Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-04
At THE WHITE HOUSE
Question of Labelling Whisky to
Be Reopened.;
PROTEST BY THE DEALERS
Report On the Foundations of the
Gatun Dam.
RESULT OF RECENT INQUIRY
Prominent Ohio Men Confer With the
President-Gov. Deneen
Guest. ..
RESULT OF RECENT INQUIRY

SUCH widespread protest has been made
against the recent ruling of the President.
based upon decision of Attorney General
Bonaparte. as to labelling whisky, under the
pure food act, that President Roosevelt has
agreed TO- reopen the whole matter, and
have the Attorney General hear all sides
The Presidents decision to grant a re-
hearing was made today following protests
to him by the wholesale liquor dealers of
Massachusetts, and Baltimore. Nd. Senator
Lodge presented the delegation from Mas
sachusetts. which was headed by William
A. Miller, while Representative Gill of Bal
timore presented the men from that city
The President gave an attentive hearing
to the statements, and agreed to ask Mr.
Bonaparte to reopen the whole matter.
Secretary Wilson, under whose department
the pure food law is operated. was pres
ent at the conferences, but said that he
happened to be there on other business
Both the Massachusetts and Baltimore
people submitted written protests against
the ruling as to how WHISTLES should be
labeled. The Baltimore delegation, repre-
senting fifty-fve distilling. restifying and
wholesale liquor establishments, declared
that millions Of dollars would be lost in
that city II the decision should stand. They
say: THE effect Of such q ruling would be
to deprive an article Of a name 1t has al
contemplated by tie pure-food law. We
feel that the facts must have been misrep-
resented to you and the Attorney General,
and We venture to express the hope that
you will your way clear to reconsider
the matter in such way that all argu-
ments, pro and con, shall be given In the
open, and not secretly or surreptitiously,
thus affording every interest an opportunity
to hear and reply to every argument adj
vanced pro and con-"
The petition declares that the signers are
anxious as anybody to give the public
what 1t desires in the way of pure drinks
lie will need protection instead of being
protected.
Report on Gatun Dam.
Secretary Taft called at the White House
today to show the President the report
Of the engineers whom he sent to examine
the foundations OF the Gatun dam on
the Panama canal ste. Messrs. Alfred No
BILE, Frederick r. Stearns and John r. Free
man, the engineers, report that they per-
sonally inspected the five pits dug to de-
termine the character OF the rock below
the level of the foundations of the lock
walls. The deepest pit had depth of over
eighty seven feet The engineers individ-
ually descended into each OF the test pits
and found that they entered and continued
in rock from few feet below the grounds
surface to the bottom.
With one exception the rock was a fine
grained bluish-gray rock. technically desig-
mated as argillaceous sandstone. One test
was made by leading one square foot Of the
rock that had been uncovered with 1900
pounds of steel rails. The engineers say
that this weight although several times as
great as that which would rest upon an
equal surface under the walls of the pro-
posed lock, caused no appreciable indenta-
ton upon the surface of the material. Ad-
ditional tests of a searching character were
made by the engineers, with satisfactory
results.
Besides the lock site at Gatun the engi-
neers examined the site of the proposed
regulating works. There they found the
same sort of rock. and when subjected TO
the pressure test failed only at 1,240 and
/ 40 pounds per square inch. The con-
clusion is.that staple foundation exists
at this point. Similar examinations were
made at the site of the Pedro Miguel and
cases was that the existing rock has suf-
fcient strength to bear the proposed
weights.
Prominent Ohio People Call.
Secretaries Taft and Garfield Of the cab
met and Representative Burton of Ohio
all happened to get together In the execu-
tive offices today. There was a brief inter-
change of political ideas, in which the Presi-
dent was too busy to join with any degree
Of attention. Secretary Taft spent just
few minutes with the President and then
hurried back to his work, leaving Secretary
Garfield and Representative Burton togeth-
err These two introduced the president of
the Cleveland chamber of commerce, Mr..
Treadway, who invited President Roosevelt
to make a speech before that body in Sep
TENDER next, The President said he was
compelled to decline. One of his reasons
for doing so is that visit by him into the
state might be considered as mixing in the
fight now going On. Representative Bur
ton is understood to have reported to the
President that Secretary Taft is growing
stronger in all parts of the country, and
that as fast as the people realize that the
President is not going to be in the race
again they are turning to Taft and COM
hitting themselves to him.
Gov. Deneen a Guest.
Gov. Deneen of Illinois, who is connected
With the inland waterways commission, was
guest of President Roosevelt at luncheon
.oday. His talk with the President is con-
;idered most Important one. touching
upon politics in Illinois and the sentiment
n that state to the republican choice
lext year Neither the White House nor
Gov Deneen would admit that the visit OF
he Illinois executive was of political sig
lificance.
James Ciscel known among his friends in
as plain Jim who for many
years was connected with the police force
II Washington, has been placed at the head
If the detective force at the jamestown ex-
position. Most of those in official life who
vent to the exposition last week recognized
lim as one of the former officers on duty
II the main door of the White House, where
ne spent many yaers of his service. and
where he was highly regarded by the Presi-
Tents and their families. Several years ago
n a scuffle with crank who had obtained
omission to the house he was severely cut
md bruised and never entirely recovered