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all expenditures, superintends the an
nual settlements OF the several insti-
tutions and makes especial examina-
tions of them when deemed necessary.
Tests of weight and fineness of coins
struck at the minis are made in the
assay laboratories under his charge.
The Secretary of the Treasury pub
fishes quarterly the directors estimate
of the value of the standard coins of
foreign countries for customhouses
and for other public purposes An an
nual report is prepared by the director
giving operations of the mint service
for the fiscal year and publishing sta
tistics regarding the production of
gold and silver In the United States, as
well as throughout the world for the
calendar year.
Since she was transferred from the
Der lrtment of Commerce to the Of
fee OF the director of the mint ten years
ago. Miss O'Reilly has been making a
serious and fruitful study of every one
of these phases of the working of the
bureau of which she is a part. Her
Office day is limited by no hours. The
study of standard OF values is not only
part of her work. but is also made an
important feature of her private read
ing. and she is acknowledged as an au-
thority on the subject.
The Office of the director of the mint
is a small bureau. which might be conn
pared to the staff headquarters OF an
army. with the director as chief Of staff.
aided by his corps of picked officers It
is an Office of expert service, and almost
every clerk is an expert in his or her
line. Although the special Washington
corps is small. there is a large force con-
uected with this head office and employed
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MISS MARY M OREILLY Confidential Secretary the Dmec
tor of the Mint Doing Big Wo<-The Rght-hand Man.
Of Her CheHer Field Unusual One and Her Ability Unques
toned-Takes Care of All the Official Correspondence.

at the mints in Philadelphia, Denver and
California, as we'll as in the various assay
offices throughout the country.
These send regular reports TO the main
office, and all are gone over here, ac-
counts settled and instructions issued
Miss O'Reilly might be termed the chief
clerk of this office. She is the right
hand man Of the director in every branch
of his work. and takes care OF all the
important offidal correspondence.
Her knowledge is SO extensive and
thorough that when the director Is called
upon to make speech, or to prepare an
article or detailed report, Miss OReilly
can Immediately place her hands upon the
data required and put them in such form
that they are Immediately available for in
corporation.
X
When the annual settlement is made Of
values In each of the mints and in the
New York assay offices Miss O'Reilly is
qualified to serve upon settlement COM
mittees, and has performed this duty in
both Denver and Philadelphia, and in
going forth upon this commission she per-
forms her full share Of the work. proving
herself an experienced and valuable men,
Der of committee.
With a clear-headed and decisive view
point in business, and taking her part in
official life upon exactly the same foot
ing as a man, Miss O'Reilly is yet one
of the most womanly of women. is re-
served to a fault i'm regard to her own
part in the working of the important Office
of which she is valuable and valued
member, and she has declined again and
again to speak Of her own work for pub
LEGATION.
IN honor preferring one another
seems to be one of her working mottoeo,
for she is ever loud in the praises of
others, and in wishing their accomplish.
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Navy Yard Troubles During Civil
War.

To- ECENT discussion of the question
Nv of the pay of workmen at the navy
yard recalled to the Rambler that there
was much controversy of the matters
of pay and time at the Washington
threat of a strike was made by the
workmen. 1t is curious to find the word
strike" in an anonymous letter of the
date of November 25. 1863, which was
addressed to the Secretary of the Navy
and which was as follows:
We the workmen of the navy yard. joiners
tiers; copper rolling mill painters boiiermakers.
machinists, etc. do pledge Oursef in sustaining
each other in endeavoring to obtain the old sys-
sunrise until sunset, and also an increase in
wages of twenty-five per cent After using all
until our grievances are redressed. An answer
is required by Monday, the Both instant, before
sunset.
On the evening of the day on which
the demand was sent to the Navy De-
partment there was a meeting at the
hall of the Anacostia fire engine house,
not far from the main gate of the navy
yard of several hundred of the yard
workmen. The meeting was presided
over by NJ. c. Elliott and the secretary
of the meeting was Richard Emmons.
lie Sptetl SCciiS " nav z
been made by William Raedy, and a
series of resolutions, in which the de-
mands of the men were presented, were
offered by w. H. Harmon. The reso-
buttons were adopted without dissent,
and a committee of ten workmen, rep
resenting the various trades of the
yard, was named to present the reso-
buttons to the Secretary of the Navy
and to the commandant of the yard
The Secretary of the Navy then was
Gideon Welles. and the commandant
of the yard was Commodore Andrew A
Harwood
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You Never Can Tell.

~ IMEON FORD, the humorist, said at
~ "A banquet in New York-a banquet
that happened to coincide in its oc-
currence with a big landslide in the
Panama canal
Gen Goethals is great engineer
and a great man, and I'd like to ASK
him a conundrum.
General I'd like to ask him, tell
me whether the canal is in Panama, or
Panama is in the canal.
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finty. Among them are smaller stones
of a quartz character, and some of these
are milk-white. colorless and transiu-
cent, and pink and here and there
small red stone may be found. The
stones mentioned here are those of
which the Indians wrought arrow heads,
spear heads and stone axes. Explorers
reasoning from the countless number OF
defective and broken weapons and from
the deposits of chips split and splintered
off in the fashioning of stone weapons
have identified this part of Piney branch
as one of the large and old workshops
of the Indians of the Potomac region.
1t is certainly an interesting place.
The slopes of the valley are worth a
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After the presentation of the resolu-
tions to the Secretary, Mr.. Welles sent
the following letter to the commandant
of the yard:
Sir: A committee in behalf of certain persons
in the navy yard has represented that they are
suffering great grievances in regard to the hours
of labor and rate OF wages established al the
yard As these matters wholly regulated by
law your particular attention is invited to the
act Of July t. 1862, which is in these words:
The hours of labcr and the rate of wages of
employees I'm the navy yards shall conform rs
nearly is consistent with the public interest
with those OF private establishments in the i'm
mediate vicinity OF the respective yards. To he
determined by the commandments of the navy
yards. subject to the approval and revision of
the Secretary of the Navy"
The obvious intent and meaning Of this law
is that the laboring men in employ Of govern
ment shall he required to labor hours
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member of the great heath family.
Every one is familiar with the blossoms
of tflis plant in spring and early sum
mer. Sometimes it is called rhododen-
dron and sometimes calico bush, but
most persons call il mountain laurel"
Another name for it among the colored
folk who gather it for various purposes
is wild ivy" or wild ivory"
The number of persons who visit the
Indian workshop is very small when
compared with the number passing
close to but above it. A great deal of
the travel into Rock Creek Park passes
down Park road. At the top of Klingle
road the main tide of automobile traf-
fic turns to the right. passing long
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trip to the Piney brinch neighborhood
because there are SO many rustic
touches close to the paved and heavily
Travelled ways of the city. The general
nature of the growth is oak, while ever
green shines among the bare trees and
the thick carpet of fallen, crinkling
leaves. The evergreen which grows here
is that which most folk call laurel. and
which really is species of laurel and
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of the stone age refuse is said to lie a
city block or two eastward from the
point where the bridge has been
thrown across the valley.
There is a proposition that this In
dian workshop be preserved and ap-
propriately marked. One of the resolu-
tons approved by the Pan-American
Congress recited: MANY parts of the
American continent are rich in archeo-
logical remains. such as ruins, monu-
ments and burial sites containing many
examples of industry and art of the
aborigines: that scientific explorations
of these remains, with the study of re-
sulting finds. are objects of utmost i'm,
portance, for on their basis only will
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ments to be known Although her work
proclaims strength and decision In all re-
spects, she is gentle and considerate of
others to a marked degree.
She is held in high esteem by every
one who knows her in the big, beautiful
treasure house Of the nation, and it was
characteristic Of the woman that when,
one recent morning, she was recommended
for promotion by her chief, the recon-
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mendation was put into immediate effect.
and by noon she had taken the oath of
office and was being showered with the
congratulations of her confreres. from the
bureau chiefs to the messengers.
All who know her are glad to pay
tribute to this gentlewoman who is
quietly filling one of the most important
positions held by a woman in the federal
service.
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territory for the purpose of improving
Rock Creek Park show that these cob
BILE masses are deep.
An usually large number of these
water-worn stones have been broken and
chips and larger fragments may be
found, though the Rambler has been
told that the great body of these frag-
mentary masses are to be found by dig
ging. The water-worn stones in their
colors are brown. plain dirt color, gray
and sla tish-pink. In texture they are
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row of houses built on terrace. These
houses are on the east side OF the
street. On the west is park land,
steep hillside covered with big trees.
This road leads over a high bridge
which spans Piney Branch valley a few
hundred yards above it's mouth. Under
that bridge the scientists have found
much of the debris from the Indian
workshop, though the greater quantity
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Born in Boston and reared and edu-
Gated i'll New Orleans, Miss OReiiiy
evinces the intellectual attributes ac-
credited to the northern town and to an
cestors of that renowned locality. and
her demeanor of reserved distinction 10
perhaps the fruit of her upbring1ng In the
romantic southern city, with its pro-
nounced ideals of the qualities which con-
stitute a gentewoman.
Arizona republican., 1916-11-04
NEW iUTO TRAF FFIC
 RULES LAID D0WI

T.e corporation commission has is- sued an order regulating auto traffic sI.tA een points ou Inc Colorado rive. .i 1atmau. and from Hinauan Co ] pltman.
 The commission stated. in its opinion. taIt Q number O., accidents had hap I-red the result of the operation Of cars hy immature and inexperienced drivers. ur because of defective euuip~ ! ment and carelessuess The practice .f freight motor vehicles carrying pas -eulers was condemned. It appears that great deal )f the heavy freight luiiIc moving between kingMau and I-tm4u .- handled by motor trucks. . The drivers of which would ham pas .eugers at rates of 90 cents $I or $2 Irr passenger. or whatever thry might h. able to get One truck with three passengers overturned on the mountain road and at another time one of the trucks carrying two passengers. was struck hy a santa Pc train at grade crossing.
 The commission found that a rate Hf ff between the Colorado river cross ing at Needles and also from kingmau tO tatmau was a reasonable rate. Here fUfore transient owners of cars have entered into this field when traffic was heavy and conditions were attractive. "IIUeiN4 IH cars rom 'alNufuid ana operating at any rate tO suit their pleasure. These ears had no Arizona state license and assumed no respon- s.biity of giving regular service and were hindrance Go the public n er- l.uug it Co secure continuous service lt aU seasons Of The year during good and bad weather, and during quiet and busy periods
 The commissions order will require all operators Co file their schedule of rates and charges as required by law governing common carriers. and also to fle bonds
 Another automobile order issued was fhat relating Co traffic between Miarnl and Globe An enormous traffic has developed between these two points and as carried almost wholly by motor vehicles In the past there has nOt been much stability in rates or regu- lar.ty of service. The commissions order requires the filing Of bonds and The assumption of responsibility and the observance of rules calculated to pro feet the lives and property of the pub Ir and to insure safe suitable and sat lsfact0ry service.
Arizona republican., 1916-11-04
ASKS DAMAGES FOR , PERSONAL INJURIES

Claiming th2t he can no longer pur- sue his vocation or perform any work cor labor as 8 result of injuries receiv- cd while in their employ. Edward Cas- -iilo has brought suit against the Too hey and Johnson company for 5000
 The defendants in the case are Red rnoud Toohey. Frank TOOhey. D Q. Johnson and L. T.. Johnson. and it is alleged that it was through their care lessuess and negligence that the plain tif was injured.
 The accident occurred June 6 while tue defendants were engaged in re pair and construction road work in Gila county. lt is charged that without re- gard for the safety of the plaintiff portion of road situated upon q hill above where he was working was blasted. causing the earth and rock to fan upon him.
 ile is alleged to have suffered great internal injuries as a result of the ac- cideut, prior to which time he was earning s350 day.
Arizona republican., 1916-11-04
TOMBSTONE WILL GIVE
 S50 FUR RECORD RUN

2 special rr.a. .f f1u f14 the driver H., makes the fastest time between uuIe.ss and Tombstone in tie Doug Ia- ts ra. .HH load race during the tI a.r. ~tale ta.r VIII ue awarded. Tlr money was raised ty Ray Krehs aad E A Hughes of Tombstone ac- oHi.Iu- t. letter received yester- u.g h. Secretary E. L.. Satuehu,s sy.
 rie .hImrcg of commerce in T.w stone .s dcsirous of having one of tu, drivers establish a fast time record for the distance Among the other t.wu- tna, are posting special prizes lur the hest tunes covering cer- '.u pants ot the course are. Doug l.. Tucson Florence and Mesa. irs WI. bc raised in an of these towns
 These messages manifest the great iHf,..sr .hl is being taken in the Nr .ead classic eu along ta- route .- travel The entries for the race ar' growing larger each say. and it
 expected that many of the fastest drivers iu ,h" soJtnwes. will paItici- p.te iu .t
Arizona republican., 1916-11-04
HARDWOOD CUES EAST ID PATENT
 NEW BATTERIES

Ired \. E.rkVood. Jr. the nineteen year old electrical genius. has gone east tu patent go few of his recent nNvn'uns Js well as Co complete the patent ou his successful, invention of last taar-the alternating current bat tc, for Chargiug tords
 Ntrkwood left Yesterday and will p'>- a lew days at the Grand Can Nou. going from there Co Chicago and con Go Cleveland where he has re- gc'tej natt,rug offer from the Willard Storage Battery Company.
 .IreWu1d was former state agent iur tHe company and while he has tH.Ir offer under consideration, has hHt .ll3scther abandoned the idea of taking a cuurse at the Boston Poly technical school this winter.
Arizona republican., 1916-11-04
MIAMI CON WILL BE
 ON CURB "WEDNESDAY

Word vas received here last night. ihai the stock Of the Miami Consol- idated Mines company would be listed "u tfe New York curJ market next W cdneedav.
 Cook, president Of the company, who is n New York looking after the curbiug of the stock.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-28
PRISON WARDENSHIP
WATTS ON ELECTION
Successor to Osborne at Sing Sing Left
Open Until the Governorship Is
Made Certain.

OSSINING, N. Y, Oct. 2S.-Super-
intendent of Prisons Carter, after a
short visit here, said he had no an
nouncement to make regarding the ap-
pointment of successor to Thomas
Mott Osborne as warden.
"There is really nothing new on the
subject was the way he put it.
About the prison it is generally con
coded that the superintendent will
make no appointment until after the
coming election. Political reasons urge
such a course, for if Gov. Whitman
should chance to be defeated it might
be expected that Mr.. Seabury would
Gust a Whitman appointee to make
way for a man of his own choice. I'm
der these conditions it would be al
most impossible to get the right sort of
man to take the job for so short a
tenure.
George w. Kirchwev, who served as
warden during Mr.. Osborne S Temporal
ry resignation while the Weeks trial
was on, was at Sing Sing Wednesday
and gave it plainly to be understood
that he is not a candidate. Although
the prisoners would welcome him, his
known sympathy with the Osborne ad-
ministrative methods would initiate
against him in any event
At the parole board meeting twelve
applications for parole We're allowed
out of twenty-five cases presented
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-28
SAID MAINE KILLED
RELATIVE FOR CASH
Saw Man Counting Money, Barker Told
Police House Burned After
Rhode Island Murder.

WESTERLY, R. l., Oct %. = John
Barker and Welcome Maine, charged
with the murder of Thomas Dorr Maine
at his home in Hopkinton, were given
a hearing before Judge Williams here
yesterday.
Capt. Monahan. a Providence police
inspector, testified that Barker made
confession to him at the Kingston JAIL
a short time after the arrest.
Capt. Monahan said Barker claimed
that he went to the house with Welcome
Maine and had supper with Thomas
Maine, relative Of Welcome When
they left the house they looked through
a window and saw Thomas Maine Sit
down to table and start to count some
money.
Barker said that Welcome fired one
shot through the window, but missed,
and Thomas Maine came to the door
with lamp and asked what was the
matter. Welcome Maine then shot him.
The house was then burned by an over
turned lamp. Welcome Maine took SIS
from the dead man S body.
Both were held for the grand Jury
without bail.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-28
PAWTUXET RIVER
TO BE DIVERTED
Bed Needed for Part of 5000. 600
eservoir-Immense Dam to Be
Constructed

PROV lDENCE, r. l., Oct 2S-The
PawtuSet river on the banks OF which are
sSo000,000 worth of mill property, is to be
diverted from its course by the Providence
water supply board
Tins Is necessary before the building of
the big reservoir dam can be started, as
the dam will run across the river bed. At
the point where the dam is to be built.
the Pawtuxet runs through the middle of
a valley about 5000 feet in width, with
high hills on either side.
The engineers will divert the stream to
one side of the valley and build a perma-
bnent watergate there to handle the flow.
This gate, when the dam is built, will form
part OF the main masonry structure.
The length of the main dam will be
about 3,460 feet and its maximum height
POO feet. At some points it will be neces-
sary to go down so feet into the ground to
lind foundation to bear the great weight
of masonry that will be erected to hold
back the 37,o00000,00o gallons OF water
that the proposed reservoir will store. The
cost will be S25,O00,00O
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-28

the directors have been studying the
Geographic systems between the con-
tinents with the idea of branching out.
The presence of eight cables between
this country and Europe persuaded
them that there was scarcely room far
additional lines under the Atlantic on a
profitable basis, and it was thought that
the business emanating from Eastern
Asia did not as yet call for additions to
the existing cable lines in that direc-
ton.
South American prospects then re-
ceived chief attention. With CONNER
eial business from Argentina, Brazil
and Chile growing steadily, it was
seen, according to information obtained
yesterday in reliable quarters, that the
Western Union should enter that field.
The company at present has no inlet
to South America. It's cable line, run
ming furtheSt south, reaches Havana
only. Telegraphic messages for South
American cities go chiefly by way of
Galveston, then across to the western
coast over the lines of domestic com
panies, and are picked up by the Cen
trail and South American Telegraph COM
pany for distribution in the Southern
Continent.
The exploring party will consist of of
fcers of the Western Union and pre-
sumably of the American International
corporation, together with engineers of
both companies. 1t is expected that
Newcomb Carlton, president of the
Western Union, will go in person to
look into the situation. 1t could not be
L.
tive of the state department would ac.
company the party, but the result will
be awaited with much interest at Wash
ingtCn.
If the Western Union decides that the
time is ripe for the new undertaking
preparations will be made for continu
ing the Havana cable direct to Bueno.
Aires. 1t is believed also that a lin,
will ultimately be laid from New York
to some South American city. Plans fol
the land lines in South America vii
| depend, of course, largely on conditions
| the party finds, and no forecasts as t.
that part of the work can yet be oh
| tanned
| The schedule of the party indicates
that the field ON the Pacific side viii
receive as careful study as the territor,
a
to be served on the East. TIL,
investigators will leave this city OH tn,
Western Union s new cable ship, tn,
Lord Kelvin, and will go through tn,
Panama canal. From Panama the yes
sci will proceed to Valparaiso, Chile, ant
there the party will disembark for
trip across to Buenos Aires on tn,
TransAndean railway, while the shil
will sail around the Horn. The part,
expects to spend the better part of twl
months on the work.
Gable men estimated yesterday tina
the cost of a line from New York t
Buenos Aires, with the necessary equip
ment, would be in the neighborhood o
| $7,000,0 900. If the Western Union man
agement should desire, the new projec
could be paid for out of surplus earn
ings, although it is expected that new
capital will be raised if the plan goe
through. The company last June had
maintenance reserve of nearly $11 900.
600 and surplus of close to $4,000, 00C
Since then earnings have increased sub
stantially, and it is expected that tn
surplus account by the end of this yea
will approach $25,000,0 900.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-28
VICTIMS OF FARNHAM FIRE.
Child from Swanten and Former ST
Adams Man Burned to Death.

ST. ALBANS, Oct. 2S-Among the
victims of the fire at Farnham, Que
bee, Thursday Samuel Daniels, for
many years resident of this city. and
Bernard Phoenix, 5, son of Oliver
Phoenix of Swanton. Mr.. Daniels was
born in ST. Adams and learned the
printer 5 trade in the Messenger office.
He was IS years old and had been in
poor health long time, having been
IN the hospital of the Farnham institu-
ton the past seven years. 1t was re-
ported that the mother of l.. NJ Pape-
neau of Swanton was missing, but a
later despatch stated that she was
saved and had been taken to a hos
pital, probably in Montreal.