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

wards, of Savannah, Ga, aud J. W
C,llier, of Mississippi, to speak at the
banquet to be given by Lee Camp IL
Alexandria on the night of January 10.
General Lees birthday. Mr.. Gordon
will respond to the toast "Gen. Robert
E. Lee"
The chances for making Ambsssado.
Reid's letter to Sir Charles Walpole' the
basis 70, another Sackville West epis ode
are very remote, according 10 state
ment made by an official OF the State De-
partmeDt today. He characterizas Am
bassador Rsid's note as perfectly innoc.
nous. Besides, the fact that 1t was
written long before Sir Charles Wslpole
became candidate Tor election and that
il was merely an observation concerning
a statistical fact makes /, quite improo.
atle that the British government will 90
to the extreme of requesting Ambassador
Reid's recall on the ground of interior.
erencs in politics.
G ford Pirchot, chief forester, was
before o subcommittee Of the House
committee on Agriculture all morning
today. He was called to explain certain
points In the estimates prepared BY his
bureau for incorporation In the agri.
cultural appropriation bill. Neither
the chief ierester nor any members OF
the committee would discuss the testi.
mory beyond stating that 1t was purely
on routine matters.
Among the bills Introduced in the
House today vas one to change the In.
suguratiou date from March 4 to April
30th, and the ends OF senatorial and
congressional terms to March Both.
The Piuchct letter was one OF the
chief topics discussed al today's Cabinet
meeting. Secretary BslliDgsr 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 Piucho's statue later in the
day. 1t Ia known that several OF the
presidents advisers have touDselled BIN
to dismiss the chief forester without iui.
Their delay, on the ground of insubord''
nation In disobeying an executive order
and discourtesy toward the president lie
suggesting that be was "mistaken" 10
arriving at his conclusions In the GlaV!s
matter. Mr.. Pinchot, however, will
not be discharged Immediately from the
government service, although the presi-
dent aud bis Cabinet are thoroughly In.
censsd with him.
The railroad bill framed by Attorney
General Wickershsm, embracing the
recommendations 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 40
hour the measure and the probability OF
lis passage wss under discussion. On
leaving Mr.. Townsend said that the
measure IVES all that could be dssired,
and that he was ccfdent OF its passage.
Later the message VAS sent to the
House.
Boycott beef and not the bu;cher;send
Tie prIcs Of bacon comes down to a
reasonable figure, in word quit eating
the sky high toodslutfs until they come
down and carry on the campaign in q
busiuess.like, organized manner. Such,
in q paragraph, ia the object of the
National Anti. food.Trus League that ia
to be organized with million heads OF
families throughout the country as active
stockholders and bene6ciaries. DR.. Z
L. S,barf is the organizer of the league
and claim to have high hopes OF iIs sue
cessee.
owe will see tho time when alumni.
mum airshIps heated and lighted y
electricity, will take passengers up and
around the north pole In .Weoly.four
hours" Frof. Willis l.. Moore, chief OF
the Weather Bureau, makes this predic.
ton In his testimony before the House
committee Oh agriculture. He wants more
money to maintain the Mount Weather
kite observation station, and In arguing
for the appropriation, dwels at length
upon the Importance of all phases OF
aerial experiments.
A million dollar increase in our agrlcu!-
tursl exportatioGs in the p'st ten years 10 re-
ported IN statement issued today BY the
Bureau of Statistics, Department of Com
merce AMI Labor Staples, however, with
the exception Of CT ton, ahowed marked de-
cline. Cotton is the largest item on the U;
8. bill of lading 10 foreign countries and
shows an increase Of So ,000.oO Bread,
stu1is. second in monetary value. has decreased
sl4O, coo, 00o. Mat and dairy products, rank:
ing third in farm products, have decreased
$l000O,0G0
Because of the excessive ure of intoxiesnts
First Lieutenant James Huston, OF the l0th
cavalry, U. 8 A., has teen reprmanded by
Mi. Gen. Wood and reduced fifty files in
lneal rank. He was cou,tmartialed at Fort
Ethan Allen, Vermont. In approving the
sentence Gen. Wood warns Lieut. Huston
that bis habits will not receive lenient treat
IN Mt in the future.
As the funeral of late Representative James
W. Griggs, If Georgia, was held todhy at
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 ent Of DR.. Joseph a. Murphy
ofthe 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 Official con-
firmation Of the report that Ambassador Des
Plsnches must be transferred from Washing.
TN to Constantin,pl' 1t is expected, how.
ever, that notification will be received
through official channels in short time.
Today formal complaint was made By the
Manufacturers Club, of Buffalo, to the Inter
state Commerce Commission against the Full
man Company, in which demand is made
that the chnrse of upper berths in sleeping
cars should be less than that for lower births,