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The Washington times., 1914-09-19
ASYLUM AND JAIL
NEEDS MORE MONEY
Department Heads Urge Con.
gress to Make Adequate Ap-
preparation.

Adequate support for the Washington
Asylum and jail is urged upon Con-
gress in the annual reports of L. F..
Zinkhan. superintendent, and DR.. J. A.
Cannon. visiting physician, to the Board
of Charities.
The declare the expenses have .x-
ceeded the appropriations for many
years.
We hope that this year Congress, will
appropriate sufficient funds to allow us
to make the large and constantly I'M
creasins number OF INDECENT patients
Cannon. ut occurs TO me that we
should endeavor. not to treat these un-
fortunate people as cheaply as possible.
but rather as well as possible without
Inends that the name washington Asy-
lum and Jail be changed at once to the
CITY Hospital" or the "Gallinger Hos
pital.' The patients, he says are not
prisoners. and are not insane. and re-
sent being treated at what they call
declares. to attract an adequate number
of nurses of the kind needed because
Of their natural antipathy to receiving
training in a hospital with the name
this institution now bears.
Some Recommendation.
DR.: Cannon recommends the pur-
chase Of an x-ray outfit, to cost
about S3,100; the employment of an
operator for the appartus at $500 a
year; the appointment OF a trained
pathologist at $500 a year: the estab-
lishment of a two-story building for
the treatment OF women and children
and that the salary Of the superinten-
dent Of nurses be increased from $500
tC $1,000 a yesr.
Superintendent Zinkhan says in his
report: T cannot too strongly en-
phasiZe the need of larger appropria-
tions for the maintenance of the hos
pital We must make our estimates
50 far in advance that We have great
difficulty in determining the price
of food supplies. drugs and appli-
ances. nor can We anticipate the size |
Of the population a year in advance. |
Other hospitals determine the number |
of patients they are willing to re-
ceive. We can not turn away any who |
need treatment. This is the hospital |
Of last resort"
There were treated at the hospital |
during the year 2,73s patients. There |
were sixty births and 272 deaths. OF ]
the 651 cases observed and treated in the /
psycopathic ward. go wera removed to |
the Government Hospital for the Insane |
Of 2.13s patients admitted. 500 were |
brought in by the Police Department. !
nearly all of whom, il Is stated. We're |
alcoholics. mental suspects, and dope"
'ictims. /
Out of 9.S24 persons committed to tie |
OF the new excise law. The !
courts committed. the report says. many !
prisoners either unsound of mind or |,
)ody, with a view of obtaining for them
he necessary treatement. the charges ]
n many cases being merely technical.
The Washington times., 1914-09-19
80 VOTES AGAINST
WAR REVENUE TAX
Republican House Caucus De-
veops Stern Opposition to Pro-
posed Measure.

Solid Republican opposition to the
emergency revenue bill will bring a
stirring verbal engagement in the
Hcrse next week. The keynote OF the
Congressional campaigns will be sound
ed when Republicans taking their cue
from the action OF the party conference
last night, Will assail the Democratic
var tax measure as harsh and un-
necessary piece Of legislation. brought
on by Democratic extravagence rather
than the European war.
The House Republicans. in their party
conference last night, were to a man
opposed to the revenue bill. No effort
MAS made tc bind the memEers, hut as
adjournment was taken Mr. Mann. the
minority leader. said he would like to
know how many intended to vote
aCainst the bill. Every Republi In
rresent-and there were about eighty
arose to his feet
The conference adopted a resolution
asserting that the Democratic bill lew
ing additional taxes is needless and
with proper economies BY the Demo-
cratic party, additional taxation would
be avoided.
Denounces Extravagancs.
The Democracy was denounced for
gross extravaganza by the Repub
lCan speakers OF the eNeIllHS, NlllOllly
Leader Mann saying:
This Administration has been grossly
.xtravagant. The revenues would be
ample were the Democrats to practice
retrenchment When the pockets of
the people are emptier than usual 1t is
proposed to levy additional taxes. The
country is patriotic and willing to stand
taxes when necessary. but this entire
scheme is entirely unnecessary. and
am opposed to it. All of US should op-
pose il"
the Democratic tariff and mismanage-
rnent, the balance of trade against the
United States for the first seveS
months OF the year amounted to $780,
NO0, 900. This was before the war.
and the tariff was to blame" he said.
The Mann Presidential boom was
launched by Congressman Hughes. of
West Virginia, who said he was will
ing "to follow our minority leader
until we land him in the White House
Congress Or President?
When Mr.. Frear, of Wisconsin.
blamed Congress for extravagant sp
propriations. Mr.. Greene. of Massachu
setts. left the chair to make heated
reply: a.. ..o..,,,,,., A.. .,
dent. where it belongs said Mr..
Greene When was mayor of my
city / vetoed extravagant bills. 1t is
the executives job. The President
should have held down expenses. for
he's the boss of this Administration
The conference declined to adopt a
suggection made by Congressman Len
oot and put in the form of a motion
" Mr.. Roberts of Massachusetts. urg-
.ng the naming of a joint committee to
scrutinize appropriation bills passed and |
II was held that the Democrats would |
never permit the report of such a reso-
luton from House committee. even ,
II introduced by a Republican, and that !
the Republican fight should be predi- !
ate on the program OF economy and /
opposition to a war tax when we are |
Il peac ce with the world
The Washington times., 1914-09-19
Uncle Sam Maxine
Rat-Pr00f Tom
Federal Authorities Spending Big Sum to Secure New
Orleans Against Bubonic Pague-How the Dis
ease Is Carried by the Wharf Rat.
By JUDSON G. WELLIVER

Uncle Sam spending money the rate of $4,000 month to
make a ratproo town.
He engaged this enterprise for several months past
and If will continue possibly years longer
New Orleans the worlds ratproo city The necessity
for raproofng place grew appearance
of bubon plague Originating the Orient the plague carried
the es whose bite plague
carried by From the the ea get people,
of plague Orient knows
The Washington times., 1914-09-19

SI.oo Tc Harpers Ferry, $1.as Martins
hurg. $50 Berkeley Springs and S290
cumberland and return. Baltimore and
ohio from Washington s rs a. NJ, Sun
day. Sept 30. Returning same day
The Washington times., 1914-09-19
Nominations

The President yesterday nominated:
To be collector of internal revenue for
the Twenty-first district OF New York,
Martin +. Dillon. of Skaneateles. y. Y.
To he United States attorney. district
OF Alaska. division No. 4. Rhinehart r.
Roth, of Fairbanks. Alaska.
To be chief of the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce. Edward Ew-
ing Pratt. of New York.
The Washington times., 1914-09-19

councillors could declare war was de-
clared to be another general misapprc-
hension in this county. Mr.. Wiegand
described the makeup OF the reichstag
which corresponds exactly. in its meth
cd Representation and election, to
he House of ReDresentatiyes here
The Washington times., 1914-09-19
GERMANS HERE PLAN
FOR DAY OF PRAYER
Annual Fall Celebration Will Be
Religious Instead of Merry
This Year.

In contrast to the fetes. paradcs. ath-
man Day usually is celebrated in Wash
ington the occasion this fall will be OBJ
served as a day of prayer. and all Ger
mans in Washington will gather in
churches.
by Martin Wiegand, president OF the
United German Societies. which repre-
sents more than a score of organiZa-
tons of this city.
Mass meetings of a patriotic nature
originally had been suggested for this
year celebration, to be held early i'm
October, but the willingness of the
Germans to meet exactly the spirit of
President Wilson's request for observ
ance of strictly neutrality in this coun-
try led to the abandonment of such Il
plan. For the same reason a large
mass meeting. which had been planned
FOR this month was COnccled.
Calls Cause Misunderstood.
''In our attitude toward this war we
have been misunderstood Just as the at
titude CT our brothers across the sea
has been misunderstood in this coun-
try" said Mr.. Wiegand
We wish to be temperate. and to re-
member first our allegiance to the Stars
and Stripes, he continued. Despite
what we believe Is a deliberate dissent
ination OF falsehood we prefer not to
discuss the war in a way that would
he embarrassing to high officials In this
land.
But we do feel that we have a right
to correct actual Misrepresentation OF
facts. For example every German re-
sents the appellation of war lord as
applied to Emperor William. Moreover
every German knows how ridiculous 1t
is to assert that 100000 Germans are
fighting to the last ditch because one
man tells them to.
Every German. from the lowliest
peasant, feels a deep affection for the
Emperor. And the cause is understand
able If one knows conditions in Ger
many. Our German alliance has more
than 2JO0O0o men enrolled in this coun-
try. And that does not include all the
Germans who are here. Now il all these
Germans were driven from their Father
land by taxes and political oppression
would they sympathize with the En-
peror in the present struggle? Far from
The Washington times., 1914-09-19

5.59l premises was conducted with
great care, and goo, 900 doses OF poison
were planted in attractive places like
ly to be frequented by Neus Norve-
giens. Nuisances were abated in l ISL
places. and 3S9 buildings were rat
pr OOfed: that is, ratholes were covered
with tin. walls and foundations were
fixed TO keep rats from getting
through. At the same time the re-
mains of l16 deceased persons were
very carefully inspected to make GER
tain whether any of them had been
victims of the plague
That is the work of typical week
In this tremendous fight to insure a
single city against the rat. The same
kind Of work has been going on for
months past. and will continue until
the town Is. so nearly as possible rat
less and rat-proof.
The Bubonic Plague.
There is one thing about mus Norve-
gicns that marks him as OF superior
intelligence. He has his economics on
straight. He understands the high cost
of living question better than folks do,
and when business is bad and forage
scarce. he doesn't raise so many chill
dren. The rat population will fall of at
a terrific rate as soon as proper meas
ures are adopted to make existence
difficult.
Buboni" plague. introduced into hu-
mans by tho flea parasite of mus Nor
veCiens. first manifests itself through
headache. backache. and feverish con-
dition. Then in two or three days the
small lymthatic glands will begin to
swell and become very painful. In
small child, creeping on the floor. this
swelling is likely to be noted in the
glands under the arms: in an adult. who
is attacked by heas that climb up his
legs tn" glands of the groin are likely
to be first affected. The disease has
been known in San Francisco for a long
tire and there il was found almost
fatal among its Chinese vic
Tins because they would isolate them
selves as soon as 1t appeared. and could
not he treated.
About n decade ago German savant
look for the cause OF a war or the
discoverer of a scientific formula in
YerXis. working in ia
pan-the Germans don't work there at
present-discovered the method of pre-
pairing serum for buhonic plague that
has been used with much success.
The Washington times., 1914-09-19
Bogus Revenue Officers
Sample Whisky at Bars

A rather novel way of acquiring what
Is frequently referred to as package.
and incidentally accommodating little
coin, was adopted by two young men.
who, representing themselves as internal
revenue officers. visited a number OF
saloons In various sections of the city
for the purpose of "sampling" whisky.
They also sold tickets at Is cents each.
which were supposed to be for a benefit
for the family Of revenue officer who
died a few days ago.
The men, according to reports made to
the police obtained whisky and money
from a number of barkeepers-
The Washington times., 1914-09-19
WILLIAM II. SANTELMANN,
Leader.

councillors could declare war was de-
clared to be another general misapprc-
hension in this county. Mr.. Wiegand
described the makeup OF the reichstag,
cd Representation and election. to
the House OF Representatives here.
Must Vote Funds.
These representatives OF the people
must vote the appropriations for money
FOR war" Mr.. Wiegand said. Without
their support the Emperor is powerless.
as our President would be without the
sanction OF Congress. In many respects
his power Is more limited than that o.
our President. And the upper house of
the German parliament is representa-
i've. too. 1t is made up OF men ap-
pointed by the rulers OF the various
Kingdoms. twepty-six in ALL correspond
ing to our States.
Think a minute. and you will see
that Germany had everything TO lose
and little to gain by this war. Its mer-
chant marine Of 5000 ships had carried
German trade Into every part of the
world. German agriculture and German
commerce were fiourishing. 1t was not
to the interest of Germany to go to war
for what 1t already possessed.
Sons and daughters of Germans who
came to this country are thorough
Americans. II you had told them six
months ago of any superiority of the
fatherland. they would have answered.
and properly, too. yith an inquiry.
Why. kon't you go back to Germany,
them But now We find their indiga-
tion aroused by the slurs upon the Ger
man people. In a time like this they
remember their descent. And they are
simply demanding fair play and a broad.
open-minded view of the present situa-
ton.
Majority Read and Write.
"Of the 100000 men at war for Ger
many. 9S peg cent can read and write.
Do YOU suppose these men would be
pushed blindly into a war by a despotic
government? ALI this talk OF oppres-
sive taxes is farcical. There have been
meetings to protest against tax rates.
just as there have been in this country.
At one of these meetings 800 persons |
signed a protest, and 1t was found that
but twenty-seven of those who protested |,
were affected"
At the last meeting of the United |
German Societies here the GeE/han atti- !
tude toward the war was discussed at |
length. The whole matter was referred |
to the executive committee for action. |
This committee decided upon the plan |
for celebration of German Dav celebra- /
ton, and this plan will be presented to |
the societies at their meeting next Tues |
day evening. The date of the observ- |
ance also will be made at that time.
The Washington times., 1914-09-19
Foreign Mails Regular.

Foreign mails are now being dis
patched and received on regular sched-
ule. with an exchange Of eight sailings
each way each week. according 70 AS
sistant Postmaster General Stewart
There are no Interruptions to this serv-
ice.
The Washington times., 1914-09-19

{ buboniC ieas. No less than 7.724 rats
| have been trapped in a single recent
week. and of these 1895 were exam
ined in the laboratory. In all ninety
two rats have been found infected
| by the feas
There have been about twenty-five
cases Of the plague among humans
| and eight or nine deaths. Recently
the mortality has not been so heavy
as earlier.
A Rat-Proof City.
To rat-proof city would be easy
! enough IL 1t were builded from the be-
ginnings with that purpose in view. It
would cost little. and would be one of
the most economical places possible,
for rats are fearful destroyers of prop
erty. Not only do they Durrow into
buildings and eat the food they can
reach. In New York lately = nas been
discovered that brick walls OF sewers.
and foundations of building were being
honcyconbcd by rats: sumo of them
cavine N. others rapidly getting into
dangerous condition.
\ rat-proof town would be built with
concrete foundations for everything,
DeCaus" rats can: snaw their way
through II. Floors on the ground. and
the lover walls would be of the same
material. Where pipes passed through
walls. they would be set In tight so that
rats could not get a chance to squeeze
through. Wooden doors would be pro-
tected at the bottom by metal sheating,
and thus the buildings would be safe
Outside. sewers would be constructed
on somewhat similar plan. and the en-
frances to them would be grated so
that rats could not pass in and out
Then all garbage or . whatever else
could afford food for the rodents would
be kept in metal containers with metal
covers and emptied frenileDtly
In this way a city could presently be
rats would die of starvation, or emf
CRATE.
Work of a Week.
All easy enough il you were building
your town alb initio with the anti-rat
idea in mind But New Orleans was
not built that way: far from 1t. The
problem of the Public Health Serv-
ice was to make it as nearly rat-proof
as possible despite unfortunate be-
ginnings.
In the week ending September L.
the officers and employees of the serv-
ice inspected 202, 900 packages of
freight, TO make certain that rats
were not leaving town in them, to
carry plague else where; fumigatcd
forty EIGHT vessels with sulphur dioX-
to kill rats that might be in them.
They inspected over 3.100 freight cars.
and condemned seven. Inspection of
The Washington times., 1914-09-19

3I.5o Havre de Grace Races and Re-
turn. weekdays Sept. 81 to 80. Balti-
more and Ohio leave Union Station L. 90
noon, arrive race course 80 p. m Din
ing car from Baltimore.-Advt-
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29
IMPROVEMENTS LIKELY
FOR SEVENTH STREET
Item Included in District Estimates
Calls for Paving and
Lighting.

Inclusion Of items in the estimates Of
the District Commissioners for the re-
paving Of Seventh street and the install
lation Of a system Of 10o-candle power
incandescent lights has at last rewarded
the efforts of the Mid-City Citizens As
sociation and a group of merchants, who
have been working for the improvement
Of that street
District officials say they have good
reason to believe that both items will
be included in the appropriation bill In
that event work will begin as soon after
July l of the next fiscal year as possible.
The amount asked for the work can
not be made public because of legal re-
striction until the budget is in the hands
Of Congress. But last year the Commits
siOners asked-and did not receive-an
appropriation of $4,000 for the repaving
Of Seventh street from New York ave-
nue. to Q street. This year 1t is under
stood that a special appropriation for
the. work is contained in the estimates.
A letter was received by the Commits
sioners from the Mid-City Citizens As
sociation while they were at work on
the estimates asking a hearing on the
question of the improvement Of Seventh
street The press Of work would not per-
nit the granting Of a hearing, but the
Commissioners assured the association
that 1t was their intention to give their
attention to the matter in his years
budget
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29
PROMINENT SPEAKERS
FOR RED CROSS Lunch
Great Interest Being Shown in Local
Clubwomen's Affair at Jardin
de Danse Tomorrow.

Great interest Is being shown among
Washington club women In the luncheon
TO be given by the District Federation
OF Women's Clubs for the benefit OF the
war relief. fund Of the American Red
Cross at the Jardin de Danse tomorrow
at 1 o'clock.
Wives OF Cabinet officers and Congress-
men win attend and every federated club
In the District will be well represented.
Brilliant speakers, including Miss Mabel
Boardman, president OF the Red Cross
Society; Louis Lombard. consul general
to Switzerland; Mrs. Kate Waller Barr
rett, Miss Janet Richards. Mrs. Belva A.
Lockwood. Mrs. Louis Post. wife Of the
Assistant Secretary of Labor; Prof Ar
thur Ramsay. and Mrs. George T. Small
wood. vice regent OF the ID. A. r. The
luncheon VIII be opened with prayer by
Mrs. Emma s. Shelton, District president
Of the w. c. T. u, and Mrs. Ellis Logan.
president Of the District Federation, viii
preside.
The committee on arrangements, under
the chairmanship OF Mrs. William ].
Cawthorn, include: Mesdames ]. Edison
Briggs, Samuel Cornwell.. Augustus
knight, Charles Glass, Ada Weiss, James
Landsburg, and Richard Sylvester.
A committee on reception and hospi-
tally includes the following members OF
the District Federation: Mesdames Ar
thur s. Ramsay, Augustus knight, Ella
8. knight, Court Wood, Ella Hoover
Thatcher, W. N. Pitcher. Richard syl-
vester. Thomas w. Sidwell, Giles Rafter,
James Landsburg.s Adolph Kahn. Fred
erick Ollie, Helen Nelson DOGGY, Clayton
Emig, Carrie Kent, George Armes, Sam
ueI G. Cromwell, Carl W. Black, ]. Edison
Briggs. Roger e Tracey, William Foote.
'P Edwin Dye, Thomas W. Clader,
Charles c. Granf1eld, and l. B. Stein.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29
KROONLAND DETAINED
WITH COPPER CARGO
rAmerican Steamship Held at Gibraltar
by British, Consul Sprague
Reports.

The detention of the American steam
ship Kroonland, of the Red Star Line, by
British authorities at Gibraltar, was re-
ported to the State Department yester-
day by Consul Sprague at Gibraltar.
The Kroonland was bound for Naples
and ports in Greece. and was carrying
a cargo of copper, which England has
declared conditional contrabaDd.
There are also a considerable number
of passengers aboard the Kroonland, Of
different nationalities, and as Consul
Sprague did not make any definite report
on the subject, officials here are perplexed
as to the cause of the ships detention.
It is presumed that it Is either because
Great Britain has-reason to believe the
destination of the copper is not a neutral
one, or else that among the passengers
are German or Austrian reservists-
Some weeks ago the British seized
an American ship with a cargo Of cop
per which was bound for Holland.
The British took the copper, and
paid for 1t, declaring that the
ships papers proved that the ulti-
mate destination of the copper was to
the Krupp gun factories in Germany.
It was subsequently arranged, however,
that the Holland copper market might
be reached by American producers
through the imposition of an embargo
upon the expectation OF copper from
Holland into Germany. No such an ar
rangement exists between Italy and Great
Britain, so far as is known here.
Consul Sprague hal been instructed to
forward a complete report on the case
as soon as ne can ascertain the reasons
for the vessels detention
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29
EIGHTEEN HURT
Gao. wreck
Flyer from Washington to
Chicago Derailed-Pu Pullman
Cars Ditched.
BROKEN FLANGE BLAMED
All Taken to Huntington Hospitals
Negro Porter, Living IN Washing
ton. Receives Scalp Wounds.

Huntington, W. va, Oct 2S-Eighteen
persons were hurt, five seriously. when
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad train No.
]. a flyer, bound from Richmond and
Washington to Chicago. left the tracks
and jumped into the ditch ten miles east
OF here this morning.
Three Pullmans and a day coach were
deraiIed. A broken hange on the day
coach is blamed.
The Pullmans turned over on their
sides, but the day coach remained up
right
The injured were all in the PuIlmans
and were brought to hospitals in this city.
A partial list Of the injured, given out
by the railroad officials. follows:
]. H. Blackwood. Huntington, three
ribs broken: not seriously hurt.
E L Morris, Roanoke, bruised head,
cut in shoulder.
c. A. Cress, s2S Blackford street, In
dianapolis, cut in back and bruised hip
and hand.
B. T. Turner, Woodstock. R L, broken
nose, flesh wounds.
d. L Edwards, Pullman conductor,
Richmond, scalp wounds and bruises
about the body.
Conductor c. E. Schweickert, cut and
bruises about body.
J. c. Carter, Huntington, fractured skull.
Dennis R. Ways, 5l4 U street northwest,
Washington, porter, scalp wounds and
hurt in back.
Miss Hattie CRUDE, Lamberton, n. c.,
injured hip.
Emma Clark, Chicago, bruises about
body.
Mrs. John Spade, Huntington, severe
cuts about face, and shoulder blade frsc-
tured.