Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-31


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delegation OF Georgian'S head by
sentatives Adams and Livingston,
j on President TAFT today to urge
appointment OF W. A. Wibbish, OF
q lanta, as a member Of the Commerce
{ urt. The Executive told his callers
he would consider the name.
The identity Of young man arrest
ed in St. Louis and asserting that he is
a grandson of the late William f. Glad
stone premier OF England. is being in
ycstisatcd by the British embassy where
it was stated today that he was believed
to be an mposter.
The appointment Of George Il.
Cnnings, as assayer at the New York
ASSAY office, to succeed FL. G. Torrey,
was announced ut the treasury today.
Conings has been chief clerk at the
assay office.
The efforts OF the United States gov
eminent to collect an additional 50 per
cent. duty on L string OF pearls valued
at $50, 900 imported for Morris Gug
gcnheim by Tiffany aud Co., ended I'M
successfully today as result OF decl-
sion handed down by the Supreme
Court Of the United States. The court
refused TO review the decision OF the
Board of Appraisers which fixed the
duty at ten per cent instead OF 90. The
question involved in the case is now be
fore the court in the suit OF the govern.
ment for the additional 80 per cent.
duty on a $3.50, 900 string Of pearls now
on the possession Of Mrs. w. B. Leeds,
if Philadelphi, In both cases the
pearls were imported without being
strung althou ii they had been drilled
and collected The duty on pearls iii
their natural state is only ten per cent.
while the duly on ma nufacturcd jew.
clry is 60 per cent. The question i
whether the pearls arc to be ADMITTED
under the former or latter classical
ton.
James IT. Holt, former soldier,
charged with the murder OF Corporal
Henry E. Johnson at Fort Wordep,
Washington, must serve the SEN
tenco of Imprisonment for life ne
received in the low court, according to
n decision Of the Supreme Court Of the
United State today. Various objections
OF the trial Of Holt were presented to
to the Supreme Court all Of which were
considered i:suilicent as u reason Tor
ordering a new trial.
1t is said here that about three thou
sand patti lave been granted on
lcroplanes and their devices, and thai
the patent office is handling ninety
cases month.
Tired OF life among the graves AND,
tonlbs in Prospect Hill Cemetery where
re was employed, George Anderson,
laborer, today swallowed poisonous
mixture called weed exterminator
When foun writing in pain, he told
the cemcte y superintendent that h'
wished to d eand within five minutes
he expired.
Tie Supreme Court of the United
Sa,s this afternoon dismissed the
a. Il OF D. w. Dinsmore, wantec
j hio for. alleged participation III
Il, in the state printers office an.
. more will have to return from
,n.,a.o to Ohio for trial.
A II. otion to dismiss the appeal OF
D. 81. Dmsmore, who is in Chicago,
md who is wanted in Ohio for hi:
iilcgeu participation i'll frauds IN The
state printers Office was made this
afternoon in the U. s. Supreme Court.
The frauds involved the issuance oil
false vouchers and at the time they
were unearthed, Dinsmore went to
Chicago. He was arrested in that city
He applied for writs of habcas corpu:
in the county and federal courts an'
when his requests were denied in boil
cases, he appealed to the Suprem,
Court, being released on bail.
The demurrage controversy between
New England business interests anc
he railroads was adjusted by the In.
;crstato Commerce Commissioner toda,
The receivers Of freight has had fee
use OF cars for four days, and the rail
Dads demand that they pay demurrag'
hargcs after two days. 1t was agreed
oday that the two day rule shall, begin
re December l, apply to all kinds o.
freight, except lumber, coal and grain.
For six months the free time for car
ontainiag these three classes OF freigh
hall be three days, Unless the com
mission makes an order continuinine
this three-day rule after the end OF thu
months time, lumber, coal AM
grain will come under the two day rule.
\ dcmurrage commission will be es-
&blished by the Interstate Commerce
Commission to observe the working OF
he three. day rule. It's reported that
he Interstate Commerce Commission
ontemplates the establishment OF de-
murrage commissions in tho largo cit.
les OF the country to decide whether III
special cases receivers OF freight shall
be relieved Of demurragc charges.
The supreme Court OF the Cnite'
states this afternoon refused 10 taxi
,ars in the railroad rate fight in Okla.
IONA, which has resulted in conhic,
,etseen the state and federal courts.
n declining to Interfere the Supreme
Iourt did not pass upon any rates or
regulations imposed by the railroad
commission in Oklahoma and con,id-
cred the case only from the jurisdic-
tional standpoint.