Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-03-29
DRUNK WHILE ON OUTY

(By Associated Press J


WASlllNGTON, ID. g.. March ~
u" President to-day transmitted Ia
me House nf Representatives. in ~.
SionSr Ia Il resolution introduced by
Representative Williams OF Mississip.
pi. he ltpor, OF Assistant Secretary
"i state lierhcii ii. - Pierce. regard
ins he consular service in the Orient
the message is accompanied hv Il let
lcr from Secretary Root in which liz
says:
y wish To caIl especial a,icniin,
ioonc feature of these reports. These
disclose grave misconduct on The
part of Two conSmls formerly occupy.
ms important posts in The east. These
cohsuls are no longer in the service.
regret To say, however, thai there
are Indications Of other eases of mis-
c"n'inri or inciiciency among cousmls
in various parts of The world"
Regular inspection Necessity
These eases, tile secretary saws.
show the necessity Of regular in
spcciiun service.
z The charges made IN the reporl
against former Consul General Good.
now az Shanghai are 50 in number.
snne serious aud some slight. Some
ii is stated. are sufficient to snpnorr
suits al law ANA give evidence of cor.
ruplion in Office.
The report states that Consul cen.
cral Levi l.. Wilrox, mt IIanka, can.
not be said IL he useful consular
officer
Regarding Mr.. Grcener at vladivos.
tok. the report says:
''Everywhere throughout the r,asi
received unf;vorable reports of Mr.
Grcencr. Ills habits are said 10 he
extremely bad"
Accounts in Bad Shape.
Other complaints of him are thar he
mas faults relative la his accounts.
As ~ Oscar +. Williams ~, Sinra
more, sir, Pierce says that in his two
previous posts his record has no:
been inhi,mislIrd. lie makes part of
the record correspondence between
The Sultan Of i.ingga Rinmw of 1901
in which Consul Williams is alleged
10 have made efforts ia collect !,
debt for il Chinaiman.
The other posi- held Nv MIR Wi.
lianns WAS N Manila from 1897 ,o
| S9a.
Another man has since been made
consul general AZ Singapore.
AS 10 The Goodnow charges. MIR.
Pierce saws: III is unfortunate thai
an official occupying so conspicuous
Il position as does our consul general
at Shanghai. should he The subject
ol such scandalous report while The
OF such men as White
ana Derby in the capacity they have
fixed is in itself discrcditable. Ii
there were nothing else 10 he said re.
ssarding them they are men OF coarse
brutal type whose language i'm tl,e,
Offices is AK learn from most re-
liable information grossly indecent
ami proianc
But much more grave is the eyi.
hence that Mr.. Goodnow was using
the great judicial powers which the
law as il stands has invested on:
ronsrls in China with to improperly
obtain large sums Of money for him.
self TO which he had not riic smallest
shadow OF right"
Held an Attorney Up.
Another charge is that Goodnow
forced an attorney named Br0wn
Burke 10 give up n contract for a
contingent fec by threats made BY
Derby, who is quoted as saying in
this connection: "Goodnow will I'm.
prison you and seize your books. pa
pers and private effects under false
execution. On the other hand if you
Will fix il MP with Gnodnow ana keep
In with him you will gc, nice thing /
Dut OF H."
On another visit for The Same pu.