Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-02
From Washington.
IUo.re1pondenss OF the Alexsrdria Gazette,
Washington, March 2.

tde operation OF IL corpoiH .iuu tsA IAN,
said Commissioner of Ittrnsl Revenue
Cabell today. 1.-The colleet,rs announce
that on yesterday and Monday their
mails were aooded With retnrna from cor.
porations in th;it respective districts,
they anticipate that there will be few
delinqoents. We do not expect to get
any defoite reports as to the number
and amount OF the retlrus uttl the lat
ter part OF March or the beginning OF
April. The work OF collating and tabu.
lstiug the returns started taday.
The local police are today working Oh
one OF the biggest jewel rosberies in the
history OF the capital. Lsst night Mira.
Isham HorDsby, a prominent society
mstron, residing at 17l5 street, north
west, waa robbed of diamonds and other
Jewels sgeregating in vslus between $751;
900 and $40, 900. There is absolutely
40 clue t, the thief.
This mornings report from the sick
bed Of Representative Perkins, of New
York, states tast be passed a comfort,
able night and is sb.u, the same as yes.
terday.
The court OF inquiry of which Lieu.
tenant General S. B. N. Young is the
had, Which Is investigating the Browns
vile affair, has completed the work Of
b saring witnesses, taking testimony and
reviewing that t. ken at courts martial and
before the Senate committee, and Ia now
prepared to formulats its opinion. It
ia believed that the decision will be 3D.
verse to the men of the regiment VINO
we're dismissed by President Roosevelt
Since the hearing of the witnesses began
The conviction has slowly grown 10 the
War Department that the shooting up"
OF tbs Texas town vas done by the negro
troops. ;.
Ospt. Friz Duquesne, African lion
butter, ssys that Mr.. Roosevelt and his
party probably have the virus OF the
African fever or sleepy disease in their
veias and that it is dangerou, to allow
them to land in this country without
having archaeological examination
made of their blood.
President Taft signed Today 50 proc
lap1ations giving ID q number OF bfitlsn
colonies. German colonies and otter
colonies the minimum tariff rate.
The president To-Day sent t1e following
nominations to the Senate Consuls-
Arthur r. Cooke, South Carolina, Of
Patrss, Greece; Phillip Holland, Ten.
uessee, al Puerto Plata, Dominican Re-
public; Ralph J. Tctt,p, OF Tennessee,
at Maracnibo, Venezueia. Also Oharlea
T. Hoffman to be postmaster a! Luray,
Va.
Forty uniformed, medal bedecked
members OF The executive COMMITTEES OF
.he National ,zenbuud OF The
Uoited States called on Presides TAFT
today and invited him 10 attend the
National spizsnfsst which will DC
he'd at Union Hill, n. J., on May 20
The president promised to attend Ile
schertzeufest in May, II 1t could DO a.
RANGED oct TO iItarfeTe with his other
engagements. The president then walled
out to the White House front yard and
had his picture taken with the delegs-
ton.
A desper5te fight is being put up to-
day by The oyster interests OF the country
against the edict of the AgricultoraI
Department prohibiting the shipment IL
intersta commerce OF "aoated" oy't re-.
New jersey il making 3 particularly
strong stand. They claim there that the
enforcement OF this ruling would destroy
the oyster business of the slate which
they claim amounts to 81, 900, 900 year
and supports at least ten thousand PEG.
pie, whole towns In New Jersey being
practically solely dependent upon this
industry for livelihood. The New Jersey
State Board of Health 10 here backing
tho oyster men. They claim the streams
10 which the oytt srs are foated in New
Jersey are kept sanitary and challenge
government inspection of them.
It Is expected that that The question
az to whether there shall be tariff war
between the Uuited St,tes and Canada
aill be settled ono say o. the other
within the next week. The belief Is that
an adjustment will be made between The
two couutrie, which will avoid the
threatened commercial hostilities. To-
day Prof Emory, president OF the tsfin
board, and Charles NJ. Pepper, an expert
of the Department of Commerce and
Labor, left for Ottawa. There they will
be j,lned by O3nsul General Foster,
stationed at thst city, and the three act
ing logt ther will consIilIt, board rep.
rssentirg the American government IN
i,s negotiations with that OF Canada.
The movement for the unifcation of
the good roads movement In the vsfous
states was endorsed by President Taft
today when the legislative committee OF
the international lesgue OF high"ay
improvements called at the White House.
Ju who are the choice spirits banded
together in The Back From E!ba Cub is
ne OF the things which Attorney j. J.
Vertress, chief counsel for Secretary
Bslliuger before the congressional COM
mi;tee investigating the controversy enc
broglio, hopes 10 be able to draw from
G ford Pincho.. When the hearings
are resumed on Friday Yertrees FUR
poses TO find cut who "we'' are. Ju't
At the close of The hearing yesterday
Vertrees wanted to know II there wasn't
a movement against Mr.. Ballirger. Mr.
Plnchot said it was "conservatioD
movement" and that 1--WE" we're only
against Bsllipger in so far as he was an
enemy to the movement "Who are
we" demanded Vertrees--"Glavis snd
yoursell?" awe is a pretty big we
answered Piuchot, non.tonmlttsl and