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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-30
Other Instances Cited.

The charges recite seven or eight other
such instances The committee is also
asked by Ncrbcck to investigate General
organs efforts to secure a salary Of
$50" when he was first appointed TO his
present Office by Governor Dix.
The protest which General Ncrbeck
handed To Chairman Carlisle tonight
states that in spite Of the committee y
direction that the charges against Organ
be kept In Il place where nobody could
gain access To- them. he had been In
formed that they had been turned over to
an officer under the Jurisdiction OF Gen
eral O'RNan. On the generals orders. he
says they were given 10 Colonel y. y.
Thurstou. commander OF the very on
sanization whose financial affairs are
being investigated" Nerbeck told Chair
man Carlisle Ia had also learned that an
accountant was going over the charges
in connection with the accounts Of the
oIganizat!on.
General Neibeck accompanied his pro-
test with copy Of his charges. in order.
he said. that the committee would be
sure 10 get them a. originally made.
In speaking Of the report this afternoon.
Governor Sulzer said: NO official has
the right to divert public funds or use
money not appropriated. # couldn't he
done in Washington. and If it were done
there the official would he mpcached 40
official should put himself above the
LEGISLATURE.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-30
UNJUST. ASSERTS VERBECK
General Declares Attack on Him
Not Borne Out.

Syracuse. Jan. 29.-Genoral William YER
beck. on his arrival from Albany to-
night. gave out the following statement:
The unfair and unjust attack made
upon me and the innucndO aud reflections
cast upon my late department are not
borne ont by the facts.
TIL" administration Of office stood for
efficiency Of the guard. The military
benefited by the appropriations, and.
search as they may, they can't find a
penny Of graft
This makes them mad. and they have
had TO resort 10 intermittent attacks on
the better pay my hard working employees
received. the too large manGuvre cam
paignS and a rchash OF the purchase of
an arsenal site from funds OF my own
creation.
The contingent fund is not depleted. as
there was but one expenditure To which
exception. in my judgment, was taken.
and not another penny was lost from the
funds created by the sale OF condemned
clothing Now they have every cent Of
that returned to them.
They will not let up in their persecu-
ton of my solitary department until
let up on my charges" was the general S
closing remark
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-30
INDEPENDENTS HAD TO
PAY DEAR FOR IRON ORE
Hill Deal Caused Scarcity and
Forced Prices Up, Wit
ness Declares.
GAVE TRUST UPPER HAND
Corporation Attorneys Protest
in Vain at Introduction of
Brief Calling Lease
High Finance"

The hearing yesterday in the govern
ment's SUIT for the dissolution OF the
United States Steel Corporation developed
much additional testimony concerning the
lease by the corporation Of the Hill ore
properties, and was marked by the in
PRODUCTION of statistics bearing on the
amount of the corporations business com
pared with that OF the independent steel
producers.
y. II. Nelson. an ore expert from Mime
sofa, who testified on Tuesday that the
royalties paid. by the Steel Corporation
for the Hill ore were excessive. but were
paid to keep the ore out Of the hands OF
competitors. was cross-eXamined by coun-
sci for the trustees of the Hill ore lands,
who are defendants in the suit. Mt Mel
son admitted that after the lease had
been taken by the corporation the inde-
pendents had TO pay even higher royalties
for ore. due to its scarcity after the Hill
ore properties had been removed from the
market.
The witness reiterated his statement
that the acquisition Of the Hill ore prop
critics By the Steel Corporation, coupled
with the control OF transportation faci!-
tiles gave the alleged steel trust very
great advantage over its competitors.
Statistical evidence was introduced by
the government through William II. Gray.
head of the statistical bureau OF the
American Iron and Steel Institute. IL was
mainly supplementary evidence amplify-
ing Mr.. Grsy's testimony given IN De-
cember in Philadelphia. The statistics
Mr.. Cray said. had been prepared from
the data submitted to him directly by the
steel Corporation and Independent pro-
ducers.
Tabulatlons OF pig iron production from
1901 to 1910 showed that the Steel COR
poration's pig output was B.2 per cent OF
the countrys total output In 1901 ana 40
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-30
DENIES MINEVIlLE CHARGE
Head OF Company Accused Asks
Governor for Inquiry.

Declaring that 80 OF his regular force
of l.lD men were peaceably at work. in
spite OF the strike that was called at
Mneville. y y. last Thursday. Frank
:. Witherbee, president of Witherbee
Sherman & Co. OF No Rector street
the operators of the mines. teleEraphed
10 Governor Sulzer yesterdav DENYING
absolutely the charges of ntmidat ton
and coercion made by the labor leaders
and asking a thorough investigation Of
conditions at the mines by the Legis-
lature or by the state Department Of
Labor
The report recently made by the Sheriff
of Essex County TO the Governor must
show that no serious acts Of violence had
been committed at Mineville. he assert
cd. and prove the falsity Of the charges
made on Tuesday by Joseph ID. Cannon,
II the Western Federation OF Miners.
The company has made three increases
IN wages. said Mr. Witherbee and has
gone from a ten-houT day 20 an eight
hour DAY Disa bility benefits are paid. he
added, and the company's houses are
models Of their kind and a pension fund
is maintained.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-30
ROADS URGE ARBITRATION
Put Refusal of Offer Up to Rail-
way Firemen.

Elisha Lee chairman OF the conference
committee of railroad managers. issued a
statement yesterday i'm which IL was as
serted that the officers OF the Firemens
Brotherhood had ignored SO far the offer
Of the ffty-four Eastern roads to submit
the arbitration IF the demands Of the Are
men To a seven man board. as was done ir
the case of the engineers The objection
Of the firemen TO the plan. Mr.. Lee states.
is on the ground that there was too much
delay in arriving at a decision In the case
OF the engineers.
The railroad mana gers assert that the
engineers suffered no loss as conse-
quence, but that their increase in pay was
retroactive. Though the award TO the en-
gineers was not made public until Novem-
Der 26 they say the men received back
pay amounting to 100000. and in all re-
ceived an increase of about 100000. or
approximately per cent
The railroad managers admit there
should he an adjustment in the pay OF the
flremen, but are of the opinion thar they
are ill-advised. both in demanding wages
dsproportionate to the financial abilities
OF the companies and in declining to ac-
cept arbitration by a disinterested board.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-30
WOULD LOWER FOOD COST
Assembly Urged to Pass Bill
Licensing Commission Men.

IBr Telegraph 20 Th" Tribune.
Albany. Jan 2a-Seth Low and Liberty
II. Bailey. dean OF the Agricultural Scnooi
Of Cornell University, were among those
who spoke this afternoon before the asri-
cultural committees OF the Senate anu
,esamh,v In favor Of the bill introduced
nv Senator Roosevelt TO regulate ana
license commission merchants. Nobody
appeared against the measure. which Is
ona NJ seyeral already introduced to check
conditions which cause the high cost OF
foodstuffs.
tween the shipper and distributor of farm
products 1T II high time, he SAID.
that the state stepped in and provided
means for a restoration Of confidence, Tor
tho driving out OF the Dishonest distriDu-
ters and the raising of the standard OF
produce sent to market
Dean Bailey laid emphasis on the fact
! that this bill was only one step in q
scheme TO solve a condition which IN
wolves not only the high cost OF living,
but the difficulty OF obtaining food in the
BIG centres of population. Other steps
I'm the scheme, he said, would be found In
the bills providing for credit banks for
farmers and encouraging the organiza-
ton OF cooperative agricultural societies.
Others who spoke for the bill were
George W. Sisson. OF Potsdam. president
OF the New York State Agricultural Soci-
ETY.: Mrs. Julian Heath. president Of the
Housewives League: Senator Godfrey. OF
Clean. cx-master OF the State Grange;
Ezra futile Of Long Island. OF the Mar
ket Investigating Committee; George Nor
rell. OF Columbia County; James A. Al
len. master OF Pomona Grange OF Dutch
ess County; John J. Dillon. editor OF The
Rural New Yorker" and j. J. Ward.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-30
HITS P. S. COMMISSION
Senate Asks Upstate Body to
Hasten Westminster Fare Cases
LEADS TO A SHARP DEBATE
Democrats Accused of Playing
"Shifty Politics. but They
Pass Healy Resolution.
lBy Telegraph to Tae tribune.

Albany. Jan. 2p-Afier a sharp debate
IN which Senator Brown. Republican
leader. accused the Democrats OF playing
Shifty politics. the Senate passed to-day a
resolution offered by Senator Healy. Of
Wcstchester. calling on the Public Service
Commission FOR the upstate district 10
make decision on the Westchestsr fare
cases pending befor. IT within twenty
DAYS. or tell tho Senate why ii cannot do
30.
Senator Brown pointed out the great i'm
prOyrety II the original form Of the reso-
LUTON. which called uneqUivOoai!y for q
decision Of those cases within the twenty
DAYS. and finally the Democrats modified
Il slightly.
The resolution amounts To nothing other
than criticism Of the commission. senator
FITZGERALD a Tammany man with prac-
teal mind sneeringly remarked when
Brown opposed IL that nobody should take
such au attitude.
why. the commission don't have 10 pay
any attention to this II they don't want
to-" aid he. They can throw tn. reso-
luton into the waste basket"
BNt III. li'h'bldAbI 81 III" le-oiAlloli
gave opportunity for a great deal Of con-
demnatiOn OF the commissions alleged
slowness and general Iustficiency Sena-
tor Healy SAID the Westminster commuter
cases were OF the greatest importance,
and had been PENDING since July. 1910
while the Hearings had been closed for
more than eight months
II ask the commission To act Mr..
/ llcaiy said. 50 hat II We cannot get re-
, lief there W. may go TO the courts
The Senate might just a. well ask the
Governor 10 act more promptly In his in
vcstigation 81 alleged extravaganza in the
departments said senator Brown cor
tho Court Of Appeals 10 hurry it's decision
on an important case. as to pass this
resolution. This IL summary. drastic and
unjust action, constituting an attack on
one OF the highest tribunals IN the state.
with reputation for ability and intcg-
lity surpassed by none. ! make no re-
Election Oh why this was introduced At
this time. with three vacancies awaiting
filing in the commission. but u the Sena-
tors think this can be put over without
somebody calling attention to it's injus-
tice they are mistaken. No local inter
csts can be- advanced this way
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-30
TAMMANY FEARS SPLIT
Adopts Conciliatory Methods
Toward Upstate Legislators.


Albany, Jan. 29.-Tammany Hall intends
to take no chances on having split in
the Democratic majority of the Legis-
lature this year. Through it, faithful n'n-
tenant. Speaker Smith. OF the Assembly, II
has already taken tn" bull by the horns
There have beer murmurings here that
the domination of Murphy's organization
was likely to lead to trouble with the
upstate Democratic legislators, such as
prevailed during 1911 This is the one
thing that Tammauy fears, because OF
the New York City election next fall.
TammanyS. method OF preventing IN
ternal dissensions now is TO conciliate the
upstate members. Speaker Smith to-day
called TO his room all the upstate Demo
cratic Assembyme who are chalrmen
OF committees and practically told them
that they could have full power in max
ing amendments 10 the election ana pri-
mary laws. He said he itnended TO APP
point them a committee to confer Win
Democratic leaders OF the Senate ABOUT
these proposed changes. The only New
York man OH the committee II 10 be
Chairman Goldberg, of the Judiciary
cause il is to the Judiciary Committee
that the amendments Will be referred.
Among those who will compose the con
ference committee will be- Bush, OF Che-
muns. Evans. Of sullivan; Cole. oi or
leans McDaniels. of Tompkins, Butts OF
Otsego: Jackson, of Buffalo; fatrle' OF
Greene. SchwarZ o. Rensselaer,; Guineu.
of SCHUYLER: Brewster, Of Steuben; Doty.
of Orange. and Gallup, Of Monroe.
Speaker smith also called all the com
mittees TO task because Of their slownesS
i'm reporting out bills. some committees
have not Vet even held meetings, although
many bills have been referred to them
Their laxity resulted in no bills beng
ready for to-day's calendar ana the SEES
sion was a perfunCtOry one. The SPEAK
ers scoldine caused unprecedented actiN-
itv about the committee rooms this after
noon. and there was regular h"od Of
bills Most of them however, Were oi
! local importance.
The action of the speaker IN appoint
ing a committee To confer with the senate
leaders is practically the first constructive
effort taken this session 10 lay out pan
of legislation Unless this committee acts
promptly the session Will not end ny me
middle Of April. as intended.
No hint has yet been given az to what
changes in the primary and election laws
are intended. The Democratic platform
and the Governors message contained rec
concentrations for improvement OF thes'
laws. but they were not specific.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-30
DENIES HE'S A SPOKESMAN
Sulzer Declares He Always Fa =
vored Merit System.
by Telegraph 10 The Tribune

Albany. Jan. :9.-GoverDor Sulzer an
nounced to-day that the State civil Ser
vice Commission would confer Tomorrow
afternoon IA New York with committee
Of the civil Service Reform Association
recently appointed. at tho request Of the
Governor. To cooperate with the commits
sion in matters pertaining TO the civil
service Law. particularly with reference to
changes in classification.
Il want the civil Service Commission"
he said. TO work in harmony with the
Civil Service Reform Association"
Isn't that bringing about a new stua-
tom" the Governor was asked.
eft was never done before he replied.
and IT surprised the members OF tho
association. coming from me. after what
The New-York Tribune said about mo
during the campaign. The Tribune said |
was a spokesman
The Governor referred to an article in
which he was quoted as saying at ban
quet that Ito the victors belong the
spoils" lie went on To tell about this
dinner. saying that he didn't recall
whether he said what he was quoted az
denied il.
But then, YOU know" he said. that
no one ia responsible for what he says in
an after-dnner speech"
The Governor did not believe that any
one should get too serious In an after
dinner speech. You know what happens
To one who does he said.
II am not spokesman he declared.
Il never voted for any measure either
here or In Washington that would help
the spoils system. have always been for
the merit system. If 1t were not for the
merit system the life OF a public Official
both here and in Washington would be- a
burden. I have recommended the extern
sion Of this system To the second and
third class cities of the state
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-30
SULzER SHIFTS IN MOVE
To ABOLISH DEPARTMENT
WeiuhtS and Measures To Be in
Charge of Bureau in Agrl-
cultural Division.
PROTESTS WON HIM OVER
Millions Saved to State by
Scrutiny He Had Called as
Valuable "as a Fifth
Leg to a Dog"
Inv Tclccraph 10 The Tribunc. !

Albany. Jan. Ex-Governor Sulzer an
rounccd to-day that he had no intention
Of abonshng the State Department of
Weights and Measures. He merely pur-
noses TO transfer the work to bureau
i, he Department OF Agriculture. where
no believes il can I've done much more
cheaply
The Governor recently expressed the
opinjon that the Department of Weights
md Measures was about as useful "as a
NTH leg TO a dog" and that it's work
could he done by a clerk and a typewriter
IN the Department Of Agriculture. His rad
ical change Of attitude probably was pro-
duced ny numerous protests he has been
receiving against that utterance and by
representations made TO him that millions
Of dollars year We're saved to the pub
lie by protecting ii against short weight
and short measure in practically every
line OF provisions.
The Governors altered view does not
go far enough. though. to meet the de-
mands Of those who desire 10 continue
the protection To consumers. Clement j.
Drscoll. Reconnaissance of Weights and
Measures OF New York City, said:
To transfer the duties of this depart
ment 10 bureau i'm another department
would be a. bad as abolishns il alto
gether. \ subordinate bureau in a big
department isn't any good. What good
IS the boiler squad in the Police Depart
ment of New York CITY, Nothing but
An asylum for "has-beens." when IL isn't
2 place for grafters. The Governor. I'm
sure. doesn't want 10 make this depart
and I'm sure he does not want To deprive
The grea. public of all protection against
dishonest dealers, and so take away the
consumers surest means Of fighting the
high cost of living.
! cannot ina CINE anything more damaC-
ing than to destroy the identity of this
State Department of Weights and Meas
ures. II seems 10 me very shoTtsigh ted
economy to save a few thousand dollars
and leave every household in the state
with inadequate protection against food
thieves and coal thieves. and ice thieves
and all the manufacturers who put II
short weight and short measure packages
delegation representing the city and
county sealers Of weights and measures
called on the Governor to-day. and
through the chairman. John l.. Walsh
Commissioner Of Weights and Measures
for New York City. asked that no legis
lation affecting the state department be
adopted until they had an opportunity e
5e heard before his investigating commit
tee. Rochester Buffalo. Albany. Troy
Syracuse and Biughamton were amonl
the cities represented
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-30

per cent in 1910 The percentage was a.
high as IS per cent of the total In 1908.
A storm of protest came from counsel
for the defence when the government IN
PRODUCED on Mr.. Nelson's redirect exami-
nation brief submitted to the Mime
sofa Legislature in 1909 which character
lied the Hill ore lease as IAN operation In
high finance" The brief was in opposi.
ton TO proposed bill to tax ore lands &C.
cording to tonnage instead OF acreage.
Counsel for the government asked Mr..
Nelson whether the Steel Corporation was
making any special effort TO take out an
much ore az possible from the Hill prop
critics before the expiration of the leass
i'll 1915.
MY impression is that they are taking
out every ton they can, and I suppose
they are taking the cream" was the re-
nv,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-30
Feels So Confident of New Cabi-
net Place That He Is looking
Over the Field for a Man.
PLUM FOR R. S. HUDSPETH
Governor Watches Legislature
Elect Hughes to U. 8. Senate
Delighted at saulsbury's
Victory in Delaware.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune. !

Trenton. n. j.. Jan 29.-President-elect
Wilson feels so confident that Congress
will pass the pending bill creating a De-
partment Of Labor that he Is now consid-
ering number Of names for appointment
10 the new Cabinet place which the bill
will create.
Every one seems 10 think that the bill
is going 10 pass" said Governor Wilson.
in speaking Of his plans.
- The President elect would give no sign.
however, az 10 what names he was turn
ing over in his mind, either for the new
Cabinet pest or for any of the other
places he has at mis- disposal. lie said
his position in 60 far rs offering places
10 any one hadn't changed in the last
two weeks. and that no one had been
asked by him to accept any Office within
his gift.
Mr.. Wilson's answers 10 questions con-
corning his Cabinet this evening were
seemingly eyaslye. and in sense tended
u show that while the members OF MS
Cabinet were still in the air. the time was
not long distant when his mind would
crystalline on the names OF the ten men
who would constitute his advisers. II
may be a week OF il may he longer before
this takes place. but fl is apparent thar
he has narrowed his choice down To
certain number OF men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-30
VERBECK'S TURN NOW
TO ANSWER CHARGES
Governors Investigators De-.
clare Adjutant General Mis-
used Funds of His Office.
HEAR O'RYAN TOMORROW
Sulzer Remarks That All State
Officials Should Learn Not
to Do Anything Con-
trary TO the Law.
lB.' Telegraph TO The Tribune.

-, - 49,
''o"N!' Jan - Inc "'ieie"0eS W.
tween eX-AdJutant General William Yer
beck and Major General O'Eyan are
,,,o,r.;,,,, o,.,r,. 1o,. -,,o c,,.arro,..e in
'e'"e""''' 'o''''"'''eo 'o'"'' W ''''
OF pending charges preferred against Gen
eral O'Hyan by tho former adiutant gen
o.,
, 49,,
NeiDetk u! submitting 10 the Governor
s,,tc,,or, cbarci,,, hin, ,.i,b ..orosqI, ir-
regular and unlawful conduct" The
,...,-
c''uclsm Involves the hahuhhe "l i"'u
I'm his charge as adiutant rapaya1 When
Governor SulZer was asked If he in
,,., .........- ,...., -, =.
/. 'tHueu 10 prosecute Nerpcck ne SAM Nv
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-30
Sulzer Gives Warning.

This ought 10 De q lesson 10 state
officials" the Governor added. not 10
do anything contrary 10 law. They are
ia ~. governed by the laws and not by
inadvertenoc.'
The committee alleges that General
Verbeck created a system. with the APP
parent idea OF treating the funds accord
ing 10 his wish rather than In accord
ance with the restrictions and require
ments OF the law. that. although Gov
crnor Dix vetoed an Item Of 10000 APP
propriatcd for the purposes Of certain field
maneuvres, General NcrDeck carried QUE
these maneuVres al an approXimat" cost
of $1,000: that he created positions for
which the Legislature refused TO appro-
pirate money and paid these employees
from his general Expense fund.
The statement adds
II also appears that this official by his
irregular. loose and unlawful methods.
depleted the contingent fund which is
maintained for the purpose OF meeting
extraordinary emergencies. like the eX-
pcnses OF handling the militia in case Of
riot or other public disorders, by the
withdrawal Of funds thereirom for vaIl-
Gus purposes The net result Of the treat
ment Of the finances Of this department
hy the ofiicia! mentioned is that there is
deficiency aggregating $1,000.
General Nerbeck said tonight, in an
swer 10 the committees statement. that
he had never spent state money as adju-
tant general except for the purpose for
which IL was intended. Speaking Of the
10000 for field manGuvres which the
statement says Governor Dix vetoed. he
admitted that he held the mannuvres.
but used only money intended for the
purpose. The $4,000. he said. was in
tended TO permit the I'd and iIh Brgades
II take part In the manpuvrcs. and the
failure to get the appropriation simply
prevented these organizations from going
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-30
WEST VA. FOR INCOME TAX
Senate Ratifes Amendment Which
House Passed Two Years Ago.

Charleston, W. Va, Jan. By
unanimous vote the Senate to-day rati-
fled the income tax amendment to the
Federal Constitution The resolution will
come up in the House Tomorrow. Two
years ago the House passed the measure
and the Senate rejected il.
If West Virginia finally ratifies the
amendment il will make the thirty-ffth
state TO approve the income tax only
thirty-six being needed TO complete the