Show HOLDS DOWN DOYN FIFTEEN JOBS AT ONE TIME Spain Trying Trying To Make Public Officials Do Some Work STRANGERS RUSH IN Decree Decree Ending Sinecures Brings Dismay To Time Killers MADRID Oct 27 The W The The pub pub- public public public of at Latin countries Is boat beat boatIng beating beat ing lic pulse The in Spain b true truo to form torm Ing has hils been 0 n government tat yet the excite excite- d b by a CO COOP lP today the and oer was y ment soon yeter e eer er mind of ot the cro crowd d Is busy as distractions and pleas- pleas with its Urea ules The cafes cates are crowded and one at atthe rarely find an nn empty seat the outdoor tables Bull tights fights are to the fore toro and will ill continuo continue eather cather attract crowds until the w to 10 It Is Ie rumored rumored ru- ru roulette table breaks reak A J at the bo be Installed mored Is to Palace by bv permission ot of the ke Ice A V H-V Is dictator Primo Rivera who Insensible to the at- at at at said to bo be ot not of ot the game The to well well well-to-do do residents of MadrId Midi have hava begun t from San Sebastian Sebastian Sebastian- returning their exodus to the ti capital ui as fast as the I limited train trait service can bring them EXCUSE L ron FOR JOKES Probably nothing has caused as much excited comment and speculation lation as the tho famous decree the ot of which I 19 to sos sos- purpose do some work It nt nt has been a 11 veritable bombshell It requires that all aJI such men report tat t at nine nino In the morning L- L Ll and l be A Q ov 01 l duty until two In the tho afternoon As a result the government got go eminent build build- buildIngs buildings ings lage are overrun with Ith strangers tumbling stumbling over each other asking where their offices are located and when ben they find them wondering what to do A caricaturist sug sug- suggests sug- sug suggests suggests be concentration camps established OF or TOil Thousands of ot government of officials fl- fl In the enjoyment ot of a mere pittance learned In the past how ho hoto to reduce their output ot of o energy to a minimum often otten not e Ing the log Ing the mere mera act of ot signing monthly pay sheet Thousands of ot occasIonal more more- by means an act ot presence as It Is pictures picture picturesquely quell quely called In various depart depart- departments departments departments ments managed to derive a multi multi- multiplicIty multiplicity multiplicity of ot Incomes from tram as many sources Under this system stem sloe sine sinecures cures for tor the relatives es ot of cabinet ministers do down n to the most distant degree were ere easy to obtain and by a series ot of compromises often otten maIntained while the party was out of ot office Room on every pay sheet was ns found tor for a host bast of ot party part supporters One Ono particular Ins Instance lance much commented upon Is worth men men- mentionIng mentioning The hero a a man l known In his proper sphere of ot operations as a II journalist plying a party pen bad recently progressed so rapidly In his bis departmental connections that he might but tor for his dismissal now be bo faced with the problem ot of dally attendance In fifteen ditter- ditter different ent nt offices from all of ot which he drew an unearned salary Another journalists journalist's monthly pay had bad for tor many years been accounted tor for as fodder tor for a mule The Tha new decree ha has not spared those In high stations ot of life lito and andas andas a as a display of ot Draconian justice the Initial act of ot Milan de da who ho on taking over tho the duties of t the home homa office dismissed his hla 0 own n brother from a fine tine sinecure In Inthe inthe Inthe the post office calls for tor a tribute ot of respect General Weyler's son has bu also abe lost a post believed belle Id I'd to be bo especially lucrative 0 00 00 |