Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-07


tee, is one Of the republican leaders who
have been making unkind remarks sbtu
the sdministration's subsidy plan, and is
expected TO be one of the first to weld
the deadly blade. The presidents sup
porters believe they have enough votes
behind tae Humphrey bill, however, to
pass 1t 10 spite Of sll the democrats, Mr..
Manp, and the others that are opposed.
Defending and explaining the Taft
EIkins railroad bill, as reported by the
Senate committee on intersiats com.
merce, the majority of the committee
filed their report In the Senate today.
The defense is directed to some OF the
charges made 10 the Oummins- OlSpp NIL
nority report passed lest week. Nearly
one third OF the msjoriIy report, which
Is 8 long one, Is devoted to the CON-
merce ctu,t proposed In the bill. ln
favor OF having q special court to handle
oil appeals from orders Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, the report Bays
That at psesent railroads may appeal to
any court of the Unit:d Sites and no!
only does much delay retuIt, but there
is considerable con,rsrieiy of decision,
with resulting uncertainty Ia the Law.
"The creation Ct special court will pre-
vent delay and confusion Ia the enforce
ment of the law" Chairman Knapp,
OF the Interstate Commerce Commission,
is quoted as having favored the creation
of such court.
"Jast about the same" was the re-
port on the condition OF Representative
Perkins, OF New York, from Garfield
ii ospital this morning,
The Lowden bill providing for the
constr uction OF United States embassies
Ia foreign capitals will be reported to
the House by the foreign affairs com
mit'ee. The committee met today and
reached this decision. Under the pro-
visions OF the bill the tolsl sppropris-
ions for embassies shall not exceed
$500, 900 a year, and no single building
shall receive more than $3.50, 600 10 ono
year.
With the big appropriation bills pas
sage almost in sight, the force of Con
gress are lining up In two opposing
camps for the real Struggle of the seS.
sion-the Taft policies. The first and
perhaps the most bitterly contested
measure OF this list TO be brought up
will be the ship subsidy bill introduced
in the House by Representative Hum
phrey, OF Washington, and railrosded
by the administration forces through
the committee on merchant marine and
fisheries.
Exports from the Islhmian Canal
Zone must pay duties spec fed by the
tariff bill. This is the decision today
of the u. s. Supreme Court 10 dismis-
| sing the case OF the David kaufman
and Sons Company, of Newark, N. j.,
against the United States.
Because irregulsrity in the course OF
appeal the U. s. Supreme Oou't, today
dismissed The famous "toycott iDjune'
ton" csse of james A. Shide, ct al,
against the Fox Brothers Manufacturing
Company OF st. Louis. The court holds
that the action OF the labor leaders in
appealing direct to the U. 8. Supreme
| Court was irregular and that the appeal
should have first been made to the Orr
cult Court of Appeals.
| The Galliugsr bill, designed to cause
the establishment OF American steamship
lines TO South America, Asia, and AuI.
trslia by paying literally for carving
the mail, sss recommended to the Sen
ate for adoption today by the committee
on commerce. The reports says the bill
Is the same ga one passed by the Senate
1.-TWO years ago wiihou! division, except
that it adds provision for mail service
to Panama.
10 response to q request OF the Tfeat-
ury Department that troops be held In
/ Sesdiness TO 90 the defense OF the mil
In Philadelphia II necessary, Secretary
of War G:efinson has directed General
! Bell to prepare foT slsh 90 emergency.
The selection OF the troops Tho may be
sent will be left 10 General Wood, tHt II
| ia probable that they will come either
| from Governors Island or Fort Dupont
| No call hiss yet been issued and the
troops are merely being held In readi'
nesE.
| Cspt. Osptwell, Of the revenue cutter
| Onondsga 10 icy FepoIei to the Treasury
Department that be bad towed the deri-
lect schooner "Asbury Fountain" which
was 10 collision last week with the stsam-
or Jamestown of the Old Dominion
line into the upper hsrbor OF Norfolk
and had there beached her.
Investigation 81 the Navy Department
today disclosed the fact thst the lead
colored boat marked Y 9S4 reported ~
i save been picked up near Lswes, Del. ,
By the life savers of the Melomkin
InIst station belonged to the missing
sg Nina, The Navy Department has
| Instructed the conm4pdsnt q, the Phil
adelphIG navy yard - Investigate and
recover the boat " thhc report Ia accurate
The Nina Was last sesa on February e
aud is belived t. have gone down With
her er tire crew OF sc men.
1 Presidents Tsit's arrangement with
the railroad presidents has been knocked
into cooked lat BY the House COMM :
tee on inttrstsie and foreign commerce.
of which Representative Mann Itep.
Ill. IL chairman. By vote of 10 to i
/ he Committee today struck from the
ADMINISTRATION railroad Dill the provi-
sions relative to control by sailrosds Of
competing liues. As the bill now stands
I &, g.. stnonlv q yainIoyoaooent nj tho sttict