The Washington herald., 1916-09-26
Telegraph Tips

| Chicago, Sept 8.-Craeksmen sawed
| their way through the iron bars of
rear window into the fruit store of
Loomas and satzakis early today. blew
open a large safe, and escaped with
between 5000 and $1,000
Seattle. Wash, Sept "a chair of
4 Russian language and literature has been
endowed at the University Of Wash
ington by Samuel Hfll millionaire son
/ of the late James j. Hill, according to
announcement today by DR.. Henry Suz-
zaio, president of the university.
Chicago, Sept. 2.-Buildings in the
heart of Chicago were shaken early to-
day when a bomb was exploded on a fire
escape in the rear Of the Orpheum
Theater in the Loop district. The damage
was small. This is the seventh In a
series of bomb. explosions in the war of
the chauffeurs' and moving picture
operators unions.
Berlin (via saville), Sept. 8.-Mrs.
James F. Gerard. wife of the American.
Minister to Germany, had a narrow
| escape here when an automobile In which
she was riding collided with a taxicab.
She was not injured. Though suffering
from a nervous shock she returned to her
home without receiving the aid of a
physician.
San Antonis, Texas, Sept 2.-The
Eighth Illinois regiment of National
| Guardsmen was ordered home today.
New York. Sept. 3-Capt. John H.
| Meickle, OF the steamship Keivinia,
which went down in Bristol channel on
September 2. arrived here on the Anchor
/ Liner California today. Twenty-seven
| American members of the Kelvinias s
crew, also arrived here on the California.
Berlin, Sept. S.-The Dutch steamer,
Batavier II, of the Batavier Line, which
was seized by a German submarine while
on her way to London and taken into
Zabrugge because she carried contraband.
says a dispatch to the Overseas News
Agency today. Four of the passengers
were Russians, who had apparently
escaped from a prison camp.
Kansas CITY, Mo- Sept. 5.-Bankers
from all parts OF the country gathered In
Kansas City today to attend the forty
second annual convention of the Ameri-
! can Bankers Association. The sessions
Will continue throughout the week. The
principal issue is that of standardizing
the so-called nationwide check-clearing
/ system.
Trenton. n. j.. Sept S.-James B.
Breeze has trained his prize Dalmation
TO act as an auto horn. The dog sits on
the front seat Of Breeze's car and when
ever his master nudges the dog barks
furiously.
New York. Sept 5.-To help his rheu-
matism, Samuel Yacovitto put calcium
carbide in his bath water. The gas Jet
was lighted. The blast that followed
shattered every window in the house and
sent Samuel to the hospital
| Cambridge, Mass, se-t- ga freshrsn
class estimated to number more than
! 100 was on hand for the opening Of the
two hundred and eighty-frst year at
Harvard University today. The principal
innovation this year is the instituting Of
/ the department OF military science.
! New York. Sept. 25-The yellow fever
commission Of the Rockefeller Founda-
ton arrived here today on the steamship
Brazos from San Juan after a two-month
study of sanitary conditions along the
west coast Of South America.
Paterson, N. J., Sept. 25.-Ffve hundred
workers in the Dolphin jute mills will
participate in a voluntary increase OF 10
per cent in wages granted by the firm on
Saturday
| Ottawa. Ont. Sept S.-canada has
subscribed $1SO,0O0Oo0 for the 800. 10000
war loan. Small subscribers will be con-
sidered first and their applications will be
granted in full. Larger subscribers will
be allotted bonds in part. Canadian
banks have undertaken to continue
financing the payment of muntion manu-
facturers for Canadian shell orders.
Mexico City. Sept 2S-The Finance De-
partment has issued a circular giving
| the National Bank and the Bank of Lon
don and Mexico permission to reopen to-
| day and continue business under the d.,
rect supervision of government bank ex-
aminers.
Berlin. Sept 25-The maximum price OF
oats. as a result Of more plentiful har-
vests, has been reduced $ a ton says the
Overseas News Agency.
Chicago, Sept 25.-Charles H. Hawkins,
| a famous comedian OF the civil war days
was buried here today without q mourn
| er present. The veteran actor was found
dying a week ago in a cheap rooming
house. At the height Of his fame Hawk
ins was a comedian in 'Tennessee's
Fardner."
Augusta, Me. Sept "a statement
filed today by Gov.-elect Carl E. MTlliken,
Republican, showed that his campaign
expenses were SIS. OF this amount $50
was expended for printing and SO for
campaign buttons.
New London, Conn, Sept. 2&-George
Hanson, keeper of the lighthouse on
Southwest Ledge, has turned his eagle
loose He caught the bird with fish
net when It dropped exhausted near the
light. and tied it to a stanchion The
eagle. which was six feet from tip to
tip. tried to bite Hanson every time he
fed it.
Philadelphia, Pa. Sept. 25.-with his
little daughters arms about his neck and
his wife beside him. William Ritcher was
shot and killed on the porch Of his home,
1 at Hancock and Skunk street. Detectives
are working on the theory that Ritcher
was killed as the result of quarrel with
an unidentified man Friday night
Indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 25.-The Ameri-
can Association Of Obstreticiaps and