Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-29
News at a Glance

| WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-Under unan-
imous consent agreement, the House today
| passed resolution appropriating 1000, 900
| for construction of an international toll
| bridge across the Niagara River, with the
| American approach at Niagara Falls.
| HARRISBURG, Aug. 90. - James A.
Noecker, Schuyllill Haven, has withdrawn
as candidate for presidential elector on
the Democratic ticket
GIBRALTAR, Aug. 29.-The British
schooner Saratoga Springs was burned at
sea, when leak developed that made It
impossible to reach port The crew was
saved.
POTTsvILLE. Pa, Aug. 28.-After
working but one day, pending a meeting
to act upon an offer of the mine officials.
the 500 mine workers at No. 10 Colliery
of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com
pany, in the Panther Creek Valley, re-
fused to return to work this morning, and
the colliery is again idle. The miners de-
cline to set timber in the mine at the
price paid.
LONDON. Aug. 2e.-The Norwegian
steamship Renteria, 1902 tons. has been
sunk. Nineteen members of the crew were
saved.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-The widow of
Representative William c.. Brown, Jr., of
west NlTBlHlas knOWn on tne stage as
Izetta Jewell, TO whom Brown left many
millions, Is to be given $500 from the Fed
eral Treasury under the terms OF the gem
eral deficiency bill, That is the amount
customarily appropriated to the relatives
when Representative or Senator dies.
LANCASTER, Pa, Aug. 29.-Historie
Union Presbyterian Church, near Kirk
wood, is today celebrating it's hundredth
anniversary. The Rev. Maurice s. White is
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ministers of the church.
CHICAGO. Aug. 2s.-News of the safe
arrival at Nome, Alaska, of John Borden
millionaire Chicago sportsman. and his ex-
ploring party shipwrecked on the way from
Seattle has been received by Mrs. Borden
in cablegram from her husband.
BOSTON, Aug, 29-Plans for calling a
sympathetic strike to tie up virtually all
Maine's street railway systems were dis
eussed here by union leaders called together
TO receive reports on the situation at Ban
gor. where trolleymen are on strike to
force recognition of their union.
WINTHROP, Me-, Aug. s9.-In an ad-
dress delivered in the home county OF
Charles F. Johnson, Senator from Maine,
Secretary of the Navy Daniels ridiculed the
efforts OF Republican speakers to scare"
the voters by talk about Temporary pros
perity' and by prophecies OF hard times at
ter the war.
AMHERST. NeVa Scotia, Aug. 2s.-FOur
German prisoners of war who escaped from
the prison camp here last week have been
recaptured. Another ran when ordered TO
surrender and was killed by the guards.
LONDON, Aug. 20.-Ths British Admir-
atty has offielally denied a German report
OF last week that British destroyer aban-
doned by her crew and sinking had been
sighted east Of DoggeF Bank. mo British
destroyer is missing" the report declares.
EAST ST LOUIS. H., Aug. 20.-RsDrs-
sentatiYes of the Entente ALLIES are now
buying war horses here at the rate Of 1900
a week and the United States Government
Is buying 500 a week Since the war began
the Allies agents here have bought 2l6.0Oe
horses at an estimated cost OF SIS, ,o00,000.
NEW YORK. AUG. as.--A strike Of rain
coat makers here virtually was settled after
conference of union representatives and
manufacturers in which nearly all the work
ers, demands we're granted One thousand
strikers returned to work today.