Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 9, 1910, Page 1

NEWS SECTION PAGES 1 TO 8. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. WEATHFR FORECAST. For Nebraska—Generally fair. For Towa—Partly cloudy For weuther report see page 2, VOL. XXXIX-— ALLEGED LETTER THIEF IN TOMBS Thomas P. Reilly is Charged with Stealing Wickersham's Note ' to District Attorney. OTHER DOCUMENTS ALSO TAKEN Letter Subsequently Was Published a New York Magazine, END OF LONG INVESTIGATION Indicted Man is Employe of Inter- state Commerce Commission. WORKED FOR ' SUGAR COMBINE | He Was at One Time Traffic Expert for the “Trast” and Furni Mach Ev NEW YORK, Jan. 8.—Thomas P. Rellly, speclal investigator for the Interstate Com- merce commission was arrested here late this afternoon and locked up in the Tombs, charged with the theft of a letter from George W. Wickersham, United States at- torney general, to Harry A. Wise, United States district attorney, from Mr. Wise's office In the New York federal building. The letter subsequently appeared in the Cosmopoliton Magazine and it was known yesterday that the long search for the man who stole it had at resulted in the return of an indictment by the federal grand pury. Whether other Indictments will follow, Mr. Wise would not say to- night, but they are expected. The specific charge against Rellly In the indictment 1s ‘‘the taking and publishing ot letters and private papers without au- thority,” In violation of the United States revised statutes and of the New York penal laws. The acts complained of are sald sald to have been committed on July, 1, 1900, when Mr. Wise was abroad. In addition to the Wickersha ietter there were also absiracted from the files of the district wttorney's office two letters from C. R. Helke, secretary of the American Sugar Refining company to John B. Par- sons, counsel for the company and the minutes of the board of directors of the company for the meeting beld at the house of the late Theodore Havemyer, December, 1500, st Letter Stolen from Desk. Abel I Smith, the assistant United States district attorney who worked up the case against Rellly, sald tonight that when the publication of Mr. Wickersham's letter first greeted Mr. Wise on his réturn from Hurope, he immediately instituted a search for thé orfginal. The Wickersham letter he had left in his des It was found finally, In the W file. A copy of it had ‘evidently been taken for publication. The HeikePareois Tettivs had wso Veen dopled, for the originals were recovered in the office file, but the minutes of the sugar company's board of directors have appar- netly disappeared. News of the arrest caused a sensation in the federal bullding, where Rellly was known as & protege of Henry L..Stimson, now special counsel for the government in its prosecution of the sugar -cases and formerly. United States district attorney. It was on Information furnished by Reilly to Mr. Stimson that the government pro cuted with success the New York Centra Rock Island, Chicago, ‘Milwaukee & St. Paul, Central Vermont, Western Traction company and other rallroad and transit companies for giving rebates on sugar shipments in violation of the Hepburn law, The rallroads, on pleas of gulity, were ail heavily fined. George Von Utassey, business manager of the Magazine, and Perigon Maxwell, manageér, have both testified before the grand jury as to the price they pald for the letter, but this Information has mnot been made public. Text of Stolem Letter. The Wickersham letter, as it appeared in the Cosmopolitan magazine, follows: “WASHINGTON, Sunday, June 2, 1909.— My Dear Wise: Senator Root has sent me the proof of a petition signed by Bowers, Milburn and Guthrie In support of thelr contention that the statute of limitations has run In favor of Messrs. Parsons, Klssel and HMarned. 1f the only overt acts done o carry out the objects of the unlawful cqrspiracy were those referred to In the beief, 1 should think they were insutficient to save the bar of the statute. “A strong effort will be made tomorrow to persuade the president to intertere in some way (o prevert the indictments, but aside from that no indietments shouid be relurned @gainst wny oue i there s uo Teasonable ground to belleve they com e sustained—if, for instance, the offemsecs tharged are clearly barred by the statute. [ need hardly say this to you. “What Iwant to tmpress upon you Is that It you have any reasonable doubt In the matter you either bave the grand jury ask the court for Instructions, or, If that is not feasible, that you advise the depart- ment of the speciic charges on which you rely to save the statute before actually having the indictments brought in. You may telephone cither to me or to Mr. Ellis, Af 1 should be out of the department when ¥ou call on this point. “GEORGE W. WICKBRSHAM." Former Employe of Sugar Combine. WASHINGTON, Jun. 8—As a speclal agent, Thomas . Rellly has been an em- ploye of the Interstate Commerce commis. glon for about two years. He Is regarded as & diligent and thorough Investigator: Through his efforts hundreds of thousands of s In fines and peralties have been turned o the United States treasury. Rellly for many years was a traffic exs pert for the “Sugar trust,” and s declared to be better Informed on the relations be- twoss the “Sugar trust” and the rallroads than @by other man. Several years ago he relinquished his position with the “trust” and became a special agent of the United States district attorney In New York City He was recommended to the commission by former Distriet Attorney Stimson of New York. After he jolned the commission's Investi- #ating force Rellly spent much time In the distrit attorney's office, where he was af- forded office and desk room, It has been known to the commission that Reilly was suspected of knowing womething about the disappearance of letters and documents and their consequent publication, and the ‘ news of his arrest created Mitle surprise. It is sAld &t the commission’s office that &8 soon as Rellly's Indictment and arrest | weie commuuioated to body officlally \he would be suspended o ng further de- . OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, lear with kerosene. |tering burning oil over his clothing and the Martin Praises Taft’s Message on Trust Plans| South Dakota Congressman Says it Comes from Lawyer with Judi- cial and Constructive Mind. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 8—(Special Tele- gram.)—"“The president’s anti-trust message 1s an exceedingly sirong and noteworthy Cocument,” says Congressman Martin of South Dakota. “It could only have been written by & lawyer, and & lawyer of judi- clal mind. It fully recognizes the principle, purpose and secope of the Sherman anti- trust act, and upholds the law fn no un- certain terms. The principle of the Sher- man act Is free compelition, Its purpose I8 to prevent and suppress monopoly and its scope Is broad enough to accomplish this without injury to legitimate Industry. The president advises no amendments nor ‘| modificatiop of this wholesome statute, but asks for new constructive legislation in aid of its better observance. The presi- dent's posittve stand in support of the Sherman act should go far towards silen- cing flippant eriticism of the law and dls- courage any further efforts to legalize monopoly, at least during the Taft ad- ministration.” Congressman Kinkald has recommended the appointment of Mrs. Mary Allen Fisher postmaster at Buron, Keya Paha county, Nebraska, vice Clara Wiley, resigned. The Commercial club of Omaha. through E. J. McVann, today formally filed Its complaint with the Interstate Commerce commission against the Chicago & North- western, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, the Unfon Pacific and the Wyoming & North- western rallway companies in behalf of the members of the club, whose places of business are in the cities of Omaha, South Omaha and Councll Bluffs, engaged in the business of shipping lumber and articles taking lumber rates In carload lots to varlous points In the states of South Da- kota, Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming. The complaint alleges that the present rates charged by the defendant raflroad companies are unjust, unreasonable and excessive as compared with rates for simi- lar services rendercd by these and other carriers under substantlally similar oir- cumstances and conditlons. An exhibit was filed with the club's complaint showing ratés to points in Colorado and Wyoming. Ttural carriers appointed: Nebraska Danncbrog, route 1, Peter Erickson carrier, Richard N. Longman substitute. Iowa— Allison, route 1, Lee N. Michael carrier, H. C. Speechy substitute; Brooks, Youte 1, G. A. Lincoln carrier, no substitute; Wa- dena, route 1, B. A. Jennings carrier, M. Davis substitute; Wood ward, route 4, Luther D. Rhoads carrier, no substitute, The corporate existente of the First Na- tional bank of Wymore, Neb., has been extended twenty year: Mrs. Cohen Will Sue - Girl’s Grandfather Wife of Waiter Announces She Will Demand $50,000 Because of Elopement. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 8.—Mrs. Ferd- ipand Cohen, wife of the hotel walter who disappéared about the time Miss Roberta B. De Janon was reported missing, today announced her intention of bringing sult for $50,000 against Robert Buist, the grand- father of the girl, for alleged allenation of her husband’s affectlons. Mrs. Cohen returned here last night from New York and today .called upon Henry J. Scott, an attorney, and Instructed him to bring the suit. Mr. Scott sald he would, institute suit next week. The action, Mr. Scott sald, would be brought against Mr. Bulst as guardian of the girl, the missing helress belng a minor. Before conferring with the attorney Mrs, Cohen discussed the case with her usual freedom. “I am golng to get satis(ac- tlon,” she sald. “Everyone seems to think 1 am as much to blame in this case as anybody. No one has any sympathy for me." Mrs, Cohen sald she thought the missing ocouple would be found as scon as their money ran out. My husband,” she said, “will have to hunt work. Roberta will drive him to seek work and will soon be crying for her cosy room In the Bellevue- Stratford hotel Luborer Fatally Burned. SEWARD, Neb., Jan. 8.—(Speclal)— Krhaim Skukcele, a Greek laborer employed as member of & construction gang, was probably fatally nurned here this evening. He lighted the fire in the stove in the bunik The can exploded, scat- car. His companions rolled him In the FIRST BALLOTING NEXT SATURDAY Bitter and Weighty Political Battle in Great Britain Nears the End. LIBERAL VICTORY PREDICTED Party Will Probably Have a Small Working Majority. g NEW ISSUES TO THE FRONT| { Unionists Succeed in Crowding | Budget Out of Discussion. MORE STRANGE BED FELLOWS Sir Arthur Balfour and Navy, Bee man Menace.” LONDON, Jan. 8.-One week from today the balloting will begin in one of the most bitter and weightiest political battles since | Gladstone’s home rule policy split up the | old parties in the eighties, Twelve London | an1 fifty-six ‘ provinctal constituencies go | to the polls next Saturday, large numbers | on Monday and Tuesday, and the votlng | will drag out through a fortnight. ! The Issue 1s'in no wise open to a confi- dent prophesy. The present tendency seems t foreshadow a new liberal government with @ small working majority. On the other hand, it is within the possibilities that the conservatives m win enough followers to capture control. - They are most likely to suffer through apathy, but such a campalgn as being carried on must bring out the most hardened stay-at-homes. That there will be many returns to former unionist allegiance of seats which the radi- cals won four years ago is not doubted. Unionists Are Confident. The long list of seceding liberals, who | have been won over to tariff reform, pub- | lished during the week indicates that there | may be great surprises in the coming elec- | tions. Many of these are manufacturers, | who may influence the votes of their work- | ers. The unionist leaders proclaim their contidence in the result and they undoubt- edly have hope, but a unionist victory would require such an enormous turnover | that it {s questionable whethgr, even with the tide in favor of that party, more can be done than reduce thg government's majority to such a small margin that it would have to depend on the Irish vote for legislation. This might result in, speedy dis- solution and another appeal to the country, in which the unionists would have better prospects of success. Mr. Baifour, Lord Lansdowne, Lord Mil- ner, Lord ' Curzon, Lord Rothschild and Austen Chamberlain, the ex-chanceilor of the. exchequer, have been the opposition's heavy gains.in the last week. Premier A quith, Chancellor Lloyd-George, Sir Ed- ward Grey, forelgn secretary; Reginald McKenna, frst Jord of the admiralty, and Winston Spencer Churchill, president of the Board of Trade, have been pltted against them. With tariff reform and the “German menace” for ammunition, the opposition's speakers have compelled the budget and the hold-up o fthe budget by the House of Lords to take a back seat. Mr. Balfour's plain speaking about Germany provided the sensation of the week. He {s the strange bedfellow of Soclalist Blatchford, whose clamorous demands for a great navy and conseriptions have made him one of the tigures of the day. Joseph Chamberlain puts forth dally letters in behalf of the protectionist candidates, The lords seem to have rather bettered their position by meeting the people freely and they have galned considerable personal popularity, but the lfberals accuse such “proconsuls” as Curzon and Milner as being 80 accustomed to ruling subject races that they have lost sympathy with a govern- ment by the people The meetings in halls, where regularly enlisted speakers hold forth, have num- bered thousands this week, but they are few as compared wtih the informal gath- erings 1 nthe parks and streets, where the Question whether the “foelgner pays the tax" In protectec countries is waged end- lessly. One hundred thousand volunteer workers wtth many automobiles are busy | in London and a large proportion of the rrom the New York World. 1910—SIX SECTIONS—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. S \‘ (TR NEL I T R I e \ o 1\4 T'empering the Wind = e RAP AT FORESTRY SERVICE National Wool Growers at Ogden Also Condemn “Tariff Tinkering.” DEMORALIZES THE INDUSTRY J. A. Bddy of Denver falls Bureau of Forestry Mougrel Croms Be- tween Patriarchism and Autocraey. OGDEN, Utah, Jan. 8.—"Tariff tinkering" and the forest sy we adrinistration are conderned in resolutions submitted to the National Wool Growers' convention here today. In the language of the resolutions poth- Ing so quickly demoralizes sheep hus- bandry as “tariff tinkering,” and the action 1s one to be deprecated. The proposition to amend schedule “K' of the Payne-Aldrich tarift law is strenu- ously opposed. - On the subject resolutions say: “The regulations of the forestry service, which our experience has taught us, are established more on theory than knowledge, have® worked untold hardships and an- noyance to our Industry and have been productive of severe but just criticism of the forest service administration. “We inslst upon equal consideration with the forestry offictals in the management of forest reserves. “We condemn thoe practice of the forestry service in imposing burdensome fines with- out giving the party fined a trial before a court of competent jurisdiction.” & Eddy Attacks Forestry Service. J. Arthur Eddy, president of the Na- tional Public Domain league, Denver, Colo., |attacked the position taken by a paper | pubiished in the interest of the conservation | of natural resources. Characterizing the bureau of forestry as “a mongrel cross between patriarchism of forest reserves the women are making a personal canvass. WRIGHT INJUNCTION HELD UP| Court Suspends Order Preventing Curtiss from Manufacturing Aeroplanes. . BUFFALO, Jan. 8.—An order was granted In the United States circuit court today suspending, pending appeal to be taken im- medlately, the temporary injunction ré- cently obtained by the Wright company prohibiting the manufacture and sale of snow and extinguished the flames. The car was destroyed. aeroplanes by the Herring-Curtiss company and Glenn H. Curtiss in alleged infringe- ment of Wright patents. Piatti Sits Astride the Flag Pole andflurrahs for Italy Blg Boss Flynn of the Dahlman Democ- racy wore @ long countenance yesterday and will stil be mourning today. After some difficulty the reason for his downcast state was uncovered. With a view to starting early on the gubérnatorial cam- palgn of mayor almost daily meetings of the club have been scheduled. Now one of the wisest advisers of the Dahlman club is Louls J. Piatti, especially since Colonel Fanning took boat for Egypt to study up the methods of the ancient campaigners like Alexander, who was 80 successful that he could find nothing more to aspire to. Plattl has a high seat at all confer- ences, but he did not attend yesterday or today. Mr. Piattl is one of the descendants of the ancient Romans, today known famil- jarly as Itallans, of whom there are a large number in Omaha, all friends of “da Tom" and “da Jim." Officing ‘with him in the Brown block, on the fifth floor, 1s denor Antonlo Vineto, vice consul for King Victor of Italy in Omaha. It is a require- ment of the officlal code In such cases made and provided that on certain days the Itallan flag shall be flung to the breeze. Yesterday was the birthday anniversary of Queen Elena of Italy, formerly known as the beautiful princess of Montenegro. In homor thereof the oiiflamme of the Italian kingdom should ko wloft, As proper facil- Ities for fllnging its folds to the breese from a high staff are not at hand in the local consulate, Signor Vineto adopted the expedient of pushing the banner out through the window of his office. He pro- posed to stand by to make sure that it should be kept flying in approved fashion, | But the vice consul has many calls on his | time and he has charged Piatti, by solemn obligation, to act as color sergeant in his | absence. Hence It happens that Mr. Platt| is to be seen equipped with earmuffs and gountlets, with & Garibaldl sash spread | diagonally across his pulchritudinous front, | sitting astride of the Itallan. banner that flutters in the breeze from the top floor of the Brown block. Ever and anon Mr. Piatti can be heard giving utterance to mellifiuous sounds that entrance the passers-by who have keen cars. The burden of his song ls, translated roughly: Viva, viva Garibaldi. Viva, Victor Emmanuel. Pitttl's flag watch did not end with the talling of the curtain of night last even- ing, elther. Today Is the anniversary of the assassination of King Victor Bm- manuel 1T, when the flag should properly fly at half-mast. This being impnssible, the handsome ltalian member of the local bar will push the flag of his ancestors balf way through the window and will sit astride the staff to make sure that its rosition shall be correctly malntained. {and a benign autocracy, reared by a soc- | talistic wet nurse,” he challenged the bu- reau to show that there is a danger of a | timber famine in twenty-five or thirty | years and asserted that the annual growth of timber practically equals its consump- 1 tion. He challenged the assertion that there will be a coal famine in 100 years, and pointed to the government reporis that our coal supply equals 3,100,000,000,000 tons, and that our -annual consumption is less than half a billlon tons. He also challenged the statement that we will have an iron famine in 30 or 4 years, and on authority of the United States census stowing that the average yleld per acre of all our principal crops has been the greatest' during the last dec- | ade, he challenged the statgment that our soll is becoming impoverished, LINEMAN SHOT BY MARSHAL |Employe of Telephone Killed While Res) Arrest. CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia., Jan. 8.—James Cas- sldy of this city, chief llneman of the Bell Telephone company, was shot and killed by Marshal Lee at Dysart, near here today, while resisting arrest. Cassidy and se eral companlons are said to have attacked Lee when the marshal attempted to arrest If your cook leaves, don’t try to stop her. It is easier to get another one through The Bee. Thousands of reliable ser- vants read The Bee Want Ads every day. They will read your advertisement., And a Bee applicant is invariably a desirable applicant. Phone Douglas 238, ——- ~Boy Guard Kills Pair.of Robbers After Struggle Left by Father to Watch Postoffice, Seventeen-Year-0ld Youth Proves Hero. TALUAHASSE, Fla., Jan. 8.~In a strug: Ble early today with two safeblowers, Paul Saulk, 17 years of age, who was left to walch' the' postoffice bullding, shot and killed them both In the basement of the bullding. The boy was only slightly in- Jured. The ¢racksmen, both of whom were white, have not been identified. Young Bauls was on duty for his father, who s night watchman for the building, when he heard a knock- at the door. Some one on the outside shouted that a package had been picked up outside. The lad opened the door and found him- selt confronted by two pistols and was ordered “hands up." “My hands came up as they pounced upon me,” he said. “As they. tried to bind me with & rope. I managed to get my pistol In line and fired, the shot taking effect, for only one of the men clung to me. I then placed my pistol on my shoulder and fired to the rear saveral times, after which I was free from their grasp.” That every shot from the boy's revolver hit its mark is shown by the bullet holes n the dead men. One has holes in his fore- head and right temple while the other was shot through the stomach and face. Polk County Man Takes Own Life John Hultgren, Living Near Osceola, Blows His Head Off with a Shotgun. OSCEOLA, Neb, Jan. 8.—(Special Tele- gram.)—John Hultgren, living seven miles northwest of Osceola, committed suicide yesterday morning by shooting his head off with a shotgun. No motive can be assigned for his taking his life. He had been arouni doing the farm work in apparenuy good spirits. He was found by one of the neigh- bors who went to the house to make ar- rangements for some hay. Upon discover- ing what had happened he at once notified the coroner and an inquest was held last night. Mr. Hultgren was unmarried and was the owner of an eighty-acre farm and fairly well-to-do. He leaves three sisters. While no motivs is known for the deed it |s known that he had been drinking heav- ily tor several days. OMAHA MAY DROP CORN SHOW Management Decides to Put Question Up to People. GREATEST MEANS OF PUBLICITY Mindful of Immense Benefits Omnka, Nebraske Corn Belt, Directors Anxious to Hi ‘Popular Approval. to Omaha may not have another National Corn exposition, The last exposition did not pay out because of unfayorable weather condl- tions which greatly impaired the gate re- ceipts and at the same time added to the cost of operating theé exposition. If the attendance in 1909 hid equaled that of 1908 the exposition would have been a financlal success, but the cold and stormy weather cut the recelpts to one- fourth less than the year before. The managers are convineced that the exposition has brought, not only to Omaha, but tributary trade territory, benefits in ad- than recompense for the two expositions and cannot be estimated in dollars and cents. The publicity given the exposi- tions was remarkable. Daily newspapers and magasines and farm journals all over the country gave enormous space to the expositions. Far and wide its fame went and wherever It reached it blaged forth the name of Omaha, Nebraska, th Corn Belt. In only one thing did Omaha claim a monopoly and that was in the burden of maintaining the expositions; of its benefits, the extensive publicity which it brought, Omaha shared these with its nelghborhood communities and thus did them a vast amount of good. Could Not Control Weather, If Omaha could have exerted more In- fiuence over the weatlyr conditions it might have made the exposition a paying institution 8o far as attendance was con- cerned. At a meeting of the exccutive committee it was decided to call In stock subscriptions sufficlent to pay all debts and consequently the following call was lssued: “On account of the unfavorable weather during the last corn exposition, the income trom gate recelpts and from, other sources was greatly Impaired. The unpaid bal- ances on stock will not pay In full all the obligations of the exposition. It has been decided to call for the unpaid stock sub- soriptions and to ralse the balzhee by other means, in order to pay all debts in tull. At a meeting of the executive committee of the Natlonal Corn exposition, January (Continued on Second Page. Dead Cardinal ROME, Jan. 8.—Francisco Di Paola Sa- tolll, bishop of Frascati, archpriest ‘of the Lateran Archbasilica and prefect of the Congregation of Studles, died today. Death tollowed an iliness that began last June with an attack of nephritis and atrophy of the right lurg and was complicated re- cently with blood poisoning. Cardinal Satolll was of Itallan birth and was born at Marselamo July 21, 15%9. His family was a noble one and of anclent lineage. He was created a cardinal in 1896 Hope for the ultimate recovery of the cardinal was abandoned several days ago and the end had been expected hourly. Soon after death the body was placed in state in the chapel of the Lateran paljice. The pope was greatly grieved when the announcement of the cardinal's death was made to him and realised it was the con- vincing argument of Satolll which influ- enced him to aceept the papacy at the last conclave. Almost to the hour of his death the car- dinal discussed with the few who were per- mitted to see him the affairs of the church in the United States, in which country he had & profound Interest, following his vis- Great Friend of Church in United States its, which fncluded his mission as firet apostolic delegate from' the Vatican In the United States in the fall of 1892, He remembered well the detalls of his stay there and recently related how, be- fore his appointment as apostolic delegate, he had been instructed by Pope Leo to in- terrogate thé American bishops concerning the advisability of créating an apostolic delegation at Washington. Discussing such a movement with the reception of Arch- bishop Ireland, to & friend trom America, the dying man said: “Remember me to President Taft, and tell him that I hope the day will come when the United Btates and Italy will be allled, Italy then being a republic.” The eecleslastic's will Is dated June 2% last and leaves all of his estate to & relative. This will protect the purpose of the will in accordance with the laws of Italy, but private Instructions were left for the helr, requestiiig that the property be divided among several ecclesiastical and benevolent institutions. The cardinal's wish was that as all he possessed had come from the church it should return to. the church with his demise. to Nebraska and Omuha's | vertising and other ways which more | in respect | [ANOTHER FIGHT * FOR INSURGENTS Senate Committee Votes to Report Inquiry Resolution as it Was Introduced. | MAKE T A This Will Require Another Test Vote in the House. SUBSTITUTE PINCHOT HEAD OF MOVEMENRT Belief at Washington Deposed For- ester Will Lead Opposition. FURTHER SHAKEUP MAY COME Officials Fearful of Result of Prob- able Open Fight to Be Started Administration—Pi chot Will Not Talk. WASHINGTON, Jan. s.—Another fight between the insurgents and the organiza- tion In the house hias been precipitated by the aetion of the senate committeo on public lands today In reporting a resohitinn authorizing the appolntment by the vice president and speaker of a jolnt commities to investigate the Balinger-Pincnot con- troversy. The senate committee not only reported a substitute for the Jones-Humphrey reso- lution, but anticipated reierence to it of the resolution adopted in the house yes. terday by agreefng that its action shall stand as a substitute for the houss measure, This course will necessitate uction by the house on the senaie imeasure and give to the house regulars opportunity to turn yes- terday's defeat into victory. It is reported that the senate organization Is sending out & call for absentees so as to be ready to put the substitute resolution through when it is reported on Monday. Another report, apparently well founded, Is that the house organization is likewlse getting its membership in readiness for a fray and that a desperate attempt will be made to have the senate's resolution adopted In lieu of the measure agreed upon by the house. In preparing the substitute for the senate resolution the committee on public lands used a part of the original Jones-Humphrey draft and a part of the house resolution. S0 far as the scope of the inquiry s concerned little change is made. The power to summon witnesses is placed in the hands of the chairman of the joint committee or the chalrman of any subcommittee instead of in the hands of the vice president or the speaker. The provision as to the punish- ment of persons deemd guilty of contempt was adopted. The appropriation to carry on the investigation was tixed at §25,000. Pinchot Center of Discussion. The @isinissal of Forester rincnvt by the president and the vietdiy of the lnsurgent tepunicans and democrats i the house yeulerday on lie watier of the selection of the Investgaung cominitee was the sols wpic of conversatiou at wie capitol roday PrIOF Lo the Convening of the house. There was much reluctance to discuss for the public priuts the ofticlal “eleaning out™ of the forestry. bureau, but talk was freer,with reference to the fight yesterday on the floor of the house. From the supporiers of Speaker Cannon it was denied that the insurgent vie.ory was In any way a trlumph over the speaker. 1t was pointed out that the whole conwroversy was an administration fight, that the resolution itself was the one dc- sired by the president and that the speaker was In no way concerned. In fact he was personally glad to be relieved of the re- sponsibility of naming the investigating commictec, which could only biing him critlelsm from one sia: or the other, it was sald. Norris Sees Hit at Cann Representative Norris of Nebraska, the insurgent author of yesterday's amendment |taking away trom the speaker the right to name the Investigation committee, had no doubt that the vote of the house showed a lack of confidence in Mr. Cannon, hat vote lllustrates one thing to the | country unmistakably and that {s that the members of the house do not trust Npeaker Cannon,” he said. “Personally I had no Interest in tha controversy in which Secré- tary Ballinger and Mr. Plnchot are in- volved and no Inclination one way or the other. 1 did not belleve the speaker should name this committee and thus prejudice in advance the Investigation in favor of one of the principals in the affalr and a ma- |jority ot the house took the same view, {1t was a vote of lack of confidence in Speaker Cannon #nd cannot be consirued any other way.' The Insurgents were inclined 10 the view that (lne was not ripe for the exprewsion ot opinions as to the wisdomi of Fresidens Taft's action in dismissing Forester Pinchot and his immediate assistants in the forest service, While nearly all of the members o? the senate talked confidentially to news- paper men concerning the situation, they forbade the publication of their statements in the form of interviews. Pinchot Courted Dismissal, From the private expressions of oplnion, however, the Idea seemed to prevall that Mr. Pinchot must have belleved that if he continued In the government service hLe would have been trammeled to a certain extent In the glving of testimony before the congressional Investiguting committee, Not all of Mr. Pinchot's friends In con- gress, and It is admitted on all sides that he has many sympathizers, thought be was justified in precipitating his ofticlal decapitation. One of the Insurgents in the senate who has been a particular warm friends of Mr. Pinchot sald that it made little difference whether the house or Hpeaker Cannon ap- pointed the house members of the inves- gating committee that the personnel of the entire ,committee of little con- quence to either of the principals to the Ballinger-Plnchot controversy. It was argued that the very fact that the inquiry was to be public would prevent'a whitewash, for it was well known that the public was so intentely interested in the proceeding that it would judge for itself and the decislon, If It was to be fMnal, would be rendered by the people. George P. McCabe, the s lcitor of the Agriculture department, called on Mr. Pin- chot in his office early in the day and presented to him a letter from Secretary Wilson which designated Mr. MoCabe as abting forester Albert F. Potter, an assistant forester in the service who has been previously de- signated by the seerctary to relicve Mr Pinchot as forester, helng in the west and not able to return for several days, it Le came necessary this morning to name soms cde else in his place. Mr. Pinchot gave