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No. 19,066. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1912-EIGHTEEN PAGES. * ONE CENT.
DARR NOW BOOMED
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Attorney Is Considered for
District Commissionership.
NAME PRESENTED TO TAFT
Declared to Have Backing in Senate
and House.
MANY WHITE HOUSE VISITORS
Members of Congress See President.
More Nominations Are Sent in
by Chief Executive.
President Taft has added another name
to his list of prospective District Commissioner
selections. This time it is
Charles W. Darr of the local bar. Mr.
Darr's name has been placed before the
President by democrats of local prominece.
and it is claimed he has backing
in the Senate and House that would
assure Ids confirmation as the democratic
representative on the board.
The President has not eliminated
Capt. James F. Oyster or A. Deftwitch
Sinclair from consideration, but at
request he will look over Mr. Darr's
recommendations lA-foro reaching a decision.
The President is perfectly
willing to hear from District people
and members of Congress as to the
choice of a democrat for District Commissioner.
Mr. Darr, the latest candidate
for the honor, has been practicing
law in Washington for a number
of years, and has been known as a consistent
democrat.
Gallinger Sees Taft.
Senator Gallinger. chairman of the
Senate committee on the District of Columbia.
conferred with President Taft
today, but as the President had a large
number of visitors in the executive offices
the New Hampshire senator will
make another call at the desire of the
President.
The nomination of a successor to Judge
De Dacy as judge of the Juvenile Court
is not much farther advanced than it
was ten days ago, when the President
began to consider the filling of that position.
Judge De i-aev's firends are still
active in his behalf, as are the friends
of other men whose names have been
mentioned.
Sends in Nominations.
President Taft today sent to the Sen'
ate. with other nominations, Edwin P.
Parker of the District of Columbia, to be
second lieutenant of the field artillery,
and Hamilton Templeton and George W.
Polhemus. both of the District of Colum.bia.
to be second lieutenants of infantry.
* President Taft's visitors today Included
Senators Crane. Smoot. Warren and Galfinger,
Representatives Green. Shephard.
Burges. Garner, Slayden. Anthony, Fairchild,
McKinley. French. Loud and Suiter.
Mr. Sulzer introduced J. W. Sansbury.
a prominent official of the New
York State Grange.
Representative McKinley. who managed
the Taft pre-convention campaign this
year, will take a trip around the world
after March 4.
President Going to Panama.
President and Mrs. Taft. accompanied
by Secretary Hilles and Dr. . Rlioads,
probably will sail December 19 for
Panama on the battleship Arkansas,
boarding the vessel at Key West. Definite
decision to make the journey has
not been reached by the President, but
his plans are well advanced and -if- nothing
arises between now and then it is
almost certain that he will be away from
the White House for ten days or about
. l*o weeks during the Christmas holidays.
80 certain are nav^ officials that the
President will make the trip that orders
have been sent to the officers of the
Arkansas at Norfolk to put everything
in readiness for the President and his
party. Commodious quarters will be fitted
out for the President and His family,
and a piano, phonograph and small
library will be added to the other comforts
of the big fighter, the largest In
the navy. The Arkansas will be accompanied
by the battleship Delaware,
that being done as a precaution in case
? af accident, and to accommodate the
Subordinate officials who will go with the
President.
At Canal Four Times.
President Taft has made four visits to
the Panama canal and is so deeply interested
in the work there that he desires
to add the fifth before he goes out of
jffice.
The President's offer to Gov. Wilson of
a battleship for a trip to Panama has
been declined by Mr. Wilson, who has informed
Mr. Taft that he will be too busy
with the New Jersey legislature and with
others matters to leave the country before
he takes the oath of office in March.
Mr. Wilson told President Taft that he
w ould be delighted to see the work upon
.he Panama canal, but would have to wait
for another.time to witness the activities
upon the great undertaking.
. MELLEN MAT BE BARBED.
President of Hew Haven Railroad
Probably Will Hot Testify.
NEW YORK, December 9.?It is doubtful
whether President Mellen of the New
Haven railroad will be allowed to testify
before the federal grand Jurv which
is investigating the relations between his
road and the Grand Trunk. I'nited
States District Attorney Wise received
President Mellen's letter yesterday.
* "The investigation." he said, "is under
the direction of Attorney General Wickersham
and I am in no way concerned
with it. I forwarded the letter to the
Attorney General and whatsoever action
Is taken In the matter will come through
him."
Id regard to Mr. Mellen's offer to waive
immunity from criminal prosecution, Mr.
Wise aa'd that according to the interpretation
of tne Sherman act no one would
have the right to waive such Immunity.
"The law is clear in this respect," he
declared. "It expressly provides that
immunity from criminal prosecution
shall be granted to any person who testifies
in an action brought under the
Sherman act."
PROBING BRIBERY CHARGES.
Witnesses Subpoenaed in Jefferson
4 County, Ohio, Case.
STEI'BENVILLE, Ohio, I>ecember 9.?
Attorney Central Ilogan of Columbus
was not here this morning to guide the
Special grand jury investigating the
charges of alleged bribery in Jefferson
county elections, and Prosecuting Attorney
Paisley assumed charge.
It was stated at the courthouse that
Mr. Hogan was ill and it was not known
when he would reach here. Witnesses
have been subpoenaed up to tomorrow
afternoon and it was arnounced that no
program after that date had been
mapped out.
The grand jury is expected to report
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Tenure to Six Years.
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Declares Californian.
APPOINTEES PROVE TOOLS
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Devoted to Government Is Given
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i ne c;iTort to elect a resident to a second
term Is a prolific source of political
corruption, neglect of official duty and
betrayal of trust on the part of public
servants," said Senator Works of California.
in a speech today in the Senate in
support of his resolution for a single sixyear
presidential term.
The Works resolution proposes a constitutional
amendment that would make
a President ineligible for re-election after
a single term. Strong support developed
for the resolution .in the last session and
it is now on the calendar of the Senate
for early action.
Degrading to President.
"It is degrading to the President himself
and brings his great office into disrespect,
often contempt,'! added Senator
Works, in referring to presidential campaigns
for re-election. "The President
has come to be regarded as the head of
his party, not as a candidate only, but
as President, and not as the head of the
nation, it is most pernicious doctrine.
"He has the power of appointment of
thousands of federal officers in every
part of. the country. Practically, in malting
these appointments, he acts as the
head of his party and not as President.
If he is re-elected the appointees may
reasonably expect to retain their offices.
"A large part of his time that should
be devoted to the public service is given
over to politics and the efforts to secure
his re-election. He is regarded by his
appointees as their political chief, to
whom they owe allegiance because he appointed
them. They are tempted to serve
him rather than the country.
Headquarters of Party.
"The White House is turned into the
headquarters of a political party, where
j a press bureau is maintained, in the interest
of the present chief and leader of
! his party, who is for the time heln?r the
President of the United States. The
members of this cabinet become his
political advisers. In this they are not
serving: their country, but the seeker
after a second term. The appointees in
the immediate service of the President
become his political aids and devote much
of their time paid for by the government,
his service as leader and candidate for
re-election.
"It is a vicious system that cannot be
denounced too strongly or too often. The
people of a free republic should not submit
to it for a day. Every lover of his
country should speak out against it and
support any measure intended and reasonablj*
calculated to put an end to it.
Would Bemove Temptation.
"If a President were limited to one
term and rendered Ineligible to a second
election there would be no incentive or
temptation to appoint men to office with
a vie*' to their support of him as a candidate
for a second term. lie would need
no political army. As a political leader
he would be useless. He would have no
motive or desire, other than to do his
duty as President and make for himself
an honorable record as a public official.
"We have had some highly honorable
men in the White House, men who would
have condemned the use of patronage by
nth?r< for thflr iioHtie*!
theie Is not one of them who has been
a candidate for re-election who has not
willingly profited by such conditions. Not
one of them. I believe, but who would
have regarded it an act of treachery on
the part of one of his appointees to.oppose
or even fall to support his candidacy
for re-election."
I Senator Works was unable to conclude
i his speech today owing to the convening
of the Archbald court of impeachment.
He gave notice that he would resume tomorrow.
The speech covered 101 typewritten
pages.
'ALL WELL' WITH MAUBETANIA
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Message Sent at Noon From Steamship
Denies Beport of Mishap.
QIJEEN8TOWN, Ireland, December 9.?
A wireless message from the Mauretanla,
dispatched at noon today, 570 miles west
l of this port, said "All well."
DONDON, December No conflrma:
tion of the published rumors of an acci1
dent to the Mauretanla has been obtained
here or at Queenstown. On the contrary,
the vessel reported by wireless at a distance
of 200 miles west of Browhead at
11:3?i last night and no mention was
made In the dispatch of an accident of
any kind. The Mauretanla sailed, "all
well," at 10:55 yesterday morning from
Queenstown after taking the malls on
board from the train which arrived at
7:15 a m.
NEW YORK, December 9.?Cunard line
officials here said today that the Mauretanla
had suffered no mishap of any kind
and no cable dispatches bearing on the
situation had been received. The ah*
sence of any such dispatch they interpreted
as bearing out that the ship has
met with nothing to interrupt her routine
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Clearing Houses Upheld al
"Money Trust", Hearing.
MR. NEWCOMER'S VIEW
Head of Baltimore Institution One
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Refused Conditional Membership Because
They Could Not Be Bound
by Certain Rules.
A general defense of the clearing house
system of banking was made and a decided
stand against government regula ion
of clearing houses was taken today
by Waldo Newcomer, manager of the
| Baltimore clearing house, one of the first
! witnesses examined before the banking
and currency committee of the House
when it resumed its investigation of the
so-called "Money Trust."
The committee took up the clearing
house situation in Baltimore and representatives
of two banks, the State Bank
of Maryland and the Equitable Mortgage
and Trust Company,- who had been refused
conditional membership in the association,
appeared.
T*hen Manager Newcomer appeared
[ He explained that the banks were nol
; admitted because, as conditional members.
they would not be bound by th?
rules of the association as to out-of-town
check exchange charges, and other rates,
and would be In a position to compete
at an advantage with the other members
of the association bound by the rules.
Thinks Them Beneficial.
In a prolonged discussion with Samuel
Untermyer, counsel for the committee,
Mr.. Newcomer declared that clearing
houses throughout the country were
beneficial institutions and that any attempt
at government regulation would
hamper their efforts.
"Would you object to a law providing
that before a clearing house could close
up a bank the government bank inspectors
should be consulted?" asked Mr.
Untermyer.
"Yes," answered the witness. "In times
of stress there would not be time to consult
with the government authorities."
When the House committee began the
hearing on the money trust Investigation
Chairman Pujo made the following
statement:
"In resuming this inquiry the committee
feels that the many unauthorized,
misleading and inspired reports that
have been circulated concerning its
work and plans should be corrected and
that the public should be warned against
placing any credence in them. There
has been a consistent hostile effort in
certain directions to embarrass the inquiry.
No statements have been, or will
be, made or authorized on behalf of the
committee at any time, except such as
may be openly announced at the hearings.
Denies Report of Friction.
"At no time has there ever been any
friction, misunderstanding or difference
either, among the mpmbers or with or
between counsel. The utmost harmony
has prevailed from the beglnnihg and the
reports to the contrary have been sheer
fabrications. Nor is there any authority
for the persistent published report as to
proposed remedies or legislation. The
question never has been before the committee
and it would be premature to consider
it- The committee is not yet In possession
of the facts on which to base a
Judgment. It has barely reached the
threshold of the Inquiry, so that any opinion
as to its action is decidedly premature.
to say the least.
"Attention is called to the announcement
made at the outset of the hearings
last May and since frequently repeated
that the terms of the resolution under
which the committee is acting cannot be
fully carried out unless or until Congress
shall have enacted the bill that has passed
the House and is now pending in the
Senate removing all existing doubt as to
the power of the committee to Inquire
Into the part, if any. that is played by
the national banks in the alleged concentration
and control of money and credit
"Meantime the committee will press
forward with the other heads of the inquiry
with the view of submitting an
intermediate report, accompanied by such
recommendations as may be deemed
wise.
Reason for Postponement.
"The postponement over the presidential
campaign was taken pursuant to the
frequently announced determination that
this important investigation should not
be subject to the criticism or suspicion of
being in any way influenced by or connected
with political exigencies."
The first witness was William W. Cloud,
president of the State Bank of Maryland.
Samuel Untermeyer, counsel for the committee,
took up his examination. Mr.
Cloud outlined the banking situation in
Baltimore, described the operation of the
Baltimore clearing house, and said his
bank was not a member of the clearing
house.
He said his bank had applied for clearing
house privileges, but had been rem
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the clearing house, but desired to clear
throurh another bank that was a member
of the clearing house. Other banks,
he said, enjoyed this privilege.
Mr. Cloud said that his bank had not
applied for full membership in the clearing
house, because It did not wish to comply
with the clearing house rules regarding
charges for exclvange on out-of-town
checks.
Cannot Make Own Price.
"Does the Baltimore clearing house
prescribe rules which prevent a bank
making its own price to a client?" asked
Mr. Untermyer.
"Yes, it amounts to that," answered
Mr. Cloud.
"But that is throttling competition, isn't
it?"
"Well, I wouldn't say throttling." said
the witness.
Among the witnesses who were on hand
to testify today were C. A. Pugsley, president
of the New York Bankers' Association;
\V. K. Frew, chairman of the New
York Clearing House Association; Charles
E. Rushman, counsel for MY. Frew;
Robert Wardrop, president of the People's
National Bar.k of Pittsburgh, and Harrison
N cubit, president of the National
Bank of Pittsburgh.
John R- Bland, president of the United
States Fidelity and Guaranty Company,
followed Mr. Cloud on the stand.
Mr. Bland said that his company had
been seeking in vain for some tjme to
secure the privilege of clearing out-oftown
checks through Its banks of deposit
which were members of the association
or to secure full membership in the association.
Within the past few weeks,
however, Mr. Bland said, he had been
given to understand that arrangements
were being made by the clearing house
1 to "take care" of the trust companies.
Application Refused.
i "You had been Informed that your application,
like that of the state bank, had
been refused?" asked Mr. Untermyer.
i "Yea," said the witness.
, "But as a result of the agitation ol
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CHARLES E. TAYLOR .
PES WHILE ON WAU
Newspaper Man Lately Pri
vate Secretary to Secretary
of Navy Succumbs.
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Charles E. Taylor, a well known news
paper man of this city and for some tim<
private secretary to Secretary of th<
Navy Mever, dropped dead this mornlni
at 19th and R streets norjjiwest. Mr
Taylor, who was forty yeans old. reslde<
at 1300 L street northwest. He left hi:
residence to go for a walk before goim
to his office about 8:30 o'clock. When h<
reached the corner of 19th and R street:
northwest he was seen to fall suddenl:
to the pavement,
i Earl Williams of 1422 10th street north
west, chauffeur for S. A. Kendall of th*
Burlington apartments, saw Mr. Taylo
fall as he was passing in an automobile
He placed him in the automobile an*
started for Emergency. Hospital Whei
he arrived there a physician said deatl
had been instantaneous. He had sufferec
from heart trouble for some time.
Born in Andover, Mass.
Mr. Taylor was born in Andover, Mass.
In June, 1872. He was a graduate o:
Phillips-Exeter Academy and of Trinitj
College. He was engaged in newspapei
wprk here for many years, having beet
at times connected with every dai'y papei
published here. He was also engaged ir
correspondence for out-of-town news
papers from time to time. For severa
years he was tutor to the nephews o
Andrew Carnegie.
Mr. Taylor was with the Taft publicity
bufeau in 1907 and 1908 and later at th<
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neaa or me eunuria.1 iorce m tne New
York headquarters of Frank H. Hitch
cock, at that time republican natlona
chairman.
i He resigned a position with The Staj
to accept a posit on as secretary to Sec
i retary of the Navy Meyer. Later h<
' went to the Post Otlice Department
I where he? was employed at the time o
his death.
1 His mother resides at Wllllamsport
Pa., where his brother. Harvey E. Tay
lor, is news editor of the Grit.
I Jesse Suter, in charge of the publicit:
department of the Post Office Depart
ment, with whom Mr. Taylor was bs
soclated, telegraphed the news of th
death of Mr. Taylor to his relatives a
Wllllamsport.
A brother, Harvey E. Taylor, will ar
rive from Wllllamsport, Pa., at 8:4
tonight, when the funeral arrangement
will be made.
Return of Gen. Bixby.
Gen. William H. Bixby, chief of engl
I neers of the army, has just returned t<
the city and resumed his duties at th<
, War Department after an Inspection o
; river and harbor works on the Paciti
and gulf coasts.
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^ Was Being Tested at Sandy
Hook Proving Grounds.
NO ONE HURT IN ACCIDENT
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Breech Block Weighing Two Tons
' Thrown Quarter of a Mile.
NARROW ESCAPES FROM DEATH
Artilleryman Michael Brennan on
the Carriage as Piece Is Fired,
But Is Not Hurt.
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. special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 9. ? The government's
new- 14-inch gun, which was
being "tried out" at the Sandy Hook
proving grounds this morning, exploded
| and many officers and ordnance soldiers
) on the Fort Hancock reservation had
J narrow escapes from death. The big gun
was practically blown to pieces, and fragj
ments of it were thrown over a space of
' half a mile away by the force of the explosion.
Breech Block Thrown Far.
The breech block, weighing two - tons,
was thrown a quarter of a mile, and a
piece of the gun weighing .. about 300
s pounds flew over the new life-saving stae
tion half a mile away..
' The officers who were witnessing the
test had gone behind a bomo-proof shei1
ter before the gun was tired. Michael
s Brennan, an artilleryman, however,. had
a miraculous escape from death. He was
5 standing on the gun carriage when the
s great piece was tired, and-although deaths
dealing fragments flew all around he was
y unscratched.
Brennan was thrown many yards, but
showed extraordinary nerve. He got
" up and brushed himself off and started
a to ascertain what damage was done,
r The tremendous steel projectile was
hurled over the target, and ripped up
' the beach for 100 yards when it struck
3 the sand. The muzzle of the gun, a
i cylindrical section about ten feet long
i and weighing 'many hundreds of pounds,
j landed on the railroad track, tearing
up the rails for twenty yards.
The big g-un was pointed southward
along the beach. It was a new type of
gun and was the only fourteen-inch gun
now at Fort Hancock, it had previously
been tested successfully about a dozen
times.
Wives Come Running.
The news of the explosion ran
through the reservation like wildfire,
and the wives and relatives of the officers
and enlisted men came running to
the scene. The accident happened about
11 o'clock. -One version of the cause
was that a jacket of the gun had pulled
apart during the pressure test.
The gun was to have been fired this
morning at a fourteen-inch armor-plate
target located 300 yards away. What
the reason was for the bursting of the
gun none of the officers would venture
an opinion. It was said, however, that
the cold weather may have had someB
thing to do with causing the accident.
: The shot which burst the gun was
the first one of the test which took
place on the proving grounds.
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FINED; MAY LOSE $50,000.
- Conviction for Speeding Likely to
t Cost Young Man Fortune.
ROCHESTER, N. Y., December 9.?
q Conviction for speeding bis automobile
s may cost Garrison Payne, - a New York
lawyer, $50,000. The complaint against
Payne was heard today by Justice Buyck
at lrondequolt. who imposed a fine of
$25. To be prepared to take an appeal,
. the defendant had with him In court a
_ phonograph and a moving picture machine.
e Payne claims that a clause in his
f father's will provides that if he has no
c I court convictions against him at the age
of thirty he will Inherit $50,000,
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BELGRADE, Servlfc, December 8.?The
accumulation of Austrian troops on the '
Servian frontier and the provocative language
of the Viennese newspapers have
led to a recrudescence of excitement and
embitterment of feeling in Servia.
The newspaper Prevda, voicing the (
prevailing Irritation, says: 1
"If Austria desires war with Servia, let ,
it come. It will be the most bitter fight
in Servia. Every Servian man and woman,
young and old, will take part in
It, and Austria will have to exterminate
the entire Servian nation before conquering
it."
Many Servians visiting Austro-Hungarian
frontier towns on business have
been -arrested on charges of spying. The
Servian government has protested to the
Austro-Hungarian authorities.
Steamer Is Stopped.
LONDON, December 9.?A Belgrade dis- .
patch to the Telegraph says that AustroHungarian
authorities have stopped at
Flume the steamer Hegedisch, with a cargo
of 800 tons of flour, destined for the
Servian army at Durazzo.
i It is announced that Austria intends to
confiscate the flour for the use of her own
army, thus creating a situation similar
to that brought about by the stoppage by
Turkey of Servian guns.
Another Belgrade dispatch says there is
considerable anxiety over the health of
King Peter. The king fainted several
times yesterday.
Turkey has not yet officially appointed
her peace delegates, but all the Balkan
states, including Greece, have named
theirs, and the delegates tomorrow will
start for London.
Dr. Daneflf, president of the Bulgarian
chamber of deputies, will stop at Bucharest
on his way to London, and will
endeavor to reconcile Roumania's territorial
and economical aspirations with
Bulgaria's interests.
The Greeks continue their military operations,
and have occupied Syrakon and
St George, villages four hours' distant
from Janina, where the remnants of tne
Turkish Monastir army are said to have
arrived.
Hart for House District Committee.
Reoresentative A. C. Hart, democrat.
of Hackensack, N. J., was today agreed |
upon by the House committee on ways
and means to fill the vacancy on the
House committee on the District of Columbia.
His appointment will have to (
be confirmed by the democratic caucus* c
which is a mere matter of form. j
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Senate Takes First Official Step To- L
ward Observance of
Inauguration.
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Chairman "William F. McCombs, of the j
iemocratie national committee put In a ai
9us?y day today, giving consideration to ox.
the selection of a chairman for the in- i?lugural
committee. At a late hour this to
ifternoon he said that he had no an- re
louncement to make yet as to the chair- th
nan. Mr. McCombs said that he expected
to leave Washington this afternoon about a
i or 5 o'clock, and that he might make ?t
10 announcement before he left here. ci
While the friends of Eldridge K. er
Tordan insist that he will be the selee- w
tion of Mr. McCombs for the chairmanship,
the other candidates have had 85
their hopes raised by reason of the de- tl1
lay in making the appointment. The ci
friends of Robert X. Harper and W. V. ai
Cox, who have been the other leading
candidates for the position, lost no time
today in placing their cases before Mr. '
McCombs. to
Luncheon With Mr. Hilles. {jj
Chairman McCombs had a private do
luncheon with Mr. Hilles, who is chair- ze
nan of the republican national commit- nu
:ee. At his request no invitations were St
ssued, as he wished to talk over with ^
Mr. Hilles several questions, particularly da
:he organization of the White House of- pa
ices. Mr. Hilles has been Mr. Taft's sec- 5*7,
retary about two years and is fully fa- of
niliar with many questions, among them cr
hose of precedent which will face Presi- wl
lent--e?ect Wilson when he enters the wl
White House. ce
Their conference was the basis for a
report that Mr. McCombs would come CI
to Washington with the new President mi
In an official position. Some of Mr. W
McCombs' friends said, however, that J.
while he had been offered a place in
the new administration, he had not
decided if he would accept it. ,
Humor of New Tork Kan. p,
A report was circulated here today that
W. W. Vick of New York, secretary of ?
the democratic national committee, was of
being urged as secretary o^the inaugu- th
ral committee, and that there was a big fh
contest on over his appointment. *
Mr. McCombs said that no attempt had
been made to name a secretary' of the *
inaugural committee yet. The report regardlng
Mr. Vick was to the effect that h
Mr. Costello was supporting the New
Yorker, since he l|ad found it impossible .
to place his own men In charge pf the ^
inauguration ceremonies. t{<
"This is deliberately untrue." said Mr.
Costello. when his attention was called
to the report. "It Is merely another attempt
to discredit me as District national
committeeman."
. First Official Step. . as
pi
The first official step toward the mak- r,
Ing of arrangements for the Inauguration jM
jf Wood row Wilson as President was ar
L&ken today in the Senate. cs
The upper house passed a resolution cl
providing for the appointment of a com- th
mittee of three senators and three rep- uj
resentatlves "to make the necessary ar- bi
rangements for the inauguration of the of
President-elect of the United States on er
the 4th of March next." The President
pro tempore of the Senate and the Speak- th
er are to appoint the representatives of pa
their respective houses. at
Senator Overman of North Carolina, a ar
lemocrat, presented the resolution. It ar
provides for the official Inauguration at ui
the Capitol. . P?
, In
WILL CHOUSE DOZEN JLAXUJ&S. en
Massachusetts Towns to Hold Elections
and Women Will Vote. en
BOSTON", Mass., December 0.?Contests 83
Tor mayor will feature twelve of the flf- r0
teen city elections which will be held In cr
Massachusetts tomorrow. Lawrence, 8il
Lowell and Newton mayors were elected 00
ast year for two-year terms and In those ^
:lties members of the city government $4
and school board are the only officers to ?>,
ae voted upon. *2
In several of the cities women are planning
to go to the polls in large numbers
to vote for school committee members, Co
ind their ballots may figure prominent- tr
y In determining the final results, as was at
the case in elections held last week.
Lowell has a registration of 6,G0u women.
In Lawrence not a woman's name ap- ?
pears on the list. '
Five of the cities which vote Tuesday
lave license and ten no license. Tern- er
perance workers are making their usual co
ight to increase the number of no-license on
nunicipalities and to retain those that at
tey now hbld.
The question of allowing firemen one SH
lay off in five will be voted on in all of
:he fifteen citiea at
sis
VESSELS CAUGHT BY GALE. d,t
S2.
r% *V
Coastwise Ships Have Begun to Send th(
Out Calls for Help. n?
WELLFLEET, Mass-, December 9.? 1
Coastwise shipping, buffeted by the first
:old gale of the season, began calling for : tic
lelp today off Cape Cod. A two-masted clt
ichooner, with her sail blown to tatters CJ*
md displaying signals for aid, hurried ^
louth along the cape shore for a lee un- nil
ler Chatham. in
Three light barges, in tow of the tug ne
?atience, bound south, were blown away
iff the end of the cape. The tug sue- is
eeded in anchoring one barge five miles be
lortheast of Highland light and then
tarted after the other two which were
lelng blown off shore. >]
CHICAGO, December 9.?Three schoon- coi
rs, two weeks overdue, arrived here th<
arly today. They were the Cora A., f
lutcher Boy and Tyler. The vessels were
overed writh ice, but in good condition *rc
cspite their rough voyage from north- thj
rn lake ports with cargoes of lumber, the
'he captains stated that they put into he
pper lake ports to escape last Thurs- by
ay's gale. eni
9 II
Loss From Two Fires, $130,COO. for
WINNIPEG, Manitoba. December 9.?
*wo fires here early today caused losses wo
ggregating $130,000. The wholesale hard- me:
rare house of MacKencie Brothers and a ent
ent factory adjoining were damaged $80,- th?
00. A short time earlier the building ocupled
by the Saturday Evening Post was exa
estroyed by flames, causing a loss of apt
50.000. exa
.i
'AM REPORT !N
leveland Commission Suggests
Cfcanges to Congress.
0 RELIEVE COMMISSIONER
ionld Hot Do Judicial Work at
Well as Bun Office.
EW BUILDING GREAT NEED
arge Increase of Force and Salaries
Said to Be Necessary for Proper
Handling of Work. a
The President's commission on economy
id efficiency, known as the Cleveland
>m mission, because Frederick A. Olevend
Is chairman of it. sent to Congress
day, as required l?y law. its report and
'Commendations based on Its investlga>n
of the patent office.
The principal features of the report are
recommendation that the commissioner
patents lie relieved in future of judial
work. In order that he may give his
itlre attention to the administrative
ork of his office, and that he be given
e assistance of one assistant commlsoner.
and seven supervising examiners,
le supervising examiners to do the Judi&1
work of considering patent cases on
fipeal.
New Building Recommended.
Zither important recommendations are
r a new building for the patent office;
e increase oi fees for tiling app.teams
for patents from $15 to $20; the
ubling of the price of the Official <iatte
of Patents from $5 to $10 per anim;
that patents issued by the I'nlted
ates shall expire nineteen years from
e date of tiling application, instead of.
at present, seventeen years from the
.te of Issue; and an increase of the
,tent office force from !*10 jiersons to
5, with a pay roll Increase of $'230,550.
which $2,500 is a recommended inease
for the commissioner of patents,
ho now receives $5000 a year, and
ho, the commission declares, should reive
$7,500.
The report is made by Frederick A.
eveland. chairman, and the following
embers of the commission: William F.
llloughby, Walter W. Warwick, Frank
Goodnow and Harvey S. Chase.
Specially Designed Building.
The report recommends that the pro>sed
new building should be especially
>8lgned, equipped and furnished, and be
instructed on a suitable site in the city
Washington for the exclusive use of
e patent office. The commission reports
iat the space in the present building Is
holly inadequate for the efficient and
onomical transaction of business: that
le rooms are crowded and poorly lighted
id ventilated. It says that some of the
K>ms, made by partitioning off the old
U1 formerly used to exhibit models, have
:ilings only eight feet high, and with the
rge number of employes In a room of .
its kind the absence of adequate ventliaon
causes a serious loss in efficiency
id injures the health.
Danger of Fire.
The danger of fire is commented upon,
i the record of title to patents and other
ipers of value are exposed to loss by
*, being stored in wooden boxes. The
ills and corridors are used for files. Bxnlners
are so crowded that careful work
innot be expected. The commission conudes
that substantial Improvement in
e work of the patent office must wait
;on provision being made for a suitable
illdlng. adequate for the needs of the
hce, and especially equipped with refence
to the nature of the work.
A.n appropriation is recommended for
e repair of the rooms occupied by the
itent office, for the installation of sultile
lighting and ventilating facilities,
id for the purchase of new furniture
id equipment. It is suggested that the
gent need for more room be met temnarily
by moving some divisions of the
tertor Department from the present
tilding and giving the space to the patit
office.
Increase of Force and Salaries.
It is recommended that the number of
nployes in the office be Increased from
0 to 975. with an increase in the pay11
of $230,550. The principal salary ineases
recommended are the commlsnner,
from $5,OU0 to $7,500; an assistant
mmlssioner. from $4,500 to $5,000; exniners-in-chlef.
from $3,500 to $4,500;
:aminer of clarification, from $3,600 to
.000; examiner of interference*, from
,700 to $3,000; principal examiners, from
,4O0 to $2,700; second assistant examin,700
to $3,600; first assistant examlnfrom
$2,100 to $2,25o. A force of
ven supervising examiners to aid the
mmissloner of patents in the admtnisative
work of the office is recommended
salaries of $4,0u0 each.
Other Increases in Force.
["he increases in force in addition to the
pervising examiners are two examlns-in-chief
at $4,500. to make the board
nsist of five instead of three members;
e additional examiner of interferences
$3.?X?u; one assistant to chief of divl>n
of trade-marks at $2,700; one asstant
to chief of classification division
$3,000; twenty-seven additional first astant
examiners at $2,700; seventeen adional
second assistant examiners at
250; six additional third assistant exilners
at $1,000. and the reduction of
? number of fourt assistant exam rs
from llo to 83.
[n the clerical force the following
angcs are recommended; Thirteen ad
rtonal clerks at ?1,4<?0; twenty addiinal
clerks at $1 .3u?; ten additional
irks at $1,<NJ0; seventeen additional
rks at $1M>. This recommendation
tuld eliminate fifty clerks at $71W in the
ovlsion for an additional number at the
rher grades. Messenger hoys engaged
collecting copies of patents, of which
arly ll.UOU copies a day are sold, are
commended for increase from $360 to
so. The present pay roll of the office
$1.31101O. The proposed pay roll will
$1,547,560.
Administration of the Office.
The report recommends that if the
mmlssioner of patents is relieved from
i duty of considering cases on appeal
?m the board of c-xaniiners-in-chief and
im the division of trade-marks, in order
it he may givfe bis entire attention to
i administrative work of the office,
be assisted in the administrative work
one assistant commissioner of patIs
and seven supervising examiners.
L is pointed out that adequate con trot
the methods and procedure of the
ty-three examir.ing divisions in the
jwance and rejection of applications
patents is necessary to secure efficient
rk. The commission bases the recomndation
that the commissioner of pats
be relieved from Judicial work upon
fact that the number of invalid pat
issued is due largely to a failure to
tervlse and control the work of tho
training force, leaving the decision on
Mentions to the forty-three principal
miners- Their decisions, if favorable