Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-19

oVerEoTkiUg OF employees. de ieit .hs.
national health department might
caute an improvement In these conditions.
The bill is opposed by the National
League OF Medical Freedom which
caused senators today 10 tie shoSered
with thousands OF kilograms OF protest
| q galnst the creation Of q department OF
health.
President TAFT has entered the Con-
gressionsl campaign 10 Iowa. de has
written letter to Gen. @. M. Dodge, q
con. titneut Of RepreseU tive Walter l.
Smith, exprestiag the hope that Smith
will be renominattd. Smith Ia al avowed
regular member of the rules committee
and one Il Ihs few Iowsps who has cor
sistently refused 10 be moved by insur-
| gent sentiment. He is in the thick OF
a primary fight against an insurgent
candidate and President Taft's letter 10
regarded here as an approval OF his course
in Congress. :,
Attorney Bfandies today practically
charged that The secretary Of the interior
was withholding an important letter
from George w. Perkins, representing
Pierpont Morgan. At bis suggestion
Obairmsn Nelson directed the depart
meut to search sgaiU, particularly for
this missive. Mr.. BrsndIeS also showed
that J. NJ. Sneridsn the specisl agent
whom Bennett put Ia change Of the gov
ernmenl's suit TO cancel the Cunning.
ham cosl csses, had only been out Of
Law school Is months when he was pu'
in cbargelOf the Cunningham cases.
The House judiciary commit ee iodsy
made favorable report on Dill COM
polling all ships to be equipped with
wireless apparatus. The measure pro-
vides that every vessel embs,klng on a
voysge Of 200 miles or more must carry
standard wireless instrument and q
competent operator.
Six FIVE inch telescope have been
brought from the Naval Observatory and
placed ON the vest side of tbs Capitol
so that members of Congress may have
a view of the comet. Various comet
parties will be held tonight exclusively
/ Tor membeis.
The worlds sixth Sunday school con-
veutIon will begin its sessions 10 this
] city his afternoon. The three Thousand
delegates are all here, most of them &C
| cempsnied by slternst.s and friends.
Five hundred of the delegates are for.
egners and represent every country in
The world to which the Sunday school
ides has penttfsted and that means
pretty nearly every corner Of the globe.
The other 2, 500 come from every state
OF The union and from every province OF
Canada. Organized for the purpose OF
promoting a missionary interest In suu'
day schools and to promote the ideals OF
such schools throughout the world, the
convention meets but once In three years,
1t lie regarded a. one OF the great eveot,
In the Christian world and affords 40 op.
portunity fol. all denominations and
creeds to get together on common
ground. TOdsY's exercises will begin st
2:3O this afternoon In Convention Hail
under the guidance of the president,
Rev. DEF. B. Meyer, of England. I'm.
medislely following the conclusion of the
afternoon session there will be q reception
to the foreign missionaries at the AsliDg-
ton Hotel rendered by past.President Ed
ward K. Warren. Tonight President
Tsft will welcome the delegates to the
nstioual capital.
The acknowledgement this morning
received a letter from an enterprising
Virginien advancing an idea whereby
the postal deficit might be wiped our.
His proposition is for the government to
make an occasional error inthe printing
of postage stamps for the purpose OF sell
ing them at a premium as curiosities.
The correspondent says that there are
more thad six million collectors In the
country oil of whom would be willing to
pay a good premium for such stamps.
All the Virginiau asks from the govern
ment in return for this idea is that he
be made special agent to handle the
stamps.
Friends OF Chief Justice Fuller take no
stock in the report that he will reign in Oc-
tober. 1t is story that is circulated annual
ly about this time, they say, and is as i'm
probable now as it has been in the past Chief
Justice Fuller is II years of age and obtained
the right of retirement at full pay years ago
but he has preferred to remain in active
service.
The naval appropriation bill will be ken
up for consideration in the Senate tomorrow.
1t wss again favorably reported from the
naval affairs committee today and notice was
given by Senator PeIkin (rep. Gala } that
he would call II up for action tomorrow. Three
amendments were added 10 the bill as report
ed. Psymsster Rogers will be permitted to
retire with the rank of admiral, a provision
having been added permitting any officer who
has served as the head of a bureau TO retire
with the rank then held The bureau Of
equipment is abolished, being consolidated
with other departments. A provision is adj
ded that not more than one battleship may be
constructed in one ship yard.
In order that members of the House may
participate in and witness the parade OF the
worlds sixth Sunday school convention, that
body Will adjourn tomorrow at o'clock.
This action will be taken as result of the
passage of a resolution passed this morning.
It was introduced by Representative Hamlin,
Of Missouri. There was no precedent for the
action.
Lieut.. Col. ". Lsngfett, Engineer Corps,
Z. s. A., reported to the department of Com. |
MERGE and Labor today as Engineer Secretary |
of the Lighthouse Board 10 succeed Lieut. |
Col. w. L. Craighill.
A large group Of solar spots formed on the !
suns visible disc yesterday afternoon as
shown by the Baily solar photograph at the |
U. s. naval observatory.
Paducah Drives Venus Away
BlusfeIds, May 10 The United |
S aes guuboat PAducsh drove the Msdriz |
gunboat verH away from the port of
Blue6elds today.
Commander Gilmer, OF the isducsb,
had notified the Venus that ahe must net |