Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-11
News at a Glance

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WARRINGTON. sept. ii.-E.cor,ed by
an honorary guard OF bluejackets and a
firing squad Of marines. the bodies OF Ave
OF the victims Of the wreck OF the armored
| cruiser Memphis were taken TO Arlington
today and buried there. The victims we're
Arthur n. Porter, Il. J. Quinn. NJ n. Town
send, l.. Crosier and a sailor whose body
was 30 badly mutilated that II could not be
Identified. The escort was In command OF
Lieutenant IT. c. Wick
NEWARK, DeI., Sept. ii.--Robert $.
Brookings, OF St Louis, native OF Cecil
County. Md. has established in Delaware
College a loan fund for worthy students
from Cecil County This gift will open the
door OF opportunity 10 many n young man
struggling for an education
READING, sept iI-whiIe walking
through the woods In the northeastern sec
tion OF the city here today two children
found the body OF Charles r. Peterson. sew
enty-six years old. hanging from the limb Of
a tree. a moose around his neck and his feet
almost touching the ground.
READING, Sept. II.-Mrs. Florence
Young. nineteen years old. attempted To
commit suicide at her home today by taxi
ing dose OF poison. following a quarrel
with her husband. Warren Young. The
young woman was rushed 10 St Josephs
Hospital. where she is reported TO he in
critical condition. The family moved here
from Coatesvlle a month ago.
READING, sept. 1.-THE Motion rIc-
ture Exhibitors League OF Reading COM
posed of propretors Of all the motion pic
ture houses OF Reading. sout a communica-
ton today to state Health Commissioners
Dixon, asking that the ban against chill
dren attending the theaters on account of
the infantile paralysis epidemic be lifted.
SEATTLE, sept II.--John Borden, NIL
llonaire Chicago sportsman, who set out
few months ago In an effort to discover
the fate of the Stefansson expedition In the
Far NORTH. has abandoned his trip for this
year and Is returning from Nome, Alaska,
according TO cablegram received here to-
day. Borden's schooner, the Great Bear
was wrecked n few weeks ago on St Mat
thew's Island and members Of the party
narrowly escaped with their lives. Borden
has announced his Intention Of renewing the
search next year.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 1I.-Vice President
Marshall has so far recovered from the ILL
ness which kept him confined to his bed all
of Sunday that he will leave St Louis to-
day for Joplin, Mo The Vice President will
speak at Democratic rally tomorrow.
NEW YORK. Sept. 11.-sixty-six new
cases Of infantile paralysis and twenty
three deaths were reported today for the
last twenty-four hours. This is a slight
increase In deaths but a marked decrease
in new cases over the preceding day.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-THE bursting
Of steam pipe at the Capital traction
plant flooded the cabin of a canal boat
moored alongside today, killing Sara Spong
aged SIX and probably fatally injuring her
mother and two brothers All were asleep
when the accident occurred and the mother
struggled for ten minutes before she sue
ceeded in opening the cabin door.
COLUMBIA, s. g., Sept. 1l.-Partisans
Of Governor Richard |. Manning and ex-
Governor Cole b. Blease both predicted VIC
tory for their candidates in tomorrow's sec
ond primary election. Nomination is equiv
OssINING, n. ", Sept. 1I.-BIasts from
the prison siren today announced that an
other convict had escaped from Sing Sing
the sixth in seven weeks. The missing
prisoner is Emil Schulz. who had served
one year of three and one-half years sem
tence. How he escaped has not been made
known.
NEW YORK. Sept. 11.-Regis II. Post,
former Governor of Porto Rico and once
military secretary to Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt, was today appointed private sec
retary TO the former President He began
his work in Colonel Roosevelt's Newk York
ONCE today. t>'.
LAREDO, Tex, Sept. I1.-The operations
OF bandits in Mexico have been more pro-
nounced and frequent in the last two or
three weeks. according to passengers COM
ing from various points in Mexico. A few
days ago bandits wrecked a train not far
distant from the Mexican capital. The
wreck exacted a toll of eleven lives, all OF
them Mexicans Last Saturday two at
tempts were made TO stop trains in northern
Mexico-one near Morales, not far from
Monterey, and the other at San Jose juno
tion near Mexico City and San Luis Potosi
All trains operating in central Mexico are
now guarded by from fifty to one hundred
soldiers.