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VOL. XXXVII. T>l?ir^l^« llfi r^li ITM' rr<2 nY CARRIER
MM UK It 117. rXXlUlli. t\J \jlllFi 13 PBB MONTH
CHIEF DISHMAN
REMOVED; DIXON
PUT IN COMMAND
Police Head Is Dismissed
in Quick Action by •
Commission
PENDEGAST QUITS
Secretary Declares He Is
Ready to Step Down
and Out at Once
CHIEF EDWARD F. DISHMAN
was removed and his position de
ctared vac.int by tho police com
mission lust night. The same resolu
tion that removed Chief Dlsrrman also
niimed dipt. C. H. Divnn as acting
chief to hold the position until such
time as a successor to Dishman can
be appointed.
The resolution declaring the office of
chief of police vacant was Introduced
by Commissioner Wellborn and sec
onded by Commissioner Johnson. The
vote of the commission was unanl- j
mouH.
The resolution follows:
lie*ilverl, that Edward F. Dish
man bo, and he is hereby removed
from the position or office of chief
of police of the city of Los Angeles,
and said office is hereby declared
vacant. Captain Charles E. Dixon
is hereby ordered as acting chief to
perform the 'duties and exercise the
authority of chief o£ police until
ihe appointment of a successor to
said Edward F. Dishman, or until
the further order of this board.
The secretary of this board will
immediately notify Mr. Dishman
and Capt. Charles E. Dlxon ac
cordingly, and instruct said Ed
ward F. Dishman to turn over the
police department and all that per
tdins to it to said Capt. Charles E.
Dixon.
Pendegast Resigns
Following the action on the removal
of Chief Dishman Commissioner Well
horn presented the written resignation
of Lyle Pepdegatt, executive secretary
of the police department. Pendegast in
his resignation stated he had been sec
retary in the department since 1905 and
he realized the position was a confiden
tial one and that he resigned to give
Chief Dishman's successor an oppor
tunity to choose his own secretary.
While Pendegast's resignation had*
every appearance of being entirely vol
untary, police commissioners had
strongly Intimated that it would be
most acceptable and they were pre
pared to insist on it.
The summary action of the commis
sion in removing Chief Dixhinan fol
lowed Dishman's written refusal to re
sign his position which wan presented
to the commission yesterday.
Last Saturday the commission asked
Dishman to resign, to take effect Feb
ruary 1. After considering the mat
ter several days Di.shman concluded
to let the commission remove him.
Topham May Be Named _
Thp failure of the police commission
to name a successor to Dlshman last
night leaves this question as far from
a solution as ever.
Sentiment is believed to be growing
in favor of Commissioner Topham for
the position, and when it was learned
yesterday that Topham was being
pressed to take the position the pres
sure was increased. During the after
noon Topham had to run away from
the telephones to avoid prominent men
who wanted to urge him to take the
position of chief. At first Mr. Top
ham absolutely refused to consider
himself a candidate for the office, but
so many have urged him to consider it
favorably that he has begun to thlni;
seriously of the matter.
SERGEANT FINED AND
SENT BACK TO BEAT
Desk Sergeant Samuel McKenzlo
was lined one month's pay and ordered
reduced to the ranks to walk a beat
by the police commission last night.
At the Fame time charges against Pa
trolman A. \V. G'-een of the taaffic
squad were dismissed.
McKenzie's punishment grew out of
the charges against Green, which were
preferred by W. M. *Baxter of Alhrnn
bra. Baxter charged that Green had
arrested him unjustly for driving »
horse too fast on a street intersection.
McKenzio was the desk sergeant
who booked Baxter when he was ar
rested and McKenzie's punishment
resulted from his statement to the
commission Monday night that he was
too busy to grant Baxter's request to
telephone to some friends to procure
ball for *iim. As a result Baxter W»
locked up iv Jail a!l »'Sht.
Commissioner Wellborn sharply re
buked McKenzie for being "too busy
io attend-to the duties specifically im
posed on him by the police rules and
regulations. But tho reprimand, al
though severe, was not considered &uf
1-ient punishment and the tine and
reduction to ranks was imposed.
McKenzie Is not a sergeant by rank,
but a patrolman acting as sergeant.
PAYNE CONFESSES TO
STEALING HORSES
TtAKFRSFIELD, Jan. 25. — Frank
Payne, brother of Harry and Frank
Payne who is Jointly charged with
his brothers, now on trial in the su
perior court for horse stealing, late
this afternoon took the witness stand
and made a complete confession, impli
cating his brothers in the crime. '
The Payne brothers aro members of
a prominent Tehachapi family, and the
stolen horses were disposed of in Los
Angeles.
Sheriff Maramel stated last night
tho l'aynn hoys aro alleged to have
stolen horses in Kern county six
months ago, disposed of them in Los
Aneolcs under such suspicious cir
cumstances thiit attention was di
rected W them and payment on a
check given tlwm (topped bi fore they
itei they Immediately
Hod to Texaa and New Mexico, irher*
they wero captured six weeks ago and
brought to trial.
LOS ANGELES HERALD
POLICE HEAD WHO
HAS BEEN OUSTFO
Hhl' *& '-':
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EDWARD F. DISHMAN
INDEX OF
HERALD'S NEWS
TODAY
FORECAST
For Los Angeles and vicinity:
Cloudy Wednesday; light southwest
wind. Maximum temperature yester
day 59 degrees, minimum 40 degrees.
LOS ANGELES '{
Mass meeting 'to be held at Labor temple
tonight to discuss meat situation; noted
speakers to appear. PAGE 16
"Hurry-Up Harry" D. Brown again sought
by officers; new wan-ant Issued for the
broker. PAGE 5
Scene painters fight for mastery of same;
triangular war started in Los Angeles.
PAGE 5
Southern Pacific must build new depot or
return Fifth street property to city, Is
council's ultimatum. PAGE 6
President J. D. Works of city council scores
evils existing in municipality and sue-,
gests remedy., ■ . ... PAGE 1 AND 8
Board of harbor commissioners file com
plaint With state, railroad commission al
- losing rates between San Pedro and Los <
Angeles center are - excessive and dis
criminatory. PAGE 6
Witness declares Stones quarreled fre
quently and bad language often was heard
at their house. PAGE 9
Dons clothing of boy to seek mother In
Alaska; young girl arrested in masculine
attire. AGE 3
Police commission cancels permits of three
saloons. PAGE 1
Chamber of commerce members invade
north, where glad hand will be extended.
PAGE 9
Desk Sergeant Samuel McKenzie fined a
month's pay and sent back to ranks by
police commission. PAGE 1
Chief Dish man removed; Dlxon put in com
mand; Secretary Pendegast resigns. PAGE 1
Young man held to answer for mistreating
girl, and little Canadian bashfully tells
her story In court. PAGE 6
Editorial, Haskln's letter and Letter Box.
PAGE 4
Society and music. PAGE 7
Marriage licenses, birhs and deaths. PAGE 14
Mines and oil fields. PAGE 13
Theaters and dramatic criticism. PAGE 7
City brevities. _V PAGE 5
Classified advertising. PAGES 14-15
Sports. page 10
Building permits. ' >. PAGE 13
Citrus fruit report. PAGE 13
Shipping. \ PAGE 6
Markets and financial. PAGE 12
SOUTH CALIFORNIA
Hamilton races biplane against death when
lie n^ets with mishap while over ocean
several hundred yards from shore. PAGE 1
Southern Pacific railroad blamed for Col ton
wreck and court awards widow of nreman
18000 an damages. PAGE 8
Man found dead in bathroom at Pasadena,
either by gu or heart disease, may have
committed suicide. . PAGE 14
Two churches at Long Beach vote to unite '
organizations, and breach which caused
their existence is cemented. ■ PAGE 14
COAST
Captain of steamer declares comet lighted
part of his way on ocean trip 'from San .
Pedro to San Francisco. • ' PAGE 3
Blnger Hermann alleged by prosecution at
Purtland to have pigeonholed all land
fraud charges so he could carry through ,
alleged land swindle in Who Mountains
reserve. PAGE 16
EASTERN
Beef packers In Chicago are summoned by
grand Jury to give reasons why prices of
meats are excessive. / -- . PAGE 16
Proposal of Alaskan land owner to pay gov
ernment SO cents a ton for all coal mined
In Alaska causes senate committee some
surprises, and government officials are
said to be behind proposal. . . PAGE 2
Stoel trust declares regular and extra divi- ,
dend! and reserves largo sum for advance
mining royalties. j . PAGE 2
Delegate to congress from Alaska ' orders
- Dickinson to send lobbyist back home..
PAGE 3
Patten scathed as "cruel. wicked liar" by '
Congressman Bennet of New York, who I ,
' denounces statements made ■by Maoon
against Immigration commission. PA"GE> j
German-American tariff war declared acute,
and national board of trade considers ap- '
peals to have United States recede from
position. " 1 I'AGE 9
Taft will not attack trusts, but will oppose
their sins, says James J. Hill following
• conference with president. ■■■•- ■ PAGE 2
Court permits copper merger and Utah
company scores Important victory. PAGE It
FOREIGN
Run on United States Banking company In.",
Mexico City continues; depositors de
mand their money. . v PAGE 1
Hopeless ruin and death In wake of flood
and 100,000 are left destitute by deluge in
France. PAGE 1
Unionist party in Great Britain continues
to show gains. ' PAGE 2
SPORTING
Happy Hogan receives, signed contracts
from fourteen players. '. PAGB 10
Knight Deck wins feature event at Juarez.
r, PAGE 10
.1. <; Dugas and son. clalshing world cham
pionship at log rolling, give '"'' exhibi
tions. ', ...",,;, , PAGE 11
American race hoi owners plan to ship
strings to Argentine. FAQS! 10
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 26, 1910.
HOPELESS RUIN
AND DEATH IN
WAKE OF FLOOD
100,000 Left Destitute by
Deluge in France, and
Horror Increases
VAST AREA ISOLATED
Many End Lives as Result
of Losses—Appalling
Scenes Depicted
[Special Cable to The Herald]
PARIS, Jan. 25.—With one-third .of
Paris under water, from three
to twenty-six feet deep, one
j hundred thousand soldiers and gend
armes working like beavers to check
the torrents and rescue hundreds of
imperiled families, eight suicides re
sulting today from property losses,
130,000 persons left homeless or other
wise impoverished by the deluge,
Paris and its suburbs tonight are in
desperate straits, with still no pros
pects uf the (lood subsiding before
forty-eight hours.
Twenty-seven villages along the
Sieno, Marne and other rivers and
their tributaries are practically Iso
lated, and groat suffering and loss of
lite are reported hourly.
The general expectation that the
maximum of the flood would be
reached tonight has not been realized.
The SelVe tributaries are rising
steadily, and the official estimate to
night is that the Seine will be at least
fifteen inches higher tomorrow after
noon.
Victims of the flood number more
, than 100,000, and the monetary loss Is
incalculable. Thousands of poor are
•hopelessly ruined.
The government has requisitioned
army and navy material to house the
sufferers and boats for the rescue of
the stricken as well as those im
prisoned in houses in flood centers on
all sides of Paris.
The region of inundation is steadily
enlarging, and scores of villages are
completely submerged and the people
fleeing for their lives and abandoning
everything. In many eases soldiers
have been obliged to use force in com
pelling the inhabitants to leave their
homes. Hundreds refused to go,
clamoring only-for food and water.
Situation Worse _
In Paris the situation is rapidly
becoming worse, floods sparing neither
rich nor poor.
The floocf is invading the compactly
built area, undermining buildings and
forcing the evacuation of many houses.
All the streets in one arrondisbenient
are running rivers. Subway and tram
service is diminishing, and in every
section gas and electric lights are
failing.
Paris is practically cut off south and
west, and if present conditions contin
ue the question of food will become
menacing.
The senate today appropriated $400,
--000 for national relief. The public aid
fund for this purpose is swelling.
President Fallieres heads the list with
$4000. The Rothschilds have given
$20,000.
' The entire population of Ivry-Sur-
Seine and adjacent places is in a des
perate state.
Only the tops, of the houses at Al
fortville are visible, the water aver
aging twelve feet in the streets. At
tliis place since 6 o'clock this morning
3000 persona have been rescued by
boats, and 30,000 others from this sec
tion have found safety by their own
efforts.
Ghouls Are Busy
Rescuers had morn to contend with
than the turbulent waters. Groups of
ghouls also were engaged in piracy.
They seized several boats and robbed
rescuer and rescued alike. In some
cases they entered houses and carried
on their depredations. Finally a force
of soldiers drove off the looters.
There were many cases of drowning,
and many aged ami sick died as a
result of shock and exposure. Old and
Infirm, and finding themselves unable
to leave, a man and a woman hanged
themselves to a bed post.
The hospital at Ivry, containing 2000
patients, is surrounded by water. As
there Is no means of cooking food or
of heating the building, the patients
must be removed unless the flood sub
sides. Physicians fear serious results
will follow.
President Fallieres and Premier
Briand made an automobile trip this
afternoon through the Hooded districts
in the eastern section of Paris. They
walked through some streets knee deep
with mud and water and saw the
crowds fleeing, men tugging at valises
and trunks, and weeping women bur
dened with children and household be
longings.
Went for Relief
The president and premier hurried
away to seek relief for the suffering
people.
River authorities early this morning
announced the Seine would continue to
rise until Thursday and will exceed
the high record of 1802. The Lyons
Railroad company sent out a notifica
tion that all service out of Paris has
been suspended.
The great bonded warehouses at
Berey appear to be doomed to de
struction, involving an immense loss.
Merchants are removing what they
can.
The Seine at Colombes threatens
momentarily to mount the parapet and
flood tho working class suburb of fien
nevilliers. This place has a population
of 7000.
Military authorities have telegraphed
to generals In the provinces to hurry
pontoons, liedding and sappers to
points where the floods are most se
vere, and the minister of marine ha*
ordered authorities of the ports to send
lifaboats and crews to Paris.
A steamboat pontoon was swept
against one of the arches of the Pont
de l'Alnia, completely obstructing the
river at that point. It probably will
have to be blown up.
Fifty thousand soldiers, comprising
the garrison of Paris, were placed at
disposition of the municipal au
thorities to flsht the flood,
Water Rises Rapidly
At 8 o'clock Hi'- morning the water
,i Royal had touched 26 feet
above l"i. tld* and wag rising at the
rate uf nearly half an Inch an hour
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President of City Council Starts
War to Death on Municipal Evils
V ' r - ■ :Z ■'-
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JUDGE JOHN D. WORKS
Judge Works is shown at his desk in the council chamber immediately after his venement denunciation
of municipal malefactors yesterday. ■ ________^______ ■
RACES BIPLANE
AGAINST DEATH
HAMILTON MEETS WITH MIS
HAP OVER OCEAN
Turns Aeroplane Toward Shore, Land.
ing Just Beyond Surf Line, Where
Machine Is Damaged by a
Barbed Wire Fence
[Special to The Herald]
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 2",.—Charles K.
Hamilton today raced his aero
plane against death when his magneto
became damaged by water which
leaked from his radiator while the
aviator was (tying above the ocean in
the Curtlws blplme he has been using
at the meet in this city.
The daring aviator saw the danger
which threatened him when he was
several hundred yards from the shore,
and as he was Hescending rapidly he
turned hts machine full about and
made toward the land.
Spectators watched his manipula
tions with eager eyes, for they knew
something had happened amiss, as the
big bird-like craft was trembling like
;i wounded creature of the air, and It
looked as if machine and driver must
be plunged, into the waters.
The aviator kept his place at the
rudder wheel, however, and did not
lose his head, and just as he reached
a point beyond the surf line his ma
chine touched tho sand and simultan
eously the biplane became entangled
in a barbed wire fence, which dam
aged one of the planes.
Hamilton wan not Injured. A high
wind during the afternoon had pre
vented Hamilton from going into the
air, but at 6 o'clock, in order not to
disappoint the crowds gathered for the
lust day of the meet, he tuned up his
machine and started out over the
ocean.
It wa3 noticed the water was leak
ing from his radiator when he ascend
ed, and a minute later the spectators
saw him circling low over the water.
He turned his machine, and with the
\\ md at his back, raced for the shore,
and camo down just beyond the surf
line. A barbed wire strung along the
border of the golf links caught the
lower pltme and brought the machine
suddenly ti> the ground with a thud.
The damage is not serious.
Fails to Break Altitude Record
In his attempt to wrest from Louis
Paulhan of France tho world's record
for height reached in an aeroplane,
Hamilton ascended from the polo field
of the San Diego Country club on Cor
onado island today, and during a ten
minute flight rolled and pitched nbotit
at the mercy of the fitful wind until
ho became seasick. Tho attempt was
unsuccessful because the biplane
would not rise in the puffy wind.
The intrepid aviator tried time and
again to <arry his aeroplane to a
greater height, and Wll often carried
down on the wind Instead of up. He
reached an altitude of 300 feet before
he descended.
After abandoning his effort to reach
a great height Hamilton made a num
ber of flights with passengers above
the polo field and out over the ocean.
Once tM carried Col. D. C. Collier,
director ireneral "f th' 1 proposed Pan
ama-California exposition, Mild then
took aa a passenger Mrs. Joseph Sef
ton, wife of a San DJeg-o banker.
At noon Hamilton announced that if
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3 MORE SALOONS
LOSE LICENSES
POLICE BOARD CONTINUES IN
VESTIGATIONS
Brewery Control of Permits Sufficient
Cause for Cancellation, in Opin.
ion of the Commis
sioners
After the police commission had con
cluded its labors last night three sa
loon licenses hafl been revoked and the
saloons ordered closed. This makes
five of the 214 retail permits now in the
hands of the commission.
If the testimony of L. Harris of Sail
Pedro given to the police commission
last night Is correct it is possible for a
saloon keeper to be in the grip of the
Maier Brewing company and still tread
a pleasant path of finance. Incidental
ly, there is one less saloon in San Pe
dro.
This saloon Is located at 420 Front
street and has been conducted by Har
ris, but Harris told tho commission
that the saloon is actually owned by
the Maier Brewing company. He de
clared he had once owned the saloon,
but sold it three years ago to the Maier
Brewing company for $11,000 cash. Soon
after he sold the saloon to the Maier
Brewing company he was asked by T.
P. Roberts to assume churge and con
duct the saloon. He testified that ho
luiid the bills and received all the prof
its, often $-50 a month, whtr3 all the
brewery got was $10.50 a barrel for tho
draught beer, which is $1.50 higher tftan
the market price at San Pedro.
The permit was revoked when T. P.
Roberts, who held it, admitted it was
in his name only as an agent for the
Brewing company.
Damaties & Pecetto, 712 East First
street, lost their permit to conduct a
saloon chiefly because of a police re
port on the senior partner. The license
for their saloon has been held In tho
name of T. P. Roberts, credit man for
the Maier Brewing company. The two
partners confessed they did not own
the license and had paid only $1850 for
i loon.
The saloon license at 401 North Los
Angeles street for which the permit has
stood in the name of Pui.ssegur broth
ers, was revoked by tho eommisison.
Pulssegur brothers confessed they had
no interest in tho saloon, that they had
owned it once und sold it to the Maier
Brewing company. Commisisoner Top
ham reported it was a disreputable
place and the permit was revoked and
the saloon closed.
A number of applicants for retail per
mits in which breweVies are interested
were laid over until February 14 for
further action. In the meantime It Is
expected that the council will revise the
liquor ordinance and the eommisison
(in act under new laws. In nearly all
the cases the permits aro held in the
names of others than the actual own
ers of the saloons, some of them agents
of breweries.
Two were made happy when the com
mission granted them transfers of the
permits for their saloons from the
holders of record. One was C. P. Cook.
His permit had been held in the name
of J. T Nash. Cook was once under
the domination of the Maier Brewing
company through the lease of his prem
ises, but he showed that he had sev
ered all connections with the brewery.
The case of Bogy brothers, 346 South
Spring street, whs siroilur. This per
mit was held in the name of Adolf
Hauerwaas, but was transferred to the
real owners by the commlalson last
night.
SINGLE COPIES: -on.tbains. s cjEjrasi
RUN ON MEXICAN
BANK CONTINUES
HAM'S INSTITUTION LOSES
" CLEARING HOUSE AID
Hundreds of Depositors Crowd About
Windows, Eagerly Demanding
Their Money—Panic Is
Feared
I Associated Press]
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 25. —The United
States Hanking- company was tonight
suspended from the clearing house
upon its failure to make a settlement
of today's business.
By a special arrangement the bank
was Riven until I>:W tomorrow morn
ing to make good its deficit, which is
said to amount to 400.000 pesos.
The run on the bank, which began
yesterday, continued today.
From 10 o'clock in the morning until
4:20 this afternoon, except for a lull of
an hour at midday, anxious depositors
crowded the lobby of the institution,
and five paying tellers were kept busy.
The bank honored every check, and
it is estimated unofficially that fully
2,000,000 pesos were withdraw n.
The crowd began to assemble halt
an hour before opening time. When
the bank Opened there was a crush
about the paying tellers' windows,
which soon increased to such an ex
tent that it was necessary to convert
bookkeepers and receiving tellers'
cages into paying- tellers' compart
ments. Many women were in the
crowd, and some were roughly jostled.
The manager of the National Bank
of Mexico denies that the institution
was behind the United States Banking
company in its present financial dif
ficulties, as was said by Mr. Forsyth
last evening to be a fact. A Mexican
bankine official said he believed the
Bank of Montreal would take care of
the situation.
Visits to other bankers elicited the
information that a week ago they fore
saw the run on the United States
Banking company and had prepared to
meet any possible emergency. Cash
was piled high In the vaults of every
bank here.
George I. Hani, formerly president
of the United States Hanking com
pany, and who until he turned over to
the bank practically all of his posses
sions, was the heaviest stockholder,
wits not at the sanitarium, where yes
t. relay he was reported to have taken
refuse. He left early today and could
not be found.
The Mexican National Packing com
oanv. of which John W. Dekay is
president, and which is said to be a
heavy creditor of tho bank, denied it
had gone into the hands of a receiver,
or was in any way affected by th» sit
uation of tho United States Banking
company.
Telegrams from New York and other
cities in the United States and from
Mexico poured into banking houses
today. Most were requests for in
formation as to the possibilities of a
oanic.
DIAMOND ROBBER CAPTURED
NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—The resource
fulness of a woman, deceived by the
man she believed was to marry her, ef
fected the capture today of Frank A.
OU'.sc, wanted In Chicago and New
York for forgeries, Just before ho had
time to blow out his brains. Ha hail
robbed Mrs. Frieda Sommers of $10,000
worth of diamonds. J
OcENTS
RECALCITRANTS
ARE fLAYED BY
JOHN D. WORKS
Acceptance of Passes from
Railways Denounced.
Realty Men Scored
DOSE FOR LIBRARY
Members of Board Said to
Have Absented Them
selves for Months
Evil Methods Exposed
Political rottenness In the street de
partment. Foremen mere political hench
men who hire men because of their
political value.
Real estate (Inns In the business of se
curing frontage consent for saloons for
which they charge applicants for per
mits 1000, which Is one of the most
contemptible species of Kraft.
| Members of the library board who ab
sent themselves from meetings of the
board for months at a time and who
should be removed and men who will do
their duty substituted in their places. ; ;
City officials* and employes using
passes granted by the' railways because
the franchise requires it, but which are
really granted^ illegally.
City officials and employes violating
the provisions of the city charter by ac
cepting these passes.
Hallway franchises void because . the
compensation of passes to city officials
Is a void consideration.
boycott of business men who use bill
boards for advertising purposes and the
publication of their names in the news
papers. r
THESE are some of the bombshells';
± President , Works sprung in S his |
opening remarks to the ■ council/;
yesterday morning. . His charges con- g
cerning the street department arc to
b* investigated by the committee on
streets and boulevards, and thid prom *
ises to give this committee as much, to ,<!
think about as has the committee on ;
legislation, , which is probing tho
charges against the police department
made by President Works two weeks
ago.
If President Works, who is a former,
justice of the supreme court of Califor
nia, correctly interprets the city char
ter, street railway franchises may bo
in danger and the street railways may
be at the mercy of the city. Because
the consideration of granting passes
to certain officials and employes of tin
city in payment of these franchises Is. •
a void consideration under the charter/
Judge Works holds the franchises .
themselves are void. But. President
Works, in effect, suggests that the
holders of these passes return them to
the railway companies issuing them,
and in return the city will demand of ■
the railway companies that they pay
a substantial sum into the city treas
ury.
Andrews Demands Opinion -f
In discussing the subject of city offi
cials accepting passes, Judge Works
stirred up Councilman Andrews to
somn extent. Mr. Andrews declared
that, as tin-, railway franchises made
it incumbent for tho railways to fur
nish transportation to. city officials, h
considered it as part of liis compensa
tion as a city official and accepted it
as such, but" not in the nature of a
bribe. The city attorney was asked to
give an opinion on tho matter at
In order that his opinion on those
. gUD I« I be fully understood.
President Works hud his remarks
taken in shorthand by Frank CJ. Hen
derson, secretary to the mayor. Ho
said:
"Gentlemen, there arc some matters
that I would like to bring to the at
tention ot the council for its consider
ation. I understand that we are not
elected simply to sit here and pass
ordinances and act upon bills and tho
like; but that the general welfare of the
city is in our hands, and I don't un
derstand that 1 was selected as presi
dent of the council simply to sit hero
and preside over your deliberations.
The president is made an advisory
member of all Of the committees anil
any matter that comes to my attention
that I think should receive considera
tion at the hands of the council, I shall
feel at liberty to call to your atten
tion from time to time.
Corruption on Streets
"Now, charges have boon coming to
me affecting the street department, in
dicating that matters are not as they
should be; that there is extravagance,
political corruption and various other
things that need to bo investigated.
"Whether these charges arc true or not
should, I think, be investigated by tha
council. If they are not true, it should
be known, in Justice to the department
itself If they are true it should bo
known for the benefit of this council
and the people of this city. 'V '
We all know, I think, by our own ob»t>rra
tlon, that a great many incompetent men.are
Win*'employed on the utreet work. I think
we can see. for ourselves that the work i»
beliiK clone in a way that I* extravagant;
and THERE IS IXKOIOIATIOX INDICAT
ING TH VT THE FOREMEN A:il> BOSS EH
IN TIIK STREET DEPARTMENT ARK
SIMI'IY POLITICAL HACKS. WHO AH!
THERE FOB THE PURPOSE OF EMPLOY
TOO MBS FOB POUTIOAI. PUBPOSKS.
AND THAT THEY ABE BEING CSISD FOB
THOSE PURPOSES.
"Now, 'those are matters that ought
to be inquired into, and if • any j such
evil as that exists, the duty rests upon,
us of seeing that they are, as far as
possible, removed. '::< '
Cleaning Up Suggested
"I want to say that we have a board
of public works made up or excellent
gentlemen. That Is very true. But I
am afraid that, with tha multitude of
work they have to do, many of theeo
things are left to subordinates, and
(Continued oil l'u«e El»ut>