Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-06-12

NAV ioin national currency bssOciaIi Ou
unless il has an nnimpsired capital
and q surplus of not less than ~ per
cent. After the formstion OF an sssocIa-
ton any nstional bank belonging
thereto, whose outstanding circulating
notes actually issued amount TO not less
than 40 per cent. Of its capital, may OBJ
tain sddit on2l circulating notes 10 the
manner provided 10 section OF the
above act. 2-Nationsl banks possessing
the same qualities ous ss ID unimpalred
capital and surplus required oil banks
Joining q nstionsI currency sssoclstor,
and whose circulating notes outsianding
and actually issued sre equal to 40 per
cent. of its capitIl stock, may obtain
additional circulating notes based up
on the securities prescribed in said
section aud in the manner indicated
therein. The rsts of interest to be PAID
by depository banks is fixed at ] per
cent. per annun upon the aver'ge
monthly amount Of public deposits held,
to be computed from June 10, 1918.
and to be payable July /, 1908, and
thereafter on January and July ], oil
each year.
The government scored victory in
the trial today Of MeSsrs. Hyde, Benson,
Dimond and Schneider, charged to
conspiracy to defraud the government
out of valuable timber lanes in the
vert. when Justice Stafford overruled a
motion of counsel for Henry P. Dimond
to strike out from the instructions to
the Jury all the evidence tending t
show thst Dimond had guilty knowl-
edge of the conspiracy alleged to have
existed between the defendants. An IN
efiectual attempt was also made ID elm.
mate Schneider from the jnry's hnal
consideration, it being claimed that he
had severed his connection with the
conspiracy if one existed, before The
statute of Limitation could include hlin
with its scope. The case is expected Ia
| 20 to the jury next Wednesday.
Another rsdical change in the postal
Ir | tons of the United Ststes with Great
Britain and Ireland hos bsen effect d by
Postmatt General Meyer, increasing
the weight limit on parcel post package
to these counties from four pounds a. d
6 ounces to ! | pounds taking effect July
IL. 1t is announced at the PostOfiice De-
paltment thst it Is thei t,ntion to make
the maximum weight on packages to all
countries IL pounds. At present, "a OIL
tie 33 parcel post conventions with for
eign countries provide for II pounds
weight, while in nine Others the weight
still remains at 4 pounds and ii ounces
Is is reported that the president anC
Secretary Taft have decided upon Sena
ter Deliver for the second place on thu
republican ticket, II the Senator viii
accept.
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf will leav'
| this afternoon at 4 o'clock on the PRESIDENT
| Yacht Mayhower for Hampton Roads tn W.T.
ness the I rpedo attack upon the monlto
| Florida tomorrow morning. He will have al
his guest Secretary Of War Taft, Brig Gen
Clarence r. Edwards, chief Of the bureau o
ipsular affairs: Lieut.. Col, Charles j.. Nc
Cauley, of the Marine Corps and Lieut.. Com
mander Cleveland l.. Davis, assistant chlti o
the bureau of equipment. The test will b'
witnessed also by Rear Admiral Mason AM
C, wles, Chief Constructor Caps, other OH
Gals, Of the department, and large. mum
Der of officers, including 800 midshipmef
| who will be in Hampton Roads on their sum
mer cruise. The test, which is primarily fol
the purpose of determining the effect OF tor
pedoe, upon an especially bulkhesd comparl
ment promises TO be spectacular, II not III
structive.