Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-04
FROM WASHINGTON.
correspondence Of Alexandria Gazettel

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he loath to see postal savings banks es-
hlished il the United States is the
leIief of government officials here to-
day. Statistics show that millions Of
dollars are sent abroad by immigrants
have annually to be depos tied in the saw
ings banks Of their mother country and
when the postal savings banks are insti-
tuled here the foreign governments fear
hat il will result in the discontmuance
Of their receipts from this country.
~ his. the officials state is the reason
for the reluctance and delay of foreign
Governments in giving information to
The Postollice Department concerning
the workings Of their postal savings
laws. Facts are being obtained only
with the utmost difficulty as TO details
which might be incorporated III this
oOuutry's new system.
With a court martial facing the
naval battalion officers and charge OF
.:esertion with penalties Of three or five
years imprisonment threatening the
deserters from the District Naval Mill
tary ship Ozark, the cruise OF the
Washington amateur tars today took
q sudden plunge along the path OF
tragedy. Charges Of sending the Ozark
~ SCI in an unfit condition, of supply
ing spoiled and inferior food to the
crew and of negligence in caring for
water supply were today brought by
the deserving citizen sailors against
their officers. The officers on the other
hand are determined to mete
out the limit of punishment to the
deserters. The term for desertion,
under the regulations Of the District
National Guards, is three years for
individual cases of desertion and five
years in the event Of a conspiracy to
desert. Washington expects very
squalIy tea pot tempest when the
officers and men come to fight it out
before a board of inquiry. The Navy
Department will lake no part in any
investigation. The department, it is
said, has abundant proof that the
Ozark was seaworthy when turned over
to the District Guards for their cruise.
A close friend of Secretary Of the In
terror Ballinger said today that Balm
ger has mo intention of being the goat
for anybody" and that it may be set
down as certain that he will fight to the
limit "the effort OF politicians to force
him out of office" Vague stories are
in circulation to the effect that Balm
ger would be a most dangerous enemy
to the administration if events should
transpire in such manner as to lead
him to turn against it in what he might
conceive to be self defense.
This is the birthday of the revenue
cutter service. Ceremonies were held
at the headquarters here to commemo-
rate the institution of the service ITO
years ago today All the officials
gathered today in the Office of the
Commandant OF the Service, w. g.
Ross. Law Officer Harrington Of
ficiated. Addresses were read setting
forth the heroic feats of members OF
the service. From the fog-hung Arc
tic sea TO the Gulf of Mexico the officers
and crews on the revenue cutters are
celebrating the birthday of the service.
DR.. Sebastian Salinas, one of the en-
voys sent by President" Madriz, of
Nicaragua, to the United States, to lay
his case before the State Department,
issued statement today defending the
Madriz administration and reterating
its "friendlineSS" for the United States
DIR. Salinas will not communicate with
Acting Secretary Of State Wilson, or
any Of the department officials until
the arrival of Dr. Modesto Barrios, who
is now in New York aud will come to
Washington within a few days. The
apparent mission Of the ENJOYS is to at
tempt to counteract the impression that
Madriz is hostile TO the United States
and that he is being aided by former
President Zelaya.
Declaring that insurgency has torn
the republican party asunder through
out the west, Representative James T.
Lloyd. OF Missouri, chairman of the
democratic national congressional COM
mittce. returned to Washington today
after trip through, California, Utah,
New Mexico, Colorado and Kansas.
Mr.. Lloyd says: The Kansas republi-
can convention will do what the Iowa
convention did yesterday only they
will make it stronger in Kansas in
their population of the administration.
Everywhere throughout the west in
surgcncy is increasing in the re-
publican party and a sweeping victory
for the democrats is assured
California will elect democratic
governor In every district in the golden
state, the insurgents are fighting the
e!ular republican nominees for Con
grcss. There is strong insurgent
movement in New Mexico and in Colo
RADIO the republicans are hopelessly
divided The regulars claim that all
the Insurgents were beaten in Missouri
but an insurgcnt named Lea was
nominated in the Kansas City district
Everybody knows what happened i'll
the Kansas primaries and the repub
lican convention in that state will show
that the insurgents are in complete
command. Indications were never bet
ter for the democrats. Our high hopes
Of the Springs have grown continually
until now it looks like a certainty that
we will sweep the country.
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