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“'““THE CHARLOTTE NEWS ^ Latest Edition
OL. 45. NO. 8034
CHARLOTTE N. C., FRIDAY EVtNING, SEPTEMBER 15 191 1
PRTCFlJj^ Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy Dally—5 Cents Sunday.
J Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Dally and Sunday. la
an ants Chaiging Mwder
Sbued In Hawkins Case-
Voman Said to he Unda Aiiest
X
it
irose Woman Charged With
rforming Cnminal Operation
-According To Report
. Said to Have Ar-
j Woman at Penrose—
. Hendersonville Parties
..j Up.
Degree Murder—
- , ;is Murder Mystery
\
new pti3se today by the almost cer-
inin yr.'sence of a woman at the
operatior which cost Myrtle Haw
kins nei life. While the identity of
t'lr womari. is withheld by the author
ities, it s knDwu that she will lii^\ire
;u the mquest tomorrow afternoon
r.nd a senoation of a startling nature
1? look*;: for. It is ileflnitely kr.u'vri
tonight, ljG^ve^e^, that this woniaii
IT *#>«! operation and t’lat
Oe KyUa.gea vyiin she left the scene hurriedly after its
utal t^r.nination.
Detev“'.ve Bradford, of Washingtor.,
is nov. in conference with the coro
ner i;nd other comfy officials aai >t
w o vs V nimportant action is expecte^i
J Developing Intol ,, concuision. it l.-. saw on
is r •fchi'ded as reliable authoriry
fhat warrants for the arrest jf pei'-
ri Newt. I ; ona suspected of having a guilLj'
•nri'wledge of the young womajfi't'
: e, Sept. 15.—Aa ai^ ueata. have already been drawtx up
‘ t'"'e murder of Myrtle i y Solicitor Johnson of this judicial
“'iridersonvllle. five war-, distri^'t and will be served some-
t.iT- issued, it is report-:i;me tomorrow.
-tf*v t /e has arrested Mrs. | Evi lence of a damaging nature
Guice, charging her, lias *jeen seci.r;d today and several
ec murder It that she
; a.e performed the op-
f. report, however, is
. ■ ea by the solicitor and
*.•'^8 afternoon. Subpoe-
been served on Mr.
A B. McCall, at whose
aiieeed tne operation took
r for George Bradley, a
"irried man said to have
-ve with the Hawkins girl;
Pace McCall, father of Mrs.
VcCall. Warrants will not
f.i on these, however, until
- coroner’s inquest this af-
T‘'ese will ail be charged
-d degree murder.
sfs Deny One Report.
'■ man of The News went to: BAD FIRE AT BIRMINGHAM.
■'1.5 afternoon and endeavored I
the report that Mrs. Guice | py Associated Press,
r.••'■.■'Sted . at Penf^ose 5nd| ' . , . c. *
; b"ougnt to Hende •sonville. I Birmingham, A a., *■ ®P • “
MaroA nf fir.t ri^nr..i. rviijr j «hich Started from electHC irons oi
^ twice during tlie night iu the} day afternoon he suddenly turned to
' nf*! I establishment of the Burger Dry Goods ] fais sister, who was in the room, and
ratal op.raw.on. ortn, _ iv, a i'our story business struc- with the declaration that lie was
tiire. caused damage by live and wa-1 dying threw his arms around the
nuvv witness>^s na.' e been summoned
to ai pt ar at the inquest which thg
coroK-rr has re-orened. The oiflcors
iu conference cebated on the advisa
bility of servug the warrants to
night, but it was deemed advisable to
defer action .mtil afte* the rendoritig
of tae jury's varrtict tomorrow. It. is
announced that tne public will l)e
excluded from tte inquest but news
paper men will be admitted. The
evidence presented tomorrow will dis-
oiose the fact that the fatal apcra-
tion wa? performed at a house neav
I^i;e Osceola and that after ^ea:h,
the girl's body was hidden in the ad
jacent woods to be later thrown inio
the waters oi the lake.
LAST H[GUUIil
Elizabeth College
Formoliy Opens
College Auditorium Crowded
with Student Body and Pat
rons—Large Boarding and
Day School—Address Mark
ed Opening Day.
T
By Associated Press.
'Washington, Sept.
regular cotton condition
the season, which is a''
marked interest owing * jt,
last
t of
with
contro
versy over this year’ V' tton crop,
will be issued by th' -p reporting
board of the depar .t of agricul
ture on Monday, Octo /er 2, at noon,
eastern time, and will show the cou-
dition of the crop on September 2.S.
The final condition report will be
preceded by two census cotton re
poits. The first, which will be issued
September 26, at 10 a. m., will give
the supply and distribution of this
year's cotton up to August 31. The
other will be the second ginning
report of the season, to b? issued
October 2 at 10 a. m., giving the
amount of cotton actually ginned
from this year’s growth up to Sep
tember 24.
The official estimate of the total
production of cotton in the states for
the growing year of 1911 will not
be announced by the department of
agriculture until early in December.
Kissed Family
Good-bye and Died
Special to The News.
Statesville, Sept. 15.—Earl Lazenby,
aged 14 and 15 years, died Tuesday
afternoon at 4 o’clock at the home
of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ba
Lezenby, in Cool Spring township,
death resulting from diabetes. Be
cause of the circumstances attend
ing his death the passing of this
youth was very pathetic. He has been
afflicted for several months but was
not confined to his bed and was
able to be at dinner table Monday.
While .sitting ?n his room late Mon
President Taft Upholds Dr.
Wiley Regardless Of All Recom
mendations Previously Made
^'’d ehe. iff flatly denied i
been arrested in connec-
Hawk:ns case.
'ter to the extent of $7.),000. Insurance yoimg lady and kis.sed her. He then
to the amount of $125,000 was carried, called all the members of the family
hut It is estimated that the calvage
will reduce the loss. The sprinkling
apparatoup extinguished the first fire
at 0;.'^0 o’clock last night with about
' n-'W f.imous mur-
M.-. /t i Ha'vkins
i.~ a»'r'rnoon wh?n
" ■ i $:o ona loss. The second fire broke
■ 1 out befr>re 5 o’clock this morning and
the fire department worked hard in
addition to the sprinkling apparatus.
in This cit.'
ill be evidence in-1
. iiri>'i(ai" .^ever-
''le theo:
-■:-ratiftu was per-
Mi.! !aat the bod.
' ji piarnd in
at an earl>
n
WAITING FOR FRANCE’S REPLY.
By Associated Press.
Paris, Sept. 15.—Tho foreign office
?h'- 'k;e> ,
get to the' awaits quietly the presentation by the
! French ambassador. M. Cambon. of
I the French reply to the latest German
note concerning Morocco.
There is no reason to expect ao re
sponse from Berlin for four or five
days.
r and now it is
•ting tl'e w!t-
’ . f. ■ to t^ ■'
.! t ;r t leorie?
tod that a war-
I ' ’-.f’ young
•. it i. Miss Haw-
roH'
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a
T-fd that
\va.5 in
he i lace
O' oiTiU’d
matter
line on
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u no'v that
!ifi*n cover
i » t: at »he peo-
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I , 1 nowledge
■ : . -t 'l.is; a-‘ter-
' . I. u‘H:ily Ren-
■r wl'o a f* now
■.'■i'.' be pur on
:*nd will have
- \ witnesses.
^ ‘ -:ir?ly be of
\--v that rc.'i
'he ifilirltor of
: V: fully
a ■ and will
M . o‘‘ liiri legal
. 'afir; ^pin-
t > fif' to ihe
.'■■‘r. 'D’e Pink-
- I - talned in
• testimo-
. ;,t pvrltrmei^f
. W til.I '
rly .^natch-
irf to b*' a
T v.-ipaper re-
if'.tMl with
• > ‘i in »he room.
■ . . rything pos-
• .';.ii;«-r reiue-
' ; L, t; >• news to
In.-! important
■-.t on the stand
l.f iii'-'o Mc('all,
■ ‘-I '.f murdered
■Iii:f ^lif the
' - .I'd-. M-. A. A.
I'l'niwr. ti..‘ man
.1^ t(i mitrry in
' I g.iin (l con-
■ :t tim«- that thi
«>. IkM' C'OlMlitiu!!
■ ■■ ' ••1. Thr
';'':ill\ ill and will
' : • i.'l t sf'cond In-
; ■■■' ifM'pty that the
■ ' tf ;>» rx.'.minod
: ' : 'ir.i of lilt' In-
' M'V rnnrning but
" ' lit evi«!en"e will
” C, It Dtvclopments.
‘kits in'story takes on a
Earth Shock Felt.
By Associated Press.
Iquique, Chile, Sept. 15.—An earth
quake W39 felt here today. The
walls cif many buildings were crack
ed and several persons were injur
ed.
Mt. Wade Buys
At Myeis Park
Mr. H. M. Wade has purchased
from the Myers Park Company a
beautiful lot of one and a half acres
immediately facing the park, and
will erect a handsome residence for
himself and family thereon.
Work will begin in 60 days. Mr.
;ind Mrs. Wade at present live in
one of Mrs. Latta Johnkon's houses
on North Church street. They will
have a home, the charm of which will
not be confined to be^j^uty of struc-
i ture! it will be hospitality.
The Myers Park “cottagers”
include many delightful people.
will
who were in the house to his room
and telling them that he realized
the end was near kissed all roocl-
bye. A short time later he became
unconscious and never rallied, dying
the next afternoon. The funeral ser
vices and interm.ent took place at
New Hope church, the services being
conducted by Rev. T. S. Crutchfield,
of Statesville.
Young Lazenby is survived by his
parents, tour brothers and four sis
ters.
President’s Birthday.
By Associated Press.
Beverly, Mass., Sept. 15.—This was
president Taft’s 54th. birthday.
Congratulatory messages poured in
to the executive offices from all over
the world. One came from King
George V of England. It read as fol
lows:
“Balmoral Castle, Sept. 15.
“President of the United States; I
have great pleasure in sending you
my most hearty congratulations on
the anniversary of your birthday and
trust that the friendly relations ex
isting between our two countries niaj
ever continue.”
nWRTID LOST
F
Daughteis and Ve
terans May HaveHall
It has occurred to the Daughters
of the Confederacy to unite
the Veterans in the new hall w^hich
the latter will have over Hands
drug store. The hall was tendered by
Modern Woodmen, to the veter-
they
the
ans.
The Daughters have relics
would like to put in a hall for pre
servation. It is more than likely that
thny will occupy the new hall with
the veterans, not only as a museum,
but as ap lace of holding the chapter
meetings.
By
Fowler WIN Resume Flight.
Associated Press.
Colfax, Cal., Sept. 15.—Indications
today are that Aviator Robert G. Fowl
er will resume his San Francisco to
Xew York flight tomorrow morning.
Rapid progress has been made on the
reconstruction of the bi-plane wrecked
Tuesday at Alta.
—Cotton receipts today 98 bales at
11 1-4 against 85 at 13 1-4 same date
last year. )
By Associated Press.
Pittsburg, Sept. 15.—A number of
lives are reported to have been lost
today in floods that followed a cloud
burst over suburbs of Pittsburg to
day.
The storm w'as general throughout
western Pennsylvania, but the princi
pal damage was done in Allegheny
county. At Millvale scores of per
sons were compelled to flee for their
lives.
Elizabeth College opened Its doors
this morning beginning its fifteenth
session as an educational institution.
The auspices are the brightest the
college has ever known.
A large part of th.e students arrived
yesterday and more are arriving to
day. All the rooms in the institution
are filled with boarding students and
about 30 or 40 day students will be
in attendance.
The Opening Exercises.
The opening exercises took place
this morning at 10 o’clock in the col
lege auditorium. President C^ B. King,
presiding.
The venerable Rev, Dr. G. D. Bern-
heim, chaplain of the institution, con
ducted the devotional exercises, after
which President King presented Rev.
Dr. J. G. Kennedy, pastor of East
Avenue Tabernacle church; Rev. Dr.
R. L. Patterson, pastor of St. Mark’s
Lutheran church, and Rev. Dr. Bo-
mar, pastor of Pritchard Memorial
Baptist church, each of whom marie
short but appropriate talks to the
student body.
Dr. Kennedy Speaks.
Dr. Kennedy spoke of the type of
womanhood that is expected to be
produced by an in.stitution such as
Elizabeth College. He first illustrated
the type that was not expected call
ing the hypothetical girl the “squash
girl,” having in mind, he said, a
type of girl that is well known every
where and that is found in great
numbers at summer resorts and other
places, whose chief interest in life
is the fleeting pleasures and fieeting
acquaintances of the summer season;
who is lacking in ideals and all the
finer qualities for which such an in-
stitutoi nas Elizabeth College stands.
“There is a thin-skinned variety
also,” said Dr. Kennedy, carrying
out the figure, “which is not durable
and which with the slightest bruise
becomes worthless and specked.
When the good house-wife goes to
the cellar in the winter months to
find the fruit she has worked for, she
finds that the thin-skinned variety
of squash is not dependable, but that
it has rotted and become unfit for
use. The girl of unsubstantial attain
ments and character, w\o has not
learned thn finer graces of life and
made them a part of her being may
bee ompared to this thin-skinned and
be compared to this thin-skinned and
“There, is another kind of squash,
however, that is not disappointing
and worthless to the house-wife,’
said the doctor. “It is the solid, rug
ged substantial squash-mellon that
stands the vicissitudes of the summer
age in the autumn. It is a joy and
a help to the house-wife as the win
ter comes on and she is rewarded
for the care she has given them.
The girl of which this fruit is the
type is never disappointing. She can
be relied upon in all kinds ©f condi
tions and circumstances and helps to
make this world a paradise. She may
not necessarily have as much charm
and as much attractiveness as some
of her sisters, but she has the en
during qualities, the qualities that
the world depends upon and is con
stantly looking for. It is the woman
with sympathy, sweetness and large
ness of soul that the world is look
ing for and that your parents, young
ladies, hoping you will become your
parents have sent you here oelieving
that this is a vine of God’s plant
ing and that you will be abundantly
blest by the lessons you learn here.”
Dr. Patterson Speaks.
President King, in presenting Rev.
Dr. Patterson, stated that the doctor
was a member of the faculty, teach
ing Bible, a course that was empha
sized above all others and that was
required. He stated that althougi^
Dr. Patterson was a member of the
faculty, he had not been coached as
to the line of talk he was ex
pected to follow\
“Young ladie&,’’ said Dr. Patterson,
“you are very largely responsible to
yourselves for the good results of your
four-years’ study at Elizabeth College.
It depends somewhat on what you have
brought with you, and what ideals you
are possessed of, whether you wall re
ceive a maximum of the good fortune
(Continued ou Page Two.)
Pure Food Expert Wins
Out Over All His Enemies
Turns Down Wickersham And
Wilson and Praises Pure
Food Expert, in Addition to
Upholding Him — Goes into
the Case Fully.
OF
TREHL SOBBEO OF
imiGLSOMS
By Associated Press.
New Westminster, B. C., Sept 15.—
Three hundred and fifteen thousand
dollars was stolen early this morning
from the branch of the Bank of Mon
treal in this city.
Five robbers entered the bank by
the front door, broke through the thin
metal coating of the vault, bled the
safe by a charge of nitro-glycerine and
made their escape with their booty
without beinfe seen, except by a Chi-
They probably escaped down the
Frazier river in a launch, or else by
automobile toward Vancouver.
There was in all $350,000 in the
bank’s safe. The robbers took all they
could carry, leaving all the S’ilver and
notes of small denominations as well
as damaged $500 and $10 bills.
Chong Koh, the Chinese care taker,
a:bout 6 o’clock ran to the police sta
tion, less than twenty-five yards from
the bank, crying that the"^ bank had
been robbed. He said he had gone into
the bank at 4:10 o’clock this morn
ing. He had no soner set foot inside
than he was seized by a large man and
two others came a minute later.
“If you make a noise I will kill you,”
said the larger man, according to the
Chinaman's story, and the latter did
not make the sound. The smaller men
gagged him, he said, w'ith his own
handkerchief. They bound his feet and
hands and took him to the basement,
where they tied him to a post. It was
not until two hours later that he man
aged to free himself.
The robbers went at the job like
masters. The corners and cracks were
filled with nitro-glycerine and from all
that can be observed from an examina
tion it is doubtful whether more than _ _
'F°fth"' aami;Str“
the largest crowd ever gathered there tion, that there is trouble in the de-
wiil witness the game, which is the partment of agriculture. Speaking of
opening event in the Columbia South the congressional inquiry Into thaT de-
Atlantic League end of the champion- partment, unfinished at the last ses-
By Associated Press. . *
Catania, Sicily, Sept. 15.—Clouds of
smoke from Mount Etna hid the sky
and made the atmosphere intolerable
today. Jhe volcano continued to throw
lava from the craters and a hundred
new fissures.
The river of lava flowing to the
north has separated into four main
streams, the largest of which is mov
ing toward Alcantara and is two
miles from Francavilla. The railway
station of Solicchiata is in immediate
danger.
It is estimated that the present
eruption has caused so far a property
loss of $20,000,000.
Shake Up in Department of
Agriculture is Probable and
President Intimates That Ex"
haustive Investig ation is
Probable.
Bj" Associated Press.
Beverly, Mass., Sept. 15.—The resig
nation of Dr. Harvey W^. ilsj', chief
of the bureau of cnemtstry lu the
department of agriculture, and prob
ably the best known pure food ex-
l>ert in the government service, will
not be asked by President Taft de
spite recommendations that it* be re
quested made by the personnel board
of the department of agriculture en>
dorsed by Attorney General Wicker
sham.
Taft Praises Wiley.
The president’s opinion, carrying no
word of criticism for Dr. Wiley out
rnany a word of praise, w^as made pub
lic here today. There is no indicatiDn
in it that the president feels that he
“turned down” Mr. Wickersham by not
accepting his recommendations." He
^ explains that the attornej^ general's
Dir> otrr-e I fiudlngs in the case were made w’ith
Die CROWD SEES less complete data than was before
GAME AT COLUMBIA, him when he took it up.
^ ^ 1 Trouble In Department.
Columbia, S. C., Sept. 15.—When Co-1 In the opinion the president he ad-
; lumbia and Columbus play at Elm- mits what has been well known to
DIEGLE GEGTS SUSPENSION
OF SENTENCE.
By Associated Press.
Dayton, O., Sept. 15.—In the circuit
court today a &uspensiou of sentence
was granted in the case of Henry J.
Diegle, convicted sergeant-at-arms of
the Ohio senate, until the court can
pass upon a writ of error in his
case.
front of the safe. The hole torn out
and through which they crawled into
the vault, they plugged witli.the bed
ding. This deadened the sound and no
person has been found who heard the
explosion. Three hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, all in neat piles of
gold and silver and bank notes, was in
view when the robbers had blown the
inner door. The money was carried in
to the sleeping room of the absent
clerk and there packed up.
STRIKE
SITUATION
BECOMES
ALARMING
By Associated Press.
Madrid, Sept. 15.—The strike sit
uation in Bilbao and through the
province of Biscay grows more
alarming with each day’s develop
ments, despite the vigorous measures
resorted to by the government. Mat
ters have now been' aggravated by
the depletion of the food supply and
the tie up of the transportation sys
tem.
Moreover movement as started in
Bilbao is spreading to other centers.
Disturbances of a like character to
those which necessitated martial law
and the suspension of the constitu
tional guarantees in Bilbao are re
ported with in creasing frequency
from the far distant southern prov
inces of Malaga and Seville, as well
as in the nearby province of Guipuz-
oca.
hip series. All reserved seats have
been sold for today’s and tomorrow’s
garties; The bateries announced are:
Columbus, Weems and Reynolds; Co
lumbia, Fulenwider and Poweil.
ASSASSIN ARRESTED.
By Associated Press.
Anniston, Ala., Sept. 15.—Ross
Chatman, assassin, it is alleged, of
daputy revenue collector S. C. Zaner,
was surrounded in the mountains
where he had been living and captured
by a po3se today. He was brought to
this city.
Senator Gore Denies Report.
By Associated Press.
Muskogee, Okla., Sept. 15.—Senator
Thomas P. Gore, of Oklahoma, today
requested the Associated Press to
say that the story of yesterday to the
effect that he had been invited by
Premier Laurier, of Canada, to assist
in the campaign for reciprocity is en
tirely without foundation.
—Mr. E. L. Propst has purchased
from Mr. Frank L. Jones, a house and
lot on East Ninth street. Considera
tion $1,700.
Dr. Wiley Pleased.
Bluemont, Va., Sept. 15.—“It is a
complete vindication for me,” said
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley today when
informed of the president’s opinion
in his case. “But I have nothing to
say in view of the fact that I have
received no word officially regard
ing the matter.”
Dr. Wiley spending a vacatio?
on his mountain farm.
ARMY WORM APPEARS.
By Asociated Press.
Fort Smith, Ark., Sept. 15.—The
army worm has made its appearance
in great numbers in the Arkansas
river bottom east of here, the rich
est cotton growing section of the state,
and from present indications will
greatly damage the crop, which is late.
The pests eat leaves, blooms, squares
and the tender bolls, leaving nothing
but full matured bolls and the stalks.
The worm is apparently moving west
ward.
Ward Plans Flight.
By Associated Press.
Calicoon, N. Y., Sept. 15.—James
Ward, who is attempting to fly from
New York to San FYancisco, said to
day he would not leave here, where
he alighted last night until the weath
er cleared.
Maine Results.
By Associated Press.
Portland, Maine, Sept. 15.—Unofficial
returns today Indicate that Monday’s
election resulted in a majority in fav
or of retention of the constitutional
prohibition clause of 361. The vote in
seven towns diliers from the vote be
ing canvassed in Augusta, which, it is
said, shows a majority of 134 in favor
of reneal.
LATE PHOTOGRAPH OF DR WILEY.
mmu
Special to The News.
Winston-Salem, N. C., Sept. 15.—
General William R. Boggs, one of the
few remaining Confederate generals,
died at 3:15 this morning at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. W. B. Taylor.
General -Boggs w^as well last night and
ate a hearty supper and his death this
morning came very suddenly.
He was 83 years old. General Boggs
was a native of Augusta, Ga., a gradu
ate of West Point and served through
out the civil war attaining to the rank
of Brigadier General. Since the war he
had served as architect and civil en
gineer and was for five years profess
or of mechanics in the Virginia Me
chanical College.
William Robertson Boggs was grad
uated from West Point in 1853. He
entered the service of the Confeder
acy in 1861, attaining the rank of
Brigadier general. He was appointed
chief of the staff of the trans-Missis
sippi department or the Southern ar
my in 1863, and served in that capac
ity until the end of the war. He mar
ried in 1855, Mary Sophia, daughter
of Col. John Symington, U. S. A.
Since 1865, General Boggs has fol
lowed the occupation of architect and
civil engineer and was for five years
professor of mechanics at the Virgin
ia Mechanical College.
Sion but to be taken up again next
winter, Mr. Taft says;
"The broader issues raised by the
investigation, which have a much
weightier relation than this one to th^
general efficiency of the department,
may require more radical action than
the question I have considered and
decided.”
A Shake-Up Expected.
That this statement indicates a ser
ious shake-up in the department next
winter was freely predicted here to
day. There have never been any in
timations that Scretary Wilson was
disposed to retire and it is not be
lieved here that the president would
request him to'do so. A general clean
up of affairs in the department, how'-
ever, could easily be required by the
president and carried through when he
returns to Washington in November,
History of the ‘‘Wiley Case.”
The “Wiley case” arose over the riU'
ployrnent by the bureau of chemistry
of Dr. H. H. Rusby, of New York,
pharmacognosist of the buzeau. In ef
fect, Dr.'Wiley, Dr. L. F. Kebler, chiel
of the drug laboratory, and Dr. W. D.
Bigelcw, assistant chief of the buieau
V/ere t;harged with having cnspirod to
pay Dr. Rusby a salary of $1,600 a yeai
with the tacit understanding t'^at he
was to do only enough work to se
cure this amount at the rate of $20
a day. This T,-as held to violate the
acts of congress aproved March 15.
1898, which declared that no classified
scientific investigator should receive
more than $9 a day. In addition to the
recommendation-that Dr. Wiley be al
lowed to resign, the personnel board
held that Dr. Rushy should be dismiss
ed, that Dr. Kebler be reduced and
that Dr. Bigelow he allowed to quit
the service. None of these recommen
dations is upheld in the president’s
opinion.
The Several Charges.
Dr. Kebler is reprimanded for “dis
ingenuous conduct” in his letter writ
ing to Dr. Rusby and the president
says that the letters suggest a “will
ingness to resort to evasion” that
calls for official reproof.
Dr. Bigelow is held to be “over
zealous” and a reprimand by Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson, to whom the
.opinion, which is in letter form, is di
rected, is ordered by the president.
Dr. Rusby is held to be as guiltless
as Dr. Wiley in thl3 particular matter.
A charge against him. however, of se
curing the appointment on the “com
mon laborers’ role” of a physician and
expert “v/hom he could use to do his
work at a very small strip end when
he himself was called away” the pres
ident holds to be ‘'not especially cred
itable.”
The case, the president says, has
made apparent the “doubtful legisla
tive policy of placing limitations on
bureau chiefs to exact per diem com
pensation for experts.”
The government, he says, “oug:ht
not to be at a disadvantage in this
regard and one cannot withold one’s
sympathy with an earnest effort by Dr.
Wiley to pay proper compensation and
secure expert assistance in the enforce
ment of so impOT’tant a statue as the
‘pure food law’ certainly in the begin-
ing w'hen the questions arising under
it are of capital importance to the
public.”
The president’s conclusions, he says,
were ready weeks ago but he did not
put them on paper because he hoped
for a time for the report of the OTm-
mittee of the house of representatives
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