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SERIAL
STORY
The
Princess
Elopes
By HAROLD McGRATH
Author of
"The Marx or\ the Box."
"Hearts and Masks," Etc.
t SYNOPSIS.
Arthur Warrington. American consul
to Barscheit, toils how reigning Grand
Duke nttcmpts to force Ids noice. Prin
cess Hlldegurde, to marry Prince Dopple
klnn, an old widower. Warrington does
not know the princess even by sight.
While riding horseback in the country
night overtakes Idm and lie seeks accom
modations in a dilapidated castle. Here
ho finds two women and an old man
servant. One woman is Princess Hilde
garde and the other a friend, Hon. Betty
Moore, of England. They detain him to
witness a mock marriage between the
Srlncess and a dlsgruced nrmy officer.
teinbock, done for the purpose of foiling
the grand duke. Stcinbock attempts to
kiss the princess and she is rescued by
Warrington. Stelnbock disappears for
good. Max Seliarfenstein, an old Ameri
can friend of Warrington's readies Bar
■clieit. Warrington tells him of the prin
cess. Scharfenstein shows Warrington
a locket with a picture of a woman in
aide. It was on Ids neck when he, as a
boy, was picked up und adopted by Ills
foster father, whose name he was given.
He believes It to be a picture of Ills
mother. The grund duke announces to
the princess that she is to marry Dopple
kinn the following week. During a morn
ing’s ride she plans to escape. She meets
Scharfenstein. He finds a purse she has
dropped but does not discover her iden
tity.
CHAPTER VII.
"The one fault I have to find with
European life is the poor quality of
tobacco used.”
It was eight o’clock, Thursday night,
the night of the dinner at Muller's. I
was dressing when Max entered, with
a miserable cheroot between his teeth.
"They say,” he went on, “that in
Russia they drink the finest tea in the
world, simply because it is brought
overland and not by sea. Unfortunate
ly, tobacco —we Americans recognize
no leaf as tobacco unless It comes
from Cuba —has to cross the sea, and
is. In some unaccountable manner,
weakened In the transit. There are
| worse cigars in Germany than in
* France, and I wouldn’t have believed
it possible, if 1 had not gone to the
trouble of proving It. Fine country!
For a week I’ve been trying to smoke
the German quality of the weed, as a
preventive, but I see I must give it up
on account of my throat. My boy, I
have news for you,”—tossing the che
root into the grate.
"Fire away,” said I, struggling with
a collar.
"I have a box of Havanas over at
the custom house that I forgot to bail
out."
"No!” said I joyfully. A Havana,
and one of Scharfenstein’s!
"I’ve an idea that they would go
well with the dinner. So, if you don’t
mind, I’ll trot over and get ’em.”
"He sure and get around to Muller’s
at half-past eight, then,” said I.
"I’ll be there.” He knew where to
find the place.
Muller’s rathskeller was the rendez
vous of students, officers and all those
persons of quality who liked music
with their meat. The place was low
ccilinged, but roomy, and the ventila
tion was excellent, considering. The
smoke never got so thick that one
couldn’t see the way to the door when
the students started in "to clean up
the place,” to use the happy idiom of
mine own country. There were mar
ble tables and floors and arches
and light, cane-bottomed chairs from
V Kohn’s. It was at once Bohemian and
Ik cosmopolitan, and, once inside, it was
easy to imagine oneself In Vienna. A
Hungarian orchestra occupied an in
closed platform, and every night the
wail of the violin and the pom-pom of
the wool-tipped hammers on the Hun
garian "piano” might be heard.
It was essentially a man’s place of
entertainment; few women ever had
the courage or the inclination to enter.
In America it would have been the
fashion; but in the capital of Barscheit
the women ate in the restaurant above,
which was attached to the hotel, and
depended upon the Volksgarten band
for their evening’s diversion.
You had to order your table hours
ahead —that is, if you were a civilian.
If you wero lucky enough to be an of
ficer, you wero privileged to take any
vacant chair you saw. But heaven aid
you if you attempted to do this not be
ing an officer! In Barscheit there were
also many unwritten laws, and you
were obliged to observe these with all
the fidelity and attention that you gave
to the enameled signs. Only the mili
tary had the right to request the or
chestra to repeat a piece of music.
Sometimes the lieutenants, Beized with
that gay humor known only to cubs,
would force the orchestra In Muller's
to play the Hungarian war song till
the ears cried out In pain. This was
always the case when any Austrians
happened to be present. But ordinari
ly the crowds were good-natured, bois
terous, but orderly.
It was here, then, that I had ar
ranged to give my little dinner. The
had agreed—for a liberal tip
to play "The Star-spangled Banner,"
und there was a case of Doppelkinn’t
sparkling Moselle. I mar as well staU
right here that we neither heard our
national anthem nor drank the vintage.
You will soon learn why. I can laugh
now, I can treat the whole afTair with
becoming levity, but at the time I
gained several extra gray hairs.
If the princess hadn’t turned around
and if Max hadn’t wanted that box of
Havanas!
When I arrived at Muller’s I found
my boys in a merry mood. They were
singing softly from “Robin Hood” with
fine college harmony, and as I entered
they swarmed about me like so many
young dogs. Truth to tell, none of
them was under 20, and tw'o or three
were older than myself. But to them
l represented official protection for
whatever they might do. I assumed
all the dignity I dared. I had kept
Scharfenstein’s name b»ck as a sur
prise.
Ellis —for whom I had the passports
—immediately struck me as being so
nearly like Max that they might easily
have been brothers. Ellis was slight
er; that was all the difference. I gave
him his papers and examined his tick
ets. All was well; barring accidents,
he would be in Dresden the next day.
“You go through Doppelldnn, then?”
said I.
“Yes. I have friends in Dresden
wiiom I wish to see before going
home.”
“Well, good luck to you!”
Then I announced that Max Schar
fensteiu, an old college comrade, would
join us presently. This was greeted
with hurrahs. At that time there
wasn’t an American student w’ho did
not recollect Max’s great run from the
ten-yard line. (But where the deuce
was Max?) I took a little flag from
my pocket and stuck it into the vase
of poppies, and the boys clapped their
hands. You never realize how beauti-
"He Tranquilly Pulled Out a Murderous-Looking Colt and Laid It Betide
His Plate.”
ful your flag is till you see it In a for
eign land. I apologized for Max’s ab
sence, explaining the cause, and or
dered dinner to be served. We hadn’t
much time, as Ellis’ train departed at
ten. It was now a quarter of nine.
We had come to the relishes when
a party of four officers took the table
nearest us. They hung up their sabers
on the wall-pegs, and sat down, order
ing a bottle of light wine. Usually
there were five chairs to the table, but
even if only two were being used no
one had the right to withdraw one of
the vacant chairs without the most
elaborate apologies. This is the law of
courtesy in Barscheit. In America it
is different; if you see anything you
want, take it.
Presently one of the officers —I knew
none of them save by sight—rose and
approached. He touched the flag In
solently and inquired what right it had
in a public restaurant in Barscheit.
Ordinarily his question would not have
been put without some justification.
But he knew very well who I was and
what my rights were in this instance.
“Herr Lieutenant,” said I coldly,
though my cheeks were warm enough,
“I represent that flag in this country,
and I am accredited with certain priv
ileges, as doubtless you are aware.
You will do me the courtesy of return
ing to your own table.” I bowed.
He glared at me for a brief period,
then turned on his heel. This was the
first act in the play. At the fellow’s
table sat Lieut, von Storcr, Doppel
kinn’s nephew and heir-presumptive.
He was, to speak plainly, a rake, a
spendthrift and wholly untrustworthy.
He was not ill-looking, however.
My spirits floated between anger
and the fear that the officers might
ruin the dinner —which they eventual
ly did.
Things went on smoothly for a time.
The orchestra was pom-pommlng the
popular airs from "Faust.” (Where
the deuce was that tow-headed Dutch
man?) Laughter rose and fell; the
clinkle of glass was heard; voices
called. And then Max came In, look
ing as cool as you please, though I
could read by his heaving chest that
ha-had been sprinting up back streets.
The boys crowded him. and
there was much ado over the laggard.
Unfortunately the waiter had forgot
ten to bring a chair for his plate. With
a genial smile on his face. Max inno
cently stepped over to the officers’
table and plucked forth the vacant
chair. For a wonder the officers ap
peared to give this action no heed,
and I was secretly gratified It was
something to be a consul, after all.
But I counted my chickens too early.
"Where are the cigars?’’ I asked as
Max sat down complacently.
"Cigars?"—blankly. “Hang me. I’ve
clean forgotten them!” And then, ob
livlous of the probable storm that was
at that moment gathering for a down
pour over his luckless head, he told us
the reason of his delay.
“There was a crowd around the pal
ace.” he began. "It seems that the
Princess Hlldegarde has run away, and
they believe that she has ridden to
ward the Pass in a closed carriage.
The police are at this very moment
scouring the country in that direction.
Shw has eloped.”
"Eloped?” we all cried, being more
or less familiar with the state of af
fairs at the palace.
“Good-by to Doppelkinn’s frau!”
"Good girl!”
"She hgs been missing since seven
o’clock, when she drove away on the
pretense of visiting her father’s old
steward, who is ill,” went on Max, feel
ing the importance of his news. “They
traced her there. From the steward’s
the carriage was driven south, and
that’s the last seen of her. There
won’t be any wedding at the cathedral
next Tuesday,”—laughing.
Queries and answers were going
crisscross over the table, when I ob
served with dread that Lieut, von
Storer had risen and was coming our
way. He stopped at Max’s side. Max
looked up to receive Von Storer’s
glove full on the cheek. It was no gen
tle stroke. Von Storer at once re
turned to his table and sat down.
For a moment we were all absolute
ly without power of motion or of
speech. Max’s face grew as white as
the table-cloth, and the print of the
glove glowed red against the white. I
was horrified, for 1 knew his tremen
dous strength. If he showed fight. Von
Storer would calmly saber him. It
was the custom. But Max surprised
me. He was the coolest among us.
but of that quality of coolness which
did not reassure me. He took up his
story where he had left off and finished
it. For his remarkable control 1 could
have taken him In my arms and hugged
him.
The officers scowled, while Von
Storer bit his mustache nervously.
The American had ignored his insult.
Presently he rose again and ap
proached. He thrust a card under
Max’s nose.
“Can you understand that?" ho
asked contemptuously.
Max took the card, ripped it into
quarters and dropped these to the
floor. Then, to my terror and the ter
ror of those with me, he tranquilly
pulled out a murderous looking Colt
and laid it beside his plate. He went
on talking, but none of us heard a
word he said. We were fearfully wait
ing to see him kill some one or be
killed.
No one was killed. The officers hur
riedly took down their sabers ami
made a bee-Mne for the door of which
I have spoken.
Max returned the revolver to his
hip-pocket and gave vent to an Hom
eric laugh.
"You tow-hended Dutchman!’ I
cried, when I found voice for my
words, "what have you done?”
"Done? Why, It looks as if we had
all the downs this half,” ho replied
smartly. "Oh, the gun Isn’t loaded,” —
confidentially.
Ellis fumbled In his pocket and pro
duced his passports and tickets. These
he shoved over to Max.
CTO BE CONTINUED.)
JURY IN LAND FRAUD CASES.
Trial of Cases in Southwestern Colo
rado to Be Held in Denver
and Pueblo. w-
Denver.—That so many residents
of Montezuma, Archuleta, Huerfano,
La Plata and Las Animas counties
were indirectly or directly involved
in land frauds that it was impossible
to Becure among them unprejudiced
juries to try defendants for these
crimes in a manner fair to the govern
ment was the statement of govern
ment officials, which was upheld by
Judge in the Federal Court Mon
day when the motion for a change of
venue in the cases of John A. Pprter
and others indicted with him came up
for argument.
Affidavits of secret service men in
troduced declared that inasmuch as
there were about 1,500 land cases in
those sections of the state, with the
entrymen who gave their services in
securing the land, together with other
witnesses, there are at least 20,000 or
30,000 people connected with the
frauds in the live counties named.
They explained that only a small
percentage of these were criminally :
connected and that the majority of the J
balance were law abiding citizens, but i
unconsciously, through their friend
ship or relationship with the men in
dicted, could not help being prejudiced
against the government. An effort was
made to have Pueblo and Fremont
counties included in the list where the
citizens should be barred from the
privilege of serving as jurors, but
Judge Lewis announced that he was
not certain as to them and would not
hand down any decision in regard to
them until he had made further inves
tigation.
Porter and his fellow defendants
wanted the two cases in which they
figure moved to Pueblo for trial. Their
attorney, John M. Waldron, argued
that if the cases were tried here, the
witnesses and defendants would prac
tically come among strangers and
that the constitution guaranteed them
the right to be tried in their own lo
calities. Judge Lewis agreed with him
in this, but also considered the sig
nificant allegations made by Special
Assistant Attorney General Knabel
and the secret service agents.
"I don’t care anything about the
comfort of the court or the witnesses,"
said Judge Lewis waiving aside other
arguments. "What we are more con
cerned with is getting a jury to give
the men and the government both an
impartial hearing. As to the objections
against Pueblo, I think it is a pretty
comfortable town.”
He then announced that to be fair
to both sides he would allow one of
the cases to he tried in Denver and
the other in Pueblo. He gave the at
torneys until four o’clock to decide
among them which should be tried in
Denver and which in Pueblo. It was
agreed to have the individual caße
against Porter alone tried here, and
the other, in which he is indicted with
Coppinger, Bagby and others, in
Pueblo.
Judge Lewis ordered United States
District Attorney Cranston to prepare
the coal land, timber, mining and
other frauds passed upon by the last
grand Jury for immediate trial. The
jury for these cases, he said, has been
summoned for December IGtli. The
motions to quash and for change of
venue filed by some of the defendants
in these will come up immediately for
argument and be disposed of as fast
as possible.
ODD FELLOWS ARE COMING.
Sovereign Grand Lodge Will r/leet in
Denver Next Year.
Denver. —The Sovereign Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows is the supreme
governing body of that organization
for the world and is to hold its next
session in Denver in September. 1908.
Already committees have been organ
ized to prepare for the entertainment
of that organization at that time, and
considerable of the money necessary
for its entertainment has been raised.
This organization is undoubtedly
one of the greatest benevolent organ
izations in the world. It has a mem
bership of nearly one and one-half mil
lions, and distributed In relief during
the year of 190 G, more than $4,500,000
, The distribution of this relief is so
well organized that it is accomplished
with a small expenditure of money and
almost no loss through dishonesty or
the application of the relief to un
! worthy persons. In Colorado the mem
bership is about 12,500 and there was
paid, In actual relief during the past
year, about $40,000. In addition to
this, the order in Colorado is accumu
lating a fund for a homo, and there is
already in this fund $3G,000.
The month of December will be one
of unusual activity on account of the
election of the grand officers in Colo
rado. On the fiist meeting night of
December, in the several lodges of the
state, ballots are cast for the grand j
master, deputy graud master, grand
warden, grand secretary and grand
treasurer. There Is only one nominee
for each of the offices of grand master, j
deputy grand master, and grand treas
urer. For the office of grand secre
tary there are two nominees, Dr. J. M.
Norman, the present incumbent, and
Past Grand Master David F. Ackerman
of Denver. This contest is one of un
usual Interest because the result will
determine a matter of policy in the
conduct of the office of grand secre
tary. One of the candidates, Mr. Acker
man, has announced that he will de
vote his entire time to the duties of
the office and if he is elected, an in
novation in the practice heretofore
existing will be the result.
The candidates for grand warden
are Mr. J. E. Snook of Greeley, Colo
rado. and Lucius W. Hoyt, a prominent
attorney of Denver and Dean of the
' aw Department of the University of
Denver. Mr. Hoyt Is also the author
*■ Hoyt’s Direct of the Laws of the
irder for Colorado.
MANIAC IN ALAMOSA HOTEL
Kills One Person and Wounds Three
Others Before He is Him
self Killed.
Denver. —A News special from Ala
mosa Monday says: Basillo Rodriguez,
a government range rider, became a
raving maniac in the Palmer hotel
here at o o'clock this morning and
after slashing his own throat with a
knife killed C. B. Anderson, another
transient guest, and wounded three
others before he himself was killed by
Marshal John Baumaster. Leonard
Nation. J. W. Craig and George Bo
hen, the three men hurt as the re
sult of the rampage of the insane
man, are not seriously injured.
In the pocket of the dead man was
this note:
"If anything happens to me while
on the road, I ask pardon from God
for my conduct. It makes me crazy
w’hen I think of the disgrace it has
brought on my brothers and sisters. I
am more insane today than ever. I
ask forgiveness from my brothers and
others whom I have offended. I have
about $35 and this check (meaning a
government check) from the govern
ment amounting to $22.”
Rodriguez was on his way to Espa
lioza, New Mexico, and arrived in Ala
-1 mosa Sunday night. He ate his sup
i per in a chile parlor and when he
I made inquiry was directed to the
I Palmer House for lodgings. At 5
o’clock this morning ho arose, slashed
his own throat, upset the lighted
lamp, set fire to the carpet and rushed
into the hall yelling like a wild man.
He broke into room No. 4, with
blood gushing from the wound in his
throat, and began slashing at Leonard
Nation and J. W. Craig, occupants of
the room, with his knife, while they
lay in bed. Nation was cut in the
knee and foot while kicking at the
crazy Burn. Craig was cut in the face,
arm and neck before he finally got a
chair and knocked the maniac to the
floor. The two then escaped into the
hall in their night clothes. Rodriguez
rushed Into the hall, which was full
by this time of roomers who, clad only
in their night clothes, were escaping
from the fire. The madman encoun
tered Anderson as he was about to
descend the stairs, and with one
sweep of his knife severed his jugular
vein. Anderson fell down the stairs
and his neck was broken.
An unknown man was next encoun
tered bv the murderer, but the pugi
listic ability of this man proved his
salvation, as Rodriguez went to his
knees from a right-hand swing to the
Jaw and the other made good his es
cape. The next man to feel the steol
at the hands of the demoniacal slayer
was George Bohen. who received
slashes in the face, shoulder and back
before he could escape. Another
roomer, whose name could not be
! learned, floored the crazy man with a
water pitcher as he rushed at him.
The next room entered by the mur
derer xvas unoccupied, but his bloody
trail led to the unoccupied bed. He
then went into the hall and with a
chair tried to batter down the door
of the man who hit him with a pitcher.
Marshal John Baumaster arrived and
rushed up stairs. The Mexican quit
battering at the door and attacked the
marshal with a chair in one hand and
a knife in the other. The marshal
emptied his revolver at his assailant,
three bullets taking effect, two in the
shoulder and one in the left breast,
but Rodriguez did not fall and closed
in on the marshal. The officer struck
his opponent over the head with his
weapon and crushed his skull, putting
: an end to the worst tragedy that has
ever occurred In Alamosa.
C. B. Anderson, who was killed,
was an engineer recently employed at
the Biggs Lumber Company at Edith.
; New Mexico, and his family Is now
I :>n the way from lowa to meet him at
Alamosa. He was sixty years old.
Fettlbone Trial.
Denver. —A special dispatch from
Rathdrum. Idaho, November 2Gth.
savs: Empaneling of a jury to try
George A. Pettibone on the charge of
being implicated in the murder of
Frank Steunenberg, former governor,
who w'as killed with a bomb December
30. 1905, will begin at 9:30 tomorrow
morning, the case has been held off
pending conclusion of the Adams trial
at Rathdrum, so that Attorneys J. H.
Hawley and C. S. Darrow’ could be
present. Judge Fremont Wood an
nounced today he would wait no
longer than tomorrow morning, noti
fying County Prosecutor Vanduvn that
examination of jurors would then be
gin. Hawley and Darrow are expected
to ft** on hand tomorrow. Most of the
other attorneys were present in court
today. Senator Borah is not expected
until after Congress has convened.
Pioneer Journalist Marries.
Denver. —Halsey M. Rhoads, speoia.
agent for the United States Agricul
tural Department, and proprietor of
the Rocky Mountain Herald, stole a
march on his friends Tuesday and was
married at Cheyenne to Miss Mart a E.
V. Coldren of this city. The ceremony
was performed by Judge R. N. Mil'son
of the District Court. The couple *.c
turned to Denver in the evening. At
the home of the grcom at 3026 Wyan
j dot street, tlieir friends were gathered
l to receive them.
Mr. Rhoads’ duties take him to Utah
! and Wyoming. On his return to Chey
j enne from a trip to the former state he
; and Miss Cold ren agreed to meet there
j to have the marriage performed.
Mr. Rhoads is an old resident ot‘ Den
! ver and one of the pioneer newspaper
men of Colorado. His bride has lived
i here for fifteen or twenty years and is
j a well known singer.
Fee Law Held Invalid.
Greeley.—An important ruling was
made by Judge Nixon in the County
Court Tuesday’in the case of the Rich
ardson Dry Goods Company of St. Jo
seph, Missouri, against Deck Woods.
The judge ruled that the state law re
quiring foreign corporations to tender
fees to the secretary of state before
they brought suit In any state other
than their own was unconstitutional in
terference with the Interstate com
merce law. The defense established
its case on the fact that the dry goods
company had not complied with the
law, but a Judgment was given in favor
of It for $1,051.
PROGRESS OF
THE BIG CANAL
OVER FORTY-EIGHT MILLION DOL«
LARS EXPENDED BY THE
GOVERNMENT.
REPORTOFCOMMISSION
WORK CAN BE BETTER DONE BY
UNCLE SAM THAN BY
CONTRACTORS. \
Washington.—Full details of the
work done in Panama canal during tha
fiscal year 1907 with a showing of what
has been accomplished since the pro
ject has been in American hands, are
disclosed in the annual report of tha
isthmian canal commission Just mada
public.
It is the first report made of opera
tions on the isthmus since construc
tion work lias been in charge of army
engineers. Aside from the $50,000,000
paid to the French company and to
Panama, an aggregate of $48,285,110
has been expended by the government
on the project adopted by Congress,
and which it was estimated by the
board of consulting engineers would
ultimately cost $139,705,200. This es
timate did not include sanitation and
expenses cf the zone government,
water works, sewers and paving in
Panama and Colon and the re-equip
ment of the Panama railroad.
There is no reference in the report
to the proposition which has been
brought forward to extend the width of
the locks to 110 feet so as to accom
modate without difficulty the extreme
breath in the development of ship
building, and this will be made the
subject of a special statement from
the commission. A strong position is
taken favorable to continuation of the
policy of doing the work by hired in
stead of by contract labor, a step at
one time seriously considered by the
administration and many arguments
are presented to justify the commis
sion in its conclusion that the canal
can be built better, cheaper and more
quickly by the government. On this
the report says:
“Omitting profits derived from sub
sistence and general stores, and as
suming the hours of labor the same
in both cases, it stands to reason that
the government, when warranted in
making the necessary outlay for plant,
can do work cheaper than a contrac
tor. for no question of profits enters
into consideration.
"The question of government work
versus contract in connection with the
Panama canal has been discussed, and
a conclusion reached in favor of the
latter method because of certain
stated advantages that are claimed
to result.
"It is claimed that contractors have
under their control and at their dis
posal trained labor forces, and that by
a combination of such forces, through
an association of contractors, team
work will result, thereby accomplish
ing the desired end more quickly. As
a matter of fact, conditions seldom
enable a contractor to maintain in
tact his entire organization on one
piece of work for transfer to another;
the completion of a job means the dis
banding of the force and though new
work may bring to him some of his old
men, a new organization must in each,
case be perfected.
"The Panama canal presents a piece
of work unprecedented in magnitude,
which must be done under conditions
entirely different from similar classes
of work in the United States. The
work naturally divides itself Into
dredging, dry excavation, the con
struction of the locks and dams, and
the construction of the new Panama
railroad.
"There Is no contractor or syndi
cate of contractors that by any com
bination could bring to the Isthmus
an organization ready for team work
on any of these units. While it Is pos
sible for several contractors to com
bine forces, assuming that a sufficient
number of men can be gotten together
in that way, there still remains the
necessity for whipping this force into
shape in order to secure an organiza
tion that will produce the team work
6o advantageous in the accomplish
ments of results.
"From the United States the supply
of labor is the same whether the work
he done by contract or by the govern
ment. and the character of the labor
must he the same. So long as work
is plentiful the dread of the tropics
will deter men from seeking work
here In preference, and this is equally
applicable to the contractor and the
government. An adequate supply of
labor from the United States Is not
possible, and recourse must be had
to securing it abroad. The records
here show that no contractor can even
attempt to recruit labor in the West
Indies, and that great opposition will
develop to any recruiting by author
ized agents of the commission if the
labor procured is turned over to con
tractors. These island governments
cannot he blamed for their hostility
toward the latter, because of their ex
perience under the French, which
left an indelible impression through
out the West Indies.
“A representative of the Italian gov
ernment has recommended to the au
thorities that Italian labor be per
mitted here for employment under the
commission, but he is not favorably
inclined to the control of such labor
being vested with a contractor.
"Experience has shown that con
tinuity of construction is more apt to
result In cases where the government
undertakes the task than when it is
turned over to contractors.”
Sanitation, upon which so much de
pends for the comfort and health of
the employes, is treated of in the re
port, a statement is made of what has
been done and the declaration made
that there was no yellow fever orig
inating on the isthmus during tho
year.