PENNSYLVANIA
STATE ITEMS
Shamokin.~-William
61, a contract miner,
tween mine cars here,
Uniontown.—Severely
Judge E.
“poison pen” offenders, W. N,
editor of the Watchman, a weekly pub-
lication, and E. V. Bowker, Mason-
town correspondent of the newspaper,
were sentenced to pay a fine of $100
and the in the in
they were charged with crimi-
libel. The fine apd eosts amount
The prosecutor in the case
M. Howard, of Fayette
best known highly re-
spected citizens,
Meadville,
Tressler, aged
was killed be-
scored
each COStS case,
which
nal
to
was J.
county's
S365.
one
and
~(yeorge Ewing, colored,
was held for the September grand
Jury for the charge of murder,
result of Ewing shooting Prince Craw-
ford through the heart during a quar-
rel at a construction camp near Mead-
ville a week ago.
Pottsville—A pin prick in her fin-
ger in the death of Mrs.
Elizabeth Updegrove, wife of Milton
Updegrove, of Mulr, at the Pottsville
Hospital. Lockjaw ensued and efforts
of physicians for a week failed in the
end Mrs. Updegrove the
glight injury while housecleaning and
as usual In such abraisons, pgfd little
attention to trouble until ]
poisoning set She
of
as a
resulted
sustained
the hloog
in. was O00 years
nge.
Drifton.
Lil
Deitch, of
land, miner, and Theodore Thomaskli,
laborer, had a ¢ i
death In the No. 10 slope of
Lehigh
Joseph Free-
fy
lose eall Ir t
t ¥
insts
on colliery of the
¥, when
ing down thousands
rock and within
where they worked
Coal
were bur
over $100
recovered,
thlehem.~—At city council meetis
“Chapple”
promoter and produce
charged that hootlegging was going on
Clty
i
by
+
te investiga
dozen stalls at the
charges took council
immedia
an
1
mises
There 2.750.000)
more pounds of domestic
poultry 1,000 (00)
pound f butter hel
Pennsylvania on Jun
game 1922, the
announced
in pork and pork products,
(x)
were
and
meats
more than
d In storaj
30 than or
bureau of
date in
The greatest increase w
with 1,660,
pounds, and In
more
22,438,066) dozens
toamoatie
more GOINEeNLIC
poultry, w TRO.000 pounds
There were of eggs
the high
second
swt record for any June 30 period
reported in storage,
since
storage law was created, being
by the record of 1922
29 000.000
the }
he bureau points out,
week, and
dings present
IOIGINX
for
aozens, Ihe
0 dozen eggs a
two and a half d
the state of 0,006,000)
Harrisburg. Appoit
hoards trustees
Hazleton Hospital, John
Freeland ; Pennsylvania
Kallors’ Home, Erle, State
Marshall L. Phipps, Franklin.
Altoona. to the
525 brought to the
division of the Pennsylvania
from the
and are
shops at
Th
Zens per
lents,
capita
resi
itments t
#
of announced were:
State Shigo,
Soldiers’
Negroes
have been
raliroad
gouth wit
finding employment
Altoona and along the
are housed in
camps, six of which are maintained
by the company. !
Pittsburgh.—Robert T Honldon,
who heard the testimony
in the divorce action of Herman Karp-
les ngainst his wife, Edna, recommend-
to the court that divorce be
granted. There never had been any
serious diffesences in the family, the
master reported, but when Karples
found In 1921 that his business com-
pelled his residence in Pittsburgh, his
wife refused to leave New York, and
he filled petition. They were married
17 years ago.
Harrisburg. —Activities of the state
police for the past two weeks in their
prohibition enforcement campaign re
in the arrest of 198 persons,
Seizures Included 19 stills, 13 trucks,
six automobiles, six harrels and 4454
quarts of whisky, 78668 gallons of mash,
938 gallons of moonshine, 555 gallons
of alcohol, 42 gallons of cider, 178
gallons of wine, 164 bottles of Jamaica
ginger, 1600 pounds of sugar and 244
barrels, 500 cases and 351 bottles of
beer,
Wilkes-Barre. -—General Asher Min.
er commander of the 100th field artil-
lery in the world war, announced his
retirement” from the military service,
going Intp private life with the rank
of major general, which he earned In
the Penngsylvanin national guard. Gen-
eral Miner recently returned from a
tour of the world. He lost a leg in
the battle of Apremont in the world
war.
Pittshurglh—Mack Bullock, a negro,
of Lumberton, N. CO, died here, the
third victim of a steel mill accident.
Harrisburg. Governor Pinchot Is-
sued respltes staying the electrocution
of Marcantonly Daniels and Angelo
Gragassa, Washington county, from
the week beginning July 30 to the
week beginning October 1.
West Hazleton—This borough has
organized a Good Government League
to secure annexation to Hazleton.
Nanticoke.~8ix men were seriously
hurned in a gas explosion in the Avon
dale mine of the Glen Alden Coal
sompany. ! ‘
the
line,
in
ey
a8 master,
ed the
sulted
Willlamsport.—Vernon HII, 26, was
electrocuted in his home here while
taking a bath, as he stood In the tub
and grasped an electric light fixture,
Freeland. ~Tax collectors of this
borough and Foster township have Is.
sued more than 100 warrants for the
arrest of women voters, charged with
falling to pay thelr taxes,
Pittsburgh. —City detectives raided
an underground oplum den In the Sec-
layouts and narcotics valued
at £1000 and arrested Yee Fung, the
alleged proprietor. A number of Chi
nese, who were in the place when the
Thirty-five barres of what prohihition
Three men conveying it on
hearing
before a federal commissioner,
Wilkes-Barre.—Caught under the
wheels of a moving freight train, Peter
16,
Hurrisburg.
ments have
his legs,
Heads of state
to
for the
lost one of
depart.
ordered
heen prepare
budget data use
the administration, and have been In
structed to apportion thelr
tion expenditures
per cent for
for next vear. It Is
this is done
allotment will
ment of employes this year under re.
organization and will permit new ad-
ditions to the salary roll of the state
government next vear
Altoona. — Through the
Safety Council violators of thé tr
appropria-
of 45
and 55 per cent
that
on the basis
this year
understood
the 45
necessitate a
because cent
curtall-
per
and It
of the
ted hy
the city.
Easton
was discharged
Penitentiary, in
large crowd afraid
the window
$1
found tha
infractions
has been
have
motorists who
{Charles Smith,
from the E
the presence of a
!
‘ho recent.
ly stern
to stop him, hroke
husiness
coal and
v 14 s TH $vvy eh
piRice 1o i iN Asie }
committed to the Norths
Jail to aweit a
Harrisburg
Professor
pmpton
hearing.
The appointmen
ries H JHadley as direc
of ¢ 1 iy
continue to devote
irk
Erie and
Pennsylivan
1e deral w
The
river cana:
Harrisburg Lake
board, 1
State Park and of
Frie, Washington Crossing Park come
mission and
harbor
the Valley Park
commission may not a
'mbers
willl
in
ire not m
commissions, Sch
special deputy attorney
In an opinion to Major Robert
Sturat, secretary of fi
FOnOr
genera
rests anda
ers, announced. The opinion held t
under the administration reorganize
tion « boards and commission
which are empowered to select
ode, the
SR0TEe.
i
taries other t
han members,
Harri
of fisheries has
urg The state departn
issued more
for use of outll
ary 1
ath
permits
spears
Shamokin
or gigs since Janu
fifth d
The ‘
from
28,
wald, aged 30,
when
occurred
died at
(ieorge (Os
the State Hos
Hazleton.—Ralph Novak and An
Wasoonitz, miners, of Freeland,
this place, were badly burned by
No. 4
ir
12
tion of the Jeddo Highland Coal com-
an
1 the opera-
Rheems.—~Enos F. Lloyd of this
in charge of bottling de-
parement of the Landis Sanitary Milk
Farm, tripped on a and
2 number of ribs
West Hazleton.~—~Couneil has author
ized putting before the voters a 825.
000 bond issue proposition for a new
fire alarm system and to motorize the
fire department.
Sunbury.—~The Susquehanna Is so
low here that it is only tour feet above
the water company's intake main,
Hauto.-~John Oslak, of this place,
was taken to the Coaldale Hospital In
a serious condition from burns sus-
tained when a kerosene lamp exploded.
Tamaqua.~~Her clothing becoming
ignited while she was playing with
matches, Mary Koch, aged 8, was
saved from death by her father, Wil
liam Koch, who threw a rug about her.
Pittshurgh.——Miss Gerace Cain died
in a Séwickigy hospital from injuries
received when her flance’s automobile
was wrecked near Imperial. Charles
Gitteon, engaged to marry Miss Cain,
was not injured. The machine was
wrecked when Gittson swerved from
the road to avold striking a cow,
Pottsville. ~The next six-county fire
men's convention will be held here,
Port Carbon.~The north branch of
the Schuylkill river, above this place,
is the lowest in history, due to the
long drought.
Harrisburg. Appointment of Cay
C’. Brosius, of Rauchtown, s&s superin-
tendent of schools of Clinton county,
was announced by State Superinten-
dent Becht.
Kingston. ~The West Penn electric
and Rallways company will erect a
new power plant near here at a cost
of about £700,000,
Willlamsport.—~Hundreds of fish
were found along ‘the river bank at
pointe west of here, due to some
strong poison in the water.
Uniontown.~~Kitchen help Is so
wii here that bonuses are being
paid,
the
bottle
*
kad
jefore a
Yankees and
stadium Dan
right-hand man,
pitcher, Chief
recent game between the
Athleticg at the Yankee
Murphy, Connie Mack's
Bush Yankee
ender, former Athletic
pitcher and Bob Shawkey, Yankee
twirler, held an Interesting confab of
old times,
Joe
Heavyweight Champs
Tom Hyer .....
Yankee Sullivan .....
John Morrissey ..
John C. Heenan. ......
Coburn ....
James Dunn ...
Mike McCool
Tom Allen
Joe Goss
Paddy
1840-1853
2
1853-1857
1857-1863
Joe 18683-1865
1865-1866
. 1566-1860
18680-1876
ISTH 1880
Ryan 1880-1882
INN. 802
Connie Mack Must Worry
Reve 1 or andl Tis sf ' y
‘alberg
recently, |
Sief pitch
the squad
3 fr:
Having
troubles
MIrse
game wh he doubl
stag
New Red Sox Officials
Old-Time Ball Players
It doesn't
ir all the
chasers of
Dr. Robert
Quinn
seem to hax
Drury,
once a
Doctor Drury, now
Ohio
wns i
professional
famous
a surgeon in
for several vears as player and man.
ager, among the led 1
those of Wilkesharre and Binghan
was
teams he
Bespectacled Baseball
Players Quite Scarce
The bespectacled baseball player is
in the big leagues. Michigan has
He is
who came
Eddie
to
Gibson,
the
her baseball
star southpaw, fore
lowa at Ann Arbor. Gibson
His Arm Goes Bad
Ray French, infielder of the Brook-
yn National Baseball club, who Is sor-
rowfully watching the games go on
from the beach. French, who cost the
squire of Flatbush something like £10.
000, was playing up to expectations
when something happened to his arm
“hence the benching process. Base
ball's bonesetters have given him the
once over, but have wagged their
heads In despair. Ray. however, has
ot given up hope, and he believes It
is only a matter of thoe before he will
again be playing.
1
Baseball
Notes
Riley, first
has been sold to Washington.
. 0»
Jim
Shreveport's
With or without
! Rogers Hornsby,
1 § 54 Way,
the Cardinals seem to be
loging ball games
Se HR ER ER UNE URE ER WD ON WEE ER OREO Eee
SP Emm"... "ne
Lively Ball Hurts
Kip Belbach, formerly with
althmore, Washington and Bos
ton In the American league a
decade back, is now a prosper-
ous farmer.
He lives near Columbus and
finds time to take a lot of inter
est in the sport. Like most of
the old timers, believes the
Hvely ball has taken away the
brilliant pitching and fielding
features that were once so allur-
ing to the fans
Selbach came to Washington
as a catcher, but was
the outfield when he first joined
that club and never back
of the plate again.
he
fted to
went
v »
2S NE NT NNR GENS ES NR AG ER ay
OLDEST SET OF GOLF
RULES MADE IN 1754
Nn
GOOD-NIGHT MESSAGE
The patter of tiny feet
raised her ha
bridge clu
“Hush I" ghe sald
are going
message, It
; of reverer
iw
soft]
to delive
alway
ice to 2
of St. Andrews.
Just 3
the oldest set of golf rule
are thi
the other day they discovered
known i
They ]
were drafted or
of the
game,
ber and
for guldance
the
International
iotte club has
hia Nationals Last year Man-
league.
* * -
One Manush no sooner departs from
Mint league than another comes
Saginaw sold Harry Manush to
Omaha, and now Hamilton has signed
Earl Manush,
in
One of the miracles of the base
ball season thus far is the fact that
no enthusiastic scribe has referred to
Connie Mack and Wilber Robinson as
“miracle men”
- - .
O'Farrell, the Chicago catcher, Is
out after batting honors in the Na
tional league. The backstop of the
Cubs has been whaling the ball at a
furious rate,
* . »
The Des Moines club has released
Outfielder Walter Genin to the Peoria
club of the Three l, which is trying to
rebuild its shattered fortunes with
Western league discards,
. - *
John Paul Jones, who was consid
ered a major league prospect two or
three years ago, is slipping... The
Springfield club let him go and he
caught on with Henryetta.
Ld - .
Walter Huptzinger, the star pitcher
of Pennsylvania university, wound up
his college career gloriously by beat-
ing Dartmouth, 68 to 2, and then left
to join the New York Giants,
. * *
The Ancient Robby Davis, second
baseman, released by Binghamton of
the New YorkPennaylvania league,
has found another refuge, the Wilk
Hamsport clpb of the same league hav.
ing taken him on,
. se
Elmer Bowman, the Eastern league
champion swatter, made a new league
mark for batting recently when in a
New Haven-Albany game he got six
hits In as many times at bat, In-
cluding a homer and a double.
.
A Los Angeles critic says the An.
gels got all the best of it when they
traded Tom Daly to Portland for Butch
Byler, adding that Byler may not hit
ps well as Daly, but that be is a smart
entcher and one who knows what is
going on all the time,
*
Among the
that era
game's
the
hoe
the g
were
on
the b
hole,
all within
You are
hones or any
the
gslones, broken clubs for
your bali, except
mat only
iaying
green
length
1C1LE
ball
be found an)
other,
Girl Athlete Stars
ht AKAeysione
All the girl clubs of Philadelphia
at the Penn R. R. Y. M. C ‘A.
in the recent girl athletic meet
there. Records were made and
girls proved themselves fully
athlete
field
the
as
attended.
Sporting Squibs
of All Kinds
Less than one-half of favorites win
horse races.
. * -
Why do they call heavyweight pugi-
lists fighters?
* * .
Dempsey must feel that if he can't
be popular he can at least be rich.
- - *
Tennis is an old and popular game
in Spain, and is played the year round.
. - - »
The men's record for the 100-yard
dash is 9 3.5 seconds; the women's is
10% seconds.
* . -
Professional prize fighting in Eng-
land dates from about the end of the
Seventeenth century.
» > *
Luls Firpo, South American heavy-
weight champlon, 1s 6 feet 31; inches
tall, and weighs 210 pounds,
- . *
Puquesne university of Pittsburgh
will use a portion of the roof of its
new gymnasium as | campus.
- - -
Jay Gould of Philadelphia, Pa, has
held the national championship of
court tennis for sixteen years.
s . * *
In the old days it was the conch who
pald for misfortunes in college athlet-
fee. Now it ig the college president.
. sn
Athletes in Japan wear shoes which
separate the large toes from the others
to Increase the runner's grip on the
ground,
LI
Among those who did not see Demp-
sey exercise for that $300,000 are a
number of boys who were getting $30
& month back la "17.
EH-WHAT?
Girls Like It Flatter.
IRINR With most pretty
giria
mailer
n is,
it niter.
Getting Him Placed.
t kind of 8
a
is Watson?
“Wha
feliow
aa)
asked
* replied White, “he’s the kit
ites on
TOLD HER
THE SANE
THING
Bobbie: Didn't
Jack tell you
last week that
you were the
first girl he ever
loved?
Sis:
why?
Bobbie: Then
he lied to a girl
at the Sunday
School picnie
today.
Yes,
Except at Night.
A baby's presence in a home
Will always bring delight,
Except, of course. when it is cross
And keeps you up all night
* How He Could Tell.
*My mind is made up.”
“1 know it, because your conclusions
are more showy than sound”
Nothing Was Lent
The caller looked flushed and indig.
nant. “Are you the society editor?”
she inquired.
“Yes, madam.
you?”
“Your paper said in its account of
the affair at my house that floral deco
rations ‘lent beauty to the scene’ 1
wish you would have your paper state
that the floral beauty was not lent:
everything was paid for”
A New One on Him,
“Where's that young man who was
calling on you?" asked her dad.
“Oh, he left In a buff,” she replied,
carelessiy.
“A Huff? a Haff?" muttered the old
man. “Huh! They are getting so many
new cars on the market pow a fellow
simply can’t Reep track of them.”
What can 1 do for
impossible,
Cheery Friend— What, my dear old
chap, ill again Ah, but you should
follow my advice and ent more onjons
—at least two a day. They are the
secret of life.
Invalid--But how do you keep them
OLD CusTOMmMS