The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-12-05
Both Houses to Comply With President.
Request to Declare War on Austria and
Any Other Nation Retarding Our War !.
Plans--No Desire Disfnen1ber Ger
many--War to Victory or Ex-
termination is u. S. Attitude.
EVERY NATION AND PEOPLE ON EARTH RECEIVED
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE BY THE FAST
EST KNOWN METHODS OF TRANS
MISSION OF THE NEWS.

to us, through properly accredited rep
resentatiyes, that they are ready to
agree to- settlement based upon jus
tice and reparation of the wrongs
their rulers have DONE"
Terms of peace, he added, would
not include ACKNOWLEDGMENT, robbery
or punishment of the enemy, but
would be based on justice, defined
briefly as follows:
Freedom of nations and their peo-
pies from autocratic domination, repa-
ration to Belgium, REIMBURSEMENT of
German power over the peoples of
Austria, Turkey, the free Balkan
states, as wella as evacuation of Prus-
sian territorial conquests in Belgium
and northern France"
One paragraph from the presidents
speech follows:
Il believe that / speak for them
when / say two things: First, that
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eight of the entire number have de-
pendent children. Five of the eight,
mothers are able to work, and they
carry heavy burden in their efforts
to be both father and mother to their
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children. Of the three single and four
married men on the list, all unable to
work, enly two have any hopes of be-
ing restored to a degree Of health.
It is not consistent with the pfin-,
ciples of humanity that the lot of
those who become unable to help
themselves should be made hard and
dreary, and even the so-called Gun
worthy cases must not be left to suf-
fer hardships that simple charity can
relieve. On the other hand the tax
payers should be expected to provide
only such things as will prevent suf-
fering, and such is the use that is
made of the public relief funds in
,Pinellas county. The meager amount
allowed in each case provides only the
necessities, and private benevolence,
or the efforts of those members OF. the
family who are able to work, supplies
all else that is needed. In large cities
with their congested centers of popu-
lation, it is necessary to provide poor
houses Indoor relief" the large
floating population who have no
homes. Outdoor relief in which the
unfortunate are assisted in their own
homes, is much more economical and
humane, as almost the greatest hard
ships that can be inflicted upon the
sick or aged is to force them to give
up their home. Only one on the pres
emit relief list has no family; all the
others have their homes and home
ties.
The Woman's club of st. Petersburg
| has undertaken to supply milk and
eggs to young man in the first stag
es of tuberculosis, providing these
from the funds coming to them from
the sale of Christmas seals. This work
| is carried on with the approval of, and
in connection with, the nationwide
anti-tuberculosis campaign, and the
club expects to continue this good
work as the need is manifested, and as
their funds will allow.
Interested neighbors have asked for
friendly assistance and counsel for a
family of motherless children. The
oldest girl, who must of necessity take
the mothers place, has an exception
ally heavy load to carry, and she needs
all possible encouragement and as
sistance in her unskilled efforts to
keep the home together. Another fam
lily of motherless children has been re-
ported, who, it is alleged suffer from
the cruel treatment; of their father,
and this case will be investigated.
The work of the past two months
has necessitated nine hundred forty
eight miles of travel, sixty-two OF
them afoot.
| Respectfully submitted,
! SARAH COTTON SMITH,
i County Probation Officer and Relief
Agent.
December 4th, 1917.