Milford chronicle., 1920-06-25
PENNSYLVANIA
NEWS IN BRIEF
Interesting Items From
All Sections of State.
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W1a NAAN tAAAEA NLAaE OF
Holy Rosary church fair at Hazle.on.
Burglars looted a cafe and two con
fectionery stores at Altoona, gettln,
S151.
Molders at Weatherly foundry, Haz
Teton, are striking for a 25 per cen.
wage Increase.
Fairgrounds for children OF thell
miners are being fitted up by the Mar
kle Coal company at Hlghlord.
Failing from car he was re-iclna
In the Marysville freight Yards. Lewis
Brady, OF New Buffalo, was killed
Physicians hope for the recovery Of
Mrs. w. B. Bowers, of COnnellsville,
who by mistake swallowed a poisonous
solution.
Hit on the head by a lump OF coal
falling from a passing train at Brown
sville, Marin Thomas. a brakeman,
may die.
William Baudlltz. - years old. com.
mitted suicide by hanging in the barn
OF his home near Harmony Grove.
lYory county.
Going to St. Msry's cemetery, at
Altoona. man supposed to be John
iWisoreck, aged sixty, blew out his
brains with a revolver.
Thai he had passed nine forged
checks was the admission OF Thomas
E. Williams, Of Connellsville, who
pleaded guilty to forgery at Union
town.
I FOur-year-Old Donald Lee died OF
strangulation In the Emergency hos
ipital at Caarbondale. as the result OF
a l&rge bean he swallowed lodging In
his wind pipe.
The date for mastering in Company
i, Tenth regiment, in Greensburg, in /
10 the federal branch OF the army, as 1
required by the new army regulations. /
has been fixed for Tuesday, June %. /
Jacob Maue, Of Hazleton. shot the
larges+ rattlesnake that has been XII
ed thereabou.s in many years. 1t con-
talned twenty-seven rattles and was
six feet, eleven inches long. Three
ra-tlers were together, but two made
their escape.
The state highway department re-
voked the motor license Of Oliver OBJ
erhOl.zer, OF Norristown, In the cam
paign to stop reckless driving. Evil
dence was submitted to the highway
showing that Oberholtzer
was a habitual viOla.Or Of the motor
laws in driving in excess Of the speed
limit
Two highwaymen staged a hold-up a
block away from the police station in
Scranton and robbed Parker Wagner,
an auto salesman, of more than S14OO
IN cash. Wagner had juse sold an auto
and had received $500 in cash He
started back to the central part OF the
,ity when sEo young men with q re-
golyer attacked him and .ook the
money.
Troop A, OF the state constabulary
It Greensburg. VIII soon start a cam
)aign In WesmorelaHd and surround
ng counties to enforce rigidly the au-
omobile laws Of Pennsylvania. Par
ocular attention viii be given 70
peeding, the changing OF dealers and
lrivers' licenses, the overioading OF
rucks and the observance of signs
elative 10 curves and dangerous
'laces. The police Will use motor ,
ycles. :
Arrested after an automobile race ,
p Main street in Uniontown and a
isplay Of guns, Charles Cannon, who n
avs his home IS in Pittsburgh, enter
d a plea Of guilty to larceny, viola q
ion OF the auto laws, carrying con- q
ealed deadly weapons and other 8
harges. a warrant from Morgan +
own, W. Va, for his arrest on an
theft charge is az the coun- {,
: jail to be served when the Fayette "
ounty caseo against the prisoners are f
isposed OF. n
A Clearfeld contractor who has been Q
the County National bank 5
as been unable to get some OF the
xtures for the Interior shipped on
ccount Of a freight embargo. He
Dund it necessary to have the fix :,
lres placed in a refrigerator car, with "
lot Of ice to make .he bluff stronger.
he shipment was labeled strawberries 4,
nd came through in a hurry. pro- ;,
uce firm was notified that a carload :,
Z berries had arrived Tor them and :,
hen hen ffi 5ffisfi5ti iiS 60 iTss found 10 :,
Dntain the bank fixtures. a
Injuries he suffered due to a kick :,
lg mule won an $4,000 verdict for =
VILLAIN ]. Carroll, Of Mount Carmel.
the Northumberland county court a,
t Sunbury. The accident happened a :,
ie Alaska coIliery OF the Philadel- :,
hia and Reading Coal and Iron COM
any In 1915. According to the testi-
ony while the young man was driv-
x a team attached to a trip OF eight
lrs one Of the mules kicked and In w
,dging to get out of the way he fell Z
nder the wheels and as a result he 9
st the use Of his right leg. q
Accused Of a half dozen robberies "a
OF Messersmith and Walter Groegen W
ere bound over to court by Justice u'
/, the Peace Henry G. Thomas, OF p
baron. The police have been mysti-
ID for several weeks By a series OF
ibberles in the East Hill district
allars have been robbed and choice n
ines and rare liquors stolen. When a,
ey made a search Of house which o.
e youthful prisoners were seen to v
tier he police recovered enough E
luors to stock a small saloon. All 81
the liquor was Identified by those d.
hose cellars were robbed. u