Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-05

vice, members of the committee evInclDg
considerable Interest In the spportion-
ment Of the irigstIon prtjstts 10 the
wes. By repestsd questiOnIDg Senator
Flint obtained from Secretary Ballipger
the admission that blame for theIunequal
distribution Of the reclamation pr jscts
and other shortcomings 10 the govern.
menPs irrigation policy was properly to
be laid upon the Secretary OF the Interior
Hitchcock, particularly, since he au.
thtr;zsd most OF the existing reclsma.
ton projects.
A favorable report on the Deatrs bill
increasing the wsges Of skilled mechsn-
les 10 the Washington navy yard By
10 per cert was made by 3 suh-com.
mittee of the House naval affair COM
mittee today.
In testifyiog before the House CON-
mitlee on appropriations IS to the affairs
of the Smithsonian Iustitntiou, Director
Wslcot said that II, 900 specimens bad
been received from the Roosevelt ex.
petition. The committee we're pleased
to learn thst e dikdik vas among the
numter.
Although Prince Tokugawa, the pre-
siding officer OF the Japanese House OF
Peers, is not the guest of the government
round of festivities has been arranged
in his honor. The Prince arrived in
Washington today. Tonight he will be
the guest al dinner of Secretary OF State
Knox. Tomorrow he will be given a
luncheon at the Capitol by Vice Presi-
dent Sherman and will be given an OPP
portunity to compare the Senate with
the House of Peers of his own country.
Friday night Baron Uchita, the Japanese
Ambassador, will give dinner and recep-
ton at the Embassy in his honor. Presi-
dent Taft will receive him at the EXecu-
tive Offices on Saturday.
II everybody in the United States had
An equsl share of the money in circula-
ton at the beginning Of this month each
would have S34.45. This is AZ cents less
than they would have had If the equal
distribution had been made at the be-
ginning of the month of April. Upon
the face OF the returns the American
people, the advance reports from the
census Office giving the estimated popu-
Iation of the country at $1,000, 900 Is
correct would mean that the country
has lost during the last thirty days S37.-
600, 600. This is supposed to be account
ed for by the recent heavy gold ship
ments abroad. The total money in cir
culs'io May was So, ,547,273 COM
pared with $3,I38, 81 on April Ist.
Senator MeCumber's condition SHOWS
slight Improvement today although he did
not rest we'll last night. His physician does
not consider his condition critical and thinks
steady Improvement will be shown from this
time on.
Secretary of the Treasury MacVesgh today
s.nt TO Senator Fry, chairman OF the senate
committee on commerce, a strong letter co.
dorsing the pending bills for the establish
ment of longevity service fund for the life
saving service and providing for the retire
ment on pay after a series OF years OF members
Of the service. He says that the increased
pay for length Of service would cost S24S,70O
and the retirement fund would cost $4,000
annually.
President Taft hiss travelled so much that
the expenses OF the secret service bureau Of
the Treasury Department which Is charged
with the duty Of protecting him, have totalled
almost as much during the past six months
duriog the full preceding yeav.
Unofficial estimates of the population Of the
various states, as computed by the United
States Census Office for 1910, today show that
New York leads the list Pennsylvania ranks
secord: Illinois third; Ohio fourtn and Texas
is fifth. These figures show a decrease In
Iowa's population. These figures are esti-
mated By the Census Bureau to show the esti-
mated population on June ], 1910. OF course
the actual counting of the returns from the
census taking has not been completed and
these figures are unofficial. The officials Of
the Census BBresu said day that 1t might
he several months before the final official
figures taken from the count would be avail
able.
The appropriations committee has inserted
paragraph in the suUdry civil bill, extend
ing the general internal revenue provisions
to the collection Of the tax on oleomarRar1ne.
Internal Revenue Commissioner CAbell told
the committee that selling oleo for butter Is
not now penal offense. He also pointed out
that many courts have held that the oleo
statutes are not part Of the internal revenue
law.
Prohibition tends To increase the manufao-
ture OF moonshine whisky, according TO Com
missioner of internal Revenue Cabell, who
has made a statement to this effect to the
House COMMITTEES on appropriations
AS the result OF the reoresentatlons OF ~
torney General Wickersham to the appropri'
atoms committee, the sundry civil appropda
ton bill will contain an item Of $4,000 to
enable the Department Of Justice to continue
the investigation and prosecution of the sugar
customs frauds
1t was announced today by the Interstate
Commerce Committee that the Pennsylvania
Railroad Co. hiss been indicted at Pittsburg
for f,ilure to collect from the American Steel
and Wire Co. a reconsgnment charge On
oa.4 ,;n carloada nj coke