Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-19
News at a Glance

Day
TRESToN. sent Ie.-PInns are being
perfected TO hold agricultural week heIe
next January during the annual meeting OF
the state Board OF Agriculture. Lhls sn ~
nouncement was made today by brectoI
Aiva Agree. of the state Department OF
AKrIculture The various agricultural or
aanizatIons are to be Invited 70 senn rep
resentatives The State board VIII meet
the third week In January or from january
~ to 20.
LONDON, sent. ie.--Msny lives have
been lost and enormous damage has oeen
caused near Gablonz, Bohemla, oy the
bursting OF a dam In the valley AZ Weissem
desse. The villages OF pesEenderf, Tiefen-
bach. Tannwald Sehumburg, schwaiow
Grossham'ner and HsraE are Inundated
CHRIsTIANIA, sept Ie.--Ministers rep
reEentInR Norway and Sweden met here to-
day for the first time since lVOo 10 DISCUSS
problems that have arisen from the war.
LONDON, Sent. Io.--Formai inquiry into
charges growing out OF the paroaneles
campaign was begun today. The hrst ses-
sion Of the Investigators was held in private
DULUTH, Sept. 10. - Carlo Tresca, OF
New York Sam Scarlett and Joe Schmidt,
|. w. w. organizers, must go to trial tonlor-
row for the alleged killing OF James {. MY
ron during the Minnesota iron ore strike.
Myron was a deputy sheriff. Attempts TO
have the indictments against the defendants
quashed failed, and each has entered q Tor
NAL plea of not guilty before Judge Bert
Feser.
BERLIN, Sent. 1O.-The former German
Minister to Rumania has arrived In SWEDEN
on his way home. He was delayed a week
on his journey through Russia at tleaborg'
Finland,
LONDON, Sept. I9-The commission for
relief in Belgium announces the completion
of arrangements to increase In the ocmins
year the relief measures for the population
of the occupied districts OF northern France
Negotiations for similar measures with re-
gard TO Belgium are under way.
OTTAWA sent 1p.--Sir Thomas TAFT.
formerly head OF the recruiting organiza-
tion of the Province OF Quebec, has been
appointed director general OF national serv-
ice, his duty being to report on the rumber
of men in Canada available for foreign mil
tary service and the number needed at
home for agricultural and industrial work,
including munition making.
DUBLIN, Sept. 1e.-Lieutenant Thomas
Michael Kettle professor OF economics I'm
the National University, has been killed in
of tho late Sheehy Skeffington, who was
shot during the recent uprising In Ireland.
In 1905 Professor Kettle made a tour OF
the United States in the interest OF the
Irish cause.
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 19-The Maestricht
Nouvelles says a general strike of miners
throughout the Belgian coal fields is In
progress The miners are asking for an
increase in wages because of the high price
of food
LAKE GEORGE, n. ", Sept. 19,-Sev-
enty Cornell University students. with com.
plete military equipment, arrived here after
march of more than one hundred miles
from the Plattsburg camp They expect to
reach Schenectady on Friday, when they
will entraln for Utica. BY that time they
will have covered about two hundred miles
by foot,
LONDON, Sept. 10.-Reuter's oorre-
spondent at Amsterdam forwards dis
patch stating that the Kaiser has decorated
Crown Prince Frederick William with the
order Pour lie Merlte. The Crown Prince
is commander on the Verdun front.
LONDON, Sept. ia successful raid
by British naval planes on German aero
dromes at st. Denis and Westrehem is re-
ported by the War Office The Admiralty
denies that any British ship was hit in the
German raid OF Flanders
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-The Turksh
| Government. It is reported in official quar-
| ters, is attempting to dominate the organi-
zation Of the Armenian Church, insisting
| that all bishops be of Turkish nationality,
nullifying the powers of the General As
| semby of the Church. established in 1878,
and claiming the right OF veto Of any cleo
tion of bishop.
PEKIN, Sept. Ie.-Pariiament has inter-
| rogated Chen Chin Tao, Minister OF Finance
concerning a reported $4,000, 900 loan agree
ment with Japanese bankers. the security
| oeng Yangtse Valley mines. Chen Chin
| Tao admitted signing the agreement but
| said II were merely an advance on an $780,
| 100000 japanese loan which IL pending.
| Many members Of Parliament and news
papers are charging the betrayal of China
to Japan through the granting TO Japan OF
| special privileges.
NEW HAVEN. Sept. Ie.-The treasurer
| OF Yale University at the meeting OF the
corporation reported that gifts and be-
quests received since the commencement
meeting aggregated s7i7,si3.2s.
MlLLViLLE, n. j., sept. I0.-struck by
an electric train on the West Jersey and
| Seashore Railroad, John u. FeEenbush aged
forty years, was instantly killed. The motor
man OF the train did not know OF the acct
dent, and Fegenbush's body was not dis
covered until early today.
SCRANTON, Sept, I0.--Many physicians
OF the state have arrived for the annual
sessions Of the Pennsylvania Medical soci.
ETY., which opens here today Dr. John b.
McAllister OF Harrisburg president, and DIR.
Charles A. E. Goldman. OF Phllade lphia,
president-elect, were among the earliest 70
| arrive.
hAhhisbUh0, sept. le-PTof. >. q.
Saunders, lately of the University OF Wis
eonsin. successor Of Prof, II. A. Surface as
state Economic zoologlst. has taken charge
OF his ONCE. Doctor Surface was removed
from once month ago by toe State
Asrlc1itural Commission. although no