Washington telegraph., 1909-07-23

confinement in an institution for the
predetermined was the choice Of Mrs.
Annie Sehenkle, whose body, with
those Of her two sons, Harry and
Carl, aged seven and II, respective
ly, was found in gas-filled room
in her home in Chicago.
To discuss the best means Of pre-
venting frauds in connection with
the collection of the internal reve-
nue. tax on unstemmed leaf tobacco
because of the provision included in
the tariff which exempts tobacco
growers from the tax, was the OBJ
ject of a conference at the White
House several days since.
The bodies of two young men,
believed to have been Eastern col
lege students, who came West to
work in the harvest fields, were
found beside the railroad tracks
near Ramona, west of here. The
men are believed to have been muir
dered and their bodies placed on
the tracks. There was nothing by
which they could be identified.
According to owners of American
halibut fishing vessels, the recent
order forbidding Americans to buy
herring bait in British Columbia
waters is intended to force Ameri-
cans to put their ships under the
British flag and transfer their bust
ness to the Canadian side, Us one
Boston company has already done.
Experiments which have been
under way at the Kansas City Stock
Yards for several months have pro-
ceeded to a point where those in
charge of them say they are justified
in announcing that cure and pre-
yentiye of hog cholera has been
discovered. Now, 10 make a test
that will be absolutely conclusive,
the department of agriculture has
taken an interest in the work and
has sent Dr. W. N. Niles. an expert
at the work, from the Iowa Agri-
cultural College of Ames, Iowa, to
conduct it.
Upon the demand of Mrs. Sutton
Parker, sister of the late Lieut.
James Sutton, who was adjudged a
suicide after a quarrel with brother
officers of the marine corps on De-
tober 13, 1907, the navy department.
has ordered demonstration, 1T is
understood TINT AIRS Parker I'M
fearthed evidence tending to prove
that her brother had been murder
ed by certain officer. Also it was
found that the testimony in the first
hearing right after the death of
Sutton was not taken under oath,
and that the evidence then heard
was conflicting and incomplete.
The International Harvester Com
pany, with headquarters at Chicago,
has announced a plan for sharing
profits of the business with en-
ployes. 1t is similar in method with
that adopted by the steel trust sew
eral years ago. Employees are in
vited to buy shares in the company,
to be paid for in instalments taken
from wages. For this purpose 49,
500 shares have been set aside of
the preferred stock and $4,000
shares of the common stock. The
former is offered at $115 and the
latter at $75, both being under the
market price. The object is to eff
feet permanently in the force of
10000 employees and to encourage
them to take an interest in the af-
fairs Of the company.
After his return from the trip to
New England and Lake Champlain
President Taft gave out his plans
for the coming extensive travels. He
is to start from his summer resi-
dence at Beverly, Mass, about the
middle of September, for Seattle, to
attend the exposition there, and
making stops en- route at Denver,
Salt Lake, Spokane and other places
yet to be determined. From Seattle
| L. LII ... L. G.. Il N