THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1910.
GAYNOR PUZZLETO
THREE OF MAYOR GAYNOR'S DEPARTMENT HEADS WHO ARE MUCH IN THE PUBLIC EYE.
PAULHAN SOARS
OUT OVER. OCEAN
NEW YORK BOSSES
Mayor's New Commissioners
Kept Busy Digging Up In
teresting Facts.
French Aviator Establishes
Another World's Record
in the South.
TAX SYSTEM IS REFORMED
FLIGHT MOST PERILOUS
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Charles E. Murphy, Petted and Sent
Home Without Patronage, Is
Iazed Tammany looses Long
String of Kat Jobs.
BY LLOYD F. LONERGAN.
NEW YORK. Jan. 19. (Special.)
With Governor Hughes still on the
joh at Albany and Mayor Gaynor mak
ing; a record in the city, the lot of
the political boss, regardless of party,
is not a happy one. We have had
rpformers before, and have .usually
managed to fool them, but these two
are of the kind that keep the old war
liorsos snorting bitterly.
The previous reform Mayors were
Strong and fSeth Low, both personally
on as high a standard as Is Gaynor.
Rut they so bothered and annoyed th
people that they were promptly turned
out at the expiration of their terms.
Their principal effort Beemed to be to
give us a good old New England Sab
bath, which failed to please the av
erage voter, and it Is average voters
who decide elections.
Gaj-imr ISeglns Harmoniously.
The present administration is start
ing out in the most harmonious fash
ion. Gaynor Is working hand in glove
with the fusionists, and apparently is
as good a non-partisan as the rest of
them.
The most pitiful object in town at
present Is Charles K. Murphy, leader
of Tammany Hall. Murphy could stand
abuse, neglect or ingratitude. .He has
experienced tbem all. But the Gaynor
brand of diplomacy has made his head
ache.
No person Is greeted more warmly at
the Mayor's office than is Charles F.
Murphy. Gaynor is always glad to see
him; in fact, he alihost cheers. He pats
Murphy on the back, and after he
loaves the Mayor usually gives out, a
statement telling what an excellent
man is the leader of Tammany and
severely rebuking all who attack him.
Murphy Petted bnt Ignored.
But Murphy has not landed a man in
any kind of an office, and as all the places
are gone, his chance of influencing the
Mayor has also departed.
Gaynor's actions up to date have met
with general approval from the mass of
citizens who are not seeking office. His
appointees are high-class men. all of
whom seem to bo carrying out the May
or's injunction that there shall be no
favor and no politics in this administra
tion. One of the worst evils heretofore has
been our unequal system of taxation. Per
sons who had a pull paid little. The poor
chap who did not stand in with the or
ganization made up for . it. Often two
adjoining parcels would, show a differ
ence in valuation of from 60 to 100 per
cent.
Gaynor made practlcaly a clean sweep
of the Tax Board of his predecessor.
Then he lined up the new men and read
the riot act to them.
Tax Board Begins -Well.
He gave fats and figures concerning
companies that had been favored in the
past and proved that he had studied the
subject carefuly. Then he continued:
"Favor no one and see that your depu
ties favor no one for political Influence,
love or money. If political leaders' come
asking favors in valuations, tell them to
go away; that that day has gone by. Pol
itics must be banished from your depart
ment. Let every deputy who puts down
a manifestly wrong valuation be dis
missed at once.
"Try to find out some owner trying to
corrupt a deputy and we shall have him
indicted. No meaner person exists than
one capable of trying to get rid of some
part of his taxes by throwing it on his
neighbor?. No jury would spare him."
The new Commissioners have been en
thusiastically stirring things up, and
nearly every day have unearthed some
thing new and interesting. For example.
Fire Commissioner' Waldo discovered that
he had a private stable, full of all sorts
of wheeled vehicles, including a sleigh
and an auto, which was provided at the
expense of the city. He closed up the
stable, discharged the help, and has or
dered the wagons to be sold.
Park Commissioner HIgglns made a
tour of the Bronx the other day and found
men digging postholes in the frozen
earth. The ground was In such had
shape that they could have -made very
little progress, even if they had tried.
The Commissioner decided that unneces
sary digging is foolish in the Winter
time and was able to dispense with the
services of w men, for they formerly kept
as big a force in the Winter as they did
In the Summer.
Controller Prendergast found eight
cashiers in the Brooklyn office of the
finance department.' There was work for
only four of them, and the others Just
stood around. He promptly discharged
four, much to their surprise.
The Commissioner of Water Supply, Ga
and' Electricity has laid off nearly 100
Inspectors who never "Inspected" any
thing so far as could be ascertained. The
Tenement House Commissioner does not
see why his department requires five
automobiles, and has turned them all in.
And so it goes through all the various
municipal bureaus.
Tammany Is Amazed:'
Do you wonder that Tammany, accus
tomed for years to "honest graft," can
not understand it?
"We have lost all the jobs and there
is not a man in office today who would
dare to give us a contract," remarked
one district leader bitterly. "Not even
in the days of Seth Low were we as
badly off as we are at the present
time."
The Brooklyn organization is In near
ly as bud a fix. The new leader over
there is John, H. McCooey. who suc
ceeded the late Senator McCarren. He
is warmly indorsed by Gaynor. In fact,
the Mayor freely admits that McCooey
is an excellent man and a credit to the
Democratic party. But
McCooey has not landed a man In
office under his friend, William J. Gay
nor. True, he has the county patronage,
under the Sheriff, Register and County
Clerk, but that amounts to less than
50 places averaging about $2000 a year.
And McCarren had 140 places in the
finance department alone, to say noth
ing of his more or less extensive re
sources in the departments under Mc
. Clellan.
Some of the district leaders are talk
ing of deposing McCooey, and others
iy that he is not to blame, and that
any other man would get the same kind
of a deal from Gaynor. But there is
little happiness in the ranks of the reg
ulars In Brooklyn.
Photo Copyright, 1910, by George Grantham Bain.
ABOVK STREKT COMMISSIONER "HII.L" EDWARDS. BKI.OW
DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARLES S. WHITMAN AND CH4MBEH
LAIN CHARLES H. HYDE.
SENATE GUTS BILL
No New Stars to Be Added to
Flag Until 1911.
TAFT INDORSES SCHEME
Hamilton Measure May G1t WTay to
Kntlrely New Document, Which
Will Authorize Elections to
Make It F'ully Effective.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 19. No new
stars will be added to, the American
flag before the Summer of 1911, accord
ing to the plan under consideration
in the Senate Committee on Terri
tories. The programme is said to have the
endorsement of President Taft. It
provides for the reporting of an en
tirely new bill for the admission of
New Mexico and Arizona as states.
The Hamilton bill which was passed
by the House is declared to be. objec
tionable to the Senate Committee on
two grounds:
Objections Are Raided.
First, it does not provide fox suf
ficient time between the proposed ter
ritorial elections and the adoption of
constitutions and the election of state
officers and members of the Senate and
House of Representatives.
The other objection relates to the
protection of public interests in re
lation to existing and proposed land
grants.
Under the terms of the Hamilton bill,
elections of officials of the new states
and Representatives in Congress could
be held almost Immediately after state
constitutions were adopted and ap
proved by the President.
The new bill will authorize New
Mexico and Arizona to hold elections
for the adoption of constitutions, but
no election for state officers and mem
bers of Congress could be held' until
after the constitutions- had been ap
proved by the President and Con
gress. Effect of Proviso Revealed.
The effect of this provision would be
to permit the territories to hold con
stitutional conventions during the
present year, but the constitutions
could not be ratified until Congress
met next December. '
After ratification the state elections
could be held.
Under the terms of the proposed
Senate bill the two territories could
not possibly be admitted before the
Summer of 1911. The Republican mem
bers of the committee, headed by
Senator Revertdge, have conferred with
President Taft and' it Is understood
they are unanimously in favor of this
programme.
SPANKED, WIFE LAUGHED
SISTER TEIiLS OF 'COUKECTIOX
OP 3IRS. CHRISTY.
Wife's Love for Chauffeur Is Ho
st rained by 'Thought of Child,
Maid Testifies.
ZANESVILLE. O., Jan. 19. Howard
Chandler Christy spanked his wife one
time when she swore at him, according
to the testimony in today's hearing of
Mrs. Christy's suit to gain possession
of Natalie, the couple's 12-year-old
daughter. That interesting event was
portrayed by Miss Rose Christy, sister
of the artist, in her testimony.
Miss Christy said that one night she
overheard Mrs. Christy in her room at
the Christy home at Duncan Falls rum
maging through a trunk and mumbling
and swearing when Mr. Christy said if
she did not stop her talking and go to
bed he would spank her.
"I guess he did spank her," . Miss
Christy said, "judging from the sounds
which came from their rooms. The
next morning Mrs. Christy laughed and
said she 'guessed she deserved it.' "
Anna Washington, a colored maid,
formerly at the Christy home in New
York, said she often saw Mrs. Christy
intoxicated and that .she oft,en called
Purdy, the chauffeur.' for her mistress
and that she served drinks to both in
Mrs. Christy's boudoir. On one occa
sion, the maid testified. Mrs. Christy
said to her regarding Purdy:
" 'I'm crazy about that man; isn't he
handsome?'" and that "'if it were not
for Natalie she would be with him al
ways.' "
She also quoted Purdy as saying:
"God only knows how much I love
this woman." referring to Mrs. Christy.
When the maid was excused each
side announced that it had completed
Its case. Then Judge White prepared
to go to the home of Attorney Durban,
representing Mr. Christy, where Na
talie Christy has been visiting during
the trial, for the purpose of question
ing the little girl.
SPRING TO. BE SET APART
Ballinger ' Impressed by Plea for
Possible Health Resort.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. Representa
tive Ellis today recommended to Secre
tary Ballinger that the nine warm
springs on the Warm Springs Indian
Reservation be set apart as a resort,
so that a sanatorium may be erected
for 'the benefit of those desiring to
make use of the rprings. These
springs will be readily accessible as
soon as the railroads are built along
the Deschutes River.
The secretary was favorably Im
pressed with the idea, and asked Mr.
Ellis to lay the matter before the In
dian Commissioner for his views. He
will do so when Commissioner Valen
tine recovers from his illness. It is
the plan that several sections on
which the springs are located, be cut
out of the Indian Reservation, and
leased to private parties, the Indians to
be recompensed in some way to be
determined later.
MIKADO GREETS SEBREE
Officers of American Fleet Present
Ivoving Cup to Saito.
TOKIO, Jan. 19. Rear-Admiral Se
bree, Commander-in-Chief of the Pa
cific fleet; Rear-Admiral Hubbard, com
manding the Asiatic squadron, and the
captains of the United States warships
here were received today by the Em
peror, who was extremely cordial. The
officers were- presented by Ambassador
O'Brien.
Following the audience, the Ameri
cans were entertained at dinner by
Vice-Admiral Saito, to whom Rear-Admiral
Hubbard presented a loving cup.
the gift of officers of the American
fleet. Guests at this affair included
TAFT PROMOTES 'K A VA I, OF
FICER TO GRADE OF
REAR-ADMIRAL.
Captain Aaron Ward, Whmc Ap
pointment Reaches Senate.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. Pres
ident Taft sent to the Senate
today the appointment of Cap
tain Aaron Ward to be Rear
Admiral. 'Captain Ward Is president of
the Board of Inspection and Sur--vey.
He was commissioned cap
tain June 6, 1906.
Admiral Togo and 16 other officers of
the Japanese navy. Ambassador O'Brien
and the staff of the' American Em
bassy. The squadron will sail home
ward tomorrow. Officers and men are
in fine condition.
Family Disgraced, Judge Relents.
CHICAGO. Jan. 19. "Unto the fam
ily of man or woman, who shall be im
prisoned, shall be brought disgrace," is
an ancint Chinese saying, and it had
a telling significance when Mrs. Wong
Chan, wife of Chin Chan, of the King
Joy Lo Company, was arraigned here
chaj-ged with shoplifting. Rather than
see it affect the future of her two
sons and two daughters, the court im
posed a fine of J25 and costs, suspend
ing the sentence of one day In jail he
originally had decided upon.
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French Minister of Education
Upholds Public Schools.
CATHOLIC CHARGES DENIED
Official Declares Enemies of Re-
public Would Force Creed Su
periority Impartial History
Caused War, His Belief.
PARIS. Jan. 19. Minister of Public In
struction Doumergue replied todajr to vio
lent attacks made by Catholic deputies
upon the character of the teaching in
the public schools.
He said the war proclaimed by the
church against public schools was di
rected exclusively by enemies of the Re
public, insisting that the letter of the
episcopate constituted an attempt by
threats to enforce the superiority of the
church's authority over that of the gov
ernment. M. Doumergue alleges that Catholic
complaints against textbooks of history
used in the public schools were due sole
ly to the fact that these histories gave
facts Impartially. Contrasting these with
the histories used In the Catholic schools
he quoted from thfm to prove that they
taught, not the history of World events,
but the history of the church and con
demned everything inimical to the
church's interest.
The Minister instanced a case where
priests had refused the last sacrament to
a farmer unless he would agree that his
son should be placed In a Catholic school.
He announced that the government would
introduce bills requiring diplomas of the
Catholic school teachers In conformity
with the laws of hygiene and others, that
were applicable to the faculties of pub
lic schools.
Deputies Lascies and' Denyschoin ad
vanced the submission of the question
of nature study in the schools to a
plebiscite in each commune.
FAITH In COOK NOT DEAD
COPENHAGEN PROFESSOR SAYS
SWINDLING NOT PROVED.
University Decided Only That Scien
tific Proof Lacking Cook
Reached Pole.
COPENHAGEN. Jan. 19. (Special.)
In four articles occupying more than 12
columns of space in the National
Tidende. c. Henrik Seharling, pro
fessor of religious philosophy in. the
University of Copenhagen, .declares
that he still has unshaken confidence
In Dr. Frederick A. Cook. He asserts
that the University's decision said and
meant no more than that the Doctor's
observations did not prove scientific
ally that he had reached the Pole. It
did not say that Dr. Cook had not
been at the Pole, simply because
neither the university nor anyone else
knew whether he had been there or
not.
Professor Scharling used plain lan
guage in criticising the Danes for
dropping Dr. Cook as soon as the
University's decision was made public.
"Danes." he says, "ought not to kill
Dr. Cook before he has been con
victed as a swindler. Thus far no
swindle has been proved."
John Hansen, ex-Minister of Com
merce, pibHshes a long article in
which he says that he still believes in
Dr. Cook, as he had found much in his
character that gave the impression
that he was a good-hearted and strong
man.
SOME YET CALL COOK HONEST
"Explorer" No Scientist, but Copen
hagen Lets Degree Stand.
COPENHAGEN. Jan. 19. The commit
tee of the University of Copenhagen has
completed its examination of Dr. Freder
ick A. Cook's original notes and today
confirmed its previous conclusions that
not the slightest proof that the explorer
reached the North Pole had been submit
ted. The report was submitted to the con
sistory of tlie university today. The
committee finds that the copy of Cook's
data, on which its previous decision
was based, conforms in the main to the"
original notebook now in its possession.
The latter, the examiners say, contains
various alterations, but there Is noth
ing to show whether the changes were
made with the purpose of deceiving.
While the consistory was unanimous
in declaring Cook's claims absolutely
untrue, some of its members declare
Cook is an honest man, though not a
scientist.
No immediate steps will be taken to
rescind the honorary degree conferred
upon Cook, as the verdict is merely
the Scotch otie of "not proven."
However, Rector Solomonson and
Professor Stromgren, chairman of the
examining committee, have been dele
gated further to consider all evidence
at their disposal, after which final
action concerning the university's hon
oring of the explorer may be taken.
With Wife as Passenger, Record
Breaker in Biplane Sails 22 Miles
In 33 Minutes, Reaching Alti
tude From 500 to 1000 Feet.
AVIATION FIELD, Los Angeles, Cal.,
Jan. 19. By carrying one passenger
in his biplane on a 22-mlle cross
country trip from the aviation field to
a point half a mile out over the ocean,
and by taking another passenger on a
12-mile flight over the fields, and three
other passengers, one at a time on.
short flights, Louis Paulhan today es
tablished a new world's record for
heavier-than-air machines.
No other aviator has taken up so
many passengers during one day and
no other aviator has taken a woman
for a high flight over fields and woods
and villages and hungry surfs for more
than 20 . miles.
Paulhan sailed at an altitude of from
S00 to 1000 feet over Redondo Beach,
Venice-by-the-Sea and'other resorts to
ward Point Firmln. There were no
life preservers tied to the machine to
save them from death in the waves
should they fall. He made the trip and
the other perilous flights of the after
noon with - the ease of a run to your
club in a taxieab.
The passenger-carryiivr record is
held by Orville Wright, who flew with
Captain Englehardt for one hour and
35 minutes at Berlin last Fall, but
AVright did not leave the course, where
he could land at will.
Paulhan Nears -Mile-a-Mlivute Mark.
Paulhan was gone 33 minutes on this
22-mile trip. He had his wife as a
passenger. His 10-mile trip was made
with Clifford B. Harmon, of New York.
Beside these, he took up Mrs. Cortlandt
Field Bishop, wife of President Bishop,
of the Aero Club of America; Lieuten
ant Paul Beck', of the United States
Army Signal Corps: William Randolph
Hearst, the newspaper publisher, and
another newspaper man. The flights
were made under perfect atmospheric
conditions. Earlier in the afternoon
the wind had been "puffy," and the
other aviators had gone back to their
tents after trying the course for a few
laps.
While the crowd waited patiently in
the burning sunshine, Paulhan went
over the parts of his machine. At 2:27
o'clock he put on his yellow coat and
helped his wife up to her high perch.
Then he flew out over the grandstand
to give the big crowd greeting.
With their cheers of delight sounding
faintly, he left the course on his next
lap and headed for the ocean. In 10
minutes he had become a blur against
the sunlight clouds that curtained the
Pacific. A few minutes later he disap
peared behind a telegraph wire, as it
appeared through the field glasses. He
was again giving an exhibition of
something for which the world has
waited for centuries. The dirigible bal
loons entertained the crowd while wait
ing for Paulhan's reappearance. Sev
eral times It was cried that he was
coming, but it was found that it was
only a bird. The Frenchman was chas
ing the seagulls away from their
haunts.
Crowd Goes Wild.
At 2:50 o'clock Paulha.n again came
into sight and at 3 o'clock he landed
directly In' front of the grandstand. He
received wild congratulations, and was
taken down the narrow aisle of frantic
people so that all could get a good look
at him. As he was In an amiable mood,
he was besieged with pleas to take
friends up.
He returned to his machine and be
gan this part of the programme. Lieu
tenant Beck, on his trip, took dummy
dynamite bombs to attempt to throw
them from a height to a measured place
on the ground. This was a test made
for the benefit of the Army. The re
sult Is that gunplts -may have to be
covered to protect them from aerial
enemies in time of war.
While Lieutenant Beck was not suc
cessful in placing the bombs within the
square, they did not land far away,
and it was demonstrated that the aero
plane could be used for this purpose
and that it was but a matter of practice
to place bombs where wanted.
Paulhan's flight, with Mr. Harmon,
was not made until 5 o'clock. Again
he disappeared in the direction of the
ocean, but he did not go to the shore.
He returned after circling the fields in
the w'est, an approximate distance of 12
miles, made in a little over 20 minutes.
Other Aviators Accomplish Little.
Tho other aviators did not accomplish
much.
Charles K. Hamilton made three starts
in an attempt to break Paulhan's alti
tude record of 4165 feet. On his first
trail. Hamilton rose 455 feet: on his sec
ond 300 feet and on his third approxi
mately 700 feet. Paulhan, on the sea
shore, exceeded this without any effort at
record-breaking. Hamilton's machine was
not working well enough to encourage
him to go higher on the spiral pathway.
The Gill-Dosch machine met with an
accident that eliminates it from any work
tomorrow. This is an American machine
owned by H. W. Gill, of Baltimore. It
has been tested out several times, but
each time it has met with trouble. This
time the trouble was serious. At a height
of from 30 to 100 feet It circled the field
once and then came down with a- crash
that wrecked its left plane.
Hillary Beachey, the driver, was not
injured.
Curtiss Tries for Record.
Glenn H. Curtis made two appearances.
The first time he went around the course
three times and the second time he tried
for a speed record. His lap -was 2:19,
seven seconds from the record.
Tomorrow Is the last day of the meet.
Curtlss will go to Hammondsport, N. Y.,
to start work on a new model biplane, a
heavier one than he has used here. He
claims that he will demonstrate with this
new machine"" that he can get along with
out the Wright patents.
After the meet Paulhan, it was given
out by his manager tonight, will go to
San Francisco. He will make several
flights there if the weather permits.
From San Francisco ho will start on a
trip around the world. Hamilton may
attempt the flight from here to San
Diego for which San Diego business men
have offered a prize of $1200.
The plans of the French syndicate con
trolling Paulhan. to take the aviator on a
trip around the world, have not been de
cided. Negotiations are now on with sev
eral cities, particularly Salt Lake City,
St. Louis and New Orleans. If terms are
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to $37.50
THURSDAY $13.85
All the newest style dresses in all-silk and in all-wool
jabrics. Semi, princess, moyen age and dresses made
With waist effects, full pleated shirts. Some are
beautifully braided and fancy lace yokes and plain
tailored button trimmed. Made of chiffon taffeta,
French prunella, serge, chiffon broadcloth. In
reseda, wistaria, navy, black, gray and walnut.
MERCHANDISE OF MERIT ONLY
reached, the world trip will be postponed
until exhibitions have been given in these
places.
Lake-and-Rail Freights Advance.
CHICAGO, Jan. 1?. An increase of 5
cents a 100 pounds on first-class freight
between New York and Chicago, by
lake and rail, practically has been
agreed upon according to dispatches
from the East last night. All lines
had agreed to the advance with the ex
ception of the Grand Trunk Railway
National Dispatch, it was stated. It is
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304 OAK ST., BET.
said that pressure is being brought to
bear on this line to induce it to join in
the increase. This boost will be
worked out by the reduction of the dif
ferential of the lake and rail under the
ail-rail rates. This differential has
been 10 cents a 100 pounds on flrst-clasa
freight. The water lines are said to
have agreed to cut this differential In
half, giving them a rate of only 5 cents'
lower than that by all rail.
Today is positively last day for dis
count on East Side gas bills.
FIFTH AND SIXTH