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PENNSYLVANIA §
REFS
sfefmfetele orf fenle fone enter esl ne
Lloyd, Jr
the First
succeeding
John
dent of
Altoona,
died.
was elected presi
National Bank of
his father, who
held under bail for court at
town, charged with the manufacture
and sale of moonshine whisky.
Fifty Columbia county school boys
organized a Swine Breeders’
tion at Bioomsburg, to ald them
marketing the pigs they nre raising.
Governor Sproul issued a
Diaco; of Delaware county, from the
week of May 23 to that of June 27.
Sidney A. Rayne, alias “Whitey”
der of Vincent Popilel, a jitney driver,
twice sentenced to 4. in the e{ectrie
chair, Is critically ill in the jail at
Media. He Is paralyzed from his
hips down and can live
time.
Outline of a new and vigorous cam-
paign against tuberculosis and other
cattle diseases was given to field
agents of the department of agricul
ture and a number of veterinarigns
Harrisburg, by Secretary Rasmussen
and Director Munce, of the bureau of
animal industry. The secretary said
the live cf Pennsylvania repre
gents £175,000,000 and he urged co-op
eration with authorities. Dr,
Munce raid Pennsylvania stands third
among ‘the in herds cattle
free from tuberculosis. After the ad-
dresses demonstrations of treatment
and the slaughtering of diseased ani-
mals were given at the Harrisburg
stock yards, 45 cows being used with
a number of hogs for study of
of combatting and
diseases,
Accidents that occurred only an hour
apart cost the left of John
Charles Ertwine, who
near
was plowing,
stick of
dynamit
stock
ederal
states of
hog cholera sheep
eyes and
brothers,
Bloomsburg. Charles
dynamite near a
exploding. John
tump,
yard, when a bey playing with a rifle
fired, the bullet entering his eve. His
condition is critical.
Two men are dead as the ;esult
an in when
horse which riding
in a buggy became frightened and ran
away. John Maloy, ged
Memorial Hospital of a
skull, and Owen McAleer,
died in Mercy Hospital half
earlier from shock due to a fractured
right leg and dislocated left shonlder.
William J. Montalto, world war hero,
who distingui himself in bat-
tle of the Argonne Forest, was buried
with rare honors at St. Clair, near
Potteville. More than 150 former serv
fce the
the League
military
board offi
of
accident Johnstown,
behind they were
79,
fractured
aged 65,
an hour
hed the
formed
I«]
dirges, |
men military escort,
and school
and every
rough
participated
civie in the town was repre
sented in funeral procession. The
body, on a gun carriage, passed through
a court of honor three blocks In length
formed by 1100 school
more than 3000
bared head
The
society
+3
ine
cLildren, while
residents
the
state highway department
completed 39.44 miles of
year and resurfaced 168
the maintenance division
olling operations and plans to
stoml with
while cortege passed
has
this
while
road
miles,
has started
il every
mile 0: state highway in the state by
July 4 The has under
struction 618 miles of highway
state's direction signs on
ways will be yellow and
after,
An
years
siate con
The
high
here-
$3 #
tate
sia
black
unidentified
old and
man,
poorly
apparently 35
dressed, was
at the bay front in a small woods near
the Pennsylvania railroad tracks in
Erie. The suicide used his belt as a
substitute for a rope and his first at-
tempt appeared unsuccessful as one
branch used was found broken off. On
his person were found the names of
J. 0. Keene, Kinzua, Pa., on a time
card of thr Central Lumber company
and on a paper the name Jim Crook.
As the result of shock following
burns he received when he came in
contact with a high-tension power line
of the West Penn Electric company on
May 2, Harry D. Goehring, aged 21,
died at his home In Greensburg
Jack W. Page, 28 years old, Ashe
ville, N. C.,, stock salesman, was ar
rested In Lewistown, charged with
passing worthless checks in banks at
Shamokin, Pottsville, J'ottstown, Mount
Carmel, Sunbury and Chambersburg.
The F. A. Zeigler company, of Ann-
ville, lms complained to the public
service commission against rates being
charged for hauling eval ‘rom Eliza-
bLethville washery to that town. It is
elaimed they are execssive,
Dr. W. W. Pealer, caught a brown
trout twenty-three Inches long and
weighing mor: than four pounds, in
the Tobyhanna ereek near Hazleton.
The catch is one of the biggest of the
season, -
Dr. J. Dunean Spaeth, of Princeton,
will be the orator at the commence
ment exercises of the Bloomsburg
State Normal school on June 14.
Run down by a beer wagon at Kulp
mont, Walter H. Connerton sustained
a broken nose and bruises and lacern-
tions of his whole body.
Altoona has purchased a ecarload of
slag tu be used instead of sand as a
cushion for paving blocks. .
Williamsport celebrated. all-Amert.
enn day with Americanization
speeches In the schools, a May day
program and sporty by school chil
dren,
Charles Byrd, allas Wiillam Palmer,
and imothy Green, two negroes of
Dauphin county, were electrocuted at
the Western Penitentiary at Rock
view, near Bellefonte, Green wns
convicted. of the murder of a police
man in Harrisburg and Byrd killed
Duff Hammond, a negro, In Steelton,
Chief of Police Geo'ge W. Brown-
gon, of Hazleton, announced that he
will recommend to efty council changes
in the trafic ordigance in effect there,
so that its provisions will conform with
the standard regulations adopted at
the national conference of police de-
partment officials held recently at New
York.
Between
an
an
and 40 crews have been
division of
during the
in
ths Pennsylvania
last few days, It
New Castle by Super.
Patterson, Approxl-
men are amfected by the
which were occasioned
coal traffic to the lake
and Ashtabula. The
is hauling more coal to
than it has in many years, Mr.
Patterson sald,
About 40 cases of wnisky were stol-
from an automobile truck in V
in the South Side distriet
persons living In that vicinity,
Two men,
mately 175
orders,
the heavy
at wrie
by
ac-
to the
automobile
through
of men
persons
police, the gate
was let down
the district
handed out
quor following
chine, driver,
were notified that a robbery was tak
hurried to
highway department, In
list of
te highways, due to
and a
the li-
the ma-
passing
number
to
unknown the
to
ing place and the
The
jRoene,
state
several
of on
construction,
ed to May 11
48,1000 trucks,
cars
of
uelours state
says the state register
H15.000 motor cars
the number
light trucks
whoie total
and
while
and
the
passenger
within GOO
1420,
Amazed
the
when she
bathroom, Mrs. Leah
Sunbury, promptly locked the
Then she telephoned the police
cer Quinn arrested a
said he was Miles Dower
liamsport. He
and 8 v
heard a man
Golder,
door
Om
who
wil
revolver
your man
o
Ig 1
21, of
had a large
slyveerine
He
He denied en
was
person, the police sa
without bail for conrl.
rob, sayiag
quartiess,
slight
was
tering to he looking
for sleeping
From a cut in his
while he was making some
airs to mer Paules
on Naturda
3 an automobile, Fie
of Allentown,
graduated
who
from the Siatingt
School, died of blood
The
nothing
POIsSOnIn
led
of the ent
wonnd hea
thought
lump gathered and death ensued
few hours.
Pennsyivania's May
“soft drinks” which Is
ducted just in advance of warm weath
whether
ored liquids contain
sampling of
always con-
er Lo see the brilliantly col
anything deleter-
to health, as the law phrases it,
f
a2 «
fous
is in full swing in over
horoughs of
ried
state
be ear
of the
the state and
on for
bureau aunched
spring offensive some days ago and
weeks,
of foods their
mérons samples of standard and new
to the
Hundreds of
examined by #x-
substances per
on
concoctions are heing sent
chemists for analysis,
be
where
gamples will the
perts and
mitted by the
label or f
requirements are
not
announced
meet
the facts
James
aw, no
the ailing to otherwise
discovered,
will be
Foust
(ieorge
certified: to Director
for prosecution,
Meliss, of Hazleton,
in
mouth
canght
a 1Z-inch Toby-
hanna Creek In
found a snelled hook, part
er and a one-quarter-inch
is a sinker. The had
given some other tO0
a battle
oy
brown the
y
trout
whose
of a lead
nut
evidently
much
line,
figh
angier
hroken
Scouts were summoned to ald
in for Jacob Ridge, aged
1, of Nouth Willlamsport, who disap-
peared from his home,
Halse In rates by
Hazleton has resulted
continuing
the
town.
As a result of recent
mine pumping plants in
district are working at
keep down the water that
workings.
The York county court has ap-
pointed Monroe Berkheimer to be
chief burgess of West York borough
to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Dr. W, TT, Evans,
Miss NB. Blanche Hoff and Howard
Taylor, well known young people of
York, surprised their friends with the
announcement of their wedding at
Hagerstown, Md.
After robbing the cigar store of
John Kramer at Mt. Carmel of 850
worth of merchandise, thieves went
across the street and took the same
amount of ods from the store of
Constable Paul Cade,
Bellefonte firemen launched a cam-
paign to raise $20,000 with which to
purchase adequate apparatus,
Carl Stewart, of Harrisbrirg, broke
his right ankle in sliding to third base
in a Lebanon park ball game,
It 1s costing Blair county only half
as much to operate its jail under a
straight salary system at it did under
the fee system, 3
A movement to reduce the number
of councilmen in Carlisle from 15 to
10 is being organized.
Over 32000 young trees have been
supplied to state hospitals and other
state Institutions for planting in old
fields or idle acres by the state de
partment of forestry,
Troop I, first Pennsylvania cavalry,
of Sunbur;’, has been recruited to suf-
ficlent strength for state and federal
recognition. .
and the
the search
ash
in
hanlers at
citizens dis-
and carrying
outskirts of the
gorvice
the
the
waste to
heavy
the Hazleton
capacity to
IVY WINGO PUZZLED
OVER QUEER MIXUP
Game Played in New York Over
Year Ago.
Cincinnati Catcher Claims He Stopped
Opposing Player at Third Base
After Umpire Harrison Or.
dered Him Qut of Game,
Ivy Wingo still is puzzled by some-
thing that happened In a game the
Cincinnati Reds played In New York
last summer, He has not yet found
anything in the rule book that satis |
fies him as to the correct ruling.
It was In a game in which he was
put out of the contest and suspended |
and Eddy Roush suffered a like fate. |
The battle was close. George Burps |
smacked one to left field. Ivy
claimed It hit foul at least a foot.
Umpire Harrison suld nothing. Ivy
turned and asked:
“You are not going to call that fair, |
are you?’ |
Harrison
his glove
thirew
time |
Ivy
that
he
air.
sald
in the
was,
At
When the glove went up Harrison |
“You're out of the game.” i
Burns kept running. Ivy recovered |
his glove, the ball was not stopped at |
third base and Wingo backed up the |
play and it, holding Burns at
third
And
wanted
got
to know, has |
ever since |
now Ivy wants
to know, In fact,
Ivy Wingo.
of
told
if he out
instant Harrison
to
on
wns
the game the
hilm, or if he
on playing
was completed
An if he
told im to
WARS Suppose d
play
Keep |
!
until the urns
was out when Harrison
go should not the play
been stopped Burns sent |
to first as the had
eight men the
Another question the play brings
forth is: Should not Burns have been |
allowed to because he
stopped at third by a player who was
not in the game?
Ivy he asked
these questions and a
d
h
have and
back
only
Reds then
on field?
sore
wns
all |
be
Harrison
few more
the fleld, but that Pete
could give him an answer, All
Pete could do was to tell him to leave
and let things stand as they were
after Burns had been stopped at third,
RAYS
not
SPORT NOTES
Hotels in Jersey City haven't raised |
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Dempsey marks time while Carpen-
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It will take 20 tons of nails to build |
the Dempeey-Carpentier arena in Jer-
levinsky is fooling the wise ones
Joe Stecher refuses to admit he has
Human
nature is queer.
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Sherman A. Jones, a New York boy,
Hams swimming team.
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Carpentier has made a fortune of
something over £200000 since being |
matched with Dempsey.
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1t costs Benny Leonard more than
$75,000 a year to live. That makes him
a champion spender, too.
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Chiirles W. Paddock, claimant of
the world's record for 220 yards, will
not go East this summer.
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Young Montreal, bantam boxer, Is
doing a good job of advertising one of
the oldest cities in Canada.
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Bobby Jones will be the greatest
golfer in the world when he learns to
play his own game, critics say. Bobby
takes too much advice,
Le EE .
George Dunean and Abe Mitchell,
prominent English golfers, have been
booked for an exhibition of golf on one
of the Cincinnati links September 13.
. se
Billy Gibson, manager of Benny
Leonard, has taken another good boy
under his management in Benny Vals
ger, the French flash. Valger now tips
the beam around 188 pounds,
second baseman of
best
and
Harris,
of the
fielder
Sam
one
good
ered
ing wields a
oe
Molo by Jatarrratiomed
Senators, is consid
He
Harris’
for him,
Washington
is a cork-
This ix
predicted
bat. second sea-
Diamond
Squibs
Joe Bush is still Joe Bush, but no
‘Buallet” Joe Bush,
»
Clarence Schal
Ins let out
»
heen
Princeton's baseball
etes are dietl
The Brooklyn National
sant winners, are getting
“Chick"
monot explain
*‘Chick.”
°
Boyntor
star, is
lenny
gridiron
ninary,
The prediction
wot hit seems to
m fact.
Harry Biemiller «
nterna
game of the season,
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tionals rang
Any ten-year-old boy
xhat to do when your business
‘eres with baseball,
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inte
Ray Schalk is the same brilliar
satcher he was before
wircked the White Sox.
the grand J
Gleason be
aith the
So do Sehalk and Collins,
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appears
prospects of a
{to
Short
Orleans
The Tigers urchased
stop Don Rader
Southern associa
»
F
have
of 1
)
i New
ee:
the Princeton base
laltimore boy. He
3
+
tain Fisher,
captain, is a |
aits fourth in the t
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the Nationai
Grover,
league
the
The slogan in
“Watch Alexander.”
seems greater than
i=
sreat,
pring.
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Unless all signs fail Dutch Reuther,
inder the fatherly handling of Uncle
Robbie, will be a game winner this
season,
* * *
Ben Koehler, former first baseman
None of the American association
profanity. Things aren't het
snough yet,
* * s
8t. Louls has the hitters, but it is
Joubtful if Lee Fohl will have the sort
of pitching staff needed for success in
the majors,
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Agents to watch against gambling
American league.
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Erickson, the Swedish cove
Eric
for Detroit. seems to be getting away
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Fred Weise, a former Pennsylvania
student, is playing the outfield for
Swarthmore. He is regarded as the
aardest hitter on the team,
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Bill Killefer, Cub catcher, has been
made a life member of the Theodore
Roosevelt Legion post No. 627, along
with Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
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Mitchell's Braves are playing
smooth ball, but the pitchers are go
ing none too well. They seem to be
affected with marvelous wildness,
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One of the things no baseball fan
ans ever been able to figure out is why
the opening of the baseball season is
always a signal for a protracted rainy
spell,
"0.
Penn's baseball team worked the
first double squeeze play of the base
ball year. That's one reason why big
lengue scouts are shadowing col:
leglans,
FOUR-EYED CATCHERS.
fe
Pha EE BR EE REE EER eee aR
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a
WILL STRENGTHEN PHILLIES
pected to Help Donovan's Team
in Pennant Race,
Earl Neale.
Ring, by the Phillies in a winter trade.
The two former Reds will greatly
strengthen the chances of Bill
ovan's outfit as pennant’ contenders,
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ROOKIE IS PART OF PASTIME
Don
Hayseed He Is Today Well Edu.
cated and Mannered,
Rookies
be.
aren't what they used
tion of hayseed and cabbage.
They furnished entertainment
they didn't know about the world as
well ag baseball. Today practically
all rookies are well educated and well
mannered,
Many have arrived before they hit
the big time in the knowledge of the
game. This Is due to the caliber of
ball played in the minors and to the
increasing number of recruits from
college nines,
Most hayseeds blow out of big league
ball faster than they blew in. Few of
them come up from the hills with bare
feet,
Baseball is a man's game now, [It
has progressed far as regards the
mental caliber of those who play It
Yet the word rookie will always stick.
It's a part of the pastime,
FIND NEW BASEBALL WONDER
Pitcher McGrew of Galveston Lets
New York Giants Down With Two
Hits in 11 Innings,
Pitcher MeGrew of the Galveston
club may be the next baseball won-
der when Babe Ruth's home rans get
to be old stuff. MoGrew is 7 feet tall
and weighs 100. He allowed the Giauts
but two hits in 11 innings
"JUNIOR WEFERS, LIKE +
FATHER, IS SPRINTER
Is Ranked With Swiftest Run-
ners of the Country.
Youngster Is Fast Acquiring Epeed
and Fine Points of Game That
Made Paternal Ancestor Fa.
mous Many Years Ago.
It is not very often that an athlete
who had the height of his
| form a quarter of a century before
represented
reached
in
in his field by a son
| equally as good.
| case
| son,
{ GEO
| greatest
| BRiore
| for
siaughts
jut that is just
Welers . and
Twenty-five
the
Bernie Br
Jr.
Sr.,
sprinter,
with
Bernie
’ , 04 3
ernie, wis the
He held
the
world's
records
Including
which sl
th
ne
a) yards, ood
of
throughout the years until
ago, Charley
world's
Paddock, the
was credited with
Today ir. 1
| the best sprinters of the
der his father's experienced
ig
fart
Bernie,
acquiring
Fiend
At
game L
points of the
famous 80 long ago.
Bernie
question
American
15 Eh fhet
Pp i
Liolds but
Sernie Wefers, Jr.
Young
8 moe
rac
fnstruct
Sporting Squibs
of All Kinds
Yale we golf matel , the
for a trip to
Plans are under way
t by the Yale
Honolulu this
| swimming
summer
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for
ry
her bid
but will
Holland has withdrawn
the 1924 Olympic
for the
RRINDUS,
SCR series,
= v
Mails letters re-
Demp-Carp
for 50K),
jammed with
for the
There's only room
*. =
are
1
t
ickets
Davis
Hills,
COmIing
until! the
at Forest
reservations are
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Five months cup
Nh. X
Yet seat in.
Bill Tilden asked the hometown citi
gens of Philadelphia to spend $50,000
in the building of tennis courts, and
Paris is slated to get the 1824 Olym-
pic games, according to Gaston Vidal
undersecretary of physical education
of France.
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Emmet French will captain the
team of American professional golf
ers who will compete in the British
open championship.
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F. L. Page, bow in the Princeton
boat, ix said to resemble in build the
famouns bow, Arthur Savage, who died
at Chateau Thierry,
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Frank Moran's English press agents
had it all framed for the Pittsbhurgher
to cripple Carpentier before Dempsey
was given a chance.
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Jim J. Pugh. rower for Pennsylvania
has finally passed hiz reexamination
and with five others unseated because
of studies, is reinstated,
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Reginald Jenny, diminutive stroke
for the Harvard crew who set the pace
that won over Yale last year, is at
Hot Springs, Ark, for rheumatism,
"ew
William Marvin plans to stage a
comeback with William, p., 1:58%,
He has named that famous wiggs
a the 2:03 pace at Toledo,