The Washington times., 1911-05-02
STATES STAND TO
LOSE MILLIONS SET
ASIDE FOR FORESTS
Appalachian Reserve Appro-
priations Revert to
Treasury.
SENATOR LODGE AND .
PRESIDENT CONFER
Executive Urges Killing of All
Amendments to the Reci-
procity Bill.

II became known at the Wnlte house
this morning that the Southern and
New England States interested in the
Appalachian forest reserve, athorized
by the last Congress-, would lose 81, ,o0O-
900 of their appropriation and might
lose $2,OoO,o00 more.
This unfortunate situation is the re-
suit Of the form in which the bill passed
the House. according to the explanation
which has been made to the President.
AS it was enacted, s11,ooo,0oo was ap-
propriated. OF this sum, 81, 200. 900 -Svas
to be expended during the first year,
which year, under the act, was desig-
mated as 1910
Before the bill could be enacted into
a law, however, the year 1910 had gone.
Now the Comptroller of the Treasury
has ruled that the 100000 cannot be
paid out, but that it has to revert back
20 the Treasury.
Two more millions were to have be-
come available in 1911, but this sum
had to be expended before June 80 of
this year. The commission acting under
the act has now found 1t next to i'm
possible to make the necessary surveys
for forest purchases amounting to Sc
100000. This means that a part, If not
all, OF the sum now available, will go
back into the Treasury by default.
There seems to be no remedy for TIE
tituation except an amendment to TIE
present act reappropriating the sums
which are not expended out of the
tn.oo,ooo originally made available.
Direct Election of Senators.
Senator Borah of Idaho, while at the
White House today. said that he eK-I
pected his resolution for a constitu-
tioral amendment providing for the
election of Senators, to come to a vote
during the extra session. He is Of the
opinion, too, the Sutherland amendment
will be again offered, and that the real
fight over the constitutional amendment
will center around this feature
The Sutherland amendment which
gives the Federal Government control
over the elections is opposed by the
Southern members of the Senate who
md a menace in II on account of the
heavy black vote which might be cast
Practically all the debate OF the session.
said Senator Borah today, will be upon
the Sutherland amendment.
President Sees Lodge.
The President this morning conferred |
with Senator Lodge, of the Senate III |
nance Committee. on the reciprocity |
bill, which was taken up in the COM
mittee today for consideration. The ma
ture Of the discussion was not disclosed |
by the Senator, but 1t was suggested |
that the Executive urged upon the Mas
sachusetts statesman the Importance of |
killing all proposed amendments to the |
reciprocity measure.
A number of recent callers at the |
White House told the President that !
the plans of the opponents of reciproc- !
fly would be to amend it to death This |
srnending campaign will be led by reg
ulars as we'll as insurgents. The friends |
Of the bill are seriously concerned over
this disposition on the part of a num-
Der Of Senators. The President is known
20 share this apprehension to some ex-
tent, and he will confer with more
Senators from day to day in the hope
will tie the treaty up in further nego-
tiations.
Berlin Embassy Gossip.
There is still keen interest at the
white House in the man the President
has picked as ambassador 10 Berlin.
There was a suggestion today that John
,Ridgely Carter, Of Baltimore. now min
lister to the Balkan States, might be
transferred to Germany as DR. Hills II
successor. Also somebody came to tho i
Executive Offices with the excited re- Il
port that former President Theodore II
Roosevelt would become ambassador.
The Carter talk is not taken seriously II
any more than is that about Colonel II
Roosevelt. Mr.. Carter is young man. Il
10 young, 1t is pointed out, for a posi- II
ton Of such importance. It was thought II
he might be sent to Turkey, but he i
wasn't.
Saw Mexican Battle.
Delegate Cameron of Arizona today Il
introduced w. ]. Young, jr., and W. II
q. Mcbride of Arizona, to the Presi-
dent Both Of these visitors were eve /
witnesses to the battle of Aqua Il
Prieta- They are engaged in mining II
operations a few miles from Douglas L
and hurried to the border to see the L
excitement when the hostilities be-
gan.
Both of these witnesses said that II Il
was a mistake TO assume the Mexi- i
cans were not brave. They said that /
both the federals and revolutionists
were hard fighters, but were not ef-
fective: They lacked training, but