Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-17

especially bountful in Poland this year
| and apparently there Is plenty Of food
there, but the poor complain that they have
| not tasted meat for year. The Germans
are building roads around the city at a
| cost OF about sS,O00,000 to facilitate the
marketing OF the crops.
nATTIMoRE. Aug. 1.-THE $1,000 suit
brought by Mrs Mary w. Soho against Mrs.
| Helene Hemmeter, wife of the dean OF
| Maryland University for the alleged aliena-
| ton of the affections Of Mrs. Sohos husband,
Professor Aristo NJ. Soho, teacher Of mod
| ern languages at the City College, has been
settled. the amount agreed upon being
| $4,000.
NEW YORK. Aug. 17.--Five missionaries
attached to the Presbyterian Board of For
eiKn Missions left today on, the Danish
steamship oscar II for service in Persia.
The party consists Of Miss Leonore Scoebel,
OF Holton Kan the Rev. Ivan Otis Wilson.
Greenfield, O.. Miss Bertha E. Amerman
Auburn, N ", and Miss Georgia L. Nc
Kinney, Newton, Ind.
pIATTSBUHG, n. ", Aug. fT.--Iieu-
tenant Colonel Murray, who as camp COM
mander this summer has directed the train
ing Of nearly 10000 citizen soldiers. was re-
lievcd today Of his command on the recom-
mendation Of his physicians. General
Wood directed Colonel Murray to go to the
Walter Reed Hospital Mt Washington for
treatment and designated Lieutenant Colo
mel Daniel w. Ketcham, Coast Artillery
Corps as his successor.
Two hundred members Of the Cornell
Training Corps will arrive tomorrow MORN
ing.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1T.-The Comp
troller OF the Currency has made public the
results compiled from the reports of cond-
tlon of all national banks as of June 30. 1916.
The total resources of the national banks
of the United States on the date named
were s13,927, 100000, a reduction as COM
pared with May /. 1916, of 1859, 100000
and an increase as compared with June
90. 1916, of S2,13t, 100000.
RIO JANEIRo, Brazil. Aug. 1T.--The
hmerican Financial and Commercial Com
mission which is to visit South American
countries TO improve trade conditions with
the United States arrived here late yester-
day
NEW YORK. Aug 17.--PInns are being
made by the Spanish-American Iron Com
pany, which is allied with the Bethlehem
Steel Company, to erect n million-dollar
nodulizlng plant at FELTON,, Cuba, an ore
depot on the shores of Nipe Bay In
preparation for the construction work n
conference will be held by engineers and
CIltllllSlS vi lue Slecl company III II rev uUyS
CODY, wyo., Aug. 17.--Ned Frost, a
guide, and Ed Jones, cook, were brought
here suffering from serious injuries re-
Ceivcd in Il battle with n large female
grizzly bear near the Lake Hotel in
Yellowstone National Park Monday night.
Jones caught the bear raiding the commits
sary and the animal was mauling him
when Frost came to the rescue. Both were
badly Clawed before the bear was fright
ened away by tourists
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-Sergcant John
Kirk, L. S. A, retired. held n one-man pa
rade on Pennsylvania avenue here today in
momory of the time he marched Off to fight
the rebels" of the South. Sergeant Kirk
walked from the Capitol to Fifteenth street,
more than n mile. He wore his Grand Army
uniform and carried in his pocket n special
police permit to parade" Fifty-four years
ago Kirk then IL years old, Joined the 13Oth
Pennsylvania Infantry to fight in the Civil
War.
ROME. Aug. I7-At least four persons
were killed and 80 injured in the earthquake
at Rimini yesterday, according to informa-
tion received here today. Others are said
to be missing
BERLIN, Aug. 17-Turkey has been
granted a new loan of S125, ,000,0 900 by the |
German Government. About $4,000, 900 |
more will be furnished to the Ottoman
Government by syndicate of German and
banks.
DRESDEN, Aug. 1.-THE Saxon city Of
Weissensee has decided to erect a home for |
war widows The home will enable the
widows to keep their children under their |
care, instead Of having them sent to orphan
asylums.
BERLIN, Aug. 17.--As n result of the |
scarcity of meat the Germans now literally |
'eat crow" In the southern part of the
empire thousands of young crows are shot
In the forests and on the fields and brought |
to the market of the cities.
BERLIN, Aug. l7.-Since the ImpOrta-
tion of tea has been cut off by the British |
blockade, all kinds of substitutes have been |
tried, but few of them have proved salts
factory. Last spring experiments were be- |
gun with the young leaves of the grape |
vine and the result was surprising. It was |
found that the tea obtained from the leaves |
had an excellent flavor.
HARRISBURG, Aug. 1.-THE Harris |
burg Pipe and Pipe Bending Company, !
which recently finished 100000 shrapnel |
shells for the British Government. has an
nounced a new contract for 100000 high |
explosive steel forgings.
WASHINGTON, Aug IA record of |
all recent submarine attacks on merchant |
vessels is being compiled by the State De- |
partment, Secretary Lansing said today, |
but in only one case has it been found |
that Americans were involved. That case |
still is being investigated.
WASHINGTON, Aug. IA treaty be- |
tween Great Britain and the United States |
for protection Of misunderstanding birds on |
both sides of the Canadian boundary has |
been signed at the State Department by |
Secretary Lansing and Ambassador Spring |
Rice.
BoRDENTOWN, y. j.. Aug. Thames
of Bordentown, who has a wife |