The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 15, 1904, Page 6

COMPLIES WITH CIVIL SERVICE i | Health Board Restores Several | Dismissed Employes to Plaees | Consonance With Hlllel —— l EX-INSPECTORS UNDER FIRE | it Investigation Is Ordered Into! Charges That Drs. Hartley | and Green Destroyed Records | PO The B £ Health met yesterday and evir its desire to carry out the Announees tention of Dr. James W, Ward, president of the board, to com- ¥ th ti il service previsions of the charter in ail instances where it hown that the removals were not made in accordance with these pro- visigne. The board restored to their positions Food Inspectors Durham and Reardan, Dairy Inspector 'Connor and O 8 who we Mish, b stand high- ed last Saturday e the eligible list than some who | we etained « Inspecting Physician Hassler flied grave charges againet ex-Assist- ant Sanitary Inpsectors Hartley and « which were referred to Drs Stinsor i Hughes for immediate in- vestigati Hassler charg’ that im- mediately r Hartler a.d Grec » noved from their positions on last Saturday they wi'fuly destroyed o oficial records. The ‘estruction « number of pages f the reports made pectors of Dr. W. C. Hopper on f in Ch.natown was t by the beard yConnor was appointed ce of E.C. Smith appointed food in- V. Clasby | T. €ilveira were ap- nspectors nspector was appointeC food in- spector in place of Silveira, transferred 1 Kk inspector Dr. Ward stated that the four men restored to ih¢': positions be.- investigation held by the disclosed (hat the civil ad been disregarded and the board was now prepared to t any of its transgressions. ssition of disinterment inspect- s1d by Lawrence Walsh, was abol- nd the position of cemetery in- vas created and Walsh was re- been the pervicors b rules SSIGNATION. f N. A. Kopp, baker al, and Martin L. driver, were ac- cepted and Robert Burke was appoint- | ed to the latter vacancy Clara B. Lawton's resignation as nurse at the Almshouse was accepted. Miss Lawton was appointed by the new board petition of the nurses at the City for the retention of Mary F. nead nurse was filed, The following internes were appoint- ed the Citv Hospital: Dr. F. F. Hart, homeopathic school; J. W.. eclectic school. E. Shelton, clerk at the Emergency Hospital, was granted a sixty days' leave of absence NAMES VISITING The fol STAFF. wing were appointed on the st visiting physicians at the City S emann, Medical C ADVERTISEMENTS. MAKE PEACE STOMACH You Are Ceriain to Lose if You At- tempt the Use of Foroe and Violence. stomach to do nd unwilling to been tried time and again, The stom- il servant, but he limit it rebels nd much more thers, but eve stomach nd when that limit is ¥ dangerous and un- to force it The sensible o employ a work of di- an op- and regain its as e the iperate and easy disturbance They contain s that make up other digestive igest any food that a althy stomach w and do it in the same time and in the same way They work independently of surround- ing ¢ 5 a that the stomach is weak or diseased does not mfluence them at & eftective work. Tt just as ¥ a glas they will in a stomach that for yoursell by in their useful and will digest food ar or bottle You can see putting ome of them into & jer with a square meal and water to enab L it to wor Tablets by thus f its work enable that organ to rest recuperate and rega its health and strength. The! process is perfectly natural and plain, Nature will heal the stomach just as she heals a wound or & broken limb if | she is not interfered with and is per- | mitted to do her work in her own wa: All interference is prevented by sn}_ art’s Dyspepsia Tablets. Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets are for | sale by druggists everywhere at 50| cents a box, and if you are aficted | Wwith dyspepsia one box will make you | feel fifty times better. You will hmtg you have & stomach and rejoice in (hel forgetfulness. No druggist would be n{ short-sighted as to*try to get along| without Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets, for | ey are so popular and are so well| known for the good they have done and | the happiness they have caused that| any druggist ecaught without them would lose the confidence of his cus- tomers and be regarded as below the standard. His business would suffer as & result and his patrons would go to other stores and buy their drugs there, &5 well as their Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab. lets. I N FRANC. 1SCO CALL, HEALTH BOARD MEMBERS ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS One Man Can Who -Were Dismi Say Fulfill Duties, of Five ssed and That Service Demanded the Slaughter of Politicians The joint committee of the Super- visors on Health and Finance met again last night to continue the inves- tigation into the alleged violations of the civil service law by the Board of Health. The inquiry developed the fact that none of the members so far exam- ined knew anything regarding either the old or new appointees until the board organized. As no one wished to ask further questions of Dr. Ward he was excused and Dr. Hughes called to the stand. In answer to questions by Supervisor D'Ancona, Dr. Hughes said the depu- ty health officer was to fill the positiors of statistician, bookkeeper, stenogra- pher and secretary. He knew nothing of any provisions of the charter re- quiring appointees to be selected from the civil service list and had never con- ferred with his colleag Abraham Ruef was present and when a pertinent question was asked regard- g the difference between the duties of the district health officer and the san- itary advised that no an- swer inspectors, be given TAKES RU ADVICE. Hughes promptly took the advice and was unable to answer. When , he sa.d that were he duties of the sanita district. health officer said he pressed strongly to find that the and inspector | were identical he would be willing to the action taken at the last Board of Health. He that the range of officer would be rescind meeting of the thought, however, duties of the health | wider than that of sanitary inspector. Questioned by Mr. Brandenstein, the witness admitted that he knew of no reason why the positions were abol- ished Where did you first see the resolu- tions?” Brandenstein asked “‘In the Mayor's office,” was the re- ply ‘“Who gave them to you?’ The witness did not care to answer, but Mr. Ruef informed him that there was no objection to an answer, and he replied that Mr. Ruef had given him them. The answer was recelved with an outburst of laughter, in which even Mr. Ruef joined Further Dr. Hughes®stated that he knew nothing of the men deposed or to be appointed and had made no study of the needs of the department, but considered that the changes would be for the best. vorT FOR STRANGERS. ~On being asked why he voted for Mr. | Levy to displace Mr. Emery he said it was for the best interests of the de- partment “Do you know any of the men for whom you voted?” was asked. “No,” was the reply. Don't you think as a point of pru- dence you should have informed your- el “WeN, all doctors look alike to me,” was the smiling retort. The witness then tacitly admitted that he had voted blindly for the men and had never even looked at the charter. He had heard of such a thing as civil service, but had never read the rules of the commission. troduction to his appointees was when he read the resolution which he after- ward introduced. “Why is it that the same sanitary inspection which under eivil service cost $6000 will now cost $10,200; is that —3 B. Bryant, C. B. Potter, Joseph T. Brooks, James W. Ward, H. R. Arndt, D. G. Bennett, T. G. McConkey, Guy Manning, P. Rice and R. F. Tomlin- son. California Medical College—Drs. J. B Mitchell, J. H. Mason, G. G. Gere, E. Mercer, W. A. Harvey, C. Clark. H. W. Hunsaker and A. B. Nelson. The petition of the Funeral Directors' Association that Clerk Frank J. Stan- ton be reinstated was filed. S s DR. B. F. MCELROY RESIGNS. Resident Physician of City and Coun- ty Hospital Resents Indignity. Dr. B. F. McEiroy, resident physi- clan of the City and County Hospital, resigned his position vesterday. The resignation was filed with the Board »f Health. McElroy resigns because his position is now distastetul to him owing to the appointment of a war- | den, John N. Elbert, who exceeds Mc- Eiroy in authority. I McElroy's letter of resignation follows: ‘SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14, 1904. “Te the Honorable the Board ‘of Ith of the city and county. of San Francisco—Gentlemen: I hereby resign the office of resident physician of the City and County Hospital, to take ef- fect January 15. 1904 Having a little regard for my own profi onal reputation and feeling some resentment aguinst what I be- lieve to be an Indignity to the medical profession, 1 can see no other course. The present organization of the City and County Hospital places the chief medical officer in a subservient and ndignified position and under the dom- tion of a man unfitted to appreciate the impulses of medical men. “I hope that your honorable body will be as devoted and as _uccessful in caring ‘for the unfortunate sick as your predecessors, under whom 1 had | the pleasure and the honor to serte for the last two years. Respectfully, “B. F. McELROY, “Resident Physiclan.” McElroy’s position was abolished by the board, to take cffect January 31 next. . P LAYS DOWN THE RULES. Civil Service Commission Notifies Board to Reinstate Employes. The Civil Service Commission met vesterday morning and ordered a cog- munication sent to the Health Board calling attention to the violation of its rules in dismissing certain food inspec- tors who were originally appointed previous to others who were retained. The commission informed the board that the places of two milk inspectors must be filled by food inspectors. The Health Board met also and carried out the decree of the Civil Service Commis. sion regarding the places mentioned before receiving the latter’s communi- cation. ‘The commission also inclcsed copies His first in- | in the interest of economy?”’ was asked. Before the witness could answer he was stopped by Ruef, who said all amination. On cross-examination by Ruef Dr. Hughes said he never had conferred with any of his fellow members ex- cept as to rules of the City and County Hospital. Ruef’'s questions were of a leading | nature and as a rule were answered by a simple “Yes.” Dr. Hughes was cer- tain that Deputy Health Officer Levy could easily do the work of the five men he had displaced. FORGOT CIVIL SERVICE. On redirect-examination, in answer to a question as to why he foundit necessary when consolidating the of fices to go outside the civil service list, the witness sald that it being a new position, he did not consider the civil service. At this point Brandenstein poured a little ‘hot shot into Ruef. Ruef had contradicted a statement of the chair and Brandenstein objected, saying that it was not a court of justice and it looked ill for a person there by cour- chair. | Deputy Health Officer Levy then took the stand and was asked regarding his duties. He told how he had been in- structed regarding his duties by the president of the bhoard. He said that the duties are very simple and could easily be carried out by any person | of average intelligence. job he described as the easiest part of the whole business. Questioned by Judge ments he had made regarding the ab- sence of Secretary Emery and others from the office were based merely on hearsa; Dr. Stinson was next called. He was satisfied that the offices of hookkeeper, stenographer, secretary and assistant could be satisfactorily filled by one man, but that Levy the appointee, could fill it better than a man on the | civil service list. Like Dr. Hughes, he | seemed to know nothing of the: duties of sanitary inspectors. A FLING AT OLD BOARD. Dr. Stinson sald | he was always frozen out of the secret | meetings and knew nothing of what was going on. With Dr. Ward, Dr. Stinson had gone carefully over the | proposed changes and was satisfied | that no violations of the charter were being made. | as to secret sessions of the board and what inauiry he had made regarding the qualifications of the men dismissed. Dr. Stinson resorted to evasive answers, He and Dr. Ward, he :admitted, pre- pared the list of dismissals and appoint- ments, but could not remember in what manner or for what reasom the | choices were made. None of the names were submitted by Schmitz or Ruef. The Mayor, however, had made. sug- gestions regarding names but had made | no demands. | On the advice of Ruef the witness | refused to tell what names the Mayor had suggested. The resolutions were drafted by Ward and Stinson with Ruef's assistance, but the information as to just | given was very vague. MATTER OF EFFICIENCY. Braunhart at this point asked the certain offices on the ground of econ- omy and recreated them under other names. Ruef objected to the question and the witness finally gave the same answer he had repeated a score of times to various questions: “To increase the efliciency of the department.” In fact this was his stock answer, taking the place of the customary "I don't know" with reluctant witnesses. On examination by Judge Slack the witness said he had examined the char- ter in a desultory way and was satis- fled that no violation was being made. The new men, he said, were more efficient than the former employes, a though many of them he did not know personally. Braunhart interjected a few ques- | tions and elicited the information that | Stinson practically knew nothing of the duties of the position of statistician, had never been in the statistician's of- fice and did not know where it was located. With Dr. Ward he had care- fully investigated the merits of the men who would come in, but could give no in- | formation regarding the nature of the investigations without referring to his | list. Dr. Poheim testified that he had never received any instructions as to his duties and had never seen the reso- | lutions regarding appointments until { they were given him in the Mayor's | office last Saturday. The investigation will be resumed at | 8 o'clock to-night. { | - g of protests filed against the action| { taken by the Health Board cn the $th | | inst. in dismissing certain civil service ! appointees, and in abolishing certain offices formerly held by civil service | appointees. These protests will be |ronnidered at a special meeting to be | lheld to-day at 2 o'clock. The commis- | j slon requests the Health Board to be| represented at the meeting and to pre- sent to the commission for its consid- eration information upon the following matters: | First, the duties of the deputy health ! officer; second, the duties of the chief| inspecting physician; third, the duties of the inspecting physicians; fourth, the reasons for the dismissal of the! experienced clerks, and what rule was' followed by your honorable board for determining the order of dismissal. FAVORS CHANGING NAME OF CENTRAL AVENUE &M‘mml&- The Supervisors' Street Committee | yesterday recommended that the name of Central avenue from Geary street to the Presidio be changed to Presidie avenue. The committee referred to the Board would be brought out in the cross-ea- | | tesy of the committee to contradict the | The secretary | Slack, he admitted that state-| that while he had | | been a member of the board for a year, | Rrandenstein questioned the witness | what assistance Ruef had witness directly why he had abolished | were going out and those who ! | buildings, having seen a practical 1l-| (IVIL SERVICE Refuses to Sustain Action Re- jeeting Appropriations for | Pay of Federal Commission A A PASSES LEGISLATIVE BILL Amendment Inereasing the Pay of New Mexico and Arizona I Officials Is Voted Down WASHINGTON, Jan. 14—The House to-day passed the legislative, execu- tive and judicial appropriation bill, | carrying an aggregate of .$29,711,700, ,and then adjourned until Monday. This |s the second big supply measure HOUSE UPHOLDS igmmmmm | | OF | to pass the House. The House to-day, by a vote of 172 i to 88, refused to sustain the action of the committee of the whole, which ! | yesterday adopted an amendment | "alr|k£ng out the paragraph providing | | for the salarles and expenses. of the | | Civil Service Commission, thus restor- | | Ing the item to the bill. An amend- | | ment adopted in committee increasing | the salaries of Territorial officers in | | New Mexico and Arizona was voted | down, 96 to 71; and one reducing the salary of the director of the census was lost, 101 to 52. An amendment to the bil] was| | adopted restricting the use of Govern- | | ment horses and carriages to the Pres- ident, his secretary and Cabinet of-| ficers. | When the legislative, executive and Judicial bill was reported by the com- mittee to the House, separate votes were demanded on amendments which | struck out provisions for the expenses | of the Civil Serviee Commission and | inéreasing the salary of the Governors | and secretaries of New Mexico and | Arizona, and reducing the salary of the directon of the census. | amendments were adopted without di- vision. Delegates Rodey of New Mex- ico and Wilson of Arizona made ap- peals for the increase of salaries for the Territorial officials, while Hemen- way said that the. committee had brought in a bill free from increases and he hoped.none would be made. = +| of Public Works for investigation and | report the petition of the California | | Stevedore and Ballast Company for permisgion to explode blasts for grad- ing purposes on the northeast corner of Lombard and Montgomery streets. The committee reported in favor of accepting the advice of the City Attor- ney that the city purchase a right of | way along Corbett avenue westerly from Douglass street to Clara avenue and that the Board of Public Works | construct out of its own funds a basalt block pavement and stone sidewalks thereon. The petition of property owners that | itrom East to Ninth streets was laid | over for one week. ¢ ————r— BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH NEW CLASSES | Will Relieve Congested Attendance in | Pacific Heights, Crocker, Hearst and Dudley Stone Schools. As a result of a visit of inspection | to several schools by School Directors Roncovieri and Walsh the Board of | Education will establish new classes in the Pacific Heights, Crocker, Dudley | Stone and probably the Hearst | schools. { The two directors found that the | classes in each of the schools were | { filled with pupils, and they agreed to recommend to their colleagues that | two additional classes be formed in { the Pacific Heights, one class in the } Crocker and one in the Dudley Stone | {in order to accommodate the over- flowing attendance. The conditions at the Hearst School were found to be a little more favor- able, and it was decided that another class would be established in the Hearst which now has nineteen classes occupied only in case there is a still greater increase in the attend- ance. —_——— WILL WITNESS TEST OF SYSTEM OF SPRINKLERS | Supervisors' Fire Committee Favors Installation of Pipe Casing Holes in Basements. The managers of the'Chutes appeared | before the Supervisors’' Fire Committee yvesterday and asked permission to in- stall a perforated pipe system of sprinklers in lieu of the automatic sprinklers required by the ordinance. A practical illustration of the system will be made at the old Tivoli and the committee decided to wifness the test | before granting the'petition. The committee was prepared to re- port in favor of the ordinance requiring the installation of ground floor pipe | casing holes through the first story of | lustration of the same at the Rialto building. 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LOUIS WORLD'S FAIR VIEWS IN BEAUTIFUL COLORS - and steps will be taken to deprive him of his citizenship.” Severance is a town of 1500 inhabi- tants and the proclamation has creat- ed consternation among the unmarried male residents. ———————— Two Men Die in Freight Collision. MOLINE, N. Y., Jan. 14.—Joseph ‘Wright, an inspector of Chinese, and James Hodges were killed in a freight collision near Point to-day. injured. firemen and two other men were hurt slightly. \ ST. LOUIS TICKET BROKERS |CHINESE ARE KILLED = | MAKE SERIOUS ALLEGATION | BY FALL FROM A CLIFF Charge That a Representative of the Two Men Lose Their Lives at Night House of Delegates Solicited a i While Journeying Ak R $10,000 Bribe From Them. Wond Wiksess. n ST. LOUIS, Jan. M.—Circuit At-| WINTERS, Jan. 14.—Two Chnes torney Folk was informed to-day that| met with a fatal accident here Sun- a representative of the House of Dele- : d night. Several of them were oa gates combine had solicited a bribe of | their way' home and onc fell i $10,000 from certain St. Louis txchetih-.m: a cliff. Another endeavared to brokers to kill the bill lately passed | see what had become of his companion prohibiting the scalping of raiiroad ex- and tumbied from the ¢ilff in negs! the cursion tickets. It is now.charged that | :ame place. Both were carried hame | delegates voted for the bill In retalia- ' and died in a few hour-. One * them, tion for the refusal of ticket brokers K Ak Woo, was an old _esiden ad well- to subscribe to a boodie fund. | kpown fruit grower. | Subpenas to appear before the! —_—— | Grand Jury were issued for two local| Vast Gold Strike at ! Cripple Creek. i ticket brokers, for E. J. Linberg, pres- DENVER, Cole., — jdent of the St. Louls Ticket Brokers' | Jan. 1—A special to Association, and for Speaker of the House and Delegate John R. Fontana. | | B T T A 3ix-toot m:mk&s(lohh‘"“l'mnnumn«w- NEW YORK. Jan. 14—Charles 0. ™% which streaks ' which Alden, formerly a clergyman and late | ¥ %% MEh &3 315000 pe- ton. of the New York City Board of Char- ST e e ities, was sentenced to-day to an In- definite term of from one to five years | president of the Ow} in prison. He was charged with em- ' pany, a branch bezzling $4000 from the “alimony fund,” | Tobacco immo{mmmmm in hic office board for the payment of alimony, and he feared a !mnlpnhfl‘tlhhut:w“um defaication. ————— . —— PITTSBURG, BALTIMORE. Jan. 14.—George F. Randotph | $ifactor of e Curmegie was to-day elected vice president and traffie | pu e manager of the Baltimore and Obio system. ians of e plaias