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

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OF Commerce and Labor Nsgel aud Com
missioner of Lsbor NeilI, looking to.
ward the goverDEeutsl investigation spd
report on the sta.1s Of induslFisi educs-
ton 10 the Uolled SAFES. The AmeTi-
can Federation OF Labor is represented
by Samuel G1mpsrs, John Mitchell,
Frank Morrison and James O'Oonnell.
A detssminad ttflft is going to be
made by the insuigeut republlGaos 10
both houses Of Congress this w,Otes to
knock ca, of the legislative, executi's
and judicial appropriation bill the item
Of $25 900 year travelling expenses oil
the president. This plot was patched
up for revenge by the insurgents who
are sill smsrling under The verbal
lashiUgs given them by President Taft
% bis last Western trip, 1t was learned
today sOd big fight Is promised when
the bill comes up after the holiday
recess.
Horace E. Luton, of Tennessee, was
today Confirmed by the Ssnsie az an as
socists justice OF the Supreme Court OF
the United s atep. There was no oppo'
sitiou expressed and the appointment
went through as matter Of routine. Ii
is expected Justice Lurton will take The
oath aod sit on the supreme bench when
the tobacco cases come up for argument
JaDusrY 8.
A i0rnsl request for the recognition
for the Nlcarsgusn revolutionary gov
erDment, made by General Estrada lie
now in The bands OF S ale Department
Estrada declares that be will not accept
any executive selected by z lsya or the
Congress, aud the intimation lie that be
will 6Sht if either Msdrz or Iriss is
chosen The telegram from General
Estrada wss d.ted December 18 and wss
received from Blue6elds by way
Of O,lou. The State Department hfs
not replied 10 Erirads's rguest emo,
10 slI probability, will defer action until
The situation develops. 10 the mesn-
time while condition of turmoil exists
10 western Nicaragua, particularly a.
Mansgus, Leon aud Granada, 1t is ex'
pecied thst hosliiiies will begin At any
moment between the forces OF Estrada
aud z ,lsys 10 the vicinity OF Rama in
view of the liberalization OF the revolo-
tionisu to 6gbt to the bitter end 10 oDst
Z lava and his followers from Nicarsgus.
A report tina, Senator Nelson, chsir'
no al of the Senate committee on pubic
lands. would Introduce resolution to
Investigate the questions Involved 10 the
BslIiuger- Piuchot controversy, was de-
cIsred By that statesman tOdsy TO be
wi,hout foundation Senator LiFol.
latte. who has also been credited with
an Intention to call for au investigation,
said today that be had not yet consider
ed the matter.
Mr.. Carlin has introduced bills 10 the
House OF Rep:s septatiVts granting pen
sious to Claudia d. BlakemsD aud to
Lillian B Sprgg.
Railroads to the number of 496 we're
made defendants today 10 suit brought
oy the Arlington Heights Fruit Ex.
change, OF Riverside, Gal, and lao
OF other fruit corcer 8 OF that safe, be-
fore The Interstate commerce commission.
rbis 10 the largest number OF defendants
ever name 10 a single suit IN the history
of the commission. The beat record
having been 2l9 railroad defendants. la
! order to encourage the lenon Industry
10 OalIfornis Congress 10 the new tar Il
Dill increased the duty on that class of
imported fruit from one cent tU a cent
and a half per pound. Shortly there
sf,er the railroads Ta,sed their rates for
the transportation of lemons to such o
point as to entirely absorb that extra
osIf cent and row the growers cOmplslo
20 the Interstate commerce commission
that thess rates s,e unreasonable AID
unjust.
The spptal of Harry Thaw from the
decision of the New York courts CON-
hitting him to Mat;eswaD, will not be
considered b. the u S Supreme Court
Justice McKenns today denied a petit
| hon TO review The case.
The president seot to the Senate today
among other nominations the folio Ripg:
To be amba.sador extraordinary and
plepipotentiary to France, Robert
Bacon, Of New York; to be ambassador
| Extraordinary and pleu'poteutiary to
Austrls. Hungary, Richard O. Ker-
ems, of MlssoutiI to be ambassador tx
,aoriiuary and peuipolentisrv to
Mexico, Henry Lane Wilson, of WISH:
ingt,o; to be agent and consul general
of the United States at Cairo. Egypt,
NJ. Marshall Lsnghnrue, of VIrsInia
Although Richard Psrr, deputy COL
lector snd one Of the informers in The
susar frauds at the New York Customs
House, 10 settlement (which the Ameri-
Gao Sugar Rs6uipg @ mpsoy has paid
/ to the Uuiied -tses Treasury 81 l35.
4S0, vii, probsbiy receive some reward
for his WORK, T. gill It be soy hing hse
the sum Of 800, 900 as suggested 10 a
story printed TO-DAY Collector LOEB
some months ago endorsed PARIS clsims
TO moiety 10 the amount OF the 6ne re-
covered fr m the sugar trust. That 6ne
was $l35 486. Our of that The govern
meut has 70 pas all OF the expenses OF
investigation, prosecution and the fees
Of special attorneys Wben all of these
expenses have beed deducted the law
ss}s that a deiector and seizor will be
entitled 10 So per cent of the amount r.
covered. BIT there are other CLAIM
ants besides PAR.
The final appeal Of John & Walsh,
the Chicago millionaire banker, accused
of wrecking three banks, was today
formally presented to the Supreme