PENNSYLVANIA STATE ITEMS Lancaster, The old Hoffman House, for half a century a saloon and prior to that a tavern, was formally dedicated as the new h¢tne of the Water Street Mission. It was pur- chased for $24,000 and remodeled, largely by public subscription. It will house seventy unfortunates until they are able to find employment. Uniontown.—Local police are look- ing for a man who wears a No. 10 shoe and who is believed to have brok- en into the clothing store of Louls Bremler and completely fitted himself out with new clothing. men are under Slase scrutiny. Mahanoy City.—Fire caused hy stroyed the blacksmith, Valley colliery, ical equipment, £25,000. Harrisburg.—Complaint Coalport Light, together with mechan- entailing a loss of that Heat and Power com- he refused to permit the men to trim trees was filed with the public service mission by John K. Gorman, of Coal- port. The service was eut off Novem- ber 24, and he asks that it be restored. The commission called upon the company for an answer, Harrisburg. —Members industrial board have decree that all red dered changed to ter has heen ref mittee, headed for a report For has of the been asked to exit lights be or- and the mat- erred to a special com- by Cronin, at the December meeting. red have designate fire-escapes, green, James CC, years lights heen quir exits and places, and the suggestion now being made Is that the red light alarm, while generally in industry. mitted to the board is that danger signal and the putlic mind Phil concent wines re- ed to places for leaving public arouses feelings of the green light is now accepted as a Another color sub- red is a fixed In safety argument has been as such. Tablets alleged to be Rhine and Museatel discovered in the of customs from adelphia. rated were parcel post divisions They of the the service and they repre. have quite a The boxes each contain 4 dozen tablets which about the size of a small peanut and, according to readily In water a become wine some the “con country hemical come Germany, of the are color wine sent and are said “Kick.” a coanle of to de cigsive are the directions, nd grape ao It time dissolve julee and has been ago letters “real learned that describing centrated wines” were sent to this known manufactur. ing concern. There was quite a heavy and the tablets thirsty by a well- German « response, have heen Americans price It is these cash orders that are filled by post, presum ahly for Chri They will delivered, h but wil ed or returned to the Pittshur;g “The leghe f Ohio } the fl sent t who sent th chase with their or- ders, being parcel gtmnas. not he OWever, 1 be des: roy- sender, Monongahela, Al- rivers continued stage Iaborers were up and to TO ede from large work streets, from wel here and put to the North Side were flooded. Reports irces indicate that the damage western Pennsylva- nia, including sustained by flroad and action lines, reached vy £500.000. Greenville mer and walker, highwa forces of clearing which many soi dor eo losses i ull Peter Bush, a Besse. Lake Erie railroad track. was shot to death and robbed near here. The body on a track, Wheve it Mercer county authori- 1 state policemen are Search 18 the vicinity for unidentified ne. who were seen leaving the place the crime was dis- ymen wag thrown found. ties ane two =r “Sg a short time before covered Pittsburgh. - Ine as ing as “Three armed men, pos. prohibition officers, entered the home of Henry Oermann, a wholesale liquor and, when Miss Minnle Oermann tried to prevent them from searching the house, they attacked her, inflicting wounds on her head with the butts of thelr pistols.” Miss Oermann screamed, neighbors re. sponded and the men escaped, Harrisburg. —Receipts of the state treasury ran nearly $£0.000.000 shead of the agzregate for the last fiscal year in the official twelve-month clos. ing November 3, the total being £82. T24685.58. Last year it was $73.871.- 203.97. In these figures are includ- ed proceeds of bond issues, automobile and other licenses devoted to specific purposes and the general fund. The income of the latter fund, from which the state pays school and charitable appropriations and general expenses, was 847.575,288.40, which Is more than $2,000,000 more than received by the state for the same fund last year, Shenandoah.—Anna Navitsky, 4 years old, fell into a tub of water here and was fatally sealded. Thieves broke Into an express car standing near the Reading railway de. pot at Reading, and got away with £5000 worth of wearing apparel, Bruce Knecht and William Smith, of Berwick, escaped with bruises when the truck they were driving plunged over a 00-foot embankment and was completely wrecked, An exploding oll stove set fire to the home of Mrs. Nora Gries, at Bloomsburg, causing a loss of $500, Lewistown. ~The congregation of Trinity Reformed church here burned the final note of $350 against their edifice, dealer, Iron Bridge.-—Tevl M. Rearlch was perhaps fatally Jnjured in a collision between a” team and an automobile here, Unlontown,—Hunters attempting to smoke out a squirrel in a dead tree started a forest fire near Jumonville, six miles from here, Pittsburgh.-—The trial commission, United States, Japanese Indus- on a tour of the visited Pittsburgh and inspected a number of big steel and electric plants In this district. The commission also visited a window- glass plant and were entertained at luncheon by the Pittshurgh chamber of commerce, Hazleton.—The official call for the tri-distriet convention of the United Mine Workers of America to be held was issued here. The object wage scale and working conditions to with the pires March 31 that about 800 the convention. operators, which ex- next. It Is expected delegates will attend After the adoption of the reconvened international conven- February 14, for approval, and then negotiations will be started with the operators, Harrisburg. —Reappointments of Dr. Joseph R. Rothrock, West Chester, Harrishurg hank- of the state forest were announced from the office. Dr. Rothrock, who as the “father of Pennsyl forestry,” was the first commissioner of forestry and created the system of forest reserves. He identified with the forestry 1895, serving nine years as commissioner, and since that a member of the commission. has been a member of the for years. SfSunhury.—The kindness pathy of Martha E mel nurse, won for $1000 from Clara M whose will was office of orphans’ court county. The Jones & laughlin of Pittshurgh, quired a large block proximately 14.000 county, Pa., it purchase, which one of the Jopes subsidiaries, was Coal volve er ns members commission governor's stnte has been |ery ice ince time Balley commission As and sym Mt. Car her a bequest of Marks, of that admitted to Jolin L arr, for Nor Davis, a place, probate in clerk of the thumberland Pittsburgh % the Steel company, has ae land, neres, in of conl ap (ireene nounced, made through & Mclaughlin the was an wns conl Piedmont in from company,” and was sald to several million dollars nlong Dunkard readily accessible from Mononga- hela river for transport to the pany’'s coke ovens and mills in burgh and Woodlawn The nearest is Point Marion, on the opposite the The coal, It would opened at wonld be held In the future requirements of company. York.—Plans for a for York, manufacturers merchandise prices level probably I be Mayor Hugentugler states who commissioned a price investigation to detern advisability such a that had York p practically all bread and ts. 3 Creek, the the Pitts town side of river added, not he but pres. ent, reserve for the store suggested by recently promin to to a ent force retail lower wil ™H Tye He may Oy to conduct was of store, stated he found rices meat to compare favor. with those of Philadelphia, Baltl- Lancaster, Harrisburg, Allen. town and Reading It is probable, Mayor Hugentugler stated, that eral manufacturers will buy coal, and meat, to be gold to their employes and that they will establish a akery for the same purpose, A 4000-mile race a at its very start 15-year-old daughter of Mrs, ine Guerrari, of this city. Mrs. reri When other members of the family realized the seriousness of her condition, days ago, they cabled the daughter In Italy to come to the bedside. Word was received of the daughter sailing from an Ital port. Altoona.- applications for postmaster here have been filed nt Washington, D. C. The applicants, including Josiah D. Hicks, lawyer, for. mer representative and eivil war vet. eran; J. E. Elvin Brumbaugh, assist. ant postmaster; Charles W. Hiney, Sr.., and Elmer E. Hutehinson, travel- ing salesman; A. Russell Aukerman and David G, McCullough, Jr., postal service men, and William Matt Esper, electric railway storekeeper, Harrisburg. —Three million seedling trees will be avaliable for distribu tion to private land owners through- out Pennsylvania next year, and 100, 000 will he sent to the city of Phlia- delphia for Falrmount Park, while thousands more wiil go jo about fifty boroughs throughout the state which have asked state aid in reforestation, The state will send trees to Philadel. phia annually, The trees are now being raised In the state's nurseries and include white pine, Scotch pine, Norway spruce, Japanese march, black walnut, hard maples, black and honey locust. Plans are being made for what It is hoped to make one of the most extensive reforestation programs ever attempted. West Hazleton — Bankers here form. ed a clearing association to facilitate handling of clerks and elected M. GQ. Shenan president, Seranton.—Michael J, Nealle, a vet. eran rallrond man, died on his train before medical ald could reach him. Hamburg. City council repudiated the new triennial assessment increas. ing the valuation of property in the city by about $15,000,000, Connellsville~~In an effort to open a torpedo found along the rallrond tracks, Joe Karaf, aged 13, of this place, lost his right hand in the ex- nlosion which resulted. foe, ably more, at cost, death was lost by a died several -Reven ol comes to of Welker young balk An Interesting anecdote light in the early career Cochran, the phenomenal liner, who 1s now regarded by the dis- eriminating in the billiard world Inter to wear the crown of the great Hoppe, at least a portion of the time. Young Tyro Had Brains. When a boy of four- teen, Welker migrated to Chicago from the little town of Manson, Ia. taking his first primary instruction from the late Professor Lansing Per kins. William P. Mussey, then re garded as of the astute judges of the game and in the Windy City, was not only siustic over the ind natural aptitude bRliardist, but was pressed with the jualifications of the young Asked by the manufac dopesters A8 Sooner or freckle-faced nnd was one most enthua- opment of the boy promised devel ns also much im- mental tyro, inl PEEL except f one of th presi i if billiard BAA A A AA AAA WW Shakeup of Pirates. A viole Pirates | around familiar The de- After race next season rr faces il be missing e of 1021 is the ing the National the greater part of the team and the Gia winners, baci Cruse i lead league the in the rom season ch 1 home faltered street nts Pe Bl A AA AAA GB tt ties ie oe i BAA AAA AAA AAA NY America Tom Be The first ring fight in ns between Jacob Hyer and in 1516, asley * . . in baseball storming Bamstorming leads to brain gets anywhere, * * » nnd Exhibition baseball by Tex a financial games leaguers frost, . 0s 0» as Charley Graham's plans bulld the San Franc erally for next year, . + a isco team gen. Glonecester fishermen to build a new schooner for the national races next year. Ld * * ready sian a I inter angi San is =ald to ing An John McGraw he for a part ownership in the tonlo, Texas, league club, rr » * One of the latest rumors floating ahout i= that Barney Dresfuss is after Heinle Groh for the Pirates . - * * wre hlow, There is a shortage of 3.000.000 bushels In the peanut crop. -> - - Rumor has {t that George M. Cohan, former Broadway producer, will buy the Brooklyn National League Base. ball club, BOvy . * - The complains that some one i= driving Into him might give himself the once over and see if he Is slowing up the procession. » - . Boston Red Sox have drafted ("Zip") Rloan of Pitts. Inst season for the golfer who The Thomas J. burgh, plteher * * . The appointment of Clarence Wana. maker, conch of the Dartmouth, hockey team last year, as the Yale varsity conch for the season Is re. ported, * * - The Omaha Western league club, seeking a first baseman to succeed Jack Lelivelt, is reported to have de- clded on Junk Walters, who was with the Moose Jaw team of the Western Canada league, » » * Whether or not they change training eamps the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers, it iz stated, will play a series of spring games again next year, winding up with a road trip on thelr waysnorth, - . *» G11 Doble, head conch of the Cornell foothall squad, doesn't belleve In good. nek charms. Doble's slogan is “Hold ‘om, fight 'em and beat ‘em, and don't depend on apything but brawn and determinetion when you're In an pinch” equipment if young Cochran “had any brains,” Mussey replied in the affirma- tive In unquestioned terms. “I'm sorry,” quickly replied his questioner, “as it will stand in the way of his ever becoming a great bil lard player” Cochran's phenomenal rise from that period, from fourteen to his present * age of twenty-five, demon of two things-—either the ak en or veteran had the boy. Power of Perception. Intimates Cochran, who studied h years one acturer was mist Mussey manuf misjudged of outhful freckles have faded and balk line 80 comparatively wm that of while the 3 his stroke has wrring, can testify even in his very youthful period manifested the 3 asters of the instruction, he POWers ption and analysis of ler n Nosy iB uncanny rs, Manager Otto Knabe of Kansas City Team Claims Pitching and Field. ing Are Upset for (to That the Knabe, former major league mnager of the cinims that it Kansas i= not onl but is ¢} the manging w best inf good pitching of fielding of all tt 1 “After piayers have fast two or three iflled by these lightning bably again,” Knabe there I NO facture of balls except that will change back said, “It Is <l : balls, pro they aimed the the 1 that the tighter know is has beer hange In mang. yam Ov. are is of a better grade and ers are stretched We fast ana smoothed all the that i= danger the in the faster, so one on fleld, “Many had their best efforts upset of have is a have by at- from of pitchers and it #5 siar fact that inflel of the fast fers flelding wable their style fleld halls ng In front tempting the them to side Instead of gett They the be dangerous cannot OH se Manager Otto Knabe. hop may finish an inflelder at any time. What baseball needs 8 a re. turn to the sensible ball, where good pitching and good flelding show to better advantage than the trust-to-luck methods that are now used. Just think of nine home runs being made in a single game.” SOCCER POPULAR IN ENGLAND Aldershot Field Is Being Equipped With Grandstand and Cinder Running Path, Soecer football Is popular among British army troops. Each large sta. tion has a central ground, The Alder. shot fleld is being equipped with a grandstand and cinder running path. Eighty teams have entered for the Army cup games, which are played with France and Belgium each sea. i i i Ei on te a te i At at a a a Drawbacks of Amateur, Being an amateur champion is expensive, The public little realizes the sacrifices a man must make, Take tennis, for example. Bill Tilden, the champ, Is on the go all year round, either in matches or In training. Summers In the east, winters in California or on eastern Indoor courts, Which explains Bill's an- nounced intention of quitting. He's getting along in years and wants to settle down to busi- ness, jusiness and amateur plonships don't mix, cham- WAAR RAR AR BR a ia GOT HIS FIRST GOLF CLUB FOR CHRISTMAS Famous Amateur Player Tells of Youthful Experiences. Received His First Introduction to Ancient Game-—His First Choice Was Cleeck, 1868, that said WHS a cleek “It was on Christmas day, I received my first Chick Evans recently. “It —-# gift from y fi oy all golf club und I was surpri it eive gt He would not had at asked me Chick k's ike to have I am sure t he knew without being told, but hear from me Without b said, ‘a golf club!” He 1} what kind, im that 1 think about it seek expert wanted to ation 1 slits ue exit en asked would that 1 an for if a fellow has YArious of and I told 1} would Was important question, iy one Clu and ftw adap tal of the ees chosen Ruse lity. Theref asked all if and as big bove who men golf who seemed best for could have one, agreed that the gingle golfer could have was a cles K, was I wonder if the would © Choice Dow approachable as to the club boy who but best a small They all club a cleek it group of indivi the “I was then eight yenrs old autumn 1 had received my introduction to golf. The family out to Rogers Park, and afterwards the order in which I mention them, I had my first golf ball, my first golf course, and my first golf club, and it was not many weeks more before 1 had got through my first round of caddying. 1 had been mightily charmed by this first glimpse of a new sport “Before } received my club I had already obtained a few golf balls, My nearest approach to a golf stroke, how. ever, was an attempt to push the ball into a hole with a stick broken from any handy tree. This makeshift was ended by the gift of the club, “1 spent that Christmas day prac- ticing in the house, in the frozen gar- den, In the street. 1 nearly wrecked the place, and I suppose I was a peril to life and limb in the street, but it was a blissful day and lives in the It foretold a won- same nis ve So mous in and the previous first had shortly moved in seen “We wore long, white canvas pants and we smeared thick grease on the seat of them.” Effingham B. Morris, president of the Girard Trust company of Philadelphia, was speaking in con nection with the opening of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania's new boat. house along “Boathouse Row." He told of the difference between college rowing these days and years ngo, “There were no sliding seats in those days” sald Mr. Morris, “so we did the best we could. We greased the sents of the boat, besides the seats of our pants, Hip pockets made con- venient grease cups. “We were a sight as compared to your modern crews, Besides the white pants, we wore blue shirts and straw hate, On the hats were long stream. ere, which floated prettily In the breeze when we got up speed.” BEAUTY REIGNS, “There was a stir In court when the fair defendant got on the witness stand.” : “I suppose the gentlemen of the jury slicked down thelr Ralr and fumbled with thelr neckties?” “Not only that, but pered to another ballff that if he had known such a queen was to be about the premises he would have had his trousers pressed for the first time in seven years at the imminent risk of making his wife suspect he was lead- ing a double life.” one baliff whis- Non. Essential Problem. “There are ays new, alw SOME prob- “I'm the old “A man working on sticking to ones.” de- who prob- well cribe . “8. bit of for the fun of It might as gets nto the ha lems statesmanship and subs } checker to the chess and magazin THEIR PROPER PLACE This paper says that prohl. bition has emp- tied our jails. Good, That leaves plenty of room for the profiteers, Qui te Othe erwise, about Shifting Attention. “Y¢ never m old t tated your mind? “No,” said wise has chan ention some of those agi changed heories ch once tha yours whi Have you Retintor Sorghum. “A that he simply admits He politician never his mind. subject.” changed ges the The Contrary Sex. Johnson—S8o dis little chile little one Parson am hk gal belong to de Rastus—Yes, pa Does yo’ udder contrary sex? hson, dat's a gal A Mean Slam, “My my fortune,” the girl, “Well, it might make money for yop in the comic films at that” face is simpered A GOOD BARGAIN Prosecutor e Each juror should put him self in the place of this woman's husband. If the prisoner had beaten your wife or yours, what would you give him? Juror Henry N. Peck—if he did a good job I'd give him a dollar, Dictatorial, He married Miss Amanda. Alas, the poor man's life! Amanda she turned out to be A mandatory wife. Shock of His Life, Suitor—Mr, Perkins, 1 have courted your daughter for fifteen years. Perkins—Well, what do you want? _ Suitor—To marry her, Perkine—Well, I'll be hanged 1 thought you wanted a pension or something, Basis of Success. Reporter—And what is your recipe sir, for running a successful busi. ness? Head of Business Concern—Running a successful business is a matter af hay. Ing many friends; our enemies trade with our Rumpetitora. Safe Way. “1 wish 1 could manage my wife How do you go about It, Brown?" “All you need is firmness. 1 usual ly go into the parlor, lock the door ap” manage her through the keyhole”
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