Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-15
20 Der cent and 10 addition the Pan.

to 20 per cent and 10 addition the Pan.
ANA Railroad Company has sgreed 10
abolish all charges for wharfage, lilher.
age, crsoesge snd use of the basic, and
to supply the steamship company with
coal at cost. The company Is also to
receive 70 per cent on all passenger
rates north OF San Jose de Guatemala.
10 recognition Of he concession The
steamship company agrees to make some
slight improvements in its service.
Congressman Dawson oil the second
lows district today wrote letter to the
chairman of the repu olicsn distric, CON-
mittee announcing that he would not be
q candidate for denomination at the
primary next June. His retirement is
due to feeling that It bis daty to make
provision for his family.
Former Senator Foraker called on
the president today simply, be said, ito
psy my respects" and TO tbaUk him for
the rsappointment OF his brother Creigh.
ton r. Foraker as U. S. Marsbal for
New Mexico. The president and the
former senator exchanged few pleasant
words on the worries Of ststecrsit, and
the senator left.
The judges and employees OF Presi.
dent Tsil's court Of customs appeals will
not get the salaries provided for them 10
the Psyne.AdrIch tariff bill. Twenly'
Eve thousand dollars will be cut from
The provision fer the court. Represent
alive Tswney OF Minnesota, chairman
Of the House committee on appropris-
tIoUp, has cot the provisions for TIE
Judges salaries from $40, 900 10 81, 600.
ibis plSces The customs jodges on the
same plan as judges OF the United Sistes
court. Clerks, stenogrsphers and other
employees OF the court will have their
CON pensstion cut 10 proportion. Mr.
Tawney talked over the matter With the
president today and the reductions were
agreed to.
A distinguished gathering will discuss
national questions of al interstate char
scter here next week, when the national
conference OF the national civic fed
Grafton, and the conference OF governors
hold their sesslons. Uniform state
legislation will be the general subject Of
the conferences, at which Al states aod
territories, and 80 commercial, manu-
featuring, sbippers' bsukers'sgrlcultursl,
labor, professional, and reform oTgsulzs'
tions will be presented by delegates.
President TAFT has accepted an invita-
ton to deliver the opening addresses be-
fore both the governors conference ard
the civic federation conference. He will
speak before the civic federation Cd
Monday, sud before tbs governors on
Tuesday. Among the speakers who will
discuss uniform legislation will be Hoo.
Saith Low, president Of the national
civic fedora ion; ex judge Alton b.
Moore and Governor Augustus +.
Wilson.
O. W. Perks hss been appointed post
master at CODY, King George county.
a resolution urging uniform employer
liability Laws compensation OF employers
for Injuries, prohibition OF child labor,
com pulsory school attendance for chill
dren aud free text books will be pre-
sentcd next week at the governors con-
ference to b. held here by the American
Federation If Labor.
WIh an appeal for pensions for worn
out government employees In the civil
services, representatives OF the United
States Civil Servios Retirement AssoCis-
ton appeared today before the Ssnste
and House committee oo the civil ssr-
vice. Senator Oummirs (tep. Iowa.,
or.sided. There Is split in the RANKS
of the association aud the result was
that Two plans for passions we're sub
mitted to the com~ittees,
A call for q democratic caucus 10 De
| held in the House of Representatives to-
tight 10 select the two democrats on toe
House list of the plot committee to In,
yestIgsle Secretary B,lliuger, was issued
TODAY. The names of the two democrats
who will be members Of the committed
have not yet been decided upon, bur /
| ia understood that Mr.. Under"cod, vii
| be one of item. Messsrs, Hayes ant
Norris of the insurgents, held seVers
conferences With Mr. Champ OIsrk, to
Idsy to make sure Of sn agreemeD
between the democrats aud 10
surgepts 10 csse the regular repuoll
cans do not make an ssreemen
that is satisfactory 10 the insnrgent
The indications are that the iDsuTgent
| will have q greater hand 10 the nsmipI
| OF the committee than was to be conten
plated BY the White House. A coun
| o. votes BY the gu'sfs I day has CO,
viuced the CANON followers that
would be useless TO make another ngh
| 10 the House, aud they are reported to
day to bs adopted a very couciliatoI
attitude toward ths Insurgents. 1t
stated today thst lsrge number oil q
publicans, both regular and Insurgents
will stay away from the caucu'.
"When have been talking about the Dor
cf,ecuring the ind ctment Of man 'high'
up' in connection with the sugar fraud 4
New York IL was Charles r. Heike, se;ietsr
: Of the American Sugar and Rslaing Con
PAW, that always had Ia mind" said 70
iector of Customs Loci at the: Treasury ~
partmert today -Heike was indlet ny %
grand jury in New YO.k yesterday q H.. :: %
tiuuing Mr. LoeS Saidi There IS no one el'
higher up involved 10 ths frauds SO far as
, know" 81.
Members of the conference committee 9
the Bsllinger Piuchot invest CATION held il
q formal conferences today and believe tn
they have reached an agreement that will
} satisfactory TO IL concerned. AS to LAWYER
, the decision at the first meeting that on
persons under charges shall be peInittef
/ have legal counsel still stands. The cor