The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-03-01
CORRESPONDENT FOR GOTHAM
PAPER SUBMITS DocU-
MENTARY EVIDENCE.
INTERESTING LETTERS
assertion That Copies Of Secret Navy
Codes Could Be Purchased
Causes Sensation.-Chem-
ical Bill Ready.

Washington, Feb. 15.-Correspond.
ence intended to prove that the Pan
III revolution had been planned in
New York and Washington was pro-
duced before the house committee
on foreign affairs by Henry N. Hall,
World.
The committee is investigating Incl
dents connected with the acquisition
OF the Panama canal zone by the
United States. The witness put in
evidence. letters and cable dispatches
which have passed between DR.. Am
ador and Mr.. Arrange, Panama officials.
prior to HI revolution.
Thege he commended sustained his as.
sertion that the war was inspired in
the United States. He also quoted
from correspondence procured from
the confidential files of the navy de-
partment but which was withheld from
congress under President Roosevelt's
orders. which he said, threw light on
the navy's activity in the war-like
preparations.
Mr.. Hall created a mild sensation bv
declaring that copies of the state de-
partment's secret code could easily he
bought in Paris. The declaration was
answered later by assistant secretary
of state. Huntingdon Wilson, who said
that the old cipher codes %undoubted-
ly could be bought there. but that
since the time of which Hall was
treating. the code had been twice
changed.
EvergIade Probe Delayed.
Engineering Investigations of the
Florida Everglades have cost the gov
$l1.O17 TO date, according to
A. Zappone, chief %disbursing officer
OF the department of agriculture be-
fore the house committee which has
undertaken a complete Everglades in
quiry. Mr.. Zappone explained that his
knowledge of the Everglades project
was limited to book accounts in his
Office.
The nomination of Cornelius p
Swayne as United States marshal for
DelaWa was withdrawn from the
senate. This action followed a series
of hearings at which wholesale brib-
cry charges in the Delaware election
OF 1904 were aired.
Chemical Duty Bill Reported.
The Democratic chemical tariff bin
made public by the ways and means
committee OF the house, is expected to
increase the governments
by $3,53O,S4O over those of the pres.
ent fiscal year although the reduction
of ad valorem duties proposed is about
81 per cent.
Principally, the measure increases
duties on perfumes, fancy soaps and
other luxuries and lowers the duties
on all drugs, such as banks, beans.
berries. fruits. dried fibers, roots and
the like, in a crude state, not ad-
vanced in value or condition by treat
ment beyond that essential to the
prevention of deterioration pending
manufacture. The same drugs adj
vanced in value or condition are s,,b-
Ject to 10 per cent ad valorem against
12.44 per cent now.
Lorimer Report March %.
The senate committee investigating
the election of Senator Lorimer
agreed to take up on March 23 con-
slderation of a report to be made to
the senate. The committee hopes to
dispose of the matter that dav. The
committee decided to proceed no FIR
Their against Mr.. B~lumenberg. the Of
1lclal committee s~tenographer, who
was dismissed for his conduct in the
presence of the committee near the
close of its hearings.
Northwest Men Get Jobs.
President Taft sent to the senate
the nominations of Geo. NJ. Bournuis
TO be United States district Judge of
Montana n Lockwell J. Flint to ba
United States marshal for the western
district of Wisconsin.