Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-07
From Washington.
lcoYrsspondsuos Of the Alexandria Gasett

CJllier, of Mississippi, to speak at th'
banquet to be giver by Lee Camp IL
Alexandra on the night Of January 10
General Lees birthday. Mr.. GOrdOr
will respond to the toast "GeD. Rober
E. Lee"
The chances for making Ambassador
Rsid's letter to Sir Charles Walpole tb'
basis for another Sackville West episode
are very remote, according 10 state
lnent made by an official OF the State De
partmeDt TO-DAY. he characterlzes Am
bsssador Rsi1s note as perfectly innoc
uons. Besides, the fact that 1t VA
written long before Sir Charles Wslpol'
became q candidate Tor election and ths
1t was merely an observation concerning
a statistical fact makes 1t quite improb
atle that the British government will %
to the extreme Of requesting Ambassador
Reds recall on the ground of in!erfer'
erence in politics.
G ford Pinchot, chief forester, wa
before a subcommittee OF the House
committee on Agriculture ell morning
today. He WAS called to explain certain
points 10 the estimates prepared by hi
bureau for incorporation In the sgri'
cultural appropriation bill. Neithe'
the chief ierester nor any members Of
the committee would discuss the testl'
mony beyond stating that 1t was purely
on routine matters.
Among the bills introduced in the
House today vas one TO change the In
suguration date from March to April
9Oth, and the ends OF senatorial and
congressional terms to March Both.
The Pinchot letter was one OF the
chief topics discussed at todsy's Cabinet
meeting. Secretary B,llipger arrived
before The other members, and was
closeted With the president for some
time. The general impression around
The White House was that the president
would prob bly, make an announcement
regarding Pinchops statue later 10 the
day. 1t is known that several OF the
presidents advisers have touDselied bin
to dismiss the chief forester without iui'
ther delay, on the ground of iusubordi'
nation 10 disobeyipg an executive order
and discourtesy toward the president 10
suggesting that be was mistaken" 10
arriving ct bis conclusions 10 the CLAWS
matter. Mr.. Plnchot, however, will
not be discharged Immediately from the
government service, although the Presi'
dent aud his Cabinet are thoroughly To-
censsd with bin.
The railroad bill framed by Attorney
General Wickersbsm, embracing the
recommendation 10 the presidents mes
sage will be introduced in the House on
Monday BY Mr.. Townsend OF Michigan
Mr.. Townsend called at the White
House today aud received a copy Of the
bill from the president For nearly so
hour the measure and the probability oil
lis passage YVES under disussion. On
leaving Mr.. Townsend said that the
measure YVES all that could be dssired,
and that he was cc6dent OF Its passage
Later the message was sent to the
House.
Boycott beef aud not the butcher; send
the tip from ocean tn ncean mil
he price OF bacon comes down TO
reasonable figure, In word quit eating
the sky high foodslutfs until they come
down and carry on the campaign in q
business.like, organized manner. Such,
10 q paragraph, is the object OF the
National Anti. food Trust League that Is
to be organized with million heads Of
families throughout the country as active
stockholders and beneGciaries. DR.. Z
L. S,barf Is the organizer of the league
aud claim to have high hopes OF Its sue
cesses.
nWe will see the time when alumni
mum airshIps heated and lighted y
electricity, will take passengers up and
around the north pole Ia tweuly'fouI
hours Trof. Willis l.. Moore, chief Of
the Weather Bureau, makes this predic'
ton 10 his testimony before the House
committee Oh agriculture. He wants more
money TO msintsln the Mount Weather
Kite observation station, and In arguing
for the appropriation, dwell' at length
upon the Importance OF ell phases oil
aerial experiments.
A million dollar increase in our agricul-
tursl expectations in the p 81 ten years is re-
ported in statement issued today by the
Bureau of Statistics, Department OF Com
merce ami Labor. Staples, however, win
the exception Of CT ton, showed marked de-
cline. Cotton is the largest item on the U.
s. bill of lading TO foreign countries and
shows an increase of $I7 100000. Bread,
stuffs. second in monetary value. has decreased
$40, O0O,OOo. Mat and dairy products, rank,
ing third in farm pr, duets. have decreased
SIC, 100000
Because Of the excessive ure OF intoxicent'
First Lieutenant James Huston, OF the ION
cavalry, u. 8 A., has teen reprimanded by
Mi. Gen. Wood and reduced fifty files In
lipeal rink. He was coultmartialed at F0rl
Ethan Allen, Vermont. In approving the
sentence Gen. Wood warns Lieut. Huston
that his habits will not receive lenient treat
IN Mt in tie future.
As the funeral of late Representative James
W. Griggs, If Georgia, was held today al
Dawson, the committee of twenty eight mem.
hers appointed by Speaker Cannon to attend
the services did not leave Washington.
Former Policeman Collier was this morn
ing sentenced to fifteen years for the killing
of Police Captain Mathews.
The sppointu emit Of DR.. Joseph A. Murphy
of the District OF Columbia. as medical super
visor in the fed service Of the Indian bureau
was announced by Secretary Bal niger today.
Neither the State department or the italian
embassy has received, as yet, any otficisl CON
firmation Of the report that Ambassador Des
Plsnchfs must be transferred from Washing
TN to Constantin' pl'. 1t is expected, how.
ever, that a notification will be received
through oficisl channels in short time.
Today formal complaint was made by the
Manufacturers Club, of Buffalo, to the Inter
state Commerc Commission against the Pull
man Company, in which demand is made
that the CHARGE Of upper berths in sleeping
cars SHOULD be less than that for lower births