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PENNSYLVANIA
STATE ITEMS
Baston.—Tristram Campbell, em-
ployed on a large country estate, is
fn Correll's Hospital here with his
lower Jaw split open from his mouth
to under his chin and with other seri-
ous Injuries, sustained when three
horseg attached to farm machinery
ra naway, throwing Campbell under
one of the cleated wheels, which ran
over his head and face. He
consgcious for some time,
South Lakemont.—Rev., leo GG.
Bailey, rector of St. John's Catholic
church, has been presentad with an
Altoona.—For the most distinguish.
ed service to the community in
Louis Bergman, department store pro-
prietor, was presented with the Al
toona Kiwanig Club medal,
Unlontown.—Mayor William H.
Smart officiated at the wedding of DI-
mos Kappas, a former Greek soldier,
and Miss Blanche Fournier, a French
WAar nurse,
Bethlehem.—Orders were by
the Bethlehem Steel corporation for
the lighting on next Wednesday of the
North Cornwall blast furnace, after an
idleness of several years.
Littston.—Following a
play at skip-rope, Mary,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
ta, entered the kitchen of her
and toppled over dead,
Unlontown.—Too sick
court to answer to a
J. D. Brown, of Palmer,
nevertheless. The superintendent
the plant where Brown was employed
appeared in behalf of the man and
said he would carry out the provisions
of the sentence. Brown wag fined £100
and ordered pareled for a year, and
the superintendent paid the fine,
Coatesville.—Lucy Catalfano, aged
17, was electrocuted at the Aronsohn
¢ilk mill, where she was an employe.
At the noon hour she was playing ball
with other girlg when the ball
among the electric transformers
the plant. In trying to get it
touched a live wire.
Reading.— Appearing In person, Dr.
issued
halfdhour’s
G-year-old
Lico-
home
to appear In
liquor charge,
was sentenced
of
at
she
American History, the text book under
fire by local veteran
created a sensation at the meeting of
the school board. Ready to answer
his critics, a committee of veterans
had the matter deferred to the teach-
ers’ committee for with
veterans’ committee, findings of
which are to be reported back to the
board. Dr. Muzzey
discussion
the
addressed the
declaring that no one could question
his patriotism,
Northumberland. —Work started on
a three-mile stretch of state highway
that will connect Danville and Nor-
thumberiand with a concrete road, and
will do away with a dangerous nar-
rows. To make this possible the Lack-
awanna raliroad was moved 100 feet
east to the old Pennsylvania Canal
ed three miles to make
enough to carry the tracks,
Brownsville.—Struck by a bullet,
which hit a tin can and then glanced
off, John Shuba, aged 11,
works, died in the
eral Hospital. P. C
iontown coal operator, is under arrest.
He was trying out a new automatic
revolver by shooting at the can.
Corry—Ied by Captain Rose, a
squad of Pennsylvania rallroad police
has been working all day on the tale
told by two Corry men that they sur-
prised traln wreckers placing an ob-
struction in the path of the Philadel-
phia express. The train carried a
large amount of registered mall.
Mount Carmel.—The contract for
the erection of the new 8t. Joseph's
Catholl~ chureh at Hickory and Sixth
streets, here, on the site of the old
church that wag built in 1876. has
been awarded to the East End Lumber
company, of Shamokin. The work will
require an expenditure of £120,000,
including stained glass windows and
interior furnishings,
Sunbury.—Glenn W. Foulke, of this
place, who will be graduated from Sus-
quehanna University Seminary June
13, has received a edll to the First
Lutheran church at Blain.
Sunbury.—Sour pickles are blamed
for the end of Samuel M. Wilson, aged
44, of Apollo, Pa, who died at the
home of M. A. Frank here of acute
Ingestion. He wag an oil and grease
salesman and a member of the Elks
and Eagles. Wilson said he was tak-
en {ll at York, Pa., after eating the
pickles and continued to grow worse
until he reached Sunbury, where he
immediately went to bed. He is sur-
vived by a widow and daughter, :
Greensburg Crawling upon a small
chair which was standing near a pail
of water, Joseph, 10-months-old son
of Elmer Ashbaugh, of Salem town-
ship, wag drowned when he fell Into
the pall, The parents found the child
in the water, dead.
York.—A final dividend of 5 per cent
has been sent the stockholders of the
Farmers’ National Bank, which pss.
ed out of existence about ten years
ago.
Uniontown.—Eleven chimes are to
be installed at the new $250,000 As-
bury Methodist church.
Messmore~Two months after he
had been bitten by a dog, Paul Heln-
chok, aged 7 years, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Heinchok, of near here,
died from rabies.
Thompsontown.—Editor H, W, Wick-
ersham has become postmaster of this
borough,
a fill high
leeson
| Harrisburg.—Wage Increases of ap-
. proximately 13 per cent, affecting
about 2000 employes, were announced
here by the Central Iron and Steel
company and the Harrisburg Pipe and
Pipe Bending company.
Pottsville.—Miss Emma Lord, of Mt,
Pleasant, near here, 1s the first woman
| in the state to be appointed a fire
| warden, Her appointment was an-
| nounced by District Fire Warden
Charles E. Baer. She wiil be placed
in charge of the Mt, Pleasant fire
tower, near her home, Miss Lord is
a lover of the great outdoors, and it
is predicted she will make a capable
official.
Willlamsport.
{ over 100 acreg of forest lands of
| Pleasant Stream in the Tladaghton
i district, before it was subdued. State
A forest fire burned
| forest rangers were alded by employes
{of the Susquehznna and New York
| Railroad company and the Central
{ Pennsylvania Lumber company. A
{ second fire, covering nearly thirty
acres, broke out near Ellenton. Sev.
eral other fires were reported by tHw-
{ ermey in Tioga, Bradford, Sullivan
and Clinton counties, all in the Tiad-
aghton district, but none were report-
ed very serious,
Pittshurgh.—The body of
believed to be that of H. H. Preston,
of Leisenring, Fayette county, was
found on the Monongahela river bank
at Braddock, with a bullet hole in the
head, A pistol lay nearby, A quan
tity of Soclalist literature was found
n his according to the
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A man,
I pockets, po
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Lewistown. —The Mifflin county com
the $280,000 414
bridge is
missioners
per
awarded
cent thirty-yvear honds,
sued to cover expense of building the
concrete between
and Lewistown Junect
County National Bank.
its bid of $10612
ils 3
bridge Lewistown
to the Miffin
Lewistown, at
fund
ion
The sinking
also
sinking fun
Harrishurg
as the
annual State Farm Products Show
under way by subcomr
are
itteeg as
aA re
which
sult of a meeting held here at
officers were elected and preparations
launched for the 1924 exhibit. Secre-
tary of Agriculture Willits was made
| chalrman; Deputy Secretary MeKee,
i vice chairman treasurer; RH
Bell, State College, secretary, and Miss
Miles Horst,
and
assistant secretary.
Harrishurg.—Officlals of the state
| department of agriculture said that
| unless frost followed the snow of Sat-
| unday the snow would be be more
{| beneficial to orchards and erops than
{ harmful. The absence of any frost
with the heavy snow wlhich fell in this
| ection Is responsible for any jack of
| damage to fruit Je
partment officials buds
are from in
their development this 3
trees and crops,
Fruit
weeks later
said,
two to three
ear than gen
erally. Cool weather dur the early
de
ig
spring days their
the
retards
velopment of
growth, agriculture department offi-
{| cials gaid the buds were more hardy
and stronger and better able to stand
| off the blight of a frost.
Lancaster.—A gang
ten motortrucks and
hag
Because
of
{i In three automo-
| near Lititz, this county, by two guards,
An exchange shots continoed and
retired. More than 825.
worth of whisky is stored in the
Thig the second at-
| tempt to raid the place within several
| months, State detailed
{ to the distillery.
The education
in all i
cants for appointment ag teachers will
| have to be qualified voters and must
{ submit school tax receipts from
districts where they live. This must
be done within a year from the date
of application. Among the district's
long list of teachers are a number of
married women, but there has been
a growing tendency to eliminate them
ag far as possible and to give
of
bandits
| warehouse,
is
police were
e
Chester of
| decided
board
the future
that
the
ried. For a long time the
could not find sufficient Instructors
to fill the vacancies, but applicants
now are reported more numerous
Wellshoro.—S8tephen Yessa, at
age of 102 years, purchased a fishing
license and will fish in the waters of
ioga county.
York.—S8ugering from the effects of
an attack of influenza, John Myers,
directors
razor blade at hig home here.
the shape of an edict against smoking
try. “No Smoking”
of Dr. Royal Meeker, who
ame from the headquarters of the
League of Nationg in Geneva to be
dustry under Governor Pinchot,
Ing chairman of the
their best deep-sea thinking comes
from close commnnion with Lady Nlco-
tine. There Is some talk of Governor
Pinchot extending the edict to all the
other departments of the state govern.
ment, with the exception, of course,
of those presided over by constitution.
al officers,
York.—At the closing session the
Westminster Presbytery elected Rev.
W. J. Oliver, of this city, moderator,
and A. M. Grove, of Muddy Creek
Forks, vice moderator. It was decided
to hold the pext semi-annual meeting
of the Presbytery at Pine Grove, on
September 17,
Connellsville. ~This city had twice
as many birthg as deaths in March, ac.
cording to an official report just made
public,
Lancaster.—~Daniel Rittenhouse, 42
yenrs old, fell over dead while working
In the tobacco warehouse of Block
Rrothers,
¢
Really Remarkable How He Man-
ages to Hold On to Balk-Line
Billiard Championship.
It Is really remarkable how that
man Hoppe manages to hang on to the
balk-line billlard champlonship.
He held it for years and years, and
then young Jake
of the old
only to have (it
Hoppe the year after.
Then Sch
days ago,
ius If he
Hoppe
points behind
thin
It
of
Schaefer, a real chip
took it from
won hack again
block, him,
by
ilenged him some
e at first It looked
wrest the title from
hie up 10
the
would
again,
1d him
wound
when
gE was over,
WHE # of three sessions
iy did
it but
eyening
and it real
look as wax nothing to
+ first
af wretched game
Seldom h il he
disadvantage.
He in his
is part iy strange for
Very nervous
When the
over,
was off
#troke, and w»
hint
him, seemed
first nig
had
ung
was
Schaefer finished h first
block only made
eon
wii,
of 500, Hoppe
or 223 behind him
To most billiard players that
have heen an
barrier to winning
not so to Hoppe
Whatever happened to him on the
first night Is hard to explain,
could hardly
would
unsurmountable
the tourney, but
almost
for he
have s0 of
hardly
heen
have
deliberately
sure
taken such
let ©
him.
himself,
chances as to
get t
On
was entirely
nursin
got 80 caroms
inches
His high run was 143
this
secure
ix rival
hat far aheénd of
the second night,
again. He kept
the rail and
less than six
however,
himself
g the balls a
in
ninst
a field
square,
Schaefer during
only managed to
and Hoppe actually got
filling the two blocks of 50 each. for
the first and
Then he started
night with only six
but by il
balls, and
aged to run
Schaefer had only
competition
404
tind,
points
thereby
second nights
the third and last
¥ ahead of Schafer,
wonderful manipulation of the
sang-froid,
at a time
a total
1.341 to
absolute man
when
the
credit
out
for
three evenings of
Who the iu
hard to tell, but it may be decided by
an elimination
his
” 3 1 or i }
next challenger will be
process
Qrersrresessrerrrsrs ees ses
{ ALEX WAS WAGNER'S JINX
If there were many Grover
Alexanders in the National
league during the days of Honus
Wagner, that mighty batsman
wouldn't possess the impressive
batting record he now has
Honus Wagner, during the
period that he and Grover Alex.
and¥r were playing the circuit,
faced each other 100 times and
the man from Nebraska held the
man from Allegheny county,
Pennsylvania, to 20 base hits,
which meant an Insignificant
batting average of 200. Honus
made no homers, no triples and
only two doubles In the 100 times
he tried to solve the curves of
the truly great hurler,
0 FEB ER EB ee es eel
BAA AMAA AAA AAA
Amateur Golfer
-
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Harrison R. (Jimmy) Johnston of
8t. Paul, winner of the Minnesota
tate amateur championship the past
two years, who has been selected to
play on the American golf team which
will invade England to defend the
Walker cup. Johnston's forte Is his
long tee shots,
BEN BEE BR EE ER RAR RE eS 0
Bo Maths
Naval acns
Denver, C
States
io, Is the
intercollegiate boxing champion for
1022-23 that he has defeat
An
the acad
ed the best college boxers in erica.
S Webb, boxing conch of
that is the
he ever trained.
“my, states , best man
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SPORT NOTES
Pennsylvania State expects [ts new
truck house to ready in the fall,
*
be
George Owen, Harvard's all
round athlete, may try broad jumping
» rN *
great
The Detroit club has turned Pitcher
D. Jl. back to the
club
tates
. -
Tennis
has applications for 220 tourneys this
seg son.
United States
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Manager Frank Chance
Has Been Panned Before
Jack In 1906 Chicago fans became
very angry when the Cubs gave a raft
to Brooklyn
Among the
passed over to Dodgers
were Pltcher Buttons Briggs, Outfield.
er McCarthy, Infieider Jimmy
players for Jimmy
Sheckard Frank
Chance
players
the
“
Boots
|
door golf course under Stagg feld
r a
stands,
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The Waco «
sociation |
lub of the new Texas as.
ms engaged Art Falk as its
manager
*
* *
More
held under the auspices of the
L. T. A. this
than 300 tournaments
he
8 N
will
year,
+
* *
About the only thing left
Mallory is to challenge Suzanne
| ten-round bout
{0 a
- * *
It is not the physical discomfort so
| much the serious setback
| early spring golf.
| *
| It is a mighty poor baseball team
| that will not be a pennant contender
| for at least another month, *
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as
* .
.
| The Galveston club has traded Out.
| fielder Jim Thrash to the Rockford
| Three 1 club for Pitcher Frank Wehrli.
* » *
Gustavus T. Kirby will referee the
annual Intercollegiate track and fleld
- - *
Menager Frank Chance of the
Sox has sent Babe Herman, recruit in-
fielder obtained from Detroit, to the
Atlanta,
* - -
Douglas Lawson, Williams
coach, has resigned and will act
lumbia coach.
* - *
Charley OHearm of Brookline,
Mass, star forward on the Yale hockey
team, has been elected captain for the
1024 season,
» - *
The Mitchell club of the Dakota
league has released Outfielder Nig
Nolte to the Aberdeen club and he has
been made manager.
» *
At a recent meeting of the athletic
association of New York university
Chief Toorock was elected captain of
the Violet basketball five,
, * .
The St. Louis Cardinals have a
young pitcher whose name is Inel Moh-
ney. He is said to throw an under-
hand ball just like Carl Mays»
- . .
Howard (Cub) Buck, University of
Wisconsin all-American tackle of sev.
eral seasons ago, has been named head
football conch at Lawrence college.
. * »
The Metropolitan (N. Y,) branch of
the Amateur Athletic union will hold
its senior track and fleld sports at the
*
Yankees’ baseball park August 28
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of Si
Charles
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» fans didn't
nd th
they
1 acquixition
might that
new (hi.
of the
weckard, but
Webb Murphy
SC owner,
5 gave too nuch
club's strengt
It
Sheckard proved jus
h for one man
turned out tl
the Cub
He helps
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nene of
received
the nation,
Mrs. C. W. Wightman
V
gave
important strength, yet
one of the best pitchers in
W. Wightman, tue greatest
woman doubles player; who is consid
in this will
partner on a tour of
France, dg BIL” Tilden, American
tennis champion. Mrs, Wightman was
formerly Miss Hazel Hotchkiss of Call
fo
ered unbeatable country,
have as her
per
Fai
Man in Major Leagues
Who is
the most powerful man in
A glance at Babe Ruth of the New
Glants would make it seem the honor
belonged to them,
While Ruth and Kelly
in stature, well over
better than 200 pounds
can be classed as the most
man in the majors,
Wally Schang the
Americans regarded asx the most
powerful athlete in the big show, de
spite the fact thgt he doesn’t look it in
both
feet
are
six
neither
powerful
of New York
is
beautifully muscled,
possessor of a world of vitality
New York players say that
friendly wrestling matches in the club
house he tosses Ruth around like a
Has Retired From Ring
Bill Brennan, the veteran heavy
all time. Brennan an-
nounced, after leaving the "hospital
where he was under the care of physi
cians following the bout, that he
would never enter the ring again, and
he has again reiterated his intention.
He Is preparing to go into business,
ff at °
DEPENDS ON VETERANS
Manager Branch Rickey of the
St. Louis Cardinale is quoted as
saying he does not base hopes on
any of his new pitchers coming
through this season-if one does
he will be agreeably surprised
and that the veterans of the staff
will have to carry the burden.
By the time 1024 rolls sround,
however, Rickey thinks the
younger pitchers will be far
enough advanced to take charge
of the situation, Hi Myers will
make his outfield, says Riekey,
so that now it is up to the pitch.
ers, Inflelders and catchers to
put the Cardinals in the first di
vision,
NEW KNOWLEDGE
Former Ser
Ditto
ench
til tl
They
inisce,
“Dao
ahout
asked
“Yes
“But
Hnoderass
hiadn't
¥
He of
geant
Whip
for @ Ou
foined
and
Private seen
other
i
riley
her
§ yeurs up
gine
corner
Lengr
ey i gion
to
post
gathered rem
rtill our
old dream
fur?
dream
governine«nt
yon
getting a
E
stitileory
Snodgr
replied
when
HEE,
sadly,
ve
m asleep.”
now mn
+
BETTER WITHOUT
“} ‘asked her to kiss me,
avail”
“You were right to stipulate that.
Kissing through a veil spoils half the
fun.”
without
ed
A
azz!
Just Think About It,
“Well, aly
thinking
“I did:
man. !
you on a
“1 don't
it's
were a fisher
don’t nber ever seeing
stream.’
Be fist
"
g. bt
Hs ’
e to think
this Is the
about It’
No Need of Hurry.
Georgette {hs look, Ludwig, we are
hot |
wonia
jariing,
it
nntage of sot
ye for tha!
11 Re
The Effect.
Aunt Luey—Yon st!
men to kiss yon :
*#nt scare
kissed I
po |
my |
think 1
in fe.
On Second Thought.
He—Did ver of
married?
Shy Co-ed—
third
ling
you « getting
never entered nn
Aboard the Good Ship Ar
wag his mail
Art Interference.
take mus
sic lessons?
: “mother
says my practicing interferes with the
phonograph.”
“Do you
“No,” replied the |
ttle girl
Heard at the Show.
“That actress’ are very
teresting. Why do they applaud her
“For her outlines, my boy.”
lines unin
wo
THAT'S NOT THE SAME
Hubby: [I've told you time and
again. that your extravagance will
drive me crazy.
Wifey: And you used to be so
happy when you told me my beauty
drove you crazy,
Musings of a Motor Cop.
“Hortense Magee, please marry me!
Bald 1. But she protested
“How could one wish your bride to be
Whom you have oft arrested ™
An Indiscreet Remark,
“TI! never tell another man that I'd
rather dance than eat"™
“Why not
“He kept me dancing until all the
cafes were closed.”
Better Field,
“Where did you get that sledge of
fine furs?” »
“My lecture on the pole didn't go in
New York" .
“Well 7
“So I've been lecturing on “New
York in the Arctic.’
Fliers or G
“You're foolish to marry a woman
who has money, She will always be
throwing it up to you.”
“1 don’t care In what direction she
throws it, so long as 1 get it.”