Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-12-20

are To-Day In conference with Secretary
Of Commerce and Labor Nagel and Com.
missioner of Lsbor Neill, looking to-.
ward the governmental Investigation srd
report on the status of industrsi educa-
tion 10 the Jailed Sales. The Ameri-
can Federation of Labor is represented
By Samuel Gompsrs, john Mitchell,
Frank MorrIson and James O'Connell.
A determined eff)rt is going to be
made by the insusgent republicans in
both houses of Congress this water to
knock cut of the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill the item
OF s25. 600 year travelling expenses OF
the president. This plot was patched
up for revenge by the insurgents who
are sill smsrtiag under tho verbal
laabiogs given them by President Taft
On bis last Western trip, it was learned
today add big fight Is promised when
the bill comes up after the holiday
recess.
Horace E. Lu,ton, of Tennessee, was
today cop6rned by the Ssns;e az an as'
sociats justice Of the Supreme court of
the United 8 atep. There was no oppo.
stiou expressed and the appointment
went through as matter of routine. l.
is expected Justice Lurton will take The
oath aed cit on the Supreme bench when
the tobacco cases come up for argument
January 3.
A formal request for the recognition
fox the Nicaraguan revolutionary gov
erDment, made by G~nersl Estrada, ts
| now in The bands OF Sale Department
Estrada declared that be will not accept
any executive selected By Z'lsys or the
Congress, and the intimatIon ia that be
will fight if either Msdtz or Irias is
chosen The telegram from GsneIal
E,uads wss dated Decemb-r 1S aud was
received from Blue6elds By way
of O,lop. The State Department hfs
MOI repIizd 10 Er,rada'S rguest emo,
IN ell probability, will defer action unlil
The situation develops. 10 the nasn-
lims while condition of tnrmoil exists
in western Nicaragua, particularly a.
Mausgus, L9on aud Grauada, 1t is ex'
pecsed lhst nos,ililss will begin at any
moment between the forces Of Estrada
aud q .laSa 10 the vicinity OF Rama in
view Of the determination of the revolu.
tionis,s to 6ght to the bitter end to oust
z .laYa and his followers from Nicaragua:
A report that Senator Nelson, chsir-
| msn of the Sanat. committee on pubic
lands, would iprroduce revolution to
investigate the questions Involved IN the
BsIliugsr. PiDchos controversy, vas de-
cIs,ed By that statesman todsy 10 be
without foundation Senator L,Fol.
latte, who has also been credited with
an Intention to call for an investigation,
said today tha. he had not yet consider
ed the matter.
Mr.. Carlin has introduced bills 10 the
House OF Rep:t sen ta,iVts granting pen
sous to claudia d. Blakemsn aud to
Lillian B Sprlgg.
| Railroads to the number of 496 were
made defendants today 10 suit brought
oy the Arlington heights Fruit Ex.
change, OF Riverside, GAL, and l4O
OF other fruit coacer 9 OF that safe, be-
fore The Interstate commerce commisslnc.
This is the larges. number OF defendants
ever name in single cult In the history
of the commission. Tbs best record
having been 2l9 railroad defendants. ln
order to epeoa.sge the lemon industry
| ia Oalifornis Congress iu tbs new tar.tt
bill increased the duty on that class of
loo ported fruit from one cent to a cent
and half per pound. Shortly there
after the railroads ra;sed their rates for
the transportation of lemona to such
point as TO entirely absorb tia. extra
calf cent and row the growers complrio
20 the interstate commerce commission
that thess rates a:e uDresson able AID
unjust.
The appta! OF Harry Thaw from tho
decision of the New York courts com.
misius him TO Mat;eawap, will DOT be
considered b, the u S Supreme court.
Justice McKenna today denied peti.
non 10 review The cese.
The president scot to the Senate today
among other nominations the folloHing:
To be ambassador extraordinary and
plenlpotentiary to France, Robert
Bacon, Of New York; to be ambassador
Extraordinary and plen;poteatlary to
Austria Hungary, Richard O. Ker-
ems, of MlssouriI to be ambassador ex.
raorainary and plenipolent,ary to
Mexico, Henry Lane Wilson, of Wssh.
ingt,u; to be agent and consul general
OF the Uoitsd States at Cairo. Egypt,
NJ. Marshall Lsnghnrne, OF Virginia
Although R,chsrd Parr, deputy COL
lector snd one OF the infnrmers IN The
sugar frauds at the New York Customs
House. in settlement of which the Ameri-
csu Sugar Re6ping G mpsuy has paid
|, to the Urlied -tsieo Treasury 81 $50. :
48O, will prpoebiv receive some reward
for his work, il will DIT be soy hing !ise
the sum Of $780, 600 90 suggested 10 q
story printed To-Day Collector Los b
some months ago endorsed PARIS clslms
TO moiety in the amount OF the fine re-
| covered fr m the sugar trust. That 6ne
was $l85 1876. Out of that The goverc.
ueut has 10 paS all OF the expenses OF
Investigation, prosecution and the fees
Ut special attorneys. When all of these
expenses have besd deducted tho law
sa;s that q ds.ector and seizor will be
entitled TO IS per cent of the amount r.
covered. b., there are other clstu-
auts besides PAIR.
The 6ual appeal OF John B. Walsh,
the Chicago millionaire banker, accused
of wrecking three bsnks, was today
formally presented to the Supreme
Court of the United States by Attorney