MUQm$ JOSEPH VANCE
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SYNOPSIS.
Onrrett Const, a ynun tnnn of Nw
York City, meets Douglas Hluckntock, who
Invites him to a card party. He accept,
nlthouxh he dislike Hluckitork. the rea
nn belnn thill both are In love with Kath
erlne Thaxler. Count fall to convince her
thill Wnckstock I unworthy of her
friendship At the party Coast meet two
named Dunda und Van Tuyl. There I
a quarrel, and HlackMock hoot Van
Tuyl dead. CoaHt atrtiKKle to wrest the
weapon from him, thus the police dis
cover them. Coum I arrested for murder,
lie I convicted, lint as he brain his sen
tence. Dunda names lilnrkslock as the
murderer and kill himself. Coast be.
comes free, but Hlackstock ha married
KHtherlne Thaxter and (led. Coast pur
chases a yacht and while sailing sees a
man thrown from a distant boat. He res
cue the fellow who U named Appleyard.
CHAPTER V (Continued.)
Appleyard executed an ample ges
ture. "Romance," be replied, sen
tentious. "Who are you, anyway?" pursued
Coast Incautiously.
"I might put the same question to
you, sir."
"To your prospective employer?"
The faded eyes twinkled. "As near
ly won over as that. Mr, Coast? De
cidedly my talentB should have been
devoted to spellbinding, as you so
delicately suggest . . . But square
ly, sir," be grew momentarily grave
and earnest "I've been painfully
truthful: my monaker Is actually Mel
chlsedec Appleyard, Incredible as It
may Bound. I give you my word I'm
an honest man; the law has no knowl
edge of or concern with me."
For all his banter be betrayed not
a little eagerness as he bent forward,
scanning Coast's face
Ills verdict was something deferred;
Coast was actually and seriously con
sidering the preposterous suggestion.
The little man promised a diverting
companion, who bad proven such up
to that moment; and there were dark
hours when Coast needed diversion
poignantly. Beyond question It wou.'d
be convenient to have somebody at
one's beck and call, to stand a trick
at the wheel or advise concerning
dangerous waters. And, furthermore.
Coast thought to detect In Mr. Apple
yard's manner a something whlrb lent
more than a mite of conllrmut'lon to
his hint that he needed food and shel
ter If ouly temporarily. . . . Kin
ally, one inclined to like the man lor
himself; his personality persuaded
even when one realized the apparent
silliness of yielding to his Impor
tunity. in the end Coast nodded s'owiy "I'll
go you," he said, holding the other's
eyes: "I'll tnke you at your word."
Relief shone radiant on the with
cied face. "Right you are, Mr Coast!"
cried Appleyard. extending a hand -
promise you won't regrer-thls Word
of honor, sir!"
"That's understood." Coast messed
the hand and released It. "And uow
let's pet under way. I'm for bold wa
ter Nantucket Sount' to begin with.
Can we make Vineyard Haven by
nightfall, do you think?"
"With this wind, via Quick's Hole?"
Coa.-t nodded and Appleyard consid
ered sagely. "Of course we can," be
Proclaimed.
CHAPTER VI.
"All ready?"
Coast, at the wheel, nodded to Ap
pleyard. who was crouching in the
bo a "Ready," he said.
There followed a splash as Appie-
yard dropped the hook or the moorlr.g
' hlch the Echo had been riding
overnight.
In n long and graceful sweep tne
, 1)0 W,,,,S rond and slipped briskly
lon the harbor to the urge of the
following wind.
I'rty In the afternoon the wind bo
Ran to tail, lu volume diminishing by
"'and slarts; heavy puffs alternated
"h spells of steady breezing sue
cessivcly more fatirt.
, "v'r !,'B uows the entrance to
l'ka Hole, the passage between
Jastme and Nashawena Islands, be
anie plainly visible.
App'eyaid remarked the signs of
rr" of w,ud-you
Hp little man nodded anxiously
I a c nch." he asserted. "And
, u" 11 (l0l's swing the chances are
'I'1' . ta from the sou-
Lt d , 8 Ul W"R wind
rm; d ere at this reason, you know."
the V , tn 80' 1(11 favr us up
hi"'H help a heap in case that tog
- "own on us, won't It?" A , 2
" lH,;?r1ted'n -ddlng' o-
J, ', r ' ! "e tha, ots-
l-mi , ",:llZOn bt'J"J.the low
,. , Ie s'rbuard counter.
''" n't thought of that
"mnm.!,you !"ld the nerve
a keeper-i"8BMl,on th;" needed
'm?' Upt0 us ,omnke
but n.M ..a.soon us can
nulas ' 1 ' ut'c,er B,it tue motor
going?
1-
"e.e, lane the wheel, while
"Never tntnd.
lhllt's my Job,
Appleyard returned.
You stay put. Thai
No; rm, .
ahead ... .
- ..xi iu,Zy about It
Go
C"J engine rrb"Ck tUni,n8 Up
AP , r 01 thnl fle -ou any, Cap'n."
Katen 'IT ,lri,n the englne-plt
"" R"b marlLWU8 brn and b,'0,IBllt
"I. n,y mlora; xh used to
01 ;i U,ew,tha nature
mie;e- and Vftcuum A. I'lpe your
fnofh t!'Bhtly ,mo the PH.
8"he f!'n ' 16 m sbut-off
the llH.J eiled 'he globe-valve in
Hent of h' n,?de 8 8lie''t adjust
lur,'ed ut ,h Ca'b,,rele'-. and slowly
bu"8 b o fly WhL'el A" B-y
"Tou .T ln th 'Park-col?
e- he said with elaborate
nonchalance. "They're all alike any
one of em will feed right out of my
band."
lie rocked the fly wheel to and fro
balf a dozen times, then gave it a
smart upward pull. Instantly there
was a dull explosion In the cylinder,
and the wheel began to spin steadily
to the nni (Tied drumming of the ex
haust Galherlng 'way, the boat moved at
a more lively pace, with her sail Hap
ping empty and listless and Idly
swinging boom.
By the time ConBt, Instructed- by
bin highly efficient crew, had piloted
the Echo saely through to the Sound,
a dead calm bold.
A little later a chill breath of air
fanned Coast's cheek, the first whiff
out. of the southwest. The water
flawed and darkened with the flying
catspaws.
The fog swept In swiftly. Far across
the breadth of wind-dulled water
Coast could see It moving onward like
a wall, momentarily gaining in bulk.
Already It was hovering threateningly
over Cay Head, and while he looked a
th'.n, gray, spectral arm stole across
the low land at Menemsha Bight and
began to grope Its blind way up the
Sound.
Coast steered with bis gaze fixed
upon the compass on the englno-pit
batch, now bis tole guide Insen-
1 : 1
'We're Perfectly Safe Unless
slbly the fog grew more dense, so
that In time the mast was more or
less Indistinct and only a yard or so
of pallid water wat visible on either
hand
"Vineyard Haven tonight, by any
chance?" he asked suddenly.
Appleyard shook his bead decidedly.
"Not unless wc get a breeze still
enough to blow this off."
"Then we'd better find an anchor
age for the night?"
"Only thing to do. I'm willing to
risk my valuable rep. as a weather
prophet, that this won't lift before
morning."
"Tarpaulin Cove?"
Appleyard pursed his thin lips nnd
rubbed his nose, considering. "Cood
enough anchorage," ho admitted; "but
lor niuh, I ain't strong for It. Menem
sha Bight would do us more com
fortablyacross the Pound, you know,
a bit east or Gay Head "
"Why Menpimhn Bight?"
"Because there's an able-bodied and
energetic fog bell at Tarpaulin. Take
my advice There'll be nothing but
dead silence at the Bight, nnd li Isn't
much of a run over there."
"You know best. How shall I hold
ler?"
"Sou'east."
"So" Const put the wheel over
and brought the Echo round to that
course, as Indicated by the compass.
Monotonously the chronometer in
the cabin knelled the hall hours
About two bells (live o'clock I Apple
yard began lo fidget uneasily Ho
knocked out his pipe nnd. Jumping up.
trotted forward to the bows, where, nn
arm embracing the mast, he remained
for many minutes slulil oi nly. peering
ahnd Into dreary blankness which
the keenest vision could by no means
have penetrated.
After a while he returned, discour
aged, to the cockpit "I don't lIKe
this," he asserted glumly. "There's
something gone wrong. Wc ought to
ve made the Bight over an hour ago
I've been expecting we'd run aground
every minute of tho lust thirty. . .
Sure you've got the course right?"
"Absolutely," returned Coast with
conviction.
"Then what the dlvvle's the mat
ter" grumbled the little man. "Mar
tha's Vineyard hasn't moved, I'll go
ball; and we certainly couldn't hold
that course as long as we have with
out striking land somewhere." He
wagged a perturbed head, growling
inarticulate dissatisfaction. "Let me
think. . .. Something wrong
What . . . ? Walt!" he cried
abruptly. "Maybe . . . Hold that
wheel steady for a bit, will you."
Dropping to bis knees he peerod In
tently Into the binnacle, at the same
time opening the cut-off switch and
disconnecting the batteries. The mo
tor promptly coughed and wns quiet,
the droning In the spark coll died
away, and Coast, leaning forwara In
wonder, Baw the compass dial Jerk as
If suddenly release and then swing
through an arc of almost ninety de
grees ere It steadied.
"Whut In thunder does that mean?"
he demanded, surprlsod to the point
of Incredulity.
"Means we're both asses of blooded
lineage," said Appleyard sourly, ris
ing; "though you're not a mnrkcr to
me. I should've known bettor I'd ve
thought of It right away If I had only
half the sense Cod gives the domestic
goose. Thnt compass was right on
top of the spark coll. Naturally It
magnetized. . . . And I would've
known better, too. If ever I had run
an engine with the coll on the cylin
der before! Oh plflle!"
"Then I've been holding the wrong
course for several hours."
"Prezactly."
"And you haven't any Idea where
we are?"
"Not a glimmer."
Thoroughly disheartened, Coast left
the whel. "Nice mess," ho observed
quietly.
Appleyard sighed profoundly. The
worst of It Is, I'm a sa wed-off ilttie
runt, too small for you to kick as I
ought to be kicked. . . . "
"Yes." said Coast.
They dined simply and solemnly on
cold things, after which Appleyard. at
his own suggestion, took the first
watch. "You need rest," he argued,
and I don't rarely sleep over three
hours a night. You turn In now and
when your time's up 111 call you.
There's nothing to worry about, any
way; we're perfectly safe tin ess we re
in ship channel, which I Judge we
ain't from the absence of any whist
ling hereabouts."
Coast was renlly very tired and lit
tle loath to be persuaded. He dropped
off Instantly into dreamless sleep
At pome time during the night he
We're In Ship Channel
was disturbed by a heavy splaying
under the bows. Ho roused just
enough to appreciate where he was.
and lay staring drowsily at the rahin
lamp until (he seemed to have dozed
off again and again awakened) ho was
aware of Appleyard's presence In the
cabin.
"Hello," he yawned, staring at the
little man's head and shoulders as tie
sat on the other transom, beyond the
center-board trunk, busying himsi'lt
over something invisible In his hamm
"What's up?"
"Sorry I waked you," returned Ap
pleyaid. Ills eyes flickered keenly
over Coast's faro for an Instant. "We
dill ted aground a few minutes ago,"
he explained In n perfunctory tone, 'I
pushed off with the sweep and anchor
ed with a short cable."
"Whereabout d'you think we are?"
Coast pursued sleepily.
"How should I know? Menemsha
Bight lor choice, but II might le any
where along tho Vineyard Coast pos
sibly Basque or No Man's Land."
"What's that?"
"No Man's Uiud? Oh, a Utile Island
south of Gay, Head, 'bout as big's a
handkerchief Practically uninhab
ited." Appleyard rose.
"What you doing?" Coast yawned
xtruvagnutly
(TO UK CONTINUICIU
Not the Cdor of Araby.
Thendoie I' Shouts at a dinner at
the Chicago club, praised tho venti
lation of New York's .tubes "Our
tubes," he said, "smell as sweet, al
most, as a clover Mold In June Hut
I wish you could siuoll the under
ground railways tf London, especially
those railways that haven't been elec
trilled!" Mr Shouts' beaming smile
was evidence of the fact that an ap
propriate story bad come Into his
mind. "Two spirits clad In winding
sheets," be said, "advanced with slow,
shrinking stops togard a portal over
which were Inscribed the words, 'All
hope abandon, ye who enter here'
From this portal belched vast val
umes of I oil I black snioko The first
spirit, as he neaied the dreadful gate
way, sniffed. 'My word!' he said 'It
smells like tho blawsted tuppenny
tube!' Oh. not so bad as that, saU
the second spirit."
Man's Preposterous Appetite.
Herbert W. Fisher In the World's
Work for July gives a very uncomfort
able simile ns an Illustration of the
surplus quantities of food we con
sume. Two generations ago a Dutch physi
cian, out walking with bis child, called
the lad's attention to a passing hay
load as big as a mastodon "There, my
son," said he. "Is the equivalent ol
what one man eats In a year In excess
of what he noeds." World's Work
D
FORMER MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION RETIRES
V;' -"" J
Billy
Billy Papke, former middleweight
champion, who recently was defeated
by Hob Moha In Boston, said the oth
er night he hnd retired from tho ring.
"Training Is bard work for mo
now and It used to be play," said Pap
ke. "I haven't the ambition that I
used to have, and so I'm through with
the game. I am comfortably fixed and
LIST OF INJURED DECREASED
Nine Dead and 177 Players Hurt Is
the Toll Footfall Has Collected
During the 1911 Season.
Nino dead and 177 injured players
Is the toll football has collected from
the gridirons of the country during
the 1 y 1 1 season.
The disciples of reform In the game
consider the comparatively few deaths
nnd the large decrease in Injuries
from HMO a vindication of America's
most strenuous sport.
With hut one exception, 11101, when
seven players were killed, have there
been a fewer number of fatalities ln
eleven years. This senson's sacrifice
of life stands out In hopeful contrast
to that of l'.MO, when twenty-two fa
talities were recorded and the list of
Injured contained ):! names.
The small number of fatalities this
season may be consoldered by some
yet disputed by others, as a partial
tribute to the wisdom of tho rulema
krrs who In llhl'.l revised the gridiron
code In hopes of eliminating the
chances for serious Injury, so numjr
ous In the eld style game which en
couraged line plunging and close for
mations. The table given below explains it
c!f: 1911.
Klil-I !l
Injur.-.! ITT
V'r.ic ttn-t'il li-iFH iiml anl.l'K
K' I i . i 1 1 . I iinlsl,- HI
I M'kv'l Oil 111 M'l l'l
l-'riii-fiirt'.l MlniuMcrH 7
M.ijnr illl'c,it;tiiis 7
hi ac tiiivl rllm 7
liioki-n ni'Hi-n s
Pr-ikt-n hands itml wrists ti
I -"in-Ill I liijiiili-s an. I nils on hi-id ft
f-'pliiiil Injuih's 5
I' I' li'tllli cl I'olllir liillli-S 4
Itnilo-n arms 4
l:ri'lm Juvs 1
I ii l .'i n 1 1 I li In rl. i :
!-"r ii'tmvil skulls 2
I- r u'ttii',',1 hips 1
Minor sprains, wri-ni'lit-s anil musi'li-
I. Mils
a
Eleven-Year Record.
Klll.il Injured
7 74
l'l
I I J
ir.
11
11
.'4
II
15
11
HI
1;
::;
I'lM
11
i;n
2M
4:i'.l
177
l"i!
t:N
I Si
Out on Three Fouls.
These daffydllls arc from "Iearn
,ng the Came," the vaudeville sketch
.11 which "Big Chief" Bender, "Jack"
Coombs and "Cy" Morgan, all mem
Iters of the Philadelphia Athletics, art
making their debut as actors at Ham
ll'.erstelu's. If Connie Mack had a I-app start
would he Ty Cobb?
Well. Connie cannot, but he enn
make lunes.
If lack Coombs bought a pony, nnd
couldn't break il, could Morgan
Bender?
If Eddie Collins was dry and want
ed a drink would Italic Oldrlng?
Phillies Have Many Players.
Over seventy players are under con
tract with the Phillies for next year,
but It Is reported only fifty will be
taken on the spring training trip. All
of the full squad of seventy five w ith
the except inn of the thirty-five w ho
will be held for the season, will be
disposed of before the opining game
next year. .'
NOTES f
SPCMDOM
New York cyclers nre practicing for
the Olympic games..
A mighty good thing not to watch
Is a three cushion billiard gnme.
Frank Baker of the Athletics will
open a sporting goods store In I'hllly.
Harry Davis, Cleveland's new man
ager, will soon be actively on the Job.
American Olympic games commit
tee has appealed for funds to send a
crack team to Stockholm.
Two things a "kid" ought to learn
early: To fence and piny golf. Every
thing else will come by Itself.
"No, footballs are not made of pig
skin. The little animal from which
we got our veal, the calf, Is the great
college benefactor. Don't know where
this 'pig tale' started."
Papke.
never will need to worry about money,
so Pin going to forgot about fighting."
Left Hander is Safe.
Jones A left bunded golfer has 'a
big advantage.
Smith How do you figure that out?
Jones No one asks to borrow his
clubs.
WHAT MAKES A PRIZE FIGHT7
Tommy Ryan Says It Is Scientific Ex
hlbition of Art of Attack an1
Self-Defense.
No mntter where glove contests are
permitted In this country the question
arises, "What Is tho difference be
tween boxing and prize fighting?"
Several attempts have been made to
draw the line in the courts and in
some Instances promoters have se
cured decisions In their favor.
The most recent champion of sci
entific boxing Is Tommy H.in of
Tommy Ryan.
Syracuse, who held the middle-weight
title lifter Bob Kltzslmmons relin
quished it. Ityan Is a close student
of fistianu und Is able to give an In
telligent argument in Its favor. The
other day ho was quoted In this man
ner; "The question has often heen put to
me. 'What Is a prize tight If It isn't
brutal?' Other persons want to know
why the boxers pull and haul, hit in
the clinches, nnd so forth, or why a
man will strike his opponent when
the, latter apparently Is only half off
the floor. Still others want to know
why the boxers shake hands at tho
start and at the end of a bout and
A'bnt la the sensation when a man Is
(looted or knocked out.
"First of all, I would say that there
Is no such a thing as a prize light.
That word is a misnomer. Thirty or
forty years ago It was different, for In
thoso days men fought with the bare
knuckles, and the sport was brutal,
but the name 'prize light' has htuck
to the present day, and what some
Kople persist In calling n 'prize fight'
is nothing more or less than 11 scien
tific exhibition of the art of attack
and self-defense, and of the spine na
ture as any other exhibition of sport
which is won by endurance and skill.
The exhibitions are not brutal.
"Boxers pull, haul and l it in
clinches because some of them have
become, accustomed to what Is known
as 'infighting' and they are a great
deal better when boxing close to thi-!r
opponents than in sparring nt long
range. They try to tire out their op
ponents, by tl.o pulling and hnulii:g
which Is quite scientific in its way nnd
by no means as rough as it appears,
it is often tha ftyli' of some boxen
lo win tils way. Sometimes acci
dents will happen in Inllght'ng, as
they will ln any sport."
Keene to Quit Racing.
James It. Keene, vice chalimnn of
the Jockey Club, has decided to retire
from the turf that Is, so far as rac
ing thoroughbreds Is concerned.
This announcement was made by
Algernon Daingerlleld In saying that
eight horses which have raced In Mr.
Keeno's name In England this year
would be sold tinder the hammer nt
Newmarket the first week In Decem
ber. Ills horses In training In this coun
try had all been disposed of previous
ly, so that, except for bis, breeding
farm In Kentucky and tho one abroad,
Mr. Keene will not bo known to the
turf. Poor benllh is given as the rea
son Tor his retirement.
Pugilist Gardner Retire.
Oscar Gardner, tho retired puglllBt,
better known as "the Omaha Kid," has
left Minneapolis and will locate In
Vancouver, Wash, Gardner proKses
to take an active part In nthlctics In
Vancouver, and has already been offor
ed a posltoln a boxing Instructor at
the Columbus A. C
W i'. TV vL
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SPRINGS NEW SCHEME
President Murphy Has Plan for
Training Ball Players.
Cub Magnate Says Fulfillment of Hit
Purpose Would Develop Many Un.
known Stars Would Revolu.
tlonlze Present Ideas.
Charles W. Murphy, president or the
Chicago Cubs, today is shining in a
brand new role as an Inventor. The
Cub chief divulged a scheme which
may revolutionize spring training trips
of major baseball leagues. He has
proposed the organization of a "win
ter league" to train drafted and pur
chased players for their debut In high
er society.
This league would be composed of
towns In Florida where baseball can
be played the year around. The cir
cuit will be coniH)sed of eight towns
In Florida. The following places have
been proposed for the new training
camps of the big league clubs' Key
West, Pensacoln, Tampa, Miami, Or
mond, Palm Beach, St. Augustine and
Sarasota,
These towns nre winter resorts to
which people of means llock when the
snow begins to fly In the northern
states. 1 hey are amply populated to
give splendid supixirt to teams sched
uled for tl.e proposed circuit.
President Murphy, In defining plans
for tills winter league, suld he would
recommend that it be composed of
players who hud not been members of
a major league club for more than
three months. All teams of the Na
tional and American leagues would be
eligible to send players drafted or pur
chased to these towns for the "trying
out" process. It would do more to
ward showing the real class of a play
er, he thinks, than a training trip
could possibly accomplish.
Thanksgiving, Christmas and New
Year could be reserved each season
for games with major league clubs,
the Cub chief thinks, and these games
would prove in time the leading sport
ing events of the winter calendar.
Advocates of a substitute for the
present methods of training the raw
material for big league consumption
are Increasing each year. Just how
many adherents of this scheme Mur
phy can marshal for the movement U
doubiful.
"The case or Charles Moore, an In
fielder, who came as a recruit from tho
Pacific Coast league to the Cincinnati
club last spring, only Illustrates the
Injustice of (he present method," said
the Cub head.
"Moore was with the Cincinnati
club Just two days when be was "re
turned to (he I.os Angeles club. Ho
proved a bright star on that club from
the Jump. Was he given a chance to
show what he had to deliver? I
should say not. The Cincinnati club
saw lis mistake and wanted blm back
this season.
"They were too late. I bad secured
the youngster through draft. He will
be wilh the Cubs next season. If
there huu been a "winter league" of
purchased nnd drafted players in ex
istence last year, do you suppose
Moore would have been out on the
coast in 1!U1. I think not. He Is
only one of many players of major
size wuo aren't given a chance under
the present crude system in vogue for
'trying out' young material."
ST. PAUL SELLS CHAS. CHECH
Former Pitcher for American Associa
tion Team Is Disposed of to Los
Angeles Club.
Pitcher Charles Chech for several
years a member of the St. Paul Amer-
s!"'
Charles CI ech.
lean Association llasiball dub, h"S
been sold to the I-os Augeks di,' vl
the Pacific league.
Quit as Cub Scout.
' Charley Murphy, president of the
Cubs, learned (hat his old enemy, Han
Johnson, had signed George Huff to
scout for the American league. Huff
Is the most successful major league
scout. He hua been on the Cub pay
roll for several years, and helped lo
build up the great Cub machine. Huff
la athletic director of 1 he I'nivetsily
of Illinois when be Isn't in baseball.
Huff will be assigned to n dub that U
badly in need of new material.
Moakley Will Stick to Cornell.
Jack Moakley, coach of the Cornell
university (nick nnd cross-country
athletics, has signed a five-year con
tract with Cornell University Athletic
association to continue lu that ra
pacity. Monkley went to Ithaca, N.
Y In 1839 and signed nt that time,
and has had remarkable success, hav
ing turned out 11 Intercollegiate cross
country championship teams and four
track earn that have w'on the Inter
collegiate track meet since 1905.
r7 v u .
STATE (
CAPITAL
NEWS J
Coal Probe Begins.
A State tax of five cents per ton
upon anthracite coal. A conference
af commissions appointed by the coal
produclng States for the purpose of
adjusting freight lates on coal and
making uniform tax laws upon that
commodity. Unification of the Stat
fiscal year with the fiscal years of all
the counties, the State's tux years and
the State's administrative year. These1
were subjects discussed at an execu
tive session of the Joint Legislative
Committee to report upon a revision
if the corporation and revenue lawe
3t the Commonwealth. Senators Wil
liam C. Sproul, of Delaware county,
snd William H. Keyser, of this city,
snd James F. Woodward, chairman of
the House Committee on Appropria
tions, were present at the meetings,
which were held in the Morris Build
ing. Open meetings of the committee
will commence in about two weeks.
The probe Into the various phases of
tho coal question will probably be tbe
first to be made by the Investigator.
Trustee Of New Hospital.
The Governor appointed the follow
ing to be trustees of the State Hos
pital of the Trevorton, Shamokln and
Mt. Carmel coal fields of Pennsyl
vanla, located near Shamoklu. which,
is Just being completed: William P.
Kemble and Dr. Halph W. Montellmi,
Mount Carmel; Grant Herring, Robert
W. Cummlngs, Kev. Robert O'lWjyle
and Judge Charles B. Wltmer, Sun
bury; Senator William C. McConneit
and P. F. Brennan, Shamokln, and
Fredeilck A. Codchailes, Milton.
Ousting Police Force.
Mayor Royal has started a clean up
of the police force and thus far only
four of the forty oliieers have fceea
given assurance of retention. Eight
now patrolmen were named and prac
tically a whole new force will be on
duly by the end of January. The new
officers will go Into olllce gradually.
The new Mayor s policy for a clean
town Is beginning io bear fruit, aud
City Councils have shown a disposition
to help him.
Medical Bureau Organizes.
Tho new State Bureau of Medical
Licensure organized by electing Dr.
John M. Ilaldy, of Philadelphia, a
president and Dr. N. C. Sehaeffer, a
secretary. Tbe new bureau will take
over the duties of the State Medical
Council nnl examining boards on Jan
uary 1 and will meet here on Jan
uary 22.
Warns Against Musty Nuts.
Dairy and Food Commissioner
James Fount Is out with a warning
against the musty Christmas nut. Two
I prosecutions have been ordered In
I western Pennsylvania for selling nuts
j unfit for food, and general Inspection
will be made in all counties to catcu.
people who are violating the law.
44,300 Autos In the State.
Pennsylvania's registration of auto
mobiles is going to run over 45,000
this year, according to tho way the
registration has been going on at the
State Highway Department. So far
44,,10() machines have been registered.
The best previous record was 1909,
with 34,351.
Names Examining Board.
The Governor announced the follow
ing as members of (he board to ex
amine applicants for the appointment
of Inspector of stentn engines and
steam boilers for the county of Alle
gheny: W. C. Fownes, Joseph Fa well,
Edward Kneelaml, Thomas M. Reea
and George M. Bole, all of Pittsburgh.
First Candidate In the Field.
Charles A. Shaffer, member of the
House from Columbia county, has filed
his papers to be a Democratic candi
date for the House in 1912. He Is th
first person to tile a petition for a
legislative nomination.
Philadelphia Charters Granted.
The following Philadelphia charter
have been granted: S. Rothschild &
Co., capital $lm,i)tM). and 11. W. Pick
ett, Inc., capital $25,000.
Name High School Winner.
The winera In the Mel'ormick con
test at the llarrlsburg High School
were a 11011 need. Katharine Andrew
won I lie ten dollar prize and Juliu
Kapner the five dollar prize.
South Bethlehem Harvey Diehl, of
Richland Center, lies at St. Luke's
Hospital here, perhaps mortally
wounded, as the result of a hunting
accident. Diehl, Willi a companion,
I'll alien Bilger, was out in the wood
html lug for rabhtls, und Bilger's gun
became caught in the underbrush.
The contents of the gun lodged In thu
back of Diehl.
Altoona. While his parents were
temporarily absent from the room,
Knos While, nged three, got a match
and struck It, Retting f.re to his cloth
ing, nnd was burned from head to foot,
fatally, It Is believed.
Bethlehem. The offer of George
Mauser, a Republican, of l.ehlgli town
ship, to become secretary of the new
Board of Supervisors without salary,
has been turned down. The position
pays $100 a year and tbe board, which
Is Democratic, at Its first meeting was
prepared to elect a Democrat when
Mauser sprang his offer.
Munch Chunk. Joseph Becker, of
Slatlngton, n former employee of the
Baer Silk Mill, l.thlghton. was acci
dentally shot by Joseph Matthews, an
employee of the l.ehlghton l,aco Mill,
along the mountainside opposite the
silk mill while out gunning for rab
bits. Becker was at once hurried to
the Allentown Hospital, where he 1 la
n serious condition.
It was unsafe for children to walk
put alone In London In 1595 for fear
they should be robbed of the hair ot
fV'r heads by the makers of wig.