The Washington herald., 1921-09-18


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Somewhere about 100 miles south of the Ma
tonal Capital there earthquake last Monday
the seismograph at Georgetown University recording
it as severe disturbance. No reports of serious
damage in Mexico have been received. II is prob
able, scientists say that the shock occurred under
the sea.
Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of the former
President has purchased the handsome Stuyvesant
Fish mansion Fifteenth street, New York, oppo-
site Stuyvesant Park. She will occupy the place
next May when the present lease expires.
TWENTY-SEvEN BODIES were recovered from
i Chester Creek, Chester, Pa, where bridge
collapsed with persons Monday. An investiga-
ton to determine the cause and fix responsibility for
the tragedy is under way.
The Oldest man in the world passed his I33rd
birthday Sunday. He is "Uncle John" Smell. living
on Greasy Creek, near Heyden. KY hundred
years ago he was prominent with his father in the
gun manufacturing business. His grandparents came
from England 200 years ago and were founders of
several large oil businesses Some of his children
have died of old age bue he is the father of boy
now only Is years old His memory is good and he
can read without glasses. but his hearing is some
what impaired.
Several ships were saved from flames, but GOO
tons of coal and other property destroyed when
the North River docks caught FIRE Tuesday. Explo-
sion of petroleum gases wrecked six oil stills at
Halifax. N. S., causing injuries TO three persons and
100000 property loss.
Joseph Sorance became so tired of life in Sing
Sing prison that he sawed through the bars of his
CELL climbed out of trap door to the roof slid
seventy feet to the ground on telephone wire and
after sealing the prison wall eaped into the Hudson
River, escaping.
The keel of the fuel supply ship Kamoi, which is
to carry oil and coal for the imperial fleet of the
laid af amde T.
presence of number of Japanese naval officers
headed by Capt Osami Nagano attache OF the en-
bassy il Washington.
wv HEN the steamer Antonio Lopez set sail for
w Spain Wednesday it carried nearly 800 men,
mostly Americans who going to join the Spanish
foreign legion in the war against Morocco. They
were recruited in the United States, Porto Rico
Cuba and Canada, and were headed by Capt. Donald
MacGreagor, veteran of three wars, who signal
honors while serving with Canadian regiment in
France. The men were recruited through Spanish
consulates Each guaranteed approximately 90
cents day. which is nearly twice much as the
Spanish soldier receives. Two American negroes in
the party changed their minds as the ship about
to weigh anchor, and refused to go.
William Williams, former Democratic Congress
man at large from Illinois and boybood chum of
William J. Bryan, died suddenly Tuesday at his
home at Pttsheid Ill. He served term
member of the Fifty-sixth Congress
Henry III. Curran, coalition Republican will op-
pose John F. Hyan for reelection mayor of
New York. In Tuesdays primaries he polled 3I,oS4
more than all three of his rivals combined In
1913 John Purroy Mitchell, fusion candidate carried
the greater city by than $4,000 votes.
For the first time in history the high record of
100000 voltage, generated and transmitted, at
tanned by electric power plant-the Central Elec-
trio Company plant at Pittsfeld, Mass.-Tuesday.
The event marked great advance in electrical en-
gineerng and the result Of thirty years efforts.
An official OF the company said:
"Thc pressure of 100000 volts and
generated by transformer equipment designed along
standard lines with current at ordinary household
frequency of sixty cycles per second The physical