Show a Uncle Saga Is Loser in Cash Account N o one of the old forms of obligation by byi t i F the DI District of Columbia to present AM the certificates for redemption Mr t SHORT Ricketts took the four certificates to the treasurers treasurer's office Indorsed I hereby hereby hereby here here- by assign the within certificates to the treasurer of the United States for redemption on account of Eliza A. A One N. One One of the mighty Ricketts 1 Y few Instances on D reCOrd of the tho The treasurer refused redemption United States having been done in upon this indorsement Mrs Ricketts Its ts cash accounts came to light at then asked the first auditor of the the treasury department the other day treasury as he was known In those in a decision handed down by the con con- days to td approve the indorsement but buthe of the treasury he refused She office of of- tt fr 7 In this par par- ar- ar appealed to the tho Instance the government eminent is iswar fice flee of the then first controller of the short more r than and has n no treasury and obtained the desired apay ap ap- way war ay nf of helping Itself It K became a victim through the carelessness of its Accordingly the treasurer paid pall Mrs l own officers and the victimization Ricketts principal and In In- too toJ was n not t criminal In tits nature terest Little imi Prior V of to 1879 the late Samuel j. j In 1894 Julia A. A Burnell Durnell formerly Georgetown owned four Julia A. A Little the daughter of Samuel Sam Sam- old cates of 6 per cent stock of the uel J. J Little made claim for the 4 4 corporation of Georgetown Upon alleging that it had been erroneously er er- er- er his death he ho left lett a life interest In the paid to Mrs Ricketts who PI stock I J to hIs sister Mrs Mrs- Eliza A A. A had a life interest only The claim Ricketts and the residue to his minor was disallowed by the treasury Mrs chIldren J. J Joc C. C Little and Julia Julla A. A Burnell Durnell and her husband then entered Little In th the settlement of the case suit for for- forthe the amount before the court before the probate court the actual of claims A year ago they obtained possession of the four certificates of judgment for the amount and in the stock was passed to Mrs l Ricketts so deficiency act of June 25 1910 appropriation ap that she might collect from the treas treas- was made to pay this from time to time the Interest claim along with others due her Mrs Burnell has been fighting for Shortly after this thI United States sixteen years to secure the money Treasurer Gilfillan issued a circular she thought was hers and is Just now calling upon all holders of George George- coming into her own while the tho government gov town corporation stock which was is out over Hall of Fame Statuary Not Artistic Webster whom everybody knows was I f not a large man but the statue makes him a regular giant There is a ad d j statue of John J. J l Ingalls the only one oneas oneas D 1 as yet sent by Kansas and excepting that it is like a line has neither breadth nor thickness which was a good description of Ingalls It is the theT T THERE HERE is a determined effort being limit for ugliness There Is a statue made In Washington to have old of Frances Willard in a basque and Representative hall in the capitol ill hanging ill dress which bears not the cleaned out This is the room now slightest resemblance to that dainty known as the Hall of Horrors to those I sweet-faced sweet woman There Is a statue who have seen the statuary in it but of Phil Kearny in bronze which is which is is' aristocratically titled the very pretty to look at but has very Hall of Fame little artistic merit and there is one There are a lot of or statues that are of Shoup of Idaho which looks as freaks from way back There is only though it might have been sandpapered one piece of really good sculpture In Inthe out of a piece of marble And the whole bunch of of some 35 or 40 and then there Is Washington a dapper dapper- that is Father Marquette which which was little darling with sloping brow as presented by Wisconsin It is an exquisite ex ex- fashioned by piece of work The rest of The Washington newspapers some sometime the statues are practical caricatures time ago began a crusade to have havethe There is one of Fulton who is seated the law placing statutes in Statuary in a chair with a piece of machinery hall by the states repealed It Is to tobe in his hand He lops all over the be repealed on the ground that the chair his legs arc are sprawled in all aU hall Is already jammed to overflowing overflow overflow- sorts of ways and it is about as woebegone woe woe- ing and If any more statuary is presented pre pre- a piece of marble as can well seated it will be necessary to make a abe abe be Imagined There Is a marble of second and inner row Read Much-Read Social Science Bulletins I ILL I'LL SEND SoM r ENCE t WHETHER the high price of or food WHETHER is causing the public to take an uncommonly keen Interest In domestic domes domes- tic problems now or whether the cause Is something else the officials of the Department of Agriculture do donot donot donot not undertake to say The fact remains remains remains re re- re- re mains that there has been a greater social so called run up to date on the science series of bulletins than on any other pamphlets the department has ever eyer produced been a there has hns Up to the present total of bulletins distributed have been out of print ed Some now applied for so often that It Is probable probable probable able the estimates for next year will include provision for tor reprinting This government is the only one In Inthe Inthe inthe business business business busi busi- the world that has gone Into the cook books It was ness of printing Postal Thieves C Cc o I lL g wT w- w Department dally daily receives re- re T lIE HE refuse Postoffice hundreds of complaints a and or of packages by b- the losses caused but few Mails are easy to rob money escape final detection detectIon de- de thieves ever postal to be entrapped sure they are speakIng speak speak- While punished In the end and complaints anold an anold Ing of these numerous inspector of the called old detective Department said Nn f catch than the ono one to harder thief is Uncle Sams Sam's mall mail The rhe who robs Ingenious of such thieves are methods hidden or destroyed destroyed de- de Is easilY the plunder rascality Is well and their honesty and integrity masked by the of associates thIeves are arc not arrested valuable letters letter every day although almost stolen articles r are and other of shrewd Inspectors inspectors army dally dailY and an the alert er positive proof tors are e on of must be in the possession of guilt before an arrest Is made the Inspector I stated when the Department of AgrIculture Agriculture Agri AgrI- culture recently Issued the book on the use of cheap cuts of meat that it was the first government cook book ever printed The social science series has been running for more than a decade and has Incidentally taken In various domestic domestic domestic do do- problems in the food line under under under un un- der the head of Nutrition Investigations The earliest of these was one on the composition and cooking of meats issued nearly 14 years ago Of Ot this there has been something over ove half a million copies caples distributed But the most popular of all aU the bulletins bulletins bulletins bul bul- was the recent one on The Economical Use of Meat In the Home This has been out only a few months and there have already been distributed Calls are still coming In rapId rapidly 1 1 The series comprises books on all all all' sorts of subjects the subjects the preserving of fruits and vegetables fish as food the care of milk In the home the value of at peas beans and legumes In general as food the cooking of vegetables and more than a dozen other subjects Few Circumstantial evidence does not go goat goat goat at any time with us It Is an established established established rule that the evidence must be positive and direct In almost every cas case an arrest means conviction From one ono point of view It Is wonderful wonderful won won- wonderful that hat there are so few thieves among the many thousands of clerks who handle the tho mails malls first and last for or great temptations surround them as they handle millions of valuable parcels It Is known that these clerks soon learn to tell by the very touch of a letter whether it contains money If so inclined it would be an easy matter matter mat mat- ter for the dishonest clerk to slip sUp letters into his pocket and open them in the tho privacy of his room That the cases of dishonesty are comparatively comparative comparative- ly few Is a high tribute to the moral qualities of the clerks There are but two successful ways to catch a postoffice thief thief constant constant watch and decoy letters With these and a large supply of patience the game will be landed though It often orten requires months and sometimes years It is one of the most annoying and difficult dlf dif lines of detective e work and re requires requires requires quires the most earnest application Not a single circumstance or detail must be overlooked |