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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-02
jutant general of the army revealed that
the applica-
Big Saving in Office tion Of
of Adiutant General. go, araa

the applica-
Big Saving in Office tion Of
of Adjutant General. aisch arge
from the service was handled thirty-nine
different times after and before depart
ure Under the reorganization system
recommended by the commission it would
have to be handled but five times. 1t
was estimated that the clerical force
could be reduced greatly and 1924, 600 an
nually saved in this office alone Sub
committees on economy and efficiency
We're created in every department. and
important changes in administrative
methods followed. The dictaphone was
brought into general use, obsolete meth
DDS of handling and filing correspondence
We're discarded. photography was intro
duced for the copying of printed and
written documents, and 6 scientific sys-
tenn of lighting public buildings through
out the country established. The inquiry
was conducted only in Washington and
did not touch the governmental service
throughout the country. This left much
to be desired for the cost of clerk hlre
in the New York city post Office alone is
more than that incurred in the depart
ments of War Navy, State. Justice. Com
, nerce and Labor in Washington.
a labor-saving device show was held
under the auspices of the commission for
the benefit of all the departments. Tabu-
lating machinery was installed in vari-
Gus offices where the record work was
getting beyond the reach of the clerical
force. Cost keeping systems were estab-
lished III various governmental enter
prises of an industrial character.
Congress showed little sympathy with
Prof. Cleveland's elaborate recommends
bud tpat NH u
generally interpreted at the Capitol as a
proposed encroachment upon congress
sional control of the purse The House
having declined to appropriate for its fur
Their maintenance, the commission ceased
to exist on June 30. 1913.
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Show Hothouse Maturity.

Two curled and knee-dressed kidlets
were in the Riverside bus yesterday.
They were pretty as peaches. even if
they were beribboned like prize Pekes.
Their little faces bore signs of a hot
house maturity: but even 50 they
could not have been more than ten
years old.
Il would really have pweferred to
go to Bessie's matinee party today"
said one. but 1 really could not give
up Mary's tango, tea. I haven't mi missed
an Afternoon this season. Really
Really" said the other. fatty
what bore. I hope to get away to
Palm Beach this week. I really must
have some rest Really"
Their talk wandered YEARLY from
really to really" There wasn't
sign Of the sparkle and animation and
interest of real children about them. Ten
wears from now social idols will have all
the intellectual zip and depth Of bull
frog-unless, of course, the maternal
slipper awakens the growing generation.
one assumes that Mrs Hammond re-
ferred to the slipper in her longing to
make juvenile society old-fashioned. The
slipper is old-fashioned enough to suit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-02
League to Rescue Darlings.

So that the mothers of the young
sters whose faces may be discovered
in Sunday supplements have formed
Il parents league to rescue their dar-
liugs from mental and physical eXtinc-
ton. IIl-advised persons called this the
Cherubs' League at the outset. But
that name was as much Of a misht as
u Baxter street overcoat. A cherub is
not one of the items of the animal king
dom which create a keen itch in the
pains of onlookers.
The aim of the league" according
to the leaguers. lis to encourage the
simple life among the children of So
ciety. We hope to make it fashion
able to be old fashioned"
There is no finer instrument to this
purpose than the old fashioned slip
per- and it has the advantage of being
ready at hand. 1t will help also-ac-
cordng to the leaguers-if the children
are kept from strong drink, at least
until they are big enough to sit at ia
bic without the adventurous aid of an
eleven-pound dictionary. An exag-
geration? Mrs. John Hays Hammond.
the originator of the league, read a
letter to parents from the principal of
one of the fashionable schools
DO not let the children have cham
payne except at supper he begged.
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Doolan. Once Bonanza King. Dies

SAN FRANCISCO, February .
Thomas Doolan. aged eighty-nine years,
one of the oid-time bonanza kings and q
picturesque figure of the days of 40.
died here yesterday. He had been an as
ISOLATE of James G.. Fair. James L. Flood
and William s. OBrien.
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FOREIGN RESORTS.
SEASON ALL THE YEAR

SEASON THE YEAR
TREA1MEN1S-Ds OF the and futesnes.
spleen Diseases kidney
Kidney Bladder Iemorrhoi
Obesity Plethora Diabetes. Mel titus Rheumatism, Uric
Acid Iiathess oxauria aud Sciatca.
RENIflDIFS-l6 Mineral Springs Drink and Bath Cures;
bathing establishments Thermal Caronic Acid Mud.
Sweetwate River Steam and Hot Air Baths; steam aud
Electric Baths:
FouFce Baths establishments for cold treatment;
fnauaterium Swedish Medico Mechanical Institute.
BEAUTIFUL WOODS AND PEOMENADES. TIEATEIsS,
CONCERTS, LAWN TENNIS, GOLF. HORSE RACES
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PRESS CAMERA MAN
HAS HARD VOCATION
Unusual Experience in Gathering
Pictures for Newspaper
Supplements.
Bored Faces Of Fashionable kid.
lets" and Languid Drawls Sub
jects for New York Comment.


NEW YORK, January 81. 1914.
New Workers think they know why
Herod ordered that slaughter of the
innocents. He must have been pes
tered by a fedgling 400 in his town.
May J take your picture?" asked
a kid-loving photographer of the ten
year-o!d daughter of d socially noted
mother at the Piping Rock Club re-
Gently. He was a fond. friendly sort
of a photographer. He smiled at the
pretty little one.
"Oh, ! suppose So she said, lam
guidly, turning up u superclious little
nose. She turned to an eleven-year-
old friend. VINO wore an English deroy
and tapped English riding boots with
an English crop. He only lacked d
monocle
Such a bore" she said. petulantly.
'One can never be free from the lower
classes.
Which, of course, was perfectly
truthful statement. and it really didn't
make the slightest difference that a
photographer went away from there
fighting for air. AS a class photographers
are injured and down-trodden anyhow.
Look at the pictures of the next bunch
Of fashionable kids published in a Sun
day supplement. Observe the perfectly
tired expression With which they re-
gard the photographer. Then synpa-
thize with the latter brute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-02

A special session of the officers of the
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of West
Virginia will be held at Fairmont, W.
Va, Tuesday.
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Budget Committee
Never Effective.

pies, Senator Nelson w. Aldyich chair
man Of the Senate finance committee, di-
rected public attention in 1909 to the sub
ject Of thrift in handling the public purse
Athis instance the Senate organized.a bud
get committee. consisting of the chairmen
OF all the great spending committees of
that chamber. but headed by senator
with little experience in the handling of
appropriations. The idea was that this
committee, working probably in conjunc-
ton with a similar committee of the
House, should estimate the prospective
revenues for a given year, and that the
appropriations should be limited in ac-
cordance with this estimate. The COM
mittee held q lew meetings and died of
hamilton.
Mr. TAFT was much impressed soon after
becoming President with the importance
OF greater economy and efficiency.
Charles u. Norton of Chicago, who had
effected important reforms III the Treas
ury Department, when appointed secre-
tarv to the President urged the establish
ment of an economy and efficiency COM
mission to do the same for other depart
ments. Congress appropriated 100000 for
the purpose and President Taft appointed
as its head DIR. +. A. Cleveland, an ex-
pert business adm n stration, cost
keeping. etc. At high salaries other mem
bers were drawn from the government
service and from business life.
The commissions object was. in its re-
ports to present picture of the gov
eminent as one piece of administrative
mechanism. 1t had never before been
studied in this light. nor had any effort
been made to assign each activity to the
agency best fitted for its performance.
AS result of the investigation fifteen re-
ports were rendered to Congress, with
the statement that if the recommended
legislative changes Were enacted and the
necessary executive orders issued saw
Ing would result to the government of not
less than S6,OOO0O0 a year. President
Taft in supporting the commissions re-
ports stated to Congress that the aboll-
ton Of political sinecures and the remov-
al of certain offices from politics would
result in saving of $4.51o,0Oo.
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mission was the limitless opportunity
for dishonesty be-
Little Use Made fore government
=, officials and the
of Graft Chances. little advantage
that had been taken of it James g.
Courts was instructed to investigate all
defalcations prior to 1893. and found the
number remarkably small and largely
confined to trust funds in the custody Of
disbursing officers. and which We're in
adequately audited. Today no advance
of funds can be made to a disbursing Off
Ger unless his accounts have been aud ted,
or are satisfactory to the auditor of his
department.
Under the constitutional requirement
that the Secretary of the Treasury rem
der annually to Congress Il statement
of receipts and expenditures. the Dock
cry commission found eight clerks en-
tering every purchase, however minute,
in d record which when printed was
found to make four massive volumes
eight years behind. y consoi dated state
nent of receipts and expenditures is
now submitted. For the first time bills
were ordered engrossed by the printing
press instead of by hand, 4 process which
led to frequent error and produced much
litigation. This reform was accomplished
only after violent opposition from the
engrossers. who predicted all varieties of
disasters, including the fading of the
printing ink so that the statutes uiti-
mately would vanish.
The Dockery commission spent Sal geo
and estimated the economies Of its re-
forms at S601 .531 a year. Not until James
r. Garfield became Secretary of the In
terror a few years ago did that depart
ment comply with the commissions
recommendation for abandonment of the
quadruplicating of public land patents by
hand and the substitution of the type
writer. The hostility of the clerical force
had been influential enough to delay the
| reform which greatly leSsened the proba-
bility of error.
| President Roosevelt effected certain ad-
rninistrative economies through the es-
Establishment of the Keep commission,
of the assistant secretaries of the Treas
ury. The purchase of supplies. which had
been centralized by the Dockery commits
sion, was further perfected, important
reforms esta blished In the printing and
publication of public documents and care
full study given the problem of dupl.ca-
ton of labor. Congress showed itself
indisposed to follow any of the important
recommendations of the commission the
provenfents of methods effected by heads
of departments themselves. The question
of approximation of government EN-
ployes was considered, but no legislation
enac>ed. The commission was utilized by
the President for investigation of COM
plants against the various departments,
few of its reports ever becoming public
=
With the statement that a saving of
$500 100000 a year could be effected in
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Al investigation Of the Office of the ad.
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What astonished members Of the com
mission was the lmitless opportunlt
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With the statement that a saving OF
$3OO, 100000 a year could he effected in
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-11-09
CHAPTER XVIII.


Mr.. Thomas Barcus picked himself
up from the bottom of the lifeboat
where he had been violently precipi
tated by the impact of grounding
blinked and wiped tears of pain from
his eyes, solicitously tested his nose
and seemed to derive little if any com
fort from the discovery that it was not
broken, opened his mouth and
remembered the presence of lady.
Poor Mr.. Barcus!" she said gently.
I'm SO sorry. Do forget I'm here
and say it out loud!"
Mr.. Barcus dropped his hands and
dropped his head at the same time.
1T can't be did," he complained in
embittered resignation; "the words
have never been invented ;"
In the bows Mr.. Law (who had
barely saved himself headlong
plunge overheard when the shoal took
fast hold of the keeD felt tenderly Of
his excoriated shins, then, rising, COM
passed the sea, sky and shore with an
anxious gaze.
In the ofing there was nothing but
the fiat, limitless expanse of the night
bound tide, near at hand vaguely sill
vered with the moonlight, in the dis
tances blending into shadows; never
light or shadowy. stealing sail in
that quarter to indicate pursuit.
Where are WEI" he wondered aloud.
ASK me an easy one," Barcus re-
piled; somewhere on the south shore
of the cape-unless somebody's been
tampering with the lay of this land.
That's a lighthouse over yonder."
Ito Be Contdnued.)
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The Pastor sympathized with his au
dience in the general dread with which
the Day of Judgment is regarded. He
also held the common view at one
time. but now knows well its incon
sistency and its terrible misrepresenta
ton of the Divine Program. The false
view. he declared. began to be intro
duced in the Second Century, and hu
man fear and superstition have made
it worse and worse The Bible, on the
contrary, represents the Judgment Day
as period of glory and blessing. He
called attention to the PsalmiSt's ex
hortation that all mankind should re
joice because the Lord would come to
judge the world with Righteousness
and the poor with equity.-Psalm 9S:9
According to Scripture. the worlds
Judgment Day will be the worlds op-
portunity for coming to a knowledge
Of God and for then being tried. tested.
judged, as to their willingness to serve
and obey God and His righteous Gov
eminent. Those found heartily Obedi
ent will be granted everlasting life
with every joy and blessing appropri
ate to man in his perfection. Those
rebellious and disobedient will be de-
stroyed in the Second Death without
hope of future existence.
Earth's Judgment Day will be the
time when all the heather will have
their trial, after they shall have been
brought by Messiah's Kingdom to
clear knowledge Of the Truth. Then
will the masses Of Christendom have
their first real opportunity to hear of
the true character of God and to learn
what He requires of them. Although
some of them may have been in
churches occasionally, and may have
seen Bibles. nevertheless the eyes of
their understanding were darkened.
The god of this world had blinded their
minds. the Apostle declares.-2 Cor. "a. !
That Judgment Day. the thousand
years Of Messiah's Kingdom. will not
only bind Satan, but chase away all
the worlds darkness and superstition. |
"The Great White Throne"
The speaker showed that the Throne !
mentioned in his text is Messiah's. and |
His Mediatorial Dominion |
of earth for thousand years. Its |
wilderness indicates the purity Of the
Justice which will be meted out by the
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HUGE RUSSIAN
ARMY ADVANCING
Drive Germans Before Them
to Wharf.-The River.
AUSTRIAN RETREAT Gut OFF
Cars Troops Flank Foe, Forcing
Them Toward the SnoWbound Car
pathan Mountains.

London, Nov. 9.-Extending over a
battle line Of $50 miles, from the Bal
tic to the Carpathians, the vast Rus
sian army is advancing rapidly, drlV'
ing the Germans and Austrlans De-
fore them, in1icting terrible losses,
and today the combat is one OF rear
guard fights, with the exception OF
the battle near Sieradz, on the WARTIME
river, in Russian Poland, about fifteen
miles from the German border. ;.
Here the Germans have a strong
position, but despite this the Rus
SLAMS are reported to have defeated
the Germans.
Encouraged by their victories and
inspired by the presence of Car Mich
olas at the. front, the Russians arc
battling valorously, determined to
clear Poland of the invading Ger
mans, and wage a relentless war In
Germany.
So systematic and continuous has
been the Russian advance that some
reports say that for the last two days
much of the fighting has been on Ger
man soil. . .'' ~
The Russian advance has been SO
rapid that the Russian line is now re
ported to occupy a position across
the border from Schirwindt, in the
north, to the Lyck. The Germans are
reported to have withdrawn, except
from fortified positions west of Baka
lariewo.
The battle about Sieradz, the best
fortified German position on Russian
soil, is regarded as critical, and late
dispatches indicate that the Germans
are falling back and that soon the
cars forces will carry the war into
Germany with the same vigor thai
has marked their campaign.
The Austrian army Is reported I'd
have been cut off from the Germans
giving the Russians great advan
tage. The Austrians were encirc.ed
on their left flank and retreated pre-
cipitately. The Russians quickly seiz
ed the opportunity, and with swift
movement occupied all the ways Of
retreat toward Cracow, forcing the
Austrian army toward the snowbound
Carpathian mountains, where they arr
being pressed closely.
The condition of the Austrians I:
reported to be pitiable. Their only
way of retreat into Hungary is ovel
the Carpathian mountains, which al
this time of the year are almost i'm
passable to million and half Of
man with nroviSions and T1unifiOn:
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his throat could be SO dry, SO
parched =.
He opened his eyes, shuddering.
Its good-by now" he faltered.
mot yeti" her voice rang beside
him. vibrant. Lookup there-along
the cliff"
He lifted his gaze
Two men were running along the
cliff-and the man in the lead was
Alan. But his lead was very scant.
and the man who pursued was one of
Judith's, and stuck to the trail like
bloodhound fresh from the leash.
And now the water was at his lips;
Barcus could no more speak without
strangling.
OF sudden he groan cd in his heart;
though there was no passable way
down the cliff, still the sight of his
friend alive and unframed had brought
with it thrill of hope; now that hope
died as he saw Alan stumble and go
to his knees.
Before he could rise the other was
upon him, with the fury Of wolf seek
ing the throat of stag.
For an instant they fought like mad.
men: then, in trice, the sky line
of the cliff was empty; one or the
other had tripped and fallen over the
brink, and falling had retained hold
Of his enemy and carried him down as
well. Fl
BY no chance. Barcus told himself,
could either escape uninjured.
Yet, to his amazement, he saw one
man break from the others embrace
and rise. And he who lay still,
crumpled. inhuman heap upon the
sands, was Judith's man.
With a violent effort Barcus lifted
his mouth above water and shrieked:
Alan! Alan! Help! Here-at the
end of the point-in the water-help"
A precious minute was lost before
Alan discovered their two heads, so
barely above that swiftly rising food.
Then he ran toward them as he had
never run before, and as he came
whipped out jack-knife and freed it's
blade.
Even so-since 1t was, of course,
Rose whom Alan freed the first
Barcus was half-drowned before Alan
helped him in turn up to the beach.
And as this happened the last blood.
red rim Of the sun was washed under
by the waves.
Two minutes later the lifeboat was
afoat, and Mr.. Barcus, already recov-
cred, was laboring with the f1ywheel
Of the motor, stimulated to supreme
exertion by the sight of party, led by
Judith, racing madly down the beach.
But 1t was not until we'll out from
shore and on the way to the safety
promised by the mainland-now read
lily discernible on the horizon-that
any one Of them found time for speech.
Then Mr.. Barcus Strengthened up
from his assiduous attentions to the
motor, and observed:
"You bear a charmed life, my ad-
venturous friend. ! want to tell you
that when saw you go over that cliff
I made up my mind your usefulness
would be at least permanently i'm.
paired. AS 1t is, don't mind telling
you that If ever get out Of this affair
alive, I'm going to have try at your
life myself. just once, for luck!"
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MEXICANS MURDER
THREE AMERICANS
Were Captured Alive and Ter.
tuTed TO Death

Ell Paso, Tex, Nov. 9. - Fighting
doggedly behind a wagon barrie aie
until their ammunition gave out,
three Americans were killed by
mounted Mexicans at Chocolate pass,
Chihuahua, according to word that
was brought into San Sidro, Chihua-
hua, by the Mexican servant of the
American party.
The servant declared that the
Americans were captured alive. sAot
and tortured to death and their wagon
robbed. The Americans, Carl Eek,
William Bishop and Charles West,
were travelling from Ell Paso to Looks
ranch, south of Casas Grandss,
through a mountainous country.
AS the wagon entered the narrow
defile of Chocolate pass, the Mexicans,
charging on horseback, opened fire on
the party. The Americans, Selling
rifles and pistols, dropped behind the
wagon and returned the fire, wound.
ing a Mexican, killing a horse and
routing the attackers.
The Mexicans then withdrew a
short distance, pursued by bullets,
and dismounted. Hiding in the under.
growth and behind pine trees, they
opened a steady fire on the Ameri.
cans. The horses attached. to tho
wagon were shot down. The wagon
was. riddled with bullets. Eek, boy
Of seventeen years, was wounded in
the leg, but continued firing as stead.
lily as his companions.
The Mexican servant was unarmed,
he said, and took the first opportunity
to hide. The fighting continued more
than an hour. Then. the Americans
ammunition gave out, and the Next.
cans, numbering eight or ten, rushed
in. There was a brief hand to hand
fight, and the Americans were bound.
The servant, watching the fight
from a distance, said that the Next.
cans beat, knitted and dubbed their
prisoners, and then fell to looting the
wagon.