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POUR BOARDS
REORGANIZED
by McCarthy
Fourteen Commissioners Rer
moved Without Warning
After Conference -
r.tari!injj Political Coup Is Ar
ranged at Early Morning
Gathering
lw l>e there were present the iu»yor'p
secretary, E. C. Lefflngwell. his adviser.
C X I>»m. and James H. Stevens, dep
uty <-onnty clerk assigned to Judge G.
11. CabaniF's' oouru Stevens prepared
the oaths which w»»re taken by the new
• •orr.missloners before County Clerk
Mu'?revy y«»stercay morning a few
minutes before the county clerk's office
\u25a0was opene<l for business.
McCarthy Redeeming Promise
When the hour lor taking up the
«•;!>\u25a0> business rolled around the new
commissioners were Tn possession or on
their way to take possession of the
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quarters occupied by their ousted pre
decessors. Mayor McCarthy had par-
Tially redeemed his promise or threat
to wipo out every vestige of the Taylor
administration.
Ha<h of the 12 commissioners dis
missed for cause *was accused among
other thingp of general incompetency.
Tii^re were other specifications, but all
the members of a commission were
treated alike. The members of the
board of health were aWiijsed of "will
fully, deliberately an- .•••fully vio
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latino tho charter" in luui they era-
I>ioyed Chester L. lloadhouse. a resi
dent of Alameda oountv. as a dairy Jn
sp.r-tor. The charges allege that Road
liitusr was apjiointed over the protest
of the ci\il service commission, but
mak*? no reference to the alleged fact
that there wa? no eligible on the civil
Another charter violation, willful and
rMihcrat**, charged to the health com
lnissioneri! is the employment of Miss
I.!. I- I'arsi.ns as superintendent of
v .
ji!.rs«»sj at the city and county hospital.
Miss I'arsnns. «=o It Is charged, had her
]•=\u25a0*;.-.] r^sidenr^ in Boston. T-
Neglect of Duty Charged
The civil service commissioners were
i
charged with both general incompe
tency ami neglect of duty. One of the
*\>— iDcationp was undue laxity in the
matter of holding examination?. Com
missioner* Kellogg, who was one of the
two charged with general Incompe
tency. wrote the civil service article of
the charter. As an offset to the charge
of laxity, Kellogg declares -that the
Taylor commission examined more ap
plicants than the first commission, of
which McCarthy was a member; more
than five times as many as the com- ,
mission of which McCarthy was a mem
ber by reappointment, and that the \
\u25a0whole number of applicants examined j
hy the ousted hoard was in -excess of!
2.000.
The park commissioners were let out
for a variety of "caases." They were
< harg«<l with neglect of duty; extrava
gant use of public funds; unbuMnees- \u25a0
like administration of the. affairs of
their ofSVe; the purchaser of an automo
bile for $I,f«SO without advertising for
bids; paying $75 a month rent for of
fices in th<> Mills building Instead of
meeting at the lodge in the park, and
with hiring: William Dolgre of Alameda
county to expert their accounts.
The fire commissioners were less for
tunate in the particulars of the speci
nVations of cause for their removal.
T-iey were told that they had been gen
erally incompetent; had neglected their
duties; had mismanaged the affairs of
tic- fire department, and had been
puilly of conduct subversive of the
best interests of the city and the affairs
«tf the fire department.
WELFARE FUND FOR AID
OF OUSTED OFFICIALS
Tiie board of education will have the
support ot the trustees of the welfare
fund in Its efforts to resist dismissal
at the hands of Mayor P. H. McCarthy. !
The hoard of health will receive similar i
assistance. This decision was reached
Yesterday afternoon at a meeting of
ihe directors of the fund. Attorney
Charles S. Wheeler will be employed
to represent the board of education in
<-ourt and Attorney Barclay Henley. will
aot for the board of health.
This will be the first active partici
pation of the welfare committee in the
affairs of the city. A fund has been
accumulated by voluntary subscriptions
and its control lodged with 11 trustees.
Jt is specified only tnat it shall be ex
pended for the good of the city in such
manner as the trustees shall direct.
The meeting yesterday was held in
offices in the Mills building. Among
•those in attendance were: Harris Wein
stoek, James D. Phelan, C. H. Bentley,
Thomas S. Williams, Isidor Jacobs,
Barclay Henley and Walter Macar
ihur.
H was the sense of the meeting that
fhe authority of tbe mayor should be
thoroughly tested in tlie courts, and to
that end thf trustees voted to up
r.old the t>oard of education and the
board of health.
The irusteop organized by electing
the fol!owing officers. President. Har
ris \Veinf=trwk:- vice president, C. H.
Bentley; treasurer, Thomas S. Williams;
temporary secretary. Isidor Jacobs.
The general committee connected
with the administration of ' the fund,
originally placed at 50, is to be in
creased to €5. A mfceting of this com
mittee lias been callefl for next Mon
day evening in the assembly room of
the Pacific building. . '
Keeps on Swinging Ax
A little more ax work marked yes
terday's session of the board of works.
Former Assemblymen J. M. Copus j
and Lewis Cass. a locksmith by trade. :
v. ere forced from their Jobs as fore- 1
m^n of street cleaning to make way
for Samuel Rainford and Charles
Meinert. Itainford was an active
worker in Mayor McCarthy's recent
cimpaigu and Melnert was formerly a
bailirr in Judge I>awlor's department.
Harry D. Broderick, a son of Com
missioner Broderick, was appointed in
spector of street wdrk in the place of
Inrpector Code, dismissed last week.
vrrSTEKN POSTMASTEKS— Wa«hinsrton, J«n.
31. — The tciUm-lßg w^strrn postmestors haT»
Iwhu appointed: California — Kinsley, Marl
i«i»i county. -William J. I'attcrßon. tW A.
Sbaw. renljroMl. Arizona — Weldon, I»lma
i-.Miri«y. Henry A. Winch, rice J. I>. Storle,
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XULBEHEY BTK.EET "CZAS." ILI^-New York.
Jau. .">1 . — Thomas Byrneii, once * known an \u25a0 tbe
«car of Mulberry street, wben, «* a . Fuperin
k jdftrt of police, be won as international repu
tation, is MTlvutJy ill at his home here.
CLUBWOMEN ENJOY
LIFE IN GERMANY
New York Tourist Tells How
Residents of Berlin Pass
Their Leisure Hours
Sewing and Embroidery Are
Done at Public Cafes and
Afternoon Concerts .
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"I believe that the typica.l German
hausfrau is a myth," said a New York
woman who returned the other day
from a year's residence in Germany.
"'I don't see how the average German
j woman flnds any time to .be a haus
; frail. I sometimes wondered when the
Getrr>an woman found time to do any
thing: at home. I spent eight months
in Berlin with my daughter, who was
studying music. From 11 to 12 in the
morning the cafes were packed with
German women, who go out to take
their second breakfast in the , public
restaurants, a thing unknown in Amer
ica. They take along their sewing or
embroidery and sit an hour or two over
their oup of coffee or glass of. beer. At
the concerts, too, they take their work
und spend hours day after day listen
ing to the music. You can spend an
afternoon listening to beautiful music,
a magnificent orchestra, with line vo
cal artisip, for 16 cents. That is an il
lustration of the things that help to
exile Americans.
SOCIICTY WOMEN' SMOKE
"At 3 in the afternoon again you will
see the cafes crowded with German
women taking their afternoon tea. I
think American women are more do
mestic than German/ because I never
heard of American women who left
j their homes in the evening to pass
the time at the club. A German friend
took me on; evening to the German
women's club. The club has a- mag
nificent suite of apartments, including
auditorium reading room, parlor, cafe
and smoking room. When she took me
into the last apartment It almost
feazed me for a minute. It was blue
with smoke. I had never before seen
a room filled with elegantly gowned,
cultivated women all smoking. These
were the wealthy society women of
Berlin, titled some of them.
"They were cosmopolitan in their
dress and manners and did not present
any striking points of difference from
the American woman except In the
smoking-. It made the occurrence of
laet summer, when our immigration
official? detained a second class pas
senger, a woman art dealer, for in
quiry into her sanity because she
smoked cigarettes, appear very funny,
in retrospect.
I'M.IKE AMEHICAY CLUBS
"The German women's clubs, like
tl:o?e of the English women, are based j
on the same principle as men's clubs; I
these are places for social enjoyment
and for the convenience of members
In taking meals, entertaining friends
and so on. They do not take up work
in study, philanthropy, reform and so
on. like the women's clubs in America.
"But along some lines the German
women have done more than the Amer
ican. There Is a working girls' club
in Berlin with 13,000 members. Its
object is to maintain sick, benefits and
an employment bureau to secure better
pay and shorter hours and otherwise
to better the conditions of the mem
ber?. It is in fact nothing but a labor
union, but it was organized and be
friended by women of the highest so
cial standing, some of them women of
the nobility." — New York Sun.
SIBERIAN EDELWEISS
GROWING POPULAR
Substitute for Alpine Flower Is
Easily Cultivated
Leontopodium sibricum is likely to
become very popular among lovers of
alpine gardens, for it is easier to grow
and much more free flowering than the
Alpine edelweiss. It germinates very
readily and' the young plants should be
quite a good size by autumn, especially
if they are kept in a cool, moist place.
When planted out in autumn, says
Amateur Gardening, they should have
the east side of the rookery, as aisouth
ern aspect is too hot for them.
It blooms very freely with large
heads twice the size. of its Alpine
cousin, and grows from 8 Inches to a
foot in height. |
The foliage is a dark green, bufas
yon nevef get the white wooly leaves,
which are the charm of edelweiss in
the Alp», unless there is a gl.ic.ier near,
the foliage does not really matter, and
it is a groat thing to have an edelweiss
which will thrive and make Itself at
home in the lowlands.
PANTOMIMES POPULAR
WITH BRITISH PEOPLE
London and Provinces Have
Many Similar Productions
The first pantomime introduced to the
English stage was "Tavern Bilkers" and
was by. John Weaver, says the ' Stage.
This was in the year 1702. It was pro
duced at Drury Lane. The great in
stltutor of pantomime in England was,
however, John Rich, who devised this
form of entertainment in 1717. His first
emphatic success was in 1724, when ho
produced "The Necromancer; or, His
tory of Doctor Faustus."
So successful was Rich with his pan
tomimes that^ Garrick, Quin and others
became exasperated. Rich lived to see
pantomimes firmly established at Drury
Lane and Covent Garden. He died* in
1761. .
Regarding the subjects of panto
mimes, the most popular theme this
year is "Cinderella," with "Babes in, the
Wood" second and "Dick Whittlngton"
third.
If the London and "suburban panto
mimes are taken alone "Cinderella" will
again be first, while "Babes in the
Wood" and "Aladdin" tie for second
place. In London and the provinces
"Cinderella" has been chosen 14 times,
"Babes in the Wood" 12 ".times and
"Dick Whittington" 10 times. 1 Looking
back over the last IS years we find: that
the most popular subjects have been
"Cinderella," "Aladdin, 1 " "Dick • Whit
tington." "Robinson Crusoe" and ".Babes
in the Wood,"- In the order given. , '
NURSES CAN NOT HAVE
TOO MUCH ABILITY
"This is undoubtedly an independent
age," says the Nursing Times In ; a
leader this week on the important
questson~'of the nurse's duty to the
world in which she lives. The article
deals with the., various arguments
raised by those who realize how har
rowing is the. nursing. career, and ends
with some words of Lady Helen Munro-
Ferguson's: . .'A nurse, can; never bring
too much skill; and .understanding and
capacity to. her work; and every: addi
tion to her generar'-knowledge,: every
interest she cultivates, . every Jnteli-'
gent observation she' makes on social
phenomena, will -make her a better
nurse and a more valuable citizen."
To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxr.tive-Bromo Quinine Tablets.
Druffffists refund money if it fails. I E. W.
Grove's signature on box. 25c •
THE SAN> FRANCISCO GALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY I.^ 1930.
GOLD AND SILVER SHOW
BIG INCREASE IN MEXICO
Export of Yellow Metal Quad
rupled in 14 Years
Some interesting statistics are given
in the Mexican budget covering the
mineral products of Mexico.' In- the
absence of more direct v information
these figures are based. on the .exports,
and while all the'products of ' a year
may not be exported in that. year the
minister says that no large quantities
of 'ore,' still less of bullion, are allowed
to accumulate in the country; ,' hence
the estimates are approximately cor
rect. . f ''
The following statement shows tho
exports of gold and silver during the
fiscal year ended June 30, 1909:
Description — Amount
Gold bullion... *.'." - 130,544,540
Gold In ore and other forms.. 2,C33,145
Difference between gold nequlred by
the exchange commission and tlm
gold exported...... 5,703.930
Gold consumed in arts (estimated).. 1.T3,:W.?
Total sold production $45,014,954
Silver exported 'In the form of ore.
oynnidef"". sulphides, etc., and In
bars $73,741,313
Silver Nought by the exchange and
currency commission for coinage
purposes '. 3,334,784
Consumed In the arts (estimated^. . . .13,045
Total production of 5i1ver.. ...... $77,109,742
In dealing with its increased produc
tion Minister Llmantour states that up
to 1891 the annual production of gold
in Mexico never exceeded $2,000,000 of
the present currency. In 1896, it
amounted to $1 0,000,000, ' but with the
announcement of the decree for the
reform of the currency in 1905 the
production has rapidly increased up to
its present high value.
Although the quantity of silver pro
duced in 1909 was the largest in the
history of the republic its value was
$8,300,000 less than that of 1908, owing
to the low price of the metal. In
strong contrast with the tone of tho
budget when dealing with the gold
production is that in reference to the
depressed condition of the silver in
dustry.
Referring to the present condition
of the world's sliver market and the
outlook for any betterment thereof
Minister Llmantour said:
"The fact that there r were no large
stocks of that metal for sale .some
months ago in the European, American
and Asiatic markets gave rise to the
hope that the silver c crisis would dis
appear with the disastrotis effects of
the drought then prevailing in India
and the exceptionally depressed con
dition of trade in China.
"Unfortunately those hopes were not
realized, notwithstanding the fact that
the conditions of the Asiatic =market
have greatly improved. The present
danger comes from another quarter;
not from our immemorial customers
for silver, but from a new competitor
whose output within the last four or
five years has increased prodigiously,
and. what is more serious for us, is
produced at a very low cost.
"The government of Canada decided
upon the construction of a railway
through a region that was almost un
known, and by a mere chance during
the location of the line the discovery
was made in a comparatively small
stretch of territory, of very rich de
posits of silver mixed with cobalt and
nickel. The operation of these mines
was not started until the middle of
1904, and yet in 1906 the output ex
ceeded 5.000,000 ounces, while in 1908
it rose to more than 19,000.000 ounces,
and in 1909 to more than 30,000,000,
nearly one-sixth of the world's total
output.
"A noteworthy fact is that the silver
occurs almost always in the native,
state and on the surface of the ground
or at a very slight depth below the
surface, so that the cost of mining and
treatment is considerably lessened. And
if to all this be added the richness of
the ore, which is truly fabulous, the
assay in ma.ny of the veins averaging
more than 3,000 ounces per ton, it will
readily be understood how serious an
effect on the price of silver is likely
to be exercised by this enormous out
put, which increases dally and threat
ens to swamp the world's markets.
The danger for Mexico is graver than
for other silver producing countries,
for many of our mines yield nothing
but silver, and their operations will
not pay if the metal continues at a
very low price."
The following is a resume of the
total production of the mines in Mexico
during the fiscal year 1909:
Description — Value
Gold $4ri,014,9."4
Silver 77,109,742
Copper 20.353,000
1.ea.1 fi.397,000
Zinc 1.043,000
Iron 1 .UOO.fHX)
Other metals ::, 032,158
Coal 4.400,000
MlnerHl oil.. 2,800,000
Total $1&),5!K),8.*4
FISHES^HOW GREAT
CARE FOR THEIR EGGS
Males and Females Look After
Their Offspring
G. A. Boulenger, in Country L.ife,
gives some interesting cases of parental
v care in; fishes. As a rule the eggs of a
fish are left more or less to chance, and
yet there are a number of cases in
which one or the other parent shows a
remarkable devotion to, and care of,
the_ offspring. In the case of a fish
from AVadras 'the male carries the eggs
about in his mouth till they are
hatched. This occupies several weeks,
and all this time he-is unable to feed,
and becomes quite ] emaciated.
i In a South African species the fe
male carries the eggs in a similar way.
In a number of species the. eggs are
carried about adhering to the belly or
lower surface of the tall, sometimes
by the male and sometimes* by the fe
male. In the curious sea horse (hippo
campus)' they are carried in a pouch
under the tail.
The paradise fish makes a floating
nest of bubbles formed by the frothy
secretion of its mouth. In this the
eggs are placed. One of the most
curious cases, perhaps, is that of the
flsh which makes one of the , fresh
water -mussels its nurse and nursery. '.
This species is known as the bitter
ling. The eggs are few. and-remark
ably large for a flsh, being an eighth
of an inch in diameter, "or about a
twentieth of the whole length of the
parent. By means of a long tube they
are placed between the gill plates
of different species of pond mussels.
Here they are hatched, and leave
their nursery as young, fry nearly half
an inch in- length in; about a. month.
And It seems that this is a case of
symbiosis, for the female fish in de
positing her eggs, carries off those of
the mollusk, which are ; hatched on her
body, and thus widelyfdispersed.
RUSSIAN CALENDAR IS
TWELVE DAYS BEHIND
The Russian "calendar, is 12 days be
hind that of any other country.in.-Eu
rope. This is found to be inconvenient
in' the commercial -.world,! so ' a member
of the council. of ; the empire, M.-W.M.
Andrewsky, has given notice of a meas
ure to bring the calendar into line with
other; countries, say 3 the London iGlobe.
It Is needless .to say that such a-pro
posal .is meeting' with -opposition,:, no
less a personage than Count ;Wltte«be
ing, it. is said, onlthe;side'vOf- the reac
tionaries. ] ' Greece and 'TtiisslaJ s are,;the
only two countries following the Julian
system. | Germany abandoned' it in' l7oo,
and Great. Britain ia 1752;by Lord Qhes
terfleld's. act. : \u25a0• El<?¥eh * days .were ; . struck
out of September/ ,i the third of, that
month being made the l'tth.-.Thlswas noc
done wltlioul much opposition/"the;pop
ular'belief rbeingj that- the .people had
been robbed ?ofr 1 1 days : by the govern •
PHONE INVENTOR
WORKS ON AIRSHIPS
Dr. Alexander Graham Bell
Tells of Experiments. With \
Aerodromes
Praises Associates in Aerial En
deavors, J. A. D. McCurdy
and F. W. Baldwin
Dr. Alexander Graham Bell talked
about flying machines at the Hotel Lor
raine to a reporter of the New York
Tribune recently. He was modest about
his but aglow whenever
he mentioned J. A. D. McCurdy and F.
W. Baldwin, who have been associated
with him since the formation of the
Aerial experiment association, about
two years ago. The association, dis
banded last spring. ;
According to Dr. Bell, McCurdy was
the first boldbr to break away from the
thralldom of the light engine for aero
nautic work and to try successfully an
antomobile engine In a flying machine.
At Dr. Bell's summer home, Beinn
Breagh, near Baddeck, N. S., McCurdy
and Baldwin have recently, flown for
21V4 minutes in machines modeled after
the June Bug, using an automobile en
gine weighing 400j?ounds. *
Their success, he said, had encour
aged him to hope for good results as a
test of an aerodrome of his own design
with the same engine early next month:
He has about finished an aerodrome
having six tetrahedral cells, that he ex
pects will be a combination of the good
points of the June Bug and the Cygnet
No. 2. He calls it the Olonos type, after
the bird of the Greeks. The machine
will measure 30 feet from tip to tip and
will, he believes, possess unusual sus
taining power and stability because of
its horizontal and oblique surfaces.' He
will try the, new aerodrome over the ice
of Lake Bras dOr, -using the automobile
engine above mentioned, manufactured
at Bath, N. V., and also testing a Corliss
engine of 50 horsepower.
Five flying machines will be tested at
Baddeck' in- less .than a month, said
Doctor Bell. Gardiner Htfbbard of Bos
ton has ordered a monoplane of the
type used by Latham from the Cana
dian aerodrome • company at • Baddeck.
There will also be tried out the Bad
deck No. 1 and No. 2, similar to the
June Bug; Doctor Bell's tetrahedral
kite, Cygnet No. 2, and his latest aero
drome.
Doctor Bell says that i%4 Is not in
terested commercially in aerodromes,
but only from a scientific point of view.
Baldwin and McCurdy, he said, have
formed the Canadian aerodrome com
pany, and, other aviators trained
by them to operate machines, they
hope to interest the Canadian govern
ment next month.
"We have made a verb of 'drome' in
Canada," he added. "We speak of a
man droming from one point- to an
other. 'Aerodrom' originated with a
professor of Greek at Johns Hopkins
university,, and comes from a Greek
word meaning air runner. We call our
machines 'dromes' — much simpler and
more correct than to speak of them as
aeroplanes. The fore and aft and lat
eral curves in the aerodromes of today
make aeroplane a misnomer. I think
we shall, all come to calling them
"dromes'."
The Wright brothers, he, said, were
doing their duty to themselves to test
their patents in the courts. He added
that he believed the courts would place
a broad construction on the claims of
the Wright brothers.
FARTHING FARES ON
THE LONDON TRAMWAYS
Experiment Bids Fair, to Prove
Popular Venture
Recently a new experiment in London
tramway fares was made on the line
which wag opened from Finchley to
Golders Green. The line Is divided up
into sections, for passing over each one
of Which the fare Is one farthing,
though the minimum charge is one
penny, says the London Globe.
Complaints have frequently been
made that if a passenger wishes to go
even a few yards over the line which
divided one penny fare from another, he
had to pay two pence, although he may
not have gone as far as the average
permy x fare in all.
This has been met on some omnibus
and tram lines by making the distances
overlapping, and in others by the insti
tution of the half penny fare, but It ap
pears that neither of'these systems has
quite met the case. •
The tendency of the day is to ride
everywhere for as little as possible, and
to avoid walking even a few -yards. The
days have long gone by since a passen
ger could refuse to ride In a two penny
bus, and say that he would walk as he
was in a hurry.
It seems hardly credible that not so
very many years ago to ride on a bus
was the mark of a city man, and that
penny fares were scouted as Impossible.
We have come down to farthing fares
and were it not that the farthing is a
coin which few people carry, the penny
minimum would no doubt be abolished.
As It Is, the minimum fare will prob
ably soon be reduced to a half penny,
for as every one now rides' for the short
est distances the lowest fare will before
long be the rule.
PILGRIMAGES TO MECCAi
J MADE PARTLY BY RAIL
Modern Methods Encroach
Upon Eastern Customs
The sun shines, the dogs bark, the
caravan passes. Under the bright sky
of the east toward the deserts of
Arabia 500 camels, to the uniform
chant, are making their way toward
Mecca. It is the traditional pilgrims'
caravan on the, way to the tomb of
Mohammed, which starts each \ year
about this time. On this occasion the
pilgrimage acquires an exceptional im
portance, for It has an illustrious pil
grim in -the; person of the khedive of
Egypt, who with the authorization of
his overlord, the sultan, is showing his
attachment to Moslemism.
Accompanied by the sacred carpet,
and a numerous company and with his
guard, .the khedive, according to a
Paris contemporary, takes the head: of
the procession. It Is a singularly pic
turesque spectacle; It seems that with
the love of -ease' the -journey : on T tho
camel's back i,s being shortened as
much aa possible, as; also the encamp
ments \ at the borders of the oases for
supplication at the hour of muezzin.
Moreover,? the pilgrims do as "much, of
the journey: as they, can by. rail. , Even
the tomb of the prophet is now lighted
by, electricity. O, temporal O, mores!
)\ It may be explained that in Moham
medan countries where the mosque has
a;towen(and where itia not at the side
of the building); the hours of muezzin
are proclaimed— that is. the hours ; of
prayer. : These hours'are dawn, n00n,;4
o'clock ;in the -afternoon, sunset; and
nightfall. - In: old days the pilgrimage
were less sybarite. ?" .'
-. The'forelgn population of Morocco ia
divided into; the : following: classes,. -In
order,/ of *:their * preponderance:/. Span
ish speaking,,, -including.; Jews^. 50,
000; French-speaking, -20,000;V; English
speaking,; 5,000; German;": speaking,'
1,000; others, , 2.000 J. ""'*- -, ~ : -'\-'-
GLAVIS AIMS BLOW
AT PRESIDENT TAFT
Says Garfield's Hostility to Coal
Lands Claimants Reason for
Losing Portfolio
Denies Malice Toward Nation's
Executive in Repeating *
Conversation
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WASHINGTON', Jan. 31. — When the
Balllnger-Plnchot investigation com
mittee adjourned late today .until next
Friday morning at 10 o'clock,- Louis R.
Glavls was still*' on '.the stand. He will
be further ijuestloneri at that -time.
Glavis .was cross examined today by
several members of the committee, the
democrats taking by far the more
prominent ;part in the questioning and
framing their Interrogations in_a way
that elicited answers tending to accen
tuate certain parts of the testimony, al
ready given by the witness.
MKTIIODS TERMED "FEEBLE"
At the close of the hearing Senator
Nelson called attention to the fact that
the committee was proceeding' "feebly"
and blindly,.as there was no one pres
ent to cross examine as the representa
tive of the other side." Personally, he
said, he had no desire to. question the
witness further. It. was thought best,
however, that Glavis remain in the city
until certain documents called for from
the interior department have arrived
and haye 1 been examined.
Senator Root moved that these docu- |
ments should be printed before being j
introduced. Attorney \u25a0 BVandeis. repre
senting Glavis and others, said that
many of the documents he had asked
for might prove- to he Irrelevant.
CRITICISES BAL,I,INGER"S ACTS
Cross examined by Senator Fletcher
of Florida, Glavis said today that Bal
linger, while commissioner of the land
office, had appeared before that com
mittee of congress and by his testi
mony had . favored a bill that would
validate all of the Alaska coal claims.
He also said that an affidavit filed Sep
tember 4, 1908, by Clarence Cunningham
had on it a backing which bore the
name of the firm with which Judge
Ballinger was connected. Glavis said
when Ballinger asked him not to pro
ceed with hi?, Investigation of the coal
claims until after election because of
the slowness of campaign contribu
tions, no one was present to overhear
the conversation.
The name of Donald A. McKenzle was
brought prominently to the inquiry this
afternoon when Glavis testified McKcn
zie had told him that the reason James
R. Garfleld was not. retained in Presi
dent Taft's cabinet as secretary of the
interior was because of his antagonism
to the Alaskan coal claimants.
MAKES OUT AFFIDAVIT
Glavis said Tie made an affidavit con
taining this interview, but denied when
questioned by Senator Root that he re
garded it as a reflection upon President
Taft or that he intended to use it as
an attack upon Taft. Glavis said he
thought the president might be inter
ested in it, and he thought also that
the affidavit would interest Garfield.
Asked what he had done with the af
fidavit he said he left one copy in the
land office at Seattle and sent the other
to the forestry bureau.
' At this afternoon's session Represen
tative Graham of Illinois and Senator
Fletcher of Florida, both democrats,
alternately took up the examination.
Glavis' attention was brought to the
fact that Saturday he had testified that
Dennett was anxious to have Influential
support to be reappointed commis
sioner of the land office. He was asked
whose support Dennett had.. \u25a0'.'•'-'.*
DENNETT'S RUMORED SUPPORTERS
"I understand he had Representatives
McKlnlay and McLachlan of California
and Representative Klncald of Ne
braska behind him," replied the wit
ness.
"Were any of these claimants under
the Cunningham group?"*
" "No; they were all in the Green
group."
The witness said he had learned also
In a letter from H. 11. Schwartz that
Senator Guggenheim also was support
ing Dennett.
Senator Fletcher took the witness
back over a large part of his testi
mony.
"What did Secretary Ballinger have
to do with the Cunningham affidavit of
September, 190S?" he asked.
"That is the one he prepared, at least,
I think he prepared it, although I don't
know of my own knowledge."
"What reason have you for believing
it?" .". ;.-fe.
"The backing opthe affidavit had the
name of Judge Ballinger's law firm on
it and Schwartz told me."
"Now, as to the conversation you had
with Ballinger when he requested you
to discontinue your investigation until
after the election, 190S, just what did
he say?" asked Senator Fletcher.
CLAIMANTS WERE ANGRY
"He didn't ask me to discontinue, for
I had not resumed. I told him I had
been detailed to take up the Alaska
coal cases again and he said he wished
I .would [ not because - men like H. C.
Cheney and C. J. Smith, who had been
liberal contributors to the campaign
fund in the past, were mad and hold
ing off because their claims had not
been patented."
"Was any*, one else present at this
conversation?" >
"No, sir. It was in the lobby of the
Portland . hotel at Portland, Ore. We
had been talking there for an hour or
more."
"When did you first- call in the" for
estry service?" Senator Fletcher next
inquired.. '
"I sent ,a telegram to Law Officer
A. C. Shaw of the forest service July
16, 1909." .
"Didn't you think it incumbent upon
you to consult "your superiors before
taking that action?"
"No, sir, not under an agreement
reached between Secretary Garfleld and
Secretary 'Wilson."
"Why did you telegraph Shaw?"
"Because . 1 ., wanted the hearings in
the Cunningham cases postponed."
"To what extent after that did the
forestry enter into the matter?"
"Shaw telegraphed me he could not
Make the Liver
Do its Duty
Nine time* in ten when the liver is right the
stomach' and bowcU are right
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GILLETT EXPLAINS^
. HIS COAL CLAIMS
... SACRAMENTO, Jnn. 81—Gov
ernor James i AT. Glllett" today
nald In connection with the t'la
"fhot-Bnllinjcer lni-eatlscatloa mat
trr, now under Invrntlxatlon at
Wimhlnicton. hl« name hnvln«
been mentioned an nmone those
' having;* necured coal land* tn
| Alankat
i "Three or four yrarn asro I pur
| clinurd throuich it _ man named
| Greene 160 «itp» for myaelf and
\ 120 acreH for my vrlfe, the claim:*
| being; 10 mile* from the Cunnlns
| hnm Kroup. Those - clainm have
; pout me 94.000 each. They are in
\Z anthracite coal, while the Cun
', uliixhnm group la bituminous
[ coal.
', : "Some time nen fve, vt lth sev
', eral others, grouped onr lands.
and formed a company, namlis
', ' It the Ala.tkun smokeless iuithru
',y cite company. And I still own.
! the claims."
come to Seattle, but sent the law offi
cer at Portland to see me. He went
over the papers with me and agreed
that a field examination was neces
sary."
"What was the name of that law
officer?" demanded Senator Nelson.
"His name was Pearce.". t>.V-<
"Do you know a Donald R. or Donald
A. McKenzie?" asked Senator Fletcher.
"Yes, sir, I think It is Donald A."
"What relation did he bear to Com
missioner Dennett and Secretary Bal
linger?"
"He was very friendly with both."
The witness then told of a conversa
tion he had with a Judge McKenxle. in
which the latter said the reason why
James R. Garfield was not In Presi
dent Taft's cabinet was because of his
antagonism to the coal claimants in
Alaska.
"Did he tell any other reasons why
Garfield was not in the cabinet?" asked
Representative Olmatead, amid laugh
ter.
"No, sir."
Senator Root here entered vigorous
ly into the examination.
"Whom did McKenzie make this
statement to?" he asked.
"To Special Agent Jones and myself.
We made an affidavit to that effect."
"Why did you make an affidavit?"
"I thought it would be worth remem
bering in the further Investigation of
these cases if we had to call McKenzie
as a witness."
FEARED MeKENZIE'S STRENGTH
Glavis said the impression McKenzie
left was that influential people op
posed to Secretary Garfleld had urged
the president not to retain Garfleld for
various reasons.
"You thought it was a boast by Mc-
KenzleJ" suggested Representative
Madison.
"I remarked to Jones that if he had
strength enough to get rid of Garfield
he could also get rid of us. too."
Glavis said he did not think McKen
zle's statement was intended in any
way as a reflection upon President
Taft.
On motion of Senator Root the for
estry service was requested to produce
the affidavit which had caused such a
flurry In the committee.
Explaining his connection with
Alaskan coal claims, as brought out in
the Ballinger-Plnchot investigation.
Representative McLuchlan of Califor
nia today mentioned Governor Giltett
and Representatives Knowland and
McKlnlay of California as being inter
ested in the proposition with himself
and Representative Kincaid of Ne
braska and a number of others.
SAYS PROPOSITION" IS LEGAL
McLachlan declared the proposition
was entirely v legal and ethical. A
dozen or more men of prominence were
Interested in what was known as the
Green group, he said. He did not re
call tne names of all of his associates.
Senator Paynter of Kentucky re
signed from the committee today and
did not attend the session. Illness \u25a0was
given as the cause for this action.
Knowland Denies Report "
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.— Although L.
H. Glavis testified today that Repre
sentative Joseph R. Knowland was in
terested in the Alaska coal claims.
Knowland tonight positively denied
having any such interest.
"The records will tell the story." he
said. "Let them look at the records.
They will not find rhy name there."
Several other members of the Cali
fornia delegation, however, say that
Knowland is interested with McKinlay
in a company formed to handle 16
claims.
Thoy say it is true that the records
are In McKinlay's name, but that
Knowland bought a half interest in
McKinlay's claim.
The Californians Vay it was a matter
of common knowledge in the delega
tion that Gillett, McLachlan, McKinlay
and Knowland were interested in the
Alaska claims and they frequently
joked about the Ballingrer-Plnchot hear
ings aad what f they might, bring forth.
McLachlan tonight Issued a statement
acknowledging that Jie has spent about
$4,000 on his claim and that he was
sorry he had invested. He referred to
a magazine statement that valued his
holdings at $1,920,000.
"The writer of that must have be
lieved what he wrote," said McLachlan.
"I will sell him my claim for what I
paid, -which will leave him a clear profit
of $1,916,000, according- to the statement
he has sent broadcast by the ton over
this continent at the rate of one cent a
pound."
Pianola Recital
This Evening at 8:30
You are cordially invited to attend a Pia-
nola Piano Recital in Kohler& Chase Hall.
The following program will be rendered:
PR O,G R A M
/Miss Ida Yon Weick, Contralto
• Mr. F. A. Briggs at the Pianola
Autumn, Etude de Concert Chuniaida An S«n Fruhliaj ..Cri«c
(AutofT»ph Interpretation }>j the Com- ( Autograph Interpretation by tho Com-
po»er) . p©»«)
CilHrhaa Air !*i. B.ii.t m. « j Album Espafzole Moszkowiki
I a *«~ iT t \u2666 • BlLUet ;----- -C**min ado (AtttegrapS Interpretation by tne Coa»-
(Autograph Interpretation by the Com- ' poser)
po»er) _ , Daybreak, Peer Gynt Suit* Ones;
La Lisonjera (The Flatterer).. Chaminade " (Autograph Interpretation by the Com-
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Ttrtr niuAT a (Autograph Interpretation by the Com-
THE "PIANOLA po«er)
An Iriih Folk Sons-.. Joote , TH3 PIANOLA
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An SilTia...... ....Bchubert Goodbye To»ti
MUs Ton Weick Misa »on Weiek
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26 P'Farrell Street Near Market Street
GIRL AT BOTTOM
OF NAVY SCANDAL
Surgeon Alleged to Have Boast*
ed of Conquest and Is As
saulted by Fiance
Paymaster and Physician Face
Court Martial at Boston
* Navy Yard
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
BOSTOX. Mass.. Jan. 31. — That Dr.
Kdward S. Cowles of Boston was aa
gaulted as well as insulted at an armory
ball at the Charlestown navy yard her*
December 11 was the charge brought
in court martial proceedinss agralnst
Paymaster Georgo P. Auld. I*. S. M..
which began at the r.avy yard today.
Miss Margaret K. Ames, daughter of
Medical Director Howard E. Ames, in
command of the naval hospital at
Chelsea, whose guests Doctor and Mrs.
Cowles were at a dance, stated in her
testimony that Paymaster Auld was
"not himself" at the time of the inci
dent, a statement wnich was generally
accepted to infer that he was under
the influence of liquor.
Doctor Robnett. who is also to ap
pear for trial before court on chargea
growing out of the armory dance, tes
tified that it was common talk that
Doctor Cowles was boasting about his
conquest of Miss Dorothy Hesler of
Chicago, daughter of the late Surgeon
Hesler, U. S. X.. and to whom It is gen
erally understood that Doctor Ilobnett
is engaged.
According to Doctor Uobnett. Doctor
Cowles was talking about having made
an impression and conquest on a navy
yard tug which took a party from the
navy yard to Fort Warren last Xo
vember.
Doctor Robnett In his testimony de
clared that Doctor Cowles* had boasted
that Miss Hesler was Infatuated wjth
him. He said that he received his in
formation of these boasts from Miss
Margaret Ames.
COLLECTS CARDS OF
FRENCH STATESMEN
Parisian Has Novel Remern-*
brance of Ministers
A member of the Institute of France
possesses a unique and historic collec
tion which had a very small beginning.
At the proclamation of the empire In
January, 1853. this gentfeman. know
ing one or two of the then ministers,
sent them his carte visite. They re
turned the compliment, and then the
idea struck him to pay a similar atten
tion to the other ministers. This h»
did, and received similar acknowledg
ment. Having his first ministry com
plete, he has kept up the custom ever
since, and has now what Cowper terms
"a faithful . remembrancer" of every
minister who has served his country
during 57 years. — London Globe.
SNAKE LIVES EIGHTEEN
MONTHS WITHOUT EATING
Reptiles Frequently Take Long
Fasts
A very jftne specimen of the non
venomous brown tree snake of Queens
land in the Sydney zoo. having refused
to take its food for eight months, the
curator resolved to try artificial feed
ing. Armed with a small glass syringe
and provided with meat extract the
curator carefully Injected the fluid
down the snake's tbroat. while a
keeper tenderly held its mouth open,
says the London Globe. When It was
charged with half an ounce of beef
extract the reptile seemed to take an
Interest in life. The curator has
known a blacksnake to go IS months
without feeding.
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