New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 5, 1916, Page 6

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, New Bn.'itain Herald. HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY, Proprietors. Tssued d: at He (Sunday excepted) at 4:15 p. m., 14 Building, 67 Church St Entered at the Post as Second Cla Office at N 1 Matter. w Britain Delivered by carrier to any part of the!city for 15 cents n week, G6ic a month Subscrivtions for v to be sent by mail, payable in advance. 60 cents a month, $7.00 a year The only profitable a. the city: Circulation hooks and room alwaya open to advertisers. The Herald will be found on sale at Hota- ling’s News Stand. 42nd St. and Broad- way, New York City; Board Walk, At- lantic City, and Hartford Depot. TELEPHONE C, o Rooms . LLS. funtne T 925 Editorial 92§ ——————r e e— A WARNING. Without being cause for over-alarm it is well to heed the bulletin of the United Health which calls attention to an alarming spread 1 pox in nineteen states. Hap- | there are but two cities in Con- necticut affected, Waterbury with| thirty-five cases, and Torrington with | eleven. But there have been no new | cases in either of the cities since the issuance of the bulletin and those in towns which bring Con- States Service of sn pily the smaller necticut’s total up to fifty-eight cases alarming. The point is, hawever, that the time has arrived for precaution, Physicians have sent out the warning that those within are not viewed as who have not been vaccinated five years should the immediate much they dread the of New Britain’s safeguard against the infantile paralysi epi- another revaccinated in matter how As in be future no the ordeal. e demic, precaution is merely form of afety First.” “JUST FOLKS.” In quite a brilliant dissertation the Hartford Courant this morning comes to the defense of the people in this and from their country .removes shoulders the stigma hurled by cer- tain hyper-critical Scribes, the brand that marked the people lower than Pharisees,—Slaves of Mammon. the eyes of the Courant we are still Servants of God. We are not as wicked as some would believe, make-believe. In short, we are a fair country, a fair people. The folk of the United States are not totally de- After reading such a noble In or praved. defense of his fellow men the average dweller on this mundane sphere might rush the cupboard, or whereever such things are kept, quickly to and down .his polish golden even begin up his wings. But the Courant forestalls any such rash- Do not believe we are too good, are too take crown, to ness. not to believe we “Just the faults and foibles of as we are We all and had. are folks,” scep- tible to such, ready at any moment to trip fall the primrose path that to eternal perdition. Al- though we have cast aside some of the of forefathers, less sincere than more benigh and on leads puritanial robes our in our char- those who wore we are building not acter more somber, counten- ances. Courant has rendered a to humanity. It has se nobly and well be- It has And, it It grants every- thing that can and should be granted, evidence to the opposing side, and wins by a fair True, the Courant necessari- ake some of its eéarlier Indeed, the noble service pleaded the c; for# the bar of public opinion. vindicated human nature. proves its case well. concedes points in margin. Iy had to for ,pinions to win such a worthy victory. It had to forget that wrong because we refused to get into we were all the war, because we were living in a paradise, because we had fol- the sickly sentimentality of fool's lowed Woodrow Wilson, because we were worshippers of the pen rather than of the sword, hecause we were growing rich on the sale or munitions of war, because we bended i knee before a fictitious depraved neutrality. But, attenticin to how tires of all this villification,” the new Courant, with magnanimity of spirit, and extravagance of soul, asks this questior “‘Should we be better and nobler if we were engaged in the and calling “‘one its bloody conflict, if our harvests were thin, our industries crippled, our busi- ness prostrate Its own answer must serye the seeming paragon of ex- cellence Hear!—"In that case, judging by the past, we should be summoned to fasting and prayers for our sins by the same voices that now | reproach our Luck! over, peace and prosperity.” ly the dreadful campaign is and the Courant is not now found reproaching our peace and prosperity. A 1f condemned holy There is surely balm of Gilead. laity that on imagines its all sides by the and men whose duty it is to point out the good sing of humanity, to show the pitfalls | that for prey, will take on new life at the are ever watching and waiting enceuraging words of the Courant. On | this heautiful day when the sun shines gloriously in the heavens the sinners | open to drink in the nectar of for- giveness. There is hope for all. No more shall there be heard in the land | the sound of weeping and gnashing | of teeth. Away with the doctrine of hell that frightens men and drives them to deep despair. | Hope, not presumption, shall take the | place of all these things. We have the light. The Courant has pointed out the peaceful valley below, and the heavy burden shall from the shoulders of humanity. up your heads, and march forw to and damnation | seen | | | | be cast Lift ye men of America, rd like good and true soldiers of the faith. broken, the We what The new dawn of bright life is bad as though we are “just hath at hand. era are not as | painted, “ folks.” THE ENORMITY OF IT ALL. | It has been recently recalled that | our Civil War debt was in the neigh- borhood of two billions of dollars, a sum that is not completely off the books after half a century of time. Nor has the South completely recov- | ered from the devastation of that war. With this in mind it is interesting to note some figures which the Wall Street Journal has compiled to show the present indebtedness of the nations of Europe that are grappling in the colossal struggle. Compared to these figures the two billion dollar debt of the United States fades into insigni- ficance. It like comparing the light of the noon-day sun to the glow is of a tallow candle, or the grand and glorious heights of Mt. McKinley to the pigmy proportions of a snow man. The mind of man cannot really grasp the true significance of the sum total of Europe's present indebtedness on account of the war. It is utterly the realm of imagination. The mind refuses to reach out and know what means the spending of almost $88,000,000,000, for that is the sum. It is as easy to think of this as it is to conceive of all the people in the United States standing shoulder to shoulder one great army of humanity, at rest on the great Ameri- can Desert. and child should past in If every man, such an be given an equal of the European woman in assemblage proportion indebtedness, almost a thousand We are told by the Journal, and this paper is considered one of the highest authorities on such sub- each one would have dollars. Jects, that of the total European debt now in existence $27,000,000,000 was in existence before the The cost of the therefore, has been more than $60,- 000,000,000, less than $10,000,000,000 of which has been in new sued. war began. fighting up to date, bonds is- Part of this latter sum has been raised by taxation, some is represented by notes and the rest is debt not yet provided for, or in process of arrange- ment. The list of indebtedness is divided among the warring nations as follows. Great Britain with $18,840,000,000 of new debt. Ger- Russia and France have each issued a little more than $10,000,000,- 000 in bonds, while Austria-Hungary has issued less than $6,000,000,000 and Ttaly less than $3,000,000,000. The other small nations are not given in It is supposed that Great Bri- tain has loancd heavily to some of her leads many, detail. allies, but her chance of getting back handed his resignation the President, will probably be superceded by some one else, because he person- ally seeks a rest, he first of all ad- hered to a policy laid down in Wa. ington some time ago. The announce- ment was made that President Wilson would expect to tions of all men high in in to h- receive the resigna- the diplo- matic those holding ap- pointive so that there might be a scparation of the wheat from the chaff. Dr. Van has accom- plished so many difficult and has performed his duties so well that those who should know say he could, if he wanted to, be reappointed,—if not to the Netherlands then tp some other post. service, offices, Dyke tasks Christmas Red Cross Seals go on sale in New Britain today. That this city responded mobly to. this great charity last year attested by the fact that 50,000 additional stamps are allotted here. is FACTS AND FANCL Football and deer season fatalities total about the same this year as here- tofore.—Middletown FPress. The least President Wilson could do for Bryan after the Sage Brush coun- try had turned the scales, was to in- vite him to dinner. In this matter, all criticism is hypercriticism.— Brooklyn Eagle. The deportation of th semi-official Cologne Gazette ir is an act of necessity. The necessity that knows no law, human or divine, it is to be inferred.—Springfield Union, Belgians, the Some persons never could be satis- fied. Here are two men who hold 10 per cent. of the stock in the Ford Au- tomobile Co., kicking about the way Henry Ford runs the business.—Hart- ford Post. The Krupp Company has declared a 12 per cent. dividend. Heretofore it seemed to be the impression in Ger- many that only American firms were making money out of the war.—Phila- delphia North American, Sausage made from the meat of the jack-rabbit is a Texas experiment in meeting the cost of living. Is this the germ of a great economical idea? An inventor who can add a new food to the national dietary will deserve well of his countr. ew York World. The Louisville Courier-Journal wonders if the scientific gentleman of Chicago who is trying to demon- strate the possibility of living on 40 cents a day has ever heard of a five- cent midday meal composed of a small beer, a fried oyster and a handful of crackers.—Hartford Times. The Children. that have thé the house that in it. me ’tis only home that a girleen or a boy in it, every one that's added makes the place cheerier. If childher are the gifts of God, more He sends the merrie Sure every little one I've had something to my bliss more. every little baby face my lips were drawn to kiss the more though I know the trouble an’ the thrial an’ the care they are, though I know how wayward they are. though ’tis many a The house childher is has the joy To has An only the gave the An’ An’ how an’ An aften wild, how quare An’ night TI've any of the advances depends upon the condition the war leaves her friends. A statement is made by one of the British treasury officials that go far Great Britain has paid almost one- third of her war cost out of new tax- ation, besides paying all the heavy in- terest charges from current receipts. France has laid new taxation, but Ger- many has adopted the policy of bor- rowing to pay interest until the end of the war, although some new taxes have been laid. Colonel Frederick V. Streeter, com- mander of Stanley Post, G. A. R., will be a valuable addition to the staff of the national commander, years service as commander State of Connecticut His two of the Grand Army fit him for his new duties, if no other qualifications were needed. But the Colonel, as all his many friends in ew Britain know, has many accom- plishments. He will at once be added grace to an already dignified body of men, and he will in addition render valuable servic For the Colonel in all his years of activity has never lost the buoyancy an and viva- ciousness of his youth. He is a boy at heart and never has grown old. And when the national commander draws his staff around him for consultation the Colonel may be expected to ad- | vance ideas of originality and merit. With his old friend Colonel John Me- Elroy, editor of the Nafional Tribune, | the organization’s official |and with the “Drummer Boy of Chickamauga,” “Johnny” Clem, onel Streeter will form a notable tri- New magazine, | umverate. Britain is honored in this choice of one of its favorite sons, The Stanley Post is recog- l nized. In all, it is a fair appointment | and one that will bring the flush of | pride to every New Britainer's face. signally of the night will leave their darkened habitats and come out in God's Brem,l | While Dr. Henry Van Dyke, Ameri- Col- | can minister to the Netherlands, who A watched beside the little beds of them, held their little hands an’ cooled the fevered little Theads of them; though I know tne surly that fall upon the best them— Can one who is unkind outweigh the love of all the rest of them? No, no, the throuble that I've had, through them, I'll never rue at all. An’ sure, without the T don’'t know all! An’ An’ moods of childher, what I'd now, do at —Denis A. McCarthy. A Wife's Influence. A considerable amount of interest has attached to the fact that James J. Hill, although himself of the Roman Catholic faith, was so gen- erous in his benefactions to the church. The explanation is given by Joseph Gilpin Pyle, -his biogra pher, in the November World's Work. Incidentally, it throws an interesting sidelight upon the home life of the great Empire Builder. One of his largest benefactions was the establishment and endow- ment of a seminary at St. Paul, Minn,, for the education of students pre- paring for the Roman Catholic priesthood. When this seminary was dedicated and presented to the church authorities Mr. Hill, at the close of his presentation speech, used these words, words that were expressive of the deepest feeling of his heart and the greatest fact of his 1ify not Some of you may wonder why T, who am not a member of your church, should have undertaken the building and endowment of a Roman Catholic Theological seminary, and you will pardon me if T tell you plainly why. For nearly thirty yvears T have lived in a Roman Catholic household, and daily I have had before me and around me the earnest devotion, watchful care, and Christian example of a Roman Catholic wife of whom it may be said, ‘‘Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” On i her behalf 1 desire to present and turn over to the illustrious archbishop of this diocese this seminary and its endowment. Machine Wars of the Future. (A, F. Pollard, in Yale Review) Before 1914 we imagined that there were certain considerable restraints on hostilities hallowed by custom sanctioned by international agree- ments. It was supposed that war was a business confined to one sex, to belligerents and to armed forces; it was assumed that state might remain neutral if they chose, and that if they remained neutral their nationals would be immune from loss of life and de- struction of property. It was further taken for granted that the number of actual combatants would be a small proportion of the peoples involved in the war, and that los struction of property fined to more or le ited military areas, There is not one of these limitations Wwhich the intruding sweep of this war has not broken down, and not one which does not threaten to disappear altogether in the wars of the future. They will not be restricted by sex. The physical strength which was once the combatant’s main qualification has been superseded by machinery; and the hundreds of thousands of women who have made munitions for this war and helped to construct aero- planes, guns and torpedoes will be succeeded by a generation of women who will switch on the currents to set them in action. Science has multiplied the human capacity for production to such an ex- tent that the time may not be far dis- tant when a third of the human race could produce for the whole and leave the remaining two-thirds free to de- vote their whole time to war. The progress toward universal conserip- tion in every state s merely a stage in the tendency to involve the whole hu- man race in war. There will be no territorial limits to the war of the future, and distance will provide mo prophylactic against the annihilation of space. The war area is a definition of the past, and the Germans, who complained that Frei- burg—when it was bombed by the French—was outside the sphere of military operations have already dropped bombs on London; and wo- men and children lying almost on the borders of Wales have been killed by Zeppelin raiders coming from Central Furope. Then years ago Count Zeppelin was laboriously seeking to construct a lighter than air ship which would travel a few dozen miles at cighteen miles an hour: ten years hence it will he as easy for airships from Furope to drop hombs on the Mississippi Valley. and would be con- definite and lim- a Rules for a Long Tife. There is no panacea that will bring long life to every user. “What is one man’s meat is another man's poison.” But a few cvery rules are applicable to one: Be moderate cess in eatir in everything. E , In drinking, in any- thing tends to bring an old age. Be faithful in your exercise, and be sure to choose an exercise that is helpful. Stand and sit erect, and use your Keep vour teeth and gums and throat clean. The mouth is the prin- cipal port of entry for undesirable im- migrant micro-organisms. Be careful to maintain functions. The digestive favorite abiding place for marauding bacteria, Have your body occasionally exam- ined. The physician will take notice of what is wrong, and will advlse you accordingly. And let him do the worrying. Fortunately the exact con- dition of the organs of the body can usually be seen by physicians, even when they are but slightly off nor- mal. Be the bowel tract is a hordes of happy. Do allow vourself to not worry; do not become a grouch; not “get mad.” Remember that psychologists now contend that you do not clench your hands hecause you are angry. You are angry because you clench your hands. So do not clench them. Act happy, and you will become so. Act voung, and you will remain so. —Hawthorne Daniel, in The World's Work, do “Bad Air.” (New York Some well planned and painstaking work on the subject of ventilation has been recently carried out, in which valuable findings have been made con- cerning the influences of temperature and moisture and motion of the ai upon those whom it surrounds. While those who have these convinced Medical Journal). carried however, out experiments, are of the effect of these physical states of the atmosphere, they do not go so far to say that they have solved the problem of ventilation. Even those who seem most assured that there Is nothing more to “bad air than high temperature, moisture ana lack of motion still show a quaver in the tone with which they make the announcement. If this s all is to the problem of ventilation, why was it not solved long ago? Rooma have not always been kept superheat- ed nor overmoist, and in many mode of ventilation there has bcen motion of the air. Again, if thesa simple faults in its atmosphere are corrected, the horrid smell of a badly ventilated room still remains, an odor that is often overpowering to one who, com- ing from pure air, suddenly makes its acquaintance. Foul smelling means air containing foul from the respiratory pa clothing or alimentary tracts of the occupants of the room. Tt will ha.e to be proved that these exhalations, these “‘dead breaths of men,” as Hen- ry Ward Beecher so well called them, are not harmful hefore it is accepted that ventilation is purely a matter of temperature, moisture and motion, there air material ages, skins, A fortune awaits the person, discovers a (cheap) substitute eggs.—Worcester Gazette, who for of life and de- ; DECEMBEK 5, 1vio. HOW CIVIL SERVICE WORICS IN THES GITY Mayor Quigley Addresses Gather- ing at Hotel Tait This Noon Belief the that civil to police and fire departments in New Britain is a step in the right di- rection toward the elimination of pol- itics and influence in securing ap- pointments was the theme of the ad- dress given by Mayor George A. Quig- this noon at the Hotel Taft in New Haven before the National Civil Service Reform league. Ex-President William Howard Taft presided at the meeting./ In his taik Mayor Quigley brought’ forth the following salient points in favor of civil service, speak- ing in part as follow: “It is with a feeling of diffidence that I arise here today to speak upon civil service. I fear that I am not qualified to speak upon this import- ant question; that perhaps my under- standing of civil service may be wrong and my few remarks be misconstrued, but I am interested in civil service be- cause T believe it tends to efficiency in government; because its tendenczy is to encourage trained men to accept po- litical positions who, under the po- litical spoils system, would not con- sider the acceptance of a political ap- pointment. I believe in civil service because it eliminates the ineficient and drives out seventy-five per cent. of the favoritism, pull and politics so prevalent in political life. Cosmopolitan New Britain. “Thercfore, is Is my belief, how- ever incomplete my understanding or knowledge, that civil service which does eliminate the ineflicient is in the interest of good government. I am keen for good government and there- fore asked the common council of New Britain to put civil service into effect in our police and fire depart- ments, which they did. We are con- stantly preaching to our new citizens that they must respect our municipal, state and national governments vet what an exhibition we sometimes make of ourselves to these new citi- zens with European ideas of govern- ment when we ideals. The city of New Britain perhaps as cosmopolitan as any cit: ley is in this great land and our problems are | of the window by the general assem- yvour problems. In one street in our we have representatives from al- most every country in the world, ex- cept Japan, engaged in business Tt is probably the most cosmopolitan street in the United States. We have churches of all creeds and people of all races. In the northern section of the city, except in fow localities, Iinglish is not the tongue spoken. Our police department, dealing as it does with all these must be efficient and not merely a department in which to place deserving political workers and their friends. Tt is not a place to play politics or favoritism. Tt is the arm of the government with which our laws must he enforced in an honest, intelligent, efficient man- ner. Men charged with enforcing the laws must not have the thought that some political boss is responsible for their appointment and that they must have a list of his friends so that no offense will be given. T do not want to infer from my remarks that New Britain is in this position but in order that the police and fire departments should he free from politics civil ser- vice was introduced in these two de- partments, Civil service is not the panacea for all our ills; it is, however, a sten in the right direction Past and Present Compared. “Previous to the introduction of civ- service In these departments the board of public safety did the pointing as it pleased. Today it ap- points from an cligible list presented by the civil service commission. Pre- viously appointments were made on nationality and political lines. You had to have a pull, friends with a pull, and if the pull was strong enough with the commissioner or commissioners, you were pulled across and got the job. Today any man can take an examination before the civil service commission and if he passes the board he is eligible. “Whilel it is true that the safety hoard commissioners can play favor- itism and polities with the eligible list yet the fact remains that those on the list are ellgible and no matter whom they appoint, from the list of the five highest, which is the rule, they ap- point a man who is capable of filling the position. As an additional safe- a il guard all appointments are made for | witness stand, he was asked by the {]_“ L probatlonary period of six months and if, in that period, the appointee fails to give satisfaction he is dropped. Criticism Not Justified. “While there is some criticism of civil service in New Britain it comes mainly from lack of understanding or from political sources. It is my hope that civil service will be extended in New PBritain and the spoils system, which degrades ideals in government, be done away with. Civll service, as 1 said before, is not the panacea for all ills but it helps and serves to en- lighten and educate the people along the lines ¢ clean, honest, efficient government v RAPS FOR CONNECTICUT, Civil Service in This State ‘“Thrown Out, the Window Dec. 5.—The National Reform League met in Ten years ago it held a session here. This time, according to declaration of the league’s policy made public during the first gather- ing of the delegates here today, the league has a definite, constructive policy which will embrace new ideas. and new men, a policy Which provides for a legislative agent at Washington, a publicity man, and a research man who will as t the civil ser »\(‘»e com- mission in carrying out the civil serv. New Haven, Civil Service this city today. service as applied | lin the kingdom. and | quire the head of a department to di preach American | nua] meeting in this city, ice law and the use of §$40,000 in 1 [Many Valuable Goods Come ]From Fallen Roumanian City mines of the vicinity are profitably worked. The town has shown % steady growth for the last quarter of a century until now, with 51,000 inhab- itants, it is the sixth city of the na tion. It is 112 miles west of Buch: est, forty miles north of the Danube at Rahova, and is the most ijgportant station on the railway line®” of 237 miles between the Hungarian bordeyr town of Verciorova (beyond the Iréa Gates) and the Roumanian capital “Craiova was the Castra Nova of the Romans during their occupation of Dacia, and in the middle ages the place played an important role It was here that the Wallachian prince Mircea the Old defeated the Turkish sultan Bavezid I, in 1397. Two hup- dred years later the most famous ®f Wallachia's chieftains, Michael the Brave, held sway here as ‘ban’ or governor, afterwards hecoming prince not only of Wallachia but of Moldavia and Transylvania as well, thus for a brief period uniting under one ruler the whole Roumanian people, the end for which modern Roumania is fighting today. “The leu, which is the standard of value in Roumania, was first coined {n Craiova. It derives its namc from the figure of a lion stamped on the early coins. Its value is equal to that of the French franc (nineteen cents and a fraction.) “Craiova was for centuries the cap- ital of Little Wallachia, that division of the country lying between the Alt (Aluta) river and the Hungarian and Serbian boundaries to the west.” ILLINOIS PROBING CORNERS IN FO0D Washington, D. C., Dec. 5,—Crm-| ova, (also spelled Krajova) which has | fallen before the Austro-German | forces invading Roumania by wé the Jiul valley, through the Vulcan Pass, is the subject of the following war geography bulletin issued by the National Geographic societ; “The fall of Craiova is severe blow to Roumania, for, in addition to | being an important railway center, it is the headquarters of the First Army Corps, the seat of a military academy and of great importance is the fact that here is located an immense tan- nery which supplies the Roumanian army with its leather. “The country surrounding Craiova is not excelled in fertility anywhere | The town is in the center of the Wallachian wheat lands, and the truck gardens of the region are highly productive, while the for- ests which clothe the adjacent up- lands make it an important timber de- pot. A branch railway conve; these products to the Danube at @alafat, some fifty miles to the southwest in an airline. The Jiul river, which rises in the Carpathians beyond the Rou- manian_border, flowing south and en- tering the Danube opposite the Bul- garian town of Rahova after a course of 200 miles, passes a mile or two to the west of Craiova. “While trade in cereals, leather, and lumber is the chief occupation of the Craiovans in peace times, there are several large rope and carriage factories located here, and the salt v of The money The promotion of legislation. already has been contributed. constructive program, it was an- nounced, would be to work for a change in the law which requires con- firmation by the senate of presiden- tial appointees to offices in which the functions have no bearing upon gov- ernmental polioies substituting there- | P e 4 irect appointment by the presi- G d' P C : l _k o e e men ana win | anadian Potatoes Coming In out partisanships, and a change in | the civil service Taw whien wil re-\ Purchaging Power of § Dwindles charge an unfit employe in the inter- est of efficiency Dec. 2.—A The league held its thirty-sixth an- | = odh L it was fur- | tion into the high cost of living was ther stated because of a local situa- | launched in Chicago today by the II tion described as “the throwing out | cember state Tha s to inquire into dealers in food- Chicago, new invest grand ¥ ™" | charge to the jury w: bly of the Connecticut civil service | sjcreq conspiracy of law.” This characterization related | giufrs to advance prices to the action of the last legislature | Apgther step was taken when tha which amended the merit law to the | national conference of marketing and extent of giving the governor author- | farm credits, in session here, invited ity to exempt departments from its members of a score of Chicago Wom- provisions if a®ter a hearing the ex- |an's clubs and civic organizations ccutive sees fit to do so. | co-operate in devising a scheme for Governor Holcomb attended the | direct marketing of farm products. meeting and was welcpmed by Rich- | One of the means to this end which ard H. Dana, of Massachusetts the | will be considered will the parcel president. Many men prominent in | post, it was said. the civil service movement were also present. The entire day is being giv- | en up to ons, the greatest inter- est however, heing in the night meeting at which Postmaster General A. S. Burleson will speak to be fol- lowed by Mr. Dana who will do so for the league and by William Durley Foulke of Ind. former United States Canada. civil service commissioner. It is ex- | Hereafter Canadian potatoes with pected by members that Mr. Burle- ! Not more than ten per cent showing son will state the attitude of the ad- | {races of disease will be admitted at ministration towards the civil sery- | ANy border customs house, instead of ice in the postal service. The league SPecially designated ports, as has been it is stated, will take up this matter | the practice in the form of resolutions, based upon | _ Shipmen b discussion of it in the report of the | iNSPection, and the horticultural board s V' ake s to ake the formali council made to the members. PN B WA L o e i ties attending such jmporis as free of | burdens to importers as possible | The department’s action is expected | to bring large quantities potatoes | into the United States meet the high prices. jur sole to be Lighten Potato Restrictions, Washington, Dec. 5.—To ck the high cost of food, so far potatecs i are concerned, the department of ulture has ordered a relaxation the quarantine against potatoes at at as ag- of from will not be delayed far JOHN D. ARCHROLD, | OF O1L FAWE, DEAD of to It Can Chicago, Dec. Chicago’s dieting dozen have proved that, even with the | bresent prices of foodstuffs, it is prac- ticable to live well on cents a Aot 0F) | day. Dr. John Dill Robertson, city Rockefeller in a way that led to busi- | health commissioner, asserted to g ,. | the final day of the health depa with the Standard’s | ment's two weeks test. “The exact cost will not be known was the first man |until after tonight,” he said, ‘*but es to whom Mr. |from tentative figures compiled I be- st : | lieve the average expenditure per day Rockefeller pays tribute in his remin- |ty cach of the members of the squad Among other things, he | will be about thirty cents. All but cne {of the persons taking the test have said: Wit in Court Proceedings. . eained welght, and I consider that the * experiment has heen a success “Mr, Archbold has always had a well developed sense of humor, and ; Dollar Falling From G on one occasion when he was on the ' (i oo i wer of a dollar is only Be Done. (Continued from First Page.) forty ness association interests. Mr. Archbold among his associat iscences. wce. g purchasin fifty-thre icago toda to est submitted to the mayor and city | ¢il today by employes of the city neering department together with petition for inc of twenty-five per cent. in salaries. Prices of every common commodity were tabulated in the estimates. S opposinEfamyers | per cent. as great in C “ 'Mr, Archbold, are you a director | i\ T8 S ohain of this company?"” “C am.’ ‘What is your occupation company “ “To clamor for dividends.’ It has been estimated that his for- tune, made almost entirely in oil and its by-products, was nearly $100,000,- 000. Mr. Archbold 3 en- in this 5 1ses CAMPAIGN AGAINS Board Will Prosccute People Who Fill Vacant Lots. The health board is about te start a vigorous campaign asainst the abuse of vacant lots; against the practice of neighbors using them for dumps. Al- though the health board has a num- ber of instances in mind, it is against the unsightly dump ut the corner of | West Main street and Black Rock ave* {nue that the first action will be taken and it is said that unless the practice is at once discontinued arrests will ha fe. The health department has ordered s inspectors to watch these dumping places, where warning has been given | by posters, and it is said that any one * | found disregarding the warning will be prosecuted. The health board states that not only do these dumps prove a most unsightly thing for the beauty of the city but they are also most unsanitary and make an ideay breeding place for germs and bae= teria. was one of the best | DUMPS. informed of men in the details of the ofl business in all its branches, and he held, according to his own statement, that all the practices of the Standard Oil company were hon- orable, and, he believed, in conformity to law. “I stand unquestionably,” he said in defending the trust idea, “for co- operative evolution. I believe that the large corporations of the present day represent more nearly thie co- operation than any other system vet undertaken.” Although Mr, Archbold was not particularly ionspicuous as a bene- factor, he made many large gifts, cluding a sum of $400,000 to S: cuse University In one lump, besides annual donations of smaller amounts. He was also a church member and a liberal contributor to religious work. He was married in 1870 to Miss Annie Mills, of Titusville, Pa., and main- tained a beautiful estate at Cedar Cliff, Tarrvtown-on-Hudson, and a home at Southampton, Long Island. Health