PENNSYLVANIA STATE ITEMS Jeddo.— Experienced conl miners from the Ruhr section of Germany ar- rived here and will be given work at the collieries of the Jeddo Highland Coal company, oid | Butler—Aged women of the Mrst English Lutheran church are to have a home with an initial expenditure of $40,000, according to the will of Heury Relber, an oll and gas operator, who died here sereval weeks ago. They are to be housed In the Relber home- stead, a valuable property well adapt- ed for such purposes, Pittsburgh. Frank lola by shooting hlinself committed in the in which his wife and an infant son York.—~Mrs. Nora Bush, aged 052, pointed buck deer was found by Charles Stoudt io his corn fleld, with a fight with a superior buck. Lewistown.—The W. C. T. U. has asked donations of money to provide county almshouse. Tyrone.—8Standing on the Pennsyl- vania raliroad tracks here waiting for a freight traln to pass, Jozeph CC. Welsh, a brakeman, was killed by a Hight engine, Connellsville —Run down by an au tomoblile as he alighted from a West Penn street car, at Eighth street and lelsenring avenue, to adjust the trol ley, Conductor William Manges, Connellville, was Painfully injured and Mr, almost and Mrs lifelong Danville. Lawrence, William residents, Carlisle.— The Cumberland County as the highest ten-cow aver. butterfaut during November, car. Motorman Harry Ford heard Manges scream and ran to him just in time to see the. driver run to his machine, hop In and dash away. Huntingdon.-—A small balloon re- leased at Huntingdon County Agrieul- ture * Fair. August 31, last, by Fred Snare, of McConnellstown, was found on a shock of corn In a fleld of J. W F. Cooper, near Wyoming, Delaware county, having traveled about miles. Phoenixville.—Joseph Monarek com mited suicide while mending an um. brella. When two of his children re turned from they found their father had strangled himself with a strap. He was on th. floor, with the broken strap around his neck. Mrs Monarek was out working and man was alone in the house. He had been sick and unable work fo about twe years. Uniontown. —County authorities who investigated the death of Peter A Dobrish, aged 50, found dead in home at Tower Hill No. 2, that he was robbed und with a coal pick, which he used mines. Coroner Baum found the sharp pick with hlood, school io his decided then xian in the both points covered with that with one indicating the victim had hacked first with the Dobrish heen then that point ar 1 ather it is believed wis robbed of about STHiKx) Uniontown State troopers $ members of the police force of Po Marion ged battle engaged uiiners ' fi pistol fight After wit alle running Haff Va and Lowe, of rum the captured Ww (ioorge Mol ee, of John Molisee and Cascade, W. Va, ¥ Ra: iTkes-Barre Morgantown, with two anto 1 fift of moonshis After in oll ir an el whom AI W tress soa kes Ons 1 Wyoming In wif . Ww ith Mich Dn house Chile school saw tree on the man had Altoona TX) repl edge used his | After es the Citizer executive committees has an t first prize of 220 in Miss garet Laramy, daughter of R. E my. Ci : s3lel ¢ g0 to superintendent of thie schools, for the best five rule the hest flve the motorists and rules cilldren in of Second prize, $10, went to Miss Betty and third prize, 235, Miss Louise Seidel. The contest to all school children in Altoona. Uniontown.—Called to the front door of his home, CC. E mander of De La Loma Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, was presented with an envelope containing $50 toward the interest safety Endress, to giver sald the money was a Jpresent from the Ku Klux Klan. A= the result of a week's canvass the veterans have raised more than $3000 and, as thes aiready had about $8000, a first pay- ment of 310,000 soon will he made. Harrishurg.~The collections of the auditor general's department for the period from December 1, 1022, to the close of business, November 30 1023 Af period corresponding to the fiscal year in force in the past amounted to $64.200.017.44, or $5,000,000 more than was collected during the fiscal year of 1922, York.-—Miss Harriet V. Furby, now at Palm Beach, formerly of Toronto, a trained nurse, has entered sult for $40,000 against the Pennsylvania rall- road for Injuries sustained following a wreck at Brillhart station, five miles south of York, on June 7. Miss Furby was a passenger on the train and in- stantly assisted the Injured. Return. ing to her conch from the work, she stepped through the trestle, falling thirty feet. The Injuries, which she sustained, confined her to the York Fospital, a hospital at Toronto and various other Institutions, her claim sets forth, Greensburg. -—- An undetermined amount of money deposited In the poor boxes in the Church of the Most Holy Sacrament was stolen. Hazleton. ~<Louls Fednln, a saloon. keeper, while hunting rabbits in the woods nck of Hazlebrook, was strick. en with heart fatlure and died within a few minutes, Hazleton. ~<For the Ars mare than fifty vears the Y, here Is ont of debt, Plue Hill--Edwin Faust, aged 10, found a dynamite eap along the rail vod, hammered it and may lose his eight hand, time In M.C A more than 1000 The average butter. the county was 57.0 ation, 97 produced pounds of milk. fat record for pounds. In ducing forty pounds Hr more of nineteen associations, Reading. Thomas Peters, only years of ago, and Joseph Shomiskey, 12 years old, broke into a safe In the office of the Berkshire News agency, and took over $4000 In cash. were taken Into custody by City De- and Huber while en- station of railway restaurant the Reading preparatory to When pair Seranton the dressed f nabbed by the foot tectives wers head to in new clothing they por al store and had bought Seranton, where they going to visit acquaintances, aceord- ing to thel: story They used a chisel and a monkey-wrench, the latt hammer, easily in opening the safe door, smashing a that lock Altoona sylvania George casting the the Wao After serving ralirenad fifty Nr. Penn Years Weamer, 79. a car. roll 2-year-old daugh died of a frac when of &8 nel aped penter, was placed Marian, Stiqer, on the honor Berwick (e sku downstairs ter of tured sustained whe at the home hor Pittsburgh Burgiars Colem 8 | entered St atholle church In Turtle (reek, dragged a safe from t foot Fort he sacris to the of the ge I aR dressing terial Un! Aasociation hore, shy rire hy 1 o wil $ church 1 ‘ HUrcngoing poopie 0 00 hin n “a h } ip } ristian people behind his i rying Pennsy'y With the ('h governor said, he an effectunl “hs the would qr program of dr fortunate,” he in enforcement “that in is u national adm'nls io that the resaits you desire forthcoming from those enforce prohibition” Pottsville.-—The bringing of amounts of bituminous coal into the hard coal region for storage purposes was continued, when big consignments were received. The coal ix mostly for the use of railiroads, in the event the bituminous miners strike next April, Rallroad employes say that the are entrusted fs toy that a possible strike of eight months Is being prepared for. Owners of the fuel are taking precautions against the coal plies getting on fire from spontaneous combustion, It is belleved that the trouble in the soft coal re gion would greatly aid in the restora- tion of the anthracite steam sizes of coal to public favor. These sizes are Just now a drug on the market. Altoona.—An emery wheel burst in the Pennsylvania rallroad shops, frag ments striking Albert R. Hamliton, aged 34, machinist, on the left arm. fracturing it. He was working at the wheel usually assigned to Herbert Werner, killed In an automobile acel dent near Altoona, when the car erash- ed into a concrete mixer at the side of the road. Walnutport.—Frank KR. Violante was instantly killed by a Central rallrond train while on his way to visit his brother in FPalmerton. Betleville ~The Mifflin County Farm Jurean elected WW. B. Maclay, of this place, president for the seventh time Holtwood. In a raid on @ residence housing members of a congtruction camp, state police arrested four mon und a woman and seized twelve gal long of alleged moonshine York-<Ephralm 8 Hugentugler, who was re-elected mayor on an inde. pendent ticket, spent 8352 duribyg hie campaign, Be Howard G. Cleaveland, known ss the “wheel-chair cose,” has been in the athletic game for tem years. During this time he bas coached nu- merows high school snd frateraal teams. He was Injured in a raliroad sevident 20 vears ago and as a result lost the use of both of his legs. May Set Unique Record i Jackson Mathers newest one of th the Plrate makes good 1 hi have members of squad, will established a unique as Lie had but two weeks pitching experience with Cynthi nna in the Blue Grass league be fore he was sold to the Pirates Mathers hurled 34 consecutive innings without baving =a run scored against him record EERE SELES NE ORR a “Red” Grange Is Star ) Harold Grunge, halfback the point of in Hinols leads scorers the Went regarded many sport sulborities as he th greatest foothall PIRYETS ever pro the in Baseball Games Are Won Every year we are tola that applied psychology is going to decide the post season baseball series, and every year a few gentlemen with lusty step up to the plate and decide it with their bats, ss did the Yankees. Pay. Into golf, hut only as a factor in the struggle be ak the case may be that by taking thought a manager may But It is the the hard-ihinking of the mental giant Nearly sll baseball players is necessary for the highest type of teain work. Bat one nsually discov. ers-—-if he ia deep in baseball liters. ture—that they are quoting from the newspapers of a few days hefore. On the day of the big game they forget their paychology and put everything they have into their pitching or pegs or cloute. If everything they have is enough, they win If the other team has more, they lose. The function of mind in baseball is chiefly confined to getting a bunch of likely boys togeth. er, giving them the right kind of train. ing and insisting that they get plenty of sleep and cultivate plain living, says the New York Tribune. After that the team does the rest, and does it with muscle and energy. All Pirates Scattered . at Close of the Season By request of President Dreyfuss of the Pitisburgh club the Pirates agreed to do ne barnstorming stunts, but scattered immediately close of the season. The war put well paid for thoir senson’s work and would only cheapen themselves by epvorting in the sticks for a few extra dollars. It is nn jribite to the Intel Higence of the players that they saw she point { The French Tennis federation has | an enrcliment of 18.720 players. i * ® . | Three strikes make a player a hero, in bowling of course, not baseball. i » - * A $2,000,000 stadium te seat 150,000 N. J. * * % The greatest! distance on record fer | arrow is M0 yards 8 | Inches » i » * » | shooting an Football is played by neariy 500 col. leges and universities In the United States ® » * If there were any sense Willie Hoppe would be a hurdle racer instead billinrdist * - r of a In Memoriam wonderful er oon carried 3 FULriouUs name viclery i » Norse is 8B id 1 that or it nes mye univer part a. Ohio State lent to take iring each ¢ Coast league Francisco YON: in H eleven ind OC yradford this and the Harvard They play end The “rabbit punch™ a blow back of the neck, i= said to have heen irs used by Jess Willard in Johnson { with Jacl Whe i when remembers the the ball { dollar for 8 pair of | ter good old days game meant a seals and a quar for a chrysanthemum? . - . big foot There are two wars for a hall play er to get his name in print during dull off One way is married, the other is to die * - senson io gel in the National league, say the lead. | ing batters of that organization. Lack fault . + Approximately 13200000 golf balls are used annually in the United States. One fourth of the balls sold in this country comme from England and Seotland. . * » Sinee the Olymple games were re- vived In 1800, in the six meets held, United States athletes have won 47 of the principal events, while Gireat Brit. gin has won only eight. . . . Penusylvania now has a state ath letic commission for the contfol of boxing and wrestling. The board is represented by three men, one a ne gro, each receiving $5,000 a year. ——— Ritola in Olympics Willie Ritoin. "The biying Fiun” wants to run in the 1924 Olympics as an American eitimen, or for no other country. If he ix granted the papers, hie will sail as a member of the Amer! can team nest spring for Paris, i | i i | i Match Between Firpo and Bolivian Indian According te a Buenos Alres dispateh, an effort Is being made te arrange a maich belween Firpo and a Bolivian Indian, re ported to have the cranial char acteristies of a "missing link” a height of seven fee! three inches, and an arm spread of eight feet. If such a “sporting event” is arranged and the Jun gle man wins, the next logieal step will be the importation of a gorilla from the African jungle to contest the title with the new champion. | EL — —— ag IVAN PARKE LEADING | JOCKEY OF COUNTRY “ MAY Sinclair Lewis relates the following incident. An English brother of the remarked that he had spent a very busy day correcting the proofs of his new essay. “Make any changes?” asked Lewis “l made one very lmportant change. I took out a comma.” The American smiled. “And is that Rise of Y5-Pound Youngster Has | Been Phenomenal. The rise of Ivan Parke, 95-pound riding sensation at the recent La | tonia race meeting, hax Leen phenom. enal, considering that the hoy rode Ivan Parke. Tw youngster, who is old, leads aj! American riders today with & 1 of winning mounts of BGT, giving him a ning the This Ing for Kixieen Years other tal 121 out win percentage of af the Year 5 one records 8 first year in merican The riding ability rized Jockey been frequen tested by his having had to come f far from older and more experienced r turf has back to win many of ers. Despite his feather Parke loomed Kentucky This fact Harry Payne latter's agent, Mose Goldbl ‘incinnati tu “He one of Amerie as a rfman a's was Goldhintt's he had signed the le contract Parkes record sl from 1 ezinning of lexington meeting 51 i the recent when of his mounts to vie and 17 at La the turf world hy rad py FoGe La tors October tonia riding ten of fourteen mounts in front during the two days Parke his Kentucky en gagements with a total of 43 winners out of 138 mounts, for the excellent percentage of 31. {in he astounded completed Interesting Facts About Illinois’ New Stadium The Hlinois stadium at Urbana is a | gift of 10.000 alumni sand students. It covers eight acres. Each stand is 540 feet long and the top is 112 feet high. It required: Structural steel 2.700 tons, Reinforcing bars 80 tens, Brick 4,800,000, Cement 50,000 barrels. Cut stone—7.200 tone, Lumber—404 mlies Seats-~17 miles, covered with acres of paint More spectators ean watch the game | from the sides of the gridiron within | ” i other stadium. It Is the first stadium te emphasize architectural beauty by use of red brick and white stone, It commemorates the memory of 200 Niinols men who dled In the World War. It will be the center of a vast sys tem of intramural athletics, It opened November 8 with the Chi eago-lllinoie game, Yankees Shatter Marks in Game With Red Sox When the Yankees battered a trio of Red Sox twirlers for 24 runs and 30 hitg in O5 times at hat on Sep tember 28 they established two new American league records and tied an old one. Here is what they did on that day: Fifty-five times #t bat beat old red ord for an ninednning game In the American league, held by Philadel. phia with 54 on July 8 1002; 24 runs tied the record held by Philadelphia, made May IR, 1012; 50 hits beat the record of 27 made hy Philadeiphin July KR 1002, and Detroit July 17, J008, w “Oh, no,” sald the other. “After deep reflection I put the comma back.™ Transcript. AMMUNITION Dia wother foud or soft needles, sonny? Little Boy--1 ones, Clerk YOur want wants loud Mom don’t like the family whag above guess she us Not to the Ult. Consumer. Inventors go in And they undertake anew To make production But somehow they never do deeper cheaper, They Can't Qualify. Mistress (who ix going day)—And, Mary, friend to come to Mars out for the invite = if you like, I haven't got any women, ~~ You may tes Please, 'm only § now young Punch The Opportunist. “Did Wilkins ever § pay you back that dollar you loaned him? = “1 forget.’ 2 he was Jo ng in Aute Language. What of a sort fellow is He hs . yviind Hinder tastes er In DIFFERENT WITH A WOMAN P nan X ern forming » Latitude—Clothes don't make the Pounder—i" raps corsets have a jut do not mod ot to with woman, T.-M T. ehader of night were falling fast, past, A crash--he died without a sound, They opened up his head and found-- Excelxior: News That Wasn't New lle (elated)—Edith, I've a great piece of news for you. Betty Bright wife, She--You that news. eall Hm! A Matter of Convenience. Flo—I'd like to buy that hat In the Joe—That’s not necessary. sell it to you over the counter They ————— ————— a ———— Two of a Kind. Tom=1 proposed to the twin sis ters and both gave me the mitten, Dick—Well, there's one consolation, your mittens ought to be mates, As Usual, Amy--Is there an aflinity between you and your husband? Sue-~1 am not sure, hut T suspect his stenographer.—Corpell Widow, Significant, “How well does Mrs. Judson sing?” “Well, if you've never herrd hor you've something to look backward to.” Overheard in the Kitchen. Mistress—Who broke that jug? MaidThe cat, mum, Miseress—What ont? Mald—Why, ain't we got London Daily News, china one. Fair Play. Holdup—Stick ‘em ap. Wot you got on you? Victim—Here’'s my money, but 1 wish you'd give me a receipt, so the next highwayman [| meet won't sands bag we for refusing to give up,
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