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ESTABLISHED 1878. ' RALEIGH, N. 0., SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1910. PRICE f C5HT3 THE REiaOVAL OFPIOTOT FROM GfflCE Far-Reaching Importance May Split The Republican Party Up The Back A NATIONAL ISSUE . It la Now Practically a Case of Roose- velt Against Taft With the Na tional Convention .of 1912 as the Final Scene In the Tragedy- Pres ident's Action Was Expected But the Sensational Manner of it Was a Surprise BalUnger-Plnchot Con troversy Becomes a National Issue. President Could Not Have Acted .. Otherwise, it is Said. ' - XBy Leased Wire to The Times) , Washington," Jan. s -"The re moval of Chief Forester Pinchot by Presidnt Taft will result in bring ing aoout a situation wmcn may oe so far-reaching as to split the re- publican party up the back," was the expressive statement of a well known member of congress today. "It is now practically a case of Roosevelt against Taft with the na tional republican convention of 1918 as the final scene of this present trag edy. The drastic action of the pres ident yesterday was. by no means un expected but it was not believed that it would be done in such a sensa tional manner. Of course, the cur tain which is now rising on this the very litest phase of the Ballinger Pinchot episode will disclose to view soma interesting scenes and surprises during the forthcoming congressional elections" next '.fall, for,' -as they de monstrated in the home yesterday in the vote on the Ballinger-Pinchot in gestlgation resolutions, the hitherto despised insurgents are, very nearly in the saddle," he concluded. That President Taft deemed the "Insubordination" of Pinchot of suf " .Sclent Importance to consult his cab inet adds -to the significance of his act, for it is construed by many mem bers of the house and senate to mean that the Ballinger-Pinchot controver sy has now assumed the importance of a national issue. Many competent to Judge, profess to see in the dra matic climax the shadow of Roosevelt and the entering wedge of a split in the administration forces in congress. W,ith hardly an exception it is agreed on aU sides that the president could not have' acted otherwise, if admin istration discipline was to be pre served, for it is admitted by Mr. Pin chot's friends that he violated the executive order of November 26, 1909, wldch forbids subordinates from furnishing information to con gressmen without consent of the head of the department.- .;:';'. v The president, having had the ex perience of a federal ju,1ge. could not brook the violation of an order any more than he could have con doned a gross contempt of court. , The only criticism heard today was that the president delayed action too long. The opposition to the Pin chot forest reserve policy 'rv1 that after the chief f of ester delivered his New York address, ' which got into the papers before its official release some days ago at New York, the pres ident would have been fully justi fied in asking Pinchot's resignation, and If it had been requested it would have been tendered without delay. The whole matter has now assum ed an entirely different aspect, how ever. Congress has taken the initial steps for an Investigation that prom ises to lay bare the inside workings of the general land office patents! Witnesses, many of whom are em ployes in the land, office and the for est service may be influenced in their testimony by what has happened to Glavis, Pinchot, price and Shaw. This Is the comment heard at the capita? today. . ; ' ' . Friends of Secretary Balllnger say that employes who may be called as witnesses have been assured that they will be required to tell all they know and that.no one will be disturbed In their positions because of testimony they may give before the investiga tion committee., j-.' ': A report was. circulated today that President Tatt might , veto the joint resolution to ' investigate Secretary Balllnger and the .forestry, , bureau, but Inquiry among the leaders In con gress shows the report to be with out i foundation. The resolution to Investigate Mr, Balllnger was not onsldereif by congress until after Mr. ' Balllnger had appealed to the, pres fContlaued oft Ease Two.J ' I MISS CAROLINE A. DRAYTON. ! : . -v: : v. .-. , .- .-v " in I 7 JilisSi r I Miss Caroline A. Drayton, a daugl ter of 3. Coleman - Drayton, ', whose marriage to William Phipps, the first secretary of the American Embassy at London, lias had to be postponed berttuwe of the death of the late D. O, Mills. Tho American Ambassador had to leave London , to attend .the funeral, leaving Secretary Phipps in charge, and. he will have to remain In London until Mr. Whitelaw Reid's re turn. .-, ' .. -. FIRES INVESTIGATED The Insurance Investigated 136 Fires Last (Year Fire Were the .Result of Over-taumr- ance in Twenty-six Cases There Were Nine Convictions During the Year Twenty-two Prosecutions .Were Started Four Fires Were ' Caused by Boys With Cigarettes. Insurance Commissioner Young says under the law requiring the commissioner to have all suspicious fires Investigated, there have been Investigated during .he past year 136 flre3. In all these cases special in vestigations were made by a repre sentative of the department and 22 prosecutions were commenced. There were 9 convictions during the year, the combined sentences of which ag gregated about fifty years. Five Bus? pects'teft the state pending investi gations. ' In thirty cases no clues could be obtained. In thirteen cases there were strong suspicions and such as to satisfy the officer in re gard to the causes of the fires, but the evidence was not sufflcientn upon which to justify convictions. Commissioner Young says it' was found that in twenty-six cases -the fires were the results of over-insurance. Ten were accidents, four were caused by boys with cigarettes, one by a crazy woman, one by careless ness of a housekeeper and the burn ing of three school houses were re sults of factional fights in regard either to the .location or management of the Bchools. - In one case the fire was caused by . the carelessness of carpenters. - ; ' In the trials one case - was nol pressed, Bix were found npt guilty and four are still on the docket for trial. Commissioner Young says that under the. law requiring the putting In of fire escapes and the proper hane&g or doors , to,' all assembry halilf, he had sixty-two towns in spected 'and is very much gratified at the manner in which, the citiaens 'and .officers of the towns have complied with the requirements of the law. MEDAL FOR NURSE. Sacrificed Her Life for Sick Patient and Mother May Get Carnegie Met'al. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington.1 Jan. 8- The mother of Miss Mary R. Brown, the. nurse who died Thursday as a result of be ing shot by Martin L. Sterling, a de lirious patient, may receive a Carne gie hero medal and - a reward of 1 1,000 as a memento of the bravery of her daughter. ' ; -vv" ' : Requests, for the blanks necessary to make application for the medals has been made by Dr. J. R. Biggs and lathers lnterested,4n the case. . , . "She sacrificed her life to save a sick man and there are. few. deeds of heroism more worthy- than this," said Dr. felggs today. Sterling, Whof . is : recovering, does A FAMILY QUARREL Additional Evidence cf Quar rel Over Gri DeJanoh, Father of the Girl, Believes That Her Grandfather Knows of ., Her Whereabouts and is Hiding Her From Him. (By Leased Wire to The Times) .New York, Jan. 8 Additional evl. dence of a family quarrel over the search for Roberta De" Janoh, the $10,000,000 heiress who eloped with Frederick Cohen, a waiter, from Philadelphia, was furnished here to day. Ferdinand De Janon, the girl's fa ther, declared today that he believed Robert Bulst, the millionaire grand father of the girl, has been In com munication with her and is hiding her whereabouts from other relatives. De Janon has been conducting the search here. Bulst has taken' this strange Btep, De Janon charges, because he want ed to hush up the case by keeping Miss De Janon in Becluslon until her escapade' has been forgotten by the public. : i "I approve of any efforts th.at may , be made to keep the girl's where abouts from the public, but when it comes to hiding facts from me, I think it is cruel and heartless," he said. "Since Bay girl disappeared I have done all in my power to find her. And now that another relative has found some trace of her, I am not told of it." -De Janon made the statement just before he left his apartment under mysterious circumstances. I am going away for a short time,"- he told the landlord. "Just tell anyone who calls for me that y'ou don't know anything about me." It was reported that he had gone to Philadelphia to demand an expla nation from Buist. '.,-- Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 8 The charge made by Ferdinand De Janon was strengthened by a mysterious au tomobile trip made early today by Robert Bulst and W. Atlee Burpee. They left the Union League Club lh Philadelphia just after midnight and went to, the farm of Mr. Burpee. This farm Is '-being guarded by several bull dogs. The bull dogs were not taken there until Thursday, the day Ro berta was reported to have been found by Bulst. ' A friend of De Janon who is de voting his entire time to the case, de clared at Philadelphia- today that a woman had aided Roberta to carry out her plan to elope with Cohen. Evils of Six Day Races. (By Cable to The Times) ... Berlin, Jan. 8 Proof of the evils of six-day bicycle racing was given today when it was learned that Wal ter Rutt, one of the team . which won the races here and in New York, is suffering from enlargement of the heart and defective hearing. He Is ineligible to service in the German army. The authorities win rormo all six-day races or compel complete physical examinations. EFFORTS AT PEACE BEEN ABANDONED (By Leased Wire to The Times) Blueflelds, Jan. 8 Peace negotiations between the forces of General Estra da and President Madriz have been postponed as a result of the death of General Fornos Diaz, the Insurgent leader, who was drowned off th. coast near Greytown while on his way to confer with the peace representatives of Zelaya's successor. There Is now on' prospect that a decisive battle at Acoyaha can be averted, with probable heavy loss of life. The death of General Diaz who was generally beloved has cost the United States many more friends here. It is- understood that appeal- was made to the commander'of the American war vessel to take him to Greytown but the .request was refused, and he started out In a small boat that was swamped hy the heavy seas .. Although Dlat was politically a bit ter enemy of .President Madrlx, . the personal relations between the. two were close. General Diaz toop up the task of 'bringing about an agreement between the opposing forces against the adVlce of his friends, and his In tercession' was the last hope of a peace pact being arranged. General Dlas undertook to reach Managua Over the route by which one of the two divisions of General Estra da's army If advancing o.n the capl talfey the sea, the Ban Juan River from Greytown, and Lake Nicaragua. ..He was one of the foremost of the rebels and probably the most power ful next to Estrada. ; He left a sick bed to .take charge, of the strategto work at Rama before the government de feat, and was largely responsible for tht , result of . the battle. , ," . ; Bluaflelda was In mourning ' today I find services for the dead hero were held in the military ' camps nd. the REPRESENTATIVE JT. M. GRIGGS. r Representative James M. Griggs of i - " 't the second Georgia district, who died j curs again. The meet last year was recently very suddenly, following a. held under the auspices of the Cham stroke of apoplexy. , I He was es- ber of Commerce. The Chamber of tenied one of . , the t most brilliant j Commerce has taken no definite ac- southern democrats In the liouse.. He. was over six feet tall ttnd ponsessed a j winning personality.. ,R wan espec - ially active in the? special session of congress which passed the new tarift bill last year. WILL UNVEIL BUST Marble Bust of Gov. Graham Wfll be Unveiled Jan. 12 Exercises Will be Held hi Hall of House of Representatives Next ' Wednesday Evening at 8 O'clock. The Unveiling Win be by W illiam A. Graham, Junior 4tl.v The ceremonies In connection with the unveiling of the bust of William A. Graham, in the State Capitol, will be held at 8:00 p. m., January 12, in the hall of the house of representa tives. Arrangements have all been completed, under the auspices of the North Carolina Historical ; Commis sion, which had the bust erected and set up. The following program will be observed: ' Address William A. Graham, by ;- Frank Nash. . Address The Value of .Historical Memorials in a Democratic State, by Thomas W. Mason, Presentation of the Bust, by the : chairman of the Historical Commis sion, J. Bryan Grimes. Acceptance by the governor of North Carolina, William W. Kitchin. Unveiling by William A. Graham, Jr.,' the Fourth. The bust is the work'of the well known sculptor, F. WY Ruckstuhl, of New York, and was carved by him last summer In Italy. It Is of the finest Carrara marble, and Is a beau tiful work -of art and a speaking like ness of the greajLj'th Carolinian whose memoryij? designed to hon or. It has been placed in the north western niche of the rotunda of the capitol, and makes a beautiful orna ment jP what travelers pronounce to be one of the most impressive ro tundas in the country. Perhaaps no other man in the his tory of the state served her longer or Better than Governor Graham,, and It Is eminently fitting that the first bust to be erected in the capitol, the scene of his splendid achievements, should be his. The occasion of the unveiling promises to be one of great interest, and a large .and represent- tive audience from all over the state will be present. The statue of Washington by Can- ova, recently recoverea Dy me nistor ical Commission after more than three-quarters of a century, will also be on exhibition that evening in the east corridar on the second floor' of the capitol. The' North Carolina Historical Commission Is composed of .tne fol lowing: J. Bryan Grimes, chairman, of Raleigh; R. D. W. Connor, secre tary, of Raleigh; W. J. Peele. Ral eigh; Thos. W. Blount. Roper; M. C. S. Noble, Chapel Hill, and D. H. Hill, Raleigh. : COAL RATES LOWERED. Corporation Reduces Coal Freight Rates About 83 1-i Per Cent. The corporation commission has la- suedi at. circular reducing mileage freight rates on coal 38 1-3 per cent. This wll) be, effective February 1, and, of course, only applies to intra-state shipments. ' , " x TRACK TEAM MEETS Wake Forest Schedule Com- "I,-" plete For Coming Season, Manager Murchison Has Gotten Up a Good Schedule for the Season and Wake Forest Will Compete in Sev eral Meets Not Known Whether There Will be a State Meet at Greensboro This Year or Not. (Special to The Times.) Wake Forest, N. C, Jan. 8 Man-i ager Murchison has completed the ) track schedule, for this season. It is as follows: ' March 19 Guilford College at Greensboro. . March 26-r-A. & M., at Raleigh. April 16 Southern Intercollegiate Meet, at Charlottesville, Va. April 9 o 23 University, at Chapel Hill. The team will also participate in the state meet at Greensboro if it oc- tion so far and the probability is that the state meet will not occur. Wake j Forest holds the cup offered as a ' trophy to the winner last year. The college will be represented in the Southern Intercollegiate. Meet, held under the auspices of the A. A. U., at Charlottesville on April 16. ' j Two new events in the meet with A. & M. will be the two mile run and the discus throw. THE RAILROAD BILL Will be Fathered In the. Senate by Senator "Elkins. (By Leased Wire to The Times. ) Washington, Jan. 8 It is prob able that the administration's rail road bill, which it is thought will be i introduced in the house this after-1 IP I 1 1 . I 1 noon by Representative Townsend, of, DOrtednOm JUlV l.lO J2U1.1 Michigan, will be offered in the sen-j ata-on: Monday .by Senator JaUkins, otL,. West Virginia. He Is chairman of the senate committee on interstate commerce which will have jurisdic tion over the measure. Senator Elkins is one of those with whom the president has held numer ous conferences on the subject of rail road legislation and while the bill Is. probably not exactly what he desires, he will doubtless father it in the senate. If the measure passes, it will mose likely be known as the Town- send ,act, although it was drawn by Attorney General Wickersham. Mr. Townsend, however, was one of the members of the commission appoint- ed by the president several months ago to study the railroad question and report recommendations for legislation. He is one at tne best uv thoritles on the subject the house, and was the only member of either house on the president's commission. He assisted the attorney general in the preparation of the bill which is to bear his name. BANQUET TO STEEL COMPANY OFFICIALS (By Leased Wire to The Times) Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 8 Never in the history of this city has a more ex-1 dainties and delicacies which have cost hundreds of dollars, than the annual banquet of the Carnegie Steel Com pany, officials at the. .Fort-Pitt Hotel tonight. ''".' One hundreu ' plutes will, bo set at $100 a plate. The officials ; in cluding department heads and sup erintendents of plants and guests, will be seated in u beautiful garden In the center of which will be a large artificial lake with real birds and fishes. The Grecian Garden reproduced in the Hotel Schenley a few years ago for the annual meet of the steel mag nates will be far surpassed by ihu display tonight. An army of workmen has been en gaged for a week preparing the fairy land spot for tonight, with all doors and entrances kept closed and guarded day and night by Carnegie Steel Com. pany detectives to prevent anyone not bearing written permission from wit nessing the beautiful .-garden which is being prepared for the eyes of the Steel magnates alone; Out-of-town guests 1 are expected to arrive this afternoor : and will be entertained at the Fort j Pitt Hotel and the Duquesne Club. Disrict Sales Agents of the company j from all parts of the country here to- day and are confeiring with depart ment; beads. I: : Indicted tor- Murder. . . . (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Cambridge, Mass, Jan. 8 Hattie Le Blanche, 16 years old was Indicted by the grand jury this afternoon for the murder of Clarence Glover, who was shot recently. , 1 , "UJER1NE L. PORTER. Katherine L. Porter, the lliree-' yeai'-old (iii'l who, although tho daughter of American parents cannot speak a word of English. . She was burn at Itainal Pindi, India. She talks the Hindoo tongue fluently, and when she sailed past the Statue of Liberty on her arrival, she cried out in the luiiguage "See the big ludy", The. little girl's parents have been missionaries among the Hindu heath en for years. , ' FIRES REPORTED There Were 2033 Fires Re- A 'Large Xonfber'iof These Were From . Preventable .Causes. .Forty-two Were Incendiary Fifteen Due to Carclessness,of Which Only Three Were by Children. Commissioner Young says under the law every fire is required to be reported to this department by either the building inspector or the Chief of Fire Department or Chief of Po- lice in every city or incorporated town of the state, and where fires oc- cur outside of cities and towns It is made the duty of the sheriff to re- port fires. These fires are required to be reported whether there is any insurance property burned or not. r Commissioner Young says from jVjiy 1st to. January 1st 1910, 2,033 nreg were reported to the dopurt- nient with causes as follows: 480 unknown: 1,167 cause not given; 49 exposure; 1 2 incendiary internal; 30 incendiary external; 32 lightning; u ashes; 1 chimney; 7 carelessness of adults; 3 carlessness of children; 5 carelessness with matches; 70 de fective flues; 5 electricity; 22 ex plosion; ! fireworks; 4 friction; 4 gas; t -.gasoline; 1 kerosene; X rats; 104 .sparks;'' 11 stove, pipes;'" 4 spon taneous . combustion, total .2,033. Commissioner Young says it will be seen from the causes as reported that a large number of the tires came from preventable causes and that the cooperation of the officers' and citi zens of the state, iu preventing these causes would lead to a very decided I reduction of the fire waste. WANT A CENTRAL RANK. To he Located at Wasliin; Haivie Jordan. (on Says ( By-Leasfe'd Wire to The Times-.), Washington, Jan. 8 Banking in terests of New Jersey, New York and the south are planning a central na tional bank to be located in Washing ton, according to Harvie Jordan, president of the Cotton Growers' As- socitaion of Atlanta. "Washington will be' the financial center of the country," said Mr. Jor don, in a letter received - today. "When Secretary Cortelyou caused the United States treasury to come to - the, rescue of the banks during the last panic, he established a precedent which must hereafter be followed. Therefore, the financial Institutions of the country will hereafter look to Washington instead of to Wall street to prevent panics. "The act of congress known as 'the urgent currency bill,' authbrizing the secretary of the treasury to loan money on approved securities, practi- cally makes Washington the financial center of the country. "The plan is to make the Central National Bank of Washington the de-' pository for the reserve fund of . the many banks interested in the central bank. An offer for the United States realty building for 25O,000 has been niade, , . - - -.-.-NAK : I PINCHOT HAS NOTHING YET BUT SILENCE Statement For Publication Is Not Yet Ready to Give Out MET WITH CHEERS Nothing to Say But Silence, Says Pin shot But He is in No Wise Disturb ed by His Dismissal From the Ser vice Will Muke a Statement to the Public But Can't Say When it Will be Given Out George P. Mc Cabe Acting in Pinchot's. Place. Pinchot Cheered by Subordinates When He Took Leave of His Office. ( By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, Jan. 8 "Nothing to say but silence," laughingly declared former Chief Forester Pinchot this morning when asked for a statement in reply to President Taft's bitter let ter of censure in ordering him dls . missed. "I shall, of course, make a state ment," Mr. Pinchot said, "but Just when It will be ready is a hard guess, even for me." "Will your statement be made public today?" he was asked. "I cannot say," he answered. "At this moment I have nothing to say for publication. Please say, that my, attitude at present is one of silence." It is believed that Mr. Pinchot In- . tends conferring today with friends who are members of the senate and house, as well as others, as to the ex act form his statement shall take and. what it shall contain. Its importance and bearlngjipon 'the present aod fc ture situation, resultine ' from "Pres ident Taft's action yesterday, Is ful- ' ly appreciated, and as . "big politics are involved, with no doubt far-: cach ing political results, which may even decide the Identity of the next presi dent of the United . States, Mr. Pin chot and his friends who have wide -in experience in matters of political im portance do not intend to be hurried in the matter of publicly setting forth his position, and while they are thus determined to "make haste slowly," it is equally certain that there will be fireworks enough very soon,, to satisfy the curiosity of the most ex acting. , Meanwhile the insurgents In the senate and the house" are figuratively throwing their hats into the air and. shouting, "Good-bye, Gifford." . i Pinchot Cheered. Washington, Jan. 8 Geo"rge P. McCabe, solicitor of the United States Agricultural Department, acting un der orders from Secretary Wilson, to day took charge of the forest service. This was made necessary owing to he fact that. Albert F. Potter, an as sistant forester, who was designated yesterday by Secretary Wilson to temporarily take over the office pf Chief Forester Pinchot, is at present in Denver, Col. Mr. Potter Is expect ed to return to Washington at once. Mr. Pinchot, Mr. Price and Mr. Shaw were at their offices this morn ing soon after 9 o'clock. Mr. Pinchot conferred behind closed doors with, the heads in charge of the various divisions of the service. An out break of applause from his former subordinates greeted Mr. Pinchot when he bade them official farewell and greeted Mr. McCabe as his tem porary successor. Albert F, Potter is a Callfornian, who has been several years in the forestry service. He has a reputation, for "doing things." Following the example of Mr. Pin chot, neither Mr. Price nor Mr. Shaw would today comment on their dis missal, v Boy Kills Cracksmen. Tallahassee, Fla., Jan. 8 Paul Sauls, seventeen-year-old son of J. M. Sauls, night watchman at the postof fice, killed two cracksmen early this morning who were attempting ta blow the safe, after a fierce - fight.. Young Sauls was slightly 4 injured.: Both burglars were white but have not yet been Identified. , Fire Destroys Saw Mill.:' i ,! Wadesboro, Jan; 8 Fire destroyed the Hart sell & Fetzer saw mill With lumber stacked on the yard rS0ma time during last night -The oiULhas " been closed down for some time and-. the origin of the fire is unknown, The- ' machinery and lumber was not in sured. The owners of the- mill re , side at Concord - . Oe - t ' ''-"'! L ), not yet jtnow oi m9 uro.?o s aeaia. cnurches. . ' ' ' : ' . "'""7"