Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-05
FROM WASHING TON.

President lalC was aSkeu tOuaS "
stop at Richmond on his was back
from Panama and he told Col. J. G.
Hemphill and Senator Martin, who ex
tended the invitation, that he would d'
so if he possibly could.
The Capitol building has receives
a complete renovation during thu
holiday recess of Congress-. and, &C
cording to the annual report OF thu
superintendent of the Capitol buildin:
and grounds, made public today, thu
building is better prepared to receive
the returning Congressman than ever
before. A special attraction for the
senators has been made in the expendl
ture OF 50, 764 90 for new fixtures ant.
repairs to the ranges in the mucl.
abused Senate kitchen. Superintendent:
Woods reports that mahogany furniture
has been installed in the Solons restau-
rant, marble floors laid, the two
private rooms for Senators have beer
united by cutting away the intervening
wall and erecting an arch to support
the ceiling. The pay rolls of the
Capitol building amounted to SIG H.-
"A for the fiscal year ended June 30
1910. Machinery and ironwork to the
extent of s., SS2.54 has been installed
marble. stone and brick improvements
amo lnted TO S4,37S. so and repairs to
the kitchen ranges and new fixtures
cost 81 ,Oji.33. The report contains
many improvements made throughout
the building and Woods has issued III
his report 4 welcome message to the
returning members.
The controversy over the attack OF
Theodore Roosevelt upon the Z. S. Su.
prcme Court has again been famed t"
flames today by charges made against
him by Thomas Nelson Page, the south,
crn author and sociologist, who pract
cally accuses the expresident with trea-
son. There is no doubt whatever,
declared Mr.. Page. that Mr.. Roosevelt
has by bitterly denouncing the Supreme
Court done much to injure his prestige
in this country, and has committed
breach that is difficult to condone. L
accordance with the principles OF Tho
sipners Of the constitution, when you
attack The judiciary you practically at
tack the country.
Although reports from Contra
American ports today indicate a rapidly
approaching climax in the Amapal;
situation. the State Department has not
seen fit to request drastic action by th,t
navy for the punishment Of Genera
yalladares. 1t is understood that thu
Honduran government desires to max,
some attempt to dislodge Valladares,
although their endcavors are not ser-
ouslv considered here. BY diplomatic
courtesy however, the State Department
will let President Davilla, of Honduras
take his fling at his refractory Valladares
before directing American intervention.
No word had been received at the Navy
Department today from Commands
Hayes, of the eunboat Princeton, now
at Amapala, of further disturbances a;
that place, II Valladares behaves
himself towards the foreigners ht
probably has lease OF q good many
lays on the office of comandante. The
onlv thing which may precipitatc .
crisis is revolutionary activity on Tho
part of tho adherents Of ex-President
BoniHa. This is, quite likely. The
gunboat Yorktown is shortly expected
to relieve the Princeton OF its patrol OF
Amapala.
As an alternative. to the proposed
naval base at Guantanamo, Cuba, Tho
Navy Department today has under con,
sideration project for the construction
Of new navy yard on the Isthmus of
Panama as base the general scheme
of canal fertilization for protection.
News has reached the department, fol-
lowing the visit OF Secretary of the
Navy Meyer 10 Guantanamo, that the
dock site at that place is too exposed
and too costly to adequately fortify.
This has led to the practical abandon
ment of Guantanamo as naval base.
1t is hoped by the Navy Department to
present 10 Congress st the coming SEES
sion estimates and dctaila Of the pro.
nosed yard on the isthmus Congress,
il is said, will be asked at once to make
an initial appropriation for this work
The plans now in the minds OF Navy
Department officials include large dry
docks capable OF caring for the largcs,
hattleshirs in the navy, and fully
equipped shops for their repair. Stores
will be rScel at the yard sufficient to
make The station sn ADEQUATE war base.
The record in the case et Portel
Charlton, wanted by the Italian gov
eminent for wife murder at Lake
Como, Italy, is now before the solicitor
FOR the State Department, ]. R. Clark.
f,r decision OF the question OF eStradl-
non. Actually nothing will be dont
with the case before tho return OF Sec,
rotary Knox anl it will probably be de-
Iayed a long time by habcaus corpus
proceedings, which, it is expected, will
b, instituted by the attorneys for
Charlton. The question before the
State Department is whether this gov,
eminent should, in the face of Ita!y's
refusal to surrender italian subjects to
American courts. giant a request from
Italy With Viii, Ii that country will not