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BALL1NGEB GETS
HIS MEN TO WORK
New Land Commissioner Mak
ing Good in Disorgan
ized Office.
STARTS REFORM ALREADY
Insists on Promptness With Corre
spondence and Makes Clerks Earn
Salaries Burdened With Bar
nacles Ignorant of West.
ORKGONIAX NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, March 21. President Roosevelt
picked the right man when he appointed
It. A. Ballinfter. of Seattle. Commissioner
of the General Land Office. Mr. Bal
linger is going to make good, tie is
properly constituted to run a big Gov
ernment office on business principles: he
ia a Rood executive officer: he knows
how to handle men and how to direct
their work, and, combined with other
qualifications, he has a thorough, com
prehensive and practical Idea of the pub
lie land question.
It is not unusual for new Government
officials to inaugurate reforms when they
enter upon their public duties. In this
respect Mr. Ballinfter is like the rest,
but, unlike the great majority, he is not
reforming for the sake of making a
change, but reforming with a view to
improving? a badly disorganized service.
Me is reforming as fast as he finds need
of reform, and only- so fast.
Answers Letters Promptly.
Having had a vast amount of corre
spondence with the Land Office during
the years he has been practicing law in.
Seattle. Mr. Balllnger had some Idea of
the way in which business was conducted
In the Land Office at Washington. He
knew, for instance, that correspondence
was loosely handled: that letters were
sometimes held six months before being
acknowledged, when, under a good ad
ministration, they could have been an
swered the day they were received. Hav
ing personal knowledge on this point,
the new Commissioner was not slow about
issuing an order to the cliiefs of all
divisions to the effect that all mail must
be answered within 4S hours of receipt,
except in cases where considerable search
or deliberation was necessary. Such cases
are the exception, not the rule. Already
Senators and Representatives and ac
credited attorneys have noticed a great
change in the Land Office method of con
ducting correspondence.
.Makes Clerks Work Full Time.
When the President ordered the sus
pension of all public land entries pend
ing examination in the field by a special
agent, thousands upon thousands of cases
accumulated in the Land Office because
there were not enough special agents
to make the necessary examinations. A
few days ago the President revoked that
order, the pending esses were released,
and It was up to Mr. Ballingcr to get
rid of them as expeditiously as possible.
He had been convinced that Government
clerks In his department were not over
burdened with work: he found that au
thority existed for temporarily prolong
ing their hours of labor and he forthwith
asked the Secretary of the Interior to
require the Land Office clerks to work
an extra half hour each d:y until the
congestion should be relieved. The Sec
retary is sustaining the new Commis
sioner and accordingly issued the order.
Thia did not please the clerks, but It
has demonstrated to them that they
must do a fair day's work for a fair
day's pay and they must apply them
selves during office hours. The more
diligent they are, the sooner the con
gestion will" be relieved and the sooner
they will get back to the regular work
ing day of seven hours, not counting a
half hour for lunch.
Office Badly Demoralized.
As a matter of fact. Balllnger has
fallen into an office that is badly in need
of reform. The Land Office became dc
inoralir.ed under Binger Hermann, of Ore
gon. Hermann had no executive ability:
he was utterly incompetent to All the po
sition of Land Commissioner, and natur
ally many abuses grew tip under his ad
ministration, which led to great confu
sion. Hermann's successor, while a prac
tical Westerner, did not possess that rare
executive ability that was demanded of a
man in the position of l.and Commis
sioner, though he did make a number of
reforms. His great trouble was that he
did not go far enough. Therefore, it was
left to Mr. Balllnger to reorganize the
lind Office and he has entered upon the
task a if he were determined to make it
a practical business concern.
The General Land Office has more than
irs share of old. incompetent clerks. Many
of them have been there '20 years or more
and, like all Government clerks of lona
service, .they have fallen into ruts and it
Is hard to imbue them with new and mod
ern ideas.
Full of Old Barnacles.
hat is still more deplorable is the
fact that the chiefs of many of the di-
isions are of thia same sort: men who
have been in their respective positions
for two or -three decades. It is also a re
mrkHble fact that only one chief of
division in-the Land Office is a Western
man. The others come from states that
"have not an acre of public land and In
consequence these chiefs ha.ve no practical
idea of conditions in the West. Their
entire knowledge of the public domain has
come through reading and through dis-
tissing land questions with men from
The West. It Is a second-hand knowledge.
This is a serious handicap to the Lajid
Office and it would not be surprising if
the next year saw many radical changes
in the make-up of the Commissioner's
advisory staff. Such changes as this will
no: be made hastily, for the Oommlssioner
will get thoroughly acquainted with the
various division chiefs and ascertain for
himself what men are competent and what
men are not. But It is a safe bet that when
ever he finds a chief of division who is in
compoterrt. he will find some way of re
placing him by a man competent to all
the place.
Cannot Shake Them Off.
I'nder the civil service law there is no
way of lidding the Government service of
old worn-out clerks "barnacles" aa they
are called in Washington. They can be
reduced In rank, but there Is no provision
for turning them out on the cold world
The Land Office Is handicapped by the
large number of barnacles that have been
collected within its walls, and as long
as they remain on tho roll it will be diffi
cult to keep the work of the office up
to date. -
It may be set down for a sure thing
however, that, if any man can bring the
work of the office up to date. Mr. Rallin
ger will do It. He's the right kind of
man for the place and Is the stronger In
the position because he accepted the of
fice against hts protest.
stenographer Breaks Record.
Friese, two times . winner of the ..Na
tional championship typewriting con
test, at the Coliseum last night won
the ohampionahtp for the third time,
winning perirlanently the silver cup of
fered and breaking the' world's record
for copying dictations from shorthand
notes. The record she established last
night was 2445 words In 30 minutes.
This is 200 words better than her last
record, which was made a year ago at
the contest held at Madison Square
Garden, New York.
TRAINS EXCHANGE TRACKS
Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Make
Wide Detours.
Crazed Italian Miner Fortified in
lonely Mountain Hut.
SPOKANE. Wash., March 22. (Soe
cial.) Chief Constable, of Provincial Po
lice Bullock Webster. Constable Young,
of Nelson, and Constable Wilson, of Cres
ton. B. C with a poswe of citizens, are
endeavoring tonight, under cover of dark
ness, to surround a lonely hut on a
craggy bluff on the southern end of Lake
Kootenay. where a hall-crazed Italian
prospector. Giacomo Tometti. after hav
ing murdered his mate. Guiseppi Aerreni,
Is holding the posse at bay with a rifle
and 510 worth of cartridges purchased
before his crime was discovered.
Tornetti murdered his comrade during
a quarrel and then took refuge in the
shack, which is on a bluff overlooking
the lake, not far from Kuskanook. Wil
son proceeded to the spot, but on his way
up the steep bluff was met with a fierce
command to halt under pain of death.
There was no cover and all approaches
are commanded by the deeperatc man in
the hut.
The plan of the united police is to rujh
1he hut under cover of darkness, even at
the cost of a life or two.
MAX GF.T TACOMA FRANCHISE
Bcllitigham l.s Anxious to Enter the
Northwestern League.
BKL1 JKGflAM. Wash., March 3C
"Beliingbam can have a baseball fran
chl? if it wants 1t." said W. H. Lucas,
president of the Northwestern League,
who arrived in the city today at noon.
"Tacoma has decided that it does not
wanf to retain the team, and Mike Lynch
and a team already signed up will accom
pany the franchise if it comes to Belling
ham." Lucas is' having no difficulty in fec'ir
ing the bonus wanted and will probably
close a contract for placing the team
here.
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WIFE AND PARTNER DIE
Mrs. Fred Belasco's Death Fatal
Shock to W. A. Majen.
' SAN FRANCISCO, March 22. Mrs. Fred
Belaseo. wife of the senior partner of the
Alcazar Theater, and known on the stage
under the name o Juliet Crosby, died
suddenly at 3 o'clock this morning, and
an hour later M. A. Mayer, Mr. Belasco'a
partner, died of the shock.
The Belaseo and Mayer families lived
In adjoining flas on Sutter street, near
Laguna. Mayer married Belasco's sis
ter, and the two have been associated
in business for several years. Mayer
has not been in good health, and when
he got a message informing him of
Mrs. Belasco's death he feu to the floor
In a swoon. He did not regain con
sciousness. Mrs. Belaseo celebrated her 3flth
birthday last Saturday. She made her
first appearance on the stage of th
old Alcazar theater, where Fred Be
laseo, the young; manager, fen In love
with her, and they were married nine
years ago. she was possessed, of won
der f ul versatility and frequently took
part in plays on less than 20 hours'
preparation, having- her lines perfect.
The Belascos were extremely happy
in their married life, and the husband
is prostrated by the shock of ber death.
Both Mrs. Frederick Belaseo and Mr.
Mayer are well known in Portland, both
in theatrical and social circles. Mrs. Be
laseo was last in this city when her hus
band came here to prepare for the open
ing of the Belaseo Theater, now the Hei
lig. At that time she desired to be the
leading woman of the stock company
which the firm was organizing for Port
land, but Mr. Belaseo -preferred having
her in San Francisco with him.
Ac -Juliet Crosby, Mrs. Belaseo was
popular with the patrons of the old
Alcazar, in San Francisco. She also ap
peared for a special starring engage
ment with the Belaseo stock company,
in Los Angeles, for several weeks last
Summer. One of her pronounced suc
cesses was playing the title role in
"Madam Butterfly," the dramatic ver
sion of her brotoer-tn-law, David Be
laseo. Mr. Mayer was the business head of the
firm of Belaseo & Mayer, while Belaseo
attended to the theatrical department.
Mayer was instrumental in having the
firm buy the Belaseo Theater property on
Washington street, which was sold re
cently to a syndicate headed by S. Mor
ton Cohn. While the company lost money
in its stock company, the sale of the
property re-imbursed the investors.
Mr. Mayer was very popular with the
people in his employ and one of his hab
its was to take all the members of the
stock company out to dinner when he
visited Portland or Los Angeles.
SHIP IS FAST ON ROCKS
Northwestern May Be Total Wreck
. on La "ouche Island.
SEATTLE. March 22. A special to the
Post-Intelligencer from Valdez. Alaska,
says:
The steamer Portland arrived here at
midnight with the passengers and mail
from the steamer Northwestern, which
was wrecked Tuesday morning on a rock
near Beatson's wharf. LaTouche Island.
The vessel was leaving- the bay en route
to Valdez. when a flurry of wind caught
her and threw her bow on, on the rocks.
She went on easily and Captain True
bridge thought no damage done, but he
could not pull her off.
As the tide-lowered the steamship set
tled on the rock, punching holes in the
forward compartments. The forward
bulkhead held and the engine-room and
freight compartments are still dry, though
there is 17 feet of water in the forward
hold.
Captain Truebridge and Purser Trlggs
came to Valdez on the Portland. The es
sel still had 250 tons of freight for Valdez,
besides a large amount of steam coal. The
latter is forward and a complete loss.
Beatson Bay is narrow with reefs on
each side and a hard place for large ves
sels to get out of. With fair weather
the ship may be taken off and beached,
but a wrecking vessel "will he necessary
to do the work. Officers state it will cost
J5000 to float the vessel from the rock on
which she- is impaled.
Captain Truebridge will return to the
wreck tonight by the Santa Clara, tak
ing with him gasoline tanks for air
drums, with which he hopes to lighten
the bow of the vessel. In case he is suc
cessful he will beach the ship, but he
has little hope of being able to dislodge
her.
GREAT SAWMILL BURNED
Loss or at Least $700, 000 in Ar
kansas Lumber Town.
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PINE BLUFF. Ark.,' March 22. Fire
late today swept over the entire plant
of the Bluff City Lumber Company and
destroyed several small dwellings owned
by the company. The loss is estimated at
from 700,000 to SloO.OOO.
When the fire started in the boiler-.
room of the lumber plant, the entire fire
department responded, but the water pres
sure was not sufficient to subdue the
flames.
THE DAY'S DEATH RECORD
Wife of Ex-Governor Routt.
DENVER, Marcli 22. Mrs. Eliza F.
Routt, wife of former Governor John L.
Routt, of Colorado, died at the home of
her son-in-law, Dr. Edward W. Collins,
in this city, aged 62 years.
Attorney-General of Mississippi.
JACKSON, Miss., March 22. Attorney
General William Williams died today,
aged 37 years.
H. Clay Ewiiift, Missouri.
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo., March 22. -H.
Clay Kwinir, who was Attornev-General
of Missouri from 1S72 until 1ST4. and who
had for many years been a banker, died
at his home here today, ased 7a years.
Death in Prairie Fire.
KO.VBSTEEU S. D.. March 22. A ter
rible prairie tire, driven by a fierce wind,
raged on the reservation west of here
yesterday. Mrs. C. B. Yocum and her
daughter have been burned to death.
The entire population of Herrick
fought the f4am:s to save the town. Many
farmhouses have been burned.
ISnrii'd In Arlington Cemetery.
WASHINGTON, March 22. Funeral
services for Briadier-Generul Wint, U.
S. A., who died yesterday in Philadel
phia, will ho htld Monday at Arlington
National Cemetery, where the burial
will take place.
Kadway's Ready Kelief instantly relieves
colds, sore throat, bronchitis and all inflammations.
LOS ANGKLK3, Cal.. March 22. The
railroad situation between here and San
Francisco is practically unchanged from
yesterday. The Santa Fe and Southern
Pacific, by a combinaton of tracks, are
able to get trains through the San
Joaquin Valley. The Santa Fe is run
ning all trains regularly, although its
line is still washed out at Stockton. At
thia point the Santa Fe is using the
Southern Pacific tracks between Oakland
and Calva.
The Southern Pacific is keeping both of
its regular valley trains running by de
touring over the Santa Fe between Mo
jave and Col ton. Tire coast line is open
as far as San Luis Obispo from Los
Angeles. It is not expected that the
damage at the Santa Margarita tunnel
will be repaired short of several days. It
was hoped to open the valley line by this
evening, but rain is falling again today
and work Is retarded.
The Salt Lake road reports no change
in conditions on that line. It may be.
open shortly after April 1. If no further
damage ensues. The eastern lines of the
Southern Pacific and Santa Fe are open.
The indications are for more rain here.
CALIFORNIA STORM BROKEN
Floods Are Receding and Train Ser
vice Is Resumed.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 22. The
storm which has hung over California
has been broken and conditions every
where have greatly improved. The riv
ers running through the great Interior
valleys which flooded vast tracts of
land and threatened several cities have
fallen rapidly, and no more damage
from this source Is apprehended. Tele
graph communication, which for a time
was interrupted in every direction, has
been restored. The Weather Bureau
predicts clearing weather. though
showers may continue to fall for sev
eral days.
The railroad blockade has not yet
been lifted, but both the Southern Pa
cific and Santa Fe Companies are mak
ing strenuous efforts to repair their
lines, which were damaged by wash
outs and landslides. Trains are being
run today over both the Ogden and
San Joaquin Valley lines to the East,
J though they ,are not on regular sched
ule time. Traffic on the Shasta route is
interrupted near Redding, and regular
service cannot be resumed for several
ilays. The Coast line is blocked by a
landslide at Santa Margarita and may
be tied up for two or more days.
One overland limited train, leaving
at noon today, will go East by way of
Fresno. Stockton and Sacramento, mak
ing a detour of over 500 miles. Oregon
trains leaving tonight are not expected
to get beyond Kennett.
Many railroad passengers are going
from here to Portland, Or., by steanter,
transportation being; supplied by the
raiiroad companies. Thirteen delayed
overland trains are expected to arrive
here today.
Levees Break at Sacramento.
SACRAMENTO. Cal.. March 22: Re
ports from the down-river district are
to the effect that the levees have
broken In four places between Court
land and Walnut Grove. Liver, Staten,
New Hope and Brannan Islands are
flooded. The only islands which have
thus far withstood the storm are
Grand, Ryner and Sherman, but when
the morning reports were received the
crest of the flood had not reached
them.
I tali Train Service Demoralized.
OGDEN. Utah. March 22. -Nothing more
than a stub train carrying passengers is
to leave Ogden over the Union Pacific
this afternoon. Railroad traffic in every
direction is demoralized. The Southern
Pacific has scheduled a train from Sac
ramento to arrive late this evening with
out Eastern connection and no attempt is
made to run regular trains.
MURDERER HAS POSSE AT BAY
POSSIBLE RESULT OF WAR
Inventor of K. plosives Declares Pa
cific Coast Defenseless and Japan
Could Occupy California Be
fore We Got Ready.
SEW YORK. March 22. Hudson Max
im, inventor of htg:h explosives, made the
dinner tendered Sir Percy Sanderson, re
tiring British Consul, by the Canadian
Club tonight, the occasion of the first an
nouncement concerning a new safety de
tonating fuse which he has invented after
ten years of experimenting and which, he
declares, has been the aim of inventors
for years. By it, lie said It is possible
to send an armor-piercing shell through
armor and cause it to explode at exactly
the distance behind the armor desired by
the gunner. It will not matter whether
the armor is one inch or 12 fnches in
thickness, the inventor said.
Final Victory Over Armor.
Mr. Maxim recalled that several years
ago he made the Canadian Society dinner
the vehicle lo carry to the world the
news of his invention of the high explo
sive now known as maximite. Tonight's
announcement, he said, marks another
step forward in the art of war mechanics
and means the final victory over armor,
as at present hardened, by armor-piercing
shells.
By the new safety detonating fuse,
Mr. Maxim said, he could tell the din
ers about a new smokeless powder,
stabilite. which he had just begun to
manufacture, but which is still in the
process of experimentation. This new
weapon of modern warfare, Mr. Max
im declared, would wipe out. he was
convinced, many elements of danger
attaching to the use of smokeless pow
der. Pacific Coast Defenseless.
The speaker prefaced his talk about
high explosives by a talk on the com
paratively undefended seaboards on the
Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of the
United States. The tremendous ex
pense of modern warfare, he said,
makes the unprepared nation the only
inviting bait. He continued: -
Poor old China Is a good sample of what
may happen to a nation unprepared to
maintain its own peace by being prepared
for war. We are relatively as defenseless
as China. Suppose some otber nation should
attempt to force our hand and call our
bluff. Thanks to England, she does not
call the bluff.
Vi'hen the Venezuelan trouble came we
put our backs u: and showed our teeth.
And do you know what the real truth
was? Our capacity, our National capacity,
for the manufacture of smokeless powder at
tb&t time was one charge for one 10-Inch
(uo each day.
Xow, aa a matter of fact, on our Pacific
Coast we are absolutely defenseless. The
Japanese have 750,000 trained Veterans and
we have 30,000 veterans who spend the! r
time In shoveling and In waiting on tho
officers.
What Japan Could Do. -
It is true that we have got behind us
the great American genius, but, while that
u getting to work, the Japanese might
capture the Pacific Slope. land 250,000
troops and occupy California. And Cali
fornia is rich enough in her own right to
support the whole Japanese nation.
In experiments at Indian Head on Tues
day and "Wednesday" of last week a new
detonating fuse juet completed was used
in shells shot through 5. 6 and a-lnch
Krupp process armour and exploded the
shll behind the armor at the distance that
would be most effective.
Wonderful New Fuse.
It will not matter whether the plate
is one or 12 Inches In thickness. I have
been working- on the fuse for ten years.
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