The Washington herald., 1916-09-08

IPluhseu over steep emoankment.
j Winsted, Conn. Sept 7.-Motorists
ltraveling through the wilds of Southern
berkshire are continually delayed by por-
lcupines puncturing their tires. A porcu-
pine which held up the car of William
Fox near Sandisfield Center last night
paid with its life for filling one Of the
tires with quills.
Greenwich. Conn. Sept THE spire of
the old Congregational Church here,
Whose peak is the highest point between
New York City and New London, has
been condemned. The spire has been
used for years as a steering guide by
vessels.
Milwaukee, Sept. 7.-Practlcally com
lplete returns from fifty-one out of
seventy-one counties give La Toilette.
Progressive candidate In the primary con-
test for nomination for United State Sen
ator, 5S,O2S, and Jeffris. Conservative Re-
publican. 42,207. In forty counties Gov
Phillip received 52,s3o; Hatton. 36,541: Nc
Govern, 20966
Zurich. Sept. 7.-Profongation of the life
OF the Reichstag for one year will be con-
sidered when that body meets on the 2sth,
Says Berlin dispatch.
I Chicago, Sept. 7-Henry Ford the De-
troit manufacturer and peace advocate
today brought a suit against the Chicago
Tribune for 100000. alleging malicious
libel.
Honolulu. T. H.. Sept. 7.-On account OF
cholera in the Orient, extraordinarily
strict regulations were being enforced
here today as the result of the arrival
from the Far East of the army trans
port Sheridan.
Chicago, Sept. six labor officials fac
ing terms OF from one to three years in
the State penitentiary as the result of
their recent conviction in the so-called
labor conspiracy trials in Judge Kick
ham Scanlan's District Court, today left
the county Jail. where they have been held
without bond for about six weeks. The
Appellate Court yesterday sanctioned
their bonds totalling $4,000.
Rio Janeiro. Sept. IA banquet in
honor of the United States Financial and
Commercial Commission was given last
night by Minister Of Finance J. Pandia
Calogeras.
Portland. Ore, Sept. THE United
States cruiser Boston, of the famous
White Squadron, and a participant in
the battle Of Manila Bay, is to be taken
from Portland to the navy yard within a
/: week and sold to the highest bidder for
junk.
Milwaukee, Wis, Sept. Steamer No.
passengers aboard. went ashore today
off North Point. The vessel lost its
course during a storm early today and
mistook North Point Light for a harbor
entrance in the dense fog.
who was sentenced to six months In jail
for taking an automobile without per-
mission, attempted suicide by hanging
himself from a bar of the lookup with
his belt Arthur Belts, who was sharing
the cell with him, broke the belt and
summoned assistance.
Moundsville, w. Va, Sept. Here is
a relationship tangle. Four sisters NAM
ed OFT, residing near here, were mar
ried to four brothers named Hall. Mrs.
OFT, mother of the girls, is a sister OF
Mr.. Hall. father Of the menn. which
makes them all cousins.
Laredo, Tex. Sept, 7-Three hun
dred vacuum bottles, a gift from Will
lam ]. Lemp, of st. Louis, have been
received by Battery A, Missouri Field
Artillery. of st. Louis. The bottles were
distributed to the men of the battery,
each being given two bottles in a pack
age.
Fallsburgh, Sept. -7.-Charging his
mother-in-law bossed him to the extent
Of debating the way he should comb
his hair, Frederick H. Chandler of Vi
ola, summoned to court in Fallsburgh,
} accused of abandonment. has succeeded
in having the case dismissed.
. Wilkesbarre, Pa, Sejt. Am !. W.
w. riot occurred at Browntown today
when a mob, armed with stones and
clubs tried to prevent union employees
from going to work Trooper Upton was
severely bitten on the arm by a woman
New Orleans. Sept 7-President Will
son and Congress were denounced by the
Association of Farmers Union Presi-
dents for passing the eight-hour rail-
} road bill.
E Pittsburgh. Sept AT the age Of
/ 105 years 7 months and "a days, Mrs
Margaret A. DalzeIl, Plttsburgh's old
/. est resident, died last night at tn.
home Of her daughter.
Newport, R. L, Sept Flag and
code signal work marked the man
euvers of the volunteer powerboat
squadron of the second naval district
In Block Island Sound. Last night
the patrol boats defended the battle
ship Virginia against submarine at
tack.
Kansas City, Mo-, Sept. IA thief stole
a pocketbook from a coat belonging to j.
B. Fitzpatrick, manager of the Shubert
Theater. In the pocketbook were a
watch set with diamonds diamond and
turquoise scarf pin and a pocket knife set
with diamonds. The value of the jewelry
is $500.
Wellesley. Mass. Sept. lowing to the
infantile paralysis epidemic Wellesley
College will delay its opening one week.
Entrance examinations will be held Sep
tember 25. and recitations will begin Oc-
Itober ..
San Francisco. Cal, Sept. 7.-Reinstate-
ment as pastor has been refused to the
Rev. Charles F. Aked, who resigned the
Ipastorate of the First Congregational
Church here to accept an appointment as
delegate with the Ford peace party.