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t mm OLR Weather Forecast. Generally fair tonight end Friday; not much change In temperature. COMPLETE DAY REPORT OF THE KAlflONAL NEWS ASSOCIATION. II i , •.mill II II. ill I, I ''ggg^WW——.1 II ll.IJHlllll.ll III' II .. tk ]L—- -I'I VOL. 18, No. 5 1 , —— ITHACA, N. Y. f THURSDAY BitUm; FEBRUARY 29, 1912. STUBBORN f!Rf IN CLOTHING AND *. DRUG SMS U S E S $50,000 LOSS fn usiness Places of Samuel Harrison and A. B. Brooks & Son Gutted--Blaze Started in Har- rison Basement and Spread Rapidly. __ Samuel Harrison's clothing store I to, down the flames and later a cellar at 126 East State Street^ and the A.'pipe was used in the drug store. The B. Brooks & Son drug store at 128 East State Street were gutted by Are which broke out at 2:15 o'clock this afternoon.; The estimated dam- age is at ieast^f60,00O. The fire de- partment had the blaze under con- trol at, 3:30 o'clock and Chief Burns thought all danger was over unless an explosion of some sort might oc- eur, although the firemen worked al- most hertecally to fre the drug store of oils and fluids which might ex- While the proprietors of the stores ould not tell the exact value of their respective stock, it was said that the clothing waa worth $35,000. The drug store contents were valued at - 920,000. The insurance covers only . a part of the stock of both stores. * The origin of the fire could not be ascertained. The flames started in the north end of the Harrison cellar while Samuel Harirson was shaking down his furnace. Mr. Harrison had difficulty in reaching the first floor* Be said, as the flames seemed to Jump in all directions and quickly > j c u t off the stairway from the base- ment to the first floor. At the same time that Mr. Harri- £-'son telephoned to police headquar- f tors, informing Chief Buck of the fire, the employes of the drug store were '.; forced to flee. Claude Cpr vas •waiting on a woman customer when 1= v*|£ smelled smoke. He and other ^c$erks started an investigation with r John G. Brooks. They had no soon- I er recahed the rear of the store than [ a great roar of flames was heard t and the^store filled immediately with I a choking smoke. f In spite of the fact that the fire department responded quickly to the. alarm from Box 23, both stores seem- ed doomed when the firemen arrived. Great clouds of smoke stifled the figgr fighters and made their work danger flames from Harrison's store had communicated with the drug store early. . , As soon.as proper ventilation could be had, the firemen began to remove explosives from the drug store. Mem bers of No. 3 truck and companies l v 2 and 5 worked heroically in the cel- lar removing gasoline and alcohol barrels. This work nearly overcame the firemen but they stuck to their tasks until the barrels were rolled away from all danger. As there are no fire walla separat- ing the cellars of adjacent buildings and to prevent the danger of the flames spreading, Chief Burns order- ed the cellars of the Bool furniture and Barnes Shoe Stores flooded. No. 2 and No. 6 engines were or- dered out by Chief Burns. Extra hose was needed and the new Knox auto- mobile fire engine was called out to supply several hundred feet of hose which it used in a water test this morning. The engines were connected with hose lines early, but were held in reserve. The water pressure from the sixteen-inch main was all that could be desired. Chief Burns issued orders, however, to wet down both stores and take no chances with the blase. The dental offices of W. E. House over the stores were filled with smote and he was driven to the street. Ells- worth McGillivra's photograph gallery suffered in the same way. The H. J. Bool Furniture Company store was filled with smoke, toe. The damage to the building has not been estimated. The two stores occu- pied the block which is owned by John C. Gauntlett and the Mrs. Mary Brooks estate. It is thought that tfiere will be little realized on the drugs, if they went through the fire untouched. The gencrc. lopinion was thai none of the clothing could be KILLSnO GETIMONEY luCWM MARRY Author of Melodramas Shoots Young Huckster Needed Money to Marry Widow— He Confesses. •I Afe.:.. PRICE TWO CENTS ©us. Several lines of hose were U3edi saved. WOULD HAVESTATESELL ELECTRICPOWER AT COST (ALBANY, Feb. 29.—The members ft the state conservation commission [appeared before the legislative com- Jttees which are considering water [storage and electric power legislation id submitted a substitute for the !*erris committee bill, which changes |the conservation law. The state con- rvation committee's new bill pro- rides for immediate state construc- tion, control and maintenance of a »tate-wide system of electric trarts- liesion with water storage reservoirs ho be constructed by the state for the [public use and benefit in accordance with the well known policy of Gover- nor Dix. Under its' provisions the conserva- tion commission wUl have power to lease, construct, acquire by purchase condemn apy property necessary to tf» undertaking: and may contract to sh municipalities with power en- electricity or water for the pur- of lighting public streets, hlgh- J9, public and private buildings and lor heat and power to the end that' the ^''municipality and the citizens thereof shall secure at cost the benefits to be 'derived from the utilization of said ror and Water." The proposed law also provides that any public service corporation at pres- ent supplying a municipality with light and power may enter into a con- tract with the municipality by the state, but only at a rate, to be ap- proved by the commission. No con- tract, whether with the state or with an existing company, can be entered into by the municipality until after the proposition shall have been ap- proved at a special election at which all electors within the municipality can vota The surpVqs and other available waters of the barge canal are put un- der the Jurisdiction of'the commis- sion^ who may lease water wherever the best interests of the state require; or may develop and distribute water, light and power in the same manner as provided with impounded waters. The commission is given authority to contract with riparian or other own- ers benefited by-the regulating of the flow of any stream, and provision is made for a payment by such person benefited "at the rate of not less than |20 per year for each foot of fall avail- able for each one billion cubic feet of created or increased storage capacity of the dam or dams." NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 29.—To obtain money with which to marry Mrs. Lfeora Hifdson, a well known widow, George Redding, aged 21 years; at one time a writer of melo- dramatic-* plays in one of which he starred, lared Morris Greenberg, a young, huckster, tp the west woods of Hampden, where he shot him down in cold blood and picked his pockets. Arrested by a detective and taken to the scene of the crime and subjected to a grilling examina- tion by Coroner Mix and detectives, Redding confessed and told in de- tail the story of the crime. He was held without bail today to await further investigation of the case. The strange part of the tragedy is that Redding claims to have found no money on the person of Green- berg while the tatter's parents claim that when he left home to go to Hampden he had between $200 and $300 in his pockets. Only $17 was' found in his clothes. .., Redding starred in,a play wfitten by himself, "The Midnight. Special," in which he acted the part of a telegraph operator and saved a train. His mind seems to jcun toward the melodramatic. He jhways carried a revolve)-. Yet all who knew him were istonished at his confession. A friend who met him last Sunday coming out of the woods coon after Greenberg was shot, down said he greeted him 'riendiy and was smoking a cigarette calmly. Mrs. Hudson is 28 years of age, wid Redding's parents at first re- used to believe the story but on earning of the confession declared they believed the man unsound of mind. He had recently been em- ployed as a correspondence school solicitor, but earned little money. Fearing that he would not be able ;o realize his ambitions to be mar- ried, he chose the desperate meas- ures to get the cash. He is said here to have sold a number of play* to W. A.^Brady; " SNEADJURY FAILS TO AGREE FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 29.— After being out 112 hours, the jury in the trial of John B. Snead, charged with the murder of A. G. Boyce, sr., whose son eloped wiih Snead's wife, reported a disagreement today and was discharged by rhe court. This was the fourth time that the jury had reported that it could not agree. On the other occasions the twelve men were sent back to continue their de- liberations. The jury stood seven) for acquittal and fiv<> for conviction on the first ballot and the first vote was never changed. Did Colonel Give Bob Double -Cross? To Cohtg&Study Of Factviy Problem Senate Passes $50,000 Appropriation For That Purpose—Civil Pension*. ALBANY, Fe& 2£^Tbo Smith- Wagner bill' appropriating $50,000 for continuing the Work of factory investigation passed the 4 ' senate to- day. It was brought tip out of its regular order and put through in a hurry. The Loomis bil*[whidh amends the charter ot the C$y of Euffalo so that the common council may au- thorize bonds with. which to build a convention hall, was passed by the senate today. : ~ ; . ' There was introduced, in the as- sembly today a bill providing for the appointment of <k" commission of seven to inquire tfaio the feasibility of pensioning clvflj employes. An appropriation of $§0,000 is provided The commission is to report to the legislature on Jan, 1, 1913. A similar bill was put in last year. e»'» i nil-. ,. SHERMAMFOR VICE PRESIDENT i ~. . WASHINGTON, feb. 20.—Taft for president and James S. Sherman for vice president. Tola wHl be the Re- publican national ticket after the Chicago convention's held* accord- ing to predictions made here today. After a series of eliminations it has been decided that :$ke honor of vice president should again go to Mr. Sherman who is u^erstood to'be in a receptive mood. "A member of the cabinet is reported; saying we had not' intended to cbfpldeV Mr. Sher- man ioc vive presfi<ent m wis, cam- paign but the emergency confront- ing us compels us $0 do so. It is be- lieved that the emergency mentioned was the announcement of Colonel Roosevelt. To offset this the Taft managers decided txj $ut a New York man on the national ticket. CANNIBALS KILL UNO OEM SOLDIERS LISBON, Feb. 29.—A serious re> volt marked by atrocities of cannibals has broken, out in Portugese Guinea, Africa, and the government today or- dereil a transport with troops to rush to the scene of'the new uprising. The dispatches contained revolting details. The bodies of four Portu- gese soldiers who were killed in fighting were eaten by cannibals. The natives attacked the European settlement and driving off the defend- ers, carried men, women and children to the jungle. It ts feared that most of them have been put to death and perhaps devoured by the barbaric sav- ages. « » . IN ACTRESSJRIDE TO BE Young British Aristocrat Jilted bV Gabrielle Ray—Later She Sends Word She Was IH. ' Taft Will Answer Roosevelt bong Speech Making Trip MUTINY BREAKS OUT IN PEK1NJN0 WUCHANG PEKIN, Feb. 29.—A large number of the soldiers of the bodyguard of President Yuan Shih Kai mutinied to- day. Rioting broke out and the loyal troops tried to subdue the mutineers. Many were shot. This evening the de- serters were in control of a section cf the city and started several fires. Much property has been destroyed. mm m STRIKE HAS BEGUN; 902,000 MEN ALREADY REPOR " '.'.".'— V, Efforts of Cabinet to Avert Trouble Blocked by of Minority of Mine Owners to Con- LONDON, Feb. 29.—While the priests stood by in their vestments, waiting to perform a wedding in the great edifice of the Windsor Roman Catholic Church, Eric Lowder, a riota young British aristocrat, whose for- tune is estimated at $1(1,000,000, waited in vain for his fiancee, Gabrielle Ray, one of the comeliest musical comedy actresses of the English 1 stage, today. News of the jilting of Mr. Lowder came as a surprise and shock to Brit- ish society, as it was looking forward to the nuptials for weeks. This morn- ing the newspapers contained elab orate stories of ,the details qf the wed- ding. . While the prospective bridegroom stood waiting at the church, the motor car in which the couple were to take their honeymoons journey stood with throbbing engines before the church. The bride, who came not, was some- where in London, but no one knew just where. As time sped on the guests whispered among themselves over the strange occurrence, and the bridegroom-to-be pulled at his mous- tache. It gradually dawned on the astonished congregation that Gabrielle Ray had jilted one of the best catches in London. Mr. Lowder ia grandson of Sir Ed- ward Lowder, one of the richest men In England. He won the fair Gabrl- elle'fl hand In keen, competition. The mfuCtiitsC LjWisr is said to have be- stowed over $100,000 worth of gifts on the fair actress. Once, when she was Singing in Paris, Gabrielle snubbed Manuel, who was then King of Por- tugal, when he made advances toward her. The strange non-appearance of Miss Ray deepened into a mystery this evening when she issued a note of ex- planation to the press, saying she failed to appear because of illness. In view of the fact, however, that the wedding party waited at the church four hours, duriug which time no ex- planation came from Miss Ray, the statement did not quiet gossip. Miss Ray, said the marriage, Wftfld take plaqeTaTer, "altflodH none of. friends of the prospective brldesfoow admitted it. cede Minimum Wage. *- LONDON, Feb. 20.—Early tbia evening it was stated that 902,000 men were out in the great national coal strike. .> PROMPT APPEAL IN BRANDT CASE veil In Columbus la almost certain. A canvass of the New York political situation, made at conferences be* tween William Barnes, jr., chairman of the New York State Republican committee; Vice President Sherman, State Senator Brackett and Repreaea- •'WABHltfGTON, Feb. 29.-—Presidentf clear his own views on many of the aft will fcoon start a vigorous speech- doctrines advocated by Colonel Roose- ^jng campaign to explain his posi- Mm on current questions and further its candidacy for renoralnation. Be- fore the'Republican national conven- tion meets in June, the president will [spend many d *y fl on tbft road * na lB *xD6Cted to deliver score* of apeeche* r^lll travel as far west as Chicago, Wtlv» Caldef, % BrooMly* leader in far north as New Hampshire andUwfigrelw, retulled Tn an informal at least as far as Georgia^ declaration that President Taft wonM ber engagements may be made in. the next few weeks. The president's political advisers, believe h* Is their pest orator. . '. Although no announcement has been ma<lr of subjects for speeches the Z.»dent will make on these trip*jt practically certain that be will not as south PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 29.—Charg- ing that Col, Theodore Roosevelt, after "earnestly soliciting" Senator Robert M- La Follette to make a cam- paign for the Republican nomination for president, proved unfaithful and pulled wires to steal the thunder of the Wisconsin man, Walter Houser, chairman of the national La Follette campaign committee, made a state- ment in which he declared "that La Follette was in the race and would stay in the race, lighting to the end." "Progressives of the country can hold Roosevelt responsible, 5 ' said Houser, "if a split comes and Taft wins the nomination. La Follette en- tered the presidential race at the earn- est solicitation of Roosevelt and other prominent progressives. It was not until La Follette showed he could win Ohio from Taft that his opponents thought it necessary to get Roosevelt tb say he would accept the nomination if drafted." Houser said that Garfield had acted for Roosevelt in the pro- gressive conference*. NANKING, Feb. 29—The republican government Is preparing a proclama- tion, which will shortly be issued, giv- ing notice of the -extension of the re- public's sovereignty to cover Man- churia. This action will be contested by both Japan and Russia. A report from Hankow today stated that the mutineers of Wu Chang have been overpowered after a night of terror, during which street fighting was con- tinuous. The ring leaders were be- headed today and their heads carried through the streets on long bamboo poles. NEW ^ORK* STOCKS (By Special Wire to F. W. Stewart.) NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—The doting prices on the stock exchange today were as follows: Amalgamated Copper 67% Am. Sugar Refining 119% Am. Smelting & Refining 72% Anaconda Mining , 38% Atoh., Top. &. Santa Fe , . . .104% ALBANY, Feb. 29.—Attorney Gen- eral Carmody said today he intended to take an immediate appeal from the decision of Justice Gerard in granting a writ of habeas corpus in the Brandt case. He so notified District Attor- new Whitman and M. L. Towns, coun- sel for the ex-valet. Mr. Carmody said he thought the appelate division would hear the case without delay. Blind Student Highly Honored SYRACUSE, N. Y., Feb. 29—George Carmody of New York, a blind stud- ent at Syracuse University, has been elected valedictorian of the class of 1912. Carmody, in spite of his afflic- tion, is one of the most brilliant students at the institution. He is an accomplished pianist. He received his early education In a blind school in New York. His lessons at Syra- cuse were read to him by other stud- ents and all his work was done on a typewriter. RICHES0N MAY NOT * LIVE MUCH LONGER LONDON, Feb. 29/ -The greatest strike in the history of the world, which will tie up the coal fields of Great Britain and may result 'in a complete industrial paralysis, will go into effect at midnight. At least 200,- 000' miners have already quit work. Eight hundred thousand men and boys in the coal field? are under or- ders to ftrike at midnight. Many great industrial concerns will have to close down immediately. The government's efforts to avert the strike went on but with no hope of auccess as to the main body of the miners. It was believed, however, that it would be possible in some sec- tions to avert an immediate walk-out. The men Idle today were employed in mines where colliery agreements with tho operators had expired and the miners refused to renew them up- on order of the executive committee of the federated miners union. The country was ia trepidation as It stood on the eve of a crisis, fcr no man could tell where it would leare, or predict how heavy the toll might be if violence broke out. The anxiety of the country was fully attested by special prayers issued by the Arch- bishop of Canterbury and the Arch- bishop of York to be recited in all the parishes throughout the United King- dom. When the representatives of the miners and operators resumed their separate conferences today if the federated unions. Predictions aa to the length of the struggle vary, the most conservative being that it would last a week, others looked for a long struggle. There was great activity in the home and foreign office. Viscount Hal- dane, minister of war, had bodies of troops on the move toward strategic points In the coal field. An army of 10,000 men was virtually under marching orders at Aldershot. When- the troops take the field they will be equipped with ball cartridges and bayonets. A special cabinet council was held this morning and the strike situation was reviewed with a view of settling on a public policy. All members of the cabinet attended. Represent- atives of both sides met Premier A*-- quith in Downing Street today. It was reported that the premier deliv- ered a message direct from King George asking both sides to make still further concessions so that the great struggle may be avoided. Final action of the miners' feder- ated union was takeq at noon when the miners voted not to accept thet " terms of the operators Unless a mini- mum wage scale was put into force in every district of the coal fields of tho United Kingdom. The decision by the miners was their last answer to the employers and a challenge to the government. It wipes out the last hope that the struggle would be postponed. About 60 per cent of the operators have accepted the mini^ mum wage up to today, the *^ mainder holding out because- the charge that the men would take ad- was admitted that nothing short of a miracle could prevent the strike from vantage of the guaranteed wage* and going on in its entirety, as called by uhlrk during working hours £* "4 MAY GO BEFORE QRAND JURY DANCERS AT MASQUE FIND GIRL CRUCIFIED hate an almost solid New York dele- gation to the Republican national con yen'tlon. ft will Claimed that the conference between President Taft and Chairman Barnes was satisfactory to both In so far aa the selection of delegates and the proposed wording of the platform wa» concerned. Chairman Barnea re- NEW YORK, Feb. 29.—Mortimer L. i Schiff, Howard S. Gans and former Police Inspector William McLaugh- lin will, after all, be permitted to tes- tify before the grand jury, which is now inquiring as to whether Foulke E. Brandt was the victim of a con- spiracy. It was learned that District Attor- ney Whitman will consent to the ap- pearance of Schiff, Gans and Mc- Laughlin, provided that General Ses- sions Judge Crafn assumes the re- sponsibility. If Judge Grain thinks that the witnesses would not be au- tomatically immunized under section 584 of the penal law, if they signed a waiver of Immunity, the district at- torney will call the three men. Delancey Nicoll, counsel for Mr. Schiff,and Gans, has made strenuous efforts to get permission for his clients to tell their Bide of the Brandt case in some sort of a court proceed- ing. He strove to have them admit- ted as witnesses in the pardon in quiry over which Judge Hand presid- ed and which was originally suspend ed because Judge Hand put up, to Governor Dix the responsibility of de- ciding whether Schiff and Cans should be alJowed to testify against the protests of the attorney general and the district attorney. It was not known what *" course Judge Crain would take but persons around the criminal courts building assumed that, the virtual, withdrawal of all opposition by the district at- torney guarantees the privilege that Mr. Schiff and Gans have sought through their lawyers. , District Attcirney Whitman was surprised when the report was called to his attention. He said he had not talked to Judge Crain. Asked to af- firm the story. Mr. Whitman positive- ly declined to discuss it one way of another. Brandt himself will be taken before the grand jury next Tuesday. Hia examination may take up several days since it is the purpose of the grand jury to have the man questioned minutely as to every phase of the case of whioh he might have knowl- edge. Wiley Denies Report That s He Intends to Quit His Job >*•*•* .10214 , 7*% .23 .280% 10B% . 71% . » % ion jtumbus Lif'to inclnd* in his addresses the r» of lodge*, the "recall" of Judicial turned to New York late yesterday ItmiJL ooseibly the initiative aid Congressman McKlnley, director of - the .national Taft headquarters, re turned from Chicago, Where he mad* arrangements for the western end of the Taft campaign. To visitors at tbe Taft headquarter* he expressed the belief that the president was gaining •upport ih , and topics touched by «f Roos«v«lt in his speech at Utt week. ProawWf ¥ f « , will make no <Ur»«t reply to that h. and It has **m etated Iri^ .basis that b« WW 8 ^ »«*•*• ** fersonailtiei, But that he *ili BERLIN, Feb. 29.—An inquiry was begun at Hertford, Westphalia, today into the tragic death of a girl who was crucified hist night during a masked ball. At the height of the gaiety the girl's body was discovered by a party of dancers. At iirat it was thought, trance, but later It waa discovered by a physician that she was dead. The authorities were disposed to think she was the victim of religious mania t.n (be part of persons who took her lif \ as epfarentty It was impossible for the gfrT to crucify herself. The police at Hertford believe that the guilty persons soon \Ul Dp caught. that the girl WM in a cataleptic Pressed Steel Car V Bait. & Ohio .... Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Chi., Rock lei. & Pac... Canadian Pacific ChVMli. * S t Paul .... Ches, it Ohio. Distillers ».'.,.» Erie Railroad 81 Brie, 1st pfd. 61% Gt. Northern, pfd .129% Interboro Met » 18% Inlerboro Met. pfd 89% Illinois Central 138 Louie. A Nashville 164% Lehigh Valley ..... 189 Mo.. Kansas t Texas...«. 28% Missouri Pacific 89 New tartt-Central. 119% N. ¥„ Ont. A Witt .'.A,i.. 37 Northern Paci9c 117% Norfolk A West 109% Pacific Mail 32 Penn Railroad 122% Phil. & Reading Ry O. 184% BOSTON, Feb. 29.—Clarence V. T. Richeson, former pastor and confess- ed slayer of Avis Linnell, will not live to meet death in the electric chair three months hence, according to the statement of his keeper at the Charles Street jail. Physically, he is but a shadow of his former self, and ment- ally he is a victim of melancholia. He seldom sleeps, eats but little and without appetite, and only occasional- ly reads light magazlnee or fiction, which long ago took the place of the religious works in which he seemed to find solace at first. Richeson is constantly moving about his cell, from bed to ehalr and chair to bed. At the slightest noise la the corridor he crouehea in a cor- ner and tries to bide himself. Even Butts, the good-natured negro convict, who waa placed In the adjoining cell, no longer interests htm. Richeson will talk only with Sheriff Qulnn. and from him he gets such IWWB as he wishes. WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.—Dr. Har- vey W. Wiley, chief chemist of the department of agriculture and cham- pion of pure food, denied today that he intended to resign or that be would be a candidate for vice president on the Democratic ticket. The report that Wiley contemplated resigning, which is printed below, was published broadcast this morning. The doctor declared it had beeu started by his enemies' to harm him. Republic Iron ft Steel 17% Southern Pacific .108% Southern Railway 28 U. S. Steel, common 61% C. S. Btael, p f d ....... 107% Union Pacific 199% Western Union „_.„... iVi . ,y,,._ Vi 94% tiggr WASHINGTON, Feb. 29—Dr. Har- vey W. Wiley, pure food champion, ie seriously considering resigning his position a* chief of the bureau of chemistry ia the department of agrl culture. Admitting this In an Inter- view laat night, Doctor Wiley said that while he had not yet determined to offer his resignation, it seemed that he could not be successful In his efforts to secure harmony as tong ai there were "incongruous elements" In the department. "I have been working a loag UatV* said Doctor Wiley, "to secure peace. This cannot, however, exist as long as there are incongruous elements as now exist In the department. I have not jrat determined to withdraw. 1 am hoping for a solution of the diffi- culties." In case of no solution, win yen re- —.AM k « •h.i » • «fc* J * "I am not prepared to say now. If I determine to withdraw, however, I shall issue a statement which there will be no difficulty in understanding." This statement, it ia said, would contain a complete review of Doctor Wiley's work in enforcing the pure food and drugs law, an account of per- sistent efforts ts nullify his activities and strong criticlfM of Secretary Wilson, of the agricultural depart- ment. Doctor Wiley said he had re- cently expressed his views to Secre- tary Wilson. Secretary Wilson Mid laat night ' that this was "all news to him;" that he had not seea Doctor Wiley in two weeks. Doctor Wiley's present attitude fol- lows long drawn out and bitter con- troversies over the enforcement of tho pare food and drugs set After the Wiley-McCabe congressional in- vestigation lent summer the failure of the effort to oust the chemist on technical charges and' the reorganlia- tion or the pure feed board so as to give Doctor Wiley control, it was sup- posed that the fight was ever. Re- cent events, however, are said to have convinced the doctor that his victory waa empty. It ts auggeefd that Doctor wiW hi contemplating entering politics. Re- cently some of h(« frlesda have sug- gested him at a candidate for vice- he WM asked. president on tho Democratic ticket. Thomas M. Tryniski 309 South 4th Street Fulton New York 13069 www.fultonhistory.com Thomas M. Tryniski 309 South 4th Street Fulton New York 13069 www.fultonhistory.com

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Weather Forecast. Generally fair tonight end Friday;

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COMPLETE D A Y R E P O R T OF T H E K A l f l O N A L N E W S ASSOCIATION. II i , •.mill II I I . ill I, I ' ' g g g ^ W W — — . 1 II ll.IJHlllll.ll III' II .. tk ] L — - -I'I

VOL. 18, No. 51, — —

ITHACA, N. Y.f THURSDAY BitUm; FEBRUARY 29, 1912.

STUBBORN f!Rf IN CLOTHING AND *. DRUG S M S U S E S $50,000 LOSS

fn usiness Places of Samuel Harrison and A. B. Brooks & Son Gutted--Blaze Started in Har­rison Basement and Spread Rapidly.

__ Samuel Harrison's clothing store I to, down the flames and later a cellar

at 126 East State Street^ and the A.'pipe was used in the drug store. The

B. Brooks & Son drug store at 128 East State Street were gutted by Are which broke out at 2:15 o'clock this afternoon.; The estimated dam­age is at ieast^f60,00O. The fire de­

partment had the blaze under con­trol a t , 3:30 o'clock and Chief Burns thought all danger was over unless an explosion of some sort might oc-eur, although the firemen worked al­most hertecally to fre the drug store of oils and fluids which might ex-

While the proprietors of the stores ould not tell the exact value of their

respective stock, it was said that the clothing w a a worth $35,000. The drug store contents were valued at

- 920,000. The insurance covers only . a part of the stock of both stores. *

The origin of the fire could not be ascertained. The flames started in the north end of the Harrison cellar while Samuel Harirson was shaking down his furnace. Mr. Harrison had difficulty in reaching the first floor*

• Be said, as the flames seemed to Jump in all directions and quickly

> j c u t off the stairway from the base­ment to the first floor.

At the same time that Mr. Harri-£-'son telephoned to police headquar-f tors, informing Chief Buck of the fire,

the employes of the drug store were '.; forced to flee. Claude C p r v a s

•waiting on a woman customer when 1= v*|£ smelled smoke. He and other ^c$erks started an investigation with r John G. Brooks. They had no soon-I er recahed the rear of the store than [ a great roar of flames was heard t and the^store filled immediately with I a choking smoke. f In spite of the fact that the fire

department responded quickly to the. alarm from Box 23, both stores seem­ed doomed when the firemen arrived. Great clouds of smoke stifled the figgr fighters and made their work danger

flames from Harrison's store had communicated with the drug store early. . ,

As soon.as proper ventilation could be had, the firemen began to remove explosives from the drug store. Mem bers of No. 3 truck and companies lv

2 and 5 worked heroically in the cel­lar removing gasoline and alcohol barrels. This work nearly overcame the firemen but they stuck to their tasks until the barrels were rolled away from all danger.

As there are no fire walla separat­ing the cellars of adjacent buildings and to prevent the danger of the flames spreading, Chief Burns order­ed the cellars of the Bool furniture and Barnes Shoe Stores flooded.

No. 2 and No. 6 engines were or­dered out by Chief Burns. Extra hose was needed and the new Knox auto­mobile fire engine was called out to supply several hundred feet of hose which it used in a water test this morning. The engines were connected with hose lines early, but were held in reserve. The water pressure from the sixteen-inch main was all that could be desired. Chief Burns issued orders, however, to wet down both stores and take no chances with the blase.

The dental offices of W. E. House over the stores were filled with smote and he was driven to the street. Ells­worth McGillivra's photograph gallery suffered in the same way. The H. J. Bool Furniture Company store was filled with smoke, toe.

The damage to the building has not been estimated. The two stores occu­pied the block which is owned by John C. Gauntlett and the Mrs. Mary Brooks estate. It is thought that tfiere will be little realized on the drugs, if they went through the fire untouched. The gencrc. lopinion was thai none of the clothing could be

KILLSnO GETIMONEY l u C W M MARRY Author of Melodramas Shoots

Young Huckster — Needed Money to Marry Widow— He Confesses.

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©us. Several lines of hose were U3edi saved.

WOULD HAVESTATESELL ELECTRICPOWER AT COST (ALBANY, Feb. 29.—The members

ft the state conservation commission [appeared before the legislative com-

Jttees which are considering water [storage and electric power legislation

id submitted a substitute for the !*erris committee bill, which changes

| t h e conservation law. The state con-rvation committee's new bill pro-

rides for immediate state construc­tion, control and maintenance of a »tate-wide system of electric trarts-liesion with water storage reservoirs

ho be constructed by the state for the [public use and benefit in accordance with the well known policy of Gover­

n o r Dix. Under its' provisions the conserva­

tion commission wUl have power to lease, construct, acquire by purchase

condemn apy property necessary to tf» undertaking: and may contract to

sh municipalities with power en-electricity or water for the pur-of lighting public streets, hlgh-

J9, public and private buildings and lor heat and power to the end that' the

^''municipality and the citizens thereof shall secure at cost the benefits to be 'derived from the utilization of said

ror and Water."

The proposed law also provides that any public service corporation at pres­ent supplying a municipality with light and power may enter into a con­tract with the municipality by the state, but only at a rate, to be ap­proved by the commission. No con­tract, whether with the state or with an existing company, can be entered into by the municipality until after the proposition shall have been ap­proved at a special election at which all electors within the municipality can vota

The surpVqs and other available waters of the barge canal are put un­der the Jurisdiction of ' the commis­sion^ who may lease water wherever the best interests of the state require; or may develop and distribute water, light and power in the same manner as provided with impounded waters. The commission is given authority to contract with riparian or other own­ers benefited by-the regulating of the flow of any stream, and provision is made for a payment by such person benefited "at the rate of not less than |20 per year for each foot of fall avail­able for each one billion cubic feet of created or increased storage capacity of the dam or dams."

NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 29.—To obtain money with which to marry Mrs. Lfeora Hifdson, a well known widow, George Redding, aged 21 years; a t one time a writer of melo­dramatic-* plays in one of which he starred, lared Morris Greenberg, a young, huckster, tp the west woods of Hampden, where he shot him down in cold blood and picked his pockets. Arrested by a detective and taken to the scene of the crime and subjected to a grilling examina­tion by Coroner Mix and detectives, Redding confessed and told in de­tail the story of the crime. He was held without bail today to await further investigation of the case.

The strange part of the tragedy is that Redding claims to have found no money on the person of Green­berg while the tatter's parents claim that when he left home to go to Hampden he had between $200 and $300 in his pockets. Only $17 was' found in his clothes. . . ,

Redding starred i n , a play wfitten by himself, "The Midnight. Special," in which he acted the part of a telegraph operator and saved a train. His mind seems to jcun toward the melodramatic. He jhways carried a revolve)-. Yet all who knew him were istonished at his confession. A friend who met him last Sunday coming out of the woods coon after Greenberg was shot, down said he greeted him 'riendiy and was smoking a cigarette calmly.

Mrs. Hudson is 28 years of age, wid Redding's parents at first re­used to believe the story but on earning of the confession declared

they believed the man unsound of mind. He had recently been em­ployed as a correspondence school solicitor, but earned little money. Fearing that he would not be able ;o realize his ambitions to be mar­ried, he chose the desperate meas­ures to get the cash. He is said here to have sold a number of play* to W. A.^Brady; " •

SNEADJURY FAILS TO AGREE

FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 29.— After being out 112 hours, the jury in the trial of John B. Snead, charged with the murder of A. G. Boyce, sr., whose son eloped wiih Snead's wife, reported a disagreement today and was discharged by rhe court. This was the fourth time that the jury had reported that it could not agree. On the other occasions the twelve men were sent back to continue their de­liberations. The jury stood seven) for acquittal and fiv<> for conviction on the first ballot and the first vote was never changed.

Did Colonel Give Bob Double -Cross?

To Cohtg&Study Of Factviy Problem

Senate Passes $50,000 Appropriation For That Purpose—Civil

Pension*.

ALBANY, Fe& 2 £ ^ T b o Smith-Wagner bill' appropriating $50,000 for continuing the Work of factory investigation passed the4' senate to­day. It was brought tip out of its regular order and put through in a hurry.

The Loomis bil*[whidh amends the charter ot the C$y of Euffalo so that the common council may au­thorize bonds with. which to build a convention hall, was passed by the senate today. : ~; . '

There was introduced, in the as­sembly today a bill providing for the appointment of <k" commission of seven to inquire tfaio the feasibility of pensioning clvflj employes. An appropriation of $§0,000 is provided The commission is to report to the legislature on Jan, 1, 1913. A similar bill was put in last year.

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SHERMAMFOR VICE PRESIDENT

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WASHINGTON, feb. 20.—Taft for president and James S. Sherman for vice president. Tola wHl be the Re­publican national ticket after the Chicago convention's held* accord­ing to predictions made here today. After a series of eliminations it has been decided that :$ke honor of vice president should again go to Mr. Sherman who is u^erstood to'be in a receptive mood. "A member of the cabinet is reported; saying we had not' intended to cbfpldeV Mr. Sher­man ioc vive presfi<ent m wis, cam­paign but the emergency confront­ing us compels us $0 do so. It is be­lieved that the emergency mentioned was the announcement of Colonel Roosevelt. To offset this the Taft managers decided txj $ut a New York man on the national ticket.

CANNIBALS KILL UNO O E M SOLDIERS

LISBON, Feb. 29.—A serious re> volt marked by atrocities of cannibals has broken, out in Portugese Guinea, Africa, a n d the government today or-dereil a transport with troops to rush to the scene of'the new uprising. The dispatches contained revolting details. The bodies of four Portu­gese soldiers who were killed in fighting were eaten by cannibals. The natives attacked the European settlement and driving off the defend­ers, carried men, women and children to the jungle. It ts feared that most of them have been put to death and perhaps devoured by the barbaric sav­ages.

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Young British Aristocrat Jilted bV Gabrielle Ray—Later She Sends Word She Was IH. '

Taft Will Answer Roosevelt bong Speech Making Trip

MUTINY BREAKS OUT IN PEK1NJN0 WUCHANG

PEKIN, Feb. 29.—A large number of the soldiers of the bodyguard of President Yuan Shih Kai mutinied to­day. Rioting broke out and the loyal troops tried to subdue the mutineers. Many were shot. This evening the de­serters were in control of a section cf the city and started several fires. Much property has been destroyed.

mm m STRIKE HAS BEGUN; 902,000 MEN ALREADY REPOR

" ' . ' . " . ' — V, Efforts of Cabinet to Avert Trouble Blocked by of Minority of Mine Owners to Con-

LONDON, Feb. 29.—While the priests stood by in their vestments, waiting to perform a wedding in the great edifice of the Windsor Roman Catholic Church, Eric Lowder, a riota young British aristocrat, whose for­tune is estimated at $1(1,000,000, waited in vain for his fiancee, Gabrielle Ray, one of the comeliest musical comedy actresses of the English1 stage, today. News of the jilting of Mr. Lowder came as a surprise and shock to Brit­ish society, as it was looking forward to the nuptials for weeks. This morn­ing the newspapers contained elab orate stories of ,the details qf the wed­ding. .

While the prospective bridegroom stood waiting at the church, the motor car in which the couple were to take their honeymoons journey stood with throbbing engines before the church. The bride, who came not, was some­where in London, but no one knew just where. As time sped on the guests whispered among themselves over the strange occurrence, and the bridegroom-to-be pulled at his mous­tache. It gradually dawned on the astonished congregation that Gabrielle Ray had jilted one of the best catches in London.

Mr. Lowder ia grandson of Sir Ed­ward Lowder, one of the richest men In England. He won the fair Gabrl-elle'fl hand In keen, competition. The mfuCtiitsC LjWisr is said to have be­stowed over $100,000 worth of gifts on the fair actress. Once, when she was Singing in Paris, Gabrielle snubbed Manuel, who was then King of Por­tugal, when he made advances toward her.

The strange non-appearance of Miss Ray deepened into a mystery this evening when she issued a note of ex­planation to the press, saying she failed to appear because of illness. In view of the fact, however, that the wedding party waited at the church four hours, duriug which time no ex­planation came from Miss Ray, the statement did not quiet gossip. Miss Ray, said the marriage, Wftfld take plaqeTaTer, "altflodH none of. friends of the prospective brldesfoow admitted it.

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LONDON, Feb. 20.—Early tbia evening it was stated that 902,000 men were out in the great national coal strike. .>

PROMPT APPEAL IN BRANDT CASE

veil In Columbus la almost certain. A canvass of the New York political

situation, made at conferences be* tween William Barnes, jr., chairman of the New York State Republican committee; Vice President Sherman, State Senator Brackett and Repreaea-

•'WABHltfGTON, Feb. 29.-—Presidentf clear his own views on many of the aft will fcoon start a vigorous speech- doctrines advocated by Colonel Roose-^jng campaign to explain his posi-

Mm on current questions and further i t s candidacy for renoralnation. Be­fore the'Republican national conven­

t i o n meets in June, the president will

[spend many d*yfl on tbft road *na lB

*xD6Cted to deliver score* of apeeche* r^ l l l travel as far west as Chicago, Wtlv» Caldef, % BrooMly* leader in

far north as New Hampshire andUwfigrelw, retulled Tn an informal at least as far as Georgia^ declaration that President Taft wonM

ber engagements may be made in. the next few weeks. The president's political advisers, believe h* Is their pest orator. . ' .

Although no announcement has been m a < l r of subjects for speeches the Z . » d e n t will make on these t r ip* j t

practically certain that be will not

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PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 29.—Charg­ing that Col, Theodore Roosevelt, after "earnestly soliciting" Senator Robert M- La Follette to make a cam­paign for the Republican nomination for president, proved unfaithful and pulled wires to steal the thunder of the Wisconsin man, Walter Houser, chairman of the national La Follette campaign committee, made a state­ment in which he declared "that La Follette was in the race and would stay in the race, lighting to the end."

"Progressives of the country can hold Roosevelt responsible,5' said Houser, "if a split comes and Taft wins the nomination. La Follette en­tered the presidential race at the earn­est solicitation of Roosevelt and other prominent progressives. It was not until La Follette showed he could win Ohio from Taft that his opponents thought it necessary to get Roosevelt tb say he would accept the nomination if drafted." Houser said that Garfield had acted for Roosevelt in the pro­gressive conference*.

NANKING, Feb. 29—The republican government Is preparing a proclama­tion, which will shortly be issued, giv­ing notice of the -extension of the re­public's sovereignty to cover Man­churia. This action will be contested by both Japan and Russia. A report from Hankow today stated that the mutineers of Wu Chang have been overpowered after a night of terror, during which street fighting was con­tinuous. The ring leaders were be­headed today and their heads carried through the streets on long bamboo poles.

NEW ^ORK* STOCKS (By Special Wire to F. W. Stewart.)

NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—The doting prices on the stock exchange today were as follows: Amalgamated Copper 67% Am. Sugar Refining 119% Am. Smelting & Refining 72% Anaconda Mining , 38% Atoh., Top. &. Santa Fe , . . .104%

ALBANY, Feb. 29.—Attorney Gen­eral Carmody said today he intended to take an immediate appeal from the decision of Justice Gerard in granting a writ of habeas corpus in the Brandt case. He so notified District Attor-new Whitman and M. L. Towns, coun­sel for the ex-valet. Mr. Carmody said he thought the appelate division would hear the case without delay.

Blind Student Highly Honored

SYRACUSE, N. Y., Feb. 29—George Carmody of New York, a blind stud­ent at Syracuse University, has been elected valedictorian of the class of 1912. Carmody, in spite of his afflic­tion, is one of the most brilliant students at the institution. He is an accomplished pianist. He received his early education In a blind school in New York. His lessons at Syra­cuse were read to him by other stud­ents and all his work was done on a typewriter.

RICHES0N MAY NOT * LIVE MUCH LONGER

LONDON, Feb. 29/ -The greatest strike in the history of the world, which will tie up the coal fields of Great Britain and may result 'in a complete industrial paralysis, will go into effect at midnight. At least 200,-000' miners have already quit work. Eight hundred thousand men and boys in the coal field? are under or­ders to ftrike at midnight. Many great industrial concerns will have to close down immediately.

The government's efforts to avert the strike went on but with no hope of auccess as to the main body of the miners. It was believed, however, that it would be possible in some sec­tions to avert an immediate walk-out. The men Idle today were employed in mines where colliery agreements with tho operators had expired and the miners refused to renew them up­on order of the executive committee of the federated miners union.

The country was ia trepidation as It stood on the eve of a crisis, fcr no man could tell where it would leare, or predict how heavy the toll might be if violence broke out. The anxiety of the country was fully attested by special prayers issued by the Arch­bishop of Canterbury and the Arch­bishop of York to be recited in all the parishes throughout the United King­dom. When the representatives of the miners and operators resumed their separate conferences today if

the federated unions. Predictions aa to the length of the struggle vary, the most conservative being that it would last a week, others looked for a long struggle.

There was great activity in the home and foreign office. Viscount Hal-dane, minister of war, had bodies of troops on the move toward strategic points In the coal field. An army of 10,000 men was virtually under marching orders at Aldershot. When-the troops take the field they will be equipped with ball cartridges and bayonets.

A special cabinet council was held this morning and the strike situation was reviewed with a view of settling on a public policy. All members of the cabinet attended. Represent­atives of both sides met Premier A*--quith in Downing Street today. It was reported that the premier deliv­ered a message direct from King George asking both sides to make still further concessions so that the great struggle may be avoided.

Final action of the miners' feder­ated union was takeq at noon when the miners voted not to accept thet " terms of the operators Unless a mini­mum wage scale was put into force in every district of the coal fields of tho United Kingdom. The decision by the miners was their last answer to the employers and a challenge to the government. It wipes out the last hope that the struggle would be postponed. About 60 per cent of the operators have accepted the mini^ mum wage up to today, the *^ mainder holding out because- the charge that the men would take ad-was admitted that nothing short of a

miracle could prevent the strike from vantage of the guaranteed wage* and going on in its entirety, as called by uhlrk during working hours

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DANCERS AT MASQUE FIND GIRL CRUCIFIED

hate an almost solid New York dele­gation to the Republican national con yen'tlon.

ft will Claimed that the conference between President Taft and Chairman Barnes was satisfactory to both In so far aa the selection of delegates and the proposed wording of the platform wa» concerned. Chairman Barnea re-

NEW YORK, Feb. 29.—Mortimer L. i

Schiff, Howard S. Gans and former Police Inspector William McLaugh­lin will, after all, be permitted to tes­tify before the grand jury, which is now inquiring as to whether Foulke E. Brandt was the victim of a con­spiracy.

It was learned that District Attor­ney Whitman will consent to the ap­pearance of Schiff, Gans and Mc­Laughlin, provided that General Ses­sions Judge Crafn assumes the re­sponsibility. If Judge Grain thinks that the witnesses would not be au­tomatically immunized under section 584 of the penal law, if they signed a waiver of Immunity, the district at­torney will call the three men.

Delancey Nicoll, counsel for Mr. Schiff,and Gans, has made strenuous efforts to get permission for his clients to tell their Bide of the Brandt case in some sort of a court proceed­ing. He strove to have them admit­ted as witnesses in the pardon in quiry over which Judge Hand presid­ed and which was originally suspend

ed because Judge Hand put up, to Governor Dix the responsibility of de­ciding whether Schiff and Cans should be alJowed to testify against the protests of the attorney general and the district attorney.

It was not known what *" course Judge Crain would take but persons around the criminal courts building assumed that, the virtual, withdrawal of all opposition by the district at­torney guarantees the privilege that Mr. Schiff and Gans have sought through their lawyers. ,

District Attcirney Whitman was surprised when the report was called to his attention. He said he had not talked to Judge Crain. Asked to af­firm the story. Mr. Whitman positive­ly declined to discuss it one way of another.

Brandt himself will be taken before the grand jury next Tuesday. Hia examination may take up several days since it is the purpose of the grand jury to have the man questioned minutely as to every phase of the case of whioh he might have knowl­edge.

Wiley Denies Report That s

He Intends to Quit His Job

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Lif ' to inclnd* in his addresses the r» of lodge*, the "recall" of Judicial turned to New York late yesterday

ItmiJL ooseibly the initiative a i d Congressman McKlnley, director of - the .national Taft headquarters, re

turned from Chicago, Where he mad* arrangements for the western end of the Taft campaign. To visitors at tbe Taft headquarter* he expressed the belief that the president was gaining •upport ih

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BERLIN, Feb. 29.—An inquiry was begun at Hertford, Westphalia, today into the tragic death of a girl who was crucified hist night during a masked ball. At the height of the gaiety the girl's body was discovered by a party of dancers. At iirat it was thought, trance, but later It waa discovered by a physician that she was dead. The authorities were disposed to think she was the victim of religious mania t.n (be part of persons who took her lif \ as epfarentty It was impossible for the gfrT to crucify herself. The police at Hertford believe that the guilty

persons soon \U l D p caught. that the girl W M in a cataleptic Pressed Steel Car

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BOSTON, Feb. 29.—Clarence V. T. Richeson, former pastor and confess­ed slayer of Avis Linnell, will not live to meet death in the electric chair three months hence, according to the statement of his keeper at the Charles Street jail. Physically, he is but a shadow of his former self, and ment­ally he is a victim of melancholia. He seldom sleeps, eats but little and without appetite, and only occasional­ly reads light magazlnee or fiction, which long ago took the place of the religious works in which he seemed to find solace at first.

Richeson is constantly moving about his cell, from bed to ehalr and chair to bed. At the slightest noise la the corridor he crouehea in a cor­ner and tries to bide himself. Even Butts, the good-natured negro convict, who waa placed In the adjoining cell, no longer interests htm. Richeson will talk only with Sheriff Qulnn. and from him he gets such IWWB as he wishes.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.—Dr. Har­vey W. Wiley, chief chemist of the department of agriculture and cham­pion of pure food, denied today that he intended to resign or that be would be a candidate for vice president on the Democratic ticket. The report that Wiley contemplated resigning, which is printed below, was published broadcast this morning. The doctor declared it had beeu started by his enemies' to harm him.

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 29—Dr. Har-vey W. Wiley, pure food champion, ie seriously considering resigning his position a* chief of the bureau of chemistry ia the department of agrl culture. Admitting this In an Inter­view laat night, Doctor Wiley said that while he had not yet determined to offer his resignation, it seemed that he could not be successful In his efforts to secure harmony as tong a i there were "incongruous elements" In the department.

"I have been working a loag UatV* said Doctor Wiley, "to secure peace. This cannot, however, exist as long as there are incongruous elements as now exist In the department. I have not jrat determined to withdraw. 1 am hoping for a solution of the diffi­culties."

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"I am not prepared to say now. If I determine to withdraw, however, I shall issue a statement which there will be no difficulty in understanding."

This statement, it ia said, would contain a complete review of Doctor Wiley's work in enforcing the pure food and drugs law, an account of per­sistent efforts t s nullify his activities and strong criticlfM of Secretary Wilson, of the agricultural depart­ment. Doctor Wiley said he had re­cently expressed his views to Secre­tary Wilson.

Secretary Wilson Mid laat night ' that this was "all news to him;" that he had not seea Doctor Wiley in two weeks.

Doctor Wiley's present attitude fol­lows long drawn out and bitter con­troversies over the enforcement of tho pare food and drugs s e t After the Wiley-McCabe congressional in­vestigation lent summer the failure of the effort to oust the chemist on technical charges and' the reorganlia-tion or the pure feed board so as to give Doctor Wiley control, it was sup­posed that the fight was ever. Re­cent events, however, are said to have convinced the doctor that his victory waa empty.

It ts auggeefd that Doctor w i W hi contemplating entering politics. Re­cently some of h(« frlesda have sug­gested him at a candidate for vice-

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