Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-06-20

lIOfTcspOuOcuUt Vi AitAnHuiio O"HSesNsl
Washington, June 20.
The possibility of the German govern
ment exerting an influence in the il
vestigation by the Interstate Commerce
Commission into the complaint of the
Cosmopolitan Shipping Company against
the alleged trust of foreign steamship
lines of which the Hamburg American
Packet Company is the chief offender, is
acknowledged in Washington. Ia ef-
feet, the German government is a party
defendant in the action, it being charged
that the foreign corporation is backed by
that government. 1t is understood that
representative of the German embassy
will attend hearings in the investigation,
which will be held in New York city.
The manner in which the shipping
"tlusl" is said to monopolize trade in
the United States, is by pooling and
assignment to its different members, OF
oil freight originating in Chicago, ST..
Louis, Kansas City, Omaha, st. Paul,
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Duluth and other
manufacturing cities Ports of clearing
are assigned to the Hamburg American
Packet Company, The North German
Lloyd; The Scandinavian American
Line, and the Wilson (HulD Line, all
alleged members of the trust 1t is
charged that the Hamburg-American gets
56 per GEN.. of the American traffic;
North German Lloyd, II IL per cent.
Wilson (HulD, Lines, 2 Upper cent.and
the Scandinavian 81 per cent. In all,
it is alleged that the "lrust" controls 81
DER cent. of the traffic from Interior
American cities to Continental Europe.
The combined lines will deny that there
is any combination in restraint of trade,
and will point out that the Cosmopol-
itan Shipping Company, the complainant,
is itself foreign corporation, controll'
ed by Hecksher, The Danish Steamship
owner.
"Elated over its victory over Russia,
and confident in its power, the japanese
government is awaiting the opportune
moment to declare war against the
United States. The time will come
sooner or later, when we will be forced
to enter the field against the yellow
hordes of the orient" This was the
alarm that Col. Emmett M. Urell, past
commander -in-chief, sounded to the
United Spanish war veterans when they
met last night to welcome the present
Commander-in-c Ward, of Buffalo.
Col. Urell couuceled against being lull-
ed ipto a sense of false security, and
favored immediate war preparation. lie
aske the veterans to use their influence
to have a greater navy maintained.
Commander.in.chief Ward, who is on a
tour of inspection, left today for Scran-
ton, Pa.
japanese Ambassador Aoki, today,
for the first time, talked freely regard
ing relations between the United States
and Japan, incidentally expressing dis
belief in the rumors that he is to be re-
called. "There is no situation he
said, between Japan and the United
States. The best of relations exist, and
there is nothing of diplomatic charac-
ter under consideration. 1t is very
distressing that there would be agitation
over trifes which are purely of local
import, if import at ALL" as the pro-
gressive party strong enough TO secure
your recall ~ be was asked. 81 do not
credit the story of my recall" he re-
piled. "The progressive5 do not have a
majority in the national legislature. l
do not know what their strength really
is, but think not very great" The
Ambassador in reference to the Pacific
said it was a fallacy to suppose that any
country could ever dominate the Pacific.
at is too big" he declared" and there
are too many countries bordering on it.
The interests of all must be conserved,
and it is idle to suppose that Japan can
ever hope to control such vast com
MERGE that even the Asiatic countries
will furnish"
Bids were opened at the navy depart
ment this afternoon for the two new
battleships of the Dreadnougbt type, au-
thorized by congress at the last session.
The lowest figures were submitted by
the Newport News Shipbuilding Com
pany, which bid $3,9S7,0OO. The
next lowest bidder was the Fore
River Shipbuilding Co., at a, $780,
900. These two companies will likely
get the contract for one ship EACH.
Wm. Cramp and Sons bid the highest,
being So, 100, 600 while the New York
Shipbuildiug Company bid 81. 545, 600.
Bids we're also opened for armor for the
ships. The Carnegie and Bethlehem
Steel Companies put in identical bids OF
1920 per ton from 1856 tons from class
A, and $500 a ton for ], 420 tons for
armor of other classes. The Midvale
Company put in uniform bid of $4lO
ton on all classes of armor.
The Department of Justice has begun
an investigation of the United Shoe
Machinery Company, corporateG under
the laws of Massachusetts. 1t is charged
that the corporation owns and controls
all the machinery used in the United
States for the manufacture of shoes; that
it leases t5 machinery only under a stiff
royalty and that it is operating in re-
straint of trade 1t is limited that some
men of wide influence are financially in
terested in the concern.