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THE MORbciyG OHEGOyiAy, SATUKDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1904. 4 NOT A BEO OF ROSES Manama Gan'alEmployes Make Bitter Complaint. HAVE LONG HOURS, SMALL PAY Crowded Into Old Buildings to Sleep' They Have No Rest, While High . Officials Live Sumptuously ' Commission j Inquiring. WASHINGTON, Dec. , 30. (Special.) The Panama Canal Commission held ?in nil-day meeting today, at which one ,o the most important Subjects under dis cussion -was the charge of Improper treatment of Government employes on the canal zone, which has just become public by the receipt of letters from Pan ama, by frionds or the disgruntled jem.-. ployce. The Commission Insists thattho charge are crossly exaggerated, but will investigate them. It Is thought a for mal, statement. -of Its Intentions will, fee made at the conclusion of tomorrow's meeting, although the-members treat the matter somewhat jocularly in discuss ing It. According to the complaints, employes ore now crowded into old buildings, 50 and 0 sleeping 'In wards of former hos pitals and similar structures. Dredgmen and men of this class are working from daylight imtll dark, their honrs being longer than at home, when in reality they should be zmioh. shorter in the trop ic?. There Is no Saturday half holiday, nd la .fact no holidays of. any descrip tion upon which some" sort of work Is not required by Che officers. Salaries and WRges, say the complaints, in spite of thf increased work, arc lower than, at 1h.uk;. while living Is higher, 5!0-a week twHng the lowest for which any one can be fd and. housed decently. The complainants arc not -chary, in con trasting their condition with what they declare to ie the palatial jnanner-of liv ing of some of the higher officials. Chairman Walker says conditions on the Isthmus ure Improving and that new buildings are being erected as fast as possible. Secretary Murphy, in reply to other chargos, said the Government is not supplying' horses, carriages and liv eried servants for the higher officials. There were only a few vehicles furnished -engineers and -similar employes. WALKER ANSWERS CHARGES. Denies Men Are Underpaid, and Says Malcontents Can Leave. WASHINGTON. Dec. 30. Replying to newspaper etatemcnts to the effect that thp Panama Canal employes are dissatis fied with conditions on the Isthmus, Ad miral Walker -said today that he knew nothing of any such complaints except what he had read In the papers. ' Nor' he said, "can I believe that there s foundation for the reports. There are Wi or .400 Americans employed there. They recdva about 25 per cent more pay than mn employed in like positions in the United States, and in addition they are tipp!led quarters or allowed 8 per cent of their salaries with which to pay rent. Tho oxtra allowance is Intended as com pensation lor privations which we tell all before they go they must expect to en counter. "SO far we have not been able to s$jupply quarters for all, owing to the X4ct that' hava not succeeded In secur ing .-sites Tor buildings, but; wir-are -exerting o'r efforts in that -direction and will jo the best we ean. "IfHha nen .there are dissatisfied, they are noU-compelled to remain; nobody will JioW. tbem; they can come away when they are ready, and there will be fothera to lalSt ttoeln plages, as may be 3udged frftm tbe fb&t that we have on- hand 7000 or MAO applications for tholr places." "How about the reports that the offl iaLs arc living in luxury, while the c larks arc subjected to all sorts of incon veniences?" "CWf Eaglnoor Wallace lives in the i evidence formerly occupied by the French diroctor. and Governor Davis in a one jetoiy house in which a French section ftupbriniendent lived. Both homes had to Se-renovated and both are modest places.. opoclally Mr. Davis. In addition to hlm-t-elf, three other men live In the- house. Th roqf -gardoji on Wallace's house is a Vtx20-oet frame platform, and nothing more" SEEN SCAECS AT ARTHUE. (Continued from First Pase.) of jfttppilcs. The Emperor has sent IKTsqnal aide de camp to sec that- their-! transportation . is not interfered with. S. A. Alexandrovs'ky, formerly in charge or the Russian Red Cross work In the Far East, who has boen succeeded by Prioce Vasellltchkoff, has accepted Gen eral Kuropatkin' offer to act as chief of ihe Sanitary departments of one of the armies. WAS LARGEST OF FORTS. Destruction of Rihlung Deadly Blow to Russian Defenses. HEADQUARTERS OF THE JAPAN ESE ARMY BEFORE POST ARTHUR VIA FUSAN. Dec. 30. Rihlung Fort, cap tured yesterday, is the largest and strong est .of the eastern fort ridge. Tunnels for mines were out through solid rock and two tows of dynamite were used to blow up tho walls. The spectacle was magnifi cent and the work of tho assaulters was splendid. Half the garrison was killed by the ex ioekm of the first oharge. The remainder of the Rttbsians made a stubborn res is t nnoft. ur heavy guns, seven ,rapld-fir,e gone and two machine guns were cap uuwo. as wen as quicic-nnng guns 4 wmch wore stored in tbe fort fb REPAIR THE SHIPS." Preparations at Vladivostok for Sec ond Pacific-,Squadron. CHEFOO, De: airrTbe British steam er Ouiton. Just arrived from Vladl-. vostok, reports great Activity there In W-JaT-clroIes, every effort being .made to cemjtiete the dry dock beforp tbe arrival & the eond .division . of the Pacific, Hquadron. Many mines have been re moved because the harbor will soon be tjltf&d .with ice. ' The cruisers now in port "nover leave tho harbor. A'passage" throogh the Ice will Have to be freshly madc when Admiral Skrydloff attempts to Join Admiral Roestvcnsky. . WILL PREVENT ESCAPE. Governor of Shanghai Keenly Watches Russian AVar Vessels. SrLNplA3, pec 50. The Taotal :con tmucs to take strict precautions to pre vent the possible escape of the Russian cruiser Askold and tho torpedoboal de stroyer Grozovoi, which vessels, it has bfn reported, contemplated making an fferl to join the Russian second Pacific squadron. CHINA MAY .RETALIATE. Unless Russian Murderers Are Sur- ;reQderecliShe Will Act Pecisively.?v SH.GHAL,JDeciv50.-rSTlierf Taotal has bean instructed by thp Foreign Boardt Pekin to insist upon a reply from tlyj, Russian "Consul to his., demand for the surrender, of, the two sailors belonging fo tho Itu'safan cruller Askofd. who on December 15 'murdered a. Chinaman on the Bund here as tho result oka dispute over, fpayment for the blfd'of a1 jlnrlklska. Should the Consul decline to comply "with this 'demand the Chinese authori ties here say it will bo apparent that .Russia contemplates a fiorious breach of the .neutrality .of China and 'that hence.-, .forth China cannot undertake, to protect Husslansln Chinese harbors against 'se ctions of the Japanese! " . . r TOO COUD TO FIGHTS Kuropatkin Not 111, but Will Not At , tack in Zero Weather. ST. -PETERSBURG, Dec 30. iChe War Office absplutely denies the report"3n cir culation to the effect thrfr General Kuro--patkln is ill. Ouhe rumors, that lhe;.Bussian Comman-defvIn-Chlef is about to "assume the Offen sive .are not confirmed ,by. the General Staff, where itls -pointed o"ut 'that, with the thermometer at zero Fahrenheit, it la Impossible to begin a movement on a large scale without the risk of appalling horrors. Not Due to Clado's Loquacity. ST. ETERSBURiG" pec. iX).' The-" ru mors that Admiral KazenakolTs retire ment from the mternallonafcommls,sion of Inquiry int: thortlr Sea 'incident Is due to Cap'taln- Clado's loquacity are deV nled at both" the -Admiralty and Foreign Office, where It is said the Admiral's re call is due entirely to the condition of his. health. It is also intimated that Ad miral Baron von Spaun, of the Austrian navy, the fifth member of the commis sion, may also retire because Ws health cannot support the strain. The appoint ment of Vice-Admiral Doubassoff to,.suc- ceed Admiral Kazenakoff on the commissi slon Is regarded as certain. Sickness Not the Causer PARIS. Dec. SO. Admiral Kazankoff (who was Russia's representative, on. IheSf'.' international commission of Inquiry Into the North Sea Incident, but who hag- been recalled and will be succeeded by Vlce Admlral Doubassoff) starts for St. Pe tersburg tomorrow, after receiving a la conic dispatch saying Emperor Nicholas desired to converse with him. The Ad miral's health, which Is said to have been tho cause of his recall, is excellent. Members of his staff say the renewed naval, preparations are doubtless the cause of the Admiral's recall. To Inspect Shipbuilding Plants. LONDON, Dec. 30. The Russian naval attache hero informs the Associated Press that Vice-Admiral Doubassoff,' who Is to succeed Admiral Kazenakoff on the international commission to Inquire into the .North Sea .Incident, Is bead of the technical commission appointed to make a tour of the "shipbuilding yards ahd ord nance factories of -Great Britain, France arid. Germany. The commission is to re port on the capabilities ofthe plants with the view of possible future orders for ships. British Captain Sank With Ship. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec .30. Associated Press correspondence from Honolulu says that word has -been received there by relatives that Captain Glass, ,of theBrlt ish navy, was aboard the' Japanese ba'ttlb ship Hatsuse when she was sunkrecently, and was drowned. The presence of the British officer on the ship nad'not been made public before, but the news now is said to be official. ; Yarns Toicf to Persians. LUCKNOW, -Dec 3L A Russian trav eling in Persia has spread far and mrldo the story that tho Russians have cap tured.Corea and Tokio,. He has.cantioned .the EersJans against accepting, any1 news from. English sources and has,, assured tnear that there lg -an areerioint btwe0ii Great Britain and Russia 'to hand tbe Persian Empire, over to tho Bueslafcs,. Insuring the Czar's Life. LONDON, J.qc. So: it transpired today that tho only. foundatlon-'Iar tho storj1 of heavy insurance. -on .the life, oX Emperor Nicholas at Lloyd's here by holders of -.Russian bonds was. the fact that, an indi vidual yesterday proposed to take a policy for 55000 at 15 guineas per thousand for a year. He today .took out a p6licy, ot ?23p at that Tate. Women Leagued Against War. ST. PETERSBURG,. Dec 20. It is re ported from Moscow that some ladles in tbe-lilghest society are forming a Russian-Japanese League, with the co-operation of ladies at Toltfb, to agitate for a termination -of the war. Von Spaun AIbo a Sick Man. VIENNA, Dec. 00. A'dmiral Baron von Spaun,. In accepting membership in the Paris commission, - mentioned that his health was by no means satisfactory, but notwithstanding, .this .drawback he .would endeavor to perform his duties. PATAL '4 FEELE Iff CHICAGO. Two Firemen Killed by Falling Wail , of Cac-Barn. ." , CHICAGO. Dec. 30. Fire tonight com pletely destroyed the repair barns.of the Chicago Union Traction Company at Fortieth -street and Western avenue, en tailing xl loss of $150,000. Two firemen were killed, two others and one spectator were Injured by the fall ing of a-portlon of the wall; Tho dead: '" CAPTAIN PAUL DICK. . . LnUTENANT JOHN PYNE." Gettina His Money Back. " Urlch, Mb., Herald. A pop'ular young man was accepted by his dearest Sunday night Noxt day he wont to the 3eweler's and bought the en gagement ring. Wednesday evening, with ring In hand, he, thought to surprise her.. just as ng was about to knock at the door he glancea through the side window and there sat Ws -girl-in tho "other fel lows" lap. His first thought was to draw his razor, rush in and" kill the Invader His second thought was betfer. e drew his razor, marohed in and force the new man to pay high 85 cents moro for the ongagemcnt ring than it cost. r Theodore Thomas -Very -ill.' CHICAGO. Deo. ,30. T-heodore Thomas, the famous musical "director. 3s seriously III with pneumonia and his physicians admitted, tonight hat -fhev werebccomlng alarmed. Dr. C. F. Ely, "who is 1n attendance, said" "tonight: "Pneumonia, has attacked one ungr;but MrviT&omas,h&s.such an cxcollelitcon slltutlon'nhat he-Tias at loast ii chanco for recovery. Vv. Snaokhjig statistics. A'n-tcnlsori nianT who nabeon .saving his cigar ashes "fifids that. they, cost -$13 an ounce r . - Killed by Storm In Germany. BERlilN, Docl - So.-Durlng' a- viot storm in Nortbl Germany, fouij. persons were killed and 4 number uxjufeaby col lapsing walls. . ' Caacht Cold "RTiIIo HaBtlBgf a Burjlar. Mr. Wjlllams. ThomaS- Laaorganf-Provincial 'Constable at Chanleau. Ont. mv- "I caught a severe cold .wbilo hunting. & ourgiar in uie jorest swamp last -J alt Hearing of Chamberfain's Cough Rem edy. -I tried it. and after using- two small bottles I. was completely cured." This remedy Is" intended especially for-coughs ana coias. xv win- lopscn ana -relieve a severo cold In. leas timo than by an v. other :U-eatmejit-and Usjra favorite whCTeVrts For sale by, all druggists, ' '- ' WELL WORTH THE MONEY fGENERJL macarjhur oX COAST 5,MY. .MANEUVERS NatlonalGuard- Learns IVIuch From Be Bougfit; 3 WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. General MacArthur, commanding' the Pnciflc Di vision, ip his report on the-Joint man euvers hold during the Summer at hAtascadero,-Cal., and at American Lake, wash says the most notable event connected with. the, maneuvers result ed from-.the resourcefulness of .the sig nal corps under Lieutenant -Goodale- at American Lake,, "where, undtr the pres s!5rc of emergencies, many ingenious and- valuable" electrical' demonstrations were made. The report recommends a permanent continuance of the man-, euvers. ? In a special report on tho California manuevers General MacArthur, speak ing of the results of the training re ceived by this troops, quotes a Colonel of - a- California regiment as saying they had learned that it was necessary to marohrla -miles to flsht .15 minutes. and sayii j - JTiTe-; fbrmatipn; of Sisuch,-. truthful and almost class ical epigram as1 tho" result of experience gained during tho encampment Is In -ittfelf - of sufficient Importance to justify the entire' er- 'penso of the'urfdertakinjr." The rcoort "says thSt, as a commef-" Cial . proposition, if one military Idea of.e"qual practical value could he spon-. taneously involved each year for a number of years, as a result ot Joint THE NEW YEAR'S OREG.ONIAN r jjhe best advertisement for tho 1005 "Fair-that Oregon's people can send to -l.helr.Jriends In the Kast, will bo a copy of tho New Year's Oreconlcn that tiuT Ie published Monday morning next. The Illustrations of the beautiful Ex position buildings and tho-'Exposition grounds -will be made a enecial feature of the New Year's number. Tho paper will be mailed to any address In the United States or Canada, postage prepaid, for 10 cents a copy. Addrrtfn The Oreconian, Portland, Or. training of regulars and militia on a large scale,, the million dollars? o; money pcr annum required for tho puir po?r vould be a profitable investment. Major William P. Duvall, chief um pire at the maneuvers at Camp Atasca. dero, in his report says the distinct advantages of thesp field exercises wer 'demonstrated. .every where. , The report of Assistant Adjutant--Genernl Evans, chief of the umpires at. tho- .maneuvers held, at American. Lake, participated In by the troops of the regular .Army, and militia from Idaho, Washington arid Oregon, tells of the problems worked out and makes a number of recommendations, the prin"' cipal one of Tvhich is that the Govern ment should own Its own maneuver grounds because of the difficulty In adjusting- claims, .for damages, some of which are declared to have been ex orbitant. Major Evans regards the site ocoiipled at American L-ako as- admir ably adapted for military maneuver purposes and Ideal as a point pf de parture for troops requiring transpor tation on the Pacific Oe-ian. HOW TO TAX BAIEE0ADS. They iaVe-Value in" Excess of Phyaf cal Prriperty. tCHJj2A0.. Dftc 3a Edward B. WU ney'.oFewdTkreclareQTsafay lie'rare' tho rAmerlcanl PplltlcaLScIepce. and Economic- Association that Congress .has tho direct power fo put an end. to the United' States Steel Corporation, the anthracitS "Coal Pool," and similar corporations. tn JX paper upon "Governmental Inter- foienco With Iriuusfrlar ".Combinations. he' -asserted that a-law forbidding -a com- j pany, engaged fn interstate ""cqmnQercg. to , engage in a productive Industry would ' prohibit such "agglomerations." His paper was f ead before a joint ses-1 slon of the two associations, and was followed by a discussion in which .Presi dent J. W. Jenks,(' of "CornplI, "and-E. E. ' Prusslng; of Chicago, took the lead. Regulation, of ..pools and railways by the Government also was. discussed at tlje; Joint session. Frofessor Henry C- Adams, of the Uni--verslty of Michigan, spoke of "Tenden cies In the Law bf Taxation of Railways." He said in part: My general purpose is to analyse the ?ys-' tern or' taxing railways In tbe United States and to trace its. development In uch a man. ner as to show that there, exists a peculiar element of value In railroad property, apd that the analysis ot this value will. lead to tho enunciation xt certain principles which, carflod to their logical 'conclusion, will ulti mately separate the fiscal treatment of rail road property from other property. The nroblem creaentsr Itself?" to-the' legislator and the tax ass,essorno arrive at a true ma-3 ure of the surplus value meaning by surplus j value- a value or tne Dusiness as a si"ui, .concern -in excess .of the inventory value of Its-physical Clements. The analysis of this surplus value shews U to arise from franchise- considered as the right to be and to act a a corporation .the pos session of local traffic which Is superior to competition; the possession of. other traffic which, by virtue -tf connections and estab lished contract and agreement, is superior to competition; the 'peculiar advantage enjoyed jbjj; railways traceable to the economies. Ten 'fiered possible on -account of the Increased density of traffic. , The general conclusion of this analysis Is that tho surplus value of railroad property rests upon the- ' possession of a differential Rtiln differential -when compared with properties other than railway properties (which balance sheets are-ibject to competitive Influence) or differential when a railroad with dense traffic 4s compared with a railroad with sparse traffic. This surplus value I monopolistic In Its character In the sense that all unusual ad vantages, which cannot be diealpated by com petition are monopolistic The. surplus . yaluo is peculiar to railways and other1 alinliar industries. It cannot por manenUy exist Tor manufacturing iadustrtos- The trend tn the law 61 railroad taxation rests upon taenecesslty ot applying a different principle vof taxation to -the surplus value of railways from that which is applied to. the value bf the physical elements which underlie K. or to the value of property In general which Ik exposed to .competition. "When caeca Which involve the- analysis of this surplus Yalue come to the.coneuieration of the courts, the courts will be obliged. In applying estab--llsJied principles of Justice and equity to these newly disclosed fact?, to acknowledge, a dif ference In the social and Industrial character of the physical an non-physical values., of railroad propertiM; and It lias at least within the possibilities of "the case that tbe ultimate ahalyeis of "this, non-phys!cal or surplus value will result In tha declaration of a quasi-public property corresponding roughly to the- current conception of a quasi-public Industry. Should this conception b entertained by tho courts It would result In a ra'dlcal demonstration ot the ostablielifd physical system. Professor Adam Short!, of Queen's Uni versity. Kingston, Canada, rad a paper entitled "Preferential Trade Between Canada and -Grcat "Brjtnirrf Ho said: Any system by which Britain and Canada might . attempt to tie themelve up, to a mutually preferential trade is op6n to .very serious objections. The colonies have no possible compensation to. offer Britain for the revolution in her foreign trade and ship ping which the adoption of a protective policy. In -their interests wpuld involve. On the, other hand. Canada is i country under . going rapid expansion. -which already has inyplv4d Important ohanges Ituher economic conditions.' With all -the-varied possibilities ibf her internal development and future tradarelatloni. tt would be .very unwise to tie herself up by hard and fast commercial treatleswith any?. country whatever.' Entire fiscal lireedom Isr absolutely essential to her effect lvp expansion, and free trade in cap Hal la-moVo Important to her than either "Tre4 frade or preferential trade in goods, - 'So-Jar as preferential. trade'Js undertaken by the Canadian Parliament In the Interest of Canada, the action Is perfectly reason abjThls Is the basis of our existing pref erence on British goods, and of our still greater practical preference on American goods. Like treatment of Canadian goods "Tsy othffr countries- which reallzjp tlinlr need of them Is the only permanent preference "Which, we may hope for. Nothing but fric tion, recrimination and bitterness can be the ultimate outcome of a preference found ed on "sentimental, instead ot a business basis. Professor A. W. Flux, of McGlll Unl verslty,j Canada, devoted hlmselk to the question "Do " Reciprocal Preferential Tariffs Tend Towards Free Trade?" He Said among other things: Waitrag,jfqr reciprocity has deferred rath er than hastened movements toward free dom of commerce. Recent reciprocity trea ties .of the United States do not increase hopefnufess bf the outlook for advance by this road. In protectionist communities, a preferential tariff tends tp have, as Its most conspicuous feature, an elevation of tariff rates to countries not admitted to preferential treatment, rather than a. redai-tlotr-of rateto preferred nation. XllttleNcon fldencfc seems justfHijl at thR-'ir-tsent time vln therec'Iproclty prtnclpleas a means of leffecilns general tarlfOdfictlons. SCHOOL-LAUDS MUDDLE. ;Ptre Originally to Qualified Gift of Federal Governments PORTLAND. DeoSO. To the Kdltor.)-I do not know that any BObd can be reached by a further" discussion of tbe . muddle Into which tee titles to" school lands of Oregon have been plunsed. but. nevertheless. 1 feel moved to offer 'these suggestions'. Perhaps a clearer understanding of how the difficulty arose and where, may helo to salve the orcsent mlsun- 'Xleretandlng and point out a remedy for the bad work that has been done. It seems to me the Federal Government, by defective legislation, made the flrsC blunder and laid the foundation for all that has fol lowed. It started out to give sections IS and SS of the townships to the states for school purposes, and If It had mace that'et absolute and unqualified, there would have. been, no trouble. JJut It did not do that. It. made a qualified cirt a gift with a -string to It and thereby hangs the whole tale. If the sift had been outriEht. as I think It ought to have been, then the state could have entered upon ,posses3lQn and could have handled there lands. It could have sold them and mode good title to them, and this could have been done In per feet confidence ahd In goodfalth. and no con fusion or loss would have bothered honest nur- ch&sers. Furthermore, no slippery land specu lator could, have found an openlnr for. the I practice of his nefarious purpose. But, un fortunately, there was a condition to the gut. If one 3f these sections turned out to be mineral-land tbe title to It was to remain In the General Government, and out of this contin gency trew tbe lieu-land abomination. But of that further on. Now, until the question was settled definitely and fully and by official authority, aa to whether, sections'. 16 and SO were or were not 'mineral lands, tb final disposition of them was- In doubt. Tbe title was suspended In thoir. Tbe Federal Government had made a qualified gift of them to t!o state, and until 15 at qualification was cleared up or complied wits title eculd not bo made. Clearb. ttfe :(atc could not tako possesion and undertake 'to sell them, fnr an yd the string- to the gift had not been cut. and It could not max. a iafe or perfect title. Tf it sold these lands It oW'what i aid not dm, and trouble and loss were Inevitable. Much less could a private "epeculator "butt In" and undertake to "show" th rnr Arrrrwnt tt TT1ml anil ataf whlrh nf the school sections were or were not mineral. : Tnat was.no private Individual's business. That was really the business of the Government of the United States. The private Individual had no suah right or authority In the matter at all, and the amazing thing about it Is that the speculator could find Federal and state officers stupid" or venal enough- to take his findings and recommendations as to these lands to the extent of 50.000 acres In this state, and to pass tltlo on them. That such a thing could happen would not be believed were it not demonstrable as a fact. Nothing could have been more childish and unbusinesslike. I think theMTederal Government, when it en tered on tlilsschool-land business, should have made the gift to the "state without reserve mineral or anything else that might bolong- to or legitimately go with It. but as it chose to make it with a. quallocatlon it should have provided In legislation for the clearing up of the contingency, and followed It up to a safe and satisfactory conclusion. Officers Ghoutd have been 'appointed to examine these school sections and report on them to the General Land Office, as to whether they were or were not mineral, and theJr report should have been final. Leaving this question in doubt, and to tho manipulations of sharks and sharpers was a. most remarkable oversight. Until this report was made the state should have kept its hand off. At lcat. It should not have attempted to sell these lands to honest settlera, taking their money therfor. when it must have known that it could not make a good title. But having thoughtlessly put its hands In the Are there Is nothing to do but to suffer from the burn. It ought to make full restitution to all the peopli It .has wronged, and the speculator who "butted In" and carried a .my captive tho innhcents Who presided over the land offices, ought to bn compelled to do the same thing. Th"s Federal Government -If to blame, too, for Its faultj work at the outset, and wherever It has cause Individual loss ought to make It good. In cases where settlers have' squatted on school lands, and the Federal Government, for any reason, withheld the title, compensation should he direct and in money, instead of by lieu land, which device has led to so much that is corrupt. LEVI W. MYERS. AFRAID OF WESTINGH0USE. Bank President Feared Inventor's Power Over Men. World's Work. George Wcstinghousc, the famous in ventor of the airbrake, has a remarkable ppvfer over men. An incident demon strating this occurred in the president's office in one of the largest Pittsburg banks a. few years ago. The president's private telephone rang several times, and finally answering it, tne president said. "Mr. Smith is not In now." A visitor hearing the remark, looked astonished, and asked, "Mr. Smith, why did you tell hint, that you" were not In?" Mr. Smith answered: "mat was Mr. Wc-stlnghuusc at the other end of the line. HO is a peculiar man. and has J marvelous Influence over other men. I Is impossible to refuse hlra when he asks for anything. HO wants mc to come to see him. und If I should go and he should ask mo for a- large sum of money I would let him-havc It. And wo arc not now In a position, to make the loan. The' Rented Babies of Paris. Mrs. John Van Vorst, in Harper's Mag- azine. The written law provides for every child in France, that tho government sup plements the homo education, und when necessary, replaces It entirely, but as a matter ;bf fact there arc scores of chil dren in Paris, especially, who have shaken free of ;thelr parents, or been cast off by them, and who live a vagabond existence. playing hide-and-seek with the officers of the law. Amomr this band the common. est offons ts begging, though generally there Is some older person back of the whining specimens one meets with In the streets. Tho fruitful incomes in this pro fession are "obtained only through chil dren- During the nights, between New Year's and Christmas a baby In long ciotncs, especially it it oc dellcate-look ,Uig. rents, for as high as 55 or $6. His brothers and sisters, from 1 to 5 years old,, bring $2, while thoee still older arc worth only f i on thecoldcst days. WERLE1N 18 WROTH CityTreasurerResents.Attempt to Oust Glerk, ATTACKS CIVIL-SERVICE BOARD Declares He Will" Not Be Denied the Right to Employ His Own Office Force Also Questions Methods. xrrut- w.a ofr n-f Vimif-Vit tn Via it mere misunderstanding between the City Treks-1" urer and the Civil Service Commission, over the attempt to oust J. S. P. Cop land from the Treasurer's office, promises to assume a very serious aspect which will result ultimately in the arising of many unpleasant dissensions withhi the walls of the City Hall. Mr. Werleln is apparently so disgusted with his treatment In the hands , of the Commission that he Is not In the least reticent in relating the circumstances of his position in the matter. "This is the second time." said Mr. Werlein, "that the Commission has de nied mc the right of saying whom I shall employ within the confines of my office. "Last August the same question arose with reference to W. N. Carter, whom the Commission requested that I employ in the place of W. L. Gould, who was then my clerk. I knew absolutely nothing about Mr. Carter, beyond the fact that he wrote an account of the adventures of Bandit Tracy, and for that reason I con sidered his mind perverted. However, this did not influence me. In a personal Interview, Mr. Carter acknowledged that whenever he had a dollar or so that ho did not know what to do with, he played faro. This, in itself, I cohsidered suffi cient grounds to refuse Mr. Carter as a clerk. Responsible for City Funds. "I wrote a long letter to the Commission and stated that as I, personally, was re sponsible for the funds at my command, which at that time amounted to some thing over three-quarters ot a million, I respectfully requested that they tell me something more of Mr. Carter If I was to be compelled to employ him, or else allow me the right to retain Mr. Gould. In whom I had absolute confidence. The Commission treated my lettec with un seemlng indifference, and finally succeed ed In ousting Mr. Gould. "Now comes the question of discharging Mr. Copeland for Edwin W. Jones. The Commission has bothered the life out of me on this matter and I have fought them. I would not presume to say that Mr. Jones is not a man of irreproachable integrity, but the mere fact that he suc ceeded In passing the civil service exam inations and Mr. Copland did not, is not, In my opinion, sufficient grounds for my discharging the latter. He Is an employe of my office, and I am satisfied with him. and for that reason" I Intend to retain him. Examinations Are Absurd. "If the Commission had allowed me to plan the examinations, for the Treasurer's office, and had Mr. Copland then failed. I would most willingly dispense with his services, because he would not be the man for the office. The examinations that the Commission furnished were sim ply absurd, and I was not it all sur prised that Mr. Copland failed, becansa but one person out of 19 passed. They wre of a nature that only an erudite cc.Iege student could appreciate, and not one example was such as Mr. Copland would come In contact with In his routine work in the office. "Mayor Williams called upon mc when he learned that I had refused to dis charge Mr. Copland. He said that he wished perfect harmony to exist during his administration, and endeavored to in duce me to submit to the Civil Service Commission's desires. "I said: 'Mr. Mayor, if you arc willing to relieve mc of the responsibility for Mr. Jones when he enters the office, I shall employ him, but If I. personally, am to remain responsible, while I know abso lutely nothing about him except that he has passed the Commission's examina tions. I positively will not employ hlra. " 'But that Is a violation of Articles 326 and 327 of the Charter, and you will be ar rested, said the Mayor. I replied: 'Well, by the eternal. Mayor Williams, go ahead and do your arresting. I will not bo jobbed and I will not employ Mr. Jones- "That night I consulted my attorneys and my bondsmen, and the next morning was prepared to face the crisis. I came to the office and sat around waiting for somebody to come and arrest me, but.no one materialized. Since then nothing nas been said about arresting me, and I do not think that I shall be arrested. No Confidence in Commission. "As far as the commission Is concerned I have no confidence In them. They do not deal fair. I know of "one instance where a man passed the first examina tions, held, I think, last August. This examination was a particularly difficult one, and the man passed with a high percentage. In tho following examination hold a few weeks ago, which was a very easy one, he failed utterly. Now. isn't It remarkable that a man who passed a difficult examination should fail on an easy one? To me It looks very suspicious, and as I have said before I have no con fidence in the Commission. "And I know that C. G. Llebe aspired to become a deputy In the Auditor's office and made a very bad failure in both ex aminations, and yet he is retained as a deputy. Thero sits the man F. S. Pierce, who was robbed of his position as deputy and. humbled so that C. G. Llebe could be made a deputy. Mr. Llebo may possi bly be quite capable of filling his present position, but as he failed to pass either examination, to mc It looks very sus picious." "Do you say all this for publication?' was asked. 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