Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-05
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tive HOES lem, LID } 81 lOuay Weo'-
Ing of the house committee on e1peoo.-
torres ia lha Department Of Agriculture.
The refefcs Eosrd 10 The high priced
board OF CHEMISTS appoin'ed by the
president to Supervise Dr.. Wilei's hoa.
ipgs On beDz2ate Of coda end certsin
other chem;csls used 10 lie preservation
of FOODS. Dr.. Wiley declared that ben
zoa:a wa u.fit fer hGGao cousuEp;lor
and the boa;d decided that wheo used
in the qusnti,iea ordirarily found 10
sauces End ketchups it wcald 60 harm
en- iaiant. Ii The meubsis OF ihe sefsree
board are provided with care, they Shtu d
be conscious of sharp singing ssnsa.
ton In thoss organs today. for ell kicds
of complimentary renarks were made
abou, them boiore sbe COMMITTEE. s.
licilor McOsse, Of The Department Of
Agriculture, hcseVer, came to the boards
defense sod eaia that tur Tor its crea.
lion, gr;at ipjasics would have been
done to nauufsetaress Throughout The
country.
The contested 5h Virginia election
case oil P6rsors w. Saunders will be
taken up BY elec!iOna committee Ne. 2
of.the House mex: Tuesday and argp.
uepts heard, E. w. Ssu 'dsrs, democrat,
of Rocky MtuaE, Is the man holding
down the seat and J. Pa,sons, republican,
is the man Who wants Il.
Sanction WIS given by the Navy
Department today fora boat race between
the crews of tho Naval Academy and
Harvard University. The rsce sill oe
held at Annapolis on April 81. Ga
April 20 lhsre Hill be 6 La Or IS match
between Hsrvsrd and the M ddies'.
Recomclsaduiious ars made ia tho
auousl report of the commissioner Of
patents, pab ishea loda?, Tor The as abish.
"a n: OF board OF ps'en:appsals for the
parpcss Of expaditirg !hs prosecution Of
ta:ent sppesls. Also Commissioner
Moore suggesls creation of patent Der
to raise the standard Of the ba. OF st'or-
ueJs practieing before the patent chc"
The president todsy sent to the Senate
he nomination OF Brj :miu B Aruold
TO be collector OF CUSTOMS for tie district
of Richmond, vs..
Oily :8en!T-!our mtre dsys wmain IL
which the corporations OF 1hs country
nav file ths:r Returns SO 10 their business
OF las! year in order tina. the goysrnmeEt
rlay sssess tie income tax provided b;
law. 10 S!eS OF the short time remsinicg
6 cirau,a; letter was tcd2y sent out by
the treasury department TO all collectors
OF internal revenue isq1sstine them 10
give rs wide publicity as possible to thu
fsct that all such rt.urns, from large ard
small co.poratiops, mas. be in The bands
Of the collac.ors Oh or before March ls',
u der panaliy If fac Of from 81 600 t,
$4,000
A military policy which has for ia
OF jact the perfection OF properly pro-
por,ioned 6ght'rg mschiae OF bi2h eff
cheney, the concentration CT the reg'-
mepts that are kept on the main LAND OF
the Uaised States and the doing aea;
with The small gsrtisoas DOS scattered
bou! the couDtfy, tbe!e ara tbs nsin
featuiss OF the forthcoming report OF
the general staff OF the army to be pre-
seuled to O0pgresa before tho end OF
this session. 1t developed today TIA
tho report will set forth plainly condi.
tons deemed dsagercu, to the ptessrEs'
ton Of peace II ttey ara allowed t.
exist end will arraigE ".inksriDg By
Ooi gross" with the army and the "rork
barrel" plan of appropriation for tas
srmy which is held to be toe msin caast
# the iici=ncy OF the p!essnt nilisry
force Of tns Uh;lei S;a!as Olly the
explicit orders OF President Taft, it was
/ armed today, prevented the report from
going II 80 Il psrt Of The annual report
OF the sec:etsr5 Of var. The president
desired that all cabinet officers cut doHu
their estimates and after the army es;i-
mates were p-tpared, Stcratsry Dieken-
son rrais q blanket reduction OF four
millions ia the inereet OF economy. The
army appropriation bill went 70 confer
ence yesterday afternoon aud it is ap.
pro1;mate'y IS estimated for By 0ihe
general s,af. The casrsss that arc de.
sired will BE- presented TO Congress- in a
special report hy the general sletf Which
will be Transmitted t. Congress By Prasi-
dent TAFT with q spscisl massage, calling
tsutioa 10 tho adoption OF deh5ite
military policy.
A government business methods con,-
mission is proposed in bill reported to.
dag By Senator Ajrich from The com.
cli.tee Oh public eSnendl res. The bill
provides for tho sIp1inimett OF three
rsas!ors By tho vics.preSidsns, three
representatives by the speaker, and
three other memae1s By the president.
/. Is iDs.rue:ed to investigate sl the
business nethcds Of the government, to
ascertain if they can be improved by
legislstipn sad tc hold hearings ezanioe
witnesses and make ms r'u sweeping
il aliry. Mr.. AlLreh s3id The bill bad
been apanimoru!y approved By tae con-
on public expenditures aad lie T.u'1
ssk f3t It. eo"siderat|on Monday.
Chsr,e: II D;gitga, retired banker,
ended hia life shorly after 10 c'cloek
this morning at his home. 1876 Q street
northwest, By shooting himsei! &c the
right templs He hsd been in bad health.
The Meyer plan for The reorganization
of the nssy Is doomed to defeat st the
hands OF Congress. This Information
leaked oa. tcdss whea !. vas learned
that the naval STAIRS committee of the
House had Ia alshsd to Admiral Cone o
cory of the testimony given By Admiral
Cspps against the Meyer plan and asked
him to answer /! in detail.
The proposition to issue $50. 900. 0OO
worth Of bonds for the reclamation ser