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Evening star., 1914-10-01
POST OFFICE INSPECTORS :.
NOT LOSE POSITIONS
Inquiry as to Their Politics Made to
Benefit Service, Chief John
son Explains.

Some apprehension having followed
inquiries by inspectors in charge at
the different headquarters throughout
the country as to the politics of the
inspectors in their divisions, Chief
Post Office Inspector Johnson said yes
terday that the inquiry was not, as some
had supposed. general inquiry of all
postal employees. but simply one di-
rected to the post Office inspectors
themselves.
1t grew. he said, out of a request
made by him of the inspectors in
charge when they were here in WASH
ington last month.
mo employees tenure of Office is at
all likely to be affected by our inquiry
and the answer thereto concerning his
politics." said Mr.. johnson.
I'VE often are required to investi-
gate matters involving politics, and
it is desirable in such cases that
where two inspectors are detailed to
a case one should be a democrat and
the other a republican. In fact. such
avoid criticism.
This is no new inquiry, particularly.
For obvious reasons it is desirable
that the inspection service should, be
bipartisan: that is, fairly and equally
divided politically. Thus it becomes
the more efficient and valuable"
Evening star., 1914-10-01
SUGGESTS BRITISH ADOPT
METHOD OF c0NFEDERATES
Writer to London Times Tells How
overcoats Were Made Dur
ing Civil War.
oorrespoudeuce Of the Associated Press.

CORRESPONDENCE
LONDON, September 22.-The report
that some 100000 men of the British
forces lack overcoats has prompted
retired naval officer to suggest an
American idea. During the civil war
in America he writes in letter to
the Times, "the Confederate soldiers
made good overcoats out of blankets.
A slit was cut in the center just large
enough to put the head through. The
slit was then hemstitched to prevent its
getting larger. fiat button was then
.sewed on one side at the center of the
slit, and a tab with a buttonhole on
the other side, SO as to close the hole
when not in use. Some of the south
erners added small slit or a piece of
tape. in which they carried a tooth
brush instead of a flower
Figures showing the percentage Of
recruits enlisted in England. Scotland.
Ireland and Wales. as obtained from
the director of recruiting, and pub
1ished in the Liverpool Courier, make
Scotland appear as the most generous
contributor of men. The approximate
total number Of men raised from Au-
gust 4 to September Is was sol. $50. the
percentage of recruits to the total male
population being given as follows:
Evening star., 1914-10-01
Sues Railway for Husbands Death.

Mrs. Rosetta Smith, as administratrix
Of the estate of her husband, Henry E.
Smith, has filed suit to recover $4,000
damages from the Philadelphia, Balti-
more and Washington Railroad Com
pany for the death of her husband.
Smith had been track walker and was
run over last April by a shifting en-
gine while in the discharge Of his duty.
Attorneys Cuttings & Chamberlin and
Robert e. Mattfngly appear for the
Evening star., 1914-10-01

ity of wheat. bakers in Holland are
making 'palatable. nourishing and
cheap" bread from a mixture of ground
tulips and wheaton flour. This is q
novel departure. although in the sew
enteenth century tulips were cooked
and eaten as vegetables. The natives
of Siberia today eat tulip bulbs. al
though they strike the unaccustomed
palate as somewhat bitter and acrid.
Special legislation called for on ac-
count of the war has run up to a total
of forty emergency acts of parliament
passed since hostilities began on Au-
gust 4.
Evening star., 1914-10-01
Two Small Fires.

Two small fires claimed the attention
of the fire department about noon to-
day. One was in the house of Mrs. Ella
Moore, e42 141s street northeast. and
the other was in a shed on the prem
ises of Richard Jennings, 334 E street
southeast. Each fire did. about $50
damage.
Evening star., 1914-10-01
President to Consider Invitation.

President Wilson has taken under
an invitation to speak be-
fore the National Rivers and Harbors
Congress, which meets here in Decem-
Der. The invitation was extended by
Senators Ransdel1 and Fletcher and
members of the House rivers and har-
bors committee.
Evening star., 1914-10-01

While playing during the recess hour
Daniel Dekowski. eight years old. of
Baltimore, a pupil at the parish school
of St. Casimir's Catholic Church. was
stricken with heart trouble and died
ia few minutes later.
Evening star., 1914-10-01


King George II of Tonga. the last of
the dusky monarchs of the Pacific
Islands. has heard of the war and has
formally declared his neutrality! His
majesty must have taken the respon
sibility OF this World-shaking pro-
nouncement on his own shoulders, for
his parliament of hereditary mobiles"
assemblies only every three years. Any
tive subjects, seeing that the major
ity of them are excellent Wesleyan
Methodists and therefore anything but
bel1icose.
the moment, will not be altogether un-
interested in King George Il's action.
Germany at one time had an acquisi-
tive eye on Tonga. but the late Lord
Salisbury persuaded the kaiser to
turn for the condescension his lord
ship gave Germany some interests in
Samoa which nightly. annoyed king
Dick" Seldom. who had an idea of
making a Samoan appropriation for
New Zealand. as now has been done.
King George II has had his little tiffs
with Great Britain. Once. "a sentry
seized the British consul on the steps
of his majesty's palace and used the
official as a doormat. or something of
the sort. That fetched H. NJ. S. Pylades
with a demand for an apology. and
King George was SO alarmed at the
promptly hauled down the Tongan
flag, loisted the Union Jack in its
place and saluted it with twenty one
guns
Still. King George II is a. man of
some resources. Perceiving that
there was money in the stamp collect
Ing craze. he issued new Tongan sets
every three months, thereby adding
appreciably to his private income.
Evening star., 1914-10-01
Italian Ambassador Calls on Bryan.

Count V. Macchi di Celere, the new
Italian ambassador to the United
States. paid his first call upon Secre-
tary Bryan yesterday. His call was said
to be merely one Of courtesy. The time
for the new ambassadors presentation
to President Wilson has not been de-
termined.
Evening star., 1914-10-01

III it's made OF paper you can get it at ANDREWS'
Evening star., 1914-10-01

Examination of especially we'll pre-
lists recently has shown that tuber-
cular disease of the spine and malaria
were common ills in Egypt fifteen CEN
turies ago.
Evening star., 1914-10-01

A French scientist. who has been ex-
perimenting for eighteen years to as
certain the effects of low temperature
on fish and animals, has found that
common snails can Withstand the great
est amount OF cold.
Evening star., 1914-10-01

Germans and slain many, she only
looked sadder and more anxious. The
old grandmother sat very heavily with
her head in her hands. Her very de-
cent, kindly old face looked up for
little; then as she could say nothing
and nothing could be said to her, her
head dropped again and she stared
wearily at the desk. Three young girls
with we'll kept hair listened curiously
to our slow exchanges with the man.
In the end they all smiled very CRATE
fully to those who had done no more
than tried to sneak to them.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-04

:. Great Britain Rights Reserved
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-04

publicspirited citizens to supply them gratui.
tously
When the Housewives League was organized
few years ego to uphold the enforcement OF
laws which affect food supplies, the family
health the cost of living and 10 secure further
legislation, when necessary toward that end"
its slogan was every housewife her own in
spector."
Obviously that slogan suggests the ideal con
dltlOn. II every housewife and every citizen
were to interest themselves in the enforce
ment OF laws made for public protection we
wouldn't need any Oicials at all
But, as IL IS, the work of protecting the many
IS left to the public-spirited few, and for the
present at any rate, relief from public abuses
must come mainly a result OF prosecutions
instigated by paid officials or volunteers.
There is no Sason Why the authorities should
turn up their noses at the prOnered assistance
Of private individuals provided, of course, that
discrimination IS used IN appointing them
In the case Of the Housewives League men,
bers VINO have been appointed inspectors In
the State Board OF Health, the utmost pre-
cautions were used in selecting them. We
realized that a very important principle az
stake and the success or failure Of this expert.
ment would determine its future application.
For that reason We rendered the names OF
women who we were certain were competent.
earnest and publicspirited enough 70 prove
satisfactory 20 the State authorities. ana We
all agreed that the volunteer inspectors should
be under the exclusive direction Of the board
The same care would have 10 be taken IN
selecting volunteer inspectors FOR other de-
partments. Il would never do 10 grant au-
thOrity TO private citizens Unfortunately.
With proper precautions, however l believe
volunteer workers would form a valuable 40
iunct 10 every over-worked department IN the
country, and hope 70 see the principle whicn
the New York State Board OF Health has been
wise enough TO adopt generally appuee
throughout the country.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-04

Jersey Housewives League, has been appoint
ed a volunteer inspector OF the State Board
of Health there and Mrs. Alfred o. Dunk Of
Detroit, head of the Michigan Housewives
League, has obtained a similar appointment in
the Michigan State Department of Health.
Obviously this plan is capable Of general ap-
pEcation. There is no reason at all way the
Housewives League should be the onlt pub
hc-spirited body to avail itself of a remdly so
universally needed.
Take for instance, the evil of unsaIttary
barber shops. This, l understand, is prevalent
throughout the country despite the fact that
almost every State has excellent laws aimed
against 1t.
In New York the Sanitary Code provides that
barber shops shall be conducted in accordance
with regulations adopted from time to time
by the Board Of Health, and the regulations
which they have adopted would serve the pur-
pose excellently if they were enforced.
l am told, however, that there are very few
barber shops in which one or more of these
regulations are not violated every single day
Ia the year, and diseases are contracted and
disseminated as result, yet so far as l know
there has never been a single prosecution for
violation of this provision.
Ii you ask the local Health Department why
no real effort has been made 10 enforce the
Sanitary Code in this respect, you viii be told
that the limited number Of inspectors makes
any real crusade against unsanitary barber
shops impossible
Here, then, is an excellent opportunity for
public-spirited men TO serve the community.
If they Will not or cannot secure the enforce
ment of these important sanitary regulations
In their private capacities, let them apply for
appointment as volunteer inspectors" Com
missioners OF the different municipal depart
ments may hesitate at first TO employ volun
teer inspectors, but once they admit that they
have not sufficient men to execute the laws
themselves they will be in position TO resist
very strendously movement on the part OF
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-04
MEXICAN LEADERS
MAY GET TOGETHER

WASHINGTON, Dec. A. George
Carothers, Mr.. Bryan's special agent
with the forces of Gen. Villa, is with
the Villaista generals at Cuernavaca,
a suburb of Mexico City, endeavoring
to bring about a conference between
Gems Zapata and Villa.
Out of this conference department
officials expect some definite agree
ment which may restore order at the
Mexican capital, although there is
still ahead then, they say, the elimi-
nation of Gen. CarranZa, who has es-
tablished his government at Vera
Cruz, and is backed by a large army
which Is fed from the revenues of the
port of Vera cruz.
The department is informed that
on Nov. IS Carranza and his chief
military aide. Gen. Aguilar. were at
TeZuitlan. The dispatches TO the de-
partment describing conditions in the
city of Mexico. say:
The Zapatistas, very meagerly
clad, some being barefoOted patroIled
the city and the army of the north is
encamped in the suburbs"
Other dispatches to the department
say that good order prevails at Ciudad
PorfirO Diaz and at Monterey.
George COler, an American citizen
of San Antonio, charged with commit
ting political Offenses, has been given
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-04
VILLA AT CAPITAL.

JUAREZ, Mexico Dec. 3.-Gen.
Villa entered the palace at Mexico City.
Thursday night at the head of 5000
of his northern veterans, according to
a telegram received by Tomas Or
nelas, commander of the Juarez gar
risOn.
The entry was made with Emiliano
Zapata, Provisional Pres't Gutierrez
and the Zapata troops who were in
the suburbs.
GuayamaS, the commanding port
on the west coast of Mexico, was cap
tured by Gen. Ramon Iturbe, COM
handing the CarranZaista troops, &C
cording to Information received
from NOgales Sonora, Thursday.
A fight between American filibust-
ers who were escorting an ammuni-
ton train across the line occurred
Thursday near Palomas, Sonora, and
three Americans are reported killed.
Villistas attacked the train, losing one
man. The ammunition was captured.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-04

question required retailers who dealt In cold
storage provisions to expose a sign in their
stores indicating that fact
But New York's SIT Board Of Health had
only ten inspectors to cover the whole State
or New York, and it was considered almost
useless to attempt any serious enforcement OF
this very necessary law.
The result was that instead of attempting to
enforce the law partially. which would no
doubt have led to accusations Of discrimina-
ton, the Health Board decided to repeal 1t al
together, and it was repealed.
There was case OF a good law being taken
OF the statute books simply because the rich
state OF New York hadn't provided for suf1l-
Client number of inspectors to enforce it.
This situation came to the attention OF the
Housewives League month or so ago, and
We at once decided to remedy it if possible.
Our first step was TO seek the re-enactment OF
the Health Board regulation
A"What is the use Of having the regulation
the statute books" we were asked when We
haven't sufficient inspectors to see that it IS
complied With?"
might perhaps be saved, if the State Board
would accept some of our public-spirited mem
bers as volunteer inspectors" If the State
couldn't or wouldn't appoint sufficient inspect
ors to carry out its own laws ii ought at least,
We argued, accept the services of citizens who
willing to undertake the work gratuitous-
~. AS men volunteer for active service in
time OF war. were willing 10 volunteer for
active service in time of peace.
Much 10 our surprise and qualification our
proposal was favorably received. The State
Board of Health at once re-enacted the regula.
ton and appointed four OF our members as vol
unteer inspectors, with the same powers and
duties the regular inspectors, who were paid
by the State.
Similar progress has been made in at least
two other States. IN New Jersey. Miss Edith
Deschler, Of New Brunswick. head OF the New
1914. b. the star Company, Great Britain Right
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-04
TRY NEWS-TIMES WANT ADS
By MRS. JULIAN HEATH,
President of National Housewives League.

President OF National Housewives League.
- ONIEWHERE on the statute book there is
law that covers nearly everything that
ought to be corrected. The trouble is
that the laws are not enforced and there has
heretofore been no known way to have the
laws enforced.
The National Housewives League has
think, at last discovered the key to the prob
lem. In our fight for pure food and cold
storage abuses we were met with the discour-
aging announcement by the New York State
Board of Health that they would like TO enforce
the law but could not promise to do so because
they did not have inspectors enough
The women OF the Housewives League at
once offered their services without charge to
the State Board of Health TO act as inspectors
and see that the law was enforced This offer
was accepted and the women of the House
wives League are now serving throughout the
CITY as inspectors without cost to the city or
State, and at last the law is being enforced.
The wide application and Importance Of this
has not yet been perceived / believe that this
action BY the women of the Housewives
League viii have far-reaching results. We
have opened the way for the enforcement OF
the law in every direction
II such a man as the late Commissioner
Waldo will not use his IL 900 policemen to en-
force the law We can make II so uncomfortable
for such a police commissioner by making our
selves citizen inspectors that he viii be COM
PEELED 10 do his duty. II a man like Waldo
should again become the head OF the police de-
partment We now know a way 10 see that the
laws enforced.
1--WE haven't sufficient inspectors or police
men TO with the situation is the stock
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-04

excuse given by inefficient officials whenever
the existence of public abuses which they have
failed to correct is called to their attention.
The answer is a familiar one to every one
who has ever had extensive dealings with pub
lie departments.
Undoubtedly it is true in some cases. The
unfortunate part about it, however, is that even
public spirited citizens have been wont to ac-
cept it as final. The object of this article is
TO point out that it need not be final at ALL
The housewives League, at any rate, has found
a way to overcome the difficulty, and it is one
which might be applied by publicspirited
bodies or citizens wherever public officials de-
clare their staff is adequate to enforce the
laws.
As l have said, the stock excuse given by
inefficient public officials is often more or less
justified. Quite frequently the law which
creates a public department expressly provides
for the number of inspectors or other officers
20 be employed by ii. Sometimes that number
proves Inadequate, and the work of that par
ticular body then becomes inefficient. Hitler
to the only plan considered feasible in such a
contingency is to have the law amended, but
the process Of amending a law is necessarily
slow, even when any one shows suicffient in
terest in the matter to fight for il
More often, however, the chief obstacle in
the way of enforcing a useful statute or. other
regulation lies in an insufficient appropriation.
Lack OF funds means lack OF inspectors, and
lack of inspectors means non-enforcement CT
the law. The abuses the law was intended TO
correct flourish because offenders go unprose-
cuted
An excellent case in point Is that of the cold
storage provision which the New York State
Board OF Health passed a couple OF years ago.
These were aimed at the abuses OF the cold
storage business from which the whole country
had long been suffering. The regulation in
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-04

the liberty of Monterey and may
soon have complete liberty"
A shortage of corn, beans and rice
is reported from the districts of Mon
terey.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-04

With the completion of present
railway improvements in Manchuria
the trip from London to Japan will be
reduced from fourteen days to twelve.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-04
a NEWs-TIr1Es WANT ADS BRING RESULTS

Extra fine carnations, Acc a dozen,
Saturday. All colOrs. Boyer Floral
CO. Advt
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-04

Extra fine carnations, 4Oc n dozen.
Saturday. All cOlors. Boyer Floral
Co. Advt.
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