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Vpt)N IS
TO RETIRE
Report Again Current that Sec
rctary Wilson of the Agricul-
tore Department Will Retire
SCOTT HIS SUCCESSOR
Secretary Wilson Has Served Longer
IB tbe Cabinet Than Anyone Else,
' Baking a Record in This Respect,
- and It is Believed That He Will
' Jfrw Tender His Resignation Has
, Been HeaQ ' 6t the Deiiartment
Since Maiych, 1807, and During
That Time the Department Has
-Made Decided Advances In Twen
ty years 4he Expenses of the De
. : prtnjent Have Advanced From
$300,000 to $15,000,000.
, (By Leased .yire to The Times.)
Washington, D. C. Sept. 17 The
teport'that .Secretary Wilson of the
Agricultural Department is soon to
, retire, is again current. It will be re
called that when President Taft was
bogy with the work of forming-His
cabinet a number of gentlemen were
mentioned for the agricultural bu
reau, but some friends of the secre
tary saw to it that the assertion
would be published in the newspa
pera that Wilson would remain until
he liatfmade a record of having serv
ed longer in a president's cabinet
i than hny other cabinet officer in any
previous administration. This record
- has, about been accomplished and the
: Knowing ones assert, with a certain
' degree of posltlveness. that the secre-
- v Uryof aKrlcuunrtfTIl ten'der Efs're-
slgnation to President! ' Taft before
" Mr. Wilson has been head of the
"farmers department" since March 6,
l$9?. and during that time the de
partment has made decided advances,
Hot only In the extension of its work
hut in the cost of maintatnance, the
appropriations, because of the exper
iments authorized by Secretary Wil
son increasing at the rate of nearly
"intrtiaH'" "dollars'" year. Several
tHHes1 early ' last soring the repdrt
wdni forth that Secretary Wilson was
bout to tender his resignation to the
president, hut each time tfie secre
tary came out with a flat contradfc
tion. Then came the Btory ' that he
bd adked the president that he be
permitted to remain " In the cabinet
ahtll.he (Wilson) had made the re
-1 tor() qf service' mentibned.
' Soon After this the name of Repre
sentative Scott, of Kansas, appeared
in the newspapers as the' probable
successor to Secretary Wilson, pur
ging the cj08lng' days of the extra' sea
lonhB'Kansas 'statesman was eon
tratulhted "bf his ' colleagues and
:-. friends as a' fitting 'successor to
Tama-Blm." Mr:.Scott sinHed-in
, v "respojise, saying .be did not know
Bow such a report originated,' that he
Had ' receivei nb pfficial Information;
a in the Buhject. . Mr. Scott is an au-
thority- Bn "agricultural matters and
pi thoroughly ta miliar 1 with the needs
M toe farfiter.- - "Be'ls chairman of the
oJ( 'Hohimittee :o!n 'a'griculfture ihd
o un -tuac commiuee ior a
number of years, hence, he is qual
tried for the position of secretary of
rftricMMreavif ijiso tken a large
part in framing; the legislation for
the control of that department.
r v 'Another phase of the question
which gives color to the respective
retirement of Secretary Wilson' is the
Balllnger-Plnchot controversy 6n the
conservation Issue. " Mr. Pinchot is
attached to (Secretary Wilson's de
partment "and has had the support of
the secretary In nis dispute with Sec
retary Balllnger, thereby causing
friction in the president's immediate.
official, family. . True, Secretary Wil
.: son has not made any public state
i ment in support Of Mr. Pinchot 's po
sition, but has acquiesced in it, it is
- ialfl;'. by his v silence. This, it ; Is
claimed, has somewhat nettled the
president. ' ' "..''.;;- '.
" Another thing, the enlargement of
thiftwers of the agricultural depart-
. ment has provoked much criticism;
. - especially where the department has
duplicated the work of other govern
' , 'teant bureau's, particularly iu sta
tistical matters. It ls the one de-J
. Banmeni mat promises to. mane iub
bst hwin for the administration
. In Its policy-or economy in pnbitceT
- ; jtendiUres. The statement hat been
ttade that between $1,000,000 and
- $2,p00,000 will d cut from the agri
cultural appropriation bill this wln
s ter without ltopalring the usefulness
of that department. , As an Ulustra
tlon of the growth and cost of eon-
.vti j: : ': ;.' .'ij. , t.
duclng the department it may be in
teresting to know that in the last
twenty years the appropriations have
grown from $500,000 to f 13,000,000.
LETTERS TO FARMERS.
Government Having Heart-to-Heart
Talks With Farmers About the
Census; '
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, Sept. ,17. Heart to
heart talks with farmers is the latest
method the 'census bureau has inau
gurated to make the census of 1910
as accurate as possible In all matters
pertaining to agricultural subjects,
These talks are in the form of a cir
cular letter, which urges ' the farmers
to keep records from now until the
time ' when the census ' enumerator
calls on him:
Many " thousands of - these letters
are being mailed to the farmers. '
CONGRESS "MAT INVESTIGATE.
Ballinger-Pnchof Controversy Will
Be umtjgajd by congress.
(By teaseclrre to The Times.)
' WashldgtbnrSept.' 17. That the
BalllnEeripitiehdrcbntxoversy will be
. . . '-i.-.' ;iv::'.v . . ...
lnvestigatea oy- congress is general iy
believed1 li tn'Is' city. 1 ' Instead
bringing the isontroyersy to an end,
It is predicted that President Taft'i
letter to Secre.tarj'Baiyhger, In which
announcement is mage-mai nr. uai
linger' is' snstalaed tn eviiry particu
lar" in his hgnt with the forest service
officials, will add fuel to the flames,
and result in the introduction of res
olutions of 'inquiry "that may force
congress to take cognizance of the
matter.
mm
OF MOTORJNd ACTIVITY
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, Sept. 17. Washing
ton will' be the center of motoring
activity during the next few days in
cident to the start of the Frank A,
Mungey automobile reliability ' con
test, the ' course . being, from Wash
ington to Boston and. return. The
AMtootlnM. '..M " Witt, ' tUkl. ilVMB
dWeTvjsranaalii
Ing. and tour headquarters .in the
Munaey building is tt beehive of ac
tivity. -
The work of making the prelimina
ry examination of the cars, sealing
up the various parts and other de
tails will begin Sunday morning. The
members of the technical; committee
sonsisting of Frank H. Trego, of Chi
cago; Dr. J. K. oyerpeck, of Phila
delphia, and Jesse L. Cassard, Jr.
bf BaUlm'6r, have had nftlClfJexperi-
ence m tnis mq or worK ana nence
expect to have; xh$ work completed
by Sunday ' night "The competing
cars Will be"' started alj one -minute
Intervals, the Brst' car flepaiting at. 7
o'clock on the morning of September
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
PHtsbrirg. Pa.VSent. if With the
stars and" strfpes' 'flying "3,500, men
marched into te Pressed Steel Gar
glait't BchoenvilleSf' 6:0 this
morning, ending the second strike at
that tilant within a few months.
' Trouble was feared from the Poles
who were disgruntled at .fhe settle
ment 'made with the company by the
executive committee gd load threat
tied to 'forcibiv iireVent the return of
thirstftkers Most of the discontent
ed elerilent have 'been enrolled in the
Ihdtfstrlal WbrTterTBf WWtirld dur
Ing the last few days and the lead
ers of that organization endeavored
to prolong the strike, but the decision
of the American workmen and the
more conservative of the foreign ele
ment frustrated their plans.
SAVANNAH WANTS FIGHT.
Bidding For Johnnon-Jeffrley Con
test in Southern City. -
-(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 17. slack
Johnson, heavyweight champion, has
written the local athletic club that
he Is willing ' to fight Jim Jeffries
here::- The consent Of Jeffries already
had been secured.,' The local promo
ters have taken the matter up with
the governor, and if his consent Is
secured a. bid will be made for the
contest. ,x 5, ' V " .
Output of Radium. ; V:
-. (By Canle to The Times.) '
Vienna, flept ' 1 ?.--The totel outr
put -for .18 -months, of , the goverd
ment's raalttni ' htines- at Joachim's-
that 4n irantmesT dr. about : 155
grains of radium chloride, equlva
lent to one ' gramme or 15.5 grains
of nure radium., has been sent to the
ministry of public works. ; It will Be
used for BCiehttflc purpose's. . It Is
valued at several thousand dollars."
PRESWS
PROGRESS ON
HIS CIRCLE
Greatly Pleased With His Re
cepb'on and Treatment
in Chicago
MUST TALK TARIFF
The President Did not Mention Tar
iff in His Speech Last Night and
All the Western Papers Are Com
menting oh That Fact Believed
That He Must Talk Tariff Before
the Day is Over He is Now in the
Heart of -the Country Where the
New Tariff Law is Most Unsatis
factoryNone of Present 'Official
in Wisconsin Invited td Ride
Through the State With the Presi-
dent A Significant Not. ;
(By William Hoster, Staff Correspon
dent of the American News Service.)
Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 17,4-The
president arrived at 5 a. m., andf slept
until 7 o'clock, tired after his aay at
Chicago, but happy. He declared it
was the greatest reception evter ex
tended to him and rejoiced ovpr the
way he was treated by the people of
all parties. Surprise has been ex
pressed, however, the president did
not talk tariff at Chicago. He seems
to' hesitate about entry upon tie dis
cussion of that subject. All trie pa
per's rn the west are commenting on
this. .
It Is believed he must talk tariff
before the day Is over for he'isnow
In one of the Btates where the Payne
law is most violently opposed and to-
meeting at- Winona, Minn:v the home
of Representative James T. Tawney,
who is in danger of defeat because of
his' support of the president's tariff
policy.
A significant defeat of this morn
ing's reception in Milwaukee was that
none of the Wisconsin senators par
ticipated and that the president had
Invited former Governor Hoard to
ride .through the state with him in
stead of any present Republican lead
er who Is in public office. Hoard
is a tariff organization man while
Davidson and pretty nearly every one
else in Wisconsin is an insurgent.
A note at the Orchestra Hall meet
ing in Chicago last night that should
not be lost sight of is that the presi
dent's reference to Roosevelt and his
policies received the loudest and most
prolonged burst of applause of the
night. In Boston last Tuesday night
the mention of Roosevelt's name in
voked not a ripple of applause, but
it still has all Its old potency in the
west and is a name for Taft or any
one else to conjure with
The president was waited on in his
car at 8 a. m. by a committee headed
by Judge J. V. Quarles.
Entering 'automobiles the party
were driven to the Auditorium,
thence to the press club, to the cham
ber of commerce to Marquette Uni
versity, to the Soldiers' Home, and
to the State Fair grounds, where the
president is how looking over the ag
ricultural exhibits.
(Contlnod on Pais 8vwi.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Chicago, Sept. 17. Bulls an
bears from the " wheat pits of the
United StateB1 will gather in Chicago
today and tomorrow as guests of the
Chlcagd board of trade. A thousand
visitors are expected to attend the
Convention. . :
The principal event of. the conven
tion will be the banquet in the La
Sallo Hotel tonight where- "Uncle
Joe" Cannon, speaker of the hpuBe
of representatives at Washington will
be the principal orator. - The busi
ness '.meetings will be. held In the
Princess theatre this and I tomorrow
afternoon...' ''-': '':
.. ' Pig Iron Advancing. . ;
(By Leased Wire to The-times.)
Pittsburg, pa., . SepC 17 'The
price of Bessemer pig iron-is stead
ily 'mounting- and : offers have been
ma3e at f if. 50 which restores the
price to aBout the .figure before the
racent Unsocial depression. - ' J
PEAT DEALERS
THINKS COOK
SHOULD NOT
HAVE GONE
Should Have Waited For Peary
to Finish His Work In the
NortJi
PLANS FOR BANQUET
Herbert L. Bridgmun Still Full of
Wrath and Activity Planning Rival
Reception for Commander Peary
Thinks Cook Should Have Waited
on Peary to Complete His Work in
the North and Then if Peary Failed
He Could Have Tried for the Pole.
Angered Because the Public
Doesn't Understand Arctic Club
Active With Preparations for Cook
Banquet. "
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, Sept. 17 Herbert L.
Brldgman, secretary of the Peary
Arctic Club, who hurried home from
Sydney where he had gone to meet
Commander Robert E. Peary, was
still full of wrath today and set about
the active work of planning a rival
reception for the commander,' offset
ting the elaborate program under way
by the Arctic Club for the welcome oi
Dr .Frederick A. Cook.
Cook's action iii cloaking his start
for the North Pole in mystery was
despicable," said Secretary Bridgman
today. "He knew Peary spent near
ly twenty years in his polar investi
gations and was perfecting his plans
for reaching the i)01e . on this very
tr4p,vltI.aok..t(ok advantage v of all
Peary's discoveries routes, facts
and necessary information.
"What has angered me more than
anything else is the public misunder
standing of the whole thing. Why
could Cpok not have waited for Peary
to complete his effort?- Then failing
Cook could have started."
An Invitation has been sent to
Mayor Mccieuan asking him to rep
resent the city at the Cook banquet
at the Waldorf-Astoria. , Six hundred
invitations have already been sent
out for the banquet and hundreds of
requests for tickets are pouring in
from every- section of the country.
Read Admiral W. S. Schley, presi
dent of the Arctic Club, and Dr. R. O.
Stebblns, . chairman of the executive
committee, are actively In charge of
the arrangements;
"Dr. Cook has been recognized as
the discoverer of the North Pole by
the Danish Geographical Society and
other important bodies, and all honor
due him," declared Dr. Scebbins
today. -'-..
we wouia have done the same
thing-for Commander Prary if his an
nouncement had come first. We have
much admiration for Peary and his
determination to reach the pole is
worthy of praise. In fact, we have
invited the members of the Peary
Arctic Club to tie banquet."
Despite this olive branch talk it
seems hardly likely that the members
of the Peary Arctic Club will avail
themselves of the opportunity to do
honor to Dr. Cpok at the banquet
board.
Mr. Bridgman found a number of
congratulatory ' messages awaiting
Commander Peary at the offices of
the Peary Arctic Club today. Among
them were the fololwing:
"Veela, Belgium.
"Peary- International polar com
mission addresses sincerest congratu
lations to their member.
(Signed) .
"Cagnl, LeCointe, Nordenskjold.
'Edinburg. Scotland.
"Bridgman, Secretary Peary Arctic
Club ' -
"Warmest ." congratulations on
Peary's safe return Scottish . Geo
graphical Society."
VRoyal,-France.
t'Bridgman, Peary Arctic Club.
"We "applaud the magnificent suc
cess of Peary Hulofr, -secretary of
the General Geographical Society of
Paris. 'v
"Rome, September 8.
"Secretary of Peary Arctic Club-
"Please convey to Peary our warm
est congratulations. We hope he will
accept- our - invitation to lecture in
Rome when ; visiting ' Europe. Mar
quis Coppelll, president of the Italian
Georgraphtcal Socte.ty." , . -; r -'
"Nw York, -September -"'10.
"Peary. Aroti-CluB- -
"The members - of the American
Geographical Society rejoice wtth-yeu
and send hearty congratulations up6t
your superb -achievement- Arthur
Huntington, president American Geo
graphical Society."
MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES, JR.,
TAKES HIS TIME AND ENJOYS
THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE
COLIEL GREENE
LOSES LAND SUIT
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
City of Mexico, Sept. 17 Much in
terest has centered here in the con
test between Colonel Greene and the
ftearst estate over the possession of
land in the state of Chihuahua, The
contest culminated In the drcision of
the supreme court of Mexico nfjainst
Colonel Greene and the Pearson syn
dicate and in favor of the Hearst
estate and other allied land interests.
Colonel Green Is the individual who
became notorious through his visit to
Boston some years ago with the avowed
intention of exterminating Thomas W.
Lawson. Colonel Greene gained
further notoriety by his effort to float
various wild cat enterprises and to
run his Chihuahua lumber company
into the hands of a receiver.
When Colonel Green mortgaged thr
Sierra Madre Land & Lumber Com
pany In order to Issue securities there
on, he included as within his propertieu
part of the possessions of the Hearst
estate and of other land owners. The
Hearst estate and other land owners
were unwilling to assist In the float
ing of Colonel Greene's securities by
allowing his mortgage to include some
thirty acres of land which he did not
own, but which they did. And so an
injunction was asked to prevent the
sale of these lands under . the fore
closure of this mortgage. The local
courts, subject to the influence of cer
tain officials in the state of
Chihuahua, who are stockholders in
the Greene enterprise, refused the in
junction. But the supreme court of
Mexico reversed the local court3 and
set aside their decision,
As all of the costly mills and build
ings of the Sierra Madre' land and
lumber company at Madre are located
on the property of the Hearst estate,
this decision will be of particular in
terest to the holders of the securities
which the Pearson syndicate has been
attempting to float.
The decision of the supreme court,
however, will give all honest Ameri
can property holders in Mexico further
assurance of the justice and integrity
of the government and the security of
all legitimate investments.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Leadville, Col., Sept. 17. A posse
today is trailing five masked bandits
who at midnigut last night attempt
ed to rob the second section of Den
ver -and Rio Grande passenger train
No. 5, four miles west of Malta, a
small station near Leadville. The
express car was dynamited. Accord
ing to the trainmen no booty was se
cured.
The robbers compelled the train
crew to aid them in rorcing their way
into the express car, the door of
which was finally blown open.
Three of the robbers rushed in,
covering the express messenger with
revolvers. Several charges of dyna
mite were placed under the safe, but
without result, except to wreck the
Interior of the car.
After firing a volley the robbers
fled In the darkness.
It is said the safe contained a large
sum of money. ,
WRECKED VESSEL TOWED IN.
Revenue Cutter Picks Up Unknown
Vessel Off Novia Scotia.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, Sept. 17. United
States Consul Fleming at Yarmouth,
N. S., today telegraphed the state
department that the United States
revenue--cutter Androscoggin towed
to Yarmouth a wrecked Vessel sup
posed to be the Annie M. Bliss, of
New York, with a cargo of pulp wood.
The vessel had turned turtle, and no
name was visible. The fate of . the
ftrAw ia unknown ThA vakopI Is in
h hnrt r hA rAtvor nt
Frogs and Switches Discussed.
(By Leased Wire to' The Times.)
Washington, Sept, 17. At the ses-
sl6n'' today of the " annual convention
of the Roadmaster and - Maintenance
of' Way Assoclatlpti otj; "America,
'Frogs and switches," was discussed.
The convention will adjourn today,
The wett1 annual conveutlort wiHvbe
held in Chicago. -
MASKED BANDITS
TRY 10 ROB TRAIN
Has a fine Time in Raleigh at
the Expense of the Boys
and Girls. Everybody
Guessing.
SATURDAY'S ROUTE
Sherlock is n Xici" Looking Young
Fellow mid Very Pleasant Has
Made Many Friends in Raleigh and
One or Two Young Ladies Have
Come Xear the Prize He Will At
tend the Matinee and Then Tell
His Experiences With the Girls
He Has the "Biliiken" Stick Pin
With Him For the Lucky Person
Saturday Will be a Busy Day as
lie Will Take Big Chances on That
Day.
JlST SAY THIS:
Yon are the mysterious Mr.
Sherlock Holmes, Jr., of
THK KVKXIXG TIMES.
Don't fail to have a copy of the
C Times.
Saturday's Route.
Description: Age 9 to 33. Dark
hair. Derby hat, nice teeth, beauti
ful eyes and nicely dressed.
Breakfast: Wright's Cake.
Morning Drink; A bottle of Coca
Cola.. 8 to 9: At Dorsett & Co's.
9 to 10: Will take an auto ride
with Mr. John Parks.
10 to 10:30: Will meet a young
lady at KinK-Crowell's.
10:30 to 11: Will have business
at the Merchants' National Bank.
11 to 11:30: Will welcome all my
friends at Cross & Linehan's.
11:30 to 12: Will meet Mrs.
Holmes, (the future) at Hunter Bros.
& Brewer's.
12 to 12:30:" Mrs. Holmes (the
future) and I will look over a suit
of furniture at Royal & Borden's.
12:30 to 1: I will stop to see the
clerk at Weather's & Perry's.
1 to 1:30: Will look at those nice
wedding presents at Jollly-Wynne &
Co's.
1:30 to 2: 1 have an engagement
with Dr. Broughton to fill a tooth.
2 to 2:30: Will eat my lunch at
Wright's.
Matinee: In order to get a good
look at all the Raleigh girls will take
in the matinee. Hope I get a seat
by some pretty girl. Al Field is a
lKtrsonal friend of mine and I know
he will recognize me. After the mat
inee will walk up Fayetteville street
and talk to the new friends I have
made here and at night I shall dress
in my best suit and go to the Gem
Shall expect to spend the entire eve
ning at the Gem.
Well! Well! Well! What a per
fectly lovely time I am having in the
capital of the Old North State. Only
once yesterday was I approached so
as to give me any real alarm and that
was by a boy who was really a little
more afraid, I think, than I was.
Anyway, hq grew excited, red in the
face and chewed up the phrase so
that its own father would not have
known it.
Oh yes! Bofore I go any further,
I want to say right here that I have
seen her. Her name? you ask. I do
not know. All that I do know is
that I have looked into her starry
eyes and that my heart at once beat
at a furious rate, while I wished that
she only had a copy of The Times-y
and would approach me with1 the
magic words that would capture me
forever. But alas, alack, poor Sher
lock, she passed me by and I can only
hope that the fates will be kind and
send her my way again.
The day before, had been a trying
one and I did not' arise at my usual
early hour yesterday morning, ; but
slept a little late, and on getting up I
felt Just fine. Knowing that I had a
Lgreat many people to dodge, during
cue uuy, l a, unctj umi tuy way1 iu
Wright's Cafe, where I proceeded to
fortify myself for the days battle by
eating one of the best breakfasts that
t have enjoyed In S long tlWe.The
steak that was served me vas latfge,
tender and' juicy, and oh? that Cof
fee was simply delicious; I am more
than ever1 convinced, that i It) is 'that
famous Gold Medal brand sold by" W.
RTTJtorsett & Co." Thft-yOdng man
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