PENNSYLVANIA STATE ITEMS levy a 18. Burnham.—Counell will mill tax on all propérty. Shippensburg.— Newton Agle was nrrested on a charge of embezzling In excess of £1200 from the Shippensburg Lodge of Owls, South Connellsville.—Married teach ers are to be barred from the schools here, Harrisburg. —Governor Pinchot sign ed nine bills, among them that of Rep resentative Dunn, of Philadelphia, proving enabling legislation for the payment of a soldiers’ bonus to world war veterans if the proposed bond issue for $35,000,000 for this purpose is approved by the voters, The Dunn measure would place the payment of the bonus with the adjutant general Veterans of the state who had served sixty days or longer would be eligible to the bonus at the rate of £10 a month for the time in payments would be limited The bill carries an appropriation o $462,625 for expenses, Pottsville.—A ed the usual liberty of visitors sacked the Geist Hotel at stole money from six rooms. Even Sunday school funds and trust funds were seized. The stranger, who regis tered under an assumed name, fled with his booty, which included near vy all the jewels in the hotel. It Is believed he had confederates who ald- ed his escape in an automobile Harrisburg. refused commutation of Clarence Newson, colored, of Philadel phia, sentenced to executed next week for killing his common-law Hattie Bailey, at the corner of Seven teenth and Fitzwater streets, Phila delphia, September 12, 1921. Harrisburg. —State officers, with the exception of the secretary of internal affairs, state treasurer and attorney general, went on a summer schedule of working hours by beginning at 8 o'clock in the morning and quitting at 4 in the afternoon. This schedule adds an extra hour daylight state employes after quitting time, forees them to begin an hour earlier, so that the number of working hours remain the same. Auditor Gen service, but Sin f fo grant ran- Heginsg and guest who was sentence to he of but remain from Affairs consult hours in his office would 9 to 5. Secretary of Internal James F. Woodward will “mployes to find out Pottsville. —The commission ers have decided not to await the legal suits against his thelr desires county the coal companies £410,000,000 thelr lands, decided once their to This can be done by selling of the valuation to at enforce increased but have power on nse col lections the personal panies and lands on which taxes have not been paid. Large land at Minersville already have been turn into the commissioners and proceed. ings will be begun to sell as well as others which will be reported within apnether week. The county of ficlals say the coal companies not only are delinqueni on a whole year's taxes, but they soon will delinquency on a second year. It is believed that before the can be brought before the court an ad justment will be reached. Pittsbtirgh.-— The bulk of the £1,000, 000 estate of the late Henry Berg, a Verona banker, will go to charity, it developed when the will was admitted to probate. After providing for the construction of a memorial chapel for the German Evangelical Protestant church, Berg made bequests amonnt- in gto 5,000 friends and in Germany. The remainder was divided into 100 parts and then ap- portioned among many Protestant and Catholic institutions. The chief bene ficiary Is the German Protestant Or phans’ Asylum of Pittsburgh, which gets seventeen shares and the Mead- ville theological school, of Meadville, which gets four shares. Berg's only surviving relative is his mother, who is 983 yvears old. She is have the use of the estate as long as she lives Uniontown. — “There are far many high-priced bootleggers getting away, We will have stiffen the bond somewhat in liquor cases,” were the sentiments expressed by Judge E. H. Reppert when Informed that several men, convicted in Hguor cases, had failed to make their appearance, Judge Reppert’s statement came when was informed that Harry Freud, of Brownsville, was missing. Further properties Com tracts of these be penalized for matter to near here fo 10 to he ily had departed for a tour of Europe, and it is belleved that the man ac- companied them. The court indicated that in cases where the “hightoned” bootlegger was arrested the bond would be doubled. Nazareth. Ag the result of a slight cut on his foot, sustained ten days ngo, John Pershal, 13 years old of this place, died in the Bethlehem Hos. pital, Sunbury.-~While playing with her baby, Mrs. Edward Specht, of this place, fell over backward and suffered three fractures of her left arm. Shamokin Caught under a fall of top at Mount Carmel colliery, Bani- ecelo Comdercilo, of Kulpmont, died at the State Hospital here, Lancaster. Raiding a crap game at the Union Stock Yards, state police arrested ten men, Columbia.—The Lancaster county commissioners purchased the Colum- hin and Chestnut Hill turnpike, be. tween Columbia and Ironville, fof £4000, Pittsburgh.——An Information taining nine counts and charging vio Intign of the national prohibition act against William C. Illig, of Erle, has been ordered quashed by Federal Judge Thomson. The court held that the warrant wag fanity. Berwick. — Merger of the Central Pennsylvania and Susquehanna Syn- ods of the Lutheran church was finally approved by the Susquehanna Synod, in annual session here. Independent Lutheran charches in the territory of the two synods but members of neither Dr, William Daniel were of Montgomery, and Jr., of Williamsport, directors of the Susquehanna The statistical report showed nine churches with a 20.000 in the synod. members ship of Former State Thomas B of Philadelphia, was elected president by the Insurance Federation of Penn sylvania Gustav R. Dette, of Philadelphin, was re-elected secretary and manager of next meeting Pittsburgh. Sunhury hroken rail Pennsylvania wreck The press was doe Reading. Commissioner here the organization will likely be Timely on the main line of the railroad uffalo-Washington ex in another five minutes until the damage could be re Wilkes-Barre C1 harged theft of a truck, a touring car and of stock Rept, Pollock, both held in £2500 bail harges by a pair were ing tires, the and entered which room the tires and were (3007 Were H The arrested chase over the moun and mast after an exciting tains with e close detectives behind local pol them of way in a Uniontown charge Thomas was high-powered car Refused a new Masontown £1000 and Solomon, a merchant, fined sen the fine ninety days, a at the expira- workhouse, If costs are pald within be entered sentence. Convicted of conspiracy in connection with the transportation of Brownsville Freud, hetween Uniontown, Henry failed to tence And his bond of 22000 was order forfeited ginger and appear for nd Norristown.—In paroling Bridgeport, from mths where he served half of a two-mu« lHquor, Judge Attorney Miller's manufacturing Miller directed District J investigate story In official to f ’ publle purchase a still use of hoth Through the efforts of John's Refor church, HefTelfinger teacher, returns to his school at China, take plant ent el wire school bullding Philadeliphisz A for protected electric tries where by presence or men Milton the when (Clarence he will suffi and light cowfn, and ndus workmen of Was are the combustible explosives adopted nt monthly meeting of the Meeker Meeker stated industry Commissioner sided that the new of the first appointed to campaign of publicity to manufacturer to the hygienic conditions pre Commissioner cole will not class A formulate plans committee io 8 the proper department educate need of The moving pleture industry in displaying A picture the latest method of improving factory health conditions Irwin. three checks on the First Bank of Irwin, in Febrnary, Green, colored, of this place rested at Cleveland Marysville.~This has its sec ond woman school Mrs. Lau. ra Snyder, appointed to fill a vacancy Uniontown. Stricken with Carl Busch, aged 71, a native many, died at his home here Hazleton School chikkren ing given practical lessons in munlel- pal government and are attending the meetings of and court hearings Aundenried. — Nicholas Hillick, 23. a driver in the Audenried mines of the lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal company, died from Injuries received by being kicked in the ahdomen by a mule, South Brownsville.—When his rain. coat caught on a switch handle, W. M Marshall, aged 27, a brakeman for the M. R R., was dragged under the wheels of a freight train and crushed to death. Altoona. ~-Arbutux was the choice of the students in the public schools here for state flower. Altoona. ~The Rotary (Club is com- piling a list of the crippled children here with a view to having them treat. ed. Seranton. Edwin Mills, an electri cian, was killed when he fell from a crane in the Lackawanna rallroad shops here, Hazleton, ~The Elks have purchased the home of Alvan Markle, Sr, for about £100,000, Unlontown.—With about 1000 mem. bers, the Unlontown Motor Club was crganized to take the place of the Fayette County Automobile Club, Willinmsport, George FF. Vincent, aged 656 years, distriet circulation sup- ervisor for a Philadelphia paper, was found dead In bed in his room at » hotel here, showing was ar town director, of are he counctl police * CONNIE THINKS TRIS GOOD AT FIRST BASE If Cleveland Manager's Legs Go Wrong He Would Do Well at the Initial Sack. e— Connie Mack has & feeling that Tris as a first-sacker, When he read that Guisto start ‘he season and Bower would suc ceed him in case the Californian failed to come up to expectations, Mack re- marked: fall have and Bower to wouldn'g to Have you ever watched Speak Well, he pnts first and if Guisto Speaker “Even deliver, er plaving the infield? a lot of around very capably center field calls for If Speaker finds his lower bothering him, I*can see no he couldn't shift to first He is a wonder on ground balls left-hander, has a fine arm and is 'r has every asset and It out time base, “Playing limbs are reason why is a a sure catch, Spe of a star furprise wouldn't his en first-sacker me if he rounded reer at that position” There is much logic to Mack's obser has practiced a He is r manager at great deal first base g a bit of experience he could more than It Is possible that Speaker may joh In case However, Speaker feels that Gulsto will deliver and that in Brower he has &n equally capable substitute Diamond Squibs Reiger with The caught non has Ver veteran Elmer on again, this time * * ’ The Salt Lake City club had a sur. plus of fnd Bob Kinsella was the one to he discarded CI outfielders The goal of ball hits keep pace with the average college hase to make tl} the team sho he error column St hinw The Joseph club Bob Brown to Molly Mq¢ . * =» and Pitcher % to Sioux City roit and New fight It pennant, York will Americar » opinion of Ty ( the league ‘obh Nnager o ve at least accurate The nounced, will Indianapolis abandon ining camp next spring » . » Donnie Bush manager, i= of pep plavers for the coming * » -. Washington's expected to instill his into his collection sea Rnn wh and Dan Howley heads together and arranged for a Joint training camp for the Detroit and Toronto at Augusta, next spring have put teams in * . * t} is of The “old the Western year is the Omaha team man's home” many from Manas ger Ed Koney down * * . years’ experience, Ricks, college first trial with baseman, Atlanta in Cappy had a hy the Scranton club of the New York 9 » A fan explaining why a team would get anywhere in its that team had a weakness in its pitch. weakness In ite outfield and weakness in ite Infield * + 0 Paul versity Oshorne, captain of the Uni of Louisville baseball team, and a big fellow who can do most anything in athletics, will join the Louisville Colonels when school closes, - » » Manager Jim Plerce of the Hamil ton Mint team wanted no ex-mana- gers hanging around, so he sold Ernest Calbert, last season's leader of the Hams, to the Decatur club of the Three-1 league, * . » Pat Flaherty, left-handed pitcher fa- mous in the old days for his quick re turn delivery, later scout and minor league manager, has been appointed assistant coach of athletics at Prince. ton university, *. ee Frank Chance Is the only manager on record In baseball who deliberately picked his own team to finish last. Chance Is quoted in Boston newspa- pers as saying the Red Sox positively will finish in the American league cellar, * se Tom Lukanovie, pitcher, ix back In the Three league, the Terre Haute club having obtalned him from Tulen. He was with Peoria In 1019. Another new Terre Haute pitcher is Paul Stumb, who was with Decatur and Moline last year. | Al 1 let t——J ini paid $75,000 ’ (HN) Giants, The the baseball world stars of the diamond. i tr onneil, In center is Willie Kann Jack eves of Frrssssssssnsssssnnssnnns Bentley Improves Batting by Change Said tion Juck Bentley when men wis made of the similarity of his batting position to Ruth “1 used take the long, hard at ball Ruth takes, but found myself stepping much kind far fo out the {On that out have take swing to hit them Ruth but I found out that if I wanted to strike out You to of a en as does, less and make more base hits I'd have to tighten up and I did. It seemed to me that by making the change 1 the was ball «lub playing more for NE 4 Fressssssssssssansssssnssnannns ARAL RBARRRRR RRR S RRs san nnd | ' Babe Ruth States He Made Pruett Pitcher RiNise of had Recently, when asked | | Babe | humor despite the Ruth still retains a poor season he { isl summer iw hat pitchers in the American league { were i hardest to hit, he replied in all | Answer Pruett I nd 4 v rd foul off him Ver even | respectable First I were total when he tran Browns gers ¢ hed for the ot a back swinging the pitel were ers say right on the getting base hits I AR bird is deadly for me Kinds » or six kinds of poison three and He has of slow halls dinky curves gets a fellow's “1 made nu kid last | view with nerve her out of that concinded the inter great pite season,’ Babe | Bentley Valuable at First or as Pitcher Jack Bentley's batting and pitching make it a | | difficult matter for a manager to de | whether the big fellow is more | valuable as a first baseman and hitting i them hard and often or as a pitch {ing =tar. Thix has been quite a puzzle | {to Jack Dunn, manager of the Balti | | more Orioles for last Averages weaKOn | « ide lentley took part in 153 games last season, during most of which he acted ag first base guardian. He was 619 | times at bat. scored 100 runs, made | 216 hits (of which were home runs), for a 40 averages. He stole six bases | and ranked third in the unofficial bat. ting league averages compiled for the | International league. As a pitcher he turned in 13 victories and suffered only one defeat: Rochester administered this lone defeat In 1921 Bentley ranked third in the International league averages with percentage of 871, py — Catcher DeVormer Catcher DeVormer, secured from the New York Yankees, is proving to be a tower of strength for Manager Frank Chance of the Boston Rea Sox. intro hed wlio tHe worid s the ( champion Glants who cost hicago White Sox $100,- are centered on these three high priced Makes Graceful Leap CR Sporting Squibs of All Kinds heavyweight Fulton Raipl Walter Cox fil train a stable gusta, ioht int r y of fe f Willie and handshaking . arm $10 00x, Hoppe is in- he ordered y JO suy Early iIf-mile track meetings through ¢ ( for the ceived big lista Yenuis entry ir earl josing « - . * Leonard |} held the Benny weight as ght champlonship crown since 1917 twen: old He is 1-8OVPN YOArs - - * A. C. Wall, "24, West Orange has been elected captain of the Princeton 1024 of hockey team for university The Horse Review Futurity for foals 1922 with 888 entries, the largest number received in five vears - . » closed Young Stribling of Macon, Ga., wel. terweight champion of the South, has his mother for his manager and trainer - - » George T. Moeschen, veteran short stop, who is now playing at third base, was elected captain of the Columbia university baseball team . . » Fred Enke, assistant coach at South position of athletic director at Louis ville university, Louisville, K¥ . * The ringer score in golf is nothing * - - American ring titles are held as fol- lows: Three hy Italians, three hy Irish Americans, one by a Hebrew and one by a man of American parentage BARRA ARRAS RR SRR RRR Rn Thinks Tigers May Be Trouble Makers Miller Huggins has cut the Browns out of the pennant race. In an Interview the manager of the Yankees is quoted as fol lows ; “1 think it will be a fight all the way between Detroit and New York,” says he. “Just such a fight as it was last year be tween the Yankees and Browns, I do not think St. Louis, Chicago or Cleveland will have ‘roaft’ pitching capable of keeping them in the swim.” Vassar anssssssnnssssssand (PSs asssss res RsRETRRRRRRTR ani AT ARRALALRAAAATARLARB ARRAN RE. J | A HAPPY MAN “Going to move this s “NO. “(iol ny 1 re going 4 sleeping porch or somethin en ’ «x0, ig to decorate the resume you “Great Scott! Isn't anything unpleasa fortable to do this year? Mary's Bright idea. “It's no wonder you're such a sissy,” “Your pa and justice of the declared the bad i boy. mas pence.” Well,’ the noise 1 1} your house, your pa were married by a retorted ir dep ndent Mary, coming from na muset huve ry of war. “from * been reels Pathfinder. married by the ses Myrtle hile was pl I whist Mrs she aying with ! evening what the trump was al least times Maude— Were Myrtle-—] You not provoked? ! As 4%} should say so Scientific Salesmanship. iger—Why did that customer out without bus 3 Saleslady-—We didn’ what she wanted Manager in -Y on what are not they supposed them them want, Sell #t we have, Evidence Against Her. “Don’t you thi Alice sings with a of Ne deal feeling” Can ay that | do If ” she Bad her friends’ g she ing would “are i pa Bathing Enough in Summer. He—And to th that yon have Bo bath in the She-— Well you nx house stan mths at the seaside every - rer « permil Didn't Feel the Heat Te ou may he no A SERIOUS MATTER Neverwed-—The good old mother in-law joke seems about played out. Longwed—The real motherdinlaw never was a joke except to you guys who were never up against one, A Possibility. Yhen you suffer fre it go here is a chance Because you Keeg Don't at Why the Pistol? A Chicago man fainted when he saw his new hat And vomen insist using husbands wife's yet some on revolvers on their Too Late for Congratulations “Some one told me you had gem May 1 congratulate mar ried you, if it “Thanks, week.” but it is; | was Tit-Bits married London Qualified. Have you ax a Waiter? Appiicant—1 carried one tne in college, had i*‘roprietor any ex I OTe Six courses at ogues, Flubb—I never could make a speech. Pubb-<That's too had. Flubb—So I always say “Silence in golden Emiiy~Helen and May nothing but their diamonds. Carrie—It must have been a brik liant conversation. ‘ —— talked _of Timely Advice, The lady declared she was a indy. Whereat the other lady sald: ‘Now, listen. Every lady is a lady. Never start an argument about an established fact” Kidder's Address to Fools. “1 wonder if Professor Ridder meant anything by it” “By what?" “He advertised a lecture on ‘Fools and when I bought a ticket It was marked ‘Admit One. “London Tit Bits, ntsalsim——————— Willing to Pay. She-—A penny for your thoughts, Stayiate—1 was thinking of going. Her Father (from head of stairs)- Give him a dollar, Margie—it's worth t.
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