PENNSYLVANIA
STATE ITEMS
Weatherly.—Hugo Paul has just
completed fifty-two years of service
with the Lehigh Valley railroad, which
is a record on the Hazleton and Ma-
hanoy division. He has been Idle only
fliness,
ty White Leghorn hens which during
the year lald 83400 eggs.
Greensburg. ——Burglars ‘who entered
the home of Mrs. Francis Povlak stole
2000 In Liberty bonds and steel se-
curities.
Hazleton.—Each member
John's Primitive Methodist
will be asked to give a day's wages
for liquidation of a debt.
Harrisburg. —Engineer Charles A.
Ahn, of Allentown, was killed and two
of 8t
gine and twenty-two freight cars went
over the bank at the Hershey station.
injured are Conductor H. J. Feinour
and Fireman Ray Warwick, both
Allentown. The train was running
about thirty
accident occurred.
Bethlehem. —Mrs,
Brown, wife of Neuman Brown,
Seranton, and daughter of the
Dr. Ira 8, Shimer, at one time a med!
cal officer in the army, recelved the
degree of Master of Arts at Lehigh
University.
Pottsville. — County Commissioner
W. R. Adamsaén, of Mahanoy township,
was sued for
School Superintendent Joseph F. Noo-
nan, of the same township, for re
marks Adamson was alleged to have
made at a publ'c meeting Tuesday
night. It was charged that he sald
teachers of the township contributed
to a fund to bribe voters at the re-
cent primaries where school directors
were nominated.
Wilkes-Barre.—Charged with as.
sauniting two little girls, one 18 and
the other 10, George Hopple, aged 64,
of this city, was arrested by local po-
lice and Is being held pending further
prosecution of the case,
Bethlehem.—Recelving a report
from R. Dornblazer, of Milford, N. J.
that his store was robbed of $60 by
a gypsy gang who were headed this
way,
party and
quarters. There they left $80 and
were allowed to go. Dornblazer later
claimed the money, alleging he was
hypnotized and then robbed.
Lancaster.—Twenty-three automo-
biles were burned In a fire which de
stroyed the garage of 8. 8. Nolt, at
Akron, this county. The loss Is esti
mated at $1500. The fire, of un-
known origin, threatened the central
section of the village.
Latrobe. —When a crowd of men
gathered about the city jail, Chief of
Police Michael F. Early feared for the
safety of two negroes who were ar
rested In connection with the shooting
of Michael Moran, a world war veter.
an. The chief spirited the prisoners
from the jail and took them to the
county prison at Greensburg. The sus.
ipects are John Smith and William
{Harrington. According to the police,
the negroes shot Moran during a crap
game. Moran !s In a critical condi
tion.
Pittsburgh.—Arrested In California
on a warrant charging violation of the
Mann act, Dr. Helon Bertrand Allen,
“father of fifty-seven children,” was
brought back to Pittsbusgh for trial
at ‘he November term of federal
courtt Dr. Allen is charged with
transporting a girl from Washington,
D. C.. to Pittsburgh late in 1922.
Harrishurg. —Postmaster Charles BE.
Pass, of this city, was elected presi.
denz of the Pennsylvania Postmasters'
Association at the closing session of
the annual convention. Other officers
elected were W. H. Yoder, New Kings
town, first vice president; Howard
Weiss, Northampton, second vice pres-
ident : Joseph A. Buchanan, Ambler,
third vice president; Harry A. Thomp-
son, Tyrone, fourth vice president;
Joseph Hadley, Erie, fifth vice presi.
dent, and James Hewitt, Pen Argyl,
secretary treasurer,
Marietta. —A man giving the name
of George Smith and signing a check
on the First National Bank of Bain-
bridge with the name of Frank Brown,
“worked” a number of Marietta busi.
ness men. At one place he received
a gold-plated safety razor and several
doliars In cash,
Corry ~A touring car driven by Bd.
mund Cullapan, of Philadelphia, and
owned by Attorney Henry McSweeney,
of Atlantic City, left the paved high-
way north of here while being driven
at high speed, struck a signal post
and was ditched. The post came
down throukh the top of the ear and
killed Cullanan and Mrs. Wallace
Turner, the latter of Corry. Four
others from Corry In the party were
not hurt seriously,
Hgzleton Steve Marginyak, a In
borer at the plant of the Hazleton
Brick company, was kided when hit
by a motor truck while at work.
Unlontown.~Stricken with embol.
fsm, following his removal to the Un.
fontown Hospital when he broke a
leg, Huston 8. Willams, of Fair
chance, aged 62, register of wills of
Fayette county dnd renominated by
the Republicans for a second term,
died,
Erie~F. P. Fieger, a beverage deal.
er, filed a voluntary bankruptey pe.
tition, listing labllities as £107,161
ond assets at $60,368
Tamaqua. ~The Schuylkill eounty
| commissioners declded to bulld two
miles of concrete highway between
Tamaqua and Hometown,
Unlontown.~With the election of a
city treasurer only a few weeks off,
council cut the salary of the office
from $6000 to $8000,
i Pottsville~—Dr, F. H. McCarthy has
been appointed chlef veterinarian for
the Philadelphia and Reading Cosel
and Iron company.
Pittsburgh.—Mrs. Rose Mary, of
Charlerol, a patient at Mercy Hospital
here, was killed when she leaped from
a window on the sixth floor.
Sunbury.—Harry, 15-year-old son of
{ John Krumbine, is belleved to be re-
{| covering, after having been in a seri-
| ous condition, as a result of being
| kicked in the abdomen while playing
| foot ball. Several weeks ago he was
{| run down by an automobile and was
| unconscious for forty-eight hours.
| Four years ago he fell under a street
car and lost an arm,
State College.—An additional class
| of 100 freshmen is to he admitted to
{ the college at the beginning of the
college year in January to keep the
| college going at full capacity, and to
{| maintain 100 per cent teaching efll-
i elency,
Pittsburgh.—Robert F'tzgerald, 4
| years old, was watering passing auto-
{ mobiles from the doorstep of his home
howl.
Rab-
Fox
{ when a car, driven by Earl Fox,
ed over the curb and killed him.
ert's neck and back were broken.
| was arrested,
t Allentown.—Michael Keiser, a Nor
| thampton baker, was Instantly killed
when his automoblle was struck by a
qua.
Erie.—Robbers fa'led to crack
{| safe in the postoffice at Waterford.
{ Erie county. All the mall in the post-
| office, however, was rifle,
| tents, which were valuable,
{ the remainder strewn
An Investigation Is
| to determine how much loot the rob-
bers obtained. Entrance was gained
by forcing a side window.
Shamokin—The J H & J. C.
corporation, "employing 3000
stolen and
over the floor,
now under way
Sik
persons
operations until
the Inability of the company to get a
sufficient supply of raw silk. Mills at
Bethlehem, Phoenixville, Bellefonte,
uiso are affected by the suspension or
der.
Brownsville. —
dead
condition as a consequence of inhaling
fumes In a garage here,
both of Luzerne township,
| Stewart, works. It
started a motor to
were overcome,
Hazleton. —John Krecoskey,
iz helloved
keep warm
a miner
pany, consulted officials of that con-
cern as to whether he could recover
the price of a coat and a sliver watch
which he claims were eaten by
Krécosky was at work in his chamber,
He reported that when he came back,
he found the mule chewing on what
remained of the garment and also
which no trace could be discovered.
Krecoskey told the foreman that last
boots belonging to another man.
Pittsburgh.—Mrs. James P,
tablishment here while she
ranging to have the body of her
daughter disinterred and removed to
Derry, Pa.
S8henandoah—John Gaulls ang Je
seph Stancavage were seriously injur-
of rock, while Matthew Long met
with similar Injuries at Knickerbocker
Colliery.
Carlisle. Colonel Gilbert BE. Sea.
man, of the Wisconsin national guard,
was elected president of the @ssocia-
tion of Medical Surgeons of the United
States, meeting here.
Connellsville ~—Miss Amanda Staf-
ford minus one dime equals nine
months in the workhouse. At least
that's the way Mayor Mitchell figured
it when three negroes, charged with
stealing a ten cent plece from the
girl, were sentenced to three months
each. The defendanf{s were Charles
Henry, Marshall Rolling and Edward
Mattnes, all of Elk Ridge, Md.
Carlisle ~The American Assoclation
of Military Surgeons selected this city
as the place for its annual meetings.
Altoona. This city will vote at the
general election on the question of
imposing a one-half mill tax for a free
public library.
Pittsburgh—An Increase of 60 per
cent In child labor in this city last
month as compared with September,
1922, was reported by the attenddnce
department of the public schools,
Abbeyville—~8Samuel F. Welsh, 72
year? old, died from injuries received
in a. fall
Blandsburg. Crushed between an
automobile and the brick wall of the
sclool house here; Rudy Arnold, 8
years old, was killed
Pottsville~Just as he began his
day's work at a colliery here, John
Warbon was caught by a fall of coal
and killed,
Altoona.~Frank A. Griffin, formerly
of Long Branch, N, J, ended his life
with a revolver In a boarding house,
Vanderbilt.Discovery of a man's
arm along the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad resulted In the finding of the
in a nearby creek.
Greensburg. Westmoreland county
had twenty-nine fatal accidents in
September, sixteen of those killed. bes
ing women or girls
Ephrata~J. Stanley Cooper was
rendered unconscious when struck
with a wrench and may have o frac.
tured skull,
RULE AGAINST ONSIDE
KICK HELPS FOOTBALL
Should Have Tendency to Make
Game Much Stronger.
Elimination of the onside kick after
the ball has been booted past the
scrimmage line should have a tendency
to make defensive football stronger,
with the consequent result more stress
must be placed upon the development
of powerful offensive formations,
writes Walter Eckersall in the Chicago
Tribune.
Years ago the onside kick was con-
sidered one of the most
weapons in foothall,
play was discarded until Robert Zupp-
tions a few years ago,
practically every
has attempted to execute it,
result the defense had to
with the
kicker's position,
defending players would shout onside
kick, with the result players of the
kicking team who were thought to be
onside had to be dovered. This wenk-
ened the defense to a perceptible de.
gree, beenuse as many as three defend-
Ing warrlors the
onside player,
When the onside kick was In effect
it placed a great burden of responsi
bility on the defense fullback or any
| other player delegited to catch punts,
The punt eatcher alw id to make
i sure of the eateh, ho where
the ball was be was al-
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| Coach Robert Zuppke, Who Resurrect.
ed Onside Kick,
ways In deadly fear of the
| player beating him to the ball,
Doing away with this dangemus
| football weapon will eliminate to a
{ certain degree the large number of
fair catches. When the onside kick
was in effect, coaches instructed their
| players to make falr catches when-
ever In doubt of catching the ball.
! Catches of this sort have been made
in all parts of the fleld and at times
when runs could have been made
i after the catch. ’
However, the fact must not be lost
sight of that an outside kick still can
be executed from scrimmage. Section
8 of rule 18 defines the play thorough
onside
{ or any other player who was behind
im when the ball was kicked, may,
i however, recover a kicked ball which
has not crossed the line of scrimmage,
It will be readily seen that forma-
tiong can be evolved which will call
| for a kickoff to either side of the field
| with an Interference restraining
fending players from getting at
| ball, while the onside warriors can be
| placed In positions where they can
reach the ball quickly and before It
crosses the scrimmage line,
In this connection it should be
stated that on a kickoff or free kick
after fair catch players of the kicking
team are onside and can recover the
ball, providing it Is kicked ten yards
before touching an opponent.
The onside kick after a falr catch
has many possibilities, any of which
may be sprung during the course of a
hard-fought struggle,
Fails as Pitcher, Stars
in Cleveland Outfield
Charley Jamieson, classy outfielder
of the Cleveland American league
club, broke into professional baseball
as a pitcher but, like many other as
piring young hurlers, soon learned
that pitching was not his forte and
made good in another department.
Connie Mack of the Athletics and
Clark Griffith of the Senators tried
out’ Jamieson for pitching purposes,
but gave him up as a hopeless task.
Under the able tutelage of Tris
Speaker, Jamieson has developed into
one of the best outfielders in the major
leagues. He can go and get 'em in
any direction, is fast on the bases and
bats around 860. He can do anything
A good ball player is supposed to do
and do it well,
Training in California
by Major League Clubs
It Is settled that the New York
Giants will do their spring training in
California, according to a report from
Los Angeles, which has it that Maler
park, former home of the Vernon team,
has heen leased by n representative
of John McGraw for next spring. The
Cubs will be close by the Giants on
Catalina island, the Pirates are ex
preted to do thelr training near Oak.
nnd, and there is talk also that the
b White Sox will do their work at some
point on the Pacific coast. The plan
is to get two other American league
clubs out there and then arrange for
nn interlengne ule between the
three National three Aiuerican
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Chance Hit Often
Frank Chance, who Is trying to
bulld up the Boston Red Sox,
stands out as one of the three
men in the history of ‘the game
who were hit by more pitched
balls than any one elise. The
other two were Hugh Jennings
and Curtls Welch.
Chance has taken, as much
punishment as any of them, He
ig the Joe Grim of professional
baseball, except that Husk's
keen mentality was never bisrred
by the pounding he took,
Jennings stood up well under
the mashing, too, and no one
éver noticed that he was less
keen . than his rivals when it
came to directing ball players
All three of them were spien-
did hitters, and the fact that
they became known as human
targets never made them “plate
shy.” More than one youngster
has been driven out of the big
league by being badly hurt by a»
pitched ball, but it never both
ered the “targets™
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Landis Plays Golf
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis,
high commissioner of baseball, re
cently tried his hand on the city golf
links at New Orleans, with Col. George
R. Shanton, chief of the Louisiana de
partment of justice, for his opopnent.
Pass Batter Purposely
When No Player Is Out
Batters ary often purposely walked
whet a dedisive run is on the base.
But Christy Mathewson, when man-
ager of the Cincinnati Reds, once or
dered a man passed when nobody was
out and nobody was on base.
Cincinnati was a run abead when it
came to the nicth. Cactus Cravath,
slugger of the Phillies, had already
made two triples and a double that
afternoon. So when he appeared first
to bat, Mathewson, sitting in the Reds’
dugout, held up four fingers, indicating
his pitcher was to purposely pass
Cactus, So far as we knows this is
the only case of its kind on record.
Bambino Sticks to His
Usual Style in Games
Babe Ruth has practd some ne a
right-ianded batter. but the Rawiige
sticks to his usual style in games.
© Ocengionally, he stands nh hand
ed at the plate, but.» E neross to the
other side butate 4 takes an at
tempt to svanget,
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Of the ten ranking
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Professional boxers and
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A fellow pugilist
says Mr
That won't
get
The beautiful movie queen was ob
durate,
“1 will not Jump off that cliff.”
Her press agent attempted to reason
with her,
“Why, you have riskeo
plexion a thousand thipes
Jumps than that”
“But this director is 8 brute,
explained,
“Huh? he asked.
“He wants me to jump with my dog
In my arms.”
your com-
in werse
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she
Trouble,
“Oh, my! Isn't it awful!”
The worried woman rubbed her head
frantically.
“What's' 7" arked her friend
“Oh, I've saved just enough
money to get a divorce, but it'll take
and then
trouble
up
head of boxing.
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A "medley race”
bicy-
horseback, row and swim,
Li .
Mr. Dempsey Is very effective
short fights. Not so very
ous ln those that last four years.
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V. W. "Fish" Condon, eaptain-elect
of Illinois
will not return to
fall,
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finish
for
City, In a close
won the pennant
Bay
the
baseball league
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Sir Thomas Lipton
America
Amorica’s cup
well knows,
regrets. that
has nothing to put in
Well, as Sir Thomas
there is tea.
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St. Paul has been awarded the 1024
tournament of the International Bowl
ing ass tion. The dates will
February 0 to 17, Inclusive.
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Eddie Coons, star of the University
of Cincinnati baseball team of 1021,
has been offered a contract to play
with «the Boston Red Sox next season.
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Jim Bagby, former star pitcher for
the Cleveland Americans, who has
been released ns a free agent after
10 years of major league service, has
heen signed by the Seattle club of the
Pacifici Coast league,
Michigan Grid Captain
Kipke. captain of the University of
Michigan 1923-24 football squad. Kipke
was a member of the All-American
team Justus, and ‘is considered ong
of the men In the game,
Modern "Compl exities,
leaving be
sae
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cause
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we don't like the thi
It's got so that
ider not only a girl's
her preferences as
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A Sufficient Task.
“To you enjoy
Chinese game?’
g
thought
playing the new
“l haven't of learning the
repiled Miss Cayenne. “I am
trying aster the wvocabu-
the scoring system.”—Wash-
ar,
fo m
TOO PERSONAL.
“My personal property was greats
ly over taxed this year, was yours?”
“Yes the doct or told me I had a
Mysteries of Credit
whose credit is 0. £
I= sure 10 pine and fret;
With too much credit. soon he'll be
in grist because of debt
A man
Long # Skirts,
“1 hope the women won't let thelr
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“Ssh! Don’t irritate ‘em. First thing
and every husband will have to
quit work to carry it"
At the Antiquarian's,
Customer-—What? One thousand
dollars for this chair? Last time 1
asked the price It was only $600,
Shopkeeper—That's true, sir:
labor and materinl
but
have
An Explanation.
A new suburbanite was asked why
he didn't make a garden
“I prefer,” he replied, “to depend on
the grocer for my vegetables. When 1
ask him for beans he doesn't give me
Simson weed instead”
AFTER THE STORM.
Shipwrecked Bug-—-Ah, saved at
last There is the light house!
The Joiners,
In curtosity we turn
To hear each novel shout,
And keep on joining things to learn
Just what they're all about
Ought to Be.
An irascible artist was busily en
gaged In painting a bit of sky when a
young lady set up an easel not far
from him. With palpable hostility he
moved to a distant spot,
She said: “I am sorry 1 disturbed
you. I thought there was #ky enough
for everybody.”
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® Not Much,
Mame—~I don't know whether 1
ought to recognize him In the city or
not. Our acquaintatice at the
shore was very slight.
Madge—Yon promised; to marry
him, didn’t you?
Mame—Yes, but that was all,
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Bob-—-She was born with a sliver
eh Ta er
taking a 4 look at
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