PENNSYLVANIA STATE ITEMS Reading.—Ice cream manufacturers here decided to increase the price of fce cream from $1.30 a gallon to $1.40. Seranton. Stricken with heart fall- ure as he entered the auditorium of and died before medical ald could be summoned, state, was 45 years old, and a brother W. Ellis, of this city. Pittsburgh.—An estate valued at bate here, Legacies total £161,000, are given a one-quarter residuary estate, Bellefonte, of Philadelphia, at the Rockview Penitentiary murder of Hattie Bailey, his law wife, in September, 1921, usual features attended the cution. Newson, accompanied by G. C. Courtney and Rev. M. Maynard, was taken to the chair and following three contacts was pronounced dead by Dr. Robert Campbell. The body was unclaimed and will be buried in the penitentiary cemetery. Neranton.——Asked by the court If he had anything to say before the death &entence was pronounced on him, John Myma, aged 29, killing Wolf Glou, a merchant, made a dramatic *h In court Myma quoted from the Bible, likened himself Azarus and pointed to his ers as rich men. “I'll die like a and, like Lazarus, go to Heaven, cause I'm not gt of murder,” Myma. «<eath sentence, the be fixed by the Uniontown.—Mike Manifold, is in the charged with killing Fayette City, himself up tes Years, The prisoner said tant period he miles of Fayette (‘jt the he deci; Hazleton.—Frank is at the Hazlet fractures of share in the Clarence Newson, color ed, was for common No un- electro the lev, Depul death convicted of local Spee to ACCus- man, here ilty sald ! Court then pronounced date of which will governor Peconish, county jall here, John Dobish in ten vears age. He According to the authorl- Peconish has been sought for that resided wi twenty He never county, 1 Jwhlle playing boys. *hiladeiphia two old South Darien human of the ht Workmen houses at 2038 demolish ng 1nd Street unearthed parts of Aa sKelefor The first part rey . > rame was discovered under the ar of 200 by a workman as he turned to throw a spadeful of iis clay into a Furt parts, until wagon rr digging the The and of revealed other jot of dug up were picked up in a basket to city bones was bones taken Dette arted delving into unsolved murder mysteries in that vicinity far sixty years back During the civil war it was a notori- run by the For the hall by Lieutenant tives Belshaw, whe st as as Ous resort “Dad” Cunningham ’ and was rendezvous Of Jumpers. has been gecuplied as dwellin and previous to that Harrisburg. —County not entitled cents bounty years [it house =, past forty was a treasurers are to charge ten for issuing a transferred from ather, fits informed In Deputy Attorney Pittsburgh Heense for a county of Agriculture dog an Wit opinion by one in Secretary was an (reneral drown -Motormen and conduct org of the Pittshurgh Rallways com- pany have to an 11 per cent wage increase, amounting to seven cents an hour. The new maxi- mum pay will be 67 cents an hour for an 8% -hour day voted accept 3 Negotiations opened Six weeks ago. the men demanding an increase of twenty cents an hour and the recelvers offering six cents teading.—John H. Marquet won a verdict of 32051 and Ralph D. Bitler one of $1068 in their suits against the Consumers’ Gas company for losses sustained when their homes at Birds. boro were destroyed by fire alleged fo have resulted from explosion due to a broken gas main Wilkes-Barre, urglars entered the clothing store of Harry Rosenthal and carried away goods to the value of several hundred dollars Greensburg. Thirty-six automobile drivers of this city and vicinity pald fines for violating parking ordinances. Scotch Valley. —A shovel operated by gasoline, the first in the anthracite flelds, has been obtained for an ex- tensive stripping contract here. Reading—Ear! Paulsgrove, aged 23, of Stony Creek, is suffering from a fractured skull at a Reading hospital, A blast of dynamite discharged In a field scattered stones through the win- dows of a dwelling on the farm of former Judge Robert Bushong, at Wernersville, Mi. Carmel Dr. Carl Broghamer, has been held in 8500 ball for court trial on a charge of practicing opto- metry without a leense, Huzleton —Overexertion while dig- gling a garden here caused the death of Nicholas Baka, aged 64. : Newport,—The sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the Newport Pres byterian church was celebrated with special services, Schaeflerstown. Five hundred mem. bers of the Patriotie Order, Sons of America, participated in the annual convention of Lebanon county camps bare, : Pittsburgh.—The will of the late William Penn Snyder, disposing of estate worth $40,000,000, was up- held In court when all exceptions to Snyder, who was a leader in the iron industry, owning furnaces In the Shenango Valley, ore boats on the lakes and extensive fron deposits in the Lake Superior region, left his es tate In a trust for the continuation of the business. The wili was attacked by his daughter, Mrs, Mary Snyder virtually disin- dependent upon left in control had been made were and who of the estate, Wilkes-Barre. Watson, Attorney Ww. Ww. of Seranton, aged counsel against the Sterling Hotel company, of this city, collapsed while pleading He is 79 years old, and the services of a phy- were necessary to restore him. plaintiff is suing the hotel com- pany for the loss of a diamond ring, valued at $3450 while she was a guest f Drifton.—The department of State station here on land furnished by the Lehigh Valley Coal company Altoona automobiles at a street In Forney, real and Miss Anna E. Dingeldeln wei Ellsworth 8S estate deal The will meet York sion public service June 8 COMMS here to hear the filed tariffs against the proposed the Yor} olf Pittsburgh were Bectiuge two of the killed state and indict carried con in jail the nolle prossed The that two arresting officer of and Charles Florig, told the men, Riley death during a recently met hold up in Raymond Thi % jail. Their $ Pottsville schools were ordered ba was NeCeRKary sdopt the same sof house clock on rein Pottsville bachelor increase no he house thought “€et 3 Married, ed, “as IA June, ome 1s the banner of the HIArriages, are guessing be a suspension of wi Bethlehem Albert Rittersville, was four cellar of his old. the home whet she from became worried the absence house while ready to TE . uppers were busy getting thes to Butztown into the cells Mrs, Freed her lying on the from a stroke of apoplexs Harrisburg —The followis for highway construct ed by the hi Warren Spring Gar den fownship, York county, 845,777.10 to Garvey-Weyvenberg Construction Company, Appleton, Wis, Slippery Rock borough and tock township, Butler, Sutler Summit The £263 paid i he Harrisburg —Publie who are contributors Retirement Fund, and who age of 70 in July and August, months in which school Is rot in session, must he retired, Deputy Attorney Wallace held In an tary Baisch, of the Washington First honors members of graduating Washington Jefferson were divided by Boyd C. Patterson, of Crafton, Pa., and John Paulding, ©. honors vided among Alfred Leckler, na, O.; C. M. Muir, Washington. D. C.: move (yoing dine OVere husband floor dead Feoniracts on were award ghwhs rothers, department: To Joston, North Si ppery S105.762.08 and and uiler, J064.62 projects will be townships, cost of these counties 1 ‘ool teachers reach the General opinion to Seere retirement board the at to the and class Second was di Russell H. McCain, Frederick, and Frederick Hess, Washington, Pa. Harrisburg.—The department following health officers: Mrs. Ethel townships, Wayne county Beegle, Roaring Spring, to serve Taylor, Freedom and Greenfield town ships, Blair county, and Augustus Greenville, Fairhope and ton townships, Somerset county, Marysville~<Rye township, which adjoins this place, is planning the con- solidation and grading of all its schools, Uniontown. Arrested hers, John Gaswald, who was so drunk that he could not tell his address, was found to have $014.28 on his person, Mr. Carmel. While making repairs to the roof of his home, Eugene Zida- nowitz fell twenty-five feet to an fron fence, where he was impaled, Wilkes-Barre. —A jury here awarded $882.22 to William Coban, of Pittston township, for damage to his property by a cavedn of the Pennsylvania Coal company. Lebanon.—Former State Senator Cyrus R. Lantz suffered a fractured bip In a fall here Northamp- » . - Pitching Mainstays Still Going Nicely Those pltching mainstays, Walter Johnson of Washington and G,. C, Alexander of the Chi- cago Nationals, show no sign of letting up in their effectiveness. or rather, they are off to a much better start than has been the case In some recent years. Though both are well entitled to be considered veterans, John- son's tenure of service exceeds that of the Cub boxman by sev- eral vears, PBB BRR Bf » LOAD OF BIRD SHOT Injury to Brooklyn Outfielder’s Forehead Greatly Improves Batting Eye. Although it sounds paradoxical, a the outfielder wad of bird shot pumped into body of Turner Barber, the obtained by Brooklyn from Chicago in made the former a much bet batsman, From the Sastained one character of the injury iid think that Bar ber's playing would be impaired, but he insists that it worked just the and the records the He batted 1921 and 300 last season. Th wot op fo S14 points to isseriion accidental, e shooting, purely oe Milan wus Tenn, picking of the player's home at YOUrs sgo Barber get within pheasant un huntsman, Io of a Just as he popped his head giming distance fellow fired to discharge his musket, a taking him Barber fell for a deer shotgun, and bleeding profusely wonnds One piece of shot Lead, between the eve ing the of total blin in the nerve wi caused three i nose, the left hand near and in Barber dug lodged lef the calf of the is leg wit} phiveician hang it wi Ta unnecessars the meta the forehes id nose and Barber £ round feared at fi bother it seemed them with hin rt tha fii would evesigh that ! and has of All Kinds Bwitzeriand has 13 « * » golf San Francisco Athletic league rowing the high schools, * fans as » major sport in University of Pennsylvania in the Quaker City October § next. . 2 ning, free style and breast stroke swim- ming champions of Australia, are tour ing New Zealand, oo Robert 1. Benbow, "24. Aberdeen, 8 D.. has been elected captain of the University of Wisconsin wrestling team for next year. . * » Romeo Maciel, an Argentine long distance swimmer and holder of the world's endurance record, having cov- ered 27 miles in 24% hours, will tempt next August to the Eng lish channel, oy at swim The meet Ontario championship athletic may be awarded London, Ont, The nearness of the Olyin- ple games promises unusnal interest in the tests, Rookin Ma ing Good Rbskiy LvEeUR, erat SOUL paw pitcher of (he Chicago White Sox, wis with Little Rock last year, but was given un trial by the New York tants this spring only to be shipped back to Arkansas. The Sox took Tony on trial. aud he is waking good. a a a ca a a a a a | m WE UR UM UN RE WR OTRONN OI UDO UN UNE ONO NRE RN ON NEN RS ation Jack Bentiey graph the quence of action is begun by the thre oh the three at | Miss Bauer Boosts Swimming for Giri Miss Sybill Bauer of Chicage : fi famous, sw af a camp Hea ged CHAAR ERE EERE EEE EE ee ee i i ER - Hail Southpaw as Find Nick Dunnovich, the nineteen-vear Pacific Coast who was from Wrigles An- his Chi outfit, hailed finds Al did the sums Bill to ‘ub geles, one of the Nick bring enormous ed to shine just as brightly, Springfield to Give A $1200 purse for a free-for-all trot, sald to be the largest amount of money ever raced for over a half-mile track, is announced hy Charles A. Nash, general manager of the Eastern States exposition. The race will be over the exposition tracks at Spring field, Mass, the week of September 16. Three $10,000 events, at Read ville, Hartford and Syracuse, are the biggest purses to be raced for on the Grand circuit this season. The exposi- tion track is considered one of the widest in the country, with exception. ally wide turns, allowing big fields to race comfortably, C—O AAA AN Right-Handers Shift Around to Southpaws Three members of the Cleveland team who throw lefthanded were in their boyhood natural righthanders, They are Tris Speaker, Sherrod Smith and George Winn, Some accident or other led each to shift to the left, just showing what one can do If he will Speaker broke his right arm as a boy, Smith broke his left collarbone and Winn says he just made himself a left. hander because he wanted to be a southpaw, Elli E SE EEREN AENEAN EN EEEAN EEE RAEREENNESTESS bought The itching hampion Glants left and {8 completed by dh Baseball Notes { g hit vital suffer. Cleveland has 32 | fields and 17 for { youthful recreational sym followers indo reads he Nationals have it Outfielder Fred Leach from the Philadelphia | boug! ciub Rochester of the league . es » Followers of the Cabs prophesy that Kelleher will { diamond =i: listed amon HE bse the great rs before the close of the season, . +» Manager Robinson, Brooklyn Nation : als, offered oley of the Baltimore league club S100. for international - - * Newark, Intern pitcher tional leagle team, named See, Ought to make a good umpire when his piteh- : ing days over *. - - ure The purchase of “Lefty” Davenport, | pitcher, from the Chicago Americans ig announced hy the New Haven | Eastern league club * » * Another homerun i have made hix debut king in the National, catcher of last year, - - - Cincinnati has the veteran team of | the major leagues. It Is stated that {| the average age of the “regular” Reds is above thirty-one years, * * » club of the Western league, 4‘ . * Everett McGowan, former national professional skating champion, is be ing given a trial as an outfielder by the St. Paul club of the American asso ciation, . * The Braves look like anything but tallenders. If thelr young pitchers stand up, Matty's club ought to raie a berth near the top of the second Ji vision. . » - From the way the Cardinals are slamming the ball it looks as if the 8t. Louis team is out to make troubie for National league pitchers again this season. “ro. Rannie Young, late conch at Milliken university, pitched a game against Rockford, allowing no hits nor passes and being faced by only twen- ‘ty-seven batssgen, MUSIC AND FOOD “They didn't pay much my speech at the banquet given honor.” “No,” replied Senator Borghum, attention in wm “But fine.” “Did they play ‘Hail to the Chief?” “Maybe. But it sounded to me more Hke ‘Hall to the Chef. "Washington Star. Da Capo. Mother—S8ay your prayers, darling. Little Ann—But I did so last night, Mother—But you've got to do it all ver again, Little hut (Stock. Aann—~That's it—nothing Kasper Nor Sprayed, Either, “There's one good “What's that?” “It doesn’t have to be trimmed every ZO L~ PERFECT “What do you think of him?” “As a chump he le one hundred per cent. efficient” Simp. Spelling. and 1 and ¢ we AT Yew to be mixed u ar aye sen spelled u we nl Dun invited to Come Often. Shall 1 Bil i row? Young Lawyer—Da! C ple will think you are 1 Collector rill bring others. —Lond On Grounds of Insanity He What was the £ ‘ by Bagley mit} atid against 1h He Quickest Proposal on Record. She (as he enters) It's so | you were forgetting He-—1 am for getting I've ealled. Wil He Should Know Hotel $d Manager—The long around is the shortest was know Stranger—I"il say wag taxicab you; yOu marr an’ That's these drivers firure Mean Insinuation. Miss Vera Playne—1 think dreadful, Miss Fayre—Yonu everything you read, cear, shouldn In Keeping “The scene,” declared the voun Ing “Nour description was rather ged,” suggested the veteran editor. on QUITE APROPOS 1st Fish—What did Mr. Bass sing at the concert? 2nd Fish--Rocked in the cradle of the deep! Not in Love. The letters of the alphabet The tender passion are above Full twenty-six there are and yet But four of them are in love Life Doesn't Change Much. “I used to have a hard time sneaking away fYom howe to go to the circus” “Nest” “And now 1 have an even harder time sneaking away to go to a poker game." Cincinnati Enquirer, se E——— «Into Eternity, ‘ First Girl (very annoyed) seem as If she'll never get through at that telephone, Second Girl—She's talking to ber fiance. First Girl—Ab, yes; she wants a life time connection, A, A Natural inquiry, Blinks—This {tem a hat in In dia often girls are betrothed before they are born, Jinks—~Huh! How do they know they are going to be girls?
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