Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-06

railroads. own laud on ctNFht"
they will oppose the former ave rs %
convfnient ior irseeicIs eod VII recon
ctnd the Seventh s,reei si,eJo Ojner's.' !
Nv request of Mr.. John sharp WI
lisms. minority leader OF the HOUSE.
Mr. Bell. of Georgia, one OF me Ge"''
cratic whips, has notified all The Gem.
c,a,ic members Of that body to be -
heir seats promptly every day ana 70
remain till The House scpu'ns- NJ
Williams wants the assistance OF ali ."e
den ocrsis 10 the fight he is now mAS'ns
10 he House.
Ow No to a difference OF opinion a.
q the fo,m of PROCEDURE, Mr.. Holm s
O1nrad, rtpreseutiug cresi ora Of Nif-
einia. today withdfeS, temporarily; ~
:, q Of tbe counsel Tor the state OF W.
gipia in bersti to compel West Var
ginla 10 psy cue third Of mr. STATE de''
amour ing 10 over $50 600 600. A.
toreg General Anderson OF Nlrgiolt
then SIS ,cisfed Randolph HarIisoo oil
Lynch burg, w., with himself IN 90
tad's olace. To bo'h ,h Dges, me I
=. supreme Court gave 3 approval
ArgumeI Is are to be mace ms wee
regarding the appointment OF a master
TO take testimony in the case ana IN
nature Of biz powers.
ApDesrog rs repn ssntaiives OF the
"ist ers" Of tn Hepburn bill, proposing
20 amen d the Sherman snil-"ust law,
Sc h Ltw ard Prot J. w. jerks, I
New W K, today made J. gal argumen =
hsfo,e the House committee on the
judiciary 10 daence If the bill. NJ.
| Lit field, chairman Of the sub-commIt-
Tee. considering the Hepburn bill, asked
Prot jerks to explaiu in detail the ID
f,rmatiOn which il was proposed 70 ee'
from cor. oralions in return for the pny'-
legs OF poollog and otherwise that tn"
Hepburn bill would give them. Prot.
Jsnks thought hat the President would
nave a right to require data about lbe
stocks and bonds If the corporations
"Dl you claim that we have the legs
alive riphtto spy information that has
no relation t. in erstate commerce 2 III
ouifed Nj. Liltlt6 ID. "You have If be
GENERAL welfare demands IT," replied
Pref jerks. Mr.. Liule6eld asked The
probes Lr to Include just one case in ne
records where the supreme Court had
taken the 'pubic welfare clause Il the
constilution rs the basis for extending
the enumerated rights given to C)ngfe's.
Chairman Boutell, OF the special COM
mittes investigating the Lilley chsrefs
Of corruption Of Congressman by the
Electric Boat Company, administered 8
rebuke today to Representative LILY,
author of the charges. He referred to
Lilley having made public certain sth.
df7its and papers before the committee
mad considered or read The documents II
nues,ion. Il want it understood,
said B1utell, "that nothing Is really evi
denca IN this case until it has befr
spoken or read 10 the open before this
committee ard placed in The record o
the hearings" Chairman BouIell ez'
pressed the nope that this advance pun
! icity would not be INDUCED in again.
Representative George A. l.. Loud, Of
Michigan, was the FIST witness, being
called at his own request 10 order that
he could reiute certain Legations mad
agai lst him
When the morning sessir ended,
Lilley was called a liar to his face
~ Robert Wooley, newspaper cor
respondent. Wooley had given tesli-
mony rejecting 90 Lilley regarding
his action ia connection with piece
of gossip about a member of the
House Lilly took he stand and swore
that Wooley's t6s inouy was false.
After he meeting, Wooley met Lilley in
the corridor and said: "Oi all the lists
have ever met you are the worst. >
"By your words today" replied Lilley,
"you destroy my faith 10 human nature. "
The signal cops Of the srmy began
today its spring series Of experiments in
balloon work from this CITY. The as.
C nsion todsy WAS made at 1 O'Clock by
Msior Edgar Russell and Csp,. Charl's
de f. Chandler, the srmy's aerononiic
exert. The fight VS. s made rom the gas
wo k, at l2.h and NJ streets southeast,
ina y hours uorthwCs- wind, which
ca,ried the balloon down across the
Potomac toward Alexandria.
P esi,Ient Roosevelt, indicated today
to a delegation Of Cougr' men that he
would give the employs OF the navy
yaid Sa urday helf-holidsys during July,
August aud september the law does
not give the men Eho make and rfpaiI
ships in the YARDS any bsll-bol DAYS dur
ing the summer, and for The las. four or
FIVE years the President has IS ned ex-
| ecutige orders granting them the breath
iDg SPILL ut The we' < end, which WAS
given by Congress to those who work 10
be government departments.
The President WAS Today Informed by
Representative Hill, Of Connecticut that
"a phi of the house which has Just made,
shows that the Aldrich bill will fail oil
passage. Hill told the President that
there is q strong sentiment for the creation
of fosncial commission which shall
work during the recess OF Congress and
submit report next Session.
The President today sent to the Sen
ate The nomination of Roger G. byron
to be poslm istera at North Emporis, Va,
ate Belield.)
Tn President today sent 10 the Sen
ate tbs name of JJhn :. Leech Of
Illiooi'. to he public pIilter. Leech
has been public printer 10 The Philip
pines and announcing Of his expected
appointment WIS made Saturday.
That the State Of Kentucky may tax
distilled spirits in the bonded ware
houses of he Uailtd STATES Without
violating the fed r > s,uCs VAS decided
today by the u. :. supreme Court.
The itinerary of he feet from Msg.
dolera Bay 20 San Francisco was & .eFeO