Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-04

Mr.. Townsend and he are in full accnrd
On the subject The President asked Mr..
Townsend to call again at 2:SO tomor-
row afternoon when the subject will be
zone into in detail. "rhe President intro
duced his conversation this morning
with the remark that he was in dead
earnest about this question" said Mr..
Townsend, as he left the White House
today.
Baron RoseD, the Russian Ambassador,
and Mr.. Takahira, the japanese Minis
ter, two of the special peace ENJOYS who
assisted in the preparation of the treaty
of peace at Portsmouth, called at the
State Department this morning for the
purpose of discussing certain prelimina-
ries with regard to the exchange of ratii-
cations of that treaty. If will be neces-
sary. in view of the fact tina. this ex-
change is to take place at the White
House in this city, for both the Car and
the Emperor of Japan to appoint some
one as their special plenipotentiary to
represent them in effecting the exchange.
The call of the diplomats this morning
was to obtain from the State Department
a COPY of document containing similar
plenary powers, extended in some prior
case, so that it might be used as a model
in the present instance. They saw AS
sistant Secretary of State Adee who pro-
cured for them the plenary power given
to the Russian Ambassador in the case
of the exchange of ratifcations ofthe ex-
tradition treaty between Russia and the
United States. No suggestion was made
as to when the exchange Of notifications
of the Russo. japanese peace treaty will
take place. 1t is expected, however,
that this will not take place until late in
December or possibly early in the New
Year
Now that John T. Gaynor and Benjamin ID.
| Greene are abont TO be brought to this cOun-
| try from Montreal with the sanction OF the
Canadian authorities, and after a costly legal
| fight extending over period of five years, the
| government intends TO push their case 10 trial
| at the earliest possible moment. The trial,
| which will be held at Savannah in the United
States Court, promises to be one OF the most
| interesting to which the govern ment has
been a party in recent years. The two men
will be taken to Georgia without delay. BE.
fore Greene and Gaynor fled TO Canada appli'
cation for a warrant Tor their extradltiOn to
Georgia from New York had been favorably
considered by Judge Addison Brown on the
testimony adduced before United States Com
missioner Shields in that city. In his opinion
Judge Brown declared that it had been shown
beyond question that the illegal profits on the
cOntracts.fOr,,river and harbOr imprOvementdln
the Savannah district for a series Of years had
been continuously divided in thirds between
Greene and Gaynor, the contractors. aud
Capt. Obelin NJ Carter, the government
officer in charge of the works, and that each
third amounted 10 more than 100000 When
the two contractors disappeared from New
YORK on the eve Of their removal to Georgia
they forfeited $4,000 bell each. One of the
first steps to be taken by the government will
be to increase the amount of bail. The IN
dictment, which was returned by the federal
grand Jury at Savannah on December 8, 1899,
charged embezzlement and conspiracy to de
fraud the government in connection with
Captain Carter, The latter was tried by a
military court and sentenced to five years in
the Fort Leayenworth prison. his term having
expired few months ago. The government
is now proceeding against Carter In the civil
courts in Chicago to recover his share of the
graft. Just how soon the e-GaynOr case
will be brought to trial is not known. An
effort will be made to have il set for some
date during the fall term.
The illness of Mrs. William Loeb. wife of
the secretary of the President, was today
definitely diagnosed as typhoid fever. The
patient is doing well and no complications
have set in.