The Washington herald., 1917-03-28
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harr1sDurg, "a, March G.-Following
two hours contest on the floor of the
house. and after efforts to change the
unit from counties to cities. boroughs
and townships had failed, the house today
defeated the Vickerman local option bill
by a vote Of y to 127.
Chester. Pa, March 27.-After being
missing for several hours, the dead body
of Edward Nodes was found In a barn
today. The police are investigating the
mans death.
London. March 27.-The Austrian Reich
strath has been summoned to meet in
Vienna the first fortnight in May, says
a press dispatch from Amsterdam today.
New York, March T-The United
States coast guard cutter Seneca has
been sent to the aid of an unidentified
steamer reported sinking of Stapleton,
on Staten Island.
Amsterdam. March T.-The Turkish
minister of war, Enver Pasha, has ar
rived in Berlin for q council with the
German war Office on the situation in
Mesopotamia and Armenia, says a dis
patch from the German capital today.
Cleveland, Ohio, March 27-Two men
were killed and another seriously wound
ed in a gun fight in the streets here to-
day. Six men and four women partici-
pated In the gun play, which followed
an all-night orgy.
London, March 27.-Four thousand Ger
man soldiers have fled across the frontier
into Holland, their flight being impelled
by hunger. says a dispatch from The
Hague today.
London, March 27.-Although railway
traffic has been enormously curtailed
since the beginning Of the year to ia
ciitate the movement of war supplies
and troops. more passenger trains are to
be taken of soon. The changes for April
include q reduction Of passenger service
and freight traffic on the Great Western
system and the Lancashire and York
shire system.
New York, March 27.-Polce today are
searching for a $4,000 necklace and other
jewelry valued at $4,000, stolen from the
home OF William McNair. The robbery
took place While Mrs. McNair was absent
from home.
London. March G-It is announced that
tenders for $25OOO0.000 treasury bills will
be received by the Bank of England on
March 80.
New York, March 27.-Plans for tenn
porary hospital buildings in addition to
the permanent buildings at st. Luke's
Hospital are in the making today. Ar
rangements are being made to make st.
Luke's a huge base hospital in the event
Of war, and an augmented corps OF sur
geons Ii already being enrolled.
London, March H-Andrew Bonar Law,
chancellor Of the excheQuer and member
Of the British war council, has announced
that the government would introduce to-
day a bill further extending the life Of
the present Parliament which otherwise
would expire In April
Kansas City, March N.-Permission to
organize the Sioux Indians into regi-
ments in case Of hostilities will be asked
of the government by William Harrison,
Sioux Indian chief and lawyer. He
said he could recruit 5000 or $4,000 In
dians
Milford, Conn.,, March 27.-Annie Uher-
nowski, Z years old, is dead, her 13-
months-old sister. Julia, Is dying, and
her youngest brother is suffering from
burns. Kerosene exploded while Annie
was trying to start a fire in a stove.
Red Wood Falls, Mimi, March ~
William Kleeman, a young farmer, who
lived near Clement, killed his wife and
four children with an ak, then hanged
himself. The six bodies were found Mon
day.
Paris, March 27.-The Credit Foncier
new loan of $120,o0o,000 51-2 per cents, is
sued at $56 for a SEQ bond, has closed
The subscriptions exceed $500 900 600