Mrs. Victor Kaufman. s. w. woodward
and A. s. Worthington.
washington takes the Humane Society
| and it's work for granted" says President
Walter S. Hutchins In his annual adj
dress, land gives itself no iurtAer con-
Germ about It. How it exists, how II
pays its men, how 1t manages to per-
| form the duties imposed upon it by law
| are subjects which do not disturb the
average citizen nor greatly interest him.
| This is unfortunate. but it is quite use
| less to complain of 1t.
THE society has no money to spend
in advertising either itself or It's WoIK.
| Every dollar which comes to its treasury
| is devoted to the task of preventing
and Furnishing cruelty to children and
dumb animals. ;,
'The problem now before the society is
| how to rid the capital of the infirm ana
| worn-out horses already here. These
miserable animals were brought mere IN
| the first instance because 1t was tound
| that Washington afforded a market Tor
them and many of them still remain, an
| eyesore to everybody, because 1t Is not
| always possible to convince the Judges
presiding in the Police Court that they
ought to be taken away from their ds-
reputable owners and humanely de-
stroyed 1t will be the first object of the
society during the present year, with the
assistance of the police force. to stamp
out this evil and to prevent the appear
ance in the city streets of work horses
unfit for the labor imposed upon them.
"A great deal of the cruelty Vlsileu
upon beasts of burden by those they sSrve
is the result of ignorance and an cary
acquired Indifference to amman suIer-
ing. and there is no more important task
| before humanitarians than to correct TINS
evil in the only way 1t can be corrected
by education.
with this prime object in view-to
educate the horse owners ana drivers VI
the future in the ways and the Vaiue
of kindness to the animals intrusted TO
them-this society has entered the pupiic
schools Of Washington and is teaching
the children, white and black, the lessons
of humanity it wishes to inculcate in
their future lives. This work has al
ready extended to about one-half OF the
schools. and the result SO far has been
the organization of GAL Bands of Mercy
with p 1860 members, every one of them
pledged to be kind to dumb animals and
to protect them always from cruel treat
ment."