Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-12
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of Alexandria Gazette

Today when he secretary of the treas
ury. upon the request of the Postoffice
Department, ordered the Bureau OF En-
craving to 100000 postal, savings
cards, designed to encourage thrift
among children. Each card will be sold
with a stamp on it and will have face
value of ten cents. There will be room
for nine other ten-eent stamps AMI
when the card is filled, it will be &C
cepted as deposit OF one dollar at any
postal savings bank. The cards will be
issued to the various postal savings
banks in packages Of one hundred each
and will be ready for circulation as soon
as the final plans for the new system
arc completed. !,
William Wells Whitlock, second
lieutenant in the Philippines constabu-
larry was drowned Saturday in the
Reno River, Rolales, Island of Luzon,
according to cablegram received at
The War Department today from the
Governor General of the Island. Whit
lock lived in Brooklyn and was at the
time Of his appointment q member OF
The National Guard OF the state OF
New York. He was appointed to the
constabuIary in 1908.
Chief Engineer Goethals in cable
gram 10 the Isthmian Canal Com
mission today reported that the ex-
cayation record for August was 2,Sl3.-
.lG2 cubic yards, an increase OF more
than 400, 900 over the previous month.
During August 14G,553 cubic yards OF
concrete was laid and 6G2,514 cubic
yards were placed at dams.
Higher tariff on table board awaits
the returning statesmen in Washington
this winter, according to the assertions
of hotel keepers today. Despite the
findings Of the senatorial committee
which Investigated the high cost OF
living so elaborate last winter, the
expense of existence i'll this
city is create: than ever before. The
best beef steaks now sell at from Is to
30 cents per pound Fresh pork is re-
tailed at 2S cents. Prime rib roasts
bring from IS to % cents. Lamb costs
from 90 to 50 cents pound. Eggs go
all the way from IS to 40 cents dozen.
Vegetables have sold higher this fall
than ever before. All dealers predict
steady rises from now on. Hotels
and boarding houses kept their prices on
the old standard last year, said hotel
man today, but it looks like we will
have to move them up to meet the
situation if we are going to pay ex-
penscs this winter. Congress seemed
10 convince itseIf-so far as Senator
Lodges report wcnt-that the tariff
WASH t to blame. I'm afraid the states
men will have to stand for a higher
tariff on table board this winter, what
ever the cause may be.
The question OF enlarging the army
in order that the country may be
placed upon suitable defensive basis
will be fought out to 4 finish at the
forthcoming session OF Congress. THIS
is the promise made today by advo-
Gates OF the plan. The basis of the
fight will be the report of the general
staff in response to the resolution intro
duccd by Representative McLachlan OF
California calling for statement OF the
preparedness OF the country for war,
particularly on the Pacific coast. THIS
subject is now absorbing the attention
Of the general staff. Indications are
that the report will contain revelations
which will be shock even to the most
pacific of the anti-miltarsts. 1t is the
intention OF the staff to make the re-
port as full as possible. All details
which can be made public, except those
which arc essentially military secrets,
will be embodied in the report. An
appendix, containing confidential in
formation for the use of Congress
alone, will accompany it. In a gene
ral way the report will show that the
defensive position OF the country is ex-
trcmcIy weak, especially on the Pacific
coast.
Arrivals ut Queenstown OF more than
Il 900 OF Americans during the pres
cnt season is pointed out rs one indl-
cation OF the Irish home going move
nlcut. FrancisJ. Kilkenny, founder
Of the movement and president OF the
Home Going Association returned to-
dav from n tour of the island. Kill
kcmusv was cordially welcomed on all
parts OF the island. He was given a
royal welcome by the Lord Mayor OF
Dublin. He urged the people to make
the home going an annual event.
The offices OF the department of
justices were closed from 1890 TO one
O'Clock today on account OF the fun
cral Of the late Solicitor j. w. Bowers,
which was held in Boston.
Thirty members OF the National AS
>ociation Of Supervisor, OF State Banks
attended the ninth annual convention
Of the organization in the Office of the
comptroller OF the currency in the
Treasury buildings today. State Comp
trollcr Clark Williams, Of New York,
presided Lawrence O. Murray COM
rtrolcr o the currency made All ad-
dress. Closer cooperation between
state and inational bank examiners IS
expected to result from the meeting,
Clark Williams. OF New York. presided
1T the meeting and welcomed the sug-
rcs;iuus Il Murray. The comptroller OF
lh;. currency declared that this country
has the greatest volume of banking laws
in the world and asserted his belicf That
unsatisfactory results are obtained main
" because of weak enforcement of the
statutes.
An affidavit charging that "upon the
false and fraudulent prctention that she
was medium" Mrs Laura Il: Cramer,a
clerk in the state dement,. induced him
to oivr hpr sums of cash aTgregating