Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-12-23

aud John F. Gaynor a review OF the
judgment OF the lover court. This ends
the noted Gaze. Greene and Gsynor
must 20 to the penitentisry. Gsynor
and Greene, who were contractors, were
accused OF conspiring with Captain ODER
lin II. Garter, Corps of Engineers, U.
8. A., to defraud the government in
connection with improvement work in
Savannah bsrbor. For nearly ten years
the tso men had been fighting to escape
punishment, aided by the shTewdest
lawyers in the United States and Canada
and almost unlimited financial resources.
Carer he's served his sentence. The
government has spent more than $780,
900 in prose curing the men and Greene
and Gaynor probably twice that amount
in their defense.
There ia much comment in naval cir
cles today over Admiral Melville's ar
raignment of the "bureaucrats, in an
interview published yesterday. "fhe
bureaucracy" is the favorite sore spot OF
the Navy Department, and though Sec
rotary Metcalt is inclined to defend the
system, at certain intervals oneor other
Of the elder officers takes fling at it,
lust as Admiral Melville has done. "The
bureau system is inefficient" said Ad-
miral Brownson, who, as chief OF the
bureau of navigation, is one of the i'm
portant officials OF the department. cts
= poor way of looking after the navy"
Many other officers have the same opin-
ion, aud the general idea seems to pre-
vail that now is as good time as any
to bring about the establishment OF a
general staff to correspond with the army
organization and which is the system
that most of the departments critics
have in mind. So far as recent criticims
of the navy itself go, Secretary Metcalf
and ether officials of the administration
agree that it's good thing. Ifit will
serve to bring the attention of Congress
to its needs ard short comings 1t will be
benefit rather than q detriment.
Three of the five Central American
Republics represented at the recent
peace conference have replied favorably
TO the proposition, made by the dele.
gates, 10 grant full amnesty for political
offanses. This resolution was one of the
last acts of the conference and it is said
that It will be received with unanmity
by the Presidents of the FIVE republics.
The three presidents who have replied
are President Gonzales Viquez, OF Costa
Rics; President Seyla of Nicaragua, and
President Figueroa, Of Salvador. All
stated that they fully cOncurred in the
proposition. The other two govern
ments to be heard from are Guatemala
and Honduras.
A warrant was sworn out here today
for the arrest of James ]. O'Shea, for
merIy of Elmira, N. Y, and for the
last years assistant manager of the Regal
shoe Company, in this city. de Is
charged with having taken $500 from
the safe OF the store yesterday. Detec-
tives are looking for him.
The announcement of Thomss W..
Lawson's plan to run Roosevelt and
johnson as the presidential and vice
presidential candidates of a brand new
politicsI party, caused considerable COM
ment here today. There was much
speculation as to whether Lawson had
received "hunch' from the President.
when he visited the White House few
days ago. An official close to the Pres
ident stated, however, that the Pres
ident is entirely innocent of completely
in Lawson's scheme.
Two hundred striking nitrate workers
we're killed by government troops at
Iquique, Chill, Saturday. Ten thous-
and workmen from the interior refused
to disperse and the troops opened fire
with machine guns. A state Of seige
WIS declared.
It was stated at the White House
today that the President will allow his
order to stand, with reference to the
removal of the federal troops from Gold.
fields next Monday, unless the govern
or of Nevada can give some more
potent reason than he hss thus far pre-
scented why they should be retained.
The constiiutionslity of the ordinance
Of the city of Minneapolis, Mimi, clos
ing saloons CD Sunday was upheld by
the U. S. Supreme Court.
A poll of bankers 10 the four States Of
Virginia, West Virgins, Maryland and
North Carolina has been made with the
object of finding out their views on the
currency question. From the answers
received, it is evident that there is q
strong opposition in this section Of the
country to the proposition for the estab-
lshment Of 8 Central Federal Bank Of
issue. There is an even stronger senti-
meni, however, in favor of the authori-
zltion of an emergency currency circula-
ton to be issued in times Of stress and 10
be automatically retired.