PENNSYLVANIA
STATE ITEMS
Shamokin.—John Yelsick, 33, a
well-known contract miner, ‘was fa-
tally injured at the Cameron colliery
when caught in an explosion of dyna-
mite,
Altoona.—Forty-three churches are
co-operating in a big revival
which has been under way a week.
ministers are preaching to crowded
auditoriums. Many are repenting of
thelr sins.
Lebanon.—Dr. Charles M. Sirickler,
one of the leading practicing phys!
clans of this city, was fatally strick-
en with heart disease while attending
a patient, dying instantly. He was
B7 years old and graduated from the
Medical School of ipe University of
Fennsylvania in 18.0. For twenty-
five years he was secretary of the
Yebanen County Medical Society.
Harrisburg. — Automobile thieves
are no respectors of numbers or per-
sons. The theft of a car bearing li-
cenge tag No. 09909, owned by A, J5
James, publicity director of tha state
highway department, which issues au-
tomobiie license tags and titles, wus
reported to the police here.
Lewistown.—*"My cousclence wor-
ried me, and am returning twelve
cents stoien from your miik bottle.”
sald an anonymous letter received by
Mrs. Warren B. Reed that contained
a well.worn dime and twee copper:
Aboit three weeks ago Mrs: Reed
milk there as usual with the vottle
that had been placed on the por:h rhe
night befcre lying on he ground he-
side the nocuse. She picked up the
empty boitle and never knew that the
milkman had not recelved his twelve
cents until the letter came,
Greensburg.—Harry Wolfe, aged
2, & prominent Westmoreland ~oun-
ty farmer, living near Yukon, Is dead
and Cerel Conward, his son-in-law,
was reported dying In consequence of
& double shooting Saturdav on the
highway fronting the Wolfe home. Po-
lice say Conward shot Wolfe through
the heart with a shetgun snd then
turned the weapon on himself,
Altoona~—~John Marks Is a poor
marksman. When he went to his
garage to stir up the iflre he surpris-
ed two burglars robbing the place,
One opened fire on him and he -e-
turned the fire as ther fled, but none
of the shots took effet.
Pittsburgh.—A highwayman, work-
ing In the Homestead district, select-
ed a bread waghbn driver as his vie-
tim, but the robber did not know that
the driver was a fighting man, dis
charged from the army only two
weeks ago. Wiliam Alberts, the driv.
er, when commanded to hold up his
hands, replied by firing two shots at
the bandit, who returned the fire and
fled. One bullet struck the horse at-
tached to the wagon. Alberts had to
kill the animal.
Pittsburgh. —State police aided by
constables, broke down the front door
of the Capitol Hotel In McKees Rocks
and selzed four large stills, 104 bar-
rels of mash and 300 gallons of moon.
shine. The raid was conducted on
warrants issued by Justice of Peace
Mary Morgan, of Swickley, and three
men were arrested,
Harrishurg.—The appointment of
Dr. Willlam A. Pearson, of Philadel-
phia, as a trustee of the Allentown
State Hospital, and W. 8. Ross, of
Scranton, as a trustee of Scranton
State Hospital, were announced by
Governor Pinchot.
Allentown.—In civil court a settle
ment for $4000 was effected In the
suit brought by Willlam F. Danzer
against the trustees of the East Penn-
sylvania Conference of the United
Evangelical church to recover about
£0400, an glleged balance on the con-
tract price for erecting the new Oli
vet church In Bethlehem.
Hazleton.—A thief visited St. Jo-
seph Blovak church, but got only forty
cents, which he found In the sacristy.
Sunbary—Mrs., Charlotte Sink, 50,
was found dead In bed at her home
by Dt. Thomas M. Thomas, who was
called to administes to the woman.
Selinsgrove.—~Frances Gemberling
has been appointed Snyder county de-
tective by District Attorney Miller.
Danville~Rev. Dr. A. J, Irey, pas-
tor of the Danville Baptist church,
fifteen years and In the ministry 45
years, will retire July 1
Philadelphia. —Tenants of bulldings
who violate the liquor laws may be
ejected before the termination of
their leases, it was revealed In court
before Judge Quigley after Nathan
Smith, proprietor of a cigar store In
South street near Broad, pleaded
guilty to violating the Volstead act
and was fined $100. According to
Assistant District Attorney Graham,
counsel for the gwner of the building,
which Smith oecupled at the time of
the raid, the defendant wag forced to
give up his cigar stand on ejectment
. proceedings, even though his lease
had not expired.
Nescopeck.—After fifty-five years,
the estate of Harry Cooper was fin-
ally settled at a conference of the
helrs,
Derry ~Falling from his train nat
he eastern end of the Gallltzin tun.
nel, Howard W. Mitchell, a Pennsyl-
vania railroad freight conductor, was
beheaded by the wheels,
Ashland. —After being entombed In
& mine four hours, Elias Lovel was
‘rescued, .
Sunbury, — The Northumberland
. court denied liquor llcenses to fwen-
ty-four wholesalers and two brew
eries,
Pittsburgh. — Burned when, thelr
clothing was ignited, three women
are dead In various sections of the
city. As the result Coroner McGreg-
or sounded a warping shout open
grates and gas stoves, which have
taken nearly a score of lives this win.
ter. The victims were Mrs. Johanna
Weller, aged 87, 1526 Rhine street;
Meinmetz, 53, 926 Winnebago
Street,
Harrisburg.—State banks which ac-
quired rights to act In fiduciary ca-
pacities under an act of 1019 do not
have all the rights conferred upon
aged
trust companies de-
rive their power, Deputy Attorney
Secretary of Banking Cameron.
Unlontown.—Burglars invaded the
First National Bank building, and en-
tering the office of Rellly-Callahan
Coal & Coke company, knocked the
combination off the safe door and got
away with several hundred dollars In
cash and several checks worth $600.
Hazleton.—Summoned before Ma-
yor Harvey on a charge of annoying
a widow with persistent proposals of
marriage, Michael Fetchko, aged 72,
a widower, declared that the woman
at night with invitations that they be
wed. The mayor discharged the case,
saying that, as this is leap year, It
is the privilege of any widow to
spring the question.
Greensburg.—Forty-three boys from
the Hammebr Plan and Haydenville
district ranging In age from 8 to 15
years, were arrested by Rallroad De-
tective Sullen and given a hearing on
a charge of malicious mischief. The
boys are alleged to have stripped
fifty cars of all the oll-soaked waste
while they skated
Rallroad inspect-
the waste was
serious damage
themselves warm
on a pond nearby.
ors discovered that
missing before any
was done.
Scottdale.—~When he ran in the path
years old, was killed.
Shamokin —Alleging that she was
deserted on her wedding day, Mrs.
Thomas W. Sundarland sued for db
voree,
Port Trever—Weliling Harrold, 71
years old, old-time Pennsylvania canal
boatman, fell dead of heart disease at
his home.
Unlontown.—Mrs, Mary Janosick, of
Hopewood, who was .bout to become
a mother for the eighth time, died In
a hospital here, the result of bullet
wounds sald to have been Ifinicted by
her husband a week ago. John Jamo-
sick, the husband, is In the county
Jall here. According to the authori-
ties, he shot his wife when she took
some whisky from him.
Ambridge. ~While the local firemen
were answering wu alarm their appa-
ratus collided with an automobile
driven bf Lewis Adams, of Youngs
town, 0. As the firemen were gath-
ering up the fragments of the car,
they found fifty gallons of grain aleco-
hol under the seat and Adams was ar-
rested,
Hazleton —This city is to have a
community band under the leadership
of M. A. Small, of New York.
Homnesdale.— Walter Smith, of Haw-
ley, wlo was indictel by the grand
Jury on charges of violating the pro-
hibition law and breaking jall, escap-
ed agaln by filing his way through the
cupola. Henry Rock, who was Indict-
ed on a charge of felonious assault,
escaped with him. This means a to-
tal of six prisoners who have escaped
from the Wayne county jall in as
many weeks and the county authori
ties are investigating.
Coatesville—~James C. Hurley, Jr.
a member of the Sadshuryville fire
department, had a miraculous escape
from Injury when he fell twenty-five
feet from the comb of a roof and was
not even scratched. Hurley was
fighting a slight chimney fire at the
home of Elisha Forsythe, three miles
west of here, when a chimney against
which he was leaning to steady hime
self collapsed and hurled him to the
ground. He landed on his feet.
Lewistown. ~The Mifflin county
commissioners re-elected Miss Clars
V. White chief clerk and Miss Emma
Fisher assistant,
Bloomshurg.—Reports presented to
the annual meeting of the Columbia
County Fair Association will show a
profit of about $21,000 last year.
Shamokin—Bedfast 28 a result of
paralysis for twenty years, Mrs. Anna
Morgan, aged 47, died.
Sunbury~~The Peansylvania rail.
road shops here were put on a three
days-a-week schedule, affecting more
than 400 men.
Harshwood. Caught by a fall of
coal and slate In the Bald Mountain
mine, John Kanopka and John Hoteh.
ko were instantly killed,
Altoona. ~Falling from his train In
the Pennsylvania yards, William P.
Stewart, aged 57, freight conductor,
was rolled rnder the cass and killed.
Greensburg—Right hundred quarts
of good whisky, seized from rum run
ners along the Lincoln Highway, will
be given to hospitals in Mount Pleas.
ant, Latrobe, New Kensington and
this plince,
Cambridge Springs.—A, Henderson,
aged 08, an Indian barber, was burned
to death when fire destroyed his home,
Mt. Carmel—Burglarse broke the
plate glass display window of 8, RH
Bergstresser & Son and stole six guns
valued at $200,
Danville~Thomas Martin, aged 60,
died ftom a broken back and other in-
Juries sustained when he fell twelve
feet from the roof of a small porch.
Sunbury~The #Mty commission has
voted to buy thé residence of
Clinton R. Savidge, adjoining the
court house, for a new city hall for
$16,500.
presssssansussssnanansuns
Million See Games
Football games played In the
western conference during the
past season attracted nearly
1,000,000 spectators, according
to compilations from figures re-
ported by the Institutions, with
total recelpts estimated at nearly
$2,000,000,
Presennnasnsannnn
FARR RAR RA RRRARR RAR RRR RRR
RITOLA IS ELIGIBLE
TO RUN FOR FINLAND
Star Will Re-Establish Him-
self in His Native Land.
Willie Ritola, leading American dis
tance runner, who has decided to re-
turn to Finland and represent his na-
tive country In the 1024 Olvmplies, will
have no difficulty In re-establishing his
Finnish citizenship, it was learned
upon investigation of reports that the
athlete might be barred by an absence
desnnassnssansnnn
Willie Ritola.
of more than ten years from the land |
of his birth,
From an official Finnish source it de- |
veloped that there Is no time limit on
the citizenship of natives who leave
the country. The only way it ean be |
forfeited, it was sald, 1s by formal ap- |
plication to the Finnish department
of state. Ritola has made no applica- |
tion of this sort since coming to the |
United States In the latter part of!
1018 and, although he has already ob- |
tained first Américsn citzenship pa- |
pers, this will not affect his eligibility |
to run for Finland in the Olympics. i
Ritola has held the national ten- |
mile and cross-country championships
*for the last two years, and also holds
the American indoor records for three |
and four miles,
Couldn’t Stand to See
Another Man Beaten Up |
The thing called nerve Is interest-
ing. No golfer would say that Gene
Sarnzen is lacking In nerve. He has
gone through too many tough spots in
the golfing highway for anyone to in- |
sinuate that he Is lacking In the ath-
letic punch. And yet, Invited to one
of those Milam! boxing affairs, sccord-
ing to an Indianapolis man, who was
present at the Invitation, Sarazen
sald :
“Count me out. I don't lke fight
ing. It's too rough. 1 can’t see an
other man beaten up.”
wesnminmsmmssnngo,
Buck Herzog Signed. Up
as Manager for Newark
Charley Herzog, former major
league star second baseman, has re-
turned to baseball as a manager. He
put his name to a contract to manage
the Newark club of the International
league the coming year. Michael Me-
Tighe, one of the owners of the club,
did not say what the salary arrange.
ments were but It is hplieved that Her-
zog got fat figures. The deal had been
pending since the syndicate of home
business men bought the franchise a
few weeks ago.
Famous English Team to
Play in United States
Soccer enthusiasts will see the fa-
mous Corinthian amateurs of London,
in motion next fall as the Englishmen
are to appear in Philadelphia and Ca-
nadlan cities. The Glasgow Celtics
may also come over, now that the
kicking style of football Is gaining in
popularity, especially in the East and
New England.
Rixey Is Best Southpaw,
Declares Roush of Reds
Eddie Roush of the Cincinnati Reds
picks Eppa Rixey as the best south
paw in the National league. Rixey is
a protege of a former National league
umpire, who developed him when he
was coaching the University of Vir
ginla candidates In baseball, Rixey at
the time being the star of the club,
Champions
American open. Robt. T. Jones, Jr,
American amateur. Max Marston
British open.... Arthur GQ. Havefs
British amateur. Roger Wethered
American P. G. A... Gene Sarazen
Amer. women's. Edith Cummings
Dritish women's. Doris Chambe
Western open... Jock Hutchis
Western amateur.Chas, Evans, Jr
Bouthern amateur... Ferry Adair
Intercollegiate. Dexter Cummings
Metropol. amateur... Frank Dyer §
Metropolitan open. Bob McDonald,
long Isl'd amateur.J. Stearns, Jr,
Long Island open. William Kline
Westchester amat'r. KE E Sturges
Westchester open... Geo, MoLean
New Jersay amateur. Frank Dyer
New Jarsey open. Dave Campbell
i 4 : LBS TRE Em tod
Ted Crosby, captain of the Crimson
hockey squad, can be found on the ice
dally, preparing for coming meets,
The hockey season promises to be a
brilliant one owing to sie great deal
of interest being taken In the sport
this year by the various colleges.
i i A RR
Sporting Sauibs
at (Ottawa.
*. * 9»
torium rink
The St. Louis Cardinals have
on a catching
. . .
Under new ruling of the state ath-
commission, mixed boxing
» . Ad
Miss Elizabeth Stine of Leonia, N,
new world's high
Highest Golf Links
The highest golf links in the
United States, 4.500 feet above
sea level, are on the top of the
Blue Ridge mountains, at Moun-
tain Lake, Va The nine-hole
course was hewn out of a virgin
forest, and is said to he the near
est approach to a Scottish
in this country.
=e=eeay
o
COUrse
»
AE AR NS ER NES ED WAS NR ee a ee
ive maannnnann
|
1
i
i
English Lightweight
SR ES
i
*. eo 0
Billy Wells,
a chaplain, but he will do well not to
tarry In the neighborhood of bunkered
shots.
Edward F. Eagen of Oxford,
English universities. He was former-
ly of Yale.
* * »
The fact that golf Is sald to benefit
the duffers the most ig not
purposely,
* - *
The 1024 American Olympic team will
and French athletes met at Mayence in
a football game,
score of § to 0,
. % *
number of knockouts of any present-
day heavyweight.
- » *
A fund of $20.000 is being raised by
popular subscription In Montreal
finance the coming carnival of winter
sports In that city.
» * .
The Boston Red Sox have signed a
sand-lot pitcher and the feeling is that
he will be right at home with the other
Red Sox pitchers.
- ® »
Louis Rubenstein, president of the
Amateur Skating associatiod of Can-
tion continuously for 30 years.
» . “
By fanning 131 men in 40 games dur-
ing the 1923 season, Walter Johnson
led the American league in strikeouts
for the fourteenth time in his career.
- *. .
The National league used 42.75
baseballs during the last season, New
York using the most, 7,008. Most of
these went out of the park as souve-
nirs,
La BE
Southpaw Fred Fussell, it Is stated,
is the third player to be sent the
Wichita Falls club by the Chicago
Cubs in payment for Pitcher Rip
Wheeler.
® »
Johnny Welssmuller, international
swimming champion, recently estab
lished his fiftieth world’s record at
Chicago when he went 100 meters in
58 8-5 seconds.
ee 8 »
Frank Kitchens, veteran catcher, who
went from Wichita Falls last season to
Beaumont to manage the latter team,
has been given his release by the
Beaumont club.
. 8 »
Dick Hbblitzel, veteran first base-
man, who managed the Charlotte team
of the South Atlantic for the past two
seasons, has not decided to return
there, despite reports,
Reb Russell 1s going back to the
American association as a membeyg of
the Konsas City Blues, It is stated
that Le is to be shifted by Pittsburg
to Kansas City as part payment for
Glenn Wright. :
@
|
|
|
Harry Mason, the lightweight chame-
| plon of England, arrived at New York
aboard the 8. 8. Leviathan Mason
iis about the best lightweight boxer
i England bas ever had and may prove
ia surprise among his class in this
{ country.
| Ball Player Spends His
Vacation Studying Latin
“Times do change.” mused John Me
Graw, manager of the New York
Giants baseball club.
And the cause of his rumination is
in Paris studying Latin. He is none
other than Moe Berg, former Prince.
ton star, who played shortstop for the
Brookiyn Dodgers last summer. Berg
Paris and told him of his studies.
“Shades of Kelly and Anson,” sald
“Whoever heard of a ball
player spending his vacation studying
Latin—and in Paris? But times do
change.”
Earl Sande Tops Mark
of All Other Jockeys
A baseball player is worth what he
can draw Into the gates and that is
usually determined by his artistic
playing abllity. If a jockey is meas-
ured In worth by what he wins for
his employers, Earl Sande is what Is
domestically termed “a good pro-
vider.” Sande won $444,125 during the
season, which tops the records of all
other American jockeys.
« Captain J. Carmack
The University of Pennsylvania has
a basketball team that promises some
startling games this season, Here I¥
J. Carmack, captain of the team.
-
IDOLIZED
*It says here, ‘One of the idols most
revered by any heathen Is a figure of a
woman, seated, resting her chin in her
hands,’ ” said Mrs. Farr, reading from
a book.
“Which proves they are about the
wisest people on earth” suggested her
husband.
"How so, Orrin?
“Well,” sald Mr. Farr, with em-
phasis, “because they make a deity of
a8 woman who has sense enough to give
her chin a rest.”"—Pathfinder.
The Olid Problem.
“How do you like housekeeping,
Jim” -
“Well,” answered the recently mar
ried man, “it's only a partial success
The people who come to visit are all
well enough pleased to stay a long
time, but we can't get the help to feel
that way.”
True Chivalry.
The genius of a certain
editor showed itself recently
printed the following news it
local columns of his paper:
“Miss Beulah Blenk, a Batesville
belle of twenty summers, is visiting
her twin brother, age thirty-two, —
Arkansas Taxpayer.
Arkansas
when he
in the
en
One on Pete,
Tenderfoot—What are you laughing
about? What's so funny about drink-
ing poison moonshine?
Cyclone Zip—Wall, when we start-
ed ter drink it out West ‘ere, Plzen
Pete, the snake eater and the worst
old rumsoak ‘ereabouts, was the only
one of us ter git sick.
HANDICAPPED
“That actor will never get ahead”
*Why not?"
“Doesn’t know how to take his own
part.”
A Mistaken Connection.
The sun wae hot upon the beach,
Her sult was little sister's
They thought she was having a won-
derful time, but
All is not bliss that blisters
On the Witness Stand.
“Were you there when the blow was
struck”
“No, sir.”
“Did you"
*No, sir.”
“Wait until I ask the gnestion be-
fore you deny It.” sald the lswyer,
The Only Right Thing.
The speediest motorist had run over
a pedestrian and was anxious to atone
as far as possible.
'T'l do what's right” he assured
him,
“Weil, let's taste it, then” replied
the man In the middle of the road.
FITTED FOR THE SPORT
ry
Son—Dad, I've been pu: on the nine!
ad—You're not strong, son ; are you
fitted for such sport?
Son—Oh, I'm being fitted to a regu-
lar baseball suit now!
Cigars and Statesmen.
Great men in days gone by would plan
With smoke to register their claima.
I Rope that they were better than
Cigars that bear their honoted names.
The Useful Spare.
Henry Carr—I see you've put disk
wheels on your car. Deo you like them
better?
Old Gaysport-—Notice the way that
spare’s fixed up? I'm goin’ to set It
up out at the country club and spin
a little roulette.
Know Henry?
“Henry what did you mean by argu-
Ing with me when Mrs. Wombat was
here?” e
“1 wasn't arguing with you”
“Why, you are arguing with me
now." i ;
A ——————————"
Where Truth Lies
Hodges—Where can you fing of
way between
how fast a“man telis a : 3
car can go and how magiacrate Wa
fast .
friends It can go. | oh