The Washington herald., 1911-08-27
TOLD In PARAGRAPHS

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Worcester, Mass, Aug. 2-Mrs. Louise
Waterman Carpenter, the oldest person
in Massachusetts,, is los to-day. She is
descended from Roger Williams. -Four of
her nine children are living.
bandit Uses Motorcycle.
Chicago. Aug. PA motorcycle bandit
early to-day robbed nine men in two
restaurants Of more than 500 and escaped
on his machine, speeding through the
streets at the rate of sixty miles an
hour.
Explosion Razes Town.
Port Limon. Aug. 26.-Half Of the town
of San Jose Is in ruins and the remains
of fifteen lay in the morgue as a result
of an explosion Of q magazine in the San
Jose garrison.
Alleged Lynchers I'm Court.
Westchester, Pa, Aug. .26.-SIx persons
arrested in connection NTH the lynch
ing Of Esekiel Walker, the colored muir
derer. were arraigned before Justice Of
the Peace Paxon here to-day. The court
house was crowded, and detail of police
men were stationed on the outside to
prevent any disorder.
Provides for Her Parents.
Chicago. Aug. 26-Mrs. Myrtle Reed
Mccullough, the authoress who killed
herself in her home on August II. left
an estate worth approximately SIPS, ,00o
Mrs. McCullough's parents, Hiram ".
and Elizabeth Reed, are to have the use
of their present home at 1911 Balmoral
avenue and the sum of s35 a week during
the lifetime of both. When one dies the
weekly allowance is to be reduced to
S25 for the survivor.
Ten Die in Auto Crash.
Consette. England. Aug. 26.-Ten per-
others seriously injured, some of them
fatally, when a crowded motor car got
beyond control Of its driver and crashed
into a tree near here to-day. -
Find BuIlet-riddIed Bodies.
Huntington. w. Va. Aug. 26.-Riddled
with bullets and their clothing rified, the
bodies of NJ. F. Pratt, Of Catlettsburg,
KY. and NJ. V. Jarret. Of Glen Hays. w.
Va, two well-to-do lumbermen. were
found on the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
rood tracks near the Cabell County line
by the crew of a freight train to-day.
Judge Hanged in Emgy.
Seattle Wash, Aug. 26.-Cornelius H.
United States district Judge.
was hanged in effigy here last night,
while a mass meeting wa. being held to
protest against his granting a temporary
injunction sought by the Seattle, Rem
ton and Southern Railway.
Drifts Ashore.
London, Aug. "a bag Of American
mail matter, which was lost overheard
while being landed from the Hamburg
American Line steamship Kaiserin Au-
yuste Victoria at Plymouth on August
Il. was picked UP to-day on the river
shore near Falmouth. 1t had been swept
away from the steamship by wave and
he search had proved futile. 1t drifted
fifty miles down the English Channel
before going ashore.
Ocean Liner Held Up.
New York. Aug 26. - The steamer
<aiserin Auguste Victoria. which arrived
Turing the night from Hamburg, was
leld at Quarantine to-day to investigate
suspicious case of illness in the steer
ge, but was soon released.
VIII Control Aircraft.
Simla, British India, Aug. 26.-Manufac- |
ure, sale, importation, or possession of any |
lind of aircraft henceforth will be under |
control. the authorities hav-
NJ inf fnr Of
,ostly licenses
Kermit Roosevelt Back.
Yuma, Ariz, Aug 26.-Tanned to a rich |
,rown by his two weeks hunting trip in |
he Sonora desert Kermit Roosevelt left !
or the East last night with four Mexican
heep as trophies.
ane Fourth Saves Lives.
Chicago. Aug. 2G-A decrease of lives !
ost from S72 to 81 and of injured from
.4i9 to 1,602 was the result of sane Fourth
egislation in the nine years beginning
With 1903 and ending with 1911.
ultra gettes in Tents.
Sacramento, Cal, Aug. 26,-With a cir
us tent a moving picture machine, and
ed NTe, SoU women sunraglStS invaded
he State capital last night, preparatory
o the important event OF October 10,
Vhen a proposed constitutional amend
nent, giving suffrage to women, will be
oted upon.
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