Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-02
NEWS OF THE DAY

Brooding over the marriage OF her
sister to tie man who had been paying
hor attention, Emma Wachter, sixteen
years old, committed suicide at the
home OF McCIintoc Young OF Frederick.
Nd, by taking poison. Her lifeIess
hody was found in bed yesterday morn
ing. About a week ago her sitter was
married and she had been respondent.
The fresh agitation for an increase
in The German nasal program, which
calls Tor reduction in 1912 OF the
number OF big ships laid down an
nnally from four to two, has met with
official silence. An agency which is
sometimes well informed in naval mat
ters, however, states that an increase
has been decided on. The govern
nent, it says, is determined TO spend
$4,000, 600, spread over six years, on
the augmentation OF the fleet. 1t ia
not vet decided whether the increased
appropriations are to be covered by
new taxation or by loan.
The State Department is taking steps
10 secure w. Morgan Shuster, the
American treasurer general OF Persia,
protection in his rights rs an American
citizen. AS heretofore made plain by
Secretary Knox, such measures rs
may be adopted to this end will have
nothing to do with Mr.. Shuster as a
Persian official They will extend
only to the preservation OF his life,
liberty and proper'y,and the safeguard
ing OF his family in TGhcran.
What employees OF the United States
mail service termed an attack on their
union organization was received in
Chicago yesterday 10 general order
from C.. P. Grandtield. First ASS slant
Postmaster. General. calling on all
secret organizations in the service i'm
mediatelv to ,disband. The order was
aimed, the men say, Mt the National
Federation OF PoStoffice Clerks, an
utilization of the American Federation
OF Labor, to which most OF the mem
bers belong. The order does not
affect any employee who belongs to
fraternal secret organizations outside
the postal service. Membership III
secret organizations was termed 'inlm-
ic,al to the intereS' OF the government"
as being incompatible with the en-
ployee's oath of service.
Additional light was thrown yeSter-
day upon the identity of James Hay
Smith, suspected OF the murder OF
William Mickle, i'll Washington, when
Wilbur Patterson, OF Baltimore, Is
wears old, appeared at police head
quarters and said he was certain that
he could recognize James Hay Smith,
who is held there. Patterson WAC
taken to the Jail and declared posi-.
lively that Smith was the man in
Mickle's store less than ~ minutes be-
lore the tobacconist was killed by
blows on the head with monkey
wrench on Thursday evening two
weeks ago. Patterson also said that
Smith carried package, the wrapper
of which resembled the brown paper
found beside the blood-staiucd wrench
immediately after the discovery OF
Mickle'S bo,ly.
With plea that there shall be no !,
decrease 10 the effective strength oil the
United States navy, George Won j..
Meyer, secretary of the navy. 10 his
annual report to Congress. declares
that while seeking peace and playing
q leading part in the movement for
general arbitration treaties The world
must understand that America is pre-.
pared for war; The short lie OF 4
warship for first or second line OF de.
fehse-approximateIy 90 years-has
caused the secretary to ask for more
ships this year, not 10 increase rhe
navy but to maintain it at its existing /
strength THIS strength. he says, is he |
ing diminished by the elimination from
active service OF the battleships 6e,
CO ,structsd for tbs new navy"