Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-30
News at a Glance

PITTsFIELD. Mass, Sept. 3O-LOuis
Tails, Italian laborer, forty years old, shot
his wife and killed himself in front OF the
Wendell Hotel early today. The woman is
likely to die.
POTTsvILLE, Pa, Sept. sO.-Fire of un-
known origin today destroyed the ma
chinery of the Home Laundry at Tamaqua.
The loss is $4,000.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3O.-The War De-
partment announced this afternoon that
Colonel Francis II. French, of the Army
General staff, would be chief of a board of
seven members named to test all makes of
machine guns, with view to making rec
concentrations for the Government $4,000
900 machne-gun purchase. Tests are TO
begin here on Monday.
wAsHINGTON, Sept. SO.-T. Dutton, of
New York, secretary of the Committee on
Armenian and Syrian Relief, this afternoon
appealed to the Navy Department for use
of a battleship to carry relief supplies to
Armenia and Syria. His request was de-
clined.
LONDON, Sept. sO-Twenty Norwegian
vessels valued at $685., 500 were sunk by
mines or torpedoes during September ac-
cording to a dispatch from Copenhagen,
The total value of Norwegian ships lost
since the outbreak of the war Is given at
SIT 500 900. The cargoes are valued at S12.-
100000
KANSAS CITY. Mo-. Sept. 3O.-GOld i'm
ports from Europe and Canada that yet
may be expected to come into the United
States were placed at $400,000,000 by f, j.
II. Won Engelken Director of the Mint,
Washington, d. c., who spoke at the closing
session of the convention of the American
Bankers Association. He said these figures
| had been given to him by financial agents
! of the Entente Allies in this country.
LONDON, Sept. 3O.-The London Daily
Chronicle says the food prices committee
| will recommend a meatess day each week
| for every one excepting manual laborers.
| II declares retailers are profitng excess
| sively Speed in building new merchantmen
| is urged. The seven committeeman will also
| recommend public control of the prices Of
! home e-produced food.
| PARIS, Sept. 3O.-General Pierre Giro
| don, one of the most brilliant of the younger
| generals brought out by the war was killed
\ on the Somme front on September 20. He
was a colonel at the outbreak Of hostlties
| and was appointed chief Of the staff of the
! Thirty-frst Army Corps, then Of the Balkan
| expeditionary force. He was shot through
| the lung in that expedition and on recovery
was placed In command of the Twelfth In
fantry Division
WASHINGTON, Sept. so.-The state De-
| partment today received confirmation from
| secret service agents in Mexico OF the battle
| between $50 Villistas. led by Villa in per-
| son, and the Carranza garrison Of $50 men
| at Cusihuirachic. southwest OF Chihuahua
| City. The Villistas were reported defeated
l by the Carranzistas, who retired" after
pursuing the bandits. The number of killed
| was not given, and the reported capture OF
! Baudelio Uribe, bandit leader was not men,
| toned.
LONDON, Sept. 80. - The American
schooner Matchless. which was taken into
| Lerwick from the fishing grounds of Ice
| land, has been released on the Norwegian
consignees OF her cargo of herrlngs giving
a bond that the FISH will not reach the Cen
trail Powers The schooner Maryland still
is being held
OTTAWA, Sept. s0.-Thomas white
Finance Minister of Canada. who has ad'
justed Canada's finances with a new $780,
900 600 loan and arranged an advance OF
S6Oo00.00O to Great Britain. is going &c
England. t
DAYTON, o., Sept. SOW. I. Dinner
president Of the Recording Computing Ma.
chine Company, is reported TO have signed
a contract with the American Can Company
TO supply II with improved Russian krupI
fuses, thereby enabling II 10 Iulnh snei
contracts with the Allies II Is believed h'
has also contracted with the General Elec
trlc Company.
CAIRO. Egypt. Sept. so.-At piac'
which can be designated only as some
where In Egypt" the British forces are es
tablishing what will be one OF the larges
and most completely equipped aviation
schools In the world.
NEW YORK, sept s0.-A ss.ooo.oo'
tweaty-story addition to the Hotel Wood
ward, Broadway and F'ifty-fourth street, I
70 be built BY Henry Ford for Thomas y
Green, proprietor OF the hostelry and presl
dent Of the Hotel Association OF New forl
city The buildings ON the proposed sit
are now being razed
WAY GROSS, Ga, Sept. so. = fsinas
Bosnorth, fourteen years old Of Tampa
Fla, Is dead today, the firet victim OF foot
ball this year, His skull WAS fractures
when he was tackled by two opponents
With his mother he was slsi'ips reietiye
here.
LONDON, sept. s0.--Lioyd's reports fh
sinking Of The British steamship kallus
l7lz tons ana the NoFwsslan steamship