PENNSYLVANIA
STATE ITEMS
Willilamsport.—Elroy Hamiiton,
near Marsh Hill, died at the Williams-
when he was run over by a Susque-
hanna and New York freight train.
Uniontown.—Run down by a truck
which passed his home, near
the Unlontown Hospital,
Uniontown.—Swooping down upon
leged bootlegging joints shone
troopers made the biggest
ever recorded in
In the eleven places
est, state
clean-up
county.
one place-—the
in the East
confiscated. In
of Tony Ferro,
not confiscated, on accoun
certainty as to the alcoholic content.
conducted
worth
sald to have been
more‘ than $1500
taurant,
by Ferro,
liquor was
troopers,
Harrisburg
of this city,
Of
.
MeFariand,
president
G.
{ieorge
was re-elected
of
clation at the annual business session
Other inc
Arbuckle,
Erie; C. T. Jack
Leopard, Johnstown; George A. Hoev-
eler, Pittsburgh, and O. E. Conrad,
Seranton : secretary, R. W. Shriner,
Harrisburg, reasurer, E. A. Clark,
York.
Harrisburg.—Formal approval
given by the public service commission
application of the Metropolitan
company, of for
ol of the York Haven
York Haven
officers elected
Barton
Allentown ;
here,
Vice p
residents, J.
Satchell,
and t
was
to the
Edison
quisit
Water and Power and the
Electrie Transmission companies,
Metropolitan
Reading,
ion of con
has operations In
gomery, Berks,
and now
It also has steps u
counties into
and York,
to
fon
spend £1.000.00
Dauphin
nder way
gels
reach 0 The decis-
said the OI 3 IropoOsSes
Bloomsburg
threatened throu
ing winter
Orangeville,
here,
are pels
FAWS
cities, it is
ceived Tor
the orders
salers
and two Is Wire to
automobile licen Willian ;
and Dominic Dorenzo, of Philadelphia,
also being revoked fon faljing 1 .
ply with orders of the commission,
Fayette City.—Alexander Ronay,
wealthy © 11-year
old son, Alexander, Jr.
received an unsigned
Pittsburgh, saving: “I have Alexander,
Jr, with me, and he Is
be taken good care of. ”
he bel the note was
his divorced wife
boy.
Pittshurgh.
sr.
opera
was Kidnaped,
message from
well, and will
Ronay said
written by
of the
feved
, the mother
Plang for the improve-
ment of freight terminals,
tion of tunnels and relocation
tracks within the limits of Pittsburgh,
Involving the expenditure of millions
construc
the of
Railroad company.
Pittsburgh.—Nine years in the fed-
eral prison at Atlanta, Ga., was the
sentence impoged by Judge W., H. 8
Thomson on Robert Willoughby, alias
Robert C. Billings, self-confessed post-
office robher. Postoffice Inspectors
who investigated the case said that
Willoughby attribdted his life of crime
to the fact that his parents. separated
to shift for himself. He was Indicted
ford and Cabot, Pa. Judge Thomson
sentenced Miller Cross, of Pittshurgh,
to serve two and one-half years in the
same prison. He was convicted
buying and selling forged
revenue strip stamps,
Harrisburg. Governor Sproul reap-
pointed a® members of the state art
commission : Niclahos D'Ascenzo, Phil.
adeliphia, and E. B. Temple, Swarth-
more. They are original members of
the commission,
Colebrook.—~Miss Rose Youtz, of
this place, appointed auditor in South
Londonderty township, is the first wo
man to hold such an office in ILebanon
county.
Lebanon, ~~ Professor James E,
Scheirer, organist and choirmaster at
St. John's Reformed church hepe, re-
signed to accept a similar position at
Atlanta,
Easton ~Judge R. CC. Stewart In
Northampton county court, handed
down two opinjgns in which he held
that the XY. M. C. A. and Y¥. W, C. A.
are not taxable, being purely public
charities,
Marrisburg.—An opinion given to
Registrar Eynon by Deputy Attorney
Gereral Brown relutiVe (0 trankler of
automobiles held that a man having
paid $100 for a license should be able
to enjoy the“ privileges thereunder une
some reason Is shown to
less good
attention to
reason to de
The question
businesy aud giving
Is not a
prive him of the Heense,
arose when an Ellwood Clty dealer,
having a license in Beaver Falls
sought to have his lcense transferred,
good
It
not
wus held that the
take out a
should ask ror a
Hew
trans
applicant need
license, but
fer,
Bloomsburg
Congregations of the
th
throughout the winter to
fuel. The coal supplies of
the three will be pooled, and the serv.
ices will held In the Methodist
church, as will social events.
of the
State Association
fon Berry ices
conserve
be
law
of
Harrisburg. —Members
committee of the
here for discussion of proposed legis
lation, Including suggestions made at
the July convention in Stroudsburg.
The sessions are being held at the
bureau of municipalities in th intern-
al affairs department,
Unilontown.—Fire
Blitner the
broke in the
H.
out
mine of . Frick
extinguish it have been without
State Inspec
United bureau of mines
fire fighung force organ
was
States
called and a
ized,
have
The fire, which sald
started from an
S00
Wis
burn
One hundred
Origiig Sone
opening, and
spread
1
Col.
from
preparing to go
the fire was discovered,
Harrisburg.—A telegrat
United
Chicag
of the
proj osed
¥
ganization
tional amendinent
to do its own
by J.
of
He here
member
F. Sci
Hi
mer was ound
heart
Two steel mill
at the F
bed from
Butler.
¢ it
iaiiure,
orged Steel Wheel
pit
John Uran
walked on ti
effort to
the
plant here when they fell into a
metal,
Michael
crusted
Mudrak,
surface an
from
in free
al
crashed through.
Harrisburg. <All bids received
construction highway 'n
sides
of
county, have
highway
Huntingdon
Kishacoquillas
been rejected by
department.
Amish farmers
valley
of th
donated two
fruit,
and other provisions to
Memorial Hospital here,
Bloomsburg.—~When the jurymen for
the December term of Columbia cotinty
court were drawn, the list Included
two dead men, one of them having died
more than two years ago.
Lewistown.—The curb market
vege
Mair
of patronage.
Mt. Carmel—Falling ninety feet
feet down the slope of the Sayre col-
liery near here, Frank Diel, aged 48,
wag killed.
when he inhaled fumes from a gas
heater, Joseph Andres, aged 21, is
in the Uniontown Hospital In a seri-
ous condition.
Almedia.~Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Price
celebrated their fifty.1rth wedding an.
niversary by entertaining their six
children and their families, :
Sunbury.—Falling downstairs at her
home here, Mrs. Rose Tussey broke
her right shoulder blade.
New Castle.—Eighty warrants were
served here “pon alleged operators of
speakeasies and manufacturers of In-
toxicants,
Freeland.~Louis Cherone, aged 6
years, of this place, fell under the
wheels of & coal wagon on which he
had been riding and died several hours
later,
Sg a
MANY- CHANGES MADE
IN BASEBALL RULES
Plenty ‘of changes were
brought Into baseball during the
senkon of 1880
In that year
balls" entitled
first base, Sunday baseball was
prohibited by Inw The first
professional ball pdrk In New
York was opened September 20.
And the rule was Introduced de
cluring a baserunner out If hit
by a batted ball,
Two
of balls
eight “called
the batter to
luter the number
on which a batter was
entitled to first base was re
duced to seven. Another change
the adoption of the three
foot line beside the path to first
huge,
VEurs
Wan
GOLF MARKED BY ITS
MOST RAPID CHANGES
Modern Weapons Make Game
Easier and Enjoyable.
Years Ago Scots Played With Feather
Balls and Used Only Few Clubs—
Every Modern Convenience
Was Quickly Rejected.
There are better
golfers now than
ago. There were
better golfers 20 vears ago than
40 ng Golf Is
that hs and thrived
yer weapons
pastime easier and more enjoys
there
were Yeurs
lived
modern
RO
is for ages
have
ble,
Years ago the Scots with
and few
played over short courses
high
be
scoring
played
is used only a
clubs. They
and their
Scores
high compared to
BCOres ran as a rule
then would ridiculously
the done to
day. Courses were ahout a third short
er than we have now,
If the old
feather bs
Course—gnlf
conditions prevalled
few conveniences
not
that
built
were
scple they
caddie
has only
purricd the
in 1 Thos
"Ye
rubbercored hall
Nsists
f was first introduced
atitinn 11
ft
boo shaft
Great Britain, as
recently,
Roberts Is Bia Star
The photograph shows “Red” Role
erts, stalwart right end of the Center
college eleven, who, since the depar:
ture of the great Bo McMillan, is the
individual star among the
Association in Japan Befhg Formed
by Arbiters Similar to One
in This Country,
is to
umpires’
one
Japan
tennis
have a national
association
which
lawn
modeled
has functioned
Miki Miho, who
was prominent In furthering the In.
terests of the Japanese Davis Cup
team here last season, is in charge of
the movement, He is already en-
rolled as a member of the United
States Tennis Umpires’ association,
being the first Japanese to hold that
distinction. Miho expects to leave
here soon for Japan with a national
championship cup to be offered for
competition by his countrymen. The
trophy iy the gift of Japanese resi
dents of this country, Miho, accord:
ing to his close friend and associate,
Zenzo Shimidzu of ‘last summer's
‘hallenging Davis Cup team, Is an ex-
sellent critid of tennis,
off in the second period,
INTERESTING
Alfred Shrubb again is coach
ford university, En
*
squad.
material appeared to
id this year
Princeton out
class the Pennsyivan
i
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Joe Beckett
Well, if
he will
Mr
be Just
Siki heats
about champion
it huppens
. » .
ring where
wey
he Detroit Tigers, is in ngeles
{
!
He will play winter league bal
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i
i
| A Lone
| offer of S566) next year
on newspaper w
who crosses the En
a possibility
re for
net a
of the Navy-Georgia Tech at |
viny
3 tof
| BURLEIGH GRIMES TO STICK
Right-Handed Spitball Artist Will Not
Be Disposed of by Brooklyn
Management,
Unless President Ebl
ing changes his min
his right
IgG
be
handed
or
id
ROiq
| nog
| ter months
trade
$
“Grimes will bail
piteh
Brooklyns next season, or attend
{ automobile business Minervy:
Burieiegh Grimes.
If Ebbets
| RENTED CUSHIONS TO SIT ON
At
Weston
tarde
prec
iete, t
8Hys
st he
to quit the exciting
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much
Pittsburgh
Looks very
Schmidt of the
had a press agent,
when he doesn't break Into print.
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a
ts 8 quiet da)
Honolulu plans a swimming stadium
ns A inemorial, The will
measure 50 by 110 yards. Seating ac
commodations for 6500 will pro
vided,
war pool
be
The fact that thousands of his coun
trymen bet on him la his last Gght maj
have had something to do with Caf
penter's decision to go into the fishing
business,
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West Ride Tennis club of New York
contemplates constructing a new con
crete stadium to seat 20,000, If assured
of the award of big tennis fixtures for
a number of years.
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A western college football guard who
surrounded 18 watermelons at a sit
ting is to be used as a regular; on the
theory that if he can't stop the opposi
tion any other way he can eat it
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Cy Young and Amos Rusie, star
pitchers of other days, insist there is
use high balls, Present-day pitchers
ask where are you going to get ‘em.
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Pete Donohue, Cincinnati pitcher,
didn't go barnstorming when the sea.
son ended. He hiked straight away
for Texas, where he resumed his
studies in Texas Christian university.
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After looking at pictures of the
champion, Jess Sweetzer, making a full
approach shot with a mashie niblick,
the process is a complete mystery, so
far as actual accomplishment is con-
cerned,
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Walter Hapgood of the Rochester
club while at the World's series sang
the praises of Chick Gagnon, the col
jegian the Detroit club loaned to Roch-
ester. Gagnon, says Hapgood, is go
ing to be a wonderful ball player,
Displeased With Actions
of Spectators.
cushions are to be
At
of Detroit
adium
to be
sant
$
not least tl}
thrown 8 is the
| idea of University athletic
| officials who have ordered
{ privilege at the new U, of D
cancelled. It appears that near
end of the U. of D.-Wilmington coll
game spectators who had rented cush-
{ions fell Into a playful and
| started tossing the soft seats around
| the stadium, Many of the
stadium
nood
i
i
reason
it better
i retarded play. For this
| versity officials decided
have no cushions,
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English Soccer Clubs Taking Part in
Preliminary Games for Cup
| Losers Eliminated.
i
Over 300 soccer teams
are competing in preliminary
| games for the famed cup.
eliminated until two qualify
final next April.
similar fixtures, the National cup come
petition with 132 entries, mostly in the
East and including the Middle West,
round
for the
| Challenge cup tourney, composed of
| enstern and western teams. Rounds
i
| are played monthly,
Orr rrrrerrs a Q
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Drop-Kick Record
Herbert Covington, quarter.
back on the Center college foot-
ball team, in a game with the
University of Louisville, made
six droprkicks, one In the first
period, three in the second and’
two in the third period. Fig-
ures on four of the kicks showed
one from the 40yard line, two
from the 30-yard line and one
from the 82.yard line. OfMcinls
who presided at the game said
the feat constituted a world's
record and thal five was the
best previous performance in a
single game,
Qi asssuiinnmin sists
DESCRIBED
wy d Brown
WHS
niet i
and
*
woman Fi 10s
wondered If she
your wife
“I don't know Mrs. Brown—what 1s
ghe like?
“She's a does
ginés
it
of fifty who
forty,
woman
then
thirty,
and
look more ima
looks only dresses as
were twenty fais
’ ”
©
ten, .
Not the Right Kind
Jot i
try this afternoon,
He—Well, wi
ut
~otildn't
from
Fhe n, 1 found mice in thre pan-
at do you want me to
that
talk
you
club 1
the
ut In ye
One Reason for Thankfuiness.
Better Authority.
Shakesienre
SHAE i v
Moving Up
of the
One
THE
Mary--Does your
golf?
Alice—Yes, but | can't understand
why. He gets so mad at
everytime he plays it
MYSTERY OF IT
husband enjoy
himself
Exemplary.
Cynical! Definition
hat & is rR
He Didpt Understand.
drank hemlock
thin 1
“Socrates
“1 don't
Domestic,
“For heaven's sake, John
you spanking the baby? Wi
why
at
are
has he
“Nothing, fur's I know, Mary: but 1
something t' keep him re
minded who 1 am around here.”
do
Nice Hint for Father.
It was the beginning of
“Dear,” the bride inquired anx-
“in the excitement leaving
did you say good-by to papa and
mamma?”
“No,” he
the wedding
of
re
sald, “1 said "Au revoir.
Safe Waters. -
Flrst Angler—This paper reports an-
other case of a bather being bitten by
a fish,
Kecond Angler (after a Blank day)
Ah, well, it would be safe enough
bathing here!
Says a Lecturer,
“It takes a Boston audience to fol
low youn."
“Yes?
“They even
times."
get ahead of you at
The Obvious Gesture.
“If you were suddenly Informed hy
a lawyer that you had fallen heir to a
million dollars, what would you do?”
“I'd call for a stimulant” replied
the impecunious . citizen. * “Do you
think I'm made of east Iron?"
Same Effect.
Visitor—You must have been visit
ed by a bad hurricane from the ap
pearance of your building.
Farmer—No; I rented my farm last
month to a movie concern to make a
fivereel comedv.—Film Fun,
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