PENNSYLVANIA
STATE ITEMS
Pittsburgh.—Adding Insult to injury
an unidentified man has been using
the name of the police In soliciting
funds. The man, representing himself
as a solicitor for the Pennsylavnia
Chiefs of Pol'ee Assoclation, promises
prospective donors three-year honor-
ary memberships In the organization
and guarantees the courtesy of officers
throughout the state. Chief of Coun-
ty Detectives Robert Braun, at the re-
quest of the association, has placed
a number of sleuths on his trail.
Lewistown.—Charles R Hoffman
has been appointed superintendent of
malls here.
Lancaster—Endeavoring to turn his
airplane into a cornfield to avoid
striking a wireless aerial on the field
of the Lancaster County Gun Club,
Roy Goeltz, of this city, crashed into
the home of George W. Kamm, knock-
ed off the chimney, demolished the
roof and norch and fell Into the front
yard. His plane was badly battered,
but he was not injured.
Easton.—James Moser, aged 8, dart-
ed out from a sidewalk and was run
over by an antomoblle driven by
Charles Braun. He was so badly In-
jured irternally that he died at the
Betts Hospital.
Baston.—Frank Stumpf, of Nazar
eth, may lose the sight of one eye as
a result of a peculiar accident. He
was trying to open an automobile cap
which stuck, using a monkey wrench,
The wrench slipped, struck him in the
eye and lacerated the eyeball. saston
Hospital specialists are trying to save
the sight.
Lancaster—Dr. H. E. Gress, super-
intendent of the public schools of Mo-
nessen, was elected superintendent of
the Lancaster public school system to
succeed Dr. II. B. Work, resigned. The
position carries with it a salary of
SAO,
Norristown
. — According to figures
in the county commissioners’ office
the average yearly increase of money
at Interest in Montgomery county has
been £8.000,000 Jor the past ten years,
At presen‘ It | £152,000,000. Ten
years ago it was $72,000,000. In the
Main Line township of
the amount is $72,000,000 now
$28,000,000 ten years ago. Other In-
creases have been: Chelterham,
000,000: Abington, $4,000,000; Spring-
field. $4,000,000; Jenkintown, $1,000,
000: Norristown, $8,000,000.
Pittsburgh. —More than 400
burgh saloons are selling beer with an
fllegal alcoholic content according to
city chemists who tested 600 samp les
recently obtained by several hundred
plain clothes men.
be lodged agalnst saloon and
owners from whose establishments the
samples were taken.
{ff rapidly is becoming a professional
miscellaneous
officers In
of
by
tity
taken on stills
ralds
Shearer's stock is a large number of
corks, jars and 30 crates of pint and
quart bottles, all of which will be auc.
tioned.
Shenandoah.—Surprised to
blast which they had prepared when
before had missed fire Joseph ®upchin-
gky and Michael Spultz, miners, start-
entered their chamber
first charge exploded, badly
the miners. Both were blown a con
glderable distance and are covered
tions and bruises. They were rushed
unconscious condition,
Tamaqua.~
in the dry house of the
Company's plant,
R. Will, 28 years old, was to badly
burned that he died In the Co
State Hospital
Lebanon. —Spontaneous combustion
among new hay In the loft of D. G.
Brandt's barn at Annville, resulted In
the complete destruction of the struc
commpanies from this eity and Cleona
aided the Annville companies in saving
the Brandt grist mill and homestead.
The live stock was saved.
Harrisburg Appointment of Colonel
Robert M. Vall, Wilkes-Barre, as a
member of the Btate Armory Board,
was announced at the governor's office,
Peter G. Cameron announced the ap-
pointment of James 8 Marshall and
Ansley D. Smith, of Pittsburgh, as
bank examiners,
Northumberland. — Warrants were
fssued for 100 delinjuent school tax
payers, some of them wemen,
Trevorton.—8Shooting into the alr
like oll, a well of pure water is at-
tracting state wide attention.
Brownsville—~The fifty-second re
unlom bf the survivors of the 85th
Pernsylvania Volunteer Infantry will
be field here on August 27.
Pilymouth.—The extraction of a
“both, aggravated by a weak heart,
is belleved responsible for the death
of Silas Zimmerman, 65,
Hazleton, —Stricken with acute dila.
tion of the heart, Mrs, James A. Har
lor, aged 61, wife of Councilman
atmes A. Harlor, was found dead In
bed.
Greensburg. —H, R. Mascn, of Pitts.
burgh, was electo” secretary of the
Greensburg Chamber of Commerce,
Mt, Carmel—Mra. Elizabeth Aston,
an aged woman, trirped and fell In
her home, sustainlug a fracture of a
leg.
Ho
Harrisburg.—QGrade crossing accel
dents decreased from 483 for the first
gix months of 19238 to 409 for the cor-
responding period In 1924, a report of
the “bur<tu of accidents, public ser-
vice commission, disclosed. In the
first six mo “hs of 1024 40 persons
were killed In these accidents, com:
pared with 83 for the like period in
192% Three hundred and fifty-seven
motor cars were Involved In ihe acel-
dents, 84 occupants met death and
186 others vere Injured, Within the
six-month period 1220 accidents oc-
curring on street rallways were re-
ported, compared with 1084 in 1023.
These necidents resulted In 068 deaths,
compared with 48 in 1028, and In-
juries to 1415 persons, compared with
1884 for the 1923 period.
Shamokin—Homes In an area of
two city blocks in the residence sec-
tion are menaced by fissures in the
ground caused by settlings of the old
Cameron Colllerr workings. The
fractures extend 1000 feet across lots
and beneath houses. Cellar walls
have split and plaster falling in
rooms.
Shengndoah—Falling from a third
story window at her home, in Frack-
ville, Mrs. Helen Dropkin miraculous-
ly escaped death, sustaining nothing
worse than fractures of the right leg
and several ribs. The woman was
perched on the window sill, cleaning
the window, when she lost her bal.
ance and fell backward to the pave
ment.
Pittsburgh. —T'vo small sisters, Phe-
Hix and Moniea Kulkowskl, met death
under the wheels of a truck here. Abe
Schuman, driver of the car, was ar-
rested.
During a cloudburst
over Lancaster county
the Pentecostal camp at Williamston
Park was literally blown to
when 50 tents were scattered over the
hillside alon gthe Conestoga Creek.
The storm broke while the worship
ers were attending services, but all
escaped Injury,
Lancaster,—
which swept
pleces
Norristown, —Police Chief Eller re
theft In Norristown In six
which is an unprecedented
record for Norristown or place
of its size, 35,000,
Pittsburgh —T
mobile
months,
any
officials of the
hree
justice of
after a hearing on charges
who al.
red
their
leagoe agreement.
Williams and
injured
4 col
conspl
of
that they to deprive
employes
leged
rallroad
rights under the Uh
Shenandoah.--David
Kerlco were seriously
seniority
Uniontown.—Eleven out of the 24
Sep
are women.
aged
tember term of court
Allentown.—James Pata 50,
died at a hos ital
here from injuries sustained when he
an autemoblle driven
Repp. The latter was
of the coroner.
West Chester. —Counterfely £10 bills
on the Federal Bank of Boston, bear-
ing the names of Frank White, treas
urer, and A. 'W. Mellon, secretary,
and the picture of Andrew Jackson,
have appeared in West Chester.
Columbia. —Mary Ott, 14 years old,
drowned while bathing In the
Susquehanna river with a number of
youngsters. The girl was playing In
water, but made a misstep
into a deep hole. Wilfred Ferguson
went to her ald, but was unable to
locate the body untl 15 minutes after
had sunk,
Siglersville—Russell Wagner was
in the abdomen by a horse and
| seriously injured.
Plymouth, — Stricken with eramps
while bathinz In the Susquehanna
river at Falls, Alex Paszkewicz was
drowned,
Wapwallop n. ~~ Victor, 11-year-old
son of Nicholas Warner, disappeared
mysteriously while on his way to a
fhenando~h.—Caught under a fall
of several tong of coal and culm at a
mine, John Stancavange escaped with
a fractured left leg.
Hazleton ~The “Jack the Hugger,”
who operated here In the spring and
caused general alarm among women
and girls, is at work again,
Ploomsburg.—To see her 2-year-old
daughter floating down a creek with
her head under water was the terrible
experience of Mrs. Dana Sharpless,
at her summer home along Fishing
Creek, 10 miles from here. The
mother leaped into the creek, pulled
the child to shore and fainted, A
doctor occupying a nearhy cottage re-
vived both mother and daughter.
Allentown. —Helen, T-yvear-old daugh-
tor of Johir Bendas, died at the Sacred
Heart Hosoltal from bums and sealds,
She had been swimming in the Lehigh
river In hér dres and, returning home,
attempted to dry her clothing in front
of the Kk'techen stove, Her dress
caught fire and In attempting to
quench the flanes she poured scald
ing water over herself, aggravating
her injuries.
York —Harry I. Savage, B54, wus
drowned In Conewnago Creek, near
here.
Altoona~Ten thousand persons at-
tended the ynion of Central Penn.
sylvania Lutherans at Lakemont
Park, near here.
Lebanon lebanon county Republi
ean Chairman Wilhelm appointed
Mrs. Agnes H, Seabold, of Lebanon,
vies chalrman,
Willlamsport.—Charles D. Lamade
returned with his family from a motor
trip to Canada to find that In thelr
absence burglars had ransacked thelr
home,
“Tex” Crosby Could
Throw to Keystone
Browne, the former wm-
pire, tells a good one concern-
ing *“Téx"” Crosby, the veteran
catcher‘of the Tulsa team of the
Western league, Crosby was
having a hard time of It with
the pitchers cone day. He prob-
ably had done as much work In
the six.innings that had been
played as he would ordinarily
do in nine Innings.
Four pitchers had been used,
and the fifth was just throwing
his five balls to the catcher.
Tex had caught four, and waved
to the youngster to get ready to
pitch,
“That's only four,” sald the
youngster, “and yon haven't had
your throw to second.”
“Never mind my throw to sec-
ond,” answered the veteran, “I've
been throwing down there for
seventeen years, and ought to
know where it is by this time"
Leo
HERD WITH 17 LEADS
HOLE-IN-ONE STARS |
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J. Braid, English Golfer, Has
Holed Out on Fly 11 Times.
The golf season has lengthened out
to the mid-way post and yet no word
has drifted In from England telling
of additional hole-in-one triumphs by
the venerable Sandy Herd.
It may be that the old boy is slip-
ping, as they say down by the gas |
house, : :
Herd Is undisputably the world's |
champion hole-in-oner at all weights,
form and distance considered, Over
a space of 35 years’ play the ancient
Sandy has experienced the maximum
golf thrill no fewer than 17 times,
The runner-up honors in the hole
in-one race probably belong to Jimmy
Brald, the English star. Brald has
holed out on the fly 11 times,
On the other hand, Harry Vardon,
most gifted golfer of his time, and
winner of six open championships,
has only holed one tee shot,
‘hick Evans, Chicago amateur, had
probably played as much golf as an}
of the stars since 1000, vet it was only
recently that he snared his second
nee,
The most notable hole-in-one in re
rent years was scored by Jock Hutch.
ison, American professional, at St
Andrews during the 1621 British open |
championship. This stroke of for |
tune moved Hutchison into a tie with
Roger Wethered, young Oxford stu-
dent, and In the playoff the following |
day the American won.
Czar of Gotham Links
5
Augustus Miller, supervisor of pub-
Hie golf courses in the Bronx, who is |
recognized as the “czar” of public
{inks In New York city. He iz a vet-
erun of the game,
Golf Need Not Be
Expensive Pastime
Chicago proves that golf need not
pe an expensive game. Of all the pub-
tie and semi-public links In Chicago
not a single one has lost on the in-
vestment. The greens fee is the source
of revenue for these courses,
What makes golf so expensive to
most’ of us Is not golf, but the social
gide of the thing. Golf as a sport
is cheap enough, but people are not
content to take golf as a sport; they
take it as a social enterprise. Mag-
nificent clubhouses, dining rooms,
service and entertainment are the
things that make golf expensive,
It is not golf, but the modern stage
for golf that makes it a game for
the wealthy, Golf clubs are modeled
after the mansions and estates of
multi-millionaires. The (dea is not to
economize, but to expend lavishly and
make a vulgar display of riches.
Miss Wills Praised
by English Papers
In reviewing the Wimbledon lawn
tennis tournament, the London news.
paper critics declare that, despite her
defeat by Miss Kathleen McKane In
the final, the game displayed by the
American champion, Helen Wills
Justified her reputation as a great
player. She was steady, daring and
necurate, revealing all the qualities
of a champion. Furthermore she Is
a better stroke maker than her con-
queror, Miss McKane, and probably
hit harder at times during their match
(Vimsiea other woman player seen at
ET ~ i
td
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Hams,
Louls Browns this
cent game,
Connie Mack’s Mistake
They call him cunning, crafts
Connie Mack, but he makes mis
takes like other humans. Plenty
of them. Curley Ogden repre
sents one of his more recent
ones, The Athletics’ pliot sald
Ogden was through and gladly
passed him along to Washing-
ton. Once in his new quarters,
Ogden settled down and began
pitching great ball
Mack iz still rubbing his eyes
und wondering it's all
about.
[port Notes
Williams college has added wrestling
and lacrosse to its sports list
. * -.
what
university football
ber 23.
team
A number of celebrated
50 years
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Miss Gladys Moore, un eighteen year
old Kentucky girl,
for her father a8 a jockey.
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the
wrestling
It is too bad
for
Swiss do not go
in They certainly
could produce a cheese champion
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Walker
Champion Mickey adopted
of earning enough to enter
Princeton university.
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Miss Florence Sutton, the celebrated
California tennis player,
money
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Calclo,
was known in italy during the Mid.
dle Ages, was a social event for fete
days in which only nobles and soldiers
were allowed to play.
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University of Virginia nine has
booked 25 gnmes for next year.
Among the early season tests will be
games at Charlottesville, in April, with
Dartmouth, Cornell, Pennsylvania,
Princeton, Bucknell and Syracuse,
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Golf officials of the Royal and An-
clent club of Great Britain have
named 15 players, from whose num-
ber the Walker cup challenge eam
will be selected. The team will invade
the United States in September. Six
of the 15 men are well known golfers
in America.
Promising Red Recruit
Tom Sheehan, this season's recruit
for the Cincinnati Reds, who Is devel
oping splendid form as the season
progresses and who gives promise of
being one of the star twirlers of the
Natlonal league,
Stars at Wimbledon
Nam —
Mrs. Marion Z Jessop snapped
while she wag playing In the ellm-
ination contests recsntiy held at Wim-
England
DIAMOND
\PICK-UPS
making a
State
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Monroe is
for the
runaway race
Cotton league pennant.
Mack, manager of the Phila-
thietics, is sixty-two years
Connie
delphia
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Fred
from
Scott, a
Texas
risht-handed pitcher
Christian university,
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The National League of Professional
anniversary in 1920,
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Hans Wagner holds the major league
record for having played the greatest
number of games—2.785 in 21 searons.
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Bill Rodgers, Alhany manager, says
his old joints won't stand it, and has
retired to the bench to direct his team.
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Ludwick, pitcher, who was released
by Mexia, was signed by Mariin the
next day and beat his former team.
mates, 5 to 3.
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The peculiar thing about the Water
bury pitching staff is the absence of
left handers, there being six starboard
flingers on the roster st present.
* - *
Pitcher Lester Howe, ordered to re
port to Mobile by the Boston Red Sox.
has refused to do so. He says he can-
not stand the weather in the South,
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The Yankees will train at St. Peters
burg. Fla, next spring. A new dia
mond will be in shape for the team and
there will be ample seating arrange:
ments,
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Outfielder Wid Matthews of the Sen.
ators is supposed to have tipped Connle
Mack off to Bill Lamar. Wid thinks
Lamar is just about the finest pill slap
per that has come to his attention.
* * @
Rogers Hornsby's hundredth hit of
the season was a triple in the final
game of the Pittsburgh series in St,
Louis. The ball hit the bleacher boards
on the fly and would have cleared the
fence with a little more urge behind it.
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Vernon obtained Pitcher Bill Bryan,
a twenty-one-yearold lad, from Tex:
arkana of the East Texas league In
exchange for Pitchers Keck and Broom:
fleld. Scout Van Baren of Vernon
looked Bryan over and turned in a fine
report on him. Ha was with Dallas
last season.
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WASN'T FOR SLEEPER
Mr. Whaley Is a very light sleeper,
one who is easily awakened and is a
long time getting to sleep.
One might, not long ago, while trav.
eling through New York state he was
obliged to stop at a suburban hotel and,
after much tossing about, he finally
succeeded in getting into a sound sleep.
In answer to loud, repeated knocks on
his door, he nervously sat bolt upright
in bed
“What's wanted?” he grumbled,
“Package down stairs for you, sir.”
“Well, let it stay there; it can walt
till morning, I suppose.”
The boy shuffled down the corridor
and after a long time the guest fell
into a sound sleep again. Then an-
other knock came at the dor.
“Well, what's up now?" queried Mr.
Whaley.
“*Tain't for you, that package?
The Imp of Mischief
“Daddy,” sald a little fellow of six.
“God makes us do all the good things,
doesn’t he?”
“Yes,” replied his father.
“And Satan makes us do all the
naughty things?”
“Yes™
“Well, who makes us do all the fun-
ny things?'-—Boston Transcript.
Somepin’ Always Wins
Mose—C"'mon Somepin ! C'mon,
{| Bomepin! C'mon, Somepin!
Bystander—Whgt's the matter with
you, boy? There's no horse called
Bomething in this race.
Mose—Ah knows dat, but Ah's got
{ two bucks on all of ‘em, an’ Ah's anx-
fous.~—~American Legion Weekly,
SLIGHTLY MIXED
The Tourist—This farm is said to
have the largest aplary in the state,
His Wife—Let's go in and look at the
apes. 1 think monkeys are too cute
for words.
Read Your Own Dream
Don’t wait on fortune
And a sky of blue;
It's the true-stroke toller
Makes his dream come true!
Speak With Moderation
“Then I'm to tell the firm,” the bill
collector sald, making a memorandum
in his book, “that you'll probably set
tie account next week?”
“Well, I'd hardly put It like that”
answered the other, hesitatingly.
“Probably’ Is a pretty strong word
Better make it ‘possibly.’ ™
Accidental
“1 don’t see what clalm you have
for this accident,” said the agent.
“You were thrown out of the car, but
by your own statement you were not
hurt.”
“Well, wasn't it by the merest ac
cident that I escaped Injury 7” returned
the clalmhant
———
Difficult
“Pretty hard to get a kiss from
that girl”
“Yet she doesn't look like a prude”
“True.”
“Then why is it so difficult to get a
kiss 7"
“She
enough.”
wont stop smoking long
BET HE WILL
Bug—A fortune<teller told me 1 was
going on a long journey soon, but §
don't belleve it!
Why Weren't We?
I've often stopped to wonder
At fate's peculiar ways;
For nearly all our famous men
Were born on holidays.
~=Princeton Tiger.
Mose—Yes, suh; de doctor tole me
as how I mus’ take some iron fur my
blood, and I s'pects 1 might as well
buy it from you~Good Hardware
A Monkey Story
First (viewing monkey in
cage)—It Is apparent to me
Second Sclentist—Ah! Really, 1a |
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