PENNSYLVANIA | STATE ITEMS Palmerton.- ley, of this place, fractured three ribs while packing household goods to move to Hazleton. Connellsville.—Falling down steps of her home here a short ago, Mrs. Mary Conway as a result of her Injuries. Highland.-——Edward Wachausk, the time caught under a trip of cars at Jeddo Highland Coal company. Uniontown. while taking a bath in the Fayette Title and Trust company building here, J. 8. Claster, aged 66, of Swissvale, died an hour afterward in the town Hospital. Harrisburg.-——The commission refused a public convenience to Haulage cc pany to conduct five tor truck freight routes out risburg, protests having been made by railroads and trolley companies. ID. C. Uffleman, sougat a similar right for York county, was confined to publie certificate who ver. Connellsville, late dancing ard ality from public when an providing that all censed and ed without a The bill was drafte 5 a Investigation by Women's League, Harrisburg statement g i inl national First to eliminate immor- were taken introduced halls 1 3 ue i steps {to dances ordinance was dance that none shall be operat- per: from the result Civic mayor, of Goverror Sproul, praised the efforts of and local posts of the finding work. over 700,000 veter state organizations American Legion employment ‘he Legion ment, and that : ’ them real distress, of the men governor, employers tion to the situation as much ing I other enter work to t courage Harrisbu struc state time considera relieving ble, hy star contemj improvements hose others tion road in Cumberiand ¢ i) tween Plainfield nd Newville awarded to the Development struction company, of $204,322.62 Cumberland pay for nt eye Constru daltime count The pany, town, OQ, for 57.665 ship, township Butler cour state wil Harrisville Chester ed between Ridley Flats, which is directly opposite ter caught in company of Eddystone Flats, the latter exchanged patrol and and There no Harrisburg with put that has in of Eddystone pike at Eddystone the scene were officers the food foll Director Foust, bureau have been stale under bond owing a request of who head of the since 1907. $500,000 to licenses t and collections fines and Altoona Bishop MecCort, toona diocese, The bureau L650.000 a handles 2 Of has obtained title perties needed as a site new Sacrament the five pre the proposed Blessed business depression und the new Catholic high s« erected work the started until meantime will plans for the edific e, which will be 120 hools and cathedral will next year, but architect Altoona in in on i not in an by 200 feet in size, and other prelim inaries completed, The will be £1,000,000 Pennsburg Holstein calves with a combined weight of 100 pounds were born on the diary farm of James L. Wood, a Pennsburg milkman. Other calves recently born on the same farm weighed 126 and 166 pounds, Harrisburg. Sproul _ap- pointed A. W. Dosch, of Kittanning, coroner of Armstrong county, Hohrsburg.—From the effects of a fall, Mrs, Clarissa McHenry, aged 84 years, of this place, died. Hazleton Charles Smith. aged 17, arrested here, confessed to robbing poorboxes at the Tyrolean Catholic and St. Paul's Methodist churches sev- eral times, Lewistown.—The annual exhibit of the Lewistown Automobile Trades As. sociation will be held March 20, 390, 31 and April 1, in Market Hall Lewistown. —A, 8 Amspacker, of this place, i« recoverlrp from an wt. tack of hiccoughs that lasted eight and one-Half days, Pottsville.—~Immense flocks of wild geese were noticed here flying north. ward after a winter spent in the south, Mt. Carmel.—While in the garden at her home planting a flower bed, Mrs, George E. Berner, wife of the cashier of the Union National Bank, here, ¥ropped dead. will be cost Twin Governor tured skull sustained several weeks ago when he and a companion went over a 40-foot embankment while coasting, Thomas irenpan, aged 6, died here. Dmnville.—The Danville Iron and Steel company will add a night shift on full time to get out export orders. Lock Haver. —Byon, I7-year-old son of Rev. Harry PF. Rector, was accl- dentally shot In a leg by a target rifle. Nickel Mines —Clara Watson, aged 3 years, died from burns received while playing with fire » ‘er home. Northumberl. nd.—From the effects Thelma, 11-year-old William B. died. State College.—A class of 125 young men and women were received as members of Penn State Grange. Pittsburgh. — Lindsay Montgomery was killed in a fight during a card a house occupied by four named Blair in the Hill dis- Seven negroes have been arrest. ed and are being held for a hearing In connection with the eri New Castle.—Two prisoners confin- ed in the Koppel, Pa., lock-up, a small town in the northern part of Beaver county, near New Castle, had a nar- row escape from death when fire broke out in the building. young men, returning to heard the cries of the prisoners and fired several Caughter of Two thelr homes, shots from 8 revolver, awaken the burgess, who rushed to the ing Jalil release the flames reached Seranton Five WO men ‘them. year-old Som sky, received injuries from were hur Somosky but Polinsky's Mercer, station Of Coal Nesqt buried Louis New Colun made ficials by L the governmen ints inty, Castle scale by 5 per the 1} have settled (Wo years, crafts piaterers O-Year i the pia rer wt of The |0me 0 ¥ Samuel Devis and Dom! 113 ton colliery of the Lehigh company for over half a century among indefinitely under the ecoromy corpors Valley those of gang program O'Donnell drove ways the pact forty years of work must be done with exactness Uniontown. tion. the utmost James M. Lohr, a weal thy farmer se ving on a Jury here, asked to be excused from further duty, as he was ill. he request was granted, and Lohr walked to the con. trolier's office for his pay warrant, While waiting for it to be made out, he fell dead. Apoplexy was given as the cause, Danville.—The Montour county all, after having had at least one “guest” each day for the past three menths, is again without a priso ie., its usual condition for nine months out of every year. Sheriff Schuyler is leaving the doors open to prevent the locks from rusting fast. Airville—~Elmer Seachrist, 50 years old, of this place, while eating supper became ill and before a physician ar. rived was dead. Grove City ~Dr, A. A. Bashline, a osteopath here, was fined $25 and costs on a charge of practicing with: out a license, Pittsburgh.—Wines and liquors val. ned at $10,000 were stolen from the residence here of B. 8, Hamill, a coal operator, who recently died in Flori da. Emporium, ~The sixtv-third county to engage a county farm agent is Cameron. For the first flinging for them this seasor greatest staffs of boxmen ev. Shawkey, ush and 1 shoe On § Jones, B Hoyt are i pulled on a spike RETIRES FROM TRACK SPORT Earl Eby, Champion Pennsylvania Half Miler, Quits Game to Enter Business World. Earl Eby. nent the business, however, further training he retired of His will not permit of for this reason His home is In Chicago HIGH JUMPERS’ NOVEL TRICK Dick Landon Wears Meavy Clothing and Shoes Before Attempting to Lower Record. possession cup and Dick Landon, the famous college high jumper, snatched a page from the hook of the heaving hitting player who swings three bats before taking his place at the plate in order to make the one bat he fs allowed to use seem lighter than It Is Landon was able to jump to heights he practiced for a long period, clad In heavy clothing and wearing heavy shoes. When Landon thought he had arrived he discarded the heavy clothing and shoes for a light track sult and shoes and began to establish records as a high jumper, record DIGGS SIGNED BY NATIONALS Youngster Mailing From Clarendon, Va, Is Expected to Develop Into Star Hurler, President Clark Griffith, of the Na. tionals, has just signed a right-handed pitcher in whom he thinks he may find another Walter Johnson. The party in question is Ed Diggs, a husky twenty- five-year-old youngster, hailing from Clarendon, Va. Diggs is a former Vir. ginia Poly star and also pitched win ning ball with the A, BE. I, as a mem bar of tie American graves registra. tion bureau. JOE BLU ET rwtermatiome ikees will have a real corps of pitchers Miller Huggins should have one of the by an American league club, In Mays the best t-hit i right-handers that ever BOOST BARNYARD GOLF | | | RR game day ir =. 0 Champion's Path Not Always Bed of Roses Glory of the champions is al ways offset with much grief Owning a title in anything makes the owner a mark to shoot ut Sometimes the sharpshooters may be right. More often they ure wrong. Jack Dempeey was carefree, happy-go-lucky boy rid ing tralos and letting the world #0 by. Today lawsuits follow In his wake. Everybody seems to take pleasure In “kicking his dog around.” Jock Hutchinson golfers were won England's once a imagined all folk until he trophy cup and they shoved it dt him Hke a spiteful child shares (ts bread and butter with another Babe Ruth never had a worry until he proved that could sock out about four times as many home runs as other man living, Charles Paddock records out on the Pacific but the skeptical East kid itself into bellev the watches were blink. ig Bill Tiiden beat the tennis and hig best friends he had have nLiice he any broke a lot of CORN, tried that the to ing slop on world in of covered You 1 then BOMme can ng than a sup SPT GREAT SCARCITY OF $3 UR FARM CHEAP LAND Why Western Canada Agricultu- rists Are Smiling. Low Overhead Expense and Bountiful Crops Have Enabled Them to Overcome Agricultural Depression, The recent brought to the eyes fact that one of its wus likely to suffer a severe hlow less steps were taken to secure a rem- edy. Physician after plied remedies, but | rians and newspapers to place thelr finger on the p would respond. As it | it was a spasmodic wave | ebb and flow of the tide of readjust- {| ment that bound to | turbance as the ggricultural depression of the world the basic industries te physician ap- even pariiamenta- were unable Hine what appears today, due to the gin follow a (:reat WHHK such War Ciiuned Psycholog cally it was bound to | change: there was certain to be a re- | flex | cultural where they normall movement that onditions Efficiency and sound busine nent are needed more In today than ever before poriant to COMPANY, tior The fam Big Amount of Money. Sam Crawford Comments on Playing of Major Leagues Thinks War Had Something to Do With Situation. 7] mt SG SPO anal ndemy over ad for the first basebal iversity of Pennsylvania nine athletes In the Illinois relay carnival, » . ® Navy Washington swimmers meet with and ords at in =a Lee low ered Annapolis, . » @ three OCR: rex Hamliton and Reinharts Pennsylvania's Pentathlon carnival April 28 and 20 Legendre, will enter {in the relay Jack Ogden, besides being concede great as a minor league pitcher, als ding some class as a basket ball coach * * * The ideal golf champion is one who has a long drive, and one who can sink his putts from the long distances on the green, * - » Pitcher Bob Clark has been traded | by Cleveland American League base ball club to Milwaukee for Pitcher David Keefe . * * Baseball managers would no doubt like to sign up those collegians who claim they “took no money” for play- ing professional ball. » . * The Greenville Club of the Sally League has sold Shortstop Johnny Koval to the Winston-Salem Club of the Piedmont League. * * * Kid (Ted) Lewis of England has been signed for a match with Georges Carpentier, the French champion to be held at the Olympia on May 11. . "0 Rocky Kansas in his recent bout with Benny Leonard failed to wrest the championship, but he proved heyond a doubt that Leonard is not invincible, - - - Syracuse will play twenty-eight games of baseball this year if its schedule goes through, Cornell, after an absence of twenty years, is back on the schedule, CI Greenville and Charleston In the South Atlantic League have exchanged first basemen, Harry Swacia shifting from Charlestown and I. V. Crouch from Greenville, Sam Crawford, minor leaguer today than they used to pay for an entire club. That would not happen if they could get plenty of good players, “And they are hiring a lot of veter. ang, There was a time when they did not care go much for veterans because there were good men coming up con- stantly, but apparently there are not many in sight now.” STRONG GRID TEAM AT YALE Apparently Has Brightest Prospects of “Big Three” Teams for Coming Season, Yale, with all but =ix of the 1021 first string men who played against Harvard available, has apparently the brightest prospects of big three teams for 1022. Conch Fisher of Harvard will have to build a new line and find some new backfield material while Princeton will be without its greatest stars, Cap. tain Malcolm Aldrich, halled as one of the greatest captaing thar ever led the blue, will be graduated In June, as will Guernszey, the right guard, and Strum, right end, Then He Ought To. mpkins—-Why is Trevor up his affairs? because 2 1 MHinkins—Oh, { tor told him just he is all run dowt Long Sight, are being hazarded at the of u 1 vision, gested as wre have ten distance | Is within range from Mount Everest | when you get there, Yet these com- | putations deal only with horizons. Our actual range of vision appears to be limitless, extending to the farthest star, which is big enough and bright enough to make an impression on the retina. The mileage of our vision runs into many millions of miles, at an ex. tremely modest estimate, Guoesses of five miles has been st Eeogray times that lengtt Forts 3 8 good radius but wnge calculated that Odd Experience. One day 1 went skating. The creek was about a mile away from home. After I had been skating for some time it began to snow very hard. I thought 1 would skate down the branch of the creek to a bridge just a few steps from the house. 1 skated and skated before finding 1 had pone down the wrong branch and was about three miles from home. It was a strange experience, I must say.-—Ex. change, Nature Looks After That. It has been estimated that at the present rate of consumption the green plants of the world would exhaust the air of carbon dioxide In about thirty years if it were not constantly being replaced. For Women Only, The Baltimore woman who pushed her obstreperous husband into a trunk, and threw away the key has apparent. ly solved the ancient problem—*How ean 1 hold my husbanag?' Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
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