The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-24
Wilson Forces Weather Blu
reau Head Out Of
Office
ELIOT DECLINES
AMBASSADORSHIP
Age and Expense of London
Post Are Said to Be
Reasons

! Washington, March 24-Another Off
cial head was shipped here Saturday j
emphasis of President Wilson's displeas
ure. 1t belonged to Prof. Willis i
Moore, chief of the weather bureau, who
at one time had as lively and as aggres
sive a cabinet boom as Washington ha,
often seen. After the election, Prof
Moore, most popular official in Wash
ington, discovered that he was an en-
thusiastic Democrat. 1t became ap.
parent also that thousands OF accommo-
dating people we're equally enthusiastic
over Prof. Moore becoming secretary OF
agriculture. Perhaps it was entirely
spontaneous, but the letters of indorse-
ment and commentator Of Prof. Moore
that poured in upon the president-elect
at Trenton aroused tremendous sus-
picion in his mind, The upshot was that
Saturday Prof. Moore was called to the
White House Offices. When the weather
chief departed, President Wilson held his
resignation, effective July !, Meanwhile
Secretary of Agriculture Houston will
look for scientific man to succeed Prof.
Moore. The latter Is an official Of seen-
tific attachments, but this did not stand
against his exceptional boom for the Of
flee of secretary of agriculture.
The purpose Of the administration to
have the best men to be obtained as
heads OF the scientific bureaus cannot be
questioned. The prospect Of new fish
commissioner at an early date II to the
point. Secretary of Commerce Redtield
has been scanning the field for seien-
tist also familiar by experience with the
work of the bureau of fisheries, with the
result that Commissioner George w.
Bowers, politician from West Virginia,
will soon be snpplanted. 1t is not yet
true that Deputy Fish Commissioner
Hugh NJ. Smith has been nominated to
the Office, but there are good reasons for
believing he will be. Mr.. Smith is
very capable man. who has devoted many
years OF service to the fish commission,
knows the bearings Of various treaties
upon fisheries questions, and has had ex-
Bcutive experience. There has been mem
tion of DR.. Fields, chairman OF the fab
and game commission of Massachusetts,
for this office. He stands high with au
thorities here, but it is understood his
under all the circum-
stances, were thought not to outweigh |
hose of the deputy commissioner.
1t became known here definitely Satur- |
lay that DR.. Charles w. Eliot of Harvard |
las declined a nomination as ambassador
% Great Britain. His reasons are under
TODD to have been, in part, the same
that actuated ex-Seeretary o. /
ley in declining, Advanced years and
version to undertake the expense of
an embassy at9London, ms
veil az the strenuous social duties, con-
tituted influential objections.
The administrations attitude toward
dollar diplomacy" is becoming clearer.
{ dollar diplomacy is an invalid, there
] said to be lively prospect that the
will put it speedily out
i business. Similarly the governments
ttitude toward China is clearly intended
o strengthen the new republic. 1t was
explained Saturday that
len playing game are bound by honor
0 abide by the rules established BY them
nd their partners. There could not be
luch freedom OF action for this govern
TENT in case of breaking up Of the re-
ublic of China, but after declining to be
] the financial game, the United States
ould exercise a free hand and not be
ound by rules sought to be imposed by 4
uropean powers. ID