Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-13
From Washington.

plates making the paper money 10
smaller sized notes OF more afllstlc oe-
sigu.
The seismograph at the Westher b.
rstu here recorded an earthquake with
shocks lasting an hour, beginning at
1924 o'clock eastern time. The officials
eslimstsd thst the quake Was about as
fer distant ss Central America. The re-
cord ia much more distinct than that re-
corded when Costa Rica wss devastated
recently. The time OF the record here
coiucIdes exactly With that made at
Cleveland on the machine ct st. lgnstiuS
college.
The Naval Fog Mohawk according to
report here, ran down an sank steam
launch from the bsttle-ship Virginia 10
Hampton Roads early today. The Nsvai
Department has received no confirmation
of the report aud it Is not known
whether there are any casusties.
A committee representing the Oyster
packers OF Baltimore appeared before the
House committee on interstate commerce
today to urge 8 favorable report on the
Gill bill providing thst every can OF
oysters must have the weight plainly in
scribed on 1t. The bills allows mia
take of Eve pounds 10 the weight de-
scrlbed to allow for shrinksge In the
oysters. Representative Mann, chair
man of tbs committee, informed the Bal
timoresus that he has heard of no oppo-
!! sition to the bill which will probably be
fsvorsbly reported.
All Of the Express Companies OF the
country we're on trial today, before the
interstate commerce committee on the
charge that they had 6 combination
among themselves to Keep mp rates aud
that those rates are in many cases ex-
cessive and unjust. The hearing was
on complaint made by B. e. Sunberg,
shipps, of Minneapolis.
Chairman Moore OF the sub-commit'
lee OF the House District committee,
which Is investigating the high cost Of
/ living, said today that the end OF bis
committee labors Is near. The next
meeting Of the committee, on May l6,
will be devoted to local Interests. Or
May "A, the subject of weights and
measures will be threshed tu', and on
May 20, drugs will be discussed. Mr..
Moore says he hopes to close the In
vestIgstion with The June 8, meetings
and that The committee would then
prepare q bill to correct the evils no.
covered.
AT the opening OF todsy's session OF
the BalIinger.PIncbot investigating COM
! mlt.ee., G. ". Pepper, attorney for
Piuchot, went into so abstIuse discussion
of the pablo land policy of Bslliuger az
compared to that Of former Secretary
Garfield. Though BallIuger denied
having given any de6nie Instructions to
Director Newell or chief Eugineer A. p.
Davis, of the reclamation service, to
isus reservations recommendations, be
admitted that their action 10 80 doing
no doubt was the retult Of his expTes.-
I'd view on this point and assumed
foil responsibility for the restorstions.
I At the end OF bis cross-sxsminstiOn
Mr.. Pepper produced S copy of news
paper advertisement sgainst the forestry
ls,rvice. The defense made no attempt
to disowu this method OF gathering mud
| to discredit the forestry service but Mr..
Bsllinger denied personal knowledge
Of Mr.. Osrf's letter, The letter 10 part
reads: When toe hearing was resumed
for the afternoon session II. h. Schwartz,
chief OF the field division OF general
! land flee took the stand.
For two hours this morning the Dis
ttict committee OF the Senate discuss d
the question of granting q franchise to
the Telero,t Company to enter the Dis
trici. No decision Was reached, hos
ever.
A conference on the wood-pulp tariff
situation occupied President Taft for a
hour this afternoon. Presi'eut A. n.
Burbank OF the Iutar0stiOna Paper o.,
and President John L. Norris, and Con-
srsl Counsel jennings OF the News
papers Publishers Associations talked
over the mstter with the president. The
possibility OF a recip' ooIty agreement
with Canada which would provide for
the free admission of Canadian pulp
wood into this country was gone over
at length.
A report recommending the passage of a
bill amending the bankruptcy act was adopt
| ed by the Senate committee on judiciary to-
day. The committee will report the House
bill with several amendments.
The naval tug Mohawk, according to re-
port here, ran down and sank steam laun b
from the battleship Virginia in Hampton
Roads early today.