Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-03-23


organize by promising to take their
petitions TO Congre Tor them.
"It is this nducenlent Of evasion,
which has been held ont openly from
the beginning, and which can be the
onle reason for the desire OF the clerks
70 form a union Which has caused the
department to take its present staho,
said Stewart. Mention of the induce
ment also answers the question OF The
American Federation Of Labor as 10
how clerk by joining 4 union, would
violate his oath oi Office. Evasion of
II an order is violation CT an order.
The department cannot consent to an
alliance Of any Of its clerks with the
American Federation OF labor. We
have no objection 10 the organizations
within the service, and confined solely
to the service bat We will have no
alliance with organized labor. The
object IS too apparent.
From Vice Consul Leonard nj
Chihuahua, Mexico. the State Depart
ment today received notice Of the re-
lease OF !. c. Hays, m American,
arrested by the Mexican authorities
on March 10. The dispatch stated that
Hays had returned TO his ranch.
The woman's suffrage bill for all
city, village and township Offices and
on all questions or public policy, was
passed by the Illinois Senate this after
noon by vote OF 81 to 10. The
snfiragaltes are jnbilant over the result.
The bill will not go TO the House for
action?
Illegal Discrimination. violation Of
the long and short hanl clause, and
generally aSorhi,ant tariffs we're the
charges made against the Oregon Short
i.ins, the Union Pacific, Pennsylvania
and thirty other railroads to-day in a
complaint filed with The Interstate
Commerce Commission by the National
Wool Growers Association. Sweeping
reductions were demanded in freight
rates from the intermountain section
both to the Pacific coast and New Eng
land
American business interests IN
Turkey and the near east have orga'
nized m American Chamber of Com
mcrre nj Consarlinople according ia =
dispatch received 1T the Stale Depart.
mpnt today from Cunsn! General Raven
,lal at Consiahinnplr. The Chamber 81
Commerce will work 10 open up Amer.
,ran trade throughout the Ottoman
empire.
II is reported that Air. Fitzgerald.
II New York. sill he thr chairman OF
The tlonsn appropriations committee
and Mr. Adamson. al Georgia, chair
man OF the committee Oh intriasa,e
and foreign commerce,
Shippers seeking special canSidera.
ton from railroads must ray extra Tor
any and all fayors Thus received accord
ing 10 a decision by the Interstate
Commerce Commission Today. The
decision followed a complaint hy an
Ohio Bridge Company which demanded
that its shipments he carried on par
licrlar kind Of freight car. but Objected
10 paying any extra charges 1o1 the
service.
BLAMING their dead lalhor lor the ciis-
tom frauds With the government charges
against them, surviving inemper5 OIL me
importing firm Of Frank and Co, Ealti-
more, Md, il was learned here today
nave offered to compromise The SlSdtH''
slit which the federal authorities have
Instituted against them. In view 81 the
circumstances, ii was stated t6a> the q.
Ter, the terms OF which were Withhel Id
would probably lie accepted III settle
inenf OF the civil action and that there
would he no criminal prosecution. Inc
iirnl is charged with having l0pbea the
government through underTaluation on
cotton Innings.
The long Eight which has been waged
between the Beveridge and Hemenway-
WATSON faction in the Indiana reptibli-
can machine over the appointment OF
State Chairman Edward NJ. Lee Of the
republican committee 10 The po5tlinn Of
d. 8 Marshal OF Indiana was settled by
President Taft today by the appoint
ment OF Merrill Moore5. q member OF
neither faction and member Of class Of
Yale - This robbed both factions Of
the coveted position. Lee. il Is Under
stood, will be offered position 81 III
te7nai revenue to succeed Eiam Neal
A delegation oi negroes headed BY
Whitehead Mckinley. collector port Of
Georgetown. called ii TIE White House
soday to thank President TAFT iol his let
tar Of support sent lo Booker y aEhinE-
Ton afte1 Ills recent embToglio in New
York during which the naEro educator
was beaten. TIE party said thar the
president told Them that he had written
10 Washington because he believed in
stondiDC hV his friend when liz vas in
trouble.