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Filth and Fire Menaces
Shown- by Health and
Charities. Probers
REPORTS ARE SUBMITTED
Danger to Life and Limb
Lurking in Schoolhouses
t Firo cscapd at the William
1 Pcnn Hlch School nnncx is
flaneerously steep.
2 Coal gas escapes in the class- j
rooms of the Martin annex.
o Railing is defective on the fire i
O. escape nt tho Uiay bcnooi.
a Scholars must study with tho
4.. sun in their eyes at the Joseph
Brown School.
5 Fumes of chemicals fill tho air
at the Frankford High School.
rt fins fixtures leak in the Mc-
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EVENING LEDGER-PmLADELPHIA; THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1917
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LIED? SURE AND HE LIED,
AVERS G. WASHINGTON
All n Myth About Cherry Tree,
Says Woodbury Kin of
First President
Thousands pf Email children nre belni;
ubiccted to danBer from fire In the public
hool buildings of Philadelphia, nccordlnK
n tho reports made followlnc an InvestlRn
tlon conducted by tho Department of Health
nd Charities.
Every building In the city was visited
bv a corp3 of school medical Inspectors
under the direction of Dr. Walter S. Cor
nell and tho reports were made simul
taneously to the Mayor and tho Hoard of
Education. One report discloses how hun
dreds of Klrls In. the north building of the
annex of tho William Penn High School
t Indiana avenue nnd D street nre housed
In a structure tho flro escape of which Is
so sttep that It mlBht "Rive rise to trouble
In cape of emergency "
Similar words of warnlnp are used In dis
cussing tho George U Webster School,
Frankford nvenue and Ontario street, where
the children nro vounKor by many years
than those enrolled In tho hlRh school
annex. The report on tho Webster School
refers to the possibility of a "Jam In tho
fire tower"
COAL GAS IN nOOM
Numerous other defects nro pointed out
In tho reports. One of tho revelations
concerns the hcatlnc system at the Martin
annex. Salmon and Somerset streets. A coal
stove has been placed In each room there,
and. as a result, tho' pupils nre forced to
breathe coal ftas. This discovery was made
by Dr. Charles E. Cramp, n medical In
spector, and his charge was verified by
Dr. Bernard Kohn, supervising medical In
apector, who Indorsed tho report.
The railing on tho flre-cscapo at tho
iecond flo&r of the Henry Clay School.
Eighth and Thompson streets, was found
tne In need of repair. Surprisingly In-
aanltary conditions were discovered In the
teachers' retiring rooms of many of the
elementary schoolhouses. These conditions
are not only of a revolting nature, but
are shown to exist In direct defiance of
the law,
Among tho conditions to which tho
medical Inspectors made objection wore
leaky gas fixtures, Improper ventilation and
overcrowding of desks. The defects nnd
faults were not confined to any particular
section of the city, but were found In
widely scattered neighborhoods. A sum
mary of the reports, however, makes It
clear that the Improper accommodations
do not exist In every school, but that, on
the contrary, there are many schools where
a- single defect could not bo found.
At the headquarters of tho Board of
Education It was said that the troubles
were such that they could not be removed.
No tax rate, however high. It was ex
plained, would ever provide sufficient funds
to make the school system physically per
fect. OLD BUILDINGS BLAMED
The majority of the schools whero tho
objectionable conditions were discovered are
of the older type, and many of the buildings
are so constructed that they cannot now be
remodeled.
Statements on some of the schools de
scribed tho buildings as "excellent," At the
Lawton School, Denner and Dltman streets,
for Instance, the Inspector was unable to
find any possibility for improvement. Con
ditions were tho same at the Longfellow,
Tacony and rratt streets; AlcKcan, i:igltty
second street and Tlnlcum avenue; George
L. Horn. Frankford and Krlo avenues, and
the T. G. Morton, Sixty-third street and
Elmwood avenue.
Boys, it was announced, nre obliged to
drink dirty water at an nnnex of tho
Hortheast High School at Kourtn street
below Lehigh avenue. The drinking wa
ter Is contained in n tank there. A screen
Is used to cover the tank, and although It
serves to prevent balls and other objects
thrown by tho students from falling Into
the water. It fails to exclude from the water
the dust drawn from the ntmospnere.
Children at the Jospph Brown School, In
Holmesburg. must study with the sunlight
In their eyes. This Is due to the fact that
a blackboard has been placed between two
windows in such a position that the light
falls directly Into the youngsters' faces.
The report or. this school adds that the
blackboard could be conveniently placed on
the opposite wall
Complaint Is mado that when the chemi
cal laboratory Is In use at the Frankford
High School. Oxford pike and Wakellng
street, the fumes spread throughout the
building. Leaking gas fixtures were dis
covered In the McKlnley, School. Lawrence
street and Susquehanna avenue. The lat
ter Institution was considered one pf the
GEORGE STEPTOE WASHINGTON
Great-Kreat-Krandncphew of tho
"Father of Our Country." Ho is
attending the birthday celebration
of the first President at the His
torical Society. He is n member of
the firm of Karnes and Washincton,
merchandise brokers, this city.
best equipped schoolhouses Jn tho city about
a decade ago.
The Hutledge School, nt Seventh and Nor
rls streets, an "old offender," 1r tho subject
of another Indictment. This school has been
repeatedly condemned as too small and too
old by parents of pupils ns ell as members)
of the Hoard of Education. The leport of
tho medical inspectors shows, as do re
ports In past years, that tho building Is
poorly ventilated anil that the yard Is too
small.
The Inspection of all Rfhoolhouses by the
Department of Health and Charities is re
quired annually under the school code of
the State. The medical Inspectors nre re
quired to report every defect.
Uses liver serum as
tuberculosis cure
University of California Doctor De
clares Antitoxin Is Success
on Animals
BEItKELEV. Cal., Feb. 22 Successful
experiments in the cure of tuberculosis In
nnlmals and the prospect for similar re
sults In the treatment of human beings
with a newly discovered antitoxin will be
announced by the 1'nlverslty of Cali
fornia within n few days In a bul
letln by Dr. Frederick I. Gay, head
of tho department of pathobgy. Dr. M. Ta
keoka, of San Francisco, a member of the
staff of the medical school of the university,
has succeeded In Isolating a secretion of
the liver which, according to his announce
ment made to a seminary last week, has
effected complete cures In the cases of
guinea pigs at tho point of death from
tuberculosis.
Thn ptfect of the Inoculation of the tuber-
cular guinea p'gs with the secretion, which
Is called taiiren, has been noted by Doctor
Oav and others Dr. Edward Von Adelung,
of Oakland, will continue the experiments
and note the effect upon human beings.
Doctor Takeoka succeeded In Isolating the
antitoxin when working on the theory that
the" liver must secrete Its own antitoxin to
the germs of tuberculosis, Inasmuch ns It
Is the only organ unaffected when all others
nre tubercular.
Doctor Takeoka says his best results
have been obtained from tauren obtained
from the livers of molluscs.
Philadelphia physicians who specialize In
tuberculosis, when shown the foregoing dis
patch said that since It Is well known that
tuberculosis nttneks the liver, the report
from Berkeley seemed to be "founded In
error" nnd that "something must have been
misconstrued" ; also that It Is most unusual
for the medical school of tho University of
California to give auance imuriiiauuii i'i
bulletins, ns discoveries were guarded and
such announcements Issued only over the
signature of the head of tho school.
SAILORS GET NO BOUNTY
- FOR SINKING TRANSPORT
British Court Rules That Prize Money
Is Payable for Destroying Fight
ing Units Only
LONDON, Feb. 22. The prize court has
disallowed the application of the crew
of the British submarine E-H for prize
bounty for sinking tho Turkish steamship
Gulgamal, which was carrying C000 soldiers.
The court ruled that bounty was payable
only for sinking an nrmed ship, which
might bo regarded as an actual fighting unit
and that the evldenco failed to show that
'the transport In question was such a ship.
A special provision was made, however, to
cover the case If at any time further evi
dence wns forthcoming that the transport
wns a fighting shin.
The E-H penetrated the Sea of Marmora
at the time of tho British operations at the
Dardenelles nnd sank two Turkish gunboats
nnd a trnnsport. tho name of which was
not disclosed, In May. 1915. Tho British
Admiralty decorated the crew for Its ex
ploit. Tho transport referred to probably
was the Turkish steamship Gul Djemal,
S071 tons gross.
George Washington doesn't believe tho
cherry-tree story. Ho says that It Is n
harmless little yarn that has done a great
deal of good, He advocates that teachers
and parents continue to tell the story.
George Washington told nn Evknino
Lkdokii leporler that he "took no stock"
In tho report that tho father of our coun
try never told a lie. Alas! Alack t Tradi
tion Bloole.
"Probably too cleer to be caught telling
a He," explained George Washington. "He
was too human to have never told n lie.
Washington's great strength lay In the fact
that he was so human."
George Washington today Is attending tho
celebration of the anniversary of tho birth
of George Washington with the New Jersey
Sons of the devolution nt Trenton, N. J.
He can bo found nt the "Old Barracks."
Geotge, or to be more exact. Getrrgo
Lafayette Washington, lives In Wood
bury, N J. He Is a bank clerk and the son
of Illchard 11. Washington. nlt of Wood
bury. He Is a descendant of lift family of
Colonel "Sam" and Colonel John Washing
ton, brothers to the "Father of our Coun
try " George L. Washington is n great-grcat-great-grandnephew
of the first Presi
dent. When Interviewed Woodbury's
George Washington ssld:
"My mother used to tell tho story about
the cherry tree when I wns a little boy and
sought tho comforts of her knee. I thought
It was a grand story, but now I regard it
as a myth. However. It Is a good thing,
this harmless little yarn, and It has done
great moral good. Like tho 'Santa Claus
story, It should lie continued.
"OF COUHSF. HE L1F.D"
"Neither do I believe that Uncle George
never told n lie. He was loo human. In his
human traits lay his great strength."
There Is another George Wash ntflon. and
he Is In Philadelphia today attending the
celebration given by the Pennsylvania Sons
of the Revolution nt the Historical Society
He Is George Steptoe Washington, n mem
ber of the firm of James ft Washington,
merchandise brokers of this city. Mr. G S.
Washington pow li3 at Ulverside. but
made his home in Philadelphia for many
years.
Ho Is a grrat-great-grandnephew of the
first President and Is an uncle to George
L. Washington, of Woodbury. Mr. Georgo
Steptoe Washington has two sons, William
De Hertbum Washington, named for the old
Norman knight. William De Hertbum, whoso
blood was Intermingled with that of the
Washlngtons In the century that followed
the Norman conquest, nnd Howard Alexan
der Washington.
Although few of tho members of the
Washington family have figured In military
affairs since tho days of the Revolution, tho
spirit of loyalty and readiness to uphold tho
principles of the country, even by force If
necessary, remains Intact with them.
George L. Washington, of Woodbury, like
his Illustrious three-times great-uncle, says
that he believes In war as tho last recourse
for the settlement of great moral issues and
expressed thnt belief relative, to the present
crisis that the United States Is facing with
Germany. In cent of war, he said he was
ren'v to volunteer.
"I trust that President Wilson can avert
war," he said. "War should be, the last
means to settle the Issue. But If all meas
ures fall and the President and Congress
see the necessity of war I will certainly
volunteer."
Much of the same attitude Is maintained
by George Steptoe Washington, while his
son Howard 1 nnxlous to Join the navy.
It has been the ambition of the young man
for some time to become a real sea-fighter
for his-country.
Three Rrandnleces of the first President
live In Philadelphia. They are Mrs. Anne
Washington Nnulty. Miss Martha Fisher
Washington nnd Miss Elizabeth Fisher
Washington, three sisters, who make their
homo at 211 South Forty-third street. Along
with the 100,000.000 countrymen they will
celebrnte the anniversary; of the birth of
the "Father of our county," but In nn ex
tremely quiet manner, ns they nre now In
mourning for the recent death of Miss Mar
Raretta Washington, a sister, Mrs. Naulty
was reared In the South, whero thcro nre
many more members of tho Washington
family than havo found their way North.
Her home was at Hnrewood, Va., tho old
estate which belonged to Colonel "Sant"
Washington, where the colonel s mansion
still stand".
Her sister. Elizabeth Fisher Washington,
Is n painter of portraits, landscapes nnd
miniatures. At the recent exhibit at tho
,A6ademy of tho Fine Arts ono of her paint
ings won for her tho Mayor Smith prize.
At tho present time she has a painting on
exhibition at tho Corcoran Gallery, Wash
ington. OTHER DESCENDANTS
Another relative of the first President Is
Miss Elizabeth Crawford Washington, who
lives nt the, Lincoln. 1222 Locust street.
Her gieat-great-grandfathcr was a cousin
to George Washington and her grent-great-great-grandfather
was the grandfather of
tho first President. Miss Washington Is
celebrating the day In a quiet manner nt
her apartments.
There Is a Miss Rebecca Washington, also
n member of the Washington family, who
lives at the Clinton Apartments, Tenth and
Clinton streets.
Although George Washington, the first
President, was childless, the descendants of
his brothers and sisters are numbered by
the hundreds In the United Stales. The
larger portion of them nnke their home In
the South nnd In the West,
Since the previous anniversary of the
birth of Washington two of Ills descendants
who lived In Philadelphia have died, They
nre Miss Margarettn Washlng'on, sister of
Mrs. Naulty, nnd Mrs. Edward Fargo. Miss
Margaretta Washington wns nn artist,
whose specialty was medical work. She
lived nt 2H South Forty-third street with
Mrs. Naulty nnd tho two other sisters.
Mrs. Faigo, whoso maiden namo wns
Louisa Washington, the widow of the for
mer rector of Christ Church, died here on.
December 13. She shared an apartment
with Miss Rebecca Washington at the Clinton.
CROSSING DELAWARE
CALLED HARD AS EVER
Georgo Washington, Impersonated
Rowo Stewart, Sees Conditions
Very Littlo Improved
by
It Is disappointing, according to "George
Washington," that after these many years
there nre facilities for crossing the Dela
ware River to nnd from Philadelphia little
better than those which exited
made his historic crossing of th
Rowo Stewart, appearing as Wa
delivered this message nt the rJoveltjr I
entertainment of the Walnut Sit-in
ness Men's Association, at tho Rltt-C
Hotel Inst night. He was applauded. J
cr Congressman J. Wosh!ngt6n
whoso birthday falls ort the same
Washington's, who also spoke, wa.
sented with a basket of flowers. A jtri
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skirts of 177C, was danced by MlriWSjf
Walz, Mildred Walz, Mary Martin, Nuu
garet Cook, Ethel Derringer. Velma .
marth. Clement Darby, John B. Kane; DavM
Hamilton. Walter L. Murphy, Clark M
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