South Bend News-Times, Volume 30, Number 186, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 2 July 1913 — Page 3

THE SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1913

A Slumming Trip With "The First Lady of The Land" Who is Trying to Save the Babies

The Economy

Staff Corespondence. WASHINGTON, July 1.—The big white house touring car drew up under the portico of the executive mansion. The first lady of the land. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, stepped into the automobile. With her were Mrs. James Pinchot, mother of Gifford Pinchot; Mrs. E. P. Bicknell, wife of the Red Cross official; Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, society woman of Washington, and a tall man of 50. A tea party? A ride through beautiful Rock Creek park? A reception at some foreign embassy? No! An inspection, first hand, of some of 275 filth-breeding, crime-breeding, death-breeding alley slums of "beautiful Washington!" The tall man was Rep. Ben Johnson of Kentucky, chairman of the congressional committee of the District of Columbia - the man whose "yes" or "no" says what you can or what you cannot do in Washington. Mrs. Wilson has declared that the horrible alley slums of Washington must go. Hence, the personally conducted visit of Chairman Johnson. "Pig" alley, "Louse" alley, "Goat" alley and "Tincup" alley were all visited. A thin woman holding a tiny baby in her arms sat on her door stop, watching the party without interest. "I see you have a new baby - a girl?" she was asked. "Yes." she answered, wearily, "and I'm sorry. I wish it was a boy." "Why?" "Because a girl can't grow up good in an alley." Mrs. Wilson found a large family washing hanging out to dry across one end of the alley, flapping back and forth directly over a huge pile of garbage, from which rose a swarm of flies. "The washing of practically all the well-to-do people of Washington is done by women who live in these al-

ABOVE, A NOISOME ALLEY SLUM NOW BEING CLEARED OUT CAPITOL BUILDING IN BACKGROUND. BELOW, ALLEY SCENE, SHOWING HOW WEALTHY PEOPLE'S WASHING IS DONE

leys," Mrs. Hopkins explained to her. "Heaven alone knows what disease gerrns are taken up by the clothing." After visiting the second alley Chairman Johnson turned to Mrs. Wilson, with serious face, and said: "Mrs. Wilson, I've seen enough, I am convinced. I will agree to anything you want done." He asked how many human beings

lived in these alley slums. "Sixteen thousand," Mrs. Hopkins answered, "of whom 10,000 are negroes and 6,000 whites." And she added: "The death rate for babies under one year in the alleys is 373 for each 1,000, while outside it is 158 for each thousand. In some of the alleys half of them die the first year."

ASKS POLICE AID

TO FIND HUSBAND

Mysterious Disappearance of Frederick Borga, Retired Manufacturer Left His Home Seven Weeks go.

NEW YORK. July 2. Friends of Frederick Borga, retired mattress manufacturer, who six years ago had a factory at 8 First av, Manhattan, learned Monday from his wife that he

Borga said that her husband he spirits, and she account for his

mysteriously disappeared seven weeks ago, after saying that he was going to Manhattan. Mr. and Mrs. Borga lived in a cottage at Far Rockaway, for which they paid $3o,ooo. Mrs.

when she last saw wa.s in cheerful said she could not long absence. She

has asked the police to search for him and also has engaged the Burns detective agency to try to find her husband. Beyond the fact that he started for Manhattan and that his clothes were marked with the initials "F. B." Mrs. Borga has no cIew to give the police. She does not believe that Mr. Borga met with foul play, and yet declares that he never before absented himself from his home. She says that at the time her husband left their home at Eastern av. and State st,, he had vith him $586. From his bank she has learned that he has cashed no checks. Mrs. Borga told the police and the

Burns detectives that she desires to offer a reward for information concerning the whereabouts of her husband. Mrs. Borga consulted her attorney, Samuel W. Blumenthal, who has offices in 35 Nassau St., Manhatton, about the idea of offering a reward. Mr. Borga is 46 years old, and is five feet six inches tall. He weighs l50 pounds, is clean shaven and has brown eyes. Ho wore a dark gray sack suit when last seen by Mrs. Borga.

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CHORUS OF CHINESE SING ENGLISH SONGS Addresses Are Delivered at Second World's Christian Citizen's Conference.

Chew of Canton, China, on "Christianity in China." Dr. R. F. Coyle of Denver spoke on the "Morman Menance."

TRY NEWS-TIMES WANT ADS

AUTO KILLS MILLIONAIRE. CHICAGO, July 1. --E. E. Schultz, 45, millionaire grocer, was killed early Tuesday in an automobile accident. One of the front tires rolled off and turned the car r somersault,

PORTLAND, Ore., July 2. - A chorus of 350 trained voices composed entirely of Chinese, singing an-

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