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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21
THE OUTFIT.

co fine camels were loaded, one with the
doc,or's box OF surveying instruments ted-
ding and cooking gear. one with his men
bedding and food, one with "oou luei
blocks. one with maize camel ieed anu
three with blocks Of ice wrapped IN goat
skius -Four holes were cut In the zee anu
the camels were allowed 10 lmbipe d."
they could hold. for IT was sOihs 10 DC
long. long time between drinks now l"eS
drank as though they never meant 10
stop. wrote Or. Hedin
Led by the doctor on his whi'e nor ~
with couple Of dogs capering at MS sue,
the little party plunged into the Day y,
the desert valleys in the mountains "
Welding drift sand. in which the caiI''lS
often sank fifteen inches at - step. W.
miles an hour was the best speed theS
could make. Now and. then the doc'o'
climbed A steep slope and looked AROUND.
Imagine, he wrote, AN ocean VI '''
crumpled into gigantic waves ana sup
pose these waves To come rolling suals".
in upon you and to be suddenly arres'eu
Just when on the point Of breaking ana
overwhelming you.
The dust made twilight of hlgh noon
The temperature was down TO j. degrees
Fahrenheit, and soon one of the men,
Parpi Bal. fell sick December % was a
day OF fierce sandstone. The morning OF
the oath six of the little party turned
back necessitating a laborious redistribu-
ton of baggage. The rest OF the day was
passed in YEARLY struggling forward.
Every ones spirits rose that evening
when the doctor gave the command To
halt for the Christmas bivouac.
Then. while Islam prepared my bed,
runs his journal. "Turdu Bal and Ordek
urloaded the camels which were tethered
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21

mission, composed, like that just de-
scribed. Of men already charged with i'm
portant work. performed its functions
wholly without cost to the government.
1t WIS assisted by body of about sew
enty experts in the government depart
ments chosen for their special qualifica-
tlons TO carry forward study OF the pest
methods in business. and organized INTO
assistant committees under the leader
ship OF Overton W. Price. secretary OF the
commission. These assistant committees
all Of whose members were still carrying
on their regular work, made their reports
during the last half of 1906. The com
mittee informed itself fully regarding the
business methods OF practically every IN
divdual branch Of the business OF the
government. and effected a marked i'm
provcment in general efficiency through
out the service.
The conduct Of the routine business or
the government had never been thor
oughly overhauled before, and this exam
nation of It resulted in the PRONUNCIATION
Of a set Of working principles for the
transaction OF public business which are
as sound to-day as they were when the
committee finished its work The some
what elaborate and costly Investigations
OF government business methods since
made have served merely TO confirm the
findings Of the Committee on Department
tai Methods. which were achieved without
costing the government dollar. The
actual saving in the conduct Of the busI-
ness Of the government through the bet
ter methods thus introduced amounted
yearly to many hundreds Of thousands of
dollars. but n far more important gain
was due to the remarkable success OF the
commission i'm establishing new point
Of view in public servants toward their
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21
pl.AceHoLOERs OPPOSE.

These commissions by their reports and
findings directly interfered with many
placeholders who were doing inefficient
work. and their reports and the action
taken thereon by the administration
strengthened the hands Of those admins
trative officers who in the various de-
partments. and especially in the Secret
Service, were proceeding against lana
thieves and other corrupt wrongdoers.
Moreover, the mere fact that they did EN-
Gent work for the public along lines new
to veteran and cynical politicians OF tho
old type created vehement hostility ID
them. Senators like Mr.. Hale and Con-
Cor,Inued on seycnth page
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21

year passed. Yuletide Of 1863 found
the expedition still on the high seas and
still-or perhaps again?-under the wealth
er near Three Kings Islands, on the
coast Of New Zealand. Sir Joseph took
his Quill i'm hand and wrote (someWhat
unstcadily, we may assumed.
"25th December. Christmas Day: Cur
goose pie was eaten with great approoa-
ton: and I'm the evening all hands as
drunk az our forefathers used TO be upon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21
BY Theodore Roosevelt.

~ Ne 81 the WAYS i'm which by indie
pendent action of tine Executive
~ we were able to accomplish an
immense amount Of work for the public
was through volunteer unpaid commits
sons appointed 10y the President II was
possible 10 get the work done by these
volunteer commissions only because Of the
enthusiasm for the public service which.
starting in the higher offices at Washing
ton, made itself felt throughout the gov
eminent departments-as / have said,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21
THE GOOD WILL OF THE SEASON.

There was neither snow nor fir TO re-
call the significance Of the day. The peo-
pie. however showed us all the good VIII
that We are wont To associate with the
holy season. We put mp AZ the mousse "i
a merchant from Kokand, IN Fergana'
and in the evening he entertained me to a
first rate dastarkhan. embracing apples,
pears, raisins. almonds and divers Kinds
of sweetmeats II was like Christmas
table. except that everything was placed
Oh tie floor. 4 little later on the ten pegs
Of the town came I'm Chinese holiday at
tire and pigtails TO bid MS welcome To
Kargalik. and lastly 1 received from the
Amban. III DARN, a number of useful
nresents, such as sheep. rice, wheat
maize. wheat, fuel, and forage for my
horses
DIR. Hedin found the polite old Amban
rather a nuisance. though, for ere he had
awakened on Christmas morning the po-
tentatc paid him ceremonious call And
when the doctor returned the visit a
counIe of hours later he was thrown from
his terrified horse when the courtly old
,,ortIeman had totally unexpected salute
OF three guns fired TO welcome him. How
ever the doctor spent the day with him,
sketching him after dinner:
"Thcn. To my astOnishment. IN tripped
his dainty young wife on her tiny goats
feet scarcely two inches long,, and in her
turn begged me 10 make a sketch OF her;
80 wanted to send her likeness to her
narents i'm Picking
christmas Day. 1894. found the doctor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21

close beside us. the two billcts OF wood
were split up. the ere made. tn" pieces OF
ice distributed in the cooking pot and an
non pail 20 melt. Ordck set about prcpar-
ing the rice pudding The water in which
the ice was washed was afterward given
TO my horse and the two dogs. we could
no. afford 10 waste one drop.
Il have never spent Christmas Eve amid
gIoomicr or more dcsolate surroundings.
The only thing i'm keeping with that sea
son Of gladncss was the cold. We
crouched together round the niggardly
fire. like bats in winter. watching the last
tiny blue flames which hoped above the
embers. Then we wrapped our furs close
about US. 10 take out the sting Of the icy
wind OF the midwinter night; but the
angel Of Christmas went on past as.
though our doors stood open Hospitality
wide. II was desert Christmas. and
could not have been more dreary had we
been al the North Pole
Christmas Day the doctors little cara
van. chilled TO the bone with the piercing
wind. managed To- cover eleven ana
quarter miles. marching on through the
bavirs. The going was so bad in spots
that they had 10 cut steps for the camels.
4 strange and pleasanter Yuletide was
that which DI. Sven IlcIin spent In lN'''
in the course Of his Central Asiauc eN-
petition Of 1895. on Christmas Eve he
rode into the little Turkestan town OF
,...,. NaVLan1.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21

the nation at large" This commission
spent four months in an examination
which covered the work OF about thirty
Of the larger scientific and executive bu-
reaus Of the government, and prepared
a rpport which furnished the basis for
numerous Improvements. in the govern
mcuf service
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21
OTHER COMMISSIONS.

The method of public service involved in
the appointment and the work OF the two
commissions just described was applied
also in the establishment of four other
commits sions. each Of which performed IT'S
task without salary or expense for us
members and wholly without cost to the
government. The other four commissions
were:
Commission on Public Lands.
Commission on Inland Waterways,
Commission on Country Life and
Commission on National Conservation.
All OF these commissions were suggested
10 RE by Clifford Pinchot. who served
upon them all. The work of the last fodr
will be touched upon in connection Win
the chapter on conservation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21
AN AFRICAN CHRISTMAS.

Henry Stanley, dispatched by a. New
York newspaper. arrived in Zanzibar on
January G. lg7i. and trekked off into the
African wilderness a couple Of months
later. He discovered Or. Livingstone, the
lost missionary. on Friday, November TO-
at Till. on the eastern shore of the great
lake Tanganyika. 256 days after settihs
out.
Early i'm December he had returned 10
I'UU with the doctor. after cruise UP
the lake. on the 20th the rainy season
was ushered in with heavy rains thunder
and hail storms. and the thermometer iell
10 &C degrees, Fahrenheit That evening
Stanley went down with the fourth spell
OF fever since his arrival. However. he
picked up rapidly.
Christmas came" he wrote. and the
! doctor and / resolved upon the blessed
and time-honored day being kept as we
keep it in Anglo-Saxon lands-with
feast such as Ujjl could furnish us. The
fever had quite gone from me the night
before. and on Christmas morning, though
exceedingly weak | was up and dressed
, and lecturing Ferajji, the cook, upon the
: importance OF the day 10 white men and
endeavorng TO instil into the mind OF
the sleek and pampered animal some
cunning secrets OF the culinary art. Fat.
broad-tailed sheep, goats, zogga and
pombe. eggs. fresh milk, plantains,
singwe, cornnower. fish. onions, sweet po-
+; tatoes, etc, were procured in the Ujji
market and from good old Moen Kheri.
/ But. alas for my weakness! Ferajjl
spo,led the roast and our custard was
: burned-the dinner was failure. That
the fat-brained rascal escaped thrash
/ ing was due only to my inability to lift
my hands for punishment: but my looks
{ were dreadful and alarming and capable
! Of annihilating any one except Ferajji
The stupid, hard-headed cook only
cbuckled and / believe he had the sub
| seauent qualification of eating the pies
I custard and roast that his carelessness
! had suoiled for European palates.'
DR.. HEDIN IN ASIA.
MANY strange Chrstmases i'm the deserts
OF Central Asia has Dr. Sven Hedin spent
uis most unpleasant was the first during
hts three-year expedition that started
from Sweden on a midsummer day 1893
Gravel I'm Central Asia he remarks
drylv i'm the foreword to his journal OF
that lonely Journey of discovery rs not
a dance upon the dropping petals OF the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21

rendered service without which the gov
eminent could have been conducted with
neither efficiency nor honesty. The poll
ticians were not the only persons at fault;
almost as much improper pressure for APP
pointments Is due to mere misplaced SYM
pathy and TO the spiritless inefficiency
which seeks a government office as
haven for the incompetent An amusing
feature of officeseeking is that each man
desiring an Office is apt TO look down on
all others with the same object as form
ing an Objectionable class with which ne
has nothing I'm common. At the time OF
the eruption of Mont Pelee, when among
others the American consul was killed,
man who had long been seeking an APP
pontment promptly applied for the va
cancy. He was a good man. of persist
ent nature. who felt that | had been
somewhat blind to his merits. The morn
ing after the catastrophe he wrote say
ing that as the consul was dead he would
like his place. and that | could surely
give it to him because even the office
seekers could not have applied for 1t yet.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-16
MELLEN BOATS TO RIVAL
Canadian Company to Operate
New Ravens Steamships.
NY Telegraph 70 The Tribune.

Boston. Jan. ia Canadian corporation
to operate the Steamship lines now owned
or controlled by the New Haven Railroad
Is the plan FOR complying with The law
forbldding railroads 10 own steamship
lines. II was stated to-day.
This corporation is the Boston < Var
mouth steamship Company, Limited. OF
Montreal, and it mas just taken ovsr the
Yarmouth division ~ the Eastern steam
ship Corporation. Six months ago IT was
the Dominion Atlantic line. with three
I'm. steamers iu competition with the
Eastern Steamship Company's inteHa-
tional division.
ON September I the Eastern steamship
Company announced that II had acquired
the Dominion Atlantic Line between Bos-
ton AMI Yarmouth. Tho notice was signed
BY 20. II. Taylor, passenger trafhc man
aver Pier Il. North River, New York.
and by u. H. Cudworth, general passen-
ger agent. India Wharf Boston This
gave the New Haven Eastern Steamship
Interests a complete passenger and freight
monopoly to Southern Nova Scotia ana
New Brunswick. since the Boston x
Maine and the Maine Central railroads
are controlled by the New Haven.
There WAS great surprise when the bos-
ton & Yarmouth Steamship COMPANY
came into prominence az the owner OF
,he Yarmouth line This Canadian conf
pany's circular was signed by 20 II. Tay-
Tor passenger traffic manager. Norlh
River. New York" and Il ii. Cudwor'h'
India Wharf. Boston
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-16
$3.50 FIRE IN MARTINS
Several Walters Carried Out by
police-Diners Not Disturbed.

A fire which started in chimney nue.
on the seventh floor OF the building occu-
pied by Louis Martin. on Broadway, pe-
tween 4lst and 42d streets, did about $50
damage last night and caused lot OF
excitement while IL lasted. At least
dozen pieces OF fire fighting apparatus
were called out. aud fremen and police
men swarmed about the place. None was
injured.
The seventh floor is occupied by the
kitchen and the walters quarters. About
If o'clock one OF the walters saw smoke
issuing from the zinc chimney piece, fol-
lowed by a small tongue OF flame. TWO
house detectives tried to extinguish the
blaze with hand apparatus, but, ending
this would not do. sent in call for the
lire engines.
With the arrival OF the fremen and the
pollce from the West 3Ith street STATION
the fire was quickly extlnguished. Sew
oral OF the walters were taken down the
fire escape by Patrolman Cohen, OF the
West 3Oth street station. None OF the
diners on the first floor was disturbed as
the fremen were taken 10 the seventh
floor on the elevators.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-16
u. S. AFTER MOVIES TRUST
Head of Biograph Go. Testifies
Before Special Examiner.

Henry y Marvin, vice-president OF the
Biograph Company was witness yes
terdsy I'm the hearing begun at the Hotel
NcAlpin before Special Examiner Edward
Hacker in the case brought by the gov
eminent against the Motion Picture Pat
ents Company for alleged violations of
the Sherman law. The witness testified
that the Patents company was organized
I'm 1898 after a series Of conferences be
tween various competing film concerns
and said that II was not intended To STOP
competition. but to prevent legal troubles
which come up as the result OF patent
disputes.
He said two agreements were entered
into between the Motion Picture Patents
Company and the several companies which
formed H. One was an agreement where
BY each company assigned It's patents to
the Patents company; the other was an
agreement by which the Patents com
psny licensed to the other companies the
patents which II controlled.
Mr.. Marvin admitted that the Patents
company had entered into an agreement
with the Edison company, which IL had
previously fought ut was a commercial
warfare. and we did all We could TO hurt
the other mans patent" he testified. but
we saw no reason for continuing the at
tack after the Patents company and the
Edison company joined forces"
II developed also that the Patents COM
pany had entered into an agreement 10
purchase films from the Eastman com
pany. Mr. Marvin's examination VIII be
resumed to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-16

this man. and the only time / ever ga"
Lieutenant Becker was when he was on
trial for murder one afternoon IN the
courtroom never heard about THIS Sd
loon until three days ago. when was ton'
there was a secret meeting OF poicen'ei'
ON the second floor Of Smiths saloon, al
the southeast corner OF ,4th street ana
Sixth avenue. :,
THAT amt where Smiths saloon is,
interrupted Foye.
Now. officer. you will wait until nave
finished" continued Mr. Curran. ne'
ever Smiths saloon IL. don't kno"-'ha'
was the only time heard OF saloon run
nv anv body named Smith. OF course, all
that the officer SAYS might as well De
lifted bodily from Grimmss Fairy Iales
or Andersen's Fairy Tales. IL IS ne" ~
me. IL il extremely interestinG-almos'
as interesting as statements mat "e,e
made some time ago as to sidewalk stahds
I'm nv district. As recently as last rldd!
detectives. learned on reliable authoii'!
have been honeycombing my distrlcI lo'
what purpose / don't know, except t"a'
one of them interviewed stanuheepo'
for almost two hours. threatening MN
with various kinds OF punishment unless
he would tell this detective he had OF
fered TO Give Alderman Curran money ioi
his license. The standkeeper stoou pa'
despite the threats, and told tne uu'"
and said il had never happened.
Mr.. Curran ended by saying the ponce
investigation would continue. regardles'
of attempts to stop 1t.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-16
GETS WRIT FOR HERSELF
Nurse Who Fled Insane Asylum
Fights for Freedom.

Miss Amelic Leonard appeared yester-
day before Justice Amend. In the Supreme
Court on a writ OF habeas corpus OBJ
tanned by herself. TO bring about her re-
lease from the Manhattan State Hospital
for the Insane. TO which she was COM
United last October
Miss Leonard is a trained nurse. AMI
when In Boston several OF her patients
died under suspicious circumstances.
While Miss Leonard was not held respon-
sible in any way for the deaths OF her
patients. she vas convicted of larceny IN
Boston in March, 1911, and sentenced TO
the Massachusetts Reformatory for Wom-
en- for from ten months To Two years
Soon after her commitment Miss Leon
ard was transferred to the Massachusetts
Asylum for the Insane, at Worcester. but
she escaped on September IS. She was
found working al the Vanderbilt Hotel
here and committed TO the asylum.
The woman was represented by Mrs
Josephine s. Valentine. who declared that
her client was without funds To- provide
for her defence. Justice Amend adj
iourned the hearing week suggesting
Ia the lawyer that she and the other side
get together and see what could he done.
She was taken back TO the asylum.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-16
TAKES HER BOY IN COURT
Crowd Aids Mother in boid
Dash fer Automobile.
fBy Telegraph TO The Tribune

Lakewood. y. j.. Jan. lJ.-Mrs Har-
vey II. Heavnor, Of New York, actihs
upon the advice OF her counsel, VIII
fred T.. JAYNE. seized her five-year-oln
hoy and rushed out Of the courtroom
here tonight.
Mrs. Heavnor Is the divorced wife OF
Harvey II. Heavnor, New York real
estate broker. The boy was left in
her keeping, although Mr.. Heavnor is
the local custodian. In December the
child's aunt. Mrs. Mary Nixon. took
him ostensibly TO visit the father.
Mrs. Heavnor traced Mrs. Nixon 10
Lakewood. where she was registered
al the Seaton Inn. and swore out a
warrant for Mrs. Nixon's arrest on a
charge Of kidnapping.
The father came down for the hear
ing tonight. JAYNE stated that Mrs.
Hcavnor would withdraw the charge,
and said further that he had advised
his client TO take the child and walk
out Of the courtroom. as there was
nothing in law which could prevent her
from doing so.
As he finished speaking. Mrs. Heav-
nor seized the boy and started for the
door. Mr.. Heavnor stepped In front
and tried TO stop her. but nearly every
one in the courtroom rushed 10 her
assistance In the struggle Mrs Heav-
nor managed TO get ont into "A WAITING
automobile in which she drove on at
full speed with the child
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-16
BY ICON" MANS ILL LUCK
Victim Almost Ready for Pluck
ing When Police Meet
Sunny Jim"

Probably Charles ". Dudley IL the first
person who ever entertained genuine
, con man for two nights and a day ami
got out OF il without spending more than
about $50 Dudley IL d contractor FOR
Southern traction englnes-mules. lie
came mere from Bennettsyille. 6. G., a
day or so ago. with MS brother-in-law on
his hands and 100 in his pockets The
two registered at the Herald Square
Hotel on Tuesday night they We're
standing ln a Broadway music store when
young man said.
why. Mr.. Dudley. surely YOU remem-
Der me. Don't YOU remember when you
were I'm Kansas city buying horses last
--- and all the rest OF the familiar stuff.
Mr. Dudley is from Bennettsvile lie
believed in the man. The brother-in-
law disappeared. but the other two saw
something OF the town and then when
the nice young man said he was going
10 leave town Dudley was SO worried
and finally so insistent he prevailed on
the chap to he his guest at the hotel.
They put In Yesterday together and
were walking uptown last night to visit
we'll known restaurant, when Detec-
lives Mcmahon. Melee and Lennon saw
them arm in arm at 9Th street
why. what's Sunny jim got in tow
now asked Lennon.
The detectives collared sunny Jim. "
but Dudley. confident that his friend was
regular fellow" put up stiff fight.
and had 10 be taken along to the West
i7th street station. too II was long
time before he could he persuaded that
sunny Jim" was well known crook
now wanted IN Chicago for showing the
queer" But the lieutenant convinced
him.
You guys grabbed my game" said
sunny jim otherwise Fred Hahns. OF
No. 366 West 4ith street III I'd had a
night longer Ia have had at least $500
Of that easy money"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-16
BILL TO BAN NARCOTICS
Harrison Moves to Make 1t
Law at This Session.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau J

From Inc lIlouhN
Washington. Jan. 15.--Representatlve
Francis Burton Harrison took steps
to-day TO press the enactment at this
session Of Congress Of federal anti
narcotic law, which would place pan
on the traffic in opium, cocaine ana
similar drugs. Certain interests Cd
iected TO such hasty action, but Mr..
Harrison gave notice at hearing TO-
day that all briefs concerning the Dill
must be in the hands of the sub-com-
mittee of the Ways and Means Com
mittee one week from to-day.
Representatives of druggists and
manufacturing chemists were at the
hearing All declared in favor Of the
general legislation, but objections on
practical grounds were raised by Frank
Frerichs. of cincinnati, representing
the retail druggists. DR.. William g.
woodward, representative OF the
American Medical Association, opposed
the sbill on the ground that II would
impose a tax of sl.OOO,0o0 upon the
physicians Of the United states.
The bill would provide that on and
after July l next persons handling
opium. morphia cocoa leaves, cocaine
and the like should register with the
Collector Of Internal Revenue of their
district, and would fix an annual tax
Of 50 for retailers, which includes
physicians. and 500 for importers, ex-
porters, manufacturers, jobbers and
wholesalers.