The Washington herald., 1916-11-17

duction during October was 10000 tons,
as against 1,115,0oO tons in September, the
Overseas News Agency announces
Fairfax. Va, Nov. 1s-Miss Matilda
Coleman Page, previously of Brooklyn,
N. Y, a niece of Mr.. Thomas Nelson
Page, American Ambassador to England
was married here to DIR. J. Packard
Laird, Of Devon. Pa.
Athens. Nov. 16,-King Constantine apd
the Greek royal princes attended the
state funeral OF Col Errangoudis, an
aid-de-camp of the king. The coolnel was
killed IN the United States by coming in
contact with an electric wire.
Philadelphia. Nov. sG-The Danish steam
ship With Colding. bound for Antilla
with a cargo of bituminous coal, and a
Pure Oil Company barge were in COL
lision in Delaware Bay. The steamship
was damaged and was beached.
winsted. Conn, Nov. 1s.-George ].
Groffman. monument dealer. of Meriden.
died suddenly of heart disease in Oak
Hill Cemetery. Southington. while ersct-
ing tombstone over grave He ~
20 years old. "'A r
Boston, Mass. Nov. l6.-A campaign OF
education in the care of babies will be
conducted by the State Department OF
Health in western Massachusetts,. Head
quarters will be located in Northampton
by Mrs. Mary B. Dickinson, an assistant
In the division of hygiene.
San Antonio, Texas, Nov. 1e.-On COM
plant OF the postal authorities that SOL
diers along the Mexican border have been
sending live insects. animals and reptiles
through the United States mails Gen.
Funston has ordered that postal regula-
tons be strictly observed by the militia
Garrison. n. Y. Nov. l6-Mrs William
Burbank. of Jacksonville, Putnam county.
received word that her daughter. Mrs.
Elizabeth Burban Hodgman, OF Eldred.
had given birth to twins. making three
sets of twin grandchildren born to her
children in seven years.
Baltimore. Nov. 16.-John II. Crowley.
municipal judge of Lansing. Mich, ran
into and killed Edward Curtis, of Balti-
more. when on a tour to Florida. The
accident took place Just one year after
his own son had been killed by an auto
mobile in Lansing.
Lcndon. Nov. 16.-The Prussian Diet is
about to take up a bill providing for an
increase in the salaries of its members,
according to an Amsterdam dispatch to
the Exchange telegraph Company.
Freehold, N. j., Nov. 1s.-Mrs. Alexan-
der Young Pringle, whose husband died
October % at Eatontown. leaving an es-
tate value at more than $500 0Oo will con-
test his will on the ground that he was
mentally incompetent, and was unduIy in
fiuenced. Mrs->Pringle, who received SJO,-
900 under the will. has filed caveat.
PeekskiIl. n. Y, Nov. is-In payment of
an election bet William B. Amory, of
Peekskiil. drew a crowd by rolling a
peanut six blocks through the village
streets. 1t took Amory one hour and
IS minutes to meet the obligation.
Philadelphia. Nov. 16-Julius Falk, violin
ist, paid $9O5 for a Guarnerius violin in
the collection of violins and cameras sold
at auction by the estate Of the late ]
R. Barton William. brother Of Mrs. John
Astor. The violin is dated 171O and bears
the inscription "Filius Andrae Facit,"
which translated is THE son of Andreas
made it,
London, Nov. 16.-The Greek steamship
Barbara, 2,SS1 tons, and the Norwegian
steamship Lokken. 1854 tons, are report
ed to have been sunk by submarines.
London, Nov. 16.-Serbian troops have
captured the villages of Tupavtsi and
Oniles, southeast of Monastir, according
to a Reuter- dispatch from SalonIka to-
day. The Serbs took 600 prisoners.
Harrisburg. Pa. Nov. 16.-In prepara-
ton for the coming session of the ieyis
lature, A. N. Pomeroy, superintendent of
public printing, today appointed ], w.
Parks and George w. Wagner, PhiladeI-
phia. and J. T. Wilson, Belleville, proof
readers.