Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-06-08
From Washington
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
Washington, June 8.

cerned. The rest of the administrators
Crust busting programme will be car
RED out substantially as previously out
lined in these dispatches. The next prose-
cution to be gotten under way will be
that of the anthracite coal carrying COM
bine, papers in which will probably be
filed IN Philadelphia next week. Suits
against other alleged illegal combinations
will be begun as soon as the Department
of Justice IAN get them in shape. One
or two will likely go over till fall, on &C
count of inability to secure all the evil
dence necessary at this time. These
matters were left largely to the cOnve.
uience and discretion Of the attorney
general. So much difference of opinion
developed at the conference over the
Hartman case, that it occupied most OF
the three hours session. 1t was this diff
ference of opinion that caus I'd the Pres;-
dent to defer decision in the matter I'M
til the Interstate Commerce Commission
shall have made its report on the inves-
tigation into the Hartman operations.
Alter that report is filed, it will go to
the Department of Justice, when, as
stated in the announcement made by
Secretary Loeb, after the adj )urnment OF
the conference, Attorney General Bona
parte will carefully consider" it.
This means nothing else than that any
plans the administration may have had
looking to the early prosecution of Har-
riman have been abandoned. The fact
is, the President 10 at sea. The cOuser-
vative members Of the Cabinet are urg-
ing him to drop the Hartman matter
for the present. Even Chairman Knapp,
of the commission, has expressed him
self as doubtful whether Hartman
could be successfully prosecuted on the
evidence thus far adduced. The impress
sion seems to be gaining ground in Off
cal circles that Hartman has kept
within the limit of the law in his various
manipulatiOns ard there are those
who make the unqualified pre-
diction that he will never be pros
ecuted. The President himself is said
to have remarked recently that although
he was satisfied that Hartman was
morally culpable, he was doubtful
whether there was any law to cover NEST
of the ofsnses with which he has been
charged. 1t is a serious question also
whether absolute immunity has not al
ready been accorded Hartman by tie
government in the fact that he has tesu-
fed uodet summons relative to the mat
tiers on which a prosecution would be
based. The immunity would not, Of
course, extend to the railroads them
selves which are charged with maintain
ing an illegal combination in restraint of
trade and competition. But the evidence
as to such alleged combination is believed
by many to be entirely insd .quate.
The threshiug out of many hidden
army post scandals and hidden jeaousies
Of high army officers is promised when
the damage suits Mrs. Alexander Ayres,
wife of Lieutenant Colonel Ayres, has
instructed Der attorney to bring against
officials of the government military acad-
envy whom she blames for the War De-
partme1t order barring her from the
academy grounds, are brought to trial.
The jealousies of ''Iin soldiers" against
real war veterans is declared by friends
of the Ayres to be behind the whole af-
fair. Col. Ayres, who served brilliant
~ in the Spsnish-American war, is
not a West Pointer. He stands an
equal chance for promotion to brig
sdier.general, however, with many
IVES. Point graduates. The jealousy
of officers whose services to their country
has been mostly rendered in Washington
or at some sleepy army post is said to be
behind snubs and sights offered Mrs.
Ayers. The affair eliminated when she
criticized West Point officials drawing
the response of allegations against her
which she says resulted in making her
unwelcome at West Point where her son
is a cadet. To prove her claims for
damages aggregating 100000 against
the officers she claims slandered her,
Mrs. Ayres is said to be preparing to air
other scandals where West Pointers have
been guilty of sights and offences to un-
popular men who have gained promotion
through conspicuous services.
The President shook hands today with
the champion baseball players of the
world DC. White, the star pitcher Of
the Chicago Americans led his associates
White Sox to the White House and
Introduced them to Mr. Roosevelt. 1t
was merely a hsndshake the President
gave the Americans, for he was over
run with persons who sought 10 have
las, word with him before bis departure
from Washing on for the summer.
An accident occurred at 1880 this
morning at the New Gaiety Theatre in
course of construction On Ninth street
northwest. The ceiling fell burying four
workmen, who were rescued and taken
to the Emergency Hospital.
VIM. l.. CossmaD, 25 years old, fire.
man employed by the Chesapeake aud
Ohio Railroad, was found unconscious
at 622 Pennsylvania avenue this morn
ing with the gas turned on. He was
taken TO the Emergency Hospital.
Thomss Day, colOred, 81 years old, a
fever patient at the hospital, jumped from
the third story window this morning.
He was so badly injured that be is not
expected to recover.
Dr. Robert A. MarmiOn, who was
stricken with apoplexy in front of the
White House yesterday, died at the
Emergency Hospital this morning.
Prefers his Mothers Grave.
Chicago, June Charlie Hopkins
wanted 10 be near his dead mother. 80