Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
WASHINGTON NOTES


The Civil Service Commission has
summoned Public Printer Donnelly
to appear before it on December 10
to show cause why he placed a
charge Of INSTRUMENTATION against
John W. Rodgers an employee of the
Government Printing Office, who, al
though told by his foreman that he
could not be spared, took leave with
pay which was due him, he alleges,
and absented himself from his work
for three days in November to so
home and vote.
Announcement is made by Secre-
tary Mitchell Carroll, of the Archae-
illogical Institute Of America, that
David G. Hogarth, NJ. A., curator Of
the Ashmolean Museum, University
of Oxford, will be the first foreign
lecturer under the Charles Eliot Nor
ton Memorial Foundation, recently
endowed by James Loeb, of New
York. Mr. Hogarth began his lee
ture tour under the society's engage
ment at Halifax, N. S., and will adj
dress half a dozen societies of the in
stitute in Canada before coming to
the United States. Afterward he will
lecture for the institute at Buffalo,
Washington, Baltimore and Philadel-
phia. The institutes officers are
gratifed at securing Mr.. Hogarth for
the first foreign lecturer. He is all
eminent archaeological explorer, geo.
grapher and author, having explored
Asia Minor on four expeditions, ex-
cavated the site Of the Temple OF
Diana at Ephesus for the British
Museum and conducted many other
important excavations and explora-
tons in Egypt, Crete and Asia Minor.
President Taft is developing into
o twentieth century Haroun AL Ras-
child. He is acquiring a habit of
prowling around the STREETS and parks
of the capitol at all hours Of the
evening. When the conference on the
proposed changes to be made in the
interstate commerce law ended at g
O'Clock Monday, Secretary Dickin-
son and Attorney General Wicker
sham were coming out of the exc
cutive Office when they were hailed.
"Hold on there a minute" called the
President. A moment later he ap-
peared, struggling with the refrac-
tory buttons of his light overcoat.
"How about a walk" he said "Let's
strike out" Both chorused that a
stroll in the dark was exactly the
thing they had been pining for. The
stroll took them over the wind swept
reaches of the Potomac river bottom.
The trio walked briskly back to the
White House, where the President
waived a farewell and disappeared.
Following a lengthy conference at
The White House it was announced
Monday night that the administra-j
ton will exert its influence towards
securing a comprehensive revision. of
the interstate commercesl aW by the
incoming Congress. Arongh draft
of the proposed amendments to the
law was submitted by Attorney-Gen-
eral Wickersham, ard while this was
considered in all its details, no de-
cision with respect to it was reached.
All of the $500 national banks in
the United States, which now hold
board meetings at irregular and in
frequent intervals, must have month
ly meetings of their boards of direc-
tors, must appoint examining and dis
count committees and all the loans
and discounts Of each bank must be
approved by the directors board at
the monthly meeting, such approval
to be recorded in permanent form.
This was the pronunciamento Of
Comptroller Of the Currency Murphy
Monday.
The court of appeals of the District
Of Columbia has granted the petition
of Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell
and Frank Morrison of the Ameri-.
can Federation of Labor in the con-
tempt case against them for a stay
of execution of the mandate of the
court sending them to jail. The nam
date is stayed indefinitely, pending
appeal to the United States supreme
court.
The personel of Uncle Sans
establishment is increasing by leaps
and bounds, the grand total of all
Federal employees at present being
approximately 37O,O65, as against
306,141 in 1907, an increase in the
two years of about $4,000. persons. or
about 20 per cent. These and other
interesting facts are brought out in
the official register, or Government
"blpe book" for 1909, which short
ly will be issued.
From authoritative sources it was
learned Saturday that the United
States and Chile at last had reach
ed a final agreement as to the terms
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