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The Washington herald., 1916-08-28

patterned after the Canadian law which
has proved sue ressful
Senator Newlands promised the Preei-
dent before leaving the White House he
would canvass the situation with his col
leagu in the senate tomorrow and re-
port back at the earliest possible hour
He is understood to have given it as his
opinion that the legislation can be passed
Al this session
The railway executives have an ap-
pontment at the White House this morn
ing at Il o'clock. Last night neither
side was certain that the engagement
could be kept.
The Chairmen OF the railway brother
hoods met in the BijOu Theater and after
resolving TO go home, were handed the
sealed Instructions.
The subcommittee Of twenty-four was
appointed with fun powers to effect a
settlement II possible. The committee
was specifically instructed that It had no
power to accept terms Of settlement that
provide for arbitration ~ the question
Of an eight-hour day with ten hours
pay.
The railway executives still demand
arbitration. President Res. Of the Penn
syIvania system. issued a statement
pointing out tn" main reason why they
are insisting He said.
Tho heads Of the railways have been
forced to tho conclusion that it is bet
ter to face the alternative Of strike
than 10 surrender"
The day was marked by A series Of in
formal conferences. In the morning Sec
rotary lane met several OF the subcom-
mittee Of the executives This was fol-
lowed by his visit 10 the White House
with Senator NPwlends.
The Secretary 0f IN" Interior had
reached his Wyoming avenue residence
only a few minutes before Hale Holden.
OF the BlrlirCt chairman Of the sub
committee Of the executives, arrived. He
renamed az Secretary Lanes home until
o'clock p. m After dinner Secretary
Lane returned to the White House and
remained with the President more than
an hour.
The railway executives are NOW face to
face with the probability that the reply
to President Wilson. formed on Sstur-
dav. will never see the light of day.
They are sorry because they msintsin 1t
was an unansNrrabIe statement Of their
position. They are Of the opinion that
roroknowlcd-o of It's contents caused the
Presidents sudden visit TO the Capitol
Saturday
The purport of this rerly was a de-
rnand for arbitration OF the eight-hour
day question after aEreeinE to set aside,
beginning October |. the amount Of
wages that would accrue to the men in
the event Of a decision in the!- favor.
That concession was agreed upon. how
ever, only after the President had prom
ised to make the way clear for an in
crease in freiGht rates and provide other
remedial legislation.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-28
EDISON QUITS JOB and
GOES BACK To nature
mo Railroad Strike Will Bother Me. "
Says Inventor.

tby tut Ne"1 SerStCesB
New York, Aug. 1.-THE world OF
science may revolve as 1t will for the
next two weeks for all that Thomas A.
Edison cares, Mr.. Edison has some vital
experiments to perform in the ,Adiron-
dacks with an apparatus consisting of a
hook and rod-a bent pin hook and
birch limb rod at that. The early sun
tomorrow will see him we'll on his way
to the Adirondacks for two weeks of
camp life
Yes, sir, two weeks" said Mr.. Edison
luxuriousIy, while his shrewd old eyes
twinkled in anticipation. Il am the navi-
gator of the party. for after we hit the
Catskills. we'll steer by sun and compass
only. Wouldn't be seen on the auto roads
with the city folk! Gypsies-that's what
we are.
Not a razor in the party" continued
the inventor, rubbing the three days
growth on his cheeks, which he had
been too busy to shave OFF after the
final rush of the laboratory. John
Burroughs. the naturalist. is camp
cook-but- l can fry fish myself II.
S. Firestone, of Akron, Ohio, head of
the Firestone Tire Company, will tell
the stories AS scientist, l pass upon
both the cooking and the stories.
AS a matter Of fact. we are going
to rough it. We have a couple of cars
and four men with US. The camp
equipment consists Of four tents and
utensils-inCluding electric lights. As
for fishing rods, you can't beat a bent
pin and a birch bough. We don't want
to kill anything. We aren't even taxi
ing guns.
After we get into the deep woods
we will push right through to Yer
mont, buying eggs and milk as we
GO | am going as far away from
anything electrical as | can. An old
suit and an old hat-and no railroad
strike will bother me"
The Washington herald., 1916-08-28
FREED FROM ASYLUM
after l7.YEAR STAY
Ralph Blakelock, Famous Artist, May
Recover Sanity.

New York. Aug H.-RAlph Albert
Blakelock. one Of the greatest and the
most unfortunate Of Amsrican Landscape
artists, is today a free man for the first
time in seventeen years. Yesterday he
was removed from the State Hospital
for the Insane at Aiiddletown, y. Y, to
a private ssnitsrum at LynnwOOd Lodge.
y J.
Blakelock's trs gic story stands alone in
the annals OF American art. Destitute
and with mind affected by hardship and
poverty. he remained behind the walls Of
the institution. forgotten by the world.
Meanwhile his paintings SCARED in price
They are now valued al more than 500
900
Recently signs Of returned reason and
the reawakening OF genius were noted.
The news quickly reached the outside
world. Movements inspired by hundreds
~ friends. led by his ever-fsithful wife
and l6-year-old son. eliminated in
his being honored with a full member
ship in the National Cademy of Design.
Physicians believe Rlakelock's rapidly
returning faculties will soon become nor
NAL. Weeks OF rest and seclusion in the
care Of family and friends are expected
10 accomplish what has been reelected
through the long span OF years.
Blakelock wac the son Of q Brooklvn
physician. In his childhood he displs yed
a remarkable talent for drawing and
painting His family. however. d-ifted
10 poverty as the rising artist reached
Young manhood The suffering affected
Blakelock's mind. He sold his now world
famous and valuable moonlight scenes
for barely enough TO buy food.
The famous srtists present wants arc
being provided by a fund started NOR"
than a year ago. Art lovers and fellow
artists contributed generously. In a
short time thousands OF dollars wer"
ra ised to aid the artist in regaInins his
lost skill.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-28
HEN USES AUTO HORN
TO REPLACE CACKLE

What promises TO be one o. the most
intelligent hens Of the country has been
discovered on the dairy farm Of Bert
Salebury in Fairfax County, Va.
This fowl decided that she would lay
all her eggs in the automobile that is
kept in the barn. This was only natural
hens have been laying eggs in bu-sies
for years, and 10 lay them In an auto
mobile was but a slight improvement.
But this particular chicken has found
a substitute for A "caCkle'' which comes
in handy to her this hot weather. After
she lays the egg and while getting out Of
the automobile. she steps on the horn
and finds that this answers the purpose
as well as the "CaCkle.'
The Washington herald., 1916-08-28
MAN BITES POLICEMEN
AFTER BEING DISARMED

Nowhurgh. y. Y. Aus. G.-ShOwing
the marks Of the clubbing he had receiv-
ed from the hands Of five policemen Of
this city. Antonio FcderiCi has announC-
ed his willingness to return to Newark,
\. J., withort eXtradition and stand trial
for the murder Of two policemen and the
wOunding Of two other policemen who
had sought him after he had shot a man
who had defended Young woman with
whom Federico was infatuated
That Federico has not more murders TO
answer for was due to a precaution the
police took when they went to arrest him
in a saloon.
He made A desperate effort to get a
revolver from his pocket, but was over
powered and then dubbed into submits
sion.
However this did not occur until after
he had severely bitten two Of his Captors
The Washington herald., 1916-08-28
SAYS DAUGHTER BEAT HIM.
Charge of 25O-Pound Man Against
small Woman AmuseS

Wilmington. Del. Aug. 27.-Patrick
Dillon, a man weighing more than 80
pounds. declared in the City Court to-
day, that his daughter, a woman who
did not appear to weigh moro than 100
pounds, had attacked and beaten him.
He was arraigned on a charge of breach
of the peace and it was testified that
he went to his home and made a disturb
anCe.
His assertion that his daughter had
beaten him cause the court and spec
tators to smile. and, after tlrr court had
lectured him on the need of behaving
himself, he was placed under a $500 peace
bond.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-28
sNATCHED FROM BRIDES SIDE.
Kidnapped by Nine
Friends, Restored to Police.

spokane, Wash. Aug 27.-Nine en-
plOyees of lumber company were pla ced
Under ar<st for kidna piping Bernard Pet
erson. a fellow emplOye, who had just
heen married. They had torn Peterson
from the side OF his bride and rushed
him ten miles 70 Mead, Wash, in a Ut-
ney bus.
The bride Historically appealed to the
police, and several plain clothes men
arrested the party returning from Mead
without the bridegroom. The latter was
found on the road sturdily trying to
walk back to his bride. The police re-
stored him to his worried wife at mid
night.
The per capita wealth of the United
States now has almost reached the 5000
mark
The Washington herald., 1916-08-28
RAIN PLAYS HAVOC
AT DISTRICT CAMP

The District troops at Camp Ordway
got their share of the dust, wind and rain
storm of yesterday afternoon. Ofticers
and men alike fixed their tents for the
coming storm.
Pretty girls and other visitors either
hurrled to the cars or took refuge in the
tents of their soldier friends
Many tents suffered. The tent flies in
front of brigade headquarters. reGi-
mental headquarters, the recruiting Office"
capt. Hobbs office and other tents went
down. The large store tent was lashed
INTO ribbons. In the Third Infantry Sow
cral tents collapsed. Three tents wee
blown over in Company d and one in
Company A.
There were no moving pictures last
night, as the wind tore the screen and
knocked down the fly covering the NOV
ing picture machine and engine.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-28
SODA GLASSES GOOD ENOUGH.
New York Secs No Present Reason
for Individual Containers

New York, Aug. S7.-SOda water and
soft drink dispensers in New York will
be allowed to finish the present summer
without being compelled to serve bever-
ages in paper or other sanitary cups AL
though the State board CT health Of
Maryland has ordered soft drink dealers
to provide sanitary vessels. the rule will
not be adopted in New York Just now.
representative of DIR. Haven Emer-
son. the health commissioner. said yes
terday that. though the Maryland board :
order was a step in the right direction,
the department was content for the pres
Cnt to permit the use of glasses
The Washington herald., 1916-08-28
MEXICAN PEACE BODY
EN- ROUTE TO CAPITAL
Delegates Leave Mexico City on Trip
North.

Mexico city. Aug. 27.-The Mexican
delegates to the International commits
sion which will discuss means OF settling
the dispute between the United States
and Mexico. are on their way TO Wash
ington.
Luis Cabrera, minister of finance. az
cOmpaned by Juan p. Roge, who will
act as secretary of the commission and
Special Consular AGENT Rodgers left for
Vera Cruz where they will hoard the
United States cruiser Dixie for Favana.
From there they will proceed to Key
West and by rail to Washington
Alberto Bani, managing director Of the
Mexican Railways, accompanied by
Ymnacio Bonilas. minister Of communi-
cations and their families departed on a
special train for Laredo. They will
spend a day viewing the military camps
there. Then after being Joined by their
secretaries they will proceed to Washing
ton to arrange details for the confer
tnCes.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-28
FORMER GREEK PREMIER DIES.
NJ. Theotokis Had Held Many In
portant Posts.

Athens, Aug. 27.-M Theetokis, presi-
dent of the chamber of deputies, and
former premier of Greece, died here to-
day.
He was about 60 years old and had held
many important posts in the kingdom,
including that of minister of national
economy in the skouloudis cabinet, and
those Of marine ard interior in the saSi-
net of the late premier TriCoupis.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-28
TWO HURT WHEN AUTO
GOES OVER EMBANKMENT

Miss Lillian Amos. 7os A street and
William Adams, 226 Eight street south
east, are in the Frederick Hospital
Frederick. Nd suffering from shock and
possibly internal injuries sustained when
an automobile. belonging to Richard
DOYLE. "a Eight street southeast, become
unmanageable dUrins the severe thunder
and rain storm yesterday afternoon, and
crashed over an embsnkment on the
baltimore Pike near RidgeWen. Md.
Mr DOYLE. who was operating the
machine. escaped with slight bruises. anu
was able to return to Washington on
the train. The automobile was wrecked
Miss Amos and M Adams will recover.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-28
BERLIN WILDLY CHEERS
DEUTSCHLAND CAPTAIN
~tsr to Th. Washington Esuld

IT'D w Ale " e-.llLE 70 Fffe.1
Bremen. Aug. Wild cheering greet
81 cant KoeniE of the submarine Deutsch-
land. whenever he appeared tn the
streets in the course Of a prolouEa1
, ,olehration of the safe return Of the .uN-
mersihle merchant craft. Capt Koe:-s
was forced to make numerous sPeechCs.
To a correspondent the captain re-
iteratsd his great satisfaction at the
treatment accorded TO him AZ Baltimore.
Send the American people my love.
he said. 'THey are good spOrtSmen.
They treated me finely"
Asked when he was hk0,y to start an
other voyage the captain said he did not
know but that it would ne a. soon as
possible
The Washington herald., 1916-08-28
CUBA TO HAVE WAR FLIEaS.
Will Organize Aviation Squadron
and school

New York. Aug. T.-The Cuban army
is TO establish an aviation sqadron
Capt. Augustin Parla, of the Cuban
Army Aviation Corps, arrived here yester-
day on the Ward Liner MORO Castle to
inspect American made machines He
will also visit different aviation schools
including the school on Governors Is
land.
Capt. Parla at present is the only avia-
tor in the Cuban army. He flew from
Key West to Mariel, Cuba in 1915, a
distance of III miles. For this feat he
was awarded the Curtiss gold medal
The Washington herald., 1916-08-28
PLOT IS FRUSTRATED
To KIDNAP RICH BOY
Schemed to Hold Youth for 100000
Ransom.

CBy the international News service
St Anthony Idaho. AuS. %I.-Plans 70
kidnap Roland Hartman, son OF Mrs r.
H. Hartman. hold him for a ransom OF
500 oCO and in case the ransom was not
paid TO blind the boy and otherwise dis
ngure him for life, have been frustrated
by the arrest here Of the parties OF the
alleged plot
Three men, Marion A. Lufkin, David
McLoy, and Ralph ZufeIt. alias Ralph
Majors are now in Jail, charged with
conspiracy to steal young Hartman from
Island Park, where he is spending his
vacation and hold him for ransom. Two
OF the trio have confessed
The men were equipped with guns.
knives and on one was found the letter
which was to be sent after the kidnap-
ping demanding the ransom.
North Dakota has S64 oO0, 90 worth of
land set apart as school endowment.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-28
BOYS PLAYING BALL
HIT BY LIGHTNING
lBy tn. international New. ser,ic

New York. Aug. 27.-TWo boys were
struck BY lightning this evening while
playing baseball in the middle OF an open
field.
One of them. the hatsman, was killed
on the spot The other. the catcher. was
stunned and is expected to recover in the
hospital
with them in the field were $50 Of their
fellow inmates OF the Mission Of the Inn
maculatc Conception, in Richmond Val
ley, guarded by a handful of sisters and
priests.
Joseph Harding. aEed 10, WAS about to
strike at the ball when he was struck to
the earth by a bolt of lightning
The Washington herald., 1916-08-28
STARS. BUT NOT IN MOVIES.
EIeven-Year-OId Boy and SI32 Got
as Far rs station.

Chester, Pa, Aug. @T.-After writing
note to his aunt Mrs. Sara Wadden
which read, Il am going away to be L
movie actor" Frank Waddell, II years
Old, took $l32 out Of wallet which
served as her savings bank. and skipped
out early this morning.
lie was captured as he was boarding
a train for BALTIMORE and locked up in
the House Of Detention.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-28
WILSON PLAN TO AVERT
STRIKE FACES FAILURE

CONTINUED FROM FACE ONE.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-28

North Dakota has S.. oO0, OCO worth {
land set apart as school endowment.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-06-01
NODESTY, OR DISCRETION:

If his press agents are to be be-
lieved, Mr.. Roosevelt is going to stay
away from Chicago during the repnb-
lican and progressive conventions
"because he does not wish 10 appear
in the light Of forcing his own nomin-
ation.'
This is the first time the colonel
ever was accused of such tender
modesty. 1t was generally supposed
that he was free from this delightful
weakness which makes the fortune
of maid and ruins those of an insur-
ance agent. Those who, four years
ago, saw and heard him leading the
cheers for himself from the balcony
of the Auditorium hotel never sus-
pected him of being political violet,
to blush unseen. Verify,
time does bring changes.
1t is just possible, however, that
the Theodorian press agents may
have mistaken the reasons for their
chiefs resolve to stay away from
Chicago at convention time. 1t is
barely conceivable that Mr.. Roosevelt
sees the tide is running against him,
knows he can not get the republican
nomination no matter what efforts
he makes, and prefers not to be at
the wrong end of the steam roller
second time.-Chicago Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-06-01
NF. TAFT IN ABEYANCE.

The actual leader of the republi-
can party is taking no part in the
controversy now going on over can
didates and platforms. He was the
defeated nominee of his party in
1912. BY all the rules of politics he
remains chief of the organization
until a successor shall have been
named. BY reason of character and
ability as we'll as position, he is en-
titled to Difference as counsellor.
In common decency his late follow
ers owe him honor and respect. HIS
name is William Howard Taft.
1t is not Mr.. Taft, however, who
occupies the position OF leader. That
place las been usurped by Mr.. Roose-
welt, who does not pretend that he is
republican; who was not the repuD-
lican leader four years ago; who N
fact headed a party in opposition to
the republicans; who even now
makes it plain that in certain con-
tingercies he may again lead or at
least inspire an antagonlstlc organl-
zaticn. Mr.. Taft, the true republi-
can leader, is elbowed out OF the way
with the consent of everybody, ap-
parently, by man who cannot say
that he is republican at all.
While Mr.. Taft is silent on cur
rent politics affecting the party Of
which he is leader, Mr.. Roosevelt is
noisily issuing orders to that party,
giving advice and explaining on what
terms he may be persuaded not to
rip it Up the back again. All this
time too he is actively marshalling
an opposing force, thus giving the
country strange illustration of the
way arrogance and egotism some
times override reticence and right.
Yet it is pleasant to think that Mr..
Taft's leadership is only in allegiance.
In spite of the current confusion, 1t
is Mr.. Taft and his friends who will
pass conclusive judgment upon what
it. to be done by the republicans in
June. They have not forgotten what
happened four years ago. York and
Lancaster, Montague and Capulet,
may die out, but they do not coalesce
under the braggart sway OF the most
hasted of their partisans.
The spurious leader of the republic
cans and all who foregather with him
will be foolhardy if they forget that
the legitimate leader Of the republic
cans is still alive and in vigorous
health. If circumstances shall COM
pei him to ring the bell, the Sicilian
Vespers of 1916 will make the mas
sacre of 1912 look like tea-party.-
New York World.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-06-01
Order Fixing Date for Showing OppO.
SitiOn to Discharge.

In the District Court Of the United
States, for the Southern District OF
Iowa, Southern Division.
In Bankruptcy No. 534.
In the matter of Freely Beavers,
Bankrupt.
On May oath, A. D. 1916, upon fill
ing and reading the petition OF the
ABOVE named bankrupt for discharge
herein, it is ordered that July LIST A.
u. 1916, be and the same is hereby
fixed as the date on or before which
all creditors Of, and all other persons
interested in said estate and in the
matter of a discharge in bankruptcy
of the said bankrupt, shall, if they
oesire to oppose the same, file in my
office at Charlton, in said district,
their appearance in writing, in oppo-
sition to the granting of said dis
charge, and also within ten days
thereafter, file in my said office speci-
fications of the grounds of said oppo-
sition.
Witness my hand hereto at my
office in Charlton, Iowa, the date
herein first above written.
JOSEPH w. KRIDLEBAUGH,
AZ Referee in Bankruptcy.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-06-01
WHAT DO THE PEOPLE WANT:

A sentence oft repeated in a recent
address of Secretary Houston in st.
Louis may we'll serve as theme for
a series Of editorials. What do the
people want?'
What do the people Of the United
States want in the way CT tariff re-
form?
We all know what they do not
want; they do not want the Payne
Aldrich schedules. Nothing in recent
American politics has been more
clearly and more convincingly settled
than that. If the critic asserts that
the breakup of the republican party
tors, what can he say of the election
Of 1910, which turned republican
house majority Of Al n the house OF
representatives into democratic
majority of Sc? The Payne-Aldrich
tariff was the sole issue in that cleo
ton. 1t registered the verdict OF the
American people.
The democrats assumed the relns
of government in 1913, pledged to
an honest revision OF the tariff down.
ward. They revised the tariff. The
countrys verdict upon the honesty
of the work may be gagged by what
followed. Congress Immediately
turned to the problem of currency re-
vision, which the republicans had
paltered with for so years, and trl-
umphantly solved it, because the ad-
ministration was backed by popular
confidence engendered by the
moral quality of it's tariff legislation.
The republicans criticise the Under
wood tariff, though none of the dread
full consequences foretold by them
has followed on it's enactment. Mean
while, what have they done: Re-
elected Cannon and ROdenburg to the
house Of representatives and consoli-
dated the power of Penrose in Penn
sylvania.
The democrats have done with the
tariff what they promised to do. The
republicans have nothing to offer to-
day except the utterly discredited
work of Aldrich and Payne. They
have no new ideas, no new programs.
What do the people want?-St.
Louis Republic.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-06-01

"When a candidate for public Of
flee pledges himself to do certain
things in the event of his election
the public must consider such pledges
in the light Of the mans standing for
truth and veracity. The unreliable
candidate can promise anything and
has no hesitancy in doing So, points
out the Webster City Freeman-Tri-
bune. The man who can not be
trusted in business can not be trusted
in politics. If his word is not good in
the one instance it is not good in the
other. He will agree to anything to
get votes, then when elected he will
do the thing that promises the best
returns to himself