Evening Star Newspaper, July 6, 1905, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION. Business Office Lith Street and Penaszlvania Avenue, The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 8. H KAUF*MASN, President. ne Building Trikaze Building. New York Offes: Trib Chicago Cfe+ the £ morning edi. tion, in deity fers the city at BC cents per month the Sunday morning edb tou at 44 cents per month. ‘The Kvening Star, wit Ry mail postage prepald Datly, sunday celuded, one month, 60 cenis, Dally, Sunday excepted, one month, 80 centa, Katurduy Star, one year, $1.00, Kunday Ster, ome year, $1.5 ILL SUCCEED HAY Elihu Root to Be Secretary of State. ACCEPTS THE. OFFER POSITION PARTICULARLY CON- GENIAL TO HIM. Significance of His Action Regarded From a Political Point of View. NEW YORK, July 6—It car be definitely stated that President 1 s offered the position Roosevelt Secretary of State to Elihu Root « that Mr. Root has accepted. The President's Proffer. OYSIER BAY, L. L, July 6—W onfirmation is ol rable anc ere of H profer of the | tary succession "to John H t the Presid will a to be made to- morow e matter. The precise n € ment is not known. Mr sident's special train 400 before it left for Cleve 5 uesday after- the Presid nts nts on night, the | Pres mained in con- fe ef hen it was | t the subject | of 3 cabinet. An! ce but a Root did not | indicate definite ld accept the | po of State On the their co ssion on which was re ecretaryship of state, | made to Mr. | nounced in New York today beli d to | be without reservati at difficult to overcome The duties of the Secretary of State ap- | occasions, notably during t xer revolt, | he attended, in the absence of Secretary | Hay from Washington, to many of the de tails Department work f the State with his ¢ War, and he enjoyed t Root’s Acceptance Surprising. The announcement made today that Elihu Root of New York merly Secretary of War and now a leading corporation lawyer of New York, had decided to accept the | President's tender of the State Department | ELIHU portfolir, at Mr Root his present prac- New hundred thou ntly, considering ived in the ac- of the portfolio of c of the best-in- formed the President would York 1 dol- the lawyer in rifice inv Root even ity lieved that Che Fvening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1905—TWENTY PAGES. TWO CENTS. being made upon the political chessboard Mr. Root's return to the cabinet at this time is fraught with si gnificance. in view of Mr ‘ leave the cabinet and retire from public life less than two years ago—his is tan- euler some Root's return tamount to a Cecle ration that in 1998 he will be a candidate fer the presidential nomina- tion. Hardly any one of proziinence in pol- tics today but w:ll admit that Mr. Root's re-entrance into the cabinet has changed the entire t of the presidential strug- gie of 1508 and breught to the foreground a man who, if ke but says the word, wil count for a great deil and will have arrayed around him the strongest kind of backing fer the g possession of the / It that Mr. Root in it this time an- nquishment of a fast making him a ne Amer.can bar. Mr. of the highest and ed in the gre Al loss to roa long «nou to p ove nose famil the situa- tion consider that it not reasonable to believe that Mr. Root, after once resigning his offigial pesition and r ng the prac- tice of the law, would thre all over in so short a time and return the head of the State Dep to Gblige his friend, Theodore Roosevelt, and to fuldll his conception cf the duty of an American ¢ $03. It is this, that makes the return of Mr. Reat a s time of more than ordi- ary interest. it is this that Fas given t whose name has ever eside been coupled even casually with the mag:e t 1005" the worst sort of cold chills. And they do not deceive themselves. They remember the remarkable eulogy raid thu Root by President Roosevelt when his Secretary of War retired to private life less than two years ago: they ovserve the manner in which the President urged the portfotio of State upon Mr, Root, and they no delusions as to what the chief executive's intluence will te upon the to the 108 convention. The r nt has every confidence in Mr. Roo} the Lare statement ‘act in this conne tion is almest susertiuous ‘And it is also almost equally superfluous to state that if Mr. Root remains at the head of the State Department, as he un- btedly will, now that he has accepted the pesition, President Roosevelt will be behind him in furthering any presidential aspirations he may cher.sh Public Estimate of Root. Mr. Root occupies a unique position in his relations toward politics, business and statesmanship. | Although a corporation lawyer and intimately connected with some of the biggest combinations or trusts ot tie country, there does not s to be a doubt on any side that his work, in any government position in which he might € ose to serve, would be absolutely free from even the Suggestion of bias or com- mercialism. He ts considered to be a big man, a man of sturdy, moral growth and ment n who would do honor occupied, a big man well 1 big things. It is a tribute to Mr. Root that he is more feared by aspirants to the presidential nom- ination in 1998 than any other man. They any posi pd to cop lic policy is in the nature of a His mind argues with iteself as to the best course to pursue, the pros and cons of this and that mental suggestion, and when he arrives at a decision he acts, and time is likely to prove him right. About Sixty Years Old. Mr. Root is now about sixty years old, having been born at Clinton, Oneida coun- ty, New York, February 15, 1845, and is in the prime of mental and physical vigor. He does not look his age, nor act it, and the mental powers that won him an enviable reputation as a member of the New York bar years ago seem to be augmented and matured as the years roll on. Mr. Root's father was a professor of mathematics at Hamilton College, and it was at that insti- tution that the son was edu: ating in 18G4, and being th of his class He taught school for a year after leav- ing college, and then studied at the Uni- versity Law School in New York, securing alize that Mr. Root’s corporation service 1ot hurt him one degree, one particle, ation of the people of the y realize, moreoveg, that Mr. alleged coldness and lack of the great quality of personal magnetism is all in the air. As a matter of fact, there is no public speaker of today who can go country Roots ROOT. after an audience Mr. Root and capture ft as can Handicapped b, who have ither poor revelations seen him otherwise en- speeches are t go around tickling ribs and telling funny ot arts employed to win friends, and for the sake of argument, it he might be considered ver fails to impress those . contact with his erity, his courage and d with his power not only but to carry them out as War Department Administration. who are considered the best sort ges, Mr. Root's administration of the War Department during the trying days of the Philippine insurrection is conceded to have admirable. Those acts of his which were spoken of as mistakes at the time have assumed a different appearance in the lapse of time, and the President fs not alone in believing that no other man in public life today could have assumed charge of the War Department at the time when Mr. Root stepped in and brought order out of chaos so quickly and so completely. But the former Secretary of War is es- sentially a man of action, and he never been Rave for a man to sit at his right hand in the councils of the cabinet. Political Significance To those familiar with every move that ia to look elsewhere wastes time in profound thought upon a question of abstract value when concen- trated attention to the circumstances at hand, with immediate action thereafter, will do the trick. With him a plan of pub- e his admission to the bar in 1867. He first served his apprenticeship in the office of Man & Parsons. John H. Strahan was his first law partner, and his’ next partnership was with Willard Bartlett, who afterward became a justice of the supreme court of the state. His first case of importance was the suit ot the people against Ingersoll, in which he successfully contended against Charles O'Conor's theory that the state instead of the people was the proper party to sue for money alleged to have been taken from the country. Mr. Root made real estate and corpors tion law his specialties, and in these he soon acquired In one of early i that of the Hocking Vall the prize in contention amounted to $8,000,000 In value. He was attorney for Judge Hilton tn the Stewart will case, and he represented the Hamilton family in the proceedings brought by Eva Mann as the widow of Robert Ray Hamil- tont. He was also employed in the Hoyt and Fayerweather will contests, and repre- sented O'Brien and Clark in their suits against the city of New York. Later he was appointed counsel for many corpo tions. Not a Machine Politician. In politics Mr. Root has always been a republican, although not a machine man, as his many rows with Senator Platt of New York w nply test! In fact, Sen- ator Platt for man Mr. Root a visionary t rong Ham years considered and the friendship which now exists between Pres- ident Roosevelt and Secretary Root had its origin in the common ground they took with nect to honesty in public affairs and purity of elections long before either of them had been marked for national prom- inence. The only time Mr. s been a didate for an elective office was in 1879, when he ran unsuccessfully for judge of the court of common pleas Appointed District Attorney. Root ha in- He was appointed by President Arthur, in 1883, United States district attorney in place of Stewart L. Woodford, in the southern district of New York, remain- ing in office until 1885, when, Grover Cleveland becom s President, he re- sigr In 1871 he was an active member of the mittee of thirty, which worked to obtain reform in the city of New York, and in 1886 was chairman of the repub- lican county committee of New York. He has always been politically associated with President Roosevelt, and when the latter was police commissfoner Mr. Root. was selected by Mayor Strong to prosecute the charges against Commissioner Parker Mr. Root was also prominent in the con- stitutional convention, and many of the ideas in the constitution originated with him. His present position in law and in statesmanship is enviable. THE NEW JAPANESE LOAN. Negctiations Were Practically Com- pleted at London Today. LONDON, July 6—The negotiations for the Japanese loan of $15,000,000, with the tobacco monopoly as security, were prac- tically completed this morning, and the terms will be signed this evening. The 1s- sue price will be #, the interest 4% per cent and the loan, which will be equally di- vided between New York, London and Ger- many, will run for twenty years. ‘The issuing houses In New York will be Kuhn, Loeb & Co., the National City Bank and the National Bank of Commerce in London, the Hongkong and Shangha! Banking Corporation, the Yokohama Specie Bank and Parr's Bank, and in Germany thirteen houses in different cities will issue the bonds. The prospectus will be out July 11. SUICIDE SUSPECTED. Body of Millionaire Found With Bullet ‘Wound in Hand. WINSTED, Qonn., July 6—The body of Winthrop Turney, a millionaire owner of a mine in Sonora, Mex., wag found today in @ pasture In the town of Colebrook. There was a bullet wound tn his head and his hand clasped a revolver. It is suppozed that despondency due to poor health led him to commit suicide. He was forty years old and a graduate of Yale, class of 1888, USE OF GOING TO THE URMAL CEREMOK! Transfer of John Paul Jones’ | Body at Paris Today. A NOTABLE FUNCTION MANY DISTINGUISHED PERSONS IN ATTENDANCE. . Exchange of Felicitous Remarks Be- tween American and French Rep- resentatives—Scenes at Church. PARIS, July 0—The ceremony of the de- livery of the body of Admiral Paul Jones to the represen ives of the United States was held at 3:30 this afternoon in the American church on the Avenue De L'Alma In the presence of a distinguished gathering of the highest official, military and naval dignitaries of France, the diplomatic rep- resentatives of many countries and the spe- cial ambassadors and naval authorities sent from the United States to receive the body Vast Crowds on Avenues. Vast crowds converged the avenues leading to the church. T American naval detachment arrived at 3 o'clock and drew up in battalion front before the edifice, where a division of French troops had al- ready taken station. Within the church was beautifully deco- rated with flowers, The casket rested in front of the chancel, with a silken “Amer: can flag draped over it, while innumerable floral emblems were banked about It. The front pews were occupied by Ambassador McCormick, Senior Special Ambassador Porter, Junior Special Ambassador Loomis, Rear Admiral Sigsbee and the commanding officers of the ships of the American squad- ron. Across the aisle sat Premier Rouvier and other cabinet ministers, and practically on the ent membership the diplomatic corps. The American Naval League, the Sons of the Revolution, the Order of th Cincinnati and other patriotic organiza- tion, with many ladies, occupied the body of the chureh. The Formal Ceremony. The formal ceremony consisted of the del of the body by Gen. Porter as the finder and custodian to Mr, Loom representing the United States appointed to receive it, and Mr. Loomis commission- ing Admiral igsbee to transport it to America In discharging his duty Gen. Porter said: ‘This day America claims her filustrious dead. In the performance of my solemn ; duty I have the honor to deliver to the Uni ernment of the its designated tative body Admiral Paul Jones, to be borne with propria rks of distinction to the try upon whose arms heroic deeds s: so much luster. It believed that th permanent interment in the land to whe independence his matchless victories so sentially contributed will not be lackin: nificance by reason of the long delay. ma r of extreme gratification to feel that the body of this intrepid com- mander Is to be conveyed across the sea by war v Is of the navy of which he was the honored founder and to whose sailors his name is still an inspiration, and that this high mission is confided to so gallant an officer of the same noble profession as the distinguished admiral commanding the escorting squadron.” “An earnest expression of recognition Is due to the accomplished savants of France, to whose acknowledged skill and entire ac- we owe the olute certainty of identification of the body which is so mar- velously preserved. “We owe the cordial tribute of gratitude to the government of the French republic for its cheerful proffer of facilities during the search for the body, for the sympathy generously manifested upon its recovery and for the memory of him who once cov- ered two continents with his renown in battling for the cherished principles of po- litical liberty and the rights of man for which the two sister republics have both so strenuously contended. All that is mor- tal of this illustrious organizer of victory on the sea lies in yonder coffin beneath the folds of our national standard. “When Congress adopted the present form of the American flag it embodied in the same resolution the ‘appointment of Captain Jones to command the ship Rang- er. When he received the news, history attributes to him the following’ remark: “The flag and I are twins. Born the same hour from the same womb of Destiny, we cannot be parted in life or death.’ “Alas! they were parted during 113 years, but happily they are now reunited.”” Mr. Loomis’ Address, Mr. Loomis, in receiving the body, said: “It is doubly generous on the part of tes, through you, of SEASHORE.” interwoven with the French history of hi day, and had he been permitted to enjoy a few years more of health it known that he would have commanded the fleets of Franc Jones died in France at just about the that France had great need of his services, and Napoleon deplored untimely death. which robbed him of great admiral. The conjunction of th sof genius might have changed the his! of the world. Americ unfor- tunately exemplified the idea that republics are ungrateful, and in the stress of the struggle of building a new country forgot for a time its great hero, France, be it said to her credit, remembered Jones in ap- propriate, handsome and touching way howing as ever her intimate and splei appreciation of genius, Now after the | of more than a century, through the per- sistent endeavors and patriotic purpose of General Porter and with the ever kindly and generous assistance of the French gov- ernment, the body of Paul Jones was dis- covered. I have the honor in behalf of the Prest- dent of the United States to accept the cus- tody of the casket which incloses it and to commit the body to the worthy hands of Admiral Sigsbee. The body will be borne over seas Paul Jones loved back to_ the land ‘he served so well, where 1 am conti- dent the justice and generosity of a great people will move them to render fitting homage to the memory of one of the fore- most men of their history, a man to whom all the world awards ungrudgingly an au- gust meed of immortal fame.”” Admiral Sigsbee’s Remarks. In a brief speech Admiral Sigsbee accept- ed the commission of conveying the body to the United States. At the conclusion of the ser is his ice a detach- ment of marines bore the casket to an ar- tillery caisson in waiting at the doorway, and the cortege proceeded through the mps Elysees over the Alexander bridge to the Esplanade of the Invalides, The crowds which lined the route uncov- ered their fully as the casket covered with flags and flowers passed. On reaching the Invalides the body was placed on a high structure, where it was surrounded by French and American offi- cers, while the American and French naval and military forces filed slowly by, render- ing military honors to the head. Following the review th ina body was placed the railroad s 1 American marine arture of the t lock tonight. PARISIANS mortuary chapel where French an dit until the de x Cherbourg at 10 0’ PLEASED AMERICAN SAILORS MARCHED THROUGH PARIS. Special Cablegram to The Star. PARIS, July 6—The unusual sight of a detachment of United Sta nilors and marines swinging through the central thor. oughfares of Paris today aro terest tion fr march. numbe fi trains at at the Invalides a.m. In spite o and and brought out an enthusiastle 0 the crowds The Amer 1g five officers, long t ot aval contingent ed men with twenty- left Cherbourg in two spe this morning, railroad station the hard night rines presented a unc ial 3 o'clock arriving at 11:40 the ap- sailors pearance as they emerged trom ation They were uniformed as a landing party, wearing the regulation and carry- ing rifles with fixed bayonets. A company of French infantry was drawn up fronting the station to receive the Americans. The latter formed in battalion and un- furled the American flag and naval ensign. At the same moment the French troops came to the salute, the French standard was dipped, the French band struck up the Star Spangled Banner and the great crowds which had serged across the Alexander bridge shouted “Vive Les Amerteain: “Vive La France,” the entire multitude covering respectfully while the nthem was played. Streets Lined With Dense Crowds. Another outburst of enthusiasm greeted the ‘Marsellaise,” and then the French escort took up the line of march ¢ s the esplanade of the Invalides to the Avenue Piquet and thence to the military school. All along the route the streets were lined with dense crowds eager to see the Amer- icans. Women waved their handkerchiefs and miniature flags and there was a con- tinuous shout of “Vive les Americains.” The Americans made a most favorable impression by thelr sturdy, bronzed ap- pearance and the smartness of their move- ments. They were received at the military school by a battalion of French troops drawn up in the great court. Again the national anthems were played and salutes were exchanged. The Americans were then taken within the military school which will serve as their barracks during their stay here. The American sailors and Frenchi@@ldiers were soon on the most friendly bass, fraterniz- ing, eating and chatting together while awaiting the ceremony of the de'svery of Paul Jones’ body at the American Church France to surrender the dust of this hero} on the avenue de L'Alma at 3:30 this af- to us at this time, for much of his life was! ternoon. TO REFUND HAWAIIAN BONDS. Proposed Action of the Territory Ap- proved by the President. President Roosevelt has approved the ts- sue of $600,000 of bonds by the territory of Hawaii, to refund the gold bonds of the re- public of Hawaii under an act of the legislature of June 18k The new issue does not increase the national indebt- edness of Hawaii, but is to enable the ter- ritory to take up the go’d bonds referred to, on which interest of 5 per cent is being issued paid, and replace them with 4 per cent Londs, thereby effecting a saving of 1 per cent, which, it is stated, will amount to @ considerable . ‘The new bonds will be floated, probably in New York, by Gov. Car- ter, who is now on his way east MADE CHIEF OF DIVISION. Promotion of Richard P. Covert of the Post Office Department. Richard Perry Covert of Wisconsin, who served as a seaman under Admiral Dewey in the battle of Manila bay, and who was Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bris- tow's confidential stenographer during the investigation of postal service scandals, has been appointed chief of the appoint- ment division of the Post Office Depart- ment. The salary of the position is $2,000 a year, and the incumbent has jurisdiction over about 75,000 postmasters. Mr. Covert was one of the few Americans wounded at the battle of Manila bay. While acting as a ll carrier he sus- tained a sever re of the leg, and, intense pain, refused at the wheel of one of the big guns until the fight was over. Mr. Covert. who is twenty-elght years of age, entered the government service in 1962 as a stenographer in the Chicago in- pection division, and was transferred to Washington at the beginning of the investi- gation. During the inquiry he worked from sixteen to twenty hours a day, and when Mr. Bristow was preparing his final report he worked for thirty-six hours without leaving his desk. His appointment to be the head of the appointment division is generally popular —_.__—_. MANY NAVAL RETIREMENTS. Nearly Sixty Officers Quit Active Service Today. early sixty officers of the placed on the retired list toda ance with of the navy personnel law, pro’ certain number of retirements in e: cal year. navy were y, In accord- eight the provisions of section These retirements were based on the recommendation of a board of rear ad- mirals recently convened at the Navy De- partment for the purpose. The report of the board has been officially approved by the President. The lst of officers will be made public at the Navy Department this afterncon. Rear Admiral William H. Whiting been detached from duty in command of the naval training station at San Franc in anticipation of his statutory 0, retirement Saturd: Admir: Whiting we born in New York, and was appointed to the navy in September, 180, from Wisconsin. Hav- ing been unemployed for five years, his service covers a period of. forty years, of which nearly nineteen years were spent at sea. He reached the grade of rear admiral in October, 1903, and has been stationed at San Francisco since July, 1003. He served on the Hartford with Admiral Far- Tagut at the battle of Mobile bay, and had command of the cruiser Charleston during the Spanish war. SEARCHLIGHT OUTFITS. But One Bid Received by Chief of Army Engineers. Mackenzie, chief of engineers, re- invited bids for portable searchlight thirty-six inches in diameter, for use in connection with sea-coast batteries, for which there is available the sum of $170,000 for the current fiscal year. But one bid was received—that of the General Electric Light Company of Schenectady, N. Fen. cent outfits, Y., which offered to furnish the outfits for $5,800 each, including searchlight and its truck and gasoline engine, dynamo, switch- board and its truck. These lights are of the most powerful order. Some of them are already installed at each of the principal coast defenses, but more are needed. There are two each at Fort Washington and at Fort Hunt, on the Potomac, just below Washington. ee eee TO ASSIST PEACE ENVOYS. Russian Minister at Peking Ordered to Washington. Information has reached here from official sources that M. Pokotlloff the new Russian mi t Peking has been ordered to the United States on business pertaining to the peace negotiatic nd will start in a ¢ or two. He will assist the Rus tentiaries. fan plenipo- —— WILL COME THIS WEEK. Notification From Chief Engineer Stevens of the Canal Commission. Mr. John F. Stevens of C! ntly ay ama 1 commission, r man S| by today that he was much improved in health and would reach Washington the part of the week. Be fore going to the isthmus Mr. Steven gs to Chatr- 1go, ot e pointed chi onts wire ze the engineering corps for The many vacancies in this requires practically the selection of an en- ff, Mr. Dorsey, acting chief eng only executive engineer th ——— FOR SAVING LIVES. t! being the Medals Awarded by Secretary Shaw for Gallant Work. medals have been awarded by Sec- retary Shaw to Willlam H. Gaskill, the keeper, and Kilby Guthrie, Walter M. Yeo- mans, Tyre Moore, Joseph L, A. Guth James W. Fulcher, Kirkman and Calupt T. Jarvis, surfmen the ¢ Lookout Ufe saving station Morehead City, N.C. The award was recognition of a notable work performed these men In saving the lives of th of the schooner Sarah D. J. Dawson, which stranded on Lookout shoals February 9. A silver medal was awarded Lieut. Henry Ulke, jr. of the U. S. 8. Gresham for gallant conduct in saving a man from drowning in the waters of East river, New York, February 3. ——__-—___ Personal Mention. Among those promoted at the Department of Justice was Miss Elizabeth Wright, from $1,200 to $1,600. Miss Wright fs first assist- ant to the chief clerk, O. J. Fields. Mr. W. A. Custard of 2568 Wisconsin ave- nue northwest and his son, Mr. F. Leo Cu: tard, left Thursday, June 29, for Denver, Colo. They expect to return about Septem- ber or October. They will visit Pike's Peak, Colorado Springs, Yellowstone Park and ether places of Interest while there. 6 SS To Destroy a Derelict. The Navy Department has been informed that the armored cruiser Pennsylvania has left Newport to search for and destroy a wreck reported off Cape Cod, Gold Lewis, John John E, ot at in Weather. Showers tonight and to- light morrow ; southerly winds. A STAR CHAMBER Investigation at the Govern- ment Printing Office. EXAMINED IN SECRET WITNESSES WARNED NOT TO DI- VULGE ANYTHING OUTSIDE, Relative Merits of the Lanston and Mergenthaler Typesetting Ma- chines the Real Issue. The commission to Investigate methods of business in the departmental service met ut 40 o'clock this. morning the govern- ment printing office under circumstances of unusual secrecy. The the commission in the government printing of- fle ast a spell over that big e ment that has effectually changed the na- ture of the place, whicn today was likened by people who visited it to a great peni- tentiary. The free air of the workshop had departed and in tts place there were the guarded corridors with watchful eyes scanning every intruder into the vicinity of the room in which the mission is holding its meetings The commission met to continue the in- vestigation into the reasons that led. te the purchase of seventy-two Lanston typ setting machoines, which the re} tives of the Mergenthaler declare were not based on the superiority the machine. at presence of has taplish- and easy com- resenta- of The investigation now requires that a large number of witnesses in the office up for examination. The public nd a few of the leading foren divisions in which the Lanston are used have been examined, th called printer n in the machines ir mony having been published in The These witnesses will be on the stand ag later during the proceedings, it is under. stood, but in the meantime ‘there will be a large number of other employes of the office called to testify as to what they know | about the machines and every detail con- cerning them. Rules of Secrecy. The commission has been annoyed cause of the publication of its proc ings, and today took added measures in order to enforce its rules of secrecy. It has gone sc far in this respect that there ts a feeling of terrorism pervading the entire force of the big printery. Not only are the corri dors kept free of intruders, but witnesses from the various divisions are shunteé down an obscure elevator and led to the examining room through a corridor along the G street side of the building that {s seldom used except by employes. In order that the identity of witnesses may be kept secret watchmen have instructions to keep the hallway clear, and a sleuth-eyed guar- dian stands at each side of the main door leading to the seeret chamber !n which the investigation 1s betng held. One of these men keeps his eyes constantly down the North Capitol street corridor and the other looks as intently down the G street passage- way. What they expect to see {s a mystery, The witnesses are carried into the secret chamber by way of a side door, where there s little Hkelihood t any one will see them. The fact that news of the proceedings be- fore the commission has leaked out bas caused indignation on the part of the com- mission, and today there s further c tioning of representat 8s of ne Mergen- thaler and the Lanston companies not to leak.” The em of espionage ticed on repr tives of the types me hines, on nesses nd on eve one > at an cted of ing” the question constantly being asked as to. the nec or reason for such action. It is ved by many who have watched thes secret proceedings that the commission has everplayed its part of secrecy. Effect of the Mystery. employes of the office were today effect on witnesses who y the commission of all the pounds work the inclined to eve timidity on the is called to testify of full and clear e employes are al- Some speculating on the ay be called t that on. Som will result mystery the of comr that it ready endeavor ain from wit- nesses who ned what 1s the nature of the ¢ ions that are being ask ring that there may be “trick ques by x hi ney may be placed on reco: y do not feel is just to th plying “swea ey are ts without calied to think what It ild be gi thing shoul nd in a public some rance by the commission it is not known whet! the testimony on which it is to ba cision will ever be made 1 other hand, every word that is being ded by ste be preserved by the commission, possible that ft will be called for by gress next winte making a most coms known whether that report will be as the commission would have the r is believed, to have stricken from it thing that in {ts judgment shc main on the record permanently. ise th ss has the right to ex fleg The course pursued by the commission, it is said, is based on the idea that the Hi as nothing to do with the { tion, and is not entitled to know about the controversy over the alleg spiracy in the government printing pt that which th mmission m: to give out in its report that m. be made for several months come, then. Speculation as to the Outcome. to the There is a good deal of speculatior the outcome of these proceedings on part of employes of the government print- ing offi The Typographical Union is, to som stent, Interested in the manner In which the investigation is being carried on, For instance, It 1s understood that there are men who assert that the Lanston machine ig no more economical than is the work of hand compositors. As the machine tends to replace the old hand compositors and throw them permanently out of employ ment, the Typographical Union has t an interest in protecting its member: as possible. It is declared that if chine throws old employes out of work without being a benefit to the government in the way of,economy there is no justhf- cation for suol@ course. That is one rea- son why some of the compositors believe the facts about all the typesetting ma- chines should be made public, The commission continued in session to~