Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-29
From Washington.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gaiett''
Washington, January %.

Correspondence Of the Ale1sncTla dafetf'
Washington, January 20.
The president today had talk wiIb
Mr. John A Blllaine, who has offered
20 take over Alaskan coal lands a1d pay
the government a royalty OF fly cents
on on all the coal miDes. The Bal
sine proposition was no! discussed 10
detail but tbe president expressed the
hope that Congress will soon psss leg
islstion that will allow the improvement
and Development OF the Alaskan coal
properties.
Dissatisfied With the results OF their
efforts In Congress to stsve of. the cor
pora,ion tax lsw, the corporations today
appealed to President Taft to hold uP
The measures. J. W. Glenn, secretary
of the IlInois Manufacturers Association
and head of the committee sent to
Washington By the corporation to "res'
,on with Congress-" called at the White
H ,use, and talked over the matter with
the presiden'. The president evidently
did not give Mr. Glenn great deal o.
encouragement for ss be left the White
House the corporation representative
said: "The president don't seem to
think that this law is going to hurt u
IS much as We expect" The corpora-
inns are fighting to have the dae eel
for the Law to take tfsct, extended from
March L.! I'LL later 10 the year.
Ice ought to be cheaper 10 New York,
PhiIadslphis, and towns In New jersey,
Delaware and Maryland pext summer Sc
the result of decision made public to-
dsy By the Interstate Oommerce Gem
mission. The tffect of 1t 10 to reqoire
all the roads carrying Ice from the POGO
| no mountains aud the jersey lakes 10
reduce their rstea by FROM ten to twenty
cents per ton according as to whether 1t
Is carried In ordinary box cara or in Ice
cars.
"a man who den lds protection
| aQsiust hsnd.me.dowu legislation"
| This is Senator Delivers de6Oitlon OF
IF an iulu gent. The Iowa statesman
gave It last night ct The dinner oil the
Periodical PabIshers' Association, aud
apparently as much for The edl6csion OF
President TAFT and SPEAKER Cannon Sc
for the mogsz'ne men. During his re-
marks. the senator spoke directly at the
president snd tbs speaker. Comment.
irg upon the recent tsriR legislation he
said, "Au awakened public Coincidence
will no longer allow tarf laws to be
written 10 The Offices Of the big Interests. "
Mesrs. D wight, reta blicsu whip Of tho
House, DAHL and b iutell, called Of
The White House yesterday to ssk the
presideuPs aid in stemmipg the tide Of
lou .gency which nov threatens Mr..
Osnnon's control of the COMMITTEES or
rules. The last cause for alarm on the
part of the "regu'aTs" vas the Fowler
reso II ioc, depOsing the speaker as a
member OF the committee on lules ard
trebIiDg its membership.
After serving their sentences Of three
months for contempt of the y. s. Su'
preme Court Sheriff Ship, Of Ohatla'
uoogs, aud bis two fellow prisoners.
! Nick Nolan and Luther Williams, we're
liberated from the District jail early
today. These men, with three Others,
eho served two months imprisonment,
we're convicted before The bar of the
highest tribunal of completely In the
lynching of Ed Johnson, & regro Tapist,
at Chattanooga, while the Cordeuned
msn was under a slay OF execution
granted by the suorems Court. Ship
and his comnsnioos spent the day re-
ceiving friends at The club rooms OF the
Elks and Esgles, and will leave tonight
fer Chattanooga.
The 6usl draft Of the Arizona New
Mexico separate statehood bill was ap.
proved by President Taft today, snd will
be inlrot Il I'D 10 the Senate on Monday
Senator Beverage, chairman of the
Senate committee on territories who hiss
been ct work on the bill for the psst few
months, confident that it will be passed
within short time. The bill provides
that the constitution shall be ratified by
the psople of each state a. d 'ha then he
forwarded to the president and TO Con-
gress. Uutil tbs constitution shsll be
approved the election OF state eff GERS
shall not be held.
A squad Of plain clothes men and reg.
ulsr police are securing the streets OF
Washington today for the rendezvous oil
q gang OF boy bandits. Stories of lwen-
ty comparative youngsters, educated 10
crime BY corps Of professional crimi-
pals, joi1ed in life and death compact
Of loot, told by Charles Harley, one Of
the members of the gang, started the
police on the search, Hurley, who is
eighteen years old, Wss arrested, with
two other young men yesterday, for
burglary. According to his story, the
gang Furnishes by death every viOlstion