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0 t ' 9 - < APPROVED TAFT District Appropriation Bill as 0 Passed by Congress. CHANGES IN EXCISE LAW Public Utilities Commission Created. Anti-Merger Provision Retained. The llouse put the finishing touches upon the District apjTropriation bill yesertlay afternoon, whe.. it adopted the conference report on that measure. The port had already been approved by the Senate. As soon as the bill was in proper shape it was sent to the President for Ids signature, a^d is now a law. The District bill conference report was adopted in the House yesterday without oebate. When Mr. Burleson called up the report he asked that the statement of the conferees be read in place of the detailed eport. Minority leader Mann asked it lie excise amendment and the public util. i ;es < ?mmisslon amendment were included in the statement. Mr. Burieson said no, Mr. Mann said that he did not believe in l-as.-irg measures in the House wlthoul having them r'*ad in full, but when Mr Burleson explained that it would take throe or four hours to have the whole retort read, and that these items had beer printed In the Congressional Record yes terdav morning. Mr. Mar.n waived his ob' jections. Appropriation Totals SI 1.395.099. 'I'lie bill as finally passed carries 511 .Z'jL.'J'J'J. It also curries the excise measure. the anti-merger provision aimed at the street railways which hav? proposed a merger, and Use clause creating a public utilities commission for , the District AH of these provisions were put on as amendments to the ap propnation bill when It reached the Sen . ate They had previously passed the Senate as separate measures, but tha\ i ad never been reported out of th< House District committee, though the> I ad many friends among the member ship of the House. Public Utilities Provision. \!t hough the hardest fight came ovei ' iiH excise measure carried in the hill it is conceded that the provision for j r-ublic utilities commission is by fai RHEUMATISM Lr Munyon s Rheumatism Remedy relieve pains in the legs. arms. back, stiff o swollen joints. Contains no morphine ;' opium, cocaine or drugs to deaden th l>s*in. It neutralizes the acid and drive o it a'.l rheumatic poisons from the sya to. n. Write Prof. Munyon. olid and J eft u Sis.. Phlla., Pa., for medical ad vice, absolutely frca. I _ LO A: RaI T whij evei I the most imDortant to the citizens of the District. The conferees made practically no changes in the excise 4aw from the compromise measure which was passed by the Uouse Saturday night. The hour of closing saloons and other places where liquor is sold was made 1 o'clock in the morning instead of 1 - o'clock midnight. TUFTS PEN TO CLAYTON Marks Success of His Fight for Public Utilities Commission for District. The fact that the District approprlaj tion bill contains the provision for the j public utilities commission will i-btaii i for William McK. Clayton, president ol the Federation of Citizens' Assoc! lions who has been active in the light for tlili commission for three years, the pen wit I which President Taft affixes his slgna i ture to the bill making it a law. Soon after the federation v. as organ s Ized in May, 1011, it instructed its presl i dent to prepare and have intr uluced i I j bill providing a public utilities coinmls ' I sion for the District. The Importance o ) the hill has been kept constantly befov< I j the citizens' associations: President Taf ! has twice recommended it to Congresi i in messages, and the press of tne cit] t has supported it. I . __ ! Importance of Measure. i Tlie bill is declared to be the most mi portant and satisfactory piece o: legisla tion which lias been obtained for the Dis trict within a decade. Under it conn let control is given over the scrcirc uni rates of telephone, gas and electi ic ligh companies and it places outside the ton troverslal stage many conflicts of contro of various degrees heretofore attempte* to be exercised by various ofttcial bcoira It Is characterized to place the Distric on a progressive par with New York | New Jersey. Wisconsin aijd Iowa. j TROOPS NOT BEYOND LINE OF THE XEXICAN BORDER . Battle of Sunday, in Which 2.00C Shots Were Exchanged?Precautions Taken. r i i DOUGIjAS. Ariz.. March 4.?Four deai r Mexican soldiers and unknown numbe m of wounded were taken to Agua Prieti yesterday from the point on the inter national border five miles from hen where two troops of the Oth I'nited States Cavalry fought a. thirty-minute battU with Mexican regulars Sunday. Mors than 2.000 shots were fired by the Amer lean troopers and it is estimated tha fully as many were fired by the Mexi cans. None of the Americans was hit Neither side crossed the line. Precautionary Measures. Col. Guilfoyle, commanding the SHI Cavalry, said today he did not anticip&ti further trouble. As a precaution, how ever, the usual border patrol of the 9tl Cavalry was increased. Gen. Ojeda Mexican commander at Agua Prieta. to aay claimed ttiat the American troopen ? fired first. This is denied by Unite< r States Army officer*. >. Lieut. Nicholson, in command of th( e 1!ith Cavalry, who first engaged the Mexi s cans, and Capt. Armstrong, who com i- manded Troop E. when they came ti the relief of the Patrol said that a voile: I- came from the Mexican side before th< Americans fired. ? ng Ln nd so will j Wi / from the ttleWhic I w his marvelous be skey you ever ta ywhere by peop No Metal Parts ( OISMISSEDBY TAFT Two General Customs Appraisers Lose Their Jobs. URGE CHANGE IN SYSTEM President's Commissioners Think Present Plan of Anneals Is Defective. I President Taft has summarily dismissed . from office Roy H. Chamberlain and i Thaddeus 8. Sharretts of the board of r general appraisers in Xew York, In a , letter written laBt night to each of the j men the President states that the special i committee appointed by him to tnvesti gate charges against members of the board having reported to him "that the - charges against you are sustained and - advising your removal because of mali feasance In office, and such finding being - upproved by me, you are hereby removed f from office, the removal to take effect b forthwith." t Sharretts was charged with having used H his official power to compel certain per. sonal favors from the Baltimore and ' Ohio railroad and with bringing the board into disrepute by the practice of | his son, a lawyer, before it. Chamberlain was charged with lack of the neces_ sary qualifications for membership on the !>oard and with having destroyed his usefulness. r Would Abolish Board. ^ Abolition of the board of United Stat?| 1 general appraisers or radical changes ir " its structure and foundations were recj ommended in the report to President Tafl i. of tiie commission which investigated t that body. The present system undei which questions of appraisals are appealed to the board?a judicial and not ar investigatory tribunal?was condemned as ineffective, and as one of the chief reasons why fraudulent undervaluations | "have nourished unobstructed to so wide I an extent and for so long a time." The root of the trouble, the commission declared. Is the inherent disharmony bej tween the two jurisdictions of the board? the classification questions under the tariff act and the appraisal of valuations of merchandise. These should be entirely separated. It was added. Two Processes of Appeal. j Appeals fro a collector of customs' r decision on classification questions should 1 go to a judicial tribunal, while appeals on appraising questions should go to an in? vestigatlng body. s To accomplish the reform the commission made several alternative suggestions, 2 giving precedence to a recommendation 5 that the board be reduced In number and - changed into a court of customs to try t all protests against classifications by col lectors of customs. Or, it was added, the board of general appraisers should be abolished and the present court of customs appeals, removed to New York and increased in number, should be given origj inal as well as appellate jurisdiction in classification cases, sitting as single - judges in the first instance with appeal - to the full court. 1 Sixty Years in One Home. 8 BLiOOMBBURG, Pa., March 4.?Three i score years of wedded life in (he same house Is the record of Mr. and Mrs. Wil6 liam E. Patterson of Rohrereburg. ColumI bia county, who yesterday celebrated the l> sixtieth anniversary of their marriage. i The old couple started housekeeping the e day they were married, and have never moved. Both are in good health. * ^ ,? w:l. rc fflli rou, if you c ilson ! wonderful h Won't >ttle guarantees sted. You'll fine ile who know. Can Touch the Whiskey COMMISSION'S REPORT IN? Senate Gets Findings of in! quiry Into Title of Lands in District. Senator Sutherland of I'tati presented to the Senate last night u report of the commission to investigate the title of the United States landB in the District of Columbia oil the waterfront of the oria- i inal city of Washington. Several previous reports have been made. The report shows that, as a result of the study made by the commission headed by Attorney General Wickersham, further property to the extent of about 2,7dft,S03 square feet, and valued at 1*45,161, has been found to be probably the property of the United States, A list of the property, with the present claimants of the land, is riven In the report. The commission takes occasion to point out that the value of this land will soon be much greater. Some of it is along the Anacostia river front, and the Improvements of that river and the reclamation work being done along its banks is expected to greatly enhance the value of all surrounding land, Other parcels of land are expected to be Improved In value by reason of the extension of the park system through the lower valley of Rock creek to connect Potomac and Rock Creek Park's and to provide a new location for the Botanic Gardens. GROCERS MAKE PROTEST AGAINST SMALL LOAVES f , > Jewish Betail Association Alleges ] t y Short Weight in Bread Sup1 plied by Bakers. Angered at the alleged short-weight loaves of bread that have resulted because of the "bread war" between the various local bakeries, the Jewish Capital Retail Grocers' Protective Association Is formulating a protest against the manufacture of loaves of bread weighing from ten to fourteen ounces, and demanding that every loaf shall weigh a full pound, no matter at what price It sells. At a meeting of the executive committee of the association a committee composed of the president, Simon Gordon, and the vice president, Adam Buber, and the treasurer, I. S. Cohen, was Instructed to present to the District Commissioners a demand that the present variance in the weight of bread baked by local bakers be forbidden, and a demand that a regulation providing for only pound loaves of bread be put Into effect. The bread war being waged in Washington already has resulted In "3 for 10" loaves, and "4 for 10" loaves will soon make their appearance, it is understood. The weight of the loaves varies from ten to fourteen ounces. Commutes Banker's Sentence. President Taft yesterday communted, to expire March 28. the fifteen-year sentence of William Montgomery, convicted at Pittsburgh. November 28, 1008, of misapplying the funds of the Allegheny National Bank of Pittsburgh, of which he was cashier. The bank failed with a shortage of a million dollars. All losses have been repaid, and the President held that the fifteen-year sentence was out of proportion to that Imposed in similar cases? If you want work read the want columns of The Star. ? son! brink ? * . Refill the best 1 it used t c SAN FRANCISCO FAIR i VOTED HALF MILLION House Refuses to Allow $1,500,000 Urged by California Members. The House yesterday refused tu grant an appropriation of $1,500,000 for a govenment exhibit at the San Franclaco exposition In honor of the opening of the Panama canal, and when the dust of battle cleared away It was found that only $500,000 was to be carried for this exhibit as an Item In the sundry civil bill. Representative Julius Kahn of California and others struggled to have the $1,500,000 Item retained, and then tried for $1,000,000, and when this was refused, for $750,000. But the House would agree only to $500,000. Oardner Cites Promise. Mr. Gardner of Massachusetts made a strong attack upon the proposition of appropriating for the San Prancisoo exposition. lie said that citizens of San Francisco and members of the Houss from California had assured the House that if San Francisco was granted the honor of holding the exposition over New Orleans the government would not be asked to spend a penny on the exposition. To this Mr. Kahn replied that owing to unforeseen contingencies San Francisco had now to make this request. He admitted that a promise had been made not to ask the government for money for the exposition. But. he said, recently seventeen foreign nations had made an agreement in regard to international exposiI tions which made it necesaory to first ascertain whether the government of the country in which the exposition was to take place had appropriated for exhibits before these nations sent their exhibits. Canal Rates a Factor. Mr. Gardner replied that some of the nations were holding off at present, not because of this treaty agreement regarding expositions, but because of the fact that the United States was planning to charge lower rates to American vessels passing through the canal than would be charged the vessels of other nations. FINAL GENERAL ORDER FROM SECRETARY WILSON Directed Against Dealers Who Are Prone to Diluting Sausage and Lard With Water. What was the last meat inspection order and probably the last general order of any sort issued during his administration of the Department of Agriculture was promulgated by Secretary Wilson late yesterday afternoon. It was one of the periodical meat inspection orders and in this case related to the recently formed habit of dealers of diluting sausage and lard with water before putting it on the market. The order provided that there should be no added water in any of the "lard compounds" and "lard substitutes" sold. This has been a recent and profitable practice among certain manufacturers as disocevered by the Inspectors of the bureau of animal Industry, water being considerably cheaper by the pound than lard. As to the addition of water to sausage, the order says the amount of water shall V e . ir?^ t^Bnffffl |f^rpHE B, I natioi I dreds I close togetke From Wash out in ever binding toget sinning stran Every Depa daily use of The same v of Wasbmgi Call u] dellgli Bell s ii m II Nation The C not exceed 3 per cent except in the case of certain sorts of cooked and smoked sausages where there is a cereal added. The addition of "cereal" to the sausage means simply mixing as much cornmcal or similar substance with the meat as the consumer will stand. Where mater ? , H"' /% rVII Ill Here's jl the Bo pi Which L Wonf* Ift Refill 'Y-- w ^ he Nation's phone Hori: ell System has vastly i s telephone horizon, of miles apart have >? rl ? m am ? ? ington, JBell I elephoni y direction?conquei :ker all sectiona of tke ds of copper wire, irtment of tke Gover tkis service, wonderful System is a ton s tkousands of inau p the folks at home,?they ited to hear your voice, ervlce will reach them wi rtay be. Call them mp tr< fa City. hesapeake and Pi elephone Compan 1 -1 i ' " ? - ? ? and the "cereal" are added theae additions must also be stated on the label. - I Jumping from a second-story window at her home, near Fair Hill, Md.. while tempo.-;.! :iy insane, Mrs. Lpn Janney, . ?k widened tM "A Citice Hun- I been brougkt I ; line* streteb | *ing distance. I country witb | nment mtkei J it the service ? gural Tisitorf. fl will * lerever I )tomac <y- gJLB ag:ed eighty-two years, received injuries which resulted in her death Thursday night. Dr. D. C. R. Miller, former Maryland state senator from Washington count*. was hurt In a runaway accident at his home near Mason and Dixod^