Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-01-08
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Carlin, with representative from the
Department of Agriculture, caliee at
the War Department today and had
a conference with Ire army engineer
,rg officers in regard 10 the building
.cf q road from the south end OF he
Highway Bridge to the arlington Nd
tional Cemetery. Representative Car
lin secured appropriation OF &6",-
coo for the building Of this road at
the last session of Congress. Inc
necessity of carrying q man from the
Department of Agriculture to the War
Department was due to the fact t::at
part of this road will have to pass
through the Departments experiment
tai farm and Mr.. Carlin is anxious to
have the two branches of the govern
| ment service reach an agreement on
| this, score.
The conference was satisfactory to
ell parties concerned and Mr.. Callir
was assured that the actual consLruc'
ton OF this road, which is to be one
of the finest in the state, will shortly
commence.
State Commissioner of Agriculture
Koiner of Richmond, was visitor
at the Capitol today.
T. V. White, of Laesburg, was a
caller at Mr.. Carlin's office in the
capitol today.
President Taft today sent to the
Senate the nominations Of sae fol-
lowing Virginians to be postmasters:
J. B. Vaughan. at keysville.
NJ. L. Slamp, Pennington Gap, and
Benjamin P. Gay, Smithfield.
The army appropriation bill, which
will shortly be reported to the house:
will ignore the demand of the War
Department for a big army aviation
corps, and will set aside only $150,00C
Tor advancement of aerial work. This
will probably only permit of the pur-
chase next year Of six or seven new
2aroplanes, according to estimates OF
officials tdoay. However. the commit
zee it was said, has agreed to in
crease the pay Of the military avia-
tors by so per cent.
Chairman Hay, Of the Military Com
n?ittee, said today that the measure
you'd carry S95,S30,177--an increase
CT nearly 100000 over last year,
although most of this is to care fol
deficits. There will be no general leg
station in the measure. An appro-
3riatior Of $4,000 for the army's par
s:icipation in the national rifle marches
=: Camp Perry, Ohio, is included.
Leslie M. Shaw. Secretary of the
! Treasury, under President Roosevelt
! vas the Glass committees witnes;
on currency matters called today. He
explained in detail the Central Banl
md divisional clearing house finan.
! :ial plan already suggested by A
Barton Hepburn, Of the Chase Nation
i Pari5 Of New York.
: ForciDly warning that the cry OF
! States rights" in conservation was
stalking horss" behind which was
icing waged "a dangerous attack on
The whole policy Of conservatism
cx-forcster Clifford Pinchot today urg-
Il the American Forestry Association
q stand firmly for federal control Of
) national resources.
Antagonistic OPPOSITION to the money
! trust investigation of the Pujo COM
| Nittce was disclosed today. A special
meeting Of the entire house banking
committee was considered to force
. SHOW down" from recalcitrant wit
ncsses and to thresh out problems
procedure. Refusal of the admins
ration to disclose confidential reports
" National banks to the controller
Of Currency; evasion of testimony of
William Rockefeller, Of the Standard
Oil Company, and flav refusal of U.
C. Henry. New York broker, to dis
close banks in promoting the Califor-
MA Petroleum Company, were to be
discussed.
Franklin X. Lane, Of California, was
>cGay elected chairman Of the Inter
state Commerce Commission, for the