Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-09

of the treasury. he declared tpht NC
had no knowledge thSt tae Treasury De-
partment had ever svsilod Itself OF the
information be furnished, and asserted
that Ii will be necessary ID have
thorough bouse cleaning II the frauds
are to be checked.
Among the nominations sent to the
Senate today by the president was that
of L. L: WhitestoDe to be postmaster at
Culpeper, Va.
Senstor Lorlmer denies the report that
he will tender his resignation because OF
the bribery scandal He plans to hghi
the charges should the men making them
seek to iovolve him personally.
Following q rebesriug upon reached
decisions OF the Interstate Commerce
Commission regarding abuses OF the
miIliug-In-trsDslt privileges the commits
sion today rendered sn important decis.
ion 10 the matter OF the substitution OF
tonnage at transit points. Practically
every chamber Of commerce and rail.
roads 10 the west, south and New EGG
land will be affected by this decision.
The commission holds that II wheat is
ruined that one commodity cannot Law.
fully be substituted at the transit point
| for commodity of a different kind and
! be allowed tn proceed at the transit rate
was not too strict. Abuses Of this ruling
| 1t is found by the commission have re-
/ suited 10 the violation of public rates to
the Injury OF shippers not taking sdvan'
tsge OF the practices condemned. Oon'
tInusnce of such abuses the commission
J says will compel 1t to resort to criminal
prosecution, including both shippers aud
carriers, to secure obedience to the Law.
a bill to give the UOited States courts
exclusive Jurisdiction In liens on vessels
t. enforce payment for repairs, supplies
or other necesssrles, was recommended
for passage today by The Seusts com.
mIttes on judiciary, The bill is Intended
| to supersede state laws comforting liens
on vessels fox repairs, supplies or other
uece ssaries.
The libel tuit OF the government
sgsInst the Press Publishing Company,
publishers of the New York World, wss
docketed today In the supre ne Court.
This Ia the case 10 which The World was
charged With Iibeling President Tsf,
Theodore Roosevelt, Charles 2. Tar
and William Nelson Cromwell 10 con-
nectIon with the acquisition of title to
the Panama canal. The osse comes TO
the Supreme Court on writ OF error from
Judge Hough, who dismissed the case
| originally for want OF Jurisdiction. The
| government will ask that 1t be set for an
early bearing at the next term OF the
court.
President TAFT, who is president OF the
American Red Gross, issued 81 appeal to-
day for the sid OF the earthquake suffer
ers at Carriage, Costa Rca. Ooutdbu-
lions may be sent to the Red Gross,
Washington, d. O, or to the local Red
Cross Treasurer.
Attorney General WIckershsm Is not
working for Congress and he blontly
notfis I'd tie Senate of that fact In sn
official communication today. Some
time ago the Senate adopted resolution
calling upon the attorney general to dis
! cover the names OF men who sold cotton
to the cotton pool, the prices paid,
whetber the sellers owned the cotton they
pretended to sell aud the price of spot
cotton in the south at be time these
| speculative deals we're made. Mr.. Wick
ersbsn, 10 bis reply, today, says that ne
is conducting an investigation to see II
the cotton pool committed crime
against the Law of the United States. The
proceedings are before a grand jury, he
adds, and are necessarily secret.
President Taft left Washington today
on @ AYipg trip that has caused bis
secret service guardians more worry than
any trip he has taken since he bscSme
president. New York and Pssssic, N.
j., are the objective points OF today's
iaunt, aud for three days secret SER
vice man from Washington and several
from New York have been making prep
STATIONS for the reception Of the presi-
dent st Passaic, and carefully looking
over the arrangements for caring for
him. The president left this morning,
accompanied by Capt. Archie Bait, aud
Secretary Mishler. He will arrived 10
New York this afternoon, and will be
hurrled 10 90 automobile to the 7lst
Regiment srmory where be will spend
60 hour or two ct the actors fund fair.
From there be will be taken lsts 10 the
afternoon to Passaic by motor. There
he will address the Pssssic board OF trade
at a banquet. The party will return to
Washington tomorrow morning.
1t Is said here that the receipts from
| the corporation tax will exceed by near
~ 100000 Secretary MscVesghs
estimate OF 1875, 900, 900.
The president todsy signed eight pre-
clsmstion making examinations from ns-
tlousl forests in the states of Washing
ton, Idaho sud Oolorsdo.
Details of the recent exposures in the
white slave Investigations, make it
certain today that Congress will pass an
iron-clad law for the punishment OF girl
traders. 1t has been one of the import
ant issues of the present session. Infor-
nation obtained through an investigs-
ton made by the immigration commits
sion already has resulted in the passage
of an excellent law TO protect alien
| women. A bill to make it extremely
dangerous to conduct The traffic across
state lines is we'll under way and under
the influence of the newly found evil
dence in New York its passage is GER
tainty. The law as to aliens provides a
maximum penalty Of S., 900 and ten years
Imprisonment for any person found
guilty of importing girl for improper
purposes or barboring such victim OF
traders. Representative Mann rep,
Ill, chairman of the House committee