The Washington herald., 1911-08-02
TOLD In PARAGRAPHS

lVuU In I ANhuNhI uO
Louisville, Ky, Aug. 1.-The steamer
Kanawha, with the Congressional Rivers
and Harbors Committee aboard. went
aground on Sister Island. in the Ohio
River, to-day. 1t was floated safely an
hour later.
Former LITER Pensioned.
Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 1.-Andrew Car
negie has placed upon his private PEN
sion list Andy Troth, who was re-
leased from the Western Penitentiary
May IS, after having served twenty
years of a life sentence, having
been convicted of participating in the
killing OF a watchman at the Edgar
Thompson steel works, Braddock, Pa,
, on New Years Eve, 1890. The crime
was later confessed by another man.
FOresters Meet.
Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. with 300 dele
gates present, the twenty-first annual
convention of the Catholic order Of For
esters was opened in the Hollenden Ho-
| vention will be an attempt to increase
insurance rates.
Nefn Discharged.
Boston, Aug 1.-Robert P. Neill, presi-
| dent of the International Brotherhood OF
Railroad Employees, and publisher of a
magazine devoted to their interests, who
was charged with using the mails in a
scheme to defraud, was to-day discharg-
ed in the Federal District Court.
JeweIer Shot.
New York, Aug. I'M. Silverman, a
jeweler at 1872 Madison avenue, was
attacked in his store by two bandits
| this afternoon and shot IN the right
arm. The robbers then escaped with
small amount of jewelry.
"Whitc SLAYER" Held.
New York, Aug. Justice Charles
E. Hughes, of the Supreme Court. act
ing as a Judge of the Circuit Court, to-
day held Arthur B. Clarke, a travelling
salesman. in s2.5OO bail for alleged vio-
| lation of the Federal white slave act.
Aero Hits stand.
Valencia, Spain, Aug. Twelve per-
sons were hurt when an aeroplane
rammed the grand stand at the aero
drome here-to-day, causing 0 portion
of the structure TO fall.
| Mrs. Howard Dies.
Burlington. VT, Aug. Mrs. o. o.
Howard, widow of Maj. Gen. Howard.
died here to-day.
knights of Columbus Meet.
Detroit. Mich. Aug. with pom
tifical high mass. the convention of
the knights of Columbus was formally
opened in the Church of Our Lady of
| the Rosary to-day.
Col. Garth Is Dead.
Huntsville. Ala. Aug. 1.-Col. Hor-
ace E. Garth. former president of the
Mechanics National Bank, of New
York is dead at his home here Col.
Garth was born at Trenton, KY, in
1887.
Boy Enters Plea.
New York, Aug. Paul Geidell the
seventeen-year-old bellboy, to-day plead
ed not guilty to the indictment charging
him with the murder of William Henry
Jackson In the Hotel IroQuois, with the
privilege of withdrawing the plea or en-
| tering demurrer by next Monday.
Royal Yacht Loses.
Cowes, England Aug. Ludwig SAN
dar's Paula. III won the fifteen meter
yacht race in the Cowes regatta to-day.
The Hispania. owned by King Alfonso
of Spatn,- and the Sophie Elizabeth, q
German yacht. owned by Leopold o. H.
Biermann, of Bremen, was so hopelessly
outdistanced that they withdrew from
the contest before the race was over.
Shepard Funeral Held.
Lake George, n. Y, Aug. Funeral
services over the late Edward NJ Shep-
ard. noted lawyer and Democratic lead
er. were held in st. James Episcopal
Church at 10 o'clock to-day.
FIaEman Killed.
Corey, Pa, Aug. 1.-Carelessly leav-
ing open a derailing switch caused a
freight wreck on the Erie Railroad at
Concord early to-day. Flagman John
Shea. of Meadeville, was crushed to
death.
Woman Flyer Honored.
Hampstead, n. Y, Aug. 1.-Miss Har-
riot Quimby was awarded a pilots IL
cense to-day by the Aero Club of
America. This is the first license that