Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-04-22
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER.

that the bill may reach the hual vote
about Jane fret.
The mysterious woman in Blue"
who haunted President Roosevelt dur
ing the last four years Of his adminisra-
ton, Is now camping on the trail oil
President Taft. She made her sppear'
snce a. the White House late Wednes-
day afternoon, attempted to see the
president, failed In the attempt, aud
disappeared. Whether she left tbe city
or merely went sway for the day add
will return again topress her mysterious
cause, the attaches of the White House
do not know. fhe Woman in Blue"
is Mrs. Lucy Lee, Of Great Neck, Long
Island. She has a family, is well con-
uected, we'll to do, and apparently
should be satisfied with life Che is
possessed, however, with an uncOntrol,
liable desire to follow the president OF
the United States and imsgines II she
can ley her csse before him he will right
some fsDcied wrong.
Capt. George Q Burnell, of the sig
cal corps, United States army, who shot
himself 10 the head at the Laurel, Nd,
sanitsrium yesterday, died this morn
ing. He had been suffering from ner-
vous breakdown, and feared he was 60
Jog insane. For the past five years be
had been in command Of Fort Wood,
NY.
Attorney General Wickershsm is to.
day hearing reasons advanced why the
government should abandon its 't'ust-
busting" suit agsiust the New YORK,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad. The
railroad company takes the ground that
there never has been sufficient evidence
to warrant action but that if the goVern-
meut Is determined to maintain the suit,
the proceedings should be pushed in
Justice to the railroad company. Recon-
mendalion has been made to the attor'
ney general for an abandonment of the
case. He is inclined to favor the recon-
dation.
The S ate Department received dis
patch today from Consul General George
NJ. West, at Vancouver, B. Q. reporting
he seizure of the American fishing
schooner, Charles l.. Woodbury. and
saying that detailed report Of the in-
cident had been sent the department by
nail. Until this report is received the
densrtment will take no sction. The
principle involved In the seizure OF the
American vessel is probably the question
If The three mile limit, although the adj
ustment of the differences between The
Uoited States and Great Britain con-
cerniug the fishing privileges Of Heca'e
Strait may have a bearing on the case.
The State Department has asked Great
Britain for statement of its attitude
with reference to Hecsle Strait and is
awaiting a reply.
President Taft bad fnal conference
today with the Liberisn commission,
which sails on Saturday for the black
republic to study the social and politi-
cal and industrial conditions of the
country. The commission is composed
Of Roland P. Faulkner, DR.. GeO'g'
Sale, and Emmett ]. Scott, the latter
colored. Scott is Booker I. Washing
toms secretary and Was appointed on
the commission at the special recon-
meudation OF Washington.
Wireless messages are being cent out
with the hope OF picking up the revenue
cutter Tahoma, with instructions from
the State Department to proceed to
Turkish waters to take care Of Americans
and American interests that might be in
danger by the revolution. The cutter
is now on her way from Baltimore to
Puget Sound by way OF Slez, She is
expected to reach the Acres on the 29Ih
and Gibraltar on Msy ! Further in
s,ructions will be issued at Gibraltar.
The independent oil producers, which
means those not affiliated with the
Standard Oil, were present In large num-
bers today when the Senate committee
on finance gave them hearing, They
asked for a duty Of 80 per cent sd va
loren on crude petroleum and its pro-
ducts and for the removal OF the draw
back features of the Payne bill so fer as
they effect oil.
The president received 100 indepen-
dent oil producers and reAuers at the
White House this afternoon. They
we're introduced by Mr.. Vreelsnd, Of
New York.