Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-01-03

declares it is his intention to lnaugu-
rate an era of peace and concord, re-
ported American Vice Consul Moffat
today. This decree does not include
former President Zelaya, because his
offenses are regarded as criminal. MN
ster OF War Diaz, has issued an order
for the burning Of all the implements
of torture used in the prisons during
the regime Of Zelaya and Madriz. Mr..
Moffat also sends an abstract Of the. in
augural message of President Estrada.
Senator knute Nelson OF Minnesota
called upon President Taft today, and
afterward announced that he intended
to introduce a bill in the Senate TO pro-
vide for the leasing OF coal lands in
Alaska. MY bill will be a leasing
proposition, he said, in which the
government will maintain control OF
the minerals, but which will permit the
mining of coal in Alaska at a reason
able profit. This is practically i'm
possible under the present law"
Mayor Bussc OF Chicago will be
received by Secretary of War Diclin-
son tomorrow afternoon at , O'CLOCK
10 enter protest against the federal
order for the removal Of the bridge
over the Chicago river. The War De
partment has ordered that basculc
bridge be substituted for the present
form OF draw bridge in order to afford
more room IN the channel.
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the Supreme Court of the United States
strongly affirmed the right of individ-
! ual states TO protect dcpositors OF state
banks by institution OF a state guar
anty fund. formed by contributions
| made by all state banks. The decis-
ions today upheld as constitu-
tional the guaranty laws OF Okla
homa, Nebraska and Kansas. The
bank guarantee plan was big
feature of the 1905 campaign and ii
was included as q feature Q! the demo
cratic platform adopted at Denver.
The republicans opposed it and vii,
liam J. Bryan was one of the strong
advocates Of the proposition.
The government took on new side
line today when he blossemed forth as
a banker-prosperous or otherwise
with the opening OF branch Postal Saw
ings Banks in certain postolliceS
throughout the country. This is merely
the preliminary trial Of the new postal
savings bank law, and one postoilicc
was opened rs bank in each state and
territory throughout the union. Whcm
there are running in good order and
savings bank scheme has been reduced
to an efficient system, the banks will bc
gradually extended to all postolliccs.
The New York banking law, passed
May 23, 1910, requiring private banks
to secure 4 license and deposit security
OF SO, 900 with the state comptroller,
together with surety bond, was today
declared constitutional by the decision
OF the Supreme Court OF the United
States.
Tho validity OF the state law Of Ken
lucky OF 1906. regarding the taxation
OF enormous tracts OF coal lands valued
at $40, 900, 900 in the state over which
there was confusion OF title was upheld
by the Supreme Court Of the United
States today in cases involving several
hundred thousand acres OF coal lands
claimed by the Kentucky Union Com
pany and the Eastern Kentucky Coal
bands Corporation.
Charge Campbell telcgraphcd the
State Department today from Panama
that President. Aroscmcna has convened
the National Assembly in special SEES
sion for the purpose Of obtaining
authority for loan of $50, 900. In
the meantime, public works have been
suspended for 4 lack of funds. Mr..
Campbell states that local banking in
tcrests will probably furnish such .
loan rs may be authorized 10y the Ma
tional Assembly.
An interesting legal question, arising
out Of the pure food law is licensed in
the brief submitted to the Supreme
Court Of the United States this after
noon by the government in the social
ed Iiipolte egg case. The government
seized fifty cases of eggs i'll the store Of
a Peoria baking company, alleging that
they were aduterated with boric acid.
1t developed during the trial Of the case
that the preserved eggs was bought III
st. Louis OF the Hipolitc Company, but
stored there by the Peoria firm. The
egg company claimed that the fact that
the eggs had passed from their owner
ship at St. Louis made them not an
interstate shipment within the law. III
the brief today the government con-
tends that inasmuch rs the eggs were
in the unbroken original packages they
arc interstate shipments. The case
will be argued this week before the
highest tribunal. The government
won in the lower courts.
Declaring that there was no error in
the proceedings, the U. S. Supreme
Court this afternoon affirmed the YER
dict Of the Texas courts sentencing
William Hendrixzto life imprisonment
for the murder Of Robert w. Voss, in
| Oklahoma, on April, 10, 1906.
The Kansas bank guaranty law OF
1909 was today declared constitutional
by the L. s. Supreme Court. Tie
Kansas law provided for the creation
OF = guaranty fund" 10 be formed
from contributions by all state banks
and paid by them on the basis OF their
capitalization, for reimbursement OF
depositors of insolvent banks. The
circuit court held the statute constitu-
tional.
Eastern and Western shippers were