Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-24
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Hue elect ons committee Nc. 2. The
committee will meet tomorrow TO set
Tins for hearing Arguments. Tbs case
70 complicated by the fact that num-
Der OF votes we're cast In The election for
Elliott Matthews, an escaped asylum
inmate. Members OF the commit ee ssy
that no evidence OF fraud mas been found
on either side and thst The chief matt re
of contention 10 bs decided are the
technical qualifications Of many OF the
vot,rs.
Plans for conducting the invest CATION
of the cause OF high pricts for food we're
eonsidefed by the Senate committee,
Of which Senator Lodge, is chairman,
at meeting today. Secretary Wilson,
Of the Department OF Agriculture, and
Commissioner Charles P. NELL, of the
Bureau OF Labor we're present. The time
was devoted to discussion by the men In
the departments beat qualified TO aid the
committee By investigating va'i( US
branches Of the subject.
Admitting that be was the negro To-
volged 10 the sltsrcatiou tina! retu'tcd
10 the shooting Of Hsrrison Hgbee and
Leslie Lord, on Jersey Central train,
William Boyd, sged S5, left Washington
In the charge OF tTo detectives at 3
o'clock this morning for Jersey City
where he will be charged with the shoot
Ing. Boyd was picked up 10 the Uoion
station here early today after the jersey
City police had notified the local suthofl'
ties to look cut for him. The jersey
City police asked thst Blyd be sent on
at oncs, as the wounded men are both
in q serious condition. The young men
we're shot, they claim, without the
slightest proyooa!iOn, after the negro had
tiled In vain TO involve them 10 en- ar.
punelt with himself and coloEed
Woman who accompanied him.
A telegram sent BY The striking street
car men Of Philadelphia to PRECEDENT
TAFT, explaining their att u1e regarding
the transportation OF mail, and placing
ne responsibility for the postal tit-np In
Philadelphia on The railway company,
WAS turned over b Labor Commissioner
Neill today by the president. The Post
Office Department was slso advised OF the
,eosip. Of the telegram. The president
will not personally answer the commu-
nicstioD, believing t1Rt no reply Is called
for. Any further communication with
the strikers, II toand necessary, will be
made 10 Commissioner NELL. A copy
Of the telegram was also turned over to
Attorney General Wiekershsm, who
commu 2lca ed With the district attorney
at Philadelphia asking for q dehniie
outline of the I,itustioo. The t)inty
generals telegram to the district attor.
new In Philadelphia ordered him to pre-
coed at once with investigation OF the
report that the United s aIes mails sTe
being To- ,rlered with. The district at
toFney is ordered ID cause the arrest Of
any persons interfering With the mail
service and 10 prosecute them. Hs is
siso ordered to take every legal mestp'e
for the protection OF the msils.
Resr Admiral Melville. retired, 3
strong Pesry adhersnt; Rear Admiral
Schley, -etired, who was q 81 inch
hacker OF Cook; and Rear Admiral Gree
lev, retired, who did not take either side
In the C controversy, will probably be select
ed By the naval affairs COMMITTEES oil the
House to pass upon Peary's claims to the
North Pole discovery. The committee
today discussed the subject thoroughly
aud practically decided to ask the three
distinguished officer to pass upon tae
matter.
"Oor claim ~ every acre OF mining
land 10 Alaska is held by rope OF sand, /"
asserted Delegate Wickersham to the
Fl ouss committee on terri tories at q hear
ing ,dsy Oh bis bill 10 revise the mining
laws Of the territory, "EVery claim is
omen to litigation. !" III W do the miners
protect taslr Interests roSY ?" ssked one
OF the committee. "Wiih the pistol or
shot.guu," replied the delegate. Wick
eshsm said that Alaska vas not begging
TOR favors, becsuse she vas more than
paying her way.
Despite the predict jns OF his phys
clans last Tuesday that 1t was only a
gu sion of hours, representative Per-
kins Is still alive. His condition this
morning was reported to be shout the
same ss yesterday. The vice president
and MIRA Sherman called at the hospital
late yelt,rdsy.
There are 10 the Uni!ed Sites more
than 1900 uuregulsted bankers who
transact abroad $l75, 900, 600 annually
for emsgrsrt,, mott OF tlem unable 10
speak English. A report on these bankers
prepared BY the Immigration Oommls-
Son was submitted 10 congress today.
Those bankers, the report ssys, are usually
engaged In some other business, such IS
steamship agency, labor sgeucy, saloon
keeping or boarding htu.e management.
Dishonest bankers rob the immigrants
annually OF large ms. The t)tal amount
sent abroad by slieus annually 10 plscsd
at 1915, O00, 600.
"Owners Of ships flying the American
flag csnnO! only run their ships IS
cheaply &c those aJlDg foreign aigs,
but they hsve the advantage 10 nearly
every pstticulsr," said Andrew Eoro-
seth, Of San Francisco. president Of The To-
lernationsl Seamens' Union, TO the House
committee on Merchant Marine and
Fisheries today. Mr.. EOruseth apPesred
IN favor OF that bill by R'pressI tIlive
(spighI. Miss, providing for the amend
ment Of The lsws government sssmen on
American ships.
The appointment Of Frederick II.
Blsber, the present 6ut deputy police
com missioner Of New York, as surveyor
NJ the noFt Tas Il lder discussion ct the