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The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
ROBBERS SHOOT WOMAN.
Threaten Torture and when Victim
FIces Open Fire.

Chicago. Aug. A.-Two burglars early
to-day shot and probably mortaily
wounded Mrs. Elizabeth Gunter because
there was no money in her house. The
burglars insisted that money was hidden
about the place. When the woman as
serted there was not, the thieves threat
ened to torture her. Alarmed, she broke
away from them and fled from the house.
They followed her and fired at her, she
says. One bullet pierced her hip. She
fell to the ground.
Lets finish her" one of the men said.
Both fred, and one shot pierced her
left lung.
She became unconscious and the rob
bers fed The woman lay on the ground
until her husband. Emil Guntert, a mar
ket gardener. returned home hours later.
Mrs Guntert regained consciousness fer
a short time at the hospital and told he-
story.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
FEAR NJ 'CLEARY
WILL COLLAPSE
Man Accused Of Murder at Hagers-
town;sMd., Develops Case
i of Nerves"
HEARING IS POSTPONED

Special to The wtshinstoo Hsah
Hagerstown. Md, Aug. A.-Norman
Bruce McCleary, held here on suspicion
Of numbering Mrs. Mamie Henry, be-
cause she opposed his suit for the hand
Of her daughter, Miss Lupah Henry. a
pretty stenographer. will be taken be-
fore Justice Doub on Monday and recon-
united to Jail for three days more It
was the intention of Sheriff Snively to
take McCleary before the justice to-day.
but States Attorney wolfnger gave in
structions that McCleary should be kept
In solitary confinement to-day.
McCleary to-day found he had nerves.
When he arrived last night from Wash
ington In the custody of the officers he
was cool and collected, and commented
upon the immense crowd Of people that
had gathered at the depot to see him
when the train came in He remarked
to the officers that the crowd reminded
him of a big picnic. He submitted to
one interview. after which the jailers re-
fused to allow any person to see him.
Denies the Killing.
He denied killing and robbing Mrs.
Henry. and said the money he had spent
here before going to Washington was
money earned and loaned him by a
friend. He denied taking a letter from
the Henry house that had been sent by
Miss Henry from Washington to her
mother here's and which contained Miss
Henry's Washington street address.
McCleary said he saw Miss Henry on
the street in Washington and followed
her to her lodging house. and in that
way learned where she was staying.
McCleary was bordering on a nervous
collapse this morning. He spent a very
bad night. At times he talked in a rant
ing way 10 the prison keepers This
afternoon he imagined he heard musi-
clans playing in the jail. Some of his
friends believe his mind has become ef-
fected by drink. Several weeks ago he
was on a prolonged spree. and broke into
a house along the Middleburg Pike.
while intoxicated. He was arrested and
fined SIS for the offense. McCleary says
he will engage a lawyer.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
RAILROADS NEAR
TO CAR famine
Surplus of Idle Carriers Rapidly
Decreasing and by October l a
Deficit Is Predicted.
MONEY FOR CROP MOVEMENT
MONEY FOR CROP MOVEMENT
BY BARRON SERVICE.

New York. Aug. 24-That the railroads
OF the country are rapidly working TO-
ward a car famine, as has been preuicteo'
IS indicated by the fortnightly bulletin
Of the American Railway Association
which states that on August Is the net
surpIus of idle cars in the United states
and Canada was 1891, a decline OF
70 soa cars in two weeks. This Is about
the same Sshrinkage as In the previous
-va weeks. At the same rate, oy Oc-
tohar there will be a deficit in cars
in place of a surplus. However, the M Mrate
81 decrease is liable to change Tar more
durirq the present fortnightly PERIOD
o,d tba first two weeks Of september
.ber II has. while the greatest can On
cars win be for the last two weeks IN
September and the whole month OIL &c
tober. The height of the trafhc movement
will ne reached about OCTOBER a. anu al !
that time IL looks as though there wouio
he a very serious shortage VI hets"'
cars at that time.
Great as will be the call for money 10
finance the crops this year, wall street
will nof be as hard pressed Tor the
funds as in past years because OF tEe
preparations that have been maoe
throughout the crop territory TO Keep
funds there for the harvesting
Keep Money in West
Early in the spring banks in the grain
belt realized that there would be an uh-
usual harvest this year if conditions did
mt change. and they kept funds usually
sent TO New York banks, and later drawn
back. in their own vaults or where they
could be conveniently reached. Another
rrason why there will not be any un-
us7,aI call on New York for funds is that
Chicago and other financial centers near
er the grain belt have been used more
and more each year as depository cities
for funds from the farmers bank.
Hence although there Will be more
money than usual needed for harvest
purposes, it is not probable that New
York hanks will furnish more than they
have in past years.
Under New Haven management, the
Ontario and Western ought to be able
10 show better earnings than the slight
margin above the 2 per cent DIVIDENDS
pad on the common stock. although
even that was not earned, and the dlVi-
dend was passed for the present fiscal
year. l. Will take several years and
large amount of money to make the
New York, Ontario and Western good
Garner. and that is why the New YORK,
New Haven and Hartford has asked for
complete ownership OF the small lines
s.o.k Ontario and Westerns principal
asset is its connection with the Scran-
ton Goa! fields. but New Haven plans to
greatly broaden its activity and useful
ness.
The annual report of the American
Agricultural Chemical Company for the
fiscal year which closed June 30 showed
s, 80, ,25l net profits, a decrease of $780,
co. There was $S91.5G3 added to surplus
after dividends and charges, making
that account S,597,102.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
WARNING TO PARENTS.

1t is risky TO feed raw milk and
cream TO children or invalids un-
less you are sure that at the farm
which produces the milk the ut
most cleanliness is observed at all
times, particularly during milk
ing: that the employees are thor
oughly healthy and cieanly per-
sons, that the cows are free from
diseases, that the water used for
rlnsing is of undoubted purity. and
that the milk is quickly cooled and
kept cold and covered until de-
livered to you.
Raw milk often produces TuSer-
culosis, Scarlet Fever, also Ty-
phoid and other intestinal dis
eases.
We can guard against infection
by properly pasteurizing milk or
by home pasteuriZation-
Properly pasteurizing milk land
cream) by keeping it at 10 deg. F.
for twenty to thirty minutes does
not affect its nutritive value nor
its digestibility. Quick or CONNER
cial pasteurization, however, is un-
reliable.
You can rome pasteurize raw
milk by heating il to near boiling.
then cool. and keep cold and COW
cred until used.
Most indigestion in babies is
caused by milk too rich. in cream.
Society for Prevention Of Sickness,
e BtalMtR. sserstsu
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
BLOWN OUT OF BEDS.
..Binck Hand" Bomb starts Panic In
New York's Little Italy.

New York, Aug. e+-Three persons were
blown out Of bed and a struggling mob
Of 15o tenants crowded the narrow halls
Of the five-story tenement at IA Chrystie
Street to-day, when a BLACK Hand
bomb was set of outside the bedroom
door of Pedro Bellone. a well-to-do Ital-
ian. whose grocery store occupies the
ground floor of the building.
Although the door was blown in and
the walls were wrecked. no one in the
room was hurt
The house. being in the heart of the
bomb infested district of Little Italy,
nightly precautions were taken to bar the
doors leading into the building. In their
excitement the frenzied Italians fumbled
at the doors without being able to open
them. This increased the alarm. Final
ly the police had to improvise a batter
ing ram and break down the doors
1t Is supposed that a Black Hand
agent entered and left the house through
the roof.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
Engineers to Plan
Safety of Millions
International Association for
: Testing Materials Meets
in New York Next Month.
To Visit Washington.

Scientists and engineers Of world wide
repute. who are indirectly responsible for
the safety of the millions of people Of
the earth. are to convene in this country
September TO discuss and present solu-
tons for the serious problems that have
arisen in engineering in the last few
years by. reason of he tremendous ad-
vancement in the methods by which in
dustry and commerce are carried on.
The technical experts, which will In
clude representatives of the various for
eign governments, are members of the
international Association for Testing
Materials. and are coming to attend the
congress OF the association, which will
open in New York September ..
The sessions of this association prom
ise to be Of far-reaching importance to
every civilized country In the world. At
no time has so eminent a body OF engi-
neers gathered in the United States. and
at no time have such momentous prob
lens been pressing.
Many New Problcms.
With the remarkable industrial devel-
oprient throughout the world. but more
especially in the United States. and the
great competition for the worlds mar
kets have come modern methods OF
meeting the new conditions, and these
have imposed the problems upon the en-
gineers. The trains that haul the prod
ucts are bigger and heavier than ever.
necessitating heavier and more powerful
locomotives 10 haul them. The heavier
trains demand stronger bridges and
stronger rails. The failure of steel rails.
with the consequent heavy loss Of life In
the United States within the last year.
has added impetus to the association S
endeavor to find safe rail, and the
question will be discussed in several i'm
portant papers.
The waste OF property by fire in the
United States each year. amounting to
more than 800, 0Oo, 900 and the less of sew
eial thousand human lives through these
fires. will provide a channel for discus
sion of the construction of buildings from
materials that have fire-resisting quail
ties. Scientific tests during the year in
different government and private labora-
tories and the findings will be given at
the meetings of the association. There are
indications that the SCIENTIST will give
10 the world the true type OF fireproof,
fre-resisting structures.
To Discuss Moot Questions.
Leading scientific men of Great Brit
ain. Germany, France, Belgium, Russia.
and Japan will compare notes with the
engineers of the United States on many
moot questions. These engineers are the
men who determine what 10 known in
engineering as the factor Of safety
which means that the steel columns in a
skyscraper have sufficient strength to
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
Observation-Disclosures

en- lelx, while September sold at iook nominal
and October at Loess nominal. Settling prizes ON
cialiy posted: No . red. loo,s; No. red western
LON: steamer No. red. ~.
ments from elevators. son bushels The market ios
southern corn was quiet I'm absence Of receips,
Prime yellow and white corn. II here. would seii
rapidly. Quote: Track yellow corn for domestic ee-
isrry at 90 sper bushel for lots spot Under
light offerings and good demand the market for
cob corn rules firm on a basis Of 43ai3 per bod iof
prime yellow nearby stock. Contract to-day al the
opening was fmer with spot mixed corn % Inc
marhet at the close was firmer, with spot mixed
corn & nominal settling price officially postea'
Contract, c.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
Washington Man Honored.

Harry V Haynes. chairman Of the
publicity committee of the Washington
chapter of the American Institute of
Banking. has been elected vice president
Of the institute at the convention in Salt
Lake City. kilograms announcing Mr..
Haynes election were received here yes
terday.
Mr.. Haynes is employed by the Riggs
National Bank, where he has charge OF
the correspondence department.
Members of the Washington chapter
who attended the convention left Salt
Lake City yesterday. W. W. Spaid.
chairman of the educational committee,
will return directly to Washington The
other delegates. F. G. Addison, DR.. II.
C. Dufrey. Charles H. Doing, E. T. Love.
F. B. Devereux. and A. NJ Nevius, and
Carroll Pierce, of Alexandria, will make
a tour of Yellowstone Park and other
interesting spots of the West before
coming home.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
WISCONSIN, BARBER
PAYS FOR VACATION
WITH PEARLS HE FOUND

Fond du Lac. Wis. Aug. A.-E. c.
Prerner. local barber, had profitable
vacation While visiting at Jefferson he
found a pearl in a clamshell taken from
the Rock River. He was offered $40
for the gem, which he sent to Chicago to
have its value determined He also found
two smaller pearls, which he sold on
the river bank for $50 each. The larger
rearl weighed Is grains
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
lew York. Aug. a.-closins quotations Of uaiscei-
NEW YORK MONEY.

New York Aug. 2l-Can money was nominal; I;
there were loans The loaning and renew
ing rate was rs per cent
Time money steady with sixty days loanins at
"a per cent ninety days at 4 per cent, and six
months at IA per cent. Prime mercantile paper
moved In fair volume at a minimum rate of s
per cent.
The foreign exchange market dull with de
mand quoted at 4sT1oaisT5 Sixty day bills 4-s42pa
4 s4s5: cables. 4sz6O.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
FINANCE And REALTY
J. WI. shea nuy. Re.idence.

Mrs. Mary E. Mayfieid has sold to ].
William Shea her residence, 1895 Thirtieth
Street Northwest. Mr.. Shea will make
extensive improvements to the property,
which he will hold as al investment.
The sale was consummated through the
office Of ]. McKenney Berry.
Mr.. Berry has also sold for w. c.
Smallwood the six-room brick dwelling.
1873 Thirty-third Street Northwest. to
Mr.. o. B. Bussard. 1t is understood Mr..
Bussard will occupy his purchase as his
home
Residence Properties Sold.
Gardiner & Dent. Incorporated. real
estate brokers, reported yesterday the
following sales closed during the past
week:
For Martin L. Gottwals, a new resi-
dence at the southwest corner Of Eighth
and Taylor Streets, Petworth. 1t is of
colonial design, two stories. contains six
rooms, bath, and cellar. 1t was sold to
q. r. Curran. The consideration was
$3.50. 1t was purchased as a home.
For w. w. Parsons. premises 1211 Co.
lumbia Road, a new three-story brick
structure. containing ten rooms, two
baths. hot water heat, and occupies a
lot which has a frontage of about
twenty feet by $50 feet. side and rear
alley. The consideration was $3.50. The
purchaser will occupy 1t.
For Miller & Cozzens, No. S3lS Mount
Pleasant Street. the last house to be
sold of a row of three recently finished.
They are three-story bricks, containing
ten rooms, two baths, hot water heat
The lots have a frontage of eighteen
feet by a depth of rs feet to twenty
foot paved alley. The consideration was
$3.50. The purchaser, local business
man. will occupy the place.
For George w. Stewart 152s Fourteenth
Street, a three-story brick building. II
was purchased by J. S. Davis as an
investment, at a consideration said TO
have been 5000.
For Albert Wilgers, a two-story, eight
room, and bath, brick dwelling, No. lsiS
Third Street Northwest. The lot has a
frontage of twenty feet by depth OF
ito :eet. 1t was sold to a local business
IIIsa rs an investment
'or Francis NJ. Carmody, premises 1887
Park Road, a three-story. light brick
dwelling, containing ten rooms. bath,
hot water heat. electric lights. The
lot has a frontage of about thirty-three
feet by depth of about 150 feet. The
purchaser. a local business man, will
occupy the premises. The consideration
was $3.50.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
CHICAGO GRAIN.

Quotations furnished BY W. b Hibbs q 90,
members Of the Chicago Board Of Trade. Hib6s
Building.
Chicago, Aug a.-The strength shown IN wheat
at Liverpool where advances Of half to pence
were made was a surprise to the trade at CHI
cago and many Of Them became buyers right at
the opening. and price hardening was the COM
sequence.
Price conditions In wheat to-day showed ad-
Sances Of !. To H. while corn was lower TO y
better and oats were unchanged to higher
wHEAT-September. siasih: December. SS
May, gA.
CoRN-september. TN; December. s4s; May.
sSas3h
OATs-scr<ember s1l4a52S; December. 5zEasz5t
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25

withstand the stress OF the winds or the
loads placed on the floors; that the great
bridge spanning a Mississippi has the
strength to carry over 1t in safety the
ponderous freight train, or the swiftly
moving express train with its human
cargo.
The sessions of the association in New
York will continue through Saturday.
September Z. and on Sunday the men,
bers start in a specially equipped hotel
train for Washington. wheSe they will
be received by President Taft. and where
they will visit the government testing
Laboratories. The same train will take
the members 10 Fittsburg, where they
will witness demonstrations at the ex
pertinent station Of the Bureau of
Mines, and will visit the great coal
mines, the steel and cement mills and
the electro-technicaI factories. The men,
bers will, then go to Buffalo and Nj
agara Falls, and from there back to New
York.
Many Prominent officials.
The executive committee of the Ameri-
can Society for Testing Materials, which
has charge OF the congress, is composed
of the following men: Henry NJ. Howe.
Bedford Hills, n. Y, president: Robert
w. Lesley, Philadelphia, vice president;
H. r. j. forteT' Ne" 1ofh, secretary
Edgar Marburg. Philadelphia, chairman
finance committee; F. Z. Schmitt, New
York. chairman committee on papers:
r. ii. Clark, Baltimore, Nd, chairman
committee on transportation: Richard L.
Humphrey. Philadelphia, chairman COM
mittee on information: Rudolf Herring
New York. chairman New York commit
tee: Joseph A. Holmes. Washington,
chairman Washington committee, and
Robert W. Hunt, Chicago, chairman re-
ception committee.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
MAYOR schmidt Die.

Wheeling, Va. Aug. 24--Mayor Charles
c. Schmidt, ffty-eight years old, died
suddenly to-day following a stroke ot
apoplexy He was prominent in Elk
circles, having served two terms as grand
trustee. He served four terms as Mayor,
though a Democrat, while the city is
nominally Republican. He is survived
by a wife and three children.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
WASHINGTON STOCK MARKET.

Saturday being a half holiday. there was no
session Of the Washington Stock Exchange yes
terlay.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
BOSTON COPPER STOCK.

Quotations furnished tr W. B. Hbbs 4 Co., mem
bers Of the New York Stock EIchange. Hibbs Build
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
RAILROADS.

cEota'ions furnished by W. B. Hisss & Co..
members Of the New York Stock Exchange Hibbs
l.rildlr.a
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25

A whale-hcadsd stork from Africa. the first hrI
Of the kind in Eureue in more than forty yea.
has been added TO the London Biological Garden
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
CURB MARKET.

Quotations furnished by W. B. Hibbs 4 Co.. mem
bers Of the New York stock Exchange. Hibbs Build
The Washington herald., 1912-08-25
Wireless station Collapses

After the engagement the umpires were
called together. along with all the officers
in the entire fight. and a talk over vari-
Gus phases of the maneuver followed The
men marched back to camp in time for
dinner, and after mess watched guard
The Lamar register., 1912-05-22

The proposed constitutional
amendment being initiated by the
Direct Legislation League and the
Farmers Educational and Cooper
ative Union creating a public util-
tiles commission provides that the
governor shall appoint the COM
mission Immediately upon the
adoption of the amendment. One
member for two years, one mem ,
The Lamar register., 1912-05-22

of equalization. At any rate the
court does not determine that phase
of the matter, but without doubt
the corporations could test the
constitutionality of the initiative
that are raised in today's letter to
the governor.
The opinion is merely letter
to Governor Shafroth and is not a
decision.
The Lamar register., 1912-05-22
First Passenger Train Thursday

The first passenger train came
into Woodward over the new line
of the Wichita Falls & Northwest
ern railway Thursday afternoon at
2 O'Clock. The woodward band was
on hand and furnished appropriate
The Lamar register., 1912-05-22

music to welcome the train, on
which were severil eastern finan-
oiers as well as the high officials
of the new road. There were sew
eral hundred people present and
hese made a noise long and loud
as the train pulled into Wood
ward. The train stopped on the
corner of 18th and Main streets.
where the passengr depot will be
erected. Several people put coins
under the wheels of the train. The
coins were permanently mutilated
and retained as souvenirs of the
occasion. Mayor Chas. X. Alexan-
der. on behalf of the city, took
charge of the road for few min
utes on the invitation of General
Manager Frank Kell. in order to
put the finishing touches to the
road. He drove gold spike into
one of the ties. marking the COM
pletion of the work on the new
road.
The party on the train was
composed of several prominent
eastern financiers and railroad
men. Among them were Frank
Trumbull of New York. chairman
of the directorship of the NJ. X.
& t.; C. E. Schaffe of st. Louis,
president of the NJ X. & T.; C.
of the NJ. X. & t.; f. p. Swanson,
banker of New York; s. B.. Fisher
of st. Louis. chief engineer of the
NJ. X. & T.; ]. A. Kemp, president
w. F. & N. w. R. r.; Frank Kell.
vice president and general mana
ger w. F. & N. W. r. R.; and c.
C. Hough. general attorney for the
new road.
Messrs. HOugh. Trumbull. Schaffe
and Kell each made few remarks
anent the coming of the new road
expressing themselves as we'll
pleased with the -prosssss made ~
the construction and expressed the
hope that it would be a great ad-
vantage to Woodward. General
Manager Frank Kell stated that
he would be back In Woodward
about the 18th of this month to
meet with the trustees in charge
of the Woodward part of the build
ing of the new road.
After about a thirty minutes
stop the train switched on to the
Santa Fe track and returned to
Oklahoma City. From there the
party of easterners will return
home.
Mr.. Kell stated that the regular
passenger service would be put on
in the course of a few days. He
said that on account of the short
delay in building due to the unus-
ually severe weather other ar
rangements had not been given
the attention they would otherwise
have received. He said that he
had been anxious to make the run
along the entire route and now
that this had been done schedule
service would be the next thing
He said that full announcement
would be given just as soon as they
were ready.
The passenger depot will be
erected on the corner of 18th and
Main streets just as soon as the
material can be brought here. The
reason no action has been taken
before on this depot is that the
company was anxious to use its own
road for conveying the materials
here. Now that the road is ready
for operation through the mater
ial will be brought here and the
depot built without further delay.
The completion of this road will
bring many advantages into this
country that were not possible be-
Democrat, May
10. 1912.