The Washington herald., 1916-10-04

Chicago, Oct. S.-Chicago garment work
ers. numbering 10000, will work only
forty-eight hours a week without a re-
duction In pay after December /, and
q, 900 packing-house laborers will get an
increase of 2 1-2 cents an hour on a ten
hour day, according to simultaneous an
nouncements by their employers today.
London, Oct. 3.-The Amsterdam CORE
spondent of the Central News reports
that mass meeting held at Frankfort
adopted resolution in favor OF early
peace.
Boston. Oct. a-The first step in the
battle OF New England farms to procure
la higher price for their milk from the
large contractors In Boston has been
won. One large contractor and three
small ones have agreed to pay the pro-
ducers the price demanded 80 cents for
an average eight and half quart can
of milk. SO
New York, Oct. 3.S-Edward A. Leet,
convicted on the charge OF blackmail-
ing of Edward Lauterbach, noted New
York lawyer. today was sentenced to
from four to eight years at hard labor
In Sing Sing. Leet Is said to have
extorted 100000 from Lauterbach
during the last fifteen years.
London. Oct 3.--As a result Of the
.Roumanian invasion of Bulgaria, Field
Marshal Won Msckensen has ordered
the evacuation OF the captured fort
resses of Tutrakan and Silistria by the
Bulgarians, says a Rome wireless dis
patch this afternoon.
Laredo, Tex. Oct. 3.-Charged with
burglarizing a jewelry store here last
night, Privates Charles, Booth. Charles
Brown and Albert Finson, Company l.
First New Hampshire Infantry. were
arrested today. They confessed. All
three are from Berlin. N H.
Montreal, Que. Oct. 3.-Fire today prac-
tically razed to the ground the five-story
boot and shoe factory of Arid C Sons,
on Ontario street. No lives were lost.
Atlantic City. N. J., Oct. 3-secretary
of the Interior Lane today had a talk
with President Wilson over the long-dis-
tance telephone regarding the most feast
BILE plan for the protection of the Mexi-
can border. Lane refused to discuss the
conference.
Albany, n. Y, Oct 3-The Court OF
Appeals today reversed Judgment and
ordered a new trial in the case of Will
lam V. Cole, Christian Science healer,
who was fined 800 for practicing medi-
London, Oct. ga great battle is pro-
crossing In the Dobrudja district" the
Petrograd correspondent OF the London
Telegraph wired this afternoon.
Shadow Lawn. N. j.. Oct. s-Headed
by William F. Brady, a committee of
prominent motion picture magnates to-
day called upon President Wilson to dis
cUss the proposed law providing a fed
eral censorship of motion pictures.
London, Oct, "A British aeroplane
was lost in an attack upon a German
aerodrome near Brussels on Monday, ac-
cording to a report issued by the ad-
miralty today. The raid was carried out
by naval machines.
London. Oct, 3.-As a concession to
Hungarian feeling, Gen. Won ARR. a Hun
garian. of German descent, has been
appointed to the command of one of the
Teuton armies in Transylvania, accord
ing to wireless dispatch from Berne.
Amsterdam, Oct. 3.-Germany is to be
a nation of industrial and financial COM
Berlin today state that the cement MAX
ing firms are the latest to be merged.
The German government is declared to
be fostering trusts" the best means
to securing foreign trade after the war.
London. Oct. 3.-The lord mayor Of
London. in opening the King George and
Queen Mary Victoria League Club, for
men of the overseas forces, spoke OF his
boxing prowess. a young man. saying
that he had "caulidower ear to show
for his flstic activities.
New York, Oct. 3.-The S5-vear-old un
Gle of Judge Otto Rosalsky, of the court
of special sessions has been sentenced
by the Russian government to lifelong
exile in Siberia on the charge Of aiding
the Germans Judge Rosalsky learned to-
day from his uhcle's son. an immigrant
just arrived here.
London. Oct "A movement to Sc
cure more men for the British army
will be launched when Parliament con-
venes next Tuesday. In this task Par
Lament will have the cooperation of
the new man power distribution
board" of which Austen Chamberlain
is chairman.
New York. Oct. 3.-The spade ofot-
ficial inquiry is being dug deep in the
bread situation. Indications are that
prosecutions of several persons will
result from the recent increase in
prices.
Marshfield. Mass. Oct. 3.-Dr. Ralph
| Baker, 35, a prominent dentist of the
south shore. formerly of Boston, today
shot and killed William Cushing. a
local lobster fisherman, on the main
street in the little village of Green
Harbor, just outside of Marshffeld.
Pittsburgh, Pa, Oct. 3-Bread and
butter went on the menus in prac-
tically all Pittsburgh restaurants to-
day as extra items" The cafe pro-
prietors, at a meeting, decided to
charge for bread and butter in the
future because of the increased cost
of bread.
London, Oct 3.-Orders for $4,000, 600
yards of khaki cloth have been placed
in England by the Russian govern
ment. The Russian army is being
clothed in khaki.
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