KEYSTONE STATE.
IN SHORT ORDER
nS ——
LatestNews Happenings Gather-
ed From Here and There.
Fire destroyed the plant of the
Slatington Umbrella Company, entail
ing a loss of nearly six thousand dol
lars.
Owing to the searcity of coal cars
on the Reading Railway in the Scran
ton region, many collieries were com
peiled (o suspend operation for a day.
Joseph Stancavick was swept fifty
feet down a chute at the Susquehanna |
Ceal Company's Cameron Colliery by
a run of coal and probably will die.
PROTECT HEALTH
Dixon Calls On Sportsmen To Look
After Waste In Forest Camps.
Calls Attention To Law.
Harrisburg. —Dr. Samuel G. Dixon,
State Commissioner of Health, called
upon the hunters of Pennsylvania to
take steps to protect the public health
while they are in the woods after deer
next month. It 1s estimated that about
7,000 persons will go deer hunting on
State lands alone, and the commission.
er has sent this letter to every one re-
asking them
40
celving State permit,
to take at camps,
that streams may not be polluted.
The commissioner's letter is as fol
lows:
a
care of waste
“1 note that you have been granted
a permit by the State Forestry
partment to erect a within
State
camp
in
youl
forest reservation.
I wish to call
Rule 3,
the
to
on back of your permit,
from &
twelve |
en
pushed
18
ed when backward
poreh, it alleged. He fell
feet, breaking his neck. Two m
have been arrested
Joseph A. Berrier, chief clerk of the |
Board of Censors, caused the arrest of |
eight picture
ton on the charge of
not bearing the
motion men of Seran
showing pictures
stamp of the board
Mrs, William Gordon was burned to |
death and four
jured, two probably
which
other persons were in
fatally, by
a nve |
sa tened i
for a time nore
Bsirov t We
he Borough of
of
3 east Erie
1
B. Palmer, a re
on Height
Association, }
while running to a
The whecls passed over Palmer’
begs cCARuUsIng
lacerations.
Willi
brok
Fire
over by
r, member of the Clift
Protective was run
a hose cart
fire
severe and
contusions
stipulates that ‘springs and
must not be contaminated.’
“This rule is inserted to emphasize
approved April 22,
This
the dis
waters,
because
into Slate
was made
Sewage
necessary
and publicly and
conditions was
responsible for
forms of
pollution
but largely
spread of various
by
the
disense
waler porne
of streams used SOUrce
of public or private
Among the forms of disease
Ci of thousands our
be me
be
dysentery
death
inually may ntioned
and epidemic
tO comply with
aw, it
the pro
i necessary that
ur camp be de
find that the
3 will :
thod of disposal will be by bur
sewage sl
feet
and al
gently
ations 3
for garbage and
at least two hundred
any wall or stream
spring
be on level or only
ground. The accumul
covered ea das
thick sprinkling of chlorinated lime «
of lime
earth not
thickness
the pit have
hypochlorite {bleach), and a
of
in
tad > than threes
aver fis aan Drees
i Wh
in acc
At a meeting of
agement of the Y
fing, Miss Mabel Fowler, of Wilming
Del, was elected to the position i
of general secretary, which had been |
the Beard of Man
W. CC. A. of Read
ton,
vacant about six months. Miss Fowler |
fermerly was general secretary of the
Wilmington Y. W. C. A
J. H M. Andrews, Philadelphia, |
has been elected to the Board of Trus- |
tees of the Pennsylvania
lege. Mr. Andrews
from the college with
and has been chosen
filling VACANCY
by the death of James E
Pittsburgh. Mr
of distribution
Ra
of
State Col
graduated |
class of "8X,
was
the
an alumpl repre
created
Quigley,
is engineer |
Philadelphia |
gpentative, the
of i
Andrews
the
d Transit Company
for
Burned to a crisp, the bodies
fiirls, five and seven years
daughters of Mr. and Mrs
Ostrom, were found in the remains of |
bed the Ostrom Pitts
ton, following a fire in the double |
dwelling, part of which the family oc |
cupied. The fire in the
tion of the house occupied by the fam
ily of Peter Poplar when the parents |
of the Ostrom children visiting |
friends :
of two
old
(;eorge |
their
at home,
started
sec
were
shou
the are re
be sure that all pits
filled with earth and any excess neatly
State Will Guard Munition Plants
Every plant in Pennsylvania manu
explosives, shells or
munitions of war, now is under special
by
ports on conditions in ever
mn State “inspectors
y plant have
en made regularly for the last ye
but
un
Ar
recently steps
been taken to prove the safety ar
rangements and to avoid as far as pos
which statistics
the idents
the
Ace
sent to Capitol have shown prob
ably are due to the “speeding up” of
n war orders or the
handling of dangerous substances
The despatch of two of the experts
to the Bethlehem Steel Works,
the State campaign, as
dustry
is only part of
is to be visited by experts and super-
visors in addition the regular in
spectors, and the preventive work or
agnized as far as possible
to
(By FRANK G. MENKE))
New York —The country person who
bought a gold brick didn’t feel half
badly after he discovered his error
las Jawn McGraw does these
whenever he thinks about that “Pol”
t Perritt deal.
Jawn got a gold
{ which is bad enough
f from the
Of
that Jawn
as
days
“Pol”
the
Lae
brick
Hut worst
it, McGrawian view
hundreds of
in try
mana
from ©
id brick
t ry ?
spent
lara and many anxious hours
keep “Heb
item
Oakes, the
rgh Feds
jawn for the gt
bu
yam
decid of
in a Giant
1914
wotiation
the David
if the sen
and
up to his nick by letting
have for a considerable bit
booty
Well, springtime came in due course
but didn’
Instead, P
geously with
He asked
wanted to
{ him
“I'll boost that total $1,000 per sea
i son.” said Oakes
Oh, v¢ well
} "D0."
“Pol” left his home for the purpose
of reporting to the Piitsburgh Feds
| In the meantime, Jawn McGraw be
| gan to wonder why -"Pol” didn't pul
| in an appearance at the Glants’ camp
{| In the nick of time, as the dime novels
| put it. Jawn learned that “Pol” had
| been quite untrue to him-—that he had
{ been lured away by Federal coin
thou and head him off,” wired
{ Jawn to Dick Kinsella, the Giant ivory
{ hunter Mississippi
Pol” come to the Giants
began firting outra-
the Feds. Oakes wanted
Pol” how much
him “Pol
fim
1
fawn
and told
pay
ry -1'm yourn,” quoth
“Go
who was then in
Player as One 1s Apt to Find in
Barrel of Spareribs.
How much would you figure Harry
{ Hooper is worth to the Red Sox?
| Well, there was a time when title
to Hooper's person changed hands for
| the munificent sum of $25,
Bill Curtin, who bossed the Sacra
mento club some years back. was one
A difference of opinion as to the |
propriety of keeping pigs in pens near
homes likely will cause a division of
Port Carbon Borough. Police Chief
Robert F. Jones notified residents of |
Schoentown, an outlying section of
Port Carbon, that raising pigs within
the borough limits no longer would be
tolerated. Many families in Schoen
town raise their own pork and are so
incensad at the order that counsel was
engaged to have Schoentown taken out
of Port Carbon and annexed to Nor
wegian Township.
Christmas clubs in the Pottsville
section will distribute $600,000 to
members this week. This is the
amount with interest saved during the
fast vear. The Schuylkill Trust Com.
pany of Pottsville, has $130,000 of this
money which will be distributed to
4.900 members. At Frackville, Schuyl-
kill, Haven, Tamaqua, Cressona and
mining towns in the northern part of
Schuylkill county, proportionately
large amounts have been saved. These
gavings will give an impetus to busi
ness during the Christmas geason.
Reports from the Connelluville coke
region show that, while 31,700 ovens
are in operation, with a rated capacity
of 460,000 tons per week, production
waz only 433,000 tons. This, the
operators say, was due to the in.
pulliciency and inefliciency of labor
Plant managers are aiming to keep
their operations at six days a week
but many ovens continue to be lost
because. workmen fall to report
regularly for duty. Two hundred
strict ins
with the
spection,
ing the cowoperdtion of
making conditions safe
regulations of the factory in
employes in
Safety Devices Lessen Liability.
an employer's plant reduce compensa.
tion liability
a plant of an employer, the cheaper
fess an employer must pay for insur.
turing cost,” ia the warning given in
Bulletin No. 1, of the State Workmen's
Compensation Commission, just issued.
The bulletin also states that the
fundamental principle of compensation
“ja that the cost of industrial aeci-
dents should be added to the selling
cost of the product and be distributed
among the consumers,” and that “per
sonal loss of the employe is as
Jegitimately an element of the fair
money cost of the production of the
commodity as are expenditures for raw
material for machinery or wagea.”
Validity Of Public Service Act Upheld,
The Dauphin County Court in a brief
opinion refused to grant a preliminary
fnjunction restraining the Public Serv.
jee Commission from passing on tho
contract for street lightning between
the City of Williamsport and the
Lycoming Edison Company. More im-
portant than the matter involved is
the intimation of the Court that if the
case Is carried farther the constitu
tionality of the Public Service law,
which is attacked in the petition, flied
this week.
Mamsport, will be upheld.
Harry Hooper.
of the parties to the transaction, and
the other was McMenomy, who was
directing genius of the Oakland club.
Hooper belonged to Oakland at this
particular time, and MeMenomy dis.
covemed about as gmuch resemblance
AI oom,
“] want Perritt. 1 need him
bid the Feds.'
Kinsella jumped the first rattler
after he had learned the Perritt route
and headed off “Pol in
Georgia.
“Greetings, fair one, greetings.”
wired Dick
Out-
somewhere
mur
“C'mon in and have some
It was a warm day “Pol” con
“Where ya goin’?
al-like after the refre
been served
“Oh, me? I'm goin’
Feds’ camp. I'm gonna play
Boa RON * sei end
you ain't asserted
na play with the ¢
remarked
wit doin’ that ¢
mind. | gotts
mind when the
or
offer me more money.”
“How much did they ofle
queried Dick
“Pol” told him
“Well, I'll beat
right then
t
that.” said Dick
and there Dick is r
a salary of 5) iM
per year under a three-year contract
salary of $9000 a year, and this
what he did in 1915 to earn it
worked 35 games and won but 12
was knocked out of the box so often
that every time he entered it the bet.
ting was 2 to 1 that he wouldnt last
through the game He pitched a brand
of baseball so weird that it became a
joke around the circuit
That's enough to make
rowful, but the sadness
when he recalls that he must keep
“Pol” for two years longer—and pay
him $0,000 for each of these years
And, in the meantime-—
“Reb” Oakes is patting himself on
his left shoulder blade
18
Jawn sor
increases
to a ball player in him as one is apt
to find in a barrel of sparerihs
He was on the point of releasing
the future world’s series star when
Curtin heard about it. “No, don't
it.” said Bill ‘Bell him to me.
give you $25 for him.”
The deal was made, and Hooper
started on the road to fame The
world's series stuf must have been
nice reading to McMenomy.
3
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TY COBB RAPS FOOTBALL
“1f football was a daily attrac
tion it would last about a week.”
said Ty Cobb, the American
league star, after witnessing a
game between Georgia Tech and
North Carolina.
“Ite brutality, if nothing else,
would kill it. Baturday afternoon
there were several boys hurt
and put out of the game. This
might attract for a day, but it
would not appeal to America
long. And the spectators had
only a vague idea of what was
happening. It was not the easy
game to follow like baseball.”
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Bert Niehoff's Good Luck.
Best Niehoff of the Phillies, although
only able to get one hit in the big
peries, is glad he didn't listen to
Fielder Jones last spring, and at the
same time he is glad the Terrier lead-
or talked to him. When Jones inter
viewed Bert, the Cincinnati club im-
mediately got into action and traded
him to Pat Moran. A share in the
world's series followed.
Plank Wants Two More Scasons.
Eddie Plank, who gained the name
of “Evergreen Eddie,” because of his
good work during the last summer,
wants to last two more seasons in
baseball. He intends to show Connie
Mack that he fan't through, as the
Athletics’ leader stated when handing
the southpaw his release.
New Athletic Field.
The University uf North Carolina's
pew athletic fleld cost $30,000, and is
rapidly nearing completion,
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Hannes Kolehmainen Is Showing
Signs of Going Back.
Hero of Stockholm Olympiad Falling
to Display Old-Time Form Because
He Is Too Much Engaged in
Business to Train.
Is Hannes Kolehmainen slipping?
That is the question that is agitating
amateur, track circles at present and
there are as many opinions as train
ers, runners and experts who can
crowd into the discussions. It is a
fact that the great Finn distance run-
ner has been showing very poorly in
his recent races, and in his last two
endeavors he has stopped and left the
track before the finish, a most unusual
proceeding for the hero of the Stock:
holm Olympiad.
There is a day
career when he is absolutely at
best, and in the Kolehmainen
this day was the one in July, 1812, on
which Hannes and the lamented Jean
in every runner's
his
holm stadium. The wonderful Finn
may train forever, but he'll never be
the runner he was on that day, or, bet-
ter yet, those ten days of Sweden's
great Olympic festival. In that
derful duel of speed and grit with
Koly passed the three miles in
Hannes will never equal these
figures again; therefore, it may be
truthfully stated that he's not as good
on the track as he
Some eastern experts
that Kolehmalnen
a
Once Was,
holding
failing to show
are
is
Hannes Kolehmainen,
his oldtime form because he has
BY WARNING SHOT
Submarine Saves Many From
& Watery Grave.
STEAMER ALLOWED T0 GO A
Thrilling Story Told By Mrs. Egan,
Who Was a Passenger On the
British Steamer Barulos Whisk Was
Halted By a Turkish Submarine
Commanded By a German Officer In
the Mediterranean-—Most of Those
On Board Were
Greeks—When Shot
Became
Orientals and
Was Heard
Passengers Pari.y- 250
Saved.
A Turkish submarine
British passenger
Medi
sons had been drow ted
of the 25
who had gone overboard in
ng to Eleanor Franklin
n fved
York
the
in
after 26 per
sisted in re
SSENRers
a panic,
ns
New
51 t i
apped ship
and
ne
Barulos the ranean
SCUINE any 9
pa
accordi
An eve . who art
chip New York
yecording to Mra
is a writer, returning from
through
for
here on the
The Barulos,
Ezan, who
stear
a six months’ trip Southern
Europe, left Piraeus Alexandria on
October 2 ship flew the
as Greek, the
ng chiefly reeks and yr
be
rientails
Briti
PRERETE
about h of Crete
OalR con
h steam
been
train properly, because he
tempted to lengthen his natural stride
of late. and because he is growing old
er and stiffer in the joints
reported that Cupid is claiming some
of his*attention and interfering with
his training
The Finn's efforts to lengthen
stride were first noticeable in
fomile A. A. U. championship last
fall. and the longer steps have result
od in the loss of the tireless rhythm
that marked his Olympic running
is certain that the new idea has nol
done him any good. Lawson Robert
son. his trainer, admits that Koly is
losing form in the two-mile distances
his
five-mile,
New Track at Weeguahic
ter-mile track will be within view of
the spectators. A steel grandstand
will seat 10,000. There will be a 220
yard straightaway, three jumping pits,
for the running high, running broad
and hop. step and jump events, and
special circles for all the weight
events.
Pat Moran's Predecessors.
The men who preceded Pat Moran
as managers of the Phillies include
eminent figures in the national game's
development. The list is Bob Fer
guson, Harry Wright, Arthur Irwin,
William Shettsline, George Stallings,
Hugh Jennings, Chief Zimmer, Hugh
Duffy, Billy Murray and Charles
Dooin.
Hall Wins Titular Trophy.
Walter Merrill Hall, former middle
states titleholder, won the champion-
ship of the Hamilton Grange Lawn
Tennia club for the third successive
time, and thereby became permanent
owner of the titular trophy. He de
feated James 8. O'Neal, a former Co-
tumbia pitcher, in three straight sets,
84, 62, 88,
Browns Sign Cleveland Boy.
The Browne have signed Louis
Crowley, the big right-handed pitcher
of the champion White Auto team
from Cleveland. Crowley pitched his
team to victory last simmer and is
«aid ta be a real wonder,
wa hen «ub
started back
ading below, th
idea of helping to
marine appeared
toward the stairs wi
the
tf wu
WAR
quell ti
rus}
© pani
literally
sea. I
keep the
being aggra-
others or
caught in the and
over the side into the
adi a hard above
my
poner
the water than the
the
submarine
hip
of on
be
had
A the
appeared
On her deck 1
under bow f our
saw 8 number
with an whom 1 took to
Austrian
colle
an
fer
submersible
5 sub
lifel
CI'ew were
paible at out
marine
of the
“The
hands
pulli
water onto her deck
officer was holding up
in the
SAY in
his
shouting to the people
to be © n i
N:
sake, go back
are not murderers.” ”™
heard hin
riect Englis
perfor
“For God's
ghip
to your
wo
“LIFE BOATS NOT STRUCK?"
More Detail On Ancona Disaster From
Ambassador Page.
Washington. Ambaseador Page, at
Rome, forwarded to the State Depart-
ment further fragmentary reporia on
the torpedoing of Italian liner
Ancona.
He transmitted
the
the statements of
the liners captain and first officer,
who deciared that while the Ancona
at first made efforts to escape, she
halted on being shelled. The fring
did not cease alter the Ancona cama
to a stop, he said, shells striking the
ship while passengers were being low.
ered into lifeboats. None of the shells
struck the lifeboats
TOBACCO BAN LIFTED.
England Will Let Us Ship To Neutral
Nations.
Washinrton., — Great Britain bas
yielded to the American representa.
tions for removal of all restrictions
the shipment of tobacco to nov
countries. Word of this reach 1
from: the American Embassy at Lo®.
don. The Netherlands Government
also has removed similar restrictions.
CARRANZISTAS EXECUTED.
flew Rulers Of Mexico Punish Own
Men For Looting.
Nogales. Word was received here
that seven men were executed at sun.
down at Nogales, Sonora, by the Car
ranza authorities for looting. They
included a Carranza captain and three
soldiers.