Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-31
News at a Glance

READING, Pa, Aug. s1.--Elsie Reddig
| Is wears old, daughter Of John Reddig
committed suicide by swallowing two ounGes iS,
| Of laudanum at her home here tousy' o ont
died az St Joseph's Hospital an hour atteI
taking the poison without regalhlnt
| consciousness.
LONDON, Aug. s1.--An additional allow
ance, not TO exceed half crown week
| is to be made to old age pensioners as
result of the agitation which has been
made over their suffering because Oh the
| increased prices of necessaries.
PARIS, Aug. si.-speaking on behalf of
Pope Benedict, Cardinal Gasparri. inter-
| viewed by a special correspondent OF the
| Paris Journal discussed the possibilities OF
| Frances resumption of diplomatic relatlons
with the Vatican. Cardinal Gasparri sald !
We think It is possible and we would pe n,s
delighted. All depends upon the French
Government. 1t will not forget the patriot
ism of her priests under fire.
ST. PAUL, Mimi. Aug. 3i-An the
larger hotels at Yellowstone National PARK
in Montana and wyoming will close tomor-
row, agents for II. w. Chllds president or
the owning company, announced today be-
cause of unsettled transportation conditions.
The hotels usually remain open until
September Is.
NEW NOhh, aug. 6l.-hehNH uephr'-
ment officials were much encouraged today
with the infantile paralysis report, which
showed decrease of 20 in the number Of
new cases and one less death, as compared
with yesterday. Today's figures were so
new cases and 81 deaths.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 81. - President
Wilson today signed the Ericsson bill. APP
propratlng $4,000 for the erection in wash
ington of a statue to John Ericsson inventor
of the Monitor.
JOHNSTOwN, Aug. 31.-The convention
of the League of Third Glass cities of
Pennsylvania has selected Hazleton for
the next gathering, after a spirited contest
between that city, Erie and Harrisburg,
PITTSBURGH. Aug. s1.-with works OF
Beethoven, Wagner Dvorak and Liszt mas
terfully played by Wassii Leps and his or
chestra in the music hall, and with scores
of novel exhibits spread to view in two
brilliantly lighted buildings at the Point,
the twenty-eighth annual season of the
Western Pennsylvania Exposition was in
augurated last night with large crowd in
attendance.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3I.-The seasons
pack of fish in Canada is only half of last
years, according to consular dispatches
A shortage of tin plate for the manufacture
of cans and the scarcity of green fish are
given as the causes. Already Canadian
fish has advanced 10 per cent in price, it
Is said.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3t.-Thirty steam
ship companies, representing all the large
lines on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, have
signed and presented to President Wilson a
petition requesting him to defer the opera
tion of the amendment to the Panama Canal
bill, scheduled to take effect on Labor Day.
until one year after the conclusion of the
war in Europe. The steamship lines, repre-
scnting capital of about $500. .000, 900, say
that If put in force now the act would work
great hardship on them.
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont, Aug. 31.-Orders
have been received by the Welland Canal
guard. patrolling this district to fire on
any AMMAN venturing over the international
boundary. The order comes as the result
of two flights made last week by aviator
Phil RAIDER, of the Curtlss school at Buffalo,
who. after spiraling over the falls, circled
over Canadian territory. On one of these
flights RAIDER carrid Miss Norma Mack,
daughter of Norman Mack, as a passenger.
AS further precaution to guard the big
power plants, the Queen Victoria Park Com
mission has ordered the embargo on the
powerhouse to go into effect September 5.