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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-26
PROGRAM OF THE SEVEN
\ TEENTH ANNUAL SESSION OF
a IOWA FEDERATION COLoRED
vr0MUN,C CTIIRS

WOMENsS CLO 0S.
/ give my head, my heart
And my hands to God and my country,
One country, one language,
And one flag.
AZ Union Congregational church,
Des Moines, Iowa, May 9th to 29th,
1918.
Motto, "Sowing Seeds of Kindness
Colors, Blue and White.
Monday, 3 p. m.
Meeting of officers of Iowa Fedora
ton. Report Of program committee.
Evening Session.
Citizens night.
Music, America.
Invocation, Rev. Robinson OF Bap-
tist church.
Chorus, M. C. T. club.
i Welcome on behalf of the city, May
or Fairweather. w
Original poem, Miss Margaret Rob-
erts.
Welcome on behalf Of churches,
Rev. H. E. King, Congregational
church.
Piano solo, Mary Ellen McCree.
Welcome on behalf of clubs, Mrs. J..
L. Thompson.
Selection, Female quartet.
Response to welcome, Mrs. Minola
Belle, Burlington.
Star Spangled Banner.
Presentation Of service flag, Mrs.
j. B. Rush, honorary president OF
Iowa Federation.
Acceptance, Mrs. S. Joe Brown, reg
mental mother Of 366th infantry and
honorary president Iowa Federation.
aKeep the Home Fires Burning" :"
solo with audience singing the chorus.
S Announcements.
Benediction, Rev. S. L. Brit.
Red Cross collection.
Tuesday Morning, May 20.
FIFTEEN minutes devotion, Chaplain
Mrs. Redd, Washington, Iowa.
Z Song, America.
Salute the flag, led by Miss Harriet
! Alexander.
Report of credential committee,
Mrs. Harry Allan chairman.
Minutes Of board meeting.
Report of state officers.
! Announcement of committees.
Report of clubs.
| Music.
I Tribute, in memory Of Gertrude D.
Culbertson, third honorary president
of Iowa Federation, by Mrs. .. 3:
! Lewis, fourth honorary president o.
Iowa Federation.
Recitation, Mrs. Walter Burns OF
Hooking, Iowa.
Congress of Club Presidents two
!, minutes talk.
(a) The Ideal Club Woman.
(b) The Ideal Club President
(c) The Ideal State President.
b (d) The Ideal Federation.
L Afternoon Session Historical Bldg.
Song, America. -,
salute the flag, led by Miss Alberta
! Robinson. 40 s5s5 Il
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STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP,
MANAGEMENT, CIRCULATION.
ETC, REQUIRED BY THE ACT
OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST ~.

MANAGEMENT,x ClKCULAY1ONs.
ETC, REQUIRED BY THE ACT
OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST ~.
1912,
OF the Bystander, published weekly
at Des Moines, Iowa. for April, 1918.
State Of Iowa, County Of Polk, s..
Before me, H. F. Wood, in and for
the state and county aforesaid, per-
sonally appeared John Z. Thompson,
who, having been duly sworn, accord
ing to law, deposes and says that he
is the owner Of the Bystander, and
that the following is, to the best q
his knowledge and belief, true state
l.ment Of the ownership, management,
etc, Of the aforesaid publication tor
the date shown in the above caption,
required by the act Of August n.
1912, embodied in section s443, postal
laws and regulations, printed on the
reverse Of this form, towit:
That the names and addresses Of
the publisher, editor, managing editor
and business managers are:
Publisher-John L. Thompson, Des
Moines, Iowa.
Editor-J0hn L. Thompson, Des
Moines, Iowa.
Managing editor, John L. Thomp-
son, Des Moines, Iowa.
Business manager, John L. Thomp-
son, Des Moines, Iowa.
| John L. Thompson.
| Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 26th day of March, 1913.
II. F. Wood
Notary Public.
my commission expires July 4,
1918.)
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With The Colors
By Gus Durdan, Des Moines, Iowa
Sons Diary.
SERIES 10.

jim Crow-Jim Crow-Jim Crow.
And why? it because the south of
today desires it? Or is it just refic
Of the old south, one Of the many con-
ventions to which the new south is
slave? 1t cannot be the former, or if
it is. there cannot be any inconsistent
cies as these that daily come in con-
tact with.
It is against the state law for
whites and Negroes to ride together
in the street cars. Jitney busses are
a new thingiin these parts. The stat
utes have not as yet reached them, so
the whites think nothing of sitting on
the laps of Negroes. How strange it
is that their conscience does not him
der them from doing this. And even
on street ears the conductors must
continually call the attention Of the
passengers to the fact that Negroes
and whites must not mingle. There
is a dormitory here, where white and
colored sleep together, yet with the
coming Of every sun they must go to-
separate places to prepare their
toilets.
Colored and white even make an
attempt at socializing here. There is
a white sergeant here who continually
insists upon socializing with me.
Every morning he comes over and
sings to my accompaniment at the
piano. Often go out in town with
him. Sometimes we go to the theater;;
at others we go over to Norfolk OF
visit some Of the historical spots in
this vicinity.
In this camp there are two Y. M. c..
A. buildings, one for colored and one ne
for white There is the best Of treat
ment accorded the members of the
races when they intermingle at these.
Often the talent Of the two give pro-
gram together. Last evening p was
down and gave reading Of several
Of Dunbar's poems, all Of which were
highly appreciated by the white boys.
They are simply wild about Mr, Dun.
bars works, so to speak ~
One day last week I had occasion
to be among three white ladies, teach
ers in schools in these parts, from
whom learned some valuable in
formation concerning the new south.
AS you might know, we were dis
cussing the race issues, during. the
course Of which one said, My dear
sir, there is no longer any such thing
as a race question. It is now a
question of humanity" Another
added that the new south would be
just as fair to the Negro as the
north is, were it not for the laws
and traditions Of reconstruction
times. @We believe in your people,
we know them to be our equals, but
we are handicapped by the laws and
customs Of our fathers. We are to
be sympathized with rather than to
be criticized. We are too weak to
stand up for what we know to be
right. If we come opt boldly, we are
called Niger lovers by the poorer
y p J. 4 = 3. 4 u
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For Bilious Troubles.

To promote healthy action of the
liver andcorrect the disorders caused
by biliousness, Chamberlain's Tablets
are excellent. Try them and see how
quickly they give you relish for your
food and Danish that dull and stupid
feeling.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-26
Some Strategy.

Some Strategy.
Marie Willis Cat the behes.: kit ID
quite a clever social general" jane
Gillis-"Yes. She went through last
seasons campaign without the loss Of
q man."-Life.
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Invocation.
Minutes Of morning session.
Report of state committees
Liberty Loan, Mrs. Martha White,
lndianola, Iowa.
Food Conservation, Mrs. Lula
Horne, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Household Economics, Mrs. Ada
White, Buxton, Iowa.
Address, Mrs. Francis E.. Whitley;
state chairman of National Council Of
Defense. I,
Vocal solo, Mrs. Delza Hammitt.
Child Welfare Committee, Mrs.
Daisy e. Jones, Buxton, Iowa. u.
Civics Committee, Miss Margaret
Roberts, Des Moines.
Suffrage, Mrs. Ada Mills, Buxton,
Iowa. M ,as...s... ...s1r,,s4---4s---s.4- .,4ss
Music, Mrs G B. Woods, Des
Moines.
Paper, "The Sorrow Songs" Miss
Margaret Davis, Ottumwa.
Evening Session.
Patriotic music.
Invocation.
Minutes of previous meeting.
Piano selection, Mr.. Clyde Leroy
Glass, Des Moines.
Annual address of the Iowa state
president, Mrs. Helena Downey.
Selection, Mixed quartet. Mesdanaee
v. L. Jones, Pearl Thompson, Delza
! Hammitt and Hopkins.
Original verse, c. Bertram Johnson,
Kirksville, Mo.
Report of chairman of education,
Mrs. Rosa Carter, Buxton.
Collection for scholarship fund.
Announcements.
Wednesday Morning Session.
Fifteen minutes devotion.
Salute Of flag, led by Miss Marie
Williams, Cedar Rapids.
Minutes of previous session.
Parliamentary drill by Mrs. Belle
Watkins, parliamcntarian.
Club reports.
Reports Of. committees continued.
Health, Mrs. Gus Nichols, Des
! Moines.
Temperance, Mrs. Alice Mcdowell,
+ 'ssg Z, 81 4. sT5
Des Moines.
Arts and Crafts, Mrs. Marie john
son, Des Moines.
Instrumental solo, Mrs. Roper,
Hooking.
Reading, Miss Susie Lee, Des
Moines.
Neurology roll.
! Afternoon Session.
| Music.
/ Invocation.
Minutes Of previous session.
Election of officers.
j Report of chairman Of young wom-
en-, Mrs. Marie Williams, Cedar
| Rapids.
! Solo, "Jean," by Harry T. Burleigh,
Mrs. Colleen Alexander-Jones.
Paper, "The Girl and the Man in
! Uniform" Mrs. Eliza Redd, Washing
ton, Iowa.
| Report of social service chairman
Mrs. George c.. Young, Des Moines.y
Round table.
(a) My method and success attend
ant thereto in developing my neigh
borhood
(b) The spirit Of universal broth
erhood.
(c) Community interest.
Solo, Mrs. Oscar Roper, Hooking.
Evening Session.
| Music.
| Invocation.
Reading of minutes of previous ses-
sion.
Demonstration of patriotic music,
Mrs. C. B. Wood.
Solo, Mrs. McGee, Cedar Rapids.
Address, Atty. Geo. H. Woodson,
Buxton.
| Male quartet.
Report Of statistician, Mrs. Eliza
beth Hughes.
Piano solo, Miss Mildred Griffin, Des
Moines.
Installation of officers, by Miss Jes-
sic Walker, honorary president of
Iowa Federation.
Adjournment
For Bilious Troubles.
To promote healthy action of the
liver andcorrect the disorders caused
by biliousness, Chamberlains Tablets
are excellent. Try them and see how
| quickly they give you relish for your
food and Danish that dull and stupid
feeling.
Z
New-York tribune., 1918-05-21
Ten Steel Ships
Turned Over to
u. S. Last Week
Fourteen, Two Steel and
Twelve Wood, Launched
in Same Period

WASHINGTON, May 20.-Ten steel
ships of $3.50 aggregate tonnage were
completed and delivered to the Emer-
gency Fleet Corporation last week, and
fourteen others, some wood and some
STEEL Of $4,000 tons, were launched.
On Saturday four wooden ships left
the ways, the third time during the
present month when four vessels of
this type were launched in a single
day. The total number of wooden
ships launched in May to date is
twenty-five.
Four Larger Than $500 Tons
The completed ships included eight
requisitioned and two built on con-
tract. Four of them were of $500
tons or larger. They were delivered
at San Francisco, Chester, Penn; Sc
attic (two), Ecorse, Mich; Camden,
n: j.; Manitowoc, Wis; Ashtabula,
Ohio; Long Beach. CAL; and Cleve-
land.
Two of the vessels launched were
steel and twelve were wood Nine Of
them were launched on the Pacific
Coast, three on the lakes and one each
on the Atlantic and Gulf,
Huils are being put into the water
now faster than machinery can be OBJ
tanned to equip them. 1t was learned
to-day that the Shipping Board has
accedded to the Navy Departments re-
fusal to surrender turbines ordered
Tor destroyers for use in transports.
The transports can be commissioned d.
but their speed will be reduced by lack
OF the turbines.
Conditions in South Improve
Chairman Hurley to-day wrote
Mayor Thompson of Chicago asking
hlm to see what can be done to expe.
dlte the movement of vessels built on
the lakes which will go to Chicago to
load war material for the trip to the
ocean. 'Ao
Drawbridges in Chicago are allowed
to be opened only at certain hours
which it is feared may delay the YES,
Lumber and labor conditions in tho
South have improved SO much since
January 1 that Southern shipvards
soon will be able to begin working
night shifts, according to reporf
made to-day to the Emergency Fleet
corporation by John H. Kirby, who
mas mas been making a survey Of condi.
tions in the South. 1Ar
New-York tribune., 1918-05-21
lnternment Asked
For Hans Merx

CHICAGO, May 2o.-A warrant for
the internment of Hans Merx. musical
director of the Chicago Archdiocese OF Of
the Roman Catholic Church, has been
aasked BY Charles F. Clyne, United
states District Attorney
Mr.. Clyne said the request was based
upon pro,Germanism and that Mr..
Merx had been investigated by the De-
partment OF Justice in Brooklyn prior
to his coming to Chicago.
Hans Merx is we'll known in Brook-
lyn. He was choirmaster and ORGANISE
OF the Queen of All Saints Roman
Cathohc Churca, Vanderbilt and La
1ayette Avenues, until 1916.
Monslgnor James j. Coan, chancellor
OF OF the Brooklyn diocese and rector Of
the church, said last night that % to tba Ua q
pest of his recollection Merx came to
this country. from Germany at the re-.
guest OF Bishop Mundelein, of Chicago.
who was formerly rector of the Church'
OF queen of All Saints. The organist
MAO contract which Monsignor Coan
refused to renew on its expiration two
years ago. WV
his reasons, Monsignor Coan said
were based largely on the resentment
.! MS parlshloners over an interview
meix mad given out shortly after the
paraging to the Allies. In additinn
Monsignor .Coan said the fact that
Merx had been in Germany onlv -
short time before and that he had been
q. member of the German armv. made a
IT seem undesirable to him to reta;n
him. W ietaln
~ AS soon as it was definitely settled
tnat ms contract was not to be re-
newed. Merx, so Monsignor Coan said
soia HIM ne had decided to 60 to Chi.
cago anyway 30 it did not matter.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-21
O'Brien May Direct
Whitman's Campaign
Governor Confers With Platts-
burg Man on Situation
in State

John F. O'Brien, of Plattsburg, prob
ably will be chosen as the real man
ager of the Whitman campaign both in
the primaries and afterward if the
Governor wins in the primaries. The
Governor had a conference with Mr.
O'Brlen in Albany yesterday before de-
parting for New York, and as result
Mr.. O'Brien is expected soon to get
his private business affairs in shane
SO that he can give practically all Of
his time to the Whitman primary cam.
paign. The idea of having commit
tee to run the state campaign has not
been entirely abandoned, but it is
understood that the Governor inclines
to the view that there should be a
head to the committee.
John F. O'Brien is one of the veteran
POLITICAL leaders of the state. H.
served as an Asemblyman from Clin.
ton County, and in 1908 President
Roosevelt appointed him Collector Of
the Port of Plattsburg. He served for
TOUR years as Secretary Of State. He
told the Governor that Clinton COUNT
would give him very large vote IN
the primaries. Plattsburg went drv
IN the local option elections, and this
fact, in the Judgment of Mr.. O,Br;en
gives the Governor an advantage in
the primaries. A'A
New-York tribune., 1918-05-21
New York Central
Details Plan for
Spending 20 Millions
Appropriation Allowed bv
McAdoo Does Not Cover
Affiliated Lines

The detailed budget of the New vorr
Central Railroad Company, covering
the S7o,e72,oS7 of capital expenditure
authorized by the national railroad
administration was made available for
the inspection of the public vesterd.v "
In the Grand Central Terminal.
The appropriation for capital ex-
Pendlture Is for the New York Central
hallroad Company proper. 1t does not
include the dozen affiliated Companies
that make up the New York Central
ilnes' For the entire system the an.
100000. ~Ns sA'''-
. The budget is divided as follows:
for o additions and betterments. SAP.
sszo'o93; for equipment, $3S,168,394:
Tor extensions, $4,000.
me authorized expeditures for road
way and facilities are divided; Buffalo
$9,658,200. -" "4o'
The authorized expenditures for
- Locomotives-Contracted for. 2s5.
9o,f3l 800; not authorized but neces.
sary in 1918, $9,34O,40O.
Freight cars-Contracted for. s2e5 i.
6S4; not authorized but necessary IN
1918, S8,60O,000. 'A
, Passenger + ass cars-Contracted for. sa.-
!ilz;soS; not authorized but necessary
in 1918, $2,274,O00.
Marine pment-Contracted for
none 1o1V not OF authorized but necessary in
&C Other the equipment-Contracted for
?z2,2o0; not authorized but necessary
betterments to
ttives, $7s4,529; freight cars. %o- s5ose
TAI; passenger cars, S370.967 Gf G'o ~.
Total Tor betterments to equipment sa
640,687 is to be charged to onerat;n,.
expenses and the remainder to invaats
ment account AAvest-
New-York tribune., 1918-05-21
Five Bodies Picked Up
Of Coast Of JERSEY
Woman and Four Men Nav
Have Been City of Athens
Victims

GLOUCESTER, Mass, May 2O-The
bodies of four men and one woman, be-
lieved to have lost their lives when
the Savannah Line steamer City of
Athens was sunk by collision with a
French cruiser on May i. were picked
up off the New Jersey coast last Tues
day and Wednesday by four Gloucester
schooners which returned here to-
night.
On the body Of man was a pass
book of the Citizens Bank of Savannah
made out to Nicholas vasmas. Papers
from the Greek Consul in Boston also
were found in the pocket of a coat
which was the only garment on the
body.
The schooner Avalon, Captain
Identification was a diamond ring, in
scribed "E. V. c. to A. H. S. Cor P. )"
1t was thought one of tae bodies would
be identified by membership card of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
The man appeared to have been twen-
ty-five years of age, and from the
papers found in his pockets was a
chemist.
Another body was that of a man
twenty eight or thirty years of age
and the fifth body was that of a negro
who was thought to nave been one OF
the stewards.
Owing TO the condition of the bod
les they were wrapped in sheets after
examination, weighted and consigned
once more to the deep, the burial SER
vice of the sea being read by the cap
tains of the vessels. All possible means
of Identification were first removed.
Sixty-nine lives were lost when the
City of Athens was rammed and sunk
by French cruiser off the coast of
Delaware May l. Thirty-three passen-
gers and the same number of the crew
were picked up by boats from the war
ship.
Five women we're among those who
lost their lives. Their initials do not
agree with those engraved on the ring
found on one of the bodies.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-21
First Emergency
Draft Quota Off
To Fort Slocun,
1904 Answer Sudden Sum.
mons and Depart Amid
Fervent FarewelIs

The first quota of the 5000 selected
men called into service from the New
York district under the War Depart
ment's recent emergency order. left for
Fort Slocum yesterday. Their leave,
taxing was among the most cheerful
and striking Of the war.
Many of the men had only TWENTY
tour hours notice, but they proved
their ability to meet a sudden call to
the colors with nonchalance and en-
thuslasm' and their relatives proved
That they could face a sudden parting
WIN cheers rather than tears, show
ing the effect of the growth of the war
spirit.
The men sent to Fort Slocum yester,
day numbered 1,034. The first con-
tingent numbered 675 and the second
35e. N'N
Both the leavetakings were splen-
olo' draft official remarked yester-
day "The men and their relatives
never blinked an eyelash."
The men were called from THROUGH
out the greater city. The emergency
oroer was sent out last Thursday, but
oy reason of absence from the citv or
o.ner causes, many had much shorter
so.lce se than that, and some only a
left at the Grand Central renresen+aS
quotas from local boards % to 82. and I
those who left by the Harlem R;ver
route were from local boards / to "a
Inc men from draft boards 23. "a. 25
and rs came from Brooklyn in anto.
mobiles, as did men from board NO. ~.
lorty cars conveying the twenty-eight
men from the latter board and their
1rlends. Father Peter Schroeder and
ms Sacred Heart boys band accom-
panied them. Crowds at the Grand
C;en'lai otation gave the men big ova-
tlon when they appeared.
Inc Bronx gave a hearty send-off to
men from eighteen of the twenty two
draft boards of that borough. Thev
were cheered throughout their line Of
march. -''e VI
The contingent that left via the Har-
lem River marched from the headouar-
ters OF the various boards. escorted hv
fife and drum corps.
Ihere were some absentees in ves-
terday's quota, but in the majority Of
cases this is attributed to the short no.
tice given.
Martin Conboy, director of the draft
Tor Rev York City, sent out the fol.
lowing notice to all local boards YES
terday: '''-
;. An imperative call requires imme-
dlate attention. Accountants or statis-
tlc'ans with engineering experience
VINO are college men, are wanted at
once. The opportunities are open to
r!egistrants qualified for special or linn
lted military service. Reeistrants
must be native-born Americans of ma
tlve-born Americans. This Office must
pc able to report number available to
Washington Tuesday" W
New-York tribune., 1918-05-21
Mutual Accusations Dis
close Ingenious Scheme
for Beating Shopkeepe-s.
Organization Clever
Proprietors Lured From Stores
by Telephone Calls and
Cash Drawers Looted

The fdgeting fifteen minutes pre-
ceding dismissal yesterday in Grade
B in Public School 1872, at 182d Street
and Wadsworth Avenue, were broken
by the entrance Of two so!idly built
men. They were Detectives Phalen
and Hoffman, of the 4th branch. At
ter whispered conversation with
them, the teacher called the names of
nine boys, who, she said, were excused
Tor the rest of the session. Grade 7 B
relapsed into somnolent restivcness.
wondering vaguely why fortune had
chosen only nine of their number for
her favors.
According to the police and the
stories they say the boys themselves
told, the nine favoritcs of fortune are
IN for a change of luck. The young
sters, the eldest of whom is fourteen
and the youngest thirteen years old.
are said to have swindled in the last
Two months more Washington HEIGHTS
snopkeepers than they could remember
offhand. For weeks, it is said. not q
Doylsh whim from canoes to air rifles
went ungratlfled, their drives for funds
being uniformly successful.
ordinarily, it is alleged, shopkeepers
were their victims, but from mutual ac-
cusations that followed the examina-
tlon OF two of the boys the police are
confident C, that the Fourth Church of
Chrlsf, Scientist, at Fort Washington
Avenue and 178th Street, yielded S1e
mat wlndfall, however, is believed TO
DC more or less accidental, one of the
ooys having passed the plate at church
and another having helped him count
the collection. NA''
Their alleged system, one which nuz-
zled the police for weeks, was almost
viclnlty OF that owned by the prospec-
i've and involuntary contributor to
thelr war chest, one of the boys would
teiephone to the store adjoining his
asking that he be called to the tele,
Pnone' as the message was important
and something seemed to be wrong
with the wire. 0's
when the victim had been summoned
and was. patiently waiting for "Iono
distance" another boy, it is said. would
post himself as lookout wb;lo ILL., u
third entered the deserted shon 'ie ana :
took few large bills from the CASH ash
register-not enough to alter tho a1l an.
pearance of the drawer to ns cssnp1 up
glance or interfere with chanoeSmaS
Ing. Already eight complainants have
Je Jeen llseed and more are expected to-
oay IN Children's Court The pris-
o"ers, VINO were released on bail, are:
august Letcher, fourteen years old,
New-York tribune., 1918-05-21
Copeland Announces
Plans for Health Week
City to Get Thorough House.
cleaning in Preparation
for Hot Months

Health week, during which New York
ing and generally prepare for the hot
months just ahead, starts next Sun
day. DR.. Royal S. Copeland, Health
Commissioner, announced yesterday his
department had completed plans for
the week, and that with the exception
of Thursday, Decoration Day, special
drives would feature each day.
The weeks schedule in brief is as
follows:
Sunday: Church Day-Clergymen
will be asked to address their parish
toner's on the subject Of cleanliness
and it's need to preserve health.
Monday: School Day-Teachers will
instruct pupils on the need of cleanli-
ness
Tuesday: Transportation Day-Offi-
cials of railroads, ferries and other
transportation lines will be asked to
instruct their employees in modern
methods of preserving cleanliness on
cars, boats and trains.
Wednesday: Correction Day-Police
Department will be asked to pay par
ticular attention on this day to enforc-
ing Health Department ordinances.
Friday: Street Displacement House
and Street Cleaning departments will
be asked to make extra drive against
rubbish throughout entire twenty four
hours of the day.
Saturday: Fly Day-Every one will be
asked to devote day to swatting the
fly.
Frequent conferences, DR.. Copeland
announced, would be held during the
week to discuss the milk question and
improving the sanitary conditions of
the laboring classes.