PENNSYLVANIA STATE ITEMS Pottsville.—Women will constitute one-third of the jurors in Schuylkill county, it was decided. Of the 2500 names placed In the wheel by Jury Commissioners Manley and Bausum, only two-thirds were those of men, In the present year only one-tenth of the jurors were women. They have proved very satisfactory and the dis- Harrishurg.—Firemen from seven eounties met here and organized the Volunteer Firemen's Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Howard | ©. Holstein, president of the State ! Firemen's Association, was one of the | organizers. The counties in the new association are Adams, Berks, Cum- berland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York. A meeting to further per- fect the organization, at which Frank- | lin county may send representatives, will be held January 19. Sunbury.—Both retiring the Northumberland county courts were quickly taken care of by their | political friends. Former Judge Fred- erick B. Moser, of Shamokin, was elected solicitor for the Coal Township | commissioners at $2500 a year and former Judge Cummings, of Sunbury, | was made solicitor for new Sun bury city council at the same salary of $2500 a year. Harrisburg.—From 9 to 5 will be office hours at the capitol, except Saturdays, when they will to 12, if a recommendation framed by the reorganization receives executive sanction. judges of the the on be from 9 commission The | question of hours has been under con- state sideration by members of the commis considered office hours the Saturday holiday. and it wise to | recommend the abolition of Pittshurgh.-—John Palownich, a mer chant McKees Rocks, was awaken ed by a burglar, who ordered him to | throw up his hands. Instead, Palow- nich reached under his pillow for his | pistol and opened fire. The man plied and Palownich was shot three times, Bloodstains on the sill of the | window through which the burglar es. | caped police that he, too, Palownich was sion was uniform and | of re- the hit, hospital, seriously wound convinced had taken to a ed. Harrishurg fare Baldy has completed the organi zation of the surveys of the chari. ties of the st and expects 1000 of them to be listed. will include only penal and charitable every kind. Newport been —{ommissioner of Wel. | ate about | The survey | but of not hospitals, institutions After more than 46 years Newport First Na its predecessor, P. K Brandt retired and was succeeded by Gilbert H. Frank, for more than a score of years assistant cashier. Mifflintown. —Elmer Gluck stantly kliled when crushed heavy automobile t helping to put longing to his truck Connellsville. vear has Mrs . 4 4 Y as cashier of the tional Jank and was In- hetween He truck be. ruck. was on a when chains brother into it. another crashed within a aged 86 Foor times Letitia Franks, suffered from broken bones. She first fell and fractured left and three months later broke her right arm A short time fell sidewalk near her home and fractured her left hip and left arm. Her dition is regarded as serious, Pittsburgh.—Hypodermic syringes, needles and drugs to the value of ap proximately £1000, were confiscated by the police in the most Important raid on drug addicts the city has known in months, Twelve persons, alleged to be drug peddlers, were arrested, and each was fined £50 with the option of serving 60 the workhouse They are alleged by the police to have come recently from Detroit and Cleveland. Harrisburg.—The 24 stone plers built by the Vanderbilts in the early eighties as part of the scheme of the old South Penn railroad to parallel the Pennsylvania between Philadel phia and Pittsburgh are to be removed from the Susquehanna river. The plers are the only evidence left in this locality of the millions spent on the proposed railroad, which never ma- terialized. Harrishurg -—-Arrangements for forcement of the new state dog license law will be completed by Secretary of Agriculture Rasmussen this week. The state will be divided Into 10 or 12 districts, each in charge of one of the field men, who will direct prosecutions and investigate claims for killing of livestock or poultry by dogs. Harrisburg. Owing to heavy de mands for automobile licenses the of. fices of the state automobile division was opened for the shipment and sale of automobile tags. Thousands of ap- plications for licenses and drivers’ badges were received in the mail. Ae. cording to word coming here, police authorities in cities and boroughs are arresting drivers of cars displaying 1921 licenses, Registrar Ben G. Ey- non said he figured there were about 105,000 cars in Pennsylvania which had not been licensed. Considering the increase in cars In the last year, these figures were about what was expected. Licenses will be issued at the rate of about 15000 a day, it is estimated, Berwick.—~An order for twenty-five all-steel passenger cars for the Hud. son & Manhattan railroad was an- nounced by the American Car and Foundry company here, Royal ~—Going through the Import. ant battles of the world war without serious Injury, Thomas Jones of this place, was instantly killed in the mines by a fall of slate, Mount Carmel -<While washing a dress of her 8-year-old daughter, Mar- garet, Mrs, William Noble ran a needle into the palm of her left hand, It Is now traveling up the arm, It will re. her arm she on an icy ago COn- days In here y en. quire a X-ray to locate it. - Harrisburg Not far from 3,000000 trees were distributed hy the department of forestry last year, the distribution belog the second largest partment, the total being 2962089 young trees, distributed to 1901 own- The chief varieties given Seotch larch, pine, Japanese sugar 3.500.000 trees will be it Is expected. Mount Carmel.--Alex Gorski, of Ranshaw, was killed and John Coluskl, may di», the result of being caught In an explosion of gas at the Greenough Colliery. They were leaving their breast when one Hghted a cigarette and fired the gas, which blew them 60 feet. Gorski died in the hospital 1922 more than is Frederick Madison, a man of this city, Is nursing a badly cut and bruised and a hand in which broken, as the result of being howled over hy a powerful pig which Madison, with a ried to butcher Madison's an experienced butcher, and was given the knife to end the porker's life, Madison to pig ‘fin was Monessen husiness face two bones are friend, friend is to him while The rounded up and Madison took it with both hands hard holding was He was having a time the victim, when innded the blow the with both hind on Madis ms fae Madison As he out hammer, struck full feet, landing right hand went down, and It was neces sary to shoot the pig Harrisburg More than were added to the hnnting lands of the by 1 the 30.060) ACTes tate the state game during just closed, Gordon, secre lands taken over hy different were tracts Iwo more now ready to take ver will add 20,000 more acres complete sure of titles to the e and and employes The control in game mnting is not al of land and make land consumed on the of the state much tim 1abor ¢ part of officials game commission. game over commission has direct T5006) acres, in which and 60.000 other n« the refuges additional land hunting lapds 1,100, 06060 embraced refuges, ht lowed, res outside prior to faking aver the The rest of the than state comprises more acres owned the department, the hy forestry except or that used by twenty refuges on oo a - g tas o 3 state forest lands and the lands Jeanesy private thrown open to hunters The Loh gh company will build at Jear trains laden with and into the bulldings melt the (Ile id sheds the egville onilll that anthracite mir ed at Oneida other opening he where steam rin of will ice and snow in winter often turns the product into With the mi it a solid mass neral thaw od every through the prepared for market as rapidly as in summer, leaver Falls Miss Lois Myers, of Patterson Heights, and Seiple, 19, of New Brighton, College freshman, were ki Miss Kathryn Blackmore, ler, lies probably fatalls the Rochester Brierly, 16, fering from home, as the aceldent New Brighton way as the car speeded ing it to skid against overturned, falling down a five-foot Miss Myers stantly killed and Seiple, the died shortly after reaching the pital, out morning, be run Jeanesville can and breaker 15, lahert led, and of But- injured In and Frank leaver Falls, ls suf. injuries at his automobile Park road, wheel gave along, caus curb, and seventy- in- driver, hos- 20, Hospital, of minor result Junction A front ’ ry Of an on the the slope, Was : wh RT FRANK FRISCH John J. McGraw, that Heinle Groh, hiz $100,000 the greatest he has ever managed “Groh will give the team » hitter and he knows manager of the alt infield nn« of “1 will place him on third Frise He'll be well, third sacker h will be mos rather play A croft at short wait and see” timately Acquainted With Ohio State Coach. Wilee is a human ebig Jack Ohlo coach, inti become Wilce has quainted with who Winn iA AA pr ol saa Coach Jack Wilce, bluff heartiness of Yost, Stagg or Wil liams, On the foothall field every thing I= business with Wilce He as humane living, but finds that a reserve enables him to get of his men. Wilce mildest speaking coaches in the busi ness, He never uses profanity him- self and will not tolerate it from any It is sald of Wilce told Chick Harley he iw coach flung better algo is one of as any far line work out never his he in But turned time. halfback had for the last time prohibition regmMations and national prohibition act was abandon ed in the federal district court. announcement was made Thompson and Orr after District At torney Lyon had filed a statement with 8IG PITCHERS POOR FIELDERS Few Muriers Over Six Feet Are Worth While, According to Clark Griffith of Senators. Clark Griffith says that few pitch. discontinuance in each case. He sald that before the drastic measures of the dry laws were understood by the public generally and by the enforcement, any violations through ignorance, although some were Intentional. As a result, the court's - trial list was clogged with cases, about 200 still pending. York. —York county commissioners started the New Year by reducing the wages of japitors and engineers em- ployed at the court hones and jail Farrell.—Robbers pried open a four. ton safe In the offices of the J. B. Roux company here, and obtained $700 in cash and £1000 in checks. Reading. ~—Berks county commis. sioner will Insist that women pay thelr taxes, and has notified collectors to proceed by law, Harrisburg, — The compensation board will hold its first hearing in 1922 In Pottaville, January 5. Harrisburg. Respites were izsued staying eleetrocutions of John Mason, Allegheny, and Walter A. Lewis, Dela- ware, util the week of January 23, Sunbury.—Fifteer. enses of chicken pox are quarantined In the juvenile department of the Central Pennsylva- nia Odd Fellows’ Orphans’ Home, near hare, -—— S533 00%0%1 When they come inches, they seldom turn out to be great pitchers, Their height makes it difficult for them to field, and makes them suckers are worth while. is the only pitcher who went well over 8 feet who could field. CHICAGO TO MEET JAPANESE Athletic Director Alonzo Stagg Con- sidering Invitation to Visit the Far East An invitation from Japan to Alonzo A. Stagg, director of athletics at the University of Chicago, Inviting him to bring'a track team to Japan next gummer to meet a teamn of the best Japanese performers, is being con- sidered by him. ——————— saison §rsssssnssanannssnssansrnh Chinaman Wins His Letter The swarding of the letter “™ to OC. C. Kwong marks the first time In the history of Cor nell athletics that thiz distine. tion has been conferred on a Chinese student. He is a soc cer player and high jumper, $rssssssssnswnnns SAAB RBRARRBRBRRRRRRE. GEORGE KriLy expressed ay fit ni punch,” he declared system and will anywhere ond, where he belongs ar ght, too. With Kelly on first = of All Ki Tufts = fall, £11 I £ bid Hall o il play €ight football games A ganized in oY 44 # { six.club state is being or Ni Chief Bender, fan coach of the Yale Gun as captain i . HICEE | i i | | i i i | John (Rtuff his contrac Red Sox. International league will Kame Apri closing Renegon, starting September 28 - * Yale had to % gyn the public it built fire sufficient to take care of a rush, - » - unt! Artie Butler has been traded to the Buffalo infielder Raymond Kansas City A. A. club. Interuntionals for Dowd by the * * . Notre Dame will lose foothail players in June has a big task in front of velop a winner in 1922 - - . eleven him to de Roy Thomas, the famous Philadel to become Louis Cardinals, * . . for the St man, has jumped the St. Paul A. A. in the Mesaba Range league. » - * Frank Kelly, who was trainer for the Reading ball club last year, has resigned that job and next season will be with the Rochester club in a similar capacity, . » . Just now the David Harums of base. ball are trading players in a way that would have made the old “hoses” trader consider himself an inexperienced amateur, - . » Frank Glahe, United States national wrestling champion at 115 and 125 pounds, has been engaged to coach the State College of Washington's wres- tling squad this season, » . - Yale beats Princeton, Princeton beats Harvard, Harvard beats Yale, all reminding us that the dog can lick the possum, the possum can lick the coon and the coon can lick the dog. . - . Pony polo has received an impetus at Princeton university through the or. ganization of the Princeton Palo asso ciation with membership open to any student. All members must purchase a mount, LI . Harvard oarsmen have learned that Martine Olmstead of Harrisburg, Pa. a member of the Crimson varsity crew last spring, has earned a place on the varsity rowing squad at Oxford uni- versity, England, . 9 9 A. A. Stagg, director of athletics at the University of Chicago, has received an invitation from Japan to take a Ma. roon track and field team to the Orient next summer to meet an aggregation composed of the best university per formers in Japan, russ nsst atte RBRRRT RRR RL. BressssssnsrLanssssnnsnssnsg Knot-Hole Gang Has 62,000 at Ball Games The Knot-Hole was developed five years ago as a child welfare movement by the St, Louis Cardinals, had 02, 000 members In attendance at games of the Cardinals last season, Samuel Breadon, presi. dent of the club announced Boys under sixteen years old ure admitted free to week-day games under the plan, ere gi which ng, Pras srsssssasnsassastwnanan. FEAL RA AAR ERA R ARR ETERS. MAY USE MALAY WOOD Supply of Hickory for Shafts Is Becoming Limited. Manufacturers and Explorers Been Unremitting in Their Search for Euitable Substitute Tests Being Made. So limited is the supply of hickory wi which has best for wet L08 been the that WOM shafts clubs manufacturers unremitting in for golf and explorers their forests for some beers search of the world's ar wil prove its Lilsley equal ie 1 by the discovery fee of the Malay Sisates ve been especially bee “Nn Ameri most hins the un supply. anxious to substitute have comb Sind! All all require 4 Coe 5% pre f wast percentage « va adds r to the expense of unfinished product Reports from the acting conserva” forests of the Federated Malay states are to the effect that the been received in it has been worked wit year. now of 5 4 iries are being made i} iilities establishing The Malaya that WE alaya a shaft Industr) are rich in ds great said forests WOO may have commercial possibilities, the supply nis unlimited. is of tampd MILLER TO MANAGE SEALS Jacks (Dots) Miles of the Phillies, manage San Coast league signed a contract tc next season. Diamond Sport Most Popular With University of Pennsylvania Stu. dents-——Tennis Next. Baseball is the most popular sport with university of Penneylvania freshmen, Dr. R. Tait MacKenzie head of the department of physical education, sald in making public an analysis of questionnaires filled out by the first year men as a part of their physical examination. Tennis takes second place and football third, Out of 1.000 examinations Doctor MacKenzie sald 307 favored Laseball, 810 tennis, and 203 football PUTTING SFEED BEHIND BALL Records Show It lg Not Possible to Throw a Basebali Twice as Far , as Football. It iz not possible to throw a baseball twice as far as a football, Sheldon Lejeune threw a baseball 420 feet G% inches, That is the record throw of all time, Mueller, the University of California end, threw a football 83 yarde, which is 240 feet. Workman, of Ohio State; Mohardt, of Notre Dame, and Snively, of Princeton, find it easy to throw a football more than 0 yards. UNMUSICALLY INCLINED “You mustn't become discouraged the great violinist, would »” “Well, my son. does the same thing, but he doesn't show any improvement that I can notice.” “That is strange. “Yes, but 1 think the picks out a bur made up rests on which to practice * trouble enLar ad Sojer Philosophy. “How many halves are there man, Pete?” “Don’t be a fool, to anything. “Well, when 1 came trenches 1 was half-starved, frozen, half-blind and half-plain How American Legion Week. iy. to a there's only two Why? ot the half- dead, of come?’ HE'S BETTER OFF “Look at that poor motorist being towed in by a horse.” “Lucky guy, | calls him. He ain't had to buy no gas since he broke down.” “The Good" When co ' You Know. rrecling your youngwier tongue, {G remember i dle young Simple Deduction, the truth™ ms he corner mendicant, never get than a nickel out of people like trategic Advantage. ki Mr of asking = Wad bad I better g ie, but you our self respect bellow.” Easy Resolution, “Jagshy insisted on carrying Bibbles home last night” “Well? “But PRibbles Jagshy heme” “How did they decide the matter?” “They stayed in town” True Hospitality. “My wife thinks we run a hospitable house, What's your notion of a hospit. able house? “Oh, for me, I feel that it's a hospit- able house when in the come and go of company enough umbrellas are left to keep It supplied.” insisted on carrying ON THE MIDNIGHT AIR “This kid of ours!™ poor Newpop cried, As his brows met on 2 scowl, “He may not be a howling swell But he'has a swelling howl.” Death of Poesy. The lyric muse doth wear a frown Her lot could not be worse When long-haired bards have met to crown A writer of free verse, Speedy. “Is Miss Keyes an rapid typist? “I'I! say she Is. Why, that girl can operate a machine faster than she can spell” New Era Now, Boss—Yes, 1 can give you work. W. Walkine—How much do you pay? Boss——As much as you're worth, of course, W. Walkins-—No, thanks! One can't work for that these days At the Dinner, “1 have enjoyed your dinner party #0 much” “Thank you?” “It Is such a pleasure to hear the men talk #olf, len't KY
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