Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-04-02

over to Commander Gilme1 of the Gu :
bott Patu:sh. These vessels were
sezsd ,me,ime ago sud the Inc dent
vas called to the sttet ton OF the StRts
Department which issued directions t.
the Paducaa to recover the vessels.
The statute OF Francis H. Pierpont OF
West Virginia, known IS the Esther Of
West Virginia." which has stood in
S.atuary Hsll in the Capitol Tor seven
yes,s, will 6cally be formally accepted
by the House on April 80. That day
wss 8. aside todsy. Plerpont WAS the
6rst governor of West Virginia In the re-
construction days before West V rgioia
vas spIi; of and the fight over the statute
was bitter when it was presented.
For FIVE years no name was carved on ne
pedestal becsuss OF row over how it
sht I'D be spelled.
Advice was received today BY Secre.
'ary OF Commerce and Labor Nagei that
Supervising Inspector General of Steam
Vessels Unler will arrive in Washington
at midnight tonight. Secretary Nagel
today reiterated his intention to Keep bis
hands of the New York piltt, strike
ut he had conferred with Mr.. Uhler.
The clssh o. yesterday 10 the congress-
iopal iuyes!igst on of the B illinger.Pin-
chot controversy to-day eerved to a't'act
big crowd to the bearing room. Il h:
Love, former special agent of the land
.fice. was on the sand for farther
Characterization a. the hands OF Altor
nes Brandeis, counsel fox the ''prosetu
tion." Something of sensation develop.
ed soon 8 r the committee convened
when H. K. Love declsr d on the stand
that John W. Dadley, formerly register
Of tae Juaead land tfice, Alaska, had
told him in Ftb'ury 'hst Golfers
Weekly had told him (Oadlsy) that ri,
would be worth from s.. 600 to $4,000
to him to come to WashiD.t'n and test
iiy before the committee" After sharp
e1amius on of the witness by members
Of The committee, It was decided, by a
u ,animous vote OF the committee, t.
Subpoena Dadley.,Whe Brandeis f a!sh.
ed his cross.examintt on Representative
Graham then took the witness in baud
ter while.
Again today Ohio politics occupied
the cett.r of The While House luncheon
table, with President Taft, aud Mr.
Wade Ellis, the Taft OHIO safe chair
msu to do honor to the fare. Vague
uhisperiugs have gone forth about the
White House for The past two or three
days that the p. esidant is d.trminsd to
do ell be can, to sTiug Ohio into the re-
publican column at tbs gnbsrnatorlal
election next tall. Yesterday Ohio
leaders VorSs ind Pnipps were t1e
Wet, House luncheon guest,, and to.
day the president and tne pew state
CD airmau thrsshed GU some d ticnlt po-
liticsl points. The fact that Presider
Tai, will visit Oaio early in May sDd
spsin early 10 June las led to the con-
clusiou that he will probably do some
speech making that will assist Chairman
Ellis In his appointed task of straighten.
ing out the republican angle.
Balkan S1hoyer, secretary OF the lega
ton at Borne, Switzerland, died todsy
The etue Department was notified oy
caolegram r1m Minister Swenson today.
The Poetofice Department did the
lsrgest business in its history during
tte last three months Of last year. H.
stead of the usual deficit the postal SER
vice for October, NOVEMBER and he.
Gem Der, of 1909, retained a surplus OF
S2,1l1 $50. For the same months OF
the preceding year the department made
a deficit of about q million and half.
Three indict nents 10 connection with
the operation Of bucket shops 10 tle Dis
trict of Columbia we're today returned
By the grand jury here. Ia each csse
the parties irdoled claimed TO do bu' (
ness through the O0nsolids ted Seek Ek-
change OF Philadelphia. TIE total num-
Der of officers maiutained by the three
concerns whose principal members are
indicted amounts to more than 25O snd
the territory covered By them ranges
from New England to Oklahoma. 1t is
believed that The action of the grand jay
will % far toward destroying the opsr.
stions Of bucket shop, thrc u ;hopt the
ctul,r?. Raids are beiag made simul-
,auet u,ly sodsy in New York, Philsde!-
phis, Ba timore, S. Lous, Cincinnati,
J r.ey Oity, aud Wsshipsros. Tventy.
nine workers are named in the indict-
meats. William B. Price, whose firm
is in B. t'more does tremendous bust
usss, got it mst'on of the raid and
: bils the officers we're ascending on sn
elevator 10 the bulldog In which the
nfficis of his ftm are located, the
broker ~ss Masking decent In another
car. Es later ~ readered to the police.
The clerks and The others iu t2e flee
we're n q rests', tut .hes prcp'letors
were taken in tu,tsdy and made to give
bail.
Another presidential jaubt began lste
this afternoon when President Taft start
I'd for Milltury and Worcester, Mass,
whsrs ne will spend tomorrow. The
presideu! will start for Washington late
tomorrow night, aud will reach the
Whits House abcu! noon Monday.