The Washington herald., 1916-12-24
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! Baltimore, Dec. &-Jere S. Black,
fnanCier. OF York, Pa, and reputed to
have been one of the wealthiest men in
pennsylvania. died at 10 o'clock this
morning al Johns Hopkins Hospital, fol-
| lowing an Illness of about five weeks
from intestinal trouble.
| Copenhagen, Dec. 23.-OnIy the financial
| details remain to be settled in the sale
of the Danish West Indies to the United
States for s25000,G0 King '''sriStian has
ratified the treaty providl- or the sale
| following the passage of the ratification
/ bill in both houses of Parliament The
ratification will be sent to the United
States on January II.
| Norfolk. Va. Dec, 23.-Work Of floating
the Norwegian steamer Kronstadt. which
went aground last night near Cape Henry
/ Lightship, was started today. Coast
/ cutters responded to distress calls, but 1t
was found that the vessel was in no i'm
mediate danger She was bound for Nor
| folk from Galveston. with cotton. The
crew remained aboard.
| London. Dec. 23.-The North German
Lloyd liner Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm.
whiah went aground near the Danish ISL
and of Samsoe has been refioated, accord
ing to a Reuter- dispatch from Copen-
| hagen today.
Philadelphia, Dec 23.-sanie Bethel a
negress, 81 years old, was found dead at
midnight last night. with her head almost
severed in her home at 2635 Arizona street.
The woman was murdered. the police be-
lievC William Bethel, said to be her hus-
band, is missing.
London, Dec. 3-Australia is about
nan
terms similar to previous loans. says n
Reuter- dispatch from Melbourne today.
Amsterdam, Dec. 23-A telegram from
| Berlin says Germany has completed ar
rangements for the establishment of a
submarine mail service between that
country and the United States.
London. Dec. 23.-The order prohibiting
the importation of American cotton
hosiery has been revoked. it was an
nounced today.
London, Dec. 23-Owing to the in
! creased submarine menace the govern
ment war risk insurance office has in
creased the insurance rate per voyage
for British vessels to 40 shillings per
cent, the Daily News announced today
London Dec 2S.-Harry Hananel Marks,
editor and chief proprietor of the Finan-
cial News, is dead in London, aged 81
years.
Tarrytown, n. Y. Dec. 8-John D.
Rockefeller gave to every employe on
his estate a $40 gold piece as Christ
mas present. Between 500 and $500 was
distributed.
MassilIon. Ohio. Dec 2S.-P. H. Mona
ie6
heart disease on the street here while
struggling through the blizzard to reach
the railroad station to take a train home
to spend Christmas
Newport. R. l., Dec. 23.-The compile
ton OF the first year of the Deep Sea
Diving School. established at the naval
torpedo station here last spring. was
marked by the graduation of twenty
chief petty officers of the navy.
FL Paso, Texas. Dec. 23.-The body Of
Judge A. G. Foster was found beside a
railroad eight miles east of here. Ap-
Hparently he had been struck by train
Judge Foster was a nephew of John w
Foster. formerly Secretary of State.
Altoona, Pa. Dec. 23-The Morning
Tribune and the Morning Times, as well
As the Evening Mirror. all the daily news
papers in Altoona, have announced that
beginning January the price will be 2
cents copy or so cents month.
Birmingham, Ala. Dec. 2s.-The Birm-
lngham News and the Birmingham
Ledger, afternoon papers, have ar,-
nounced that, effective January /, their
yearly subscription rates will be advanced
81 because of the increased cost Of news
print paper