Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-04-25
FROM WASHINGTON

reports received at the State Depart
ment today News was received Of the
defeat of 200 federals at Pitiquito by
250 rebels. Several OH both sides were
killed and the federals retired to Altar.
Pitiquito is south of Negaler on the
Arizona border. The rerolutlonlsts
have been defeated at Adams, IS miles
from Frontora. the capital Of the state
OF tobacco. Order prevails at Prentera
where, contrary to expectations there
has been no attack.
One cent letter postage within
the near future was the promise
held out to the public by Postmaster
General Hitchcock as the result OF
the wiping out of the postal dehclt.
It was stated at the depal tment that
bill for the establishment Of penny
most may be introduced backed by
the administration at the next session
Of Congress. a fight to increase rates
on second class mail matter from one
to four cents a pound will be con-
t,nued. 1t was stated today that an
increase in rates on periodicals nects'
sary to secure reduction in the rates
on letter.
Two important committees in the
organization to promote the presidential
interests of Governor Judson Harmon
Of Ohio were appointed today by Seua-
tor Pomerene (dem. Ohio, chairman,
who was directed at the last meeting
to name the committees. The mem
bers of the committees, democratic
representatives from Ohio, are: Ways
and means committee: Cox, chairman;
Sharp, Ansberry, Whitacre, Cooke,
Bathrick, Allen and Bulkley. Resolu-
tions committee: Denver, chairman;
Sherwood, Ashbrook, Anderson, Fran
els. Claypool, Post and White. Three
regulars added to the finance COM
mittees are Hepburn, Idaho; Clark,
Wyoming; who surrenders his mem
bershp on foreign relations, and Gal
Iinger, New Hampshire; Smith, Mich,
is made chairman Of the committee
on territories; Sutherland, Utah, chair
man on public buildings and grounds:
and Smoot gets membership on APP
prop,iations in addition to finance.
F E. P. Currier, Of Boston, Secretary
to Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury
Curtis today announced that he would
resign from government service With
in the near future to become Assistant
Secretary to President Vandlip, OF the
National City bank, OF New York.
Tie postmasters will bear their share
| OF the investigating to be done by the
democratic House. At a meeting this
morning the House committee on eX-
penditures in the Postoffice Department
determined to push the Saunders bill
which provides for sweeping invest'-
CATION Of postmasters activities, Inc
resolution will be reported to the House
tomorrow and Chairman Ashbrook,
I(dem. Ohio declared today tue measure
will be pushed Immediately after the
free list bill is out of the way IN the
House. The resolution provides for de-
termioing the outside business atiilla-
tons OF po:tmasters, their political &C
tivities and the time they devote to their
government duties. The result, Ash
brook said, may be the barring of
postmasters FROM any business or po-
litical work outside Of their government
labors.
Regular and progressive republican,
members of the Senate committee on
committees. resumed their fight today
over the places on. Senate committees
to be given the progressives. Chairman
Ballinger disclosed the allotment az
proposed by the regulars and LaFollette
presented the demands OF the progress
siyes. LaFolette was offered member
ship on the fnance and appropriations
committee, bat his demand was for
| finance aud Interstate commerce.
Cummils vas offered place on foreign
relations but he insisted also upon
membership ia the finance committee
Bourne was rendered Chairmansblp OF
the postofiice committee but he desife1
also place on appropriations. Clspp
was conceded the chairmanship OF the
interstate commerce committee 10y
right Of seniority. 4 session OF the
committee was followed by a recess, to
allow each faction to confer and ar
engagements were made for another
meeting late this afternoon.
President Taft today made an en-
thusiastic add of welcome to hum
dreds Of mothers assembled here FROM
all sections of the country to discuss
the proper upbringiug OF their chill
dren. The Mothers Congress, com
prising representative women, will deal
with every phase Of childhood. A cam
paign of education for mothers, to
decrease infant mortality will be con-
sidered.
Denial OF the statement that secret
service operatives had worked with
Detective Burn On the Mcnamara
case was today made by Chief OF the
Secret Service Wllkie. The reported
evidence in this case has been gathered
80 far as | know entirely by private de-
tectiyes," said Wilke. Certainly the
secret service has nothing whatever to
do with it.
Though Cana iian reciprocity has
few friends in the finance committee OF
the Senate, it was, declared today that
Chairman Penrosa would support it,
10 order to uphold the president, and
that in general the prospects for the
measure in the upper House have
improved in the last few days. One
republican leader said today that bis