PENNSYLVANIA
STATE ITEMS
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Mt. Carmel.—While on his way to
work at the Greenough colliery, An-
drew Toth, of this place, dropped dead.
York.—Fifty-five members of the
York County Bar Association attended
a dinner at the York Country Club.
L.ancaster.—A wage increase to em-
ployes of the Conestoga Traction com-
pany was announced here.
Altoona. —Success attended the drive
for the local American Legion.
Mountville.—Miss Mary Musser,
schools a number of years, has been
chosen principal of the Parkesburg
high school.
Pittsburgh.
exonerated Lieutenant
The police trial board
blame in connection with their alleged
Archie, whose father killed Mrs,
Archie and then committed sulcide on
April 4. Jerome Archie charged that
the police refused to respond to a call
before the shooting occurred.
Wilkes-Barre.—Paul Donah, leading
playing in this city, was held In $3000
ball, charged with failing to turn over
ernment. The company is sald to have
failed to pay 10 per cent of the re.
ceipts for November, December and
January, and Donah was taken before
United States Commissioner Smith,
where he walved a hearing.
West Chester.—Truman D.
counsel for Mrs, Julia Upton, brought
a suit in the common to
recover the equivalent of 25,000 Bel-
gian francs, which it is alleged, she
lent to Daniel Daley, of Strafford, In
1921. At that time Daley, who was
traveling abroad, met Mrs’ Upton.
Their friendship grew, and when
Daley told her he was short of cash,
Mrs. Upton furnished the amount now
sued for, taking his tote. This was
dated September 1, 1921, and
made in Brussels, Daley returned to
this country and pot long ago married
the widow of Horace Petitt, of Straf-
ford. Mrs. Petitt's first hushand was
counsel fog the Vietor Talking Ma-
chine company, of Camden, left
her SO00.000,
Harrishurg —Governor Pinchot ap-
pointed Howard ¥. Marsh, of Wells.
boro, judge in Tioga county, to fill a
vacancy. He is the first judge appoint-
ed by the governor and is a native of
Tioga county, 60 yeas old.
ticed law In Wellshoro and
gaged in newspaper work in New
York. He returned in 1897 and has
been practicing law there since,
Pittsburgh. —Christmas trees for the
Pittsburgh market will be grown In
this distriet, if plans of H. R. Eby,
Allegheny county fam agent meet
with approval of the farmers. Mr.
Eby will conduct experiments in
ler county to demonstrate Scotch pines
can be grown on barren hillsides and
other waste lands unsuitable
tivation,
Wilkes-Barre. — The
Dickson,
pleag court
who
He prac-
1
for cul-
of Wyoming, to appear at
Miss Anna Rinkus, of Extra, prompted
the parents of the disappointed bride
to have a warrant sworn outsfor the
missing bridegroom. he
to havé been performed in
Casimir's church, at Pittston. Every.
thing in readiness
the bride and bridal party at
the church, but the prospective bride.
groom interfered considerably with
the program by failing to appear.
Reading. General George Goethals,
builder of the Panama Canal, has noti.
fied city officials that he will make
ap inspection of the plans for the elim-
ination of the Seventh street
crossing, preparatory to
whether or not he will become
consulting engineer on the problem,
Philadelphia.-—~Matches are the chief
cause of fires In this city, as shown by
the report of the Fire Insurance Pa-
trol. There was an Increase of
fires in 1922 over 1921, according to
the report, and there were In all 5858
fires here during the last year. The
report fixes tle losses to Insurance
companies for the year 1922 as $4.335.-
108, ag compared with $5.641.043 In
1921. The fires are diviged in the re-
port as follows: Stores and ware.
houses, 320: printers and publishers,
11; metal workers, 44 : wood workers,
25; textile workers, 47; miscellaneous,
2799, and dwellings, 2408.
Bethiehem.—The New Jersey Zine
company, which abandoned zine ore
mines a few, miles below this city
nearly a generation ago, is now mak-
ing a eareful examination of the mines
there and may resume operations. The
mineg were closed down years ago
when the cost of production’ became
more than the market value of the
product, but zinc ore I now so high
in value that It is thought the old
Friedensville mines can be profitably
worked,
Lewistown The schoo! bogrd has
ordered the Wayne street building re.
modeled at a cpst of $7500,
Pittsburgh. —Western Pennsylvania
cases will be heard by the superior
court when It convenes here,
Pittsburgh.—Fifteen persons, charg.
ed with Hlegal use of railroad passes,
were fined $100 each In federal court®
Lanecaster.—Frank G. Betterline, 51
years old, fell dead as he was on his
way home from a quarry near here,
Altoona. Twenty-five Chinese have
heen put to work on track repalr work
in the Pennsylvania yards at East Al
none.
was
was
were
Phoenixville —Totense
whey the
excitement
walls of the
sunk, windcwpanes crashed te the
floor and several window cords broke.
A thorough investigation has been
started by the school board. The dl
rector of recreation was putting a
number of pupils through their exer-
cises when the crash came and a
panic was barely averted.
Reading.-~The Reading Transit and
Light company advanced the wages
of Its B00 motormen and con-
ductors four cents an hour on its en.
tire gystem, which includes Reading,
Norristown, Roxborough and Lebanon,
This ralses the wages of Its car serv-
men from forty-six to fifty cents
who will
Cars, receive fifty-five
ing been five cents an hour more than
Danville—~A libel guit asking $5000
Mayberry against Mrs,
resident of the dis-
pupils attend Miss
The plaintiff bases
township,
Loreman, a
from which
Vought's school.
by Mrs loreman and
Madison Vought, the
The letter, accord-
ing to the plaintiff's statement, read in
part: “We beg you to look Into Viola's
sent to Mrs,
Her scholars are taught to be a set
of liarg and tattietales, ending in curs
crossing accidents during February,
commission, smnounced. This Is an
of two and 29
pared with the same month of 1922
the killed and
There were 48.305 ind:
during the first
year compared
same period of
occupants 40 injured
strial accidenty
three months of this
35,608 for the
workmen's
with
1922, the
compensation bureau announced
pensat
Com
long paid during the first quar
ter amounted to $£2270344,
which $688 4833 was for fatalities.
Harrisburg.-——Provision for the non.
year of
ed in a bill
George W, Woodruff Ig having drafted
the
The measure Is designed to re
for introduction in
week,
establish
senate
the system set
tion of the 1921 legl
Ln
now in prepars
with all party
require that they
tickets entirely
aside by ac
3 : f ee ”
election of Judges
be on non-partisan
The measure, accord
ing to Atterney General Woodruff, has
the support of the administration.
Pittsburgh. — One
Kendall
man
Moon
was illed
nt
station,
argument
call was the victim of the shooting
m
getting into shape for the bout.
Has Much Confidence
in Catcher Devormer
Frank Chance, having been a catch-
| er himself, thinks he knows one when
he sees him, and it was his liking for
i the work of Al Devormer when Al was
playing in the Coast league that caused
No
hig bearings
player's
Chance
ton
the
services, SOOGHer
got as the
boss than he began
Yankees for a deal,
Devormer is not to be
& veteran, but he has
classed
had
from
bulk
is hig
gone
the
loston, Al probably will do
of the team’s catching, for
he and strong and can
the work-—work he never had a chance
to do with the Yankees,
Devormer got his early training un
der such =a manager Bill
Essick, in the Central lengue. When
Essick went to the coast as man
wise as
iger
with
| good
ished
him, and he
in class AA
owt the year
immedintely
He
with
company. fin
of 1918
and was sold
end
seasons bark in Vernon
to the Yankees at the
under Miller Hug
chance to work
| orating the bench
gins,
| again and Is happy.
Now he has a
the shot, escaped
ty detectives,
According
Boceall and
Peliazzar's
to coun
a party of
visited hame, At
to
early to go
retire. Boccall "sald it was too
Bloomsburg Mrs
er, the oldest rest
Elizabeth Fletch
Altoona. Stella
old, at a hospital . here
scalde received when she
pan of boiling water at her home
Marietta
Shuptar, 2
died
fell
Stephen Debner, a farm
ing over it and his left foot
upset %
Orders for 1000 steel hop
siove
lerwick
local plant of
Car and Foundry company.
Pottsville.—Collection of Sunday
office department agreed to allow $300
for this work until the end of the
fiscal year in July. This is the exact
ed in ag a surplus last year. At Min.
ersville the department has allowed an
uppropriation for auxiliary work.
Shenandoah,—The Shenandoah Con-
contract for 400 modern homes on
Shenandoah Heights, a new section
recently purchased from the Girard
Estate, of Philadelphia, on Locust
Mountain, overlooking this town.
Hazleton.-~Fortune tellers and
phrenologists will pot be permitted to
do business hare, according to a rul-
ing by Mayor James G. Harvey.
Lancaster. — Robert 8. Hoffman,
aged 12 years, of Little Britain town.
ship, this county, had his left hand
mangled when a cartridge exploded
while ig school.
Mowrey. Milton Wolfgang, of this
place, was instantly killed by a car
on the Locust Spring rock bank that
was knocked off the track by another
ear that struck it. ;
Altoona. — After fifty years of serv.
ice, Christopher J, Cassidy, foreman
of the wheel shop at the Pennsylva.
ofa raliroad shops here, has been re
tired on a pension.
Uniontown. There were more than
200 prisoners In the Fayette county
Jalil, the greatest number of the year,
Uniontowr. Fayette connty set a
new record in March for violent
deaths when fifty-one were reported to
the coroner.
Wilkes.Barre.—Plans and specifica.
tions for the Luzerne county tuberecu-
losis hospital have been approved by
the commissioners,
Hazleton~~An automobile stolen
from Willlam Caso, of this city, was
found on the Nescopeck mountain,
burned so badly It could not be sal
vage:d
Claude Jonnard, speedball artist, is
expected to be a great help to the Me.
Graw pitching staff this season. Jon
nard has a world of speed and con
| trols it well, but he Is trying hard to
| develop a hook on his fast one, as well
as soquire a change of pace that is
needed to fool the opposing batsmen,
I
Chief McGraw Likes
to Boast About Irish
John McGraw likes to boast about
the part the Irish have played in de
veloping baseball. He is wont to
remark that baseball would never have
gotten anywhere but for the Irish.
That is, he used to, But one day he
was telling a fat German-American
about the power of the Celts when the
fat chapple interrupted him with:
“What about those Irishers? You
had Donlin and a lot of Kerry patch.
ers and you got badly trimmed by a
team that had Pfeister and Reunlbach
and Steinfeldt and Huffman and"
Put John was on his way out and
did not hear the rest of it.
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Announce Harness Card
ww"
ond
A one day's harnegs-horse rac.
ing program will be held at the
new Granwood track on Decora:
tion day, when the new plant
will be dedicated. Throe races,
each for £1000, will make up
the program. Over 256,000 invi-
tations will be sent out,
The first gcheduled meeting
will commente on June 25 and
last six diya,
TE ————— —
Hard on Cantillon
One afternoon up at Minneapo-
His the Millers playing
rather poorly. About the second
inning the bag at first base
cut and the
pour out, leaving it a hit limp.
Manager Joe Cantiflon of the
Millers was sitting on the bench,
gloomily, The
piling up the runs, and his men
couldn't sdemn to get
Finally of his sald
to him, “Boss, you'd better have
that bag at fixed
body's lable to stumble over it
and break his
were
Was
sawdust started to
opposition was
going.
one
boys
first
Some
BAA AA MAA A BR we
leg.”
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Six Los Angeles high
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Northwestern university has ele
Golf is pretty 1) to be
tioned In the course of an enthusiast's
remarks,
ely men
* - *
golf
fee Is
twelve
nominal
boasts publie
where =a
Chicago
charged
. = @
Whatever the French for chortle is,
undoubtedly did it when she
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The All-Cuban baseball team
represent Middletown (N, Y.) in the
Atlantic league
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Notre Dame university
will with Yale on
at New Haven on May 12
* » ot
track
the
team
clash cinders
Cornell had 28 hockey
ket-ball teams
and 60 has
playing a regular
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The Yale varsity boxing team easily
defeated the Queen's university glove
men, winning five out of six matches,
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Babe Ruth is planning te go into
Massachusetts farm when he
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retires,
When man becomes truly civilized,
he will find that there are other
things bezides golf worth going out
of doors for,
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A number of fast young swimmers
are coming along. but so far none of
them measures up to the invincible
Johnny Weissmuller.
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Now that we have a machine to de.
tect a lie and reveal it, perhaps some-
body will invent a golf ball that can
detect a bad lle and dodge It
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It is sald that Manager Rickey of
the Cardinals puts his players through
the most grueling skull practice of
any pilot in the major leagues,
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Eddie Casey, who will again coach
the Tufts football squad, will have
as an assistant Walter Cleary, who
is himself a former gridiron star,
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The international intercollegiate
track meet between combined Har
vard-Yale and Oxford-Cambridge
teams will be held July 21, in the sta-
dium at Wembley, near London,
. . .
Fred Klobedansz, pitcher, with the
Boston of oldtime days, now employed
in a cotton mill In New Bedford,
Mass, recently céanught his left hand
in a machine and the thumb was
taken off. .
.
More boost for the Chicago White
Sox: Nell Blaisdell, the Honolulu
pitcher signed by Kid Gleason for a
trial, pitched a nohit college game
the other day. He is to join the White
Sox In May.
. 0.
Secretary Thomas W. Cahill of the
United States Foothall association,
the governing body of the soccer
game, says Capt. Tate Brady of the
national champion Soullin team of St.
Louis Is the greatest fullback in the
country, ’
POLO FORERUNNER OF
BALL TYPE OF SPORT
Game Is Progenitor of All Pas-
times Played With Bat and
Is 2,000 Years Old.
To many Americans, says a writer,
| baseball seems to be the oldest lying
inhabitant and polo the rank intruder,
the exotic Importation of its rich pa-
trons. They forget that polo is the
progenitor of all games played with a
bat and a ball, and that the young
heroes who disport’ themselves in the
world series are but continuing one
variety of play which existed as much
as 2,000 years ago on the plains of
Persia,
Polo, the recreation of Persian
horsemen of the days of Julius Caesar,
the sport of Indian gentlemen of the
Chinese before Alfred the Great, is still
much the same. Baseball, golf, tennis
perhaps even basketball,
the offspring of this original invention,
at
Crosse,
Who first contrived polo is uneertain,
but it is known that before the Chris-
tian era, In the higher civilizations of
Asia, men raced thelr horses about an
plot of ground,
ball toward a bafMing
have
would
oval
goal, It might
been supposed that
the
took it to themsel
ta have true,
gehack was the origin
in
have he
oN,
invented sport
fore cavallers
!
val this seems not heen
Perhaps it was because the
time In Persia only the
and the great were permitted
| luxury of play If that
{ modification of polo to
quirements of m with
olden rich
the
be the
RO,
meet the re
en
a part of the democratization of sport
any that
tennis, golf,
lean purses is
event it is
millions
nheréd by dozens
In
horses hove gained
old Men
run faster and jump higher than
ever before, Team play in many sports
{ has been developed
{ Athletle records exist
| be broken
yet
I's race
broken records
only soon
by
in Its fashion
Nowhere else is the
oncoming
| and
i Supreme
remains
strength
and intelligence of fine
Dn
| and swiftness
ly bred
horses so perfectly blended
man's deftness snd courage
ag the dash and brilliance
racing and
nome
mil and horse
{| golf combined into a very
| sport,
Millions in 1923 for
Thoroughbred Owners
reetrack
Purse distribution bs
owners in North Americas will exceed
1923.
The existing record
| made in 1022. Of that
in the United States pald over $8.000..
(MX) to winning horse The
Canadian track paid than
£1.750,000, and the rest of It was made
up by purses donated In Cuba and Mex-
fen
in
is $0,000215,
Pode d
OWDers
out
moe
maore
In 1005, which was considered by
many the “golden sge of racing.”
the total money paid out was $5,601.
That remained a record until
1020, when the figures went to $7.7738.-
4007 In 1921 they jumped
£8500 000,
The ebb year
when the horses were active
| New York state, and the total paid
| out in North America was only $2,
337.047.
BR
po
hd
not
Knox College Team
: Is Most Versatile
Knox college has what is probably
the most verdatile basketball team tm»
the country. Of the ten men on the
Knox squad every man is active in at
least one other major sport. The team
has three captains of other varsity or-
ganizations, Albro, captain of the
college football team ; Rhind captain
of the track team, and Ludwig, cap
tain of the foothall eleven. Five of
the other men are regulars on the
Knox football team, and one other
is the best intercollegiate golfer in
that part of the map centering about
Galesburg.
Walter A. Kinsella
aE
B ied iE
Walter A. Kinsella, American pro-
fessional champion who made an un-
successful bid for the world's open
court tennis title In England last year,
is to meet George P. Covey, titleholder,
again this season. The match 1
take place at the Princess club,
Jou, In May.
THE RIGHT VIEW
“Bo It was your ambition tn»
have n business of your own.”
“Yes”
aut your ship
That's too bad I”
“Oh, 1 don't know. 1 found that
there was plenty of sievedore work un
loading other people's ships, so I've
got along pretty well”
once
didn't come in, eh?
GOOD LUCK
*Look Maria, some ope has left a
nice load of cord wood for us.
Moribund.
A bullfrog sat on a ly pad
A sobbing fit te ‘
“Kind friends,” says he, "1 feel 80 guess,
1 know I'm going to croak.”
we
Travel
want
Rather Uncertain,
-y know how to got
Springeville,”
“Nes, ma'am.”
£7) 10
the clerk at the
“You take a traln
half an bour over
; ]
tion line™
said
information window
that leaves | ¢ in
the Juniper Jun
“And then
“And then you trust to loek™
Educated.
at if a jane Is bean-
the higher education is unneces
Simple—1 say tl}
tifnl,
BATY.
Simon—Yes ;
not enough
gnd If she jsn™, iv's
Some System.
“Ay hushard is strong for system. ™
*Rystem?”
“If 1 am
cisses me, If not, bh
is sitting there”
he
kisses whoever
gitting in that chalr,
A Cynic's Explanation,
“Wonder why women kiss when they
meet.”
“1 guess it's a sort of apology in ad
vance for intend to
about each other gfter they part”
*
what they “ny
Not a Mere Superstition,
The Apprentice Seaman—Do you be
ifeve that a woman aboard ship brings
bad luck?
The Old
does ashore.
Salt—Yep. Same ag she
Not an Agreeable Prospect
should hap
will be al
nsured my life
Closeman--1f anything
pen
right.
Mrs, Close n——-PBut
ing does hap to you? .
ETF . fe
Suppose noth
Well Timed,
Miss Catt—Their honeymoon
on [Ash Wednesday
Miss Nipp—What an
day to begin to repent!
Better Than Most Voices.
Reginald—They say the violin is the
nearest approach to the ‘uman voice
Lillilan—No, reeiy? I thought the
ended
appropri hte
BECOMES CONVINCING
“Do you believe everything you
hear?”
“Not until | have repeated it a few
times.”
Too High Up.
He loved a girl,
Vio surely was a peach;
But found, alas!
Ehe was beyond his reach.
To Be Preserved.
“Before 1 consent to marry yon
Jack, I must tell you that people say 1
have a temper.”
“I don't mind that. All you need is
to take care of it—don't loge it, that's
all” \
Improprieties,
Young Lady (stupping near subway
entrance)--Little boy, does your father
know that you smoke cigarettes?
Urchin——Naw | No more'n yers knows
you talk to strange gents on «dy com
mon widout de proper interdue
Hand Painted, \
Mrs. Houseby—Fred says he ad
mires me because I am the picture of
health,
Miss Green—Yes, the foolish fellow
was always crazy for anything hand
painted.