Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31

u-CPcinhSc GhiioJ II'bPoSSS VI S'SiAo
working for the government, which
failed lsst year, testified tbs! the Store
operated by the company vas driven out
of business By the grocess by discrimis-
lion, Intimidation Ct wholesalers and
consumers and spies. The campaign
carried On by the grocerP, said todsy's
witnesss, resulted in The failure OF The
store because the msrsgers CT The CLERKS
concern WsEe unable to tug fond stot1.
fem anyone except the meat trust. the
sugsr trust and the National Biscuit
Company.
A postal card crusade, In which every
woman in the United States ~!ll be ask.
ed to write postal card to President:
Taft, askirg HIM to break the meat trust,
is being organized By Mrs. Anita Com
iort Brooks. president of the GJthsm
Club CT New YORK, who hes already sent
tu' 900 letters TO women urging them
t. write tie president, and to ssS all
their friends to do the same. Mr..
Books bis already written the president.
The wrlls of error brought to the
U. s. Saprcms court by Henry Q
King, TO review the much involved land
litigation in Yves. Virginia ever the
state laws a, to sale OF lauds DO! listed,
or on which tExes hsve not been paid
for five yesr5, were today dismissed by
the u. S. Suprems C.u't in an opinion
rendered by Justice Ii Zines. Several
hundred Thousand acres of land In the
Robert Morris land grant in West
Virginia are involved 10 the suit. The
cour.'s decision TODAY means practically
an affirming OF the loSsr courts de-
cislon 10 favor OF The s'a:e.
Ambassador & con, in dispatches re-
csived at the Stale Department today:
reports that 1t is not possible to estimate
the loasea tu, to the Paris f,od, but
some believe that huadreds Of millouo
| of dollars have been lost In crops among
Icomm, ties and in factories beyond The
osses in Paris i.sel he says that it is
believed thst the crisis OF the l)od Is
past, the river having fallen q little.
Am bassador Bacon visited several OF the
Red Gross s'alions where Individual Euf'
ferers are being relieved. Food and
clo,hing are being supplied oSIl who
hold Identification tickets from the dis
| ;rict officials. The ambassador expresses
great COZ iepce in The organization OF
the American Red Dress which cusbles
! them 10 do IF ctiVe work Instantly.
Ambassador Blcon aIso says tast be e1-
pects 10 be able to transmit today OF
raesday from one. half to one million
francs, presumably contributions ifcn
| Americans sent to the embassy in addl'
ton 10 SIS, 600 sept BY The Red Gross.
| Another suit attacking the con5.itu'
tionslity OF the corporations tax laT vas
presented TO the U. s Supreme Court
today. This lates. onslt u hit comes
from the Circus. Ooart for the morrill,. RI
dislrlc. of Oaio and is entitled LeV:s W.
Jarid against the American Mrliigrsph
| Company, OF Cleveland, being quit OF
| the part of stock holder to prevent
payment OF the tax By the corporation
! ia which he is interested. The Ohio
C!rcui. court dismissed lbe bill. The
appeal, with 8 motion to advance the
case for an carly hearing, waa preseo.se
TO thu S5prsme Court today. This makes
tbs seventh cRse Of this kind dooketed
10 the highest court.
| The u. s. Supreme Court in render
Ing lis decision today Ia the csse OF the
Pullman Compsny sgairet thu stste Of
Kansas, holds the state lazy pro7lding
for q charter fee sgainSt foreign corpora
tioo doing tuiiness ID tie stfte, uncor'
tti!utionai, sni soVerscs Tue iacgueu'
Of the Supreme Ceurt OF Eansss Tbs
case Originated ia custer proceedings
brcu ,tt sgains! the Pullmsa Coupar5
BIZ lae State eff Kansas becsun the
form;r refused to pay the fee Of 81. 800
on thelr capital stock Of 81 900, 600 a.
| provided In The law.
| Dnr;Dg the Incarceration OF Cspt. J..
F. shipr, t5o Chattanooga Sheriff, and
| his co defendants fer contempt Of the
sSapreme Ctur!, grest Dsny telegrsmS
and peti!ions were received ct ths Da
psrtmsnt Of Jus'ice from individuals and
organizations in the south asking foT
stheir pardon. II Wss stated at the de-
tpa,lmsnt To-Day, however, that Csp!.
!shpp positively refused to allow his
lawyers or friends to mako application
for executive clemency On The ground
that to do 81 might prssuPPosa an ad'
mission CT kn;lt.
Senator Clay. of Georgia, who has
been seriously i'll for several weeks, vas
In his seat today. His health Is nu:h
stmproved.
The following charser in fourth claee
pastmaslers in Virginia ware made to.
day: Independent Hill, Primes William
county, Fred T. Sullivan, vice T. l.
Sullivan, resuoycd; 6oaSbTl1se. Olsrke
County, BenjsmIa A, Gilman, via !. }.
Silmap, removed
The corporations Tax law test suit
now before the Supreme Court OF the
! United Safes. WILDE heard by that tr;-
buaal some time during the week begin.
ming March a. The announcement was
made today by the chief justice III gi ants
| ing the molten to airan:e the case OF
Flint VS.. StonaTracy Company. When
the chief justice announced the assign
| me n! of the first OF the corporations Tax
suits for March ID, attorneys for the
other six cases were Immediately en-
their feet clamoring for the same action
on their suits. After considerable ex
planaticn the chief justice finally cen
seuted to consolidate all seven cases and
hear them as one on the cate named.
The governments petition for..oermission
to intervene in the argument in behalf OF
the law was granted,
The Navy Department las ordered
Commander Robert E. Peary back to
DUTY