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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-13
HUNDREDS OF FUNERALS.
Sad Sequel to Recent French Mine
Horror

PARIS, March 13.-Hundreds of funerals
are being held today at the towns sur
rounding Courrieres, where the mine dis
aster Saturday resulted in the loss of over
a thousand lives. Snow has fallen, but lines
Of mourners fill every road many of them
carrying caskets, as the number OF hearses
obtainable are insufficient. At Billy Mon
tigny rough altar was erected in the open
air and funeral services We're conducted
over sixty bodies. Another and similar
ceremony occurred at Mericourt over the
unidentified dead.
The company's latest figures show that
there were 1,2l2 victims of the explosion
Mining Director Meyer OF Herne Prus-
sta, with his rescue corps of Westphalians,
recovered twenty-six more bodies this
morning. The heroic efforts of the Ger
mans are exciting admiration and praise
The American Chamber of Commerce has
subscribed 5000 for the relief of the suf-
ferers. Ambassador Mccormick headed
the list
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LITTAUER BALMES
BUREAU CHIEFS
Says They Retain Incompetent
Clerks.
INFLUENCED BY SYMPATHY
INFLUENCED BY SYMPATHY
Criticises Expense of Government De-
partments.
HE DENoUNCEs THE METHODS
Advocates the Salary Limiting Pros
Exclusion of 7o-Year Employees.

The age limit provision and graduated
salary reduction affecting government
clerks included In the legislative executive
and judicial appropriation bill occupied the
attention of the House of Representatives.
this afternoon.
There was good attendance on the floor
all day and the greatest possible interest
In the provision was shown. Members OF
the appropriations committee, notably Rep
resentative Littauer of New York. who "a
in charge of the bill defended the provi.
sion. and Representative Livingston and
other members OF the House attacked ir.
Representative Livingston has a substi-
tUtc for the provision which modifes and
clerk and Representative Campbell ot
Kansas suggested that there be siN-year
tenure of office for all employees Of tho
classified service
Representative Llttauer's remarks on tho
subject of conditions I'm the government
service were more than ordinarily interests
irE.
III Is gradually becoming more and mora
difficult" he said. FOR us 10 ferret Que
what Is going on in the departments. Give
as much attention as We can to the hear
ings we are yet at a loss 20 find out what
actually goes on in the departments with
the appropriations after they have been
made.
we find that the machinery established
by Congress is idle, that the committee on
expenditures do not report. that the gear
has lost it's cog. This machinery ought TO
have the attention of the engineers in
charge. for we groVe along in our hearings
attempting to find out what is transpring
in these bureaus following rumor and fol-
lowing leads. and yet what We do & nothing
more than mere scratch on the surface,
despite the fact that. occasionally the
scratch turns up some astounding results.
Until we have some regular committee
whose purpose It is to look over the matt
teFs with care we must have much con-
fusion.
The consideration Of this bill led us 10
an examination of conditions in the pubic
service, and we have been greatly impressed
by many startling matters that have grown
worse in the course of time I'm connection
with the appointment to office the methods
OF promotion and the tenure of office.
Necessity for Reclassification.
There is today a crying necessity for 8
reolassihcation of the government service.
Like work should receive Ike pay. Forces
of men receiving salaries at $500, $1,000 ana
81 900 and even 81, 500 a year perform exact
ly the same work.
This is most demoralizing. 1t leads 20
the worst sort of consequences. 1t is ua-
just. 1t is unjust 10 the man who per~
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JAPANESE ARE GRATEFUL
For American Aid to Famine Districts
of Japan.

CHICAGO. March 13.-N. sato, first sec
retary of the japanese legation at st.
Petersburg, stopped at Chicago yesterday
on his way to Russia. Mr.. Sato said that
the famine conditions in Japan are be-
ing rapidly relieved with the help received
from other nations.
I'VE wish to express to tne American
people our gratitude for the generous con-
trlbutions of money ard supplies which
have been so literally contributed by them
for the purpose of relieving the awful con-
ditions which have prevailed in Japan owing
to the famine" said Mr.. Sato
THE cause OF the famine was the eHor-
nous quantity of rain which fell last seq
son in the islands of Japan. The resulting
floods ruined the rice crop and the people
in many parts of the empire have died in
large numbers for lack of food An un-
usual snowfall has been recorded this win
ter and we therefore expect a good crop
of rice next year, for the water will be
stored in the mountains to be ultimately
used for the irrigation of the rice fields
We are hopeful that the great snowfall will
be followed by a dry season."
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TO ACQUIRE OTHER LINES.
Important Action by "Pennsy" Stock
holders at Annual Meeting.

PHILADELPHIA. March 13.-The princi-
pal business transacted today at the annual
meeting of the stockholders OF the Penn
sylvania railroad was the adoption of a
resolution authorizing the acquisition OF
additional lines. For this purpose the
directors were authorized to issue from time
to time the remaining capital stock not re-
Quired by present outstanding convertible
bonds. The issuable capital stock amounts
to SIS. 900 900.
The roads to be acquired are the South
west Pennsylvania railway. which extends
through the coke region from Greensburg
to Connellsville and Uniontown; the York
Haven and Rowenna railroad, link in the
freight line from York Haven to Glenloch,
and the Allegheny Valley railway, forming
connection between the main line at
Pittsburg and the Erie railroad at Drift
wood.
resolution was adopted appointing a
committee of seven stockholders 20 nomi-
nate four directors to be voted for at the
annual election March 81 to fill the
vacancies on the board that will then occur.
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the board. as the minimum length The to-
pography OF the country demanded the re-
duction of the lengths of the locks If a
lock canal is to be constructed. and there
fore three members of the board reversed
themselves in order to sign the minority re-
port. Mr.. Parsons said that ships 900 feet
long are in near prospect. and these will re-
quire 1.000-foot locks if they are 20 pass
through the canal. If a big ship should
strike one of the gates he expressed the
opinion that everything movable would be
carried to the Caribbean sea. The cost of
constructing ]. .009 feet locks a Gatun, said
Mr.. Parsons. would be sufficient TO con-
demn the minority plan, even If safety We're
nor taken into consideration. The cost OF
abutments necessary to support l.o0Q-foot
locks at this point has not been estimated,
since. he said it would amount to many
millions of dollars.
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FOR SEA LEVEL CANAL
WILLIAM B. PARSONS HEARD BY
SENATE COMMITTEE.

William Barclay Parsons of New York,
a member of the board of consulting engi-
neers which reported on the type of canal
feasible to be constructed across the 18TH
mus of Panama. today testified before the
Senate committee on lntercceanic canals
He is an advocate OF the sea-level plan and
signer of the majority report The COM
mittee examined him concerning his objec-
tions to the lock type proposed by the mi
nority.
If the double gates, proposed by the mi
nority, are TO be used. said Mr.. Parsons the
locks at Gatun will have useable lengths of
only 80 feet. In order 70 get in the flight
of three locks, he said IL was necessary 10
reduce the length from 1000 feet, which
was decided upon by "a vote of IL to of
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Transfer of Canal Control.
WORST STORM IN YEARS.
sixty-M Wind Swept the State
After Midnight.

SALT LAKE CITY Utah, March 1S.-
From midnight until daylight today Salt
Lake was ,a the grasp Of the worst storm
In years. Beginning with drizzling rain.
"A wind which attained at one time a veloc-
ity Of sixty miles an hour soon followed
Signs were wrcuchcd from their fasten-
ings chimueys were in many places shat
tered electric wires broken, and. in some
Instances. roofs carried away. New build
ings throughout the city were rendered
wrecks, and the loss 20 uucompleted struc-
tures will be heavy The Warm Springs
bath house. just northwest Of the city, was
damaged TO the extent of thousands OF dol
lars. The telegraph wires were paralyzed,
but one out OF salt Lake being workable.
The wind was followed by one OF the
fercest elZzards ever seen here. Street
ca traffic is delayed and street travel this
morning Is almost Impossible.
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forms the same work his neighbor ana
al lower salary. II is an unfair distribu-
ton of the public funds.
I'VE find that clerk working at 81 800
wilt perform just the same work that he
does afterward when IN the course of years
ne has been promoted 10 sl,2o0. $l400 OF
$i,S00. We feel that there ought TO be ar
this time a commission OF the two houses
OF Congress to consider this subject-ths
subject OF inequality Of pay for like serv-
Ices and the inequality In methods OF pro-
motion, We find that force in one de-
partment performs about the same work
that force in another department only
half as large performs
We ought to have commission look
into this matter of reclassifying the entire
service carrying it on the proper basis, ana
make recommendations to both houses oc
Congress. IL we do not take some actiop
the inequality Of compensation VIII go on
from year to year until its growth will be
a serious detriment to the proper conduct
of our departments.
Says Salaries Are Extravagant-
Our salaries, especially those in the cler.
ical force, are not only generously liberal.
but extravagantly high In comparison With
what is paid in the country. II the con-
duct of our service could be the same as
that which obtains in the great manufac~
turing and trading concerns In the country
or the railroads, the service OF the goy-
ernment could be conducted by three-
fourths OF the force now employed and at
practically little more than half its cost
"Our salaries are higher. our hours OF
work are less. our leaves of absence with
pay are longer, our holidays more frequent
and the relative productive gait at which
our clerks work is decidedly lower with the
result that the wlde-open doors of our pub
lie service, barres sn. 10y an examination,
are always crammed tlll with applicants.
and once inside the doors safely In the re-
p4blic's service only hose who have more
than the usual ambition leave until death
makes a vacancy in their position. Under
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CHICAGO EMPLOYERS SCORED.
First Open Shop Victory of the Year
Against Union.

CHICAGO, March 13.-Employers scored
the first "open shop victory OF the year
against a labor union yesterday when $50
strikers returned to work for the Chicago
Edison Company. The men, who we're en-
ployed on outside line work, walked out
carly in December when the company re-
fused to agree to employ only union cleo
tricians.
The Edison Company for years has en-
ployed union and non-union men indis-
crminately. The union. in an attempt to
force CLOSED shop conditions in all de-
partments of the big concern, called strikes
on all buildings where non-union men were
working, interfering seriously with the COM
pletion of large building contracts in the
downtown district.
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HUNGARIAN WOMEN PATRIOTIC.
Titled Members of Upper Glass Part
With Jewels
,ecial Cablegram to The Star.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
VIENNA, March 13-Ladies OF Hungary
are now uniting against the government
At Countess Baithany's soiree Countess
Dessewsky suddenly unclasped splendid
pearl necklace she was wearing and threw
1t on the table. saying that unless her hus-
band bought 1t back for her at cost price
1t would be sold for the good of the cause
This was a signal for curious scene.
Every lady present stripped her neck, ears
or wrists OF some of her jewels and there
was soon pile valued at $4,000. This ex-
ample was followed yesterday at a tea
party given by Baroness Vecsey. where
Countess Balthanx offered S2S.000 diadem
and others diamond brooches and tiaras
All this jewelry will be sold by auction in
Paris for the cause of Hungarian freedom
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CALIFORNIA TOWN sCoRCHED.
Grand Central Hotel and Many Busi-
ness Houses Burned.

SANTA ROSA, Cal, March bat 1885
this morning a telephone message was re-
ceived from Guernville. appealing for as
sstance, announcing that a disastrous fire
was raging there, which threatened to wipe
out the town
At the time the message came the Grand
Central Hotel had been consumed and prac
ticaIy all of the buildings on that side of
the street. which is the main thoroughfare.
were thought 10 be doomed.
Arrangements were Immediately made to
send an engine TO Gueruvile by special
train. but a second telephone message came
at / O'Clock this morning countermandlng
the request for apparatus, saying that it
would be useless TO send an engine as
everything threatened would be wiped out
by the time the Santa Rosa fremen ar
rived
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A DOWIE SENSATION.
Alleged That Head of Church Has
Parted From Wife.

CHICAGO, March 13.-John Alexander
Dowie. head of the Zion" Church. and his
wife have parted. according to story
printed in the Daily News today. 1t is
declared that the last message of Dowie to
his home was ignored. and that Mrs. Dowie
has thrown i.4 her lot with the ordinary
followers of Zion.
1t is asserted that Mrs. Dowie has said
to her friends that she has been deceived
as to the real conditions in the church, and
believed that millions of money We're avail
able when there was no such condition ex-
listing.
Mrs Dowie yesterday called in brokers.
VINO made an inventory of the furnishings
of the Dowie home in Zion City, which
is decorated in a most expensive manner.
Sne said she desired to sell everything for
the good of the church and that when
the furnishings had been sold the house
itself was at the disposal of the society.
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LIKELY TO ACCEPT It
Taft Will Probably Go on Su-
preme Bench.
TO CONFER WITH BROTHER
Official Announcement to Be Made
Friday.
DISCUSSED BY THE CABINET
Canal Work to the State De-
partment May Be Made.

II IS understood this afternoon that as
the result Of the discussion In the cabinet
today Secretary Taft will probably accept
TO succeed Justice Brown. but the official
announcement will not be made until Fri
day
Secretary TAFT is going to New York city
tomorrow and the name of Mr.. Justice
Browns successor on the United States
Supreme bench Will be announced at the
White House Friday afternoon. Although
seemingly separate and distinct. the two
things are closely allied and interdependent
To Consult His Brother.
Ostensibly Secretary Taft is going to New
York TO attend TO some business relating to
the monument to the martyrs of the prison
ships in New York harbor during the revo-
lutonary war, but If the current impress
sion is correct he is actually going there
to consult his brother Mr.. Henry w. Taft
as "a the best course 0f action under the
circumstances. 1t is believed that the Pres
ideut has left the settlement of the ques-
ton To- his own best judgment. and he de-
slrcS 90 talk 10 over with his brother before
reaching a final decision
These considerations so far toward eX-
planning the official statements made today
that Secretary Taft viii be back in Wash
mgtou by Friday morning at the latest
and that the President will announce the
name of Mr. Justice Brown : successor
Friday afternoon. 1t is believed that the
proposed reorganization Of the cabinet. con-
tnReui upon the coming appointment to
the Supreme bench, was the subject of
discussion M today's meeting of the cabinet
aud that 10 will be- further considered at
the meeting next Friday.
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MONEY FOR RAILWAY INQUIRY
Appropriation for the Interstate Com
mission Reported.

The House committee on interstate and
foreign commerce today decided to make
favorable report on the Townsend joint
resolution providing for an appropriation
of $50OO0 to enable the interstate COM
merce commission to investigate railways
and monopoies under the Tillman-Ciilespie
joint resolution. The Townsend resolution
also corrects other defects in the Tillman-
Gillespie resolution pointed out by the Pres
idCnt.
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EUTHANASIA ABSURD.
Opinion of London Official on Bill to
End Life.
elal Cablegrnm to The Star.

Special Cablegrnm to The Star.
LONDON. March 13.-Coroner Wynne
Baxter. interviewed on the subject of bill
introduced IN Iowa to legalize euthanasia
says the scheme Is ridiculous one Pain
he says, is one of the penalties of life. DR..
Forbes Winslow IS opposed TO the proposal
even for lunatics. He says that with the
exceptions OF general paralysis. brain soft
ening and congenital idiocy there IS no
form OF disease from which recovery is not
possible. He has known man restored to
reason after years OF madness.
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Sarrien Ministry Confer.

PARIS, March l3.-The Sarrien ministry
continues to hold informal meetings, seek
ing to determine on It's policy but Is not yet
officially constituted and will not be pre-
pared 10 present itself to, the chamber or
deputies before tomorrow.
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Senator Rayner to Speak.

Senator Rayner will address the Senate
tomorrow on the subject OF railroad rate
legislation. Mr.. Rayner has had extensive
legal practice In relation to railroad mat
ters, and has given much thought to rate
legislation during the present session OF
Congress. His address Is looked forward to
by many senators as one of the notable
speeches that will be made on this subject,
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Blizzard in Montana.

BUTTE, Mont, March 13.-Butte and
Montana generally We're In the throes last
night of one OF the worst bIlzzards of the
winter. In this city the thermometer
ranged from II to 10 degrees below zero.
On the mountain side it was still colder
Street car service was demoralized and the
wire service was crippled south and west.
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SUICIDE OF FORMER RESIDENT.
WeH-Known Chef Killed Himself at
Franklin, Pa.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
FRANKLIN. Pa. March 13.-Charles r.
Boh!e. aged thirty-fve years, chef at the
Exchange Hotel, Killed himself by shooting
while standing in front of mirror this
morning. Last night ne had quarrel with
a woman with whom he was IN love, which
is assigned as the cause
He was formerly chef at the Hotel Nor
mandie. Washington. d. C.. and was a
member OF Hiram Lodge. No. 10, F. and A.
n. of that city.
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SNOW GENERAL IN IOWA.
Heavy Storm is Raging Over the
State Today.

DIES MONIES. Ia, March 13.-A heavy
snoWstro struck Des Moines and Iowa
early today and Is increasing in severity.
Street railway traffic is badly impeded.
Snow is general all over the state.
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Four Frightfully Burned.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 13.-Four men
were frightfuliy burned in an explosion OF
hot metal at the plant of the National NAL
leable Castings Company today. Three OF
them Will probably die.
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HEW DIsBURSING CLERK.
VIM. S. Richards to Succeed the Late
Major BARTLETT

William S. Richards has been appointed
disbursing clerk of the treasury in place u
the late Mai. George \. Bartlett Mr..
Richards is from Iowa and is a personal
friend Of Secretary Shaw. He is at present
a clerk in the office of the auditor for the
State Department.
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afford the outlay, for the reason that the
service Is almost a self-sustaining one.
Last year the net cost of the consular
service to the government was only S144, 152
United States consular officers collected and
paid into the treasury 81. .1Ss3S3. The differ
ence between this sum and the cost of the
maintenance of the consular service was
the ngures first quoted. About a million
dollars Is collected annually by the United
States consular officers for authenticating
invoices. The charge for this Service is
this service should not be increased. If It
were $3.50 the consular service would pay
large profit TO the government.
Graduated Scale Suggested.
Probably a graduated scale of charges
based upon the amount Of the invoice to be
authenticated should be established. This
could be so arranged that it would be more
just TO foreign shippers than the present
undertaking Fate, and it might be made to
augment the income of this government to
such an extent that the consular EaIaries
could be increased 100 per cent without add
ing a cent TO our burden of taxation. At
present the foreign producer who sends a
shipment of goods TO the United States
valueu at 500 pays just the same amount
for having his invoices legalized as does the
shipper who sends goods to the value OF
S200, coo
Increasing the fee for legalizing invoices
to such an extent that the salaries of con-
suls could be doubled without increasing
the burden upon the treasury of the United
states could be done without working hard
snip TO any one, and probably it would
evoke nothing more than perfuuctory
protest from some of the foreigners who
nave large connections in this country
What is Desired.
1T is not proposed at present to bring
the consular corps within the scope of the
civil service law" concluded Mr.. Loomis,
but merely to reorganize it upon lines
which will make for greater permanence
of tenure and vastly improved efficiency.
If Congress will give to the President and
secretary of State power to grade the con-
sliar service, and to appoint men to class
or grade rather than to particular post,
and Will also authorize the adjustment of
salaries and make them adequate and
furthermore, empower the President TO
shift men about from post to post, as the
needs of the service demand, II will be the
most important. farreaching and substan-
tial advance in respect to the improvement
OF the consular service that has ever been
made, an advance from which there will
be no retreat and which will in itself be an
unfailing and certain incentive to further
and more radical changes for the better"
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sec~etary TAFT may succeed Justice Brown
81 he go desires. fUt the President hesitates
10 urEe his acceptance OF tue office should
he prefer o. remain az tle head of the mil
itary estanG lueut I'm order 10 carry into
effect existing policies regarding the Phil
ipplucs tae Panama canal and various prof
eCts tu increase the efficiency of the army.
Although Secretary Tart Is deeply interest
cd iu those problems. and would ike 10
carry t.r. ialtlrr along toward compile
tuu. Er l,.itltcs TO weigh his personal
preference against the Presidents tudg-
meut as tu how ha can be most useful to
Tie country. especially as his dcclnatou
OF tue S-preme Court position might posi-
tly eTbarrasS the administration in the ex-
t,-t-on OF important policies
Transfer Of Canal Control.
Although purely speculative It seems to
b. generally accepted as settled that II
Secretary T1rt is transferred 10 the Supreme
bench rho administration OF the affairs
OF the Panama canal will be transferred to
the Department of State That impression
prevails despite The report that Secretary
Root strongly opposed the proposition when
81 WAS made originally on his appointment
to tEy State Department.