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VOL. XLI-.NO. 78.
OMAIIA, SATUBDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER !G, 1911 SIXTEEN PAGES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
8320,000 SECURED
BY BANK KOBBERS
Three Men Blow Safe at New West
minster, B. C, and Get Away
ia Safety.
$1,000,000 IS LEFT BY BANDITS
$20,000 in Gold Found Piled on Bed
in Boom.
RUSSIAN PREMIER WOUNDED BY
AN ASSASSIN'S BULLETS.
STOLYPIN TICTDI
' OF ANASSASSIN
Russian Premier Shot Twice While
Attending Gala Performance
at Municipal Theater.
HOPE FOR RECOVERY EXPRESSED
Which? A Problem for 1912
PRESIDENT TAFT
SO STAINS WILEY
Pure Food Expert, Head of the Bureau
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THEIR. MACHINE BREAKS DOWN
Disabled Automobile in Front . of
Y. M. C. A. Building.
CHINAMAN GIVES THE ALARM
Thro Hundred and Twenty Ttaon-
Mad Dollar la Gold and Bill
Secured and Carried Away
by the Robbers.
NEW WE6TMINBTTR, B. C, Sept IS.
At an early hour this morning, three men
entered the Bank of Montreal here, by an
unprotected little window tn the rear, dug
throug! the brick wall Into the vault,
wrecked the cage door and blew open the
safe and tck approximately $320,000 In gold
and bills, leaving 120,000 in gold on the bed
where they had piled their loot and about
$80,000 more unmolested in the safe and
made good their escape.
The first known of the robbery wa when
Chinese care taker appeared at the
police station at' about 5 30 o'clock and gave
the alarm. He had managed to work his
bonds loose after the robbers had departed.
The only clue obtainable was that given
by the Chinaman.
From the thoroughness of the lob and
the tools with -which the work was done,
the local officers believe the same gang
which has been at work -In Vancouver
turned the work here
It is Impossible to say Just when the men
effected their entrance into the bank, but
It Is presumed that It was some time
about 4 o'clock this morning, for when the
Chinese Janitor arrived shortly after . 4
o'clock to clean up, he found the three
men had been doing a little cleaning up on
their own account, and before the China
man could give the alarm, he was sand
bagged, gagged and tied to a chair. Then
the robbers proceeded to collect the gold
and bills from the vault and left the build
ing some time before 5 o'clock, taking
more than a quarter of a million with them,
leaviDg about IIOO.OOO In the vault behind
them.
That the robbers are still In the viclnky
Is apparent by the finding of a disabled
automobile, stolen from T. J. Trapps' gar
age In front of the Young Men's Christian
association building. It is thought the
yeggs started to get away in the machine
and had to abandon It.
Usually there la a watchman on the
premises, but last week he went on his
vacation.
It ! evident that the robbers knew of
this for. In his room the loot was. tied up
and blankets from his bed were used to
deaden the noise of the explosion. : '
After a survey by bank officials soon
after 10 o'clock, this morning, It -was of
ficially stated that the robbers got away
with at least $320.000.
Gastared and Bound Chinaman.
Coons Kong, a Chinese caretaker, about
o'clock came running to the-police station,
lets than twenty-five yards from the bank,
crying that the bank had been robbed. He
said that he had entered the bank at 410
o'clock this rnornlcar. This statement in
corroborated by 4 policeman. The China
man said mat ne opened tne door at tht
ront office, using the pass key. He had
no sooner set foot Inside when he wis
seized by a large man and two others a
moment later.
"If you make 4 noise I will kill you,"
said the large man and the frightened
Chinaman did not make a sound The two
(mailer men gagged the Chinaman with his
own handkerchief.. They tied his feet and
hands and took him to the basement, where
they tied blm to a post. It was not until
two hours later that he managed to free
himself and get out.
The Chinaman says that he saw only the
three men, but he believes at least two
others were engaged In the robbery. It 'Is
certain that the vault had been blown
before the hour tH Chinaman arrived.
From the front door the robbera evidently
had crossed the main office of the build
ing and ascended a stairway which led to
the room of one of the clerks, who usually
sleeps in the bank. This young man, how
ever, was on his vacation and there was
no person on the premises.
By means of a pick the robbers tore
away a hole through the sides of the gen-
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The Weather
FOR NEBRASKA Generally fair.
FOR IOWA Generally fair.
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Comparative Local Record.
1911 1910. 1909 19M
Highest yesterday 7& 70 ;i
Lowest yesterday 63 56 V) 6j
Mean temperature 70 63 tiO 75
Precipitation T .i7 .ft) .w)
Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal at Omaha since March
1. and compared with the past two years
Normal temperature
Excess for the day 4
lot! excess since March 1 no
Normal preolpltstion 12 Inch
Deficiency for the day. 12 inch
Total rainfall since March 1. ... A 4.1 inches
Deficiency since March 1 14 n lncncs
Deficiency for cor. Derlod. 1910 1.5 M in.-ki.
, .Deficiency for cor. period. !.. .06 inch
' Reports from Stations at T P. M.
Station and 6tete Tern- High- Rain
of Weather. perature. est. fall
Cheyenne, clear 74 78 y
Denver, cletr .05
Des Maine, part cloudy 73 -f, 0)1
Dodge City, cloudy 7J 12 01 !
Lander, clear 74 so .00
North Platte, clear 7 s .(14 I
Omaha, " clear 74 7S T I
Pueblo, clear 7 rt h
Rapid City, clear 7S m o'
f nta Fe, clear 70 72 oj j
fehendan. eleur 7 M .uoj
frioux City clear.. 7 u .Ou .
Valentine, clear U Mi .00
T" Indicates trace of precipitation. I
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P. A. STOLYPIN.
IMPERIAL EDICT IS ISSUED
Admitted that Situation in Province
of Sze-Chuen is Very Critical.
MANY REFUGEES REACH KIATING
Troops of the Viceroy Refuse to Obey
V Orders or to Participate
tn Selfce Ontslde
ChengTa.
PEKING - ept. 15. An imperial edict
Issued today admits that the situation in
the province of Eze-Chuen Is very critical
land, orders Tse-Chuen-Suan to proceed
thither immediately. Tse-Chun-Suan for
merly was viceroy . of fse-Chuen and
Kwang-Tung and has the reputation of
being a ruthless suppressor of rebellion.
. CHUNG KING, China, Sept. 15 A num
ber of American families from Kllatlng and
elsewhere have arrived here safely.
Two thousand modern troops - outside
Cheng-Tu have not yet Joined the besiegers,
but have moved from their barracks, which
are outside the walls, Into ..a camp five
miles distant. They refuse to obey the
viceroy or to participate In the siege.
Authorities outside fear to attempt the
relief of Cheng-Tu lest the neutral sol
diers Join the rebels. The besiegers are
armed only with antique weapons.
Periodical Mail -by
Fast Freight
is a Big Success
Two Million Dollan i the Sum it is
Estimated that Uncle Sam
' Will Save. .
WA6HINGtOK. Sept. 15.-A saving to the.
government of fully $3,000,000 on She trans,
mission of periodical mall by. fast freight
was today estimated by Postmaster Gen
eral Hitchcock after a two weeks trial of
this method of shipment ' lit plan waa
put In effect September 1 and everything
has gone along smoothly, and satisfactorily.
The postmaster general today said the
system was proving highly sucoessful and
that the leading, magazine puhlishers of the
country were co-operating with his' de
partment in a most commendable way for
the purpose of making the new plan suc
cessful. , The magazine shipments now made by
fast freight chiefly from Buffalo and Pitts
burg in the east to Chicago, Omaha, St.
Paul and Kansas City in the west. There is
a corresponding movement ' eastward for
such periodical matter as in sufficient bulk
to make car load lots. . Westward bound
periodical matter -originating in the east
goes In storage cars on the regular mail
trains as fa- as Buffalo and Pittsburg,
where it is transferred to the fast freight
trains. These through freight trains run
from Buffalo to Chicago In thirty-one
hours, and from Pittsburg to Chicago in
thirty-hours. The time from Buffalo to St.
Louis Is thirty-five hours, and from Buffalo
to Omaha about fifty hours.
Union Bakers Will
Fight Bread Trust
In Convention it is Decided by the
. Journeymen to Go Into the
Baking Business.
KANSAS CITT, Mo , Sept. U -Pittsburgh.
Pa., will be the first eastern city to have
a bakery conducted by the International
Union of Bakery and Confectionery Work
ers. This was decided at the triennial con
vention of the union here today.
. The bakers are going into the bread bust
; ness in order to fight the bread trust.
1 which has failed to recognize the union.
MERRICK FP MAKES HIT
' Bin Display of Live Stock and Horses
at County Exhibit at
Clark.
CENTRAL CITT. Neb, Sept. 14 -(Special.)
The Merrick county fair at Clarks
this week drew big crowds. It began on
Wednesday and concluded Friday evening
The big event of the fair was the barbecue
A 1,900-pound, 3-year-old heifer was bought
from Fred Llnd of Polk county, and after
being slowly roasted for over twenty-four
hours by experts secured for the purpose
It was served to th ecrowds standing to
day. A ball game is played ach afternoon.
The first day Silver Creek defeated Polk
In a closely contested gam.- This after
noon the contesting teams are Stroma
burg and Central City and the game was
won by the former team. Tomorrow the
I winners of Wedentday and Thursday will
contest for the championship and a prize
of II-0.
it Is probable that there never was a
larger and better display of all kinds of
horses assembled in this part ot the state.
PRESIDENT LEAVES BOSTON
Taft Starts Swing; A round Circle at
Ti.HS O'rlock Over Boeton A
Albany Railroad.
EOf TON, Sept. IS President Taft left
Boston for his swing around the country at
7 35 o'clock tonight over the Boston
Albany railroad.
Bullets Pass Throueh the Fleura and
Graze the Liver.
WOULD-BE MUSPEREB A LAWYER
Audience Thrown Into a Panic, but
Czar Restores Order.
WOUNDED MAN IS CARBIED AWAY
Attack U Made I'pon HovaltT Darin
the Intermission Following the
Seroml Act of the Per-
formnncc.
KIEV. Russin. Petit, lo The Russian pre
mier, P. A. Stolypin, was attacked while
attending a gala performance at the opera
laat night. He was wounded twice by his
assailant. One bullet entered his hand,
whole the other penetrated h! body, graz
ing the liver and lodging tn the spine.
Emperor Nicholas waa present in the
theater at the time. The premier's assailant
was arrested.
The two bullets were fired from behind
by a lawyer named B-?roff The audience
tried to lynch the atsasssin
The minister of finance. M. Kosfcovsoft.
was sitting beside the premier at the time
of the attack.
There appears to be ground for hope
today that Pemier Stolypin will for the
third time survive the attack of an assas
sin. Fired on at close rage as he sat defense
less in his chair at the Municipal theater
last night, the premier escaped with two
wounds, neither of which, It is said, are
necessarily fatal. A dispatch sent to the
premier's brother, Alexander Stolypin. at
St Petersburg. In the early morning,
stated that the patient's condition was
"very satlsfactry" and the surgeons had
not de'emed an operation necessary. Their
tentative Judgement was that the bullets
had wounded the pleura and grazed the
liver. A pulse of 70 was recorded.
Choosee Opportune Time.
Following his removal from the play
house, the wounded man slept for four
hours, after which the first consultation
was held. i
The assassination was attempted under
dramatic circumstances. The would-be
murderer, who described himself as a Junior
member of a firm of lawyers and the son
of a well known attorney and wealthy
house owner, Bogroff, chose a 'moment
when attention had been withdrawn from
the stage and could be centered readily
on him.
The day had been one of festivities In
which the Emperor Nicholas and others of
the imperial family had personally parti
cipated. In the afternoon the emperor, with
M. Stolypin and other of the cabinet, had
witnessed the army, maneuvers in the
vicinity ot KopyloW..,
Returning to the city; the party visited
the Pet chora hippodrome and witnessed
a review of 4,000 boy scouts from the Kleve
Grammar school. This was at 5:30 o'clock.
Meanwhile the populace had . been enter
tained with the trotting races and other
public exhibitions.
The program was to close with a gala
performance of the opera and ballet "Tsar
Soltan," by Rlmsky-Korsakoff, the late
composer and professor of St. Petersburg
conservatory. Admission to the Municipal
theater was by card, and these permits had
been Issued with great discrimination to
leading citizens of the city.
Stolypin in Front Row.
At o'clock the curtain rose. The im
perial box was occupied by Emperor
Nicholas, the heir apparent, Grand Puke
Alexis, aged 7 years, and the emperor's
daughter, the Grand Duchesses Olga,
Tatiana, Marie and Anaatasla. In the front
row of the pit directly, at the rear of the
orchestra were seated Premier Stolypin
and his associates in the ministry.
The opera progresred until the curtain
fell on the second act. Purl ng the inter
mission Premier Stolypin, leaning his left
arm on the orchestra fence; had turned his
face to the right toward the center aisle,
conversing with the minister of war. Gen.
era Soukhomllneoff and Count Potocky. A
young man In evening drees moved quietly
down the center aisle, approached the row
occupied by the ministers and appeared to
accost M. Stolypin: A second later he
swiftly drew a revolver from his coat and
emptied It seemingly point blank at M.
Stolypin. As the reports of the shots
crashed through the house there was' a
wild cry from the spectators, who rose to
their feet simultaneously, many . of the
women immediately sinking Into their
chairs fainting. The vast crowd seemed
panic stricken.
Orders Orchestra to Play.
Emperor Nicholas, at the sound of the
first explosion, sprang from his chair, and,
stepping to the front of the imperial box,
stared in the direction of the wounded
premier. With a quick realization of what
had occurred, his majesty ordered the
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President Taft Celebrates
Birthday by Starting West
To William Howard Ta(t, president of
the United Etates and subject of King
Ak-Bar-Ben. fifty-four years of life have
meant opportunity for Innumerable and
extraordlnany achievements.
, Since he has become an institution of
American life it may almost surprise some
people that he has birthdays, was once a
boy and grew up and yesterday celebrated
the anniversary of his first visit to
America. He was born in Cincinnati, Sep
tember IS, 1SS7, the son of Alphonao Taft,
g "Jurist, cabinet officer and diplomat."
Tale as selected as the honored alma
mater and his matured studies after he
had spent a few esrs in the public schools
and the- Woodward high school. At Yale
he was a popular and briliant student,
ranking second in a class of 120. He delivered
the class oration and otherwise distin
guished himself. He came out with the
c)as of '7& and fifteen years later went
back to receive as an honor an L. L. D The subject of law he mastered at
Cincinnati college and completed his education by striving for a while as a
newspaper reporter.
From US1 to the present time he has been in the service of his state and the
United States government almost continuously, as prosecuting attorney, aa Judge
of the superior court, as collector of revenue, as solicitor-general of the United
States, and aa Judge of the circuit court. Finally be was made civil governor
or tne rnimppines. He was elected
From the Spokesman-Review
HARMON DODGES QUESTION
Ohio Executive Refuses to State if He
is Presidential Candidate.
OFFICE LOOKS GOOD TO ANY MAN
Does Kot Care try Drag; Personal
Politics Into a Conference of
Governors of the
States.
SPRINO LAKE. N. J., Sept. 15. "No
man would run away from the presidency
of the United States," said Governor Har
mon of Ohio this afternoon, when asked if
he was a candidate for the democratic
presidential nomination.
When asked for a more definite an
nouncement Governor Harmon replied that
he did ot consider It In keeping with the
proprieties of the governor's conference to
drag in personal political affairs. He had
not attended the conference, be said, aa
a 'Candidate for any office, f '
The newly appointed comralttee of three
governors to present on behalf of twehty
four states a plea to the federal supreme
court for protection of states' rights, held
a short' executive session here today and
discussed a preliminary line of action and
decided to get copies of the briefs and
other papers in the half or more intra
state railroad rate cases now pending In
federal courts.
The governors' conference decided to hold
Its next annual conference at Richmond,
Va., December 3. 1912.
The question of a uniform divorce law
will be the principal topic of discussion at
next year's meeting of the conference.
MRS. S. W. M'GREW IS DEAD
Auborn Woman Grieves Over Chil
dren's Death and Victim of
Brlsht'e Disease.
AUBURN, Neb., Sept 15. (Special.)
Mrs. Kittle McGrew, wife of Dr. S. W.
McGrew, died at her home here last even
ing at 6 o'clock after a lingering illness
from Bright' disease. Mrs. McGrew waa
the daughter of Robert W. Coleman, one
of the territorial sherifis . of this county.
She and Dr. McGrew have always been
active in business and social circles until
the death of their only children. Burch
J. McGrew. and Miss Grace McGrew by
drowning by the capsizing of a launch In
the Philippines, where they were in the
employment of the government as teach
ers, six or eight years ago.
Mrs. McGrew never recovered from the
shock of that blow. She lingered between
life and death for months and waa not
able to leave her home for over two years
and since then had never been her former
self. After partial recovery she had de
voted herself to looking- out for the wants
of the needy and afflicted, until the fatal
disease developed about six months ago.
She is survived by her husband and 'one
sister and one brother and also two nieces,
whom she took and assumed the burdens
of a mother on the death of their father.
Robert W. Coleman, late of Humboldt.
WILLIAM HOWARD TaFT.
president of the United States in 14.
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Fowler Prepares to
Resume His Eastern
Journey Saturday
Biplane Being Repaired and Time
Lost by the Accident is to Be
Made Up.
COLFAX Cal.. Sept. IS Indications to
day are that Aviator Fowler will resume
his San Francisco to New Tork flight to
morrow. Rapid progress has been made on
the reconstruction of the biplane wrecked
Tuesday at Alta and the mechanicians
promised this morning to have the ma
clne In first-class condition before day
light Saturday. .
Fowler plans to make an early morning
tart, as by so doing he expects to get
over the summit of the Sierras before the
1nd arises.- He said today he would try
to mane ugaen in two oays, uying ii
miles In the morning and VA mile In the
afternoon. He expected, by four or five
days of. extra efforts hp make up. the time
lost by' the accident
Pennsylvania Towns
Are Swept by Storm
One Hundred Thousand Dollars Dam
age and Some Loss of Life
is Reported.
PITTSBURGH. Pa., Sept. 15-Damage esti
mated at Sl.ono.OOO was done and several
lives were . reported lost in a cloudburst
wtlch swept Etna. Sharpsburjr and Mill
vale, suburbs of Pittsburgh today.
The water tore through the streets of
Etna In a torrent. Search is being made for
persons believed to have been swept away.
Two hundred workmen were caught at the
Spang-Chalfant mills and hung suspended
to the rafters of one of tho buildings until
rescued.
The storm was general throughout wert
ern Pennsylvania, but the principal damage
was in Allegheny county.
The precipitation at Pittsburgh in twelve
hours was 2.08 Inches, while at Beaver Falls
4 6 inches was reported.
At Millvale scores of people were com
pelled to flee for t'neir lives.
The power' house, of the Westlnghouse
Electric it Manufacturing company was
flooded, throwing several thousand men out
of employment.
Funeral of J, P. Latta
Held at His Late Home
Last Rites ' Said at Tekamah for
Member of Congress from
Third District.
TEKAMAH. Neb.. ' Sept. 15 Special
Telegram.) Tho funeral of Congressman
J. P. Latta was held 'today.
The active pallbearers were T. A
Minler of Craig, C. A. Darling of Lyons.
John Harrington of Wayne, E. A. Hensen
of Decatur, E. C. Houston. L. D. Phipps.
C. Jeep of Tekamah, and Oscoar Samson
of Oakland.
Magnificent floral designs were given
by the many friends. Including the housj
of representatives and United States sen
ate, banking houses and fraternal orders,
runlng up Into 100 ur over of different
kinds, besides cut floners in ubundsnce.
Bishop Williams of Omaha was in
charge of the services.
A quartet, under the direction of Miss
Irene Sutherland. and Including Mr.
Latta s private secretary, N. W. Preston,
Ralph D. Conklin, Mrs Neil Comeron
and Miss Sutherland, with Miss Thomas
as accompanist, furnished the music. The
Masons had charge at the cemetery.
The buslnes houses were closed through
out the afternoon and the schools were
dismissed.
Booeter Dry ut Editor.
EDGAR. Neb, Spt. 15. (Special. Yes
terday was "Booster day" in Edgar There
was a good crowd In th eforenoon, but
in the afternoon th ecrowd was verv large.
The program, as published, was fully car
ried Out. The street sports were quite ex
citing, especially the water fight, which
proved highly amusing. The base ball
game between Fairfield and Deweese, for a
purse of 150, was a hard fought battle, but
was won by Fairfield by a score of 11 to t.
Xorrla Talks at Edgar.
EDGAR, Neb., Sept. li. (Special -Representative
G. W. Norrls addressed the
citizens of Edgar and vicinity yesterday
afternoon as a part of the "Booster day"
program.
NEW ITEMS JNJMPORT LIST
July Report Shows Some Interesting
Facts Concerning Commerce..
MILLIONS GO FOR FANCY GOODS
Laces, Embroideries. Racblngs. Trim,
mines, Tacklng-s, atrlch Feathers,
Benslne, Gasoline and Naphtha
Now Separately Reported.
WASHINGTON, Sept. IB. Some new and
Interesting facts about the foreign com
merce of the country are shown by the
July statement of the bureau of statistics.
Department of Commerce and Labor That
bureau recently added a large number of
Items to its list of articles to be Included
in Its monthly report of Imports and ex
ports, and the July report Is the first to
show .the movement of these newly enu
merated article.,
One ot the new statements, snd an es
pecially Interesting on because of the mag
nitude 017 twe figures wtth whlch-ttJ deals;
is an analysis of the great group ot im
ports formerly classed under the general
title of "laces, edgings, embroideries, neck
r.ufflings.i ruchlngs, trimmings, tucklngs,
lace window, curtains and other similar
tamboured articles." The Imports under
this general heading are larger than is-generally
realized and amount to between 40,
000,000 and $50,000,000 a year, having in fact
aggregated more than- $400,000,000 in the last
dozen years. Formerly all these hundreds
of millions of dollars worth of Imports
were grouped under the single title "laces,
embroldeiies, etc," the Importers holding
that this description was sufficient to com
ply with the law. Recently, however, the
bureau of statistics urged upon the col.
lectors of customs and through them tho
importers themselves tho Importance of
giving to the public a more detailed state
ment of the various articles: forming this
great mass of merchandise, and through
the co-operation thus obtained Is noiv for
tho first time presenting an analysis of
this important group of imports, so far as
relates to cotton laces, which form about
four-fifths of the total. The result of the
first month's analysis Indicates that the
group is pretty evenly divided between
laces and embroideries. The July Imports
of this great general group of cotton "laces,
embroideries, etc," amounted in value to
over $2,500,000 for the single month, of which
embroideries were $1,000,000, laces and lace
articles 1,230,000, lace' window euita.ns. $100,
000, nets and nettings $140,000. while hand
made laces amounted to but SSa.ooo.
Ostrich feathers are a new item in the
import statement. Formerly all feathers
were included under one general heading of
"feathers, natural and art.ficial" Now
ostrich feathers are shown separately and
their imports in the- month of July
amounted to $225,000. suggesting that the
amount of money sent out of the country
in the purchase of ostrich feathers approxi
mates $2,000,000 a year, while the price
which the consumer pays for them is of
course greatly in excess of that sura.
Pocket knives, razors and ' scissors are
now enumerated in the list of articles Im
ported, the number ot pen or pocket knives
imported in July amounting to over 1,000,000,
with a value of $63,000,000, indicating an
average wholesale Import value of a little
moie than 6 cents each.
Benzine, gasoline and naptha. now so
much In use for automobiles, motor boats
and flying machines, form a considerable
item in the imports, despite the fact that
this country is by tar the largest producer
of mineral oils. The quantity Imported
under this general tltfe of "benzine, gaso
line and naptha" amounted to 3.2o0.ou) gal
lons in the slngie month of July.
Cinnamon imported under the title ot
"catsia ' and ginger are also new items in
cluded under the general title of "all other
spices." In the single month of July the
quantity of cinnamon imported amounted
to 47,O0O pounds, valued at $40,000, and of
ginger root, not preserved, 420.000 pounds.
alued at $26,000.
On the export aide a large number of
items have been added to the list.
Rest Their Chances
On the Flip of a Coin
Green and Walsh Tie in Race 'for
Office of MtyoT and Then
Settle It.
CLEVELAND. Sept. K.-Clarenee H.
Green became the democratic nominee for
mayor In South Newburg today by the
flipping of a coin.
Green and M. J. Walsh each received
eighty-eight votes for the nonilnatlou at
the primary September S.
of Chemistry, is Given a
Clean Bill.
RESIGNATION NOT TO BE ASKED
Punishment Which Wickersham Sug
gested Not to Be Meted Out.
PR. KEBLER GETS A REPRIMAND
Dr. Bigelow is Held to Be Overzealous
in His Action.
DR. BUSBY IS HELD GUILTLESS
Prediction Is Made that Kelt Win
ter There May Be an Innnlrr
Into the Department of
Aarlcnltare.
EEVERLT. Mass.. Sept 1R.-The reslgna
tlon of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of tho
bureau of chemistry in the Department ot
Agriculture and probably the best known
food expert in the government service, will
not be asked for by President Taft, desplbs
recommendations that it be requested, made
by the personnel board of the department
and endorsed by Attorney General Wlck
eroham. The condign punishment tor Dr. Wiley
which Mr. Wlckersnam held to be neces
sarywill not be meted out by the chief
executive. The president's opinion, carry
ing no word of criticism for Dr. Wiley,
but many a word of praise, was made
public hero loday. There is no lndcation
In it that the president feels that he
"turned down'' Mr. Wickersham by not
accepting his recommendation. He explains
that the attorney general's findings in the
case weie made with less complete data
than was before him when he took It up.
In the opinion tho president admits what
has been well known by many persons
close to the administration that there Is
trouble In the Department of Agriculture.
Speaking- of the congressional inquiry into
that department unfinished at the last ses
sion, but to be taken up again next winter.
Mr. Taft says:
The broader issues raised by the Investi
gation, which have a muoh weightier rela-
tion than this one to the general efficiency
of the department may require much more
radical action than the question I have
considered and decldedv,"
May Be a Shakenp.
That this statement indicates a serious
shakeup In the department next winter was
freely predicted today. There have never
been any intimations that Secretary Wilson
was disposed to retire and it is not believed
here that the president would request him
to do so. A general cleanup of affairs In
the department, however, could readily bo
required by the president and carried
through when he returns to Washington
In November.
"The Wiley case" arose over the em
ployment by the bureau of chemistry ot
Dr. H- H. Rusby of New York, phar
macognosist ef the bureau. In effect V:.
Wiley. D. L. T. Kenler, chief of' the drug
laboratory, and Dr. W. D. Bigelow, as
sistant chief 6t the bureau, were charged
with having conspired to pay Dr. Ruspy ft
salary ot $1,600 a year, with the tacit un
derstanding that he was to do only enough
work to secure this amount at t lie .ra-.e
of $20 a day. This was held to violate tlm
act of congress of March Ij, ISflS, which
declared that no classified scientific in
vestigator should receive more than $0 0
day. In addition to the recommendation
that Dr. Wiley be allowed to resign, the
petsonnel board held that Dr. Rusby should
be dismissed; that Dr. Kebler be reduced,
and that Dr. Bigelow be allowed to quit
the service. None of these recommenda
tions is upheld in the president's opinion.
Kebler Is Reprimanded.
Dr. Kebler 1 reprimanded for "disin
genuous conduct" in his letter to Dr.
Husby. and the president says that the
letters suggest a "willingness to resort to
evasion" that calls for official reproof. Dr.
Uigelow is held 10 have been "over zeal
ous," and a reprimand by Secretary of
Agriculture W ilaon. to whom the opinion
which is in letter form is directed, is or
dered by tiie picsident.
Dr. ltusby is held to be as guiltless as
Dr. Wiley m this particular matter. A
charge 'against him, however, o securing
th appolntnient on the commission on
"laborer role" of a physician ana expert,
whom he could use to do his work st a
very small stipend when be himself was
called away." the president holds to b
"not especially creditable."
lloaril Is Created.'
Accordingly the "Remsert - board" was
created o! a number of experts, all of
whom were known to be engaged In other
professional work than that of the review
ing board. Dr. Remsen, the head of the
board, occupies an Important position In
Johns Hopkins university, and that is his
principal occupation. Another member. Dr.
Russell Chittenden of the Sheffield Scien
tific sch-ol. i uean ot that school and that
is his chief vocation.
'-'Hence the employment of the Remses
board at the rate of $2,000 a year for each
member, necessarily Involved the belief
that such annual salary might lawfully be
paid without requiring labor ot seven hours
a day from each person so employed. This, .
the attorney general in his opinion says Is
contrary to the statute, but in the agri
cultural department It was not thought
to be the case. Solicitor McCabe, to whom
I referred the question of precedents made
in the case, replied that In the practice of
the department the clause In the appro
priation act of March 16. IS:, had been,
held to have no application to the em-
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