PENNSYLVANIA
STATE ITEMS
Harrisburg.—Pennsylvania this year
will produce 60,000 bushels of certi-
fled seed potatoes: that will be equal
to the hest grown anywhere
country, according to Secretary
Agriculture Rasmussen, Until last
year certified Pennsylvania potatoes
were unknown. When the project was
tarted last year 25,000 bushels were
grown, and the results obtained were
excellent that this year growers
greatly increased the acreage, Prac.
tically the entire crop of 60,000 bush.
els this year will be produced in Cam
brian and Potter counties and practi
cally all these potatoes will be used
for planting within the state next
year,
Butler—Robert Billings, years
old, in custody here on a of
robbery, has confessed that he robbed
the postoffice at Racine Monday,
postal official. announced, The prison.
er will be turned over to the
ment Billings was questioned
regarding recent postoffice rob-
beries in
80
ay
charge
last
govern-
agents
other
Pennsylvania.
A fall down a cellar
10-year-old James
Fifty dollars
flames destroyed
Shenandoah
way
East Prospect
were
the
here.
Bloomshurg,
killed Rowan.
n bills
burned when
home of Jacob K. Leonard, near
Paid admissions at the
sixty-ninth Columbia County Fair
53.130, 5526 more than the
made in ¥17.
istown.
died
while
were
record
Lew Copeland, 55
vears old, from cerebral
hemorrhs
turning
Irownsvilie
the path
Hann,
kil
street car re
from work.
of an
aged O
convie of m
county 1918
Marietta While
Mrs, Ar
paper, na
stroke
instantly
Pomeroy.
of Atglen, a
engine room began to flood
under the boilers loosened,
Erie —~Justifial }
shot him
Pittsburgh
which the ma
for a storekeeper, who,
gave her groceries and
the mash, was disclosed in poli
here by Mrs. Kate Mahalio,
The oman, charged w
a still, £100 w»
of thirt
apt
toid
found i
small
magistrate that wl
hard to
dren
the
support her two
she made the agreement
grocer.
-The mangled body of a
young man, believed to be Nicholas
Schraudenbach, Morristown, N. J., was
found the Lackawanna tracks at
Rallroad officials belleve the
man run fell from a
freight train.
Brownsville,
under two fall glate in
well mine of the H, C
company near nere,
three
on
Moscow.
Wis
down or
Seven miners,
¢
igs of
caught
the Max-
Frick Coke
were
Doctors . orn
Dewey Rankin's neck is broken, while
Steve Ritsky and Edward Queen suf
fered probable fractures of
if the
the public schools
seriously that
the back
Sunbury.— Because prevalence
of diphtheria two of
have
Harrisburg
bell, widow
hefe closed,
Mrs. Bertha V. Camp
of Senator James M
Campbell, of Mercer, was appointed
by Anditor € neral Lewis investigator
of deaths for Mercer county.
Brownsville~—Anton Kushlan,
this place, who entered a plea of guilty
to a charge of selling liquor, wa
senced to six months in the Allegheny
county workhouse and fined $500,
Wilkes-Barre. ~--Seventeen acres
land were purchased ty the city and
added to Kirhy Park.
Mount Wolf Stricken
plexy while siding in an
William V. Brown, 60
this place, died before
could be summoned,
Connellsville. Scores of families of
striking miners in the coke reglon here
will be housed in frame barracks dur-
ing the winter,
White Haven. Laborers
Laurytown-White Haven-Weatherly
county road have struck for a wage
increase to DAY cents an hour,
Brownsville ~~Missing for about a
week, the remaling of Andrew Karusun,
an ferryman here, were found floating
in the Monongahela river between Ves
taburg and Labelle.
Erie Unable fo stand further bru-
tality, Mrs, Autumn Stough fatally
shot her husband.
been
with
medical ald
on the
Harrishurg.—The frst compilation
of township laws has heen completed
by the legis'ative reference bureau,
It is a volume with more than 0500
pages of text, Including the general
township aet of 1917 and covering
first and second class townships, “The
compilafion covers every act in force,
together with considerab.e history and
the decisions,” sald Director Moore,
“It Is brought down to daté and at
the end of each section are motes giv.
ing the source from which the pro-
visions were taken.”
Harisburg.—John Willlam Brown, of
Lancaster, a brother of former Chief
Justice J. Hay Brown, of the supreme
ney general to succeed the late Har-
land A. Denny, of Mountrose, who
He
attorney of Lan
has been engaged
Is a former district
caster county, and
In practic¢ there for years, The ap
pointment w announced by the gov
ernor's office after a
had been made by Attorney
Alter,
Altoona. —Pleading gulity to boot:
Reamer Price, of this place,
to jail for 18 months, and
States, Tyrone, for
legging,
was sent
Clifford
months,
Altoona.—The Pennsylvania
road company ordered the construction
of three and 100
all-steel cabin ears at its shops here
tall
electric locomotives
Curtis CC.
murder In Yor
has applied to the state boar
for of th
death penalty
Sipple, cot
degree
of pardons commutation
vai tif
Si»
of Penns)
Ba vinden
payment
i nerease
the Gulf Oil compan)
fron
10.006) to $114
two
as compared
with month
Conneilsvi
in coke produc
As com
was
pared
»
shown in a review of acti 8 'n
vitl I previou week,
$
the
the
118.
Connellsville region,
The total output
Five hundred and
fired, bringing
10.341
cording to Assistant
published by
Courier,
toni
additional
the total in operation fo
Harrisburg. — Ad
Chief Meek, of
tion in th
110)
September
was
OVENS were
nu f forest
proted
eat ry,
ment of for.
the fore ires in Pennsyl-
vania in burned rapidly
and In
the
field
some instances below
In
counties the
deeply
surface soil Somerset, (Clear
fires
a depth of 3%
and Cambria
sometimes burned to
feet and in the soil
hurned. fires
particularly serious in the Folbes, Gal
ROME CHASes
The September
Pennsylvania. Fires of
more than M00 acres occurred on Rob-
tral City, Somerset county: in Welt
Keating township, Clinton county, and
Elk county.
was. made
Scranton. —Setflement
the Erie rallroad at Dunmore,
which has been In progress since
March, The men will return to work
on Monday. Under the terms of the
the men are restored,
Scotland.~Dr. J. J. Coffman, aged
70, fell dead-at his home here from a
heart attack,
Minersville-~Walter Stolinski, of
this place, was killed when caught be
tween mine props and a car at a col-
liery,
New Philadelphia --On the wiy to
the bathroom at his home here, Abra-
fell dead from heart disease,
Latrobe ~~Injuries sustain»d when
the rung of a chair penetrated his
body ng he fell resulted in the death
of Joseph Sabosky, aged 12, in the
Latrobe Hospital
rookie, joined the team sometime
Blankenships are the only
staff,
TWO OLD-TIMERS TALK |
OF BALL'S LIVELINESS |
Harry Lord
bro
other a pit
League a decade i
Jack
and
one an
perhaps express
veterans
the present-day article
diamond play is less a matter of
more of hitting
ke advantage
veliness,
er had more of a cl
old days,” { heshro
took a
the ball
but
one
iH
i
drive
now near)
over the
Yin
COLLEGE PLAYER AIDS SPORT
Former Baseball Star, Jack Barry, Is
Loud in Mis Praise of Collegians
on Diamond,
Barry.
the Ph
of the Bos t
Holy Cross
the great man)
of
+31 ’
nus oj
who
“he
Jack Barry.
players much credit for uplifting hase
ball in general
subject recently Barry said:
“It is surely true that the college
players have done more to elevate pro
the national sport worth while. He
has helped to make the professional
baseball player respected everywhere,
and his influence hus tended to elim
inate most of the rowdyism from the
game.”
i
GIANTS MADE BEST RECORD
Mew Yorkers Won 26 Straight Vice.
ries in Chase for Pennant
During 1916 Season.
Speaking of straight victories, the
New York Giants made a record in
1916 which will stand for some time
to come,
That season the New Yorks won 20
in a row and 17 straight on the road
In the American league the Chicago
club won 10 strodght in 1006 when
making thelr drive for the pennant,
Texas
start,
Ted, a
and made good from the
He also made good. Now the
NOTES
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A boxing commission is like a
i i Chnly anore
hot
the
p12]
ruies are
no promoter
ge a Dempsey-Harr)
Thomas Lovel n
by i
the Dallas ciub
He
bought
the Pirates hitter
Fred Johnsor
tfined by the
tonlo, is
(sifinils
to be 8
said
Time flies time In
years Edward Trowbridge Collins is
mentioned in an sli-star
capacity
of the
Oe
noe
y star twirler
iE iow pi
of the Blue
ahout football in the
the candidates
Bre
home to do any
fon
tired when they reach
chores.
. » a
In a handicap
Brooklands golf
won the greens
Lindsay's first
the
Lindsay
It is}
tournament at
elab, CC. A
committee cup
year at golf
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Gernld I. Patterson of Melbourne |
will not the British tennis |
championship at Wimbledon next June
Business requirements will
. » * 2
The New York
mission turned
than $350 .(xY)
erating expenses in the last 18 months, {
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“Rabbit” Benton, Ty of the
South Atlantic league, has been bought |
the Phillies lenton wgs 8 star |
batter and base stemler with Charles. |
ton.
defend
interfere
state boxing
to
oom
has over the state |
more aver its own of»
{obb
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John Layton, of the St. Louis na-
York for a title
*. & »
Paul B. Stager. a former crack
shortgtop pon the Wesleyan nine and a
backfield gridder of note, has been pur
chased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from
Memphis,
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Burney Acton, a youngster who has
been playing great ball for the Eufaula
teas in an Independent league in Ala-
bama, hgs been taken on by the New
York Yankees for a trial
. »
1. M. Huffman, "22, Chandlersville,
O.. former star left tackle and captain
of the Ohlo university football team, is
assisting Conch J. W. Wilce in train.
ing the Buckeye squad this fall,
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Qt. Louis Americans have ope ball
player about whom little je written
Tobin, Yet he is ene of the greatest
sutfielders In the American league,
and Is always hitting near the top.
®
El
gy
EASTERN STYLE OF PLAY
Andy Binith, coach of the Cul
ftornin team, formerly played
for Pennsylvania snd he uses
the eastern sivie of play. O65
defense the Californians tse the
Pennsylvania system, which eon
sista in driving the (fay In Enos
and tackles all change to the
Inside, seven pppmrenily
driving toward one point from
ten to fifteen yurds behing the
line of scrimmage, It is 8 #98
tem that many teams have used
with much Californias
ulso likes the open style foot
ball,
men
HUCCORE
FE umes
COACH YOST FAVORS
FOOTBALL OF TODAY
Present Open Style of Play Is
Most Satisfactory.
Modern Game With its Varied Play
More Interesting to Player and Spec.
tator Than the Old Buck-
ing Tactics.
Yost the University of
has joined the ranks of that
Conch
Michigan,
f
group o
of
coaches who believe the pres
ent day football teams are superior 10
those of a decade 0, when
or .
» for a
more ag
brawn was the chief requisite
liege gridiron player
ings being equal, the average
team of today
erage team of te
nn
¥ tyr 34 ttyl *
We presen ivie of
Et] on
pay
actory in
gridiron is more sat
f 4
every way than old
He
the
tnctics.
th |
interesting to and spectator
with
cRing said the modern
ts varied play. was
more
nnd i had moch to
sport
elements
do
noreased pot
“Ihe
the 6ld with a
of the
new game has all the
interest
thrown in,” Yost sald
ay 4 f
opport for use of
on the part of each
yer that
i style of contest did not. Pres
y are better coached.
because a squad that
the
and
ent day teams als
This is n
not
both
CORR TY
been
on
drilled in
pas, defense
jose.”
Conch
foothall
Yost
rules
#nid that the present
would stand for Years,
few
for a
eventually
technicalities
he
that
were to smoothed out
come Part of Every Well.Réunded
Gridiron Attack,
There wae a time when the forward
Rack in 1906
first permitted
when the move
under the
wns
rules,
ing that it was only “outdoor basket.
ball” and common sense would soon
rule It out of the code, i
Now it is a part of every well
rounded attack and no coach dare dis
regard it as an offensive weapon, The
play's possibilities have not yet been
exhausted and teams become more
proficient with it every season,
SURE OF BIG LEAGUE BERTH
Johnny Stuart, Former Ohio State Uni.
versity Footbell Star, Ready
for Fast Yompany.
Johnny Stuart, former Ohio State
University football star, will be back
in the major leagues next year, When
tried out by the Cardinals, he showed
nek of experience. Rickey immed!
ately sent him to Syracuse. One of
his impressive pitching achievements
with. that club is an ironaman stunt,
He recently pitched and won both
games of a doubleheader against the
Jersey City Skeéters, The secopd af.
fair went 10 innings. Stuart's «hdwing
in general has been good enough te
warrant a return to the big line,
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Ancient Peopie of Peru Made the Sun
an Object of Particular
Veneration,
The most gomplete system of sun
warship was practiced by the gncient
tribe of Incks of Peru, South America,
{ta snistence was first discovered by
the Bpsniseds who visited Peru in
i288. ‘Phe Incks, chitef of the Peruvian
riiling house, dulined io be children of
the sin snd the sun's representatives
oh gmrih
Phe government was a despotic Ner-
vray of wideh the Ines wes both high
priest and King
tn Cusco, the capital, stood the won-
derful temple of the sun, in which all
On
the went end of the Interior was a rep
disk and rays
in the same. precious 1oetal, so placed
that in at
open east end, fel] full upon the image,
and was reflected with dazzling splen-
dor. In the plaza, or the
temple, a great annual was
Huge
multitudes assembled from all parts of
the empire, and, presided over the
Inca, awaited in breathless solemnity
the first raye of their deity to strike
the golden image in the temple, when
they immediately prostrated
selves In adoration.
Bacrifices,
the fplements were of solid gold,
resentation of the sun's
the rising sun, shining the
square of
feutival
by
them
similar to those of
the
and
of in
strikingly the
sacrament,
resembling
The moon was the spouse of the sun
his
remarkable
Venus was
the
the Souther:
page
{ross
worshiped as servants of the
dored
and earth
¥
were 8
were piso
the wor
and now ¢
1 3
i glory
in hist«
cCarveso
Chicago Gets Prehistoric Monster,
Eight million REO 1
into a depression
Alberts
Years
erawled
equatorial belt in
WE
places
Colors in the Fall
desirable tree for br
ur
tree with vers
the summer and bril
the autumn, J
there
that
LYN BR
may
change
the brilliancy
tree is comm
the northern and eastern states
The scarlet oak is even brighter th
the red oak In its fall colors and is
Its
than
the American Forestry Magazine
folinge being more finely divided
that of the red oak gives it a
more airy appearance, while the red of
its leaves is most emphatic It is
widely distributed throughout the east
ern half of the country
In marked contrast to ti
rede of some trees In the
yellow of the sugar hard
This is a native of gravelly and other
well-drained soils of the
states and southward in and near
It reaches (t= greatest per
lighter
we brilliant
fall is the
or maple
northern
the
mountains,
fection In western New England, New
York, Ohio and Kentucky.
With a Proviso.
Mary had been frightened by a large
dog barking at her while she was
walking with Mer mother. From that
time all dogs that approached within
a few feet of her caused her to ory
and run to her parents for protection.
A few evenings ago some friends
called at the house, bringing with
them a puppy. Like all dogs of that
age, he was playful, cute, and friendly,
Mary, safe in her mother’s lap, gazed
at the puppy for a moment as he stood
looking at her, and then sald, “Don’t
bark, doggle, 'n’ I like you”
in Cages, Not in Demand.
Buddy, age three, was making his
daily call, when Mr, H— asked him
whether he was going to work in his
father's grocery store and whether he
was going to ent the meat or pul the
sugar in packages.
Buddy sald that he intended to help
the butcher hy cutting up the chickens,
He was asked whether chickens were
fn demand,
The litle caller then answered very
quickly that the chickens were not in
demand but that they were in back
of the store in cages.
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