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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14

of the law, but the fault of an appointive
power that turned our commissions over TO the
unfit and the misfit.
1t has been my duty to recognize the Public
Service Commission in the First District from
top to bottom by the appointment Of Oscar
Straus, great Ind honored name Henry w.
Hodge, a master builder who took the position
at large monetary sacrifice; Travis Whitney,
4 public utility expert; William Hayward,
trained lawyer, and Charles Hervey, of spe
cialized talent in anslyzing the intricacies OF
figures. Compare these men with the profess
sional politicians that preceded them
Already the commission has cleared its decks
for decisive and fearless action. and such is
my confidence in its membership that am will
ing TO stand or fall as the commission sue.
ceeds or fails.
These, then, are the appointments that have
been branded as "non-productive" these, then.
ere the men who have been stamped as mon
producers" To those who make this complaint
/ say fatty that appointed them because they
were not productive" or producers" in the
sense that bosses use the words, and that II
It were in my power to-day to make new APP
continents absolutely, | would not change
single man.
Another instance Of my party treason" lies
in my refusal to remove certain Democratic
oficeholders that it was my right 70 remove
Among them may be mentioned William j.
Homer, warden of Great Meadow prison; Dr..
Herman Biggs, Commissioner of Health, and
Professor Frank Irvine, member of the Sec
ond District Public Service Commission.
stand by these Democrats just as firmly as
stand by the Republicans that have APP
pointed.
Magazines and newspapers alike have
thrilled over the prison reform Of Western
states, and yet Great Meadow stands before
the world to-day as the most successful expert
ment in correction and reclamation 1t is
prison without walls, more than thousand
inmates coming back to strength and honor IN
the open air. working at useful tasks without
guards. and held from escape by pledged words
10 the warden.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14

IT rs charged against me that have COM
mitted the grievous political sin of APP
J. nointing "non-producerS," An answer to
80, charge is we'll worth while, for not only
''.s i hermit consideration of officials who
t.yo been all too little considered, but there is
-, orportunity for the discussion Of the
ding called party loyalty"
when took Office as Governor ! found the
editions that my observation had led me to
,,Doc,: confusion. inefficiency, waste and
-,nsral disposition to regard the money of the
,.rravers as a species Of mama dropped from
heaven.
r. courses were open 10 me. One was TO
..;-re these conditions, substituting for dis
.,-s0ed Democrats such Republicans as were
,.r,ised 20 me by party bosses as producers
H. other was to search out men of proved
..,scritv and ability who would administer
,beir positions honestly, efficiently and eco
,,riesllv. producing" for the people rather
than persons.
chose this latter course, feeling then, as !
soel now. that he best serves his party who best
.,rves his state. There is not an appointment
= which am not proud or one in which the
Republican party should not take pride Inc
,erv industry and devotion Of these men. how
ever has worked them definite injury, for
ont Of the lack Of brag that has attended their
oebievenents has come a disposition on the
rart Of press and people to do them less than
ustice. It is my fiat claim that not in all the
history Of New York have the high positions
. the state been administered with such abso-
Int efficiency. and it is due to public informa-
,ion. as well as TO these faithful servants, that
big word be said concerning their work.
The Civil Service Commission is first to be
Considered for upon the honesty Of that body
iepends the integrity of every department IN
the state / wanted men able and willing to
TT the public service high above the clamor Of
rety partisanship, not plant nobodies who
would lend themselves to the sly workings of
The spoils system. As a consequence, named
samuel II. Ordway for ten years chairman of
the executive committee Of the National Civil
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14
THE RECORD OF WOTHERSPOON
IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WORKS.

He has cut the item of extraordinary repairs
from S15O,0O0 year to $4,000 year, saved
thousands in waStage by system of accurate
inventories of state property. abolished a use
less office that cost $4,000 a year. and by
giving temporary permits for the use of state
lands and buildings is bringing US an annual
revenue of $4,000 He found hundreds Of
unsettled claims growing out of the taking OF
land for canal purposes, and driving at the
task with dynamic energy he has settled over
SS.000,000 Of disputes in fairness to the state
and claimants and with minimum OF delay
and expense He has ended the shiftlessness of
ether days by bringing every possible position
under the Civil Service, so that the man who
gets a canal job to-day must prove his right
10 it by examination. Although the depart
ment under his management has done twice
the work, he shattered every tradition by turn
ing back an unexpended balance of $4,000 last
year, and his appropriation this year is about
half million dollars below that of last year.
The new millions appropriated by the people
now being spent under the direction of tech
nican, who gets one hundred cents worth Of
value for every dollar, may be expected to work
another transportation revolution almost COM
parable to that brought about by the systems
introduction Locks and dams of the most
modern type will give speed and promote the
use of craft twice as large as formerly, and
the new channel soon TO be opened up, will
bring vast districts into intimate cooperation
with the swift progress of the state.
Conservation is a great word--a splendid
task. The West has been waging this battle,
but New York has held to it as principle of
conduct for more than hundred years. To-
day the state owns l,82l,614 acres of land,
valued at $50 900 600 and in the last year we
put 65O,OO0O0O fish into the streams, distrib-
utcd 10000 pheasants and over 100000 eggs q
wild duck and pheasants, and we planted TO-
100000 trees.
In the conduct of this vast property, so in
separately connected with the welfare Of the
state saw the need Of a man not only spe-
cialist in conservation but one Of strength OF
character sufficient to stand boldly against the
insidious forces that are ever trying to en-
croach upon our forests and our water power.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14

the 10000 acres that have been burned off in
the last fifteen years. He has blazed nun
Gred new paths, made conservation a hving
thing and has saved money. He is insisting
that power sites now owned by the state, and
others to be developed, shall be held by the
state and leased only on terms which permit OF
frequent revision and of adequate return for
the privileges granted.
Nowhere is the public spirit of the people OF
New York displayed more splendidly than in
connection with the public highways. In 1907
we issued 50,000,000 in bonds for highway I'M
provement, and in 1912 second issue of $780,
100000 was authorized In addition to these
state moneys the counties have contributed
upward of $50 100000 total of $l50,0O0,OOO,
devoted to better roads
From the first there was disposition to re-
gard the State Highways Department as a
dumping ground of politics, and the increasing
lack of honest intelligent administration re-
suited in the shameful scandals of 1911 and
1912.
Because deem good roads an imperative
necessity because I wanted the people of New
York to get dollars worth of value for every
dollar expended, because | wanted TO put an
end to ineffciency and political pull, chose
Edwin Duffey, Of Cortland County, to be High
way Commissioner.
In his first year he saved s150,000 in one
item Of construction alone. In 1915 he built
more and better roads than Massachusetts, has
built in the entire period of that states road
improving campaign. He found the Civil Ser
vice laws defed by exemptions that created
large number of offices under titles that per-
mitted large pay for small work. He has made
a clean sweep of these useless, political jobs,
and has brought his department more COM
pletely under the rule Of the Civil Service Com
mission than ever before.
stand with him absolutely and unalteraby
! am glad that he is "non-producer." No
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14
SAVING TO THE STATE IN THE
BOARD OF CLAIMS.

Investigation disclosed the disturbing fact
that two thousand claims against the state,
aggregating s6O,OO0,0O0, had been permitted to
accumulate. When it is understood that claims
growing out of appropriation Of property by
the state bear interest on the awards from date
CT appropriation, delay is seen to be an eXpen-
sve proposition.
A Board of Claims, only one of three men,
bcrs being lawyer, was hearing claims as .
body. | urged and received legislation creating
a Court of Claims. and to these positions |
appointed trained and competent lawyers.
From March %, 1915, TO March 81, 1916 the
court held continuous trial terms for forty-hve
weeks, and spent four additional weeks in con-
sultation, total of forty-nine weeks of ses-
sions. A total of ,084 cases were heard, in
volving a claimed amount of over Sl3,O00,OO0,
but by reason of the new judicial procedure,
awards were allowed in the sum OF only ST.
A37.7S2. Aside from this, the swiftness of de-
cison has saved the state thousands Of dollars
in interest charges
Similar confusion existed in the State Tax
Department Upon MY recommendation the
Legislature created a new State Tax Commis-
SION BY the appointment of experts to assess
special franchises. over SS0,00OO00 has been
added to these assessments; an examination OF
the offices of county clerks resulted in the col
lection of large sums, in many cases no appor-
tionment of mortgage tax moneys having been
made since the law went into effect in 1906;
prosecution of disputed cases concerning cor
poration trust mortgages brought in Sl25,0oO
with certain promise of other thousands; and
stern campaign against companies long sue
cessful in evading the corporate franchise tax
has resulted in a gain to the state OF three
quarters of a million.
For the first time in history the State Tax
Department has cooperated with local tax Off
Gals in the matter of the assessment OF real
estate and personal property of corporations
In New York City alone this has resulted in
an increase of SIS, 100000 in the assessment OF
real estate of public utility companies. Scores
cf such instances could be cited to show the
energy and efficiency of the new regime.
Commissioner Green, appointed by me to be
Excise Commissioner, has managed to effect
an annual saving of $4,000 in salaries and ex-
penses. although for the first time that office
has been operated with an exact and fearless
regard for the enforcement Of the law.
Under Mr.. Jesse Philips, Whom haiheo ao
Superintendent of Insurance. twenty superfu-
Gus positions have been abolished with an an
nual saving of $4,000.
All these wastes that / have enumerated
we're existing, mind you, under the very eyes
of a so-called Department of Efficiency and
Economy. Even without such showing OF
utter uselessness, / would have felt that econ
o,,,,, ond ehiciencv constitute the business Of a
department head, so we did away with that
farcical body, and saved Sl54,OOO year that
the state had been squandering.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14
"NON-PRODUCERS" AT
BY WHITMAN

task OF finding man who joined integrity and
ability in such exceptional degree as to carry
an instant guarantee of faith and accomplish
ment.
My selection was Major General William w.
Wotherspoon, of the United States Army, ia
nous alike for his executive capacity and rare
technical equipment. However much General
Wotherspoon may be source of pain to some,
] recommend him to the taxpayers as thing
If beauty and JOY forever.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14
AN OFFICIAL ESTIMATE OF PUB
Lie SERVICE CONDITIONS.

More than any other state New York has adj
vanced the principle that public utility cor
porations should be subjected to such meas
ure of control as will safeguard the established
rights and just demands of the people If
there has been failure, it has not been the fault
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14
A |

The article respect represents the V'euS OF me
consistently opposed of Governor Whit
mans acts policies spirit fairness hOweer places its
columns at disposal the Governor for frank audd reView of
his administration.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-28
EMBARGO MAY
CAUSE A ROW
UNITED Press Leased wireJ

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Nov. %.
Congress must burn the mid
night oil prodigally II 1t would
finish its labors on schedule at
noon, March 4, in the opinion of
many early congressional arrivals
today.
The mere routine will consume
long while, leaving but little for
the railroad labor legislation,
food embargo questions and other
major legislation destined to max e
the closing days of the Gath ses-
sion notable.
If the supreme court grasses the
Adamson bill from the statute
books, congress expects presenta-
ton of another eight-hour law.
There are additions to it con-
templated, at any rate. and the
compulsory investigation before
striking bill will be a storm CEN
ter.
The big sensational scrap of the
whole session, however, will come
from the food embargo measures,
If these are pressed, as now
planned. A row equaling or sur
passing that over the McLemore
armed ship bill is anticipated.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-28
SWAMP-ROOT SAVES
KIDNEY SUFFERERS

You naturally feel secure when
you know that DR.. kilmers
Swamp-Root, the great kidney,
liver and bladder remedy, is alb
solutely pure and contains no
harmful or habit producing drugs.
The same standard of purity,
strength and excellence, prescrib-
ed by DIR. Kilmer many years ago
is maintained in every bottle of
Swamp-Root.
Swamp-Root is scientifically
compounded from vegetable herbs.
It is not a stimulant and Is taken
in teaspoonful doses. 1t is not
recommended for everything. Ac-
cording to verified testimony it is
natures great helper in relieving
and overcoming kidney, liver and
bladder troubles.
II you suffer, don't delay an
other day. Go to your nearest
druggist now and get bottle. All
drug stores sell 1t in two sizes
fifty cents and one dollar.
However, II you wish first to
try this great preparation send
ten cents to DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Dept. M ,Bipghamton. N. Y. for
a samplezbottle Acknowledgement.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-28
EASTERNER FOR MOVE TO
ABOLISH NAME RAINIER

I cal paper, headed Seattle Can At
ford to Yield 1t is about the
name Tacoma for your beautiful
mountain" he writes.
where is there in human
speech a more beautiful word
than Tacoma and as l read l
was taken back in mind to July 6,
1915, when with a party of travel
ers from here and other eastern
cities we stopped for a ride by
auto bus over your city and along
the bay.
why cities and humans who
preach and exhort love and kind
illness toward their enemies, even
as the good Lord commands, will,
in their hearts, begrudge even
their nei yhbors what is theirs, is
beyond reasonable understanding.
May l repeat little rhyme
that found its way into my mind
at that time, and with some 9TH
ers was sent to your real estate
board later:
A traveller sat reading
In a North Pacific car
About the strife and warfare
Now wired from near and far,
When the brakeman up and
shouted:
Tacoma now comes near!"
And he laid aside the paper,
AS he wiped away tear;
Tacoma, fair Tacoma,
OF your praise l love to sing
In winter, fall and summer
And in the budding spring,
Your air is filled with incense
From mountain and from sea-
That / must part ere seeing you,
Alas, alack for met"
THEODORE FIGGE,
1923 North Emerson, Minneapolis,
MINI.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-28
STOMACH MEDICINES
ARE DANGEROUS
DOCTORS NOW ADVISE
MAGNESIA

Just how dangerous 1t is to In
discriminatory dose the stomach
with drugs and medicines is often
not realized until too late. 1t
seems SO simple to swallow a dose
of some special mixture or take
tablets of soda, pepsin, bismnth.
ETC., after meals, and the folly OF
this drugging is not apparent un-
til, perhaps years afterward, when
1t is found that gastric ulcers have
almost eaten their way through
the stomach walls. Regrets are
then unavailing; 1t Is in the early
stages when indigestion, dyspep-
STA, heartburn, flatulence, etc., In
dicates excessive acidity of the
stomach and fermentation of food
contents that percaution should be
taken. Drugs and medicines are
unsuitable and often dangerous
they have little or no influence up
on the harmful acid, and that is
why doctors are discarding them
and advising sufferers from indi-
gestion and stomach trouble TO get
rid of the dangerous acid and
keep the food contents bland and
sweet by taking a little pure BIZ
surated magnesia instead. Bisur-
at.G Magnesia is an absolutely
pure anti-acid which can be read
lily obtained from an drug store.
It 10 absolutely harmless, Is prac-
tically hasteless and a teaspoonful
taken in a little warm or cold wa
ter after meals, will usually be
found quite sufficient to instantly
neutralize excessive acidity of the
stomach and prevent all POSSIBLE
ity of the food fermenting.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-28
CHURCHES JOIN FORCES

of Tacoma churches will meet at the C.
A. at 745 Tuesday evening with the committees
time consider
social service.
L. Guy the plan works
there.
The committee of laymen includes: R. W. Jameson, F L
Stocking, W. b. Hopping. U. f. Harmon and s. P. Downs
The committee Ministerial
W. H. seleck of Bethany Methodist church.
of the Church the Holy Communion
United Presbyterian church.
A. Congregational church
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-28

Allene Durand i'm that funny
play, "It Pays 10 Advertise" at
the Tacoma thcater tomorrow
night.
at Pays to Advertise" Cohan
and Harris farce which ran for
one solid year at the Geo. M.
Cohan theater on Broadway,
strikes an optimistic note that
cannot other than furnish an in
centive that is both helpful and
healthy.
Real laughs keep America
healthy, and Cohan and Harris
did their share in this respect by
producing this comedy which
comes to the Tacoma theater to-
morrow night. The regular Co.
han and Harris cast and produc-
tion will not be missed with the
local Observation-Disclosures de-
light to be anticipated.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-28
ly could attack with the hope
of getting results,


THE high price of eggs is an
exception. Spectators put eggs
into cold storage last spring at
about % cents a dozen. The cost
of keeping them there 10 months
is two cents. A wholesale price
today of 28 cents would give an
excellent profit. The retail price
should not be over 33 cents.
Yet the actual price is running
lall the way from As to so cents!
There Is one good, cheap
substitute for eggs, and that
IN milk. The public doesn't
appreciate that milk Is the
cheapest and best food we
have.
"One quart of milk is worth
eight fresh eggs in nutriment val
ne. You can buy milk at 10 cents
a quart. Eight fresh eggs would
cost you something like so cents.
The housewife should substitute
milk for eggs and use 1t in every
way, for drinking and cooking"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-28
MOTHER
POISONS
CHILDREN
Omitted Press Leased Wire

Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
RENO, New, Nov. 20. -
After administering chloro-
form to her three young sons,
Mrs. D. =. tombstone last
night took a fatal dose of the
poison herself.
Tho bodies of Mrs. john
stone and one of her sons
were found this morning.
The other two boys were not
seriously affected by the
chlOrofOrm.
Physicians said Mrs. john
stone probably became in
sane from broOding over the
death of her husband, o. T..
tombstone, formerly state
veterinarian, who died here
10 days ago.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-28

Tacoma's efforts to change the
name of the mountain are being
heard throughout the east.
Mayor Fawcett Monday re-
ceived the following letter from
Theodore Figge of Minneapolis,
one of the members of the eastern
business mems excursion that Wis
tied the northwest last year:
II just read an article in To-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-28
GREETS A FRIEND.
THEN DROPS DEAD

Byron S. Fryar, 65 years old,
of Sumner, dropped dead OF heart
failure as he entered the Masonic
Temple for the Shriner ceremonial
Monday evening. He left home
apparently in good health. motor
ed alone to Tacoma, and had just
greeted Prof. F. B. Gault, an old
acquaintance, when he collapsed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-28
FOR DROPPING KAISER

committee of South Tacomans will morning
of the library board, decided
c and Athletic clubs Monday night and investigate the
of taxes paid by South Tacoma into the library fund
One speaker G. askin, declared that
might
% assistant
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-28
Call Egg Strike and Use
Mix Instead, Says Expert

NEW YORK, Nov. 2S.-"If you
can't get eggs for less than 35
cents a dozen, cut them OUT"
This Is the advice of Commits
sioncr John j. Dillon, head of the
New York state department of
foods and markets.
The egg situation Is one of
the few, Commissioner Dillon
said, that the housewife real
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-28

Sixteen thousand pounds of
dressed turkey, 1000 pounds of
cranberries, 100 boxes of fruit,
1000 pounds of plum pudding and
1000 pounds of candies shipped
south for members of punitive ex-
petition in Mexico.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-28
HEALTH WEEK

The Tacoma Ministerial Alliance Monday endorsed the
for National Health week.
the National Anti-Tuberculosis society.
Frank Dyer the First Congregational
the Evolution preached his
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-28
KILLED I'D ROADH0USE
Omitted Press Leased Wire.l


RENO New. 2S-Joseph Campbell, travelling shoe
today from injuries received in
fight at a roadhouse Reno last night.
Campbell the head with settler bottle
a Chris Miosovich, bartender,
held in Campbells death.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-28
WANTS CAPITAL MOVED

OLYMPIA, Nov 2S-An initiative measure to be known as
No. providing Olympia
with the by ]. NJ Riley Seattle.
is a
Olympia constitutional
The filing the recalls effort made in 1907
the capital to Tacoma The legislature passed bill
ing the submission the question the people, but the scheme
fell through when Mead vetoed the
TIL constitution provides twohds the people
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-28
A KIDS THANKSGIVING

Vaudeville numbers motion pictures "big
Thanksgiving
children Glide rink auspices social