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The Washington herald., 1916-08-27
SLAYER OF CAPTAIN
TELLS vague STORY
Makes Several Apparently Conflicting
Statements About
Act.

Macon, Ga. Aug. 26.-Mrs. II. c. Adams.
of Atlanta, who was held today without
bond to await the action of the grand
jury for killing Capt. Edgar J. Spratling,
of the National Guard of Georgia. yes
terday. made a number of apparently
conflicting statements today regarding
her motives.
Soon after her arrest the woman. who
is about 30 years old and the mother of
three children, was quoted as saying that
improper attentions to her on the part
of the captain, in private life. was the
cause for the shooting
According to officers, Mrs. Maud Monk.
nurse. said she had seen a letter froLl
Mrs. Adams stating that If the captain
did not bring her MRS. Adams) to Macon,
she would come here and put out his
lights"
ITS just case of jealousy" said Mrs.
Monk.
The body Of Capt Spra:ling will be
buried at Opelika, Ala. The officer was
a years old, married. but had no chill
dren.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-27
HUGHES met IN WEST
BY Cheering CROWDS
Addressing Denver Audience. Repub-
hcan Candidate Deplores Inadequate
Preparedness to Defend Nation.
BY WILLIAM HOSTER.
international News Service.

Denver. Colo, Aug. 8.-Hughes reached
DehVer at nl4 a. m. and one of the
biggest crowds of the trip gathered at
the station and lined the principal streets,
iour deep, to welcome the candidate. The
applause was almost continuous Mr..
Hughes rode bareheaded in the hot sun
waving his hat right and left In re-
sponse to the plaudits of the crowd.
After brief rest he was the guest of
honor at luncheon of the Mile High
Iluo. where he delivered brief address,
concluding with these remarks:
ratriotism in this country must have
httle different direction from what
II has had. or course, we want the
splendid patriotism which would lead us
10 defend our country. I deplore the
tact that we have not made preparation
for our defense that we should have
MADE, and which 1 hope will be made.
we have got to have patriotism in
business. in public business, which will
come with cooperation"
The Washington herald., 1916-08-27
BLUE" fleet Wiped
OUT in WAR GAME
Submarines Along Coast Fail to Stop
Red" Attacking
Fleet.

The Blue" defending feet OF Rear Ad-
miraI Helm has been completely de-
stroyed or put out Of action, the subma-
rines falling to interfere with the land
ing OF enemy" troops on Long Island,
and Admiral Mayo. with the Red neet'
has won the greatest of naval war games
ever attempted of the American coast.
The central problem Of the war game
was the landing of a fully armed and
equipped army at some point on the At
lantic coast between Eastport, Me-, ana
Cape Hatteras. Adsiral Mayo was
sighted 500 miles on the coast and was
reported to be conveying thirty trans
ports.
Late Thursday night the defending feet
was drawn up to strike Admiral Mayo
in the vicinity Of Capt May. n. J., but
the Red" commander suddenly changed
his course and headed straight up the
Jersey coast toward New York. The
battle fleets came in direct contact about
5 o'clock this morning. The battle
RACED for about six hours, during which
time the Blue fleet was ConstructtVeiy
annIhilated
The Washington herald., 1916-08-27
POISON farm" Scene
OF MANY MYSTERIES
Woman Serving Twenty-Year Term
for Murder May Be Innocent.
Latest Victim Recovering.
Special to The washington Herald.


Olean, N. Y, Aug. 26.-The Buffum
poison farm has just added another
case to its long list of inexplicable hap
psnings.
Elmer Blotner. who now occupies the
farm with his wife. two children and
mother-in-law, Mrs. Herbert Widrig, is
slowly recuperating from paralysis,
caused by the administration of poison.
DR.. NJ. H. Hillsman, of Little Valley,
who examined Blotner. declared all the
symptoms are OF acute arsenical poison
ing.
An arrest is expected in a few days,
and District Attorney Laidlaw is pre-
pairing to submit his evidence to the
grand jury when il meets on September 6.
In the case of Mrs. Bufrum, who is
serving twenty years in Auburn for muir
der. there is now a hope that Commu-
tation OF sentence may be had.
Mrs. Bufrum, under the lash OF the
third degree" confessed that she
poisoned her husband shortly before
July T. 1913. when he was taken i'll. He
died on August IS. Mrs. Buffum was
following February. Later her sentence
was commuted to twenty years.
William Buffum and his daughter Lena
were also poisoned on this farm three
years ago.
Most OF the happenings on the Buffum
farmstead never even engaged the atten-
tiOn OF the police. The family has re-
sented police attention as outside in
trusion." When some one disappeared
1t was a "family affair"
The Washington herald., 1916-08-27
LEADER OF TRAINMEN
URGES men To STRIKE
W. C. Lee Delivers Red Hot Speech
at Mass Meeting at Bijou
Theater.

w. G. Lee, head of the brotherhood OF
trainmen, made red-hot speech yester-
day afternoon In favor Of a strike. He
said to the $40 delegates assembled In
the Bijou Theater:
II am tired of the whole thing. The
railroad presidents have not made
single direct proposition. 1 am tired OF
being kidded along
In the strongest sort OF language he
urged the SO delegates to go to their
homes and prepare for a strike.
II was sure at first l could do some
thing with my 10000 switchmen. But now
we can set the prairie on fire." he said
Lee told the men all to leave Wash
ington by sundown tonight, and sait
he would be gone by the same time.
All that can avert the strike is pos
siDIe compromise. which it Is said neither
the Big Four nor the Brotherhoods' dele
gates believe is possible.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-27
ARCHBISHOP LIES
dead in ILLINOIS
Prelate Was Member of Roosevelt
Commission That Arbitrated
Coal Strike of 1902.
Special to The wa,hipg,on Herald

Special to The Washington Herald
Peoria, Ind, Aug 2-After an illness
OF two weeks, Archbishop John Lancaster
Spalding. one of the best known prelates
OF the Roman Catholic Church in this
country, is dead here today. He was
IS years old.
Recognized as one OF the most scholarly
priests in the Catholic Church, Arch
bishop SpaldinS was consecrated Bishop
of Peoria by Cardinal McCloskey on May
!, 1877. He resigned because of i'll health
on September II. 1908, and in the following
May was created titulsr Archbishop of
Scyphopolis.
Archbishop Spalding received nation
wide notice when President Roosevelt
named MIN as one of six prominent men
of a commission TO arbitrate the differ
ences in the great anthracite coal strike
Jf 1902.
The noted prelate was the author Of nu-
merous works on religious, educational
and labor topics, and was widely known
as a writer of poetry and verse.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-27
PERSISTENT LOVER
LANDS in BELLEVUE
Special to The Washington Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald.
New York. Aug. 26-"Proposals? They re
"a bore" Miss Martha Goetz. 20 years
old. round of cheek and laughter of eye,
meant what she said-meant 1t so
firmly that Matthew Foertner, 42 years
old, went from the West Side court to
Bellevue Hospital.
It was cream puffs that brought him
into her life. One night he entered the
bakery. where Miss Martha works The
little lady looked up and thought him old
and uninterestinC. Matthew. blndly in
GiCating two cream puffs, handed her a
quarter and his heart. She gave it back
20 him with the change
Pursuing her behind the counter. he
poured out his soul. while she spilled hot
coffee down his back.
Matthew was sent to Bellevue. where
they will try to locate his trouble.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-27
Political Notes

New York. Aug. 26.-The polIticaI
situation in Maine is still holding the
interest OF Republican leaders at ma
tional headquarters, and interest was
shown in a report made by Henry NJ
Camp, organizer of the National Re
publican League. today.
Camp told Chairman Wilcox that
there are now 100 working clubs in
Maine. covering every large city and
all counties.
Secretary William B. Brewster. OF
the league. will go to Maine today to
stump for Hughes.
Indiana is safely Republican" was
the word brought to Republican head
quarters today by Newton w. Gilbert
OF that State. who stopped in New
York on his way to Maine.
Charles Evans Hughes. jr, son OF
the Presidential candidate, was a Wis
itor to national headquarters today
for the first time.
New York. Aug. 26.-National Dem
ocratic Chairman Vance Mccormick is
in conference with leaders of the party
today. prior to his trip to Washing
ton Monday. where he will take Ut
important campaign matters with
President Wilson.
He declined to say more than that
things look good"
Among those who saw the chairman
was Try WoodsOn. former secretary
of the Democratic National Commit
tee and a leader in Kentucky. John
Wilson, cousin to the President, wa.
also at Democratic headquarters. He
had recently seen President Wilson
but declined to talk. Samuel white
chairman of the State committee in
Oregon, also visited Chairman McCor-
mick
The Washington herald., 1916-08-27
GIRL SAVES GROCER
FROM TWO GANGSTERS

Special to The Washington Herald.
New York. Aug. S.-The timely arrival
OF Sarah Katz, l3 years old. with a
very full dinner pail in the grocery store
of William Mechlowitz, at Ts4 Third ave-
nue.. today saved Mechlowitz from d
beating at the hands of two robbers who
held him up with revolvers in his store,
and provided a chase of several blocks.
in which several hundred persons took
part before one of the alleged robbers
was caught.
The KatZ girl every evening takes the
grocer's supper to the store, four doors
away from where the Katz family lives.
Mechlowitz was waiting for her when
two men entered the store, drew revolV-
The Washington herald., 1916-08-27
BALTIMORE POLICE
ARREST LOCAL BOY
r,cLaI o The washinston RcTaId

Special to The Washington Herald
Baltimore, Aug. 2s.-Edgar Reagan, six
teen years old, who says he lives at 1907
Fifth street. Congress Heights, Wash
incton. D. G, Is held at the Southern
police station on the charge OF being c
runaway from home. The local police
are making an investigation.
Ree-an was arrested by SerSt. Parr
He told the policeman that his parents
are dead and he lives with a sister. He
recently got a job, but his sister would
not wake him up in the morning. Two
mornings he stated, he was half an hour
late. but his boss excused him. The next
morning. however. he was an hour late
and the boss fired him. Reagan also
claims that mis- sister would not permit
him to have an alarm clock in his room.
He said he came here to get work.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-27
U-BOAT SINKS BRITISH
STEAMER; "a LIVES LOST

CBy the International News Servicc.)
London. Aug. 26.-The British armed
boarding steamer Duke OF Albany has
been sunk in the North Sea by a German
submarine, with the loss of twenty-fOur
lives.
Announcement Of the destruction of the
ship WAS made today by the admiralty.
II took place on Thursday.
The commander OF the Duke OF Albany,
the engineer, and twenty-five members
Of the crew were lost.
The Duke of Albany was attached to
the royal navy.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-27
7. F. LEE FILES ACCOUNTING.
sepfather of "Poor Rich boy" Han
died wffe's Estate.

White Plains. Aug. ST. Fred Lee
eeoay nled with Surrogate Sawyer his
accounting as executor of the estate of
ms wife, the late Georgia Crossman Mills
Lee; Lee, mother of 'the poor little rich boy" !"
"hham crossman Mills Lee.
fnc estate, according to the report
,heo today, includes only the income
rom the bequest of Mr.. Lees father.
ule iate George w. Crossman, and money
at hahd' the total being sS7.6s710. OF
that amount Mr.. Lee has spent sl7, 7,s5l os,
ieaVing balance OF S293l307
The Washington herald., 1916-08-27
HAD $14, 900, 900; HAS IS.
Estate of Former Traction MaGnate
Nears End

New York, Aug. 26.-From an estate
of s14,ooo.0o0 to a handful of silver
amounting to less than IS represents
the decline in the fortunes of Patrick
Calhoun, former San Francisco trac-
tion magnate, in the past five years.
Calhoun's financial predicament
came to light through the fling of an
application in the Supreme Court for
the appointment of a receiver for all
his property. Mrs. Emily ]. DeForest
and others who brought the suit for
unpaid rent sought the receiver
The Washington herald., 1916-08-27

ers and took about 800 in cash and sew
eraI checks. To make sure he would not
raise an outcry as they left the store,
the robbers produced a roll Of heavy
wire, dragged their victim into a rear
room and began to bind him.
The wire was not yet tied when the
The Washington herald., 1916-08-27
RAISES KEG OF BLUING.
Venture Nets Columbia River Boat
$1,000.

Vancouver. Wash, Aug. 26.-The tre-
mendous advance in the price of chemi-
calls and dyes Is shown by the experience
of F. E. Smith, who operates a small boat
on the Columbia River.
Some time before the war Smith lost
overheard barrel of bluing of the sort
used in laundriej. He was compelled to
pay to the conslgnee damages OF about
$50 for the loss.
Recently. learning of the advance in
the price of bluing. Smith went to the
place where he had lost the barrel and,
with graphing hooks, recovered 1t. He
netted $500 on this one barrel
The Washington herald., 1916-08-27

At the graduation exercises OF Cit
Ienship school" in Cincinnati America"
was sung in thirteen dialects. There were
ffty-fve graduates. ranging from twenty
one to fifty years Of age.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-27

katz girl stepped into the store, and
both thieves, frightened, dashed past her
into the street
The Washington herald., 1916-08-27

William the Conqueror introduced
horseshoes into England. Stirrups were,
however, unknown to the ancients, who
had posts erected on their roads to en-
able horsemen to mount.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-27

The first experiment in Japan in the
manufacture Of artificial silk is being
tried at YoneZawa
The Washington herald., 1916-08-27
WILSON TO URGE EIGHT
HOUR LAW ON CONGRESS

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-27
Notes of Interest

If we may susgest-anticipate your likely needs
august Sale such prices for such values possible
ecause clearance at once is imperative.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-27
Music Cabinets

SI4 Mahogany finish .... .sI1.O0
$50 Golden Oak ............e $1,000
$50 MahoEany-fnish ...... $1,000
$50 Mahogany-finish .... S23.S5
$50 Mahogany-hnish .... 1850
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-30
AT THE DREAM.

The Dream will be on the firing line all this week, classified pictures only will be shown. The latest pro- ducts from the best studios in Am erica, commencing tonight with a Vitagraph special entitled The Trap. also an extravagant production tit- led The Faint Of Madness and a side splitting comedy that contains wonderous scenic display Damas- GUS Ruins. Tomorrow night the last and closing Episode of the great Gerial The Adventures of Kathlyn, the grand climax. The Court of Death. Next Sunday afternoon grand matinee. Watch this.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-30

protection and large army and navy are essential requirements in trade today.
 Gary pointed out tho deplorable lack of merchant marine duo to ths failure of the government to en- courage ship owners; the free trade policy of the democratic party which left the country at the mercy of foreign competition. He said that above all times now was when the United States should rigidly build a tariff wall against outside competition in order to foster the growth of American industries so that they could at the proper time defy competition in the markets of the world.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-30
MARINE BULLETIN.

Nome radio, May 29, 1916.
 Columbus and Schwatka at Fair banks. Delta leaves Fairbanks ' D. m. 31th for Gibbon connect with Reliance.
 Julia B. leaves Fairbanks p. III. today
 Panama down Tolovana 9. a. m. Vidette billed from Dawson for up river today.
 Reliance billed from Dawson for down river 10 a. m. today.
 Nasutlin up Stewart river.
 Washburn in Iditarod.
 Jacobs and Davis in river. Le Barge reports clear as far as they can see.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-30
c. w. LEWIS Successor to w. Delbar.

5x5 Oil cloth rug $2.00, 6x6 Oi; cloth rug $2.50. 9x12 grass Rug, brown or green $10.00 6x9 Ingrin rug $7.25. 9x9 Ingrain rug $500. Other 9x12 rugs $20.0O and $2J.60. Hand Sapolio 10c. or for 25c. L., nox soap 5c Cube sugar 3 lbs. for 25c. $1.0O Watches S5c. Tar paper, 900 sq. it to roll $1.50 roll Napkins s!o0, s125 and $50 for 1000 Nicle plated towel racks 15c. Tooth picks 10c. box or for 2a Tacks all sizes, big or little sc. box Wood chair seats 2 for 25c. Up holster nails 10c. box or 3 for 25c Water glasses 75c. dog. Paveway Iron base Hand sewing machines
 $7.59.
 C. ". LEWIS. Successor to ". Delbar.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-30

WASHINGTON, D. C., May 26.--- The report that Secretary Lansing intended to resign from the State Department is today given a positive and official denial.
 The plan of the republicans to fflibu buster against the Brandeis con- firmation by the Senate is stated to- day to have been dropped and they will let the nomination go through. They are satisfied that the admi- nistration's pull with the senators is sufficient to force the confirma-
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-30
HOLTS CASH STORE. Tel. Main 96.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To P. D. Winters, his heirs, sue cessors, assigns or personal repre- sentatives:
 You are hereby notified that l have expended during the year 1915 the sum of one hundred dollcrs on each of the following association placer mining claims, to wit: The Gem Association and the Teal As sociation, situated on Gold Bottom creek tributary of Snake River, and recorded and more fully dc- scribed in the records of the Cape Nome Mining and Recording District in the Second Division of the Ter ritory of Alaska.
 The above amount has been ex- pended as required by law to hold said claims under the provisions Of the law concerning annual labor upon mining claims.
 And you are further notified that if within ninety days after the last publication of this notice, you faii to contribute your proportion of said expenditure, your interest in said claims will become the property of the undersigned your co-owner under section 2324, Revised Statutes of the United States. JAMES B. IVORY. Co-Owner.
 Date of first publ, April II, 1916. AA 1au Ia1lx
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-30
LANSING REPORTED RESIGNS
 BUT IS NOT CORRECT

tion at any rate, and they would be injuring their, party politically if they persisted in blocking the nomi- nation. One paper says a quiet tip from political headquarters was given republicans to let Brandeis name alone. This may or may not be correct.
 President Wilson speaking before the League to Enforce Peace O. which Taft is chairman, is expected
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-30

informally to broach the peace plans approved by the administra- ton holding that the war has now reached the deadlock stage.
 The endorsement by Vermont re- publicans of Justice Hughes Is again directing attention to the pe- culiar position which he occupies. He is caled upon to give up certain dignity for a very uncertain one in opposition to Wilson. And if the
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-30
HILL SAID TO BE
 SINKING TO MS END

ST. PAUL May 27.-No bulletins were issued today regarding the health of James J. Hill but private announcement say that he is sink ing.
 These alarmist statements are ap- bearing in the evening papers and there is now frankly left no doubt but that the Railroad King is gett- ing ready to cross the great divide.
 All of Hills family have been
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-30
PEACE REPORTS PERSIST
 IN NATIONAL CAPITAL

nation is declared to be a mystery.
 Even officials are supposed to en- certain hopes that the European war is drawing to a close.
 So general is this belief expressed in otherwise well informed circles. and so little is the authority actu- ally known for belief in the ru- mors that the national press is ex- hibiting surprise that there should be supposed to be any grounds for peace hopes at the present time.
 High officials and diplomats say they are certain peace is near.
 Beds $1.OO to $1O.OO at Crooks, Next Fire Department. GET THE NEWS RIGHT. READ THE WORKER.
 Anything in the nne of job work Satisfaction assured. a 4
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-30
NOTICE.

Non-Union men being employed on the construction of the new Goggin building the Carpenters Union has declared the work unfair. LOCAL 1789 CARPENTERS AND
 JOINERS OF AMERICA.
 Affiliated with A. F. of l..
 BY ORDER OF COMMITTEE.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-30
GARY uTTERS WORDS
 WARNING BUSINESS MEN

NEW YORK, May 27.-Judge Gary of the steel trust at a dinner last night stated that the nation must industrially and militaristical- ly prepare or lose trade.
 Gary says that the country faces an era of unprecedented activity ii the opportunity is seized. He says that industrial education, industrial
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-30

WE ARE OvERsTOCKED ON EGGS AND WE ARE SELLING THE VERY BEST AT $12.5O PR. CASE. THESE ARE NOT SECONDS BUT ARE THE VERY BEST.
 EVERY EGG CANDLED BEFORE EEAvING THE MARKET. AND EVERY ONE GUARANTEED.
 PACIFIC COLD STORAGE co.
 Telephone: White 17.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-30

WASHINGTON, D. C., May 27.- Peace reports persist in this city. The greatest activity is noticeable in peace discussions while the source of some of the alleged infor-
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-30

NEW YORK, May 27.-Gary's speech is regarded as the most inn portant pronunciamento by an in- dustrial captain for some time, ann is supposed to be in reality key note speech for the industrial po- Hey of the republicans. The demand for the tariff is regarded frankly in republican circles as an awakening of the party Conscience" to the needs of the hour in all trade circ-- les that prosperity may be as- sured."
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-30
WORKING FOR PEACE.

ROME, May 27.-It is stated that the Vatican is again working for peace and trying to stop the war.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-30

summoned to his bedside and Louis Hill arrived today on special train over the Northwestern from tho East.
 He went at once to his fathers, nt me.
 Try Liver & Kidney Tea for Spring fever.
 LOMENS DRUG STORE.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-30
WE GAN DO IT.

For first class worK and prom p delivery ph me Main 1sf and the Peoples Steam Laundry Sli csn and get your laundry.
 W. J. WILLIAMSON Pros
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-30

Don't forget your SPRING TONIC Flowers of Surphur, Sassafrass Bark Mexican Sarsaparilly, Caccara Bark.
 LOMENS DRUG STORE.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-30

Rocking Chairs $1.OO to $7.5O 3 Crooks, next Fire Department.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-30

progressives turn him down his de- feat is absolutely assured. The progressives insist upon their deter- imitation to support Roosevelt.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-30

Don't forget your SPRING TONIC Flowers of Sulphur, Sassafrass Bark Mexican Sarsaparilla,, Cascara Bark.
 LOMENS DRUG STORE.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-30

Let us estimate on sour Job Work