Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-31
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of Alexandria Gazette

Army experts on ordnance and forti-
fcation today denounced the proposal
Of General Keiffer, the Ohio congress
man. before the Interparliamentary
Peace Congress at Brussels to neutra-
lie the Panama canal by leaving it I'M
fortified. 1t was declared to be an
dealistic and impractical suggestion.
They assert that the canal can and
should be thoroughly fortified not only
for the protection of the United States
but for the protection of the canal it
self in the interests of worldwide COM
merce. If the canal zone is left un-
protected. they hold that it would be
an easv matter. in time of war, for an
individual to blow up and destroy the
locks with a few sticks Of dynamite
and put the canal out of commission.
II is contented TO be as much in the
interest Of commerce at large as of the
United States that the waterway should
be fortified.
After strenuous efforts on the part
Of Secretary Knox and other State
Departments officials and an extended
exchange OF views between the I'M
perial German government and the
United States, decisive tariff victory
has been won by the American porous
plaster. The State Department was
notified today that the German I'm
perial Treasury Department had is
sued an official declaration reducing
the thrift from 500 marks per 100 kilo-
grams to 40 marks. Up to the present
time. the plasters have been classified
as secret remedies. Secretary Knox
assured the German government that
they were not secret" and after much
correspondence, succeeded in cOnvlnc-
ing the Germans on this point.
The garrison at San Francisco Church
Granada, Nicaragua, the last important
post to hold out against General
Estrada, has fallen and is now in the
possession Of the new government, &C
cording to advices received at the State
Department today from Consul Olivares
at Managua. The Estrada forces bonn
barded the church for four hours
with artillery on August %. The
force consisted OF GOO soldiers with
$500 rifles and 10000 cartridges.
This practically completes the subJuga-
ton Of western Nicaragua by Estrada
and paves the way for the restoration
Of peace and the establishment OF an
orderly government. 1t is probable
that an effort will be made to perfect
temporary organization in order that
business interests may be put on a
sound LASTS. As soon as this is don e,
formal action looking toward temper
airy recognition may be expected from
the United States and other govern
ment.
Attorney General Wickersham, who
is with Secretary Nagel of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor, tele-
graphed Private Secretary Cole from
Seward today that he would arrive at
Seattle on September 6. Cole left for
the west today to meet him. Wicker
sham 5 plans are not known here, but
il is presumed that when he comes east
he will visit New York and then go to
Beverly for a conference with the presi-
dent.
The Census Bureau today announced
that the 1910 population of Monmouth
county. New Jersey "a, 734 and that
the present population OF Custer county,
Nebraska, is %. Sos. Monmouth county
which includes many Jersey coast re-
sorts such as Atlantic Highlands,
Asbury Park and Seagirt, showed an
increase since 1900 of 2,677. The in
crease in Custer county, Neb., was
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