Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-07-11
WA SIlINGTON.
Correspondence Of Alexandria Gazette

/ HIS hIl0MA lA0 IODAAAANI
States on previous occasions. Inc
| latest OF the series OF incidents to be
disclosed is the recognition OF the
| Madriz faction by the kaiser in terms
amounting TO an encouragement OF the
| Zelayan regime. In his letter written
| April %, the German emperor ad-
| dresses Madriz as great and good
| friend" and congratulates him on his
| election as president by the merited
confidence Of his fellow-citizens. The
state Department has maintained an
| attitude Of reserve regarding thes3 IN
| cideuts. rs there is an earnest desire to
| prevent any clouding Of the friendly
| relations existing between the two gov
crnments. The grave question Just
| now is whether Germany proposes TO
carry its anti-American diplomacy to
greater ends.
Evidence Of the extreme measures 10
| which the Madriz faction is resOrtlng III
! western Nicaragua 10 secure money for
carving ON the fight with the revolu-
! %tionists reached the State Department
today in the form Of a notice issued to
a Nicaraguan resident of his assessment
ON a iourth loan. State Department Of
icials are considering today the ques-
ton ofp%rotecting William Pit man, who
has been removed from the Bluff at
Bluefelds to Managua. 1t is believed
that Secretary Knox will take decisive
measures to prevent his meeting with
the same fate as that OF Gross and
Cannon.
The through rates on cabbage,
potatoes and other vegetables from
Charleston, -outh Carolina district to
Buffalo is higher than the combined
local rates according to complaint
filed by the National League of Com
mission Merchants with the Interstate
Commerce Commission today. The
excess Of charge Of car load lots 81
potatoes is claimed to be $1,000 a car
/ and on cabbage $1,000.
Orders were issued today for the
organization Of the fifth division of the
Atlantic feet. 1t will consist OF the
cruisers. Tennessee, North carolina,
Montana and Washington. Three Of
these vessels are a part Of the special
service squadron which will arrive at
Hampton Roads from Argentine about
July n.
A big abbatoir, boiler house and
power plant owned by the Columbia
Cotton, Oil and Provision Corporation
near Arlington Junction, Virginia, were
completely destroyed by fire today with
a loss estimated at 5000, 600. The
District fire department sent two engines
to the scene but they were unable to
check the flames which started from an
explosion in the aLbltoir. The plant
was insured for 500, 900.
Though nearly all thecabinet officers
and every other government official
who can find an excuse have fled before
"a steadily rising thermometer, the
Interstate Commerce Commission is
sticking brayely to the job and this
week has scheduled some OF the most
important hearings in its history. To-
morrow it begins an investigation into
the increases in cOmmutatiOn rates
which are proposed by the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western and other
interstate carriers out Of New York
CITY. The new rates are to become
effective July 20 and tomOrrOw's hear
ing is a preliminary size up" by the
commission to see if the rates seem to
be reasonable. On Thursday the com
mission will take up the case Of the
Eastern and Western Trunk lines which
have filed a freight tariff to become
effective August /. 1t is expected that
on this case the commission will order
a suspension pending its investigation
into the entire rate question from the
Atlantic Seaboard TO the Mississippi.
This investigation is one Of the largest
and most important Investigations ever
conducted by the commission. Experts
Of the commission are o at work
gathering data. The testimony will
probably be before the commission ten
months before a decision is reached.
Trouble may occur in Bogota as a re-
suit Of the determination of the Ameri-
can company owningth street railway
to resume its operations. The State
Department was notified today that
this would be done. For several
months the system has been idle be-
cause Of attacks on the cars and the
property Of the company. At that
time the company demanded adequate
protection from the Colombian gov
eminent or adequate compensation for
the purchase Of the franchise. At that
time the anti-American feeling became
So general that the American legation
was attacked.
Its moving day way down in Jungle
town. here today, though the Jungle
is made up Of petrified and fossilized
dinouSaurs and it will take two years at
a conservative estimates To finish the
moving job. The government is start
ing to transfer its national museum to
the new home which has been built for
it. Made to order steel cases are to be
supplied for many of the individual
s9ecimcns just a journey Of a few city
blocks. There are over ten millions
objects TO be removed, some weighing
many tons. 1t is expected to have an
opening in the new museum building
next fall.
An army order was issued today APP
pointing Frank de l.. Darlington
major on the retired list"
\ statement issued by the Treasury
Department today shows the receipts
from the corporation tax, at the close
of business July 8, to have been $50,
1913. go, the amount outstanding is
81. 461. 81. ON which the deIinquents