PENNSYLVANIA STATE ITEMS de Altoona.—Judge Baldridge has ap- pointed Adam Leake, of this place, a tipstaff in the Blair county courts. West Newton, years old, of this place, was killed by ® train within 100 feet of his home, Mahanoy Plane.—Edmund Murphy, Karl Moyer and Joseph Flynn, of this rence colllery, when a rope broke, @llowing heavy iron plates to fall on them. Quarryville—Mrs. Emma F. Groff, ¥6 years old, died here from a stroke while talking to relatives, Pottsville Compulsory vaccination of pupils under orders from Harris- burg was bitterly opposed in the ses- gions of the Pottsville school beard, directors declaring that mid-winter Is no time for it because of the disposi- tion of delicate children taking dan- Ferous colds, Harrishurg.—The first execution date fixed by Governor Pinchot was set for the week of March 17, when the execution of David Disque, of Philadelphia, Is to take, place. Unlontown.—Charged with man- giaughter when it was alleged he was intoxicated when hig truck collided with a car in which Mrs. Elizabeth Waukshaw, of Greenshurg, was riding and killed the womang Martin Sisler, of Mount Braddock, was acquitted, after a trial which lasted several days. The question of Sisler's condition cen- tered around a jug of cider+found in his machine. Altoona.—For the twelfth conseecn tive time Ed J. Bigley of this city, has been elected president of the Blair County Road Drivers’ Association. Surbury.—The Six County Fire. men's Assoclation convention held here Juné 18 to 20, Carbondale ~—Three men ously when the flues of a Delaware Hudson locomotive burst and them with steam and the fire-box. three men, all of Carbondale, are En- gineer Harold Boliver, Fireman An- theny H. Thomas and Tralnman Thomas Kerins. All were riding In the at time of accident. Pittsburgh.—Eleven persons In hum- ble circumstances will in the large left | Burke, scglded and showered cinders from cab the the share Martin estinte Iv Arred In his own doorway here sev- eral weeks ago. The known value of the estate, as revealed hy application for of administration, is $3350. 000, but members of his family place the amount at about £1,500,000. letters ville, two pleces at Grove City, an- other niece at Newton Falls, Ohio, and seven nephews and nleces In Pitts burgh. ' . Lancaster.—Jay Dupler, 2 years old, died In a hospital as a result of burns guffered in a fire which destroyed his father's home near Elizabethtown The child was trapped In a room of the house and Clayton Dupler, the father, who made a desperate attempt at rescue reached him only after the boy had been severely burned. The father succeeded In rescuing his wife and three. other children uninjured, but seriously burned himself. He Jumped to the ground from the second story window and his wife lowered the youngsters to him and then leap. ed horself, the body of John Ross, Club to communicate with Ross was buried with military hon- ors two years ago. Members of Ross’ family were notified last week that a Franklin high school class’ pin, said to be the one which Myrtle Rosg had given to her brother before he went overseas, had been found on the coat of a soldier when a casket had been opened at the Hoboken terminal. One of the last letters received from Ross was written to his sister, and In It he sald he still was wearing her pin on his coat, Scranton.—A mile of city thorough. fares, In the vicinity of Washington avenue and Pine street, was under five Inches of water, damage estimat- ed at several thousand dollars, was caused and three fires started when & high pressure water malin burst. Parts of the Pinebrook section were flooded and water fronts blown out of stoves In a score of homes. Flremen extinguished the fires resulting from the bursting of the water fronts on stoves before any damage was done, No one was injured. Harrisburg, —Governor Pinchot told #iate police captains who had a con- ference with him In compimy with Superintendent Adams, to proceed with prohibition enforcement and re. marked that what he had sald on the subject “goes the same as when It was sald.” Bainbridge~Charies Benner, a car. penter here, was badly injured when he fell twenty feet and a hatehef struck him on the head, Buttonwood Stepping off his train In front of an express In the yard here, George C. Krohn, aged 49, a Pennsylvania conductor, was killed, Hallam.—Peter R. Craley, 76 years old, a retired farmer here, was found dead In bed by his daughter-in-law, Wilkes-Barre. —Alfred H. Coon, of this city, has been appointed a cap tain of artillery and assigned as ad. Jutant of the first battalion of the 100th artillery. ms Sis mason sen for the first convention of the re- cently organized Lebanon County Fre men's Association, West Hazleton.—Leaving twenty years ago with the expectation of spending the remainder of his life in Germany, Carl Eeishman, of this Shamokin —Mr. and Mrs. Vio Keu. railway for $50,000 fer injuries sus- Reading. —Many leading fron men were present when the furnace of the Thomas Iron company néar Hokendau- idleness. The stack, now owned by the largest in eastern Pennsylvania, producing 450 tons a day.. Miss Mary of this city applied the Erie.—Coroner Cardot has ordered an Investigation into the deaths of Mrs. ClIff Houghton and her husband, both of whom were found dead In their home within twenty four hours. Mrs. Houghton operated what known ag “Aunt Nina's Inn,” a road house, just outside of the city limits, An autopsy of the bodies will be mude to determine If poison had been swal is Harrisburg. — Appeals involving thousands of dollars of state anthra- cite tax for 1921 have been taken to the supreme court from the judgment of the Dauphin county court in the recent cases by the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron high Coal and Navigation company, Alliance Coal Mining company and Cranberry Creek Coal company. Tlie appeals will be urged for by the attorney general's department, Pottstown.—A deal was completed for the sale by the Pottstown Ceme company, le the state pany ! / | hitters, nell, San Francisco outfielder, He was seventh amozg the league | Hale, Port- | op O'Con- | ants for 875 left to | Ay | The photograph shows, French Boxer Coming. } soleum 350 Cost containing at a total Pottsyille.—Alihough crypts of 150.000 he the machine ing high at deiphia. After striking him went full speed ahead, without*offor ing any ald. Motto was a at the Silver Creek coll ployed Allentown. Leh roe, tieg attended the sessions of uate Nurses’ gh, Berks, Carbon, Lebanon, Mon. Northampton and Schuylkill coun Association of the of the Anna elected inspection Hospital, Mrs. Reading, was Pittsburgh. SF an Barlow, president, on fire, to a place of safety. In a hospital Iater. The and four other men, who hig assistance, are investigating plosion. Harrcisburg~First respites by Go ernor Pinchot have been issued to per policeman hastened to were burned. Police John come and Shields, to before the board pardons again in February. They were Reading.—A verdict of 4000 for the wife and $500 for the husband was returned by thé fury In the damage suit of Mr. and Mrs. Harry P. Miller, of Boyer's Heights, against Solomoh Butz and George H. Clader, town contractors. The suit arose out of Injuries sustained by Mrs. Miller, who fell into a ditch "hear the corner of Fourth avenue and Franklin streets, West Reading, during the building of the fouhdation of the an. nex of the West Reading high school. Her right arm Is useléss, : Sunbury.—Thirty years’ service as a crossing watchman, without an ae cident at his Job, Is the record of John W. Kelly, who ounded out that long term of service with the Phila deiphia and Reading Rallway com- pany. Unlontown.—Weighing 80 pounds less than his 170-pound wife, Edward Stickel, of Dunlap, Fayette county, obtained a divorce when he proved to the master In the divorce sult that he was cruelly and barbarously treated hy Mrytle Stickle. He testified that she threw a skillet at him, seized a butcher knife and threatened to kill him and many times sald she would poison him. On account of the differ. ence In their sizes he was unsh'e to protect himeelf In a manne® thet in sured his safety. The Stickles were married July 17, 1010, In Pittsburgh. Harrisburg.—Under an opinion by Deputy Attorney General Collins, the mothers’ pension bureau has been in- formed a mother may be given ald where one of her children had been adopted, but was returned to her by the adopting parent. Pittsburg.—The body of a man who committed suicide recently In a New York hotel wag identified as that of Jacob Malakoff, of this city. Hazleton.~A demand has been framed by the painters’ and paper hangers’ union here for a five cents an hour increase In wages. Carpen- ters and brickinyers have also asked for higher wages and Indications are that all of these increases will be granted by the contractors, Columbla~Henry B. Clepper was elected secretary of the local board of health for the twenty-fifth consec utive term. . Francois Deschamps has am i prospective person of Paul Fritseh has | amateur ol | Clympie and Arms { his He has pro fessional, nnd will come to the United | States under the Des. {| champs, manager of Carpentier. sther champion In the Fritsch, wn French as the boxing i here sho won hg national ampionship, as well class, Just turned guidance of ——————— i | CONTEMPLATES TRYING AGAIN ———— os Charles Toth, Crack New England Swimmer, Plans Another Attempt te Cross Channel, Charles Toth, one of the New Eng land swimmers who failed te swim the English channel, contemplates trying again. Discussing conditions | there Toth sald: "The tide runs ap- parently east and west at Dover, but not until one swims out a mile and = half is the current felt. At five miles off the English shere the tur rents are very strong and the swim- mer Is carried many course, sometimes five to ten miles, This Is # even In a calm sea, and in an rough, choppy sea characteristic of the channel, it makes the swimmers | task very discouraging, even In the first half, The cold 1s hardest to en- dure.” —————————— ————————— BILLY LAVAL IS NOW SCOUT Veteran Manager Signs With Atlanta Club With Southern Colleges to Pick From, Billy Laval, veteran manager of mn- nor league teams in the South end of late years college football and base- ball coach, has been engaged by the Atlanta club as a scout, with colleges of the South his special plekings. Pres. Ident Jack Corbett thinks that the ma- Jor league clubs are snaring too many of the South's college dinmond stars and that it Is time elubg closer to them should grab some of them off, ¢ Picking Football Stars. Selecting the All.lAmerican tems may be largely a matter of guess and, except for those players who stand out promi nently like Kaw of Cornell, Locke of lowa and Muller of California, one man's guess is us good as another, The foots ball senson is so short and the games are so numerous that any one can see but a small fraction of the contests. The thing about Camp's selee- tion is that It seems the finale / of the football year. : A - » INTERESTING Metropolitan association hi olf i B® . . boasts munic a in a central park A ® * San Antonlo Cleveland department stores have . *. 0» uth i= spending the winter of “Babe” by losing some his shape. Minols will open it n CRgo J been sent to Balti York Glants as part Red Causey has more hy the New . - * There are Rome folks so ignorant - golf think greens or spinach, w * - Antonio likes golf The cits puts up 86.000 in prizes for the Texas | in a about they mean | ton San open championship three days’ competition ® . - i Harry Courtney, left-handed plicher American the Ban Francisco of the Chit REO league club, | has been bougiit by Const league club -. » * . The popularity of golf is illustrat 83 In Ireland and 44 in Wales, n total of 1.253. - € * Which is the most tiresome thing Wm the world—watehin® an automobile race where there are no spills, or watching a yacht race? » - -. Florida Is the most popular of the Southern states for training pur Bix major league clubs will train there this spring. - . - Gilbert, the New poses, William former second of York Giants, Western league for the coming sea- son, . * » Strang Nichlin, president of the Chattsmoogn Southern association baseball club, has purchased Andrews field and will begin construction of a new grand stand as soon as weather permits, Bitten by Golf Bug The golf bug has lnvaded the ring game, and inoculated one of the most voluble followers of the padded gloves, None other than Billy Gibson, minager of Bennie Leonard, world's lightwelght champion, is the victim, and Bill has been bitten badly. Friends of the pop- ular manager are sidestepping him, az Gibson Is more loquacious on the Scotch game than he has been on the merits of any of his fighters. Q Syracuse to Improve. Syracuse is about to add to its uthletie equipment. The new Hendricks field will include twelve and con gists of a basebull section, quar- ter-mile running track, practice football field, lacrosse field, sev- eral tennis courts, women's hockey field, outdoor basket ball rectangle and gevergl field houses. The improvements will £300,000, acres cout © FALK HAS MADE FANS FORGET JOE JACKSON Southpaw Leftfielder of White Sox Is Hard Hitter, Famous Expose of the 1919 World's Series Gave Young Texan Oppor- tunity to Display His Ability as a Slugger. to become a great southpaw pitcher, That's the story gquare-shouldered Bib Texas the who of Falk, lad berth, For those moment and ularly, It call at the follow baseball reg don’t ry added Bib is of the Chi his first appes at the never heen wprertyl ine reguiar since slat 1021 sen ered time, Falk's case is a consi i i- that He tacle that could pecuilar one, faced the toughest obs confront 8 yo ison. This wa ate in the ingster 51 he reported 1920, NOx were then in wi the sehall scandal basebgdi combination which wrecked the South Falk opr gi hiss quentis side team ths orded hig portunity to win a berth, Before Falk he was the “Falk and 1 nse came to the White Sox of Texas un i ynonymous lege town of Aus rage versity were § tin When Bib wa other student teams to &n't holding of hits SOME a couple and stri) 3 or twenty, or the out- base irs the Bib Falk. on the kid and every month reports would reach the Sotdth side offices of his wonderful pitching exhibitions, In the spring of 1920 Gleason got his first real look at Falk In the role of a hitter when the Sox were playing an exhibition game with the University of Texas, Bib was on first base and he faced the shoois of Claude Willlams, He had no trouble withthe assortment of the then American league ace. Late In the season, when he reported, he was used occasionally as a pinch hit. ter. He worked out at first base and for a time the Pale Hose manager had piang of developing him Into a first. sacker, participate for a full contest and, as a result, hig ability was uncertain. Then the famous expose of the 1010 world’s series occurred. The club that was once great was wrecked. The big chance was at hand for the utility men, and those included the Texas recruit. During the winter of 1020-21 Gleason again had plans of making a pitcher out of Falk. These calculations were quickly dispelled when the training season got under way. Falk hit at a terrific clip from the outset and dls played pleasing ability in the position held by Jackson. When the season opened he was In left field and his pitching ability had been forgotten. BOOK GAMES FOR ROCHESTER Easter Sunday, First Holiday of Sea. son, Club Mooks Up With St, Louis Cardinals, Secretary Walter Hapgood of the Rochester Internationals is out with some definite announcements of spring bookings. The first holiday of the yvear—Easter Sunday--will find the Rochester team playing an exibition game at Pensacoln with the St. Louis Cardinale. The Pensacola Chamber of Que, A QUAKER REBUKE ‘I have been up and down the world a8 great deal” observed knowing young man in a certain Pennsylvania town, “apd mixed with all kinds of people, and 1 have mighty little faith n preachers or any other kind of re- lormers, People are all alike. | tnow them. I've cut my eye teeth” Among those present happened { 5 an old Quaker, who remarked he blase young person : “Thee doesn’t seem to have teeth 4 yet, n i i 10 to cut thy wisdom A Desperate Ruse. “Well, did you collect that bill from | the Beatterbys?” | *No, sir,” “1 | saw a plece of crepe on their door and {I didn't want to intrude their | grief.” | “You go ' the money, sald the pew collector. on right back there a Those people hang a piece door on the first of and get | of crepe on thelr | every month.” An Era of Publicity. mind th automobile painte $a cr aaving “You if your ar letters on “No,” t's true that I'm nent for the manufactu t, but 1 have to where. If my tailor ever wear his label where oI! I'm going to don’t the the mot cover?’ &aid orist, draw . Fos " read, Pei Use A Natural Choic ec. The motor car had skidd wel ame up and said to a rowd, “What's tt} “Shure, urned turtle” “Turned turtle, somer., “Bedad, that must son it chose og Wind puddle” and upset. road 1 exciiemer its an ta tsa is 117% tl be the ray- Best. de la Hoping for the “Brother Jones, on day de sheep will be gonts.” “Dat dey will, Brother J prayin’ might an’ mornin Lord put me fence” Beparate | Je an de ackson, dat | Um | lly good ' of de WOO side Quick Turnover. Nephew-~What 1 want ancle, gome line where make a quick turnover, Uncle—Well, you m i frying griddle cakes get into, is one coun a ——————c DIRECTIONS WANTED Oculist—Drop a little of this into Your eyes three times a day, Patient—Befére meals or after, Glad Words. Of all the words of tongue or pen The gladdest are these: “I own a hen.” Especially if you can further say: “She lays an egg ‘most every day.” Tactful Postponement, “Blithersby has icherited a tune.” » “If that's the case his greatest gift will no longer be of any use to him.” “What I= it” § “The ability to make a bill collec tor think his next visit is bound to be his last” : for Necessity. Man In Need--Lend me £20. to go to Boston, Friend—Why must you go there? Man in Need—Just received a con dract to deliver a series of lectures there on “How to Succeed in Life,” and 1 haven't the fare. 1 have Just the Thing. Elderly Gentleman Customer-1 want a dainty scarf for a lady, In some pretty color, + Clerk—Ceriainly. We haves them in mud, rust, clay and old brick. Et ——————— Unfortunate Word, “You appear to have offended the grass widow,” . “Sorry! 1 merely remarked that #he was in her heyday.” . Too Late, Tom~1 say, Introduce me to Van Coyne, will you? I'd like to mar ry that girl; she's a perfect bank in herself, Jack--8orry, old man but she has Just gone into the hands of a receiver. AAAS. That's Where Stars Are, Julia—1 think I'll go into the movies, Jack—Fine, I know you'll be ga star. Julla—What makes you think so?
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