Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-22
From Washington.
Correspondence OF the Alexandria Gazette.

CnelteDham, Md, registered 8 shatp
earthquake beginning ut 1856 this moro
iug. officials at The Weather Bureau
cay 1t YVES about 8, 200 Mills away, prob
sbiy In Alaska. The needle moved more
than az hour. The direction OF the shock
was porth and south aud eas. and west.
Ano.her trust has been csugh in the
act of raising the necessities o! life.
Represe, tative Bartlett (dem. New has
found 1t and cslls 1t the 'dietributors'
combine" 1t Is compts ed of concerns
that deal In canned, boxsd and bottled
goods and according 10 Mr.. Bartlett 80.
solutely dictates the aelliog prices of
nearly ell the com uonlS used iood stuff,
that come TO the consumer done up IL
packages. "This distributors com.
b:ue," said Mr.. Bartlett, "hsnales the
output Of great many veil koown msn-
ufscturers and when delivering goods TO
the retailers tells them ilst MIA! they
mus: sell them for"
10 the proceedings which the govern
ment is about 10 institute sga!ast the
beef trust 30 immunity baths it Is said
will bs administered, II the evidence
which has been collected by The govern.
ment agents during their mouths OF in.
ves.igaticp, and which will be submit
ted to the grand jury 10 Chicago begin
ming next Monday, warrants 1t, there
will be civil suit started to dissolve the
National Packing Company, and prob
ably criminal prosecutions OF members O!
the firms OF Armour and Co., SSiit and
Co., snd Nalson Morris and Company,
who are held to be responsible for tbe
combination which hss, 1t ia alleged,
been upholdiog the prices of mes.s
through illegal and mouopolistic methods
in restraint of trade. The Department
OF Justice believes that it has ample
proof to sustain its allegations and that
1t will be able to Win It's ne8 battle
against this combination which haa here.
lotore dtfsd jastice and whose opera
lions have sfiscted irjuri1usly every
msu, women and chilli in the country.
Clifford Pi5cho. today answered tie
cri Icisim Elsde by Solicitor McOahe, Ct
thu Agricultural Department, and tie
comptroller OF the treasury, OF his edp-
oational policy for isugets. H;s stsrd
wss sgsin nsde upon the 'spIris OF the
Law" doctrine explicattd in his letter 10
Senator Deliver. Imperative need by
the rangers OF a more through know
ledge OF the fundaD sntss Of forest work,
he a:a!es, made necessary snd expc-
dIent the expenditures for their transfer
tation and salaries while at the state
colleges. Oriticisiug the published 40,
counts of the conptroller's decision Dir.
pinchot pointed ont that the course,
lasting from elk 10 eight weeka, had bseu
of rad gratis by the schools aud that his
acceptance FPS both financially and
Internationally gain for the government,
Dispatches received at tina State De.
partment toasy confirm the reported
rejection OF Secretary Knox's Msu.
ehurian proposal. Department officials
refuse to comment on the action.
With derelics vessel in to~, bottom
side up, the reveEIo cutter Andr0ssOg.
gio, Captain Br3adbent is beating her
wny Into Hampton Roads. The wreck
| ia a wooden vessel, about l45 feet long,
an her hull i5n excellent condition. But
because she has turned turtle i: has been
impossible 90 far 10 discover har name.
Captain Broadbsrt believes that she Is
either the Robert O. McQuillen, which
LETT Mystic Oonu., December 10, or the
Edger q. Boss, whose home port is Ssa-
ford, ps!aWsre.
Two big bat!leships will be provided
fer at This session of Congress, II PIe7i.
dent TAT has his way. Representative
Fo,s, chairman OF the H,use committee
| on naval Affairs, and Mr.. Roberts, a
| member of the committee, wsre at the
White House today. The president iu-
sisted 10 no uncertain terms that pro.
vision be mads for two battleships.
Ia the person OF James H all, held By
| naval authorities at the Portsmouth
| navy yErd on q charge of frautu)ert
eul;oiment, The Navy Department believes
it has apprehended the slayer of Anna
ShoemeEer, who was found dead and
horribly beaten in cemetery rear
Rochester, N. Y, late in the u inner.
II I'll is understood to baVe confessed 10
the murder.
A social high roller who has been iG-
posing upon tbs people Of Gan Francleco,
Los Angeles, Sautisgo and Salt Lake
City as Captain Glover of the United
States navy bss just been convicted M.
der the charge Of imper.onatDg gov.
trument riGcer The mans name is
Ho.ard K. Glover.
With q view t. frsmiug bill that
will II PISSED sbolish dealing 10 futu 'es
or options the ay,icu ursl committee OF
the House hss Sc! February 9 as the
date for public hearings on the measured
that have been submitted to this session.
The Chairman o. the committee viii
probably frame bill for The msjority
OF the committee that will embody what
| he BELIEVES to be the best features of all
the bills 10 the hands of his committee.
President Taft Ia said to be greatly In.
t.ras,ed In the ltject aud 1t is rumored
will send to Congress special message
urging some sort of sctiou to abolish the
evil.
TIE placing Of contract In the
United States for building two monster
dreadoough's TER the Argentine gov.
srument was confirmed today 10 Official
dispatches received In the State Depart
meut from the legation Beunos Agres.
The contracts amount to $22, 900, 900
and wdre signed With the Fore River
Snip Bailding Company, OF Quincy,
Ma .sschusetts, Permission, however,
was granted for building one of the ships