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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-02-22
BY JANE whitaker

atty IN politics in competition with
the accepted spokesman, the hanger
on after politicians, the chaser of
elusive jobs, the haunter of politicians
with something to give, the profess
sional job-grafter?
1t is fitting time to consider the
subject now that the press thrills with
the story of alleged payment Of graft
of one woman to another.
Mrs. Louise Osborne Rowe, accused
of forcing Mrs. Page Waller Eaton to
pay toll for a job in the department
of public welfare, was given her job
as a spoiIs-iob. She was friend of
the wife of Mayor Thompson and she
had done some political work for the
mayor. The job as head of the bu-
reau pays $4,000 a year. A few weeks
after she had taken the job news
paper reporter called to interview her
and was amazed when Mrs. Rowe,
holding a social service job, admitted
she knew nothing of social service
workers who are most prominent and
asked the reporter to give me some
tips so will know what to do"
Mrs. Page Waller Eaton had work
ed for Mayor Thompson. She was
given a job as sup't of the bureau of
social surveys in the bureau at a sal
airy of $4,000 a year, and at meet
ing of United Charities and other So
cial service workers she made a
speech in which she appealed for
ideas.
They were two spoils jobs and two
women who successfully landed spoils
jobs, but there are in the city today a
number of women who bitterly assail
the Thompson administration be-
cause they were not given spoils jobs
they say were promised to them, and
other women who trailed Thompson'S
official job-giver, Fred Lundin,
through the several rooms he main
tanned at the Hotel Sherman, who |
beat a path from the hotel to the Civ |
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-02-22
HAS POLITICS EVOLVED SPOILSWOMAN TO-
COMPETE WITH SPOKESMAN?


one of them until they finally landed =
not the job they expected to get, but -,
a job.
have talked with many of them.
l have listened to their underground
gossip about the administration, to
their bitterness and to their constant
repetition: 81 plugged for Thomp-
son and was promised a job, but ,
Lundin WEIGHED" and it very fire.
quently has been followed with this:
do you know anybody with pull =
to land me city job?"
Not more than month or so ago
talked with woman who sounded
sincerely anxious to devote all her
time to uplift work for the sake of
the work she might do, but just as
the interview was closing she said:
"Pm going after job as proba-
ton officer. worked in this ward at
the election and l think something is
coming to me. 1 ought to get a job
for what I've done"
In more than one case with which
/ am personally familiar the spoils-
woman is on the scrap-pile of life un-
less she can get a political job, for
she seems unable to get the virus of
such job out of her veins and return
to the work she did before she be-
came so inoculated.
During the campaign a woman
with whom am acquainted worked :
for Sweitzer with a spoils-job as her
goal. Sweitzer went down to defeat
and the spoils-job with him, of course, p.
but the woman who had worked at a i,
trade that paid her from $14 to $18 a
week before she became inoculated
with the spoils-job idea seemed utter
ly unable to gather up the threads of
her everyday existence again. She
works sometimes and she barely !,
keeps herself in existence at others
while she schemes to get into the
game again and win one of the big +,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-08

The Landscape around the District
militia's mobilization camp was mate
rally changed today as result OF the
soldiers cleanup activities all day
yesterday.
All the weeds and high brush. as well
MS many small trees. were cut down by
the militiamen and carted away. The
sanitary officers said these weeds and
bushes bred disease, and served as fine
homes for mosquitoes and other In
sects.
The guardsmen found this to be true
in many cases. for on a number Of &C.
casions ax-wielders were seen to drop
their weapons hastily and run away
from hornets nests which they had
chopped into. or from bevies Of bumble-
bees.
All of the bitches filled In by the
guardsmen were intentionally dug and
served a purpose. They were used by
the cavalrymen at Fort Myer to train
their horses in taking hazards.
The drainage of the camp was seri-
ously interfered with by the presence of
these bitches filled with stagnant water.
and Lieut.. Col. Anton stephan placed
several hundred men at work to hli In
the hollows. Another large detail of
men was sent to n hillside about a mile
from camp to dig the necessary dirt.
which was hauledl to camp In motor
trucks.
AS a result of their training with
picks. shovels. axes. hoes and rakes.
the militiamen today exhibited banda
with many eorns and calloused places
the soldiers health will be greatly
benefited because of this manual la Dor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-08
GUARDSMEN FOUGHT
WITH BRITISH ARMY
First Sergeant Haney and Cook
Petit Were at Ypres and on
DardaneIles.

In the machine gun company OF the
District militia at the mobilization
camp are to be found two men VINO
have seen service with the British army
at Ypres and on the Gallipoli peninsula.
The soldiers are First Sergt. Robert
l.. Haney and Charles Petit, the ma.
chine gun companys cook. Both served
In the Gloucester Regiments machine
company In Flanders and In the Darda-
nelles campaign.
Petit bears nine shrapnel wounds re-
ceived while fighting on the Gallipoli
peninsula. while on one OF his fingers
he wears ring made from a piece OF
steel which was imbedded In his cheek.
When surgeons removed the steel he
asked to be allowed to keep II as a
souvenir. and this request was granted.
On the strength OF his TWENTY-FIVE
months service In British machine gun
companies. Haney was given a first
sergeantcv In the District company.
Had Base at Lemnos.
He was sergeant in n British COM
pany. and was tn eman who ordered
Petit taken to the hospital when In
jured. The British detachment with
which Haney was connected maintained
Its base at Lemnos. an island posses
sion Of Greece.
The detachment landed at Cape Hellea
and operated from there to Sulva bay
Most of the lighting done by Haneys
company was about ninety miles east
of Constantinople.
Haney and Petit are both Texans
They went to Europe together at the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-08
Mrs. Marietta G. Stanton
To Be Buried in Arlington

Funeral services for Mrs. Marietta
Conger Stanton, widow Of Gen. Thad-
deus II. Stanton. who died yesterday
at the homo of her daughter. Mrs. r.
8. Kolk. in the Balfour apartment,
will be held at the apartment at
o'clock this Afternoon. The Rev. u. q. b
Pierce, pastor of All Souls Unitarian
Church. will conduct the services. In
terment will be in Arlington.
Before her marriage Mrs. Stanton
was Marietta Conger, Of Washing.
ton. Iowa. She made her home here
when her husband was paymaster gen.
eral OF the army. from 1894 to 1898
Later. the General and Mrs. stanton
lived In Omaha, Neb. She returned
mere several years ago. upon the death
OF her husband, and has since made
her home with Mrs. Kolk.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-08
= Landed I'm Soldier Clothes.
Captain Merrill to
Be Buried by Masons

Arrangements for the funeral of
Capt. Simeon Howard Merrill, former
Assistant Postmaster of this city, who
are being made by the Dawson Lodge.
r. A. A. NJ, with which he was af-
filiated. The funeral Is to be in Santa
Cruz, and the local lodge has COM
municated with the Santa Cruz lodge
requesting that. the services be under
the auspices OF the Masons .--
Captain Merrill was q native of Mil
ford, Me-; where he was born March
ton in the Washington Postoffice In
1865 and remained. there in various
positions until 1888. The following
ness In 1890 he was appointed as
sistant postmaster of the Washington
office and served until 1894. He then
engaged in the banking business In
Nome, Alaska, and later removed to
Santa Cruz, where he lived in retire.
ment .-.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-08
Recruits to Be Taken Into Serv-
ices Of U. S. on Their First
Examination.
CHANGE MILITIA'S NAME
New Battalion viii Be Formed
as Soon as Third Infantry
Departs.

A big bunch OF red tape has been
eliminated from the recruiting service
for the Third d. c. Infantry within
the past twenty-four hours and the
cooperation between the recruiting
officers in the city and the organiza-
lions in camp has been made compiete.
Hereafter recruits will be taken INTO
the service Of the United sta ans ~.
medical examination they VIII unoe,
70 at the time of their entrance 10 the
service will also be their mastering
Orders to this effect have been issued
from the War Department. and the the
designation Of the District trops at FOIL Fol.
Myer changed from national guaru
to organized militia" The organi. Ecu
militia" means militia organized III 'he
service Of the United States.
Recruiting Continued.
All officers of the organized militia
are recruiting officers. and for the time
being at each of the recruiting stations
an officers who has been mustered into
the Federal service will be on duty.
and the recruiting that is done will
practically be recruiting for the Federal
service direct.
Lieut.. Col. Clarence v. Sayre. who
ranks as national guard officer. will
be unofficially in charge of the work
here until arrangements can be made to
muster him into the Federal service.
The national guard surgeons who have
been on duty at the recruiting stations
Major Romulus Foster and Capt. b. g
Pooled have been relieved from duty and
surgeons who have been mustered into
the service of the United States replaced
them today.
1t is expected that the entire recruit
ing stan Of the national guard, which
has been on duty will be mustered int
the Federal service. or relieved from
duty. Col r. d. Simms who has beer
in charge of all recruiting stations, will
be placed in command of the nationa
guard and made responsible for al
property, etc.. OF the national guard.
Restored to Duty.
Lieut.. Col. Clarence v. Sayre will b,
restored to active duty as a major II
the national guard and as such mustered
into the Federal service to commant
the reserve or recruiting battalion O
the District that Is to be left in Wash
tngton to keep the command In the fielt
recruited up to full war strength.
Capt. Alfred McGonegal, who was or
duty as a recruiting officer Of the
National Guard. has already been mus.
placed in charge Of the recruiting for
the units that have left Fort Myer for
When the -rnitd Infantry zoe. tAsre
will be a new battalion organization
formed with Major Sayre in command
This will not only be recruiting but
a training battalion and the men who
course Of training similar to that giver
at the regular army recruiting depots
before they are sent to join the com
mands on the border that need them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-08
Soldier-MuSicianS Have
Eagle for a Mascot

Members Of the Field Musicians Corps,
Third Regiment. claim to have 1.-THE
real Kind tof a mascot for American
soldiers" It Is an American eagle and
looks Nike the model, for the bird usually
shown in pictures with Uncle Sam.
The eagle. which 10 about eighteen
inches high. was captured several days
ago In the woods near Radio by Frank
W. Watson and r. NJ. Ingham. two
field musicians.
The young bird put up a stifr fight
and scratched its captors considerably
before 1t resigned itself to the fate OF
being a mascot
Sergeant Loveless. bugler assigned
with Col. Glendie b. Young. says the
eagle eats about two pounds Of meat
but continued to wear a hungry look
in his eye"
The eagle has been christened "Wil.
son."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-08
BRING SUIT TO STOP
ARLINGTON DIVIDEND
Contractors Would Keep c. P
Taft From Receiving Money.

To keep Charles p. Taft. Of Cincinnati
Ohio. from receiving a dividend Of
$500 from the receivers Of the de-
funct Arlington Hotel Company. sui,
was brought in the District Supreme
Court yesterday by Potts 4 McComas
contractors, OF Baltimore. and H. d.
Eichelberger, OF Richmond.
The court Is asked to restrain Re-
ceivers Peyton Gordon. Aulick Palmer
and James Frank Bell. of the hotel COM
pany, from paying Taft. on the ground
that the plaintiffs have a prior claim
to the money.
The petitioners allege they have paid
out large sums Of money for excava-
ton work for the hotel and a lieu l.
claimed on the sum Of s17,809.ll. alleged
10 have been paid Taft by Eldridge e.
Taft as trustees of the company.
The plaintiffs are represented by At
torney Robert II. McNeill
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-08
Kentucky Militiaman Shot
By Woman While Bathing

CINCINNATI. Ohio. July st devel-
oped through an order issued by
Brigadier General Williams. In comma nd
OF the 1000 Kentucky militiamen mobi-
libed at Fort Thomas. that the first
blood was shed at the fort in the cam
paign against Mexico.
The order was issued that all soldiers
bathing in the Ohio river hereafter must
wear suitable bathing apparel. A wom-
an living on the river bank near the
fort objected to the soldiers bathing in
the river and fred a shotgun at them.
Private John Parr. Of Company /. of
Nicholasville. Ky. Parr was taken 10
the hospital and the shot extracted.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-08
Much Kerosene and Wood
Consumed at Radio Camp

Six cords of wood and 100 gallons Of
kerosene are used in the District militia
mobilization camp every day. according
to Captain z. NJ. Nevils. quartermas ter
corps. who furnishes the necessities for
the soldiers.
The wood is delivered at a central
point by truck drivers each day and
then distributed to the company cooks
in army wagons and motor trucks.
All the wood has to be chopped up
into proper lengths to fit the army
stoves. The militiamen are not only
drilling and performing other military
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-08
Ducks Do Fishing for
This Kentucky Man

LEITCHFIELD. KY. July S.-Henry
Cecil, Of Cecilia. in lake near his home
has devised a most successful and novel
way to catch fish. according to Roy
Bond.
Cecil has a number Of ducks that fire.
quent this lake. He ties a short fishing
line to the ducks foot with the hook
baited. The ducks swims about the lake,
fishing all over 1t. When n fish strikes
he pulls the ducks leg, and Mr.. Duck,
not understanding what this means,
turns and fees to the shore Just as fast
as he can.
Cecil takes Off the. fish. rebaits the
hook and throws the duck back into the
lake to renew the fishing. He has a
number of ducks fishing for him at the
same time and has caught 100 pounds
of hsh this way.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-08

outbreak Of the war. enlisted in the
british army at the same time. and
took French leave" on. the same day.
While they liked their service with
the British army, upon their return
United States might be drawn into the
war and wanted to serve their own
country.
The regular. formal means. resorted
to by soldiers to get out Of the British
army having failed. the two men de-
cided they would return TO America
without King Georges permission and
did SO.
Landed I'm Soldier Clothes.
They landed In New York attired A
to civilians. Friends looks them to
civilian clothing shops where they quick.
~ DOTTED their soldier cloths to prevent
being arrested as deserters.
Inc two men drifted to Washington to-
gether about a month ago and enlisted
IN the machine gun company.
Captain Earnshaw considers both of
them valuable men. This Is Indicated
by the Jobs they hold. There is but
one position I'm the army which Is more
important than that Of q top sergeant
and that Ia the job Of cook. and there
liz but one job more important than
cook, and that is first sergeanting."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-08
FAVORS ENLARGING
OF BOTANIC GROUNDS
Senate Library Committee Reports
Gallinger Bill Favorably.

The Senate Library Committee has
reported favorably the Gallinger bill
to increase the area OF the United
states Botanic Garden by adding to II
two parcels OF land lying Just TO the
vest OF II.
The proposed additions lie between
Third street on the east and Sixth
street on the west and Missouri ave.
nue. on the north and Maine avenue on
the south and are known as East
Seaton Park and West Seaton Park,
The additions would more than double
the size CT the park.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-08
Coast Artillery Will
Play Cardinal A. c. Nine

The Coast Artillery baseball team
will play the Cardinal A. c.. OF Alex
andria. In that city on next Sunday.
The Artillery team Is considered the
best club In Uncle Sans service and
the Cardinal team will have to play
first class ball to beat them. Last year
the Cardinals were defeated by the
soldiers. who are out to add another
victory to their belt again this year.
The game will be played In the Cardi-
nal Park head Of King street. 1t will
be called at 2:30 D. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-08
Cricketers to Play.

Washington Cricket Club will meet
the Steel Plant eleven tomorrow on the
grounds at the foot OF Fourteenth
street. northwest. In an afternoon
Captain Cannon will use Branch. In
the bowling crease for principal. while
McNabb will perform like service for
the Steel Plant eleven.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-08

F1rts Regiment officers that no trouble
In to be expected. guardsmen on OUT
post duty however. are watching the
other side closely.
Trench digging and building ipcin-
orators has been the hardest work %
camp. 1t took q squad from 81. Johns
College fifteen hours to dig the same
amount of trenches that were dug In
because Of the resilient condition Of
the ground.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-08
The Roll of Honor
List Of Recruits for Di strict National Guard
Saturday, July 7, for the Preceding "a Hours.l

Victor Girard, 2SS c street southwest.
George c. Bell 34oi East Fayete street, Baltimore.
James McKim, Camp Springs, Md.
William Hogan 5t2 M street northeast
Walter Fletcher 1928 Eleventh street northwest.
James McAulife 1928 M street northwest
William j. Ferguson Eleventh and G streets northwest.
Richmond N. Collins Ballston Va.
John H. Wellington, All street southeast.
John n. Hefn, o22 street northwest.
Robert Hanson Brentwood, Md.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-08
FIRST PAY IS GIVEN
MARYLAND TROOPS
Finances Of Officers and Men In
Bad Shape and Checks Are
Welcome.

EAGLE PASS. Tex. July THE men
Of the First Maryland regiment. in
camp here. will be given their first pay
today. And from the stir In camp this
morning. payday will be the most i'm
portant event since the men left home.
Officers Of the regiment will welcome
pay day as we'll as the men because
they have been lending money right
and left to tide the men over until
pay day. Some Of the officers advanced
money to all married men In their COM
panies whose families needed funds.
Watermellons Plentiful
The watermelon vendors will get their
share Of the money drawn as pay by
the men today. The camp has gone
watermelon crazy. More than 400
watermelons have been sold In camp in
the last few days. Watermelon parties
are held nightly. Ice cream and soft
drinks also are In demand owing to the
heat
There was q storm last night during
a concert by the regimental band. Two
transforms In succession In Eagle Pass.
after q four months drouth, were well
coined by the town as we'll as By the
soldiers.
Mexicans Peaceful.
From all appearances there are about
1000 Mexicans on the opposite side OF
the Rio Grande. but thus far there has
been no untoward incidents. The reg
ulsr army officers have assured the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-08

P;s.-Hsye you eyer been shey.
Tread Of SPECIALIZED Cord" Tires that
are NOT SiIVsvfouH Cord Tiresi
Why are the "Inside.Woyks" OF
OTHER, so called. cord" Tire
s NEVER illustrated
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-29

NOTE: = You've all undoubtedly heard of the
famous Doctor Pierce and his welknown medicines.
DIR. Pierces Favorte Prescription for weak women
and DR.. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery for the
blood have been favorably known for the past forty
years and more They are standard remedies to-day
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-29
PRICE OF PAPER

We have been notified that we can
get only three tons more newspaper
at the price we have BEEN paying.
After that we must pay at least three
times what it has been costing us
provided we can get it at all. A ton
of newspaper does not last US long
about ten days, if we have no unusual
requirements. Our subscribers, we
trust, will realize that we are up
against a most serious condition, and
we will have to press collections as
we have never done before. If you
owe us anything on subscription, help
us by making payment now.-Lake-
land Telegram.
In the past five weeks the Courier
has bought nine tons of newsprint pa
per at a cost of eleven hundred dol
lars. One year ago this stock was
worth four hundred and fifty dollars.
Don't grumble when you are asked to
pay two dollars year for the paper.
There is nothing that you can buy
with two dollars that has anything
like the value for the money.-Plant
City Courier.
The Star refers those of its friends
who are sore at it for requesting them
to pay up to the two foregoing ex-
tracts from its contemporaries.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-29
TOO MANY MASTERS
The New York Herald pertinently

The New York Herald pertinently
says:
TOO many cooks spoil the the
broth" Too many masters destroy
the efficiency of the servant.
The railways of this country have
forty EIGHT masters in as many state
governments, besides the federal mas
tiers at Washington.
Conflicting tax laws and jurisdic-
tions and regulations confuse the
transportation companies, create an
noying and expensive complications
and impair the ability of the roads to
render efficient service to the public.
In the discussion of railway prob
lens in his message to Congress the
president would do well to dwell upon
this evil and suggest its correction by
placing the railways under federal
supervision and regulation.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-29
MERCHANTS WHO WILL
CLOSE THANKSGIVING. DAY

We, the undersigned merchants of
Ocala, Florida, agree to close our
places of business from II o'clock
noon, until 5 p. M, on Thanksgiving
Day, Thursday, November 30th, 1916:
Rheinauer & Co., open at 4:30 or
5 p. m.
Haycraft Millinery, afternoon.
H. B. Masters Co., by E. J. Crook,
open 4:30 or p. m.
McCrory Stores Corp.
Marion Hardware Co., all day.
Marcus Frank, by Max Israelson,
open at 4:30 p. m.
Hayes & Guynn, by ]. B. Hayes,
open at 4:30 or p. m.
McIver & MacKay, all day.
M. M. Little, afternoon.
Affleck Millinery Parlor, afternoon.
E. T. Helvenston, open at 4:30 or
Gerig's drugstore, p. m. till dark.
p. m.
G. A. Nash, open 4:30 or p. m.
]. Malever, open 4:30 or p. m.
B. Goldman, open 4:30 or p. m.
Pawn Shop, open 4:30 or p. m.
Knight & Lang, afternoon.
The Book Shop, open 4:30 or 5
p. m.
M. A. Bostick, afternoon.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-29

bowels You can get
sample remedies
Of
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-29

has been discovered by Dr. Pierce, of the Invalids
Hotel, Buffalo, N Y, that will ward off
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-29
DO YOU HAVE SOUR STOMACH?

If you are troubled with sour stom-
ach you should eat slowly and masti-
cate your food thoroughly, then take
one of Chamberlain's Tablets immed-
lately after supper. Obtainable every
where. Adv.