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The Washington herald., 1916-08-17
Denmark's King May
Hasten Islands Sale

Copenhagen (via London),
Aug. I6.-The situation re-
garding the sale of the West
Indies to the United States
changed suddenly this after
noon, owing to the action of
the King, who asked the pre-
mier to examine the possibili-
ties of the formation of a coa-
lition cabinet in order to avoid
a general election, which the
King does not consider oppor-
tune.
The Landsthing discontin-
ued the debate and postponed
further consideration of the
question until the Kings pro-
posal had been considered by
the party organization. 1t is
impossible to forecast the re-
suit.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-17
TEUTONS LAUNCH
FIERCE COUNTER
ON EAST FRONT
Count Won Bothmer Starts
Desperate Rally to Roll
Back Invading Russ.

CBy the international News service.)
London, Aug. 16.-In a desperate at
tempt to save Lemberg, the Teuton
army under Gen. Count Won Bothmer
has launched a furious counter often
sive against the Russians who have
been driving him steadily back toward
the Galician capital for the last three
weeks. He is launching his counter
blows principally in the center, on the
west bank Of the Zlota Lipa, but has
been unable to prevent the Russians
from advancing further toward the
important railway city of Bretsiani,
forty-six miles southeast of Lemberg
Petrograd announced officially today
that the region to the south of this
point has been occupied by the Mus
covites.
Powerful enemy counter-attacks were
launched to check our advance" says
the Russian statement after announcing
this last success.
In the Carpathians. too. the Russians
have driven the army of the Austrian
general. Won Koevess, further westwards
into the passes. and captured the town
OF Solotvina, on the Seast bank Of the
Zlota Bistritza, twenty miles southwest
Of stanislau. and the village Of Griava.
Between June 1, when Gen. Brusilofs
great offensive was begun. and August
u. the Russians captured on all fronts
attacks a total of nearly $4,000 officers
and men, the exact figures reported Of
fciauy by Petrograd today being IN
officers and 35OSi5 men. Among the booty
taken in this period are 4S5 guns and
!. SOS machine guns
The Washington herald., 1916-08-17
PARALYSIS REACHES ENGLAND.
IHfantiIe scOurge Breaks Out in
London.

London, Aug. l6.-Infantile paralysis
similar to the epidemic now existing in
New York. has broken out in London.
Walter Hume Long, of the local gov
ernment board discussing the situation in
Parliament, said the ordinary administra-
tive machinery was ample for the protec-
ton of the country and no steps were re-
quired by the fact that the disease is
now epidemic in New York.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-17
H. HAMILTON HONORE,
CHICAGO PIONEER, DIES
OBy the International News servIce.)

(By the International News servIce.l
Chicago. Aug. 16.-Henry Hamilton
Honore. a pioneer OF Chicago and to-
day one of its best known citizens, died
this afternoon at his home at 81 Lin
coin Parkway. Mr.. Honore was stricken
last Thursday and has been confined &c
his home since. Today his condition be-
came much worse and the end came with
his five children about him.
Although 80 years old Mr.. Honore's
physicians said his organs were sound,
but the recent heat wave over-strained
valve of the heart This was the cause
of his death.
At the bedside were Mrs. Potter Palm
er, Mrs Frederick Dent Grant, Judge
lockwood Honore, Adrian c. Honore
and Nathaniel c. Honore, Mrs. Palmer
had hurried to Chicago from her Florida
home and Mrs. Grant hastened here
from Pittsfeld. Massachusetts.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-17
"FLIVVER FUEL" DROPS
TO FIT "JITNEY" PURSE
scisl to The washingtOn Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Philadelphia. Aug. 16.-Gasoline took an
other drop today. and for the second
time within week a cent has been
knocked off the price. 1t is selling today
at % cents a gallon to retail trade and
2l cents to dealers.
a further reduction in crude oil is CIV
en- as the reason for the drop and it is
reported that the price may be even
further reduced In the near AutprA
The Washington herald., 1916-08-17
TABERNACLE FOR HUGHES,
G. o. p. Candidate VIII Speak from
Mormon Temple.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. l6.-when
Charles Evans Hughes comes to Salt
Lake City August "A, he will speak in
the famous Mormon Tabernacle. The
authorities Of the Mormon church today
granted this permission to the Republi-
can State committee with the agreement
that il President Wilson speaks here
during the campaign the same courtesy
will be extended him.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-17
Britain Names Envoy to Vatican.

London, Aug. liking George has ap-
pointed Count Desa-Ls envoy extraor-
dinary and minister plenipotientary from
the English court to the papal court,
succeeding Henry Howard. according to
an official announcement by government
press bureau today.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-17
FLORIDA MAN NAMED AS
DIRECTOR OF u. S. MINT

President Wilson sent to the senate
late yesterday the nomination of F. J..
H. Won Elgeken, of East Palatka. Fla
to be director of the United States mint,
He will succeed Robert W. woolley.
now publicity director for the Democratic
national committee. who resigned his Of
fee in the Treasury.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-17
SENDS TROOPS TO MANCEURIA.
Japan Re-enfOrces Garrison Follow
ing Attack by Chinese.

Toxic, Aug. B.-Re-enforcements. Of
Japanese infantry, cavalry and military
police, have arrived at Cheng Chiatun.
Manchuria, where the japanese garrison
was attacked on Monday by Chinese
troops. losing ls men. including one Of
ncer More fighting in that district Is
feared
The Washington herald., 1916-08-17
SNAKE BITE KILLS SCIENTIST
Was Exhibiting RattIer to Taxider-
my Glass when Bitten

Pittsburgh. Pa, Aug. 16.-Gustav A.
Link, famous as the taxidermist of Car
negie Institute. died today Of a rattle
snake bit received while showing the
reptile to a class from the University Of
Pittsburgh.
When bitten in the right hand yes
terday he coucealed the fact until the
class was dismissed and then became
Ill.
Before a serum brought from New
York could be used, the man died.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-17
Paraguay Inaugurates President.

Ascunion, Paraguay. Aug. l6-Dr. Man
uel Franco, the first liberal and radical
President to be elected in Paraguay in
many years, was inaugursted today with
elaborate ceremonies, succeeding Eduardo
schaerer. Two Argentine sdmirsls at
tended the Inaugural ceremonies
The Washington herald., 1916-08-17
Sl0,800 STOLEN In VIEW
OF POLICE STATION
o The Washington Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald
Vancouver, B. c., Aug. 16.-The theft
Of slO.SOO in currency and negotiable bonds
from the office of the city treasurer OF
North Vancouver was discovered when
the vaults were opened yesterday.
The treasurer's vault is within five
yards Of the North Vancouver police
station, and In plain view of passersbv
The Washington herald., 1916-08-17
GERMANY NEED NOT BEG !"
Can Refuse rs England Does, Nav,
Writer

Amsterdam, Aug. 16-Count Reventlow.
the German writer, says in the Tages-
zeitung, regarding Holland:
I'VE should not be too sentimental.
Germany certainly has an interest on
living in accord with Holland, but we
must remember that We are a power
that need not beg. We can also refuse
as England does"
The Washington herald., 1916-08-17
BEHEADED AT WALDORF.
New York Hotel EmpIoye Killed
by Elevator.

New York, Aug. 16.-John Wiley. 30
years Of age, Of It West Ninety-ninth
street, was beheaded early today by a
freight elevator at the Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel.
Wiley was employed as an oiler in the
engine room of the hotel. He went to the
freight elevator on the Astor court side
Of the building and started it toward the
street. Then he got on for ride.
As the machine passed the roof of the
subcellar the oilers head was caught be-
tween the roof and the top Of the car
and completely severed.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-17
Soldiers Jam Costs $4,000, 600

London, Aug. l6.-During the past year
the government spent $4,000, 900 for jam
for the British soldiers. it was announced
In Commons today.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-17
War News Are Scarce !

London, Aug. 16.-Night report from
headquarters in France:
There is nothing special to report -
The Washington herald., 1916-08-17
HUGHES breaches
TARIFF ON COAST
G. O. P. Candidate Given
Rousing Reception in Seat
tie and Portland.
international News Service,)

Portland. Ore, Aug. 16-Charles E.
Hughes today began to concentrate his
campaign fire upon a straight appeal
basis
Before the Portland Ad Club, he took
a covert shot at the attitude of the
Wilson administration toward big busi-
ness. He said:
We have got to protect every avenue
of honorable enterprise, SO that good,
straight, honest business has the sue
cess and the opportunity IL deserves, so
that abuses are fearlessly condemned.
I'VE must be able to supply correc-
ton, we must be able to condemn what
is wrong without lodging indiscrimInate
indictments and putting business achieve
ment of an honorable character under
cloud. The time has gone by in the
United States for it,
Hughes has taken the hint from the
indifferent attitude of the crowds that
have faced him west or rhe Rocky Noun
tains. He has thrown wide open the
protective tariff valve That and a
strong play for an efficient and econom-
ical business administration of the affairs
of the nation, it Is understood. now,
will be his principal lines of attack
through the remainder of his campaign.
All other things being equal-both party
platforms agreeing more or less on pre-
paredness and protection Of the national
honor-Hughes will make his fight on
business administration and protective
tariff
Reception GIaddens Heart.
His heart was gladdened last night at
the reception Seattle gave his talk along
these lines. and today Portland rose in
like manner. Seattle was Portland as a
matter of fact, have greeted him more
spontaneously than any other stopping
Point since the departure from New York
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-17
DEs5&sANNEzAT1oN AIMS.
German Leader Says Belgium should
Have Economic Connection.

Amsterdam, Aug. l6.-Dr. Won Heyde-
b; and, leader Of the German Conserva-
-Cfves, in speech at Frankfort, referr-
ing to Germany's war aims, eaid that
Belgium would not be annexed. but
should be connected TO the empire In
military and economic way.
He declared further that the German
peoples in Russia should no longer be
separated from Germany.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-17

Reduced Rate to Boston and Returr
Baltimore and Ohio August I9 to 81 !.
valid for return until August 80. Ask
The Washington herald., 1916-08-17

$3.50 Seashore Excursions.
Baltimore & Ohio. every Friday and
Saturday until Sept ADV.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-17

CONTINUED on PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-17
The Educational Bureau

can help you in the selection of the
right school for your boy or girl. There
is no charge for the service.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-17
Reception GIaddens Heart.

CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-02-21

spised, stupidity sainted. hypocrisy crowned. and bending above the poor earth. religions night without . star.
 This was.
 look again and in the East of Hope. the nrst pale light shed by the herald star giyes promise of another dawn. l look and from the ashes. blood and tears. the countlsss heroes leap to blsss the future and avsnSe the past. see q world at war. and in the storm and chaos of the deadly strife thrones crumble, altars fall. chains break. creeds change. The highest peaks arc touched with holy light. The dawn mas blossomed. It Is Day.
 look sec discoverers sailing mys- terious seas; see inventors cunninxly enslave the blind forces of the world.
 Schools are built. Teachers slowly take the place of priests. Philoso- phers arise. Thinkers give tho world their wealth of brain and lips grow rich with worda of truth.
 This is.
 I look again. The popes and prlests and kings are gona The altars and the thrones have mingled with tho dust. The aristrocracy of the land aud the cloud have perishsd from the earth and air. The gods are dead. A new religion sheds Its glory on man. kind. It is the gospel of this world. the reliyion of the body. the evanvel of health and joy. see a world at peace. world where labor reaps its true reward. A world without prisons. without warehouses. without asylums "A world on which the gibbet's shadow does not fall: a world where the poor girl, trying to win bread with tho needle---the needle that has been osllsA "ths asp fer the b<sAAt ss tho
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choice 4 crime or death. Of suicide or shame. I see a world without A beg gers outstretched palm, the misers' heartless. stony stare, the piteous wall of want, the pallid face Of crime, the lived lips of lies. the cruel eyes of scorn.
 I see race without disease Of nesh or hrsin--ahapsly and fair. tue rnarrted harmony Of form and fpno- ton
 And as leok. Life lsnsthsns, Je> dsspsns. Love intsnsihss, Fear diss- Libety at last is God and Heaven Is here.
 This shall be.
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pressed on those people who have not seen the fighting at their doors. In England the people have been slow to recognize the fact that every man, woman and child in the country has close concern not only in the out come but in the conduct Of the strug- gle. That fact is sinking in.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-02-21
A CURIOUS MINERAL.
U. s. Geological Bulletin.

U. s. Geological Bulletin.
 Perhaps the most curious mineral found In the United States is staurollte otherwise known as the fairy stone" This Is an iron aluminium silicate found only In Virginia and North Carolina. the reddish brown and brownish black crystals occurring In we'll defined single and double crosses. There Is some commercial demand for the crosses as curios. which are worn as watch charms or on chains in the manner of a locket or layaliere-a de mand perhaps stimulated by the quaint legend which Is told of their origin; the fairies living in the caves of the mountains, on hearing the sad tidlngs Of the death of Christ, fashioned these crosses ss mementos of Him
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-02-21
NIGHT AND MORNING.
Robert @. lnasrsoll.

Look! In the gloomy caves l see the sacred aerpents coiled, waiting for their sacrihcial prey. see their open jaws. their restless tongues, their gilt tsring eyes. their cruel fangs.
 l sec them seize rnd crush. in many horrid folds, the helpless children given by mothers to appsase the Ser pent God.
 l look again. see other temples of stons and gilded with barbaric gold. I see the solemn priests thrust knives in the white breasts of girls. I see sltars red with human blood.
 look agaiu. see other temples and other altars where greedy flames devour the flesh and the blood of babes. I see other temples and other priests and other altars dripping with blood of oxen. lambs and doves.
 see other temples and other priests and other altars. on which are sacri hced the liberties of man. look; see tho csthsdrals of God. the huts of peasants; the robes of kings: the rags of honest men.
 see q world at war--the lovers of God are the haters of men. I see dungeons filled with the noblest and best. see exiles, wanderers, outcasts millions of martyrs and orphans see tho cunning instruments of tor turs and hear again the shrieks and -sobs and moans of millions dead. soc the prisons gloom. the faEot's dame. I see . world beneath tho feet Of priests; liberty in chains; every virtue . crime: every crime a virtue; the white forehead of honor wearing the brand ef ahams: intelligence as.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-02-21
SOME OF TIVE REASONS WHY 4 BETTER MAIL
 SERVICE IS ESSENTIAL

Throughout the length and breadth of the United States the magazine and periodical has become such an accept ed part of every day life that few peo- pie have stopped to consider what a dominant factor they are in maintain ing the educational superiority of the American people and that the quality and number of them supported Is indisputible evidence of that superior ity.
 The education Of the individual com. mences at graduation, prior to tha, time the mind of youth is prepared for the reception of knowledge by tuition as the soil is prepared for the seed by the blow and the harrow, and only by continuous cultivation can benefits be realized.
 Knowledge Is never stagnant the knowledge of today is the ignorance of tomorrow; necessity compels to keep to. the forefront of knowledge or fall to the rear with ignorance and superstition; knowledge means ad- vancement and improvement, ignor- ance means retrogression and decay.
 Are we who are developing Uncle Eam's last and sternest frontier, the greatest per capita contributors to the
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buy from tho states. therefore is not the cost of transporting mall to us
 more legiimately a charge against the benef1ciaries from the output of our great resources than against us; Is 1t not of vital importance to them that the high standard of American citi- zenship required for the development of this great territory be maintained.
 Good citizenship requires that a man shall keep thoroughly conyersant with the inventions. discoveries and hap. penings of the day; that he shall be capable Of judging for himself on all vital issues involving the welfare of himself and the nation at large. that he may vote with the intelligence that Knowledge imbues.
 We ask for our second class mail in order that We may maintain our stand ard of citizenship with the rest of the American people; We ask that the fact Of residing in Nome may not denote ignorance. that we may be able to 90 from here to any part of the world a credit to the intellectual development of the people of the United States Contributed.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-02-21

Appealing figures. representing the cost of the war; sweeping prophecies of financial disaster and national bank ruptcy: wide swinging analyses of the psychology of taxation, and lurid painting of the danger of revolution against war burdens on the people; threats of socialistic repudiation of king made debts-all these are glibly on the tongue of very many readers Of the war news.
 And the vast daily expenditures for the wars maintenance, among the central and among the Entente, pow CTS, must impress people who find their capacity for comprehension ex- ceeded by the total figures. When we talk Of billions and trillions the aver age person finds himself wallowing in . sea of unrealities. So we succumb to the deadening weight of incom- prehensible figures of cost and look grimly ahead to world bankruptcy"
 But these great totals of expediture do not represent the case. We forget the means by which such sums are obtainable besides the methods of bonds and taxation. We forget that daily a great amount of money in the ordi-
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MEETING THE
 EXPENSE OF WAR

nary condition of peaceful society goes for luxuries which in time of war are laid aside for other things. We are not impressed by the daily cost Of living easily and agreeably because We do not see thrust In our faces the grand totalA
 Twenty i've cents Is little bit Of money. But suppose that 60,O0O. .00v persons In England devote 2b cents a day, which they had been spending on extras which they may dispense with. to the necessities of the war. There IS an immediate diversion of 16.ooo. .00o day-no insignificant sum. No such exact diversion may yet appear. but it is an illustration of the ways to an end.
 In Germany. we believe. a consider able portion. If not the bulk, of the cost Of the war has come from such diversion from extras to necessaries In France and England the tendency has been more and more in this direc- ton. as the understanding of the peo- pie has been stirred.
 The reality of the war. the intimate personal relation and personal duty in the situation han been slowly i'm.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-02-21

AS the war continues-snd there Is no reason to expect . cessation for acme time to coms--ths pressure of necessity will hit first those who yet can divert money from extras to ns- csssariss. Before the war is concluded We expect to see most of these extras abandoned. and the whole energy of the people of the belligerent countries devoted to the big matter in hand.
 And when that state of things has arrived ws shall bs less impressed by the overwhelming cost of war than by the power which lies In strict economy and in rigid application of energy to the point where 1t is most nseded.-- Boston Record.
 poor"--is not driven to the desperate
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MEETING NOTICE.

MEETING NOTICE. rHg NOME aAavEhcea's UNION l-oesi sds. P. | L. oc A faf'lliafed with tke A. P of L.) meets every tirsl sunday ip each month |. II m
 AL. NICHOLSON. Pies
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nations wealth to be deprived of the possibility of keeping in touch with he ever advancing knowledge Of the
 ay; to allow ourselves and our chil- lren when, at some future date among company discussing the happenings md discoveries of the present time. eo have to confess Of all that I am ignorant, was in Nome at the time ?" De We realize the importance of this campaign of current literature?
 Our schools, the preparation of the mind of youth. Is provided for but the adult to whom the continued acquisi- ton of knowledge has become a ne- cessity, Is neglected, we cannot remain stationary. 1t Is either retrogression or advancement.
 Is the cost of transporting the mail emanating from almost every state In the union, contributing to the inter- ests of their citizens who have been and still continue to be the main beneficiaries Of this territory's wealth to be charged up against the few who are indomitably striving to assure the permanance of this contribution.
 Everything we produce adds to tho permanent wealth of the states. every thing we consume. even OUT coal. we
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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-22
STUDENTS RESPOND TO
CALL OF EVANGELIST
Delegations from Bordentown'
Trenton and Morrisville
Schools Hit the Trail.
From a stan Correspondent.

TRENTON, Jan. 22.-More than 100
gtudents from the Bordentown Mill
tary Institute and the same number
from Trenton High School hit the
trail at Rev. William Sundays call
last night
At the very first call OF Sunday
students of the Bordentown Institute,
attired in their neat uniforms and
with military step, marched to the
pulpit, where they took their stand
Sunday was nightly moved, and
he put more ginger into his call than
had marked the trail-hitting for some
nights. The cadets We're followed by
at least 100 boys from the school,
MANY from the Haverford School and
the entire delegation from the Norris
VILE High School. The trail-hitters
came so fast that the ushers could not
handle them, and Sunday turned to a
number of pastors sitting by. enjoy
ing the scene, and startled them by
shouting: Come on, you pastors,
don't sit there like a lot of bumps on
n night like this. Get out and do
some work. You give me pain
"Think on These Things was the
subject of the evangelist. He said
that the peniteutiary is a square deal
for any crook and hell is square
deal for every sinner. The Lord gave
the people the Bible to keep them out
of hell, and they deserved no sym
pathy if they slid in, he said Sun
day declared that he knew more about
the word of God than those college
ginks who turn up their noses ano
sneer at the Bible, and he PLEADED
with the thousands of students be
fore him not to be among those who
scott and sneer and mock at 1t.
He was particularly severe on wha
ne called "rhat hell-born doctrine
that character will save you from
hell" He said the world was COINS
crazy and if the present ratio of in
sanity keeps pace with the presen
ratio of population, everybody in th'
world will be buGhouse in 2l9 years
Mrs. Sunday returned to Winon;
Lake, Ind, last night because of thu
illness of some of the Sunday chill
dren.