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VOL. XXV, NO. 94.
ASHEVILLE ,N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22, 1909.
PRICK FIVE CENTS.
DISCRIMINATION CHARGES
HEARD BY ALDERMANIC
InTennessee
mm
"DRY" SOLDIERS
HEAVY EXPENSE
TO GOVERNMENT
; COMMITTEE YESTERDAY
R. R. OFFICIALS
CLAIM LOW RATE
CONFISCATORY
Delegation Tells Gov. Kiteh
in That Trial Kate Has
Proved a Failure.
IMany Physicians Testify on
Matter jnvtlvirig The
Mission Hospital.
FAVORITISM
' WAS ALLEGED
!Dr. Fletcher, Chief of Staff,
and Others, Called to
t
the Stand.
.Appointed by the board of alder
Wen to consider the charge which Al-
' derman Glenn aald had come to him,
that the Mission Hospital had discrim
inated among physician, the increas
ed city appropriation being held up
until report should be made on Oils', a
committee of Mayor Campbell and Al
dermen Glenn, Francis and Westall
yesterday morning heard evidence and
argument on the question of the Just
ness of the rules and regulations gov
erning the conduct of the hospital
particularly on the points that the
management favored the 12 staff phyj
slctana, by giving them the choice or
rooma and that no one except these
start physicians were allowed to attend
patients' In the wards or those occu
pying rooms tor which the charge was
IS or 7 per week, but only those of
thc)r patients who occupied rooms for
which the charge was 110 per week
and upward.
Physicians Testify.
A number of physicians were sum
moned as witnesses. Dr. 8. Westray
Battle. Dr. Dan Sevier, Dr. E. B.
Glenn, nr. Q. W. Purefoy, Dr. J. T.
Bevler, Dr. W,P. Whlttlngton, Dr. H.
B. Weaver, Dr. H. M. Fletcher, Dr.
Arthur Prltchard, and Haywood Par
ker appeared as representative of the
advisory board of the hospital.
The mayor stated what had been
said to the aldermen and Alderman
Frasier Glenn called Dr. Purefoy to
the stand.
Dr. Purefoy said that there had
been a feeling for 20 years that he
was an enemy of the hospital, but this
was not true because although he had
been Imposed on he had no feeling
against th hospital. It wa true, how
ever, he said, that a patient he had
put in the hospital had "been told by
. Miaa lxton,Jthe head nurse, that he
ought to-he.ro DiCFletcVe'f'aa his phy
sician. The Staff, he said, was self-
perpetuetlng, because Its members se
lected their successors, the managers
electing only those they approved.
The public fund was not expended
without discrimination, because pa-
tlentsof other doctors were required
to pay more than those of stall phy
sicians and desirable rooms were held
for staff doctors and patients had
gone to other hospitals because of
this. If there was rotation in the staff
physicians would feel more at home
In the hospital. The city should have
representation In the management and
Alderman Francis said he thought so.
He told Dr. Fletcher he had never
had a charity patient denied admis
sion and that so far as he knew the
rules were applied equally to all char
ity patients.
Want Charity Patients.
Dr. Fletcher, chief of staff, said that
It seemed a case of scramble for the
charity work which was involved.
Nineteen or twenty charity cases were
mere drudgery but the twentieth was
Interesting and the only privilege of
the staff was to treat the nineteen pa
tients and get the Interesting case.
Dr. Fletcher said that a staff was nec
essary to every hospital and that
while It was a courtesy to the staff to
ask Its members about its composition
the managers could elect whom they
wished. The hospital, he said, was In
corporated and would be liable for
improper treatment and there were
licensed physicians who were not fit to
attend patients. There was. he said,
no great privilege In being on the
staff, Drs. Bevler. Ambler and Prltch
ard having declined places on It. and
as a matter of fact the management
had not always put on doctors recom
mended by the staff. Of course, he
said, there might be some favoritism
shown by some of nurses to some
doctors but It was hard to prevent this
in any line.
f S and $7 Rooms.
It developed by the questions of Mr.
Francis and Mr. Westall that patients
(Continued en page five.)
NAVY APPROPRIATION BILL IS
CONSIDERED BY REPRESENTATIVES
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. tl. When
consideration of the navy appropria- j
tlon bill was resumea in, me u"ut
of representatives today the provision
appropriating J 150,000 for completing j
the marine barracks at the Bremerton j
. , ., !, 1
navy yard. Washington, was stricken
out on a point of order by Mi. ntx-,..yon
gerald of New York. tne coming year."
An extended debate arose over th9 Holding op a list of powder corn
passage In the bill relating' to the ex- panics, Mr. Gaines charged that not
penditures-for construction and repair ( one of them had been given a con
of vessels. Replying to Mr. Hepburn tract.
(Iowa), Mr. Tawney (Minn.) declared!
he had Information tending to prove,
that the deterioration In the machia-1
ery or war vessels was due to the In-
efficiency of those placed In charge
of It. Mr. Hepburn replied that ai
' thoofclr' cadets at ' Annapolis' grad
' vated- as officer "especially skilled In
' the khowledgs of machinery,- their
services were not used la that tapac-j
DIVORCE BILL
IS SUBJECT OF
HOUSE DEBATE
Speaker Graham's Substi
tute Referred to the J u
dieiary Committee.
THIS BILL REPEALS
ENTIRE ACT OF 1907
Bill to-Amend Charter of
Citizens' Trust and Sav
ings Bank Introduced.
- (Special to The Citizen.)
RALEIGH, N. C, Jan. 21. A
sharp tiebale in the house on the di
vorce bill was ended by a decisive
vote to" refer the substitute by Speak
er Graham repealing entirely, tne
1907 act to the Judiciary committee
No. 2.
Tho bill introduced the other day
amends the present law so as to al
law dlvo cq even If there- are chil
dren, provided they are over twenty
one. Th it wag favorabley recom
mended by the committee, but the
speaker fought It, objecting yester
day to it irolng ti tha third reading,
and today he offered the substitute
repealing the act of 1907 entire. This
was adopted by an "aye" and "no
vote of 57 to 24, and the fight today
was whether or not the bill as sub
stituted should go back to the com
mlttee before final action by the
house-
Doughton. Murphy. Kitchln, Hayes
and Moore are all urged as refer-
ences against tbo opposition of
Speaker Graham and Mr. Currle.
When- .(hat- matte was a Isposed of
jur. (Utcnm introduced a uui to pat
man and wife on equal footing be
fore the law on the question of di
vorce-
The house voted out another tax
exemption clause, this time in a bill
for a bond issue in the town of Mar
shall. Several Interesting new bills In the
house were Gordon, to .protect laun
ilrymen by establishing a lien upon
wearing apparel.
Public ntiturlcs.
To estab'lsh a library commission
to run the public library business all
over the stxte, calling for an appro
priation of $1,500, the commission to
consist of the superintendent of pub-,
lie instruction, state librarian, two
other persons appointed by the North
Carolina Library association and one
other appointed by the governor,
without compensation, but may em
ploy a secretary not a member of
the commission, the commission to
give assistance and advice to all li
braries in ire state and all communi
ties propoMt g to establish libraries,
and every public library to make an
nual reports to the commission.
By Mr. Butler, lo allow two years
In which to bring actions against tel
egraph companies
By Speaker Graham, to expedite
the trial of capital cases and reduce
the cost b allowing courts to sum
mon a special venire from any coun
ty In the anme or adjoining district.
By Semtor Brltt, to amend the
charter of the Citizen's Trust and
Savings banks, Ashevllle.
Ry Lon. of Iredell, to prohibit
"franks" by telephone companies-
FIFTEEN AGED
MEN BURNED
(By Associated Press.)
CAN FIELD. Ohio, Jan. 21. Fire
of an unknown origin this afternoon
destroyed the men's building of the
Mahoning county Infirmary here, and
fifteen of the aged Inmates received
burns, more or less serious. The loss
is 130,000.
ity. such duties being shouldered on
warrant officers.
The old controversy over the
powder purchases for the nawy was
r4.vlved In the house today,
Mr. Gillespie (Tex.) urged that the
sovernment make all Its powder.
Mr. Fobs (Ind.) warned the house
Jf amendmfnt wer( d
vou not j., pow(i,.r forjTUmaB
Mr. Hitchcock succeeded In getting
the appropriation of J6,t)00 for
doubling the output of the govern-
ment powder plant at Indian Head,
Md.
upon tne adoption of amendments
by Mr. Bhlrtejr Axing Ui price of
pwwden the than fot smalt arms.
it 4 tenta. ttr Wirwm laid aeida
for the flay and tbslrouM adjourned
VC, GOV f
SENATE VOTES
$9000 SALARY
TO 29JUDGES
By Close Vote Upper House
Passes Another Part of
Appropriation Bill.
BILL PRECIPITATED
ANIMATED DEBATE
Mr, Rayner Would Increase
Salaries of 84 Federal
Judges to $8,000,
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. Consid
eration of proposed Increases of sal
aries of federal Judges was resumed
by the senate today when the execu
tive, legislative und Judicial appro
priation bill was taken up. By a vote
of 38 to 31 the salaries of 29 circuit
Judges were Increased from $7,000 to
$9,000.
Senator Bailey declured that states
that pay the highest salaries to Judges
generally have the poorest decisions.
That state," he said, "which; pays
the highest salaries to It Judges gen
erally furnishes reports on which yon
can find something on both sides of
every question which Is raised."
Senator Piles Insisted that the
judges of the country could earn
much more than they do, and that
$50,000 could readily be earned by
some district Judges.
Combatting the Idea that $50,000
Is a salary within the reach of mosM
lawyers. Senator Bailey declared that
Daniel Webster could not have made
that much money. He said that much
depended In that matter on a law
yer's place of residence.
Mr. Rayner then made a plea for
Increased salaries for Judges of the
federal courts, the amendment under
consideration being to Increase the
compensation of 84 district Judges
from $,000 to $8,000. He declared
that the federal Judges would be
better when their appointment Is
taken away from the I'nlted Btates,
and Insisted that under the constitu
tion It has a right to take the ap
pointment of circuit and district
Judges from the president and place
It in the hands of the supreme court
of the Tnlted States.
Mr, Rayner declared that the pres
ident does not go to the leaders of the
bar or to bar associations to gst sug
geatlons for the appointment of
Judges.
"No." said Mr. Falley, "he goes
to the corporations, as a rule, for re
commendations." Mr. Tillman, In a rasping voice,
suggested that some of the judges are
on the payrolls of corporations, while
they draw thertr salaries at Judges.
Br., Bailey said, he was sure Mr.
Tillman would wish to recall that
charge.
"I simply hsve the suspicion,' and
I will not withdraw It," said Mr.
Mr. Bailey, disavowing any sym
pathy with the statement of Mr.'Till
man. aald he had noticed that the cor
porations for 20 years had been ex
tremely active In the appointment of
federal Judges."
The action of the senate In fixing
the. salaries of federal circuit judges
at $10,000 was reconsidered and re
duced to $9,000. which represents an
Increase .of 12,000, the compensation
or federal strlrt judges being In
emae -from $. to l.M0. )
Final 'consideration of tho hill was
postponed itmtil' tomorrow.- . .
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lkw H I I 1 i SI fW WiJ I J -B. W ..1 V 1 ..1 -w.
'uU 111"! AVAM 9aVjrVLLitfar,
ThefWater Cure.
SIX JURORS CHOSEN
IN COOPER TRIAL
Delay Causes Distinct Dis
appointment to Court and
Both Attorneys.
(By : Associated Press.)
NA9HVIIAE, Tenn., Jan. 21. The
second day 1 tithe effort to secure a
jury in the trial of l ol. Duncan B.
Cooper, his soil Itobin Cooper and
former Sheriff John D. Sharps,
charged with, flh murder of '.former
Senator Carmack, closed, with only
six men la the fcox, a tain of but two
over ihe. day br Tn.re .dt.-4Tw of Jr Jay
Urn disappointment not only to the, .wwy.
ynct disappointment,
court, but "to the attorneys on both
sldea The delay Is attributed to two
causes. ' One Is that It happened that
most Of those examined today are
residents of Nashville or vicinity,
where the ae has been fully dis
cussed, and where most of the peo
ple have tuken aide. The other
reason Is that few men' are willing' to
serve upon a Jury which Is called
upon to dcelile a case in which the
feeling is so intense.
It is difficult to find men who do
not know some of the defendants,
especially John I. gharpe. who was
sheriff of this tounty for four years,
and who thun was thrown Into con
tact with most of the citizen Coop
er, senior, in", has been In politics
for years. In ilte of the bitter feel
ing between the two factions, there
Is apparentl the best of feeling be
tween the attorneys. There has not
been the simplest dispute so fur, anil
during recesy-s or between sessions
counsel on t -t h sides mingle freely.
Unlike the iiitU rider trials at I'nion
City, only I f miles away, there is
no display of weapons. Kvjn the
deputy sherliis on duty are unarmed
and laugh iti t 1 K of trouble.
J. Hartnesc. one of the talesmen'
examined.
win-n asked If he bail any
prejudice ax.-'im the defendants, if art
led the court exclaiming in a loud
voice: "Yen. s,r. They ought to h'
been hang
-d
ng ago."
When the i
called, a ! i
Just celi-bra .
me of A. J. rjoft
ty said: "Mr ("lotto
his one hundredth
birthday yen;
"I presiirm
marked th.
the young m
When com t
used seven
lenges ami tl;
nlay. and "
he Is not over It yet," re-
n rt. "We will ixctise
in"
.djoiirncd the state hail
ts 11 peremptory i hal
defense 1 1 of lt ;2.
PRIVATE DETECTIVES
DISPENSED WITH
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 21 The siy
vices of Hro.w and Baldwin, the pri
vate detectiv. who were paid $15,000
for their wori- In following up the
members of t discharged Twenty-'
fifth infantry and securing a ' 'confes
sion" from P.o d Conyers, one of the
number, haw oeen dispensed with.
The war rti rtment has not aban
doned its efforts to secure evidence
as to the Idem ty of the men who did
the shootimr. tut has praetballv de
cided that novate detectives have
accomplished all that can be exjierted
of them.
WASHINGTON. - Jan. Jl. Pore-
east:' Worth rarolina Partly . cloudy
Friday awl tulurday; light -i variable
NO CLEMENCY
IS ASKED SAYS
PRES. GOMPERS
Together With Mitchell and
Mormon He Attacks the
Court's Decision.
ARTICLE IN ISSUE
OF FE DEB ATIONIST
Be Hold in Additional
Contempt of Court.
(By Associates' Prsss.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 "We
have not asMed and will not ask for
clemency, and we hope our friends
will not urge us to pursue such a
course- Iviving liberty as free men
do as we do It cannot be difficult
to appreciate what incarceration In
prison would mean to us. To ask
pardon w mid render useless all the
trial and sacrifice which our men of
labor and our friends In all walks of
life have endured, that the rights and
liberties o.' our people might be re
stored. Htx h a pardon would on
ly leave th whole case In confusion
ami It would have to be fought over
again from the beginning."
This Is some of the language used
by Messrs. (Jompen, Mitchell and
Morrison In the current number of
The Kedo -utlonist, in formal protest
against th union of Justice Wright
In sentencing them to Imprisonment
for contempt of court In the Ducks
Stove anil Range inse, December tl.
Samuel Comper-i beads his state
ment "Judge Wright's Denial of Kree
Speech and free Cress." and he de
dares: "W will not 'bate a single
word nor : ike a letter back "
Attacks tourt.
Mr. (loir.ners r firs to the "Intern
perat and "Indlelilva spirit displayed
by the Justice und to this triad; of
Judicial alii'K. and misrepresentation"
In a separate statement, but he Joins
iellh Messrs- Mitchell and Morrison
In declaring that tloy "would not en
ter Into com pi t It Ion with the honor
nble coii-t in the use of Invei lives,
rancor or scathing denunciation" and
thut thev should protest "agalirvt the
court's unprecedented and unwar
ranted fbig' llation i ' the cause und
of the pco le i- have the honor lo
reprcsen'."
That the trio of labor leadens fully
i:nderHtand the risiajnsibllitv they an--uirie
In making tbi-lr statement Is
shonn by their declaration that even
though they may be held In addi
tional contempt, "we are willing to
accept the consequence. It may be
necessary to the preservation of the
liberties of flu- people thut a Judge
should he disobeyed.- Judges some
times usurp power and become tyr
ants. Disobedience to a tyrant is
obedience to law "
JURORS DISAGREE
IN SHELLARD CASE
I By Associated stress.!
NEW YORK, Jan. II. After six
hours deliberation the Jury In the case
of David H. Sheltard, a former Brook
lyn policeman, charged aitaj the mur
der of Barbara Kelg, reported that It
was Impossible to reach a verdict and
at o'clock tonight Justice Crane dis
charged the Jurors. The defendant
was recommitted to Jail.
The conviction of Sheltard for first
degree murder, which Involve the
death penalty, was made Impossible
today when Justice Crane, on motion
of the defendant's counsel, ruled that
th prosecution had failed to show
premeditation, and Instructed the Jury
that it could convict for seeond degree
murder or aaanalaughur only. :r
WANT RELIEF OF
PRESENT SESSION
Governor Takes Matter Un
der Advisement for Ten
Days. Discussiou.
(tpselal te The Cttlten.)
RALBluW, Jan. 21 The
presl-
dents and other high officials of the
Southern, A, C. I,. 8. A. U, N. 8.
and other eaHroads doing business In
North Carolina, tal before Governor
Kitchln today the situation as they
see it In the matter of the North
Carolina aafnKr rate that stirred
such sens-iHon a 'year ago, outlining
a course that th'ty desire the present
legislature to pursue In making It
poslble for the railroads to be reliev
ed of confiscatory rates In th event
at the nd of the probation year,
April 1 next, It shall appear on Inves
tigation th.it the compromise rates of
X and 1H cent are confiscatory.
There was a long drawn out discus
slon of th situation, after which Gov
ernor Kltehln agreed to take th
matter under advlstment for ten
days, wh-n thesn railroad officials
wHt retart to Raleigh and! hear the
and hi. ad.,iM i"
further action.
' In th. rtl...l. .ll..4 I
flolals wei President. Emerson, of!'U,f ,h t','n f" ,?f ctT,tM"'
tne A. rr. i, t irininu rt ik anh..
Johnson, of the N. A W.j Mr. tlar-
rett, chief executive of the H. A. U;
Receiver Fltsgerald. of the N. ft a
and other. .
They Cilled attention to the fact
that they had agreed with Governor
Qlenn In effecting the famous com
promise that the present rate should
go ' Into effont for oiw year from April
1st, ltoi. That Governor Qlenn had
greed to i recommend to the legis
lature that a bill t passed authoris
ing the corporation commission to
eoasldeit thai effect of these te at
the eiplrutlon of the trial period and
gle-ellef In. aso the rule -should
prove 4 unreasonably low, and that
Governor Glenn hud made this rc-ommenda-lon
to the special eeeslun,
which had failed to mirVe the desir
ed arrangement. i
However, the railroad companies.
these officials explained, had gone
ahead and put into eeffct the com
promise rati! rather than throw any
obstacle In the way of an amicable
settlement of the rate trouble as It
then existed, simply putting the rates
Into effect for tho trial period and
rusting; 1 the present legislature to
provide relief If it should pe shown
be needed.
Kate Confiscatory,
The railroad officials contended to
Governor Kitchln that the result of
he trial hud thus far been disastrous
to their revenue and expressed the
wish for the governor and other of
ficial to "xamlne Into the merit of
their contention and suggest some
pproprlate method of procedure.
They urged that they ! not left
for two more wars without oppor-
unlty for any relief In the evctn they
establish Inlustlcn of present rates at
nd of th.' trial period- Borne ma
chinery should he arranged since
he corpo'jtlon commission has not
now power to net The rullroitd peo
ple Insist? I that this conference was
purely to secure co-operation and
friendly support from the state In an
flort to (ondui-t the properties In
he InterfHt of the public us well as
h owners.
I'artlcjpitlng with the governor In
the discussion on the part of the
tale were Attorney General Bb-k'tt,
peaker Or.'thum, of the house of rep
resentatives, anil K nutor Manning on
the part-of the si-nate-
Governor K 1 1 h I tl says thut In re
plying to the Htnlement of the rml
oad presioVrM that the i-oinrroinii"
rates were niiri-Miimi-rallvi- iiml wnnt
Ing legists J.in nt this tlim- In- nliileil
that he hail ".'M lo bis Inn muni I
tdress t'lHt there would In- proba
bly no agitation for i-biume of pas
senger farm during bis uilmtnwtru-
tlon, that the peop" wn- not expect
ing such agitation, that he could not
nconrage any prm-edure. but hoped
the railroads would try the rules dur-
Ing a normal .v-if, when no panic
onditlons pr-vul"d. that ho had no
Information to Justify him In BUKKeat-
(Continued on page four.)
MAYOR M'CLELLAN
ABUSE ATTACHED TO OFFICE
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 21. Mayor Mc-
Olellan was culled today as a witness
before the legislative committee
hlch. under the guidance of former
Senator Cassldy as It chairman, Is
Investigating New York city's finances.
Replying to question about munic
ipal ownership of public utilities,
Mayor McC'lellan said:
There Is a general socialistic ten
dency abroad In th country, and It
requires all the backbone of the gov
ernment to resist the pressure."
In answer to question. Mayor Me-
Ctellan said there ought to be fewer
dty department, no mora than eight
Taboo of Canteen Given as
Cause of Wholesale De
sertion From Army.
ARMY UNANIMOUS
FOR RESTORATION ,
Objections of Temperance
Workers Only; Prevention
of its Reinstatement. 1
Mr TAV.
(Special Correspondent of Ths Cltlgen)
WABHINOTON, Jan. IJ."Olv us ,
back th cantesn." i s .
From private to major-general tfht
UntteA 8tti army Is making this
request as If wltli ens voice, flo em
photic lit the entreaty congrsse would
restore the canteen liwtanter were It ;'
not for the ever-watchful eye of the-
women tempwranee worker.
Insertions from the army am In-
creasing at such a rate the war dt-
pnrtment has resorted within the last
month' to : printing; proclamations.
There Is about 12110,00(1 offered re
wards . for the capture of deserters,
fi0 being allowed for Information,
that will enable th government to
capture each runaway. These proc
lamations carry the deserter'! picture,:
side and full face views, also a de
scription, making the whole v sheet
Hk the , Bertllllon feport upon
a criminal ''
'Army officers are united In the be-.
for th ',
Army and navy Journal art advocat
ing congress rtamt1WVMntsMs.
Representative Ilartholdt of Missouri,
who looka after the saloon and brew
ery Interest In congress, I th fath
er of a Mil providing for Its rt-estab-llshment.
Th frlendt of the canteen
are amaselna; strength quietly, but It
requires a strong congressional heart
to deliberately step out In the open
at a target for thousand of blue rib -bon
orators, Condition are not just
like they ud to be In this respiwi.
Tha time ha passed when a member
of congress niay argue against pro.
Alb!HloJilAftut finding Itfard ji? win
ine roi lowing election, ., .
"The antl-cflnteen law ought to be
repealed," says MaJ.-Oen. Frederic
D, Grant, "but the prospects of eon- .
gress doing anything right away ar
not very encouraging, Politicians do
not is re to antagonlx th extreme ,
prohibition sentiment. Congress eeea,
I think. It ha mad a mistake, but
It Is a hard thing to go back now." ' -
Col. Bilua F. Stewart, a retired army I
officer, who Is a prohibitionist in all
matters excepting th canteen, tie- j
Clares with the rest of the canteen -forces
that tho taking away of the
canteen is practically wholly respon
sible for the Increased number of de-
sertfon. lie say the number of -.
young men who have run away from
duty Is so uppalllnt ths government
hi'sltntes to mall public the flgurea.
Desertion On Intriw, i
"The abolition of the canteen la re
sponsible," he avers. "The men Mm-
ply won't remain at th posts. . Thi"
Inst congress raised their pay to hold"
them, but It failed. The desertions,
have kept on Increasing until now '
they are appalling. There I no army
In the world, and there never was
one, so blxhlv paid, s well fed or
belter clot lied, mid yet we cannot hold
men In It No urmy has ever offered
better Inducements m the way of pro.
motion, yet the men are dissatisfied
and desert.
"Desertions began the day the can
teen was abolished. The men did
not Intend to desert, but they got to '
town with their month's pay In their
poi ki ts, hncame Intoxicated, over
stioed their leieve and then were
nfruld to come hack for fear of pun
ishment. The longer they remained
iirtay rbe lonKer they had to.
"Frankly life at nn army post now
Is a druilKc. We will never stop de
sertions null! we restore the. eflnti-en.
We run double the pay. and the eol
diers will not rerr;-i!n.
"'i- were toM th.it wo might keep
tin isnteen i. pen for the sale of oft
drinks. Th.-it nun of no avail.
"The desertion of a soldier means
a resl nwnetsry loss to the govern
ment of shout t.'iD. that being tho
viiliie of Iim lothlng and full kit. HI
arms nre not lost After the soldier
has been dei l.-ired a deserter, hi ef
fects ;ii" put up at auction at tho
(Contlnusd en page two.)
TELLS OF
or ten. with greater pay for the feweo
head.
'1 think at the present time I hav
the finest men that could be se
cured," Mayor McCleltan said. "Ther
was a suggestion In the paper th
other day mentioning the president
of the United Mate a my successor.
The friend or enemy Who Inspired It
declared that Mr. Roosevelt wool
hare Tafts and Root la their city de
partment. It Is out of th question.
In th cabinet ther 1 great fcooor.
To be the head Of a ity department
mean snllmlted criticism. Intolerant .
abuee, no thankr or praise,"