The Washington herald., 1916-08-29

afternoon and shot and killed the head
walter. Charles W. Creney. The muir
derer then ran down the stairs and es-
capped through the hotel lobby.
| Carlisle, Pa, Aug. 2s.-wrliam McClue,
of Babylon. Long Island. died today at his
summer home here of heart failure, aged
| "a. He was one OF the earliest members
of the New York Stock Exchange, having
been admitted in 1868
Malone, N Y, Aug. 2S.-Mrs. Eli Gokey,
wife OF the proprietor, was burned to
death and her husband probably fatally
injured when fire destroyed the New
Windsor Hotel, at Santa Clara, early to-
day. Guests escaped in their night
, clothes.
Philadelphia, Aug 2S-Six deaths from
infantile paralysis and thirteen new cases
were reported in this city early today,
making a total OF 124 deaths and 431 cases
in this State since July l.
New York, Aug 2s-Between 5000 and
5000 men of the Waterproof Garment
Workers Union went on strike today for
an eight-hour day and higher wages A
peaceful settlement OF the troubles is ex-
! pected.
New Britain. Conn, Aug 2S-Edward
| Wiegan, superintendent of the streets OF
this city and a well-known political fig
ure in this section of the State commit
ted suicide in the cellar OF his home early
today by hanging himself.
| TOrrington. Conn, Aug 2S-By the
will OF Louisa Thompson. which was
| filed in the Probate Court here, S1O,-
900 was left by her to be spent in
the erection OF a monument in the
memory Of her parents. her uncle,
Charles Thompson, and herself. The
property amounts to about $4,000.
Philadelphia. Aug. &-wnliam B.
Smith. former mayor of Philadelphia
and his son, State Senator william
wallace Smith. are the champion
joiners" of America. Together they
belong to 152 fraternal societies, clubs
and kindred organizations.
Pukwana. S. D. Aug 28.-Unable to
secure men to aid him in harvesting.
Fred. Harris. a farmer living near
four OF the neighborhood girls, who
shocked all of his small grain crops
Dover. Del, Aug. 2s-One man was
killed and three others injured in a
freight wreck which occurred at a siding
south of Dover The dead man is James
E. Tweddle. of Wilmington. Del, en-
gineer OF the train. who died of strangu-
lation. an airbrake pinning him by the
tive was derailed.
Boston. Aug. &-Secretary Oberutchetr.
of the Swiss Central Committee for the
Relief OF Russian War Prisoners, has
given out a statement declaring that Rus
sian prisoners OF war in Austria and Ger
many are in said straits for want OF
food
The Hague, Aug. 2s-Great Britain,
which has been regarding with growing
displeasure the provisioning of Germany
with fish from Holland, has now brought
the matter to head by seizure of some
10 vessels of the Dutch fishing fleet, and
they are now lying under arrest in the
Scotch ports of Peterhead. Aberdeen. Ler-
wick and Kirkwall
Zaadam, Holland. Aug. ga salvage
ship for submarines, built for the Span
ish government, has been launched here.
1t is a twinshulled steamship. with pow
erful grapples and hoisting apparatus and
repair appartus of every sort
element in the scheme of national de-
fense, the part which the co-ordinated
interurban electric lines would play in
the event Of an invasion by a foreign
foe. will be emphasized from a Federal
standpoint at the thirty-fifth annual con-
vention OF the American Electric Rail-
way Association, which is to be held here
in October.
FrL
dreG students OF taxation. representing
every State IN the Union. met here today
at the National Tax Conference. The
sessions will cover a period of five days.
Berne, via London. Aug. 2S-A military
mission consisting of officers of the Swiss
army will soon leave Switzerland for
Colombia to undertake the reorganization
Of the army of that South American re-
public.
Kingston, n. Y, Aug. S2-The theory
that lightning never strikes twice in the
same place was demonstrated as false
today when lightning struck two large
barns on the farm of Norman Clear
water, at Accord, Ulster County. They
were burned to the ground. Barns occu-
pying the same site were destroyed by
fire caused by lightning twenty-eight
years ago.
Halifax, n. S, Aug. 2S.-The appoint
ment Of DR.. c. NJ. Woody, Bountiful
Fellow at Princeton University, to a sim
liar chair at Dafhousie University, was
announced here today.
Greenwich, Conn, Aug 2S.-Ninety-fve
spruce young men in white uniforms
walking about town here attracted con-
siderable attention. Upon inquiry it was
learned that they were sailors from the
Sampson, torpedo boat destroyer an
chored in Captains Bay, about a mile and
a half off the Indian Harbor Yacht Club
Annapolis. Nd, Aug 8-The battle
ships Ohio, the Missouri and the wiscon-
sin, composing the Naval Academy prac-
tice cruise squadron have returned to
Annapolis. The ships, having abroad
the midshipmen. left Anna polls early in
June, since which time they hava been
cruising along the Atlantic coast. They
participated in the naval war game.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Aug. S,-The
Western Union Telegraph Company's
cable steamship Nina was badly damag-
ed and one OF her crew sufTocated In fire