PENNSYLVANIA STATE ITEMS White Haven.—The two disabled former service men patients at the sanitorium hundrel who hern flag by the Barre, Pittsburgh. —Fire in a double two-story frame dwel'ing here destroyed between $1100 and $1200 in cur-erecy which had been lef in a cupboard in one of the Three fami! es were driven street. Property damage mated at 32000, Pottsville.—Galen Knerr and ert Leuschner, of Tower City, seriously injured in a thrilling dent at East Brookside colliery. were handling dynamite with to hlow section of one of the exploded, throwing the erable distance, It was summon aid down a 250-foot to the injured men and to parts of Galen's hands body was and ent likely he his sig Rotary Club of which broke wis esti Rob- They loose a coal held fell men a sticks Galen and consid necessary to His bruised and teht entir Tel WeeKHy former Presi President Keith Adams r the attaln student looked on at the } mass dent Sparks awarded Sparks medal to Donald of Millershurg, n ment the last se ar of meeting In chapel the followi by Dauphin county scholastic gra hoy Ol highest des for 1 1 smd |tudaen Any the en- was all fact consumed college at enrolled | Harri brougt Pen: figures of the f aggro bushel less tha 9 146.543 that cron 11.000 (6) The morelar prod: Harrishur ter the issued t foods 100 re been taken a8 [tore ant cate stored been held getting Ti oy ew and samp! York emting this cf brothers A propos the rev used for r the Sta therefrom to be was lal sr by Commission It RK th urged it was made an electrical with t know that for cord Yeglisis fmminene age.” Marietta. —Potato of Lancaster county he statement that “we the size of appropriations ation purposes varies changing ead of acco reforest ing to the moods of the Impending growers association int} Mason, 2 State *allaea 1 Cf . anerative College, si Mn Co-operative organizations and a types of ary prelimin. ting wi held n the Gihble farm at Brunersvile. To proc at whe prices and terest in cultivation are the objects of the hody. Wilkes-Barre—Eight thous thracite mine workers at six of the Pennsylvania Coal went on strike because, It was an- nounced, the company refused to pro- mote a blacksmith’s helper to the po- sition of blacksmith after the latter nad quit his Joh, Other grievances are sald to be Involved. Beaver A combination store-dwell. ing bullding at Smith's Ferry, near here, was wrecked by a bomb which exploded near the doorway of a bed- room occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Clyne Kinsey. They were hurled from bed and slightly injured. Bedford. —W, B. Mock, register and recorder for Bedford county, died shortly after being struck by an auto- mobile In front of his home. Mr. Mock In crossing the street passed be- hind a machine parked before his res. {dence and stepped In the path of an. other car, Brownsville Caught in a fall of glate In the Palmer mines John Mur ray, 42, 1s in the General Hospital suf. fering from a ruptured bladder. Williamsport, ~~ Twelve hotelmen who pleaded gullty to selling non-In- toxieating liquors without a license were each sentenced to pay a flue of £500, Langford —Coming in contact with a wire charged with 11,000 volts George Betz, of Summit HIll, was electrocuted, Lancaster.-~John Doster, aged 63, fell dead while hunting rabbits near ‘Mount Alry. nes ire seed ylesale stimulate in- new and an- collieries company the State ordered Agents of Foods have been Harrisburg, of because of the num- eggs put on the the recent rise in arrests have heen selling cold storage eggs as the last month, and Director Foust predicts more from re- made to him of inspection by who have gone through markets and stores, as fresh, cold storage following Numerous for of prices, made Connellsville, Employment was given more than 1000 men In the Con- nellsville coke region when 600 coke ovens were lighted at four H. CC. Prick Coke company plants, Orders for resumption will be issued within a few days at other plants, and the reach 2000, The majority of the plants idle Industrial improved but surely all are conditions are back to normal, Connellsville. Henry Douglas gro worker in the Fifth ward, arrest. violat f tae pri nearly summer, erably slowly consid and ne- Neged fon of mary ‘election laws last September, has declared that when his ease comes up for trial he is going to demand con stable fees, “They couldn't get a come and both elalm inght wore « and sent to ar department for a 1 ining. in Potis if we perm form of military eh school Il contri Stuart Glov a promin. NK} were shotgun was accidentally god hie e wne hadly may have to amnut; Kane-—~Howard S 1.4 3 } who ia, i Jones, 20 and lived here until few weeks ago, was electrocuted at his home in Erie. He was searching for a pair of boots in f his home and took hold of reed wire, Death was Instantaneous, survived by a Altoona ind Edward foona, cons fe yvoars was bart fi the cellar an overo! widow, Lafferty, aged Yon, aged 25, hoth of Al- od degree mur. der In connection with the deat’ of William E. Nie Altoona, An gust 3, were sentenced to not less 194 or more than 20 years in the peniten. tiary by Judge Thomas J. Baldridge, They were also charged with being implicated in the hold-up of the Man- hattan Limited, of the Pennsyivania railroad. lurgettstown, Two bombs timed to explode within five minutes of each other, let go In the basement of a rea- tnurant here and wrecked the estab- lishment, Miss Emily Glassper, night operator at the telephone exchange, was thrown from her cot in an ad- joining building but was not seriously injured. A former employe of the restaurant has been arrested. Claridge ~—~While coming out of ‘he mines here Joseph Palermo was struck by a motor and instantly killed. Berwick. —Frances Urban, aged 2 vears, dled in the hospital here from burns received when her clothing caught fire Lancaster.—Mrs, Ada B. Wentz, old- est inmate of the Lancaster Wittmen Home, is dead at the age of 08 years, Berwick.~8Samuel Loreman, 68, was badly hurt and his automobile was demolished when the machine went over a T0.foot bank just above here, Tamaqua.--A special election will held here December 15 on a proposal to inerease the bonded Indebtedness of the school district by $00,000, Hazleton Abraham Curcio, of Haz ton Heights, lost his right foo! when he held the hand rall as he alighted from a car and was dragged under the whaoals, {worge 10, Seo ted of shous, In ’ ice mS Coach, pd i gi el Wy Yi a aa Alibis Tor Umpires HB FS rr Umpire Tom Connolly has two althig, One is that managers and players, not smpires, blame for games drawn out, which correct. His other umpires find it the ball when are on the field do good work calling balls and strikes—with which players at least may agree when they fail b to hit the ball, y are to being long probably is alibi is that hard to follow overflow crowds and thus can’t AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA SLRS l | ! | | | Manager John McGraw and Hugh Reunited after many and strife the di of baseball i York battles BRINONG, 1 the world's Hughey and McGraw, urkett- written John Jesse B are baseball's heroes, MeGras year this ant Jennings, ni teammate on lurkete, as the Orioles ns second ¥. Never Piloted a Winner, Burkett hu never tune to nant TALLER THAN JES S WILLARD Records Show That Chap by Freeman Wae 6 Feet 101; in Height, Name of inches Jess Wii He stood into the real big Way WAS Jess Willard. The fellow stood § feet 1045 Inches, History falls to relate whether was ever hit on the chin or not. it's doubtful if he was, But think of the target his body would have been for such a fighter as the present king of the sock—Wil- Ham Harrison Deuipuey, UMPIRE ALWAYS HAS HIS SAY Useless to Protest Against Judgment on Any Ruling in Baseball Game. Every time an umpire talks, during n baseball game, he says a mouthful of law, Baseball managers who have felt the occasion to protest a ruling have found this out. When his honor the nmp speaks—that is all there is to It. It's all over but the protesting. And that doesn’t mean anything, says the Chicago Post, Recently, the Cleveland Indians pro- tested a ball game because, so Tris Speaker claimed, a Yankee player in. terfered with an Indian who was try ing to make a catch, The protest came after the umpire ruled that there was no interference, Ban Johnson was miles away from the play, but the ump's word was plen- ty good enough for him, Truly, an umpire always say! he But has his ed In Ne m of 1920, 186) toy enme to the Glants in a pitcher, but converted an outfielder because he i not fed shoots, And 08 ¢ New York, Clev Burkett Wis could flelder with Louls of the most able ba game High Batt vif (1 InRaGe ing Records, The of McGraw, Start on Idaho Ranch. Horsemanship Attractirg Atten. tion of All Critics—Ride on Surf Rider at Aqueduct Was Ster- ling Plece of Work. Norman Ro *f . ments this reason now Arthur has heen Princeton fresh: Ray Cal jand Americar been vague i uncondit given his » * * the for a J., Feb- Rut college has hooked Georgetown basketball team New Brunswick, N. gers game at ruary 22 Fa » - . With the searcity of good baseball talent In the bushes, big league scouts but mere. ly tourists, * * - Dempsey and Willard have signed n fight next spring, but the publie refuses to hecome excited about it so far in advance, * - - Nate Siegal drew a three-month suspension the other day from the Massachusetts boxing commission for coaching a boxer. - - * The Newark club of the Internation. al, it is said, will abandon use of the Harrison ball park next year, bulid- ing a new plant of its own, * » . During the current golf season a total of 51 players holed out in one on various Canadian golf courses and of the number three are women, * - » Yale pext season will use the broader bladed American oar In Eng Heh-bullt shells, Three hundred and twenty-five candidates turned out for Inst year's crews, * . 0» The Brooklyn Dodgers, by the way, In taking the final game of the season from the Giants, won the season's play hetween the two teams, 12 out of 22, and was the only team to beat the (lants on the season in the National league. Fator's h« this season that » attention of the critic Surf Rider in the Bs Aqueduct was one o work seen thi } ’ MIDE | ie since last Idaho native state, ss — Pitcher Nolan Worked Every Day in Week, as Did His Battery Mate, Silver Flint, of baseball teams which great-—the old Baltimores, Superbas, the Cubs, White Sox, the Speaking were Brooklyn Glants, the and others gport experiences go back erations, says one of the teams in its day was the Indianapolis team of 1877. winners of the pennant in the International association, On that team was the great battery of that day—Silver Flint, catcher, and “The Only” Nolan, pitcher, says the Indianapolis News. The other players were Frank Houtz, first baseman ; Joe Quest, second base; Fred Warner, third base : D. J. Mack, shortstop ;: J.B. McSorley, left fleld; William Reilley, center, and Ad Rocap, right field. This team was built by its mann ger, D, E. Pettit, who gathered the players from weral teams in the Middle West. One of the greatest thinkers on the team was McSorley, known a8 “Trick,” because of his penchant for outguessing the opposi tion. The work of the great battery, Nolan and Flint, was the outstanding feature of the play of the Indianapolis team, Nolan pitched every day In week--114 games in the season, Flint canght In all of these games. To the pitcher of the modern day, whe can pitch about one game in four, this does seem as overwork, two the / Evening airy Tale ory GRAHAM BONNER Sn. COIL HLAT BY WELTIRS JW a0 is LION'S VOICE. “There King Lion, don’t dare hear They speak in afrald to speak “Now, 1 am different 1 am nre sald they voloes, Some Ccrealures “who are shy, and their own low tones and they are out, not in myself nothing shy about what I have the speak. There is I» to kay. least afraid of hearing me, fa out and “No one can frighte If some people are spoken Re ay ~~ DE aN a Nv 2 he > Yo, wo eh Io to Thursday He “lothes al six pleases be a nice sort of an in- had one like will. curious crea. don't enough to lion to their party. Why, feel flattered If a King them up. They should feel indeed. suite and girls wear and they all look very dressed they cannot look as hand- King Lion, no matter what go to to get their clothes. “Ah no, not only am 1 a wild ani. and I never have to fuss about my looks either. “1 don't have to stand before a mir ror to see if my tie is on straight, or my hair ribbon looks well. I just nat. arally am handsome and well-dressed without any fussing. “Bat oh, when 1 hear people speak and their voices are so low and so quiet, 1 say to myself: “Moar, King Lion, and show them that you're not afraid to speak out, Roar and show thém what a voice really can be like! “And after 1 have told myself te do this, I do it, and my voice is a won. derful voice. It does what 1 expect it to do. “Yes, I roar and 1 look very wild and the children all tremble a bit, as they should, for I am King Lion, I am.” ver have don’t suppose | ever “Children are such that they know invite a nice should jon ate “Boys wear dresses, up. But Hard for Willie. Teacher—Wilile, why i8 it yon don't get your lessons and think history is go hard? Willie~Of course it's hard; we've had a stone age, a bronze age, an iron age, and now we're having the hard- bolled age.
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