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IRE !E?ED
Civil Service Commis
l sion Says" Men CertP
: :fied rto by Dodge as
Competent -Are Not
t ;; ?. Xti;
, Decides Al! Employes Must Take
, Examination to Show Whether
"" They Are Worthy of the Po--:
sitions They Hold Money Be--'
lng. Wasted. V ''ii
; Barr eanaur of th msttaoda of th
wmtr department la implied In the fee
.- tloa of the elvtl aerrlce eommlaatoa,
.which this morning, decided that the
' rflen oertlfiod to m competent br Fraak
T. Dodre. ruperlntendent of the wnur
t department; erf not capable of filling
their position, and that they must take
' aa examination, which will be a real
teat of their abilities. ,
wen and -eanlkera -held last month was
thrown out. aad not only the aew men
- who aourht places ta the water depart
lent through the examination, but the
men who. have been doing this work na
Ottr wperlatoadeat Dods. mas take aa
examination soon to be held. .
' - SecreUry Mcpherson made a report
n hta investigations tnto the manner la
which water meters are being laid ta
house service pipes py toe tappers em
ployed by Mr. Dodge. --;".:
"' i- - gays Koaey Is Was. - '
- According to the lnformaUoa he ob
. talned, an average of t cents la n
.IseceesarUy : expended every .meter
Installed ' This Is for material which
absolutely - nnneceesary. - Unnecessary
Jogs add to the material - bill. .- - -
One thousand aew meter have'Juet
been purchased by the . water board.
Scores of these have already been ta
ataiiea. - - ..., ..r.. --.--
If the same methods found by Mr.
If cPherson are followed oa all . these
l.eao meters , with aa average anaeces
eery expense of It eeata..Just tTt will
have beea expended by the city Which
Is se much money, thrown, away. The
t material consists of nipples, piping and
stopcocks. . - " -s r
T A. O. ,RasMtght.nBrTecnmemaaB-aBr a
plumber: C Oliver, head -rrapector la
the water department, aad B. J. Gray,
. east side foreman, formed the examin
ing board at the examination e tapper,
' metermea aad caulkers held last month.
: They found that. the. method of C O.
, Murphjr, who has beea In charge of the
' meter gangs, were wrong end .that ma
' tertal was being wasted. They se re
. ported t Mr. Dodge, end. this .report
, came into the hands of the civil servhte
commission. Grsy and Oliver, 'theugh
Indirectly under Dodge, signed the re
port criticising Murphy. - , j ."
, .... gar aTorphy Is Ioomseasat ' .
" The commission has now held that
Murphy, though in charge of the work
" of Installing meters for some time. Is
himself not competent to-do the work
f the men supposed ta. be anoer his
(Continued en Page Two.) v
RAILROAD EUTERS GREAT GOLD CE1P
From All Over the Desert Miners Art Catheringto Cefebrate th
. : Arrival of the First Traia at Coldfield- Clark VVIns Race f.
1 iOther tines
(Jnarnal goertal Service.) ' ' ;
Is Angelea, 8pt. 11 From aft over
the -desert Minors are gathering at
Beatty, Nevarfp. in 'the heart of the gold
mines, to celebrate the arrival of the
first train. Bnnator Clark has won the
race of the railroad magnates. One of
hie gtanfi Salt Lake englnee will go
shrieking front Las Vegas through the
famous Bull hog region next we It
The first train wilt be the signs! for
a mining rush such as -the world has
never seen since the dorrs ef '4. '' -These
gold-mad rushers must be fed
Uorilfngmen Far Better Oil -
(Joeirira frpeMrlsiC
London, gept. U.Th worltingman Is
better off In England than In Ami-rlea.
That Is the aaeertlon ma.ie oy, n
Kennedy, the well-known writer.. No
. ... - I I. 4 mnHltlnn. In hath
oountrles sver spurred here. - Kennedy
hue just returo.l t rom a long trip In
America, wtier lie onre wnrki hi a
. "1 T 1 ' ' ' run
the L '. '
love syndicate
lfrst Zsella Brown, the Xor End-cgte Widow Under Arrest: Below Id-
t Crerory ABen, Sculptor, fiance of
a . . . . . . . . 4mm
rouKbt tnc iouaers. ; oaetcnea
RobseveltvOrders the
DesMomesttOyHav
- Uproar When
.t:-.r. '. .:J! ,5.:- . .
(Jearaat gpeetal servtee.) "' a
Washington. Sept. 11. The cruiser
Denver, it Is announced today, ordered
to Havana, should arrive late today or
tomorrow. The gunboat Marietta, now
at -Canto Domingo has. been ordered te
Clenfuegoeu The orders were Issued by
the president from Oyster - Bay. The
Des Moines, will await orders at Key
West. ; ..- w
.There Is much activity in the state,
navy aad war departments oa account
ef the Cuba attuatlo,' Major B. T.
Uulii, a trusted officer of the military
secretary's office, ha started for Hav
ana oa a "month's leave of absence to
attend to private Interests.- It .Is
thoughthat the government means te
have tile army officer present ta ease ef
trouble.''-. ; : :..-. r .'-, ;
The Dsnrer left- New London, Con
necticut ea September: i. under orders
to Follow.
from outside points and there lie bust
nees opportunity for California, mer
chants. - Close at Senator Clark's heels
two ether railroads are racing to gst
Into the gold country. Owing to ths
peculiar location ef Bull lrrog the
tracks will be at the very mouth. ,.ef
some big gold producers.
The toot of the first engine means
the death ef the old desert . romanre.
Already the eld freighters are pulling
out for ths new gold camps. Ths
doeert mule la soon to be relegated to
oblivion. : ...... y
country under the sun to live lnv The
time Is coming at last when' ths truth
Is beginning' ti be revealed and the
statements of Secretary Shaw and his
(trowd-of boostnrs will he exposed."
When - everything is reckoned up,
Kennedy maintains- that, the working
man here get 40 par cent more for his
labor than in America. He points out.
tort, thnt In Amilt' there Is no law of
hiivir,. r' . ... -ii,.n for Injury, such
ii f . .i 1., . 1. , -
-471. ;nt " " "' ' " ' T ' " '"7"r :
widow Arrested fou
,::y-,: :-r-ixwwmV
' xtra. Brown-- uanrnter; iWBo-
my . i f . " .)-.
aow iaaaen.it in Kaio.
Denver.4 Marietta j arid
News. Is-Broken vi
-, - -. . r
to stop at Norfolk. Two days later
orders bw wireless were given . her to
go to Havana, at fall speed, which she
proceeded to . do without stopping ea
this, coast-i y y , . , .,; y" '
Advices from Havana say ' that ' ths
city la In aa eproejv the people having
beard . that -the United . States- bss
ordered ; three . ships her and. it Is
rumored that the whole fleet ,1s coming.
Insurgent are . recruiting la th etty."
Reports are. constantly .coming ef rebel
successes. Msny believe thst President
Faltn t unable ta cop with, the situa
tion. ....... ...
Ths situation at Havana' la "', worse
then sine the outbreaks begs. Many
want. Intervention and ethers strenu
ously oppose- It American ship are
eertalw to complicate matters. . The
feeling Is genera 1 that there will be no
peace until America, restore it.
JL representative of leading English
Arm with, large Intereet In Cuba, who
was Interviewed today, expressed seri
ous apprehension st the. latest develop
menta there, ; Th Cubs Cigar- com'
pany says that It believes .that trade
will be crippled for several years unless
order -1 quickly restored. . The com
pany's only hope In that the American
government will Intervene Its fear Is
chiefly due t the fact .last fighting Is
In th eetm newly owrr with' tobacco.
The Ubor supply has-vanished. - -- -
Managers of ths railway ' chiefly
owned by English- capital are not much
afraid of- thel consequences, but expreee
astonishment that - the - uprising has
taken on .suctr's serious phase. ' .
PEASANTS IM URAL CO;
, r . FORCIBLY RESIST TAX
; V
. t (Xotirnal fliwrlel 8rvlre.l "
. Bt. Petersburg. Sept. li. Feasants fn
the Ural district are offering' armed
resistance to the collection - of taxes.
Troops have been ordered to th dis
trict. Social democrats have been no
tified that ther wilt not be permitted to
hold the oonventlon called to meet
oasLy ' ' '
SAKO'.'ELSKI IS T0 ' "Pr
V SUPPRESS TERRORISTS
: .. v- (, - -j,
.ft
: ' : f Jnerna! Nperful iervlcei) v
- St. Peterehurg, Bpt 12. Ths. easr
has appointed General Sakomelskl com
mander of th Fifth army oorps, wltH
headquarters at Warsaw, and ordered
bins to suppress ths terrorists.
. Tons Vrlsoaera Killed,
. (Joernil Swire.)
, St. Peterstturg. np. 1?. Fotir prison,
era In Msrdln lafl wars killed and 14
wounded by the guards during an at
tempt La osuupe . . m , .......
frenzied finance
"
'.'
LOVE SYIIDICATE
TallilfnG COLIPAflY
Mr.
Izella' Browrv'e; Residence
t Rafdedby, Police and , Widow
VArretted, ; Charged With Felony
V Embezzlement Accused . of
, Hewing to Float Coal Stock,
-, (JhW Bperter ferries.)
New Tork. Rept, 11. Every day sees
new development, ta. th ease against
the, -love syndicate,"'.' run by "widows,"
recently raided by federal authorities.
Th women are accused of, havtng prao
tloed their arts and oh arms to Iurs many
thousand from admirer who proposed
matrimony and to have an loaded much
bogus stock on arc en t would-be flancos.
. Tangible proof ef fraud ha resulted
la th arrest ef several of th pretty
women, alleged confederate of Mrs.
Twill Brown, copartner with Mrs. Bin
F. Verrault t the notorious tovw syndi
cate. ' T - - -
- ' Vew Chaxge ef Felony.
'-Th new charges of felony 11 In th
sale ef Boston1 and Nova Scott coal
stock, by which means. It I estimated,
hundred ware . fleeced and many of
them- ruined. ; 1 .' ;" - - " '
The Bostoft Nova Reoti Coal- om
pany, with office st No. (2 Broadway,
wss- promoted by Georg A Tien Mason,
a brother of lira. Brown. It Is charged
with being a fake concern, yet well
known, names appeared, to: the efflolal
records of th company as its officers.
Ths anherhe, while an ultimate fail
ure, wss for. a Jtlme successful, in. that
huge block of stock were- sold snd
muoh money thus obtained. But the
concern wee short lived, the stockhold
ers' -demand for dividends resulting la
its quick collapse. , .
' ' Bald a Bealdeae. -
Mrs. Brown la in the Tombs charged
with grand larceny.
T-v, a, ami. . T f rtn mnA. Vnva EnnllH
1 .H.irf wM.lv tn th. n 4
.Continued oa- Pate Xhree.
PROHOTED BOGUS
BYMlSmUTTERFWmEm
wui he
STOLE FOIIf
Fly-By-Nightl Friends
Go With . Adversity,
i Mother to Sell Prop
erty to Aid Son; '
. 3.
. Though nlght-tlm friends have de
serted him and those on .whom he
lavished money - with smaslng prodi
gality have turned away. Bernard O.
Velguth, the defaulting clerk- of the
Portland Qas company, still haa en
friend who has corns to tvlm in his dis
tress. .
. It Is bis widowed mother, Mrs. Marie
Velguth, 4S4 Easr Fifteenth street, who
has made overture to sacrtfloe ber
borne, to sell ber Interest la a -small
farm near Hood River, to release all her
possessions la order that aha may shield
ber son from punishment.
The frenzied young man who wild
career of extravagance startled even the
most pronounced "rounders" for time
Is deserted by th multitude of parasite
ami beneflctartss of his tberts. Mrs.
Nad en e Nichols,, th butterfly deity at
whose shrine hr paid constant and
maddened devotion, has renounced her
lovet saying . that an never . really
eared, .that he was ao more to ber thaa
another and that, fodeed, she was never
mora. than slightly acquainted with the
rrum CWa-!rrTprr3sr-"."K!
Loon cars and hangerson at - saloons
and cafe Who drank with him and at
with hiro offering a faint imltatioa of
flattery, and Immediately af Ur hi de
par tor wagering on the length of time
that would elape before his employers
"got wis,"- are wisely ' aaylng "I told
yon so." None tried to see him' while
la Jail, aad not on has mad an effort
to aid hint at this time. v i
. . Bat th sudde exposar of th young
man' crimes had. hardly, reached the
pnblio before hi mother waa planning
a way whereby ah might shield aad aid
he son. 8b was assisted by th young
man' brother and ether relatives, who
expressed a Willingness to aid hla ta
any way they may. - It waa proposed
that th deficit U th fund of th gas
company be mad good.- and) proceeding,
against the young man dropped. : The
proffer met with little encouragement,
however, on th part of either of the
official of th gas company or th dis
trict attorney office, . .
. .T Drop wreswtlov , '
- It m imposIbl si this tlm.t-de
termlne Just exactly the amount ef the
shortage t th seen pa y, say gas com
pany ef flolals. 80 far ther I no dispo
sition on- the part of th company to
drop th prosecution. It Is a distress
lag affair and all sympathise with the
mother aad the t family, bug go far as
the young man himself is concerned,
taeto seers e . to -e a oopoeial reason
why he will not be punished for his
misdoings.
District Attorney Manning refused' to
admit that overture bad beea made to
him to cess the prosecution ha - case
the shortage 1m made good by th rela
tive and frlende of the young clerk.
He declared, however, that he knew a
reason why the young man should not
be mad to suffer for his crime. ,
"I have not been informed If mien g
proposition ha been made," he said to
day.- . "But th Information agates the
young man ha been prepared and signed
and he ha been, arrested. So It i our
doty t- conduct the prosecution and I
really se no- reason why It should not
b conducted. - - '' f
Th mother ef th defaulting clerk la
prostrated over the affair. .
YOUNG WOMAN FOUND
UNCONSCIOUS IN CHICAGO
(Jonrael fUI ger1es.ie - .
Chicago, Sept 11. JA young, woman,
stsgantly dressed and wearing diamonds,
and carrying money, alt of which, was
untouched was found onoonenlou at
Blxty-first street ' and Champlaln ave
nue, this city, this morning. She wss
taken to St. Bernard hospital. . hi- a
few moments consciousness waa re
stored. She gave the name ef Gledya
Tleroe. living in the neighborhood. It
I said that eh ha been deserted by
her husband, a rich Ran Franciscan.. .-
EIGHT TRAINMEN DEAD
v, IN GEORGIA COLLISION
' f Jnereet neeUI SerrV.)
Rlnggnld,. Os.r Sept. 13. A bad WrerV
occurred en the Weerern AHnrr
mod this morning - Engineer W. A
Fihsr sod seven other trainmen wo ..
killed. Ths dlenet.r wxe a coli
orders' caused the wreck.
Ja
4 Bernard O. Velguth'e dally I1r- e
4 lng expenses which he himself
4 ' gsve to representative of the
4 district attorney's offlo rep re - 4
e sent a t per cent intereet on a
d fortune of ever a third of a mil- 4
4 : lion dollar. Such princely ex- w
4 . pendltorea y be practiced for
4 . moniha, be saya' Hla dally ex
4 ' penees wsret -
a . Riot machines -
..moo-
Horse and buggy , 1.10
-Automobile . ..nnwr .
.Ideals ..,, 444 ,...' Ifl.0
Incidental . .............. .
err- .-,,,-.
e total, per day ITT.iO e
' -
1 ,'
i .
Before Attachment for
Fair Divorcee,. Gas
Clerk Was Enamored
of Beautiful Wurse
Further IrrSestlgatlorl Into th habita
and methods ef young Velguth, who
was employed for Me per month a
clerk In the office of the Portland Oa
company aad spent between ISO and 17
per- day for several months, reveal an
alluring life 'of profligacy which would
dassle even the dreams f Portland"
wildest aight revelers.
T Deputy District Attorney Heney
be made a partial confession of the
manner In which he spsnt th large
sum which he stole from th company.
Offloera and others who hare investi
gated the young man's scarlet career
are convinced that . he only gambled
occasionally though formerly addicted
to th habit and that he did not drink
excessively. . Hi lavish . expenditure
were chiefly In th form ef .entertain
ment for hi fern! friends. -His ef
fort la that line, however, were con
fined larrelr to m akin a himself inter
est lng to Mr. Nadla Nichols, th beau
tiful divorce from Ran Franotsco, who
wn the beneficiary f gin from him
of fabulous value, y . . : .-
Previous to hi maddened adoration
for bar b Waa enamored of a beautiful
nurse, wh is now in another etty.
While her ah wa engaged a the as
sistant ef a prominent ph relets. To a
woman of. the nether world en Seventh
street be wa attentive for a tint and
spent large suras for win and presents
for both. Those experiences, however.
preceded hi ardent devotion t the Ran
Francisco woman, who declare she Is
greatly mortified at the publication ef
her photograph.
(Continued en Pag Three. ,
( nn ri nT
OtlLY girl
REFUSES 825,000 FOR SWEETIIEAHT
BatrdTew Vouth Dacl.rie to Surrandaf Pratty CM to Drokar Yo
:' i - Makes Six Offara for Him ' to Drop ' Out Monay
I'"'. " ' toothing to Her Loyo.;.
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' (Jearaet tpertat aWeVe.' '
' Hw Torn, Rept 1J. Frederic' Klley.
a ruddy cheeked youth of 9, private
secretary to W. R. Collins, trustee of
th KqulUbl Life Assurance society,
was mad hi sixth offer today by
Wan street broker to give op hie atten
tion toy hi sweetheart. Clam Thiol of
Brooklyn. The broker in a telegram
offered the young man flg.OO if he
would deelst lw hi attention to- bis
l-yer-eld fiancee, who- 1 a stenogra
pher employed br John N. Ryan, also a
broker for the Equitable, whose, office
adjoins that of Collin Toung Kiley
plainly . showed perturbation today,
when It wa mad known that th his
tory of th latest 1 1JMOv offer had
become public i
4 .ii. 1
Llurd'er oi a President Dm
':. ') Jo a Fcvi Drops of Ihiur.
' . (Joernal gperlel gerrl-e.)
ChlcagOk Sept. II. A few drops Of
henbane, sdmlnlstered to a sick women
lo rreepfirt, Illlnola. bv a doctor's error
:m. y.Kra before, I'd to the ssaaastna
t n of Jimee A. Oerfleld and the euc-
Ion of C'hlr A. Arthur preel-
-it of the fnll-.l fitet-e. This b'f
1 . X I- ' ' I il l. i
I,.V;;:"y..-,,, ..: - -l-'yyyy
AbletoTakeThousands
By Clever Manipula
tion of : Adding Ma
chines a,nd Stubs
"How did hs ever do Itr
- This I th Oft-repeated duration of .
th day. , .-.
"By what means wa an Mo-a-month
clerk able to steal lls.OOt from hi em
ployers before being discovered T
' Th secret lsy la a manipulation of
th adding machine, aocordi.ig to Man
ager Pabst of the: Portland Gas com
pany. Adding maohlnea never lie ex
cept when operated by liars. In this
case Bernard Velguth operated the add
ing machine, and by a clever manipula
tion known only to experts be is sup
posed to have footed np the ledger to
tal so as to hide his dally thefts. .
- Velguth occupied the position In th
gag company's office known aa receiv
ing teller. It was his business to meet
the consumer at the paying window,
receive th money, sign a receipt and
plaoe the stub on file for the bookkeep
ers to enter the amount upon the books
later. .
The bill, be It understood. I made
out on a piece of paper which consists
of two sections. When the bill IS paid
the two sections are detached, one go
ing to the consumer aa his receipt and
the other, the stub, being kept by the
company aa Its record of the payment.
Mow Xe Took the Honey.
1 'Whenever the receiving teller wanted
t put some extra cash in his pocksts
he would drop the stubs along with
the money, thus leaving always a bal
ance between th cash and th stub
total. But this was not enough. Cus
tomer who are not marked paid en the
book srs sent a second bill and their
voice are . immediately beard ta pro
test. - ' - - - -
To prevent thl difficulty the" smooth:
young financier went boldly to the
ledger and marked a paid th account
which had been paid.- being guided br
hi -stab In doing sow Another dim
ewlty. still lay ahead. The ledger re
ceipts must b mad t tally with th
ease receipt Knowing dollar for dol
lar the amount which he had stolen
during the month, when Velguth went
to- th adding machine to figure up the
monthly totals, he knew, that ber was
master of the situation. The ledrer
figures 'wer called off by one ef the
bookkeepers, Velguth tapped them off
aad. by manipulating ths machine, he
made the total less than It should be.
the difference being th exact amount
of hi stealing
(Continued on Pag Three.)
I bar been hounded and bothered."
said h, "off and sn by th man who
want m to give an Mis Thlel, and
ther tm more behind the affair than (
can tell at present. J will say thnt,
1 25. SOO, -la "no Inducement for me to
gtv up my sweetheart. It I nothing
compared to ber love,'
Clara Thlel le exceedingly pretty, nt
is an aooomptlahed swimmer, ghe and
Kiley are ensaged. She t much vt.l
that th matter has been made puMM.
"I met the man who hss been follow,
lng me so essldiHMiely about a y-
ago," she sntu, "but havs never b-!j
out. with him. He ha propose mir.
rlag to me, but X bay always ref ill
him."
Norton, sleter of Che''-'
the aeneeeln.
"My hrotfief C"
true, ci n r-f K
nclul'-i.r r
B- I !