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reward Of $500 will be paid -
this company for the conviction q
any one found guilty OF taking the
Daily Light from the yard or lawn
Of any subscriber OF this paper, EN-.
rERPRIsE PUBLISHING COM
PANY
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Methodist Church.

Sunday school at 90 a m.
Preaching az n m. and p. m.
Epworth League az p. m.
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If you want TO buy, sell or ex-
change anything you may have, the
quickest way is to use The Daily
Light want column. II
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CUT orr TRIGGER FINGER
To ESCAPE CONSUMPTION

LONDON. Sept. IG.--Charles 4
stockdale. a London black
smith, has been sentenced by
courtmartiai TO a year In prison
for cutting off his trigger fin
; ger to escape consumption.
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IN THE CHURCHES. .
} . . 90 . . . . . 900 o


Sunday school az 10 a IN.
Holy Communion at IL a. m,
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BANK STATEMENT CALL.

, WASHINGTON. Sept. 16.--
} The controller OF the currency
} today Issued call for state I
} ments showing the condition OF
} national banks at the close Of
J business Sept. Il. 4
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Many people who hate . petty thief
are inclined to admire crook who
plays big game.
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DR.. c. A. White, president OF the
club, has asked Dir. G. r. Grow of
Chicago, Fred Edwards OF Boston,
Joseph l. Behling OF Columbus and
T.. P. Kinds of Niagara Falls to be
tho judges.
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Miss Sadie Deal.
No temptation beyond our encnr-
anee-By Miss Willie Cantreli
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CHAPTER VII.
A Hlstorv.


Whitaker consulted telephone book
without finding that Drummond had
any private residence connection. and
then tried at random one of the clubs
Of which they had been members in
common In the days when Hugh whit
aker was a human entity fin the knOwl-
edge Of the town. Here he had better
iuck-luck, that is, i'm as far as it put
an end TO his wanderings for the
night; he found a clerk who remem-
bered his face without remembering
his name, and who, consequently, was
not unwilling to talk Drummond, II
seemed, had lived at the club he had
dlned alone, that evening, I'm his room
had ordered his motor car from the adj
iacent garage for seven O'Clock; and
had left at about that hour with a
small handbag and no companion
Nothing further was known of his
actions save the police report. The car
had been found stationary on Wash
ington bridge, and deserted Drum
monds motor coat aud cap on the
drivers seat. Bystanders averred that
q man had been seen TO leave the car
and preclpitote himself from the bridge
30 the stream below. The body was
still uncovered. The club had noti-
fed by telegraph q brother in San
Francisco the only member Of Drum
mond's family OF whom it had any rec
ord. Friends. fellow members OF the
club. were looking after thinos-doing
nll that could and properly ought 60 be
done under the circumstances.
Whitaker walked back to his hotel.
There WINS no other place Co so; no
place. That IS, that woOed his humor m
that hour. lie was. Indeed. profoundly
shocked lie held himself measurably
responsible for Drummond's net Of des-
perauon. Next to poor Peter Stark.
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RUSSIANS GAIN
5O-MILE DRIVE
Rumanian Territory Subject Of
Rapid lnvasion-Von Mack
enSen in Retreat
The FRENCH CAPTURE CITY

London.-The Russo -Rumanian ar,
mics continued their successes
against the legions OF Field Marshal
Won Mackensen, according to official
communications issued In Petrograd
and Bucharest The Muscovite army
invading Transvylania to assist the
Rumanians in defense OF their west,
ern frontier has driven into Transyl.
vania distance of more than so
miles below the Bukowina border,
while the Rumanians have assumed
the offensive on large portion of the
Pennsylvania front. Field Marshal
Won Mackensen has been pushed fur.
ther to the south In Dobrudja.
Capture Two Heights.
The Rumanians have occupied two
heights in the Trotus valley and. as.
suming the offensive on the whole
front, seized Lupeci and Fatamoarta
SUBMITS.
Saillisel in Gauls' Hands.
After days Of sanguinary fighting.
the village of Saillisel, lying to the
east of the PeronneBapume road in
the Somme region. has fallen entirely
into the hands OF the troops of Gen.
Foch. In the capture OF the town the
French captured seven officers, 220
men and eight machine guns.
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dollars six years since. Soft, shaded
lights. rare furnishings, the rich yet
delicate atmosphere OF exquisite taste,
the hush and orderly perfection of a
home made and maintained with con-
summate art these furnished him with
dim, provoking intimations of an indi-
viduality to which he was n stranger
less than stranger-nothing.
Almost Immediately he became
aware of feminine footsteps on the
staircase-there entered to him q lady
well past middle age, with the dignity
and poise consistent with her years, her
manifest breeding and her iron-gray
hair.
"Mr. Whitaker"
He bowed.
II am Mrs. Secretan, q friend of
Miss Laws. She has asked me to say
that she begs to be excused, at least
for tonight. And am further instruct
ed to ask If you will be good enough
to leave your address,"
Certainly: I'm stopping at the Ritz
Carlton; but"-he demurred-"I should
like to leave note, If 1 may-T
Mrs. Secretan nodded an assent.
"You will find materials In the desk
there" she added, indicating an es-
critoire.
Thanking her, Whitaker sat down,
and, after some hesitation, wrote a few
lines:
Please don't think I mean to cause you
the slightest inconvenience or distress I
shall be glad to further your wishes in
any way you may care to designate.
Please believe In my sincere regret
Signing and folding this, he rose and
delivered it to Mrs. Secretan.
He found himself in the street, with
his trouble for all reward for his pains.
He wondered what to do, where to go,
next. The driver of the taxicab was
holding the door for him, head bent to
catch the address of the next stop. But
his fare fingered still in doubt.
Dimly he became aware of the vio-
lent Rawlings of a brace of news ven
doris who were ramping through the
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|I THE V
DESTROYING
I ANGEL |
- By # II
LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE
QUEER LUCK

Did you ever have a piece Of
really good luck--for instance,
help from an entirely unexpected
source when you were In deep
trouble2
Luck, good or bad, is certain
Iy on the trail of Hugh Whita-
ker. You remember, a corps Of
eminent surgeons gave him Just
six months to live. So he found
a girl in trouble, married her to
save her good name and disap-
peared Immediately. Five years
later he reappeared In New York
from Australia, happy, healthy
and prosperous, and started out
to find the little girl he married.
He discovers her when he goes
to the theater-she's Sara Law,
great actress. Mutual recogni-
tion across the footIights stops
the play and creates wild ex-
citement among the audience.
What next occurs is told In this
installment. Go to it!
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JUDGE lands
IMPOSES FINES
Violation of Interstate Commerce Ree.
ulations Results in Federal
Conviction.

Chicago.-Fines totaling more than
s171.000 were assessed by Federal
Judge Lands against Swift & Co.
packers, and a number of railroads
convicted of violating the Interstate
Commerce act. In most of the cases,
the charges were rebating or in ship
ping less than carload shipments at
carload rates.
Fines ranging from S1O0 to $1,000
were assessed against the Chicago
and Northwestern Railroad, the In
diana Harbor Belt Railroad and the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul.
These fines were in most instances
for failure to comply with the 2S-hour
cattle law.
The Pennsylvania fine and the $780,
600 fine against the p, O., c.. and st.
l.. were for rebating to the w. II.
Merritt Company. a Chicago Board OF
Trade firm, while the $4,000 fine was
for rebating to B. A. Eckhart, head OF
the Eckhart Milling Company.
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REPUBLICANS MAY HAVE
A MAJORITY IN HOUSE
closeness of Election Figures Leaves
Ultimate Standing Uncertain.

O'N'iHeNS SNeiHhltiI
Washington.-Me of the
House of Representatives in the new.
ly-elected Sixty-ffth Congress face
one Of the most uncertain organiza-
tion situations in the history OF the
government
With a few districts still in doubt.
Republicans appear to have a plural
ity of four or five members and a pos
sible majority of two or three when
1t is figured that an independent
elected in Massachusetts, and Pro.
gressive elected in Minnesota may
vote with them for organization pur.
poses.
ON the face OF unofficial returns the
political division OF the House is so
close that an effective and certain
working majority does not exist.
While there might be a few changes
when the official returns are counted.
the chances are that these would not
materially alter the general result.
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oeutsehIand Readv 10 sall-

New London. Conu-The time OF
the departure of the German CONNER.
cial submarine Deutschland Is not an.
nOunced Everything is In readiness
for dash to sea. That British
cruisers were outside the threemile
limit waiting for the Deutschland and
that two German war submarines
were oil the coast to convoy the boat
back to Germany are among rumors
adoat
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Republicans Demand Recount of Votes in Several
Close and Pivotal States.
RECORD BREAKING INTEREST IN THE NEWS
Entire Nation Kept Suspense While Election Judges of Few
States Counted to the Last Ballot Before Result Was
Known-Soldier Vote a Factor

! almost every electoral vote would be
VlIaI' the returns from down on the
border were grabbed hot off the wires.
AFTER veering back and forth for days.
New Mexico was definitely placed i'm
lhe wilson column, though there, too.
the presidents margin was so scant
that basis was afforded for the call
Tor a recount A few mistakes dis
covered in the figures of the precinct
oincials might well swing the state
over 20 Hughes
Wilcox Demands Recount.
On Friday National Chairman Will
cox of the Republican party handed
out the following statement:
The result still depends upon the
vote In few close states. II must he
borne in mind that the returns thus
far announced are, In most states. I'M
| official, and may be changed by the
official count required by the laws of
those states.
Twice during these unofficial com
I putations yesterday I'm California mis-
takes I'm additions were announced
from that state, substantially changing
| figures previously given.
1T is q common experience thar the
result of the official count almost al
ways varies from the returns first an
nOunced.
Where the vote is as close as that
| reported in several states. IT may well
be that material changes will result
from the official count
I'VE owe it to the country TO take
all necessary steps TO see that an ex-
act and honest count of the vote is
made When the current seemed to be
running against Mr. Wilson on Wednes-
| day the Democratic managers an.
I nounced their intention 10 demand 81
recount in every close state.
"All we desire is 20 make sure tbat
the vote is counted as cast"
Both sides conceded that no matter
what action might be taken I'm regard
to recount there was little likelihood
Of contest being carried TO the bouse
OF Representatives as 90 was after the
| Hayes-Tllden campaign in 1876. I.eois.
| lntion enacted in 1887. IL was soid
made the state sovereign I'm pronounc.
| Ing judgment ln recount of the pros.
idental vote.
How Congress Stands.
with returns missing from only ono
congressional district in the United
States the Republicans and Demo
Gratis each had elected 215 representa-
tives
The vote On New Mexico. which IS
stn in doubt. probably viii determine
which party ls TO have q plurality of
one over the other The present Nom.
ber from New Mexico is "a Republi.
can.
The balance of power I'm the nevt
house VIII be held by four mon ono
% Progressive Protecfionisf from
Louisiana, one nm independent from
Massachusetts one Progressive from
Minnesota and the other Socialist
from Sew York
The nction of these members op.
porentiv VIII determine the choice 81
2 speaker as well as the fate of ieois.
lntion which IS supported or oppoeed
on purely party lines.
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Columbus Announcement has
been made of the resignation OF Mrs.
William Oxley Thompson. wife OF
President Thompson of the Ohio
State University. as president of the
National Federation of College wom.
en- and the election OF Mrs. George
Alonzo Miller. of Long Beach. Cal. i'm
her place
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Washington. The name of tho ar
mored cruiser Maryland viii be-
changed To- Frederick on December Il.
after the city in that state one of
the four new battieships viii take ths
name Maryland
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Tonopah. New For The 0fsi time
iu tho history OF Nevoda if not n tho
vest candidate for sheriff on the
Socialist ticket has been elected. w.
Fl Thomas OF this city was chosen bv
the voters of Rye county.
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Totaio ..s......s.s..s.t2 t2lo 243
pResuit IN Minnesota, with ~ votes,
via not be known until soldiers vote
ls counted u is possible that recount
In close states may change the total 20
some extent
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FEIITtaNNI OtUON Witt TIFo NdEC 1INE
eted In Horror.
street, one on either sidewalk. At the
spur of vague wonder II the papers
were already noising abroad che news
of the fiasco at the Theater Max. Whit
aker purchased paper.
"Ther'y'@e, sir. 'Orrible moider
Thanky :"
The man galloped on, bowling. But
Whitaker stood with his gaze riveted
in horror. The news item so pointedly
offered to his attention was clearly
legible In the light of the cab lamps:
LATEST EXTRA
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- HampshIre 2 surprIss.

Perhaps the most surprising OF aif
the states was New Hampshire. II
alone Of am New England failed to give
the Republican candidate n substantial
plurality. and for days mo- one knew
I'm which column 90 would land. The
astonishing closeness Of the vote yas
shown by The rival claims. three days
after the election of 100 plurality for
Hughes and 50 for Wilson. In fho cir.
cumsiances % is no wonder chat The
managers Of both parties should de.
mand "a recount
New Mexico. with three electoral
votes. attracted national attention by
placing Itself early in The list of doubt
fui states and as o soon appeared that
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LATEST EXTRA

TRAGIC SUICIDE IN HARLEM
RIVER
Stopping his automobile in the middle
OF Washington bridge at 7:3O D. m, Car
ter S. Drummond. the lawyer. and fiance
Of Sara Law, the actress. threw himself
10 his death I'm the Harlem river. The
body has not yet been recovered.
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new lOrk, NOV. LIN the race or
the returns, unofficial and still incom-
plete, Woodrow Wilson has been re-
elected president of the United States
with n majority of at least eleven in
the electoral college. But the Repub-
licans place a cloud on his title that is
likely to remain for a week or ten
days, and I'm the meantime the Repub-
licans are declining to pay their cleo
tion bets.
The situation is extraordinary and
has resulted In days of acking
strain for the people of the country.
If the election officials of a few remote
precincts in few states know how the
nation has been waiting breathless to
hear from them, they must be swelled
up enormously with sense of their
importance. For on those few pre-
cincts has depended the nations choice
of it's chief executive.
That Mr.. Wilson's victory over Mr.
Hughes will not be conceded without a
recount in the close states, such as Cal
ifornia, New Hampshire. New Mexico
and North Dakota, was determined at
conferences of the Republican leaders
here. Chairman Wilcox asserted re-
count would be demanded wherever
the margin of Democratic victory was
so small that comparatively few votes
would, turn the scales. He and his as
sociates say they take the position
that there should be no cloud upon Mr..
Wilson's title to the presidency. The
Democrats, for their part, declared
that there must be a recount in New
Hampshire. even though the returns
gave the state TO Mr.. Wilson.
That the returns are still incomplete
is due TO the presence on the border OF
the National Guard OF q number of
states. The soldiers are permitted to
vote by mail, their ballots being for
w0rded TO the auditors of their home
counties. and I'm Minnesota especially
the vote Of the Guardsmen Is likely to
cut figure I'm determining whether the
state goes into the Wilson or the
Hughes column.
Minnesota was as bad as California
ln the matter Of shifts. and as It's dele
cation Is nearly as large. &c. too. was
watched with the lntensest interest.
Through days and nights of counting
the race was q see-saw, with but n
thousand or so of votes separating the
candidates Neither side would nd
init defeat and even now both are
awaiting the soldier vote and the OIL
cial count
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What 90 you think Of this man
Embcrl ls he on the level, or is
he a smart rascal VINO has evil
designs or Whtaker7
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"Where's Miss Law?" he asked.
81 dunno-go ask Max"
"Where is he?"
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
SEA BATTLE SURVIVORS
USE SONGS AS WEAPONS
CBy the International New. Ser,

(By the international News Service.)
London. Aug. 6.-Here is an unpublished
glimpse of the Jutland battre, or rather
a glimpse of a sequel
For scene. imagine an empty waste
of waters in the gray of the summer
twilight. Enter from the east a raft
bearing a large number of British blue
jackets padding themselves at a mile
an hour in the direction of England. En-
ter a raft loaded with Germans, labor
iously travelling in the opposite direc-
ton.
The RATS slowly approach. The British
bluejackets debate what to do. They
have hardly a clasp knife among them,
the Germans outnumber them, and at
tack is ruled out They sit up and sing.
Rule. Britannia
The Germans at once reply feelingly
with the Hymn of Hate" Each crew
gives three cheers. and resumes its jour
ney in the general direction of England
or Germany, as the case may be.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
FAIR JITNEUSE
BOBS HER LOCKS
Slow Business Inspires Girl
Driver to Makeup
AS Man.
Special to The Washington Herald.

Special TO The Washington Herald
Atiantlc City, Aug. 6.-Marion Seiss
maccaganno, one of the few jitneuses.
Yesterday. in the Recorders court, polite
ly informed Judge Gaskill that cropped
hair was all the style in New York,
and further stated that as soon as her
snort locks became long, she would again
visit her barber and have them trimmed.
Marion drives a Maxwell jitney. Busi-
ness was poor, and she resorted to clip
ping her hair (Buster Brown fashion,
in an effort to boost trade. She believed
mat because she was a woman few peo-
pie would get in her car. While no
testimony was offered in court yester-
day whether or not the receipts of her
business have been increased, she GER
tainly got more action than before when
her brother, A. Harvey Seiss, learned
Of her act
Seiss yesterday in court admitted that
he would rather be without his sister
tnan to have her around his home with
cropped hair. Accordingly he proceeded
to give her a whipping when he saw
her. This led to a charge of assault
and battery.
L think you people ought to get along
together" Judge Gaskill remarked. but
l will say that this cropping hair is q
little advanced in style for Atlantic City
ITS all the go in New York" Marino
replied. 1T will be down here soon, and
l Will be in style then. I like 1t, ano
when 1T grows long again I am going
to have it cropped. My brother has
nothing to do with me. I'm married
and can get along all right by myself
with the aid Of my jitney."
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women Want
"SUFF' PLEDGE
Candidates for Congress Must
Make Attitude Known
to Gain Support.

Mrs Frank NJ. Roessing, chairman Of
] the Congressional committee OF the Ma
tional American Woman Suffrage Asso-
citation, yesterday addressed three per-
tinent Inquiries to each candidate for
the Senate and House.
| Each letter is blank form. contains
these questions:
Are you in favor Of woman suffrage?
| If elected will you vote in Congress to
submit to the States a Federal amend
ment to enfranchise the women of this
country? If appointed on a committee
| in whose Jurisdiction such an amendment
should fall, will you do all in your power
| to expedite the passage Of such meas
ure?
The letter says:
LAS candidate for Congress from your
district, your position on public questions
! is of interest and Importance not only
to your district. but to the whole country.
The National American Woman Suffrage
Association, composed Of organizations In
our forty-eight States. would appreciate
an expression OF your opinion on three
questions relating to woman suffrage
For your convenience in answering we are
enclosing these questions on a separate
sheet of paper"
When asked II the intention of the
National Association was to make fight
against each candidate who did not
answer the questions to the entire satis-
faction of the association, Mrs. Roessing
| said such a course would depend entirely
upon the action of the convention, to be
held in Atlantic City. September to 10.
Surely there is no reason why we
should fight Democratic or Republican
members Of the House who are seeking
reelection, in cases where those nominees
did all they could to help us in our fight
this winter. Nor is there any reason
why We should not oppose men, who,
during the session, have done everything
they could to balk our plans" she said.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
WALLACE BASSFORD
MAY SUCCEED ROPER
Speaker Clark's Secretary Said to Be
Slated for Postofice Depart
ment Vacancy.

Former Assistant Postmaster General
Daniel c. Roper. who has been drafted
to aid the Wilson campaign. will profit
to the extent of a commission appoint
ment after the November election, accord
ing to authoritative rumor last night.
The position of Fourth Assistant Post
master General, left vacant by Roper, is
scheduled to be filled by Wallace Bass
ford secretary to Speaker Champ Clark
Roper left his postoffice position several
days ago to take up his new duties at
the New York bureau of the Democratic
National Committee. His position here
has not been filled. but 1t is understood
that Bassford will receive the appoint
ment within a short time
Plans call for Ropers appointment to
the tariff board or some, commission pay
ing a salary of at least $1,000 per year.