The Washington herald., 1916-09-23
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years old and deaf"
New Yonk, Sept. 22.-Louis K. Brennan,
a vaudeville actor, ended his life today
! by leaping in front of a subway express
train in the Seventy-second street station.
Traffic was blocked for half an hour
while Brennan's mangled body was being
removed from under the train.
| Detroit, Sept. 22.-Edgar c.. Schaffer,
auto worker, early today fred a shot
into his wifes body and then turned the
weapon on himself, dying almost instant
ly. Mrs. Schaffer probably was fatally
wounded. Jealousy is said to have caused
the quarrel
London, Sept. "A new S5O,ooO00O bank
will be established under a royal charter
to finance British trade, 1t was announced
today.
| London, Sept 22.-Dover, the English
seaport on the Channel, was bombarded
by a German seaplane today. the war Of
flee announced. Three bombs were
dropped. There were no casualties.
indianapolis, Ind. Sept. Ex-Governor
Ralston today announced that President
Wilson has accepted an invitation to speak
in Indianapolis on October II, before an
audience of good roads enthusiasts.
Galveston, Tex. Sept a.-Passengers
arriving here today aboard the tank
steamer Topila, declared that two Brit
| ish, subjects and thirty-six Carranzistas
were killed on September 16 when a large
force of Villistas raided an oil camp near
Tuxpam.
Berlin. Sept. 22.-German aeroplanes
successfully attacked with bombs two
Russian ships used for starting aero
planes, which were escorted by one
cruiser and several destroyers. near
Varna on the Bulgarian coast, Wednes-
day. the German admiralty announced to-
day The hostile sea forces were COM
PEELED to retire.
Bloomington. Ind. Sept. "A telegram
! received here today stated that John
steinhagen. a private in Troop F. Sixth
| U. S. Cavalry. was shot and killed at
Preside. Texas. The message came to
his mother, but did not state cause Of
the shooting.
New York. Sept. 22-Police reserves
were called out this afternoon to quell
near-riot at Twenty-first street and
| Broadway as the result OF the explosion
of several torpedoes on the car tracks.
Passengers on passing cars piled from
them in a panic.
| New York, Sept "a wheat famine in
| this country is inevitable unless an en-
barge is placed on that commodity at
once, according to Joseph Hartigan, COM
missioner Of weights and measures. He
declared advices he had received from
throughout the country showed that the
country's present supply will not lssf
| long II the government continues t. AZ.
low the expectation Of wheat.
Richmond. Va, Sept 22-capt. John
]. Maxwell. 81 is dead here at the home
Of his daughter. Capt. Maxwell during
the civil war entered the lines OF Gen
eral Grant at City Point in 1884. and
placed an internal machine in the feet
Of gunboats. destroying three vessels and
killing 400 men.
New York, Sept 22.-Eleven deaths
from infantile paralysis were reported
today, an increase of FIVE over yester
day New cases showed a decrease OF
seven. only twenty being reported.
Rochester. N. Y. Sept. 2z.-The New
York Central's fast eastbound passen-
ger train. known as the 'Detroiter1'
narrowly escaped being ditched early
today when a gondola from a freight
train was thrown across the rails d.
rectly in front of IT, half a mile east
of Batavia. No passengers were in
Jured.
Chicago. Sept. 22.-Creditors of the
Industrial Savings Bank, an old time
private institution, caused to be filed
in Federal Court today an involuntary
petition for the appointment of a re-
ceiver. The institutions liabilities are
said to total about $1,O00.000, with
assets approximately 100000.
saloniki, Sept. 22.-The war Office
today issued the following bulletin:
British warships shelled the enemy
in the neighborhood OF Neochori The
artillery duel at Doiran is increasing"
London, Sept. 22.-The war is rapidly
making men old. In many cases the
hair of soldiers at the front turn gray
within ten days. Men between the
ance of men over forty.
Minneapolis, Mimi. Sept 22.-One
man was burned to death, another Sc
riously hurt and property worth $780,
900 was destroyed by two fires in
Minneapolis early today.
Buffalo. Sept. 22.-John NJ Bedford,
postmaster OF Buffalo in President
CleveIand's administration. Is dead
here. He was IS years old.
Troy, N Y, Sept. 22.-John wads-
worth Holmes is dead at the age of
SO. He was a cousin of oliver Wen
dell Holmes.
! Ithaca, N Y, Sept. 22-Cornen Uni
versity will open October Q, according
to Controller E. L. Williams InfantiIe
paralysis was responsible for two
weeks postponement.
Peking, Sept. IA son was born
Thursday to the wife of DR.. Paul
Samuel Reinsch. the United States
Minister to China. Mrs. Reinsch be-
fore her marriage was Miss Alma
! Moser, of Ashland, Wis.
Cambridge, Mass, Sept. 22.-Har-
ward University will receive $4,000 to
perpetuate the Sachs Research Fellow
ship in Fane Arts upon the death of
! Samuel Sachs, New York banker. The
Sachs Fellowship was founded last