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The Washington times., 1914-01-06

George Monday, colored. porter for r.
E. Knight q Son, Is charged with steal
ing several pistols, guns, knives, razors,
tops, and other art cles from the store.
Much of the goods was recovered from
Mondays house. He was given Pre-
and his case continued until Friday.
The Washington times., 1914-01-06

Invitations for the luncheon to be
given by the Chamber of Commerce on
saturday at O'Clock have been sent
out to the State senators. members OF
the legislature, and representatives OF
Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun. and Prince
William counties. The guests VIII dis
cuss the plan of c. Lee Moore, state
auditor of Virginia, for the segregat on
of the taxes of the State. The luncheon
The Washington times., 1914-01-06

James r. Cation will leave for Rich
State Corporation Commission, sitting in
that city, the application of the Alex
andria Hospital for changes in its char
ter, which will permit the representation
Of all churches in Alexandria on its
board of trustees.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1914-10-13

"' drugc. j. 'rcha 'udj lagallti y
mlo, zavlhoti rol,avr. pa odkidari
hlato.
Poliiika Amcriki ic umalana
Ccdma pa me- bo po>Iala. ako - Sc
nadaljr rrcpu,ti ouim. Ii 80 ia
mazaIi: poSt"mjaki jo morajo
vzcti Y rollc. tcdaj .ic mogoJc. da
ho poStcna.
Zdelo hi Sc. da hotcjo 10 oni. lli
pm volitvah pray po amcusko
vpraSujcjo. kdo j. good man"
cd "dobrih Judi" priJakujcjo
v>c mogocc dobrotc. Dobri lmdjc
hodo lc vsc uravnah. mi pa lahko
oStancmo donna in grcmo "a Svo-
Jim poslom.
Taxi Maori kaIrjo .kako ncdc-
moiratiGno jc javno livljcnjc Y
Icdinjenih drzavah kljuh vscm
navidezno dcmokraticnim ustano-
vam.
Politika nj zadcva dobrih MOI.
tcmvcG vpraSanjc intercsov. kcr
pa so glavni interest scdanii ka-
pitalistiGni drulbi razdcljcni med
kapitalisticnim in dclavskim raz-
rcdom, jc politika prvi vrsti raz.
rcdno vpraSanje.
Delavec, XII ina Y tovarni. V
jami. plavzu, kjcr lc della. dan
madam izkuSnjo, da jc med njego-
vimi potrebami in kapitalistiGnimi
zahtevami nepremostljivo brez
dino, ne more vcrjcti Y vzajcmnosi
kapitalisticnih in delavskih intc
resov politiki. Cc Sc mora kruto
bojevati "a vsak cent place in M
more nObenc minute prostosti pri.
dobiti brez trdcga boja, mu mora
biti razumljivo, da kapitalisti ~
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1914-10-13

Dnc ,. noNcmbra poJdcjo tl>'i
amoriSl>i dizayljani. ki MISC popol.
hi polititni mrliGi. VOLT. Doslej
.ic s. tudi dosti takih. ki bodo oSta-
III donna. ceS kaj me brigajo VOLT
We. kaJ mc briga politika9 Taxi
ljudic 81 domiiljajo, da so ne
kakSua holj>a bitja. kcr ne gazilo
pnlitlcun hlato i'm Sc ne umaZcio
y rcNnici 50 10 ncpopolnciSi lju-
dJc. kcr - ne lamlmaJo IA to. kar
:" JIh tee: I'm mcdtcm ko pazijo.
da - ne bl umazali ccvlicv. jih
pray noStcuo namaIcjo tisti. ka-
tcrim 50 prcpusiili vso politiko.
Dclavcc. Iii SpoStujc Samcga
>chc in ki mu j. kaj do bol ga
zlVlJcnja Ter do SrcCc njcgovih
otrok, st ne Smc in ne more pomc-
Sati med indifcrcntc. Ne SINE Sc DO
stavlti ma tisti omcjcno StaliSGc, ola
politika nj njcgov poklic in da ga
mic ne briga. Zakaj dokler bo dru-
GIN prepus6al, da dclajo politiko
po svoji CLAW, bo suzcnj drugih.
Delavska politika more biti lie I'll
sta. katero vodijo delavci.
Y Ameriki je Sc vcdno razsirje-
no mnenjc, da je politika poseben
poklic, poseben business. Zato nj
tudno, da je politika V tel dezeli
vseskozi dobickarska in vslcd tega
razupita. Iato Sc tudi ponekod
razumc. da So odvracajo od ME
ravno ljudjc. ki imajo rahlejsc
cute in XII Sc jim studi blato.
Ali vcndar jc to ncodpustna
napaka. &c je pred manoj moe.
virjc. ma drugi strani pa krasen
vrt, ne pridem nikdar vani, do
kler bonn deklamiral, da je moe
virjc grdo. Ccz moran priti, in &c
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1914-10-13

Pravi socialist hoce vedeti, ka.
ko Sc presojajo svetovni dogodki
socialisticnega stalisca in s soci.
alisticnim razumom.
To mu pove Proletarec.
Pravi socialist hoce do dna spo.
znati razmerje med delom in kapi.
talon.
Do tega spoznanja ga vodi Pro.
letarec.
Pravi socialist hoce poznati te-
lave, zapreke, uspehe in napredek
delavskega boja.
Ma tel poti ga spremlja Proleta-
rec.
Razun Proletarca nj Ameriki
slovenskega socialisticnega lista.
Kako more slovensk delavec
misliti, da je socialist, ce ne cita
Proletarca?
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1914-10-13
VOliSScCe {
drzzavlja janov0 bojiSce.
kdOf Sc ne brga SvOe pravce reden da bi m uziva

kuOf sc ne DrIgd "a SVO aVlce Vreden da m GZiVa
EvroPsk voak, posan
gait Volec ahko in
azun sVoJega Posenjk
eva trese pred gospoda prodaja
delavca
Ce hoce imeh vede
kaJ Pomeni nh gl; kdo zakaj
pametno voti Razumel pomen votev
ociascne, deavske nnega
nenh
&c ca memo casopse Spoznal bo ud
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1914-10-13

L,.t n korish delav-
.kesa ljudstvn. Delsv-
ci 90 opravi6oni do
vseaa kar produoirnio.
This paper Is devoted
TO tho interests OF tn Q
workins class. Work
ere arc entitled to all
what they produce.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-21
Men asleep floor Of waiting Of Charities Pier.

portant reforms have been effected as
result OF these night inspections; i'm
portant changes in contracts for sup
plies and in specifications have been
brought about, resulting in notable
economies"
The departments office in the Bor-
ough Of Richmond was found to be In
the nature Of little independent prin-
cipality. According to the report:
THE Richmond office consists Of
practically useless force of four peo-
pie. working In absolute independence
of the central office, the work there
being very poor and perhaps unneces-
sary as separate office"
Many pages OF the report are devoted
to an outline of an entirely new plan
for the reorganization Of the Depart
ment of Public Charities. The most i'm
portant step taken so far Is the aban-
donment Of the old geographical assign
ments OF deputies. In favor OF definite
functional assignments. The Mayor has
also expressed his hearty approval of
this change In the internal organization
OF the department. In this connection
Mayor Mitchels statement follows:
II consider this reorganization a most
important change making for efficiency.
For example, First Deputy Commits
sioner, Henry c. Wright. who for the
past two years has been carrying on
special study of public hospitals for
the Board of Estimate and Apportion-
ment, has been assigned In charge OF all
matters pertaining directly to the care
OF patients, such as their dietary. the
construction OF new hospitals and ques-
lions relating to medical care. Second
Deputy Commissioner william j
Doherty. who Is in charge OF the
Brooklyn office. which he has literally
transformed from a disorganlzed and
demoralized institution into a modern
business organization, has charge OF
all matters pertaining to tho care OF
the city's dependents In privs te institu-
tions. The city provides for the care OF
some $4,000 children in private orphan
asylums. Commissioner Doherty was
for many years the head of one OF the
most progressive child caring organiza-
tons In the country and Is thus pecu-
liarly equipped for this important ex-
pert task. Third Deputy Commissioners
Gordon ireland has charge OF all mat
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In his report to the Mayor the Com
missioner has outlined the internal adj
minlstrative changes which he has al
ready effected and an entirely new
plan for the reorganization OF the de-
partment along functional lines.
The report states that the Manhat-
tan Brooklyn and Richmond branches
of the Department of Public Charities
We're found to be highly decentralized
and demoralized. A number Of posi-
tons in the branch offices and In the
departments institutions are declared
to be unnecessary and entail waste Of
city funds. In some cases. however.
the Commissioner found the department
seriously undermined. and lie is maxi
ing the necessary transfers as rapidly
as possible to relieve the situation,
The Brooklyn office was found to be
absolutely decentralized and democrat
lied. 1t contains useless hospital
bureau and score OF clerks duplicat-
ing work which is done elsewhere,
There is no definite assignment of field
workers and the private hospitals In
Brooklyn are practically unsupervised,
Commissioner Klngsburys --i.icism
OF the office in Brooklyn reads in part:
IN BTOOhlyH tnc department . S'h-
trail office appears to have been abso-
lutely without control 1t was not only
disorganized, It was demoralized. There
was needless hospital admission bu-
reau, duplicating work. most OF which
had to be redonc in Manhattan. In
deed, there were field Worries who re-
ported only when they felt like 1t, some
OF whom could not be located FOR sew
eral weeks. There was absolutely moth
ing which could be called an office sys-
tenn no control of supplies, which were
scattered about throughout the entire
building occupied as the central office,
The private hospitals were almost en-
tirely unsupervised and uncontrolled
In one instance II was customary Tor
private hospital to exact 81 ambu-
lance fee from poor patients for whose
care the city paid the bills"
The central ot.ice In Brooklyn has
been thoroughly reorganized, both as
to physical plant and as to office prac-
tice and routine. Work which was a
duplication of work done at the central
ofice-such AS the hospital admission
bureau-has been discontinued. Out OF
the staff Of the discontinued bureau Q
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the Commissioner that the unpaid help
ers did practically no work; that the
cleaning and bed making were per-
formed by the transients, generally
made up of honest but unfortunate
working men anxious to get out of the
house early in the morning to find jobs
According to the report. the ctys
provision for its aged and infirm poor
Is also grossly inadequate and far be-
low the reasonable standard of health
and decency. one of the deputy super
intendents Of the Kings County Hos
pital has been placed in direct charge
of the Brooklyn branch of the city
home. This institution was formerly
in charge OF a low paid matron, who
has now been placed under the special
direction of the deputy superintendent
1t is hoped that this change will re-
suit in general improvement OF the ad-
ministration OF this institution, which
has never had the immediate attention
of an executive.
The administration OF the city morgue,
located at the foot OF East Twenty
sixth street. is condemned severely
in the report, and the building IL de-
clared TO be Anticipated and inadequate.
March there was a daily average Of
ten bodies in excess of coolers for their
care in the morgue. Bodies of babies
were placed In small crude boxes and
were stacked like cordwood along the
wall. Adult bodies were lying on the
floor in open boxes, in some cases no,
even shrouded.
On this subject Commissioner Kings
bury says:
"The need for a new morgue has been
felt for many years. and indeed more
than two years ago the city provided
new morgue in the new Pathological
building on the grounds of Bellevue
Hospital, which is said to be one OF the
best equipped morgues In the world
modern In every respect. Though the
need for this new morgue has been
very great, due TO the inability of the
Department of Public Charities and the
trustees of Bellevue and Allied Hos
pitfalls to come to an agreement as to
| the jurisdiction Of the property. the
city still occupies the old morgue, and
a most shocking state Of AFFAIRS con-
| tinue to exist.
During the past winter It has been
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slackest season OF the year when many
or the up patients leave the hospital
these corridors are filled with beds. For
six to eight months in the year not
only do these crowded conditions obtain
but one must walk with great care
to avoid stepping on the patients
lying on the floors in the corridors be-
tween the rows of beds and the wall.
This condition Is a disgrace indeed"
Some relief OF the congestion in the
tuberculosis infirmary Of the Metropoli-
tan Hospital has already been effected
by the transfer of patients and by
using the solarium as large ward.
The report further states that the COM
gestion OF the Metropolitan Hospital
will be Immediately and further re-
lieved by the opening of the new addi-
ton to the east pavilion, for which the
Board OF Estimate and hpportionment
has just made appropriation.
An inspection OF sixteen wooden
shacks at the Metropolitan Hospital,
which originally were constructed es-
pecially to provide for the fresh air
treatment Of tubercular patients. was
made by Commissioner Kingsbury. He
found the windows and doors of these
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IN CHARITIES DEPARTMENT
INSTITUTIONS A DISGRACE TO CITY

division OF medical examiners has been
formed. New methods of examining
psychopathic cases and founding cases
have been worked out. also q new plan
Of admissions to municipal hospitals. A
thorough system OF Investigation OF APP
plicants for public hospital care and Of
applicants for relief In blind cases has
been Instituted. A control Index has
been established: a record and supply
room have been prepared. and a COM
plete system Of stores accounting has
been Installed. BY transfer OF employ
ees from useless occupations 1t has
been possible, according to the Commits
sioner's report, to Increase the force Of
several OF the bureaus which were In
adequately manned, particularly the
force Of the bureau OF domestic rela-
lions. without adding to the budget.
The main criticism Of the orsaniza-
ton Of the work In the Manhattan ONCE
may be summarized as follows: 1t was
highly decentraliked: the ONCE itself IL
lacking In filling and follow up" sys-
tenn: there Is no adequate control Of
supplies; no running inventory: very
ineffective inspection Of stores. and the
general drug store on the grounds Of
Bellevue Hospital is In cramped and
very unsanitary quarters.
As to the improvements already ef-
fected In the Manhattan office. Com
missioner Kingsbury says:
I'm Manhattan the central offices
have undergone some reorganization,
and q more complete and thoroughgoing
reorganization Is planned; all COM
plants have been centralized in the
Commissioners Office and are followed
UP by the general inspector and the
confidential inspector; there have been
important stan transfers. involving In
one Instance a saving OF $4,000 to the
department; the policy has been estab-
lished OF securing bids from many re-
liable sources on open market orders;
a system of careful checking Of all bills
has been installed; a system OF written
orders has been established for all trans
actions of any Importance: a change In
banking facilities for the current court
funds has resulted In a saving of the
time Of employees and Increased inter
est obtained on the fund; stationery of
the department has been standardized;
reports. blanks and other forms are In
process OF standardization: a plan of
periodic night inspections by the Com
missioner. the Deputy Commissioners
and the inspectors has been instituted.
! and many minor reforms and some i'm
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Searching Inquiry by Commissioner ingsbury Has Re-
vealed Shocking State of AfarsPetty Grating and
lneficiency Rampant. Plans for Reorganization

the rule that all OF the 11S compart-
ments In this morsue have been filled
and In addition bodies without provision
for refrigeration have been stacked in
boxes for two and three days at time
In the main rotunda Of the morgue.
During the months of February and
March there was an average OF nine
more bodies than compartments for such
bodies at the morgue. During q visit
to the morgue at $3.50 A. NJ. on April
/ bodies OF infants were found stacked
in little boxes like cordwood along the
rear wall in the main room On the
floor of this room lay bodies OF adults
in open boxes. uncovered and I'M
shrouded. The present inadequate
plant makes 1t utterly impossible to
care properly for the bodies received
from day to day and the inadequate IA
cilitles of the plant have led 10 general
decentralization Of administration. Dur
ing another visit to the morgue bodies
were discovered placed in compart-
ments without proper tags. so that It
was quite possible for such bodies to
be lost completely. II was quite pos
sible, due to the lax methods discovered
at the morgue. for the wrong body to
DE DuIleu III pdupti SldNcs
The system Of tagging bodies re-
ceived at the morgue and the issuance
of a receipt for each body received
there is an important Improvement
which has been put into effect by Com
missioner Kingsbury. 1t Will make the
loss OF the identity OF bodies much less
likely. Here again 1t Is practically
hopeless, according to the Commits
sioner, to do anything of importance
with this Anticipated plant. The remedy
for these conditions lies In new
morgue. which awaits an appropriation
by the Board OF Estimate and Appor-
tionment. The Board of Aldermen has
now approved the request of the De-
partment of Public Charities for the
funds TO provide for the opening of a
morgue in the Pathological building on
the grounds OF Bellevue Hospital. The
department therefore hopes to abandon
the old morgue within Il few weeks and
to correct at once the outrageous and
untoward conditions pointed out In the
report on the present city morguc.
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SEARCHING inquiry into the
conditions existing in certain
institutions under the control

n Institutions under the control
Of the Charities Department has
revealed an extremely shocking state of
Affairs.
Very lax administration in some Of
ire city hospitals, petty grating In the
Cky Homo and numerous instances OF
gross inefficiency are all pointed out in
the report which was made public yes
terday from the Mayors ONCE.
The Department Of Charities IL maxi
ing every effort to correct as speedily
n. possible the distressing conditions. In
the Cumberland Street Hospital 1t re-
uuired a complete change In the execu-
tive staff. Commissioner Kingsbury is
now working out the details of pro-
sramme considered by the Mayor, the
Comptroller and the President of the
Board Of Aldermen to relieve the con-
aes.ion in the hospitals and homes un-
der the control OF his department and
70 raise the standard of the care OF de-
pendents on Blackwelrs Island
A striking thing about the plan as
IL affects the new Sea View Hospital
on staten Island is that while accom-
modatlons will be provided for a thou
sand more patients and the bed ca
paclty doubled the cost OF this very
expensive institution will be cut almost
in half. In this connection the Com
missioner points out that the most i'm
portant new Improvement to be under
taken is the completion of the Sea
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ment OF deputies mas ehaDitu the ue-
partmeht 10 give the necessary eAper.
a'tehuon 10 oe'aiis' "nich mas lesui'eu
III cohsiuerapie saving 40 tiie cry,
ihe .o'ai ea'"ie " '"e cry ""i.n "i'i
result iioii ."e ehahses heaus .ne'.eu
Wy Soiii''iss,o"ei Nhe so' ~ n's ~, u
Pareiheh' wa, aiiiouh' " S'o'''''' ''o
eiou'eu a' ioiio"s'
Actual saving already assured. s56.s67
Prospective future saving. ...... $4,000
Ao'"i' '''.''''''''''''' ''''''''
Only items of actual saving and items
which IL 10 possible to estimate with
approximate accuracy are included in
this total saving of $666,967.
Commissioner Kingsbury says:
MANY important reforms and SUBJ
stantial economies will be effected in
the near future as a result of holding
up the contracts and plans for further
study. The most important of these
projects and their probable disposition
are: Tho operating room at the City
Hospital as originally planned was
to cost $4,000. but as replanned its cost
will probably not exceed $4,000; the
stable. the addition to the storehouse.
and the new Metropolitan Hospital Ser
vice Building all on Blackwelfs Island,
as originally planned were to cost re-
spectively $4,000. 100000 and 100000,
but as replanned the Service Building
is to be abandoned, effecting a saving
OF about $4,000. the stable will become
an adjunct to a modern central store
house. to take the place Of the old store
house and the proposed inadequate ad-
dition. the female dormitory ut Kings
County Hospital will be so located as to
make 1t unnecessary to destroy existing
buildings; what was to have been
stan laundry at the Kings County Hos
pital will be changed into a general
laundry, with sufficient capacity to
serve the entire institution without
added cost, thus saving the future con-
struction of a general laundry at cost
of not less than SO 900; the appropria-
ton for remodenng the old building
of Kings County Hospital to provide a
dispensary will not he used for that
purpose. as this building is not worth
remodelling. this sum of money thus be-
comes available for the much needed ad-
dition 10 the Nurses, Home: the pro-
ro..a o,,, I,a,s,rio, pu,,dIry M Farm
Colony will be abandoned. as room has
haa,, s,urd Cor this burmese in existing
| h,,I nd ha
for ,bis nurnose wiI, nrobably lie used
} ,s,,.a, .n,,ano ,or ola counIes
-, naas -, -, Coionv"
'aoy 80, .,,o. na,,a hson mr.
$50 a.. 49, Donor,roer, NJ
suo W oe ,., rne Ca,,,r,,ss,n,ar
ruolio Sna'i.'.s' 80, a.'i''is,ra,ion
States ''at "nen 's 90 49, A.
took charse vi lne anS sovara,
, par.neht ne ioulu ~ 80 o,,ar
puiioihss ieauy 10, s,e"a.uea a' ~,
building plans ready ioI app,oSa. 10. ~
or the most important .na"eo
effected IN the near iu.u,e anu a'so
many OF the economies wiz result ron,
the holding up OF these coH''ae'S anu
plans for further STUDY -
few OF the more important i'e,hs y.
the list or economies areauy eneu ....
In the Department OF fuphc ona'i'i.s
during the last -FOUR mohths aie OUT
! lined below:
The provision OF an operatihs roo,"'
at tho CITY Hospitai, when was await ~.
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tiers pertaining to contracts, 20 the per-
sonnet and to the care Of the physical
plant. For his duties he too Is especially
well qualified. This functional assign
ment OF deputies has enabled the de-
partment to give the Necessary expert
attention to details. which has resulted
in considerable saving TO the city"
The total saving to the city which will
result from the changes already effected
by Commissioner Kingsbury in his de-
partment will amount TO s666,967. dis
tributed as follows:
Actual saving already assured. s56.s67
Prospective future saving. ..... $4,000
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-12-30
bearing his name to The federal


bearing his name to the federal
government. A few guns were
placed aboard her with orders to,
avoid engagement with Confede--
rate ironclsds and to run from yes
sells she could not whip. The Wander
bilt was more dreaded by southern
privateers than United States men
Of war-they could run away from.
the latter, but they kept dodgirfs'
the Vanderbilt: The Virginia (the
Merrimac) appeared in Hampton
Roads in the early part of 1862 and
almost cleared them of federal war
vessels and later the Vanderbilt
Mas fitted with steel prov and sent
to the roads. Her orders were not
to fire gun in case the Virginia APP
peared but to ram her. The Viz
;s.ii1;s, did not make another sally
and the Vanderbilt did not test her
prov.
In the early eighties considerable
discussion was carried on in the
newspapers in regard TO the prowess
of modern navies. At that time some
writers took the ground that fast
ships with bow and stern chasers
could infict more damage than
floating forts in the shape Of huge
and unwieldy ironclads.
The destruction of huge dread
noughts by small and speedy crafts
during the present war shows that
the forer are by no means invulner-
able.