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1 6 PAGES 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' *& '-': w- - ■ . ** 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 (Continued on ru«e lliic»i President of City Council Starts War to Death on Municipal Evils V ' r - ■ :Z ■'- \ * ' ' .:-"IJI"ZZj -■ 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 (Continued on l'»g« lureej 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>