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The Washington times., 1915-07-31
THREAT TO K|ONAP
s3O,OOO,OOO BRIDE
"Black Hand" Letter Received
on Eve Of Marriage Of Miss
Catherine Barker Today.
HARBoR SPRINGS. M,ch.. July 81.

HARBoR SPRINGS. Mich.. July ST.
While Harbor Springs was preparing
for the marriage Of Americas only
nineteen-year.old girl who can sign
check for $so. 100000. Miss Catherine Bar.
ker. to Howard H. spaulding. jr. OF
Chicago. at 4:3o clock this afternoon. q
letter was received at the Barker home
threatening to kidnap the bride-elect be.
fore the wedding. unless she paid ran.
som Of $4,000.
The three hundred guests were thrown
into a state bordering on a panic. but
aside from extra precautions to guart
Miss Barker. no attention was paid tc
the letter.
The finest efficiency experts on societ,
weddings that can be procured have
passed on the plans.
Former Governesses There.
Among the guests will be two of Mis-!
Barker's former governesses, Mis-!
Sarah Curie. of Spring Lake, n. j.. anc
Margaret O'Reagan, Of Portland. Ore
Immediately after the ceremony thu
bridal party will leave for Chicago. Blu
before the honeymoon starts. Mrs
Howard Fl. Spauldins. jr.. will have t.
make her will.
There was but one break In the long
matured plans for the wedding. Mis-
Elizabeth Goodrich. lifelong friend o
Miss Barker and selected as maid o
honor. announced she would not act be
cause of "a slight misunderstanding
with Mr.. spauldink.' No further ex
plana ton was vouchsafed.
MY daughter Elizabeth will not be II
the wedding party" said Mrs. Goodr. .ch
but my daughter Rosamond will re
main on the party as bridesmaid"
Legality Questioned.
Not until early today was it dcfinitel.
settled that Father Bleckman. Of Michi
gan City. Ind. would be able to pro
nounce the binding words of the cere
mony. A sea lawyer" In the hous
party announced that Michigan law
forbid the performance OF the weddini
ceremony In the State by any but al
authorized clergyman Of the State.
Hastv efforts were made to get II
touch with the local district attorney
who telephoned this morning final as
surance that he could locate no sucl
statute,
The Washington times., 1915-07-31
Petrograd Officially
Admits Progress of
German Invaders

PETROGRAD. July 31.-Furious fight
ing with heavy losses to the massed
German attackers marks the conflict
throughout the eastern front. The ofn.
cial war office statement today admits
slight progress Of the enveloping move.
ment around Warsaw. But the Russian
troops are making the enemy pay dearly
for every foot Of the way.
Along the Vistula. at Radomka, the
enemy crossed the right bank and at.
'tempted to hold the bridge across the
river. Fighting continues along the Bus
and on both banks Of the Wieprz.
"On Thursday, there were heavy
enemy attacks on the left bank of the
Wieprz. After stubborn fighting the
enemy captured Trawniki and gained
the ri ght bank of the river. Subsequent
attacks were repulsed.
I'm the sokal region we captured two
lines of trenches. 1000 prisoners, anc
four maxims.
In the Black Sea our torpedo boat.
shelled batteries at Shile. near the Bos
phorus. and sank a large collier anc
forty-seven sailing ships"
The Washington times., 1915-07-31
Two Wills PrObated in
District Supreme Court

A life interest in the house at 72f
Fifth street northeast Is left to Jane
O Brien by the terms of the will Of her
sister. Mrs. Catherine A. Tompkins. filed
for probate in the District Supreme
Court today. On her death. the prop
erty will go to Mrs. Tompkins' son
William S. Tompkins.
The will of Kate d. w. Asbury. deted
June 25. 1915. distributes her estate be-
tween her son. William II. Asbury; her
s'sterin-law. Sallie r. Asbury. and hei
physician. DR.. Grant 8. Barnhart.
The Washington times., 1915-07-31
NEGRO ROASTED TO
DEATH BY TEXANS
Infuriated Mob Lynches Man
Implicated in Murder Of
Three Children.

TEMPLE. Tex. July n.-Temple's
blood lust had partial satisfaction at
least when early today 1000 frenzied
men and women roasted william stan
ley. negro. to death In the public square.
Two other negroes. implicated by
| Stanley In the hammer murder OF three
Grimes children and the brutal assault
on Mrs. Grimes and her husband. may
60 the same route
Arrested near Bolton late yesterday
afternoon. with two other negroes.
Slim" Harris and "Dicey" Bel STAN
lev told conflicting stories as to how
he came by a pair OF Grimes trousers.
Just before the n,addened throng drag
ged him into the public square pyre.
Stanley is alleged to have confessed:
Il am as guilty as any OF the rest, but
I didn't do the killing. I held the horse
while Slim Harris did the killing"
He claimed he had been hired to do
the murder by a white man but he OFFER
ed no explanation Of the attack on Mrs.
Grimes.
Stanley met his fate stoically. Ap.
| PATIENTLY wounded by the shot fired at
| him before he was shoN into the
tyre. he was unable to offer resistance
| few groans as the flames scared his
| flesh marked his passing.
He took the whole proceeding Of his
, arrest Just as calmly. All the after
| noon and evening he smoked cigarettes
and only once had anything to say
| about the threatened lynching.
It's hard to die for something you
didn't do" he commented between drags
| on his cigarette.
| Two other negroes have been spirited
| away, but their death Is practically GER
tain II the mob captures them within
the next twelve hours.
The mob late yesterday afternoon de.
manded Stanleys blood. but officers
stood the crowd of for q time from
rushing the justice court. and later ar
ranged truce until o'clock this after
noon. In the meantime they expected
| to clear up the actual killing through
| the stories OF the three men.
| Shortly before midnight the thronk
grew to a bowling. frenzied gang OF
10000. with many women In It. They
surged about the justice court In SO
threatening an attitude that several
stores nearby closed up and officers
realized they. could DO little further ia
stall of the killing.
At exactly midnight they rushed the
court. snatched Stanley from the Off.
| GERS, dragged him to the public square
meantime kicking and cursing him
while he took the proceeding stoically.
quizzed him and got the alleged confes
sion. This citizen endeavored to have
the crowd halt a moment but some one
fire a shot through the negro, ana tn,
crowd dragged him into the gigantic
| bonfire a few seconds later.
1t developed today that a part of thu
day who worked on the Grimes farm
but he was cut down in time to save hi
life
The Washington times., 1915-07-31
Colonel Flagler Takes
Charge of Water Supply

Administration of the water supply
of the District passed today into the
hands of Lieutenant Colonel Clement A
g. FIagler. corps OF engineers. who sue.
eeded Col. Henry c. Newcomer corps
OF engineers.
Colonel Newcomer will remain In this
city as member OF the board o: en-
gincers for rivers and harbors and as
a member Of the national land defense
force
Lieutenant Colonel Flasler was detail.
&c with General Funston during the
american occupation of Vera Cruz and
since then has ben on duty at the Arm.
War College.
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Black Snake Climbs
Flight of Stairs
And the Story Originated in Rock
Vile, and Not Winsted,
That
Conn, at That,

listen to the story Of the snake who
climbed a fight OF steps And it comes
from Rockville, not Winsted, Conn.
While sweeping in her bedroom. a few
days ago. Mrs. William c. Niers. who
lives a short distance from the Mary
land town, stopped to pick up what
appeared to be a piece of tarred rope.
With her hand almost upon the object
she discovered that 1t was black
snake. Her screams brought assistance
and when the reptile was killed, IL was
found to measure four feet.
And the only way in which thos" who
participated In the execution OF the
snake can account for its presence in
the bedroom is that 1t climbed a steep
Night Of steps.
The Washington times., 1915-07-31
REVOLT PROGRESSES
IN INDIA, BERLIN SAYS

BERLIN (via wireless to sayville).
July S.-The revolutionary movement In
India Is making great progress. helped
along bv prayers for a holy war. ac-
cor ding to mail advices from Constanti-
nople.
The Arab Afghan priests. the report
declares. are doing all possible to stir
up religious frenzy. The English au-
thorities have executed many natives.
At Singapore. say letters from there.
fresh outbreak Of the natives has oc-
Cured. the rioters liberating a .arge
termed prisoners.
Civilians helped the latter to leave
India. Among the number was Second
Officer Lauterbach. OF the famous Ger.
Batavia
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again be whipped into fghting shape
for months. Berlin regards Russia as
eliminated from serious offensive hght-
Ing for the balance OF the year.
LONDON, July alderman troops
have occupied the Polish railroad center
Of Lubin. according to a German Of
fician statement received here by wire
less.
The grand dukes strategic plans have
been carried out successfully. Every dis
patch reaching here indicates that he
has successfully moved the major por-
ton Of his forces out Of the danger zone
and has left behind only q sufficient
rear guard force to harass the invaders
and hamper their forward progress.
All industrial plants at Warsaw have
either been dismantled or moved safely
behind the Russian lines Thousands OF
the population OF the city have abandon
ed their homes, preceding the army
pears that practically the only residents
of this section remaining are Hebrews
Of pro-German sympathies:
1t Is believed by London military
the fortifications Of Novo Georeiesvsk
and lvangorod dismantled and so thor
oughly destroyed that they will be OF
little use.
Inc OF warsaw 10 mo-
mentairly expected. The Russian peo-
pie are apparently reconciled to the
loss Of the capital Of Poland because
of the frankness of the official war
office statements that the grand duke
preferred to lose ground rather than
ga acrifice his armies
The main armies Of the grand duke
are already established at Brest Lito-
visk and along the Grodno- Kovno line,
where they have been strongly in
trenching for weeks.
1t Is conceded that the grand duke
has shown master strategy in his with
drawal from the threatened German
enveloping movement "a withdrawal
conducted so perfectly that the Ger
mans have been forced to battle every
inch Of the way. The Russian rear
guard has given battle, retreated, given
battle and retreated-infiicting con-
tinued losses on the invaders and
checking their progress sufficiently to
permit the working out of the Russian
retreat plan.
Warsaw will be merely an empty
shell when the German forces make
their triumphal entry. Dispatches indi.
cate that both the Kaiser and the
kaiserin are behind the German lines
waiting to celebrate the success OF vor
Hindenburg and Mackensen by re.
view of their war-scarred veterans.
Dispatches from The Hague and Am.
sterdam indicate that the Germans are
working furlously along the eastern
front to occupy yhe Polish capital to.
morrow-one yeaf after Germany de.
Clared war on Russia
The Washington times., 1915-07-31
Many Transfers Made
In Army Officers

As the result Of the enactment by the
last Congress Of a law reducing the
term of foreign service for army OFF,
GERS from three to two years, an extra
ordinarily large number Of transfers
have appeared in the army orders dur
ing the last two days.
OfYicers who have served In the Philip
pines and other American foreign pos
sessions under the old three Eaar ar
rangement, as well as those who have
been abroad two years are being called
back and assigned to commands in this
country and their places being taken
by other officers.
The Washington times., 1915-07-31
Allied Air Squadron
Bombards Enemy Lines

PARIS. July 31.-No fewer than eight
aeroplane raids. extending from Ypres
to Alsace. and In which more than sixty
machines took part. have been made by
the allies
bomba rded the Ypres- Roulers Railroad
near Paaschendaele. They then attack
ed the Germans In the region of Lon
gueval. Bombs were thrown on the
German lines on the Brimont Hill. near
Rheims: the military station at Catel
in the Argonne. and Burtscourt. In
Lorraine. That same night French
aviators bombarded at Dornach (Alsace)
a factory producing asphyxiating gas.
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Declares British Are
Substituting u. S. Press

What have you to say in reply
to the statement that an ef-
fort is being made to show
that Labor's National Peace
Council is financed by Ger
man money!" former Con-
gresham Fowler of Illinois
was asked upon his arrival
this morning.
"Our reply" said he, is that
. such statements emanate
from the subsidized press of
the United States. and our
counterch.rge is that that
subsidized press is getting its
money from the English gov
ernment.
The Washington times., 1915-07-31
Militia Engineers to
Go Into Camp Tuesday

The engineer battalion at Washington
Barracks and battalions Of engineers Of
the National Guard of Pennsylvania,
Illinois and Michigan. will encomp
Tuesday at Camp Belvoir six miles
south OF Mt. Vernon--for ten days
training in field work.
The state troops will consist OF Com
pany A, Of Philadelphia; Company B. OF
Scranton. Pa: Company A, Of Chicago.
and Company A. Of calumet. Mich.
The camp will be in command OF
Capt. r. W. Fuller
The Washington times., 1915-07-31
American Steamer Is
Held by German Patrol

AMSTERDAM. July a.-A dispatch
from Stettin to the Cologne Gazette re-
ports that the American steamer Port
vessel and has been taken to Swine
munde.
The Portland is given in Lloyd's as
the PROPERTY Of the oLtus Steamship
Company Her port OF registry Is Will
mington.
The Washington times., 1915-07-31
Austrians Capture
Lublin, According to
Vii... War Office

VIENNA (via Amsterdam), July 81
Lublin has fallen before the Austrian
forces.
Austrian cavalry entered Lublin FRI
day evening"" said the war office state
ment issued here today.
1t Is believed here that the Russians,
SO demoralized by the smashes Of the
Archduke Josef Ferdinand's army dur
ing the last few weeks, evacuated the
city without resistance. Cavalry would
hardly be the first to enter unless every
vestige of Russian defense had been
Di oxen down.
The Washington times., 1915-07-31
Two Soldiers Have
TuSSle With Shark
Sea Terror Besiegcs Fort Totten,
or Maybe It's Just a
Dogfish.

PHILADELPHIA July 3l.-wArninG
has been given by officers OF Fort
Totten to the soldiers and others at
the post to be careful while swim
ming in Little Neck bay, on which
the post has an excellent beach. A
shark has been visiting there, and two
soldiers on Thursday had a tussle
with II but failed TO pull It ashore.
This Ia believed to be the same
shark recently seen off Bay Side by
bathers. As II is unusual for a shark
to come into such shallow water,
some are inclined to believe II a dog
fish.
The Washington times., 1915-07-31
RUSSIAN RAIDERS
SINK 48 VESSELS

PETROGRAD. July a1-Another Rus
sian raid on Turkish shipping In the
Black Sea was announced officially to-
day.
Russian torpedo boats sheiied shile
near the Bosphorus, thirty-four miles
northeast Of Constantinople, and sank a
large collier and forty-seven sailing
ships.
The Washington times., 1915-07-31
German Air Craft Are
Folled in Attempt to
Make Raid on Nancy

PARIS, July 31.-An air raid on
Nancy was announced in a brief official
statement this afternoon Details OF
damage were not disclosed.
One Of the attacking German taubes
was brought down by the fire Of anti.
aircraft guns, but the airmen, who
forced landing between the French
and German lines. escaped.
The Washington times., 1915-07-31
Italy Rejects Peace
Proposals by the Pope

BERLIN (via wireless to Sayville),
July 31-The italian press already has
emphatically rejected the Pope's peace
proposal. the Frankfurter Zeitung an
nounced today in connection with the
publication OF the full text Of the
papal proclamation.
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THE WEATHER REPORT.

The forecast for the District of CO.
lumbia-Partly cloudy tonight and Sum
day: not much change in temperature: /:
light, variable winds.
Maryland-Partly cloudy tonight and
Sunday; not much change in tempera-
ture; light, variable winds.
NirGinia-Partly cloudy tonight and
Sunday; not much change in tempera-
ture; light, variable winds.
The Washington times., 1915-07-31
PLAN T0GET POWER
FROM GREAT FALLS
Conference Arranged to Con-
. slider Placing Item In Dis
trict Budget .or Next Year.

In connection with the preparation OF
the estimates for the District for the
fiscal year 1917. provision. II 10 UNDER
stood, will be made for besinniug work
on the Great Falls water project for
supplying light and water for the use
Of United States and District buildings.
A conference on the subject will DO
held between Secretary Of War 0arri-
son. Commissioner Newman and . COM
mittee Of the Chamber Of Commerce.
Wednesday at 1915 o'clock. at which
1t will be decided whether to include
the item In the District budget or q
War Department measure. The esti-
mated cost Of the project 10 approxi-
mately rs. .oDt. .ooo about one third OF
which will be assessed against the DIS
trict.
Studying Bureau Needs.
Work on the preparation Of the
budget will be begun by the Commits
sioners about September Is. following
the return Of Commissioner Newman
from his vacation. In the meantime the
Commissioners have been Visiting the
various departments and institutions
under their supervision for the purpose
Of gaining information as to the
amount needed.
While the law prohibits the puonca-
the hands Of Congress. It 10 understood
number of important .protects will be
provided for. Among these are items
for beginning work on the new mu-
nicipal hospital for beginning work on
the new District reformatory. for start
ing work on the new Eastern High
School, and for establishing q rnunici-
pal system for the collection Of ashes
, and refuse. 1t Is probable that an ap-
propriation will be asked for plans Tor q
vert street. an Improvement long urged
, BY residents Of Cleveland Park and
! Chevy Chase.
Will Furnish Estimates.
The Commissioners have appointed .
committee consisting OF Alfonso Twee-
dale, Auditor; Ben L. Prince, Collector
| of Taxes; and W. P. Richards, Asses
sor. with directions TO submit to them
| not later than September Is an est'-
mate Of the amount Of the Distr1ct rev-
| enues for the next rscai year.
/, While under the "half-and-half' plan
| the board can ask for an Appropriation
OF approximately N6.OOO.0oo. it Is prob
! able that their estimates will not reach
| this total. The revenues for the cur
!. rent tiscal year amounted to T.97l.ZO
| allowing tor a total budget OF over
! $4,000, 900. The estipates totaled N2.Hl..
"a q. of which $ll. 100 4S5. .46 was alloWe<
by Congress.
! The District estimates are required
bv law to be in the hands OF the sec
| retary OF the Treasury for tranemls'
!, sion to congress not later thAn Ooto
| Der Is.
The Washington times., 1915-07-31
Four TraWlers Sunk.

LONDON. July Sl.-Four Lowestoft
trawlers were victims OF German sub
marines today. Their crews were all
saved
The Washington times., 1915-07-31

$l.00 Harpers Ferry, SIPS Martins
to Cumberland and return. Baltimore
and Ohio Sunday. August from Union
Station S;25 a. m. Returning same day.
-Advt
The Washington times., 1915-07-31
CAPERTON REPORTS
HAITI NEAR CHAOS
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Haitien had declared for Baourand. and
that In view Of the conditions almost
sure to follow the rivalry between these
In various parts Of the country" the
outlook was very uncertain"
Many Unemployed.
Adding to the danger of the sltua-
ton. he reported. there We're In Port
ployed, many of them discha rged from
the Haitien Construction Company. an
American concern. whose contract on
cause OF the absolutely depleted state
OF the public treasury.
Disarming OF the native soldiers and
civilians. Caperton reports, is still in
time. owing to the large area Of the
city. Large quantities Of arms and
ammunition have been collected and
stored under guard in the national pal.
Because OF the extreme heat at Fort
au Prince and the possibility Of sickness
among the American forces, Secretary
Daniels today ordered the hospital ship
, Solace to proceed at once to Port al
Prince from Newport. The battleshir
left Philadelphia for Port au Prince
today.
WINDSOR. VT, July 3l.-Presiden,
Wilson Is in close touch with the
Haitien situation. through Secretar,
; Lansing. but is leaving the matter tc
the State Department. He had no com
ment to make today. Killing of two
American marines was reported In q
| State Department telegram.
The President was unable to golf or
| account of DR.. Grayson's absence. anC
| worked all morning on his correspond
ence. He declined an invitation to at
| tend the wedding of Susan knight, oi
Dummerston, Vt. extended because
Miss knight thought the President
| would want to see her historic home
built in part by President Hayes.
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TEMPERATURES.
A A L 4
TIDE TABLE

TIDE TABLE.
High tide--ll 80 a. m.
Low tdc-5:59 a. m. and 6:l6 p. m.
Sun TABLE.
Sun r!ses.........5: 500 Sun sets.........7:ll
Light automobile lamps at 1851 p. m.
The Washington times., 1915-07-31

German and Austrian forces. cannot
again be whipped Into fGhting shape
for months. Berlin regards Russia as
eliminated from serious offensive 1ght-
ing for the balance of the year.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-19
Manson Now. Items.

Special to es-Republicans
Manson, Aug. 15.-While carrying
water for workmen at the new school
building. Harry, the 14-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Walcott Dana. fell from
ladder. breaking his left arm in two
places and finger Of his right hand
Mrs. Casper Schenk of Des Moines
Is here visiting at the home Of hel
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. D. Long. Mr.
Schenk was here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Morrison returned
the latter part Of last week from the
western coast states. where they had
been nearly nine months visiting rela-
tives and sightseeing.
Miss Mile Minis. of Aurora, Ill., has
accepted position as stenographer at
the Farmers Savings Bank. She is a
cousin OF Max Eisseiis, of th this place.
Charles Wright has purchased lot
on Spruce street Of f. S. Thayer and
expects to erect modern residence
thereon this fall.
John Carrier, Of Readsboro, vt, ar
rived Tuesday evening for a several
days visit at the home OF his uncle, E.
S. Thayer. Mr.. Carrier was resi-
dent Of Manson many years ago.
Alvin Mattson arrived homo last
Saturday morning from De Kalb. ILL.,,
where he has been, filing a pulpit in
a Swedish Lutheran church during the
vacation of the regular pastor.
Oliver Cammack, of Faith, s. D., is
here working on the Howard Drake
residence.
The Theo Himmel and w. r. Gillian
families are expected home from Illi-
nois today. They made the trip by