Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-01-25

been appointed DY inc Dopai'uent VI
Justice IS special attorney to test tho
c1nsiitutionslity OF the Law ri quiring that
opls tobacco be put 10 tobacco packages
ofersd for sgle, 10 the interest Of tie
company. TIE Department Of Justice re-
caired the tobacco company to pay him
The hearing vas called to enable Faux
ner on behalf of the North American
Commercial Company. holder Of the
sealing privilege in Alaska, to reply to
the argument for the destruction of the
herd az made by Fl. w. Elliott, of Clevt-
land. Faulkner showed how Elliott
had bobbed up in Congresssin years
past, at times acknowledging be was the
paid expert Of the Alaska Commercial
Company, which held the scaling priv
ileQe previous TO the time when the
North American Commercial Company
underbid il. He said Secretary OF
Treasury Foster refused to make public
report made by Elliott, "a 3 govern
ment agent, because, rs he wIote 10
Secretary of State Foster, Elliott was
biased nv his connections with certain
interests. Faulkner said en- extract OF
this report was PRINTED in newspaper
in Cleveland, Elliott's home town, and
thereupon Great Britain greatly en-
barrassed the United States by demand
iug the report at a time when the rela'
tons between the :wo nations was
strained. Faulkner quoted Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks, rs informing the sta, g
Department, when senator and chair
man of The joiDt high commission, that
Elliott was an impossible" person to
make seal investigation.
William II. Onelt, acting American
consul Arlington, today sent the fol-
lowing to the State Department ISIS
ters OF the Immaculate Conception snd
Hobbies safe. No American dead re-
ported Ninety per cent buildings King
atom destroyed. People facing situation
bravely Ono halfpOpulalion shelIering
in the open. American fathers aiding
mo 10 identify any of our citizens. In
terests being fully protected" "ho6-
bies" is the name an American family
concerning which inquiries had reached
the State Department and forwarded to
Mr.. Orrett.
The Russian minister to Chins has
informed the Chinese government that
Russia will complete the evacuation OF
Msncburia at once, Withdrawing all
troops except railway guard, accord
ing 10 a dispatch received at the State
Department from Minister RoekhilI at
Peking. According 10 previous reports
there are about 10000 Russian troops
We: to he withdrawn from Msnchuris
The Interstate Commerce Commission
transmitted to Congress is first report
on its investigation of determinations
and monopolies under the Joint resolu-
ton of Congress of March Z, 1906. The
report deals with nituminous coal car
ried east of the Ohio river. The roads
involved are The Norfolk q Western
Railway, Chesapeake & Ohio Railway,
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, Buffalo, Rochester and
Pittsburg Railway, Beech Greek Divis-
ion of the New York Central n Hudson
River Railroad, Pittsburg, ShawmuI a
Northern Railroad, Buffalo q Susque-
hanna Railroad, and West Virginia
Central & Pittsburg Railway (oow the
Western Maryland Rsilroad) The re-
port shows that all of the above COM
panies own, directly or BY stock
Ownership in other companies, large
interests in coal lands, and such
ownership by each company is
specifically described in the report.
After making an elaborate review OF the
evils of the present system OF car distri-
button and "the unequal and unjust
methods" now employed IN estimating the
capacity Of mines, the report closes With
the following recommendations First
That carriers be required TO make public
their ys'em of car distribution showing
how the equipment for coal service is
deyidtd among mining operations. Sec
ODd That fair, Just, and equitable
rating of mines be required and that pro-
vision be maid for the representation OF
owners of mines at tho rating thereof
Third That after reasonable time car
.ers engaged in interstate commerce be
prohibited from using ''individuaP or
''private cars" for handling OF coal ira
fic. Fourth That carriers be forbidden
after reasonable time TO own or have any
interest in any operated coal properties,
except such a. arc exclusively for their
own fnel supply. ard that ownership by
officers or employee of common carriers
of any coal properties or any of the stock
of coal companies along the line OF road
BY which they are employed, he forbid
den
Msj Gen. T. l. Ainsworth, military
secretary of the AMY, today received a
mail report from Lieut. Col. Glenn,
commandment Of the recruiting depot al
Columbus barracks, G lumbus, o. CON
corning the escapade of nearly 200 re
cruits last Monday night The colonel
discounts the amount Of damage done,
as previously reported, and says that
after careful investigation it WAS found
that the men used only rocks in their
celebrating and made no attempts TO
"shoot up the town" The damage vas
confned 10 the district of Columbus
known as the "bad lands" and consist
ed chiefly Of breaking in windows Of
saloons and other buildings. The dam
age will amount TO not more than $50,
lie s'ses..
Senator dupont of Delaware called at