Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-27
From Washington.
,Uorrs,poadsn,s Of the AlszAndris Gazette


times called the noble peace foundation
seut by President Taft to the assistant
secretary of the foundation, Theodore
L. Weed Today. Mr.. Weed will call the
matter to the attention of the foundation
Tor decIsIon as to whether this msy be
considered On industrial crisis, TIE By
Laws OF that body sistipg that 1t should
act only 10 such csses.
TheNatlonal Board of Trade wtu I'd up
it's iortieth annual session here today BY
adopting resolutions endorsing the presi-
den.'s recommendations as TO amendment
Of the Sherman antitrust Law; opposing
federal grain Inspection; fsvoripg uni.
formIty 10 state legislation, and express
Ing disfs-or az to the educational test for
immigrants. The convention decided to
wage a campaign to secure q larger mem.
oership, List night the board enjoyed
the annual dinner.
Many anxious Inquiries are being re.
ceIved a. the State Department from
Americans who have relatives aud friends
residing 10 Paris as the retul. OF the
alarming reports Of the food conditions
there. Con,ul Mason has been directed
to report on the siu,tion. 1t is not
believed, however, that there is any
lmmediste dagger 10 residents there as
dispatch received from the embassy
makes no mention OF the fl )od
The tariff law passed at the extrsordi'
uary session OF Congress last summer
crested the Customs court aud fixed the
Judges salaries st $4,000 year, bat
be appropriations committee Of the two
Houses decided at the present session
hat 81, 900 IVES enough. "There Is just
one chance In several million that the
,dges OF this ctutt will get their ten
thousand dolsr salaries" said Chairman
Tswney OF theHouse appropriations COM
mittec today, "snd that ia 10 The event
they are confirmed By the Senate aud
axe their cath OF Office before the urgent
deficiency bill becomesa law. That bill,
which carries their salaries at 81 600.
passed the House last week and Is nov 10
the Senate. think 1t will be passed by
hat body before this week Is over. As
their nominations are being held up BY
the chairman OF the Judiciary committee
If the Senate on purpose to allow the
| DE- aciency bill to pass ahead OF the con-
| drmstion, should say thst their chances
of getting the ten thousand dollar sala
rIes are very email indeed. The reason
| for holding up the nomiua.iors Is that 1t
would be impossible to reduce their
salaries after they have assumed their
Offices"
Permission having been granted The
forest servIce rangers to remain at the
| State Universities at their own expense,
three forths OF those at the University OF
| Utah end half OF those al the University
Of Washington have announced there 10.
tention OF completing their course.
Secretary Wllson offered to Through
without salary any men who wished to
stay for the two months OF the school
term. The rangers bad been sent to
the colleges by order OF former Forester
| Pinchot, their transportation and
salaries being paid by the service. This
was recently declared Illegal by The
comptroller OF the treasury, aud the men
xers ordered back to work by acting
forester McOabe.
The poor pay Of postal officials Is re-
I ,ponsIble for the fact that the business is
run at a loss, according to George H..
| Wilder, President of the Bltterick Puo'
fishing Com psny, who appeared before the
p)stoffice commi tee of the n use 10
argue sgainst the proposed increase oil
second class matter. Wilder aaid that be
did not intend to attack any OF the post
Office tiii cIals personally but be did not
believe that the government could get
the hss. men for the places fox the money
It paId.
10 pout,following a reprimand for
dIsobedence by her mother, Mss Kath'
crime Chase, l9 years old, Of Al nj street,
D. w., took dose of poison yesterday
afternoon and died from the 6fecta ct
uine o'clock last night.
Despite The fact that todsy was an cfi
day In the Bslioger.Pinchot iuvestIga'
ton, the conteDders we're far from idle.
The principal event was the report from
the west thst U. 8. District Judge Han
ford has returned to the government
title to 1924 acres OF coal land 10
Washington, claimed by the r. 8 Will
son family.:L. r CLAWS, primary ac'
cuser OF Bsllioger, on the stand 10 the
inquiry yesterday, tried to show that
Blllioger as attorney for the Wilson
claimants bad cOuntenanced fraudulent
escrow agreement for the combination
Of these claims. before the claims hsd
been proved. Glavis adherents are tod'y
pointing to judge Hauford's decision IS
so Indication that, at last, some'hir 6
shout those claims was fraudulent. Both
sides are furbishiI 6 up their weapons
today In preparation for the resumption
of the irq1iry tomorrow. CLAWS will
again be on the stand, aud he seems
prepared to 10 into his accusations With
9 thoroughness that will keep him before
the committee for weeks. Apparently
CLAWS made q good witness before the
committee yesterday. Ii impressed the
committee with his evident eaRnestntss
and knowledge Of the complex Alaskan
coal situation. Ifs was very polk 10
his tesiuony-nlmost wandering-but,
as he explained, be had to start 10 at
the beginning and tell every develop
msut, however small, siuee 1t might d.
rectly refer to subsequent happenings.
The surprise OF the day was the miout,
knowledge OF the controversy par
ticnlarly the Alaskan coal end If it
displayed by L d. Brsndeis, Glavls's
counsel, aud who 10 also the legal repre-