Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-29
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Corrs,pondencs Of the Alexandria Gazette
Washington, March go.


ton of the United States to the Pam
American conference at Beunos Ayres
Hss announced today by The State DE-
ps,tment. The chief secretary will by
Professor Wm. B. Shepard of Columbia
| Uoiyersity, W. T. S. Doyle, assistant
chief OF the Lstin American division OF
the State Department, George Cabot
Wards, former fu iiior Of Porto Rico and
sydney Smith, chief OF the diplomatic
division OF the State Department will
also accom- pany the delegation 10 addi-
ton to clerks and translatofs.
For the purpose oil further determir-
Ing "What 10 wine" 1t has been decided
TO bring a friendly suit Ia the United
St tss court ct Cincinnati. To-day Sher-
man r. Mcpherson, district attorney for
the southern Ohio district, had cor
ference with Internal Revenue Oom-
missioner OsbelI on the subject, 10 order
to get bis besriOgp. The particular kidd
of prodact which is to be inquired into Is
"pnmace wine" which Is made from The
skins OF grapes put under heavy pressOr {.
The question is ss 10 whether the j1ice
thus extracted is "wlne." LIT is. IL is
not taxable. II ii Is not, it is sutjstt to
tex Of $l.10 on each proof gallon Of
alcohol COZ iined therein. The decision
means a whole lot to those engaged 10
| the mar u 'ac u'e of this 30 cslled"wiue. !"
Mloimum tsrlf prOclsmst .onS were
| signed BY President Taft today 10 saver
OF Tunis, the FIR pch Congo, Mayotte and
Oomorro, sousIilsnd, Salvador, Martin
que, st. Pierre and NJ queloD, FreUeh
.elt ements 10 Ind and OcesDiS, Gusde-
! loupe snd dependecles, French Gu eunp,
French West Africs, Reunion, Mads-
gsscr, French 1ndo China, New DALI
/ donia and dependencies and NicsELua
This compltt the list oftsriff proclaim
tions to be signed wi b the exception Ct
Is,yla. Roumania, Bulgaria, Oolumbis,
iOsnada, Australia, New Z'sland aud
INewfouudlsnd. 1t Is txptcted that the
minimum RATES will spPly IN every csse.
| A new bill u prevent tae shipping Of
lou rs itt1 dry states, which gets srt u I'd
the u1const uioDsl feature generally
Hound ia previous measures was intro.
6u;ed simultaneously 10 the Senate and
| House this afternoon By Senator Cu'li,
| and Bspresert tive Miller, both Of
Kansas.
Sole tor General Bowers today fled
10 the Supreme Court his brief fox the
government 10 the case OF ChsS X
Heike, the t.eaturer Of the sn1ar trutt.
who was indicted for completely In the
notorious weighing frtuds 90 the Will
lIeusburg docks Of the frost. h Ike
pleaded immuDily 90 the ground that be
had previously testified before the Grand
iury in Investigations OF alleged viola
lions of the Sherman.antl.trust law. On
Judgment rendered Hslke sppesled to
the Supreme Court Which allowed writ
of error - the circuit court. The COS:
trlment moved to dismiss this writ and
ne solicitor generals brief is based Prir=
cpslly opon the fact that the Judgment
wac not 8 fnsl one.
President TAFT todsy was presented
with a solid gold tablet, eud honorary
membership card of the Liberty iDIli.
grafton Society. The presentation was
made by Mr.. Frsnk l.. Fruxone OF New
York. % one side OF the tablet Is en-
grsvtd the legend Of the socItty aud the
presidents name The diverse side SITS
forth the names OF thlit' ratiouslit'es
represel d 10 the Liberty 3 ,ciety.
Ia reply to hett)Iy of alleged bribery
In the MIssIssppi legislature, Senator
Leroy Percy today ma ie the following
statement: III am absolutely without
any knowledge or information on The
subject except tg1h as is contained IN
the wire which was shown - me 5y Z.
II. G tss, Washington correspondent for
the Commercial Appeal. 1t seems sn
unnecessary statement for me to make,
certainly entirely unnecessary so for as
any one that knows me is concerned,
that not cent was ever USED during the |
ser a!1risl 6gh! 10 Jackson By re or
with my procurement, consent or know!- |
edge to Influence guy member of the leg
Isla ure, nor have the rem0.est idea
that any such expenditure was ever
made by any friend of nine"
The House committee on interstate
sud foreign commerce today decided TO |
Try to have The railroad bill considered
By the Hcu,e as sooH So the naval bill lie
completed and ahesd of the other bills
uow before the House.
Justce Ers8eF's death leaves but
seveu active members OF the Supreme
Curt of the United St'tes, AssocItt
Justice Moody having been unable to
serve sjpce the beginning OF the present
term on sccoUut Of i'll health. The W
cancy will be the sees0G to be Allied by |
Prssidert Tat. who on December 20
lsst spp )inted Justice Iurion TO succeed
Justice PeckhRcn also removed by detth,
it wss the general understanding that
the presidential choice lay between Lur-
ton aud Lloyd W. Bowers, solicitor gen.
ersl, and the prediction vac freely made
when Lurion's appointment was So
q. need tia! R)wers wtu'd be selected 70
Gil the next vacancy. The story is related
that duriOg their college days while dis,
cussIDg their ambitions 10 life, BowerR
ssid to TAFT, "My chief ambition is some
dsy to sit on the Supreme BENCH"
whereuPcn Taft replied, well, II | am
ever president, III 6x II for you"
Whether or not The president Is ia lie
sans E;Iud now that be is sald to have
been last December regarding the avail
ability of BJwers Is uncertsiu.
The president nt1rned to Washington
at 7:45 O'Clock this morning from bis
trip of tstTday to New York.
Afer two hours session the committee
on military sasirs today voted to recommend