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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-05
Emergency Hospitals Provided and
Light, Air and Sanitation Being
Looked After Carefully

III the l,1il shops in the cloak and suit
industry. and II the ISL shops In the
dress and waist industry. Ii divides
the shops into four classes. according
to the number and character Of their
defects, the classes being known as
\, h, e and ID. Monthly. and. IL ncces-
sary, weekly inspection is made of the
II. & and II class shops. Expert adj
vice is given 10 wner when they are
leasing new lofts. or when they are
rearranginG their shops. or on receipt
of orders from the Labor Department.
Frequently the joint board receives
complaints of conditions in one shop or
another, some of the complaints being
sent in by workers who desire con
ditions bcttered; and the sanitary
division uf the ard at once makes "A
careful Investigation. II a'so confers
with owners Of shops. and induces
them to introduce better methods of
sanitation, and otherwise To comply
with the standards OF working condi-
lions set by the board.
As "A result OF such activities. many
an old rattletrap of a shop has been
'''N ""'s "A'h' l'N yuan NtIN lldNt
been obtained. with excellent light and
adequate ventilation. and cleanliness
iF insisted upon by employers, whose
eyes have been opened. To-day, says
DIR. Price, there Is no home work in
the garment trade. The ~sweatshop OF
the past has been done away with, and
the employers themselves find that
modern sanitary standards pay from a
purely cash standpoint.
In addition to its sanitary division
the joint board has an organized
branch OF work carried on by its edu-
c%ational division. and at present this
is considered perhaps It's most i'm
portant function. The educational
work Is carried on through personal
interviews, which DR.. Price and the
inspectors have with manufacturers.
through noon day lectures at the shops
ana evening lectures at the shop meet
.ngs' and by means Of printed bulle-
tins in pamphlet form. a number Of
which are issued and distributed every
year, Other educational activities in
clude meetings with addresses and
missionaries. conferences on speclal
topics and exhibitions.
\ third department under the Joint
board is it's fire drill division, which
mas Tor its motto this sentence: The
protection given to workers is deter
mined not by those laws which
are on the statute books. but by those
laws which are actually enforced. 80
Ana in order To enable the manufac-
turers in the two industries under it,
Jurisdiction To comply with the law.
requiring owners Of shops To "a
monthly hre drills the Joint board Of
sanitary control has established the
IRE driil division. with competent and
expert drill masters, whose function /.
is to visit the various shops, instruct
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-05
Old time garmenf woikers' shop where sanitary condition
Government Figures Of Conditions
Among the Employed Result in
Much Improved Shops Here

ers in one trade or another while they
are still at work and not waiting
until they have become 80 III as t.
require hospital treatment or until
they have died. The Public Health
Service In this departure has had
the cooperation Of DR.. George VI
Price of New York. director of the
Joint board of sanitary control i'm the
garment industry. among whose off
GERS and trustees are William Jay
! Schieffle!n. DIR. Henry Moskow.tz, Lii
Han ID. Wald. Morris Hillquit and
Meyer London. In fact it was Dr
Price himself who first began the
physical examination of groups OF
working people while they were still
working. and he did so back in 1917
1872 while he was director of the New
York State factory investigation com
mittec.
The interest aroused by DR.. Prices
experiment became so widespread that
the Public Health Service determined
to 90 ahead on the lines marked out
by him n gather sufficient data "a
enable the formation OF logical deduc-
lions regarding occupational disease
and naturally tho Washington officials
awaited themselves Of the work al
ready performed by DR.. Price.
In the first place It was found thai
New York was the best place in the
country for such an experiment. so
far as garment workers are concerned
because instead of being timid about
submitting themselves to careful and
thorough physical examination. the
work people, both men and women,
cheerfully assented after DR.. Price had
explained its importance not merely
TO them personally, hut to garment
workers in other cities. As director
of the joint board. composed of rep
resentatives from work people and en-
ployers alike. DR.. Price had the con
fidence OF those whom the Public
Health Service desired to examine
and the rest was easy.
The headquarters OF the Joint board
OF sanitary control consists Of a num-
Der of offices at 81 Union Square. One
of the offices is a room Of fair size
filled with chairs; at the end of a
short passage Is another room fitted
with laboratory equipment. and be-
yond this two examining rooms with
hospital furnishings and atmosphere.
To this group of offices come from
twenty-five to thirty garment workers
every day, the women calling between
10 In the morning and | o'clock in the
afternoon. the men arriving between
] and > y. NJ No charge Is made
10 the individual who is examined
h whole undertaking being an activ-
ity of the unions themselves. who pay
for the physical Investigations out of
a tuberculosis fund to which each
member pays a special fee Of 81 a
year.
This special fund IL in the care of
three locals, those representing the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-05

SChercsChcwsky and n STAFF consisting
of Dr. French Simpson. an authority
or tuberculosis: Dr. W. II. Shelton,
chief OF the Cornell Medical Clinic;
Dr. Robert Olson. "A II the
Pubic Health Service. and three
women physicians. Or. Fanny Dembo,
lately a medical factory inspector;
Dr. Frances Shostac of the Italian
Hospital, and DIR. Alengren Dederer
Of the Brooklyn Children's Clinic.
During three months Of last summer
this staff were present in the Union
Square offices. and made q thorough
examination OF 5000 workmen and
workwomcn.
1t was undoubtedly the most thor
ough examination ever made Of such
n large group of people in one ocCupa-
Ton who still were physically able to
keep right a.ong at their work" said
DR.. Price yesterday. when explaining
the situation for readers Of THE sun
DAY SUN. Not merely was the usual
physical examination carried out. but
painstaking tests OF vision and hearing
and OF dynamic strength were made.
1T was found that so per cent. of
h workers were less than 40 years
OF age. and that only about . per cent.
were above so. As to nativity, SO.4
per cent. were born in Russia, l5.2 per
cent. in Austria. l.l9 per cent. in Ru-
mania, 0.Oi7 per cent. in England, O.O47
per cent in Turkey, 0.047 per cent. in
Germany, and 3.o9 per cent in Italy.
Only two out Of the 5000 persons ex-
amined were born in the United States.
referring TO race, Il was found that OF
the garment workers examined, $3.50
per cent. We're Hebrews, sos per cent
were Italians, and OLE per cent. were
Poles.
The average income OF all male
garment workers was found to be
s6ll.5O a year, and the hours of work
hfty-four per week, with a half ho.i-
day on Saturday. But 1t must he re-
membered hat; these people do not
have work every week.
THEY are in what is termed n sea-
sonal occupation. During the summer
months and in the middle of winter
there is almost no work for them to
do, but the shops run full and over
time in the busy season of fan and
spring. And this fact undoubtedly has
a great deal to do with the high
rate Of sickness and of physical de-
fects among garment workers, es-
pecially those resulting from
anxiety.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-05

4 \ cNtraord nary prevalence of
~ physical defects AMI a very
large percentage of cases of
incipicnt disease have been
found among workers II the garment
trades in New York city, according u
a Washington despatch published by
THE SuN a few days ago, the news
having been given out by the United
States Public Health Service. Careful.
inquiry nero at sources affiliated with
both workers and employers in the
garment Industry not only bears gu;
in every particular the printed state
mcnts, hut 1t has opened up IA very
remarkable development on the part
of severa. labor union organizations.
In the first place il should be said
that the investigation Of conditions
among New York garment workers
which has bsca made by DIR. J. W.
Schercschewsky. Il surgeon os the
United States Pubic Health Service.
and a staff OF specialists, was finished
just a ear ago this summer. About
5000 rlcn AMI women were careful ~
examined and only sixty individuals
GU of the total were found to be In
normal health. the remaining 2.9i0
having contracted tuberculosis or
other disease in incipient form, or
having defects OF sight or hearing,
threat and nose affect ons, fat feet,
defective teeth, or nervous or other
ailments. In other words. out of this
group Of 5000 people working for their
daily bread only . per cent. were found
TO be normal and 9S per cent. were in
Q condition requiring medical advice
and treatment.
II must be remembered. further, that
these people were examined while al
work. That is Ia say, enc after an
other would take an hour off duty and
go before the me-icI. examiners and
Il ! return to his machine or ron.
This Is an exceedingly important de-
tail, for previously in trying to de-
termine the extent and causes of oc-
cupational diseases reliance had TO be
placed on vital statistics emanating
from life insurance %aCtuaries, winch
were based on peop,e who had died:
and on hospital statistics. based on
persons who applied to institutions for
treatment because they already had
become incapacitated through illness
or serious defect Of other nature.
Now the United States Public Health
Service is undertaking, for tho first
time In it's history, to investigate occu-
pational diseases by examining work.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-05

N'AA
sulting engineer Of this city.
has a simple plan for pro-
vidlng better ventilation for
the subway and he believes il would
remedy conditions now the subject of
complaint, He declares that complex
apparatus is unnecessary.
There are Just four things that
we can do with the air" he said.
I'VE can heat II, We can cool it, we
can wash it and We can dilute 1t.
BY dilution | mean to set up a cir
culation which will draw in fresh air
while getting rid of or taking the
sting out OF the vitiated atmosphere.
What the subway needs is circula-
ton more than anything else. True,
the subway air seems stulfy, and
therefore the public concludes that
the air is bad. The Board Of Health,
however, assures us that the atmos-
phere Is really not one bit more
deleterious than that at the street
level above. We don't object to that
because We know we cant change
1t. Therefore II We could have
plenty Of the air from the street down
In the subway ana circulate that
thoroughly there would he no real
cause for complaint,
"The air In the subway however,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-05
A TROLLEY FIRE ENGINE

THE Duluth, MINI, ''a'..
ment can probably n '
what Is the n'H-
piece Of fire apparatus 'u '
a combination fire euG.u" a.
ladder truck and hose car
In with the trolley systom
Between the city and
shipping sections There ~
neck of land, thick'y hr''' '
only wide enough 20 perm
street running along .'- ''t
Whenever n fire broke ont
wharves and warehouses No.
OF the narrow stretch, ""
often enough, Il "a roun'
fire company made worry gill"
In reaching It ON account
geStlou along tho n
which ii vas Impossible FL
Whcrcupon the nlr
cided upon tn" above
fire fighting outfit t,N' 80
along the trolley tracks.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-05

II shot into that room %
moonbeam that fell square
OF n man lying there In hD
like hitting him with "A h,p
II never moved him. ha'
startle me that | dropped
II got away all right Hr
was no harm done, but tHl'
was n sufficient wdru.r-
after that In all country ~
never by the weather
strictly by the almanac.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-05
CIRCULATION OF SUBWAY AIR
GREAT NEED, SAYS ENGINEER

OCGLAS SPRAGuE. a com
sulting engineer Of this city.
has a simple plan for pro-
vidIpg HAITI,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-22
ROBBED CRIPPLED NE

gymnasium will be cooled by air fan
ned through chilled water.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-22

fireproof and made of native yellow
limestone and REINFORCED concrete. 1t
will be three stories high, but will con-
tain no stairs. Inclined planes Will
eliminate all steps. The Normal audi
torium, measuring 119 by 1 "a feet, will
be a part of this new building and 1T
will seat over 5000 people. This part
will also be used in the gymnasium.
The swimming pool and shower baths
will be under the balconies.
The east front has two tiers or
rooms and studies for the music de-
partment. The north front has three
stories of class rooms. The lower tier
will house the blacksnithing and
farm engineering classes; the second.
carpentry and agriculture; and the
third the class and work rooms for
the department of fine arts and public
school art.
In the summer the auditorium and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-22
BOY KILLED-FATHE HURT.
Auto Turns Over Near Atchison-BOth
Passengers Pinned Underneath.

Atchison, July 22.-Charles Crouch,
six-year-oId son of Harry w. Crouch,
of this city, was killed and his father
badly injured Wednesday, afternoon
when a light automobile turned over
west of Atchison on the Parallel road.
The entire weight of the machine
crushed the chest of the boy and when
farmers arrived at the scene of the
accident the father was pinned down
by the machine and was dazed and
bleeding from the head. A few min
utes after the accident another car
came along and carried the dead boy
and injured man to the Atchison hos
pital. The father probably will re-
cover.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-22
HOLD FLY-swATTING PARTIES.
Thurman Boys and Girls Conducting
Fight For FIyIesS Town.

Thurman, Kan, July 22.-The boys
here have started q novel campaign
to get rid of the flies in the town. Aft
er church on Sundays the boys, about
half a dozen Of them, will take their
girl friends and go visiting. AS soon
as they get to the house where they
intend to call they get out their fly
swatters and swat until every fly in
the house IS dead. The visit is over
as soon as the foe has been annihi-
lated.
The anti-fly party works fast and
can call at a good many houses in one
evening. The people are beginning to
leave their screens open SO the visits
of the sly sWatters will last longer.
The young people get a lot of fun out
of their fly parties.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-22
Manhattan Paper Seller Turns Detec-
tive and Receivers Stolen Purse.

Manhattan, Kan, July 22.-It had
been raining hard and Vern Sandell,
crippled newsboy, took refuge in a
local restaurant. His purse, which he
carried in his hip pocket, was soaking
wet, so he pulled it out and laid it on
a chair to dry. While the purse was
lying there Vern'S attention was
called TO the second shower which
was beating down. He hobbled to
the door and when he returned, his
purse, containing $11.25, had disap-
peared.
Vern Immediately started an in
vestigation. A young man had been
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-22
PLACES BAN ON NEAR BEER.
District Court Sustains Order of Wich-
tia MayOr-TO Stop Sale.

Wichita, Kan, July 22.-Because
boys from the country may come to
Wichita and buy Temp Brew, return
ing home with the belief that they
had bought beer the right of Wich-
tia officials to stop the sale of bever-
age has been sustained in district
court here. An injunction restraining
city officials from enforcing an order
stopping the sale of the near beer, was
asked by Ferguson & Dierks on behalf
of Ed McKenna, state distributor for
Temp Brew. The order placing a ban
on the drink was issued by Mayor
Bentley last week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-22
WIN CRAWFORD AWARD.
Three Girls at Agricultural College
Get Scholarships Given by Topeka.

Manhattan, Kan, July 22.-Miss
Vilona Cutler of Anthony, Miss 70
rada Titus of Wakarusa, and Miss
Ruth Simpson of Paragould, Ark,
are the winners of the scholarship of
fered by Lester NJ Crawford of To-
peka in the Kansas State Agricultural
college. It was originally intended
that this scholarship, which has val
uation of $500 a year, be given to one
person, but of the fifteen or twenty
applicants, these three stood out with
so much prominence that the com
mittee decided to divide the award
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-22
JACK RABBITS LARGE AS MULES
Freak Photo Postcards Originated by
Ottawa. Kan, Man.

Ottawa, Kan, July CIV. H. Mar
tin, an Ottawa man, is responsible for
the origination of the freak photo
postcards which were so popular for
several years. The cards were actual
photographs, or at least appeared that
way, showing an ear of corn as large
as the wagon being hauled from the
field or along the road. others
showed a fisherman with a catfish as
large as a whale on a line and there
were pictures of jack rabbits the size
of mules.
The first card was made in 1908
and before the fad died out Mr.. Mar
tin manufactured and sold about TO-
100000 of them. Photographers all
over the country were puzzled ana
studied the matter closely, but were
unable to figure it out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-22
CAMPAIGN FOR MONUMENT.
Holton G. A. II. Will Erect Memorial
for Dead Soldiers and Sailors.

Holton, Kan, July 22.-Members of
Will Wendell post, G. A. r., have
inaugurated a campaign to raise
funds for a monument to the soldier
and sailor dead. 1t will be erected
on the Grand Army plot in Holton's
cemetery, a tall granite shaft, sur
mounted by cannon or other suitable
decoration. ]. NJ. Bacon. j. c. Por-
terrified and George S. COulson have
been appointed to solicit the funds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-22
new BUILDING AT HAYS
Sheridan Coliseum at Normal School
VIII Cost 100000.

Hays, Kan, July 22.-The plans for
the new 100000 building at the Fort
HAYS Kansas Normal school submitted
by State Architect c. H. Chandler,
were approved this week by the state
board of administration.
This new structure will be named
Sheridan Coliseum, in honor of Cen
eral Phil Sheridan, a former COM
mandant of old Fort Hays which was
located here OF the campus
Sheridan Coliseum will be absolutely
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-22
MANKATO DOCTOR DEAD.
DIR. Peters, Aged So, Was Well Known
in Northern Kansas.

in Northern Kansas.
Mankato, Kan, July 22.-Dr. Alex
ander B. Peters died suddenly Tues
day evening, while seated at his desk
after a busy day, during which he was
as well as usual DR.. Peters was 6 S
years of age, past grand medical ex-
am1ner of the A. o. U. w of Kansas,
Tor long years Rock Island surgeon at
this place, had served as mayor of the
city, was prominent in Republican po-
Ht1caI circles and was one of the
most widely known physicians in
northern Kansas. Funeral services
Will be held at the home at 10 o'clock
Sunday morning by Rev. George Nc
Kay, pastor of the Presbyterian
church of which deceased had been an
elder for many years. After the serv
ices at the house, the Masonic lodge
will have charge of the services, DR..
Peters having been a member Of the
fraternity for more than a quarter of
a century.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-22
JOBS FOR FOUR THOUSAND.
Both Women and Men Apply at Wich-
ita-DeputX Comes to Topeka.

Wichita, Kan, July 22.-Four thou
sand men and women have called at
the office of J. E. Collins, deputy
state labor commissioner at city hall,
for jobs during the month he has been
here. Jobs from washing clothes to
working in the harvest fields were
supplied to men. Among the men
were $50 residents of Wichita, the
others being from many states of the
union. Women to the number of 210
visited the office and applied for en-
ployment as cooks in the harvest
field and as dOmostics-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-22

using the phone near where the purse
was lying. Vern inquired as to his
identity and, learning his. name, he
sent for the fellow he suspected By
threatening his tarrest and bringing
other pressure to bear, Vern finally
succeeded in wringing confession
from the youth, who today returned
the purse containing the cash.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-22
The Danger of limitations.

OHIO druggist The Practical Druggist prominent New York
a Please All
digreeabe
Practical Druggist replies "We supply formulas for
couldn't wanted Your with initiative
surprising what be expected When Casoa
supply genuine. make substitute fair
laxative preparations
think mother who asks for Castoa would
feel kindly toward her product under such name
of affection for her child will overlook the
tureo E. Fletcher when buying Casoria.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-13
6klLY REMINDERS

Around the island, SS.75: up-to-date
Cadillac cars. Phone S732-Adv.
Round the Island in auto. $500
Lewis Stables. Phone 2141.-Adv.
The Manufacturers Shoe Store now
has the Jas. A. Banlster shoes in all
sizes. Many styles. ssssse.. "a
The Conklin fountain pen fills itself
in seconds land il never leaks. At
Arleigh's. On Hotel street.
Wall & Dougherty are. showing q
most fascinating array Of silver espe.
cially adapted for wedding gifts
The new spring millinery At Milton
& Parsons is being very fayorably
received. The styles are very artistic.
-Ady.
Investigate the FetaIuma electric
incubator. The nest modern and sci
entific way of Matching eggs. Re-
qnires less attention. yet gives near
est to 100 per cent matches OF any la
cubator. Ask the CalIfornia Feed Co
about 1t.
The Honolulu Photo Supply Co is
constantly making improvements in
facilities so as to render better sefv-
ice to its patrons. The latest installa-
ton consists OF new developing tank
and new washing tanks, far superior
To- the OLDHAM installation that means
better and quicker work on developing
plates and films.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-13

honeymoon, was held to the superior
court today on charge OF assault with
deadly weapon. Mrs Allie Hobart,
Cavanaugh's housekeeper, alleged that
he beat and wounded her.
Cavanaugh is eccentric, according
to Mrs. Hobart. who says she did not
know his condition when she went to
work for him.
CaEanaugh's divorce from his wife,
who left him on their honeymoon
while they were in Hongkong, created
considerable comment.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-13
GOVERNMENT PRAISES
PINEAPPLE INDUSTRIES
ACHIEVEMENTS HERE

Praise for Hawaii,s achievement In
the pineapple industry is contained in
an official publication of the depart
ment OF commerce at washington. D.
&C. 1T says:
Hawaii produced one thousand
times as much canned pineapple in
1914 as it did in 1901 in round mum
beers. 1000, 900 cases in 1914. as com
pared with 1000 cases in 1901 z 4
1t points to the lp-to-date maeliln-
cry and cleanliness of factories here.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-13
local And dFNERk
Lei Aloha Chapter. o. E. s., stated
meeting tonignI at 1880.

William Bradbrook, indicted last
week on q statutory charge, will go
to trial before jury in Judge ASH
ford's court next Monday morning.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-13

Taking general cargo; the Mat
son Navigation steamer Enterprise
steamed from San Francisco today
for Hilo. The vessel was undergoing
repairs on the coast.