Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-12-14
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lNATI0Ni APlTAL.l
After an interview with the Presi-
dent. Senator Cllom of Illinois an
nounced that Benjamin S. Cable of
Chicago, son of former Democratic Ma
tional Committeeman and Congress-
man Ben Cable, would be appointed as
Assistant Secretary OF Commerce and
Labor to succeed Ormsby McHarg.
The younger Cable is known as Re-
publican James f. Curtis is to sue
coed James b. Reynolds as Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury. Mr.. Curtis
is at present Assistant District Attor-
ney at Boston. engaged in the prosecu-
ton of the steel cases. He is not yet
SO and is unmarried. Chief Justice ].
w. Mills, of the Supreme Court of
Mexico, has been appointed as Cover
nor of that territory in place of George
Curry, the rough rider, who resigned
not long ago. James l.. Davenport was
advanced from the position as First
Deputy Commissioner of Pensions TO
be the Commissioner OF the bureau.
Mr.. Davenport is a New Hampshire
man who served in the Civil War as
private. He entered the government
service as a clerk in 1881.
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What to do to stop the assertions
from the army is the leading ques-
ton dealt with in the annual report of
Adjutant General Ainsworth. in view
of an increase in the number OF deser-
lions during the last year. The num-
Der of assertions was 1898. The gem
eral thinks that only a strict enforce
ment of severe penalties will check the
practice. Reasons he advances to ex-
plain the increase are the abolition OF
the canteen, monotony of garrison life,
increasing work and study required of
the soldier and the ease of obtaining
employment in these prosperous times
in civil life. Ten times as many whites
as blacks desert or the deserters,
1913 were caught and S15 surrender
ed. On October Is the actual strength
of the army. including Philippine
scouts, was Tits.
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On FL Fraile Island, one of the four
which form chain across the mouth
of Manila Bay, the War Department
has just completed a defensive work
in the exact form of a battle ship
made of solid concrete. the size of the
island being so small as to not allow
for the ordinary fort. This fixed ship
like structure has two turrets, in
each of which are mounted two IA
inch guns on swivels, so as to be
pointed in any direction. They are OPP
Grated from the fort on Corregidor ISL
and. where large battery of guns Is
mounted.
In the District of Columbia jail Mon
day. Sheriff Ship of Memphis, togeth-
er with his deputy Gibson, and four
residents of Memphis, began to serve
their sentences. which that day had
been imposed by the United States SUI
preme Court for contempt of that body
in having permitted the lynching of
Ed Johnson, a negro, while an applica-
ton for writ of error was pending
in the court The lynehing occurred
March 10, 1906.
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Secretary of State Knox, with the
full approval of the President, has ma
tured plans for the enforcement of de-
mands on President Zelaya of Near
aqua for complete reparation on ac-
count of the execution of the two
American citizens, Cannon and Groce,
last week, but Withholding action mo-
mentarily to give Zelaya q reasonable
time in which to answer and explain
his actions.
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Collector Loeb of the port of New
York has been working overtime with
his official ak in his effort to rehabili-
tate the customs service in the public
mind, and scores of old employees have
been officially decapitated. At the
same time James S. Clarkson, survey
or of the port, has made known his in
tention of resigning on Jan. !. The
scandals do not involve his name in a
direct way.
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The Appropriation Committee, head
ed by Chairman Tawney has been ex-
aiming the estimates for work on the
Panama Canal next year. after having
completed a personal inspection Of the
operations on the ground. The con-
gressmen were enthusiastic about the
progress that has been made under the
direction of Col. Cocktails.
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Gutierrez de Lara, the Mexican law
yer living in Los Angeles as an or
ganizer of the Socialist party, who
was held subject to deportation as be-
ing an alien anarchist, has now been
set free by the federal authorities, as
the charge was not proved. Lozano, a
Cuban, who wan arrested on the same
charge, will be sent back to Cuba.
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The United States Supreme Court
in a case arising under the employers
liability law, Monday decided that the
law Is now constitutional in federal
territory. This law was amended at
the last session of Congress so as TO
apply exclusively to interstate com
merce.
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Former Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw, In a Philadelphia interview.
said that these practices of under
and differentiation were not
confined TO New York, but had aITaya
existed in the other ports Of entry.
and he did not believe that they could
ever be stopped.
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The report Of the director Of the
mint for 1908 shows that the gold
mines OF the United States produced
4,574.340 ounces, Of the value Of S94,-
$50, 600, Colorado leading, with S22.-
$1,000 worth OF the yellow metal:
Alaska second, with Sis,s5s,sO0, and
third, with s19,329,700.
twenty-five States and Territories,
Porto Rico and the Philippines. are
producing gold. The total production
Of silver was 52,440.80O ounces, de-
crease Of 4.O73,900 ounces.
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President Taft and most OF the Dip
onats representing the Latin Ameri-
an republics on Thanksgiving day at
ended what was called Pan Ameri-
an service conducted by Cardinal