Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-11-19
From Washington.
lC1Tespondsnos Of the Alexandria Gazette
Washington, Nov. 49,

Ised today ss az aftermath OF The meet.
ing OF the railroad officials here this
week 10 the National Association OF Bail.
road Com mlssioDers. The rsilrosd men
see 10 President Tsft's recommendations
q mensce far greater than any action OF
the Roosevelt standardization, according
10 Lobbyists with whom they talked and
hey plan to fight any legislation 10 Con.
Rress this winter to the last ditch. The
plan TO give The Iuters ale Commerce
Commission power TO pass upon the rea-
sonsbleness OF rates before they are put
toto effect and the plan 10 supervise The
issuance OF railroad stock and bonds will
mean that not 8 mile of new railroad will
be constructed In this country for twenty
i've ysats, they say. The administration
plan is being perfected by FIVE of the
greatest attorneys 10 the G0uOtfY, Presi-
TENT TAFT, Secretary OF Stale Knox, Sec
retsry OF War Dickinson, Attorney Gen.
tfsl Wickershsm and Secretary Of Com.
meroe aud Labor Nagel. Tue recommen-
islioDs OF lbe president to Congress for
rsilrCad legislation will be water tight,
say the rairosd men, and, II enacted,
will not b. very easy 10 overthrow In the
courts. They will mean less delays 10
,he enforcement Of railroad regulation
Washington is momeotarily awsitipg
news of the outbreak OF reign OF terror
10 NicsIsgus s0ch IS hiss not yet pre-
vailed 10 the so.cslled republic where
medieval prectices OF torture and cruelty
are every day occurrences. The State
Department is awaiting today reply 10
be perenptoty demand Tor an explsna'
ion of the killing of The two Americans.
b. a vote Of four to oue the principals
Of the Washington High Schools have
decided TO abolish football. This de.
cisloD may possibly be modified later, /,
was stated today, provided the rules
committee al its meeting in New York
early in January takes drastic action to
make the game less hazardous. With
me general public sentiment sgsinst re.
sumption OF the game 10 Washington,
add the decision of the Georgetown
Uovtrsity authorities to abolish The
sport 1t Is believed that iuter.higb
school football will never sgslo be play
I'd here.
The safe OF Massachusetts put In q
oiii sgsinst the government some time
ago for reimbursement of expenses ip-
Cured In aiding the United Safes to
raise the volunteer srmy for the war
with Spain. The bill amounted 10 1852,
92S. The auditor for the War Depart.
ment vent through this like h1rricsne
and disaIlowed all but s1S,2i8 On the
revision of the account by the comp
troller Of The treasury, he has SLOWED
Massachusetts, 40 additional SUN Of S29, e
TAO. so that The state will get altogether
$47 958.
General Louis Torres, governor Of
SoDora, Mexico, is here Today for VISIT
OF sevtIa' months. He is accompanied
by hfs wife aud daughter.
The papers in the Gaze Of the govern
menps appeal from Judge Hollis decl-
sion that the sugar trust directors are
projected by the statute of limitations
from prosecution Oh the charge Of VIC.
lsliDg the Sherman antitrust law by
seeking to establish a monopoly through
the closing Of the Philadelphia Sugar
Re6oery which resulted in the bang
ruptcy of AdClph Ssgal, were received
today at the Department Of Justice.
They were prepared by District A,tor-
ney Wise, CT New York. The attorney
general will move at the esrlist possible
moment that the Supreme OOur! shall
set an early date for hearing on The
appeal. Under The best OF circumstsnces
he does not expect to be able to serure q
date earlier than The middle.of January.
Attempt to obtain from the Treasury
Department the Dames Of the six cos.
toms inspectors wbo have been suspend
ed By Collector Loeb, Of the New York
custom house, under Charge, we're frUs-
traled today, and the declaration was
made that II The pames are 10 be dis.
closed, they will have TO be made public
by Mr.. Loeb himself.
Should The Department Of Justice de-
eide to make an investigation Of the
recent merger of the Western Uuion
Company with the American Telephone
sud Telegraph Ojmpsny, in which
Macksy, the owner Of tbs Postal 1ele-
grspb, is the largest stockholder, as now
seems entirely probable, 1t will find q
great deal of material already 10 hand.
Because Of numerous complaints from
different sections OF the country, bat
especially from the vest, to the effect
that telephone companies we're violating
the Sherman antitrust Law by endesvor-
ing to establish monopolies through the
absorption Of the smaller concerns, the
Senate year ago instructed the Secre-
tary of Commerce ADD Labor to make an
investigation into all of the telegraph
sod telephone companies doiog an inter-
state business with the view of ascertain
ipg their relations to the public, the
condition of their employees, and their
receipts aud expenses. The Blresu of
Corporations hiss been st work upon this
and expects to make a preliminary re-
pert TO Congress q, the coming session.
1t Is said that the investigation has
shown that The American Telephone
Company, o,berrise knoSn as the Bill
Company, has been the worst offender 10
the mstter of swallowing smaller COM
Ianfes, by which means it hiss 80 firmly
established itself 10 s1me of the states SIS
to have practically absolute control Of
Communication by ielephoue there and
fixes lis Owe rates without fear Of COM
petition. II, through lite acquitted con.
troll of the Wesiern Uoinp. II can now