RE eat — ot a—————————— Ln PENNSYLVANIA STATE ITEMS Harrishurg.—Governor Pinchot thorized the observance of April an- 13 York.—Miss Ethel K. Striebert, principal of the York high scheol. New Kensington.—S8itting in a rock- ing chair, Miss Carrie Fiscus, aged 57, was found dead in her room here, Lebanon —Two Lebanon county towns, Annville and Palmyra, will shortly be provided with modern fire. fighting equipment. Pittsburgh. —C. A. Gable, of Oil City, engineer of a Pennsylvania railroad train which on December 31 last ran into a party of persong about to board another train gtanding in the station at Wilson, Pa., was held by the coro- ner here on a charge of manslaughter, John C. Smith, of McKeesport, was killed and a number of others injured. Gaple testified In his own behalf and sald that, unknowp to him, his wateh was wrong. and he thought he had enough time to pass the station before the passenger train reached it. When he discovered his error, it was late to stop, he said. Johnstown.—One of the most unus- nal cases in the annals of obsterics in this state occurred when the stork paid a visit to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pushnik, in First street, Conemaugh, and left a baby girl with- out arms or legs, While the child bas no things resembling them, it un- usually strong and, according te Dr S. A. Brailier, who has charge of the cose, undoubtedly will survive unless some complication intervents. are geveral other children in the Push nik family and all are and normal, Lancaster.- f Lancaster much of too There healthy Most of the county 1022 0» tobacco is and ered, report it Is stripped and deliv according to the monthly by members of the county at their in the rooms of the farm bureau. Some were at prices ranging from 17 to 20 cents a pound Stroudsburg. Struck in the head and the hip, Clye Bgskirk, a 15-year- old boy was killed Shy hurled from a shattered flywheel of the saw operated at Reeder's Hotel. Death was almost instantaneous. The lad was standing in front the saw, picking blocks of wood, when the fatal accident occurred. Easton.—Three women at the home of Charles F. Riey, cigar manufactur- er, were overcome by illuminating zas and narrowly death. RI had gone tg his factory when his light. ed the gas under a hot water in Kitchen. Apparently the flame blew out, because the valve was open wide when the accident gated. The house filled with gas and the women were goon overcome, being too weak to go downstairs again, Mrs tiey had presence of mind enough to rap on the wall of her room and was heard by a neighbor. Thinking some thing wrong, the neighbor summoned Riey from his office. With members of the fire department, whom he call- ed to his assistance, he returhed to his home and the women, Mrs. Riey, Miss Mabel Bossard, a relative and Mrs, Mertz, a nurse who had caring for Mrs. Riey, were found unconscious It was forty-five minutes before they Easton.—Lafayette Post, G. A. R., and Camp Wikoff, United Spanish War Veterans, placed new flags in the new court rooms in the Northampton coun. ty court house, presided over by Judge Robert Stotz and Judge William Me- Keen, respectively. The presentations were In keeping with Lincoln's birth- day. Hazleton. — Miss Matilda Doerkin, teacher of Spanish In the high school, laid up at home with an injured /ankle, is conducting her classes just the same. The students go in relays each gechool day to her room to recite Wilkes-Barre —Breaking into four central city stores, burglars succeeded In getting away with a large amount of merchandise and $1000. One was a where the cash was safe sfter which the Intruders had taken several suits of clothes. Going nto a store next door, the men sub- stituted the gtolen suits for the cloth. ing they were wearing and left the cast off garments on the floor. Over. coats also were Included in the loot and old conts were left behind, Pittston. Crop the prowers’ association meeting recent saleg reported pieces of escaped ey heater the was investi. heen clothing store, taken from a Harrishurg.— West Virginia automo blle licenses for 1922 will be recognlz- ed in Pennsylvania until March 15. Rochester.—Charles 8S. Bossler was asphyxiated ip his garage while work- ing on his automobile. Plttsburgh.—After deliberating a week, the jury considering the case of the Bader Conl company, of Boston, the Quemahouning Coal com- pany of Somerset, Pa, returned a ver- diet of $35,000 for the former. The suit, which Involved $500,600 for vio- three days In trial Pittsburgh.—Willlem W. Hoyt, aged Hoyt was with the Washington high team when hig head was se. verely Injured, resulting In paralysis of hig right side. An operation falled nothing more than chickenpox. und died before moned. Shenandoah.—Edward, 12year-old son of John Abrachinsky, was serlous. ly injured when his sled ran Into an futomohile, Uniontown,—Married less than a week, Busan Soich, aged 23, committed suicide, Berwick. —Mrs. B. F. Fuller died suddenly at her home here as ghe was preparing a dinner for a number of guests who gathered to celebrate her 67th birthday anniversary, Ligonier.—Two large Swiss oxen, with horns more than three feet In length, are helping to do the work at Rolling Rock Country (ub, Hazleton —Frank P. Grenawalt, nged 70 years, former alderman and one-time prominent merchant, was found dead in his office here, Sunbury. ~~ The Northumberland commissioners fixed Me county tax Sate at five mills. ald could be sum- This also failed. Harrisburg. Governor Pinchot inade publle invitations to state gov- ernors to send their highway commis- sloners or other officials interested in the construction and maintenance here March 23 and 24 at which con- struction, maintenance and regula- tion, as it relateg to co-operation be- tween the will consitiered. A dinner, honoring the visiting offi- clals, will by the governor the evening of the second day, In Issuing the invitation for the confer. ence, Governor Pinchot called atten tion to the fact that has just concluded its first high way construction program, and in pre paring for the second deemed It important that the should take advantage, not only of its past experi- ences, but of Pittshurgh. woman whose bathroom in three There was her identity, two states, be be given big he state other states, that a found in a Hotel those Police decided body the Anderson had nothin Wis times, committed i sulel g about her to reveal } her only possessions be. ing two-cont She not employes sald they before. Ehe wag was dressed Ip an t 1 Ns 1mps registered at the hotel, and never had seen her about 30 year expensiy it and had slik underwear. St. Johns, ont Executive Norman B. Hinds has urned to Ha after the “ghosts” which anted Camp Rotowanis, given by the Hazleton Scout Council su S¢ ret laying totary 1 and Kiwanis Clubs knock heard campers, and in one In a whole to abandon for a Sunday-Sunday stay some on the last car, ; at night at “ghost = 5 Mysterio g ings were by week-end winter . caused stance i troop its plans and ton midnight. the camp and it They field mice, had made their way Into the flour bin In the kitchen of and could against the were not get out. In their | les of ti si thelr pri bumped the boards and th the knocks. Washington wanted Preshyterian flee “will be of help to all shall feel It to be a for souls,” Rev. B. F. Hyde left for that purpose in his will, filed Rev, Hyde also directed the payment of £7000 to church's missionary society and £2000 to a relative. Easton. —The old furnace don, one of the landmarks of industry in pass into history In the course of the next few by Morris Caplan and Horace of Easton, who completed a its purchase during the from owners, It blast 18 produced that he Fairview ed| and they Declaring the members of the build welcome the chureh to an that poor such, 20 that hogse their here the at Gi the iron Northampton county will with its dism 1 f months deal for few days Northern Ore Chalnp Dam It the first time inst the the at for is went into 1876. Lancaster.-—After service, Miss Carrie E. Myers, of Lan- caster, has given up her position on Millersville Normal Sie thirty years of faculty. graduated ville teacher when several years later she became a student at the Cook county nofmal school, Chicago. She became a member, of the normal facul- ty after graduation there, and in 1803 was called to Millersville to become superintendent of the model school. Pittshurgh Mizs Charlotte E. Ray, of this city, a graduate of the Univer. gity of Pittsburgh, has been appointed acting dean of women at the Pennsyl- vania State College during the gence of Dean Margaret A. Knlzht. Miss Knight has been granted leave of absence for the second semester to travel in Europe and the Bast, Be- was an Instructor in the Westinghouse She wag assistant dean of women at Penn State during the last summer session. Wilkes-Barre—In order to that potatoes cap be used as any part of a meal, the members of the Salem decided upon a novel stunt In connec tion with the organization's dinner to Po. tatoes, and only potatoes, w.ll be serv. Potatoes for the main dish, po- tatoeg for the entrees. and nothing but potatoes will constitute the novel menu, Easton.—S8lipping on ice as he was five-ton truck on which he was riding home from work, Louis Berger, Jr., aged 18, was so badly injured when a rear wheel ran ever him that he died in the Easton Hospital, Harrisburg. More than 300 prose. cutions have been brought within ten days against dog owners who have falied to take out 1923 licenses. Shawnee. While patroling the Penne sylvanla railroad tracks near here, Martin L. Campbell, 8d, track walker, wag instantly killed by a fast passen- ger train, HR Amos Rusie Was Green A friend of Amos Rusle re- calls this story, as told by Rusie, when he first became a member of the New York base ball team. Rusie sald he was green. The Glants went by boat to Boston, the first time Amos had ever been on an ocean-go- ing vessel, Ready for bed, Mike Tiernan, Giant rightfielder of those days and roommate of Rusie, began to put on a life preserver, “You had better put on one of these,” sald he to Rusle. “The boat might sink and, with this on, you'd he safe™ Rusie put on the life preserv- er. The lights went off and of conrse Tiernan's life preserver, “After wearing the preserver for some time and being pun- Ished by it Rusle, according to the story, yelled: “This old hoat may sink, but I'm not going to wear this any more." ll bode BB dBA ANP A PAPA BP IAAT AAA AEE AEE PEGE LAGNA SEA SAAN NICK ALTROCK MAKES Capable of Doing Other Stunts Than Clowning on Field. When Coaxed by Companions to Per. mit Gypsy Dope Out His Future, Nick Replied That His “Future” Was Behind Him. Niek Altrock can besides clowning on that particular stu act goes big th In his day Nick reat pitcher He never had the Rube Wad dell, but he had a great half balk mo tion that made It suicide f« ] runner take m first base, he pltehed to the batter. do other things the ball field he Is a star fans. At nt His the wos a g stuff of to To use the w first ba Nick of much value Today is still to the Washington club in conct young pitchers, ne the Nick Altrock. base he has one of the toughest jobs on the ball field, However, the present.day not take Nick In a serious light. 7% them he is merely the clown or enme- dian of the ball fleld Nick has always contended that he was born about fifteen or twenty vears too soon. ceived in the neighborhood of £3.000. Ordinary ball players get that much today. Evidently Nick was thinking of th» fans, when he pulled the following bit of repartee, which is a bit of a classic in Its way: While walting for the train in the Washington station a couple of gypsy fortune tellers tried to induce some of the athletes to out their future by reading heir palm. Naturally, the players had the gypsy queens on Nick. One of the bush league players yelled: “Come on, Nick; loosen up with a let them dope concentrate future.” “Young man,” replied Nick, “my fuo- ture is behind me, and with it a lot of loose quarters.” HAS MUCH FAITH IN TIGERS Boss Scout of Detroit Team Refuses Offers to Manage Clubs in Minor Leagues. Eddie Herr, boss scout of the Tiger tribe, has so much faith in what Detroit is going to do in the 1923 pennant race that he has turned down several good offers to manage minor league clubs sf to scout for other major clubs, and will remain with Detroit. As Herr puts it, he haz done his part in build: ing together what he believes is a pen nant-winner, and he's not going to leave the club Just at the stage when it should come through. He is at ledst one man connected with the Tigers who is predicting pennant maybe he is Just saying what Cobb thiuks but declines to admit Ten thrills (and falls) club, near Chicago. i ' $ (Conn. college Weslevan f wryd golf 10 A. heen Potts, elected of team reshimen hockey before the boxers can get any money August Belmont, president, fe he the Jockey club at its annual meetin his IW Heers were re-elected In Roland English have “4 he club has sol 4 cher aud Marty Shay, shortstop, to the Wor cester club hand from the in- According to Vienna, Akiba ternational recently reports to Rubinstein chess masters’ won concluded. . +» (“Dac”) Avres, with right-handed Toledo club of Yancy the the association t has Americar sent Season, been to Minneapolis . 9 Wheeler goes back club of the $ it Pitcher Floyd Wichita a8 an Texas the the Falls league outrig purchase, i option two years previous - * * he Bridgeport club of the Eastern wed negotiations for the Fisher, a catcher, from International purchase of F the Toronto club, CE 3lliards is among the most popular fgamas in Mexico. the loss of his right arm on the battle field of Qulaya, President Obregon is a good player. - . . Piteh pendicitis and is the expert sport surgeon. horseshoes keep ap- advice at Another away, ear-old outdoor hire a well-known way is to Gotham’s “Flying Cop.” Bob McAllister, New York's “flying cop,” dashed into the limelight again in Madison Square Garden, when he equaled the world's record of 0:00 25 for 00 yards, established In 1882, McAllister, a detective on New York's police force, holds the national 100 yard sprint championship. i i i of Chicago, it is full of Mr. H M were in Atlantic championship winning the Hauttle in competed in the races one-half mile race Potter and Miss retarned winners which they as Guardian of Initial Sack for Mud Hens, pitcher, will play first for Toledo, it big Ed pitchers have been baseball. the National league pitcher and became one of the est of the outfielders, batting being his chief Bobhy Wallace, one of the game's greatest shortstops, was a madeover pitcher. Flingers who have gone to the outfield and made legion. Certainly none lias forgotten that Babe Ruth for several years was one of the best pitchers in the American league. eb Russell, famous as a boxman Years ago, is burning up ar a slugging outfielder for the Pirates, Terry, a this succeeding base son gn id, in asset, SIGN ANOTHER ALABAMA BOY Columbus of American Association Gets Lewis (Red) Hall, Star Player at Third Base. The University of Alabama, famous for its baseball products, is sending up another one of its stars, but he will stop in AA company on his way. Lewis (Red) Hall, third baseman of the Alabama team, has been signed by Manager Carleton Molesworth for the Columbus association club. This won't be Hall's first tryout as a profes. slonal, however, for after leaving gchool last June he played with the Rocky Mount team of the Virginia league, and his pame appears on the reserve list of that club, What's the biggest boner In football this season? That title goes to Dickinson of Rutgers college. In a game with University of West Virginia, Dickinson, after recovering a fumble, lost his sense of direction and started for his opponents’ goals, Then to cap the climax, Sex. ton and Howard of the Wes Virginia team, completed the prize “bone” by tackling hlm In stead of perinitting him to go on his way, TY Daddys 4 Evening Fairy Tale oY MARY GRAHAM BONNER Wn COPS BATT BT WIHT HEN OW RAPER Wn ssmm——— BABOON LIFE “I am going to tell you a story about a Bouth African Baboon named Brucle Baboon,” sald Daddy, "and of Baboon ways when they are free. “Brucie was very fond of all of his family and of all of his relations and of all of the members of the Bahoon colony In which he lived. “Many of the Baboons lived together and Brucle called their part of the worid-—where they all were—'Baboon Village.’ “Now Brucle wanted to talk to all of the Baboons and he wanted to tell them of Baboon ways, 80 he called them all together one day and made this speech ; jaboon Brothers and friends and relatives,” he commenced, ‘1 want te téll you some of the ways of the 3aboons and some of the famlly roles “Never be afrald of anything when any of the Mrs, Baboons or the Miss Baboons or the little Baboons are in danger. *“‘Do not even be afrald of guns, but £0 to the rescue of the ladies or of the little ehildren. “*They say that when people are in danger or if there Ig an accident any genti~men always help the ladies and the children firse “ “That Is true In Baboon family life We have never been known to “oe where the On, “Kind to Little Babies.” or a little Baboon in time of danger. “Don’t even be afraid of a leopard then. Don't your fear of a snake get the better of you. even let “1 do not mean that you are to rush into the jaws of danger or into the jaws of the snake or the leopard But 1 mean you must protect your little ones and the other little ones and the Mrs. Baboons and the Miss Bahoons. “No has ever been known to go back on his duty in the time of need, and his duty is to look after the others, “ ‘No Baboon has ever heen known te think of himself when his wife or his sister or his little one was in danger. “‘Noe Baboon has been able to ever say: “**“let them look after themselves There is no need of me to.” “'For If any one of the group is in danger let every one of us do what we can to protect him. “"Let us never be afrald—thag is- let us be so afraid that we aren't brave, “ ‘Bravery doesn’t mean being fool Bravery doesn't mean taking wild risks and chances. “ ‘Bravery doesn’t mean to take one's life in one’s hands, as the saying Is, or of taking any old chance at all “'Bravery doesn't mean that one must never feel fear, or that in order to be brave one can never know the feeling of fear. “ “That isn't what bravery means. " ‘Bravery means,’ continued Brucie Baboon, ‘to go forward and do what you can for the protection of others no matter how afraid you may feel in- side! “That is what bravery means. Teo be brave, even though you feel afraid, for the sake of others. “‘And when one is in danger all of us must go forth to help. We mustn't let any one else do the work. “ ‘We must sleep in a different neigh. of Baboon our sleeping place is to be tound. “'And wherever we go we will eal # our village, or Baboon Villiage. “Be kind to animals who aren't so big or so able to look after themselves Be kind to little bables. Never forget the story of the Baboon who looked after a little lost baby and brought him up safely, ‘When you see people will be friendly with you, be friendly with them, too, though you must be sure they are really friendly, "These are the things I must tell you to do. And we must all promise each other we will do them.' "‘We all promise’ sald the other baboone, ‘for we wouldn't lot a wenker creature suffer. No mattet what the risk war to ourselves, we'd neve, never, rever let that happen. " ‘Good, sald Brucie Baboon. “That is the true Baboon spirit” RIDSLES ——— Which son do children ind the hard est? Lesson, A musical son, on the organ at Toasty Diapason, Which shows evidence of having been wicked? Prison.
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