PENNSYLVANIA STATE ITEMS Shenandoah.—Fifteen hundred men and boys struck at the City colliery because a motor train was operated by two men instead of three. Lebanon. Miss Amella Herr, daughter of Peter Herr, of this city, was killed by a passenger train on the Delaware & Hudson railroad at Sydney, N. Y. McVeytown—Mrs, H. H. Haver. stick fractured both ankles when she walked into a deep ditch at her home, which is undergoing repairs. Pottsville—Luther Starr, of West Penn township, was found guilty by a jury of set.ing fire to a barn near his hime owned by Edward Stleger- walt, Wilkes-Barre.—Steps to improve working conditions among the min- ers of the anthracite flelds were dis- cussed at a meeting of the tri-district boards. Girardville—~Telling his wife and three children that he was going to look for work, Robert Shultz, 60 Years old, left his home and has not been heard of since. West Chester.—Chlef of Police Frank Magee, Maivern, was called to kill a dog owned by Elmer Ploomer, which was supposed to be suffering from rables. It attacked members of the family, but was chained befors anyone was bitten. \ score of resi- dents gathered and tried pot shots at the dog, but it still lived when the officer arrived. He first disarmed the shooters, ordered them out of range and with two shots from his revolver killed the dog. The animal had bitten no others as far as learned. Hazleton.—Stephen Hisko, of Nes- quehoning, was killed, and John Bon- ver, also of Nesquehoning, probably fatally Injured when a touring car owned and driven by James Cadden, second baseman cf the Freeland Tig- ers ball team, crashed Into a tree tain, while bound from Hazleton Nesquehoning. Cadden escaped with minor injuries of the face and a fourth man was uninjured. Harrisburpy—Bids for the construc. tion of approximately 15 miles of highway in seven counties will be opened September 28, officials in the highway department announced. Harrisburg. —After It ered that Louls Self, a bootlegger, serving two years In the county jail, had escaped from the county almshouse information became public that glx other prisoners had escaped from the almshouse within a year and four of them still are at large. Seif disappeared after a car was heard to stop near the almshouse and no trace of him has been found. Chester—Falling from a Frank Sllva, aged 6 years, drowned In a quarry lake Im Buckman Village section. Compan- fons Informed residents and after an hour's search the body was recovered. Easton.—When a team of horses was discov. gelsville, ran away, the driver could he Delaware division canal, drag- ter. the husband himself, Philadelphia.—Estelle Theobault, 10 Years old, a well known choir singer in the Kensington section, was seized with a hemorrhage while crocheting in a public park. ist rushed her to the Stetson Hos- pital, but she was dead before her ar- rival there. Chambersburgs — stamp on a bee that was flying around his ankle, C.'B. Storey, Columbus, O., lost control of his car near here, and crashed into the ma- chine of Edward Sorg, of this’ city. Mrs. Storey was badly cut in the face by flying glass and Allan Penny packer, another occupant of the Stor. ey car, was cut and bruised. Both drivers were slightly hurt, Lancaster~—~Miss 8ara Pratt, gen. eral secretary of the Young Women's Christian Association, snnounced a gift of a summer home and seven acres of land to the “Y" from Miss Mary 8. Kepler, president of the board cf directers. the site will be used for a summer camp. Bethlehem. — Three young men, heavily armed, held up and robbed A. R. Held, of Allentown, in charge of a one-man trolley car in this city, Held had stopped his car at the end of the run on Newton avenue and was changing the trolley pole when the highwaymen pounced upon him. One seized a shoulder, another push- ed a sawed-off shotgun against him and the third covered him with a re- volver, according to his story to the police later. The robbers obtained $18 and vanished. Philadelphia. —Charles Vogt, - while working at the power house of the University of Pennsylvania, was crush. ed to death under a five-ton steam drum which fell when the rope holst. ing it broke. Lebanon ~Willlam L. Donmoyer sold the Lebanon Brewing Company plant to the Lonshire Realty Come pany, of Reading, for $100,000, Pittsburgh. Stanley P. Ashe, di- rector of education at the Western Penitentiary, was elected warden by the trustees to succeed John M, Egan, whose resignation becomes effective October 1. being able to care Attempting Hazleton.—The Chamber of Com- merce will discuss plans to form @# Community Chest. Sunbury, The Northumberland County W, C. T. U, elected Mrs. Mary J. Wagner, of Watsontown, president. Wililamsport.~—The Koch Brewing Company plant in South Williamsport was seized by the government after a search warrant had been issued and three federal agents had visited it. Philadelphia.~—Victor E. Schmal- beck, 82 years old, arrested five times In the past two years for breaking traffic laws and each time discharged, was sente nced to “iree months in the count jail by Judge William C. Ferguson, for driving while under the influence of liquor, Pottaville.=<W. J. Barron, Philadel. phia & Reading passenger brakeman, who found $800 In gold coins in his cellar, recelved offers for the e¢oins that makes the find worth fully $3000. It Is believed the money discovered by Barron was hidden by his father inlaw, Willla:a CHff, who lved in the house, CHIf once wns robbed of $3000 by burglars and afterward he hid his money away so carefully that not even hig closest relatives knew of the hiding place and he took his secret with him when he died. Harrisburg.—The first articles of in- corporation Issued in more than five years for a new natural gas company were announced by the department of state and finance, when articles were issued to the Laughner Oll and Ges Company. The company, whose cap! tal stock Is $75,000, expects to furnish service In parts of Allegheny and Beav er counties, Pittsburgh, — Mrs. Mary Emelia Beake Hinkle. 102 vears old, died at her home in New Brighton, near here i She was born in Allentown, June 22 1822. Three children, twenty-five grandchildren, forty great-grandehil dren and eleven great-great-grandchil dren survive. Towanda.—Phronse Elizabeth Cain, daughter «f Cullen Calin, of the Na- tional League Base Ball Service Bu reau, New York, died here from injur les received when she fell from a horse. With a party of friends she was a guest at Davan Lodge, the summer home of Morgan 8S. Kaufman, of Scran ton. Miss Cain was accompanied by | when the accident happened. The horse slipped on the concrete pavement, throwing her. Pottsville.—Two men of a party of | seven were Instantly killed at a grade | crossing on the Philadelphia & Rend. | ing rallway near Port Carbon. The | men were unable to note the approach | of the train, as the automobile curtains ! were drawn tightly against a heavy | mist. They were musicians from Ma hgnoy City on their way to a wedding The dead are Walter Analavge and | Charles Urbols The injured: John! Prokoski, Anthony and John Urbois, | brothers of one of the dead men: Jo | seph Protosky and John Axlon. Pittsburgh. —The downtown secflon of this city was rocked when a gas | explosion wrecked the Rhea Bakers Company plant Bloomsburg. — Normal School more than 600 classes, Tamaqua Miss Arminta Herrold, | who died here, bequeathed $2000 to | Oavalry Episcopal Chureh and $1000 | to the Coaldale State Hospital. Harrisburg. — Nine National Guardsmen will for entrance to West Point examination to held here Registration was completed students reads at the | with for i Pennsylvania | selected | through in No | be be frame | wrecked and immed Carbondale. - home of John by a terrific explosion The Sesock two story Was inte ' 4 Sesock, his wife, four children trapped and a | second Neighbors with lad guest were on the ders and blankets rescued the but not until Sesock was so seriously | seven. | It | and a former boarder has been rested, Bethlehem. ar. § Lewis, ture of the base of the skull by a bullet from a 22 calibre rifle, | which was accidentally discharged It struck an eye and traveled upward into his head. The accident happen: ed when the boy went into his broth er's garage and saw the rifle, which had been stored for several days. As he tugged to get it from an automo bile It wenit off. Pittsburgh. —Rev, Charles H. Trus- ty, negro pastor of Grace Memorial Church, was elected moderator of the Pittsburgh Presbytery. It was the first time in the history of the pres. bytery that a negro was elevated to the position, Gettysburg —Final plans for Get- tysburg's $200,000 hotel annex, which is to Include a public auditorium of 1200 capacity, a ball room and gym- nasium, a large number of offices and several shops, have beén adopted and ground will be broken within a month, The structure ig to be built a8 an annex to the Hotel Gettysburg, which Is owned by Shamokin and Gettysburg residents. Harrisburg.—-The highway depart. ment up to September 11 had revok- ed 660 automobile drivers’ leenses, Hazleton. — Workmen are razing one of this elty’s landmarks, the old home of the late Arlo Pardee, to make room for a business block. Mt. Carmel--A dozen structural fron workers employed on the new Mother of Consolation Church, had narrow escapes when 85 tons of gird. ers in position fell. Altoona.~-Run down by an automo. bite, Josephine Corbo, aged 5, was killed when n wheel passed over her caused | hand, Wheat, the outfield veteran, who was all but walved out of the league 450 and leading the Heydler circuit in major league pitchers, with an Impre This mighty trio has Brooklyn in thir 18 ten years past his prime nnd yet last year, and yet he Is now hitting home runs. Vance, the premier of all $8ive strikeout record to his credit d place and fighting for the pennant, a | Impossible to Keep Baseball Fan Down George Phair tells one proves you can't keep a baseball fan down, A certain ball player was teeing up morning at Jackson park In Chicago and there was quite a crowd around watching the golfers get away. Up stepped the ball player with all of the confidence that he might display at the plate. He adjusted the little pellet on the tee, tied himself into several knots and then cut loose with a terrific swing. The ball took a puny Ittle hop and came to rest about 20 feet from the tee. For a moment si lence hovered over the gathering of on-lookers, Then deep volce from the gallery: “Run ‘er out, Bill! Run ‘er out I which { one i came a i ; i | osname | | Rowing Injures Heart. old belief that heart-strain and health has been R. Callow, eoach An college rowing damages attacked of the Russell Uni- i BA fans of all degrees. . od » Leon Eddie have been released by the Glants. * * + Cadore and Alnsm ith One Philadelphia to have league games fan big baseball attended 5.000 Job Kinsella, g young outfielder, has training it fit, “Doctor Meylar of Columbia univer. years’ aonrsmen Harvard, FOars rowing at lived five LT The wise ones of the fighting game | in going to Buenos Alres to | meet Firpo, is traveling a long way to | * * * The police have prohibited the hold- | of boxing matches In Vienna. They allege that such contests cause | of money and keep young | people away from work, » . * Golf is now played In all out-of-the | Joe Kirkwood taught the izlands. They picked the game up quickly be- use they were skilled In swinging With a score of 553 out of G00, Ser. Thomas Girkout of Fort Davis, | champion of | the National w-caliber United pistol by States the » * * Golf enthusiasm surely approached | limit in the performance of the caddies who walked from To- | ronto to Montreal, a distance of more | than 300 miles, to witness the Domin- i on open championship tournament, - » - Bud Taylor, midwestern bantam- | weight, says Pancho Villa, flyweight | is the smartest boxer he! ever faced. “Villa is always trying | to outfigure you and usually he does,” | . & » The champion woman trapshooter of the Pacific Northwest is Mrs. Ed- ward McGoldrick of Spokane, who has won the champlonship of her own state and also vanquished the women champions of Idaho and California. Charlton Is Champion A The photograph shows Swimmer Chariton of Australia, who holds many titles in his own country and who did so well in the Olympic games. . the so-called violent sports reasons boxing, football, and other aw do baseball fructures wrestling, sports “Rowing, In the final analysis, Mocs nothing but enlarge the capacity the lungs, fill them with pure of air, ington of the Three-lI league. % - » Colling In the American league. Is bases In the National league. . * % Jack Hendricks will lead the Claein- Reds again next year. and the next question is who will they lead, 4 » ® team, 12 agent, and for years has been made a free - * . Lester Dopson New Jersey, has been to the ordered to re- Cleveland Indians for a | i i i i i i of exhilarating, fepreserving sun An grows oarsman lmproves as older, sald Mr. Callow. “A university oarsman is good at twenty, better at twenty-five, and if 1 could have 8 crew made up of men around thirty, new world's records would be "” Yankees Buy Cracker a se Ray Francis, the southpaw pitcher of the Atlanta Crackers, has been pur chased by the New York Yanks. The price was $5000 and four Yankee players who will join the Atlanta team nest spring. Gained on Infield Hits You rarely see a base runner go from first to third on a sacrifice bunt these days. Ty Cobb did it 25 times in the season of 1008, . Following Cobb In the Detroit bat- ting order was Claud Rossman. This big first baseman of Detroit's pen- nant-winning teams was one of the surest bunters that ever lived. He would bunt any kind of pitched ball Cobb and Rogsman used the bun® to hit and run. Un Rossman's signal Cobb started with the pitch and never stopped at second. Not alone was Rossman a sure bunter, but a perfect bunter as well. Many of his bunts were Infield hits, But, in the majors today there Is n sensation whenever a man advances two bases on a bunt. x i i { The Red Sox have purchased Wil liam Rogell, second baseman of*the Salina team of the Southwestern league, .® Beall, Walter star pitcher of sold to the New York Yankees, it was learned. . * . The Cardinals bought Joe Bratch. er, outfielder of the Okmulgee (Okla) association club, for an un- amount, . * * stated Guy Morton, late of Cleveland and more recently of Kansas City, turned over Toledo In . * » The rabid fan Is perfectly willing t« kacrifice his straw hat {if the am will do something to warrant the » . . Pitcher Spinton, property of the New York Americans, and who has been with Macon, has been ordered to report to Richmond of the Virginia league. . . » Frank Boyle, manager of the Mar shalitown club of the Mississippi Val fielder Heinle Schultz to the Cincinnat! Reds. . "ow Edward William Mahan of Natick ar football and baseball star when a Harvard student, has been appointed head coach of the Harvard baseball team, O"Rourke was tried out by the Sena. Nobody him except Torontn, Now leading the Tigers In hitting * * » The Cubs have purchased a first baseman named Kearns from the Gal+ veston club of the Texas league. He is a right-handed thrower and bat ter. He Is expected to report sobn. *. » Dinty Gearin, the diminutive pitch. er, formerly with the Giants and Braves, who falled to report to Mil waukee because of a sore arm when turned over to the Brewers, has joined the team. wanted he Is The purchase by the Boston Amer cans of William Rogell, an infielder, from the Salina (Mass) club of the Southwestern league, and the signing of Al Kellet, a right-hand pitcher with a semi-profegsional team at Anaconda, Mont, is announced. . "0 Dave Bancroft, manager of the Braves, will probably not get back in the game as a player this season. He says If the team gets Into a position where it hag a chance for sixth place he might reconsider, but for the pres ent It looks like he Wil do the db bench recting from the MAKING GOOD IN A SMALL TOWN Real Stories About Real Girls By MRS. HARLAND H. ALLEN FHP RR RRR (@, 192%, Western Newspaper Union. “KIDNAPING” WITH A CAMERA “T° THE ‘Main Street girl’ who Wants to make money selling ple- tures of her own taking, ber camera is Just as constantly indispensable as is his eternal nptebook to a Journalist.” My Informant was an atbleticlook- ing girl, who, following her own ad- vice, was carrying her camera and Stopping at intervals to decide if that were just the view she wanted “She would never be without it; for if she makes an exception to the rule sometimes when she goes for a stroll In the woods or a drive along the country roads, she Is sure to see Just the picture she would like to have,” the girl went on. “You see, 1 can sell any artistic scenes 1 can get to the city newspapers and to maga. zines. The publications to outdodr sports, gardening, farming, science and physical are the best markets. The more unusual the | Bcenes are, the more money they bring. sell freak pictures to a giant squash, po- tato that has ‘the President's face’ on it Her market at abroad, The farmer who horse or cow, or who has bull devoted culture I can always BeWspapers- or a is home OWS { home may be a customer: he i & view of the field hands a bumper crop. Or perhaps the real estate man wants 2 photograph taken on some farm he handles : some. times railroad companies use her farm views Selling the home town views to for mer residents is one of the best meth ods by which the camera-girl may sell her pictures. The boy at lege would Hke a view of the old high school bullding, or of the baseball dis- mond or the football field. The gin at “finishing school” might like a view of the high school bullding, too. Other absent townspeople will be interested in the scenes which the most | sentimental appeal to them, A bird's | eye of the town interest | them. The camera-girl would have to de | most of this type of her business by though at homecoming celeblira and the holiday seasons she | could see some of her out-of-town cus | tomers, Special orders, such as of stock for advertised another chance for the camera-girl She should have her eye “peeled” for every picture with a gripping hu man interest. The saucy little screw. tailed pigs, the bird nest full of wide open littie billig, should not escape her camera, She should be what is known ag a “kidnaper” In snapshotdom-—sghe { should any and every Inter | esting subject which she can get in { front of the camera. Byes pon Hat away col- have view | mail, | tions at for pictures sales may be “shoot™ RUNNING A RENTAL LI BRARY a rental library “on is one job that's open { exclusively to the girl home { town numbers not more than a few inhabitants—t{oo few to sup { port a public Hbrary, The girl in the can’t have this job: neither can { the one in the mediom sized town. “And when making gd means making money,” says the girl whom ail : her friends call the “browser,” there's | no better way. It's a paying proposi- | tion, as well as a pleasing one” { An intense love of books gave her | the impetus to statt her business, When her family moved away from the city, she could no longer haunt the big book stores, with thelr well filled shelves of late hooks. So, with | the few popular books she happened | to own, and others which she rented from a circulating library in the city, she started her library, “You see,” she explained, “1 wanted to read them myself! But apparently there were other book lovers who felt as I did, for the little venture was la success from the first” | Thegirl-who-likes-books, and who decides to start a library In the town that hasn't any, may start out as “the hrowser” did-—with the library in a nearby city, Later, she may, at in tervals, add more books, which she buys outright. She will, hy browsing about a bit, when in the city, find It tle second-hand book stalls, where she may pick up books at bargain prices, Her first purchases should be stand and fiction works, in about seventy. five-cent editions, ‘She must remember the people who like non-fiction, too, and get for them books on such subjects as domestic science, gardening, and poultry rals- Ing. Above all, she must have plenty of books for that most voracious class of readers—the children, ! The girl-librarian may decide to subscribe to a few of the popular magazines, and she could, by clubbing several, get special rates. She should sew them into heavy covers, always filing away carefully the old num. bers for future reference. She will need to use a card system, or some other method of record keeping. She may decide to require each patron a foliar deposit to Insure her against los, or mutilation of books, The girl who chooses this line of work will have the pleasure of asso. elation with the best books of the day, in addition to whatever financial re M ANAGING her pwn" whose | hundred i City ward she can make It pay her.
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