The Washington herald., 1916-10-03

Annapolis, Nd. Oct. 1.-The Naval
Academy's seyenty-1rst academic year
has begun. The academy chapel built
| when II was expected to have only FIVE
hundred midshipnen, had to accommo-
date regiment of 1,349, the officers and
their families and visiting civilians.
Bethlehem, Pa, Oct. Addressed as a
woman, Walter Lilly caught this towns
| Jack the Hugger'' when the latter ac-
will recover.
London, Oct. 2-Englishmen have ac-
quired the chewing-gum habit Within
six months the monthly sale of gum has
increased from 1000, COO to 20, ,oOO, 900 bars.
New York. Oct 2-Seven New York
City Representatives in Congress have
pledged themselves to support legisla-
ton providing for pensions for letter car
riers. it was announced today
Seattle. Wash, Oct. 2.-Aimaro sato.
recently appointed Japanese Ambassador
to the United States to succeed Baron
Chinda, arrived from Japan late last
night on the Yokohama Maru.
| Charleston, w. Va. Oct. 2.-More than
600 witnesses have been summoned to ap-
Ipear before the grand jury as a result of
what the authorities claim to be unusual
i activity on the part of bootleggers in
kanawha County. Two hundred alleged
violators OF the Yost prohibition law
have been held.
Bay City, Mich. Oct 2-Twenty-five
hundred coal miners in Saginaw and Bay
counties struck today.
Petrograd Cvia Lond2m. Oct. 2.-Ac-
Afnrr 10 he gtaff
which how are available the popula ton
OF Russia increased more than g, 600 900 or
4 per cent since 1897 It has increased
more than 3.S00OoO or more than 2 per
cent since 1914. The total population is
set down as 1S2, ,1S2, ,6O0
| Plattsburg. N. Y, Oct. 2.-Rookies here
think Sherman was all wrong about war
The mercury stands at 33 degrees and an
hours fall of snow covers the ground
Baltimore, Md, Oct Two Deaths and
three new cases of infantile paralysis
were reported TO the health department
here within the last twenty-four hours.
| Portland. Me-. Oct Word reached
this city today that two lighthouse keep
ers were drowned whila gong in a dory
from the mainland to Crabtree ledge
| light at the entrance Of Sullivan harbor
|
keeper of the light, lost his life In at
tempting to rescue his brother, who fell
| overheard.
Atlanta, Ga. Oct 2.-Several persons
were injured in a rear-end collision be-
tween the Dixie Flyer, bound for Chi
cago, and the Southland another pas
senger train on the Atlantic Coast Line
| near, Folkston, Ga, easily today. accord
! ing to reports received here. No deaths
| are reported.
New York, Oct 2-Twenty-six new
cases Of infantile paralysis and fourteen
| forty-eight hours.
Philadelphia Pa, Oct 2-Delegates
| from every part of the United States
with their wives and families, to the
number of 5O0 met at the Bellevue-Strat-
! ford Hotel today for the fourty fourth
annual convention of the American Asso-
| ciation of Travelling Passenger Agents
| The sessions here will continue two days
Atlanta, Ga, Oct ALMOST normal
| service was maintained today on the
| street car lines. despite the walk-out of
n10tormen and conductors. Following
| conference between street car officials
and the police commission, instructions
were given the police to permit no crowds
| to congregate in streets and to arrest
any one jeering at the strike-breakers
Hamilton, Ohio. Oct 2.-Three persons
| were killed and four seriously injured
when an automobile in which they were
| riding was struck by a train on the Gin,
cinnati Hamilton and Dayton road. at
| Overpeck Crossing, five miles north of
here. They were residents of this city
Chicago, Oct. "A ngnt to break
the will of his mother, Mrs. Catherine
L. Morrow. who died in London year
| ago. leaving two-thirds of her fortune
of $1.5OO.OOO to the two children of
his sister. the Princess de Chimay, and
| one-third to his own daughter, has
been begun by Eben R. Ward.
Portland. Greg, Oct. Mrs E. B.
Merryman watched the enlistment of
her fifth son to enter the United States
army. He is Joseph B. Merryman, 19|
years old. He is the two hundred and
ninety-first member of Mrs. Merry
mans family to join the army since
the Revolutionary war.
Buffalo, Oct Mrs. Margaret A.
Fox, i'll and in bed, was burned to
death in a fire on Swan street. The
| fremen had to carry out ten men and
women who had been overcome by
smoke in their rooms. Three aged
women were severely injured.
Baltimore, Md, Oct 2.-Leading
druggists of the country are attending
the forty-seeond annual convention of
the National Wholesale Druggists As
| sociation. which opened here today.
The sessions will continue until next
Friday, and many problems of i'm
portance to the drug business will be
considered.
| Ossining. n. Y, Oct. Am uniden-
titled man was struck and instantly
killed by a north-bound New York
Central train in the tunnel under Sing
Sing prison. In his pocket was found
handkerchief with the initials wv.
! ]. d.
AIva, Okla, Oct. corporal George
Higbee. of the United States army,
killed his young wife and himself with
| a pistol on the street here. The shoot
ing was witnessed by Higbee's mother,
who was trying to affect a reconcilia-