The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-09-08
ROOSEVELT
AUTOBIOGRAPHY

AZ AVO4Vu1Nl1k III i
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generous thing To innocent girls and
ut'rnt men - To wage stern war
against tho evil creatures Of both sexes
Tramp Lodging Houses.
In company with Jacob His. did
Work that was not connected with the
actual discipline OF the force or indced
" ith tn. actual work OF the force Ther.
was one thing which he and abolished
police lodgiug-houses. which were
simply tramp lodging houses and a fruit
who read Mr.. Riis'S story of his own
We VIII remember the Incidents that
CAV" him from actual personal expert
ence his horror OF these tramp lodging
houses. A. member of the health hoard
/ was brought into very close relations
with the conditions of Iif. tu th,. r-uc-
ment-no districts. Here aCain used
q" visit the different tenement house
regions. usually tn company with Rms.
were II waS largely this personal "N-
p"ricncc that enabled me while on tie
n"tluh board t. struggle not only zeal
"u~lN, but win considerable sfrf~irnrv
ana success. 60 improve conditions We
It'd our share IA making forward strides
IN IN" matter Of housing the worktits
p""pl" OF tie city with some regard to
d"s~ncy and comfort
A Tragic Week.
The midnight trips that Eiis ard I
took enabled me - see what tho police
department was doing. and also gave me
personal insight into some nf III. rrrf.-
l-frs Of CITY iif" y Is ono thing - lis.
ten IN pcrfunct"ry fashion 70 tales 90
"ferrrowdei teuemeUts. and ~ g. gtiits
another actually To BE-" what that over
niEIt. tN even Cd sinCl" inspection during
th- hours ~ darkness There MAS a very
not spell one midsummer while 7 was
police commissioner. and most Of s4rl
night spent walking through the tcne-
mont house districts and visiting police
stations 90 So" what was being done 1t
80
possible tu alleviate the suffering Much
~ I "as "hri-ofeakirg. especially tho
ga TX misery e the little children
and ~ the vermont mothers Every re-
source II the health department. 81 fre
police department. AMI even tie fire de-
Uartmerf tV.irh flooded the hot Ffrsefsl
was taxed 20 the enort 20 render service
IT," heat killed such multi .tudes 80
horses hat the means ~ our disposal
~ quite Inadequate, although every
nerve vas strained o. TIE limit. In con
~"qu"nr" We received scores Of cOm-
ilhirts from persons before whose doors
! dead horses had remained. fostering in
-" heat. Tor two or three days. lua
i-t-r. Doh. man sent rs furious i.nur,rf.-
F.. tons. Uft.l We were 80 last able 90 send
- hl. d-ty 90 drag away the beast traf
lt. dead Ncf"f" his shop door The huge
. rfHr already contained eleven other
dead horses. and when 81 reached THIS
particular dn"r it broke down. and ~ was
hours before - could i- moved The
unfortunate man who hal been thus
cursed WEN g. granted wish closed .l4
Doors Co., despair ami wrote I= % final
Iut."fio letter .u Wa Oh hc requested ue
ID f"mDtc "lih., ih" horses "f his s."p.
The wslathy Owners OF BAD ronements.
nav" spoken before ~ Wv sNperlsus.
with tho tenement house cigar factory
Law which me highest court ~ Sew YORK
/ state declared Ir.o Institutional Ms "a
rerierce ir the police department taught
tn" that not e. frw Of Tho worst tenement
house, wore owned hy wealthy iudi.
NiiHtI-. W'F hired fh. tt.st and most 81.