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The Washington herald., 1910-03-09
DICKINSON A FOOD EXPERT.
Secretary of War Awaits Box of Cot
tOB-seed DaInties,

Secretary OF War Dickinson will. within
the next few days. become one OF the
leading food experts. He VIII pass upon
the nutFitive value OF bread and cakes
made from cottonseed -four. A box of
these dainties is now en- route from Dali
las, Tex. to Washington Mr.. Dickinson
anticipates a pleasant repast when the
unique articles reach the War Depart
ment
Secretary Dickinson received a letter
yesterday from Henry D. Lindsey, OF
Dallas, Tex. his nephew. advising him
Of the new kind Of food and informing
that q box had been sent to him.
Il am Informed" the letter states, that
cottonseed flour costs only from 50 to 70
per cent as much as cereal foods, and it
has five to seven times as much nutritive
value. Within the past few weeks these
cottonseed flour products have been sam
pied by number of people, not only In
Texas, but in other points in the South.
and g very considerable amount Of In
terest has been given the matter. If the
cotton plant Of the South win not only
clothe. but largely contribute to the food
OF the world. the Importance OF the dis
covery is Of incalculable value; and 1
have felt that the matter is OF suffl-
eient importance 10 call Il 10 your at
tention. and to ask you to sample the
breads, &c, which you should receive by
the time this letter reaches you"
The Washington herald., 1910-03-09
BUDGET CLAUSE QUESTIONED
Promoters Objects Defeated by Pro
hibitory Amendment.
Exemption of Envelopes Purchased
Under Present Contract Does
Not Expire Until 1911,

Members Of Congress who were instru-
mental in obtaining an amendment TO the
post-ofice appropriation bill prohibiting
the department from having printed IN
der the envelope contract, envelopes in
lots of 100. OF more. without extra
charge TO the purchaser over the regular
price Of stamped envelopes, were yes
terday questioning as TO whether
tactical error had been made IN adopting
an amendment to the amendment ex-
empting all envelopes purchased under
the current contract from the operation
Of the amendment This clause, it is
now believed, in effect nullihed the
amendment TO which it was attached and
defeated the object the promoters had in
view
The prohibitory amendment as adopt
ed. was not general legislation and only
applied to the money appropriated under
the act. On the other hand. by exempting
the envelopes purchased under the pres
ent contract. which does not expire unit
1911. from the operation Of the prohibit
tory clause 1t has effectually defeated
the purpose Of the main amendment as
though the principal amendment had
been voted down.
In view Of this situation, promoters OF
the amendment. actuated by the local
representatives of the printing and pub
fishing firms at interest, were yesterday
directing their attention TO the exact
language OF the post-offiee envelope con-
tract II appears the contract is let at a
fixed price, irrespective of the printing.
for which no additional charge is made.
As a consequence, the application OF the
proposed amendment would not operate
TO the disadvantage Of the contractor,
and there would be no contractusl reason
why the contractor could not be re-
lieved of the additional expense Of print
ing the envelopes.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-09
ROOT TELEGRAM ADJOURNS
Aids SUCCESSOR CAUCUS

Albany, n. Y. March s.-Senator George
A. Cobb, OK WATERFOWL. had the votes in
the Republican senate caucus tonight 10
name him as the Republican candidate
for president pro tenn Of the senate and
Republican floor leader of the senate to
succeed Senator Aids. The Republican
caucus adjourned for a second time with
out taking any action on this question.
and will meet again on Thursday night.
The Hughes senators insist that Sena-
tor Cobb will have lost the support of
several senators who were for him To-
night by the time the election OF a sue
cessor to Senator Aids is reported on
Thursday. Senator Cobb's friends insist
that he will have enough votes TO elect
him on Thursday.
The postponenlent Of action again 90
night really was the result Of teIe-
gram received from Senator EIiha Root
by Senator Frederick NJ. Davenport. who
is practically the personal representative
of Senator Root in the State senate
Senator Davenport talked with Senator
Root on the telephone at Washington at
4 O'Clock this afternoon, and at $50
O'Clock tonight the Root telegram
reached Albany
The Washington herald., 1910-03-09
TO ALTER HOUSE RULES.
representative POu Offers ResoIu-
ton Giving Majority Control.

Representative POu Offers ResoIu-
ton Giving Majority Control.
Representative Pou. Of North Carolina.
yesterday introduced a resolution looking
to making certain changes in the rules
of the House. It's purpose IS stated TO
be to amend the rules SO that "a majority
of the membership OF the House may at
all times control legislation" The reso-
luton, which was referred to the Com
mittee on Rules, is as follows:
Resolved. That paragraph 81, Of rule 10. Of the
Rules Of the House Of Representatives be amended
hy adding the following;
whenever ans committee O the House Of Rene
nisLyes shall fail 20 report any bill or resolution
referred 70 such committee for A period Of thirty
days from the date Of the reference OF such bill or
resolution. It shall De IN order for any member OF
the House to prepare petition to the Speaker re
guessing consideration Of said bill or resolitio,
Whenever majority Of the members Of the House
shall have signed said petition the sane shaT he
printed n the Congressional Record with the sigma
tTes attached theretO, and II snail be in order AZ
any time after said petition IS printed IN the Rec
ora ior any member TO move in the House for the
dlscahrge Of the committee having Jurisdiction Of
said ball or resolution from further consideration n
the same No other motion shall be In order until
TIE House shsll have passed upon tho aforesaid mo-
uon to discharge, and if said motion shall be car
red, the bill resolution referred 10 in the rti
uon SHAH Be forthwith considered until disposed of
as If the same had been fav0Tzbly reported bv the
COMMITTEES having Jurisdiction thereof
NAeu majority Of the members OF the House
snal nave signed petition requesting consideration
OF any hl or resolution, and the sane shall have
been printed IN the Record the motion 70 ais
charge the committee having jurisdiction on ch hin
o. resolution shall BE- Of the highest privilege and
shaA take TTecedence Of all other motions"
The Washington herald., 1910-03-09
PROOFS FIRST, THEN REWARD
Member of Committee on Peary
Measure Explains Opposition.
Representative Robe Is Declares
Facts OF Polar Discovery Be-
long 10 the Public.

The views of those members Of the
House Committee on Naval Affairs who
are opposed to Congress rewarding Civil
Engineer Peary for his arctic explora-
tons until he submits his proofs with
out string tied to them. were clearly
expressed in an interview yesterday with
Representative Roberts. Of Massachu-
which will vote to-day on the Pesry re-
ward bills.
Il am absolutely opposed to Congress
granting any reward to MIR. Peary." said
Mr.. Roberts, unless his proofs are made
public. No doubt the members OF the
committee would not be able 70 tell any
thing about Peary's records, even II they
were submitted to US, for we are not
scientists, but at least the country would
be given a chance TO know why we were
honoring him. There is nothing what
ever before Us at the present time to
show that Mr.. Peary has discovered the
pole further than the statement OF GER
tain gentleman that he did. How could.
members OF this committee go before the
House and support any bill which they
presented when they had no facts to
back it up? We would be in a ridiculous
attitude.
1T seems to me that these facts belong
to the public. or at least that part Of
them which Mr. Peary gathered as a
naval officer. acting for the Coast and
Geodetic Survey. Why even the sound
ings and tidal observations which Mr.
Peary made were submitted TO the de-
partment under the name Of the Peary
Arctic Club, and with the request that
they not be made public for the pres
ent. 1t seems TO me that the public,
who paid some of the expenses of the
work. should have some rights in regard
to IT,"
The Washington herald., 1910-03-09
THE USUAL LUCK.

shot arrow into the air and then gave further care,
but split kndg and fed the hogs and threw bricks
the negbors dogs did my chores with joyous mind and
trouble behind That night peer
my bed and broke his billy upon my head and bore off to
mody cell and there sit stool and yell And there it's likely
that I'll my ruined aeropane few right into
arshps works. and made the udder give mighty jerks and
knocked eogs from the nggg and tore hole in thing
umyjig The who rode that ship in style knocked
from his perch and fell mile and when he landed alack alas!
he broke of greenhouse glass I'm charged
and larceny and homicide the enth degree breach of
promise and other crimes and lawyers badger for my Dimes
shot evil day. let it fly my aleck there was
wood saw there chores begun there were useful tasks
that should have done but fooled like useless clam
shot my arrow and here am Walt Mason
by George Math Adamz)
The Washington herald., 1910-03-09

President Taft indirectly takes the Ma
tional Association OF Manufacturers to
task for the statement that it issued
eriticizing the administrators anti-in-
junction bin. Representative r. o. Moon
Of Pennsylvania. the author of the BILL
has written a letter 10 President Taft an
swerlng the criticisms OF the manufac-
turers, and Mr.. Taft has made that let
ter public, together with the following
communication that he has sent 10 Mr..
Noon:
My Dear Mr.. Moon: have your let
ter of March in respect 30 the pro-
visions of the bin introduced by you
granting restraining orders and injune-
tons by the Federal courts. have al
ready written you how important I re-
gard this legislation, and how necessary
I think it is for Congress to adopt It In
carrying out the pledges of the Republi-
can party, and this although the bill does
not meet the views of the extremists on
either side It merely embodies what is
the best practice pursued by chanceliors
Of experience and actually adopted by the
rules Of some of the Federal courts
7 concur with you fully in your view
of the injustice OF the criticisms in the
statement 10 which you refer. and to
which you offer so full a reply. Sincere
~ yours. wAL H TAFT"
Calls Them Misleading.
Representative Moon, in his letter to
the President, charaeterizes the state
nents Of the Manufacturers Association
as erroneous and misleading. and adds
that they obviously were intended to
create an artificial public sentiment
against the pending measure. Mr.. Moon
says he feels justified in writing to the
President on the subject because AR
Taft has already expressed his en-
phatic approval Of the bin.
The Pennsylvania Representative points
out further in his letter to the President
that the only provisions of the bill that
are the subject OF criticism are. first, the
one that confers upon the court or judge
the power TO issue restraining orders
without notice IN certain cases; and, sec
ond the one that provides that the re
straining order so issued shall expire
within seven days. unless action is taken
by the complaint TO prosecute the same.
The first provision is said by the Mer-
chants Manufacturing Association to be
uncalled for, unnecessary. and reflection
upon Federal judges
The Washington herald., 1910-03-09
RAILWAY BILL COMES NEXT.
senate Steering Committee Decides
40 Make 1t Unfinished Business.

10 Make 1t Unfinished Business.
The administration bill. to amend the
interstate commerce law. viii be made
the unfinished business before the Senate
as soon as the Indian appropriation bill
is disposed of, which will not be later
than Thursday, and it viii be before the
Senate until disposed Of
This legislative programme was de-
esied on at a meeting OF the Republican
steering committee yesterday after
noon. Senator'S Aldrich. Lodge. Kean.
Elkins. Perkins. Nixon, and Beveridge
were among the members who attended.
The meeting lasted for an hour. The
future of the Elkins bill was the prin-
cipal theme of discussion Senator Bev-
eridge announced in the course of the
meeting. 1t was said afterward. that he
would report the Statehood bill Friday
and ask for consideration for it at the
proper time.
There were varying opinions as to the
time the consideration of the Elkins
bill will require in the Senate. Senator
Lodge believes that once it's consideration
Is taken uD the measure can be passed
IN three weeks. Other Senators said
that from four to six weeks would be
required by the debate.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-09
For the Woman Thei's Fat.

A Detroit physician says that the
cheapest and safest mixture fat wo-
man who wants TO get thin can use is 4
ounce Mlrmola (get it in the original
lk-ounce PACKAGE. 4 ounce Fluid Ex-
tract Eascara Aromatic, and 31k ounces
Peppermint Water. The proper amount
at bedtime.
These ingredients may be obtained
from any druggist at small cost. and
make a combination that is not only ex-
ce1lent as a fat reducer, being able, Il is
claimed. to take off a pound day with
out causing wrinkles. but Is also a SPLEEN
did help 10 the system as a whole. reg
ulating the stomach and bowels twhere
the fat persons troubles Begin. and
clearing the skin of pimples and biotches.
No exercise is required TO help the rem
edy IA rs work, and, best OF all. no
dieting is necessary while taking it,
you can eat what you like.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-09
CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFS.

Representative 0lnsted Of PENNSYLVANIA. chair.
man Of the Committee On Ins1ar Affairs introduced
new bill for the government Of Porto Rico. me
measure Is designed TO be a sort Of constitution
for the island.
The postalsayings bank bill, which passed TIE
Senate last Saturday. and reached the House YES
terday. will not be reported out Of the Committee
on POst-Ofices and Post Roads 70 which Il was
referred, for some time
The Senate passed the agricultural appropriation.
adding only three amendments to the measure as
reported by the committee The bill. as IL ne.
ceiFed the approval Of the Senate carries aruro-
Tciations amounting to sl3.dl65S
According to the emphatic statement Of a mem
Der Of the House Ways and Means Committee the
bin providing for bond issue Of Ss0o30Ooo to cs-
piete existing irrigation projects and launch new
ones. viii die in that committee. The measure
already has passed the Senate.
The fruit growers Of the country were largely
represented at a hearing before the House Commit.
tee on Interstate Commerce on the Lowden bill for
pTeTeating the Manufacture, sale Of OF tTansports
ton Of sdulterated misbsanded paris greens
lead arsenates and other insecticides and fungi
cides.
A bill requiring all ocean-going steamers fer
eign as well as those Of the United States, which
esTY fifty OF more persons shall be equipped with
an efficient apparatus for radiO-communcatian. was
introduced in the Senate yesterday by Senator
Bourne, % Oregon. and was at cace favorably re-
ported BY subcommittee Of the COMMITTEES on
Commerce.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-09
SUNDAY CLOSING DISCUSSED
Religious Interests in Opposition on
Proposed Johnston Measure.
Ministers, Labor, and Y. VI. c. A.
Representatives Among Those
Heard by Committee.

A number of religious interests met in
opposition yesterday at the hearing held
by the House District Committee on the
Johnston Sunday closing bill Rev. DIR.
Wallace Radcliffe led the movement in
favor Of the bill. and Simon Wolf mar
shaled the forces of those who oppose
the measure. Hebrews and Seventh-day
Adventists are opposed TO the proposed
law.
More than 800 persons attended the
hearing, and Chairman Smith had TO Dor
row the room OF the House Agricultural
Committee, the District room being too
small TO accommodate the crowd.
Rev. Dr. Wallace Radcliffe, speaking
for the passage Of the bill. declared that
he did not do 80 on religious grounds. He
stated that the Sabbath has come 10 be
more and more broken into for the pur-
pose Of gain. He spoke Of his eongregs-
ton being interrupted again and again
by the noise Of building on Sunday. Work
men te whom DIT. Radcliffe had spoken
about this had declared to him that they
did not want TO work on Sunday. but
thar they we're forced TO do so
Simon Wolf opposed the bill on the
ground that it was fundamentally un-
sound. Unconstitutional. he called IL, and
In this he was supported by Rabbi simon.
Mr.. Wolf declared that the trainers OF
the Constitution were absolutely against
religious legislation OF any kind. He de-
clared Washington a model city. and said
he had never seen a community where
the sabbath was better observed.
Among the others who testified at the
first hearing yesterday, which was ad-
journed without action. were George
King, Of the Georgetown Citizens Asso-
citation; P. J. Ryan, OF the Central Labor
Union: II. c. Kerr. OF the Secular League:
Robert S. Copeland. a photographer: w.
X. Cooper, Of the Y. NJ. c. A, and w. w.
Prescott, Of the Seventh Day Adventists.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-09
FRANCE MUST BACK DOWN.
Tariff Negotiations with the United
States In Unsatisfactory State.

States In Unsatisfactory State.
Pending tariff negotiations between the
United States and France are in an IN
satisfactory condition. according 10 an
authoritative statement yesterday. The
prospect FOR an amicable adjustment is
not bright unless the French government
reeedes from its present position.
The principal questions are the treat
ment accorded by the French government
TO American cOttonseed oil. The French
government has raised not only the
maximum, bat also the minimum rates
on this product. There have not been
corresponding increases on other oils from
other countries which come into COMPETE
ton with eottonseed oil from the United
States.
Unless mutually satisfactory terms are
reached, the maximum rates of the
American tariff law will be imposed upon
French products after March 81 France
viii be al disadvantage in the American
markets If her exports receive rate Of
duty % Fer cent higher than similar
products exported to the United States
by her commercial adversaries. For this
reason, 1t is thought here that the French
government viii back down.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-09
GAS INQUIRY SETTLED ON
Senate District Corporations Com.
mittee Adopts Resolution.
of Experts Permitted
In Sweeping Investigation
Planned.

Al a meeting OF the Senate Committee
on District Corporations, held yesterday
morning, a substitute for the resolution
offered by Senator Brown looking to an
investigation OF the Washington Gasiight
Company was adopted.
The language of the resolution IS as
follows:
''Fhe Committee on Corporations Or
ganized In the District of Columbia is
hereby authorized 10 make an investiga-
ton into the affairs of the Washington
Gaslight Company, corporation author
lied under and by virtue OF acts of Con-
gress and doing business in the District
of Columbia, and 10 report the facts to
the Senate.
IN making such investigation. said
committee shall especially inquire into
the capitalization Of said company, in
Guiding it's stocks. bonds and certificates
of Indebtedness. when and by what au-
thority issued, their volume and value;
also, its holdings IN other companies, their
character and value; also. the extent,
character, cost, and value Of the physical
property of said company, the cost Of
operation. dividends declared, how and
when paid the volume and quality Of gas
sold and price collected therefor, the
character Of service. and all other mat
ters relating to the business Of said cor
poration.
said committee is authorized to en-
ploy- experts. administer oaths. take testi-
mony, send for persons and papers, en-
ploy a stenographer to report its hear
ings 10 sit during the sessions of Con-
gress or during recess, and to have the
testimony taken printed.
All necessary expenses to carry out
the provisions OF this resolution shall be
paid from the contingent fund of the
Senate
The Washington herald., 1910-03-09
CLAIM INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS.
oil Magnates Reply to Governments
Dissolution Suit.

dissolution suit.
The brief Of the Standard OIL Company
in reply to the governments suit 10 dis
solve IT was fled yesterday In the SUI
preme Court of the United States The
main defense of the seven individuals,
John d. Rockefeller, William r. Rookie
Teller John D. Archbold. Oliver H. Payne.
Henry NJ. Flagler. Charles NJ. Pratt. and
II. II. Rogers nov dead. is the preserYa-
ton Of the rights of individual citi-
Gems"
The brief AYERS that the Circuit Court
Of the United States for the Eastern
district Of Missouri, held wrongly that
the seven Individual owners Of properties
which were noncompeutve. and which
were held through trustees controlled by
these seven men. changed the method OF
holding their properties in 1890 TO the
Standard Oil Company, Of New jersey
they violated the Sherman antitrust law.
The standard oil business" says the
brief, ''as X existed IN 1906 (when proceed
ings beganl. and still exists, was the
natural development and outgrowth OF
the business begun in 1852 and steadily
pursued by the Rockefellers and others
BY untiring energy and with infinite skill
with abundant capital and steady rein
vestment Of early profits. these men and
their associates created out Of an en-
tirely new, unique. and unprecedented
production Of crude oil. new. univer-
sally used and cheapest iluminant the
world has known.
They succeeded as If che had develop
ed unexpectedly, a gold or diamond mine.
and the abundant revenue legitimately
became theirs.
Their business thus created was a law
ful one. The owners thereof were and
are lawfully entitled to continue the
same.
D. 7. Watson. John NJ Freeman. and
Ernest c. Irwin wrote the brief. The
governments brief probably will he filed
within few days Frank b. kellogg. the
governments "trust-buster, has been
working on it for weeks and recently
Attorney General Wickersham retired TO
the peace and quiet of New. York to get
familiar with the case. The oral argu-
ments before the Supreme Court viii be
heard next Monday. The decision, II has
been predicted here, viii not come until
the fall.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-09
LIBRARY FUND COMPLETED.
Mrs. Jacob schiR Sends $1,000
Check to ID. A. r. Chapter.

Mrs. Jacob schiR Sends $1,000
Check 10 ID. A. r. Chapter.
With the receipt of a check for $1,000
from Mrs. Jacob Schiff. Of New York.
officers of Mary Washington Chapter D.
A. R.. were enabled TO report at the
meeting held last night at no I street,
that they had completed the $1,000 fund
for the furnishing of the library at Con-
tinental Hall.
The meeting was presided over by the
regent of the chapter. Mrs. Mary s.
Lockwood, who announced she had
postponed her departure for Europe un-
I'll April 30, in order that she might be
present at the Congress of the Daugh-
ters. Routine business. incident to the
furnishing of the library. the approval
of the purchases made By the commit
tee in charge. and other minor matters
occupied the greater portion Of the even
ing, with the exception Of a pleasant
hour spent in listening TO addresses by
Mrs. smellwood. the State regent, and
Miss Richards.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-09
WOMEN ARE HEARD.
Drawing-rOom Aspect at Hearing
on Contract Convict labor.

on Contract Convict Labor,
The room Of the House Committee on
Labor took on something Of the aspect
Of drawing room yesterday, owing TO
the presence OF a number of women who
participated in hearing on the bill TO
abolish contract convict labor
Mrs. Samuel Spencer, Mrs. John Hays
Hammond. Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, Miss
Mary Wood. and Miss Helen Varick Bos-
well were among those who evidenced
their interest In the bill by their presence.
They expressed the opinion that the pro-
posed law eliminates the bad features Of
contract convict labor which interfere
with the opportunities for work and the
wages of wage-earning women.
Mrs. Spencer and Mrs. Hammond ap-
peared for the washington branch OF the
National Civic Federation. Miss Wood
for the national committee on prison
labor, Of New York; Miss Boswell for the
General Federation of Women'g Clubs,
and Mrs. Foster as an individual
A number of manufacturers and labor
men were also present