PENNSYLVANIA STATE ITEMS Easton.—Anna Frey, ®7 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Frey, of Stewartsville, N. J, died In the Easton Hospital from tetanus Two weeks ago the child stepped on a rusty rail. The wound healed quickly, but later tetanus developed. White Haven.—Deer are becoming very tame in and around the White Haven section, probably due to the lack of food in the surrounding for- ests, where the snow Is from three to four feet deep, following recent storms. A large buck paid a visit to town and walked along Main street without showing any traces of fear. The animal took its time In going through the town and disappeared in the woods. Pittshurgh.—A second marriage by the same couple proved no more suc- cessful than the first, it was revealed when Mrs. Merie Turrell was recom- mended a divorce from Clarence L. Turrell in a master's report filled in common pleas court. They were first married In 1902 and dlvorced In 1907. They were married again in 1917 and lived together until 1921, when, the wife alleged, Turrell deserted her. Lewistown.—Rev. Dr. M. 8. Cress. man, pastor of St. John's Lutheran church, warned Lewistown residents to be on the lookout for a group of boys who are soliciting money and selling articles under the pretense that they have been sent out from Trexler Orphans’ Home at Loysville, Pa. The home never sends boys out to solicit, he sald. Meadville.—Albert Platt, aged who was convicted of murdering Rob- ert Ellis McGowan, Corners, Pa., school teacher, on morning of February 8, will dle In the electric chair on a date to be set by the governor of Pennsylvania, In ac- cordance with a sentence imposed by Judge Thomas J. Prather, of Craw- ford county criminal court. Platt was found guilty of causing McGow- an's death when he struck McGowan upon fie head several times with a deuble-bitted ax. Ee A seventeenth mahogany clock brought 3275 at auction of property of the late Edgar Maxwell, of Bast Drumore township. A Franklin stove brought $100. Pittsburgh.—Carbon monoxide pols oning caused the death of 12-year-old Henry Jankowski and the critical ill ness of his two brothers and sister, in thelr home at Etna. Mrs. Jankow- ski, mother of the children, discover. ed the body of Henry when she went to awaken him. sister, sleeping In the same room were unconscious. Clifton Heights. —Harry Wright lost his eye In an accident at the branch of the Glen Riddle Mills, ployed as a weaver, Wright was golng about his dutles when a shuttle flew out of a loom and from its socket, Sunbury.—John D. W stuck to his work as a car repairman, although his wife recently £100,000 and a home, was struck in the eye by a plece of steel while at work and may lose his sight. Heim repeatedly has declared that he would not know what to do If he did not work. Altoona.—Padlocks were placed hy the landlord on the doors of the build- ing occupled by Court No. 1, Mystic Order of Sphinx, a social club, eral times raided by the police, oo HT persons who officiated as stewards are serving terms In the Blair county jail for illegal liquor selling. Uniontown.—J. Calvin Areford, driver of the car, which overturned on Mra Ida Goldstein and killed her, near Smithfield, was held for court by Alderman Darby in $4000 ball on an Involuntary manslaughter charge and In 21000 on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the In- fluence of liquor. Wilkes-Barre —Striking a match to gee how much gasoline was In the tank of his automobile at a local gas station, Elmer Stetler, aged 35, of Parsons, was seriously burned by an explosion which followed. Juhn Me- Kenna, aged 18, a companion, also was hurned. Wilkes-Barre. —Of the 115 allens appearing in naturalization eourt here, approximately 25 measured up to the requirements necessary for them to pass. Judge Garman stood firm on his previous rullng that allens unable ts read the English language would be denled citizenship. Lewistown. —Goldstein Brothers, of Portage, have purchased the Samuel Hallem furniture store here, Washington.—Injured when two sleds collided, Harry Jones, aged 14, died from a fractured skull, Bloomsburg.—A meeting of all po- tato growers of Columbia county to form a permarent organization has been called to meet at the court- house, Beaver Falls, ~~ Injured internally when his sled ran into a pole, Ralph Buhot died In the hospital here. Greenbee.—8llas Pickell, 75 years cid, died suddenly from a stroke while conversing with his family. Sunbury.~-~When James Samuels sudednly swerved his car to save kill ing a cat, his auto was upset and gmashed, but he escaped with slight injuries, Hazleton. Alexander Vannaucker, general agent of the Hazleton Heights Land company, died suddenly from heart trouble while seated in a chair at his home. Bethlehem. —Fourteen-year-old Bea- trice Moser was badly burned when a cloth she was using to clean a stove became Ignited. Wormleysburg, — A conscience stricken thief mailed his loot back to the woman whose home he robbed two months ago. When the mall man stopped at the home of Mrs. Dalsy Nabal, he delivered a parcel that con- tained a bearskin rug and a deer's head, taken from her home. The send- er signed himself: “Tony Mirock, Pal. myra.” Altoona. —Councll will issue 8300, 000 in bonds to resurface streets and for emergencies, Lewistown.—Dr. F. W. Black, chlef surgeon at the Lewistown Hospital, slipped on the ley pavement and frac- tured the index finger of his left hand. Altoona. —Golng to St, Mary's Cath- ollie church, to attend mass, Michael Beck, aged 68, retired Pennsylvania railroad bollermaker, died suddenly of heart disease. Hazleton.—Three feet of snow, with an ice tooping, on the lake at Hazle Park forced canceilmtion of plans for a big ice carnival near here, under auspices of the publie schools and the Y. MC A, Bethlehem.—From the effects of In- Juries suffered when she fell down stairs at her home, Mrs. Catherine Laner, aged 50, died. She was about to answer a summons to the front door to admit a son, and In endeavor locate a push button on the second floor, which would have turr- ed on the light at the stairs, she made a misstep and fell. She was found by members of her family with a fracture of the skull Lemoyne.—lLemoyne's speed cop, Harry N. Stone, dreds of arrests of motorists, horough. Of the borough's fund balance of $£3494.08 for $2766.60 was turned in by Crow as fines and costs war, it was announced. For while 8570 to the state treasury. The fils turned In more 1023 to Camp Hill. He Is employed Jointly by both boroughs. Hazleton.—Howard Goldsworthy, a lineman of the Light company, liamsport hospital he traffic died at from burns came in contact after falling recelv- with a thirty from a Pittshurgh eel pole. Released hospital at weeks ago from a Baltimore when he gov- only wns treated France Neeler sat the killed dining room war, Oliver wife table with their Neeler refused to when taken to a police station, the house shot at = three his as she they Virginia, a daughter, bespattered 2-year-old her get up. Greensburg. —Two general stores and a number of adjoining bulidings were destroyed by fire in the mining of Haydenville, near here, ith a loss of 850000. The Hayden- volunteer firemen made telephone © lines, prostr last week's sleet storm, were out of Seranton.-—Aeting upon a from Philadelphia, marshals seized ht car in the local yards of the and Hudson raliroad eon. taining fifty barrels of alcohol The company, of Scranton, from the Brooklyn Brooklyn, N. Y. Verde Hoover, stew- Club, of this eity, and come New (Castle. of a rald on the liquor was found. Security Title club In whieh York.—The and the Guaranty Title and pany, making the latter one Hf the strongest financlal institutions of the city, with capital of 2425000 and a surplus of $400,000, the and a dividend of £1.25, Pittsburgh. —Albert Hufnagle, 10, was “killed, Curley, aged aged 16, was injured, when the Middletown Rocks. The girl road, at will McKee's recover. Huf- injured internally. Hazleton.—For the third time with- in the last few months, a thief oper- ated at the Hazleton Public Library, getting 85 In cash and ransacking the entire place, evidently in search for money. Footprints outside of the building are expected to give a good clew, Lincoin.—Mrs. David Keller is In a critical condition as a result of burns suffered while attempting to start a fire with kerosene. Shamokin~Mr, and Mrs. Jacob A. Troxell died within a period of ten hours at their home here, both being stricken with pleuropneumonia about a week ago. Gilberton.— Steam shovels are at work here filling In mine breaches on the road to Malzeville, Harrisburg. The annountment of Mrs, 8. Ralph Zimmerman, of Lancas- ter ns a trustee of the mothers’ assist. ance fund was announced, Lancaster—A plece of lumber fall. ing from the top of a bulking here, struck Frank Rohrer, an carpenter, of Strasburg, severely injuring his left arm, Easton. Benjamin Slegfried, aged 67, while shoveling the leavy snow In front of the Keystone Hotel, drop- ped over dead. A.A. U, Left to right, Albert White, National Charlie Fletcher, MTL ALTE The Vernon club has sold the vet- | eran first baséman and outfielder Ham- | iiton Hyatt, to the Galveston club of Texas league, . * ® The Athletics Strank to for Gregg, plus £60,000, * + = traded Schang, Dush logton December 17, Chet Thomas and Kepp, Ira Thomas, president and manager yf the Shreveport club, closed his deal | wherehy acquires Shortstop Bill irr from the Seattle club, ’ . * @ he games of the Naval next year will be played in | dium at Annapolis except | the Military academy | All football academy the new stn those against and Princeton, ® * - The jecided, wanive Philadelphia Nationals finally | on pleas from to | Inflelder Walter Kimmick | to Vernon as part pay- ment for Jake May. - . » ‘Incinnati, on Talk of taking the bread out of poor | men's mouths, how about that Florida | governor who will not let Chuck Wig sey fight in that state? . - - Chief Bender, former pitcher of the Athletics, won more world's series games than any other piayer—one in 1005, two in 1010, two in 1911, and one In 1913. . » * Takeo Harado, new tennis champion will participate in United States this spring and aay also com pete in the Davis cup play as a repre. mation. ® . . Del Gainer, first baseman and out- | fielder, nfrer being reinstated by Com missioner Landis and given his re the St. Louis Nationals, signed with Houston ease promptly ‘ub, by the . * - Bill Roper has made »'fine record at Princeton ‘since the Of the ten games played with Harvard and Yale during that period, tied two, and lost three, » . - The New York Yankees have begun to shed some of the minor league *talent” taken on for accommodation. For instance, Pitcher Benny Karr was the Atlanta club of the Southern league, . 0» Al Tyson, outfielder, who has been with the outlawed Simmons of Kenosha, Wis, for two or is geing to return to or team three years, Loulsville Colonels. Yost Is Now ‘Professor “Prof. Flelding H. Yost” 13 the way Michigan's veteran football mentor may get his mail hereafter, The board of regents of the university made “Hurry Up” a professor of the theory and practice of athletic conching. The action gives the director of athletics INE NI HH A BENE HE J full nendemic rank on the campus, 4 HoH Ue Ue Ye He Wee TT TWH WH RHP Washingtons Landed in Select Division When Donie Bush, the manager, brought Washington into fourth place last season, he turned a trick that the Nationals have only accompli shed on six other occasions. For In all the years that the caphtal hamlet has had a team In the American league It has land®d (n the select section but seven times. Three seasons It has finished In fourth place, two In third and two In second. Like the Browns, Wash ington has yet to annex its first pennant, mite PW UH TNT TH WWW RY Paris cations prediet that in the near future Edounrd Muascart, the featherwelght will to “the dollar” to engage Johnny the world's championship nals base thelr predictions on a cable gram sent to the French Boxing fed by Jim Johnston, Dundee's to the . effect that Dundee to meet Mascart at any time. The major question, Paris four nals say, Is where will the bout be staged? There is more than in France, publi champion of Eu- lind of the Dundee for The jour- Come manager, money in according to the cart will meet Dundee, If at all, United States. The worried over the possible outcome of the match Will Mascart follow the footsteps of Criqul? wants te know. The Paris writers feel that Mascart is not a man who should be underrated they say that he has ability at leas! make things as Interesting for as he has ever known them Kirkwood Finished Fifth Joe Kirkwood, former Australian California open championship last year, finished fifth this year turning in a card of 200 for 72 holes. Stubby Mack Set Loose With String Attached Prank (“Stubby”) Mack war not among those present when the White Sox hurlers reported at Winter Haven, Fla. The young hurler will spend next season under Ira Thomas at Shreve port, La. A string has been attached to the player and he'll be recalled next fall, Mack was purchased in midseason of 1022 from the Seattle club, the price being £10,000. Due to various ailments he showed only flashes of form, so last spring he was farmed out, first to Nashville, Tenn., and then to Galveston, Tex, PHils and Macks to Play The Athletics and the Phillies will have a real “city ehamplonship series" next Aptil. They have agreed to play seven games, beginning April 1. Four will be played at 8hibe park and three at the park of the Phillies and the games will be run along from April 1 to 18, inclusive, EXER XFXERN SAN RR RR "oh WW Hh Fh WAR HN Putting Automatie, States One Golfer When asked by 8 duffer “how he knew just how hard to hit the ball on the green,” a promigent golfer replied ; “I cannot lay down any rules for the calculation of strength and distance. Personally, I am of opinion that such calculation is automatic and instinetive, The eye, when one is putting well, ‘takes In’ the distance, conveys the Information through the brain to the muscles, and an au- tomatieally correct amount of power is thence put into the stroke, “This theory may be all wrong from a medical or scientific point of view, but I give jt as an idea of what I feel tak +s place in my own individual case when 1 am hitting my putts really well.” FEI EIEIO EIN NII IE III PSE ET 03000 JE EI FEE HERARARRARRRARUARRA RARE SHY ns ns dl—— cr ———— WILLS HAS CHANCE TO DEFEAT LENGLEN Over That of Last Year. Wills ean raise her is capable of she has a splendid chance to defeat Su- zanne Lenglen in the Olympic games in Paris, says William C. Fuller, the na- champion's adriger If Helen to the heights she chief Miss Wills will be nun women's tennis tes “1 saw sald Fuller, as good now, then ver 1 ever saw, » THiden.' Lenglen in 1621," “and just better, then she was the most versatile pla I would eall her a * has everything, and any we expects to defeat her must bh she Is Helen Wills, That fs | ust raise her game. slie needs much thing to give her in return 1 say Helen n win but provement.” Fuller last year predicted that then champion, a prophecy she ful sald Fuller, when she “Helen's game,” much better than from the Ea ing court faster has been one of her faults, sense of anticipation Is keener. volleving shows vast improvement. fact playing a gressive all around “ler sery however, is “ st last fall. Klowness great In she is Rinne ice, still from what I want it to be there are a couple that he doesn’t hold. more years and more games than Ty Cobb, and runs than was in the game Wagner 2 Ty has played. distance playing record with 22 years, either for “ey le 2.258 games, 2.341 In his 19 years and this is the mark Ty still has to shoot at, mond for three years more Georgia Jewel will surpass all the rec. ords. As it stands Ty has made more runs and hits than any other player | and has a higher batting average. The significant thing about the per. formance of Cobb is that he has Im proved his batting average since he became thirty years of age. Before he was thirty his lifetime average was around 350, but now it is 37. Sunday Baseball “Wanted The annual effort to obtain passage of a bill In the Massachusetts legisin ture permitting cities and towns to de elde for themselves whether or not they shall allow haseball games on Sundays is being made. All that ls asked is that the eity or town be al lowed to vote yes or no, but the fa natics and others who rale in the leg fslature don't seem disposed to grant even that measure of government, Olympics in New Stadium After the winter sports at Chamon. nix, France, the first of the Olymple games will begin, with rughy football May 38 to 19, followed hy soccer foot. ball from May 15 to June 9. These trinls will take place in the new Co tombez stadium, which will seat 40,000 of the 00,000 it will accommodate. THAT QUESTION OF AGE A pretty sixteen-year-old flapper at- tended a dance the other night and while taking lunch afterward at a cafe saw one of the leading citizens of the town in the cafe, “l never was so shocked life,” ghe sald in recounting “ag when 1 went in my the ex- into the of him being there at 1 o'clock in the morning.” Cheer. man,” sald the rest.” Seasonal “What you need, tor, “is a complete “What!” The busy patient agitatedly,. “Why, I can’t doctor; it Is impossible.” “1 didn’t suggest it,” sald the “What I sald is you need a com plete rest. Send your family to Eu rope, sell your car your goit sticks.” £0 medico that and burn Restraint, we were married yo me an angel!” “1 know it." “And now thing.” “You that “Before you don't call be since self-co ought to 1 POEBess such Life's Little Surprises, “It surprise me that Ed He hi £473 knew “It would have had ma her.” surprised rried her, ia CA fe - Wi “That me on the giate but 1 haven't got dealer has yet “Oh, you'll get it—slate and all!” But Not Already. Some day a paper scarcity Will cause the world The poor old paper mark Of some slight value to fret may be yet Too Much Resemblance. “Don't you think that young maming 7 “I do not, my dear. He much like your father when he young man."-—Le Rire, gang? Saga! Bang! (to stranded How'd you get the puncture? Auntoist—Ran over a chicken = feathers, man 8 wv looks too WES 8 Farmer aute ith Doing It Up Right. Mrs. Eskimo—Where have you been six months? Mr. Eskimo—1 was sitting up with a sick friend all night. . ©, Fudge. Young Swain-—Are you really quite happy with me, sweetie? The Malden—Oh, yes but your WANTED SOMETHING NEW Stewpan—Oh, say, Miss Tea Kettle, can't you cut out that old stuff and ig something up-to-date, He Found out. Why e¢all it Roaring River? He wondered o'er and o'er But when he came to pay his bill You should have heard him roar By These Presents. “They say that love is a gift marriage is a token. Then divorce?” “A souvenir, I suppose” A ——— Ol AA AOA, . Not Usual, Lawyer~Why do you want a divores from your husband? Client-——He is one of those nonstog drinkers, and what is A Beggar's Advantage. “Why Is & strong mah like yoo found begging? “Ah, madam, It Is the only profes sion In which a gentleman can address a beautiful lady without the formality of an introduction” Why He Hesitated! “If you're not feeling well, w don't you go to your doctor? Ca you trust him?" “Oh, Pes, 1 can trust him; the tab ble 1s he is not altogether "willing w trust we
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