— ar PENNSYLVANIA STATE ITEMS Freeland.—Falling out of bed while sound asleep, Ruth, young daughter of George Wagner, suffered a broken shoulder blade. Johnstown.—Mrs, Josephine Miller, aged 62, wife of Reuben Miller, died at the Memorial Hospital of burns re- seived some weeks ago in her home. Her death oceirred just six days after her husband was sentened to serve two years in the county jail on charges of unlawful assembly and affray, the husband being one of the alleged Ku Klux Klansmen convicted for taking part in the Lilly demonstration on April 5. County jail authorities per- mitted Miller to leave the Ebensburg Jail snd return to Johnstown for the funeral. Bethlehem —The one hundred and ninety-third anniversary of the organi. gation of the Presbyterian church in Allen township, Northampton county, known as the Irish Settlement, was celebrated, as was the one hundred and elightieth anniversary of the preaching of David Brainerd, mission- ary to the Indians. Allentown.—Mrs. Antonio Mechetto, about 45 years old, either fell or jump- ed out of a second story window at her home on Jordan street here, and dled several hours later of internal hemorrhages In the Allentown Hes- pital. She had been melancholy for some time, Frankiin.—Run down by an uutomo- bile which sped away after it had mounted a sidewalk and turned into a dark alley, John Maslah, 84, dled In the Franklin Hospital. He was struck at Grant and Norman streets while on his way home on a bicycle. The po. lice have not learned the identity of the driver. Mauch Chunk.—The 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo O'Brien, of Pack- erton, picked up an explosive from the pavement unnoticed by his parents, and ate it, the effects of which brought on his death. Reading.—A dwelling erected by an Alsatian Immigrant in the revolution- ary period at Spring Valley was de- stroyed by fire of unknown origin. It was owned by Otto Relssmann. Fire- men saved the nearby hotel of William B. Lutz and other buildings. Pittsburgh.—One man was killed, several were Injured and two freight cars were derailed when a wreck train on the B. & OO. rallroad crash ed into automobile on the Sixth street crossing in Braddock. Bartley Nee, 20 years old, of North Braddock, was the an who lost his life. Altoona.~In attempting to get from the front to the rear seat in her hus band’s automobile while it was In mo. tion, Mrs. Foster Meek, aged 82 of Altoona, fell out of the car near Bell wood, fracturing her skull. Bhe died two hours later In the Altoona Hos pital. Her husband was driving. McAdoo. —George BSatcho, aged 12, while playing with companions, was shot through the knee when a boy pick- ed up his father’s revolver, which ex. ploded in his hands, Altoona. —Robert Powley, 285, suf. fered a fracture of his spine when the automobile In which he was rid- ing was sideswiped by another ma- chine In Sinking Valley and knocked off the highway. Herman Raible, 20, and Silvia Winziano, 28, were slightly fnujred, Allentown.—Doris Knauss, aged 4 years, was almost instantly killed In front of her home as she ran across the street and was run down by an automobile driven by George Herrick, Jr, of Hokerdauqua. Pottsville—A dynamite blast he planted a week ago killed Frank Ro- silo at Pinehill colliery. The blast did not go off at the time set, and Frank started an investigation. This is al- ways regarded as dangerous work, the usual procedure being to drill a new hole. Just as the man announced the blast was “no good” the dynamite ex- ploded, badly mangling his body and blowing off one arm. Death was prac Meally instantaneous. Bethlehem. ~The annual meeting of here, year. The total paid since the organi. When it Is considered that only $50 was originally pald in the soclety by each husband for his wife, and that the dividends each year now equal the principal, it is doubtful If any bene- ficial society in this country ean make such a showng. Bellefonte. ~John A. Dalley, of Pitts. burgh, was electrocuted at the Rock- view penitentiary for the murder of his wife, Mrs. Catherine Dalley, on July 16, 1922. He manifested unusual courage, almost a spirit of bravado as he was taken to the chalr. He had nothing to say regarding his crime, but when placed In the chalr sald: “Here I go; God bless you.” Myerstown. Harry Daub was sent to the Lebanon county jall for three months and fined $100 for operating an automobile while under the Influence of liquor. Shenandoah. Council decided to In- stall a boulevard system of lighting on the business streets, Bethlehem. ~~ While painting his house, John A. Grantz, aged 78, fell over dead from heart failure. Nescopeck. ~The school board re ports for the year ending July 1 dis close that the district is not only out 31 getn, bw ag 8 balance of $1000 In Bellefonte,—"God bless all yon gen- tlemen,” were the las® werds uttered by Joseph Trinkle, 22 yeurs old, of Philad. .pb 1, as he was placed In the electric chair at the state prison to be executed for his part In the kill ing of John C. Pmga*’le, vice president and paymaster of a Ph'ladelphia con- tracting firm, during a bold up Ip April, 1022. West OChester.—Nathan Karmats, an Hast Market street jeweler, and two brothers, will leave within a month for Jerusalem to receive thelr portions of a large estate left by thelr father, who died a ghort time ago. They have been notified that his properties are being sold and that the proceeds August Karmatz and his wife are extensive property owners here, and the elder Karmatz was the owner of much real esiate In Jerusalem and of vineyards near that place. The estate, according to Karmats, is val ued at least at $200,000, Shenandoah.—Fulling from a motor truck while on her way home from ap outing, Mary Cantwell, 15 years old sustained concussion of the brain and a fractured skull. She was uncon scious for some time but her complete recovery Is expected. Ebensburg—Refusing the motions to set aside judgment and for a new trial in the cases of 18 alleged mem: bers of the Ku Klux Klan and 10 Lilly residents, convicted of affray and un lawful assemblage in conection with the fatal rioting at Lilly the night of April 5, Judge Finletter, ¢f Philadel phia sentenced the 28 men to pay the costs of the prosecution and to un dergo two years’ imprisonment in the county jall, the terms dating from their incarceration, Pottsville—In a collision between a motoreyecle end automobile on the out- skirts of this city the automoblle was turned down an embankment upon a raflroad, while Simon Fitz, of St Clalr, driver of the motorcycle, was rendered unconscious. He was taken to the Anthracite Hospital, where It was sald he will recover. John Alva, driver of the automobile, surrendered to the police. Although rolled down a steep embankment. he and friends were not seriously injured Harrisburg.—The name of Thomas HH. Hamilton, Harrisburg, architect was placed on the Prohibition ticket for state ‘reasurer. Miss Almeds Price, of Swisevale, who had been nominated at the primary, withdrew. Annville—The efforts of the Leba non Valley College to secure $350,00( endowment fund was crowned with success when It was announced that a total of £300,000 had been obtained By falsing thic sum among the United Brethren churches of Pennsylvania and Maryland the college also gets ap additional £175,000 pledged condition ally by the General Education Board It also obialned a pledge from the Past Pennsylvania and Pennsylavnia Conferences to cover a debt of nearly $100,000, The success of the cam paign netc th? college $665,000, which, added to the present endowment, gives nearly a mililon dollars principal Allentown. —Charles 8. Stettler ane Harvey C. Roth, two of the oldest letter earriers in this city, completed thirty-five years’ continuous service They were awarded gold stars by the National Letter Carriers’ Association George W. Ha'nes, who completed twenty-five years’ service, recelved ¢ silver star, Harrisburg Importation of another person for an official place In the Pennsylvanih state Jovernment was anpourced by Healt Commissioner Miner { the appointment of Dr. Ed gar Thomson, of New Rochelle, N. Y. to head tiSerculosis dispensaries. Dr John Dennel. who had charge of the work, will return to the division of child health. Mt. Carmel Mt. Carmel plumbers are on strike for a ten-cent Increase to $1 an hour. Masontown.—Playing with matches resulted fatally to Edward Girod, Jr. aged 214 years Tobyhanna. —John Cootrick, a sec tion hand on the Lackawonna rallroad was killed by a milk train. Sharon—Hundreds of bushels of strawberries were destroyed In Mercer county through wet weather. A. J Beatty, of Transfer, picked five berries which together easured 381% Inches Ir elreumferen-~ and combined weighed one-half a pound. Hazleton~—John Bareholder, aged 83, of Philadelphia, who came to West Hazleton to live with Mrs. Emma Sauers, a relative, was accidentally over the heart and seriously wounded by a revolver In the hands of direction Sauers held it, pushed the weapon away and it went off, the ball striking Bareholder. : York.-8tate police have been asked to investigate the malicious exploding of about half a case of dynamite in front of the home of George L. Zieg ler, in Franklin township. When some one set off the dynamite on a stone in front of the house, Ziegler's home, garage, apple house, cement walks and lawn were badly damaged. The glass in nearly every window was shattered by the force of the explosion. Sew eral of the damaged building were 8C feet away. Schuylkill Haven.—Charles Graef! has been appointed temporary post master here, succeeding J. E. Ebling, who has teen holding over, Allison. When a sealed can o! tar she had placed on her kitche- stove exploded Mrs. Annle Sherwanick, aged 29, was severel” burned. \ Harrisburg. Troop E, state police, was formelly transferred from Lan. caster to the new barracks In this city. Lebanon.—Rural free mall delivery was established In Lebanon county twenty-two years ago with four car a #2 Bad Hands Put Crack Pugs on Uneasy Seat A fighter with brittle hands rarely ever reaches the top. Ad Stone, fighting marine, one of the best of the light heavy. weights, 1s now laid up with bad hands. So is Paul Berlenbach, rugged middleweight, whose knockout exploits provided a nine-day sensation in metropolitan rings. Another young star who has weak-hitting weapons is Sammy Mandell of Chicago, a light. weight, whose boxing cleverness : is not equaled by any performer in the game, : It will be a tough blow to the # game If bad hands keep Stone, % Berlenbach and Mandell out of the fancy pictures, s Re ARR RR So NARA IANY a NE 3 AR BASEBALL RECORDS OFTEN SHATTERED As Game Is Played Today Nothing Seems Impossible. Nothing is Impossible in baseball, Every season we have new records established and old ones shattered. “Babe” Ruth's record in homerun making; Cy Young's record In num- ber of games pitched; Charlie Rad- bourne's feat of winning 58 games In a season look lke monuments that will last, but ope never can tell. Records that have stood for 25 and 30 years have been equaled or surpassed, writes McLean Kennedy in the Detroit News. Tim Keefe's record of winning 19 consecutive victories In 1888 stood for 8 quarter of a century, but was equaled by Marquard in 1912. Wal ter Johnson has wiped out more rece ords than any other pitcher and has established others that look as If they will survive the pastime. ' There are some records still stand i ing that were made by pitchers In thes early period of the game and look as | If they will remain unbroken. One of | the reasons is that there are too many | huriers on the job today, and it Is a | rarity for one man to get a chance to pitch enough games in 8&8 season to | bulld a record In games won or in number of games pitched. Joe Corbett, one day back in 1807, | ald 14 consecutive pitched balls right In the groove, and Irwin fouled every one of them. This game was ' between the Baltimore and Cincinnati clubs of the National league. It Is | handed down that Irwin was 15 min- | ates at bat and that Corbett pitched 10 balls to him. This is one of the reasons why the foul strike rule was | passed. i port Notes Bill Johnson and Jole Ray have had thelr tonsils removed. * » * The prolonged rainy season has made turf tenuis courts in the best shape In years . % * Mile. Lenglen has won the women's singles tennis tourney at Wimbledon | four years in succession. * * . George Cummings, an English walk er, will compete In a race from Lon don to York, England, against a horse, | . » » i Members of the Naval Academy | crew have elected Herman E. Schieke of Lead 8. D. captain for next season, » . » Al Kaufman. once looked upon as a contender for the heavyweight cham- plonship, 1s now appearing In the movies, e » ® Bad company has ruined many a! virtuous lad. That Is why we dis | like to see the boxing game chum- | ming around with politicians, ® . - Golf lterature is a wonderful in. stitution. After handing you 250 pages of advice, the author tells you to con- sult a capable professional, * » * It Is estimated 2.000 tracks through- out the world are maintained for train. ing aad racing light harness horses sumbering over 20,000 contestants, . » . The only player who has won the United States open golf championship four times Is Willle Anderson, who copped the title in 1901 and for three successive years beginning with 1008, % eo a An International athletic event is to be one of the features of the sesqui- centennial celebration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, Pa, for the summer of 1926. : * & @» Clarence Demar, winner of four B, A. A. marathons and formerly a stu dent at University of Vermont, has been awarded a track letter and green sweater by that Institution. . " » Montreal Is to have a new $1,000,000 lee hockey rink. It will be located In the western end of the Canadian city. It may be the home arena of the new professional association which will in- clude Boston and New York City, . Competitions In the Tallteanne games to be held In Dublin next August will include archery, billiards, boxing chess, cycling, trapshooting, football, golf, gymnastics, bandball, tennis, swimming, rowing, yachting, hurling, and fleld sports, § Yachting Season #%t Oyster Bay, L. L Yacht club H. B. Plant's Clytie was the winner. BASE Tas Marty Fielder, third baseman of the Charlotte team, has been purchased by Macon. * * * There are 14 players in the National league over 80 years of age. Alexan der, 37, is the oldest In the game, ® . ® The hitting of Maurice Archdeacon is attributed more to the player's speed than to any other factor in his brillant performances at the bat. . * ® some time ago, when the team's reg- ular backstop was Injured. + » * E. G (Aple) Weeks, captain of the 1024 West Virginia university team, has Signed a contract tendered by the He Is a shortstop. LE . Lance Richbourg, the outfielder ob- Brewers. He bas shown Stiff Neck Jamieson’s Poor Work You may recall that for months last season Charley Jam. leson, Cleveland left fielder, was in the thick of the fight for the league batting championship, At one time he was leading the great Ruth by nearly 30 points and as late as August he was but 12 points behind the pace-setting Hellmann. Then suddenly he went into a mys 2 terious slump, and dropped % steadily back, finally finishing % with a 340 mark. “wr The critics explained the “ slump by saying Jamieson hed % been hitting over his head, and % this was generally accepted as 2 the truth. : The fact was, however, Jam- 7% leson developed a stiff neck fol- 2 lowing a somersault catch and % this stayed with him for weeks, % effecting his swing and timing to such an extent that he was unable to meet the ball solidly. When he finally recovered he = was too far back to eateh up = with the leaders. 4 A A RRR ARRAS by the Tribe obtains Outfleider Eddie J. Burke, right-handed all around, for Infieider D. I. Walker. ® * * applied for reinstatement. * * - C. W. Cahill "25 of Newburyport hes been elected captain of next season is m fast man on the bases, . s . The New York Nationals announce First Baseman George Burns of the He has falled woefully the Red Sox. - - » Outfielder Kirkpatrick, who started off with the Bt. Paul Saints switched to the Springfield Midgets In Manager Schmidt has been needing for his outfield. The impression In Chicago is that Frank Chance will never leave Call fornia soll to resume the management of the Chicago White Sox. It Is known that the “Peerless Leader's” physicians declared early In his sickness that he must not get away from the lower coast climate, Dauss After Record Photograph shows one of the co-eds Cruel to Tyrus R. Cobb Nature was kind to Tyrus Cobb She made In him the last word In talent and then broke the mold, comments John E. Wray in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, This seasoned veteran of nearly a score of major league seasons Is prov. ing the oft-repeated statement that Ty Is the greatest baseball athlete In every way that the game has ever produced . and yet, when the American league trophy monument is erected in Potomac park, Washington, for the ages to marvel at the names graven there, Cobb's name will not, Hike Abou Ben Adhem's, lead all the rest. It will not even be there, uniess the present conditions of the trophy monument are altered The rules do not provide for the in clusion of famous players of the past Likewise they prohibit a playing man. ager from receiving the honor at any time in the future. So past and pres. ent both stymie the greatest player of all time from the honor he deserves. More Old Balls in Play Will Aid Curve Hurlers “If the umpires keep more oid bails in play, 1 look for a marked Improve ment in curve ball pitching in the Na- tional league this year.” There you have the opinion of Pitcher Johnny Morrison of the Pitts burgh Pirates, conceded to be the best curve-ball artist in the Netional league, “I'his is particularly true If a ball is tossed to him by the uw the old pinch, a couple on, a LITERAL YOUTH A man was very vain about Ms sing- ing. Called on to give a song at & party, he complied immediately. “Now, my lad,” he seid to a small boy, when he had finished, “what have you to remark about my singing?” “Nothing,” sald the bored youth. “It is not remarkable, ”~Chicago Dally News, A Little Lacking A farmer was showing his old mare to a friend “Yes,” he sald with the old girl can sell her for?” His friend looked at the mare crit- feally, “Well,” he sald at last, “if she only had a hump, you could sell her for a camel” “T've got to part What d'you think 3 Her Order Grocer (as lady customer leaves store)—There goes a newly married woman. Male Customer—How can you teil? Grocer—8he ordered a sack of flour, 8 can of bakingsoda snd a& box of dyspepsia tablets—The Progressive Grocer, He Knew What to Do Student—This Is my first case. The child has been eating candle ends Doctor—What have you done? Student—Recommended a change of diet. JUST THE THING Jackdaw--How fortunate | was ip finding this diamond ring—no0 more electric light bllis to pay! Each Day Speak 4 gentle, kindly word, With a goodly smile, To an animal or a bird It Is worth your while! Polite, Anyway “Thank you for the presents, auntie” “Oh, they are nothing to thank me for.” “That's what I thought, but mothes told me to thank you all the same™ A More Suitable Name “Oh, dearie, I meant this to be » cottage pudding, but it wouldn't rise” “That's all right, sweetest. Shall we calli It a fiat pudding ?'-—London Tit Bits, Not an Heiress She-—-My face is my fortune. He—Well, never mind that The richest people aren't always the hap plest.—The Progressive Grocer, EXPLAINED HIS LOOKS "Why does buying a new suit make you look so bored ?™ “Had to plank down fifty bucks for nw” The Fire's Secret Kind Fire, since you are talking soe Since you're so friendly free, I wish you'd tell me, If you know, What Jonny thinks of me? Minnows Only “Have you had many proposals?” “Oh, yes, but not one from a man worth suing for breach of promise” No Ear for Music “Has your daughter finished her mu
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