The Washington herald., 1916-09-19
Telegraph Tips

New York. Sept. ls-Because his con-
gresaton was waiting for him Judge
Beall, Of Yonkers, yesterday rushed the
case of the Rev. Albert Keiber, Of Brook
Ilyn- arrested for speeding. and then
suspended sentence. Mr.. Keiber explain
ed that his accelerator stuck on a steep
grade and he was unable to stop.
Ossining, N. Y, Sept. 1S-Christopher
Dunn. the Brooklyn murderer, and three
other long-term convicts caught boring
their way through Sing Sing prison wall
yesterday In a plot to escape. were sus-
pended from the Mutual Welfare League
today. They are to be more severely
punished soon by being drafted to the
much-dreaded Clinton prison at Dame
mora.
London. Sept. H-Food riots have
broken out in Vienna, said a Geneva dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph today.
Beef Is selling at "a pound and rice
at S2 a pound. There is terrible distress
among families OF workingmen, the dis
patch added.
Greenvflle, Pa. Sept l8-Seven tons OF
honey were shipped from here by Edgar
| Williams, who received a check for e sOo
from the New Castle (Pa) buyers Of
the sweetness
New York, Sept. 1S-Mrs. E1eanore
Howley, Of Yonkers, lights the gas with
two-dollar bills, according TO the COM
plant of her husband. Thomas Howley.
IN court yesterday Mrs. Howley accused
her husband OF being mean and abu
sive." When Howley's turn came, he
charged her with reckless extravaSance-
and produced a charred bill as evidence
klamath Falls Ore, Sept ls-Several
hundred feet OF steel pipe, a pump and
numerous other articles used in drilling
and pumping by the United States Recla-
nation Service. now on the bottom of
Tule Lake on the Oregon-California line
south OF here, are soon to be raised to the
net.
| Birmingham. Ala, Sept D-Shorteee
OF unskilled labor in the Birmingham dis
| trtct is threatened because OF the exodus
OF between 1000 and 5000 negroes drawn
from this section by prospects on the
Pennsylvania Railroad. West Virginia
mines, and the coal fields OF Kentucky
and Pennsylvania
New York. Sept lS-Twelve thousand
FIVE hundred cases OF Dutch flower bulbs,
said TO be the largest cargo of its kind
ever imported into the United States on
one vessel, have arrived here on the EoI-
land-American freighter Poeldyke. from
Rotterdam.
New York. Sept. 1S.-seven thousand
Chandelier makers went on strike TO-
day for a 4s-hour week and an in
crease in pay.
Ottawa. Ont. Sept. 1S.-sir Thomas
TAFT has been appointed director gen
eral of recruiting in Canada
New York. Sept. 1S.-The New York
Central Pailroad this afternoon plIceo
orders for 23o locomotives. costing a
total Of Slo,ooo.ooo. The Lima Loco
motive Company, OF Lima, Ohio. will
build 116 OF the locomotives; the other
! half OF the order was placed with
the American Locomotive Company.
London. Sept 1s.-Lieut. RAYMOND
Asquith, son of the British premier,
has been killed at the front in ac-
ton. it was announced today. He was
| 3S years old
Harrisburg. Pa. Sept. 1s.-Prof. s.
J. Sanders. former State zoologist of
! Wisconsin. who was recently appoint
ed State zoologist of Pennsylvania, was
/ at his desk today for the first time
He will accompany Governor Brum-
baugh on the second agricultural tour
| OF the State tomorrow.
London, Sept 1s.-sir Cavendish
Boyle, who was governor of Newfound
land. 19Ol-1904. is dead here Sir Cav
! endish, who was born in 1s4e, was
knighted in 1S9s. He was Colonial
Secretary. Bermuda, 1SS2-Ss. and Gov
ernment Secretary in British Guiana
1S94-1901.
Long Branch. N. J., Sept. 1S.-The
police are searching for a thief who
broke into the home of Mrs Edward
| F. c. Young, at Oakhurst, Saturday
night, and carried off jewelry valuea
by Mrs. Young at $4,000. Shadow
Lawn, President Wilson's summer
home. is about a quarter mile from
the house which was robbed.
London Sept 1s.-sir Thomas Lau-
der Brunton. consulting physician to
St Bartholomew's Hospital, died on
Saturday. He was widely known as
writer on medical subjects.
Elkins, W. Va, Sept 1s.-Tbree man
! were drowned as result Of a cloud
burst at the head of Elk River. 40
miles south tof here. according to
information received today. A lum-
Der camp is reported to have been
washed away.
New York. Set 1a-Hls right arm in
exchange for the Croix De Guerre,
Frances most highly priced war medal,
was counted a good trade by Zinov
Pechkoff, son of Maxim Gorky, who ar
| ried here today on the French liner La
Fayette, on three months leave.
New York. Sept. IS-''Frequently we
tunneled so close to the German trenches
along the Somme that we could hear the
corks of the wine bottles popping" de-
clared Lieut.. L. NJ. Tobin, of the First
Canadian Field Engineers. who returned
today from the front on board the
Anchor liner Luscania.
Philadelphia, Sept. 1s.-Four lives were
snuffed out today when a big touring
car owned by Percy Saeger. of Pitts
burgh, was hit at Girard Junction, near
North Springfield, by a New York
Central train.