PENNSYLVANIA STATE ITEMS Harrisburg.—Mayors and solleitors of au number of third-class cities dis- cussed drafts’of a bill to the provisions of the “home amendment of the constitution ratified last month at the offices of the bureau of municipalities, A continuation of that held recently in Philadelphia, Altoona.—While crossing a street In the business section here, Mrs. Esther Johnson, aged 80, was killed by a milk truck before the eyes of shappers, Pittsburgh.—Nomination of Colonel Frederick F. Schoonmaker, ford, to be United States district judge for western Pennsylvania, has been confirmed by the senate and he will be sworn in, Harrisburg. —Forty-two received at the highway for construction of four bids were department sections of Beaver.—Protection for the public is needed more than damages for in- dividuals in cases where persons are injured by automobiles, sald Judge Reader in court here, when called upon sentence Frank Stanley, of Woodlawn, who was convicted of in- voluntary manslaughter in connection with the death of a boy. The lad was killed by a truck operated by Stanley. Stanley wag sentenced to four months in the workhouse and fined $2000 and Costs, Harrisburg.—The public service commission has designated Chairman Ainey and Commissioner James represent the in the conference of the interstate commerce commission and state in cussion of a struc ture. The commission hs certificate of convenience ker, who to state commissions dis- express rate other new is to Roy Wal- sought a right to operate a bus service between Harrisburg and Pottsville. Earl Wagner, and Adam Rock, Mont A ordered to stop operating lowing hearings John B. Haag, Howard and others are Year in Readi lethlehem. riched through have been while Naftzinger for ipiaints H iven ri gi on con ghts one The state has been en- to the : proceeding general's office 1919, provid il mone ve on des in period » escheated to th tate The unclaimed tres. turned and First Nation. P. Wilbar Easton ional, Easton, *y¥ National, £119060: Fir irst banks have 1 i #u 4 aeposi ~ the amannte Lnennis am are as follows: al, Bethlehem, : Trust company, $3508.47: ti 1, $201.20; First N Bethlehem, Fen A i tional, pany, Clifton L1100.86 ; £347.08, £117.25, Heights 12-year- of David Kerr, « f Addingham. was saved ftom drownir Creek ih Lhe Na- Bethlehem {i00ree, old son the here when ire on near boy was skating with a nber of playmates broke under him distance splash, but lives in Ad- long the road attracted hy companions were FOme away and John dingham, was walking a near creek and the boy's cries. none heard the Crosby, who also z the was t of the stream and, tion thin ice, lifted of the water and, with the ing up and down under the combined on the him hofme, where he was worse for his icy bath. Harrisburg —Attorneys Smith, of Bradford SOC none for county, who five times, after both the rejected in behalf, begun preparation of a new appeal to be taken before the first meeting of the new board of pardons under the Pinchot administration. Smith's res. pite expires January 23 snd a request will be made of the new governor, shortly after he takes office, for a sixth stay of execution until the new board can act. Pittsburgh.—Prompted by the kill. ing of a Pittsburgh Coal company pay- Inaster and the theft of a $20,000 pay roll here, Superintendent of Police Calhoun Invited bankers to confer With him on plans to prevesmt such hold-ups in the future. The superin- tnedent urges that banks and business houses use large automobiles, painted in some bright color whieh could be distinguished from other machines to transport money, The machines should be geared to make only fifteen miles an hour, should contain safes built in the tonneau and controlled by both key and combination. Different routes should be taken every day, he says, and should be followld by a high-powered machine carrying four armed guards, Greensburg. —The Jewelry store here owned by Louls A, Grillo was robbed of approximately $500 worth of watch. es, rings and chains. Harrisburg.—{The highway depart. ment opened the main route between Liverpool and Sunburys on which ex. tensive reconstruction has been done. Shenandoah. —Peter Patawakas was ‘killed by a trolley as he stepped out of the way of an antomobile, Claysburg.—Jameg Moore i$ In the Roaring Springs Hospitai and ‘Sher. man Cratzy is in the Holidaysburg jal #8 a result of 8 Christmas shooting affray bere appeals his here by Lehigh Valley ruilroad police are sald by the officials to clgar up the mystery of the slashed alr hose on trains at Mount Carmel, In Sep- témber and October seventy-six hose connections on air brakes were cut In the yards at that town. The trio Involved are Charles Sthrol, who are in the group arrested” last week charged with blowing up the dam of the rail- road near Packerton. Hosler sald have given the officers a detalled statement filling many typewritten pages and have involved many In the plots. Investigation of his story is under way. is to York.—After serving for twenty-five years as president of the York Volun- Firemen's Relief Association, Van Baman declined re- election, and Frank H. Heckert ceeded him. Lewistown —John Robinson, brother here while butchering hogs. Pittsburgh, vestigating the John Warganich, Jr. of According reports to the boy suffered from a known tetany, a nervous system, esusing muscular con traction. mother, the sald, tried to relieve the boy from death of to the as disorder of reports an | Inter, Prosecution died a little Harrisburg. Woner act trict. Attorney Dauphin cou keepers from whom he collected sam under by the been ordered Moyer hotel hag against 8810010 and ples of beer on the eve of the an licence court, which, when are said to have tain more than the The up by each Harrisburg has rejected Morris Run Coal Wilkes-Barre, bituminous coal legal | licenses of the court. B he asked in Case Ww forest held that the ing to the full ext ings, not certain there vy such time, Altoona.—A won pockethook containing stale and that al here and’ about It inser +) ng baok on the woman. and Pitt disappeared shu started caused the de ' . Bessemer road fre 1 Union rails of discovered the train amd fire, but the searched the body the i John Bunko also Pittsburgh ping death to when hig nes iron fence and dpdppe crete driveway years 1 aid. into posit ting the accident he had fence, when {it ieap forward, tore through $ tie turned a somersault, The driver wag « and wig dead atorg extricated him. Washington. Police gating a "pistol duel” | Sparano, of beneath the ot Bix car weére investi. n which James Washington, was leo Leo: told them He ith ard, according to the police, f Forty gel fdefense Sparano in ig in t} murder. The killing of Sparano, coun ty officials and will clear up the of Frank Misarnuca seven months ago In Snarano's room they sald, they found Misaraueca's wife, say. ing ghe would return to Washington and “tell” If Sparano did not her. Sparano was a boarder in Misarauca home. Norristown.—Not in a quarter of a century have there been houses in Norristown tine, thus putting a quietus on much of the merrymaking of Christmas, Several hundred homes are quaran- tined because of measles. an epidemic of which began three weeks ago and continues unabated, Beaver.—E. E. Etter, former chief of police of Midland, was found guilty of extortion before Judge EF. Read- er. The indictment sgainst Etter charged that he extoried money from certain persons in return for police protection while they manufactured moonshine whisky. Last week: Thom. a8 R. King, a former Midland police. man, wag found guilty on a similar charge. Quarryvilie. While cutting wood in hig home here, David E. McGuigan, aged 48 years, fell over dead with apoplexy, Wilkes-Barre. — Impaired eyesight caused Jewemiah E. Bentz, 72 Years old, to take earbolic acid in mistake for medicine, causing his death, Sunbury.—With his wife In the hos. pital after swallowing poison with suicidal intent, Ww, J. Whiteleathor brought sult for absolute divorce, Stroudsburg, — Clarence Eddinger was appointed associate Judge of Mon- roe county by the governor to fill vieancy. 8 ie county jall here charged « &inte {1o0pers say, murder 80 A REN AE RASA SINT Th LRN COLUMBUS GAME World. Kaw was described as having | on Sunday The + morning. story was a fake, whale with his books. He probably Penn team. Drv rrrs atta raat eas) New Kentucky Thrill. n fl 8 new Blue at Cave City Kaintuckyites recent the club ally opened by irnss Country group fers, On the open- up each one of gallery visitors paired and carried Ursames iariet Settlers came {0 see having in Wagons to ame, nilies buggies, and get young army of moun- fined up their first buckboards there. A + taineers the try were at first tee to have at caddying. A AAA AA AA A AM MA BR AA AAA AMMAN Noted Poloist Sails. H. riarist 8 Capt. H inter. national | m the S polo matches teams captained of Great Britain Holmes, and Mauretania to referee at Cannes bh t® een by Lord Reocksavage and the king of Spain noted referee, —————— lando on March 10-—Play Many Exhibition Games, club is the first majors to announce its spring itinerary in detall as to dates. The Reds assemble at Orlando March 10. Four games In camp are booked with Cleveland Indians. Two games with Washington In two with the Cincinnati one in and Tampa, and one in Atlamta with the day engagements at Chattanooga, Knoxville and Indianapolis and close their schedule with a series with De troit in Cincinnati, BLAME TONSILS FOR FIZZLE Failure of Catcher Gharrity to Play His Usual Goed Game Caused Senators’ Poor Showing, One of the chie® reasons for the fallure of the Washington team to make a better showing in the Amer can league last wenson was the failure of Catcher Eddie Gharrity to play his usual brilliant game. An attack of ueuritis in the sight shoulder caused Gharrity to suffer with a lame arm sil summer, which naturally affected his play in other departments aside from mere throwing. Recently he under went an operation for his tonsils which the doctors claim will eliminate the neuritis and restore the arm to old-time form. O-vae A A A A A ‘Sporting Squibs of All Kinds Football used to be gain Of {| Inte It has become Another rea barred is that In declining to | Town may play think tean to time quit Bert i heen elect 1928 football A long-lister possess suflicient 1] Inge golf successfully at any time * . Harold | Ind, Butler Hungate ’ has been Frank Roth American Yoel bu} *TILIR] The ship may be hq club course, June. “he | great { anatoms | dev eloped. great gtratogist Peril has become so { that football Is now regarded | of the safest occupations a young man | ean undertake, fis one - . » signed a con- Purdue foothall ree years. Phelan has the Jimmy Phelan { tract to coach { team for the next tl is the present mentor, - Ad - Lyle Bighbee, pitcher for the Mil | wankee association team, is laid up | in Milwaukee with a broken shoulder, | suffered in a football game. - ® . Two early birds seeking the man- agement of the team in case Quincy | kets a berth in the Three-l league are Earl Mack and Fred Beck. » . - It is worth while remembering that a8 purveyors of sheer ring entertain- ment, sometimes the preliminary boys are better than the champions. * - * High school students having complet. ed the study of football will now brush up on the science of basket- ball for the next few months. * ® » The Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees will couple up ns usual next spring for an exhibition tour North from their training camps. * ® Jack Fournier, first baseman of the St. Louis Cardinals, has gone to Mo- bile, Ala., where he and Milton Stack plan to open an insurance agency. *. " » Ohio State university's football team will play Colgate at Ohio stadium next October 18. The game will take the place of the annual Oberlin contest. : — * & » Commissioner Landis, who enjoyed the sensation of making the rounds of the major league training camps In the South last spring, will make a similar trip next spring . “Uncle Charley” Moran has signed a new five-year contract to conch foot. ball at Centre college. Plans have been approved to build & stadium to his honor at the college, Op stb tb ttt bot bl sn. McGraw Opposes Union. Attorney Ray Cannon, who is organizing the ball players union, has been ealled again, He was quoted as saying players of the New York National league club had enrolled in new organization, “with the consent and approval of Manager Me Graw.” And John McGraw, who ought to know, lets it ‘be known that he gave no such “approval and consent.” While President Stoneham of the New York club intimates rather strongly that he doesn’t “approve” of the union idea at all, from what he has heard of It. the 53 i OS. AAA AAA ROGERS HORNSBY HAS AIM TO BREAK MARKS | National League Slugger Believes Record Will Go. | Home-Run Champion Expects to Sur. pass Total of 42 Four-Baggers and Possibly Beat Babe Ruth's 59-—Hits Carefully. of the wielders in will r-bag- i home-run i 4 : { ieagues and a king o | the National lea even surpass the mark of champion 42 fo bers he set this und possibly beat abe Ruth's cord of DO. Hornsby, o« red one « | est side ight-handed batsmen of y {| entered the select circle of 400 bat- Rogers Hornsby. His batting he gays, is | due to hi and { ol wil Hornsby cla { shoot. for home ‘rot the sack i I His On He compared the basely ¥ and said { cution of both, { ie eRRAry golf stroke that = that the concentration al Hornsby also of “stepping in” to meet the ball and If the piayers are unable to establish a good batting reputation because they are afraid to extend thelr left or right foot, according to whether right or left handed, to hit the ball squarely. a declared that ha major EUROPEAN FIGHTERS BALKING Great Difficulty Experienced in Induce ing Boxers to Come to the United States, There seems to be great difficulty in luring Europe's crack boxers over here although they can make money in American rings in one month than a whole year of battling in Europe will net them. Georges Car pentier put off coming so long that he got himself licked and no longer is a ecard. Jimmy Wilde has Qeen bom. barded with tempting offers ever since he was over here three years ago, but nothing will budge him. Joe Beckett has threatened to come over many times, but he always changes his mind at the last moment. Eugene COriqui would be a great attraction here, but he, too, continues to postpone his visit, Those four are the only European boxers wanted over here, now that Siki has been barred. Strange tc say, they are the only ones who do not want to come. WONDROUS WAYS OF OWNERS Brooklyn Club Drafts Stuffy Stewart From Birmingham-—-Was Up Ten Years Ago, it's wondrous the ways of major club magnates. Here, for instance, is Brooklyn drafting Staffy Stewart from Birmingham, Stuffy was up a year or so ago with Pittsburga ; before that, some ten years ago, he was up with the St. Louls Cardinals, He is a fast little ball player, though aged somewhat, but he can't hit enough to wake the wajor grade, LAW OF COMPENSATION “1 had no mother's volce to lull me | to sleep when | was a boy,” sobbed the ! first man, | “And I had no father's volce to call | me in the morniag” chuckled the sec | ond, Thus we see nature's ‘wonderful law of compensation applied to the human | equation. The Verdict. “We find the prisoner not gul reason of insanity.” in- make” led BOTH the point we “We deci have insanity plea ust be crazy) A New Law Enforced. “HN i fine ye $25 for speedin’, “All } ; I'll pay it, but | { wouldn't » been in such a hurry to your burg if 1 hadn't i the sorriest looking y eyes on.” vw squire get through thought it | town I ey $10 for contempt.” er la “Contempt of what 7” “Our town" There Might Be, op & Fie é ¥+ ¢ ‘ { alisis who You presume, anda have yeu “Well-er-w burglar in have 3 purgiar you of seq.” your prem THE ANSWER “Strange, Edith should Invite that horrid grass widow to her wedding; she has such a disagreeable past.” “Yes, my dear, but she's rich enough to furnish a very agreeable present.” Qur Prescription List No Is Horace Hoe: He always wants To borrow dough. nd of min friend of mine : Exhausted Her Interest. Her Husband—But why should we move? We were perfectly delighted with this neighborhood when we came here a year ago. Mrs. Chatterton-1 know 1 was, but I'm: tired of talking about the same old neighbors for a whole year, Trained. “Jones, 1 don’t understand that man | Spiffums. He to be absolutely dependable, and now you can’t believe | a word he says™ “Yes, poor boob; he married a. wom. | an who requires detailed explanation of trivial events” That's Different. “What's all the row? “It's a two-family house” “That need not cause a continuous disturbance.” “Ah, but it is occupied by a young married couple and their parents, her family and his" . A ————————— Correct Diagnosis, Doctor—Your loss of memory Is due to cigarettes, Dub-—Aha, that's just it. doctor. It was cigarettes that I was supposed to bring home to the wife and 1 forgot them, used A A —————— Unanimous Opinion. The Senior—Professor Letterkink is very broad-minded, don't you think? The Sophomore—Yes, I've always tonsidered him rather thick witted. SS Old-Fashioned wit, A young man at a party was urged to entertain the company with a song. “But 1 can't sing” he sald rather tertily. “You only want to make a outt of me” “Not at all, old man” returned the sther, “We merely want to get nn ftave out of you™ nn ———————— a Confirmed, . "What? You! The woman hater married! How you have changed ™ “On the contenry. 1 am now a rents er woumn hater than ever hefara™ ® »
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