Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-22
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earit quake beginning 81 1856 this moto-
ing. Oficlals at The Weather Bureau
cay 1t wss sbou! 3, 200 miles away, prob
ably 10 Alaska. The needle moved more
than az hour. The direction OF the shock
was Uorth and south aud east and west.
Anolher trust has been caught In the
acI of raising the necessities OF life.
Representative Bartlett (dem. New has
found 1t and calls 1t the "distributora'
combine" 1t 10 composed OF concerns
that deal 10 canned, boxsd and bottled
goods and according 10 Mr.. Bartlett a5'
solntely dictates the selliug prices OF
nearly ell the commonly used food stuff,
that come to the consumer done up Ia
packages. "This distributors com.
b!ne," ssid Mr.. Bartlett, "hsndles the
output of great mspy we'll koown msn-
afscturers and when delivering goods 10
the retailers tells them inst MIA! they
must sell them ior."
10 the proceedings which the govern
ment is about to institute sga!nst the
beef trust no immunity baths 1t is said
will bs Administered. II the evidence
which has been collected by The govern
ment agents during their months OF in'
vesigstIoD, ard which will be submit.
ted to the grand jarY 10 Chicago begin
nipg next Monday, warrants 1t, there
will be a civil suit started to dissolve the
National Packing Company, add prob
ably criminal prosecutions OF members o!
the firms OF Armour and Co., Swift and
Co., and Nslson Morris and Company,
who are held to be responsible for The
combination which hsp, 1t ia alleged,
been upholdiog the prices OF meats
through illegal and mOuopolIstic methods
10 restraint OF trade. The Department
OF Justice believes that it has ample
proof to sustain It's allegations and that
1t will be able to win Its neS battle
sgainst this combination which has here.
totore dtfsd justice and whose opera
lions have affected ibjuriously every
msu, women and child in the country,
Clifford Piuchot today answered tie
cri lcIsim made by Solicitor McOsbe, Of
tbs Az rIculinral Department, and 10
com ptroler OF the treasury, OF his edu-
ostionsl policy for hangers Hs stand
was sgsin msde upon the Esprit of the
law" doctrine expllcstCd 10 bis letter 10
Senator Deliver. Imperative need by
the rangers OF a more through know
/ ledge OF the fundan entsls OF forest work,
he states, made necessary and expc-
dent the expenditures for their trsnsfor-
tstion and salaries while at the state
colleges. OrIticlsiug The publishes SO
counts Of the comptroler's decision Mr.
| Pinchot pointed ont that the conrse,
| lasting from elk 10 eight seeks, had been
of red gratis by the schools aud that his
acceptance wss both financially and
Internationally a gain foT the government.
Dispatches received at ths State De.
partment lodsy confirm the reported
rejection of Secretary KooX's Man.
ehurian proposal, Department officials
refuse to comment on the action.
With derelIc; vessel In tOw, bottom
side CD. the revenue cutter AndrossOg.
gIo, Captain Br0a1bent Is beating her
way Into Hampton Rosds. The wreck
Ia a wooden vessel, about l45 feet long,
and her hull IL in excellent condition. Bat
because she has turned turtle II has been
impossible so far TO discover hsr name.
Captain BFOsdbent believes that she Is
either the Robert o. McQullen, which
left Mystic Conn, December 10, or the
| Edysr g. Boss, Whose home port 10 STA
ford, Delaware.
Two big bsttleships will be provided
fox ct this session of Congress, II Pfesi.
dent Tsi. has bis way. Representative
Fo,s, chairman OF the House committee
on naval affairs, and Mr.. Roberts, q
member OF the commlttse, wers at the
White House today The president In
sisted 10 no uncertain terms that pro.
vision be made for two battleships.
In the person Of James Hall, held By
naval authorities at the Portsmouth
navy ysrd on a charge of fraudulent
Enlistment, the avyDepartment believes
| it bias spprehended the slayer Of Auua
Shoemaker, who was found dead and
horribly beaten In cemetery near
Rochester, N. Y, late in the u inner.
II III! is understood to have confessed 10
the murder.
A social high roller who has been I'M
posing upon ths people Of San Fraucisco,
Los Angeles, Santiago and Salt Lske
City IS Captain Glover of the United
States navy hss just been convicted M.
der the charge Of impersonatipg gov
trument officer. The mans name is
Howard X. Glover.
With view to framing bill that
will II PISSED sbollsh dealing 10 futures
or options the aytlcul ursl committee OF
the House has sc! February 9 as the
date for public hearings on the msasrres
that have been submitted to this session.
The chairman o. the committee will
probably frame bill for The msjority
Of the committee that will embody what
be BELIEVES ia be the best features OF ell
| the bills 10 the hands OF his committee.
President Taft 10 said to be greatly In
trested In the sp bjsct and 1t 10 rumored
will send to Congress special message
urging some sort OF action to abolish the
evil.
The placing Of contract in the
United States for building two monster
drssdOoughls i9r the Argentine gov.
erument wss confirmed today 10 Official
dispatches received In the State Depart
msut from the legation Beunos Ayres.
The contracts amount to $22, 900. 900
and wdrs signed with the Fore River
Snip BuIlding Company, OF Q1iney,
Massachusetts,, Permission, boEever,
wss granted for building one Of the ships
at the New York Ship B1ildiug Com