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PENNSYLVANIA
STATE ITEMS
TFamaqua.—Frank Suda
missing since Angust
is of the opinion that
suicide,
Harrisburg. —Bullding
has been
he
of
here is forbidden
passed by council,
Hazleton.—About
by an ordinance
300 United
to the international convention opening
in Indianapolis, September 20.
Pittsburgh Director Davis,
department of public health,
of the
closed
many years as a swimming
youngsters, because a test of the water
showed traces of typhoid bacilli.
Marietta, Despondency caused
Samuel T. Stolthefus, of lareville, to
commit hanging. He
70 dealer
farmer. A widow, eight children
many other descendents survive
York.—It being estimated that thou
sands of dollars been taken out
of York recently by agents for “bogus”
stock companies, the York
comierce decided to establish no
bureau to stock selling
schemes. This committee was appoint
ed to draft plans for the bu Ellis
S. Lewis, I. Bruce,
Keesey, Harry Ness and A.
Harrisburg. The contract
suleide by was
and
and
years old, a tobacco
have
chamber of
has
investigate
au:
Vincent
AM.
for furn-
ishing dog license tags to the state de
partment of agriculture
enforcement the
Scott
for the
rlacing
first
of law dog
been awarded to the prison labor com
mission,
Sharon
$
0
by street, was arrested Game War
den Dixon, charged with owning . dog
She is an allen, and Alderman Thomas
fined her £30 under a
Uniontown.— Bound,
bed of «8 by two
the I. N.
Henry
was found
¢
employers of
ney state law
gagred
masked
Hagan
rob
the
and
men in
Jee
office of
pany,
manager,
by the plant
been struck on the
Insirument
several
On
the next morning
He
with a
haa
blunt
for
head
and was Unconsciors
hours.
Altoona. The
that gre exactly
as girls of
Altoona, & total of 5726.
ber approximately 3000
Catholic parish schools,
mainder public schools, In
in the high school
enrolled, necessitating
two sessions a day.
State agricultural de
parunent warnings for the prompt re
moval of around tomato vines
so that late crop may have a
chance to mature are being sent out.
The crop is looked for by many farm
ers to valuable,
sweet potatoes In some
have received here,
Uniontown.—Ordered to leave New
Geneva, the vicinity in which he has
resided for a number of vears, follow-
Ing the admission that he sold liquor
without a license, Louis Valentine ee
titioned the court to modify the order,
The court extended the time of his
departure from September 1 to No
vember 1. If he has not left New
Geneva by that time he will be brought
into court and sentenced to the work-
house. It was brought out that Mrs.
Valentine was ill, and. nnder those
circumstances the extension was grant
ed. Between now and November 1
Valentine must dispose of al his prop-
erty in New Geneva and remain away
from that section of the country for
two years.
Harrisburg,
school census shows
there as many
compuisory school age
Of this num
attend
and the
the the
four classes
students are
Harrisburg.
wWeedin
the
be Good reports
districts
on
also
been
Martens and black.
birds have begun flocking in larger
uumbers than nsual” at “iis SeASON
preparatory to the southern flight, ae
cording to reports coming ‘o the capi-
tol. Boyd P. Rothrock, ~urator of
the State Muesum branches devoted to
wild life and allied subjects in Fenn.
sylvania, says that he has noticed the
martens gathering for seme time ~nd
that indications of an early start for
the south are at hand.
the martens have been observed by
the state experts and have been es
pecially numerous throughout parts
of southern Pennsylvania. Chimney
swifts and other birds also are said
to have been carrying out their ag-
tumn habits earlier than customary.
Large flocks of blackbirds have been
seen within a few miles of the capitol
and the evening flights have been fol.
lowed by many hunters, Reports com-
ing to the department of agriculture
also have told of birds gathering ang
of robins showing signs of restlessness,
State College.—~More than 3000 in-
vitations have heen sent out by the
college requesting the attendance of
Individuals at the inauguration of Dr,
John M. Thomas as president of the
Imstitution October 14. Plans for a
most impressive ceremony have been
formulated and arrangements made
for the entertainment of at least 1000
visitors,
Hazleton—Dr, David Levy, of
Bridgeport, Conn., has assumed charge
of the congregation of Beth Israel
Temple here,
Bloomsbur Mr. and Mrs, Peter
Reedy, of this place, celebrated thelr
fifty-seventh wedding anniversary
quietly at their home,
Catawissa.—More than a score of
persons who attended the reunion of
the McIntyre family near here were
stricken with ptomalne poison,
Mt. Carmel—Joseph Snyder, 2, a
mile driver in the mines here, died
from peretonitis, caused from effects of
being kicked In the abdomen.
For years
Harrisburg.-—~ The annual romper
day celebration in Reservoir Park here
was participated in by 4500 children,
Hazleton.—John Boyle, of this place,
has Just completed a 28-yea~ continu-
ous enlistment In the “Tnited States
army.
Watsontown--Pleading guilty to
selling near-beer without a license Os-
car HE. Stewart, was fined $30 and
Costs,
Butler.—Nine mayors were present
at the opininz of the convention of
the Pennsylvania League of Third-
Class Citles here,
Harrisburg. —Low water in many of
the streams of Pennsylvania is en-
such
times will be introduced for considera-
tion at the sessions ¢f the American
Fisheries Society, which will begin its
Commission-
er Nathan R. Buller, president the
society, who is just home from a tour
of the state, says there has been loss
many brook trout, but that bass
have not been so hard hit. The situ-
ation Is not so bad In the lnkes of the
and
have
the streams in the southern
tral counties, Other state
the same expertences,
Harrisburg.——Dr. Thomas E. Fine
san, state superintendent of public in-
struction, has returned from Honolulu,
where he attended the educational con.
ferences, and will arrange for an early
cen.
had
meeting of the new state council of |
education and for with |
Superintendent E the
conferences
('. Groome, of
»
Results will
for some time,
Brownsville Unlon organizers from |
the Monongaaeln River district have |
entered county and |
coke making an effort |
to organize men, about 2500 of
strike. The trouble
W. J. Rainey com- |
pany plants, now has spread fo inde |
not
be given out
the Fayette coal
and are
the
ont
fields
whom are
on
which began at th
pendent compinies,
jutler.—Indletments charging a
returned against s
Butler county by |
and when it |
indictments
Woner dry |
law, pass
mis |
deéemeninor were ven |
hotel of
the
nade its return here,
propriefors
September gr jury
The
the
rege a violation of
1, Pennsylvania's new dry
the last legislature.
In Brophy,
United Mine
here {hat
by
Clearfield. —J-
of District 2,
America,
nresident
y Jorkers of
announced the dis.
trict would
old its fall convention in
Jubols, October 18 A scale
Ar.
committee
LETee
ment w be mapped out, Brophy
« And a scale
the
appointed
{0 meet operators of this distriet |
© agree i
con- |
nlowing
1922, President Brophy |
that he planned the joint |
scale committee meet early in the vear |
SOT
fc w
for
31,
ns and working
two venars
ages
the
said to have
«0 that the agreement could be signed
long before the present one expires.
York. harged
John Downey, Shenandogh councilman, |
was arrested here, |
Pittsburgh Dr
hans resigned
with bootlegging,
acon |
Institute |
Raymond F,
of the Mellon
here,
York Mayer, former
of this city, was reelected
of the York Count;
ation.
Uniontown,
est Yeacher at the
was Miss Goldie
field, who tips t
State College. --Dr.
Chambers, for 11 years
School of Education at ‘he University |
of Pittsburgh, has accepted a dean-
ship at Pennsylvania State College, ]
Hatehhill.—-Struck by a bolt of light- |
ning as he was standin in the
way of « barn at his Jarm
Fred Smith, 42, was instrntis
during a severe electrical storm. i
Hazleton ~-Willlam McGinty, of San |
Francisco, is visiting old fri nds In his |
native town here, after an absence of |
38 years, !
Deita~Mr~ Ella J. Barnette, gf this |
place, while feeding the chickens in |
her yard, fell dead, due to an attack |
of hear. disease,
Greenshurg.— Mary Sanders, of |
Scottdale, has entered 1 charge against |
her husband for assanit and battery,
claiming that he has made it a cus
tom to beat her every pay-day for |
some time. Sanders, unable to furnish
$500 hail, was held for court.
Harrisburg.-Officers of th: state for
estry departinent are making their an- |
nual inspection of the Pennsylvania
forest reserves embracing more than
1,000,000 acres.
Altoona.--A land of gipcies raided |
J. W. Endress’ store in Logan town- |
ship, driving out the women clerks,
taking money from the cash drawer
and helping themselves to goods. They
were arrested at Achville, brought
backy compelled to make restitution
and fined by Alderman W. Leamer.
Freeland.—John Kresge, a badly-
crippled mincr, for whom the people
of this place recently raised a fund or
51264.50, invested the tioney In a
home,
York.—Falling from s balcony at
his home here, James A, Theighman
died of a fractured skull. *
Sunbury. Frank Zettlemoyer, of
this place, was appointed an assistant
game protector for Northumberland
county.
Harrisburg. —Records of the state
highway department show completion
of 440 miles of durable road in the
1921 construction sensor, .
Hazleton.-—The State hospital here
is crowded to the doors and ten pa.
tients were refused admission this week
becatigse there was no room for them.
Kulpmont.~Adam SBinkavieh and
George Tackask were painfully burned
about the face and hands An an explo.
sion of gas at the Scott colliery here,
Bunbury. ~The Central Hotel, for
years the leading hostelry here, will
Jacob mavor !
president
Firemen's Associ. |
Fayette county's small-
institute |
of Smith. |
county
George,
at 88 pounds. |
Wl Grant!
dean of the |
+ wenles
door. |
here, |
killed |
be converted Into 8 buciness Mee
buallding, :
TWO MAY RETUR
Back from baseball graves to get
Jweir share in this year's world series,
Is that what Babe Adams of the
and Frank Baker of
up to?
Of course,
neither the Pirates nor
but both clubs are “sitting
Babe Adams pitched in one world
Pirates clashed, Adams won two
world's champion club.
Baker Home Run King.
Baker has starred in more
He was the home-run king when the
Athletics were copping annually,
was known as a money player
his work In the hig series,
then one,
hest
Diamond
Squibs
Base stealing has declined this year
with the heavy hitting.
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If the pitching on the Detroit elul
is good, then sarsaparilla is a deadly
intoxicant.
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Gene Cocreham, veteran pitcher re
leased by
by Houston.
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The San Antonio club has purchased
Pitcher Sterling Stryker from the
Indianapolis club.
» ° .
let ont
George Tyler, by
the Chicago Cubs, has been signed by
recently
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President William F. Beker of the
Philadelphia National League team
denies that the team is for sale.
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Mack and
promising
the
to
Athletics
back
Connie
have been come
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One of the latest reports in base.
ball is that the Baltimore Orioles and
Phillies will be merged next season.
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If you don't
full of grit, watch them after they
have siid into second on a dusty day.
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If Covelskie were to be subtracted
the Yankees, what a mess it would
. * *
Cy Young is fifty-five years old, but
can «till give lessons in flinging to a
big league pay.
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Earl
normal
Saginaw Mint
drooks, Mount Pleasant, Mich,
pitcher, has joined the
league for a fling at
school
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A remarkably fast game was staged
in Rocky Mount when Norfolk and the
ar Heels completed a nineinning
. . *
Capt. Eddie Colling has fallen for
golf. even to the extent of purchasing
a pair of kniekerbockers in which te
peruse the ancient Scottish sport.
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Alexander is working his head off
to help make KiHlefer a success as
manager. The Nebraskan spends all
bis spare time on the coaching lines,
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“Chie” Fewster has been In a bat.
ting slump and, although Bobby Roth,
a much better hitter, ig with the elub,
Hugging refuses to substitute Roth
for Fewster.
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As & home club the Cardinale are
a distinct success. They're much bet.
ter there than away. The Yanks are
hetter, if anything, on the road. The
Giants are better at home and, bar
Pittsburgh, have done poorly in the
Western cities,
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It's a better grade of baseball with
hetter pitehing and normaley in hitting.
The greatest of mistakes would be to
purposely increase the hitting, Cheap.
en anything and It loses its glamor.
Except Ruth's home runs. The Babe
tan a style all his own,
hoth
is com
and Adams were
And In sports it
that a
Faily sccounts of
two b
{ But Baker
{ counted ont
| mon to man can't come
back.
in the
i able
ny
games played
include fay
Veterans,
Stalwart
the stalwa
Tupi
le 0% or
HEU
mention of the two
Adams is
Adams is one of rig of the
Pirates ax he was in And Baker
in t! runs the Yankees
hadly
is battiog
need so their fight with
Cleveland,
Babe Ads
{ old and begun
Kan
Bakes
wen
1d wit)
Parsons,
Frank
and had
when the ¥
spring
year
PLAYS SOME REAL BASEBALL
Ernie Johnson of White Sox Resorts
to Clever Trick to Beat Bail to
First Bage,
Once in 8 while baseball
and players unexpectedly pull
real baseball
Ernle Johnson, Salt lake
bat with two out and none
Ernie Johnsen.
H+
the ball
infleild played back
Result was he beat
It turned the tide of the
bunted,
to first,
game,
won out,
And John McGraw sat In the dug
out the other day, wrinkled his eye
“sucker act,” better known the
squeeze play.
He worked it three times on the un
suspecting leagoe-leading Pirates,
Pulling the unexpected is the soul
of a good ball game,
fas
CALIFORNIA GETS BIG EVENT
For First Time Pacific Coast institu.
tion Permitted to Stage Big Ath.
jetic Meet
For neagly 50 years the Intercollegi.
ate A. A. A. A. has been recognized as
the national collegiate track and field
premier event, and for the first time
University of California athletes hold
the crown, Heretofore the big eastern
institutions always reigned supreme.
A ——————————
Harvard Stands Pat.
Harvard will not change its
football system this fall,
The old reliable style which
has brought honor to Cambridge
is good enough for them.
Last year the Crimson eleven
departed from the A. B CC
fundamentals only to meet spe
cinl attacks of opposing teams,
These special departures did
not meet always with success,
Harvard has always bad
weight, generalship and good
conchiog, and methods that are
traditional,
WERDEN ADMITS BABE
RUTH SWINGS HARDER
Fans Yelled Because He Drove
the Ball So Hard.
Yankee Sluggers Big Assets Are His
8wing and Weight — No Excita.
ment Over Werden's Record
of 45 Home Run Drives,
The old homerun king takes off his
to the Perry Werden,
Dew One,
40 drives in 1805, admits that Babe
Ruth bas 4 harder swing than he had
mude his
“Mr here is no doubt but that Babe
all of them
Werden,
his
he murk.
on modern and
sg
“His swing and welght are his |
BERETS
“When I
with the
Western
made my record, I
was i
St. Louis «lub of
ieague,
“There wasn't much talk
The truth
because [ sw
about my
45 home runs, is, some
ie Ing Wo
“Fences were {arth hack then,
to hit the ball hard to lift §
1 Park,
“I weighed 180
heavier i
#8 Babe,
Po
mignt
:
batts right
age thant Seal
Wi rien iN HOW
sirikes in the
He isn't as
but he raas the
Hix record was
hen
up Jor
1 he begy
the
CO
68 On
Remarkable Religious Rites Dear
to Malayan Sect.
Twe Days of Fasting Followed by
Hours of the Cruelest Tortures
Self.inflicted,
A religious sect of the Malays hss
Just been keeping a festival dear to
then as Christmas Is to us, writes a
correspondent from Slogapore to the
The feast started
procession early on Sunday
when they carried a costly
from one temple to another two
miles distant,
A silver chariot, with canopy
lale, on which the idol had
with a
morning,
idol
and
Cur-
eto an
the tem-
been
placed at the entran«
avenue of palms leading into
and lined bauners worked
allegorical In the porch
four great
slatues,
with
with
were
designs.
hollow gror
stined for
Carr
a bonfire;
men
these had bees led by
EO
ried
Here al
white buliocks ade
anklets—animals
valking Inside them
two fine
with silver kept
tolely for the j
in the
1 was
drawing the
AS about to
ERVAERe
told me
}
the
NOE prayers
throw
followed
hie
of All Kinds
1 v LE Mi rd i Charges
sindenis 86 {
tichard C,
10 hw fe
Le}
otha ll
EN Unive
Joeoh Bernstein of
N ow
with 63% points
York state
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H
Han open golf «bhampionship, with
Trovenger of Detroit won the |
# pg
we OL 0
for the 72 holes.
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Cleveland
won the nterlake
tennis championship, ing
in
defen Toledo
five of the six single matches,
v % @
tyeorges Carpentier is picked ag win-
te be held in New
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for fig!
New York, is
Timit
by
An sge ters, such as
been set wrong.
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Miss America, Gar Wood's world |
champion hydroplane, was awarded the |
Sinciair trophy, emblematic jof
Great Lakes championship, withou
having to win the third contest.
the |
MOTHER HAS BIG INFLUENCE
When Benny Leonard doesn’t knock
out an opponent, he gets the razzherry
from the fans,
He's figured to bave the stuff neces.
sary to kick over his men every time
he lets one go.
That is expecting a lot of any fight.
er. Some fighters are harder to his
than others,
But aside from this there is another
reason. It i= Benny's mother,
Every time he leaves home for a
fight she says—“Benny, my boy, please
don’t hurt your opponent any more
than you have to-and don't knock
him out”
So perhaps she is responsible for
many & pleasant evening some medi.
ore fighter hans spent with Benny
when he should Lave been counted
ule
of these men are very
rile
risy
weur
SUrGhHen
SATO
By
Are
the
wearing o
wag inst
Lueory othing
rnaments around neck
white loin ecioth
sirotig relief by their
The idol was brough
ight procession on
the nati
ThZIest feats
1d hardls
own
the
eves,
In
‘etid with the smell of bur:
and
ven with
tempie, where the alr was
rr candal
HE sanaca;
perspiring humanity, were
hundreds of little
sticking into the body,
oniaining spikes wl
gars
ing shoes
enetrated
drawing
containing fruit
idols by cords attached to fish
siuck in the flesh of the back
into the foot
Kagons
or the
wrsonification of agony
Pleasant Land of Holland.
The golden glory of kingeups grow-
ng in generous masses. Wide, wide
land ersoected
with sliver where the
light
¥
Black and white cows grazing peace
fully ; numerous families of little pigs
following close at the heels of large
ack and white cows; the whitest of
#hite lambs at play.
The dark form of windmills
Ionetted against the horizon. In place
if hedges, long straight rows or ave.
sil
ow-green, Clumps of fuzzy-headed
willows down by the water's edge ot
sharing with the poplars the duty of
forming boundary lines between
meadows .
Little hamlets with red-roofed cot
tages showing gayly out of orchamls
full of snowy blossom. Riuebloused
peasants at work in the fields, or mov
ing in leisurely. fashion along the
dykes, pushing before them with long
poles the slow-moving, brightiy-paint-
ed barges,
These are some of the things that
catch our attention as our train moves
through Holland on a day in spring,
Christian Science Monitor.
Medical Advice for Sailors,
All ships at sea within a wide ra-
dius of New York may obtain free
medical advice by wireless telegraphy,
says Radio News (New York). This
free dispensary is the first of its kind
In the world. It will be available for
hundreds of ships in New York harbor,
up and down the Atlantic const and for
half-way across the Atlantic Except
for the great liners few ships onrey
doctors, but practically all are
equipped with radio. The new service
will be carried on by the Seaman's
Church lostitute in South street, which
meets all the expenses of the undertak.
ing.
New Colors.
1 see that one of the latest colors is
called “mutton-fat jade” 1 am now.
waiting In fear and trembling for
chicken-gizesrd gray, cat'smeat pink |
and chewed gooseberryskin cerise
Daily Herald, London,