Evening journal., 1911-07-14
GREAT ROW
OVER WILEY
Interests" Try to Get SCalpS
Of Foe Of FOed
Prisoners
HOUSE WILL BEGIN
AN INQUIRY AT ONCE
By The United Press.

By The United Press.
WASHINGTON. July 14--Dr. Har-
vey w. Wiley will not be separated
from his job as chief chemist without
an upheaval such as the administra-
ton has never known before. accord
in to indications here today. Pro-
gressive Republicans Joined with
Democrats Of the House today to urge
an immediate probe of the Wiley i'm
broglio.
That the whiskey trust, the Stand
ard Oil trust, the glucose manufac-
turers and vendors of soft drinks are
the real forces behind the move to
GUST DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, the gov
ernment's chief chemist, through de-
partmental intrigue. was the authori-
tative information secured by Demo
cratic members of the House today.
An immediate investigation was de-
cided upon by Chairman Moss (Dem.,
Indiana) of the House Committee on
expenditures in the Department of
Agriculture. The committee will be-
gin its probe this afternoon.
DR.. Wiley himself did not deny that
outside influences" we're the prime
factor in the plan to force him out
He would not contradict the statement
that certain officials In the Depart
ment of Agriculture itself had been at
tempting to undermine him and null
lily his work.
The doctor had not receded from
his fighting attitude Of yesterday
when asked today for an expression Of
opinion.
Il am positive" he said. there are
persons and interests attempting e
assassinate me-not my body, but my
character. OF the two modes o.
assassination l would infinitely prefer
the physical"
do you know of any special inter
ests who are leagued against you, anS
whom you believe are responsible To-
the plan TO have you ousted?"
Il know of them" the doctor re-
piled grimly, but / must refuse now
to specify. There is a tide" how
ever. he added, which will SWAMP
even King Canute-the king in thii
instance bdlng the vested interests"
IF a certain official Of the depart
ment whose name / shall not men
ton, loses his head through thil
| Congressional investigation you vii
see how true the phrase is. Let jus
tice be done, though the heavens
fall"
The certain official" referred TO .,
Wiley was taken to mean George 7
McCabe. solicitor for the department
member of the pure food board ant
one OF the committee on personne
which recommended that Wiley b
permitted to resign" for his "irregu
larity" in connection with DR.. H. +
, Rusby employment
Have you heard the story that Al
torney General Wickershan, who ao
vises 'condign punishment for you
n charged by the House Committee o
: Expenditures in the Department {
f Justice to have been guilty Of sim
c lar infractions of red taper" DR.. VILE
d was asked.
well" he remarked dryly, ut make
A a difference whose OK is gored-"
- The House Committee on Expendi
e ftures in the Department Of Justice
r prepared to go deep into the Vile
controversy.
:. Already Dr. Wiley is receiving larg
/ numbers of kilograms Offering hin
remunerative positions. One OF thes
received today was from a large bak
ing concern in New York offering hir
nearly double his present salary t
: assume charge Of the Science Of brea
making" in that establishment