Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-19
Neuos at a Glance

NEW YORK. Aug. 10. = Mrs. waldo
Pierce Of % East Ninth street qualiiieu n
today as an air pilot and VIII soon DC ,sis III
only licensed amateur woman pltot III t'i.9 a
country. She passed all the hylhB tes'' "'
the flying field near Mineola. So,
Mrs pierce is n daughter OF the late
| Isaac H. Rice, the inventor. Her husDanu hu
| is now with the American Ambulance Corps
| in France.
NORTHUMBERLAND, Pa, Aug. ie.--
Two hundred negro employees Of the Penn,
| sylvania Railroad Company struck Tor 1000
yesterday. They spent their wages anu
wero without food or funds Thelr ein-
| ployers furnished food and will deduct the
| cost from their wages
PHILL1PsBURG, n. j., Aug. 19.-The
body Of Harold Brown, 21 years old, was
| recovered today from the Delaware
River by his brother Russell who dislodsed
il from beneath two rocks where IL had
! been caught since Wednesday night, me ne
young man went swimming and when ne
did not return search was Instituted
NEW YORK, Aug 10.--Danger of an
other strike on the surface car lines OF
New York was minmlged today. the di-
rectors of the New York Railways Company
announced willingness TO arbitrate the ques-
cause they had been convicted of disorderly
conduct in the recent strike.
YORK, Pa, Aug. 10-warren Il. Fast
nacht, city electrician for 10 years was de-
posed by City Council today, and John l. |
Streblg, graduate electrician was APP
pointed to fill the vacancy at $1,000 year |
Fastnacht was charged recently with in |
attention to his duties He replied by criti- |
cizing Council for not furnishing him with |
sufficient help to keep the fire alarm and |
police telegraph system in repair.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10.-Captain A. E. |
Hakanson, of the Swedish h-American steam |
ship Stockholm Just arrived from Gothen-
burg, said the delay caused by the British
authorities OBTAINING the vessel 20 days at |
Liverpool had cost the company nearly
$500
YORK HARBoR, Me-, Aug. 10.-As n
measure of safety for the colony of summer
cottagers here. including the American AM
bassador to Italy, Thomas Nelson Page, and
other wealthy families the York Harbor
Health Department has quarantined the
families of Trying Brokaw and II. II. Bat
terman, New York millionaires, who arrived
here from the infantile paralysis infected
district in their private railroad coaches
The quarantine will be for 16 days.
HARRISBURG, Aug 19.-The nve offices
OF the bureau Of employment Of the Depart
ment of Labor and Industry during July |
found places for 1877 applicants for work
in this State, according to a statement made
by Commissioner Jackson. Requests for
375S employees were received last month
from employers, and 2O4S unemployed
persons applied for work.
LONDON. Aug. 19.-By q new order In
council Government ig nd |
the defense of the realm act to prohibit
from entering Ireland any person not n
British subject or who, being a British sub
ject. has since March l, 1916, come or may
hereafter come to the United Kingdom
from parts beyond the seas
HARTFORD, Conn, Aug. 10.-In the
event that Senator Mclean continues to
insist on withdrawing his candidacy for |
he Republican nomination for United States
Senator, those familiar with the situation
say an effort will be made to get an un-
lnimous Endorsement for former President
Taft
NEW YORK, Aug. 1O.-At the end of
two days firing of the 12-inch mortars at .
Fort Totten, Wilets Point late yesterday, ..
Colonel w. c. Ham, commandant, said the ,
test had proved satisfactory and there is no | /.
fear of New York city being attacked by I
SAhhIOGA, Aug. lO.-A FUND of $4,000
S provided to assist students at Cornell {
by the will of Charles T. Green, :
If Schuylervllle.
LONDON, Aug. 19.-The British customs
authorities have given notice to exporters
If spirits that the shipment must have a >
certificate showing that 1t complies with
ocal avs in regard to proper aging. This
rider is issued to meet the American GUS I
oms regulation that imported spirits must II
comply with the laws regarding aging en- C
orced in the country of origin. The British
aw specifies that spirits must not be sold
Until three years old.
HAVANA, Aug. 10.-Vics Admiral Con-
asy Palau, the umpire appointed by King
Alfonso of Spain in connection with the
Of disputes between Panama and
he United States over land in tho Canal
Zone, has arrived here from Panama and {
will sail soon for Spain. A Panama dis I
'atch on August IL reported that he may
lot return because the auditor of the !
ANAL Zone questioned his right to leave d
he Isthmus until the land disputes are +
ettled
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 10.-Two masked
len entered the offices of the Pittsburgh t
topper Company, near Shady Side Station, G
Oday and at the point of guns took q n
atchel containing SS25, from Paymaster +,
The robbers escaped. a
LONDON. Aug. ia Central News dis G
atch from Vienna says Emperor Francis n
oseph has presented his autographed por- a
rait to Ambassador Penfeld as a token of il
is appreciation for the work of the Ameri- II
an envoy. II
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