Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-03-02

day set apart for social dissipations. 1t
was declared that in view OF Mrs. Taft's
stand against Sunday entertainments
that Washington merited such re.
buke the least Of all cities.
The king OF Siam leaped into the
whirlpool Of international affairs today
by cabling Secretary Knox that he felt
greatly honored by the announcement
that the American minister at Bangkok
has been designated as President Tatt's
special representative at the cremation
OF the body OF his late Majesty King
Chulalongkorn who died last October
The present King, whose name IL SON
dultoh Choa Fa Maha Zajiravudh, Is
very much touched by this courtesy
and promises to do everything to afford
Minister King most favorable re-
ception at the cremation.
With forty knife wounds on practt,,
cslly every portion OF her face and
BODY, one of them laying bare hall her
scalp aud another deep in her breast,
Mrs. John Benson lies at the point OF
death in a local hospital today follow
ing a 6endish assault said to have been
made on her by her husband, who is
under arrest The woman lay semi
conscious ard unattended for eighteen
hours on the door Of her home in the
outskirts Of Washington before being
discovered by her sister. She was
brought to Washington on a bed OF
straw, in a heavy farm wagon.
Three charters have been granted
| 20 the railway mail clerks and il our
expectations are fulfilled the entire
postal service will soon become attiliat.
I'd with the American Federation OF
Labor" said Secretary Morrison today,
The movement is general throughout
| he postal service and, according TO
Morrison, more applications for char
tiers are expected within q few days.
An economy plan which Postmaster
General Hitchcock declares would save
the government thousands OF dollars
annually was blocked by the loug arm
of the comptroller Of the treasury TO-
day when he refused to allow the Post
office Department to purchase the let
tiers patent OF process to emboss the
paraffn paper intcrleaved between
sheets OF stamps in the little booklets
which the government offers for sale.
The embossing work is now done by a
private concern, by contract
Complete submission by railroads to
the decisions Of the Interstate Com
merce Commission in the great rate
cases within the next seren days was
predicted By Commissioned Lane to-
day. Lane declared it would never be
necessary for the commission TO issue
formal order 10 the case. There are
40 possible grounds on which a logical
appeal can be based and this fact is
known to the railroads." said Lane.
Representative eastern and western
roads have already given Informal
notice that they will comply with the
decisions and theirs is no doubt il my
mind that all the others will follow silt.
| Its a good thing for all parties, too; all
attempt to appeal would only cause a
lot of trouble for the commission, and
| lot more trouble for the railroads :
| and nothing would be gained. =
At the request OF Vice President
Sherman, Secretary Dickinson today
agreed to hear the representatives OF
steamship interests whose application
for permission to extend their piers IL
New York harbor, was denied by the
army engineer board. The date for
the hearing will be Monday March 5.
Secretary Dickinson favored delay
but Vice President Sherman declared
that the steamship companies who have
appealed to him were most anxious for
prompt action
That Japan will never permit the
United States to complete the Panama
cana unmolested was the declaration
of Representative Hobson (Aia.) today
at the White House. Hobson gave un-
qualified Endorsement to the statement
Of Sir Frederick Yilliers, the famous
British war correspondent who is quoted
today as saying the Americans ere a
misguided people Oh the brink OF war
with Japan, Every veil informed
diplomat and every army and navy
officer OF the United States knows war
with Japan is inevitable, and that this
country is unprepared for the struggle.
It il not to be thought for one moment
that Japan will LEI Us finish the gate
ways to the Pacific now being construct.
ed on the Isthmus OF Panama." said
Hobson. He also declared that the
United States would find IN Europe no
friends once the war bad begun, and
that Germany would openly rejoice at
our predicament.
That Senators Hepburn and Garter
have secured the adoption b. the
Senate Of "joEers" IN agricultural
appropriation bill, now ii conference.
which will result in the abrogating
completely the forest policy OF The
country ii finally enacted. vas the
sensational charge sprung BY Clifford
Pinchot, former chief forester, i'll q
speech before the National Lumber
Dealers Association here today The
Heyburn amendment, Fiuchor as
serted, provides that al land upon
which there is growing less than 1000
fee, Of merchandise timber, in con-
tiguous ares OF $50 acres, shall be
excluded from the national forest,
This provision would practically put
an and 70 the use ct the national
forest by the western people. 1t
would prevent the practices of forestry.
There is no form OF use which It would