The Washington herald., 1916-11-02
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San Francisco. Cal, Nov. Ia million
| dollar fund for the establishment of a
State school Of opera for California was
started at dinner given at the Bo-
| hemian Club to a number OF leading mu-
sicians, artists and newspaper men at
the invitation Of B. P. Miller. originator
! of the scheme.
Paris, Nov. 1.-AdmirsI Lacazo, minis
ter Of Marine. has been appointed minis
! ter OF war ad interim in the French cabi-
net in the absence Of Gen. Roques
| Berlin, Nov. 1.-The German war sub
marine U-53 which ssank five ships in a
\ raid off the American coast on October s.
| has arrived safely in a German port Or
| tlcial announcement to this effect was
made by the admiralty today.
! New York, Nov. IAN unidentified
| three-masted schooner was driven ashore
today on the Long Island coast near Fire
! Islands
Paris, Nov. 1.-Two American aviators,
! attached to the French flying corps, have
been killed in an aeroplane accident at
! Nancy. says dispatch received here to-
! day.
/ Geneva. Nov. 1.-The Hungarian birth
rate has declined 25 per cent in the past
year, says a dispatch from Budapest
! Marriages have decreased two-thirds The
! falling or is due to the war
| Berlin CVia SayviHc wireIess). Nov l.
/ German newspapers today celebrated the
/ German sea victory of Admiral Graf Won
Spec off Coronel CChilean COAST, two
years ago.
Berlin. Nov. IA critical situation has
| developed in the economic life of Russia.
| says a Stockholm dispatch to the over
seas News Agency. 1t says Russian Inn
, ports last year We're $3.50, ,OOO 600 and the
| exports only One-fifth Of what they orig
! inally were. Prices of all necessities have
| risen and there is much suffering
| New York. Nov. 1.-The woodrow VIII
| son Eight-hour League held a mass meet
! ing here this afternoon. Samuel Seabury.
| Democratic candidate for governor, was
the principal speaker
Paris, Nov. L-Emperor William has
conferred upon Field Marshal Won Mack
ensen the title of general field marshal
says Berne dispatch received here to-
day.
! Marshfield, Ore. Nov. Three miners
were killed and two injured in an ex-
| plosion in the Beaver Hill mine twelve
miles from Marshfield today.
McAlester, Okla. Nov. 1.-seven thou
sand coal miners, representing sixty-five
local unions. went on strike in the Okla
homa coal fields today. for more WAGES
| and better working conditions.
Rome, Nov. 1.-Tomasso Tittoni Italian
Ambassador to France. has resigned be-
cause of I'll health.
Chicago. ILL., Nov. John w Kiser
president OF the Phoenix Horse shoe
Company, whose life story is one Of the
romances of Chicago business history.
died at the Blackstone Hotel. He was
5S years old He came to Chicago in
1889 with practically nothing and died
possessed OF a fortune of s. 100000
Santiago. Chill. Nov. Owing to diff
fculties with the shippers a strike has
been declared by the workers in the
nitrate field. 50 far there have been no
disorders as a result but shipments are
being interrupted.
Boston. Mass. Nov. 1.-The fishing
schooner Arthur James. Of Gloucester
was sunk in heavy fog off Castle Island
in collision with the steamship Camden
bound from this port to Rockland, Me.
Pittsburgh, Pa. Nov. 1.-Mr Silas Gam
aliel Pratt, 20 years old, concert pianist
and composer. well known in Berlin. Lon
don, New York and Chicago musical cir
Cles, Is dead here after a brief illness.
| Greenwich Conn. Nov. 1.-Commodore
E. {. Benedict has started on board his
steam yacht, the Oneida, for a six DAYS
fishing trip along the Virginia coast. He
took seven guests, including Mr.. and
Mrs. L. B. Huntington and Master L.
s. Huntington, jr., of New Rochelle.
Paris, Nov. 1.-The Paris traction strike
was ended today by government interven-
ton.
Southbridge. Mass, Nov. 1.-sev.n hum
dred men went on strike today at the
American optical Company lens fac
tory, the largest factory of its kind in
the world. They demand 20 per cent in
crease in wages and double pay for over
time.
Galveston. Tex, Nov. John Copeland
was found not guilty of killing william
Black, an anti-Catholic lecturer at Mar
shall, Tex, in February, 1915, by a jury
here today. The jury had been out
eighty-five hours. Two other men await
Il trial on charges of aiding in the killing
4 of Black.
Chicago, Nov. After Waiting several
!, hours for favorable weather Victor Carl
| strom today postponed the start of his
aeroplane fight to New York until to-
/ morrow.
Geneva, Nov. L-Austro- Hungary has
lost $4,000 men this year, II is estimated
| from casualty lists of killed wounded and
missing. More than half this number
were captured by the Russians and Ital-
ians.
| $4,000 IN GEMS STOLEN.