Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-11-22

ufUBolutO hbu thG CuPIcmo OOutt bCti
that he ought not to have had sst IL
the case. To-day, upon the recommen
dstion OF District Attorney Baker su(
the concurrence OF the postmaster gen
eTsl, Attorney General Wickershsu
directed the dismissal of the indictmen
against O,awfOrd. A full consideration
of all the aVallsble evidence satisfied tn
two departments that q conviction could
not be had on re trial aud therefore th'
Indictment WIS dismissed.
Au artificial method OF oslerizlpI
army officers psst the middle age mari
is proposed by General Leonard Wood
commanding the department OF the Eas'
in his report to the War Department
He holds that the best years of an srDaJ
officers life are spent 10 subordinate
position and that be doesn't attain pc
silion of responsibility until his energies
are on the waue. Gen. Woods recon
meDds an elimination law by which thu
older officers will be welded out snC
placed on the retired list. He also
recommends The reeslablishmeut Of toe
canteeU, which be says, would be TO the
best interests of the srmy.
A bond Issue of from thirty to forty
million dollars to relieve the home.
stesders who have settled upon the un-
completed irrigation project Of the west
will be proposed by the Senate irrigs'
ton committee according to Senator
BOrsh, who called at The White House
today, 81 Travelled around with The
committee q good DEAL" said Senator
BOrsh, "snd found the suffering among
the people to be very great indeed.
Hundreds of farmers are actually starV.
log TO death because the government he's
failed to 90 on with the work sccordlng
to the preannonuced programme"
Secretary Bsllinger held a forty
minutes conference with The president
today and when he left the executive
Office asserted that all bis business with
Mr.. Taft had been "of an administrative
measure. We did not discuss any troubles
Whatever" said BalIiDgsr, "snd l did
not Issue any ulllmatum or hand in my
resignation"
The Washington correspondents Of
the newspapers all over the country re-
turned yesterday from Norfolk where
they had been the guests Of the city of
Norfolk, They are moot enthusiastic
over the hospitality aud courtesy shown
them, and cay there Is nothing too great
70 say about Norfolk. They we're much
impressed with the arguments used at
the Deep Waterways meeting for0sn in-
land Waterway course from Maine to
Florida.
Although Secretary Knox his adop ed
the attitude today Of awaiting the con-
6rmstiou Of The facts regarding the Mica
Iaguan situation there 10 no cessation
of activity on the part OF the State and
Navy Department in determining and
for the plan to be prosecuted
against Zslsys in case the American de-
msnds arr not scCeeded 10. No dispatches
we're received today either at the State
Department or at the Nicsrsgusn Lega-
lion and the situations remains at pre-
csely the came Stage.
With the OBJECT, 1t Is believed, OF lay
iUg plaus for the recovery OF more
money from the sugaT trust because OF
its frauds upon the customs revenues Of
the government, Collector OF Customs
Loeb, OF New York, today, by prs.ar-
rspgement, had prolracted conference
with Secretary of the Treasury Msc-
VeRgh. Both The secretary aud the col.
lector we're relicent So to what vac TO be
the precise nature OF their consultation
although admitting tba. 1t vas ia relsS
ton TO the extensive importing frauds
and the system Of graft among govern
ment employees which has been uncO7.
cred there. just before entering The
secreisry's private Office, Collector Loeb
vas ssked the specific question IS 10
he considered that there was a
good chaoce for the government to 70
cover aDy more money from the sugar
trust 81 certainly do" WIGS the re-
sponss. While the trust has settled for
The short weights which were fraud.
emily obtained In ils favor by the aid OF
The dishonest government weighers, 60
lsr as the government hiss been able 10
trace them, 1t is thought that there is
still q good case sgainst the trust for
frauds 10 securing low srpfsiSements on
cargoes OF augsr imported by tsmperlDg
With the samples. 80 far as my house.
cleaning is concerned" ssid Collector
Loeb referring TO bis work OF cleaning
put the New York customs house, sit Is
about completed. There will be some
more dismisssls, but not great many
and not involving men Of any great
Secretary of the Interior Billlnger TO-
lay ruled that private lands within
government reclamation projects may be
IOld, together with the water rights that
attach 10 the lands, providing the man
Who sells the land has made complete
payment and complied with all the pro-
visions of the reclamation act beiors be
,els out,
A cold wave is headed eastward from
The Pacif, coast, according to specIal
bulletin issued today by the Weather
BurCGs. Ifit does not get side.lracked,
il will bit the AtlRntic siates Thursday
night or Friday.
The guubOat Yicksburg, the Grst OF
he vessels ordered to proceed to Mica
-sgua, has arrived at Corinlo and Is nov
II anchor in the barbor, according to q
despatch received today at the Bureau
If Navigation Of the Navy Department.
No disturbances were reported at thst
point. The ViCksburg will be SIMPLE
10 case of any hostility to-