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PENNSYLVANIA
STATE ITEMS
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Bloomsbarg.— Eighteen women have
been drawn for jury duty at the May
term. of court in Columbia county.
Millersville~Dr, Charles H. Gordi-
nier was re-clected principal of the
state normal school here,
Greensburg. —Stanley Chat, a 15
year-old school boy, was lodged in jail
here, charged with having
threatening letter to his teacher,
Dunbar.—Ordered two years ago In
France, a china set of 110 pleces has
Just arrived for Mrs. D, C. Fosselman,
who at the time the dishes were or-
dered was Miss Charlotte OC.
of Uniontown, Dr. Fosselmman, while
in France, ordered them for his sweet-
heart, and they arrived on their first
wedding anniversary.
Butler —Tvo men with
faces held up and robbed Martin
ley, aged 64; Thomas Wiley,
and Miss Jane Wiley, aged 74,
their home in Clinton township, twelve
miles south of here, The thieves
made away with $1475.
Uniontown.—According to word just
received here, Miss Martha Ruby,
daughter of “‘r. and Mrs. J. D.
from a
for
Miss Ruby saw active service
world war, making two
across the Atlantic. She expects
rrive home in about two weeks.
Pittsburgh Violent deaths in Alle-
gheny county in March reached 277.
York—Plans for a memorial cn-
a year, has left
Mediterranean
States.
in the
point on
seq the
were adopted by the managers.
entrance will be 168 feet in width and
mounted on panels in the main wall
will be bronze tablets bearing the
names of York county's Lerces who
paid the supreme sacrifice in the world
war,
Shamokin Dam.—A huge hydroelec-
tric plant to cost $3,000,006} or more
is to be located here, according to
plang of the Pennsylvania Power and
Light company. The old Pennsylvi:
nia Coal company dam, which spans
the Susquehanna river between this
point and Sunbury, is (0 be utilized
and the big plant would be erected
Just below what is known as the “lock-
house,” where there is a fall in the
water. It js declared that the enor
mous use of coal by the power com-
pany at its (leven central Pennsylva-
nia towns would be stopped.
Shenandoah. —Chester George, 18
years old, of Brandonville, was ter-
ribly burned from head to foot. ' He
was on his way to work at Knicker-
bocker colliery here when he went to
assist in putting out # bush fire which
had «ot fire to the Waste F.ouse Run
supply house, causing a barrcl of mine
oll to explode, covering him from head
to foot with the blazing lubricant. His
garments ablaze. he ran and “lunged
into the Waste House Run reservoir,
extinguishing the flames, but not be
fore he was horribly burned. Fellow-
workers fished him out of the reser-
voir, saving him from drowning
Pittsburgh.—W, W. Mendel, of this
city, elected president of the
Odontologicnl of Western
Pennsylvania at its annual meeting.
Harrisburg.—Jacob CC. Arbogan, for
merly treasurer's accountant of the
public commission, hag
appointed chief of the office of main-
tenance of the department of forestry.
Shamokin.—Council voted against
giving consideration to any proposals
for changing the standard time.
Pittsburgh.—Two firemen were in-
Jured and damage estimated at $250.
000 resulted when fire started in the
plant of the Hall Packing company
at Homestead. The flames spread to
other business houses, but firemen
summoned from near-by boroughs suc-
ceeded in bringing it under cohtrol,
Ches'er.—The explosion of a fuel
oil tank at th~ Marcus Hook plant of
the Sun com; any resulted in the loss
of 100 barrels of oil. Plant firemen
assisted by the companies from this
city, Marcus Hook and Linwood suc
ceeded in extinguishing the flames.
Harrisburg. — Lancaste.’ county,
which in 1900 ranked second among
all counties in the Unfted States in the
value ol crops harvested, dropped to
fifth place in 1019, according to cen-
sus figures. Los Angeles county, Cal,
retained its lead and San Joaquin and
Tulare counties, Cal, and Aroostook,
Maine, went ahead of Lancaster, In
the value of farm property, Lancaster
dropped from seventh, on January 1,
1910, to eleventh, on January 1, 1920,
Lancaster—Repeal of the luxury
tax and the substitution of a direet
sales tax for the income tax were ad-
vocated by members of the Pennsylva-
nia Retail Dry Goods Association at
their annual meeting here. Optimism
as to future business was expressed,
Delegates from many of the ldading
mercantile establishments of the state
were in attendance,
New Providence Mrs, Franklin G.
Stonerond, 72 years old, of tihs place,
was found dead in her barn, where
she had gone to attend to some work,
Freeland. Constables will patrol
the streets with shotguns to kill un-
Yicensed dogs,
South Towanda.— Mis, Wallace
Pool, of this place, was critically
burned when coal gas, formed in the
cook stove at her home, exploded,
Altoona, — Coincident with the
opening of the “Milk for Health” eam.
palgn in the schools, most of the milk
dealers cut one cent a quart off the
price.
was
Society
welfare been
Connellsvillie.~Bertle Works, driver
of an auto which ran dowi and killed
Carroll Augstin May, 7-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. John ¥, May, was
held to await the action of the grand
Jury of the June term of court, fol
lowing a coroner's inquest,
Altoona.—Mrs, 8. H. Miles, mother
of Arthur C. Miles, 16, of this city,
has asked ald in finding hic. He left
home on Marck 24, presumabl. for
I" iladelphia, to enlist In the navy.
She directs the authorities to take him
into custody nd wire her at 1422
Eighth avenue, :
Mount Carmel~John Broclous, 31,
farmer near Pitman, who was mar-
riled several months ago and was to
have gone to housekeeping, met death
when renairing a barn “oof. He fell
from it and broke his neck.
Harrisburg.— State receipts for the
month of March amounted to $7,880,
S04, establishing a record for the
month ia recent years. The expendi-
tures, however, Hoe to $8,104 385,
largely due ‘o payments for schools
fo
cflice
in the
revenue
figures
the
auditor
general's for the
108,526.55, a galn of more than
980,000 compared with the same peri.
od last year, '
Altoona. —Four ears,
coach and Pullman of
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the Keystone
vania were scraped by a large bucket
used in unloading cinders at
ingdon.
the coach and one in the Pullman,
Lancaster —With all but a
of the would-be strikers of
would ac ert
which is a
an hour, the
the contractors’
redaction of
master builders
scale,
cents
ate building boom; operations total
ing more than $2,000,000 will proceed
Williamsport.—FPire burned
territ.ry of 125 acres on
state ‘“orest reserve.
to forestry headquarters
the in this
covered,
Harrisburg —Death warrants were
Hudson, Robert Trammel,
Stragin and Steve Schiop, Erie coup
ty, in the week of May 9, and Do
menico Diaco, Delaware county,
John W. Currey, Somerset, for
week of Mgy 3.
Pottsville,—Caught
by a steam
19, was killeG near here while work
ing on a state road contract. Went
zel, who was employed as a firemar
at the shovel, evidently thought he
slowly “evolving machinery conle
catch him, but he missed his calcula
tion. His dllemma was not known un
til his shouts attracted attention.
New Castle.—~The tri-county meet
ing of the 1. 0. 0. F lodges of Law
rence, Butler and Beaver counties wil
be held in New Castle on May 14. Ar
rangements are being made to
vide for several thousand visitors,
Harrisburg —Carrying out pol
icy of protecting water ths
department of health has ordered sev
eral coal companies in Somerset coun
ty ¢
as precautionary
New Castle. —Judge
handed down ¢
its
supplies,
Measures,
SP Eroery
decision granting a Ui
pany, of this cit-. A! other appli
court
court
say
held
any
still being
not make
action would be
the eight or nine othe,
that are held under advisement.
Wilkes-Barre —Disappearance
mail pou~h containing money
being transferred from the
Valley railroad station to
office has furnished
inspectors with a mystery. It is not
known exactly how much was in the
bag, which is believed to
taken while a truck was carrying I*
to the postoflice,
Allentown. Miss FElvira Strunk
formerly a member of the faculty
the Allentown College for Women,
now a Presbyterian missionary in
China, bas written frierds here that
her bome at Hunan, where she has
charge of a girls’ school, was burned
to the ground on the night of Febru
ary 8. Most prized of the personal
belongings that she lost, she says, was
a pair of American-made shoes, which
she ean replace only at Shanghai and
at a cost of 322 to $36 a pair. Rab
bers to fit them cost $4 a pair. She
ordered new footwear from America.
Greensburg.—As the result of a se
vere scalding she sustained when she
fell backward into a tub of boiling
water, Lera Hudson, 2-yearold daugt-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hudson,
died.
New Castle~The three guards who
have been keeping watch over ‘he cell
of A. Torrence White for the last
month or more in the Lawrence coun-
ty jail are out of a job. The commis
sloners decided It was 00 expensive
to maintain this guard, and White,
who is a convicted murderer, was
locked in a separate cell, and the
guards dismissed.
Athens Mrs. Marguerite Coon, of
this place, was the first wonfan In
Bradford: county draw. for naziual
jury duty.
Tamaqua.~~The water commission
awarded to a Hartisturg firm the con.
tract to complete the large storage
reservoir at Owl Creek for $78,442,
Nicholson ~—When Herman Bern.
stein, of this place, was arrested at
Montrose, a rocdster, containing 09
gallons of pure alcohol, was confis
cated,
Bolling Springs—Temporary organ
{zation of a new state bank has been
effected here.
are
did
when
up. The
taken ‘np
of a
orders
the
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RACING DATES APPROVED
Dates for race meetings at
various tracks were approved at
a recent meeting of the stewards
of the Jockey club as follows:
Jamaica, May 6 to 206; Oct.
1 to 15.
Belmont park, May 27 to June
16; Sept. 2 to 16,
Aqueduct, June 17 to July 4;
Sept. 17 to 30,
Empire City, July 9 to 30;
Oct. 17 to 20,
Saratoga, Aug, 1 to 31.
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Diamond Y arns
Some baseball squads went South to
train ; then stood around and watched
it rain.
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The ‘player limit rule prevents the
St. Louls management from stacking
the Curds,
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Frank Talcott, star pitcher of the
Yale nine in 1018, has signed with the
Red Sox.
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After short lunching on a circuit
jaunt a ball player is always glad to
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catcher, as manager.
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has
Clark
The Pittsburgh
Second Baseman
Wichita Falls
club
Danny to
club,
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The Athletics
William
Philadelphia have
Pitcher
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The White Sox seem to be getting so
cocky about their prospects that their
roster is almost a rooster.
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Bloomington has traded Gus Kell
ids’ for Pitcher George Clink,
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Lee Fohl's iden ia that
that and little
in his special role,
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be else
in the big show,
men come from 10 states and Cuba,
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bill Introduced
legislature it
By terms of a in
the Pennsylvania
that state,
.
American
pealed to
league
the authorities
pitchers have
that
ap
Babe
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apolis to Oklahoma City, has notified
the mahagement of the latter club that
be will not report.
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Despite other reports, Derrill Pratt,
coach at the
Michigan,
ball this year.
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Henning and. Infielder Connie
Roche from Kansas City.
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Catcher Ray Haley, who took a va
cation last year, has decided to line
with the
and has sent in his contract signed.
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High school
enter Penn State
nue
will
fall,
college next
Chief Bender of New Haven and
Pep Young of the Detroit Tigers have
heen assisting in coaching the base
sylvania.
CLARK PLAYS GOLF AT 92
Dwight N. Clark of Woodbridge,
Conn., dean of Pinehurst golfers, cele
brated his ninety-second birthday at
Picehurst recently by playing the nine.
hole putting course In 20 strokes, in
cluding four aces,
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THIS SEASON
Ho
HUGHIE
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Jd. McGraw
leader of the Detroit Tigers. In
IS A COAST RECORD
Bill Rodgers Figures Southpaw
Nets His Club $25,000.
in Cash and Three Players Valued
at $15,000 for Sensational
Young Twirler.
Ball players have been sold by Coast
league the majors for large
but it is believed th
thant
which sent
clahs to
the transaction
the
for this circuit, writes a Coast
correspondent,
the Senators will get $25,000
league after jolning
the world's champion Cleveland club
The Indians, hard pressed in
“Duster” Mails.
another pitcher—prefernbly a left
hander. They had heard of Malls, and
were willing to give anything in reason
to secure him,
Cleveland gave Sacramento $10,000
in eash when Mails left the Senators,
It turned over two pitchers, Faeth and
Niehaus, each of whom Rodgers fig-
ures worth $5,000,
By terms of the agreement, Cleve
land must deliver another ball player
satisfactory to Sacramento, or make
another payment of 85,000 to close
the deal.
Perhaps Rodgers’ idea of the value
of his two pitchers at $5,000 each is
a little high, but the $15,000 and two
players makes It stand as one of the
Inrgest deals ever ‘wm led in the Coast
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Millers Get Fisher,
Bob Fisher, second baseman of the
Vernon team, has heen traded for Carl
Sawyer of the Minneapolis team of the
American association, and another
player. ;
O53555 TA AAA AAT AANA AI BANPAP ALBA
Hughie Jennings, for
McGraw
SOME Years
and Jennings played
ig stationed at third bas
mage as
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WHEL LEELA LEAP SSS PEA CPAP E
ELIMINATE BAD FEATURE #
Belmont park race track, New
York, long regarded as the finest
course in America,
objectionable feature
AAA AAA AA BA AAA AA BAMA BAP AA Al
Rt
will eliminate i
horses being required to run to RB
the left instead of right
This is the oni many Eng
courses, but next year the 2
Belmont
the American me
running the
Course,
an the &
Lhe
gtyie
High 3
courre will conform to
thod, the horses
right way of the
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POPC CECE CLEC PE ICOE PTOI DRG TTTI
ENTIRE WORLD IN OLYMPICS
Representatives of Indian Empire,
Far East and South America
invited to Attend.
the International
ittee at itz recent
Action taken
Olymple cor
ing practicall)
one grent
by
eet
the entire world
The In
Far Bastern
with American Inter
games were invit-
representatives at its cone
June,
'
places
athletic union
the
games and the MN
national federation
Squibs of Sport
, Harvard has about decided to make
basketball a real sport at Cambridge.
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The ten Princeton coaches will re
800.
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Ralph W. Yuill
captain of the Dartmouth basketball
teain.,
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Kemp,
rowing.
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Bowlers will take their A. B. CG
blocks to Toledo, O., for the 1822 tour
nament.
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Bo McMillan,
Center College, will play “pro” foot-
ball next fall,
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University of Chicago will stage the
national intercollegiate track and field
meet June 11,
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George E. Brewer of New York has
been elected captain of the Yale boxe
Ing team for next season.
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Some one from every covntry wants
to take the Davis cup away from
America. Causing a lot of racket.
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Lloyd “Hutch” Pixley, former Ohio
State football team guard, probably
will be In the Buckeye eleven line-up
next fall,
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J. E. Cannell, last year's football
eaptain, will be head coach at Dart
mouth next fall, assisted by J. F. Dor
ney, ‘21. Cannell is a quarterback.
Walker to Coach De Pauw.
Fred Walker, assistant football
conch at the University of Chicago,
has signed a three-year contract as
athletic director at De Pauw. He
will take up Ms new duties next
fall
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GRAND CIRCUIT DATES
North Randall, Mass, July 4
to 9,
Toledo, O,, July 11 to 16,
Kalamazoo, Mich, July 18
to 28.
Columbus, ©. July 20 to 80,
Toledo, O,, Aug. 1 te 6G.
North Randall, Mass, Aug. 8
to 18.
Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 15 to 20.
Poughkeepsie, Pa, Aug 22
to 27.
Readville,
Sept, 3.
Hartford, Conn. Sept, 6 to 10,
Syracuse, N, X., Sept, 12 to 17.
Columbus, O., Sept. 19 to
Oct, 1.
Lexington, Ky. Oct. 3 to 15,
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 17 to 22,
Mass, Aug. 29 to
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Baseball Notes
A baseball manager knows just as
much abour the “shift” play as a foot-
ball coach.
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Omaha Outfielder
York
has purchased
{rom
the New
mansgers bhelleve there
ich and
0WhD
a foul,
at frst
apply
YOu
For
1 first
cannot
ng to #tea
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Archer, former sar
) moet of the catel
fly of the
immed Everett
A story from San Francisco is that
Bill Byron was offered a chance to re
turn to the Na a8 an um-
pire this year, but turned it down.
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Ebbets
sending
tianal loa one
LOnal league
President of the Brooklyn
Henry Janda te
Winnipeg seasoning. Janda is a
fagt shortstop and looks like the real
stuff,
is
for
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Buck Herzog has hooked
towland's Columbus Amer
fcan association club and should set
down now for awhile and quit
on with
The Minneapolis club has trans
Second Baseman Erwin Krebh-
a recruit, to the Pittsburgh
as part exchange for Bill Me
Kechnie.
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Athletic ontfieldew,
Jimmy Dykes,
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the bases loaded. Connie Mack hopes
history will repeat when the official
season I= on,
BOBBY BYRNE IS MANAGER
Bobby Byrne, former third baseman
for Pittsburgh and St. Louls In the
National league, has signed as man.
ager of the ‘Miami (Okla) team ia
the new Southwestern league, and also
will act as captain,