PENNSYLVANIA | STATE ITEMS | Harrisburg.—The millonth license tag was issved by the automobile di- vision of the department of highways. The tag No. 1,000,000, was issued to Mrs, Paul D. Wright, Erie, wife of Paul D. Wright, secretary of igh. ways. The division begun Its second series of passenger car numbers, whose numerals will be prefixed with the letter “A.” Tag "A-1" was issued Dr. H. C. Hadley, chief of the bureau of plant ‘nd-stry, department of agri- culture, Wilkes-Barre.—The will of the late Margaret Edwards Cobleigh, filed for probate in the Luzerne county court, provides for the distribution of an estate valued at approximately $2.000,- 000. After certaln bequests are made to churches, the balanee is placed In trust, half of the income to be pald to her daughter, Anna Cobleigh O'Boyle, and the other half to five grandehil- dren, Altoona.—A _crateh on one of his fingers, superi=dueing blood polsoning, caused the deatr of David Straesser, 74, shoemaker, of Martinsburg, six days after he celebrated his golden wedding aniversary. He served 80 consecutive years as school director and was active In the Lutheran church and Sunday school. Pottsville.—Albert Flerdo, a small boy, of Atles, a mining village, was In a dylog condition due to a slight wound caused by a toy pistol a week ago... The boy has a severe case of lockjaw and surgeons at the State Hospital at Fountain Springs were ap- plying extreme measures to proiong hig life. Pittsburga.—A “conscience debt” of $3 was received here by the superin- tendent of passenger transportation of the Pennsylvania raliroad from a man in Seattle, Wash. The money was for payment of fares between Harden Station and Pittsburgh about 40 years ago. With the $3 was this note: “God has forgiven ne end sanc- tified my soul, I trust your company also will forgive me” Kane.—Dr. E. HA McCleery, of this city, whose kennels of full-blooded wolves have attracted national atten- tion, now takes his favorite of the pack with him when making profes. sional visits. The wolf Boreas is as docile as 1 house dog, but tte doctor keeps him chained In his automobile out of respect for the nerves of peo- ple who Lold the Ange animals in deadly fear. The big wolf enjoys the outings and howls dismally if for any reason the doctor leaves him at home. Harrisburg.—Motor patrolmen along Pennsylvania's highways will be pre- pared for accidents from now on, Secretary of Highways Pau: D. Wright announced. Each of the 150 mem- bers of the motor patrol, Wright sald, has been upplied with a first ald kit for use In emergency accident cases along the highways. Seranton.—Willlam Fisher, 21 New Castle bank robber, who escaped from the Pennsylvania State Hospital for the Criminal Insane, was captured at Niagara Falls, N. Y. according to word received here from Dr. William M. Lynch, superintendent of the hos. pital, who is now at Niagara Falls. A man name *° Willlam Davis, suspect- ed of having furnished revolvers to Fisher and Joseph Howard, has also been taken into custody. Sunbury ~—Twin giris, 7 years old, are the source of a dispute between Sunbury and Williamsport cities, with the prospect of lawyers alring the children’s troubles In court, for both cities have refused to pa; for their keep at a Muncy poor home. The mother, Mrs. Henry Umstead, disap- peared, and both cities deny liability for more than $250 due for thelr keep. An action was started to have the court decid’ the city liable for the bill. According to Victor Koble, health officer here, numerous persons would adopt them, Philadelphia. Twelve hours after ghe collapsed at Eighteenth street and Hunting Park avenue, a girl identified herself as Agnes Flatley, 17 years old, of 4008 Fernhill road. Ste 1s In Sa- maritan Hospital.. When taken to the hospital she was quizzed by nurses and physi lans, but only returned a blank stare at her Juestioners. She fell into a deep sleep and after awak- ening found her memory restored. West Chester.—Russeil Thomas, 22, of West Chester, was shot and killed during a dancs at a negro plenle at Lenape Park by Oectaving Henderson, a waiter of Wayne. Henderson is In prison here, as are John Hutt and John Parker, Phoenixville, the latter two being held ax material witnesses, The pollee say Thomas jpsisted upon dancing with a girl whom Henderson was attending, when the latter shot him twice, once In the shoulder and also through the head. Shamokin~—~Part of the plunder stolen at six Shamokin and two Sun- bury stores was recovered by the po- lice. Nine Loys were arrested, Sunbury. ~Falling 25 feet to the bot. tom of a well, Irene Hubbell, 6, os eaped with a few slight bruises. She held fast to the well bucket until her father rescued er. Mezeppa.~—Grieving over the recént death of his wife, James Deitrick, 22 years old, shot and Zilled himself, Reading. -~With a program of folk by the children the official playground season ended Lewistoun.—The last remains of the old county bridge over the Juniata river have disappeared. Nothing now remains of ° 2 structural work, It all having been shipped away for scrap The wooden structure which supported the bridge in its temporary position has been nearly all removed, Lanonster.~Aftor an abeonee af many years, a nativy Lancesterian was given a “rousing welcane" to the old home town when Mayer Museor in police court jmposod costs af $ALE of John Hall, of Beabrdge, O, far parking cn the left-hand side of the street, despite Hull's plea of lghor ance of the loval regulations, Scranton—A resolution providing for the appolntm of a safety Ins spoctor at every tolliery in the am thracite region for the purpose of ens forcing ming Iawe and reducing the number of nceidenta waa adopted at a meeting of the Safety Cemmittee af the Anthracite region here. Couples af the resolution were gent to the miners’ union and corl operators thraugheut the hard coal belt. Tituaville~The sixty-fifth anniver gary of the drilling of the first oll well by Colonel! Edwin L. Drake was colobrated here with hrief exercises conduectad by the D. A, It at the rite of the well, which was drilled In on August 27, 1838, The Drake Duy Association beld a buriness meeting, following the raleing of a flag hoeelde the monument that marks the Drake well. Chester.~As the result of burns he sustained while working at the plant of the Pure Ol Company at Marcos Hook, Wells Irey, 21 years old, dled Ia the Chester Hospital. Plittshurgh.—A triangle love affal resulted In the death of George Coll, Ambridge. and the serlone wourding of Miss Florence Lynch, chief opera tor at the Tarentum telephone ex- change, according t police. Cail, married and the father of several chil. dren, quarreled with Miss Lynch, ac cording to the police version, and cail- ed at her home and began shooting. Miss Lynch was shot three times, but physlelans sald she would recover, Coll then shot ‘himself through the heart, dying Instantly. Harrish' rg.—Dr. Cornelius M. Dall ey was held for court by Mayor Hoy. erter or the charge cf murdering Mrs. Anna Zanbe k, an attractive widow, after the physician had entered a plea of not gullty at a preliminary hearing before the mayor. Mrs. Manbeck was shot to death In the doctor's apart. ment June 1, and the doctor, who suf. fered a bullet wound In the hreast, claimed ‘he woman did the shooting. Hazleton, -—~ The team from the Franklin colllery of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company won the trophy cup at the annual first ald meet of the ir fous divisors of the fim held at Hazle Park. Foster Brill, of Drifton, took the one-man contest. Prominent officials and surgeons »f the asthra- cite fleld attended the contests Shenandoah. — David Courey, of Frackville, had a miraculous escape from a terrible death. He was tempting to cross the Reading tracks at Malzeville with a large truck load of meat when a fast came along and struck the truck, hurling Courey 50 feet in the alr, landing on a clump of laurel bushes, and escaping with slight injuries. The truck was completely wrecked and the meat scattered In all directions Reading.—~When Manoah Schiichter, 65 years of age, of Hereford, 25 miles from this city eame to the Berke eonrt house, to sign a release for S160 prop- erty damages by reason of state high way Improvement, he informed the pf. ficlals It was his first visit to Reading. Sunbury. —While swimming at Nar rowsburg, N. Y., Lester Freedman, 22 a State College student, suffered attack of heart fallure and died body was recovered by his brother. Shenandoah. —8truck Ly a train the body of Joseph Zubinski, 40 years old, was found on the Lehigh Valley tracks. Shenandon..—While chopping wood at his home, Thomas Williams, one of the best known mining engineers In the reglon, dropped dead, Willlamsport.—Bitten by a patient he was attending In the Williamsport Hospital, Dr. Graham Bruce, an in. terne, Is in a eritical condition from blood poisoning. To prevent the pa. tient from choking to death in a coughing spel. the doctor had inserted a tube in his mouth to permit breath. ing. The tube slipped, and in his haste to reinsert it his Index finger caught between the patient's teeth, Infection developed and blood polson- ing followed. Lewistown. ~Mifflin county was en- riched £1000 when John H. Cotner's cash bail in the hands of Prothonotary Peters was forfeited because Cotner falled to appear for trial on a charge of transporting a truck load of beer from Sunbury to Lewistown, York.—-Mrs. Katherine N. Wit, 84, died from Injuries sustained when she was struck and run over hy a trolley ear. With a sister she was returning home from church when she stepped in front of the ear. The motorman, James W. Thompson, collapsed and is confined to his bed from nervous- ness, Conyngham.—Co-operative effort to harvest crops In the valleys around Lere fs a feature of farm work due to searcitr of laber., The farmers take turns at helping one another, Freemansburg.— Miss Mildred Helm was appointed postmaster here, Womelsdorf.—The “ixty-first anni versary celebration of Bethany Or phans’ Home, Reformed Church, was attended by 15,000 persons, Harristurg.-~Appointment of John G. Jenking Wellshoro, as sheriff of Tioga county, succeeding Elwin G. Keltz, deccnsed, was announced at the governor's office, freight nn His a ny A C2 on re. BASEBALL NOTES big leagues for ten years, » we lina coliegian, to play shortstop. *» - . Catcher Williams of the club of Tennessee has been chased by the Toronto club, CE Boston was played by the and Elim Tree clubs In 1855. » . * list, because of an Injured ankle, * * * of the Springfield association club, * + . by airplane, but from the score sev- Home runs in the major have been less numerous this year Uncle Wilbert Robinson, manager of the Brooklyn club, wears ginsses and & huge diamond ring when he coaches. * - . Birmingham has purchased First Baseman Micky Heath and Pltcher Dick Didier from Ottumwa of the Mis sissippl Valley league, * . . Outfielder George Rhinehardt, lead- ing hitter of the South Atlantic asso sation, has been sold by Greenville 0 Memphis of the Southern associa- tion. . & @» | | Reds, Is sald to have agreed to accom- pany the Giants on their tour of Eu- i White Sox. CI of triple In the whole Ridge league history only two plays : | glub, Wasnesboro, the team, Hanover, * * » against Patsy Donovan strengthened his Jersey City team through a deal with Newark In which he acquired Gene Sheridan, third baseman, and Sid Ag- pew, an outfielder, » - r Tom Verecker, veteran pitcher, given his release by teams In both the Blue Ridge and Eastern Shore leagues this season, decided to turn umpire and is handling the indicator for the Shore league. . » . The braves have purchased Dave Harris, hard-hitting outfielder from Greensboro of the Pledmont league and have also signed Ed Brandt, a left-handed pitcher, who halls from Wallace, Idaho, - - * Outfielder Jess Altenburg, former Michigan university star, who played with Reading, Toronto and Newark in the International league, has signed with the Allentown (Pa.) Independent team, Norman McMillan Stars Norman McMillan, third baseman of the St, Louis Browns, who was traded to that team In exchange for Homer Ezzell of the Boston Americans. Me. Millan has played a star game for ™. Louis so far, . The Cubs’ scout was wsten: ing the Greenville (Miss) club of the Cotton States lengue play one balmy day, and noticed the good work of Joe Bush, The windy outfit started and Bush got fast fellows. in with his good showing so far, but don’t get him “mixed up” with Leslie Joseph Bush, who twirls for the Yanks. Changing Style.at Bat Hurts Lutzke One argument that can al ways be found in baseball re lates to changing a batsman's style without seriously affecting his hitting power. Lutzke, a good flelder, was hitting well In the Cleveland training camp this spring. Cleve land decided that Lutzke would not be a valuable batsman In the American league becnuse he invariably hit to one spot Lutzke, In the language of the game, was a “dead” right field hitter. The Cleveland coaches set about to change his style at bat so that he could hit to sll fields. They kept working on this and as the lessons lengthened the hitting abliity of Lutzke de creased, Since the season opened Lutzke has gotten but one extra base hit, and he drove in two runs. It was a three bagger and the ball was hit—to right field. Padgett Fills Gap ar ot ’ Tossed into the breach made In the Boston infield by the tragic death of Boeckel last spring, Padgett, the rookie, has made good in the Boston infield. He was secured from Mem phiz. In desperation, Bancroft insert. Southern leaguer at the hot corner. His pluck and his timely hit ting won him the place. port Notes The Boxer rebellion was not a pu- gilistic uprising. . Ohio State home football games will start at 2:30 o'clock. . » . Australian six-day bicycle races are limited to eight hours a day. *. = » Canada has twice as many goif ¢ourses as before the World war. - . » Ninety-six is unsatisfactory, either as a golf card or temperature. » * . Iowa university may establish an all-syear-round coaching school course. . - - England has half » million golf players, of whom a third are women and girls, . & » The first national Japanese Olymple meet will be held at Tokyo November 1tol . » » Somehow or other, did you ever see anything that seemed more incongru- ous than a sallor at a horse race? . ® » Kicking ox from midfield will be the big thrill of collegiate football starting late In September, . * » Joe Forshaw of St. Louls, interna. tionally famous as a marathon racer, in a recent talk to boys in the Mound City advised them to “keep in the fresh alr and snnshine and exercise out of doors.” : i Murray Squelched by Walter Rehg Walter Rehg, veteran Indian- apolis outfielder, has a line which he can trade with pretty near anybody, It was a sultry, hot day when the Indians played the Brewers In Milwaukee re cently. Old Jim Murray, the umpire, was disporting himself like a bear with a festered claw. Teng knew it and got a trifle fresh with him, “D'ya wanta be run outa here?” growled the veteran ar biter, “Yes,” chirped Rehg—*and by the way, how'd you like to take the afternoon off with me?” Jim mopped his brow and seemed to enjoy the afternoon more, i 1 A 0 A | “MILT” OLANDER HAS RETURNED AS COACH Stars in Illini Annals. “Milt” Olander Is coming back tc { the University of Illinois as freshman | football coach and everybody is tickled | Olander is renowned as one { hardest fighters and best-liked foot “Milt” Olander, body agrees that he is the ideal man to succeed Burt Ingwersen as tutor of the first-year players well. He played tackle for four years, from 1818 to 1021, member of two championship squads. He came to where he was a member football, basketball and of all track teams. then, as he was football two years From Iilinols field the captain for tackle went coach, His 1022, his eleven was unde not even scored on. record ag head foothall first year, | feated and { It makes a lot of | the aspiring young whether his freshman which encourages him to battle on. The Ulini know they have a wonderful man In “Mit.” Niinois believes In a falr chance for all. No one Is dropped from freshman squad. When the freshmen report, all are kept on the squad as long as they come out regularly. varsity squad of about thirty-five men is chosen and the remainder of the men are divided Into squads repre senting the various colleges in the uni- versity. If a player on any of these football personality to the freshmen varsity squad, If a man on that squad does not “pan” ont, he is reduced to one of the college squads. for a freshman varsity berth is always keen, Using Head in New Way to Get Assist “ “That's using your head, is a com- plimentary expression of the ball field when some player pplis a brilliant play, the result of quick thinking” says Billy Evans, “Never shall I forget a play that fea- tured Bill Hogan and DUert Shotton, which was made possible by using the head, but in an entirely different man- ner, “Hogan was playing left fleid for St Louis, Bert Shotton was In center, St. Louis, was playing at Washington Left field is the sun fleld at the Na. tional's park. “A jong fly was hit to left fleld Hogan called for the play and Bert Shotton went over Into left fleld ter ritory to back up. After having judged the ball perfectly, Hogan lost it In the sun at the last minute. He ducked his head to prevent possible injury to his eyes. The ball struck him a glancing blow on the side of the head and caromed directly Into the hands of Bert Shotton, who made the catch, retiring the batter, Hogan received an assist on the play. . “Shotton, between laughs, told Hogan, what had happened. Since the ball had been caught, he forgot the other embarrassing , feature of the play. Arm In arm the two players marched to the bench, “And, of course, to complete the sit- uation some wag In the left field bleachers yelled: * “That's using your head, old boy.'" SAAR AA Abe eter vk MAKING GOOD IN A SMALL TOWN Real Stories About Real Girls a, By MRS. HARLAND H. ALLEN Fr Pr rr rrr rr rr RRR rR (Qo. 1924, bhatin J TO BEE OR NOT TO BEE A PACK-LOTTER,” sional beekeeper, Westarn hewspsinr 18 aplarists dub the # is pletured as going profes tanieur about awong his a copy Muaeterlinck or his mind more bees’ history with their Put | 8 "back-lotter” is often a money-mak- i er! “1 afraid I'd * stung’ 1 first starfed keeping bees,” 8 “back-lotter,” a small met recently, “but 1 only careless persons bees, The work Is remunerative | is particularly sulted to women because there ls nothing heavy | and a woman's gentleness in handing is a real The “back-lotter” should wear a vell of mosquito netting over her face and gloves on her hands: and she should use a smoker when og ng the hives. Anyway, a sting is not such & serious matter. When the barb Is removed, a little ammonia in- fallible remedy. The should apiary in the spring before swart | begins, or in | last honey flow with only three or four hives, ners ing the She should save cost bees with hls eyes fixed on of and the ¥ ahre engrossed with and habits than remunerative possibilities was when admitted , 1 now that stung by and too, get town gi know are to do neset.” 2 £n is the bee-keeper start ng the fall after just the Rhe shoul number as the hees and risk « portation by:buying her hi home as possible, She to get them exchange for | produce. A i ored may from a nelg poultry or some able good choice Is g Italian fan temper The cious, stock, honey common black The standard move tailed hive Is The amateur aplarist can learn th detalls of rienced books and heeg are the best t the work by visiting expe beekeepers, magazines and by on If she can find someone to help hb | & bit at times, It will be most profit | able for her to extracted honey. This means that she will have to buy a machine called a honey ex | tractor, but it will pay for Itself in | & short time. { If the “back-lotter” Is enterprising, she may be able to dispose of tire output In her own home | thus saving both commission freight expense. She may | her honey in the local paper, or “ped dle” it herself If she combines | caution, she her beekeeping, either physically rea bee cul produce ner en town, and advertise with in stung,” iy cleverness earl] not to or financia will y contrive, “get | BROILERS BRING BIG RE- WARDS Pk up the menu In a city hotel } or restaurant, any time from to June, and you will see, the words “spring broiler” such figures as £1.50 or £2.00, “And that means” says. a small town girl who helps to make possible this table luxury, “that th: girl who | raises spring chickens or ‘broflers’ will | have good returns for her work.” | “In fact, the industry lucra- { tive that I know of many people whe i are carrying out the venture on a large scale, with huge cppital invest { ed” she declares. “But almost any girl has room on the premises where she can start in a small way. Her | profits will grow to delightful pro- | portions from year to year™ An interesting sideline of (yet a distinctly different undertaking from) the ordinary poultry industry, is this {| business of raiging spring brollers. The idea is to raise young chicks In the winter, and sell them In the spring. The girl who decides {0 undertake the work at home must have, for equipment, an incubator which can be run in the eceliar of the house, or In an unused room where there is no other heat; and a Hrooder—or nurs ery house-—for the baby chicks, One brooder will take care of fifty chicks until they reach the broller age. Wyandotte eggs are a good variety for broilers. The chicks weigh, when hatched, two ounces, and, if all does well, they should weigh two pounds by the end of the eighth week, Few of the rules for raising ordi nary chickens apply when it comes to brollers. The caretaker must push them along as rapidly as she can, for the broiler that has developed quickly and that has plump, juley meat brings the best price. Many growers never give their broilers water to drink. sub stituting scalded milk, since milk Is a strong factor Jn making the flesh juley and tender. Marketing problems are not serious. If the town is large enough to support a good hotel or country club, her spring broHers are almost as good as gold, Sbe is still luckier If her town happens to be a summer resort—for the “cityites,” hungry for home-grown meats, will be flocking out at about the time her chicks are ready to sell She can sell her wares to the private families in the town, too. Sometimes an advertisement In the local paper will bring more orders than she can fn. At all events, the girl who raises spring broflers will make the best fi nancial returns by selling “direct to {| February opposite is so consumer,” or, in less elegunt terms, “peddling her own”
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