PENNSYLVANIA STATE ITEMS Renovo.—The appointment of Miss Teresa G. Burke as postmaster at Re- novo, effective August 20, was an- nounced at the postoffice department. Miss Burke has been assistant post- master at that place for seventeen years. She Is one of the first women in the state to be named as postmaster at an office paying $2500 or more. Allentown. —Clinton P. Selslove, for forty. years prominent in Democratic politics in Lehigh county, and wife celebrated their golden wedding here. Allentown.—Thieves cracked the Na- tional Biscuit company's safe here and got away with several hundred dollars in cash and an equal amount in unin- dorsed checks. Bloomsbhurg.—The first prosecution here, and one of the first in the entire state under the law enacted by the last legislature, prohibiting the killing can, of Beaver township, was fined £100 by Justice of the Peace Rutter. The prosecution was brought by State Game Prosecutor Miller, who had learned that Plafcam had killed a beaver. A search warrant located the pelt, and Plafcan admitted his guilt at the hearing, paying the fine. Bethlehem.—Following an Inspection the Bethlehem Steel Works, the twen- ty-fourth annual convention of League of Third Class Cities, In ses- sion here, . gelection adjourne a. The of the place and time for next The following officers for the ensuing year: President, the mayor of the 1924 con- vention city; vice president, Ira W. Stratton, Reading; secretary, Gates, Wilkes-Barre; treasurer, W, R. Ross Seaman, Harrisburg: tr James M. Yakle, Kinney, Erie, anc Johnstown. Pittsburgh.—A mother and a and their dacvghter are in McKeesport, the parents In a condition, as the consequence family quarrel. According Walter X. Kruczek, in a fit of Jealousy, shot his wife in the head. She was holding the Theresa, at the time, W hen the mother also erashed to the Jured. Kruczek through the left Hazleton.—A which led to the George Panco developed State Game Wardens W E. Sherman and M. the house of Walt alien, firearms 81 aosed to be on the premises, but not ind bysthe of- Mrs. Publinsky thought they 22000 roll of bills i tive committee. were elected ustees, 1 M. Lee father of fn lee, baby, fell, floor then shot eye court of Alderman here when W. Faust, N Brown searched er for ficers were after a her husband had gecreted ix » house, resist. weré ar- ind bat- not tr in banks, and she irdens. They persons, injured on the shed to the tracks the Pennsylvania railroad they aveled from Greensburg to Braddock. injured, it was stated at the hospital, would recover, but of them were suffering fron cuts and brui they would to leave the hospital for a when Turtle as Sraddock A8 most gevere not be week. Scranton.—The death toll as a re. sult of the collapse of a huge water tank at Olyphant on a fleld where thirty-five boys were playing base ball mounted to three, when Philip Monte- marano, P years old, died in a hospital Two boys were killed Instantly when steel portions of the tank struck them. Pottsville —With a view of Increas ing the output of coal from this dis trict the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company temporarily abandoned the John Veith colliery, four miles from this city, which is not equipped with a breaker, and gave the 500 miners employed there work at other collieries, where thelr output will be much increased, as well as thelr compensation. Pittsburgh—Mrs. Frances Veltz was held by a coroner's Jury for the death of her husband, Anthony Veitz, who was ghot while he was standing on the front porch of their house In Taren- tam early July 4. They were eelebrat- ing the advent of Independence Day and Mrs. Veitz had a pistol. She fired once in the alr, and then, according to the testimony, pointed it toward her husband. She sald she thought there wns only one charge in the pistol and she had no Intention of pulling the trigger the second time. Philadelphia.—While : sightseeing In the capitol at Harrisburg, Mrs. Annie M. Wills, of Philadelphia, fell om the marble stairway In the rotunda and broke her right hip. Bethlehem, — A falling window struck Mrs. Laura Langen as she was cleaning It and crushed her right arm near the wrist, Freeland—The first . bullding and loan association here has been organ- ized, with State Factory Inspector Wii- liam R. Flad as president. Hanover~Mrs. Abraham 1. Serf, In fil health, committed sulelde by hang ing herself In her heme, Reading —Edward Albright, a her. mit living for years In the Alsace hilis, wag found in his squalid hovel half starved and was taken to thd Berks county home, aes able Pittshurgh.—Six carloads of beer, containing about 700 barrels, one cars load of alcohol dnd three men were captured by federal prohibition agents in railroad yards. The beer was sent here from some point at a distance and efforts are being made to trace its origin, i Brownsville.—Shortly after W, A. | Miller appealed to the police to search for his 10-year-old daughter, Irene, the authorities learned that the girl was a patient in the Unlontdwn Hospital, where she had been sent by the Fay- ette County Red Cross. At the hos- pital it was sald there were a number of bruises on the girl's body. The girl declared, according to the police, that her stepmother left her in a Un- fontown theatre nine days ago. Mrs, Miller has been held pending an inves- tigation, White Haven.—Mr. and Mrs. Ray- mond Rohrbach, of Drums, while an- toing near Penn Lake, near here pass- ed three young deer on the road. Harrisburg.—Appointments of T. B Wood, Chambersburg, to the board of trustees of the Pennsylvania Soldiers’ Orphan School, Scotland, and Thomas trustees of Nanticoke State Hospital, were announced by Governor Pinchot. Philadelphia. — Fourteen - year - old | James Good, who, while driving a stol- | en automobile, ran down and killed a man on August 4 was committed to prison by Coroner Knight on a charge of manslaughter, following an Inquest into the death of the victim, Paul New- hoff. Ordinarily, venile court and are placed In house of detention, but under | court ruling defendants under 18 must | stand trial | for offenses such as manslaughter {| murder. Altoona. — Attempting i to { freight train, a man Rupposed to he | In front of an express | Altoona.—Running In i C. E. Robinson's automobile, John | Wiedener, 5 years old, was struck and perhaps fatally Injured Pittsburgh. —Oscar Hels Nagel, of Hamburg. {| show cause in federal d - i front irich Lorenz (Germany, listrict court on American cl should declared null and vold. The subpoena has been Is sued by Judge Schoonmaker. The piaint, as flied by W. M. Ragsdale, examiner, declar- iitted to citizen. Iater he left Ger must | November 17 why his zenship not he Nugel was adn 1013. Tw Washington, Pa, { many, where { the exception of { when he ed that ship In 0 years made { land Norristown. Joseph Tornetta, under 21000 ball to awalt ola Petrone i years old, Is | injuries of a haby of Nich It is ct that Torn affixed a i Hghted firecracker to a balloon and | that the explosive f<ll Into the ha! { coach The child's clothing | and the littie tot was badly burned ittsburgh.—Motoreycle Patrolman J. P. O'Kane suffered lacerations of { the hands when a quart of ated | liquor exploded at the Frankstown He | Hquor from the stat 3 age room when the went | State police visited Pliteairn and raid. { ed eight and seized a truck! of men were ball each. Altoona. "Min," the pet cat car inspectors at the Pennsylvani railroad station here, and kittens held up a fast mail for minutes a day or two ago. “Min” leading her family across tracks when the train into the shed. warged eta y's confise 1i¢ + drser $3 i + station was tran ™ tho bottle clubs, poolre Wome and load of gloros, quor and a gambling dev arrested and in $1000 came offspring. Lon Carl, spectors, bles, signaled the which he did, one of the engineer to stop, while “Min” and her lit. nal to save forty-five lives—nine for each of the five. West Hazleton. to increase the wages ployes were dropped for lack of funds, Huntingdon, — Greenleaf, wife of a rallroad conduct- or, who drowned herself, was found in the Juniata river here, © Phoenixville~'S8quire Charles H. Howell, who very seldom leaves town the Phoenixville Industrial Association This Is the first time that the 'squire had remained away from home over night since October, 1802, went to Atlanta as a member of the Phoenix Military Band. York.—Accosted by a man who told her that he knew a place where she could sell lots of candy, Byrl Flinch- baugh, a S-year-old girl, who was sell ing sweets to employes of the Ameri ean Chain company, was lured away to a cornfield a short distance south- west of the city and brutally assanlt- ed. The child Is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emery Flinchbaugh and is under the care of a physiclan. Ira Dise, 23 years old, was arrested by Plain Clothes Officer Myers, charged with the offense, Hifleton. Musicians here will ree vive the old Hazleton Symphony Or chestra, which flourished for years. Williamsport. — The Pennsylvania Sheriffs’ Association, In session here, deferred electing officers until a meet- ing nt Scranton next winter, years old, was killed when an automo. bile driven by Samuel Printz, chain store proprietor, of Youngstown, Ohio, turned over near 8t. Mary's, Tyrone.—~Edgar C. Robbins, a sig nals maintainer’s helper, was killed by a train on the Pennsyivania alia near Bellwon” Mlle. Viasto making a gallant try for the ball during her unsuccess- ful mateh with World Champion Suzanne Lenglen at Wimbledon. t Working Hard to Win Gen. Henry T. Allen, cpmmander of the An Army of Occupation, says all countries of Europe making great preparations to beat the athletes of the United States at the Ol) imes in Paris, France, next “France former ierican that are Int ” pie pig year, has already 1.0000, 060) 14 Champion Rifle Shot Mrs. W state rifle state title woman rifle shot. tourney, the Machine player Proud of His Connle Mack knows a ball long Ath- been a the In his day—and it's AR manager has had 400 baseball Three years ago it was He would have his scouts go around and of more thap half-way through their teens. Mack worked on the theory of catch ing them young, treating them right and telling them everything. His perseverance has been rewarded, and he now has a ball club which will compare with any In the league. And he grew it himself. He didnt pay a million dollars for It Triples More Difficult Than Home Run Smashes It's more difficult to get three-base hits than it 1s home runs in both the National and American leagues. In fact, there are practically two home runs to one triple. In many parks the triple is indeed the big swat, for the triple is always inside the grounds and away from the fielders. Many home runs are into the stands or over the fence at distances which would be outs tf the flelders had room to go get them, Meek Baseball Players Not Found in Colleges An ivory hunter says he does not £0 to the colleges any more looking for the meek bassball players. The col feginna are as rough, he says, ns Patsy Tebeau used to be. Happenny, Illinois player, with the White Sox, was chased ont of the lot for using too much rough fancunge to Umoire George Morlarity, Diamond Squibs Galloway Is an ungainly jer and makes all his chances look hard. » * % fleld the Detroit im is still the or Yankees play the £3 Sammy Hattiesburg club has been Golf Club Is Oldest America's oldest golf chub will celebrate its thirty-fifth birth day, next November, The club is the Bt, Andrews, a few miles hbove Yonkers, N. ¥.. where a six-hole course was opened away back in 1807, The first club house was a table which sat at the first tee and the furnishings comprised two tubs of jce water. Later on a tent wns used. Nowadays no club Is satisfled unless it has spacious lawns, a big veranda, luxurious furnish- ing and a couple of professionals hanging around. It is safe to say that the Initiation fee was less then than it is now. SLICING BIG FAULT MANY FAIL TO MEND Trouble Arises From Several Dif- ferent Causes. Slicing is the bane of golfing ex- istence for thousands upon thousands of golfers, It is really surprising how large a percentage never overcome the fault, The harder they try, the worse many of them gel fault arises from several ferent causes, Probably in the jority of Instances it is the habit of pulling In as the ball Is struck. That, In turn, is due to the fact that so man leaning backward as they plete thelr stroke, Nine times out not well stro) aif. ma from the arms just he derived €rs are of 10 the glanced at "he chances are backswing, they when they try ina League club, . * RL iret « 2 burgh National Pick, an outfic (Kas) ch Edgar league, has Cincinnati Nationals, - . - White C. Happenny, has given the first magnitude * - - by the The C fielder, J. product, a star of hicago Sox new In a 1923 col promise of being leg lege Harry Mullowney, southpaw pitcher, last year captain of Boston college, joined the White Sox the other day. He is an enormously big fellow » - * Talk In Minneapolis 1s that the price for Carl East, the veteran out- fielder and former pitcher now with the Millers, - » * Harry Gardner, Seattle pitcher, has a “bonus” he is working his head off to win this season, An admirer promised him a bull pup If he wins 20 games. - » - There are seven members of Connie Mack's old champion Athletics still In the big leagues—Mcinnis, Strunk, Pennock, Schang, Shawkey, Eddie Cal- ling and Joe Bush. * * » “Rube” Robertson, pitching ace of the Little Rock Southern Association club and one of the most effective left handers In the circuit, has been pur chased by New Orleans. - * - Charles “Wee” Rudolph, pitcher for the Sioux City, Town, club In the West. ern league and formerly with the San Francisco club of the Pacific Coast league, has been sold to Detroit. . v0» Contending that the rule which re- tires a batter when a foul fly is caught is unfair, Fred Mitchell, manager of the Doston Braves, plans to have this rule abolished at the winter meeting of the major leagues. & » Among the leading major league baseball players who have graduated from college are: George Sisler, Harry Hellmann, Frank Prisch, Bill Kopf, howe Ryan, Jack Barry, “Dutch” tt. the Hh woman lea as it is strange ot award a re has with Fran C it 1h&, 2.000 phy a combined mer and girl athletes 8. - . - Jess Willard denies that he quit in the Firpo However, the fact remains that he stopped suddenly, . » * bhattie Sarazen, says a movie fan Is to teach golf on the screen. However, golf is not played on the screen, but on the green. - - - In the picture pages there is prac tically no difference between a lady tennis champion and an Inferior inter pretative dancer. . * * The Playground and Recreation As- sociation of America will hold its tenth annual congress at Springfield, IL, Oct. 8 to 12. Witt Is Hard Hitter “Whitey” Witt, the sensational cen ter flolder of the New York Yanks, who 38 hitting the dla pill square on the nose quite often and is one of the main factors In *eeping the Yanks in tha lead ONLY A DETAIL Little Jackie was spending a In the and was highis by everything he saw In and farmyard, The old red ben's cack that she had lald an eg ER falling source of delight. wanted someone to get the diately, One day he was a lege of going all by the treasure, In a few minutes be ca: back excitedly, but his too great. He tripped In a minute his bands and blouse were smeargd with yellow as he clutched bits of broken shell But he came up smiling to er. “Oh, mummie,” he cried, up the fragments, “I holiday country enters th aie le to announce WHE 8 never. He always egg mine Hlowed the priv. himself to fetch running CALPTHICNS WIS and fell his moth- ag he held fall, but lose any- had a ‘cause 1 didn't thing only the juice! AS WILLIE HEARD IT v put = “Di sh. honored, A Thing That t Rarely Palis Mad -Then vou belles ARO ing for money? Marie u there's ive A to} “Turkwa “Turk ‘his is gla Trial by Jury. “Is the dist lawyer looking up auth “No, inguisied witless 7” we have n m to use sense of h mrked on the ju umor him few jokes It Was Finally Finished, Wife (on the way home from the at I call a finished sermon! Her know, 1 Husband—Yes, but do yon thought it would never be. ¥ DOMESTIC BLISS Wifey—1 saw the dearest little hat today Hubby That's Just like you--al- ways looking for the dearest in. stead of the mod. erately priced —————— You've Listened to Mer, I have no use For Missus Walkers; 8he is one of Those nonstop talkers Really Unpleasant, Miss Wellalong—1 declare. 1 begin to feel that I am growing old It's really unpleasant, Mr. Blunt—It must be. especially for one who has been young so long. C—O —————— A AS. A Choice Assortment, Wood 1 was surprised to learn that Stone wont flat broke. thought he had all kinds of money. Steele- -He had many kinds, most an marks, Austrian kronen fost} Russlan rubles and a few thin dines. A ———————— Careful Information. “Exa.se we, sir, but could you tell me If there is a man staying In his hotel with one eye named Hardy?” Ane
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