The Washington herald., 1916-10-24
Telegraph Tips

Perrysville elevens.
Brownsville. Pa, Oct 2a-Fire today
destroyed the entire plant and tippIe OF
the Diamond Coal and Coke Company
near West Brownsville. The loss was
sl25,OOO
Paris. Oct 23.-The number Of German
prisoners taken by the French on the
,Somme between October 16 and % is 1000
men and twenty officers, It has been an
.nounced
Baltimore. Oct. 23.-Arrested yesterday
afternoon while shaving a guest at the
Hotel Lexington, Dominick Patella was
fined S.45 by Justice Packard. of the Cen
trail Police Station, this morning, on the
charge Of working on Sunday.
Norwich. N. Y. Oct. z.-N1iss Ruth
Whitmarsh and Stuart c. Nudge. both ID
years old, have Just been married hero
after obtaining the consent of their pa
rents.
London, Oct. 23.-Prlnce George. fourth
son of the King. is undergoing rigorous
training at the Osborne Naval Cadet
School, on the Isle of Wight. Like the
sons OF ordinary tradesmen. the prince
has to shiver out of bed at 6:45 a. m, and
drill and study the day long. He will be
"A years old December 90
Cincinnati, Oct 28-John X stringheId.
OF Louisville, Ky, a prominent turf
writer, dropped dead in a hotel here last
night. He was 81 years old
Mainstee, Mich, Oct. 28.-waIdemar E.
Brown, 20 years old, former mayor OF this
city, is dead Of injuries suffered in a COL
ltsion of two automobiles.
London. Oct. 23.-sir Joseph Beecham.
6S. famous as the manufacturer Of Beech
ans pills. died today. He was noted for
his philanthropies.
Philadelphia. Oct 23-Members of the
Clinical Congress Of Surgeons, composed
of practitioners from all parts of the
country, opened their seventh annual
meeting here today.
Toledo, Ohio. Oct 23-Hans Schmidt. 20
years old a German sailor. is in a local
hospital with one of his fingers cut off
and otherwise. mutilated he says, by
Canadian soldiers at Port Arthur, Ont.
Los Angeles, Cal, Oct. 23.-The second
trial Of David c. n. alleged dynamiter
began in the Superior Court here today.
Caplan was arrested February 2I 1915,
near Seattle, and charged with completely
in the dynamiting Of the Times Building
in 1910, when twenty men were killed.
~ York. Oct. 23.-Prospects of a bril-
liant social season." especially on the
East Side, have caused dress suit dealers
to form a rental trust" with prices
higher than before
San Francisco. Cal. Oct. 2-Even the
toothpick is affected by the rising cost of
living, with a . per cent advance in all
coast cities. Five-cent boxes, which for
merly contained 1000 picks, now contain
20 splinters.
Birmingham. Ala, Oct. 3-Thls city
felt its second earthquake shock within
less than a week. No damage was re-
ported.
St. Louis, Oct. a3.-Unfted States
Circuit Judge Elmer B. Adams was
stricken Sunday with paralysis. His con-
dttton Is said to be critical
Albany, N Y. Oct 28-New York
States eighty-nine trust companies had
aggregate resources of S2,6z6,431,4O7
on September 20. when Supt Richards
Of the banking department, called for
statements.
Norfolk, Va. Oct. 23.-The Clyde Line
steamship Arapahoe. which lost her
rudder during a storm off Cape Look
out Thursday. was tOwed into Hamp-
ton Roads Sunday by the Coast Guard
cutters Seminole and Tampa.
Hagerstown. Nd, Oct. 23.-George
A. Davis, So years old. of Hagerstown,
formerly assistant secretary of the
United States Senate and for many
years active in Republican politics in
Maryland, is dead here.
Greenwich. Conn. Oct. 23.-Theodore
c. Parker, Of the firm OF Parker &
Gleason, Port Chester, n. Y, Is dead
at his home in Port Chester today,
aged SO years. Mr.. Parker was TRUSTEE
Of the Port Chester Savings Bank.
london. Oct. 23.-J. s. McFadden. Of
Philadelphia. who has devoted his at
tention exclusively to artists Of the
early British school and whose colIec-
ton Is reputed one of the largest in
the United States, has added seven
more pictures of the first rank
Laredo. Tex. Oct 23.-Mrs. Virginia
Carranza, wife Of General Venustiano
Carranza, in charge of the executive
power of the de factO government of
Mexico, accompanied by her two daugh-
ters and Mrs. Alvaro Obrc gon, wife OF the
Nueve Laredo from Mexico City
Greenwich, Conn, Oct a.-WeaIthy
residents of this town are to have one OF
the finest outdoor swimming pools in the
country within a short time Russell A.
Cowles, president Of the Metals Trading
Corporation. has started getting subscrip-
tions for building such a natatorium near
the present baths of the Belle Haven
Casino.
Milwaukee, Wis, Oct. 23-Three Mil
waukee associations of printers, through
Representatives Cary and STAFFORD. Will
urge a federal investigation of the price
for print paper. At meeting of master
printers a committee was appointed to
confer with the representatives relative
to relieving the situation, possibly bv ma
tonal legislation.
Rome, via Paris, Oct. 3.-The total
wheat harvest of the world is estimated
by the International Agricultural Insti-
tute as per cent below the average and