Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-03-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.
0rOn Our Regular oorresspoodent.

washington -. u. March. A, 1917.
There j. much just dissatisfaction
In the Office that Mr. J. w. Oliver,
the unsuccessful bidder for the Pana-
ma Canal contract, has established
on 14th street. Mr. Oliver saws be
has been defrauded. lured on by false
pretences. and has been made TO
spend $40. 900 in putting in his BID
He says that he Is going 10 sue the
government for this amount. Wheth.
or he will add anything for mental
anguish" as is the custom in breach
Of promise suits. he does not say
Anyhow Mr.. Oliver is thoroughly
disguised with the unbusincss like
wav In which he has been treated
He says he was made to pay $40 600
Ia good money. IT is easy TO see
how this amount could have been
expended in organizing a syndicate
TO dig the Panama Canal.
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There will be no war with Mexico
ut present. This will be satisfying
Information to The people who did
not know that there was war i'm
pending anyhow. Perhaps there
was not a war cloud but there sure
lv were international complications.
and they are settled most happily by
the escape Of Mr.. Antonio Villareal.
This is an amusing case that has
been hanging over since last October.
Villareal was down in FL Pas9, but
the crux Of the situation was in
Washington. He was revolution
list by profession, and the govern
ment OF Mexico wanted his blocd in
the most approved melodramatic
fashion. So he skipped over ia the
United States. But the Mexican
government was crafty and pointed
out that while we might not surren-
der Mr.. Villareal as a revolutionist,
it being against our policy to sur
render political refugees, he bad
been convicted in a shooting scrape
down in Mexico. and was therefore
ineligible for admission to the United
States under the Immigration laws
II this were true, we could not ad e.
NIT bin TO the United States but if
We deported him, it was sure death
when he fell into the hands of the
Mexican government So the Immi-
grafton Bureau. 10 whom the case
was finally turned over was much
in quandary. The case dragged
on for months, and just as it was on
the eve of being settled, Villareal
escaped from the custody OF The I'm
migration inspector and the incident
Is at an end. But the escape was
so oplortune aud tue Mexican consul
at FL Paso was 80 indignant that
Secretary Strauss, Commissioner
Sargent aud everyone else who had
anything to do with the case has
been kept busy ever since explain
ing that they were not particep,
criminis and that it was really
truly escape. Maybe it was.
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An an nouncement has been made
by the Department of Agriculture
as to the process Of cotton seed Sepa
ration to which some reference has
been made in print with the cheer
ing Information that will add about
10 per cent. TO the actual amount of
the cotton crop wherever it is put
in use. As the cotton crop amounts
to about $3.50. 900. 900 in value an
nually. it will be seen that this is
considerable item even il the system
is followed over only part of the
cotton belt.
The trouble in picking out good
cotton seed all along and in planting
the cotton too, as is known by dwell
lers in the belt is that the seed
is fuzzy and will not easily separate.
But the Department has discovered
. process Of smoothing down the
seed at the cost OF about one cent
bushel and afterward a very cheap
method of picking out the heavy
from the light seed by means of an
air blast. The system has been ex-
perimented with ON two successive
crops by the Department. and the
results are good beyond question
IL means an inexpensive aid 10 the
farmer 10 planting his crop and a
t,etter crop as a result of his plant
ing. The process aud the two ma
chimes involved are being patented,
and when this is done the process
win be thrown open tC whoever
wants 10 take advantage OF il.
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Senator Beveridge has temporarily