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


~ill give bis wsrm endorsement TO tie
TAFT sdmipi, t'adon. 1t is expected tn
be will advoc. t the creation Of tar fl
board to assist 10 a revision OF the tariff
on jost and scientific principles.
The local authorities at GreytoWn
have delivered tae two American owned
gasoline launches, the Lark and E suer.
"a which was seized some time ago,
over to Commander Gilmet of the Gu =
boit Patu;ah. These vessels were
ge zsd sjmetime ago and the inc dent
wss called to the alter ton OF the Ststs
Department which issued directions t.
the Paducah to recover the vessels.
The statute OF Ffancis II. Pierpont OF
West Virginia, known IS the Esther Of
West Virginia." which has siood 10
S,stusry Hsll 10 the Capitol Tor seven
yesTs, will & caly be formally accepted
by the House on April 80. That day
wss 81 aside today. PlerpoDt was the
6rst governor of West Virginia In the re-
construction days before West Vrgioia
vas spill, 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
Oh, I'D be spelled.
Advice was received today by Score.
airy Of Commerce and Labor Nagei that
Supervising Inspector General OF Steam
Vessels Ubler will arrive 10 Washington
at midnight tonight. Secretary Nagtl
todey reiterated his intention 10 keep his
hands of the New York pilot, strike
u, t he had conferred with Mr.. Uhler.
The clssh o. yesterday 10 the congress-
ioDal iuvesligtt On of the B illinger.Pin-
chot controversy today served to attsct
big crowd to the bearing room. II X
Love, former specisl agent OF the land
ofice, Vas on the sand for further
crUss-sxaminatiOn a. the hands OF AItor
mes BrandeIs, &C unsel for the "prosstu
tion." Something of q sensation develop
ed soon . tr the committee convened
when II. K. Love declsr d on the stand
that John W. Dadley, formerly register
Of the Juaead land flee, Alaska, had
told him 10 Ftbiuiry Inst Golfers
Weekly had told him (Oudlsy) that "i'
would be worth from S., 900 to $40, 600
to him to come to Washing TIN and test
ify before the committee" After sharp
examiust on of The witness by members
Of the committee, It Was decided, by
Il luminous vote OF the committee, t.
subpoena Dadley. When Braudeis finish.
ed his cross.txSDinst on representative
Graham then took the witness 10 baud
Ter while.
Again today Ohio politics occupied
the ceut,r of the White House luncheon
table, with President Taft, aud Mr.
Wade Ellis, the Taft Ohio SAFE chair
man to do honor to the fare. Vague
whispsriugs have gone forth about the
White House for the psst two or three
days that toe p esidant is dIt'rminsd to
do ell be can, 10 swing Ohio into the re-
publican column at the gubsrnatorisl
election next tall. Yesterday Ohio
leaders Vorys and Phlpps were the
Wet, House luncheon guett;, and to-
day the president snd the new stsie
chairman thrsshed Gu, some d fficult po.
litical points. The fact that President
TAFT will visit Oaio esrly in May sDd
again early 10 jane has led to the con-
clusIon that he will probably do some
speech making that will assist Chairman
Ellis Ia his appointed task Of strsighten.
inn ont the yeDuhlicRn lanQle
Balkan Slhoyer, secretary OF the legs
ton at Bsrne, Switzerland, died todsy
The stMe Department was notified oy
eablegrsm from Minister SWenson today.
The Postofice Department did the
largest business 10 Its history during
TIE last three months Of last year. IT,
stead Of the usual deficit the postal ser'
vice for October, November and De-
cember, of 1909, retained a surplu, Of
$2.1 $50. For the same months OF
the preceding year the department made
a deficit of about q million and half
Three indiCt neuts 10 connection with
the operation of bucket shops 10 ne Dis
trict OF Columbia were today returned
by the grand jury here. 10 each csse
the parties iudioted claimed to do bu Z
ness through the Oonsolid, ted Sock EK-
change OF Philadelphia. TIE total num-
Der Of officers maintsIned by the three |
concerns whose principal members are
Indicted amounts t. more than 250 snd
he territory covered By them ranges |
from New England TO Oklahoma. 1t is
believed that The action Of the grand jay |
will 90 far toward destroying the opsr-
atoms Of bucket shop, thrCu ,hout the
,culiry. Raids are being made stimuli
auetu,ly todsy In New York, Phlsde'-
Dbis, Ba timore, S Lous, Cincinnati,
r.ey Oity, and Washington. Twenty
1lne workers are named in the indict.
nsots. William B. Price, whose firm
IS 10 b more does tremendous busi-
mss, got 1T mtton OF the raid and
4 bile the officers we're ascending on sn
,leva,cr 10 the bu.lditg In which the
flies OF his firm are located, the
,'Oker vac Masking q decent 10 another
Jar. H later ~ Teadered to the police.
The clerks and the others 10 tle flee
we're restsd, tut thes proprietorH
we're taken 10 tu,Isdy and made to give
,ail.
Another presidential jaurt began lste
bis afternoon When President Taft stsrt.
d for Milltury and Worcester, Mas,
Vhtrs ne will spend tomorrow. The
,residen! will start for Washington late
omorrow night, and will reach the
Yhts House about noon Monday.
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