Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-15
Electric BIeached Flour Con-
sidered by Cabinet.
CLAIMS OF THE MILLERS
President to Be Guest at Detroit
Board Of Commerce June 3.
INVITED TO VISIT IOWA
Carl Rasch Regarded as the Prob
able Selection for Federal Judge
for the Montana District.

The cabinet, at it's regular meeting to-
day, had an unusual amount of depart
mental material to dispose of with the
President. The determination of the
long fight over sustaining or overruling
the pure food bureau of the Agricultural
Department in declaring -four bleached
by electricity to be q violation Of the pure
food laws occupied much OF the time of
the cabinet Attorney General Wicker
sham discussing the legal tangle into
which the question has become involved
by being submitted to the courts and
Secretary Wilson discussing the merits Of
the case from the viewpoint of his de-
partment
The bleached -four millers of the south
west claim that the wheat of that Sec
ton, not being so hard as thai of the
northwest, does not make as white flour
as the northwestern grain, and that as
the public demands whiteness in the
product they resort to electric bleach
ing They assert that this in no way af-
fects the quality or nutrition Of the -four.
The pure food bureau holds to the con-
trary, alleging that bleaching is an i'm
position. If nothing more.
1t was decided that government should
push the cases in the courts in order to
get a judicial decision.
President Going to Detroit.
President Taft has agreed to be the
guest Of the Detroit Board of Commerce
the evening of June 3. The President
some months ago agreed to attend the
commencement exercises Of the Ohio
Northern University at Ada, Ohio. June
s. After the exercises in the day he
will go to Detroit in the evening. The
next day he will be in Monroe and Jack
son, Mich.
Representative Good of Iowa asked the
President today to attend the commence
ment and other exercises. including the
laying of the corner stone OF the Carnegie
Science Hall, Of Coe College, Cedar Rap-
ids. some time in May or June. Tne
President does not think he will find op-
portunity to make the trip.
The Montana Judgeship.
Carl Rasch of Helena, for seven years
United States attorney of Montana, will
probably be the next federal Judge of
that district succeeding Judge Hunt, now
on the customs court. Senators Carter
and Dixon each had a candidate for the
position and could not agree. They seem
able to agree upon Mr.. Rasch. who also
Is favored by Judge Hunt. Mr.. Rasch is
now in Washing ton, assisting John J.
inger in the Ballinger- -Pinchot investiga-
tion. He has wide knowledge OF the land
laws of the country.
Tells of Cocaine EVIL.
The different forms in which cocaine
is prepared for sale to its victims were
exhibited to President Taft yesterday by
DR.. Joseph P. Remington of Philadelphia,
chairman of the committee of revision of
the United States Pharmacopia. which
will hold it's next convention in this city,
May 10. DR.. Remington told the Pres
ident that the illicit sale Of cocaine had
grown to> proportions in this country
that seriously threatened future citizen
ship. 1t had been discovered in Phil
adelphia, he said, that the drug was
sold in large quantities to school chill
dren, hundreds of them having been de-
bauched through 1t. Restrictive laws in
cities and states were ineffective because
the drug could be obtained by mail from
other states. What was needed was ma
tional legislation under the interstate
commerce clause of the Constitution that
would forbid the handling or sale Of the
drug except by licensed druggists and
physicians.
Inc fr6SlO0nC was dppdueQ Dy the 1acIS
told him and promised to give his aid in
any way possible. 1t is suggested that
the proposed bureau or department of
health, If the consultations are made. will
be the best method Of handling the traf-
fc in thte drug. in connection with laws
that may be passed by Congress.
The President was invited to attend the
opening session of the pharmacopeial con-
vention and will try to be there. With DR..
Remington were Dr. Murray Gait Motter
hA
subcommittee of arrangements in WASH
ington.
Fredericksburg Post Office.
The fredericksburg. Va, post Office was
discussed at the White House yesterday.
John NJ Griffin has been postmaster for
twelve years and wants the job another
four. The republican local organization,
headed by Henry Warden. chairman Of
the city committee, 10 opposed to him.
fayorinz J. w. Thomas, local shoe mer-
chant. Mr.. Warden visited the President
with Henry s. Chesley and George A.
Walker. They told the President that Mr..
Griffin had held the ONCE long enough
growth Of the republican party. They
vented man appointed who would give
aid In that direction.
White House Sergeant to Marry.
Sergt. ]. A. Williams Of the White
House police squad announced today that
he will soon marry, making the second
member Of the White House police force
to enter into the bonds Of wedlock at an
early date. Sergt. Williams is engaged to
Miss Maud NJ. Kidwell. an empl0ye or
the bureau Of engraving and printing.
She Is from Virginia. the former home Of
the police sergeant. The wedding Will
time Policeman James A. Mulvey, for
twelve years in the White House squad.
VIII wed Miss Martha Peterson. the first
cook of the executive mansion. Friends
Of both are suggesting that they arrange
q double wedding.
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