PENNSYLVANIA
STATE ITEMS
Lebanon.-—Henry HabeclLer went to
jail for two days rather than pay a
fine under the compulsory school at-
tendance law.
Altoona.—When his clothing was
caught on a bar of iron in the Penn-
sgylvanla rai'road shops, the left arm
of Ralph Shaffer, 18, was drawn into
the machine and terribly mutilated.
Waynesburg.—School directors of
Monongahela township, have awarded
the contract for the erection of a
modern new high school buliding at
Mapletown, at a cost of $63,300.
Hazleton.—Hazleton teachers ten-
dered a farewell to Miss Mary Coff-
man, head of the English department
of the high school 28 years, who re-
tires this month,
Chambersburg. — Samuel Shockey,
convicted of having shot and killed
his brother, Jacob, on March 80, was
sentenced to serve from nine to eigh-
teen years in the eastern state peni-
tentiary after Judge Biddle, of Cum-
berland courty, refused to grant him
a new trial. Shockey was convicted
of second degree murder. Iva Wills,
Columbus, O., girl, over whom the
brothers are said to have quarreled, |
was Indicted with Samuel, and is still
in jail here.
Pittsburgh.—Three Pittshurgh
were killed In two automobile
dents, in one of which a
turned a somersaulit. The victims
were Miss Catharine Lux, 20, and
Miss Margaret Bradley, 21, and Miss
Ruth Filer, 19. Miss Lux and Miss
Bradley met death when a motor-
cycle side car in which they were rid-
ing collided head-on with an automo-
bile. Miss Filer was killed when a
taxicab In which she was riding
struck a touring car and somersault-
ed over It,
girls
acci-
machine
Stroudsburg. —The congregation of
the Presbyterian church here has vot-
#d to erect an addition 60x65 feet to
the present structure for the purpose
of taking care of the very large Sun-
day school. Grace Lutheran church,
in East Stroudsburg, is preparing to |
erect a new structure to cost $100,000. |
It is proposed to raze the present |
church, |
Pittsburgh.—The police are making |
an effort to get three robbers who held
up A. R. Kramer, proprietor of a meat |
market In Wilkinsburg, and, locking
him In a refrigerator, stole £1030 in
cash and a number of checks
him and £157 the cash register |
in the store. After remaining in the |
refrigerator for time he
the glass with a foot and crawled In-
to the store.
from
from
some
i
broke
He ran to the street, but
found no trace of the
Mt. Carmel.—John Z
andits
who was hadly ilinski, aged 14,
fo was badly burned by an explosion
of powde while at play a week ago,
died.
Honesdale.—The Pennsylvania Pow- |
er and Light Company will start work
at once on its $8,000,000 power project
at Hawley, near here,
Pottsville —Council granted a 10
per cent salary increase to the entire
police force and to Fire Chief Steven-
son and Health Officer Kleckner
Seranton.—John Torti, alias Frank
de Martini, arrested a few weeks ago
at Tiitonv 'le, O., was identified at an
alderthan’s hearing as the man who
shot and killed Edward Murphy, a |
passenger on a Laurel Line car, when
{t was heid up and robbed of a pay
roll of £70.000 at Moosic, Pa, last
July. Another passenger made the
ldentification
Mahanoy City.—Mr. and Mrs. Lesco |
Chubdk, of Trenton, reported to state |
police that while visiting here they |
had been swindled by a band of gyp- |
sles ont of their life savings of more |
than $3000. One of the fortune tell-
ers. they asserted, predicted that Chu- i
bak would die and that his wife would |
go insane unless the fates were pro- |
pitiated with money. The couple
sald they turned the money over to |
win the gypsies’ Intercession.
Pittsburgh. —Mrs., Abraham
gky, whose husband, a wealthy jewel |
er, was found shot to death in their
home here May 31, was held by a cor-
oner on a charge of murder for grand
jury action.
Harrisburg. —Bids received June 3
for construction of a bridge across the
Susquehanna river in Nortuumberiand,
Snyder and Unlon counties have been
repected, the highway department an-
nounced. Award of a contract for road
construction In Doylestown and New
Britain townships and Chalfont bor
ough, Bucks county, to E. Riley Mix-
ner Company, of Goshen, N. J, was
announced,
Pottaville.~As the result of advance
examinations by government agents,
nearly 200 foréigners were added to
Schuylkill eounty's list of voters,
Berwick. — The Bower Memorial
Evangelical congregation voted to
erect a 240.000 addition to the church
to be used for social activities,
Greenville —A wage reduction of 10
per cent, affecting 600 employes of the
Greenville Steel Car Company, was
anrounged.
Lewistown. Sergeant M. A. Davis,
of the Pennsylvania railroad police,
was appointed Mifflin county detective
by District Attorney Wilson,
Altoona.—Falling from a ear in the
Pennsylvania raliroad yard Brakeman
George Willemet lost both legs, dying
several hours later,
Wilkes-Barre. Dope addicts are be-
Hleved to have looted the Flanagan
drug store of heroin, cocaine and mor-
lavin- |
whino
Washington.—The Crescent Brewing
Company of Washingtcr was fined
$2000 and its plant here was ordered
conflscated for a period of one year
by Judge Erwin Cummins in the
Washington county court, the concern
having entered a plea to violation of
the state prohibition law in making
and selling beer of proved alcoholic
content greater than cne-half of 1 per
cent,
Philadelphia.—More bad booze Is
being sold now than at any time since
seneral Butler has been director of
public safety, although there is not
one good quart of liquor in the hands
of any bootlegger in the city, accord-
ing to Frank Paul, chief investigator
for Coroner Knight, who said that on
a tour of the city last Sunday he saw
boys between the ages of 14 and 19
years intoxicated.
Sunbury.—Beaten and robbed of $10
by highwaymen, Charles Waldschmidt,
of Milton, was taken to the Sunbury
Hospital.
Shamokin.—Steps were taken by
mergerite members of Trinity United
Evangelical church to form a church
of their own.
York.—Henry Kochenour was found
dead on the farm of Deaver Helm, In
Washington township, a victim of
apoplexy.
William Penn.—Joseph Valowsky, 14
years old, was terribly bitten by a
police dog that attacked the boy in
front of his home,
Mauch Chunk.—Flagstaff mountain,
is proposed to erect a stone crusher
on the summit and market the moun-
tain. The idea was concelved by J.
Waterman, a member of the board of
directors of the local street ear com-
pany. The rock has been tested and
found to he of best grade for various
uses, particularly In road making. It
is plamned to build chutes down the
mountain side to deliver the stone to
cars. As the mountain rears 800 feet
above the rallroad tracks and the
grade of the chutes will he about 80
the nolse will be almost deafening for
miles when the chutes are In opera-
tion.
Allentown.——Another attempt to de-
troy the Catholie Church of Our Lady
of Mount Carmel, the in two
weeks, was Ciscovered by Rev. Ernest
the rector. A fuse and sev-
eral candles were found In the eaves
and
fire
had
second
Santoro,
had obtalned some headway, but
burned Itself out before much
was done. In the first at-
tempt at ‘ncendiarism the fire
Butler The new
for the last year,
der way to raise funds by popular sub-
scription '» equip the Institu*ion.
Sheffield —O, Milton
Beer, a lum
which held
accountable for ag
William M. Beatty, Bent
ty, it sald,
by Beer when he
n
his neighbor
wns wns shot
made
the Kkitcher
in
was sald
for help
The Stat»
classed
hen of her
home. Bear to have
his wife ery
Reading
heard
Oda
after electing off
The following new officers were
installed : Grand master, Fred W. Ma
of Mount Carmel;
master, Willlam T
grand warden,
Mark, City: grand
Usher A. Hall, of Philadelphia;
treasurer, Fred C. Hanyan, of Scran-
ton; grand representitive, Wilson K.
Mohr,
Pottsvil.e.~~A number
were sworn put here for
cers
deputy
John NWN
of Oil
of warrants
the arrest of
to pay taxes
Citizens
by paying
taxes must now pay $12,
Pittsburgh. —Federe! Judge W. H.
that the United
States government must return £108.
637.38, collected as inheritance tax, to
the Henry C. Frick estate.
the last two years. who
$1
The sum
nd
The widow and dasghter were
Jnifed States
ment, sald that as the question In.
volved is of great importance tgs the
entire country, he will appeal it to
the United States circuit court of ap-
peals
Hazleton Paul Deflno, a section
hand, was instantly killed and John
Zarko, a section foreman of the Le-
high Valley railroad, serionsly Injured
when they were struck by an engine
a8 they stepped out of the way of an
approaching train.
Bridgeport.—A plan iz being consid.
ered by the councilmen of Bridgeport,
which it la thought will prove a sav.
Ing to the borough, In the building of
the Ford street sewer. The idea ls
to install the sewer with councilmen
overseeing the work, In place of giv-
ing It out by contract.
Lancaster.—Rev. Robert J. Pligrim
formally accepted the alumni secre
taryship of Franklin and Marshall
College,
Greensburg. —After two days of ef
fort, Dr. John W. Fairing removed a
nickel from the throat of a small baby
without resorting to an operation,
Harrisburg. Appointment of Ella
J. Stevensor, of Williamsport, as a
trustee of the State Industrial Home
For Women at Muney, was announced
at the governor's office.
Sunbury. William H. Deppen, Re
publican cha'rman, was appointed
postmaster of this efty.
Iebanon.—Roy M. Bowman and
William Davis were re-elected city
golieitop and city engineer, respective
Manager Dave Bancroft of the
Glants,
on the New York team.
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DIAMOND
PICK-UPS
The veteran, Ty Cobb, still swings a
wicked bat.
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Heinle Groh's bad knee seems to be
0. K. again.
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abe Ruth has never received two
bases on balls in one inning.
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Christy Mathewson Is vice president
of the American Checker
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thompson right around the
with him.
up
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William Shettsline, secretary of the
has been an official of that
club for 41 years. They call him Shetts
for short,
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to the Wichita Falls club to be re |
called at the option of the Cubs on 24
hours’ notice.
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Have the baseball writers ever de- |
slump that the team is In and becomes i
bad baseball? i
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Groves, strikeout king of the |
has virtually recovered |
hit on wrist by a
Lefty
being the
from
«oo |
Holy pitcher, |
] four con
Carroll Cross
Owen
vard lost to him
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Ike Boone, the big fellow in Boston's
right garden,
Texas league
is & gradugte of the
He alway
minors,
.
¢ was a hard
tien
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senatorial sec.
former
attached to
Morgan,
recently
Ray
sacker,
sha
hie
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Outfielder Frank Wetzel, released by |
Oakland and Portland of al
broken leg, seems to have struck his |
old stride with Syracuse,
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because
Charles Caldwell, Princeton's pitcher,
nearly twirled a no-hit game against
a scratch single by Jack
Lyons, the big Dagimouth pitcher, be
ing the only hit
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After playing years of profes.
sional baseball, Bert Humphries, vet- |
eran pitcher of the Orlando club of |
the Florida State league, has decided
to quit the game,
. so.
“Ge
aor}
Newspaper writers throughout the
International league circuit are unani-
mous in their claims that the Balti.
more Orioles are not within 20 per
cent of the team they were last year,
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Since Jack Fournier left the Cardi
nals to play with the Dodgers he has
hit 350 against St. Louis pitching.
During the last series in St. Louis he
hit his sixth and seventh home runs
in one game,
Barl Combs Is Star
Earl Combs, the high-priced Louls-
ville “slugger.” is making a big bid for
a regular place on the Yankee team.
Bar! 18 a natural hitter and fielder, and
the way he runs around the four cor
ners Is a thing to comment on favor
bly.
Training for Olympics
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MecGraw’s Catchers
Are Oldest in Game
Did you ever hear of a nine-
ty-seven-year-old catching staff?
Well, step up, boys, and meet
Mr, McGraw's trio,
Hank Gowdy, who started to
play ball before the first double-
jointed peanut was invented, is
thirty-four years old by his own
admission,
Eddie Alnsmith,
caught In everv league, pro-
fesses to be thirty-two, and
Frank Snyder, who used to run
around with one of the original
Floradora sextet, says he's
thirty-one,
We submit this trio
oldest catching staff
world,
who has
as the
in the
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GOLF BALLS GETTING
BETTER EVERY YEAR
Doctors Use Troughs of
Mercury to Test Pellets.
Thanks to X-ruys, golf balls get bet-
ter every year. They drive farther
and retain their truth longer. And
when they do become “sick” an op-
eration performed in time rarely fails
in restoring their whereas
they formerly had to be scrapped, says
A Golf Ball Worker In London
Daily Mall,
time which
balance-testing and X-raying a golf
ball down to the actual surgical op-
eration necessary may not exceed two
three minutes, but the whole proc
ess teems with interest.
First, any inaccuracy in a ball is de
termined by floating it in a trough of
mercury. Immediately the heavy part
comes In contact with the fluld the
ball turns, sways for a second and
then remains at the bottom.
The ball is now marked at the point
where it Is heaviest, and finally tested
in a further trough of mercury.
Should the same defect be revealed,
the bell 1s X-rayed to determine the
extent of the flaw in the core and
what form of operation is necegsary
restore the balance of the ball
In undergoing an operation the de
fective ball is placed in & rubber
jawed vise so as to hold It securely
The golf-ball “doctor” now takes up
his hypodermic syringe and, turning to
the point previously marked for op
eration. makes the necessary injection
After the ball has stood for about
balance,
the
between
The elapses
or
affected part lies uppermost, the “ound”
complete and the ball ready for
Sabar watignsi A
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Jake Driscoll. Boston track star, is
hard at training in order to be ready
for the Oly tryouts. Driscoll
showed special $#%
Heights |
mple
up well in the
meter race held at University
and ig confident of winning a place on |
the team that will sall fgr
American
Paris.
Revival Is Simply Bunk |
abe Rut is inclined
that all the talk about a revival of
base running is the bunk.
“The pennant in the
to believe
two major |
won
by the chub that can make base hits |
in the old pinch rather than stealing |
gecond more often than the opposition. |
“Speed is a desirable asset in a ball ]
player, but not so much merely to |
stenl bases as to take advantage of
the opportunities that are offered in
the field as well as on the bases
“With the lively ball still In use,
few ball games are going to be de
cided by a one-run margin. Stealing
second base 8 a one-run system.
“The pitching In both major leagues
must get much tighter before base
running becomes a big factor In de
ciding ball games”
Pirates to Use Veteran
Pitcher Adams as Coach
Babe Adams, veteran mound artist
of the Pirates, will not be the de
pendable pitcher this year as hereto-
fore, according to the rumors in base
ball circles,
The Babe has visited “Bonesetter”
Reese, who has tried to repair the
“old souper” and bring the Pirates
“grand old man” back Into shape.
According to reports the arm falled
to respond to treatment, and now Man-
ager McKechnle is not counting on Ad-
ams to do more than coach the young
pitchers and fill In occasionally in a
pinch.
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Too Many New Balls,
. Claims Ban Johnson
Home run hitters in the Amer.
jean league this season are go-
ing to have to earn their four
base clouts, President Ban Jobn-
son says.
An epidemic of home runs dur
ing the last season was due to
the large number of new balls
thrown Into the games, Prosi
dent Johnson claims. He has in-
structed umpires to use more
judgment In tossing out the
spheres, In order that not too
many of the snappy new variety
get served to batters
lecause a golf ball owes its “life”
the greatest trou
have con
rubber core
that
manufacturers to
however
perfect In
out of
appearance, maj
balance at some
is built up com
be slightly
when the ball
The making of a con
n winding and guid
actual core
of course,
wound. As a core weighs only
tension. obtaining the perfect balance
From time to time Inventors have
substituted rubber golf ball cores by
liquid jelly, leather, cork, wood, vul
canite and even steel cores But, de
spite the advantages claimed, the rub
Sport Notes
The horse race track at Columbus
Ga. is said to be the oldest In the
world,
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The record for ski jumping-—-220
feet—is held by Harry Hall of Brit
ish Columbia.
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There is 8 movement In Scotland
for a fixed scale of pay for profes
sional football players,
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It appears from the Kentucky Derby
that some horses can run faster than
others, at great expense,
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Coach John Hoyle of the Cornell
rowing squad builds the shells and
oars for the crews which he coaches
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Princeton university contributed $2.
400 to the Olympic fund. This amount
exceeds her quota by more than $400,
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In some of the sweepstake races
promoted in Europe, prizes of $200.
000, $250,000 and even $500,000 have
been offered.
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A billard champion Is subject to
challenge every 30 days. All cham
plonship games are for 1,500 points,
playing 500 points per night.
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The American Olympic women's
tennis team will consist of Hazel
Hotchkiss Wightman, Helen Wills,
Eleanor Goss and Mra. Marion Jessup.
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Percy Collins, formerly national
amateur balk-line billiard champion,
has been entered In the Olymple bil
{lard tournament in Paris, the only
American entrant,
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The alumni of the University of
Michigan at a recent meeting at Sag
naw, Mich, decided to send Steve Far
rell, coach of the Wolverine track
teams. to the Olymples.
HOME TOWN PHILOSOPHY
The world Is going so fast you'll nev-
er have the rheumatism If you keep
up with f(t
Winter's at the home door but he's
always willin' to give autumn a
chance to make good.
Even if h—4 lsn't paved with good
intentions, it'll be hot enough to make
some folks hop high.
If the work has got the right ring.
you needn't worry about the dream
comin’ true,
TRAINING A HUSBAND
Mrs. Pester—Do you consult your
husband's tastes in furnishing the
table?
Mrs, Knagg—Always.
would I find out what
have?
How else
he shouldn't
Continuous Parade
Une person in ten has an auto
And he sure {8 a favored guy:
The t. ¢ holds up the other nine
B80 they can watch the tenth go bY.
Farsightedness
“Our friend Plper is a farsighted
man, is he not?
“Yes, very much so. Since he bor-
rowed the $50 off me he spies me #
half mile off.”
MUSIC ENOUGH
Friend—But the hrass hand has al-
ways been employed in campalgning!
Senator Gassaway—The
gan, sir, is the only instrument 1 will
ever use!
mouth-or-
Maybe
This ox-eyed girl is very fair,
A beautiful doll baby
With lustrous orbs and
Peroxide, maybe.
ss———
golden halr,
Beating Him
“Heck Tarpy stopped me In the big
road as I was coming home from town
yesterday, and I beat him out of a doi-
lar, slick and clean!" related Gabe
Soggins of Slippery Slap.
“How'd you do that?" asked an sc
quaintance.
“He wanted to borry a dollar off'm
me, and I didn't have it.”
FULL OF STARS
First Flapper~Oh, 1 think
movies are just like heaven!
Second Ditto—8o0 full of stars?
Double-Headed Advice
“Man, know thyself” and thus secure
The good that doth from knowledge
flow;
But when you know yourself, be sure
You don't tell people all you know.
Prompted by Love
“So Alice married the rich Mr. Gil
der. Was it a love match?”
“Yes, Alice loves money.”
A Different Man
Neat Housewife—Ain't you the same
man I gave a mince ple to last Christ
mas?
Tramp (bitterly)—No, mum; I'm
not, and, wot's more, the doctor says
1 never will be
Using Her Privilege
She (taking advantage of leap year)
~ Will you be mins?
He—~You will have to ask father
the
first.
She—1 did, but he rejected me,