The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-06-03

nature.
Ira X. Kutz, Of Reading, q former
district attorney of Berks county. Is
mentioned as q candidate for the chair.
manship of the Democratic state COM
mittee
Librarians from Wilkes-Barre,
Scranton, Pottsville, Easton, Mauch
Chunk, Allentown and other cities held
neishborhood library conference at
Eaz!eton.
The Easton Young Mems Hebrew
association has purchased the hand
some Hutter homestead, near the city
hall, and Will make extensive improve
ments TO it.
A committee has been named by the
Allentown school board to recommend
a man for city superintendent, to sue
ceed the late Francis d. Raub, at
$4,000 year.
One of the applicants for naturali-
zation at Mauch Chunk said the second
highest officer in the country was
John White" president of the United
Mine Workers.
Charles NJ. Schwab played host to
the Lehigh Valley symphony Orches-
ira at an elaborate banquet and dance
in the hall of the Bethlehem Steel
Company band.
To break up rowdyism on its trolley
cars between Bethlehem and Allen
town, the Lehigh Valley Transit com
pany has put on duty six officers in
citizens clothes.
Accidentally pushed into bucket of
scalding water, a three-year-old daugh-
ter of Howard Yerger, near Gilberts-
vile, was severely scalded on her
arms and body.
A talking machine valued at 5000
and a lady's wrist watch comprised the
booty secured by thieves who ran
sacked the home of DR.. John w.
Leckie, at Hazleton.
A plot of ground owned by the Le-
high Valley Coal company in the cen
trail portion of Hazleton has been Sc
lected as the. site for the city's pros
pective new armory.
Arrested because il was thought he
was intoxicated, Peter Baguinsky, OF
Highland, died at the Freeland lock
up from a fractured skull and two men
have been arrested
Mrs. George E. Holton, of Catasaqua,
a cattle fancier, at sale of blooded
cattle at the Florham farms, Madison,
N. j., paid $2100 for Nydia, of a ia
nous butter-malIing breed.
An all-American Indian cast at the
peare with an deliberately costumed
presentation of his leading characters
in appropriate verse and song.
Railroad section foremen at some
places up the Schuylkin valley say
that thirty cents per hour will have
to be offered to secure sufficient
number OF men TO keep the road In
order.
William Osborn, eighteen years old,
was killed at Mexican, near Cory, Pa,
Tuesday, when his motorcycle ran
against a telephone pole. He was
speeding at the time and his neck was
broken.
GGOl &c DdAlCl anu IldIll w dlSOls
arrested at Lancaster for chicken
stealing, have confessed that they
committed thirty such thefts and never
stole fewer than forty chickens at
one time.
Henry X. Kuhns, a well-known ma
son contractor as Reading, swallowed
a large dose of carbolic acid, and died
at st. Joseph's hospital. He was fifty
six years old, and had been complain
ing of feeling ill.
Celebrating their golden wedding an
niversary at their home In Flicksville,
Northampton county, Rev. and Mrs.
Philip Houck were remarked by Rev.
]. ]. Hunt assisted by Rev. William
]. Bawden, both Of Bangor.
Charles Henry Sittler, of Reading,
committed suicide by the double meth
cd hanging himself to a seven-foot
rope attached to cherry tree along
the Leesport road, near Temple, and
discharging three bullets from a re-
volver
For the purpose of drawing officials
and employees closer together and TO
benefit the members in their work,
the Friendship and Cooperation club
has been formed in Altoona by men
in the operating department of the
Pennsylvania railroad.
Mrs. Joseph Kugler, aged eighteen,
of Allentown, a bride of only a few
months, threw herself from the roof
after a quarrel with her husband, and
Frank Trinkle tried to hang himself
after a quarrel with his wife, and each
is in a serious condition.
DR.. Emerson Berger Gordon, of
Schuylkill county, was found guilty in
Sunbury, of running down and killing
George nganows, at Kulpmont, last
December. Judge H. w. Cummings
sentenced him 10 serve a year in jail
and to pay fine Of 800.
James L. Erwin, fifteen years old, of
OIL City, a member of the base ball
team of Troop u, Boy Scouts, died
instantly when struck over the heart
by pitched ball in a practice game.
Tho vr,1rontoy. from +ba Gro SarmrA