Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-11-12
From Washington
correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.
Washington. Nov. II.

report issued today by the Department
of Agriculture. Relief from the wheat
shortage ia Europe and North America
is not expected from those districts. Ia
psr,s of Iudia, entire failure Of naive
food crops is imminent. Argentina re-
ports good progress. New sowings 10
Great Britain aud France have been i'm
paired By wet weather.
A preliminary of the delegates to the
Central American peace conference will
be held this afternoon for the purpose OF
arranging a programme of procedure and
tie selection of permanent president and
secretary of the conference. They will
assemble 10 the rooms specially prepared
fox them in the bureau of American Re-
pub,ics. The entire third floor has
been handsomely fitted up for their use.
II co 1!sins besides large chamber for
the actual meetings Of the conference,
several smaller ones 20 which delegations
may retire for consultation. The con-
ference will be opened ou Thursday
by Secretary of State Root, who will
dsliver al addressed welcome. Guate-
mala, Honduras, and Salvador each
have three delegates, Shils NicSre-
qua and Costa Res have two each. Tni'
makes l3, but the edge OF the omen Il
ken fl by the fact that the United
Estates aad Mexico W II each have repre-
sentalives in the conference. President
Roosevelt has invited tie delegates to
lunch With him tomorrow afie noon and
on Tnundsy evening dinner will be
given By The ministers representing Oen-
trsl America in this country. Ambss-
sador Creel, of Mexico, who will prob
SHY preoide over this afternoons meet
ipr, is confident that the conference
will ba g success. at is hard to say
what It sill accomplish" ssid be, sal
though il il too early TO form any cor
rect judgment, surmise that The con-
ference may result in the establishment
of permsnent peace tribunal, such IS
that of The Hague"
The President had a talk today with
Congressman Vreelsnd, A. T. Fsncher,
and n. V. Y. Franchot, three big guns
Of the republican party 10 New York
Stste, and leaders in the supp sed move
ment to renominate Roosevelt aud down
Hughes. The conference was rather
brief, and it was said after it ended that
Fancher and Franchot had merely call
ed to talk with the President about some
leases they held in ibe Indian Territory,
and that they would return with rein
forcemenls to discuss them. Vreelsnd
talked freely of politics after his visit in
the Presidents Office. "There ia no
concentration on any favOrite SOD. and
will be none, until The people are
assured that The President will not
Iun" said be. "If Roosevelt we're TO
be nominated by the convention, |
Think he belief 10 that he would be forced
to accept. As for Governor Hughes,
there has been no movement yet that
con he called an effort on bis part, or on
tae part of bis intimate friends, to capture
he delegation. As between Roosevelt
and Hughes, the people Of New York
Stale would undoubtedly be for Rose
welt. AS between Hughes and any out
side man, they would stand by Hughes. p"
Treeland was asked If it we're TACT thai
ex- CONGRESSMAN Wadsworth had re-
gained control of his district and would
b. returned to Congress. 81 would like
20 see Wadsworih come back" he said.
Tnen he laughed and added 'pd like
o zee him taking of his hat and waving
il fox Roosevelt"
Five genera officers of the army were
designated today 10y The War Depart
ment to constitute board for the pur.
pose of selecting officers to I'll two pre-
ent and several prospective vacancies 10
he Contra! Staff Corps. The board is
imposed of Maj. Gen. William P. Du-
vail. president; Brig. Gen w. S. Ell
eerlv, Charles B. Hsll, John NJ K.
Davis and WilIism n. MOtherspOon.
The Grant monument will be built on
the site in the Botanical Gardens at the
foot of The Capitol which was originally
selected and the three historical trees,
planted By Gen. CEit.enden, Senator
Beck and former GOuernOr Sheppard,
will be transplanted. This is the de-
cision Of The Grant memorial committee
reached at q meeting held today.
Lieut.. Commander Edward b. Camp
bell, Z. S. ~, was sworn in today as
Judge advocate general Of the navy to
succeed Capt. S. B. II. Diehl, who has
been selected TO command the new
battleship Idaho.
10 order to determine their fitness 10
remain in the military service, following
their failure to take tie recent taste in
skilled craftsmanship as prescribed by
the President, number OF officers were
ordered to appear today before the Davis
retiring board, at Washington Barracks.
| john Barrett, director of the Bu'e
OF American Republics, left This mora
ing on tour Of two weeks through the
west to deliver lectures on Pan-American
affairs before a number of colleges aud
universities.
As q result Of tihe int msneuyerS
during the past summer between the
regular army coast artillery and the
militia Of the several States it is probable
that the whole sixteen companies OF the
militia of Rhode Island will be turned
into coast artillery companies. While
reoFganized on this basis they will still
be available Cor use IS infantry in any
emergency for which the State might re-
quire their services.
Ex-senator Alice, of Delaware, called
at the White House today to tell the
President that the republicans Of the
State wanted him to run sgsin.
4 stranger, said to be from Tennessee,
committed suicide in cab on the avenue
near Eleven street today.
Serious errors in battleship construction
continue to be made by the Navy Depart,