The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-04-18
PRESIDENT ORDERS
WEATHER BUREAU
MOORE DISMISSED
HAS INVESTIGATED CHARGES
AGAINST THE CHIEF OF
DEPARTMENT..
GROSS IRREGULARITIES CHARGE
Misuse of Authority Is Also Alleged.
Democratic Caucus Votes for Free
Wool and President Criticised and
Coercion Charged by Missourian.

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Wool and President Criticised and
Coercion Charged by Missouran.
WASHINGTON, April 17.-As the
result of published Statement. that
serious charges against Prof. Willis
L. Moore, chief of the weather. bu-
'reau, were about to be submitted to
! the house President Wilson today or
dered the immediate dismissal Of
Moore for gross Irregularities and
misuse of power The President
investigated the charges.
1t was announced at the White
| House at the same time that FRESH
dent Wilson had Withdrawn his ac-
ceptance of Moore's resignation,
which was to take effect July /.
! President Wilson wrote also to At
torney General McReynolds direct
ing him to make a thorough irSesti-
cation of the weather bureau under
Moore's administration, indicating
| clearly the Importance attached to
the charges by the President.
| On Monday Representative H. Rob-
ert Fowler, of Illinois, introduced
resolution calling for information re-
garding the weather bureau, paiticu-
larly the amount of money spent by
Moore for travelling between Noycm-
Der and March, the amount he spent
! in granting advances in salary and
the activity of Charles T. Burns. an
employee in the printing office Of the
weather bureau.
The democratic caucus today voted
free raw wool. This places the tariff
bill dictated by President Wilson and
Secretary Bryan out of danger Of ma
terial change by the house demo-
Gratis.
! Accepting gracefully his defeat by
his old tariff enemy, Mr.. Bryan, who
has contended for years for free
wool, Underwood organized the fight
against duty on wool and wen, 1870
to AZ. Two years ago Underwood
was for duty on wool as venue
proposition He then carried the
house with him against Bryan, who
urged his followers to vote for free
wool.
Wool men say loss of about $751;
100000 year in revenue will occur.
The corporation tax is to be re-
pealed and the government will lose
about $29,000,O0O year. From these
changes in the existing lawn the to-
tai reductions in revenues will be
about $6O.0OO,OOO.
Underwood has estimated the total
reductions in revenues unde 1.-THE
new bill at about $6S,O00,O0O. Only
l$S,0O0,000, therefore, is to result from
other cuts in the tariff schedules.
Representative Alexander, Of Mis-
souri,, threw firebrand into the eau
Gus when he criticised White House
interference and influence in franz
ing the legislation, with the result
that the ways and means committee
was engaged in coercing the men,
bers. He said that there was all in
timation IN this coercion that trouble
was to be made for those congress-
men who failed to support the bill
, and that there might be withhold
ing of patronage.
Defense of the White House and OF
the committee was made by Repre-
,, sentative Montague, of Virginia. who
said White House influence in favor
of or against legislation was proper
unless it amounted to coercion. Ad-
amson, of Georgia, followed with a
humorous speech, which resi- ored
peace He warned the new members
that the longer they discussed the
tariff the longer they would have to
wait for committee assignments.
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