Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-22
News at a Glance

5obp Williams, 4e years old, painter, Of
1885 East Albert street, died in the JetIet,
son Hospital from fracture OF tine skuil
suffered yesterday when he fell from ascat-
fold on the fourth story Of building at
Third and oxford streets.
CLEVELAND, o., Aug. 22.--whlle Q. w.
Burman, clerk at Hotel ormstead, Cieve-
| lands newest hotel, was absent from MS
cage four minutes just after daylight To-
day thief got away with two cash boxes
containing $12O1
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2e.-Consul Gem
| erai Rodgers in Mexico City, this after
noon, reported to the state Department that
r. A. Dunn an American employe OF an
electric light plant in Mexico City had
been released by the authorities Dunn had
been held for several weeks on charge
Of selling dynamite TO zapstistas
! WASHINGTON, AuE. aa,--rresident Will
son today nominated w, T. Mechling to
be postmaster at Butler, Pa
LONDON, Aug. a2.-Twenty bodies have
been recovered from the ruins Of the YORK
| shire ammunition plant, which blew up
| yesterday, It was announced In commons
| this afternoon by Doctor Addison, OF the
| Ministry of Munitions.
NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 22.--Captain Culii-
| son, of the tug Hansa, formerly the Thomas
| r, Timmins said today IL was true that the
| Eastern Forwarding Company, TO which the
cargo OF the German submarine mefcnant-
man Deutschland was assigned, has leased
a pier at New London, Conn. Previous re-
ports that such step had been taken In
anticipation of the arrival there OF the
Bremen, sister ship Of the Deutschland, had
been denied.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 7a.--CoIonel James
Gay Butler multlmillionaire philanthro-
pist, died at his home here today He was
76 years old Death followed an opera
tlon six weeks ago. Colonel Butler was
heavily interested In the tobacco industry,
being one of the pioneers in the st. Louis
market.
AMSTERDAM, Aug. se.-The yolks-
zeitung of Leipzig has been suspended for
publishing a series of articles entitled The
French Socialist National Council"
LONDON, Aug. 22-In the prize court
today Admiral Sturdee made application for
prize money for sinking the German war
ships Scharnhost, Gneisenau, Leipzig and
Nurnberg In the Falkland Islands battle.
The amount of prize money asked is 100000.
After brief consideration the court granted
Admiral Sturdee's petition.
BERLIN. Aug. %. - Enemy warships
landed 800 brlgands, accompanied by SOL
diers, in the bays north and south of the
Island of Smys, said Turkish Official
statement received here today. Turkish |
detachments attacked the robber bands |
who fed to their ships losing SO men.
AMSTERDAM, Aug. s1.-The Arch
duchess Zita, wife of the Austrian heir |
presumptive, has given all of her household |
copper and pewter-nearly n tonic the |
Government to be made into guns
wILKEs-BARRE, Pa, Aug. 22. - Six |
hundred section men on the Delaware and |
Hudson lines between Nneveh and Wilkes |
Barre struck today. 1t Is expected that the |
strike will spread to the Auburn division. |
The men demand $2.25 per day. They |
are receiving s1so per day.
COLON, Aug 2a.-Dr Stacey watkins
Boyle. OF New York, a passenger on the |
steamer Pastores en- route from New York |
to Peru for the Cerro de Pasco Mining |
Company committed suicide here two hours
after the boat docked by shooting himself
through the head
LONDON, Aug. aa.-The response which
British holders of certain specified foreign
securities other than American are making
to the Chancellor of the Exchequers appeal
of last week is understood to be highly sat
isfactory and considerably more than the
300,o00,000 required as collateral to cover
the recent American loan already has been
deposited with the Treasury.
SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. z2.-To curtaiI
the consumption OF news print paper the
Seattle evening papers have eliminated |
their early morning editions combining their
$3.50 a. m. and noon editions into one at
10:30 a.. m.
HAZLETON, Pa, Aug. 22. Victor
S-year-old son of William ChevInski of Nc
Adoo, was bitten by rattlesnake as he
and other boys were attempting to catch
the reptile In the woods near their home
John Hoski sucked the poison out of the
wound. The boy will recover.
WASHINGTON. Aug. aa.-One of the
suburban residences built in Mexico CITY i
by General Huerta with public funds has
been converted by General Carranza into a
hospital. the de facto Government
advised the Mexican Embassy today.
HARRISBURG. Aus. 22.-Attornsys rem
resenting the city and the unlicensed titnay
drivers, who are asking the DauphIn
County court for an Injunction restraininr
the city from enforcing the jitney ordinance
argued their case In court here today
Judge Henry took the matter under advise
ment.
TRENTON. Aug. 2e.-Governor F,.Id.,
today issued proclamation calling an eIAc |
ton in Essex County to hlI the vacancy
caused by the resignation from the Senate |
OF Colonel Austen Colgate, who is a can |
didate for the Republication eubernatorIsI
nomination. The election for ColKate,s
successor will be held at the time OF the | .
general election November 7.
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