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(id Is THE ASSOCIATED PRES3 DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 4:00 P. M. Weather Forecast COLDER; FAIR. VOL. XVII.; NO 28 ASHEVILLE, N. C; WEDNESDAY' AFTERNOON, JANUARY 8, 1913. coy. L 'T 3 ST T fo nPFM SFssmrT Democrats in Caucus Choose George W. Connor of Wil son as Speaker of House. LEGISLATIVE PLANS OF BJOST IMPORTANCE Outline of Subjects on Which Enactment of New ." Laws Will Be v Proposed. Kpccinl to Tse (laxettt-Newm. KaluiKh, Jan. . 8. With Itnembers wearing ' white carnations, both branches of the North Carolina sen era! 'Z wembly convened today at noon and promptly organised for business. The house galleries were crowded with spectators, who Watched the cut and dried proceedings with Interest bvit the senato naileries were not filled. Jn the house Principal Clerk Cobb called the session to order, Rev. H. M. North, pastor of the Edenton Street Methodist church offering prayer. Following the roll call the oath of office was administered by Associate Justice W. A Hoke. W. A. Devlne of Granville nominated George W. Con nor, the caucus selection for speaker, the second being by R. R. Williams of Buncombe. Republicans gave Rufus L. lfaymore of Surry honor, he being nominated by It. 8. Willlamg of Ca barrus. The. house and senate notified Gov ernor Kltchln of their organization .and Informed him of their readiness to receive suggestions. The senate was called to ordtr by President pro tern. Pharr of Mecklen burg, Rev. If. A. Barber, rector of the Christian church Invoking divine blessing. The roll call showed only one member absent, C. G. Peebles of Northampton. Senator O,- F. Mason of Oaston nominated Senator Pharr for president prortem. and Q. K. Nlm oclK of Cumberland seconded the nomiriHtioit, " Chief ", Justice ""Walter lMrk. administered the ith. ' 'i -J,-Tlo governor' message will not be transmitted before tomorrow. With - the-- selection in caucus of house and senate nominees the democrats, who compose an overwhelming majority of the 113 mineral assembly, prepared for the business of the session which began today at noon. George W. Connor of Wilson wat: unanimously nominated speaker of the house, ho being nomi nated by R. E. Woolen of Ienolr. W. 11. Weatherspoon of Scotland Neck recomled It -and J. Frank Ray of Ma con moved the nomination be made unanimous. T. G. Cobb of Morganton wns re-elected principal clerk without opposition, hut W. W. Wilson of'Wake who seemed to have the place of read ing clerk cinched, was defeated by Alfred McLean of Harnett, 61 to 35. J. 11. Morning of Wake was elected aeigeant-at-aun on the second bal lot over George L, Klrkpatrlck of Len oir and D. H. James of Johnston. E. J. Jenkins of Granville whs selected for assistant M. D. Klnsland of Hay wood was ro-elected engrossing clerk. The house was called to order for the caucus by T. C. Howie of Ashe. J. A. I.ong of Alamance acting as secre tary. ITpon Mr. Connor's nomination It. A. lionirhton of Alleghany, E. It ougnton ot A"7nB"- of Lenoir and J. I. Byaes oi ,-re appointed to esort him W.viten n o ,heWhl," ' .Vhorr.d7r; the' next peakcr told of the Importance of the coming session, declared that the people expected wise, progressive and sane legislation, and expressed the hopo that this body would not disap point them. Tim Soimte's omcers. R. O. Pelf of Jackson county and n. M. Phillips of Guilford were nom inated without opposition by senate j democrats for principal clerk and rending clerk, all other positions be ' ing rought out. For engrosnlng clerk W. B. Hooks of Wayne, the Incum bent two yeiirs ago, defeated W, H. Hawy er and R, H. Jones Vake, and A. J. Hauser of Forsyth, Mr. Hooks receiving 31 . Voies sgalnst nlns for Minvr and six each for Jones and Rawyer, . - . Wilbur G. Hall of Cumberland and 0orgo W. Huntley of Anson, both Confederate veterans, were selected fur sergeont and assistant sergeant at nnn. It renulrvd five ballots f'r Mr. Hull 1 1 defeat Nichols Deboy of Vakc, II. F. l'rry of Perquimans, Robert O. Itiivsell of Durham and John A. IJsk. Jllr. Ix-boy was Mr. Hall's principal opponent. ltua-ll and Perry came rack for the assistant's Job, but the Anxnn veteran had It sewed up. II. N. Pharr of Mecklenburg was elncted for president pro tent, of tht st tiate by a rinlna vote. He had the honor tvo years ago. Senator Hurry Htubbs of Martin pre b'U( d us rhtilriniin and t-enator Leslie Tsvls. of Carteret whs secretary. A joint resolution was plumed to hsJvi" tho chairmen of the houw and senate tnuciims to fix a time for caucusing rn thi election of United Htntes Hena t r Kimmona, who will lie formally U i ll d January II. A I.lllle "N Itcilllint." The line In furn the convening of tin-I-1 n-rnl i in-inhly the IcKlslatoii. spent t'lp In. ip In that fnmoun Hide p'uv rn- there heiiir "Ml s. The inei I III tlo-lr i on EA TRADE BY SHIPPING TRUST Witnesses Inform House Committee that London Directors of Ocean Lines Can Absolutely Dominate Move ment of Commerce Ports Apportioned. v By AnoctatttA Press. Washington, Jan. 8. Further testi mony about the so-called shipping trust between the United States and South America was given today to the house merchant marine committee. William Lowry, South American agent for the Pan-American Mall line, which It was claimed was driven out of business by the "trust" testified how large shippers declined to use the, new nne tor rear or losing tnetr re bates from the European lines. He suggested a statute excluded from American ports European Bhips giving such rebates as a remedy for the situ ation. "We have built the Panama canal for the benefit of British shipowners unless this government aids an Amer ican marine," said he. Representative Humphrey said he had been told a Royal Mail line offi cial had boasted that the company Intended to get a monopoly of lines on the Atlantic and Pacific -to South America before the Panama canal was finished. -- "The Idea that the ocean Is free is about as big a fallacy as exists In America," testified William H. Doug lass of Arkell A Douglass, large ex porters to South America and Europe. The steamship lines, German and British, were In combination having the ocean under stricter control than any combination ever had any trade between the states, he added. I 'The men who Bit in Loudon con trolling these lines can throw con tracts for goods to any country they Pinchot Sees Ahead for Jy Associated Pre. Washington, Jan. 8. "One bt the great battles In the light for conserva tion la Just ahead," declared Gifford Pinchot at the annual meeting here today of the American Forestry asso ciation.' He referred to a movement . which he said was on footed wipe out - tht old dividing line between state and national Action in conserving natural resources and to turn tho na tional forests over to th states. . "Behind the stalking horse of states right," said .Mr. Pinchot "there is preparing a 'iiost dangerous attack on ALONG THE OHIO Stage at Pittsburgh the High est Since 1307 Many' Fam- ilies are Homeless, ( ; Hy Associated Presn. Pittsburgh, Jan. . The Mononga hela and Allegheny rivers , rose so rapidly last night that they wore at flood height this morning and It was expected that when ths crest ot the here ,omorrow afternoon . there would be Si eet of water in the Ohio river, the most serious flood Inca 1907. Scores of families- already have been compelled to leave their hornet and many men are temporarily out of employment because of the flooding of mills. Void Stays on In Texas. , Dallls, Texas, Jan 8. All Texas Is tin unusually cold today. At El Pa so the government thrmometer at Fort Bliss registered four degrees De- low sero, the coldest in iv years. , Corpus Christ!, on the gulf coast, reported tt degrees above xero. In that section, cabbage neias were flooded by irrigating aitcnes a v the crop. ' . Klrot Worm Almost Isolau qdcago Chicago, Jan 8. Telegraph wires between New York and Chicago were prostrate .today because of the sleet and wind storm last night Conditions were reported the worst in years. When the market opened only one ci,i,..n broker had a ire and he of fered to help out other brokers to far as possible. This wire, nowever. w.m Hundreds of poles with their wires broke under the pressure oi .... ... .... Eighty poles went down In Toledo or.aiest damage occurred In Illinois and in northern Indiana and r.hln nif hn Citrus Fruit Crop. Los Angeles. Jan. .-Wlth marked ly higher temperatures prevailing, ., ii." was successful last night i.. nr,mrii and lemons that J. j onlv "nltmed" by the cold of the previous two days. Accord ng to citrus experts, fully haW of the 150,000,000 crop may be marketable. TlllllTY-Tlim:K MSK I.IVFS W TIIK FOl M. HI KOHIX HANS Tly Associated IT". " ; " Astoria, or.. Jan. 8.-Tl.lrty-lhree .Via ia mi.nil.em of th rrew of the .iMimi-r Howcrnn, mice eat uiieo p.-rlsl.e.l VO'l- t . 't on I'.-a,-,!,. ( . . . t ilnivf FLOOD CONDITIONS "JAPANESE PERIL" ; m, i." army thmsport, I, i i ,v v h n Hi" 'till' I In 'i ! 111 1 ! SWAYED please, simply by lowering or raising rates," Mr. Douglass testified. ' "We are at their mercy unless we go Into the steamship business our selves without knowing the vicissi tudes of the trade, as our New Orleans friends 'did, to their sorrow." Mr. Douglass believed the German, English and other foreign companies had international agreements . : by which they parcelled out ocean ports of the world without particular regard to the nationality of the operating company. He said Africa and Austra lian trade was arranged on .the same basis as South American trado. He was Interested In the United States and Australian Steamship com pany but did not ship his goods by that line. Business was divided among various lines by a "gentleman's agree ment," he said.' There were no rebates In the Aus tralian trade, he said. Trado to In dia, China, Japan and other eastern nations, said Mr; Douglass, had agree ments giving practically uniform rates. "Is there any competition in the India and Asiatic or South African trade?" was asked. ''No, not that, I know of," he said, adding that some lines occasionally made special rates for big shipments of certain kinds. "Don't they make special rates to the 'Harvester combine' and the 'Steel TrUBt?' " asked Representative Hum phrey. "Yes, I think so, and to the Stand ard OH company," answered Mr. Douglas. ; ... New Battle Conservation the whole policy of conservation. It Is ah attack in which men df high prin ciple are fighting side by side with men whose principles live In their pockets and for that reason It Is dou bly to be feared. "' 'From- the beginning It was upon the forest service Uhat.he., burden pf defending th,e consorvatioa PPltt,.minitWlEi tetd-lOiWftrmrMhft-t- '.'ohteflr lay." said Mr. Pinchot In con elusion. "It is on the firing line now. Its defeat would mean the defeat of the whole policy o fconservatlon," ' The assocltuion concluded its con vention with the election of officers. Democratic Legislators Are Now Considering Enact ment of Alien Law. (By Associated Press) Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 8. Demo cratlc members of the legislature will decide In caucus the question of at- tempting to enact at this session an , alien law designed to prevent Japan from acquiring land In California. After a conference lasting until a N GOLDEN STATE late hour last night adjournment was yesterday to reveal the names of na taken without a settlement of the tlonal banks and national -bank off! question of property raised by offl- clals of the Panama Pacific Exposl- tlon In San Francisco. It was decia - ed to resume the' discussion In a for mal caucus to be called later. President C. C. Moore, of the ex position offered a proposal to ths ef- feet that the alien land- law question be put to a vote In any single legls- lattvs district In the state, both 'its proponents and opponents to abide by tho decision of tne voiers. nm as- serted that "the Japanese menace' had been exaggerated and tnat less than 10.000 acres of land In Collfor- nla was owned by subjects of ths Is-' land empire. It Is understood that nearly a score of bills relating to Japanese Immlgra- tlon and regulation are In course ot preparation by many legislator!. Woman's Suffrage AmrndmeinV Favored. Albany, N. Y.. Jan I. The wo man suffrage hearing befors ths legis lature which has been an annual tea- turs In Albany for years pronamy will be abandoned this year. Horn the senate and assembly Judiciary committees have reported favorably ths Wagner-Qoldberg woman's guf - frage Constitutional amendment Md the leaders plan to make the meas - ure votes in either committee and the measure Is expected to pass with lit- tie or no opposition. , -. West Virginia Neswlon Ends. Charleston, W. Va- Jan. . Ths extraordinary session of the West Vir ginia legislators cams to an end yes terday. Nothing was accompllphfd durltyr the session because ot the fall, ure of the senate to organise. The regular session of thr legislature will begin at noon Wednesday. Itcdino.Hl's Iitghu-r Weds. tendon, Jim s. The marrlar took plii'-e tolaV of Mux (Ir.en, chairman .r tin. lllwll in' ;l I'. ilnt'-i n i:. i ion l.oar'l, '1, y"im:"M 1. 1. ... I, 1- i. 1 ,, . 1 1-1 . t r ' r ol tl... MIDI URGES BAtIK REFORMS Comptroller Declares National Banking Law Is Inade- quate and f Inspection Methods Superficial. TAFT AGAIN ASKED TO give;information Committee Promises to Hold in 'V' Confidence, .Comptroller's Discloruses of National . -, ,Bank Affairs, . By Associated Press Washington, JatW 8. Criminal stat utes to prevent bank officers accepting "personal compensation" for , loans from their banks, regulation of loans by banks to their wn officers and di rectors, and a stmiiter method. of na tional bank exam.tatton were among the monetary reforms endorsed today by Comptroller of (the Currency Law rence Oi Murray before the : house money trust committee. . ' Mr. Murray testified that the ac ceptance of "personal compensation" by bank officers from borrowers was a growing evil that called for impera tive' action. ' He also recommended legislation to prevent bank stockhold era transferring' their stock to lrre- sponsible persons when an Institution was on the verge" of failure. Mr. Murray declared the banking law "inadequate ahd Ineffective" and that the present system of national bank examination'; was . "superficial -and ineffective." President Taft'st refusal to permit Mt. Murray to make special investiga tion e-f national banks for the commit tee was tcken ud and counsel for the commltu,. ut Into record an amended request proposing to hold connaonuai Information which the comptroller thought It unwise to publish. Comptroller Lawrence " O. ; Murray was the principal witness today Samuel untermyer, counsel for the formation - he .fleslred v to secure through the comptroller's' office it would be Impossible to conclude the Investigation. I With the present comptroller in a ; position where he will not supply the information the committee contem plates asking the hew congress which will convene March 4 to authorize a continuation of the Investigation through the special session. Then the committee plans to go the new administration and ask the comptrol I or to furnish the desired lnfurma tion. ' The houHe money trust committee In executive session last night made plans for dealing with two reluctant witnesses, William Rockefeller and George (J. Henry of the firm of Solo mon A Co., bankers. New York. Chairman Pujo announced that the committee decided to procure the ser vices of a competent specialist In th-rnat rifvAASes to examine Mr. Hocke- ' feller and verify the certificates of 111 i health, tiled -with the committee from Dr. , Walter 1 F. Chappelle, Mr, Rockefeller's personal physician, and Dr. Samuel W. Lamont ( in the case of Mr. Henry, the com- mittee prepared forms to be sub mltted to the full committee, charging him with contempt- Mr. Henry ' refused on the stand eers allotted a share In the syndicate flotation of the California Petroleum . company.; The bank, officers made a profit of $60,000 and the banks a like amount Mr. Henry said, without put .ting up any money or even taking pos- ' session of the stock allotted to them. The syndicate, he said, simply offered them the stock and then sold it for them at a profit The full committee will be asked to certify the case to the speaker with tne request tnat he cer- tlfy It to the district attorney for the District of Columbia, who will be asked to take It before the grand Jury. I At the hearing ths committee, be 'sides hearing of ths flotation of the 'California Petroleum company from Mr. Henry went over the affairs of the Equitable, Mutual, New York and Metropolitan Insurance organisation with officers of each of Mia Institu tions, Ths fact was developed that In the Mutual companies, ths policy holders show little Inclination to con trol the affairs of the companies and exert practically no power lit the elec tlpn of officers. Samuel Untermyer, counsel for the committee, examined ths witnesses as lto securities held by the companies mentioned, which tinder ths New fYork stats law, wars ordered In lfOi to dispose of their holdings of stock within five years. The time sines has j been extended five years. ARCIIHALD AROl'MKXT Ih'gun This Afternoon and Will Con tlnuo for Tlirc Days. Py Associated Press. Washington, Jan 8. Managers rep resenting the house opened final ar gument against Judge Robert W. Arehhald of the commerce court when the senate reconvened flay at court of Impeachment trt try the Judge on the charge of ofllrlal mlacnndu Thr-- fluv of conUniioun arguments, illv 1,1. I'. in i inlly bet f.-MB.. V I i -t ll-'M .-. n the prosecu -l .1 I l-rintf to a clott" , . .... , the tin Wm. Rockefeller Physical Wreck Says Physician Must Be Silent for Remainder of His Life Because of Throat Trouble, Dr. Chappell Asserts, and Possibly Can not Undergo Written Examination. By Associated Press ' .New York, Jan 8. William Rocke feller never, probably, will be able to appear as a witness In the finance Inquiry conducted by the Pujo com mittee at Washington, in the opinion of Dr. Walter F. Chappell, his phy sician. The only way he could an swer questions on the witness stand would be in writing, for speech might result in strangulation, so serious Is Mr. Rockefeller's throat, according to the physicians statement, published here today. Dr. Chappell. praotlcally said Mr. Rockefeller must be silent for the remainder of his life. In the Bahamas, where Mr. Rockefeller Is Passed as Girl Arrest Reveals Secret By Associated Press. Victor, Col., Jan. 8. After masque rading as a girl for 18 years the sex of Irene Moynahan was learned yester- ay. He was arrested in Lajunta by the sheriff, who, because of his mascu line appearance, decided he was a boy In girl's clothing. Irene was on his way to visit his father In Blsbee, Ariz. Until the holidays Irene had been a student In the Victor High school, and all of his life had passed as a girl. House Ways and Means Com mittee Convinced Foreign Competition Ia Keen. By Atsociated Press. Washington, Jan. 8. Democratic .eader Underwood indicated today that the house ways and means com mittees would stund for retaining the tariff of 65 and 60 per cent on pot tery. Ho announced that testimony had satisfied the committee of highly competitive conditions of the Industry In Europe. William Burgess ot Trenton, N. J., discussing the pottery Industry before he committee, said the average profit. because principally of labor, cost, was less than six per cent. He Insisted that there was no combination In the Industry and that pottery peculiarly needed protection. He testified that Inhor in American pottery plants cost 246 per cent more than In Austria, Washington, Jan. ' 8. The seutmd lap of the tariff revision hearings be fore the house ways and means com mittee was reached today when the committee took up schedule "B" earths, earthenware and glassware. There is no democratic bill serving as a basis for this schedule, as in the case of the chemical schedule and the arguments today were aimed directly at any changes In the present earthen and glassware schedule of the Payne Aldrlch law. The schedule reopened allegations of a so-called glass trust It has been represented to the com mittee that the 'American production of plate glass is about (0,000,000 square feet annually, produced by only 11 manufacturers. Advocates of tariff reduction contended the duties could be cut one-half without Injuring the American manufacturer. By Atoctattt Press. Trenton, N. J., Jan. . flenator Hokt Smith of Georgia and Senator Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma con ferred with President-elect Wilson M the stats houa today on a variety of subjects affecting the new administra tion. The chief subject before the three Was the situation In the senate with regard to the re-organlxatlon of committees and the status of the con tests In Maine, New 'Hampshire, 1111 nols and South Dakota where the elec tion of democrats to the United States senate is considered a possibility. Klttistltttttllttsiitiatttt H The local weather bureau H . this afternoon received a tele si gram from the weather bureun s) In Washington forecasting a St cold wav nnd saying that the tt temperature will fall 80 or 40 degrees within the next 24 H hours. The temperature was tt at that time about is ' at above sero, and puip!e are st therefore warned thai tlio St memiry may drop to 30 or evrn to 10 by morning. - TAR I FF 0 N POTTERY COUNSEL ARGUING WON'T BELDWERED IN PAQUIN CASE COLO HE t now resting, he Is keeping very quiet and it Is declared that his every lit tle wish has to be written- for every effort to speak Involves the hazard of a laryngeal spasm. ' Mr. Rockefeller is past 70 years old. chronic," said Dr. Chappel, and he must subject himself to silent treat ment for the remainder of his days. This simply means rest for the larynx. It must be remembered that Mr. Rockefeller Is past 70 years old In myopinlon he will never be phy sically able to appear on a witness stand, In fact probably not even for a written examination, as his hands tremble so that It Is difficult for him to write legibly. 1 8 Years; Mrs. Moynahan, when told that her son had been arrested and that his sex had been discovered, stated that she had always passed him off as a girl because of her disappointment In hav ing two sons. Not even" her husband was aware of the boy's sex, she said, This was borne out by the discovery of a letter In the boy's effects. The letter was addressed to nis father in Uisbee and declared that the mother was "sending a son to him as a New I Year's gift." Cast of State Rests on Evi- . . .. . dence of D. S. Reed Dr. Faquin on Stand. The trial of Dr. Paul Paquln on the charge of writing a prescription for whiskey Illegally begun In Police court this morning and roveral hours were taken up In the hearing of evi dence, the arguments In the case be ginning shortly before 1 o'clock. A recess was taken and arguments re sumed at 3 o'clock. . ; Tho case of the state is based pri marily on the testimony given by Daniel S. Reed, to whom the prescrip tion was given, and this . testimony was to the effect that he represented to Dr. Paquln on December 6 that he had a cold, had used a mixture or whiskey and glycerine for a cough, from which he said he was suffering, In the past and the prescription was then given him. The prescription in the original was displayed and was for one pint and the directions were that It was to be. taken with glycerine. The only other evidence offered by tho state was after the case for the defense had ben rested and then .Sergeant F. L. Condor was sworn and the records taken from the Langren drua store and Grant's pharmacy since June 1, 1012, were Introduced to show the number of whiskey pre scriptions written by Dr; Paquln dur ing this period. This showed a total of m, and the total number written by all the physicians of Ashevllle dur ing this sarnie period was estimated at about 6550. The case for the defense was baaed on Dr. Paquln's testimony and the tes- tlmony of a number of reputable phy sicians of tbe city. One of the main points emphasized was as to when a man becomes the patient of a physi cian, all th testimony given being to the effect that ha Is a patient when hs applies for aid. The other main point was as to whether a whiskey prescription Is a reasonable one for a man suffering with a cold and this was ths general opinion of those ex amined. Reed admitted on cross-examination that hs really had a cold when he went to Dr. Paquln for the proserin tion and Is still suffering with It He did not deny that he coughed while In the presences of Dr. Paquln, al though ha said he did not undergo a physical examination. He also ad mltted that In-. Paquln asked him what his reasons were for wanting whiskey, and was assured that he had used the remedy to advantage before. The cross-examination of the wit ness also brought out the fact that Keed Is working for the flood Govern ment league; ttiat Col. V. 8. Lusk em ployed him and that he has been paid about 828 for his services by Zeb F, Curtis. He beatified that he did not have any undnrstandlng about what remuneration he was to receive and does not know yet, that he Is working for thr- good of the city. He gave as his reason for going to Dr. Paquln, that he went on two occasions to the Langron drug store to get whiskey without a prescription and was told that h could not- get If and was re firsd to Dr. Paquln or Dr. Reeves by T. MT, Grimes and 8. O. Btadley. Frd lowing this he said that Col. Lusk in ktrueted him to go to Dr. laquln an try and get a prescription fo.T whiskey, Dr. Pauqln hlmsolf then went he stand. 11 sdmltted that he wrote the prem-rlptlnn. He said thiVt a M T'elmer who has been here In the In terest of the Miircahees had (ilvrn him the niin t. or lie.-.l as pro e i-l.lve f IV! - n n I f,.r I'll. . PEICZ THREE CENTS USEE SUIT MAD To Government by Work of the Economy Commission, Says President in Message. , ASKS APPROPRIATION TO CONTINUE INQUIRY Says Every Department and Office Should Be Submit ted to Painstaking Investigation. By Associated Press. Washington, Jan, 8.- Congress was asked to appropriate $250;8j)fJ for con tinuing the InvestlgationvSpf ihe com mission on economy and' efficiency into the executive departments of the government in a special message to day by President Taft The president points out that "there no greater service that can be ren dered to the country than that of the continuance of the work of the com mission until some form of organiza tion is provided for continuously do- . ing this kind of work under the exec utive." ':: "..v.' The president expressed the opin ion that the technique and procedure of every branch and office of the gov ernment should be submitted to the same painstaking examination- as that given those on which reports have been made. To do this, however, the president says, that ample funds must be provided and he asks that congress make the $250,000 appropriation- by March 4 for the Incoming president. ' . Will Enable Big Saving. "In my opinion," says the president, this is not a matter In which the con gress should assume that public money will be unwisely spent. At a total cost" .. about Al230,06v, dujdiur.tiM-t,Cli ' months covered by the Vork ut .thw . commission, facts have heeji devu.lopt'.l, and fecfiiWrrleTrdatlons have been irttide that if followed up will result In sav- gs of millions of dollars each year. This has been done under the handi cap of Inadequate funds and uncer tainty of continuation which Inter fered with the making of plans which ould not be completely executed within a few months. It would he ery much to the advantage of the administration If the president wero authorized to spend whatever amount he may deem to be necessary within ; the next two years, the only condition ' attached being that he render an ac count of expenditures." , , Referring to the fact that It has not been possible for the commission to make final detailed reports on more than a few of the hundreds of offices In Washington, the president says the reports submitted will serve to Illus trate the character of results which may follow an extensive Investigation of office technique and procedure. font of Mew York OrTlccM. It is further to be noted," con- nued the president "that the offices which have been reported on aro those which have been frequently un der scrutiny. From what la known of the offices outside of Washington it Is thought that It is In this field that the largest opportunity for economy will be found. . a , As Illustrating the relative Import ance of servlcs outside of Washington, It is of Interest to note that the cost of clerk hire at the New York post office alone Is mora than that Incurred In the department of war, navy, state, Justice and commerce and labor at Washington: that In the custom house at New York the cost ot clerk hire Is greater than in any department at Washington." The report of the commission con tains a description of 110 subjects, the result of 21 months of work. Ths changes recommended by the com mission carry definite estimates of a yearly saving of several millions of dollars. RESERVE BANK SYSTEM FAVORED Jf COMMITTEE Leslie M. Shaw Testifies before Eonse Body Working on Currency. aMucUto- Pros. ' Washington, Jan. I. More expert advice on how to remodel the mone tary system of the United Stales to provide an elastic currency and strong centralised reserve was heard to.lay hy the Glass committee of the houve. The principal witnesses called w. r Leslie M. Shaw, former secretary of the treasury, and Prof. Lawrnn Laughlln of Chicago. Questions asked by the (lenio.-n. i members of the commute III to I' dlcnte thnt the commit' establlahnient of a svst. brinks operated limlir i ment SMiH-f i 1 -it i" a i 1 he 1. 1. 1 I- il 't M..-I i-i. : I ' 1 1 9 nii-iiilii r mi-! n www. wP0wwrTrrrv , -,,,,,,... - 1 - i- 3. I r
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