The Washington herald., 1916-09-11
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Middleton. Idaho, Sept. 1o.-As a result
of little angling in the Snake River
early the other morning. Gilbert Hoskins
brought home two surgeons which tipped
the beam at 12O pounds when dressed.
Something like three-fourths of the towns
population feasted on sturgeon that even
| ing.
klamath Falls. Ore. Sept. 1O-The
| largest buck killed this season fell to
Robert Sloan OF this city. lately. The
deer was killed on Buck Mountain and
weighed 223 pounds before being dressed.
Sloan had hunted this buck for eight
yeays, he said.
Delaware, Ohio, Sept. Io-Dorrence
James, 16 years old, son of DR.. J. K.
James, was left $1,000 by Mrs. Sydney
Moore, wife of a bank president here,
in her will, for being kind to her
Smith Centre, Kan, Sept 1o-A mystery
OF twenty-six years was cleared up when
c. G. Ray. of Downs, near here. received
| letter from a man in Omaha, who con-
fessed to setting fire to the Ray barn In
September, 1893. The writer then was a
boy OF 6 years old
Bedford, Ind, Sept 1o-A son Of Eliza /
found a qualls nest containing thirteen
eggs He took the eggs to his home and
put them under a setting hen. The hen
hatcned them out. Since then the hen
has raised them with her other chicks.
Clarified. Ia, Sept. 1o-Dr. A. w. Rey-
nolds, of Caledonia. is shy about $500 as
result of some one discovering the hid
ing place OF his money. According to the
doctor he put the money in a glass fruit
jar and buried 1t in a flower bed a few
feet from the 'front.' porch.
New York, Sept. 1O.-stefano Carrara,
who is on a special mission from the Ital- |
ian government. arrived yesterday on the
French liner Chicago on his way to Wash |
ington.
Atlanta. Sept. 10-Seizure of three hun |
dred shipments of whiskey and beer at
freight and express offices here resulted
from police investigation OF charges
that by use of fictitious names va
rious persons had brought in more than
the quota allowed under Georgias new
prohibition law. Two arrests have been
made.
Rockland, Ne, Sept. 1o-A top speed run !
at the rate of 32.7S knots. with an aver
age high speed run of 31.T knots, was !
made by the torpedoboat destroyer Da- |
Wis on her Standardization trials today. |
according to the figures given out today |
by her officers.
New York. Sept. lO-Michael Giannini. a |
strikebreaker in the employ OF the In
terborough Rapid Transit Company at its
fremont barns, at 1S0th street and La
Fontaine avenue. the Bronx, was shot |
twice in the abdomen last night while +,
500 strikebreakers were being paid of at
the barns.
New York, Sept 1O-saying that she !
had left home because of cruel treatment |
from her father and stepmother, Ada |
Tadenger. II years old, was taken to the |
East Fifty-first street station after she !
had asked a woman on the street for |
place to sleep and something to eat. |
She told the police that her father was a !
manufacturer of dresses. and since his !
second marriage she had not received |
either sufficient food or clothing
New York, Sept 1o-Thomas Bambrick, |
at Sing Sing. sentenced to die in the |
week of September L. through Alexander |
Karlin, his lawyer, of go Broadway. has |
obtained permission from Justice Philbin. |
in the Supreme Court. to talk with a
new witness.
New York, Sept. 1o-Edward ]. De /
Coppet. stock broker. who died April |
3d. 1916, left a total estate of Sl,561. .246, |
having a net value of s, ,f76,5SS, according |
to a transfer tax report filed with WILL !
lam Boardman, deputy State controller. |
Andre De Coppet, son, was named as the !
sole beneficiary by the will.
New York. Sept 1O-A legislative in
vestigatIon OF school conditions through |
out the State will be demanded by a |
committee which has been appointed to |
ascertain the views of Gov. Whitman and |
Samuel Seabury, his Democratic oppo-
nent.
Adrian. Mich, Sept 1O-Mr. Wallace
Page. known as the father of the wire
fence industry" died at his home here
today. He was 70 years old. One of his
fence factories is in Adrian.
Nyack. N. Y, Sept. 1o.-Mr. and Mrs
Arthur Merritt. Of Nyack. have announced
the engagement of their daughter, Miss
Florence Newton Merritt, to Lieut. Fran
els Dayton Clark, Seventh Regiment, N.
.G. N. Y.
thousand shopmen of twenty-five Western
railroads will strike at 2:3O o'clock to-
morrow afternoon, according to ]. A.
Cooper of Decatur, member of the gen.
eraI committee representing these shop
men.
Saratoga, N. Y. Sept. 1O-An increase
IN assessment ratios has been author
ized by the Supreme Council of the Royal |
Arcanum here. The new schedule, 1t was
said, provides a graded increase IN vir-
tually every class of insurance offered
by the order.
New York. Sept 1O.-A. M Hird, super
intendent of the disc manufacturing de-
partment of the Edison Company, of
West Orange, N. J., received a diamond
ring from his fellow workers as a token
of their esteem.
New York, Sept. 10.-A plea for a writ
of habeas corpus to release William
Hample from a sentence of three years
-, tha ronitcrtiNrv for passing a worth
less check for $3.50, his first offense, has