Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-04-29

Mrs. Taft to sing at the garden party
to be given at the White House on tie
asterdoon of May II.
Secretary of War Dickinson today
warned employees of the War Depart
meut that they must not lend money at
usurious rates Of interest under penalty
Of dismissal. This order was issued as
As part of the attempt Of Washington
officials to stamp out the practice OF
loan sharks" in the government
service.
a food Of petitions against the Cana
dian treaty has been filed with the
foreign affairs committee of the House,
The petitions, we're all from various
Irish organizations.
Secretary Of the Interior Fisher to-
day authorized the reclamation service
TO construct the kachess dam, 1akins
irrigating project, Washington. Be
cause Of the excessive bills offered by
outside contractors. the secretary today
announced that the dam would be
built by the government under the su-
peryision Of the proclamation service.
The dam, when completed, will close
the outlet OF Lake kachcss on the head
quarters Of the kachess river. 1t will
be an earthflled structure, 6S feet
high, with a crest OF loo feel
and with volume of approximately
$50, 900 cubic yards. Upon It's com
pletion Lake kachess will have a
storage capacity of 10000 acre-feet OF
water which will be used in the develop
ment of the Yakima irrigation project.
An official Of the reclamation service
said today that, up to date, total OF
500. 900, 600 has been expended by the
government on irrigation projects. 10
complete the work now underway Will
require, according to statement made
today. an additional expenditure OF
$50, 900, 900
President Taft this afternoon d.
rected that an investigation be made
into the political activities OF y. n.
Locke, Chief Of the Choctaw Indians IN
Oklahoma, upon complaint of Repre-
sentative Carter Of that state. Indians
who allege that Chief Locke told them
they must look to him for any favors
appealed to Representative Carter for
protection.
The constitutional troubles OF Arizona
and New Mexico we're today turned
over to subcommittee of tho House
committee on Territories. The COM
mittee held the final hearing on the
esolution providing for the Joint appro-
val OF the constitution and appointed
Representative Flood dem. Va.) Willis
(Rpn. Ohio, Humphreys (dem. Tenn
Martin dem. Colo.) and Draper Npn.
n. T. deispose OF the matter.
Orders were issued this afternoon by
democratic leaders for all Of the major
ity members to be present for adjourn
ment today in order to help put
through a resolution to make the daily
meeting hour Of the House II O'Clock
hereafter instead OF twelve un-
til passage of the free list bill
1t was explained that the requests for
time for speeches threatened to carry
the general debate" past Thursday
or Friday Of next week when Sherman
Underwood dem. Ala.) of the ways and
means committee, expects to demand
vote on the measure. BY adding
one hour to the daily sessions Under
wood said he thought this plan could
be carried out.
Hobble skirts and new spring hats
we're in force at the White House this
afternoon when President and Mrs.
Taft gave a reception for the members
of the graduating classes of all the
fashiona girls schools and colleges in
the District of Columbia More than
three hundred young women chape-
roned by their instructors attended.
Wendal A. Sampson, sixty-hve
years old, a conductor on the New
York, New Haven and Hartford rail
road, sent a5bullet through his brain
while at the Metropolitan Hotel early
today.
Climbing down the long stairs Of
the Capitol with reluctant feet, the
advance guard of the deposed re-
publican Office holders today wended
their gloomy way out to the cold
world. Twenty five Capitol policemen,
janitors and elevator conductors, re-
moved themselves from the beneiicert
shade Of the plum tree, To BIZ replaced
by tie loyal democrats who have
been fighting mad!y for the favored
places. Fifty more will go on Mon
day and fifty each day thereafter un-
til all the republicans have left.