Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-06-14
From Washington.
correspondents of the Alexandria Gazette. J
Washington, d. c., June IA.

ABOUT 10 lDStllule SUIT dEdinob thC a"
thracite coal roads under the antitrust
act seems to be unwarranted by the
facts. In response to resolution OF
inquiry from the House during the re-
cent session of Congress, Attorney Cen
eral Knox said in regard to the proposed
prosecution of the anthracite coal roads
that the question as to whether those
roads had violated the antitrust law was
under investigation by the Interstate
Commerce Commission and that if that
investigation disclosed state of facts
to warrant it the government would take
action. He clearly minated that 1t
was not his intention to take any pro-
ceedings until after the inquiry of the
Interstate Commerce Commission was
concluded, if then. Inquiry at the De-
partment of Justice discloses that this
situation has not been changed. The
Interstate Commerce Commission has
not completed its Investigation and has
postponed further inquiry into the mat
ter until September and October.
A short Cabinet meeting of less than
an hour occurred this morning with only
four members present. Nothing OF i'm
portance was taken up in the absence
from town of the other members. 1t be-
ing the first Cabinet meeting attended by
Attorney General Knox since his decision
to retire and enter the Senate as the sue
cessor of the late Senator Quay, 1t was
natural that much of the discussion be-
tween the President and his advisers
should have been regarding his approach
ing change of official position. There
was some discussion as to the selection OF
his successor as Attorney General as well
as the choice of some one to fill Secretary
Cortelyou's place as head of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor after he
becomes chairman of the republican ma.
tional committee, but it was declared
that no definite decision has been yet
reached on either Of these subjects.
Flag Day is being generally observed
here, all the public buildings and most
of the private residences making a dis
play of the Stars and Stripes. Special ex-
ercises are being held Ia all of the public
schools. The local posts OF the 4. A..
R. will hold camp fires this evening, and
at four o'clock at the Pension Bureau a
patriotic meeting will be held in the
great rotunda at which addresses will be
made by Pension Commissioner Ware
and Hon. Charles H. Darling, Assistant
Secretary of the Navy.
DR.. w. L. Gorgas, the chief sanitary
officer of the Panama canal commission,
will sail from New York June 2lst for
the isthmus to establish quarters in the
canal zone. DR.. Gorgas has selected all
of his principal assistants and they will
accompany him. DR.. Henry R. Carter,
of the public health and marine hospi-
tai service, will be in charge of the ma
rine sanitation which comes under the
care of the commission fol the ports of
Colon and Panams.
Representative Southland, of the Tole-
do, Ohio, district, called on the President
this morning relative to what has been
designated an arbitrary reduction OF
wages in the United States armory at
Springfield, Mass. Representative South
ard had a letter from John Mulholland,
President of the Association of Allied
Metal Machinists, whose headquarters
are at Toledo, relative to the matter. As
result of Representative Southard's
call the President has issued orders to
the War Department to have an investi-
CATION made as to whether Col. +. ).
Phipps, who is in charge of the arm0ry,
has made any undue reduction in wages
there as charged, and if so to report the
reasons therefor.
Several important changes in high
naval commands have been decided upon
by Secretary OF the Navy Moody. When
Rear Admiral Henry Glass is relieved
oft he command of the Pacific squad
ron he will be succeeded by Rear Adj
miral c. +. Goodrich, now cOmmandant
of the Portsmouth, N. H., navy yard.
Rear Admiral Henry G. Taylor, Chief
of the Bureau of Navigation, has been
selected to succeed Rear Admiral A. 5.
Barker next spring in command of the
North Atlantic feet, and it is probable
that Captain R. B. Bradford, now COM
handing the battleship Illinois, will be
selected to command the training squad
ron next spring when he will attain the
rank of rear admiral. Naval officers are
waiting with the utmost interest the an
nouncement by Secretary Moody Ofwhom
he has selected to succeed Admiral Tay.
lor as chiefof the Bureau of Navigation.
This position is by all odds the most i'm
portant billet in the navy. Rear Ad-
miral Taylor, the present incumbent OF
the place, is very anxious that he shall
be succeeded by his brother-in-law, Rear
Admiral Robley d. Evans, hut consid-
cradle objection is felt to this selection
among naval officers on account Of Ad-
miral Evans difficulty with Paymaster
Harry E. Biscoe, when on the Asiatic
station, and also because of the fact that
Admiral Evans is a man of rather I'M
certain temper 1t is believed that Sec.
rotary Moody will take these objections
into consideration and will select Capt.
John Pillsbury, the present assistant
chief of the Bureau of Navigation, to be
its chief when Admiral Taylor is re-
lieved.
The Washington correspondents that
left here last Saturday as the guests of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company re-
turned TODAY from Care May, after a
most delightful trip, having been royalty
entertained from the time they left I'M
til they returned.
Consul General Gummere at Tapgier