The Washington herald., 1916-10-16
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72 years old.
! Denver, Colo. Oct. 1S.-Means of meet
ing the requirements of the Adamson
eight-hour law are to be considered at a
meeting OF the American Railway Asso-
citation here November II, according to
an announcement made today.
Mays Landing, n. j., Oct 15-Opera-
tions Will begin Monday morning on the
2O0OO-acre tract purchased along the
Great Egg Harbor River by the Bethle-
hem Steel Company for the worlds great
lest proving ground.
Franklin. N. H., Oct. l5-The coolest
weather of the season has arrived here,
accompanied BY a furry OF snow.
Des Moines. Iowa, Oct. 15-By unani-
nous vote. Kansas City was chosen as
the meeting place of the 1917 national
convention OF the Churches of Christ.
The date for the meeting will be decided
on later. 4
Chicago AOct. I5.-Thousands Of school
children Witnessed the successful launch
ing OF theS freight steamship Mantua.
which win tiy between Atlantic ports
and the West Indies.
Winsted. Conn Oct. l5.-John B. Hull
I while. fishing at Lake Buel in the Berk-
shires, caught live partridge while the
bird was in Hight Mr.. Hull had come
ashore after having caught a basket of
fish. Two 'sisortsnen who were at the
lake fired at two partridges. killing one,
while the other few near Mr.. Hull, who
grabbed the bisc.
Middletowu. a. Y, Oct 15-The Repub-
passed rez<slution giving its approval
to the PROPOSE TO resubmit TO the voters
in 1917 the proposed woman suffrage
amendment. The meeting also approved
the work of the Dairymen's League.
Saginaw, aiicK.. oct. 15-The Michigan
coal miners strike, which involved about
5000 men, has been settled. The men will
return to work Monday, it was announced.
Columbus. Ohio, Oct. 15.-Four persons
were killed, two Of them burned to DEATH
when a New York Central train smashed
through an automobile, causing the gaso-
lene tank TO explode, near this city.
J BrattIeboro. Vt, Oct 15-Mr George E
Crowell, founder Of Household. a maga-
zine published here for a quarter of a
century, is dead at the age of 50 years.
: Mr.. Crowell, who had retired from bust
) water system.
} New Orleans. La, Oct l5-Four New
Orleans breweries, through their officials,
!, have pleaded guilty in the Federal Court
here to shipping quantities of beer i'm
properly labeled from this city to Mis-
sissippi Gulf coast dry points Three
were fined $50 each and the fourth $500.
New York. Oct l5-Mrs. Simon Schoen-
berg, of Main street, Orange, n. j.. had
her back and collarbone broken yesterday
when her carriage was struck by the
automobile of Charles Bauer OF Union.
IN. J. She is in the Overlook Hospital.
New York, Oct 1o.-Prosecutor Robert
Is. Hudspeth. of Hudson County, has re-
ported that there was no accumulation of
; munitions in Jersey City or any other
cities of the county.
New York, Oct 15.-James Karges, pro-
Iprietor Of the Eckstein Hotel. at Castle
ton Corners, Staten Island, suffered a
fractured skull and internal injuries when
Ihe was thrown from an automobile at
1.-THE Cromwell avenue turn in the Rich
mond road
New York, Oct. 15.-Fellx M Warburg
chairman of the organization committee
Iof the projected Federation for the Sup
port of Jewish PhilanthropiC Societies,
will give a dinner to his associates at
! Sherry's on Monday evening. The feder
alton is intended to act as a central col
lection agency for the Jewish charitable
societies.
New York, oct 15.-Sirens, whistles,
bells and the cheers of 5000 people greet
ed the boys of Battery A, Field Artillery
Of East Orange. y. j., when they arrived
Ia+ tho Do rly ayaOua SIDING Of the
wanna Railroad, East Orange, after three
months of duty on the Mexican border at
Douglas, Ariz.
Ottawa, Canada, Oct. I5.-The wheat
crop of Canada for the present year will
be only 159, 9,125,OOO bushels, as compared
with SIG, ,3O3, 600 bushels in 1915, according
to an official estimate. This is decrease
of 217, 10000 bushels.
New York, Oct 15.-Convinced that
there is little demand among residents of
, Newark, N j., for paintings, costly OBJ
jeCts in expensive cases and other OBJ
jects of fine art John Cotton Dana, Sec
rotary and director of the Newark Mu-
scum Association, has written q circular
letter to the members of that organiza-
L ton suggesting that more attention be
Y paid in the future to exhibitions of an
Industrial nature.
| New York, Oct 15.-Herman Loesh, %
years old, a machinist, is dying in the
Muhlenberg Hospital from burns received
when fire destroyed his boarding g-house
on West Third street.
New York, Oct. 15.-David B. Atkinson,
a coal and lumber dealer, of Van Houten
. avenue, Athena, N. J., was killed while
|, supervising the unloading of a lumber
J car. He was jolted from the top of the
car and the wheels of passing car cut
his head of.
New York, Oct. 15.-The Right Rev.
4 David H. Greer, Episcopal bishop of New
y York, who has been i'll at the Bishops
. House, on the grounds of the Cathedral
o of st. John the Divine, for several days,
d suffering from an attack Of neuritis is