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The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
MEN DESERT
FROM CAMP
Two Guardsmen Take French
Leave From Battery B.
One Arrested.

Two men have taken French leave
from Battery B, Of the District militia,
it was made known at Camp Ordway
yesterday. These men did not want to
90 with the battery TO the border. and
the battery left without them last night
One OF the men has been apprehended.
but the other still is at large. The
Washington police have not been in
strrcted TO look out for any Battery B
men, although they have been asked 10
arrest several other milftiamen missing
from Camp Ordway.
The two men who have quit Battery
B are not technically deserters. as they
have been away from the camp less than
nine days.
The police were asked last night TO
look out for and arrest Frank Hynan
and Ralph Chamberlain. OF Company D.
who are charged with being unlawfully
absent without leave from Company D
at Camp Ordway. The police also have
been asked TO look out for James Price,
charged with deserving from Company
D. Other men reported missing from
Camp Ordway are Frank P. CLANCY,
Frank Smith, and William Fletcher.
Edward McKenna. 35. was arrested by
Policeman Steele. Of Number precinct,
yesterday because OF unlawful absence
without leave from Company B OF the
District militia. He was turned over
to Capt Beckstein last night
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
G. o. P. Candidate Pledges
Himself to Safeguarding Of
All American Lives.
NOT FOR MILITARISM
Former Justice Says He's
Strongly Determined, How
ever, on Firm Policy.
CBy the International New, Service,

CBy the international News servfcel
Detroit, Mich. Aug. There is not
a particle Of militarism in my compost
tion, but there is a sturdy determination,
IL I am put in a place Of executive re-
sponsibility representing all the Ameri-
can people, 10 see TO It, and that is my
purpose, that Americas rights are safe
guarded, and that Americas g name in al
ministration. in policy. and in execution
Is hOnored throughout the world"
In these words Charles Evans Hughes
tonight concluded a speech in which he
practically promised intervention in
Mexico If eIeged to the Presidency and
II the situation does not mend across the
border.
In what was probably the most spec
tacular day Of his career. Mr.. Hughes
rounded into campaign form over night
and started OF his battle for the Preei-
dency with a bang. And Detroit opened
arms TO him. Perhaps. indeed. # was the
warmth Of the Detroit welcome which
inspired the efforts Of the candidate TO
rise to the situation. He was warm.
genial, epigrammatic. and forceful. He
CONTINUED on PAGE TWO
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
WILSON'S HOROSCOPE
HOLDS FIRST PLACE
TsshjI gton Herald.

Special to The Wsshil gton Herald.
Langhorne, Pa. Aug. An astrol-
oyer here, who is also a leading ma
tional scientist, says that Wilson's
horoscope is better than Hughes.
Wilson was born on DeceS Sber 2s,
1856, at 1850 p. m. at staunton. Va"
says this astrologer.
The fact that Wilson was born in
Capricorn. with the moon in Capri
corn" says the astrologer. proves
that Wilson's prenatal months were
influenced by well-regulated. success
full and absorbing business pursuits
on the part of Wilson's parents
Therefore Wilson has a clear, bust
nesslikS active brain and magnificent
continuity of purpose to carry for
ward whatever he begins"
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
MILDEWED PIES EATEN
BY BALL TEAM, s SICK
peasI TO The w.shington Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Baltimore. Aug. 7.-Mildewed pies and
impure water were given this morning as
a possible solution for the infection Of
the members of the baseball team Of
Mount Clare shops, Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad.
1t was stated this morning by one who
accompanied the team to Cumberland two
weeks ago that the members OF the team
had purchased pies from an eating house
and that the same were mildewed, but
being the only thing that the men could
find to eat, they had consumed the pies.
In addition TO this it Is said that the
water furnished the men from tanks at
the ball field was anything but pure and
this in connection with the spoiled pies
is thought to have brought on typhoid
fever. which eight of the men developed.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
AGREE ON BIG
ARMY MEASURE
100000 Appropriation
fof Preparedness Wins APP
proval of Conferees.

The bill for the support of the army
as finally agreed to in conference yes
terday carries a total appropriation of
s267, ,5OOooO
The House allowed only s1S2, ,3o3, 900.
The Senate's appropriation OF SIS. .2s1,-
666 for flying machines remains in the
bill OF this sum. 500. 900 is available to
enable the President to call into SER
vice for instruction for about six months
suitable reserve officers and men to sup
ply the country with an efficient reserve
of flying men.
Provision for foreign pay Is elimi-
mated unless the men are actually engag-
ed outside the border.
Senate appropriation OF $4,000 for
civilian military training camps is re-
duced to 100000, as provided by the
House. Provisions for automatic ma
chine rifles for the National Guard is
fixed at 5000 900, being largely in excess
Of House allowances.
The Senate provision giving the Pres
ident authority to take control of any
system of transportation in time of war
is retained. The appropriation of s., 900,
600 for the support OF dependent families
of the National Guard also remains in
the bill with minor notifications. La
Follette's amendment prohibiting the en-
hstment of boys under 21 without the
consent of parents or guardians and di-
recting their discharge. was struck from
the bill.
action bitterly.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
AUSTRIA WINS
LOST GROUND
Recaptures Positions in Coun-
ter Stroke Italians Re-
taliate by Seizing Hill.
CBy the international News service.)

CBy the International News Seryice.)
London. Aug. The first Austrian sue
cess on the Italian front since the forced
discrimination Of the great Trentino
drive is reported by the. Vienna war Of
fee tonight.
In furious counter-attacks launched by
Won Hoetzendorfs forces against the
Italians on Monte Sabolizo and Monte
San Michel. positions lost in the initial
onslaughts of Cardona's men a few days
ago were reconquered, and 1.232 prison.
ers remained in Austrian hands, among
them thirty-two officers;
A violent battle is still in progress on
the slopes of the two mountains.
The Austrian success, while unexpected
in view of the fact that they have been
hard pressed for weeks on the whole
front, was more than Offset by an Ital-
ian victory.
The Rome war office announced tonight
that nearly the whole of Hill No. S5, in
the Monfalcone sector, was captured and
held against all counter-attacks, the Aus
trians taking in yesterdays fighting $500
prisoners, including 100 officers.
Three guns and dozens of machine
guns" also were taken by the victors.
Several lines Of Austrian entertainments
were captured in fierce hand-to-hand
fighting on Hills S5 and III
The Italians continued throughout the
last tweenty-four hours their vigorous
bombardments of Goritz, and attacks
were launched on the whole front be-
tween the Goritz Bridgehead and the
DObeerdo Plateau, while the big guns OF
both sides are laundering without pause
along the entire sector from the Tolmino
Bridgehead to the sea.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
WOOED AND WON IN 48
HOURS AT SEA RESORT

Special to The WsshinEton Herald.
Baltimore, Aug. 7.-Estelle Herman, OF
this city, and Harry Siskin, Of West
Palm Beach, Fla, have hung up a new
record in Atlantic City for rapid court
lasted only from Friday night to Sun
day. Here's how it happened:
"Siskin met Miss Herman at a beach
party Friday night. AS they were both
staying at the Lorraine 1t was not diff
fcult for him to see her rather fire.
quently on Saturday. and that he did
He left her for a short time later in
the afternoon to pay visit to the City
Hall Yesterday they went TO the home
of the Rev. DR.. Henry NJ. Fisher, where
they were married.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
SING ANGEL OF PEACE"
WINGS FLAP, 20 FAINT

Special to The Washington Herald
Madison. Wis, Aug THE congrega-
ton of the Presbyterian Church was
thrown into a frenzy of terror as It sat
at its evening service. softly singing
The Angel OF Peace" in a darkened au-
ditorium. when a whir of wings was
heard and a huge shadow Of a winged
ghost swooped back and forth across a
lighted screen in front of the audience.
AS the music swelled it few about dis
tractedly; the singing died away into q
sort OF moan, and the big auditorium took
on a weird silence as the women COW
cred in terror in their seats and covered
their faces. Twenty tainted.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
KIDNAPPED BRIDEGROOM
RESCUED BY POLICEMEN
Washington Herald.

Special to Th. Washington Herald.
Spokane, Wash, Aug mime employees
Of lumber company were placed under
arrest for kidnapping Bernard Peterson.
fellow-employe. who had just married.
They had torn Peterson from the side OF
his bride and rushed him nineteen miles
to Mead, Wash, in a jitney bus.
The bride Historically appealed to the
police and several plain-clothes men ar
rested the party returning from Mead
without the bridegroom. The latter was
found on the road steadily trying TO walk
back to his bride. The police restored
him to his new family circle at midnight
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
KIMONO-CLAD BATHERS
DRIVEN OFF BY POLICE

Special 70 The Washington Herald
Chicago, Aug. 7.-Evanston, the home
Of the great Methodist University, re-
ceived an awful shock yesterday when a
large party Of shapely girls from Chi
cago appeared on Ingleside bathing beach
clad only in kimonos.
Excited women who observed the spec
tacle from their verandas and windows
hastily called for the police. who drove
the comely young creatures gently but
firmly to the shrubbery, where they
donned their street clothing.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
NEAR AUTO ACCIDENT
SCARES GIRL TO DEATH
'ecial to The Washington Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald
Stroudsburg. Aug. MARY McGoven,
26 years old, a teacher in the Jersey
City public schools, died from heart
failure following an automobile accident
which occurred on the Milford pike,
about four miles from East Stroudsburg,
late last evening.
The accident occurred when young Bert
Degara attempted to help her steer
around a wagon and the sudden turing
Of the wheel sent the machin into a.
concrete abutment. None of the oc-
cupants received bodily injuries.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
BATHING SUIT NYMPHS
HAVE CHICAGO GAZING
special to The Washington Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald
Chicago, Aug. Live models-the livest
of whom wore bathing suits and were
exhibited in a special fountain character
lied the fall style show Of the Chicago
Garment Manufacturers Association,
which opened today and will continue all
week
Wholesalers invitations to buyers to at
tend the show at Bismarck Gardens dwelt
upon the group Of feminine
swimmers in up-to-the- minute bathing
costumes. Why the bathing-suit display
for fall wear no one knew and none
seemed to care. 1t was a great attrac-
ton.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
co NAKED AND LIVE
1000 YEARS, HE SAYS
Special to The Washington Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald
Philadelphia, Aug. 7.-'Tf you want to
live a thousand years go naked" This
bit Of advice was distributed in circular
form yesterday by Richard Gilbert. The
police for some reason or other did not
approve of Gilbert's theory of longevity
and arrested him.
When arrested Gilbert was dIstribA-
ing his back-to-nature circulars in the
neighborhood Of Fifty-fourth street and
Baltimore avenue. Although fully at
tired. the prisoner declared that 1t was
unmanly to wear clothes, and altogether
against the principle OF health He was
sentenced to five days in the county Jail.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
GOES TO SLEEP In TUB,
FORGETS TO STOP WATER
al 70 Tha Mashinutnn Rrr,id

Special to The Washington Herald.
New York, Aug. 1T Hampton Bliss,
an insurance adjuster of Jacksonville,
Fla, tried to even up things with the
Weather Man in his apartments at the
Hotel Majestic yesterday when he climbed
into his bathtub and turned on the cold
water.
The last he remembered he was dream
ing OF chasing polar bears around the
North Pole with daggers made of icicles.
He felt the ice beneath his feet give way
and he began to struggle for his life.
What had happened was told later in
the hotel office by Mr.. Bliss Shortly
after turning on the cold water he had
gone to sleep.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
FOUR AUTn'"TS KDNAP
WOMAN; = TRACE FOUND

spscai 70 ine washington herslo-
Morestown, n. J., Aug. THE police
of Moorestown have notified the authori-
ties of every town south of Trenton that
a woman was placed in an automobile
about o'clock in the morning at Main
street and Stanwick avenue, Moorestown.
and carried of against her will, and while
she was crying for assistance. There
were four men in the automobile.
William Jones, station agent at STAN
wick, saw the men force the woman into
a rear seat Of the car, and when the
party went by the home Of Collins Rog-
era, shs waa screaming. '.HslDi xurdsrr'
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
CANADIAN GIRLS WORRIED.
War Is Killing on the Eligible
Husbands.

Los Angeles. Cal, Aug. THE war
has changed the expression on the faces
Of Canadian women. Today most of them
appear worried. Lines are supplanting
dainty dimples.
The reason" said F. N. Bowden, Of
Calgary. Alberta, lies in the fact that
the eligible husbands are being killed off.
Spinsterhood must infaIlibly be in store
for some Of them, and they are very
gloomy in consequence"
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
FEAR FOR BRITIs8 CAPTIvEs.
Foreign ONCE Worried Over Troops
Captured by Turks

London. Aug. 7.-Considerable appre-
hension has been aroused over the fate
Of the British captured by the Turks at
Kut-eI-Amara
Lord Robert Cecil. of the foreign Office,
announced in commons today that the
American Ambassador at Constantinople
had tried to get in touch with the
prisoners, but had been unable to do so
except in the case of Gen. Townshend,
the commander OF the Kut garrison.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
WORKS IN ICEHOUSE,
HUMIDITY GETS" HIM

Special to The Washington Herald.
Baltimore, Aug. 7.-Although working
in a temperature that hovered near the
freezing point, James Johnston. $50 South
Gilmor street, Il years old, was overcome
by the humidity. so doctors at the Frank
lin Square Hospital said.
He fell to the floor OF the icehouse Of
the American Ice Company, Franklin and
Pulaski streets. this morning.
Johnston had just left one of the freez-
ing rooms and was standing on an out
side platform when he toppled to the
floor.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
GIVES BLOOD TO SAVE
LIFE OF MAN HE SHOT

Special to The Washington Herald.
Philadelphia, Aug. 7.-Acting Detective
Ernest Auty yesterday permitted sur
geons at the Episcopal Hospital to take
blood from his arm to save the life Of
Policeman George Kline, after he had
accidentally shot Kline in the neck while
showing him his revolver. Kline's con-
dition today is improved.
At hearing before Magistrate wrig-
ley this morning, Auty was held with
out bail to await the result Of KIine's
injuries. He was turned over to the
custody of Lieut. Lawson.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
LEAPS TO HER DEATH
OFF MANHATTAN BRIDGE

Special to The Washington Herald
New York. Aug. IA woman jump
ed from the south roadway of Man
haitian Bridge in BROOKLYN at noon
today and was crushed on the pave
ment, 100 feet below, at Water and
Adams streets.
The victim was about 40 years old.
feet inches in height. and emaci-
ated. weighing not much over a hum
dred pounds. She was poorly dressed
and had crocheted shawl about her
shoulders. Her feet were in carpet
slippers.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
BIG BASS CAUGHT BY HAND.
Boys Wade Into Pond and Cut on
Its Retreat

Pottsville, Pa, Aug. 7-WilliaIn Kant
ner and Harold Neck. aged Ii and u, of
schuylkill Haven, caught 1o-pound bass
at the Red Pond yesterday.
The giant bass, measuring over 30
inches. was seen by the boys coming into
shallow water, and. wading in, they cut
off its retreat and threw it out on dry
land with their hands.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
PLANS MEMORIAL TO MORRIS.

House Resolution Provides Shaft to
Financfer of Revolution.
A $4,000 monument to Robert Morris to
be erected in the District Of Columbia
was provided in a resolution introduced
by Representative Garland yesterday.
Morris gave a fortune to the govern
ment during the revolutionary war and
the resolution sets forth that he is
ezcelled only by the immortal George
Washington, y. ~w-
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
SUBSEA PIRACY RENEWED
BY AUSTRIA, IS CHARGE
By ANDRE BEAUMONT
international News Service ,

Milan, Aug. 7.-submarine piracy under
the Austrian flag is rampant in the Medi-
terranean.
Passenger steamers have been suddenly
attacked by submarines which. witbou,
warning, opened fire.
Between 100 and 800 civilian passengers.
not counting crews, have been killed dur
ing the last fortnight
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
STRIKERS BATTLE POLICE.
One Dead and Many Injured in
Massachusetts RiotinR,

Barre, Mass, Aug. IA pitched battle
was fought here today between fifteen
special policemen doing guard duty In
the strike now in the Barre Wool Comb
ing Company and more than 100 strikers,
their wives, and children, resulting in
the death of one person, and probable
fatal injury of a police officer, and more
or less serious injury of more than a
score Of others.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
Hit by Ball, Laughs, Dies

New York, Aug. Passing off his
injury as a joke when he was struc.
upon the head by baseball during
game on Sunday, Martin Meyer died to-
day from the blow.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
500 woLK WAY THROUGH YALE.
Dependent students Earned $780,
900 in Nine Months.

New Haven, Conn, Aug. 7.-Students
who worked their way through Ysle Uni
versity-soe of them during the past coli
lege yesr-did everything from acting al
assistant TO the Bulgarian Minister to
exterrninating rats, according to the an
nusl report OF the self-help bureau, is
sued today.
The students dependent upon their own
resources earned S25o,ooo during the nine
school months.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
Germans Sink Two Ships.

London, Aug. 7.-Lloyds report the
sinking Of the British steamship Spiral
and the Norwegian steamer Aranda by
German submarines.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
HAIRCUTS FREE ON BORDER
New York Guardsmen Get Heads
Shaved with Horse Clippers.

Shaved with Horse Clippers.
Houston, Tex, Aug. z-Houston today
claims the long-distance hospitality cham
pionship.
A company of New York National
Guardsmen was passing a fire station
during an exercise stroll while fremen
were shearing a horse with electric clip
pers. One of the Guardsmen, whose
head was hot beneath heavy thatch,
broke ranks and asked for a haircut. Not
only was he accommodated, but also was
a score Of his w-militiamen-and it
didn't cost 'em cent.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
Germany Loses 76,248
Officers; 2,S83,993 Men

international News serviceo
Geneva, Aug. 7.-Germany
has lost 76,24S officers and
2,883,oo3 men in killed,
wounded. and missing, ac-
cording to the s7oth official
casualty list just issued. The
totals are:
Officers-Killed, 2s,o84:
wounded, 45,355; missing,
4,9oo. a
Privates-&ilfe d, 7s2,s9o;
wounded, I,SI7,6o3; missing,
333,4Io.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
PRISONER KILLS SHERIFF.

Down and Shoots Him.
Seymour, Tex, Aug. Nv. L Ellis,
down near here today by a blow from the
handcuffed fist Of Steve" Brown, a negro
he had arrested, and then shot with his
own revolver, which the negro snatched
from him.
The sheriff died two hours later. Brown
was overtaken by a mob and shot to
death.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
WADNG COSTS LIVES OF FOUR,
Men Drown Trying to Save Women
Who Fall Into Hole.

Mount Vernon. Ohio, Aug. when
wading in the Kokosing river today, Mrs.
Lester Mowery. of Danville, and Mrs.
Don Craven, of Akron, suddenly fell
into a hole eight feet deep.
Mr.. Mowery and Isaac Parsons, Of
Glenmont, rushed to their rescue. Both
the women and the men trying to save
them were drowned
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
uickest Service tn R.,,iuor.

Every hour on the hour, Baltimore
and Sundays, sl.50.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08

S2.oo-Pep Mar and Returp-<2.co
$500 a. m August 10, Baltimore and
Ohio, account L o. o. F. reunion. Re-
turning leave Pen Mar 5;<s .. m--Aovr
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
AGED FOLK WILL TANGO
Members of Newly Formed "sur.,
Club" Fsnd of Danctnr

New York, Aug. Mrs. c. A. Rues
has organized sunset club" whose
members must be at leastssixty day, old
and anxious to learn to tango.
Branches are to be Established tbroush-
out the country
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08
Continuous Increases

in both circulation and advertising
prove a newspapers value, both to
readers and merchants. The Herald is.
and has been. enjoying phenomenal in
creases in both circulation and adver-
tising.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-08

CONTINUED on PAGE TWO.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-28
|ANoTHER WORLD. GETTING.
TER NOTE.

Toledo Blade: Twelve years ago.
Joseph Kerwin. an oiler on a Grea-
Lakes steamer, sneakcd into wom-
ans cabin and stole her jewelry. ker-
win was not tried for larceny o.
housebrcaking or any Of the other
things whose definition you Nigh
think fitted the case. He was tried TO-
piracy on the high seas and sentenced
to imprisonment for the term OF hi
natural life.
Twelve years is only a little distance
when we think Of time. But as CON
Germs the machinery of justice, tn"
distance seems to us enormous.
For we arc absolutely convinced thab
such a crime as this against the oiler,
Joseph Kerwin-certainly it was moth
ing else but crime--could not hap
pen today. We do not believe tha-
any grand jury would make out q
theft OF iewelry committed withou
violence. without threat, to be tn.
same thing as the butCheries of Capt.
Kidd. 1t is impossible to conceive 0.
federal officer trying to send ker~
win TO prison as a bloody pirate, o.
a commissioner or Judge or justic
solemnly directing that Kcrwin b.
carried away to serve at hard labo
until death should come and merCitull.
rest his bones.
SO we can say, surely, that this ad-'
vance has been made in the las
deCade--justice is less Grotesque, les
ravishing for victims. Is II a sna 4
advance?. Our own opinion is that l.
is a mighty stride