PENNSYLVANIA STATE ITEMS Nesqu-honing.—8tate police raided the hotel of George Kochmen here and seized much liquor In bottles, jugs and kegs. received the ‘hird degree at a meeting of the local couvrcil of the Knights of Columbus. Columbia.—W. M. Gehman, of Chu:zchtown, was elected president of Lancaster county P. O. 8. of A. at the annual meeting at Columbia. Charles Vane;s, of Bellefonte, is in the Lewistown jail awaiting a hearing on a charge of passing a worthless check upon S. M. Anders. Pottsville —Richard Kear, of Min- ersville, has been ousted as a member of the borough council of that town by his fellow-councilmen, who claim that he has not attended three suc- cessive meetings. The law seldom has been invoked in this section. Pottstown.—A new Jjymnasium will be constructed by the local ¥. M. CO. A. Reading.—The Philharmonic Band, of Reading, and the Pottstown Band held a joint picnic and concert at Yel- low House. Norristown.—Overcome ty the heat while carrying boiling water up a flight of steps, Mrs. George Griffith was badly scalc~d. Harleyville.—The Harleys held thelr eighth reunion ct the meeting house near here; which they purchased a year ago from the Brethren congre- gation for their annual gatherings. West “asster.—Workmen for the gtate highway department cutting grass along the Lincoln Highway be- tween Whi‘ford and Downingtown dis- covered four quarts of pre-war whisky in the grass. It is belleved the liquor was thrown ‘ato the zrass from a car, the occupart: fearing detection “by officers. Bethlehem.- -Sixty-two persons were Injured or badly shaken up when the Easton limited trolley car from Allen- town crashed ‘nto a ‘oaded coal truck of the Rosemont Coal company at Thirteenth avewue and West road street. The most se-iously hurt was Herbert Schoedler, iriver of the truck, who sustaized 1 broken arm and num- erous trulses. A number of passen- gers on tke car were lacerated by fying glass. Meadville~—~J. H. Hotchkiss, garage proprietor Conneaut Lake Park, bad been held for criminal court here cn a charge of murder as a res. of the death Mrs. A. H Terrill, of Conneaut Lake, who, it I8 declared, was run down by a ear driven by him. Pottsville—The manne: in which Nelson Waters, of St. Clalr was ‘tilled and several others injured when an automobile ren into a group of yourg men, was revealed when a motorist pamed Waters -.ve himself vp to the state police and said be was the cause of the trouble. Waters told & straight- forward story of being blinded by the glaring headlights and the polire re- trained from arresting him unless the coroner's ‘nry so orders. Port Carbon.—When a truck loaded with building bricks broke through a bridge here and fell twenty feet lato the Schuylkill river the driver, Walter Zimmerman, emerged not in the least injured. Bloomsburg.—Three Berwick young men escapel with bruises and lacera- tions when thel~ automobile upset and rolled over three times on a steep hill two miles from here. They were Frank Clem ns, Martin McKernon and Floyd "tout. Altoona.—After going about for two days with a fractured skvil, John O. Houtz, aged 28, Pennsylvania railroad sghopman, was admitted to the Altoona Hospitel for treatment. Houtz, his wife and daughter, Margeret, aged 7. were Injured when their automobile left the road at Warriors Mark. Mrs. Houtz's right st oulderblade was frac- tured. Telford.—Ambrose Stauffer, of this place, has asked the police to asist in locating his 17-sear-old son, Titus, who has disappeared from home. Quakertown.—Peter Moyer has re signed as organist of the Richland- town Refurmed church, Quakertown.—Oualvin Kernechel, 15 years old, while cleaning his revolver accidentally shct himself in the right side. Morrisville. —~Justice of the Peace Kunsmen charged F. L. Mixon, of Kansas Olity, $10 for telling Officer Cooper he was “one of those smart cops.” Rosedale. —Jacob Kirby was elected presiden* of the Rosedale campmeet- ing. Bethlehem.—Mother Superior Sera- fica, head of Holy Infancy Convent here for six years, has been notified that she soon will be transferred to a new fleld. 4% I Pottstown.—~Caught by some copper weather stripping whea a kitchen dour was blown shut by a storm, Mary Ethel, a little daughter of John K. Binder, suffered the almost complete severing of a toe Readings —John H. Keppelman, aged 71, president and general manager of the Constmer's Gas company, died suddenly after telephoning his son, At- torney John Arthur Keppelman, that he was feeling '1. Death came on the second anniversary of the death of his wife. He was a former city clerk and councilman and active In Democratic politics, et 1a OL ve ba Norristown. —Following a probe into the case of Edwin 8. Anders, a wealthy member of Schwenkfelder church, who lost $1000 in ¢ swindle, a broker, Mor- ris Davidow, of 8616 North Nineteenth street, Philadelphia, was arrested by County Detective Stevenson at the Hotel Montgomery here, He took him before Magistrate Frank Clark, where he was given a hearirg and held under £2000 ball fo court, Chester.— Attacked by a viclous dog, Jennie Riddle, a 6-year-old child, of 1014 West Fifth street, was bitten about the right cheek and shoulder. The child was treated at the Chester Hospital and the police en being notl fled shot the canine, The head of the animal will be examined by state au. thorities to determine If It suffered from rabies, Harrisburg —QGovernor Pinchot re. ceived unofficial notification of the resignation of eleven supervising nurses In the Scranton State Hospital, but sald no official report of the situa tion had reached him. The governor expects to take up the matter with Dr. Ellen C. Potter, secretary of wel fare, and as soon as a formal report is received an investigation probably will be ordered. Chester.—One hundred and fifty or phan boys from the Philadelphia Or phanage at Wallingford were the guests of the Chester Klwanis Club on a plenic at Augustine Beach, near Fort Penn, Del. The youngesters were transported to and from the re sort jn automobiles. Reading. —Following receipt of a statement from Fire Chief John G Ntiethammer, asking for less speed and more regard for life and avoidance of accidents, the Firemen's Union has announced approval of the chief's at titude and the drivers of the fourteen companies will be Instructed to slow down. Many accidents have occurred recently as a result of fires, Stroudsburg. —In tomobiles it Is seldom that an automo bile is wrecked by a team of horses Yet that occurred here when the {eam of Clyde Sandt, liveryman, driven by Howard Rehrig, a hostler, ran narrowly missing one car, speeding to these days of au away time, and crashed into a touring this county, nearly demolishing it of the landed on machine in the wild run, Danville horses top annual " ‘he Park. the somewhat A Rain during the attendance of about 6000 nevertheless, to F. P. Weaver, farm prices. Franklin. ounty its concrete road program persons hear an State was present address of College, o1 Yenango « of flies. A fraction concrete over nine been season, leaving 16.05 miles to be taker care of before winter sets in. Greensburg. —Mrs. Mary Denman, wife of Attorney ha constructed Thompsor the Westmoreland county Judge William T. Dom Ashland. in Locust Gan mine, was admitted t« the State Hospital here suffering fron a fracture of the skull, the result of kick from a mule. Weatherly.—A reunion the Le high Valley Veterans’ Association was held in Eurpna Park Pottstown. --A survey has been or dered by the state highway depart ment for the proposed new road from here to Pennsburg. Pricetown.—Two handits who tried to rob Willlam Miller, a hotel man, near here, ware routed by Miller, whe was sereverly beaten. Tremont.—Rain did not dampen the enthusiasm of Tremonters in opening the old home week eelebration, al though it fell all day. Special services were held under the direction of Rev B. F. Goodman, president of the Tre mont Ministerial Assoclation; Rev. A Y. Holter, pastor of the Reformed church, delivered an address and a community chorus of 75 volces render od selections. The band from Muir, a neighboring borough, gave two open alr concerts, York. Clarence Wells is in the York Hospital with a gun shot wound in his arm, the result of a mistake made by Hugh Williams, of Whitehall, Md., who, while hunting for ground hogs In Hartford county, Md, mistook him for a ground hoz and shot him, The young man was lying in the grass, Lehighton —Burglars entered George Ettinger’'s home, but were scared away by ‘neighbors, West Chester.—James Powers, of Schuylkill township, 's charged ‘with many offenses rnd was brought to the Chester county prison here to awalt a further hearing before Justice John F. Myers, of Williams Corner. The charges, made by Harry L. Detwiles, of East Nantmeal township, Include forcible entry, burglary, larceny, high way robbery and threats to kill Det. ‘wiler 2 well as carrying a deadly Weapon, “ne ~ Doylestown ~Through an announce- ment made in its own columns the Bucks County News, by force of cir cumstances, suspends publication, The Bucks County Dally News was started nearly 100 years ago and was then called the Bucks County Democrat, Chester—~Playing in the street, Anna Ulenick, aged 7 years, was run down by an automobile at Third and Booth streets, sustaining severe head injuries, The child is a patient in the hospital. Frank W. Zelss, of 407 Wal. nut street, “river of the automobile, was exonerated from all blame for the accident. bar before of — ’ and cold logic. Wagner and Crawford batsman of all time. thercin lieth his supremacy. there are more good pitchers now, them. Ruth lifts and pulls the ball speed of his drives alone OR red ord 410. pure and simple, his is batting over facts and the figures give Hornsby Hits Straight Out to Break Record, There were great pijchers then, but K the BOWer an the power an approaches Hornshy's wi Horns- nal league batting supremacy, As a hitter, present day. The through. and of the Manager Kelly Was Sore at His Stars There will probably always be managing t to mind n tie incident the other day. handies the by the nha Kellys 3! which cl brings iit in The Sp Spartanburg Kelly irtans who goes name but his front handle is Bernard y is like me scendantz of the At has a quick, team which of the pussen- owner to be a with the players. bus happened ger aiong “Qlow there" ed the “we'te down owner of the chaul got a valuable cargo ah ard Ji “Go ahead,” roared Mike, every ankety-hlank one of ‘er they're no good, anyway.” ASEBALL £1 NOTES The New York American club spent $0,058.50 for baseballs last season. baseball * * . Winning Texas league seems to have become a the Fort Worth team. . . * pennants habit The veteran Tris Speaker has just rounded out his fifth year as manager of the Cleveland Indians. > . * As to firmness and rockbound when compared with a big league uin- pire, . . - at Vassar, girl students defeated their fathers in a baseball game, score was 13 to 10. * * . The Boston Nationals, disrupted by {linest and injuries, took over Marty Shay of the Worcester Eastern league team to play shortstop. - \d . May 10, 1871, the Chicago baseball team defeated the Olympics of Wash- ington, © to 0, scoring all of their nine runs in the ninth inning. - . » srnle Quigley, ‘who has been ume piring in the National ieague, for ten years, is a first-class basketball referee and an excellent football official, » * . A baseball manager must have a clear and penetrating voice. Other wise how can he wake up his athletes from leaden feet to concrete dome? *. & » The oldest pitcher in the New York Stifte league seems the best, judging by the performance of Lefty George, who turned in three straight shutouts for York. . & New Orleans reports that the Yankees, Dodgers and White Sox would like to have Johnny Hollings worth, star member of the Pelican pitching staff. Ch Charley Schmidt, catcher with the Detroit Tigers for many years and manager of the Springfield Western association club, has signed a contract to umpire in the Western association. Schmidt began his career In the | Western association 22 years ago. | Not Considered of Any Par- ticular Value by Browns. Hollis Thurston, star twirler for the White was turned Nt Americans early Chicago Sox team, Louls Louis concluded that loose by the iast season Nt Thurston wo pitcher and time keeping him was wasting Chica; needed material, traluning ntment. The recruits up to the promised was grabbing about ww players and when St is let Thurston go Chicago signed He could not be worse than some of the others the White Sox had been trying out, As the first half the season of 1024 to a the leading pitcher of the major leagues was this Thurston. He had a record victories. That Is pitchers expe had ’ wen ihe season g 14s y a aisapp fulled to come i » Chicago wrately f« of came close same 13 consecutive the eral years, Ths i has a | know record irston lot how of stuff and he to pitch He with inferior catchers, chiefly, created most of the time with Injuries. So Thurston is pretty much responsible for Thurston's sensational success. In St. Louis moan over absence of Thurston, If George Sisler had Thurston this year they believe the Browns could win the pennant In July of 1815, Connie Mack dropped Bob Shawkey, having con- cluded that Shawkey could never be come a major league pitcher. York picked him up at the walver price and he was a big factor In win- ning pennants for the Yankees Connie Mack dropped Warren Og- den this year. Washington signed him Ogden has been a factor In pulling Washington to the top. Any manager is likely to make the same mistake. All of them have. they New Girl Wins Broad Jump Mme, Anavoisard, winning the standing broad jump In the women's athletic championship ot France, mak- ing the distance of 2.81 meters. The events were held at the Pershing stadium In Paris on Bastile day. i Is Own Press Agent | i i i i i NOT SATISFACTORY A Beoteh farmer had the misforiun to get his barn burned, but Be was well insured and went to an Aberdeen insurance office to collect the bawbees. The official informed him that they intended to replace the barn, and the former immediately canceled his wife's policy. “If anything comes over Jean” he explained, “you're not gaun to replace Ler” A Petition One elitizen of Plunk Center stepped up to another and asked: “Will you sign this petition?” “What's it fur? “Hain't read it myself; but if youre “Nunno. Glad to sign any petitior “She spends all her time at the | box. How fallen in love with her?” “His love of art” could he possibly Too Green to Burn The boy stood on the burning deck; But as far as he could learn He had no reason much to fear For he was too green to burn! Pretty Soft “1 wish I was a ball player,” growled laid down his pitchfork to 5 is perspiring brow “Why so? “Because,” his father, sighed Zeke, forkfull of hay asked as he tossed all onto the wagon, “if my pitching ¢ tired or sore 1 n got a little off for three could in) Human Nature “Don’t your constituents want thelr Sh Ee TITRE Tat Bm IR A year ago baseball magnates dida't | that George Earl Miistead was | every one of the major league presi. | William Veeck of the Chi cago Cubs became Interested and had Bonham (Texas) team give the trial His work was Milstead is now a regula: Cub pitcher. [port Notes Horse racing has become popular in Peking, China. » - - Nashville has just opened its first municipal golf course. » » . Australia obtains a revenue of $1. 000,000 a year by tax on racetrack betting . * - - Master Willie, an English horse, holds the world's record for six fur longs at 1:07 15. » » » It is up to the ethnologists and the physical directors to explain why the Finns are world beaters, - * - Paavo Nurmi, the greatest Individu. al hero of the Olympics, plans to jour ney to America around Christmas. * * * The municipal golf course In Jack. sonville, Fla. cost $226,000, und Is earning 10 per cent on the investment. » - . The Olympic chinss players got away to a good start and probably will have an exciting finish along about election day. . "0 Jim Rice, assistant crew coach of the University of Pennsylvania, will return to the Red and Blue institution for another year. - * * Af to most of those you know In the sporting world, keep your mouth shut about them. Do you want to get pinched for using bad language? LE Possibly Georges Carpentier Is get. ting more praise than he deserves for belng a good loser. Most anybody ought to be good after as much ex- “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum “But human nature is peculiar. A are willing to pay a if they can of taxes themselves er rate” Forgetful “What's that string on your fing “Why. my wife put it on to remind “id you do NY “No—she forgot me I” to give them to Progressive “How do you find marriage?” “During courtship I talked and she After marriage she talked Now we both talk and IS IT A SUCCESS? “Civilization Is a success, Think how few persons go to jail.” “Yes: but think how many ought to who don't.” Help! She sald he was her king, But now they're wed and he's a0’ Because he finds that she Won't let him reign no mo’, Candidates for Mayor “Why can’t we have a business man for mayor?’ stormed the busy execu tive to his assistant, “Why can't we" “Humph !” ejaculated the assistant. “No business man would pay the neces sary cash for so little value received.” Everybody's Magazine. It Shone for Her “Louise nearly broke up the show last night.” “How was that?” “She powdered her nose and used the shiny bald head of the man Is front of her for a mirror.” ; Where She Works “You work at a factory? a woman was asked at county court. : Woman—Don't be foolish, man! My factory Is at home-I seven children, ’
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