Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 61, 8 January 1910 — Page 1

EICHMONB PALLABIUM 3UN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXXV. NO. 01. mm RICII3IOXD, IXD.t SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1910. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS.

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CLERKS GREETED PKICHOT WITH A HEARTY OVATION When the Deposed Chief Forester Entered His Office Today, to Show Where Sympathies Rested.

INSURGENTS AND DEMOCRATS TRIM WINGS OF CAN HON HE DEFIES PRESIDENT: REPUBLICANS AND LOSES OFFICIAL HEAD TS RALLY AT CAPITAL CITY Rep, Barnard Votes For Cannon

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WASHINGTON SHOT UP OVER LATEST RESULT Pinchot Laughingly Said Tcrday That He Had Nothing to Say Now, But He Hints That He Will Talk. PRESIDENT TAFT PEEVED

AND LAST EVENING HE TOOK UP GAUNTLET OF CHIEF FORESTER AND SENT HIM A LETTER REBUKING HIM. (American News Service) Washington, Jan. 8. "Nothing to say but silence," laughingly declared Chief Forester Pinchot today after making arrangements to surrender his Job, which President Taft ordered as the climax of the celebrated Balhowever, promises a stinging statement later. An outburst of applause from former subordinates greeted Mr. Pinchot on Ws arrival at his office this morning. Washington is all shot up over the sensational outcome and many people predict a controversy that will continue to split ranks and be an issue in next Presidential campaign. LETTER FROM TAFT. Washington, January 8. Gifford Pinchot's career as Chief Forester of the Government, is ended. President .Taft ordered -hia dismissal last night on account of the letter he sent to Senator Dolliver, of Iowa, which the latter read to the Senate. Overton W. Price, Associate Forester, and Alexander C. Shaw, assistant law officer of the Forestry Bureau, were also dismissed last night They were directed by Secretary Wilson to turn over their offices to Albert F. Potter, another Associate Forester. In his letter to. Senator Dolliver, Mr. Pinchot virtually justified the course Price and Shaw took in furnishing material for the attack on Secretary Ballinger. The President alludes to their culpability in his letter dismissing Pinchot. President's Letter to Pinchot. President Taft's letter to Forester Pinchot informing him of his dismissal follows: "The White House, Washington, Jan. 7, 1910. "Sir The secretary of agriculture informs me that on the 28th of December, your associate forester, Mr. Price, went to him and proposed to resign on the ground that he had been engaged with Mr. Shaw, assistant law officer, in investigating the publication in various newspapers and magazines attacking the good name of Secretary Ballinger and charging the Interior Department and the land office with corruption. "The secretary thereupon wrote a note to you under date of Dec. 29, asking for your recommendation in the premises. You did not answer, but on Jan. 4 you had a conversation with him, in which you said you wished to make a statement which should be read in the Senate at the same time that my message transmitting the record in the Glavis case reached there, and that you thought you could induce Senator Dolliver to introduce the statement for you. Advised Against Courrse. "The secretary advised against such a course, but asked you for a recommendation as to accepting Price's resignation, In order that he might bring the matter to me, to whom, he told you, it must be ultimately come, because I had considered the Glavis charges end had passed upon them. "Without further conference with the secretary, and before making a report to him, you succeeded in making public, by having it read in the Senate, a letter from you stating that you had sufficiently disciplined Messers. Price and Shaw by reprimanding them and that your recommendation would be that no further punishment was reauired, and this before that recommendation was submitted to the secretary and mo, whose power and duty it was to determine upon Price's admissions as to his complicity what action should be taken with respect, to his resignation. '"In order to understand the full report of your letter in which you admit the complicity of Price and Shaw in the publications of the press. It should be said that the gravemen of the Glavis charges was that Secretary Ballinger and the others were all affected by a corrupt wish to patent thirty-three so-called Cunningham claims upon local coal lands In Alaska; that the Question whether, these claims were fraudulent or not remain(Continued on Page Two.)

ATTEMPT TO MOVE COAL RESULTS IN EGGS JUMPING UP

Because Fuel Gets Right of Way, the Price of Butter, Eggs and Poultry Jumps to High Notch. NUMBER OUT OF WORK BECAUSE OF FAMINE In Des Moines Scarcity of Coal Throws Thousands Out of EmploymentSituation in the Windy City. (American News Service) Chicago, 111., Jan. 8. The efforts of the railroads to faciliate the movement of coal has resulted in a forced delay of shipments of all other commodities and prices have greatly in creased. Butter, eggs, and poultry are the chief articles going up. ATTACK COAL YARDS. Des Moines, la, Jan. 8. More than 1,000 men and girls are idle today as the result of the coal famine. Railroads are abandoning trains. In Des Moines a mob formed and attacked the coal yards of the Northwestern road, confiscating several carloads for the city heating plant, which had been closed for lack of fuel. Factories at many points are closed and all passenger train traffic may be stopped. WORST IN HISTORY. Chicago, Jan. 8. Chicago is facing the worst coal famine in its history, and unless the weather moderates decidedly within the next two or three days, it is almost certain that many manufactories will hare to temporarily shut down, while the suffering that will be entailed upon individuals can hardly be estimated. With just about enough coal in the city to last two full days, and witli only about half a day's supply arriving each day, the situation is critical Long lines of coal cars are standing along the tracks of the roads leading from the. mines in Indiana and Illinois,

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A QUERY TO COLLIERS. Colliers' Congressional Record, Washington, D. C: Please telegraph me immediately, at my expense, how W. O. Barnard, Rep. Sixth District, Indiana, voted on resolution to let House name Committee to investigate Ballinger charge. Did he vote against Cannon and regulars. R. G. Leeds, Richmond Palladium.

REPLY FROM COLLIERS. Richmond Palladium, Richmond, Ind. Congressman W. O. Barnard, Sixth District, Indiana, voted nay on resolution to let house name committee to investigate Ballinger charges. : Colliers Congressional Record.

almost all the way to Chicago, but the roads cannot move the cars. Chicago grain houses are beginning to worry about the delivery of consignments. Five million dollars, it is estimated, is tied up in grain enroute, all of which is standing on sidetracks in the desperate effort to move coal. Fortunately, the local elevators are well stocked, but continued delay soon would create a shortage and consequently an advance in food prices. STARS AND STRIPES (American News Service) Washington, Jan. 8. To plant the stars and stripes at the southern extremity of the earth is the ambition of prominent American Geographers and Scientists. Several concentrated mavements afoot to match Commanded Peary's discovery of the North Pole are being discussed in Washington. Probably the most interesting of these plans is one which, it is understood, the Smithsonian institution will soon suggest to Congress. It will aslc according to unofficial reports, that the United States Government send two ships, in charge of the navy department to try and reach the South Pole. It is desired that Congress may proper appropriations for such expedition and place it under strict governmental supervision. No private enterprises are to be considered in the proprosed plans. COMPROMISE A SUIT (American News Service) Parkersburg, W. Va., Jan. 8. The celebrated suit of the state of West Virginia against the estate of former United States Senator, Camden for Sl.700,000 claimed by the state as a forfeit for failure to return true property valuations has been compromised by the payment to the state of $100,000. BITTEN DY MAE DOG (American News Service) Pittsburg, Pa-, Jan. 8. Four children, three from the village of Moon Run and one . from the fashionable suburb, Crafton are at the Allegheny General hospital suffering from bites by mad dogs. One of the dogs whicli attacked two of the children was caught and examination proved the presence of rabies in a violent form.

J STATE THAT TAFT WAS ONE SLAPPED Taking Committee Naming Power From Speaker, They Say, Was Blow Aimed Di rectly at President. SAY NORRIS IS MAO AT CHIEF EXECUTIVE It Is Pointed Out That Imme diately After Passage of Resolution Forester Pinchot Was Fired. (American News Service) Washington, Jan. S. Friends of Speaker Cannon declare today that the vote of the house of representa tives in adopting the Nbrris amend ment, taking from the Speaker, and giving to the house, the power to name the personnel of the house mem bership of the joint committee to in vestigate the Ballinger-Pinchot contro versy, was a slap at President Taf and not at Speaker Cannon. Attention is railed to the fact that Representative Mills of Minnesota and Representative Norris of Illinois have both crossed the administration for the second time in the matter of patronage The resolution a3 reported from the committee, on rules, which was modifled by the Norris amendment, was the resolution that President Taft desired to have passed. Furthermore, it is pointed out that the Norris amendment carried with it the suggestion that the committee could be packed. The president, Mr. Cannon's friends say, evidently took the view that the Pinchot faction of the house was hostile to him, for immediately after the passage of the amendment to the resolution. Pinchot was removed. The Senate committee on . public lands today considered the joint resolution for the Investigation of the Ballinger-Pinchot case. Several changes were made la. the resolution including an appropriation of $25,000 to carry on the investigation which is to be paid out of the treasury. The resolution will be reported as a substitute for the Norris amended resolution. . ' .

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Yesterday by Vote of 149 to 146, House Takes Power of Speaker of Appointing Special Committee.

LIVELY DISCUSSION BEFORE VOTE TAKEN House Insists That Conserva tion Muddle Be Investigated By a Committee That Is Not Prejudiced. Washington. Jan. 8. Speaker Can non was deprived of the power of ap pointing the committee to investigate the Interior Department yesterday. The house, by a vote of 149 to 14G, decided to make the appointments itself. Five members voted "present." So unexpectedly was the victory ac complished that the Insurgents and their democratic allies could scarcely believe their ears when the speaker announced the vote. For an instant almost complete silence reigned, then the storm broke and for almost a full minute the noise in the chamber was deafening. After that the democrats, jubilant that they had helped to pierce the hitherto impervious armor of the speaker, seemed willing to abandon their fight against the resolution itself which all afternoon had appeared too broad to suit them, and most all of them voted for it on a viva voce vote. The organization leaders made no at tempt to conceal their confusion. There was a hurried conference at Representative Dalzell's desk and for a time the insurgents feared that their triumph was to be short lived, as three of twenty-six republicans who voted for the amendment have never been classed with their number, and they suspected that at least one ot them might have voted in the affirmative that he might move to reconsider in event the amendment carried. Three Are Friends of Pinchot. But no such move was made, al though several' of the regulars whom Representative Dwight. the "whip" had been unable to corral when he made his roundup for the vote, began straggling in and another vote would have been even closer. It developed that the hree regulars who voted for the amendment were all stanch friends of Chief Forester Pinchot, and that they had favored the election of mem bers of the committee by the house to insure an impartial jury to try what is popularly known as the Pinchot-Bal-linger case. They were Representative Ames of Massachusetts and Fish and Parsons of New York. The insurgent ranks had but one de serter Steenerson of Minnesota. Strangely enough, Fitzgerald, of New York, was the only Democrat to cast his vote with the Republican regulars. although he led the minority fight on the joint resolution. Mr. Fitzgerald previously announced that he was opposed to the principle of the amendment, as he believed the speaker elected by the majority shoud have the power to appoint the mem bers of the committees. Republican leaders attributed their defeat to the large number of absentees, but the tide of battle was really turned by Mr. Pinchot's three friends Nearly Entire Day Consumed. Practically the entire day was devoted to the consideration of the joint resolution, which was taken np after the reading of the President's inter state commerce and anti-trust message had been concluded. The Democrats made their fight on an attempt to narrow the proposed investigation to the General Land Office, contending that as no such charges as had been made against Secretary Ballinger had been preferred against Forest er Pinchot, there was no reason for dragging the latter into the inquiry. Mr. Fitzgerald said he opposed hav ing the investigation made by Mr. Bal linger's friends, as would be the case if Congress proceeded on authority of a resolution which required the Presi dent's signature to make it operative He asked for an investigation by special House committee of the Gen eral Land Office, but he was unable to rally the strength of his own party to his amendment when it came to a vote. The resolution, as it goes to the Senate, provides for an investigation committee of twelve members, six to be appointed by the President of the Senate and six to be elected by the House. HE IS PERSISTED! Antonio Ferranti, the Italian, who. has experienced much trouble in the matter of becoming a subject of Uncle Sam, has filed another petition for naturalization papers with county clerk Harry EL Penny. The peti tioners witnesses include, Charles E. Potter, Sherman K. Brandenburg and (John SchelL

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GIFFORD PINCHOT. SLIGHT SHAKE-OP IS GIVEN POLICE FORCE YESTERDAY Patrol Driver Oler and Officer Lambertson Are Given the Ax Treatment by Police Commissioners. REMAINDER OF FORCE IS TO BE RETAINED William White Succeeds Oler, While Harry Fee, Former City Hall Custodian, Sue ceeds Lambertson. The mighty ax of the police com mlssioners fell with a crash on the heads of two members of the police force at the meeting of the board last night. The victims were Arthur Oler. patrol and ambulance driver, and Tross Lambertson. patrolman. William White, formerly engaged in the insurance business, but now employed by Gaar. Sott and Company, was appointed by the board to succeed Oler. Harry Fee, a carpenter formerly janitor at the city building, several years ago, was appointed as Lambertson's successor. The reorganization will go Into effect January 13. However, in view of the fact that Patrolman Lambertson handed in his resignation to the board to take effect at once, after learning what action the commissioners had taken at their meeting, it is probable that Fee will go on duty tonight. Mr. Lambertson has not announced what business he will engage In. Back to Railroading. Arthur Oler will continue to act in the capacity of patrol and ambulance driver until the 13th. At that time he will probably return to railroading at which occupation he was engaged until he was appointed several months ago to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of former patrol and ambulance driver. Lawrence Roberts. There is a general air of decided relief prevalent among the patrolmen today. That anxious "I-wonder-if-I'll-get-the-can" look, has evaporated Into thin air, and in its rlace is a broad expanded grin.- spreading over the now genial features of the big cops. The bluecoats have been on a terrible strain for the past few weeks, but its all over now and they're breathing natural again. The complete list of officers appointed by the police commissioners at their meeting last night Is as follows Pa troll men: H. B. Hebble, William Longman. Henry Westenberg. John Cully, Grovell Bundy, Harry Fee, G. XL Little, Henry Vogelsong, Herman Wlerhake. William Lawler. George Stan bach. Edward Menke. William White, Frank Remmert. Leroy Edwards and William Hirschfield. The board appointed Edward Tiernan special policeman at the Coliseum and vested William Miene with special police power on the grounds of Mrs. Reeves on South Sixteenth street. THE WEATHER. INDIANA AND LOCAL Fair in north portion, warmer, tonight and Sunday

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a Tuneful Harmony Was Heard, But Only Discords Issued From the Other. S. JACKSON A CAUSE OF DEMOCRATIC ROW Taggart's Candidate Not Entirely Acceptable Senator Beveridge Sends Letter to Freddy Sims. Indianapolis. Ind.. Jan. Two crowds of politicians were in the city last night, and the difference In the harmony that existed in the two camps was noticeable. On the one hand the members of the republican state com mittee, which met at the CUvnnnl h. tel. set the dates for the reorganization or in- committee and then turned their meeting Into a regular old fashioned experience meeting, at which every lenow spoke In the most encouraging wanner ana spread good cheer over th entire crowd. On the other hand the members of the democratic state committee beenn to arrive at the Denlson hotel, which is owned by Tom Taggart. the king of French Lick, and Crawford Fkirhnk the Terre Haute brewer, for their meeting today for the reorganisation of the committee, and earlv In the evening there was talk that Stokes Jackson could not and ought not to be elected state chairman again. This talk went around through the crowd, and it kept Taggart pretty busy running it down and trying to head it off. One democrat, a politician of state wide reputation for his sagacity In affairs political but who says he is not taking any part in the reorganization of the party this year, made this remark: Who Will the Man Be? ' "It won't be Stokes Jackson. It won't be Pete Foley. He won't take it Ed Hoffman of Fort Wayne could have been state chairman If he had only said the word, but he sent word (hot tiA wtiiljf nit I til I I say it won't be Stokes Jackson. There are five or ix of the members of the committee that are against him right now. This talk went through the crowd and It was found that seven other felt about the same way. It aroused the ire of the Jackson fellows and they began stiff talk about how they would get even if Jackson mas defeated. Now that was the kind of harmony that prevailed in the democratic camp. It looked like each man had a knife up his sleeve. And then there were some who were swearing at Governor Marshall. Ther said he had backed water. He said he would make a fight against Taggart control and then changed his mind. This was more than some of the faithful could stand, and they were free In their expression of the opinion that If the governor had no Intention of making good he should hare kept his mouth shut. - . . . Slurs at Governor. "Marshall ought to make a speech and tell what he did to Taggart, one man said. - - "Yes." said another. "Marshall pried Taggart's teeth apart and stock his nose in between' them. That's the. way he fought Taggart." But in spite of It all. it looks like Jackson would surely be elected state chairman for Taggart was as busy as. a grave digger in cholera time last, night among the democrats as they arrived at his hoteL - Over at the Claypool hotel, the republican meeting ended with a good, will dinner given by State Chairman James P. Goodrich, to all of the men, who have served on the state committee with him during the last ten years. About seventy-five were present, and It was a delightful affair. During the progress of the dinner acrimp was put in the talk which has. been Indulged In to the effect 'that there was a bitterness between some of the state organization and Senator Beveridge. The senator was at Washington and could not accept the Invitation which Goodrich sent him to be present, so he wrote a letter to Fred A. Sims, the acting state chair-' man. with a request that it be read at the dinner. It was as pretty a tribute as was ever paid to a political leader, and the sentiment it carried proved that there are no strained relations In . the party at this time. The following is the, letter, from Senator Beveridge: Beveridge's Letter. Washington, Jan. 6, 1910. My Dear Fred: I never regretted anything more ia my life of a similar nature than my Inability to be present in person with you and the other boys tomorrow night as the guest of our mutual friend. Goodrich. Because I can not he there -to say it myself. I want to write you -this letter to read to them, and I shall write it just asjthough I were present in the flesh and speaking myself. Every, man of ns who has gathered: XConUnued on Page Eight )