Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-08
NEWS OF THE DAY.

man of the British mericaR Tobacco
Company. Limited, with its chief office
in London. it WAS announced in New
Yorl, Yesterday. With this announce.
ment Was coupled the statement thai
he wil be succeeded rs president OF
the American Tobacco Company by
PerciVal s. Hill, long vice president.
The existing vacancy on the Sn.
nreme Court bench, the tiilh that has
occurred in the present administration.
probably will he filled by the appoint
ment OF Secretary OF Commerce and
Labor Charles Nagel, OF st. Louis.
President Taft is expected TO send the
nomination OF Mr.. Ndgel to the Senate
within few days.
Arrested near Delaware, Ok, late
Tuesday night on suspicion that he
possessed guilty knowledge OF the ere
nation OF Harvey Hurst, Mrs. Hurst
and Miss Adams, when their home
burned last Sunday night. c. l.. Har-
kins. wealthy planter, was taken TO
! Nowata yesterday for safekeeplng.
Harkins admits he had been frequent
caller at the Hurst home, declared Sr
was to have welded Miss Adams yes
terday. At the coroner's inquest it vas
declared that after the bodies OF Mrs.
Hurst and Miss Adams had been recor-
cred from the fire ruins it was discov-
cred they we're in interesting condi-
tons.
Boys SOW rabbit yesterday near the
Baptist Church at Albany, Ga. and
gave chase. The rabbit ran into the
churchyard and into a burrow under
the portico. Reaching down to get the
rabbit. one of the lads felt something
smooth and cold. 1t was pint flask
Of whisky. Flasks kept coming until
los pints OF whisky were dragged out.
Members OF the church were shocked
when told OF the blind tiger" under
the structure.
| A party OF 80 people persisted in 4
snowstorm while travelling along the
road in the vicinity OF Ishim, Siberia.
They we're caught in drift from which
no corpses have been dug.
The $50 men, women and children,
marooned for several weeks on Holland
Island in ice-locked Chesapeake Bay,
are not facing starvation and pestilence
as supposed, but are possessed OF plenty
for their immediate needs, according
to wireless report today from Capt.
Carmine, OF the revenue cutter Apache,
hurriedly dispatched to the relief OF
this sandbar OF the bay.
! There vas widespread report in
! Philadelphia yesterday that Dorothy
Arnold the heiress. who has been miss
ing from New York since December
10, 1910, had ut last been found. 1t
was said that she had been located in q
Philadelphia hospital. but investigation
by John S. Keith, the Arnold family
attorney, and two detectives proved
that the rumor was only another OF the
wild coDjectures made since the daugh-
ter OF the wealthy perfume importer
vanished over year ago.
! Despite the impassioned plea sent by
Williams Jennings Bryan in telegram
arguing that the fate Of the democratic
party might be sealed by an nvestiga-
ton by any Of the regular committees
OF the House, the democratic caucus
last night followed the conservative lead
OF Majority Leader Underwood and
voted against 4 radical investigation OF
the money trust by special commit
tee OF seven, as called for in the reso-
luton introduced by Representative
Henry, OF Texas.
American citizens who invest in rev.
olution movements cannot expect TO
find The United States government
behind them rs a protector OF those
investments This was stated yester'
day in note addressed by Secretary
OF State Knox to the German govern
ment, through Ambassador Won Bern
storff. A copy OF the note also was
sent to France, Great Britain, Italy,
Japan and Russia.
A man walked into jewelry store
in Chicago yesterday picked up two
cases full OF iewelry and walked out,
and has not been found by the police.
In the cases were jewels worth SO
600 owned by New York firm.
In note to the German Anlbassa-
dor, made public last night. Secretary
of State Knox has again put the
United States in the position OF pro-
tector OF the integrity Of the Chinese
empire, and places this government
on record in favor OF policy OF
hands off" during the present po-
litical upheaval in China. The publ
cation of a note is also regarded as in
effect 3 declaration to the world that
the United States aud Germany will be
found acting together against any
! grabs" 10 China by any other power