PENNSYLVANIA
STATE ITEMS |
Hazleton.—The members of
John's Greek Catholie church
will erect a $200,000 terra cotta
brick edifice to seat 1000 persons.
Roaring Springs.——As the result of
a fall on October 05, in which she dis-
and
Lewlstown.—J., Harry Saxton has
i
Olyphant.—Rev. N. White was elect.
Norristown.—In adjudicating the es-
ser, aged 81, died,
Uniontown.—Samuel and Lee Stern
and John Melntyre have purchased
the Masonic building from the Fayette
Title and Trust company for $02.500,
Lancaster, -
county, will be held November 10.
Dubois William CC. Sampson, sup-
erintendent of public schools, of Co
lumbia, recently resi-ned to accept a
similar position here.
Lancaster.—When he slipped down
rear of his home near Terre
Parke Sommers, 3 years old, fell Into
the Conestoga creek ond was drowned
The body was recovered by a neigh-
bor in a row hoat,
Reading. —Charged with embezzle
ment of £000 from the Chescpenke &
Oblo railroad, Charles L. Cully, aged
20 former ticket agent, was arrest
ed by the Reading police on request
of railroad “detectives, who arrived
here armed with warrants, He
engaged in the roofing business
Philadelphia. An undefended
breach promise sult brought by
Margaret Coane against John F.
a
wa
here
of
Ross
uel W. Pennypacker, President Judge
Solly, of the Montgomery county or-
phans' court, found that the balanes
for distribution was about SHK00O,
His will, made four months before he
dled on September 2, 1016, provided
that upon the death of his wife, who
passed away last December, his es
tate was to be Ivided into four parts,
one each for his children, Bevan, Eliza
and Anna, and the other to be held
in trust for his daughter, Josephine
No claims were presented and it was
represented that all debts had been
paid.
Hazletoh.—Erie was selected as the
1924 convention city at the closing ses
sion of the State Sons and Daughters
\plaitift The defendant, Ross,
t 5718 Westminster avenue, when
the suit was brought, and was en-
gaged In the huckstering business,
Uniontown.—Shot in the back by
Officer Norman Burkett as he attempt.
ed to escape after slashing James
Fleming, whom he accused of being
intimate with his wife Edward John-
son dled in the Unlontewn Hospital.
Johnson succumbed to a wound in the
back.
State College.—The dairy products
Judging team of State College cap-
tured first honors in the national dairy
products judg'ng contest at the Na-
tional Dairy Show at Syracuse, with
Ohio state, last year's winner, second
and Connecticut ranking third. One
member of the team, Willlam Borst,
of Media, was awarded a gold medal
for being the best judge of the entire
contest.
Lansdale—A
ment shower for a supposed
be was turned inte a belated wedding
reception when who
home of Mr Mrs
Krupp to surprise their daughter,
Emma Krupp, were met with the an-
nouncement that she had been married
September 19 to John H
Wales, at Easton, by
Levan, a former
Wales Reformed
miscellaneous
guests
#t the and EH ©
on
of North
J. N
Nort!
marria
of
pastor
church
to
revi! 11!
families uuti
made
Emma
heen
ge was known only
the immediate
Was
Pottsy Miss
Pleasant,
state forestry
of the
Khe
ever appointed to such a
Schuylkill county and there
other woman in tl state
Miss Lor
Minersville high
Butler.—Real estate valued at more
than £1,000000 was Involved an
order handed down in common pleas
court here by Judge Reiber. When
(‘harles Duffy, a merchant, died 12
years ago, he stipulated his will
* that his property be held intact until
his youngest grandchild was 21 years
of age. The real estate ls located in
this city. The he'rs brought amicable
priceedings in equity to have the will
got aside. In hig order Judge Beiber
directed that the provisions of the will
be set aside and the property be divid-
ed among the heirs,
Lewisburg ~Harry Raidabaugh, 60
years old, a retired mail agent, drop-
ped dead while taking a bath,
Pittshurgh.—Five persons were in-
jured seriously and a large number
of others sustained bruises and cuts
when an acetylene gas generator ex-
ploded in the Airtight Steel Tank
company plant in the Hazlewood dis.
trict. The entire sect'on was rocked
by the blast and a number of resi
dences were damaged. The plant was
damaged to the extent of $15,000. Only
one employe was hurt, but men, wo-
men and children, in houses near the
plant, were cut by flying glass or
bruised by falling plaster.
Pottsville~—Four state policemen
have resigned from Troop C and eth.
ers are preparing to do so. The men
gay thelr wages are inadequate and
a conference will be held by Governor
Pinchot and Superintendent Adams
this week to see If the men can be
better compensated. Lieutenant E. C.
Rucker, of troop C, was transferred
from this city to Butler.
Marietta. Mrs. Mary Ann King
celebrated her 100th anniversary and
is enjoying good health,
Kittanning ~ While exploding dyna.
mite caps, Theodore Mowrey, aged 11,
of Kittanning Point, lost. three fingers
and the thumb of his right hand,
Shenandoah. —Bdward Jackonak, 20°
years old, of Turkey Run, near here,
cothmitted suicide by shooting himself
in the head with a revolver,
Chambersburg. Founders’ Day and
the laying of a cornerstone of John
Stewart Memorial Library were joint.
ly celebrated at Wilson College with
a lafge attendance,
nouncement
ille.
Mount has
by the department
watch
first
position
have charge tower
her district. is the wWoma
is onls
80 #In-
of
One ie
ployed. is graduate
school.
in
in
a Penn
signaled
Charles DD, Hyland,
rallroad brakeman,
to aad was
bumpers and
Cory.
svivania
his train
between
death,
New Frank Kline, of Tren-
ton, general foreman of the Rust Con
company of Pittsburgh, and
Wehman, Pittsburgh, were
when a 270
under
Steel
back, caught
crushed
Castle,
of
un sgeaffold on
construction
killed here
foot stack
Cernegle
Inpsed.
at the
company's plant col
Three other men saved them
by grabbing ropes
ie top of the stack,
Rosena Best,
Mrs
awarded 220060
selves suspended
Easton of Wal
nutport,
Was
for the death of her husband,
f Wal
Was
the borough o
nutport, and which, it id char
caused by his drinking water
by the Blue Ridge Water
She asked for £20000 damages.
Is the first of about twenty
cases which are listed for
typhoid fever in
com
local court !
occurred during the epidemic
Jeannette.—~the plant of G
Johnson company, manufacturers
N
’
the
i
fire of undetermined origin.
was Injured seriously when he
caught under a falling jvall.
Hazleton—The home of
Carsia was drnamited and the proper
ty wis damaged to a considerable ex
tent, the rear porch having been
off. cannot account for
outrage the
Pittshurgh.—An unidentified
sin shot and killed Phillipo
The victim was seated on
rear of his frult store
torn
Carsin the
and police have
AREn%
a Keg in the
the
te? Y
sin, who posed as a customer,
when fnesns
The slayer escaped
applied a}
Angelina Master
department officials said they
for
was killed by
“Black Hand” gang. or by n
rival f the affection:
for t
Allent
al, for
conducted
to perform operation
at
To the
5
their %
Uniontown
ualties Fayette
patient
in co
automohbil have hes
according the
Coroner
to ni 11
laum, Just issued
tember seven persons
either by being struck or
it
while
pants of wrecked cars.
Press srssanssnansnnnannnas
Must Retain Poise
Presidents of the 1 major
lengues do not consider it ix ever
within a player's right to attack
an umpire,
wo
Like in the army, where an en
listed man Is su
any indignity and
theory is earried out in basel
that the player
grievances, nit
merous
posed to ped et
the
ill
report
nog
wus
is
report it,
should
id examples are
the
disciplined for transgressing h
rights,
where umpire
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CONNOLLY HIT SCORER
Arbiters Say Ehmke Should Have
Had No-Hit Game.
Official scorers often take
Seldom,
oppor
do umpires have an
In the September 11 game at New
York Howard Ehmke of the Boston
month
Hazleton — Vincent Torchia,
32, one of two competitors in
works display here marking the
of the Columbus Day celebration, Ic
his left hand as a result of an aeccl
dent while putting off a set piece. He
also sustained burns of the
body.
Altoona.-
face
Thomas Hart, of Wilkes
Pennsylvania Real Estate
at the closing session of the organi
zation here. Other officers
were; Robert J. Nash, Philadelphia
James W. Cree, Jr, Pittsburgh: Wi
Ham Christian, Washington, and Earl
ficial scorer,
Witt, first batter, sent a bounder te
Shanks
struck Shanks bounded
to the
gloy >,
then dropped
Umpire Tom Connolly.
ground. After Shanks had booted the
clared safe on a very close play at
The grounder was scored a hit hy
During the rest of
the game not another New Yorker
DD. Clyde, Chester, treasurer.
Lansdale. ~~ Ninety-two
from three Lansdale plants, who have
of August have returned to work.
Their demand for a wage of £7.70 ¢
day has been met, They formerly re.
ceived $625. The plants that were
affected are the Abram Cox Stove
company, the Krupp Fondry and the
Werner Iron Foundry, .
Altoona. Because they averted ac
cidents which might have resulted
sderiously, commendatory letters have
heen sent by Superintendent Elmer, of
the middle division of the Pennsylva.
nia raliroad, to C. Del Bronde, track
foreman in the’ Altoona yard; W. A.
McGraw, gang foreman, at Mifflin:
CC. H. Pines, block gperator; T. F, De
lancy and H. W. Estricher, brakemen,
and Willlam Cramer, assistant yard
master,
Dallastown. After forty-three years
of active service in the ministry, Rev.
A. R. Ayres was granted retirement by
the Pennsylvanin Conference of the
United Brethren church, In session
here,
Brownsville—~L. F. Arensburg, of
near here, was named to head the
Fayette County Veterans’ Association
at the' antual assembly of the civil
war veterans from various sections of
Fayette county,
Latrobe. Paul Showalter was kill
ed by falling from a pole while in the
employ of the Latrobe Electric com.
pany.
Tommy Connolly, veteran big league
umpire, who has been doing duty for
pired the game, has this to say about
“If ever a pitcher worked a no-hit
If ever an Inflelder made an error.
Shanks did on Witt's grounder. It was
a great pitching exhibition that will
fall to get its proper place in the Hall
of Fame, because the scorer erred.”
Bill Dineen, former star pitcher,
now American league umpire, who of.
ficiated in the game with Connolly,
sald:
“I have made lots of bad decisions,
but never one that compared with
scoring Witt's grounder to Shanks a
base hit. It was a bad error on an
easy chance.”
In Ehmke's previous game on Sep
tember 7 he pitched a nohit game
against the Athletics,
Browns Land Real Jewel
From Danville 3-1 Club
Out In the Three-l league, playing
with Danville, there is a third base.
man named Rice of whom the boss of
the Threel writes thut he has not
seen a more prepossessing ball player
In twenty years. “Scouts need not
prick up their ears, however, for this
rare bird belongs to the St. Lovis
Ampricans. Rice jeads the league in
Just everything, from batting to base
running and fielding. On paper it
looks as if the Browns’ hot corner wis
pretty well taken care of for 1024.
The United States Military academy
football team is ready for a big season,
Every afternoon the candi
dates are out for a strenuous session
with the pigskin. Photograph
the team at work under the direction
of Head Coach J. J. McEwan. who has
succeeded Captain Daly, McEwen
shown in the juset,
foothall
shows
is
{nce more
haired boy.
Ruth is the
abe
4 » Ld
Jack
ize
but
can demand
Dempsey
the
n't
purse
handsome,
he
of
University
] 1888,
of
of Virginia, In
first Southern
Ti
wis
to
one the
take up foott
colleges
. *
The
: Americ
| ber of
St. Paul Sains In 1920
victories with 115.
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The
broad jump for men Is 11 feet 4%
inches. The woman's record is 8 feet
10 inches
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Among others obtained by the Bos
paw pitcher, from Pittsfield
| Eastern league.
of
Dempsey
| tively for his country in the ring than
{ he did in the shipyards
es 0
OG. R. (Pat) by Des
Moines to the New York Americans, {a
in hailing from the
| Texas A. and M university,
- -
(dison, sold
college
product,
-
Fifteen
“ans
| one
colleges make up the Kan
conference, is regarded
of the
which
heat of the
inl foot
sect ie
| ball orguniz:
| *
{ if Jack Dempsey
week befor i
itions in the country
. *
iu
big figs
go to war with an
ge arms
ribes one
overs
.
norning
»
In addition to Baseman
Terry the New York National
in from Toledo Plt Pat
and Second Baseman Fred Lind
»
First
her
» *
Coffeyville found Hutchinson rather
in playoff for the
league ochiamplonship,
games of the
easy pickings the
Routhwestern
fou
taking
series
r straight
Another way In
better than prize fighting
costs less and lasts longer
end a f in
round,
*
foothall
that
which is
is
the
ootball game
Dempsey
tire from the ring wealthier than any
{ other fighter ever did before He
| should easily have a milion gr more
stowed away.
.
On some of the municipal golf
courses in England a player may en-
i est fee of four cents, for which
| clubs and balls are provided.
fe . vo»
sum
Jimmy Delaney, the lightweight
battler, bids fair te develop into a bril-
lant addition to the constellation of
boxing stars which has helped to put
| the city of St. Paul on the sport map.
* - .
Although with a sixth-place club,
Wiz Kremer of Oakland has made an
{ Impressive record among pitchers In
{ the Pacific Coast league, leading the
whole circuit In number of games won,
. * .
Umpire Jack O'Hearne, finishing
up the season in the Western associa.
tion, was chosen to officiate In the
playoff series between Ardmore and
Okmulgee, with Frank Cole as his
partner In the games,
* » »
The Brooklyn elub, just before the
close of the sales period, purchased
three players from Richmond of the
Virginia league, They are Nelson
| Greene, a southpaw pitcher; H. B.
Malone, outfielder, and Abe Hood,
shortstop,
> . & 9
Scotland is credited with the devel:
opment of golf to its present stand.
ards. The word, derived from the
German “kolbe” (In Dutth, “kelf™),
signifies a club. "Kolf” is an olden
pastime in Holland and Belgium,
where it is usually played on the ice,
. * »
Waddy McPhee, the former Prince
ton infielder, recalled by the New York
Nationals from Denver, Is to be
shipped to Little Rock for next season,
George Sullivan, reqalled by the Glants
from Raleigh, is to be sent to Ports
mouth in the Virginia league next
year,
Makes Unique Wager on
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COULDN'T EVEN WHISTLE
Doctor McKinnon
had the
effect
physician
of
of cheerfulness on
Wis Bn
nion the
greatest op
good wick
Perhaps the freaklest wager on
(:ibbons
in
ord was made on the Dempsey
fight at one
Manhattan
of the exclusive clul
a few
by a you
Honalre
.
nights
great fracas
prominent
1
ng blood
sporting man
not has
roll hav
amount of $25
he made
the sald amount at what
and one-sided
his simoleons
much
ing
but,
to
geemed
He pro
did e
ood
bank
becoming bold
risk
i 8
| posed to
WARY :
If Gibbons was stopped
{ rounds he would lose, but if said Gib-
a
reckless bet
on
anh
iay
the
pro-
double
remainder
to round after round for
of the bout, with the
in any of the 15 reunds he would lose
| all,
i the party of the second part could stop
the bet, but at ne time could he draw
| down his wager.
The young blood had only one way
to win, which was for Gibbons to last
the 15 rounds. The resuit, of course,
shows. that he did The millionaire,
{being a game sport, would not draw
| out before the limit. Hence, the young
blood won sum of §25.000, which
he received in the shape of a check
drawn to his order immediately after
| the news was verified
His Neck Broken
the
Ivan Williniss, a student at the
Georgia School of Technology, Atlanta,
to wear a head brace
his entire football career
suffered a dislocation In
and through
{ will have
throughout
Williams
scrimmage
| game.
| Major League Clubs Use
It is estimated that
major league clubs this season.
used up by the minor leagues through.
out the United States and Cangda.
Surely the business of manufacturing
baseballs for the professional clubs Is
a profitable one,
fressssnsnsnnsssnnsnnannp
Young Golf Champs
Persons who claim that golf is
a game for old men are all wet,
as noted curbstone lterary lights
would put it,
Bobby Jones, open champion of
the United Rtates, is twenty-one
years old. Gene Sarazen was
twenty-one when he won the
open title In 1922. Frances Oni
met capturad the champlonship
when he was only twenty. Chick
Evans has been one of the
game's most brilliant stars for
the past ten years and he is still
under thirty,
Walter Hagen became cham.
pion at twenty-five. Jess Sweet.
, winner of the American ama-
teur championship this year, is
twenty-one, while Roger Weth.
ered, amateur champion of ng
Innd, is twenty-seven,
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“You drive thi
he remarked to one partic
discouraged patient. “P
fulness, your work, you know,
must away depres
ilarly
4
Tiactice cheer
Sing at
sort of thing.
“Bing at my work, doctor?”
the “How
I'm a giass blower.”
at
patient, io
Forgot the Golden Rule.
I propose to publish my poems
the name of John
Candid Friend—Well, |
that's playing the ie,
Poet— Why not?
Candid Friend—Just ti
thousands of men
be ruspected!
Poet
Smith,
think
gon't
gan
the
wild
ink of
innocent who
An Eye to the Picturesque.
“Didn't hostile
party from
guises?”
“No,”
you oblect that
Ridgs
‘
to
Snuke
Joe,
‘em any
answered: Cactus ‘The
disguises didn't make harder
to lick an’ ruther improved their ap
pearance.” Washington Star,
A Line on Values
“Fifteen cepts for a quart of black-
berries?”
“Yes, mum.”
“Seems high”
“Did you ever try picking a quart?™
“No, I never did."
“l advise you to try it."
A eigue
MATTER OF MONEY
Hubby—What did you marry me
for?
Wifey-—~Mamma figured it up at
the time and said it was about a mil
lion and three-quarters.
’
Conferences.
The “~orid’'s a fletting =!
AF on our way we
PAYEE 100
we fear,
The same old dislogue
They Compromised.
Ma -I'll have
, Jeff
have
i Gt ra tis
= rats
“Dad,
“A mt
tween husband
“1 thought that was a dialogue?
“No; a per
sons are speaking
what's .a monologue?”
is a conversation be
z to *
and wife.
mologue
dinlogue is where two
»
Enterprise.
*Is bootleg liquor expensive areund
here?”
“It is in Crimson
Cactus Joe. “But I understand un to
Snake Ridge there's an undertaker
willing to treat all comers 80's to boom
business." Washington Star.
Gulch,” replied
COULDN'T HELP IT
Monkel
laugh at!
Hyena—If you were a laughing
hyena you would.
don't see anything to
Ever Meet Him?
Let poets sing their little song
And gaily smite the lyre;
Give me the man who whistles while
He's putting on a tire.
No Bands.
An English weaver went to his pas
tor and sald: “T've coom to tell ye I'm
getting married.”
“You mean you've come to give no
tice for the banns.” said the minister,
“Na, that I haven't,” was the reply.
“We're no havin' any bands: we're
only havin’ a concertina after tea”
The Supreme Optimist,
He—1 know Janie has been engaged
to Jim for fifteen years, but why does
that make her the greatest optimist in
the world?
She—Well, he's forty now and earn.
ing $30 a week and she swears she'll
never marry a man unless he's mak.
ing £20,000 !) year,
Nobody's Fault,
Customer-—Ouch! This towel 1s
scalding hot,
Barber—Sorry, sir! 1 couldn't hold .
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