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KeqHlem Mass at Washington.
WASHINGTON, July 23. Monsignore
Falconlo, apostolic delegate to the United
states, today presided at a soiemn ponu
flctl requiem mass celebrated at St
AIovbIus " Church In commemoration of
Podo JLieo.
RFM
II S ET
l r- r.
Leos runerai m bt
Peter's Saturday.
WILL READ BY CARDINALS
He Leaves All but a Few
Articles to the Church.
CANVASS FOR THE SUCCESSION
Monsijgnore O'Connell Leaves Rome
Wkeu'AccBJsed of Electioneering
Gibbons Puts Forward Richard
of Paris Against Rnmfiollo.
The funeral of Pope Leo has been set
for Saturday evening: at 8 o'clock, but
may be held today, owing to the rapid
decay of tho body.
The whole day yesterday the people
were allowed to view the body in St.
Peter's.
The presence of Italian troops aa
guards is taken as significant of grow
ing friendliness between tho Vatican
and Qulrlnal.
Monsignore O'Connell. rector of the
Catholic University at Washington, has
left Rome in consequence- of the pub
lished statement that he was canvass
ing for Cardinal Gibbons.
It Is stated that Cardinal Gibbons has
united the French cardinals, against
Cardinal Bampolla and in support of
Cardinal Richard, of Paris.
Pope Leo's will was opened yesterday,
fie leaves -all to the church . except a
few presents to relatives and his doc
tors. .
(By Marquis de Castellaae.)
ROUE, July 23. Special cablegram.)
Interregnum Secretary del Val informs
mo that the pope's funeral will be Satur
day-evening at 8. This decision was made
today, but may ho changed if circum
stances necessitate. Owing to certain
physical facts, the funeral may occur even
earlier. The temporary .burial will be In'
thn 1 ft ,naw,Wah 'Ytsterfs. near the. n-
trance if Jth'6 cupola. Here iSe Jib'dTwlIr
remain until placed in the tomb in the
else of St. John Lateran, opposite the
tomb of the famous medieval pope. Inno
cent III.
Monsignore del Val said that Immediate
ly preceding the temporary burial the
clergy and canons of St Peter's will chant
the vespers for the dead, assisted by the
cardinals. Tho ceremony of absolution
will be pronounced by the archpriest of
St Peter's, Cardinal Rampolla. Perosl
will direct the sacred music
Americans Crowd Into Home.
Rome la filling up with Italian noble
men who are coming to tne xunerai.
Many Americans are arriving. Forty
American women touring Italy arrived to
day. Among the visitors at the Vatican
today were Eugene Kelly, of New York,
with Mr. Onahan, of Chicago. Both are
Chamberlains of the Cape and Sword, a
dignity conferred upon them by Leo.
They wore a medieval costume of velvet
consisting of knickerbockers, silk stock
ings, silver-buckled shoes, belt and sword.
with a large white ruff about the neck
and with a short cape.
Ninety students of the American Col
lege, headed by Rector Kennedy, went In
procession to St Peter's to view tho body.
They wore black cassocks -with purple
sash. The Qulrlnal soldiers lfnlng the
thoroughfares looked on admiringly while
the officials of the Vatican on guard in
side made way for the Americans.
Rector O'Connell in Exile.
The published statement that Rector
O'Connell of the Washington University,
was here canvassing for Cardinal Gibbons
compels him to leave' Rome. He will not
return until the pope Is elected. He Is ac
companied In his temporary exile by Dr.
Orannan, head of the theological faculty.
The pontifical tailors . have made- three
white papal cassocks, one for -a short, one
for a medium and one for a -tallyman.
They will be introduced 'secretly InttShe
conclave, so that wfrajcrver be the stature
of the cardinal electjhe will have arcss
sock ready immcdiatejyr' ;'
The statement thjQreglla has been
stricken with paraljft&pir' any otherj'll
ness Is untrue. Itas- Inspired bythe
Qulrlnal, which feariSt determined .will
In the event of his election.
PEOPLE SEE THE DEAD POPE.
Great Crowd, at St. rotor's Leo Let
His Property to Gharcb.
ROME, July 23.-Vrom sunrise today un
til sunset thousands of people passed be
fore the bier of Leo XHI. lying in state
In the basilica of St Peter's. It was orig
inally Intended that this opportunity to
view the body should run through threes
days, hut tonight the Associated Press
representative learns that it is likely to
be curtailed and that the funeral may be
held on Friday Instead of Saturday night
owing to the evidence that decomposition
is setting In. This is due to today's se
vere heat, from which no embalming could
perfectly protect the body.
The Impression of those who today
passed before the gates of St Peter's to
view the body was one of Intense pity
combined with a certain sense of horror.
The body was tilted up on the catafalque
In order that all might see the terribly
shrunken face. An ordinary skull In
frame of gold lying In the midst of a mass
of red robes could scarcely have been
more typical of death.
Except at sunrise, when the 'crush
threatened a panic, all those who wished
It "had an opportunity of entering St
Peters. During the day many of those
who passed In stopped before the cata
falque to say a quiet prayer. Hundreds of
women and even some of the men carried
children In'thelr arms.
Ckarclt ana State Friendly.
An important political factor was Intro
duced Into the ceremony by the entrance
Into St Peter of Italian soldiers, who re
mained there throughout the day to pre
serve order. Their presence there In such
a capacity, unprecedented in the history
of -modern Italy, Is Important as an Indi
cation df better relations between the
government and Vatican, as it was by the
consent, Jf'not by th6 desire, of the Vat
ican authorities, that they employed
troops of the Qulrlnal In papal territory.
Another feature that Is causing com
ment along the same lines la that Cardinal
Oreglia, in receiving1 a group of the city
fathers of Rome, who represent every
party, charged them to thank also their
Liberal colleagues for the many manifes
tations of sympathy" which they showed
during the illness of the pope. The card
inal, continuing his conversation. Indi
cated special satisfaction over similar
manifestations coming from several con
stituent bodies of the kingdom of Italy,
such as communal councils and provincial,
deputations, including that of Rome,
which Is presided over by Prince Felice
Borghez.
"It Is an excellent tribute," exclaimed
the cardinal, "which, no one would have
Imagined 25 years ago."
Will Reassert Claims.
In this connection additional Interest at
taches to today's meeting of the congrega
tion of cardinals", which appointed Mon
slgnore Pifferl, as confessor of the con
clave, a commltteo to undertake the ar
rangements of the conclave and selected
other officials, such as tho physicians who
will attend them during their seclusion.
The most important subject before the
meeting, however, was a proposition pre
sented by Cardinal Oreglia to send a note
to the dlplomaUc body accredited to tho
holy see for the purpose of representing
to the powers the condition of the papacy
since the loss of its temporal power and
the transfer of the capital of tho Italian
government to Home. Trom what leaks
out It appears that the proposition pro
voked considerable discussion and that
Cardinals Steinesuber, Mathleu and Vlvesy
Tuto favored the dispatch of a most ener
getic note concerning the question of re
claiming the papal" rights. Cardinals
Agliardl and Seraflnb Vannutelll, on the
contrary,, advocated, a milder "wording of
this document, which, they contended,
should maintain Jehitstorical pretensions
of the holy see, "but In temperate lan
guage. The majority of the congregation
decided to pursue a milder course and
entrusted Cardinal -Merry del Val with the
duty of drawing up the document for sub
mission to another meeting of the congre
gation. The note, when approved, will be
presented to the dlplomaUc body, signed
by Cardinals Oreglia, Macchl and Netto,
deans of the three orders Into which the
sacred college Is divided.
A committee consisting of Cardinals
CasalL Macchi A Stella Volpe -wan ap-
JLappoHr hd P"e?eiraiio.' 'sc srslSrfl-.i
ieatsor vagiau ana a druggist were- &b
nucntt uie caroinais wnue they
are sntit, up. Flnnlly, the cardinals ap
pointed a committee to receive the case
containing the papal treasure from the
congregation of briefs, whose- workf Is.
suspended Until a new popo is elected., ahd
to receive the papal seals from the apos
tolic chancellory.
Leaves AH to the Chnrch.
The will of Leo XIII was opened todav
at the congregatlon,of cardinals. It was
the intention of the cardinals to maintain
the strictest secrecy concerning its con
tents, but it is learned that It com
prises 36 sheets In the handwriting of -the
late pope, except additions evidently made
in his later years when the pope found
consiaerabie difficulty in writing, owing
to the trembling of his hand, which was
so pronounced before his death that he
was obliged to hold his right hand with
his left when he made his si
The earlier portions of the testament In
clude the recommendation which the tes
tator addressed to his executors, Cardi
nal Rampolla. Mocennl and Cretonl. on
the best way to continue the religious im
pulse given to tho church as well as the
policy followed by the holy see during
later years'.
The document then enumerates Ail tho
property which Leo possessed and pro
vides that it shall all go to his successor
for the benefit of the church, including
even the presents, which might perhaps
be considered personal rather than gifts
to the pontiffs as such. The money
which the popo left Is in a closed safe
in his bedroom, the keys having been
given to different persons mentioned, in.
the will. . -. '
To the members of his family, the pope
left a present for each to be chosen from
the valuable objects in his apartments
and similar gifts were bequeathed to
his doctors. All the land purchased and
buildings erected for institutions per
sonally founded by Leo are put in the
name of tho holy see to avoid possible
claims from relatives, as the popo prob
ably remembered that some time after
the death of Plus IX. the hitter's neph
ews Instituted a suit against the church,
claiming 15,000 francs as their portion of
the estate. The wilL ends by provid
ing that his remains shall be hurled in
the basilica cf St John Lateran in the
tomb which he had already chosen.
GIBSONS HAS A CANDIDATE.
Combines French Vote on Cardinal
Richard, of Paris.
PARIS, July 23. The Rome correspon
dent of the Paris edition of the Herald
telegraphs that if Cardinal Rampolla Is
not elected it will be due to the action of
Cardinal Gibbons, who. It Is asserted In
Vatican circles, remained In Paris in order
to unite the French cardinals against him.
The torrespondent further asserts that
Cardinal Gibbons has succeeded In uniting
the French cardinals around Cardinal
Richard, archbishop of Paris, with a view
or supporting a candidate whose policy
will he a .reaction against that Of the late
pontiff.
He also says that the alliance will en
deavor at the conclave to enforce a claim
that tne new pope transform the sacred
college into a true International Institu
tion. .
Cardinal Richard visited President Lou
bet and Premier. Delcasse yesterday and
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E
Bankers of Washington
Meet at Everett.
A. L MILLS' FINE ADDRESS
"Duties of a Banker" Is the
Subject of His Paper.
STATISTICS SHOW INCREASE
Edward O. Graves, of Seattle, and
Theodore Oilman, of New Yorlc,
Present Divergent Views on
the Currency Question.
Mr. A. L. Mills says the chief duties
of a banker are:
First To safeguard the funds in
trusted to bis care.
Second To facilitates the commerce
of the community.
Third To earn adequate dividends
for his stockholders.
Fourth To act as & conservative ele
ment in the community, and to aid in
molding public opinion.
WHATCOM, Wash., July 23. (Staff cor
respondence.) Finance in all Its phases
was discussed at length at the eighth an
nual session of the Washington Stato
Bankers' Association, which began pro
ceedings here today. To be sure, some of
the bankers who read very interesting pa
pers crossed firo on tho matter of adding
elasticity to our currency system, but
the difference of opinion only added inter
est to the discussion.
Thanks to the untiring efforts of Secre
tary P. C. Kauffman, of Tacoma, the
meeting today was attended by a larger
number of Washington bankers than have
been present at any previous meeting.
Nearly 90 per cent of the financial Institu
tions of the state were represented here
today, with several Oregon and. Idaho
bankers helping to swell the crowd. The
hayen, . and. eyerythlng that can AdU to
Ufelr-'DleasurS and comfott
V J5f oDTg WJfc
Aiicrtne cemvenuon with emiee xo oraorttt-4
Msornltig Mayor Bennet ot' Whiklg0
this
com," delivered an address of welcome; to
which A. F. Albertson, of Tacoma, re
sponded. Hon. Miles C. Moore, presi
dent of the association, then delivered the
annual -address, In It presenting statistics
showing that on January L 1S03, 145 banks
were doing business in the "state, as
against 124 January 1, 1902. Of the former
thefe were on January 1, 1903 s
Capital -
and .
Surnlus. DeDoslts.
1 National banks ?5,7,2SO $34;52S)10
6S state names 2,563,790 17,C5L100
41 private banks 85O.30O 3,234,670
Total3 19,428,330 $54,S14,6S0
Stock and Deposit Increase.
The above shows an increase of 1 per
cent in stock and surplus and 29 per cent
increase in deposits. In addition to the
above there are four branches of foreign
banks, the capital stock and deposits of
which are not Included in tne above. He
followed these statistics with on eloquent
tribute to tho enterprise and worth of
the Washington banker.
Following the president's address came
the report of Secretary KaufTman an In
teresting document which reflected the
painstaking efforts of the most active
worker In tho association. George B.
Burke, of Falrhaven, delivered a witty
address on the resources of this portion
of the Biate. "The Theory and Practice
of Banking" was ably handled In a paper
by George S. Brooke, president of the
Fidelity National Bank, cf- SpokaneJBen
C. Wright,-TJT"T5an Francisco, made the
most Interesting talk of the morning ses
sion on the subject "Bankers as Con
servators of Credit."
President A. L. Mills, of the First Na
tional Bank of Portland, easily carried
off the honors of the afternoon session,
although he was followed by two finan
cial experts, who handled their subjects
in a decidedly Interesting manner.
The topic allotted Mr. Mills was "The
Duties of a Banker," and he lined these
duties up in four divisions, as follows:
First to safeguard the funds intrusted
tohls care; second, to facilitate the com
merce of the community; third, to earn
adequate dividends for his stockholders;
fourth, to act as a conservative element
In the community, and to old In molding
public opinion. Mr. Mills Indulged In no
rhetorical flourishes, but spoke In a quiet
convincing manner, and held the Interest
of his audience throughout He said In
part:
The Duties of a Banker.
To safeguard the funds no hard and fast
rule can bo laid down, applicable at all times
and under all conditions; at best we can but
approximate. There arc times when a banker
can meet his depositors smilingly, with but
a 10 per cent reserve, and there are other
times when his atcd Is tortured at the thought
that he has rot the coin in his vault .to cover
every dollar of hladeposlts. A banker cannot
be a coward; he Is ever sleeping on a magazine
that at any time may explode and wreck his
Institution. He is ever using without law or
license the funds intrusted to him for safe'
I keeping; custom may sanction such use, but
the law does not grant it.
What la reasonably safe banking in one sec
tion of the country Is not in another, and
what may be good hanking In New Tork, for
Instance, may be poor banking on the Pacific
Coast. No exact rules and, regulations
can be laid down to govern banking alike In
all parts of our country. The National bank
act attemnts to do so, but its castlron pro
visions are often honored In the breach. The
act states, for Instance, that & National bank
shall not loan on real estate mortgages, and
;tbe restriction may be- a good one for banks
in 'large cities, but what country banker does
not know that in our farming communities
no better security can be obtained for a portion
of his funds than land?
To conduct a bank on a 15 per cent reserve
and in troublous times to depend upon larger
Institutions for loans or rediscounts is most
dangerous. In fact, when a good, bard panic
strikes the country, the larger banks are apt
to call In their loans made to correspondents.
Self-preservation becomes the first law; even
bank for Itself, and the receiver take the
hindmost. With the conditions prevailing here
it is the banker's duty to carry In his vaults
a larce amount of cash, and hla larger bttl
ances should be near at hand.
As 1 have remarked previously, no bard and
fast rule, applicable to all conditions, can be
laid down for the amount of reserve a bank
should carry, but I believe that a bank In the
Northwest, and In the light of past and exist
ing laws, 1 venture the advice with much
diffidence, can feel only reasonably safe with
a reserve at all times of 23 per cent of its
demand liabilities (13 per cent of which, at
least, should be In its vaults), and in addition
23 per cent of its loans should be good, quick
convertible Wall-street securities.
As a pond Is formed by many little streams
and springs, and the overflow Is used to turn
the wheels of a mill, so a bank gathers bIzs
and strength from the thousands of small de
positors, and the surplus is. and should be.
used to turn the wheels of commerce. Recog
nising this duty, to whom and to what extent
should, the funds of a bank be loaned?
Those borrowers who have first claim on
the funds of a bank are Its depositors; those
who haw shown their faith in the institution,
and the measure of the claim should be the
value of the account.
Xext are those well-established Industries
that go to make up the life of a community,
the great lumber, wool, wheat, salmon and
manufacturing Interests, the great wholesale
and retail houses, by whose efforts and enter
prise our cities prosper.
Finally come the miscellaneous loans that
are taken simply to swell the earnings of the
bank, such as warrants of distant cities and
counties, loans to Interior merchants, and
commercial paper purchased In Eastern cities.
Let us consider the class first mentioned,
those borrowers who are depositors In the bank;
to what extent should they be accommodated?
The National bank act limits a loan to 10 per
cent of the bank's capital, but the rule Is
often broken, else how could a bank like the
Chemical National. In New Tork. do business
on a $300,000 capital and $7,000,000 surplus,
with a limit on Its loans of $30,000? An of
ficer of a New York bank not long since paid
to me: "Our excess loans are our best ones,
and Mr. Dawes acknowledged he had usually
found it to be the case."
Nevertheless, the 10 per cent limitation la
good, and useful at times; but without Injur
ing its efficiency, it might be stretched to
Include 10 per cent of a bank's capital, eurplus
and undivided profits; especially might this
bo where the borrower Is a depositor, since
In this case a bank usually has a portion of
Its loan on deposit- In some Eastern cities
a customer Is required, or at least expected, to
keep on deposit a quarter of what he borrows,
thus reducing the amount a bank has at risk.
Few banks, single-handed, can carry some
of tho larger enterprises of a community; be
cause such an enterprise does not keep an
account It should not be refused accommoda
tion, and the bank's funds loaned In the East.
Its funds have been deposited by the commu
nity, and in a measure it is a breach of trust
to deprive the home community of the benefit
of them. But in loaning to other than his de
positors a banker must exercise great care;
he must consider well the reasons for the ap
plication; it may be but the kindly effort of a
fellow-banker to unload an unaesirame ac
count: if collateral is offered, the kind- of col
lateral must be scrutinized. It has been
thought that warehouse receipts for grain were
the best of collateral, but note the Epplnger
failure in San Francisco. It is safe to value
fhea tho ware-
live' borrower.
compensation for
jp.orter.. intCHor w
warehouseman often
'iiWttih ttZUht , tfmcepUnn J of tin
the .difference be-
h3yutn"'ahd teatn, dad the banker may
find that wharehouse receipts, Uxo nat
Save nothing behind them.
Abanker is often tempted to loan too freely
(Concluded on Page 3.)
CONTEXTS OF TODAY'S PAPER.
Death of the Pope.
Funeral to be held at St. Peter's tomorrow,
Page 1-
Pope Loo's will openedj he. leaves everything
to the church. Page.1.--
Cardinal Gibbons forms combination with
French cardinals against Rampolla. Page 1.
Foreign.
Debate in British Parliament on Manchurian
question. Page 2.
Japan makes great preparations to fight Rus
sio. Page 2.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra la Dublin.
Page 2.
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria driven, out by
revolution. Page 2.
Capital of Ciudad Bolivar taken by Castro's
army, after awful slaughter. Page 3.
National.
President Roosevelt Joins issue with labor
unions. Page 1.
Taqulna Bay customs district may be aban-
donedr Page 3.
More Indictments against Beavers and Drlggs.
Pago 1.
Congressman Levering declares for tariff re
vision. Page 2.
- General.
Briber Kcilr. tells how he. paid Lieutenant
Governor; Lee, of Missouri. Page 3.
Mother Jones and her army In New Tork.
Pago 3.
Indictments against Breathitt County feudists.
.Paga 2.
Snorts.
Scores of Pacific Coast League:- Portland 12,
Sacramento s; Seattle 5, Oakland 3; Los
Angeles 3, San Francisco 1. Page 11.
Scores of Pacific National League: Los An
gelea 12. Helena 2; Tacoma 7, Seattle 4
Spokane 7. Butte C; Salt Lake 4, San Fran.
Cisco 2. Pago 1L
Portland crew will contest In regatta today.
Page 11.
Reliance leaves Columbia far behind In yacht
race. Pago 11.
Pacinc Const
Washington stato bankers in session at What
com. Page 1.
The corporation tax law, it Is estinfated, will
yield ?80,000 this year. Page 4.
Ex-Adjutant-General O'Brien stopped by court
order when leaving state with Scott estate
money. Page 3.
Rocks were piled on the Southern Pacific track
near Farmersvllle. .Cal.; wreck narrowly
averted. Pose 4.
Commercial and Marine.
Shortage In Columbia River salmon pack.
Page 13
New York Btock market excited and uneasy.
Page 13.
Wheat closes strong and higher at Chicago.
Pago 13.
Review of the iron and steel trade. Page 13.
San Francisco produce quotations. Page 13.
Portland's shipping record for' the past year.
Page 12-
More cargo ships headed for this port Page 12.
Portland and Vicinity.
Detective Joe Day will be called before police
committee today, because he returned stolen
Jewelry to owner and promised to protect
the thief. Page 14.
Harry McRae is held up and brutally assaulted
by highwaymen. Page 14.
Report that time between San Francisco and
Portland will be lowered considered im
probable. Page 12.
C rj. Cantenbeln will be elected Colonel of
new regiment; J. M. Poorman, Lieutenant-Colonel-
Page 7:
Elks attend Carnival. Page 8.
Applicants for sailor boarding-house licenses
must satisfy the state board. Page 8.
Movement on foot to fill streets between Union'
avenue and the river. Page 10.
Representative Cbaoro Clark will arrive., today.
Pax a. -
iSUE IS JO
Labor Unions Must Ob
serve the Law.
MILLER CASE IS THE TEST
President Roosevelt Has
Taken a Firm Stand.
A GREAT STRIKE HAY RESULT
Qneittlon Whether Labor Unions
Shall Control Government Print
ing OlQcc Is Now Up for Settle
mentClaims of Unions.
Whether labor unions shall be al
lowed to dictate apoplntments In the
Government printing- office and other
branches of the service is tho question
which President Roosevelt has under
taken to settle.
The law lays down the conditions
under which men may be employed or
discharged.
The union seeks to enforce conditions
not found In the law, but relatlns to
men's good standing with the union.
President Roosevelt has declared that
the union shall not override the law,,
and has reinstated W. A. Miller as
foreman of the Government bindery,
after he had been removed at the dlc-
tatlon bt the union.
. The union sacks to have Miller again
removed, and has laid the case before
: Secretary Cortelyou and the Public
i Printer.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, July 23. The United States Gov
ernment Is going to settle the union labor i
question, so far as It Is concerned, this
Summer. The threatened strike of the
Allied Printing Trades in the Govern
ment printing establishments gives tha
excuse for the contest. The Government
officials, led by the President himself, are
determined to make it plain to. the labor
unions that "they will not be permitted
to override the laws of the Nation.
The following statement by a Cabinet j
minister explnlns the interest which thai
President has taken In the case of W. A.
Miller, foreman in tho bindery of thai
Government printing office, and the rca-j
son for the formal manner in which hoi
rescinded the order of dismissal and re-j
instated Miller In his position. Said thj
Cabinet officer:
Join Issue on the Case.
"The Cabinet has been considering the
union labor question for a long time.)
The. Miller case In Itself Is significant. It
is merely used as a peg upon which tc
hang the entire controversy. The Presi
dent and the members of hl3 Cabinet
have decided that the present Is a goc
time to settle the question permanently.
It is coming up continually, not only
the printing establishments of the Gov
ernment but all other department
There are half a dozen unions amoi
the employes of the Postofflco Depart-j
ment, fully as many In tho Navy anc
War Departments, and the Interior anc
Agricultural Departments constant
have to reckon with organized labor-
"Tho President will not recede from, Wa
position. It was only taken after long
consideration. He intends that organ-
.lzed labor shall bo taught here In WasbJ
lngton that it must respect tho laws oa
the United States Just as its indlvidus
members are required to and that the
sooner it recognizes this fact the bett
it will bo for the labor unions and every
one else concerned."
Clamor ior Strike (Inicted.
At the meeting of the Bookbinder
Union a resolution was adopted that thd
members would not work with W.
Miller. If the Presldent'3 order was ac4
tually ordered into effect Several of thd
members argued for declaring a strika
Immediately and thus forcing the issue
They maintain that Miller already Is ir
the service and that to all intents anq
purposes tho men are now working Undei
him. Cooler advice prevailed, howev
and the matter was referred to tho arbli
tratlon committee, with instructions t
leave no stone unturned to Induce thi
President and Secretary Cortelyou to
sclnd the order reinstating Miller.
SUBMITTED TO CORTELYOU.
Union Files Charges Afralnst MlUej
With. Secretary.
WASHINGTON, July 23. Preside
Barrett of tho local Bookbinders' Unlor
today called on Secretary Cortelyou an!
Public Printer Palmer and submitte
affidavits supplementary to the commui
cations already filed with those official!
regarding the case of W. A. Miller.
assistant foreman in the Govern raed
Printing Office, -whose reinstatement
ordered by the President These
davits relate to the charges which forme
the basis of Miller's expulsion from tt
union and as to his actions during hi
Incumbency as assistant foreman. Mi
Barrett told Secretary Cortelyou thi
there was no Intention on the part tl
the union to send a committee to Oi
Bay unless requested to do so by
President A decision by Mr. Corteh
Is expected In a few days. Mr. Palma
said today that so far as now could
foreseen. Miller, who is at present
Minneapolis, will resume work.
The communications sent by the unlc
to Secretary Cortelyou and Public Prlntd
Palmer are Identical. In them the unlc
Insists that Miller should not be relr
stated and urges as the reason therefc
moral unfitness, which It points out ws
the cause of his expulsion from the unlc
and which, the bookbinders claim.
'thoroughly Investigated and proved.
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