Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-01-28
From Washington.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette. !
Washington, Jan. %.

the amendment Of the Sherman anti
trus. law, the S ate committee on COM
merce has made report, through Sens
tor Nelson, in which such plain language
is used tba; II is easy to sea that the
committee holds in coz tsmpt the legal
abilities Of the federation az we'll as Of
President Roosevelt who strongly urged
the adoption of the measure proposed by
that organization. "To amend the anti
trus. act, as suggested by this bill, " says
the report, "woUld be to entirely emss-
culats It, and for all practical purposes
render it nugatory SIS q remedial statute.
Criminal prosecutions would not lie and
civil rcmedies would labor under the
greatest doubt aud uncertainty. The
act as it exists is clear, comprehensive,
certain and highly remedial. It ptsoti-
caliy covers the field of federal jurisdic-
ton aud is In every respect model law.
To destroy or undermine it at this june
lure, when combinations are on the in.
crease, aud sppesr to be as oblivlous as
ever Of the rights of the public would be
a calamity.
President Roosevelt today accepted
the invi.stiou of the New York rspubli-
can county committee to escort him from
the Capitol, immed alely following the
inaugural ceremonies, to the Union
station, where be will lake Pennsyl-
vsnia tain en- route home to Oyster
Bay. The committee will have 500
members 10 line aud when they see Mr.,
Roosevelt aboard his train, they will re-
arm to participate in the inaugural pa
rade TO President Taft. Mr.. ROosevelPs
idea is to get away as soon as possible 10
order that be mas complete plans for de.
parting about March 20 on his African
nuut.
Dispatches received at the British
Embassy today from New Foundland in.
dictate that tie dissatisfaction with the
compromise arranged by Secretary Root
and Au bassador Bryce for the settle
meDt OF the fisheries dispute is not d.
rectsd azaiost the important issues.
Taere is belief that the arrangement will
be put through 10 the form 10 which it
was drafted before Secretary Root lett
his Office.
At toe White House today President
Roosevelt shook hands with the widow
Of Tom Thumb, now the Countess Magri,
her husband, Count Msgri, and Baron
Maqri. The diminuitive people came
over from Baltimore just 10 get a word
If greeting from the president.
The president sent to the Senate to-
day the nomination of Afford w. Cooley,
Of New York, to be assistant attorney
general. Cooley resigned from this
post a year ago on account of i'll health
and has been in New Mexico ever since.
[. lie stated that he has recovered his
health and will be back in Washington
The president also sent to the Senate
the nomination of Juan SnmuloDg, to
be a member Of the Philippine commits
sion.
The House committee on merchant
marine and fisheries adopted a resolu-
ton today declaring It to be the settled
policy Of the committee that 1t would
cot consider sny bill conferriDg Ameri-
can registry on foreign built ships
wrecked on the United states coasts or
elsewhere. This disposes Of several
bills that have been pressed with great
vigor by ship builders and shipping it,
teTests.
A committee Of MssOns from Alexan.
dris, consisting of Messrs. O. H. Gala
han, J. F. Brlell, A. II. Oehlert snd
I. A. Fisher wle here To-Day to invite
SPEAKERS to the annual banquet to be
given by Aleza1dfia-W Washington Lodge
of Masons in that city on February %
A lengthy conference was held at The
White House this afternoon between
President Roosevelt, Judge Metropolis,
sho has had charge Of the prosecution
Of the sO.cslled tobacco trust and Faux |
B. Kellog, who has been pressing the
dissolution suit against the Standard
Oil Company.
Having killed Ernest Lewis, a |
negro, Wbeu he was IA years old,
Chsr,es willard, not Jet Is, plead |
guilty 10 manslaughtsr in Judge |
Goud's court this morning. He
gss remanded for sentence until the !
court decided what action to pursue.
"This is another strong argument in
favor Of s reiorna'ary," declared the
Judge in commenting upon the case.
Bidq we're open at the Navy Depart
ment today for the construction and
equipment Of high power wireless tele-
graph tower aud station in the city Of
Washington and on the various ships of
the bsteship feet The tower is to be
approximately 500 feer in height. There
we're seven bidders.
President Roosevelt sent a cAblegram
10 the president and Congress Of the
Republic OF Cuba, saying. Governor
Msgoon will, by my direction lurn over
10 son on the % OF this month the con-
rol and government of the Island of
Jabs, and he will there upo1 declare
.he proviopal admins ration of the afa RS
If the I.lsnd by the United States to be
1t an end"
A marriage license wss issued in this
,itg tyday to Archibald B BeVsn, Of
his city, and Mary NJ. Meade, of Clarke
county,
Nsrcissa Parllow has been sppoin ed
postmaster a, Fsymsu, Prince William
county, Va, vice w. n. Psrtlow, de-
ceased
The Comptroller Of the Currency has au-
horized the resunption Of business by the
Union National Bank, Of Summeryille, Pa,
which was clo'ed last October. 1t is stated
hist the bank was complied with the condi-
ions imposed by the Comptroller, and that
Is capital stock is now unimpaired.