Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-05
on oil The work OF tle reclamation ser.

vice, members of the committee eV!nclDg
considerable Interest in the spportion-
ment of the irrigation pr jstts 10 the
west. By repeated questioning Senator
Flint obtained from Secretary Ballinger
The admission that blame for theiunequal
distribution of the reclamation rejects
and other shortcomings in the govern.
menl's irrigation policy was properly to
be laid upon the Secretary Of the Interior
Hitchcock, particularly, since he au.
ther;zsd must of the existing reclsms.
ton prcj<ct,.
A favorable report on the Dearre bill
Increasing the wsges OF skilled mechsn.
ics In the Washington navy yard By
10 per cert was made by suh-com.
mittee of the House naval affair COM
mittee today.
In testifyiog before the House COM
mit.ee on appropriations SO to the affairs
of The Smithsonian Iustitution, Director
Wslcolt said that IL, 900 specimens had
been received from the Roosevelt ex.
pedition. The committee were pleased
to learn thst dikdik was among the
mum or.
Although Prince Tokugawa, the pre-
siding officer of the Japanese House OF
Peers is not the guest of the government
round of festivities has been arranged
in his honor. The Prince arrived in
Washington today. Tonight he will be
the guest al dinner of Secretary of State
Knox. Tomorrow he will be given a
luncheon at the Capitol by Vice Presi-
dent Sherman and will be given an op-
portunity to compare the Senate with
the House of Peers of his own country.
Friday night Baron Uchita, the Japanese
Ambassador, will give dinner and recep-
ton at the Embassy in his honor. Presi-
dent Taft will receive him at the EXecu-
tive Offices on Saturday.
If everybody in the United States had
an equal share of the money in circula-
ton at the beginning of this month each
would have S34.45 This is az cents less
than they would have had if the equal
distribution had been made at the be-
ginning of the month of April. Upon
the face of the returns the American
people, the advance reports from the
census Office giving the estimated popu-
lation of the country at 91,ooo,ooo Is
correct would mean that the country
has lost during the last thirty days $751;
900, 600. This is supposed to be account
ed for by the recent heavy gold ship
ments abroad. The total money in cir
cula'io n May was S., Io4,5 47,273 COM
pared with $3,I3S, 1881 on April Ist.
Senator MeCumbers condition shows
slight improvement today although. he DID
not rest we'll last night. His physician does
| not consider his condition critical and thinks
steady improvement will be shown from this
| time on.
Secretary Of the Treasury acVeaeh today
s.nt to Senator Fry, chairman of the senate
COMMITTEES on commerce, strong letter en-
dorsng the pending bills for the establish.
ment of longevity service fund for the life
saving service and providing for the retire
ment on pay after series OF years OF members
Of the service. He says that the increased
pay for length Of service would cost S24S, 700
and the retirement fund would cost $4,000
| annually.
President Taft has travelled go much that
! the expenses Of the secret service bureau OF
the Treasury Department which is charged
| with the duty Of protecting him, have totalled
almost or much during the past six months
= during the full preceding year.
Unofficial estimates of the population of the
various states rs computed by the United
States Census Office for 1910, today show that
New York leads the list. Pennsy lyania ranks
secor5; Illinois third Ohio fourtn and Texas
| is fifth. These figures show decrease In
Iowa's population. These figures are e7t-
mated by the Census Bureau to show the esti-
mated population on June ], 1910 Of course
| the actual counting of the returns from the
census taking has not been completed and
these figures are unofficial. The officials Of
| the Census Bureau said day that 1t might
| he several months before the final official
| figures taken from the count would be avail
able.
The appropriations committee has inserted
a paragraph in the surdry civil bill, extend.
| ing the general internal revenue provisions
1 to the collection Of the tax on oleomargar1ne.
Internal Revenue Commissioner Cabell told
| the committee that selling oleo for butter is
not now penal ofense. he also pointed out
| that many courts have held that the oleo
statutes are not part of the internal revenue
law.
Prohibition tends to increase the manufac-
| ture of moonshine whisky, according to Com.
| missioner of Internal Revenue Cabell, who
| has made statement to this effect to the
| House committee on appropriations
AS the result of the representations of A.
torney General Wickersham to the approprl,
ations committee, the sundry civil appropria
ton bill will contain an item of $4,000 to
enable the Department of Justice to continue
the investigation and prosecution of the sugar
customs frauds
1t was announced today by the Interstate
Commerce Committee that the Pennsy lVania
Railroad Co. has been indicted at Plttsburg
for f,ilure to collect from the American Steel
and Wire Co. reconsignment charge on
rert ain carloads of coke,