Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-04-27

earnings for January 1911, showing
that the carriers cleared over s54, 900
600. This is 2.16 per cent. less than
the receipts of January 1910.
The republican Senate caucus this
afternoon adopted the report on COM
mittees submitted by the majority of
the committee on committees. A
motion was made by Mr.. Culnmins, OF
Iowa, to amend the report by adding
one member to the interstate COM
merce committee and an additional
clerk be given to Senator LaFollette.
Chairman Gallinger opposed the mo.
ton and said that the committee had
,ione the best that could be done under
the circumstances. The motion was
lost by vote of 33 to II. Cummlns
then moved that Bristow be added to
the finance committee. 1t was defeat
ed 81 to u. Cummins and Lafollelle
gave notice that they would reserve the
right to take such action as they con-
sidered desirable in the Senate. The
report was then adopted.
A wireless to the revenue cutter ser
vice here today announced the recovery
of valuable marine charts and paper:
from the deck house Of a derelict picked
ND by the destroyer Seneca. $50 miles
south Of Montauk Point, Long Island
The derelict had been drifting for year;
and all but the stern on which the
deck house vas located had been tori
to pieces by storms.
Women can never get suffrage
as lsng as their clothes button up The
back" declared DR.. Cyrus Townsend
Brady, lecturing before the ra,dlgnl
fed Church Congress last night, or
the distinctly unreligious subject o.
woman suffrage" The declaration
was followed by an attack on thai
most sacred OF femme shrines
Fashion," and finally women were
informed that their mode OF dres:
proved them to be an inferior race.
Ambassador O'Bren telegraphec
the State Department today that the
Japanese authorities have released
Fletcher and Richardson OF San Fran
cisco who were arrested on the charge
Of being spies taking photographs O
the Maizru naval station from the
deck of a passing steamer. upoI
| request of relatives OF the two Amer
cons investigation made by the State
Department representatives and the
release obtained.
A pilgrimage to Mt. Vernon. toda!
gave the members Of the Twenty-nlnti
Church Congress now III session here
respite from the discussion of churcL
problems which have hitherto occupied
their time. Preceding the excursion
down the river, a brief meeting was
held for the discussion Of Jesu'
Christ Of the Gospels and Of Theology.
The congress last night declared unanl
mously for more democracy IN th'
church.
On account OF i'll health Senate
Tillman P. FRYE Of Mains today sen
his resignation as President Pro Ten
of the Senate to the vice president
He is the oldest members in poln
of services having been senator since
1881. The president elect bis success
sor.
Raids by special custom agents OF
twenty or more fashionable dressmak
ing establishments in New York
Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia ant
Baltimore have been planned, it wa
learned here today, following the dis
coyery that within the last few months
gowns and costly laces have beer
struggled into this country from Paris
Gowns worth thousands Of dollars, i
was stated, have already been seized a
custom houses.
Indications now are that the pro
| posed arbitration treaty between tht
| United States and Great Britain vii
be submitted 10 the Senate for ratlli
cation the latter part OF May or tht
| first of June.
The following nominations were sen
from the White House to the Senat'
at noon today Surveyor OF customs a
St. Joseph, Mo-, Biliot Marshall; as
sistant to the Attorney General Jane:
A. Fowler, of Tennessee; Assistant At
torney General Ernest Fraebel OF Colo
RADIO. First Assistant Secretary OF the
Interior Samuel Adams, Of Illinois.
A silent but powerful protest is being
made today by the 500 cadets at The
Annapolis Naval Academy against th'
insinuation that they were guilty o
snobbery" in connection with th'
Miss Beers case, when, in fact, they
say, the 'snobbery" existed only or
the part Of the officials OF the Academy
| and the Navy Department,
In the list Of democratic members o.
Senate committees adopted by the
democratic caucus today there we're few
changes affecting the older senators il
poiut OF service.
The Mexiran revolution seems crush
ed in the state OF Tabasco, according L
| reports from Consul Lespinasse al
Frontiera following the defeat Of tht
rebels with great losses. Fedora
troops are in pursuit OF the revolution
lists.
5Iayor and Marshal Killed.