Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-17
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of Alexandra Gazette

Court today, Frank N. Hofstot Pitts
burg millionaire, must return to
Pennsylvania from New York and
stand trial upon charges made against
him in connection with the council
manic bribery cases.
Dismayed by the presence OF the
United States gunboat Princeton in the
harbor, General Maria Vallardares,
governor OF Amapala, has forsaken bis
fortress and fled into the interior OF
Honduras, according to a dispatch re-
ceived at the State Department today
from Commander Charles Hayes of the
Prin, eton. Vallardares before leaving
sent to Commander Hayes a formal
written denial of the alleged barbarities
OF Vallardares toward the foreign resi-
dents of the island. He stated that the
only trouble that he had ever had with
foreigners ut Amapala was upon ques-
tionS of finance. This denial came vol
UNFAIRLY from the Honduran Com
mandante.
The establishment Of the canteen
is urged by Major General Wood In
his report as commander Of the de-
partment of the east which was sub
mitted to adjutant general today.
Wood also recommends the establish
ment OF n general service corps to
relieve the enlisted men OF the army
OF the non military work such as driv-
ing and packing which is now demand
ed to them.
In the revision OF the itinerary for the
winter cruise of Atlantic Fleet which
is now being made up it has been
decided not to send the seventh tor
pedo division to Europe as was ordered
bv the department last July but to send
them to the West Indies instead. A
detailed itinerary for the ports to be
visited will be announced shortly.
The preachers of this city today de-
clared their wrath at the want ADJ
marriage of Harvey Oliver Brown and
the German girl, who last week adver-
tised for husband, offering 5000 and
the promise of an immediate divorce.
Brown was local building wrecker,
the successful applicant, and was mar
ried Friday to the girl Eugene Adams,
who paid Brown the 5000 and parting
from her husband at the altar, started
for Germany to claim legacy which
was left her with the proviso that she
marry within certain time. Nearly
every denomination in the city has
taken up the condemnation of this
marriage and of the law in the District
of Columbia that allows such mar
riagc. Sermons are promised by many
OF the most prominent clergymen in
in Washington upon the subject next
Sunday and the calling of a mass meet,
ing is being agitated for a protest.
A provision of the railroad law re,
curing railroads to appoint in Wash,
ington agents upon whom notices and
processes can be served went into
effect today About 1000 railroads
named 120 agents who will receive
service intended for them. The pro.
vision will cause considerable incon.
venience TO officers of the Interstate
Commerce Commission and its repeal
may be asked of Congress next winter.
Under the old law it was only necessary
for the commission TO place notices IN
| tha ,,os, of;o., -rnes;ctaroa mail. Now
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messengers to the other 120 agents.
As a result of q decision OF the
Supreme Court announced today the
orders OF the Interstate Commerce
Commission reducing freight rates on
class articles from Chicago and St.
Louis to Denver and from the Missis-
sipp river to Missouri river points
will = into effect within 80 days. The
petition for the hearing was denied in
the Denver rate case and the Missouri
and Mississippi river cases. The ap-
plicaton for rehearing had the effect
Of preventing the order Of the Inter.
state Commerce Commission from GO
ing into effect until the Supreme Court
| had taken final action on it.
The method followed by rich Ameri
cans in buying pearl necklaces abroad
may undergo decided change il the
u. S. Supreme Court accedes to the
petition OF Attorney General Wicker
sham submitted today asking the court
to review the case OF the United States
against Tiffany & Co. The case in.
wolves the question whether pearls
drilled and selected but not strung are
to be assessed at sixty per cent. or al
ten per cent. rate of duty. Some time
ago Morris Guggenheim requested
Tiffany & Co., OF Paris, to select for
him pearls for necklace costing APP
proximately 800, ZOO. The selection OF
pearls, drilled but not strung, was made
TO his satisfaction and they were sent
to the New York shop Of the jewelry
firm. The customs collector held that
the pearls should be regarded as pearls
set or strung and assessed at sixty per
cent. The importers held that they were
| in their natural state and should be as
scssed ut ten per cent The board OF
general appraisers and the Circuit
Court of Appeals held in favor OF the
| importers.
Secretary Knox today returned to
the States Department TO resume &C
tive control nf affairs for the winter.
The secretary has been at his summer
home at Valley Forge, Pa, practically
the entire summer.
The Duyeens Indicted.
New York, Oct. 17.-Henry ]. and