Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-04-28
FROM WASHINGTON

The dropping OF the case, accorulng "
a high official, was due to inability to
connect the operations Of the trust.
with the terms OF the Sherman autl-
trust act. There is little doubt but
that there is a money trust, said this
official, land that it is probably the
largest, and most powerful trust IN the
world. The department is convinced
of this, and feels that something ought
to be done. In order to prosecute
however, it would be necessary TO sno"
that the trusts operations have restrict
ed interstate commerce.
Unless there is loop-hole IN the
law, the Department OF Justice believes
that the conviction OF Dan r. Hanna
and The sixteen other financlers ana
railroad officials recently indicted IN
Cleveland for rebating, is certain. Much
of the evidence in the cases, 1t was
stated, was gathered under the per-
sonal supervision OF District Attorney
Day, of Cleveland, and was declared to
be remarkably complete. !" The al
legged rebating vas called to the atten-
ton OF the department by the Inter
state Commerce Commission 1t was
stated, land the government lmmedi-
ately began an investigation which has
been most thorough. The result is that
the government does not believe there
is a single faulty link in the chair.
A movement to wipe out what IS
termed the wicked economic waste 10
the church life of the nation was
planned today by both lay and clerical
delegates to the Twenty ninth Church
Congress now in session in this city.
The ecclesiastical gathering has been
stirred by the charges Of Bishop Fran
els, of Indianapolis, that controversy
among the too-numerous and rlvalllng
churches has taken the place OF the
gospel. American towns, he SAID, are
supplied with four churches, where one
would be sufficient. The attempt at
concentration and efficiency, according
to plans outlined today, will first be
made in the missionary field abroad
The formal discussions today were de-
voted to the subjects OF The Need Tor
PRAYER Book Revision to Meet Present
Day Conditions, and Tile Place OF
Meditation in the Development OF
Christian Character.
In discussion OF the problems OF the
fatherless child before the Mother 5
Congress today, Mrs. Robert Park OF
Vallaston, Mass, declared that the
state should care for not only the child
but the mother in such cases as mat
ter OF pure investment. The expendi
ture of thousands Of dollars would be
prevented, she said, in the future II
mother and child were properly estah-
Iished of the baby being put into an
institution and the mother turned INTO
the street to earn her living by selling
herself. No one, declared Mrs. Parks,
is to much interested in the fatherless
child and its mother and, she argued,
if both were kept together during the
chld's infancy even if at public eS.
pense there would be little likelihood
of either becoming q public charge
through criminality of vagrancy.
Weary with two DAYS of New York
functions President Taft today returned
to the White House and the serious
end of his Job Of being president. Mrs
Taft, who has been in New York shop
ping, came to Washington with the
president.
Alleging direct connection between
the high price Of beef and freight rates
on live stock, the Omaha Corporation
Commission today filed complaint
with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission demanding that l43 western
railroads be required to reduce their
schedules on shipments from the
western cattle raising states. Cheaper
freight rates, it 1as declared, would
enable Oklahoma packing houses to
distribute the dressed product at lower
cost to the ultimate consumer.
The recovery of the body Of Lee Mid
dleton, aged 20, from the James Creek
Canal here today, led the police TO as
sert that he met his death Immediately
after proposing to girl at dance
and being refused one week ago. When
last seen Middleton was leaving the Ma
tional Rife .Armory after his suit had
failed.
The seismograph at U. S. Weather
Bureau recorded an earthquake begin
ming shortly after 5 a. m. eastern time,
and continuing for about fifteen min
utes. The. record was not definite
enough to make it possible to estimate
the distance The bureau officials said
the indications we're that the quake
was not serious.
Hearings will he granted by the
Senate committee on finance to persons
interested in the reciprocity agreement
with Canada and the tariff bills that
will come from the House. A meeting
Of the committee will he held Monday |
TO arrange for hearings on the recip-
roclty bill.
The Senate in executive session to
day confirmed the nomination OF
Samuel Adams OF Illinois, to be first
assistant secretary of the interior.
In the cabinet meeting held few
hours after his return from New York,
President Taft outlined his plan for
an effective campaign among senators
on behalf of the Canadian reciprocity |
bill. The president believes that it is
now or never with reciprocity, as he is |
convinced Canada, with her Increasing
independence, will he less and less
likely to seek from or grant to the
United States any tariff favors. As the
reciprocity bill has been passed by the
IonSo p-uciAant To Il inlunlc "a or,