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Evening star., 1916-01-13

either branch of Congress might and
did call on the President whenever they
wanted to. always assured of seeing
and talking with him. The business OF
the government had not then attained
the volume it has reached today, how
ever; and nowadays interviews De-
tween the chief executive and senators
ana representatives are arranged in
advance. the same as those of any or
dfnary citizen of sufficient importance
to gain the presidential ear.
1t is not to be understood that sum-
mons to the White House is the same
as an order to appear before royalty.
Members OF Congress may ignore such
requests il they choose, but It is safe
to say that few of them ever do. When
the President signifies his desire to talk
some matter over with a member of
either house that member usually is on
hand at the designated hour. This.
naturally, has given an air of formality
to such interviews that would have
been abhorrently repugnant to states
men of an older generation, but it is
the only way in which the business of
the government can be carried on to-
day with expedition and without fric-
ton. A natural result has been to
Danish forever the atmosphere of cor
diality and comradeship that used to
exist. and to substitute therefor an
air of cold and calculating business.
Members of Congress do not. whatever
they may tell the fellows back home,
drop in on the President informally at
any time to discuss weighty matters of
state: and President and members of
Congress nowadays do not call each
other by their first names. slap each
other on the back and carry on" with
the familiarity so frequently described
by members desirous of making an i'm
preston on a group of constituents.
1t isn't done nowadays, not at all
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PENN FRESHMAN DEATH
MAY END CLASS RUSHES
University Provost Says School Has
0utgrown the Annual Freshman
and Sophomore Contests.
Coroner, After an Investigation,
Finds No Circumstances Which
Would Warrant Any Arrests.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, January 1s-
The bowl fight, which has been an an
nual event at the University of Penn
sylvania for more than half a century.
as well as similar forms of class ri
valry, will probably be abolished as the
result of yesterdays battle between
the sophomore anu freshmen classes,
in which one student lost his life and
six others were injured
Resolutions favoring such action and
urging the institution of interclass
athletic contests, under faculty super
vision, were adopted by undergraduate
organizations last night, while the
Pennsylvania. the daily publication of
the students, in an editorial today
urges the abolition of the practice.
Provost Smith and many members of
the board of trustees also recorded
their disapproval of the fights.
Has outgrown Class Fights.
The university has outgrown class
fights, which no longer settle the moot
question of underclass activity" says
the Pennsylvania.
Freshmen and sophomores no longer
enter these so-called tests of superior
ity in spirit of frolic. They go into
them feeling that they must do so for
the name of their class. and without
the light-hearted spirit formerly prev
alent.
"The fights are now contests of brute
strength. and. though waged without
malice. are liable to result disastrously
at any time. In no quarter is opposi
ton expected to the recomme ndation
that a safer and saner form of inter-
class rivalry be substituted for that
which has been shown to be of SO
dangerous a nature"
Students who witnessed the battle
yesterday said the fighting was marked
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COUNT OKUMA ESCAPES
FROM ASSASSINS' BOMBS
Alert Chauffeur Prevents Missile
Fom Hitting Motor Car of
Japanese Premier.

TOXIC, January 13.-Count Okuma,
the Japanese premier, had a narrow
escape from death early today at the
hands of assassins. He was returning
from the royal palace shortly after
midnight and approaching his resi-
dence when two bombs were hurled
at his automobile. The premier was
not injured.
Okuma's chauffeur caught glimpse
of the bomb-thrower as he was about
to launch his missile and put on speed
so that the bomb exploded behind the
machine without causing any damage.
A second bomb was thrown, but 1t
failed to explode.
Count Okuma made another visit to
the palace at II o'clock this morning.
The unexploded bomb is being ex-
amined. The assailant or assailants
escaped.
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nifty spirit was literally born in one
day Of awful destruction.
~
Last summer this spirit was put to
the test. Tho United States weather
bureau sent warn
Galvestnn Roord ing to Galveston
that another great
Put to the Test. storm like the one
that had destroyed it was about to
strike. The commission was equal to
the emergency. In a few hours 1t or
ganized a battalion OF messengers on
motor cycles and sent them racing up
and down the island warning the coun-
try people to come behind the shelter
of the sea wall. Every family on the
island was reached, and all but eighty
one persons came in behind the wall.
All of the eighty-one who failed to
come were drowned.
Behind their mighty sea wall the
causeway to the mainland. which had
cost them million dollars, was swept
away like picket fence. TWO ocean
going freight steamers swept over 1t
without touching and now lie strand
ed a mile inland on the Texas prairie.
The water supply Of the city was
also cut off. and for some days the
commission peddled it in wagons, dol
ing out a quart at time.
But Galveston is not discouraged.
Pipes have been laid across a tempo
rary trestle to the mainland, so that
the water supply is renewed, and plans
are already complete for rebuilding
the causeway.
Galveston has enjoyed only one piece
of financial good luck. She has been
exempted from state taxes as mark
of respect and sympathy from the rest
of the people Of Texas. But the Ill
winds which have brought her SO much
loss have blown greater good. They
have awakened in Galveston perhaps
the finest civic spirit this country has
ever seen. and they have made her
government to all America and the
world.
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Why Team Work Is Essential.

Necessity for team work between the
President and the two houses of Con-
gress. If things are to be accomplished.
Is illustrated by an event of such COM
paratively recent occurrence that men
now in Congress recall it.
A senator from a middle western
state, a power in the councils of his
party. an orator of national reputation,
and a politician to the core, framed
drafted and perfected a measure which
was looked on a model. He did the
work himself, aided only by the coun-
sells of a chosen few, and the measure
SO carefully drafted was to stand as
a monument to his ability and broad
consult with the then President-the
"titular" leader of his party, though
that title had not then been invented
--purposing to display his completed
work, ready for enactment and the
signature of the executive.
The bill was completed in every de-
tall and it Is fair to say that men who
know of the matter declare it to have
been veritable model 1t was intro
duced in the Senate, and not until then
did the author of the measure learn or
recollect that it could never become
a law. The measure was a complete
tariff bill. The Constitution of the
United States says that all revenue
measures must originate IN the Rouse,
and not in the Senate, and tariff bills
are revenue measures. That senator
who didn't realize the need of team
work and who forgot the limitations
imposed on the Senate by the funda-
mental law of the land and who now
tells the joke on himself was 10 c. S.
Blackburn of Kentucky.
And. so it is, team work between the
President and Congress in the framing
and passage of all great national
noe o1 ha
slant cooperation and team work of the
president of large financial institu
ton and It's board of directors if the
greatest results are to be achieved.
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by the fiercest scrimmage and rough
est tactics they had ever seen. but the
fatality and large number Of acci-
dents were due to the slippery field.
they declared. J. W. Miller. . senior
In ehe Wharton School. who was a
field marshal, said the large numbers
participating made 1t dimcuit to get
footing in the muddy field. About
400 freshmen and 800 sophomores took
part in the battle.
Coroner Knight. after investigating
the affair. said that the death of Will
liam L. Lifson. the freshman who lost
his life in the nght, was due to suf-
location and that he had found moth
Evening star., 1916-01-13
Women's Work in California.

What Women Have Done for Cali
fornia' is the announced theme of a
talk by Mrs. William Kent at a meet
ing of the Womens Alliance of All
Souls Church, tomorrow morning, at
II o'clock. in the parlors of the church,
14th and L streets northwest
Evening star., 1916-01-13

A typical example of the old-time ward
heeler government in action took place
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Net Loss for Year Shown.

The report for the year 1915 of the
Georgetown Barge, Dock, Elevator and
Railway Company. has been sent to the
Senate 1t shows that the total revenues
of the company were s6,027.9o. and the
operating expenses were s15,436.56. max
ing a net loss of s9.40s.6S. The Bank
ers' Trust Company of New York owned
ass of the 500 shares of stock of the
company.
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For National Marketing Commission

A resolution authorising the Presi-
dent to appoint = national marketing
commission. to install q national sys-
tenn for facilitating the marketing Of
farm products. has been introduced by
Senator Fletcher OF Florida The plan
will be urged as q practical solution to
cooperation in marketing farm prod
ucts without violating antitrust laws.
The resolution was referred to the
committee on agriculture.
Evening star., 1916-01-13

Solid Gold Spring.
Rimle SIS Eyeglasses.
fitted with best quality
periscopic lenses. Com
plete with case and
guard. Regular So so
value. but for Thurs
day and Friday only we
offer them at
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MANAGING THE CITY.
1.-The Wave That
Swept America.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

| GALVESTON, Tex, January 9.-Thfs
| is the place where commission govern
| ment in America began, where 1t has
\ been most severely tried and most tri-
| umphantly successful. Galveston al
| tered her plan of government in the
| midst of death and ruin. Her misfor-
| tune drew the eyes of the world and
| proved a sensational advertisement for
the system she adopted to overcome it.
| In fact it may be said that the tidal
wave which struck Galveston in 1900
swept commission government all over
the United States. The storm of last
summer put it dramatically to the test.
Commission government is spreading
so rapidly and steadily among Ameri-
can cities that one can scarcely Keep
pace with its advance. There were
probably a little more than 400 cities
governed by commission in this coun-
try January !, 1915 having com
bined population of about 100000. The
success of the experiment is even more
striking than its spread Only seven
of the cities have ever held elections to
determine whether to go back to the
old form of government. and In only
one of those has the commission lost.
With a tenth of the nations population
living under it and new cities making
the change almost every week, the
commission is rapidly becoming the
typical American method of municipal
government for all but the largest
cities
Commission government in this coun-
try is not a theory put into practice.
but an outgrowth of conditions. 1t
represents the triumph of the hard
headed average citizen. who is deter
mined to have his alley paved, his
garbage collected. his sidewalk re-
paired, in return for the taxes that he
pays. The protagonist in the drama is
the o1d-time city hall politician. who
regards city government as an inter-
esting amusement and an cas-! way to
make money. He is passing. like the
buffalo. the bad man and other pictur-
esque American figures. because there
is no longer any room for him.
The government of American cities was
patterned after that of the United States.
Ii worked very well while the towns were
small because the rapid advance in prop
erty values made a comparatively small
tax levy sufficient to meet both municipal
expenses and the needs of a large force
of city hall pie eaters. But as the cities
grew their needs became so complicated
and numerous that these amiable but
rather incompetent gentlemen could not
take care of them, although they did keep
right on increasing the taxes.
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How Ends Are Attained.

Cooperation. team work. are the
methods by which Presidents and Con-
crosses of these later days attain their
ends. Leaders in each house, directing
to greater or less degree the legislative
program, must be in harmony with the
chief executive If party policies and
pledges are to be carried out. Often.
however, a representative or a senator
who has not been designated as his
party's leader in the body of which he
is member is the: "gobetween" to
whom the President outlines his ideas.
and who conveys to the actual leader
and that leaders adherents the wishes
OF the executive. Nobody has for
gotten the intimate relationship that
existed between President Mckinley
and Senator Hanna. though the latter
never was even accused Of being the
A power in shaping the policies of
Congress during the civil war was Oil
yer p. Morton of Indiana. AS COVER
nor of his state before he came to
Washington as a senator Morton per-
haps stood close to President Lin
coin as any man in the country, though
never at any time a party leader, in the
Senate or out of it. But even as gov
ernor. it is recorded, Morton was fire.
quently chosen by President Lincoln
to convey to the Indiana congressional
delegation the wishes of the President,
his influence extending to delegations
outside his own state-notably Ohio.
Interviews Arranged.
In the good old days members of
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UNCLE SAM, ESQ.
H.-PresidentS and
Congress.
By Oliver Owen Kuhn.
Copyright 1881

Two cogs in the administrative ma
chinery of the government are the leg
islative and executive-one to initiate,
the other to carry into execution the
program of legislation which has at
least been tentatively decided upon in
caucuses of political parties. OF course,
the judicial may step in when the legis-
lation has been framed. perfected,
passed and signed by the President,
and undo the work that has been ac-
complished by writing the Supreme
Courts bar sinister, ''Unconstitutfonal,"
across the face of the measure; but
that is another story, which doesn't at
all affect the theory upon which the
fabric of our government scheme is
based.
No chief executive in modern times has
succe eded in getting desired legisla-
ton through Congress without the CO.
operation of at least a large proportion
of the members of both houses. Patron
age formerly was the bait with which
Presidents swung recalcitrant members
into line in support OF pet measures;
present day, though by no means to
so freat degree. For example. 1t would
be impossible for a President nova
days to go to the length of withdraw
ing all but a single nomination in a
great state like New York. and that
single one the name Of a man bitterly
antagonistic to the congressional dele
cation from that state. This was the
big stick" that was welded by Pfesi-
dent Garfield in his memorable CON
Hict with Senators Conkling and P1att
"a conflict which resulted in the elm
ination Of Roscoe Conkling from ma
tional politics and the retirement Of
Platt. the easy boss" of New York
politics for so many years Civil serv-
ice. whatever may be it's shortcomings,
has taken out of the hands of the
over appointments which he used to
possess-and use to such deadly effect
on occasion.
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Ing to warrant arrests. All Of the in
3ured students are expected to recover.
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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-01-29

In some respects the election last
Tuesday was the most interesting
held in many years. In the sheriff $
fight practically the only issue was
the question of whether man
should be maintained in Office for a
succeeding number of terms. There
was no contention that the office had
been mismanaged. There was no
claim that Brewster had not made
q good sheriff. twas simply said
that Brewster had had the Office long
enough and another man should have
q chance at it. And the people an
swered by giving Brewster the larg-
est majority he has ever had, and
the largest, as we'll as we can remem-
Der, that any sheriff of this parish
has had. The election also demon
strated that Brewster, during his
four terms of Office, has been able
to keep his own ward so harmon
iously loyal to him chat its vote is
practically unanimous for him.
There were but II votes against him.
His majority in the parish was All.
Frederick won over Smith by a
majority Of 351 for clerk Of court,
and Crawford won over Koepp for
assessor by majority of 26. There
il talk Of contest over this Office.
+. ]. Heintx, for reelection as
state representative, had . walk
over, his majority being 1850.
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Brewster Wins by a Majority that Shows His
Popularity to be Greater Even than When He
First Ran for the Office Sixteen Years AGO
Crawford Wins With
Talk Contest Delos r Johnson's Remarkable Victory
Shows the People Have Watched HIS Work in the
House, F. J. Hentz Takes 1t All, and There Will
Second Primary Some Offices.

l.. G. Heintz and H. D. Bulloch
will be in the second primary.
Heiutz's plurality over Bulloch was
1873.
). S. Settoon and Delos r. john
son were elected to the senate from
this the 18th district The vote was
Settoon 4O21; Johnson 5212; Afford
2722. Bankston figures not at hand.
Mr.. Johnson will be new membef
in the senate. Notwithstanding the
fact that he comes from dry par
ish, his work in the House of Rep
resentatives was recommendation
that could not be overlooked, anu
St. Tammany parish gave him the
largest vote of any parish in the dis
trict except his home parish, Wash
ington, which cast Is more votes,
400 to 1885.
Pleasant got big majority in this
parish, but the correct figures are
not available In the third ward
Pleasant. got 225, Barrett 1o4, and
Claiborne got the largest vote for
lieutenant governor, 154. the next
higher vote being "a for Mouton.
Millsaps got the highest vote for at
torney general, 1872 Bailey for sec
retary Of state, 176: Cpadeville for
auditor, 239; Collins for state treas
urer, 1870; Glisson for register of
state land Office, 235. The parish
figures will not be available until
the Parish Executive Committee
meets today.
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The following police jury mem
bers were elected:
Ward /, Louis Peters, no opposi-
ton; ward 4. ] NJ. Smith; ward Z,
Wm. Davis; ward s, H. J. Schneider;
ward 8, J. B. Howe; Ward 10, r. C.
ADney, no opposition.
Following candidates for police
jury member will run in second pri-
mary:
Ward 2, w. "A. Hood and w. M.
Galloway; ward 3, E. J. Domergue
and Louis Pilaud; Ward 5, T. A.
Mitchell and S. r. CoWart; ward S,
H. @. Parker and Fletcher era wford.
Returns at han dshow that Louis
F. Pechon and Robt. w Badon were
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-01-29

Ton is the most desired utility Of
modern life, l would not name the
electric light, the railroad, the tee
phone, the automobile-but | would
name serweage in the home. Ii ]
were asked to be specific, as to the
sanitary defect which is the cause Of
the greatest loss of life and the
greatest number of cases of illness
l should say without hesitation, care
less disposal of waste-the kind that
is a transmitting agent Of disease
In places where morbidity and NOR
tality reports are recorded, it has
been found that enteric trouble5---
diarrhoea, typhoid, etc.-form {,
large proportion Of the illness Of the
community. AS We are without data
in Louisiana, except for few cities.
we can not make positive statements.
But we know that in rural commit
mites. even in many of our towns
and cities, there is much more sick
ness of this kind than there should
bo with its consequences III lowered
vitality and loss Of working power.
Since January, 1914, we have been
sending from the Board of Health
office cards to all physicluns asking
that they return with records of cas-
es Of communicable diseases Al
though there is no expense attached |
about twenty-five per cent OF the
doctors only send in the reports. |
But even with this number We are
able to make some estimate of cases |
of typhoid fever in the State and the |
figures are anything but reassuring {,
There is too little responsibility for
q supply of good, clean water. In
many schools the drinking water is |
from . we'll In depth only few feet, |
or from q cistern which has not I
been cleaned possibly since it was
built. In the matter of conveniences
it is even worse. Yet potable water
and proper disposal of waste are two |
of the essentials in the protection
of health and equally so in its con-
servation.
You may recall in this connection
the survey Of three neighborhoods
made last year by the Board of
western part Of the State. Condi
tions there are not unusual. The |
total number of homes visited was
125. In us the source of the |
drinking water was from surface
wells; 33 had closets of the old style |
insanitary type-a menace to healtl
because OF faulty construction and !
lack of cleanliness-and 90 had no |
closet of any kind.
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elected justices Of the peace in the
third ward; B. Houghton. Sr., ninth
ward; ]. D. Thomas, fifth ward.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-02-25
CHAPTER XIX.

The chagrin Wolf Larsen felt from
being ignored by Maud Brewster and
me in the conversation at table had
to express itself in some fashion, and
1t fell to Thomas Mugridge to be the
victim. He had not mended his ways
nor his shirt. though the latter he con.
tended he had changed. The garment
itself did not bear out the assertion,
nor did the accumulations of grease
on stove and pot and pan attest gen
eral cleanliness.
i've given you warning. Cooky.
Wolf Larsen said. land now you've
got to take your medicine"
Mugridge's face turned white under
it's sooty veneer. and when Wolf Lar.
sen called for rope and couple OF
men, the miserable cockney fed wild.
ly out of the galley and lodged and
ducked about the deck with the grin.
ming crew in pursuit. Few things
could have been more to their liking
than to give him tow o-er the side,
for to the forecastle he had sent
messes and connections or the vilest
order
AS usual, the WE tches below and the
hunters turned out for what promised
sport. Mugridge exhibited nimble-
ness and speed we did not dream he
possessed. Straight aft he raced, to