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The state herald., 1915-05-14
TRY TO KILL PRESIDENT cARzA
Forces OF Gen. Zapa,a Clash With
Cara and Attack 10 Made.

washington.-An attempt to assas'
slnntc Rogue Gonzales Cara. the
convention provisional President OF
Mexico. was made by troops led by
General Barona. former military com
mandcr OF Mexico City. according 10
dispatches reaching here from the
Mexican capital. Barona's troops
were rcpulscd. after severe fighting
with losses to both sides.
A critical condition is said TO exist
within the capital as n result OF rup
turc between General Zapatn and Gen
oral Cara. and the dispatches said
"grayc events" were feared.
The state herald., 1915-05-14
BABY LOVES HIS BATH
With cuticura Soap Because So sooth.
Ing When His Skin 10 Hot.

These fragrant supercreamy emol-
lients are a comfort to children. The
Soap to cleanse and purify. the Oint-
ment to soothe and heal rashes. itch
ings. chafings, etc. Nothing more ef-
fective. May be used from the hour
Of birth. with absolute confidence.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard. Cuticura. Dept. KY.
Boston. c-'' ~--~----''''~-o ADV,
The state herald., 1915-05-14
Asrss to Settle Ohio Coal Strike.

Cleveland. ohio.-Settlement OF the
strike in the eastern Ohio coal fields
that has kept $4,000 miners idle for
thirteen months and has cost more
than si0,0O0.OOO, was accomplished by
the joint scale committee represent
ing operators and miners at the con
clusion OF their conference in this city.
Operators ratified the settlement
which was on the basis OF AZ cents per
ton. run OF mine.
The state herald., 1915-05-14
DISASTER CAUSES US. CRISIS
Officials Await Facts Before Making
Announcement About Loss OF
U. S. Citizens on lusitania.
AMERICAN POLICY STATED
IN LAST NOTE TO
GERMANY.

IF the commanders of German
vessels OF war should act upon the
presumption that the flag of the
United states was not being used
the high seas an American vessel,
OR THE LIVES OF AMERICAN
CITIZENS. IL would be difficult for
the Government of the United States
to view the act In any other Hight
than as an indefensiblo violation OF
neutral rights. which II would be
very hard indeed to reconcile with
the friendly relations now happily
subsisting between the two govern
mcuts"
The state herald., 1915-05-14
Mauae Adams Stop. Show.

Kansas City.-whcn Maudo Adams
learned that Charles Frohman. the
producer. was among the Lusitania
victims, she refused to 10 on In "Qual.
ity Street" She finally roconHidcrod
and gave her performance, but can.
cciled the nights show.
The state herald., 1915-05-14
Western Earcs Under Probe.

washing,on.-T 70 Interstate Com.
mcree commIBsion will give a hear.
Ing July In Chicago on proposed In.
creased passenger fares ON many
western roadn
The state herald., 1915-05-14

my siues Whicn inc
doctors said were
caused by iniiamma-
tion. ! suffered .
great deal every
month and grew very
thin. l was under the
doctors care for two
long years without
any benefit Finally
after repeated sug-
gestions to try II We
got Lydia z. Pink
The state herald., 1915-05-14
BRYAN Gets New Secretary.

wnabington.--w. +. Sohwind OF Lin,
coin. Ncb.. has been appointed tempo.
rary private secretary TO Secretary
Bryan. lie succeeds former Congress-.
man Ferguson OF Now Mexico.
The state herald., 1915-05-14
uank Presidents Head Nearly Severed

Fort Worth. Tcx-With his head nj.
most severed from his body, President
II. c, Edrinrton OF the Traders Ma.
tionnl bank was found dead In tho
Texas q Pacific railroad yards under
q chr.
The state herald., 1915-05-14
Heir, Not a Gale.

The guide suddenly halted the party
of Americans.
"Ah, there comes the heir to the
throne" he said. removing his hat as
. royal equipage appeared.
The little boy of the party nudged
his mother and whispered:
"Did he take off his hat for fear the
air would blow 1t OFF,"
The state herald., 1915-05-14
nnyn, MAY Limit Cotton.

London,-Grcat Britain has request.
cd the government Of Egypt TO pro.
hiblt the export OF cotton.
The state herald., 1915-05-14
Natural Inference.

please. sir. I'd like this afternoon
OF to go to my cousins funeral"
Your cousin? Oh, seel You are
saving up your grandmother for the
championship games
The state herald., 1915-05-14
China Accepts Japans Demands.

Toxic china has accepted the Ja-
pnneBo modified demands. according
to poklng dispatch.
The state herald., 1915-05-14
MILE. JEANNE PERlChON

Mile. Periehon, a young Belgian Red
Cross nurse. was decorated by King
Albert with the military order Of Leo.
rJld for conspicuous bravery.
The state herald., 1915-05-14

Be happy. Use Red Cross Bag Blue;
much better than liquid blue. Delights
the laundress. All grocers. Adv.
The state herald., 1915-05-14

An engagement ring is girls idea
of a round OF pleasure.
The state herald., 1915-05-14

London. - Russian official reports
announce big victory over the Turks
In the Kbori.Dilman region OF the eau
casus, In which $500 Moslems were
killed.
The state herald., 1915-05-14
after SUFFERING
TWO LONG YEARS
Mrs. Aselin Was Restored to
Health by Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable
Compound.

Minneapolis, Minn.-"After my little
ono was born / was sick with pains in
The Washington times., 1915-10-03
TOO NEAR PARIS TOO
FAR FROM NEW YORK

TOO Near Paris" may be light COM
edy. but TOO Far From New York. Is a
tear-compclling tragedy that makes
East LYNNE" look like a side-splittlng
vaudeville skit
Testimony to this effect may be heard
from nineteen members Of the TOO
Near Paris" company. who are standed
In Washington today with most Of their
weeks salary still due them. a large
hotel bill staring them In the face. and
the booking offices around Times
square a long. long way on
The play opened in Washington at a
local theater last Monday under the
management OF A. G. Delema ter.
Probably because the G. A. r. was
running several counter aatractions'
the business done was not up to ythe
average. and Wednesday night Mr..
Delcmater left. saying he would return
Friday. But he has not appeared in
the city since, and there was 10 ghost
to walk on saturday night.
Eight chorus girls entered the de-
tectve bureau at right center" today
and asked the police department what
could be done. The detectives shook
their heads. and sympathized, but said
that was as far as they could go, as
the case appeared to be purely a civil
one.
Believe me, I'd never have gotten
this far away from home IL l had only
known what a shoestring we were trav-
cling on" said one militant footlight
favorite. 1--WE rehearsed week In Eas.
ton. Pa. played one night there. and
then came on to Washington. Some OF
us have had a little money advanced US
but we have not had one regular pay
day
I'VE might use our money and take
suggested
What do you mean. our money?
have seven dollars and eighty cents
and that II going to tatke me to New
York II ! can stand on the hotel for q
fifteen-dollar board bill"
And. now. what are your names.
real or fsncied," asked a reporter.
"Agnes-but my goodness don't use
The Washington times., 1915-10-03
DR.. FREM0NT.SM|TH
IS OUT OF DANGER
Bullet Passed Through Physi.
clans Shoulder Above the
Heart-Resting Quietly.

News dispatches reaching Washing
ton today say that DR.. Frank Fremont
Smith. a physician OF this city, who
accidentally shot himself Friday night
at his summer home in Oar Harbor,
Is resting quietly. and is considered by
his physicians as out OF danger.
The bullet fired accidentally while
DR.. Fremont-Smith was examining a
.s2-caliber revolver. passed through
the physician's left shoulder above the
heart.
DR.. F'remont-smith was alone in the
library OF his home at the time Of the
Fl ooting, but his son. Maurice Fremont
Smith. attracted b ythe report from the
shot, ran to the room. and. finding his
father upon the floor with the wound
IN his chest. summoned Drs. Wakefield
8nd Morrison. DR.. Freemcnt- Smith ia
now at his Mount Desert Island home.
Mrs. Fremont Smith. who has been in
poor health. had left Bar Harbor a few
days before the shooting to 60 TO a
sanitarium In New York. and DR.. FIRE.
mont Smith, his daughter. Dorothea
and his two sons. Maurice and Frank,
we're to have left In a few DAYS.
Dr. Fremont Smiths Washington
home, at 1905 Massachusetts avenue
northwest. Is in the hands of care
taker. For several years It had been
DR. Fremont-S Smiths custom TO spend
the winters in this city and the sum
mers at Bar Harbor. He had deter
mined. however. to spend the coming
winter at Cambridge. where his sons
were to attend Harvard University.
The Washington times., 1915-10-03
18th New York Cavalry
Veterans Hold Reunion
On Site of Old Camp

Veterans Of the Sixteenth New Yorl
cavalry held reunion near Vienna, Va.
yesterday afternoon on the same spot
where they we're camped during the
civil war. The veterans were the guests
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur 3. Barringer
whose home Is on the old Bowmaf
tract. the scene Of many enga agements
between the Blue and the Gray.
1t was on this tract that the Six.
teenth New York camped and were en-.
gagged on more than one occa sion BY
Col. John Mosby's daring men.
The survivors took dinner at the Bar.
ringer home and enjoyed themselves
going oveir the battle grounds. They
were accompanied by several members
Of the Oldest Inhabitants Associate
Of the District OF Columbia.
MI Barringer Is q member OF William
.. Gushing Camp. No. 30. Sons OF Vet.
Grams and past commander of tina,
post. Mrs. Barringer is treasurer OF
the Maryland division of the Sons OF
Veterans Auxiliary. and also treasurer
Of the William b. Gushing Camp Aux.
iliary.
The Washington times., 1915-10-03
65 French AerOs Shell
Flying Camp and Depots
Of Crown Princes Army

PARIS. Oct. 3.-Sixty-hvo French
aeroplanes yesterday bombarded a
large German flying camp and railway
station on the Vouziers- Challerance
line. supplying the Crown Princes
army. In one of the greatest air raids
Of the war.
More than 200 shells were dropped
along the railway. At the same time
other French air craft bombarded and
destroyed q train leaving Laon for the
German front.
Tho activities Of the French air
sQuadrons formed the outstanding
feature OF the official communiaue.
which claimed no important progress
in yesterdays hard smashes against
the German front.
French artillery co-operated with
the British feet in bombarding enemy
positions at Westende." said the OFF,
"A violent artillery duel continued In
the region of Neuvilie. st. Vast. and
Souchez. and also between Berry-Au-
Bac and Sapigneul, The enemy vio-
lently cannonaded our position in the
Champagne region throughout today.
Avion. our shells ignited and destroyed
Q captive German balloon, which was
being used for observation purposes
The, Vouchers Chaiiernnge ra,lw,sH
bombarded by French aviators. is one
Of the two lines feeding the Crown
Princes armies around Verdun. The
French onslaughts In the Champagne
are directed toward the Crown Princes
line OF supply. the Bazancourt- -Challer-
ange railway.
Yesterdays official statement from
Berlin reported that French air
squadron from Faris bombarded Laon.
killing one woman and one child. and
inturing another civilian but men,
toned no military damage. One OF the
raiding aeroplanes was shot down
south of Laon. and another fell burn
ing near Soissons. Berlin reported.
The Washington times., 1915-10-03
Vet Drops Dead As
He Tells of REVIEW
Grand Army Member, Home From
Reunion Here, Dies at
Dinner Table.

CONNELLSVlLLE. Pa. Oct. D.
Death took Martin Miner, seventy-five
years old. civil war veteran. q few
hours after his return home from the a..
A. II. encampment at Washington.
Miner. resident OF Eormaiville. near
here. returned yesterday afternoon. and.
after eating his dinner. pushed his chair
back from the table and started to re-
late the story of the scenes at WASH
inEton. when the veterans marched be-
fore President Wilson. He was trying
to show a vast difference between the
reception given the veterans fifty years
ago and that OF the last few days.
He had hardly started his story. when
he suddenly collapsed and fell from his
chair. Members OF his family rushed to
his side and a physician was called, but
he was dead before the doctor arrived
His death was attributed to heart dis
ease.
Miner was a member OF Company Z.
1t2d Pennsylvania Volunteers. He leaves
six sons and two daughters
The Washington times., 1915-10-03

misstatements have been made by the
suffrage 'campaigners. from DIR. Anna
Howard Shaw down to the newest
street corner speaker. These remarks
have amazed thinking men who have
listened TO them. and they have reas-
oned: II the sufrragists adopt such
methods to gain the vote, what sor.
OF methods would they he likely 10
adopt after they get the baliot%'
And these men have decided that Il
would b. unwise to give 1t to them.
For instance. a speaker who came on
from Washington declared at a meet
ing In Newark recently that I had a
fund Of: half million dollars to defeat
the suffrage amending mt Such wild
state ments, intended to injure men, only
render ridiculous those who make them,
and actually do injury to their cnuse.
II have seen statements to the effect
that the suffragis: might win their
crse In Jersey by default. That Is to
say. there would be such Indifference on
the part OF the antis that the suffrag-
lists would walk on with the vote. This
is far from being the truth. There will
be large vote polled against suffrage.
because the people OF the State do not
want it"
The Washington times., 1915-10-03
Reception to Be Held in
Honor of Miss Keeney

a reception tomorrow evening in
honor Of Miss Ruth NJ. Keeney. Of
Vassar College. and new educational
secretary OF the Young women's Chris
tian Association here. will mark the
opening Of fall work Of the organization
at its headquarters at Fourteenth and
g streets northwest. Already large
numbers Of registrations have been
taken. AMI promises are that the V. W.
c. A. will have the busiest year II has
ever had. II ts said.
Entertaining numbers Of the program
Monday evening include n duet by Mrs.
violin solo bv Miss Goodwin, and
solos tv Mr. Lakc and Miss ChickerIng.
Miss Irene Daniels. president OF the
Western Friendship Club. will tell Of
her trip to Camp Nepahwin. and Mrs.
dress
The Washington times., 1915-10-03

our names. or II will queer us for life
In the booking Offices" said the mill
tant. who almost gave her name from
Miss Linne Carrera, Anna Hcid's
daughter, who played the leading part
in TOO Far From Paris" refused to
be seen at her hotel today. but another
person who claimed to be speaking for
her said over the telephone that she
would 20 on to Hagerstown tonight
But this afternoon the indications ~sre
that he would go alone. for all the
other members OF the company whp
straight for New York as soon as they
could get away from here
The Washington times., 1915-10-03
Berlin Admits Check
To Germans Advance
In Region of Dvinsk

BERLIN tvia London). Oct. 3-Ar-
rival Of Russian re-enforcements both
In men and artillery has slackened Won
Hindenburgs offensive around Dvinsk
1t Is officially admitted that no import.
ant progress has been made by the
Germans in that region since Thurs.
day.
General Russky not only has
strengthened his lines before Dvinsk
but has attempted an offensive east OF
Wilma, aimed at the recapture Of the
Molodechno railway junction. former
base Of Russian operations. The SIavs
were beaten back In Thursdays attack
IN this region, German troops who
counter-attacked took LOO prisoners
north of Smorgon
The Washington times., 1915-10-03
H. H. FLATHER DUE
HOME TOMORROW
Former Cashier Of Riggs Bank
Is Expected to Give Bond
Immediately.

Henry II. Flather. who resigned ns
cashier Of the Riggs National Bank.
10 expected to return from his vaca-
tion tomorrow ard will Immediately
give bond. similar to that furnished
by Charles c. Glover. president. and
William J. Flather. vice president.
for his nppe arance 10 answer to the
perjury Indictment returned by the
grand jury on Friday.
Frank J. Hogan. attorney for the
absent Mr.. Flather. said today the
latter would have no comment on the
latest development in the contro-
very between the Riggs Bank and
Treasury Department officials.
Mr.. Hogan himself declined to COM
ment on the statement Of the Attorney
General. General issued iast night, denying that
there was malice" in the indictment
followed the charge OF Mr.. Hogan that
Secretary McAdoo and Comptroller
Williams had induced the Department
OF Justice to act.
Cling to "Perseeuting" Charge.
From a source close to the bank Il
was broadly intimated that reports mad
reached officers Of that institution that
there had been correspondence between
the Treasury Department and the De-
partment Of Justice regarding the In
Bank officials. however. withheld
any statement regarding these re-
ports. preferring to let the matter
rest with the original accusation that
the Treasury Department officials are
Attorney General Gregory's state
ment in reply to Mr.. Hogan reads:
My attention has pecn called to a
statement appearing in the morning
papers purporting to have been given
out by COUNCIL for the Riggs National
the II dictments for perjury recently
returned by the grand jury of the
Dtstrict OF Columbia against certain
officials cf the bank were Inspired bv
malice. aid the charge Is made that
the Department Of Justice was in
duced to obtain there indictments by
the Secretary of the Treasury and
the Comptroller OF the Currency,
without Foundation"
Il know OF no fact which would JUS
tify the intimation that the grand jury
bore malice toward't indicted Of
f'cials or had In mind anything except
the discharge of It's official duty. nor
do believe that iny such fact exists.
The statement that this department
was induced by anyone to obtain these
indictments is, of course. without the
slightest foundation. The facts on
which the indictments are prcdicated
presence Of the district attorney. and
several months thereafter were pre-
sonted to the grand jury for considera-
tion along with other matters OF n like
These cases will not be tried in the
columns OF the press. but by the duly
constituted legal tribunals and in the
proper way"
The Washington times., 1915-10-03
THE WEATHER REPORT.

The forecast for the District of CO.
lumbia-Partly cloudy tonight and Mon
day; slightly warmer Monday. Gentle
shifting winds.
Maryland-Partly cloudy tonight and
Monday: slightly warmer Monday.
Gentle shifting winds.
Virginia-Fair tonight and Monday:
gentle to moderate east to southeast
winds
New Jersey-Partly cloudy tonight
and Monday: warmer Monday: gentle
to moderate northwest winds. becoming
variable.
Delaware-Partly cloudy tonight and
Monday; warmer Monday: gentle to
moderate northwest winds. becoming
variable.
Eastern Pennsylyania-Partl cloudy
tonight and Monday: slightly warmer
Monday; gentle shifting winds.
Western Pennsylvania-Part cloudy
tonight and Monday; probably showers
In north portion; warmer tonight In
south portion.
The Washington times., 1915-10-03
DISMISSED
BECAUSE OF DEBTS
So He Borows $50 and Quits
Town, Leaving His wife in
0ismantIed Home.

GEORGETOWN, Conn.,, Oct. a.-"Ail
that can find my minister son-in- law
bought for this house Is an oil stove
and. paid for that" said f. A. Barber,
Of Atlantic. Mass. father-in-law Of the
Rev. John l.. Garland. who was dis
missed Thursday night as pastor of the
Gilbert Memorial Congregational church.
"Oh. he was the slickest thing that
ever was" youthful Mrs. Garland sup
plemented.
believe me. he was a fluent speak
err her father continued. He was
probably the most fluent speaker they
will zee in these parts for a long time -
1T is said that Mr.. Garland left hur-
riedly Tuesday night Is that true?"
."oh, yes" father and daughter re-
piled In unison. John borrowed so and
caught train"
about the slistening bare foors and
naked walls OF tho tidy little parson-
age. I'VE have packed all the furniture.
II is In freight car now about to
time"
The Debts He Left.
''It Is reported that Mr.. Garland left
behind him debts amounting to N.70o."
was suggested.
"Oh. we've been doing some more
figuring" MIR. Barber said. THE total
now is about s.. s0c."
mo. It's exactly S2.712.3s" Mrs. Gar
land exclaimed after she had consulted
But It may be more" her father
supplied sadly. II paid the boy who
brought the World here every morning
SO cents. and paid the washwoman
and
"oh. yes" Mrs; Garland cried: He
was being paid $50 week with the
parsonage thrown in. with promise Of
$25 a week next year and more raises
after that. Whv. the people here we're
so fond OF him they were afraid they
couldn't keep him. They thought he
York would take him away from them
They were scared to death about It," O.
Young Pastors Record.
Our information is that the Rev.
Mr.. Garland was born in Newfound-
land. that he has studied at Drew
Academy, Boston University and Yale.
but has never taken a degree-also that
he is twenty-seven years old and mar
ried you last April" Mrs. Garland was
"Thats true, she said. Il told the
board Of trustees something about that
at the meeting last Sunday night"
rs II true that some one stood up
Mt the trustees meeting and said your
husband bet on baseball game in
Boston and lost s,0?" was asked.
Yes. but he didn't admit II was that
sum. He Just said he bet on baseball
game like anyone else
Did he have any favorite quotations
from the Bible that he used frequent
ly?"
"Oh. he never quoted the Bible" she
said. you mustn't get a wrong i'm
preston. Everybody liked him. He was
so jolly and broadmlnded. Why. he
smoked more cigars than any one else
In town. But II I ever marry again
will not pick a minister"
The Washington times., 1915-10-03
Two Killed as Racer
Crashes Into Fence

FRESNO. Cal, Oct 3-whiIe tearing
along at terrific rate OF speed at the
Fresno fair yesterday powerful
Stevens-Duryea car In the lb0-miIe
race. left the track and crashed into a
fence. Instantly killing Dan T.. Francis,
the driver. and injuring Frank Tuttlee,
two hours later.