PENNSYLVANIA | STATE ITEMS " Hazleton.—"A woman in black” who Iately caused a great at West Hazleton has invaded this city, accord- ing to the police, operating on the out- skirts late at night and pursuing girls returning home from dances and thea- tres. It Is suspected that the suppos- ed “woman” is a man in female attire, but efforts far have failed to run down the mysterious character, Harrisburg. — Bernard Callaghan, John Roach, Ray Beotherton, Charles Hawke and Bernard McHugh, of Wilkes-Barre, pre-empted the title of Union Labor party for Luzerne county, Th cave notice of nominating candi- dates for the legislature, congress and offices to be voted for at the No- vember scare 80 ey state Mercer.—. Frankovich, former Terrell council, convict- men liquor, was sentenced to SHO ed pay a months house. of was ar five work- and serve Allegheny county i was also convicted extort, but 1 on that count, pendin sentence appeal for new trial. Uniont forth nearly 26000 is W. Johnson some day aceor establi of £50. HK) w whisky, ther liquors now in a Pennsylvania Church street of the vards of two mn the the center ped cout of liquor §aid to ar PT a — — 11-year-old . Offtcer Ton the “Wo- in follow nic among West Hazle Women wWerey $a vbr Arx £ as the becatse of dual When “Woman in| “she” broke rR IWoO was drape. . The lads ick just for fun practiced for to navi upon the had thay Vere and some | time wiore ge with other, ‘onnelis able superimposed ille~~While playing circus in the backyard of his home here with | a number of Melvin Soils. suffered a of ight | youngsters, KOH fracture leg, Hazleton —Knights of Columbus | here have launched a movement to buy a home, Shenandoah. H L. Golden took away goods in the ~-Burglars entered the clothing store here and more than $1000 worth of | automobiles, 70 years old, f Greentree, this county, died suddenly while eating dinner at ber home, this place, suffered a fractured spine, the result of a fall from a tree from which she was picking cherried. Hazleton.—Hazleton Lodge, No. 200, B. P. O. E, has purchased the John A, Barton mansion for $55,000, and will build a home on the site next year. Jellefonte, —James Digtefano, of Blair county, was electrocuted at the Rockview Penitentiary, going to the chair at 7.08 A, M. and being pro- nounced dead seven minutes later by Dr. Robert J. Campbell. Distefano was ‘convicted of murdering Carlo Caf- farelll, whom he charged was too In- timate with his wife. Evers effort was made to save Distefano's life, but the courts declined to interfere. The body was unclaimed, The Altoona Wholesale Assoclation has been or- with Harry Slutzker presi- Altoona. Merchants’ ganized, dent, Sunbury.—The Susquehanna House, for more than 50 years a hotel here, was sold to G. C. Weaver for $6100. Lewistown. — Twenty-seven pulilie schools In MiMin county had an aver- age attendance in excess of 95 per cent for the term. Clea rfield.—A by the state whitewash dozen men employed highway department to posts and trees along the roads in this section walked out after they were refused a wage Increase of seven and one-half cents an hour, The lemanded an advance from 271% cents to 35 men « cents, Harrisburg. trapped state Fourteen bears under the game been the county his Potter scat- in been comma year and ssion have among Most of 111 liberated of the Allegheny mount tered state game preserves in the state, trapped have the bears been along the , but a few have been placed In game sanctuaries both the i on sides of cubs were liberates the 1 South district within thirty n Harrisburg. A number carried off by the bears re- several } Potter coun- is being of making tests, While Haz) Six has been Firemen's onvention hs the sport, known as wplece be rented asserted from “They are taboo and I nev will toler ate them.” Sandy “( has been popular ins been noted » » ee - ’ “ % . among bather years and costumes, it was Altoona I { ‘et ports received hy Associal steady Incredse In coal 'e ion central Pennsylyar week ending loaded tral Coal in the the June cars were against for the week ending June 10, and 27206 for the ending June 3. All told 84504 cars were loaded from June 1 to June 18 as against 6632 for the game period in May. Altoona~R. E. Laramy, of this city, and George H. Weiss, of Pottsville, have nominated for members of the teachers’ retirement board Hazleton. Hundreds of idle miners have found employment on street prv- as week heen state Sunbury. —Police Chief Smith, here, an automobile .stolen from N. €). Riglin, of |hamokin, at Edgewood Park. Bedford —Willlam Clingerman has been appointed justice of the peace for Mann township, this county, to ill fa vacancy caused by the death of George E. Morse HITE PAL A CENTRE HALL. PA. The First Three Cuts the Right Bambino. “Babe Ruth is a ‘bust! ers have got his number anything i in the BVeruge ¢ 0 ARBAB RRAR RRR RRS Sw. wd Hangs Up Odd Record. ’ ‘ ’ ’ ’ ’ * ’ ’ ’ ’ i ’ | t ’ ’ i ¥ BABB RRRARRRRR RARER RRR nnd SPRING TRAINING URGED BY MANAGER HUGH DUFFY Follow-Through Employed by the Diamond | Squibs ros! 8 foquireq Now Ye Athletics ne in pite Ig league twirlers UL kar Manager Hugh Duffy. Hugh Duffy, manager of the Boston Red Sox, believes that any good base. bali player who foregoes his spring training work will suffer for his delin. quency in that season. In support of this contention, Duffy points to Cap- | tain Derril Pratt of the Sox, who had | no spring training a year ago, hut who | this spring worked early and often at | Hot Springs. “Pratt is a rejuvenated season,” says Duffy. “The effect of the baths he took and of the work the former Yankee did this spring is being shown by him not only at bat i but in the field. He Is a much livelier | and younger phayer than the Pratt who covered second base last season.’ i man this 10a] 0 Ti for CUT Heatheo - rustees of Cramton have re. 1 telegram from Connie Montgomery's train accepting tation were next 2 - Pitcher Roy Appleton, by Fort Worth to Paris of the Texas- league, has been shipped on vmford the West Texas cir Oklahoma tao Nt cuit of . + 0» Frank Keck, Western cinnati abouts, gold hy the Association club to National joined the Cin for 10.0080 or there springfield as a free agent, - » - Joe Mathes of the Beaumont lub, who already seems to have everything, added a little bit more when he Love from the Vernon » - . Wichita Falls’ sale of Pitcher Clar 5 i . surprise in Texas league circles, as on the Spudders’ staff. * * . ("Duteh”™) Leonard of the American league club will pitch for the Fresno.eclub of the San Joaquin Valley league during the re mainder of the baseball season, - * . Seven former Manhattan battery men were in the points on the same day in the American association re. cently, namely: Cullop, Jonard, Krue. ger, Xocher, Gonzales, Rogers and Gossett. Hubert {fpavuanw SRBRRBRRBRRAR RRR RR. Golf Golden Rule. The etiquette of golf is an application of golden rule. Do for others the golf ’ ’ ’ ’ y f nply ’ ’ / course as you would have them ' ’ ’ ’ ’ ¢ % the on do for you, and you will live in peace and happiness fellow golfers, with ’ $ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ‘ yO ’ 3 ir ’ ’ + FARRER RRR ARARRAR RRR ARR. ‘GOLF TITLEHOLDERS FACE SEVERE TESTS Competition of Stars This Year Expected to Be Keen. | Possession of Championship Crown Is Something of Uncertainty These Days—Jesse Guilford’'s Chances Believed Promising. tn of the the performances spring that he keener than ever in the title ev A golf crown is of certain possession these stance, not 1920 retained title honors season are some distance away, auring the winter in the competition is and the Sou season something one comj etition. Duncan mer's In Jock Jim Ted ders ir high season? » made golf hist and Ray INTERESTING sordon Pohlman of Ames has been track captain of lowa college track team for 1023. - - . elected the Carnegie Tech Athletic council, at n recent unanimously to adopt the freshmen rule next yeur. . - . meeting, decides : ng, Cia Myron E. Fuller has heen chosen as stant coach to J. D. E,_ Jones as the nal member of the Yale university next fall 3 staff for The gross receipts of the Bill Bren. nan-Jim Tracey bout are reported at $18,433.70. Brennan was paid $4,755.74 Trac received $2387.87. . - - Miss Cecil Leitch, former golf champion, will be unable in the English to com: pete American women's cham. E. C, Wilson, "22, has been elected basketball captain for next year at the University of Towa, . - * Harold B. Lever of Ilion, N. Y. a member of the junior class, has been track team «for next year, * . » The Association of College Track Coaches of Anjeriea has gone on rec collegiate A. A, A. A. championship games, . * » Boxing is growing very popular in Japan and a number of Pacific const boxers are preparing to go to that country. But only small men are wel. rome, us the Japs don't care to see the big fellows bump each other off ONE QUALIFIED TO ADVISE from Bays Wife (reading NEWS [HT ) we “Refined couple,” an advertise ment, “will adopt healthy girl not more than three years etc, Husband (who walked the floor with bahy last night)—1 admire the parental instinet of this good man and woman, but I'd like to give them this parental advice: Don’t take on a child until after it has passed the teething period. —Il.ondon Answers, old, n— Subduing a Parent. “Daugliter, you have been running around with young pson for weeks, but you haven't to we ather and Augustus couldn't thing in you it we had a but let him A stranger, mies, 1 fear.” A Good Test. jor whether Char not, did you give present the other t Know if ore f cigars Did he smoke them? vou may be sure Lm baat v OF COURSE “You say he has hydrophobia?” “Sure, he was bitten by a mad dog- fishi"” Must Inherit It goes a man who a singie has Ht ist postage person like that do it " of doing a the toney to with, One-Sided Argument, ¥ “You are invited to cri the service,” “If you your nar “That 1 ion to criti- cize,” rejoined the weary traveler “That's an invi literary has probably had all kinds of experi g car steward, letter and give tation to discussion get into a with some one who Postal Belligerency, T'm going to write a scorching let. to remarked Mr “If you want to hy don’t you face, like a man.’ “l an’'t mak call hin talk to h hard im face but I' cial delivery te I'm in earnest.” him Money Talks. “You scorn my suit? My beauty might have “if you me.” A Poor Rick, “1 don’t blame you for turning out best sellers’ and getting rich at it. said the author's friend, “but you ought to write something for pos. terity.” “Can you imagine me buying a motor car and telling the dealers to charge it to posterity “You better fared” had brought the ‘dust’ to Father Gets Funny. “Pa, what kind of relations are ‘diplomatic relatiomsy * “The kind our wives seldom have, my son”
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