Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-17
COAL TAR IN The BUTTER
Large Quantity Supplied to Navy Yard
Found to Be Arti6oially cslored
PROSECUTIONS WILL PROBABLY FOLLOW
DIR. wiley Says that while Coal Tar
Dyes Are UnwhOlesOme, They
Are Not Particularly
Harmful.

WASHINGTON. Oct. l6.-The samples of
butter submitted as portions Of a large
quantity supplied to the League Island
navy yard at Philadelphia prove TO be coll
ored with coal tar dye. is the substance OF
report which Chief Chemist Wiley of the
Department OF Agriculture will submit to-
morrow to Secretary Wilson. Specimens
were recently taken for analysis from the
League Island yards hospitals, Kitchens
and barracks, from the United States re-
ceiving ship Lancaster and other navy
craft by representatives of the Pennsyi-
vania Dairy and Food commission, who are
said to have obtained similar samples from
the men who sold the product Secretary
Wilson will refer the report to President
Roosevelt, who will, in all probability, call
the attention Of the Department OF Justice
to the matter
The samples have been submitted to the
state dairy and food commissioner of Penn
sylvania, whose findings which caused a
widespread controversy are corroborated by
DIR. Wiley. DR.. Wiley tonight declined to
discuss his report pending it's submission
to the secretary. He said that coal tar
dyes, though unwholesome. are not particu-
larry harmful.
'Dairymen," he said. ARE permitted I'M
DER the law to use such coloring matter to
make their butter a rich yellow color. To
remedy this the Department Of Agriculture
Is trying to educate the public taste for I'm
colored butter and we are making some
headway. Dairymen are beginning TO real
lie that the bottle of coal tar dye is no
longer necessary adjunct to successful
dairy. The amount of oleomargarlne sold
In this country, whether fraudulently as
butter, or marked as oleomargarine, is after
all very small. The government has rem
dered the making and sale of the stuff I'M
popular by levying 10 cents a pound on all
that is artihcially colored and n cent If I'M
colored."
Barry FRvOrs Canteen.
Reports by Generals ]. F. Wade and
Thomas II. Barry, each of whom for a part
OF the year commanded the Department Of
the Gulf. have been made to the War de-
partment General Wade's report treats of
details, while General Barry discusses
various features OF army life. He speaks
or the efficiency of the sea coast batteries.
saying that in many instances 100 per cent
mas been made In practice by eight and ten
inch batteries at targets moving from Ave
to ten miles an hour, at ranges between
5000 and 1000 yards. General Barry be-
lieves that 1t would be less difficult to RELY
efficient men in the artillery service IL
there could be more frequent changes in
stations. General Barry, like other COM
handing officers. says the present anti
canteen law is not to the advantage Of the
troops. General Barry also recommends
the re-establishment of the adjutant gen.
erals department.
Echo of Beaver Case.
Argument was heard today in the SUI
preme court Of the United States in the
case Of George E. Green, New York state
senator, indicted In the criminal court of
the District of Columbia with George w.
Beavers and others on the charge of con-
spiracy to defraud the government in con-
nection with the recent Postofice depart-
ment Irregularities Green has steadily re-
sisted extradition to this Jurisdiction.
Grievances of Fish9rmen.
Through Representative Gardner of Mas
sachusetts the Gloucester fishermen today
officially laid before the State department
their grievances against the Newfoundland
government, which they charge with for
bidding all vessels of American register to
fish on the treaty coast. This right, the
fishermen claim is granted them by the
treaty Of 1913 between the United States
and Great Britain. Through the British
ambassador, Sir Mortimer Durand Secre-
tary Root has been informed that the New
foundland government disclaims all knowI-
edge of any action in violation of This
treaty. The Newfoundland government ad-
mits the arrival at the Bay Of Islands on
the cruiser Fiona on Thursday of the minis
ter Of marine and fisheries, but insists he is
there on duties not connected with this
matter
General Chahee Returns.
Lieutenant General Adna r. Chaffee
chief of stan Of the United States army.
resumed his duties in the War department
today after an absence Of several weeks in
Europe. where he went to attend the ma
neuvers OF the French army.
In speaking of the maneuvers today Gem
eral Chaffee said that there were $1,000
French troops at the maneuvers and spoke
In the highest terms Of the evolutlons.
Presidents Trip south,
President Roosevelt is busily engaged I'm
preparing for his trip through the south. on
which he will start next Wednesday morn
Ing at $3.50. For a considerable time today
he was at work with Secretary Loeb clear
ing his desk of an accumulation OF bust
ness. Among the callers with whom the
president chatted briefly were postmaster
General Cortelyou and Senator Carter of
Montana.