Show government statistician RESIGNS washington july 18 the resignation of john hyde statistician and chief of the bureau of statistics of the department of agriculture was sd to secretary wilson today and promptly accepted willett N hays the assistant secretary of agriculture has been placed in charge of the bureau secretary wilson stated sir hyde baa not been implicated in aay mannar in tho irregularities that ra suited in the dismissal of edwin holmes the associate statistician whom secret service operatives charged with being guilty of giving to brokers advance figures of cotton crop statistics in his letter to the secretary mr hyde takes notice of the fact that he will be criticized criticised for resigning under fire and in says there has never been a tima when he was not under fire he declares that an organization meaning tho cotton growers Is bent upon getting him out ot the government service that his health will not permit him to continue so unequal a struggle there is considerable speculation as to the pro hablo successor of mr hyde ona name suggested la that of B W snow of chicago statistician for well known farm journals and once an assistant statistician under J R dodge chief of the bureau about twelve years ago mr dodge was in charge at tha time the present system of gathering crop statistics was devised henry heater secretary 0 the new orleans cotton exchange in a conversation with secretary wilson contended contend sd that the salary paid by the department Is inadequate to get the right kind of men for the place oyster bay july IS president roosevelt and his three sons accompanied by a party of cousins and friends left sagamore hill this afternoon on their annual camping out expedition hampers of provisions were carried down to the four boats in waiting for the party on tha presidents bathing beach after packing away the provisions and camp outfit into the boats the president and bla companions rowed toward a point on lloyds neck which had been selected as a placa of the president will be the camp director around a camp alre the president intends to relate some of his own experiences to his companions in the party besides the president will bo theodore jr kermit and archie roosevelt sona 0 the president jack philip and arthur sons of emlen roosevelt two sons of mrs J west roosevelt two sons of mr landon a neighbor of the president and a friend ot theodore jr who Is visiting hm aba party is expected to return to sagamore hill tomorrow about 9 |