Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-12-30

military activity at Msnsgua according
| to dlsp .tches received at the State De-
par, meut today. General Toledo, who
conducted the Z.layan campaign at
Greytown aud who is supposed to be 10
possession OF The arms distributed by
z lays before his departure, Is a. Ma.
Dagaa suparinteudlng military prepsra.
lions practically in the capacity of MIN
lister of war for the Msdriz government.
The State Department bas not been in.
fnImed OF the ACTON OF Mexico or any OF
the C-uirsl American countries 10 rec.
ognlziog the M,drz government Even
10 case Of recognition By these countries
It is definitely sia.ed that the United
States will pursue iIs policy without
change.
The Tat family party left Washing.
ton early today for New York to attend
the wedding OF Miss Louise Taft who
will be married at 4 O'Clock this after
noon to George Hogg saoWden, at the
home of Henry w. TAFT, brother OF the
president, and father OF the bride. The
weddiog will be quiet ceremony, only
the immediate families of the couple
being present. The bridegroom is the
con OF CHARLES L Snowdeu, OF Seattle,
Wash, and is engaged In the lumber
business.
One HUNDRED and fifty OF the largest
cities iu the country lost $48. SIC, 73O In
fires during 1907. This is the estimate
of the census buresu st,er careful inves.
tipstion of the sutj:ct. Ites!iUates that
The total FIRE lass per capita was 1928,
aad the net loss per capita % cent?. OF
the vast total of damage done by 6res,
the bureau fixes $l8, 965, 427 as the loss
incurred through burning OF buildings
and s29, 342. 654 as the amount lost
through destruction OF The contents Of
those structures. While there was q
forty million dollar loss through 6res in
| these 1853 cities, just SSS. 529 $50 vas
spent IN FIRE protection, and 5000 pro-
iessiopsl fire 6ghters employed.
Wm. Loeb, j., collector OF customs
at New York, had conference today
| with Secretary of the Treasury Mac.
2 eagh on mat,ers connected with bis
Office. Iii understood that 1t was for
the purpose Of consulting over the pros
ecution of customs frauds 10 sugar,
"sleeper trucks" and other thiogs
ab,cn have esn uuesrthed at tbs Ne"
York post. NJ. Loeb went back 10
| New YORK. this sflernooG.
General Clarence Edwards, President
Tsfts riding companion, narrowly es'
| capped ssrious irjury bV slipping on the
steps of the White House not the White
House In Washington bat sbe "Osss
Blanca" of San juan, Porto Rico, &C.
cordiug to cablegIam received from
him today at The bureau of iusulat al
fairp. q sneral EdSatds rolled down the
foil fight of stone steps but suffered
| nothing more than shaking up. With
Secretary Dickipsea and his party he
started on TWO days tour OF the Island
today. :,
Announcement wss made at the
Department of Justice today that the
case against the Standard Oil Company
| would be docksted in The Supreme Court
on Monday. This is the csse which
the circuit court at ST. Louis decided
! against the big trust, which decision If
upheld by the highest court will result
| In the COR plete dissolution Of the mon.
opoly. In the meantime an effort Uill
be- made to reach an agreement
| between the counsel for the Standard
| Oil Company end the representatives Of
the government whereby objections will
be waived to motion to bs made the
same day asking the court to tx so
early date for the hearing. It Is ganer'
ally expected that day early 10 March
will be set for this pl'pose. Ths hear.
| Ing 10 the tobacco trust cases will begin
on Monday. This will be the frat big
industrial trust to come under the
scrutiny OF tho Supreme court under
the monopoly feature of the anti.
| srus! law. The appeal of the govern.
ment from lhe decision of Judge Eol.
that the sugar trust directors are pro-
tec.ed By the statute Of limitations from
prosecution for lhs s!temp. to restrain
con MERGE By closing up the Philadelphia
Sugar Refinery Will also come up Cd
Monday through motion to advance
the hearing.
Officials of The Interior Department,
sudsr the personal direction of Secretary
Balllnger, s,s busily engaged in col.
lecting and preparing evidence to be
used In the forthcoming congressional
| Investigation of the Baliuger.Pinchot
CONTROVERSY, This evidence, 1t Is stated
today, will cover 40! only the official
acts OF The secretary and big susordi.
Mates 10 the administration OF the public
land law, but will also 90 pretty thor.
ougbly into the affairs oil the forest Ger.
Wee. In addition to attempting to prove
that OhIet Forester Plnchot and his as.
sistanis have interlerred With the work
OF the Inferior Department, aud have In.
spirsd the attacks in the public prints
sgsiust the secretary OF The interior, Bal
linger, will enGeavor to show that Pin.
chot hss disregsrded the Law 10 the 3D.
ministration of his bureau. Tbs tso
men agaIns. whom the direct charge will
| be made that they we're responsible for
the attacks In certsin newspapers and
magazines against Secretary BaIliuger's
administration, are Assistant Forester
Overlon W. Price and A. O. Shaw, Law
officer of the forest service. 1t will bs
argued, however, tina. these oficials
would scarcely have indulged 10 their
alleged activities in this directioa With.
ont, at least, the taclt approval of Chief
| Forester Piucho., their chiei