Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-09

three employees of a detective agency
BOuteIl said both one's ~ould IT.
ceive consideration by the committee 10
executive session. Lilly, continuing saio:
"My charges are contain d my reso-
luton. do not proPos 10 constitute
myself as a grand jury aud submit WIZ
len charges and have myself held oown
IN that. But | will have witnesses cslleo'
and with help of counsel Will examine
them to bring out the facts. bou!tIl
wanted Lilley to proceed today, but
the Connecticut Congressman ssid
that he would not be ready to examine
witnesses till Thursday. at ! should 1es-
tify now" he declared, sit might PIE
vent some of the facts coming out
the rumor WAS current today on good
authority that should Liley fail to make
good all bis charges, resolution VIII
he introduced 10 the House demanding
his expulsion. This would be put on
the ground that he bad attacked the ~
tegrity of the membership If the House
without justification. Ii will mean either
disgrace for one or more members OF ibe
House, or expulsion for Lilley. Follow
ing are the persons whom Mr.. L'lley
desires to have su bpoesned as witnesses
s. P. House, Morgan Bradford and
Alfred B. Wells. of the Bradford Dettc-
tive A 'eucy, Washington; Isaac l..
Rice. president; E'ibu B. Frost, vice
presiden Morris Bennett, treasurer;
August Treadwell, IT,, assistant tTessu'
rer' and Morgan H. johnson, OF ii Piut
street, New York, attorney all Officers
of the Electric Boat Company; Marion
Butler, G. f. Cieecy, f. w. Creecy
F. P. b. Sands. w. R. Kerr, Mr.. Eden
boro and w. B. Gordon. Mr.. Boutel
anuouaced that, as Mr.. Lilley would
not be ready to proceed until Thursday,
the committee would a ,urn until thai
day at 10 a. m.
Resolutions were adopted by the com
nittee when in executive session thu
afternoon. the gist of which is to refus,
a point blapk some of the requests mad
by him in spite Of his representation
tn at compliance with hem WIS essenlia
to the success of the inquiry.
Mr.. WI Ting Fang, the new Chimes
Minister who arrived in Washington
from Pekin Saturday night, called OF
Assistant Secretary of Stste Bacon sn'
later on Secretary of State Root. Ib
Col was formal for the purpose Of th
minister paying his respects and to TAX
DID the matter of presenting his ctedeu
tiaIs to the President, the date of wbic'
has not yet been set. Minister WI, II
answer to inquiries, stated that he bat
no news on the situation between Chlni
and Japan, but he did not anticipate an.
ser ious outcome of the situation.
According to a wireless dispatch re
ceived at Pensacola, Fa,. from the battle
ship Georgia, at O'Clock p M. the fleet
position was latitude IA 81 north, an
longitude l02.01 west. We shall srrlv
at Msgdalena bay on March II, tw
DAYS ahead of schedule time. TIL
we, or is fine. The speed is now 10 J.
knobs. The cruise has been successful
in every way, and the ships are in perfec
condition. The feet will be ready 70
record practice Immediately. The re
ceipt of this dispatch, sent as it was
through the air, 400 miles across To
mountains and deserts of Mexico an
the gulf is regarded by officiils of III
navy department as one of the mos
remarkable fests in wireless telegraph
yet accomplished.
The democratic members of the con
mittee on banking and currency pu
..nefnssfs g o. recC.o 10 favor OF an lssu
of United States mergency currenc
notes, in minority report on the Fowle
bill filed with the House today. Tn
bill approved is that introduced b
minority leader Williams, of Mississippi
Campaign managers suffered sad blo'
from the u. S. Supreme Court today
That court decided that any one VIII
sends letter to an employee in fed
eral building, soliciting campaign cor
tri utions, violates the law as much a
if the writer hsd made the solicitation II
person in the building. This decision
was announced in the case of Edward 5
Thsyer, of Texas, who WAS indicted 70
soliciting in the pOstofiee at Dallas
Texas, by aending letters to employees
of the Uuited States, in behalf of the q
10. p. of Texas. This solicitation, 1t ws
alleged, was at the suggestion of C9ei
Lyon, republican State committee. Th
lower court dismissed the case sgalu'
Thsyer but the Supreme Curt OF tn
| United States ordered that decision re
versed and Thsyer tried.
| Strained relations with Venezuela
which may result in theIuplure OF diplo
matte intercourse between this COUNT
and President CsstrO's government ar
expected to follJw the early publication
of the correspondence regarding th
treatment of American investors 10 Vene
zuels and the subsequent action of con
gress there on.
Virginia News.