PENNSYLVANIA STATE ITEMS Harrisburg. — Assistance Is given 2450 families, with 9015 children, through the methers’ pension system in Pennsylvania, and there are 4500 families with 17,000 children, on the waiting list, according to a statement made at the office of the mothers’ as- sistance bureau of the welfare depart- ment, Fifty-four counties have or. ganized such work, contributing in the aggregate $1,000,000 to match what the state appropriated last year. Uniontown.—Fire did damage esti mated at $115,000 in the business dis- trict here. Originating in a building occupied by the Uniontown Furniture company, it gpread to the Titlow Ho- tel on one side and a building occupied by the Long Furniture company and living apartments on the other side Many guests the hotel were taken down fire escapes by firemen, but none was seriously injured. The origin of the fire hag mot been determined. in Chester.—At the close of a big day's business in his grocery store a strange negro walked tae store of John Foraker, poked a revolver in the face of Foraker snd demanded his Foraker reached up man thought, but instead he butcher knife and sl! across the face and throat. The man fled from the place and was traced two blocks by the trail of blood. The police have notified all and the police of nearby Pottsville. —The tinues. to diminish even the the best into money the hold the eash box, forth a large ashed the bandit down, as to get brougl t hospitals cities, water supply in this section and Pottsville Water company, equipped corporation ip the southern anthracite region, Issued a warning that the danger point had been reached. The company has pro. hibited the washing of Pottsville. Only one the Girard, backed by tate, has greater water the anthracite region t ville, which not hut half a number of coal Hauling of at work an extensive not be furnished water con automobiles in water company, the Girard es. in han Potts supplies the city other and a and rail keep the aken relief can capacity the only dozen towns Companies roads. walter to collieries be undert On 48 no is obtalnal wear hy [he Schuylkill river water is unfit for steam purposes hi muse of the highly acid mine poured into and relief cannot be obtained as read! ly as for those collieries near tl quehanna Pottsville. a long legal fight annexation of 750 in Schuylkill township to part of the area to be a public park. The Phil Reading Coal and Iron most of the an the annexation ir of the have to pay in the to with t he » re, De water 1* Nis. Tamaqua borough won the coal that used as and own tract, court for of rich in acres ands town, idelphia company, ers fou of nexed ght court taxes on ac count increased it will wn, as compared township. The coal red that LEN company the desire fo get ind land taxes pri for the f Tam: annex the new territory, and contend ed that of a majority of the property owners had not cured to the The was unable, io its charges, and F for the Reading, to have the stricken off the alle 5 ed reason ‘reas conl was the neipal desire ua to the consent heen se change company fully prove Whalen, at agreed in however, John tarney court list Philadelphia. trust companies CASS Suburban banks and in Bucks and Mont gomery counties, principally in the suburban district north of Philadel. phia, began to distribute about £1,250 000 In Christmas funds to more than 20,000 persons. The funds this year, aceording to bankers, far in ex- cess of the figures of any previous year. The largest single community distribution will at Jenkintown, Are be company will mail checks for $138,000 ; £132000 will be distributed dale by the First National Citizens’ National: Bristol will have $78,000 from in the Bristol Trust, will get $67,000 from Telford National. Swarthmore,—At the Thanksgiving community church service President Aydélotte, of Swarthmore College, made the principal speech, In which he urged greater participation in Eu- ropean affairs by the United States. “At a time when the world is suffer. ing for want of leadership,” he said, “a tariff wall waich shuts off the im- portation of a neighbor's goods, the highest ever made by any country, is preventing the economic readjustment of the world” President Aydelotte closed his speech with an appeal “to translate the best of our private thought and feeling into public aet, to forget our selfish safety and ma- perial benefits, and dedicate ourselves to the task of expressing the great. ness and idealism that js inherent In America” Wilkes-Barre.-~Three masked men held up George Alexander, proprietor of a chain of candy stores here, and relieved him of $150 and his watch. Sunbury.—The Welfare Associaticn elected Dr. J. B. Cressinger, president, and D. N. Gardiner, treasurer, Harrisburg. Governor Sproul has appointed John A. Frick, Mountain Hill, as a member of the state Wash- fugton Crossing Park commission. Bellevue.~A memoril tablet, bearing the name of Walter Dutcher, one of Bellevue's war heroes, has beer stolen from the base of a tree in the borough park. and their savings Pittsburgh. Jacob Petry, convicted year ago of pmcticing dentistry without = lcerse, was flued $500. In the trial, which was looked upon as a test case, Petry was accused of holding himself before the public as a dentist, although he never had grad- uated from a school of dentistry and He was well in active of medical licensure. Harrisburg. —Since 1917 nearly 100 dangerous grade crossings on main thoroughfares have been eliminated, the highway department announced. These were on 44 steam or electric and the total cost of the elimination was $3,711,400. Of the more than 11,000 grade crossings of rallroads in Pennsylvanla approxi- mately 8700 are unprotected. Among the more dangerous of the crossings eliminated were those on the Lacka- wanna Trail, at Elmhurst ; on the Sun- bury-Wilkes-Barre road, at Shickshin- ny: on the Easton-Stroudsburg road, at Martin's Creek Junction, and on the Reading Philadelphia pike, at Douglassville. The public service commission has ordered the elimina tion of ings on state highway routes, work has not yet There are now pending commission proceedings template the elimination additional crossings, but heen before which of 59 Uniontown.—Fayette liquor valued at hands, ig face to face with of Its Three rooms the hasement courthouse filled with all of booze cated In the hundreds of liquor ralds in various section of keys to the valuable held by the county detective, assistant county detective. that no knows just iquor is in the rumor has it that of the hag “evaporated.” Jusig who sponsible for this sevapoihtion” known. To prevent ralding the booge county, disposition of the sS0ris the county. storeroom It how seems one booze is re- some cellar, the place the the jition, during In ad ploys a guard of the night. Pittsburgh. in a police station ence of W. A. Thalford, he magistrate, Thalford lared after being locked up on a charge of Frank Cros him of $8. Croskle was with the wm of thirty The night sergeant, who “ooh. man's purse vices county still hours To cell was be robbed as Central the unusual Avenue experi. pris mer told te that drunkenness hig cel robbed £25 imate, kie, fined days in jail answered T ber. ™ on optic Thalford's scre sald he found the Croskle ams of Pi {ttsburgh Glassmore, held coroner, killing her husband. rendered to the Mrs near Joh here, Postuchs of was being for the harged with / after police the authorities that several ago she left her husband sald ghe told them to gain entrance when he tried fired through a striking him the months her hushand to her house, to break down the door she panel, the bullet in the stomach Harrisburg or fish han the 1 eo] racks baskets operated (in the Susque na basin under sintle pounds of eels mae the department of fisheries The season for such spears, gigs, river yielded hig) 1 according to ie to devices, snd including out-liney the like, burr hocks and loops and pow In season, and they cannot after New ear's unless the app! takes out a 1923 fahermas i's 1i- conse ywadford county have reported the largest total of 52.000 pounds being aiready while the Dauphin county fishermen have reported over five in the aggregate great of fishermen have not yet used cant of tous ma jority reported Although he suf Edward Mil The Northumberland fered much pain, ler, a broken shoulder in a football for thirty-six hours Seranton. Frederick W chief clerk In the office of soliéitor here until a month ago, he resigned, was arrested hy elty tectives on a charge of ¢wbezziement Nicholson, who is widely known, is game totaling $8000, Easton. Intoxication of undergrad uates and gradutaes will not be per. tiong of Lafayette College, according to an announcement made by the Lafayette Student Council of Its inter. pretation of its powers outlined in the The resolu- tion adopted by the council, teen members of which pledge them. selves to support the rule by personal example, follows: “All undergraduates appearing at a open or closed function of the college In condition savoring of intoxication, shall be requested to leave the affair immediately. Any undergraduate so requested shall be summoned before the Student Council and action relative to the gravity of his affenseé shall be recommended to the faculty.” Catawissa.~~A Bible printed in Eng. lish and published in Dublin, in 1768, was used In a special service in St Matthew's Lutheran church here, Mt. Carmel Falling on her way home from school, a crocheting needle penetrated the body of Adnin Dekatap, to a hospital Harrisburg. Harrisburg Lodge of Moose has announced it will bulld a £150,000 home next spring. Altoona, Frank G. Fisher, of this place, was appointed Blair county's first assistant district attorney at a salary of $2000, 1 ttn el eto A el i A We Seppricht. Sa TLR Hcckey Is the early winter sport, a puck and turn out. park, Chicago. DO rrr rr rasta eseseests 1) | Extra Seats Needed. I'he heavy world's series baseball attendance at the games is sometimes puzzling to those who do not the situation closely. They overlook the tickets that may be vear before the event are the ohserve ited a For in- 1.0083 fan cout stance, there who were off when Judge La Babe Ruth the lu to the 1,250 who never go to cause the suspension baseball for life ded Added indis suspen st time antic th game ll AAA AA A A AA ey would another be WiK not se enough, these insured a heavy demand for box They arrived at the soon after the gates opened, they found ahead of them 5000 disgusted patrons jast year that series was fixed Just be these sat the 5000 others argued the fought rious “Pat K who they swore knew the hind who had with them war going guestion as they their home on the cars in the less expensive seals at the first gnme from were JOMKK) fans other big les were %iy sore win pennants that sald they another ball Ry yes funs heaven clubs did not they spend would never iar attered star Wer who last fo wi the wo regs i was rat col of | ivory-headed by ishers ¢ smbled, and to strike the yield asked Provi m dead if ever The thes atten another game Raturday Evening Post - a sss Britton Leos His Title after the season is over, Just get a club and SPORT NOTES dull. Miller week lusiness is Huggins * » * | | 1924 Olympics, » - Ad Dartmouth and Pennsyivanin Atlbntn Am will play at Kye yrueus admli « fre # tuniversity tg boys une der sixteen years gaines George Cuts! 10 he seen hase for the Vernon Ti- second season The race track boob won't keep 3 this winter on the hot tips he played last - William H pointed hockey mel the fourtl y of Boston was a at > ! Harvard for BON - » » rn . Toronto the Dem Ken It barred rataored Wi [sey histicull i alm uni oR! served on Jack # man only 0 ye uer, ¥ City tean * next year . been method in the Western | K a Sus Fille nsured fo as yet pennant pn has R10) (xx) no ben devised to insure a . & ® in L aad game The Canadi Tennis associa ho the regulations and by awn has ix fi new oklet on Inns of the . 0» ¢ Dempsey who cant’ het ind anybody the who ii some wand fighting LL ih Ve itt] bh Jack A Britton, aged forty, the surrendered his weight champion after 15 rounds of gruelling Madison Square Garden. crown ns VACHE Big Outfielder Bought by St. Louis Browns Is Smart Ball Player, but Ne Spring Chicken, Commenting on Ernest Varhe, the | outfielder with Charleston the past sen- son and bought by the St. Louis Browns | for a trial in the spring, a Charleston | critic writes: "He is a pile driver at bat: in the outfield fast for a big fel low, smart and knows how to shift for patters.” It doesn't seem that much elze could be sald in favor of a ball player, except that “he is young and ambitious.” Vache may have the am- bition, but he is no spring chicken, DISCOVER NEW LIGHTWEIGHT Battling Budd .of Georgia Mas Been Traveling Along at Remarkably Fast Pace, in Georgia a new lightweight has éprung up in the person of Battling Budd, discovered by Walk Hiller, a well-known sporting man of Atlanta. Young Budd has been traveling along at a fost pace and defeating all the good boys of the South, It is evident that he Is not a false alarm, for any- one who enn hand a defent to Mel Coogan and Joe Welling must have I3 NO YOUNGSTER | sonderable class, » . . All athletic versity relations between un the Case of (les indefis and School of Ap fence eiand have been ed The Intest revival announced in Chi truction of a $1, S100 000 will Involve con tra Derby * * - FAX I Ame: ce Ls ican every The Women's 8 York city has bers In the last sobn need new quarters, » » - Association football the English government, it received 8332.008 from five clubs In “entertainment tax.” - - * imm gEsociation x ng enrolled fow Albert leon’ Mamaux, er for the Brooklyn Dodgers, is doing a turn in vaudeville this winter with Jimmy Rule, 5 song writer - * - erstwhile The Browns are cagefully nursing a young prospect named Cedric Durst California has a college of baseball may hear that some one out there has opened a swimming school for fish. -. - - Pancho Villa, the Fllipino boxer and holder of the flywelght title, has shown hat he Is one of the speediest champs who ever pulled on a glove, * » - Pitcher Mike Pendergrast, former Philly player, has been reinstated, Pen. dergrast wns suspended for playing with ineligibles. He will be returned to the Philly reserve list, ". - - Walter Malls, the hig southpaw who helped the Indigns win the American lengue pennant and the world cham: plonship In 1020, will not appear with the tribe next season, . - » They seem to be presuming in the Eastern league that Chief Bender is done with the Reading Internationals, for he Is being mentioned as successor to Billy Glibert at Waterbury, - - * Baseball rumors may be. langhed at, hut they often develop Into facts. Take, for instance, the sale of Heine Groh to the Glanta. For eight years that sale was announced each winter-and was laughed to sleep--but In the ninth yews It happened, didn’t it? i i 1 1 i ! i NOT LAST VERY LONG Few Retain in Succession Jerome Travers Was pion Tn 1912 and Again in 1913 No Other Player Has Ever Beert Atle to Repeat Retaining a national ship is not the en world Way the while a Golf club in his year he goif siest in 1911 youngsier 2 ~ Jack learned back who at West first open « hamp! his game caddie the Aronimink won I'he that ¢ next tine repeated no amateur has been able to win and hold an open champi Miss ond Ma national Curtis won her title in 1011 and but it Stirling 1916 a ny other her feat. DD. Trax in 1812 No peat, al and Chi 3 moe repent 1012, was not until woti her first ch npn td repea 8 teed womna ors and WAS he other player ha i Amateur Won sain Bob wor the title twice the nation Guilford, Jin Hollins J EREe NS ur title he Barr lost in her first rou Last year ns Jesse Marion Ben were Miss +h irnes Vet ser amat ene Miss $e Sarazen Hollins play In golf, the row to hoe from the to qualify, for if he falls the championship fight the he is the Then for a he succeeded ex while nd of mate champlios hard has has =a He to get fact that help him week of 36 first champion does not slid holes g has th pier and if he wins all “wn. posed to another player who also hs gone through the tournament without defeat. Ix it any wonder that a cham pion, either in the national open, ama ever retains the title? Miss Hollins has just recovered from an illness that kept her out of tourmns- ment play and while she is in fine physical condition her lack of practice resulted in an easy victory for Mrs Feitner, better known as Lilllan Hyde, the former metropolitan champion and one of the longest drivers playing These two have played In many matches in the metropolitan and pa tional championships and in only one of them was Miss Holling successful WALTER HAGEN IS UNDER 72 Won British Open, Finished in First Four at Skokie and Lost te George: Duncan, in the rounds he has played this year, Walter Hagen has averaged less than 72. He won the British open, finished in the first four at Skokie, lost to George Duncan in the New York state championship and was beaten In his T2-hole mateh with Sarazen aut Oak- mont and Westchester-Blitmore. The baseball fan would put his average at 200, John B. Pettis sued the Washington baseball club for $10,000, after being struck by a batted ball, Justice Hite of the Distriet of Columbia Supreme court dismissed the case, saying the baseball fan is assuming the risk io be ing Lit at a ball park, Just INTENSIVE FARMING “How are you making out with abandoned farm bought v° “Fine! 1 sold quarry rights to one and rented surface to another as a golf course, Now if | ran lease the sir to wireless com pany I'll have about everything under cultivation, Who says intensive farm ing doesn’t yay? that you thie crowd, the some Told With Regrets. Jack was over night and 1 reputation he the iimatedly) Miae- other what a devil among Mary (a up to it? Mane—No, he { perfect boob and : £ Miehig to see me the kegt telling hb had for being a women And 4i4 he live im tiere like a denying n just sat Lg t kept an Gargoyle. Terrible, Mabel is that Grace sorry now that she foreiy } mm nobieman Why? How do i you | Did she tell 3 {| married Gwen know? sv8 that he talks in Close Communion, “en you say the 14s grippin It was Ther sre WH in the firs ' t and in the last act the hero clinches 4 > the second ne spent ririry pproxima i Arins 1 the hero's friend and iy one Pp on you get A FIRE FLINGER Salesman—A smoking jacket? This way, madam. Would you like a smok ing jacket in half wool? Customer—Haven't you one in as bestos? My husband is learning to roll his own.tlgareties. No Time to Whistle Let poets Bing t Of the n Give sir ditt en they A Pe fect Foil. of invit the like he her wa or two” She getx plenty irtios and an ouse nD “Ses, she Is i giri and spend ®0 mely that evers who sees nis her te ene 8 wees Tiresome, id ¥ nha ask him hov “Why | “Well, if you expect listen to the do you av ' vou to details May Comes to That. “1 don’t “Shut this barefoot Fred. Fir have to do aancing.” thing ‘om socially” like umn, st we'll Point of View. “Now, Mr. Smith.” fessor. “will you please tell the class what welght you would give to circum stantial eidences & “1 will, * said the student, “if yon will tell me lather 1 am supposed to be prosecuting attorney or counsel! for the defendant” Only Engaged. She-—1 hope you like my new hat. I bought it on your account. Fiance—On my account? Net ret, my dear; this is still on your dad. said the law pro Trained for It Visitor--1 don't understand how these chorus girls have the courage to appear so negligee, Stage Manager—The prodocer makes them work in a laundry for six months. By that time they hate the sight of clothes Dartmouth Jack o' Lantern. A Small Capacity. “Do you know what | think?" said Goslin to Gazram, “No,” replied Gazzam, “but | have five minutes to spare. Tell me sll” Qualified. The County Commissioner—I"d like to recommend you for the joh of su. perintendent of the poorhouse, but what experience have you had} Mr. Longsuffer—Ever since [ve been married I've run a stuall poor. house for the benefit of my wife's re lations, The Plain Truth, “So that yoang fool wants to marry you, does he?! What does he expoct to live on?" “You, 1 think, father.” = *