Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-04-09
From Washington.

Ing Inc ems ngee tnat were mhue III tno
river aud ba,bor bill az 1t came from the
H use. Among the increases were:
MARYLAND, ROckhsll barber grcup,
$40, 900; District of Columbia, Anscoslia
river 800, 900; Virginia, Potomac river
at Alexandris, $40, 900; james river,
$3.50, 900; Norfolk hsrbor aud sppros-
cbes, $500, 900.
Recommending an appropriation oil
fifty thousand dollars for LAHORE ories to
dea! with the problem of cancer, as
transmitted by fishes, President TAFT
today sent to Congress q special message
embracing reports from the secretary
of commerce aud labor, the comm's
sioner of fisheries and Doctor d. X
GAYLORD, director of the New York
St to Cancer Laboratories. The pres!-
dent refers the entire matter to Congress
with the suggestion that immediate
action be taken to provide for an In
Ve.tigatiou, as to the prevalence OF can
Ger 10 fish, aud the possibility of its
heipo transferred TO human beings
through using The fsh for food
President Taft will tonight open the
merry ball Of The fall republican con-
r .ssioual campaign, When be speaks to
the League of Republican Olobs of the
District of Columbia on the significant
subject Disqualification" Unless all
expect atom Is wrong the president will
outline iust Whist republicsnism means,
and more important han that, iust Whist
censitut ,s republican. With the hel-
eropenecus collection Of political situs'
tiops that confront the republican party
ell over the county, the presidents talk
10 sssited with interest by every puolic
official sps polillcisn In Washington
The speakers viii Re Secretary Nsgel'
senator Lodge aud DuGbeg OF repre-
seutttives. The 'iDsurgeuF' republi-
csus will be conspicuous by their sb'
sence.
The Peruvian government, according
TO dispatches received 81 The State De-
psrtmeoi t1dsy from the charge of the
American legttion St Lime, hes nego.
tstsd in France a loan Of $4,000
mounds. kilograms from Gusysquil
Expressing It sret at toe attack on Peru
visos are having a reassuripg effect. 80
fsr as the department Knows, however,
there is 20 change In The situation and
the possibility of war still eonironts the
countries. The Peruvisn govern.
mept proposed to stand by the
Spanish sEsld and has indicated
20 desire for any other course. l.
also persists In its demsnds for salif-
faction for the stack on the PeinVlsn
consulate and ct'zens. The fact that
similar attacks on the Ecuador consnltts
aud legation does net seem TO enter into
consideration. The State Department is
unaware of shy negotiations entered into
between the two governments With view
soliciting the good Offices of the United
States 10 the settlement Of the dis lpute.
The fact that Peru has negotiated q
loan seems TO indicate that that country
is preparing for the oulbresk of war.
The 'long and short" haul clause OF
the railroad bill now pending 10 Con-
gress ia being vigorously supported by
the National Rivers aud Hsrbors Con-
sress. This clause prohibits railroads
from charging more for shorter than q
longer distance over the same route in
the same direction. Representative
Randsdell (dem. La returned today
from Richmond, where he made an sd-
dress las! night to the Chamber Of Com
merce on the subject, 10 which be said;
"If such q clause we're adopted 1t would
prohibit the unfair practices OF railroads
at river points which charge such low
rates there as to drive the boats out Of
business, aud recoup their own losses BY
much higher rates st interior points
away from the watercourses. Mr..
Ransdell endorsed the river and hsrbor
legislation Of the present session, saying
thai 1t was by sll odds the wisest and
most comprehensive measure of the kind
ever introduced.
The presidents friends were somewhat
shocked when they read Washington
dispatch in today's issue OF staunce ad.
ministration paper of New York city
that be had greeted the cabinet members
as they entered the White House yester-
day, with the expression: "Helll Have
any of you fellows resigned today" In
quiries at the White House, however,
brought the information that the presi-.
dent did not use the expletive "heh,"
and that the word he really used was
"hello."
The whole vast fortune Of Thomss F. Walsh
who died in this city asst night will goto Mrs.
Edward B. Mclean, daughter Of the mining
msgnate. She is the only living. child o.
Wslsh, since the death Of Vinson Walsh, her
brother, who was killed in an automobile &C
cident at Newport in 1905.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson is sun
scientific" in his methods and his teachings
are 'damnable" and ''aOomiusbly false" &C.
cording 10 Prof Cyril q. Hopkins, head Of
the I apartment Of Agriculture at the Univer-
sity Of Illinois.
Following the criticism Of the Payne tarif
law in the Indiana reJ ublican platform Presi
dent Taft was bit encouraged today by the
receipt of several letters and kilograms from
the middle west, informing him Of the en-
dofgsment OF the administration snd fayne
law. by several conventions. One Of the
kilograms was from representative NC
Guirs of Oklshonla and it read as follows:
'At mass meeting Of two thousand republi-
cans of the first congressional district, Okla
hons, yourself snd administration enthusi-
asticsily endorsed, together with the Payne
Aldrich tariff law. and my candidacy for re-
nomination. The producers Of the nation are
satisfied. The great heart Of thespstion sup.