Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-04-27

0rCet OF I1rmef freSiOtHt II aaJoj "Ao
reiterated today in dispst ;hes to TIE
consulate at Mspasus. The statemeI
WAS made in response 10 disp'tch from
Consul Ol.vsries received hdsy iu'
form ing the department that the widow
aud four small children Of Leonard
G,ece are destitute, i'll, AND almost
friendless. The consulate is assisting
them. Secretary Knox Instructed Uor-
.ul Oliyaries to draw on the depart
nent for 30 fficient funds t, supportthem
10 an appropriate manner pendiOg this
governments future demsDd ppm MIG.
arsgua for an idemnity to the relatives
OF both Of the Americans,
The president today had long con.
ference VITA representative Tawney OF
Minnesota rs to ways OF turtailiog the
present excessive cost of running The
government. TaWpey t,ld the presidert
That he thought ttete would be included
in the sundrg civil appropriation b:'l
an appropriation for commission 10
st,dy this question. The commission
had already been provided for By the
Senate.
1t became apparent today, much to
TIE surprise Of treasury officials that the
returns from the corporation tex laH
will fsll short CT the estimate. The
origin, estimate was that at least $25, :
600, 900 in revenue would be collect ID
from this source. Calculating upon the
basis of the ret1rps from the larger
cities, which were the first t, come 10,
this est'ma'e WIS raised to $4,000, OOo
It ia now cer'ain tina: not more than
1922, 900 900 will be collected and the
total may fall full million below that
figure. R tnrns from western, southern
| and q. u 'hesst ,rn sections of the country
| we're oyerestiust,d. I! Was shown that
msuy of the larger concerns doing bust
ness Ia those sections were orancnss oil
eastern corporations. A big percentage
OF the smaller htuses we're able 10
chow that their incomes did To-
exceed $1,000 and are exempt.
3 ,tween one.6;th and one-sixth OF the
ertire amount to be contributed TO the
| national traafu.y by the corp oration tax
lit ia stated will come from New York
state, and very large proportion OF that
f,actiop, from The city of New York. IT
IA estimated :hst the estimates in that
civ alone will reach So. 500, 900. Ill!-
nois will probably be the Dexs largest
| contribus or. Followed bs Massachusetts,
Pennsylvauis, Ohio aud Missouri. From
tbs collectors standpoint the returns
from these tt,tes have been good. To-
diaus's t,tal tax will net exceed 5000,
600 end thtt to be collected from Con-
| neclicut vii be about the same. Only
t8snt7 collection district, remain to bs
colIecied from Connecticut Will bs about
tbs sane. Only twenty collection dis.
sricts rsmsin t, be reported. E.ch cor
pora,ion will be notified before June /
of the amount of tx ssssssed, barring
unexpected delay.
I The boom of Nick L3ngworth tor
governor OF Oaio was boosted today By
Representative Taylor after visit be
paid The president Mr.. Taylor said
uOl all the men mentioned for governor
Lopgworth Ia By far the strongest in ms
district, Columbus. )"
TIE delegation OF OHIO minegroWer'
hat arrived t,da7 is keeping its move
menis and purposes extremely da!k
Dr.. Wiley ssys that 1t is prohholY here
| to appeal the decision feadered by TIT
| DE- par: meut las, fall thit "Tumace" wa
not wine at sll bnt an imitation.
Fear of President Taft for the fate o
his court of commerce was soinewha
iallayed today by Represen' alive Hin
shaw, rep, Neb.) Mr.. Hinshaw assured
the president that the reported insurgen
an'agonism to the project was very muct
Exaggerated. He pointed out as mat
| ter of fact, II of them bad voted for it
1.-The insurgents, according to Hinshaw
are coming to realize the impractica
bility OF coordinate circuit courts hand
ling the railroad situation.
The Rockefeller Foundation.
| Washington, April 27.--Johu D
Rockefeller is tired Of waiting for Con
| gress to accel his half billion dollars a
a 'tg,ft to the human race" and 1t ia ex