Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-26
From Washington.

that will reduce the ages Of naval officers
aud increase the efficiency OF the entire
pavsl personnel President TafPs message
embodylng the personnel scheme OF Sec
rotary OF The Navy Meyer was read 10
Congress today. The message reviews
the present pavsl situation, sattidg forth
that the average sge OF captains Is now
So years aud that of sdmirsls 60 l 2
year,. The president poiLts Gu. that
the measures framed by Secretary Meyer
which accompany the message would
result la reducing the ages aud malt
Ing the ages of rear sdmirals at 40 aver.
age Of "a to IS and those OF captains at
AZ OF AZ.
Piuch,t took the stand Immediately
alter the committee reconvened follow
Ing the luncheon recess.
81 DESIRE" Pinchot said, "before os.
ing sworn ID give the committee one'
state uent Of what shall tempt TO
prove, following the precedent set IN
CLAWS examination
The committee offered no Oh .ction,
and standing beside the witDess chair
Pincaot rad q brief summary OF his
cnargss, cou;hed 10 bold, straight for
ward English.
Mr.. PlDchot charged Mr.. B.Iliuger
slta nothing less than deliberate
deception of the President. Mr. Pin
,ot's statement was In preliminary
sitting forth OF the things be ex-
pec.ed to show t, The committee
| It amounted to an srraienment OF Mr.
Balliuger. Il character d statements
OF nv. Bsllinger as essentially false.
| NJ. Pinchot SAID 10 effect shst be had
made setu atoms of this kind sgainst
M. Ballipge; q q talk he had had With
The president November 4.
Mrs. Aaus r Eaton, 60 yeOIs OF age,
fell dcwn the ttsps of her home. 7S4 1tl
street 8, IL beast, early this morning sod
died while being removed to the hospital
10 response TO the invlt' ons OF the
Ohilian government the United StSt 3
will send the first division OF the Pacific
a Ell to take part in the cert 'nniai ceir'
bration which opens at Santiago on
s. pit ,mber Is. The invitation OF The
Chilean government to participate In Q
fius 81 t, exhibition to be held In coz"
uection with the Ger t,nnial celebration
h.s also been accepted. John +. ID
Trask, hesd Of the Pennsylvania
Academy OF fac arts, has been sppoir ted
commissioner general and will be assisted
By Charles Frsncis Brown, OF Chicago
"The Sherman antitrust Law n u,t be
ended or an snded." This ia the demand
OF Samusl Gompers, president OF the
American F. defa,ion of Labor, set forth
in the March issue OF the Federst 'onisf.
He cites the campaign speeches OF Pfesi-
dent Tat as support for bis demsnd for
amendment "I.att year." says Com
oers, cater bis election 10 the presidency,
| la bis speeches Throughout the country
he declared that the snli-:iust law should
be 30 amended as to definitely describe
the combinations and their mttiods
which should be regarded as Illegal. :"
| The article reviews at lens tn the differ
enoes between the union and The thu t.
between the products OF labor and the
power OF labor. Taking up the question
Of the right OF patronage OF labor be says,
"lhe cou,tI have decided hit employers
may siogly or 10 combination discharge
| uOrk eEs Tor any roason and Tbs t the 10
the exercise of their lawful rlghts. 1t is
difitut to u dent cd then how they
stretch their u horiiy to Outlaw either
the strike or the boycott"
The favorable reports on the condition
Of Represer itiye Perkins OF New York
couliuue. He passed a restfull night aod
was regarded as srouggr this m lrniOg
BE sat up and had steak for u 1cheo'
today. HIS physicians now feel sure
that he will recover.
Opposition to the present restrictive
{ sDdency Of immigration Legislation will
ne voiced 10 The president and Seer try
| Nsgel Monday by delegation repro
sDtny the foreign newspapers OF the
country. The delegation will be headed
by President Hsmmsrlipg OF the Amer.
can Association Of Foreign Nespsrers,
which comprises $50 newspapers repro =
senting, they claim, 20, 600, 0O0 readers
Fred Baker, the only prisoner In the
navy serving sentence for desertion In
time of war, has been released by the
department after being confined for ten
yfap 10 a military prison San Quentin,
Gal.
With W. W. Bar, the Sei tile timber
dealer on the sta"d, the Billinger-Pin.
chot congressional investigating CON.
mittse resumed it, sessions today The
room was sgain crowded 10 Its Utmost
capacity. Mr.. Blrr's cross Examination
yesterday proved rither q setback for
the ''proseCu iou." Attorney Vertrees,
chief couns,l for Bsllipger, succeeded 10
IsDglIog him mp cons dsrsbly. What
the B lllipger forces are st empting to
how Is that, in the fsce OF Glavis's
charges against Bslliuger for having
acted Sc attorney for local claimsr t.
sud giving them the benefit OF inform.
atlou which be secured while commits
sioner, be (Glsvis) was party u an
sgreement with Barr. whereby the latter,
is claimed, profted by Information
which came to Glsvis's knowledge while
In the government service.
Charges that the Panama Railroad
hiss been msnsged on lines favorable t.,
the interest OF the trsnscontlnental rail
roads 10 the United 81 ties will be met
by Secretary of W.r Dickinson before
the Senate copmit,ee on iuteroceanic
canals Monday. Owned By the govern.
meus, the Panama line Is under the
charge OF the secretary Of war. An 10.
quIry was conducted by the committee
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