PENNSYLVANIA STATE ITEMS - Hazleton.—Men from the larger cities are being imported by the Le- {high Valley Railroad company for track work on the Hazleton and Ma- hanoy division, Hazleton — Representing business men of Ontario province, Canada, who from companies of the Lehigh field, Efforts will be made to stock up this spring and summer. Sunbury.—At a meeting of the East Susquehanna Classis of the Reformed kin, was elected classis secretary for 1023. He succeeds Rew, Roth, of the First church, who resigned to become pastor of St Sunbury, the Reading Classis. Snydertown.—/Twenty-four Snydertown. Roy Nuss, a saw the first snake as the train stood on a siding and ended its life. Then he gaw three more, coiled and hissing, and, calling Engineer George Hennin- ger, they killed seventeen more. and killed six more. Downington.—During weeks four fiery have been burned prominently around here. A large mound was made on a side street two blocks from the business section, upon it, was placed a wooden cross ten feet in heighth, well sprinkled with tar and oil. It burned for an hour and one interfered until J. Martin Ryan, proprietor of the Swan pulled down the cross, many others assisted in extinguishing the blaze. Ryan then faced the crowd the last two Crosses no after “start something,” but met with response, Pittsburgh. —Miss Ella director of Pittsburgh was elected president tional Kindergarten Union here. no {uth Boyce, Miss director of New York city kindergart- tens. The union decided to hold Its spring of 1924, gate present meet In Los Angeles in 1925. Ohio, represented by the largest delegation, was awarded the I. K. U. banner, Scottdale ~—Mrs. Mary Trator, aged 65 years, of Meden, has $100 with the option of spending thir. ty days in jail, on ing the liquor laws. Chief of Police MeCudden, of Scottdale, testified that the aged woman visited this city fre. quently to sell eggs and potatoes the produce to lecently, the chief sald, that the woman a rushing business He he told the Burgess and potatoes found twenty-one moonshine, *ttsbhargh CC approved of a plan to been brought wagon, noticed town was under gadong W. Brooks, to operating an automobile toxicated. A plea for a pa refused by Judge Douglass, “jail sentences will cept where there are tennating circumstances drivers while role in- who said he imposed ox. ex®eomely have become such a menace one we manage to catch.” White Haven.—Deer are and tame in the Poconos this spring, according to drivers of automobiles day and night along roads through thls gection of the state. This the animals near Bear was necessary to drive them off the highways before the machines could proceed, The deer were attracted hy the headlights of the automobiles did not appear to be frightened in least, Scranton. Eight hundred pupils and forty teachers ere compelled to flee without their hats and wraps when fire started in a garage next to the Banjamin Franklin public school. Smoke filled the rooms of the building, a fire alarm was sounded and the pu- pills were out in little more than a minute, The fire was extinguished after half an hour's battle. Pittsburgh Prohibition agents re turned to Morris Curran copper ket. tles, colls and gruges valued at $25. 000. The articles were confliscated when the agents rakded his Store on December 18. Curran contended that the colls and kettles were being sold for other purposes, and Federal Judge Schoonmaker ordered the confiscated articles returned, ’ Hazleton. Maintenance of way la- borers on Mie Lehigh Valley railroad have been granted a wage Increase from thirty-seven to forty cents an hour, . / Lebanon Council awarded eon: tracts for sewers on Lebanon, Weld. ma nand Second strects, Roaring Springs.—A slight cut across the knuckle of a finger of his left hand coused the death of Lorenyo M. Helsel, 51, of near here, ; Danville~~While e¢leaning the cel. lar of hig home, Samuel Hildebrand found au petrified cat that he has plac ed en exhibition, Altoona Laborers in the Pennsyl vania ralirond shops here were inform. ed that they had been granted a wage increase of three cents an hour from April 14, Creek and it and the Selinsgrove. The postoffice wlll be advanced to the second class July 1. York.—Howard Hoff, a 2l.yenr-old revolver. Hazleton.—The 500 laborers employ- ed on bullding operations here have formed a union. New Castle~~Henry in Green, shot of the contents of hig pay envelope to her, died at a local hespitak The county jail since the shooting, and a charge of murder was her by Sheriff Andrews, lodged against But one shot ing in Green's abdomen. Mrs. Green's her husband he offered her then According to when she asked of the money scorned, story, for some 22, which Dey she around seized her the neck, him off and bent him in a race to the dining room to n drawer where the revolver was kept, The She shook *ttsburgh. body of a girl, fied ag that of Eleanor Marilyn Oles, According to fo in anthorities she took her own ii note found the room contained Miss Ole's pen Mercer.—Relativeg of the late J, F. Nicholls, of Fredonia, filed a here for the appointment of a which $200,000. Under the Snyder, a Pittshurgh for the widow petition guardi- valued at Mrs. Mary is will nurse, her death, after “sub. unti =i of 1. RB. to her, Bed month as long No mention was made done ument th th . Le state that care for unable to Nichollg met Redden a sanitariom, The will an viser in the management, 4 the monthly he Gs accountant, correspondent, conservat investment o estate In dition to : fs receive a honus the S150 on a Pittsburgh hos; month of pnemmonia Ha burs A the Japanese and certain investment last quarantine ag in Philadeiphis of heet ie sections horder! has been Willits, The establish state quarantine the secretar way legislative under act movemeng of farm and nursery prod Un der the guarantine the following town ! included in i boundary of the Lower Chichester, i Ashton, Middleton and Edge mont township, Delaware county: Wi listown Tredyfrrin : county ; West East Norriton, Whitpain, Upper Gwynedd, Lansdale and Mont gomery townships, Mont ROomery coun Warrington, Doylestown, ham and Solebury townships, county. All of Philadelphia cou included in the quarantined distr ips are and farm j Upper (li chester, and townships, Upper Merion, Bucking Bu Ku Unlontown.—Arrested on u le f irom t the home Williams, Joe and Pau! Mar vich, aged 10 and 12 years, respective r . ss 18 of stealing a bleye Koy a large number of bieveles from vari plac os in fo a cave a Uniontown, removed them short distance from ined Then, the say, It was an easy matte stolen wheels Easton.—The Easton Public Library was entered by a burglar and £50 re. ceived in fines and from deposits from out of town patrons, was stolen from a which was The otherwise disguised them brother to sell forced open found in the thanks by writing writer, lady : ful.” Mask." desk and expressed a note on the type “My dear chorolateys us Your follows : young were wonders The burglar also visited for the janitor. * Tamaqua. While attempting to tine, aged 8 was car and killed. Mechanicsburg moyer was Cumberiand Association, Catawissa, ~Join Seigenfuse, véter- an Reading rallway conductor, has been placed on the retired list after more than forty years of service Hazleton. Memorial irees were planted In Roosevelt Park by the Hazleton Garden Club in honor of its third anniversary. McAdoo. —Tracks Traction company between Audenrfed caved in as a disturbanceg in a mine. Bloomshurg.—Pollce received word from Jackson, Mich, that Raymond Terwilliger had been arrested in that city on two charges of burglary. Hazletoh~—Boy Scouts saved the White church, at Quakake, near here, from probable destruction by a forest fire. Danville~/The Chamberlain Amuse. ment company has taken a title to the Danville Operas House. Washington. —The Washington coun- ty commissioners awarded contracts for road vonstruction, valued at $600, struck hy another Goorge A elected president County Sabbath Mince of the School of the Lehigh here and result of Glassport, - Concussion resulting from a fall downstairs at his home here, resulted in the death of J. ¥. Kelly, aged 64 years, Altoona. ~Seventy.six chinninen who were brought here a short time nge to work as section hands on the Penn. sylvania rallrond have been retuned to New York epyrighl SII hE AT in at the recent wrestling Clenched Teeth Act as Shock Absorber Johnny Coulon, former bantam- welght champion of the world, brought up the subject of teeth in connection with boxing during a recent fanning of chew. my teeth Coulon also has a fine “yl asset “et always considered while 1 was boxing" “Take a look them them, and tell me if you to me said, at the effect gritting of my hard as it many an wallop by teeth “You tightly clenched teeth act as a shock absorber and lessen the im- pact, . On the gontrary, when a boxer Hkely Ke, teeth his jaws are and the shoek of a blow together. Then, also, the Hips are easily cut, and this drawback.” to be loose mouth and is a great Loren Murchison. Loren Murchison, sprinter, created a new world's record for sixty at the indoor meet of the Millrose A A, held at Madison Square Garden, York Murchison established of six and two-fifths vards, loweripg the old ree Lon Meyers, by seconds figures in 24 Busy Seasons Very few professional baseball players ever will approach the record of Rhoderick J. Wallace, who starred National league, then in the American, was manager and then umpire “A-year Career in the before his better known, is He broke f as he is fiftieth in 1804 member of the Cleveland Nationals. He wound up his active career in 1918 with the ft. Lonis Browns. In 1822 he man aged Muskogee of the Southwestern . “Bobby . his year as n to Be Held on Aug. 3 Association of Ama meet in their an- Baltimore Au- international race will be The National races at The shell rowing 2 and 4 race will be held. In future regattas any member of a college varsity crew will be classified as a senior oarsman if he enters a national regatta race The new rule will also apply to junior varsity eight-onred crews, In the past only members of winning varsity eight. oared crews were classified as seniors. Bill Aims to Limit Price of Admission A bill which i& about to be intro- duced into the New York state legis lature will prohibit any club charging more than 85 for the best seat for a regular show and limit the price to $7 for any championship battia, Accord Jng to men well informed in boxing circles here, if stich a bill is passed, it will mean that New Jersey will be the scene of most of the big battles, While in New Jersey boxing is limited to twelve rounds without a decision it Is felt that Jersey may become the center of boxing. ——— CR ——-y Fournier With Semipros, Jacques Fournler, former first base. man for the St. Louis Cardinals, may play with the Centralia White Sox, a semiprofessionnl team, this season, A SA ——————————— New $100,000 Gymnasium, Presbyterian college of South Care. linn at Clinton will construct a $100, 000 gymnasium, Work will start In the wear future. Sporting Squibs of All Kinds Razzing the umpire is one form of a “pan” American gathering. » * * In other words, pneumonia is not caused by basketball but In spite of it » > » will the Pa., in Lafayette occupy fall college, Eagton, its new $300,000 gv » * . Chicago and Ohio State have entered a five-year football agreement, » » wv Yale will track mest 11 Notre Dame New Haven, Conn meet in a May at Ld * * Coveleskl!, Philly Shamo Harry the former southpaw, is a kin, Pa poileeman in » » . Record for receipts for a at Tottenham - - » bull where the national taseball in Mexico, proving is displacing too tame . . . After playi with the Schalk is Sox, Catcher Ray headliner LJ . Connle Mack has a team ted for championship play he has produced since 1014. . . . better fit Ex-Te advises nis Champion Bill Johnson learners to play often as a means of mastering the game. - . » added Hale became loose fitting . » LJ It might also be that I leaving to we iroil the Iarge, mitt What the world needs is a few { know as much as the sophomore and baseball rookie think they do * r * That become the is shown by the record entry list . » - the Davis cup competition has real world's tennis classic Louisville ball park will have sesat- ing capacity of 14.000 with dations for 2.000 in the bleachers * . * Walsh among swim ming experts from this country to try accommo George will be » . - Red Sox have Wiltsey, recruit leaumont club The released south of ston Harold (Pink) paw, to the Texas League - . * Amer. estab British experts expizgin that iean golf supremacy has been lished through incessant practice and superior putting. - . * Eugene May! of Dayton, OO. elected captain of Notre Dame's 1024 basketball team. this year's squad. - -. * Wak Prominent families of Danville are donating sections to the new stadium which Centre college has planned to construct for use in the fall. - * L Manager Spencer Abbott of the Read. ing Internationals has engaged “Young Sharkey,” the bantam weight pugilist, as trainer for the Reading players. Manager Wade Killefer Wade Killefer, urother of Bill Kille fer, manager of the Chicago Cubs, who has just been elected manager and is part owner of the Seattle Baseball club. With Wade Killefer in charge of Seattle and Marty Krug in charge of the Los Angeles team, it Is expect: ed that the Chicago Cubs will have plenty of young material available at all times, MORE GOLF COURSES Over Million Tickets Were Issued in 1922 to Enthusiasts of Game in Chicago. The pressing need of courses to supply the demands of the more by the compilation of the numbers of golfers who played over Chicago's links during 1922. While more 1.0663, tickets were issued, starters said three or four as many would have been in demand if there had been room for play. The dawn than times from spring to out that each crowded earliest COUrsex were to dusk from players were sent 1G or three foursomes were on The largest number were accom- 18-hole links in 124.584 players teed from March De This required the starting of five from on the average fours, so close each other hole Juck- son park, where y to cember four players every minutes m. until 5 p. n The dearth of links in proportion to started bullding pro-rata courses players has the dozen in ns of nearly a plays, without the formality These courses cost somewhat more in carfare and but not require much more time, for he Il« able to play on arrival, and cover the in half the time do Course Plans are under to already bulld a score and forest , with room for 50 addition- inks, is planning a half-dozen for the near future The largest links in the Olympia way in more pro~ rata links, the commission play on any that hic Ago, private world was at Fields club with three 15 hole took was COUrses, esti mated that the other 65 private golf clubs in Chicago provided for some 100.0606 polfers last vear, most of the holidays. lying idle day except Vincent Richards LAR LL Rl lise] er of New Zealand. first two and only two sets played hy a score of 60 and 12-10, Cleveland to Experiment Cleveland this year ix going to ex. periment with a full-blooded redskin dian to break into the big leagues is a left-hander, und the combination of wrong -handedness and Indian blood should produce some colorful moments in the life of Manager “Spoke” Speak- er, player-manager of the Cleveland Indians. Moses Yellowhorse, the In dian twirler with Pittsburgh last sea- son, will play out on the coast this year, as he went West in the deal for Kunz. : One Club Not Enough. Ira Thomas and the millionaire oll men associated with him in ownership of the Shreveport Texas league club have more money than they can spend. They also have bought a con trolling ihterest in the Meridian club of the Cotton States league, . Spokes Release Galley. Tom Galley, recruit outfielder, has been released by the Cleveland base ball club to the Lakeland clob of the Florida State league. , w———————— . Cornell Net Captain, CO. H. Capron will captain Cornell's varsity basketball team next year, w FLAPPER FAIRY TALES Ludwig—I'm awful sorry. darling but I'm afraid we can’t go to the dance tonight. My clothes are out of press and all the tallor shops are closed Georgette—Oh, don’t let that werry you, Just bring the suit along with you and I'll heat the irons and press it for you, Wise Decision. were discussing these heavy One lady had little to asked her if she didn’t like They earrings and they them. “Well,” she replied, to wear them ears out of shape” ler-Journal. ay “I'm not going they drag my heavy Louisville Owur 5G Wondering. “He used to call me his wonder gin el] 7 “Then we married.” “Has marriage changed thiags so munch?” “Perhaps not. | he 18."—Loulsville still wonder where Courier-Journal, Just a Chance, Bome one has sent us a ealendar, on one «page of which we read: "It is eas fer to earn money than to save it." nZat Give us a chance to earn auy sod wateh us)” gn! enough to save took you log—You cheerful Adoiph ; tuust has Artist stolen Vell Arts haf bad von and Decoration He: | wouldn't swap your love for all the money in the world, She: And | wouldn't swap your meney for all the love in the world. A Modern Elegy. Lives of gamblers ind us As pages o'er are turnsd, That though they make & lot of mosey Very few keep what they've earned oft ren thelr On the Honeymoon. “John, it's lucky 1 didn't marry other man.” “Why so, my dear? fear you would hs him.” he any IVE WOD me AWKY And smiled at this compl reper Temporary Job. “So Hunter is after the heiress. By the way, what's he doing these days?” “Banking, at present.” “Indeed I” “Yes, he's banking on marrying her.” — Boston Transcript. » Still Unacgquainted. “The Good Book says we love our neighbors™ “1 know it does. Bat Tiv end in our present house for two years and shogid we've Mr. Tarr—Doctah, whas de mat tah wid Brudder Snoops? What ‘ress do he 'peah to be "ficted wid, in yo Doctor stealin’ Dingfold—Chronie chicken complicated wid birdshot In de sah. ~The Watchman-Examiner Simple Division, Husband {going through housckeep- iy use of running accounts with four grocers? Wife-—~Well, you see, dear, it makes the bills so much smaller. —The Pass ing Show {London), Story Strategy. Mrs. Young (shopping)--There's a girl has taken the very hat I had se lected for myself. What shall 1 do? Mrs. Wyse-Go and tell her you had it put aside for your mother Goodness, Gracious! Restaurant Manager—Here, here the man has fainted. What cansed it : Waiter—I merely informed him, sir, that I didn't wikh to be tipped. More Profit in It The Hostess—You play, don't yen, Mr. West? Would you care to make a four at bridge? Wolsley West—No, thank yon. Your husband has just now Invited me to his den, where I think I can make » 8fty at poker. Growing Cold. “What makes you think his leve is waning ¥" . “After ha sald good-night for the last time, he #idn't come back to kiss we.” =Cornell Widow, §
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