Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-09

President thereupon expressed desire
to pardon January, which would restore
to him the rights OF citizenship. Wien
the Attorney General was advised Of the
Presidents wishes, he changed his rec
ommendation to conform with them.
"Trust-busting" machinery of the De-
partment of Justice has been revised.
By direction of the President, TIE agrees
sive policy inaugurated by Mr.. Knox
in forcing dissolution of the Northern
Securities Company, and pursued by
Mr.. Moody in the suit sgainst the
STANDARD Oil Company, has been adopt
ed by Attorney General Bonaparte. The
papers in a number OF important cases,
notably those of the harvester and to-
bacco trusts, which have been lying for
several months upon the Attorney
Generals desk for action were consider
ed by Mr.. Bonaparte as soon as the re-
ports that he had been sinking his duty
reached the President. Mr.. NJ. ID.
Purdy. the chief "trust-buster, who has
now been assistant to three attorney
generals, returned today from New York
city, where he conferred with Judge
McReynolds and the distric. attorney
relative TO prosecuting the tobacco
trust. 1t is understood that a special
conference between the Attorney Cen
ersl, Mr.. Purdy and other officers of the
department with the President will be
held at the White House today at which
it is the Presidents intention to go over
the trust cases carefully and TO define a
trust policy under which the department
may operate, as it did under Mr.. Bona
parties prede cessors.
An epidemic of murder md suiclde
has been sweeping over Washrnl IN this
week. In the past four DAYS thore have
been two murders and Elk suicides.
Today Mrs. Christine L. Porter, aged &c
wife of the superintendent of the reform
school cut her throat with butcher knife
at her home. She was taken to the Emer-
gency Hospital, where it is believed she
will die. She has been an inmate of
the asylum. Another attempt at suicide
was reported to the police later in the
day. Charles Ross, photographer en-
ployed by the Geological Survey, drank
a quantity of chlOroiOrm, and was taken
to the Emergency Hospital in serious
condition.
The President today oommuted to ex-
pire Immediately the life sentence Of
Albert NJ. Green, District of Columbia
negro murderer, now in the Atlanta
prison. He killed James Lucas, also
colored, in a fight at church entertain
ment.
The President today announced the
following appointments; William F.
Willoughby, of the District of Colum-
bia, to be secretary of Porto Rico. SAM
uel ID. Gromer, of Missouri, TO be treas
urer of Porto Rico. Oliver d. Street TO
be United States Attorney for the north
ern district Of Alabama.
Escorted by Lieut.. Gen. Arthur Macarthur,
the highest otic, o the American army and
recomed at the Pennsylvania station by
Mai. Gen. j Franklin Bell, chief Of st n
OF the army, with a squadron of the Thir-
teenth Cavalry from Fort Myer, and by Wis
count Aoki, the JaIaness AmO ssldor and
h staff, GeA. Kuroki, the hero OF the
Yalu, and his staff, arrived here today
from Pttsburg and Chicago for a series
of brilliant State entertainments, on their
way TO the jamestown Exposition. The
visitors were taken in carriages directly
to the New Willard Hotel. where breakfast
was served. Exchange of courtesy visits
took pace between them and the japanese
Embassy and the War Department later in
the day. Ambassador Aoki presented Ku-
roki ar d his fellow officers to Secretary Taft
who recognized several members of the party
wi ON he had met in Japan. During the rest
of the week the Iarty will be given an ela5o'
rate series of official entertainments, includ'
ing q dinuer ct the White House Saturday
night.
The friend" for whom John L. Sullivan
appealed to the President and Secretary TAFT
Yesterday, to lberate from the military
prison at Governors Island, New York, will,
ia all probability continue TO do time. 1t
was his nephew and name slke, John Law
renee Lem, for whom the ex-chamption APP
pealed. Young John l.. was following the
profession Of marine in the service of the
United States lie left his command down
10 Cuba one day, to go to British cruiser,
ito get some American food" Old John L.
was not able yesterday 10 explain exactly
what it was that led him to do such thing,
but he was dead sure it was not case of de.
serton, as the court martial found, and so
told the secretary and the President.
President Roosevelt has consented to be-
come honorary President of the American
School Hygene Association,