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The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
MAYDEADLOCK
ON HALF PLAN
Conferees Unlikely to Reach
Agreement in Near Fu-
ture, Is Belief.
BY ANDREW n. KELLEY.

The District of Columbia appropriation
bill went to conference yesterday with
every indication that the conferees will
have extended discussion before a COM
mon ground for the Senate and House is
established.
Representatives Page. Anderson, Of
Minnesota, and McAndrews are the
House conferees. and they are said to
be prepared to insist that the House pro-
visions, which were amended materially
by the Senate. be restored.
The first fight in the conference will
come on the Senate amendment retain
ing the half-and-half principle of ap-
preparation. The vote on this question
will develop a deadlock. according to
well-informed members OF the House
last night. who declared that the dis
crepancies between the House and Senate
draft of the District measure are such
that 1t is impossible for the conferees
to agree to bill.
Members of the District Committee of
the House are insistent that it is time
for the government to wipe out the half
provision in favor of a plan that
places increased taxation on the Dis
trict, and this feature OF the House
draft Will be one on which 1t Is not
believed the House conferees will recede.
General opinion appears to support the
belief that there will be no District ap-
preparation bill passed until at least De-
cember. On so many material facts are
the House and Senate hopelessy at issue
that it is doubtful that they will reach
at this session a bill universally salts
factory
The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
TAKE
FEARFUL TOLL
Nine Vessels Sunk, Two Cap
tured and One Grounded,
Says Lloyd's.

London. Aug. Anime ships sunk, two
captured and taken into a German port.
and one grounded compose today's list of
lost vessels, given out by Lloyds. OF the
ships sunk seven were British, one Ital-
ian and one Japanese.
While in the case OF some Of them the
cause of destruction is not definitely
known. German submarines are believed
to be responsible for all of the nine
sinkings. .
The Swedish vessel Bror Oscar and the
Finnish ship Posrbrahe, both Of which
had been previously reported sunk, were
seized by the Germans and taken into
Swinemuende. The Bror Oscar is a ves-
sci of 36S tons gross. was built in 1865,
and halls from Stockholm.
The British vessel Niger. of $50 tons
gross. ran ashore at Accra and is a total
wreck. The passengers have been
landed
The British ships reported sunk are
the trawlers Lucania. Merchant Prince
and Olympia. the sailing vessel G. C.
Cradwell and two schooners. The Mer-
chant Prince was of 100 tons gross. built
in 1898. and hailed from North Shields
The Olympia was of 221 tons, built in
1905 and hailed from Grimsby.
The German admiralty announced to-
day that eight sailing vessels and a
steam trayer were torpedoed by a Ger
man submarine off the English east coast
on July 2S.
The Norwegian steamship Stem, of I,O45
tons gross. haiIing from Bergen, is re-
ported to have been sunk
Lloyds further announced the loss of
the Italian steamer Citta Di Messina, of
2.4d tons, and Of the Kohina Maru, a
Japanese vessel of 1,162 tons, last report
ed sailing from Barry to Bizerta, Tunis,
on July IA.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
BEGIN MEDIATION
To AVERT STRIKE
p OF RAIL WAY MEN
F ed eral Commissioner and
Conference Committee Start
Work of Pacifcation.

Commissioner @. W. Hanger, of the
United States Board Of Mediation and
Cancellation, left Washington yesterday
for New York in response to a plea for
mediation made Jointly by the special
conference committee OF the Railways
and switchmen's Union OF North America.
Conferences between the two parties
and the Federal mediator began last
night at the Manhattan Hotel. New York.
The request for the boards services
were contained in the following TELEGRAM,
received yesterday. being signed by
Horace Baker. chairman OF the speciaI
conference committee Of the railways.
and S. Z. HeberIing. international prest-
cent of the switchmen's Union Of North
America:
"A controversy having arisen between
certain railroads represented by the spec
ial conference committee Of the rail-
ways and certain OF their employes en-
gagged In yard service represented by the
switchmen's Union Of North America
a failure TO secure settlement Of which
would interrupt the traffic Of said rail-
roads, the undersigned. representing re-
sPectively the railroads and the en-
ployes involved. hereby Join in REQUEST
ing your friendly Offices for the purpose
Of bringing about an amicabIe adjust
ment Of the matters in controversy.
Representatives OF the respectIy.
parties to the controversy are now in ses-
sion In New York City and would ap-
preciate IT IL a representative Of your
board could Immediately meet US IN con-
ference here The address OF the special
conference committee OF the railways
CONTINUED on PAGE TWO
The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
CONCLUSION OF BRAIN
DOESN'T KEEP HIM DOWN
Special to The Washington Herald.

Special TO The Washington Herald
Philadelphia, Aug: 4.-Although suffer
ing from conclusion of the brain, Will
liam Mclaughlin, 2S12 West Seybert
street, walked out of the Germantown
Hospital today, despite the protests OF
the physicians
McLoughlin was employed as a laborer
on a concrete mixer. This mixer is
twenty feet high, and Mclaughlin fell
from the TOP, landing on his head.
He was taken in a ambulance to the
Germantown Hospital and in an hour
regained consciousness.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
MORE HOT, STICKY DAYS;
NO RAIN Is IN SIGHT

Regardless of the fact that few resi-
dents Of the Capital were pleased with
the hot and sticky weather of yester-
day afternoon, the weather man stated
last night 1T was a good sample Of what
we could expect for the next two or
three days
He said he saw no rain in sight,
promised little change In temperature
either one way or the other, and said
that Gen Humidity will be with US
for a few days yet.
The cool spell that followed the re-
cent record-breaking hot wave which
sWept the entire Middle West has passed.
and the weather specialists say another
hot seige is in sight. This one. they
promise will not be SO severe as the
other.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
GOTHAM CARMEN
DECLARE STRIKE
Giant Attempt Started to Par.
alyze All Surface Lines
in Manhattan.

(By the International News service.)
New York, Aug. NtSaturday).-A car
strike intended to paralyze all surface
lines in the borough of Manhattan was
ordered last night.
1t went into operation Immediately.
Every surface line, except the Second
Avenue system, was tied up.
After midnight the employees of tho
New York and Queens County Railway
held a meeting with the intention Of Grip
pling by a strike order all the lines in
Queens borough.
The $500 employees OF the New York
Railway Company resolved on the strike
order at meeting In Lyceum Hall at
$50 o'clock last night.
The meeting followed a day of sus-
pense. An ultimatum had been delivered
to Frank Headley. general manager of
the New York Railways Company. He
had been given until O'Clock to reply.
After the time had expired he sent a
letter. conciliatory in tone, but fatly
refusing to deal with his employees as
members of a union.
The demands made in the letter were:
l. The right to organize without inter-
ference from the company.
2. The privilege of meeting officers Of
the company for arbitration of all differ
ences.
g. New rate of wages for three sets of
employees, (a) motormen and conductors
of electric cars, 30 cents an hour for the
first year and 30 cents thereafter; Cb) mo-
tormen and conductors of storage bat.
terry cars. Is cents the first year and 30
cents thereafter; (c) drivers and con-
ductors Of horse cars. Is cents for the
first year and % cents thereafter.
His letter was submitted to the meet
ing. and Joseph Collins, one of the gen.
eral organizers and chairman Of the
gathering. asked the 2.5O0 men What Is
your pleasure, gentlemen"
Strike! Strike! Striker came from all
the men assembled there.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
TEUTONS CHECK
RUSSIAN DRIVE
Muscovite Forces Hurled Back
400 Yards in March
Toward Kovel.
CBy the International New.

(By the International News service.)
London, Aug. 4.-For the first time since
the Initiation of Gen. Brusilor's offensive
on June the Russians have suffered a
serious reverse. Tonight's Petrograd war
office statement admits that the Muscovite
forces attacking the great Volhynian rail
way center. Kovel. from the west were
driven from the village of Rudka-Nirvan-
kaia, nineteen miles from Kovel, and
compelled to retire between 400 and 500
yards to the east
This first successful counter blow by
Gen. Won Linsingen came within less than
twelve hours after an official bulletin
from Berlin had given the news that
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg had been
placed in supreme command of the entire
battle line in the east
The Teuton success is believed to usher
in a huge counter offensive with a view
TO saving the four great cities now Sc
riously menaced by the Russians-Kovel
and Vladimir-Volhynski. in VoIhynia; ;
Lemberg. capital of GaIicia, and Stanis-
lau. in the southeastern part of the
crown-land.
Rudka-Nirvankaia is a small town sit
uatsd on the Stavok River, tributary to
the Stokhod. The battle which resulted
in the Russian withdrawal ragged through
out the night.
1t was at this point, between the Kovel-
sarny and Kovel-Rovno railways. that
the Russians stood nearest TO Kovel, af-
ter crossing the Stokhod
The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
AUTOS PURSUE
FIVE BANDITS
Detroit Police Search for Des,
peradoes Who Robbed Paw
Car in Daylight.

(By the International News Service)
Detroit. Aug. 4-Somewhere in the VI
cinity of Walled Lake tonight five dar-
ing bandits were reported speeding north
ward across Oakland County with s37 900
which they snatched from the car of the
paymaster of the Burroughs Adding Ma
chine Company on Burroughs avenue, in
Detroit, this afternoon.
Other reports said the bandits were
dashing westward across Washtenaw
County and were sighted near Ann Ar
Dor.
Pursuing them were nine automobiles
filled with officers from Detroit, one of
which was following the Ann Arbor route,
while the others were securing other
roads radiating to the west and northwest
from Detroit The robbery was the most
daring and spectacular in the history Of
Detroit
The five desperados, armed with re-
volvers and rifles, held up and robbed
the pay car of the Burroughs Company
within full view of hundreds of persons
in the streets. Rudolph Cooper, one of
the Burroughs guards. was shot and ser-
ously injured.
One of the bandits is believed to be
Clyde Stratton. who escaped Sunday night
from Joliet penitentiary.
So far as could be learned tonight, none
of the searching parties had sighted the
Ford car described as bearing the license
number Michigan, 1854. in which the
hold-up men fled.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
CUT SUNDAY RATIONS TO
CURE HORSE PARALYSIS

Special to The Washington Herald.
New York, Aug. 4.-Hundreds Of en-
ployes of the city Of New York eat
their heartiest meals. as do most other
folks. on Sundays. But this is not true
of the animal employees of the city Of
New York. On Sundays the municipal
horses have a reduction in rations This
is due directly to an equine disease
similar to the infantile paralysis now
epidemic.
All this comes out with the complaint
Of an animal lover that the city was
mistreatng its equine charges by under
feeding on the Sabbath. John T. Fethers-
ton. commissioner of the street cleaning
department, which uses the most of the
city horses. says 1t is true.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
WILCOX GOES WEST
TO SETTLE DISPUTE
CBy the International New. Service.

CBy the International News SeryiceD
New York, Aug. 4-Chairman Wilcox
will try to settle the Chicago Republican
National Committee headquarters mud
die by a visit to that city. He starts to-
morrow night.
The chairman has wired Senators Sher-
man and Warren, Mayor Thompson, for
mer Senator Hemenway, John T. Adams,
Joseph P. Keating, and other leaders to
meet him Sunday and see If an agreement
cannot be reached as to who shall run
the Middle West campaign.
Chairman Wilcox will meet Charles
E. Hughes at Chicago Tuesday.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
MILK RATE TOO HIGH;
BABIES DRINK BEER

IBy the International News service.)
Bayonner N. j.. Aug. 4.-Oficials to-
day are trying to solve the problem Of
putting babies on the dairy wagon. DR..
w, w. Riba, medical examiner. submit
ted report to the board of directors
of the City's Child Welfare Station show
ing that many babies in the foreign
section OF the city are tipplers.
The little ones are started out on a
cheap diet Of beer. the report says, long
before they reach the age when they
can place their feet on the shiny brass
rail.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
REGAIN
THIAUMONT AND
MOST OF FLEURY
Desperate Fighting Results in
Recapture of Positions
Earlier Evacuated.
CBy the International News servieeD

CBy the International News Service.)
London, Aug. 4-Thousands OF men
fought desperately today on the one-mile
front from Thiaumont to Fleury with
the result that the French tonight are
again in possession OF the Thiaumont work
and the greater part Of FTeury.
The battle which has ragged without a
days is still proceeding. The French and
Germans are attacking almost incessant-
ly, while the big guns can be heard more
than one hundred miles away.
The French resistance OF this. the latest
and one of the greatest of the German
efforts to smash into Verdun. is taking
the form of terrific counter-attacks. Not
only have the Germans been held COM
pletely in check by the heroic defense
but the French have made imposing gains
fed section OF the entire Meuse battle
field.
Following the capture of Fleury yester-
day afternoon and the Thiaumont work
last night. the French were forced to
evacuate both positions. They were driven
from Thiaumont by the terrific German
bombardment. and strong counter-attacks
forced them to cede practically all OF
Fleury.
Today. however. they renewed their at
tack. In the afternoon. charging with the
bayonet, French infantry won back the
ruined battIements of Thiaumont. while.
by a furious massed attack across the
debris Of Fleury. they recaptured all but
the outskirts Of the village.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
WAR UNTIL
ALLIES WIN
King George Announces His
Determination to Fight
Until Victory Appears.

CBy the International News servIce.)
London, Aug. liking George sent the
following message to the sovereigns and
beads of the allied states. dated August
,, midnight:
On this day, the second anniversary
Of the commencement Of the great con-
fiict in which my country and her gal
liant allies are engaged, I desire to con-
ve- to you my steadfast resolution to
prosecute the war until our united ef-
fo.ts have attained the objects for which
We in common have taken up arms.
7 feel assured that you are in accord
with me in the determination that the
sacrifices which our valiant troops have
so nobly made shall not have been Of
fered in vain, and that the liberties
for which they are fighting shall be fully
guaranteed and secured"
simultaneously. the King sent a mes
sage to the King Of the Belgians, as
follows:
'On this, the second anniversary Of
the day my country took up arms to
resist the violation of the neutrality of
Belgium, I desire to assure your ma
jesty Of my confidence that the united
efforts Of the allies will Iiberate Bel
GUM from the oppression Of her ag-
gressors, and restore her to the full en-
Joyment Of national and economic inde-
pendence.
Il also desire to convey to your niaJes-
ty my deep sympathy in the grievous
trials to which Belgium has been so un-
Justly subjected and which she has borne
with such admirable fortitude."
The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
FIRES AT MAN in FIGHT
OVER 11-CENT DEBT
Special to The Washington Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Philadelphia, Aug. 4-Rafael Carratto
caused great deal of excitement today
when, armed with a revolver. he went in
pursuit of Joseph Herman, % years old
who has been a steady patron at Car
ratios poolroom.
Herman owed Carratto II cents. When
he entered the poolroom today, Herman
left Il cents on a table. Carratto d,d
not see the money. and he and Herman
became involved in a quarrel over the
debt. Carratto produced a revolver and
Herman fed. Carratto fred three shots
The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
DEUTSCHLAND SAFE AT SEA.
''No Doubt About IT," Say, Cant.
Hfnch
lie Washington Henn.

SPECIAL 10 The Washington Hezh.
Baltimore, Aug 4-Cspt Frederick
Hinch, who went on board the tug Thos.
F. Timmons to the open sea with the
German submarine Deutschland and was
the last man TO wave farewell to Capt.
Paul Koenig. was back this morning In
the Hansa Haus.
There is nothing which I can add to
what said in Norfolk yesterday" said
Capt. Hinch. The Deutschland Is now
in the open sea. bound home. There "a
no doubt about that When / last saw
her she was two miles beyond Cap.
Henry and going down"
The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
Teutonic Powers Lose
100000 Men in go DAYS
(By International News Service,

(By International News Service,
London, Aug. At is stated
by a reliable authority that
Austria and Germany, since
June 4, have lost on the east
ern and western fronts, not
including the Italian front.
$4,000 officers and men in
prisoners, and 10000 in killed
and wounded, representing a
permanent loss of 10000
In addition, they are said to
have lost 600 guns and 1900
machine guns. The German
estimate of the British and
French losses on the Somme
is declared to be a gross ex-
aggeration.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
BRITISH AIR SQUADRON
BOMBS AERODROME
CBy the international N.,.u s.

(By the International News servicel
London. Aug. 4-The British Admiralty
today issued the following statement:
''On August successful attacks by our
naval aeroplane squadron were carried
out on the enemys aerodrome at st.
Denis, Westrem, and ammunition sheds
at Mierelbeke. About two tons of bombs
were dropped on objectives. Consider
able damage was done.
"one of our fighting machines is miss
Ing. 1t is believed to have been shot
down. The remainder returned undam.
aged"
The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
CANADIAN CROPS
KILLED BY HAILSTORM

CBy the International News service)
Winnipeg, Aug. L-Estimstes made
today indicate that terrific haflstorm
which swept northern Saskatchewan last
night caused millions of dollars dam
age.
At Rosthern. one of the greatest sec
tions for wheat-growing in the world.
the crop was destroyed.
At Balcarres, every window in the town
facing the vast was smashed by the
hail stones. Railroads report that win
dows OF passenger trains were smashed.
Thousands of acres were levelled.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
SHACKLETON FAILS TO
RESCUE ICEBOUND MEN


(By the International News servfce.l
Port Stanley, F. l., Aug. 4.-Sir Ernest
Shackleton has returned here, having
failed in his third attempt to rescue the
party Of Antarctic explorers left on Ele-
phant Island.
He is now awaiting the arrival Of a ne
lief snip, the Discovery.
Sir Ernest came back under sail In
the vessel Emma. Ice jams had put her
machinery out of commission. Huge
ice packs and strong gales kept the
vessel from approaching anywhere near
Elephant Island.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
STEAL RIDES; TWELVE FINED.
Workmen Punished for Beating
Way to Work

New York. Aug. 4-Twelve men, most
of them longshoremen, were today fined
81 each by Magistrate Marsh in the JEFF
ferson Market Police Court, when ar
raigned, charged with stealing rides
on New York Central trains.
The arrests were in connection with a
crusade begun by the railroad police to
break up the practice of workingmen
beating their way on early morning
trains.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
IS SHIPS SUNK IN 3s HOURS,
German U-Boats Sink Two More
British NexesIs

London, Aug. A dispatch to Lloyds
this evening reported the sinking of the
British steamer Badger and sailing ship
Ivo by German submarines.
They brought the total ships reported
sunk by submarines in the past thirty
eight hours up to eighteen.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
WANTS HUSBAND BACK.
Wife Pleads for Court to Return
Him without AIimony.

special to The Washington Herald
Bayonne, n. J., Aug. 4-"Hey. mister,
i don't want this aIirnony. You can take
1t and give me back my husband"
Mrs. Mary Maetto hus addressed Pro-
bation Officer Arthur Thornton here.
She and her husband had been separated
for year and the husband had been
ordered to pay her IS weekly.
The probation officer communicated with
the husband. but he refused to return.
His wife went home crying.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
INJURED SAVING DOG.
Boy Rescuer of Pet Animal Hit by
AutOmobfIe

Amboliso, years old, sent him
bull pup few days ago from Buffalo.
The pup ran into the roadway in front
Of the boys home, the Bronx. and James
saw an automobile bearing down on his
pet.
Running into the street, the boy seized
the dog, but was himself hit by the
automobile.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
TONS OF WRITING
MATERIAL FOR ARMY
Special to The Washington Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald.
New York, Aug. 4-Ten tons of
envelopes and twenty-five tons of letter
paper have been sent to the army Young
Mems Christian Association branches on
the Mexican border for the use of the
militia and regulars.
The writing material was contributed
by well-known paper FIRMS 600 ooO
envelopes by one concern and 500. 600
Letter heads BY snothsx,
The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
His Bed Is in Auto.

New York, Aug. 4-George w. Thomas,
of Scranton, Pa. who weighs 400 pounds
and who has been paralyzed in both legs
since infancy, saw the lights of this city
from a bed in an automobile,
The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
SAND BURIES BOYS.
Bank Caves In and Youths Arr
Caught I'm Slide.

Trenton, n. J., Aug John Borl1an,
II years old, is in critical condition In
St Francis Hospital and his churn,
Dominick Stump, is badly bruised as the
result OF a cavern OF a sand bank.
Both boys were buried. but Stump man.
aged to make an opening in the eand and
call for help. lie Roy Coleman, inspector
OF construction work for the Pennsylvania
Railroad, and gang Of men. heard the
shouts and went TO the rescue.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
SAVES BABE FROM DEATH
Mother Leaps Into Water to Re.cp.
Her Child,

Railway. N. j., Aug. AIRS. George
Metcalf saved her 4-year-old son, John
from drowning in the Railway River yes-
terday. IT,.
The child jumped into the water and
the mother. frantic. leaped in after him
She got hold of the boy and was strup-
Cling to get him to shore when Police
sergt- Thompson and Carl Aszman an.
peared and rescued him.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
FIRE SWEEPS HOME FOR BLIND,
sfghtless Men and Boys Had just
Been Dismfssed

New York. Aug. 4.-Ten minutes .fte,
score of sightless men and boys had
been dismissed the Industrial Home for
the Blind, Brooklyn. was swept bv
flames.
The building was ruined and two ad-
jacent tenements were damaged before
the flames were controlled.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
TIRED OF WIFE IN a DAYS.
Husband Got Drunk aud Left Her.
Woman Tells Court

Baltimore, Aug. E.-"Twenty-four days
after was married my husband drew his
wages, got drunk and then said he would
never come back to me because he was
tired OF supporting me-
Lille NJ. steever told this story to the
examiners when she filed bill for an
absolute divorce from George NJ. Steever.
charging him with desertion. The divorce
was granted.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
G0RED TO DEATH BY BULL.
Wealthy Politician Meets Death in
Barnyard.

Catskill, n. Y. Aug. 4-Isban Hess. rs
years old, collector of internal revenue
under President Cleveland and senator
from Albany District for two years, was
gored to death by bull late yesterday
afternoon in the barnyard of his large
farm at South Durham. Greene County.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-05
DYE VAT EXPLODEs; Is HURT.
One Probably Fatally Injured in
$4,000 Blast.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y, Aug. 4.-Fifteen
men were injured, one probably fatal
ly. by an explosion in dye vat at
the plant of the Standard Aniline Pro-
ducts Company at Wappingers Falls to-
day.
Windows were broken throughout the
village The damage is estimated at $780,
900.