The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-15

tain whether or not the poison squad"
experiments conducted some time ago
by DR.. h W. Wiley. chief of the bu.
reau Of chemistry. department OF agri-
culture, were responsible for the death
| OF Robert Vance Freeman. a young
government clerk. The experiments in
4 question were conducted for the pur-l
pose Of determining the effect OF va
rious deleterlous food adulterants on
the human system. The poison squad"
and DIR. Wfley's boanders," as the
young men who submitted to the ex-
periments were called, were boarded
free by the government. with the nm
derstnndIng that they were to consume
certain things provided by DR. Wiley.
They were weighed before and after
the experiments commenced, and IN
other ways tie effect OF the food fur
nished them was carefully noted.
Young Freeman died some months art
er The experiments were concluded, but
his rehtives assert that the Wiley diet
/ was responsible for his death. and 1t Is
/ this point that Mr.. Hay wishes to have
cleared up. He has Introduced reso-
/ luton asking for information in the
4 premises, including something which
win show by what authority the ex-
periments were conducted.
More ArtiIisrymsn Wanted. =
President Roosevelt, Secretary Taft
and officials Of the war department
! geneiylily, 10 say nothing Of many
members of congress, viii be greatly
disappointed II provision is not made
at this session for an increase in the
/ number Of artillerymen in the United
States army At present there are
only aboGt HOO men in the artillery
7 service. although fully $1,000 are need,
Ell 10 man the guns now In use, partic-
ulariy along the coast Furthermore,
an increase in the pay Of the artillery
men. WHO must know great deal
+ more than the average soldier. Is said
by the experts to he absolutely neces-
sary Under the existing system man
enters the service, receives thorough
\ course in, say. electrical science at the
expense Of the government and as soon
as his term Of enlistment expires ac-
cepts position with some private con.
Germ OF Individual at salary much
higher ihsPlg Uncle saplpays.
More Mondy Fer Arniy!l
/ The military appropriation bill now
before congress carries an appropria-
tion Of approximately $TS.0O0OOO, or
I about 100000 more than the
amount appropriated for the current
year This viii serve to give an idea
Of the rapidly increasing cost OF main
tanning the army. A part of the in.
crease IL due 10 American intervcn-
ton IN Cuba. The cost OF Keeping
American troops in the island. over
and above what the cost Of keeping
those same troops at home would be-
has amounted to about $4,000 so far.
and current expenses are estimated at
about $4,000 a month.
Can estun Dam Be Buiti
Advocates Of the project to make the
Panama canal a sen level waterway
instead Of providing 1t with a system
Of locks and dams, which type has been
decided on by the government. are Inv.
Ing much stress on the action OF the
senate committee on lnteroeeanic ca
mails in asking for record Of all the
borinFs which were made. along the
canal route last year. The reason for
this action Is a report from a reliable
engineer on the isthmus to the effect
that behring's on the site OF the proposed
Gntun dam, which Is to be the back
bone Of the lock and dam system.
show that no satisfactory foundation
exists for such an enormous structure
as II contemplated and that therefore
II viii be impossible to construct the
waterway on the lock and dam princi.
pie. II the official information for
which the committee has asked bears
out the unofficial reports which some
Of its members have received, It Is
quite possible that the whole question
as to the type OF the canal will have
TO be fought over again.
Senator Allison Returns.
Senator. Allison Of Iowa. the Oldest
member Of the upper house in point OF
service, IL again In his seat for the first
time this session. He became III be.
fore the adjournment Of Congress last
session and went to his home In Du-
buqus, where he has remained ever
since. BE is chairman OF the commit.
tee on appropriations. and during bis
absence Senator hale Of Maine has
acted in his stead. Senator Allison be-
came a member OF the senate in 1913
after serving eight years in the house.
He is now serving bis sixth senatorial
term Although he has been a member
Of the senate. longer than any other
man, three Of bis eoIleasues-alorgan
and Pettus OF Alabama ana whyte Or
Maryland-are older than he In point
Of years. trfs
Passing Of Delighted"
Visitors 70 the White House these
days note that the president no longer