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mninmnm 1 PAGE TWO MONDAY THE PITTSTON GAZETTE MAY 2, 1921 THE OUTBURSTS OF EVERETT TRUE By Condo. Best iiTMinors FUND AWARDS SPORTS Tri! MAf HAVE Vve HAl A MERRY TVXMce eves. National League Standin; of the Clubs Won. Lost. Pel.

.571 .500 .412 12 11 5 York 6 li 7 10 tl Pittsburg Brooklyn New Chicago Cincinnati Boston 1. 6 10 Phillies 5 9 St. Louis 9 Schedule for Today Pittsburg at Chicago. Boston at New York. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Grocery Sale Finest Creamery BUTTER 49c lb.

liJtSliJIl gain aiimll I Cut the Cost of Your Bread in Half Why Pay 15c for a 20 oz. Loaf of Bread When You Can 20 oz. Loaf of Delicious Light Flaky Bread From Our Celebrated White Beauty Flour for 6c $1.39 1 8 bbl. Try a Sack With Your Next Order 7 Special Grocery Combination 2 lbs. Fine Granulated Sugar 1 lb.

Our Celebrated Gem Coffee 12c 31c Total, 43c Regular 49c Value Fanoy Quality PEKIN pound Your Choice Kind. Packed tin AKJO uvhat too TO Dr XoJ HAVtE IMS TO THANVC You've CcTTew ij fejo M6R So slow One Cent A Word ALL SORTS OF ADVERTISING sucb aa Wants, To Leta, For Sale, Lost, Found, Miscellaneous, Announcements, will be published under proper classification or any desired classification payable at the rate of ONE CENT per word WITH ORDER. These advertisements must be paid in advan and cannot be charged for billing and collection. These columns dally brlrjp our readers in close touch with very wide range of opportunities, both in buying and selling. No advertisement taken less than TWENTT FIVE CENTS i.

Minimum daily charge on reepatd advertisements 10 cents. Subscribers who have lanl or anything else to ezcnange or am can reap rapid and big results thy means of these classified columns. WANTED. I Don't patch them get moiV mileage by having them vulcanized. Win.

J. TUley, Tire Specialist. 225 Stark West Pittson. 21a25t Wanted Experienced girl, oyer 20, for second work'. Apply 70S rfusauer hanna avenue.

SOatf Wanted Kxpei ienced saleslady; good positlW for riRht person. Box Oazette. 30a St riastere: 4 and chimney buildeiv 41 rant eed sittisfactor All work cui In tiuire of Mr r. A. t'istola.

15SV. TYimi) kins stre alG.23,30:m ri Wanted' Delivery boy. IK years old steady work. B. O.

Dente! 54 (I L.u avenue m2t Wanted Woman to work bv di.v small family. 30.1 South Main street oung men, women, over 17, for postal mail service. Ex aminations Experience unnec essary. For free particulars of in struction, write J. Ieonard (former Civil Service Examiner), Kipiit able Washington, D.

C. 2a3t Wrnnted Boy over lti years of age. Kane Pharmacy. a25tl' i 1 1 Wanted Second hand pianos; will pay highest cash price. Call or ad dress Harris, 15 Butler.

lstf Vincent Welding Plumbing Co Radiators and lamps repaired, 301 Exeter avenue. West Pittston. m4tf FOR SALE For cheap Co. I Sale 1919 Ford louring car to quick buyer Verigood Silk 2m3t 1'ropcrty at 226 and 22.S Mill street Inquire, at 17C Dana street, Wilkesliar re. Bell 'Phone 1V25 K.

2m3t Small safe for Kile, ler Dry. Goods Co. Inquire Fow 2mtf Fqr Sale New Mathushek, Fischer ana wegman pianos and players; also player rolls and second hand pianos. Harris, IS Butlec. 18atf For Sale Concrete Mocks.

Jno. F. Brady, 620 Lincoln street, Duryea, Bell phone 117 W. 25al2t For Sale One Engiander cot bed and Mattress. Bell Phone 926 29a3t For Sale Wagon, buggy, horse, 4 rows: will lie sold at any nricc: chean.

Elizabeth street. Oregon section. 0a2t LOST Losti Two Fifty Dollar bills, be Iwecn Pittston and viaduct, Duryea. Liberal reward if returned to '420 Phoenix street, Duryea. 30a3t Ford auto tire, between Orange and West Wyoming, i 'indcr please notify Gazette.

2ni3t FOR RENT Office rooms for rent. Inquire Fowler Dry Goods Co. 2nitf LK.GAIi. LCZERXB COUNT f. SS: In the Court of Common Pleas of id count v.

No. 7(10 Jirlv term, 1920. Libel in Divorce. Wiisil Kat achuck vs. Rapina Katachuck.

To Itapina Katachuck: Take notice that the said has granted a rule 011 you service of which said rule has Jailed on account of your absence) to show cause, if any you have, why a decree of vinculo matrimonii shall not be decreed against you and in favor of Hie libellnnt. Returnable Saturday, May 14th, 1921, at 10 o'clock m. 1 JOHN R. REAP. JOHN MACLCSKIE.

ToM ONE to 1 20 I FOR 23 HEROIC ACTS Pittsburgh. Mav 2. Twenty three acts of heroism were recognized the Carnegie Hero Fund commis sion in awards announced nere. in two cases silver medals were awarded: in 21 rases bronze medals, rive of the heroes lost their lives and to the (Vpeiioents of three of them pensions aggregating 1 .920 a year were granted, while to the dofendents of one of these and of one other whose life was the sum of $2,50 0 was granted to Ik applied as the commission may s.i.ution. In addition to these money grants in pine cases awards aggregating 5 14, 400 were appropriated for educational i tirposes and in six cases awards ag gi gating oo were made tor otner woitliy purposes.

Tht live who sacrificed their lives, together with the awards, follow: I i Elizabeth Ball, aged li. Buck eystown, Md. Died attempting to save girl irom drowning in tne Monocaey River, Buckeystown, July 1 1. 1920. Silver medal to the father.

Mrs. Nannie B. Crocker. Ponca City, Oliia. Drowned in a futile attempt to rescue a child from deep water in a grivel pit at Dillon, July 2.

1920. Silver medal to the husband. James W. Mullally, Cambridge, crossing watchman. Killed while attempting to save an aged woman from being struck by a train at Cambridge, Oct.

11, 1920. Bronze med al to the widow ana death benefits to her at the rate of $45 a month with a a month additional on account of each five children. Julius Hauck. Garden City, N. Y.

Died attempting to save a man and unman from drowning at Southamp ton. N. Aug. 1. 1920.

Bronze med to the widow and death benefits to a daughter at the rate of $35 a month. Samuel Davis, a negro, Aflex, Ken tucky. Died in an attempt to rescue a girl from drowning in Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River at Aflex. July 12, 1920. Bronze medal to the widow and death benefits.

to her at the rate of $50 a month with $5 a month additional on account of her daughter. BURGLARS AT STORE WERE FRIGHTENED AWAY An attempt was made to burglarize the Boston Candy Kitchen, 509 Main street, Edwardsville, at an early hour this morning, but the burglars were frustrated by James Dukas, the pro prietor, who heard the breaking of the plate glass window and summoned the police. One of the burglars evidently cut his hand on the broken glass, us a trail of was found! leading from the store up the street for nearly a hundred feet. The Edwardsville police and county detec lives are working on the case. SPIT POR LOSS OP BARN.

Before Judge Woodward in Com limn Pleas Court today was placed trial the case of P. (5. Sctraitis. of Ash ley, against the Central Railroad of New. Jersey, the plaintiff seeking to recover damages for the destruction of his barn ond contents by fire on A.iz 4, 1917.

Plaintiff owns property on Richards street, Ashley, near the tracks of the defendant company and alleges that sparks from a passing lo comotive set lire to the barn. A settlement was made in the case of E. OT Butler and others against C. E. Roat and a verdict was taken in favor of the defendant without costs.

MARRIAGE LICENSES. Fred Schwall Hanover Twp. Edna Jones Pittston Burtis E. Hummel Twp. Beatrice C.

Benscotter. Hffnlock Twp. John Metzger Edwardsville Mary Wilkesbarre Joseph Sicinenski Helen Zazkowski Wilkesbarre Oeorge Petrach Ashley Anna Oiudula Wilkesbarre Lawrence Penstupa Annie Poekadonkc Wilkesbarre John A. Radachovski Pa. Bertha Fedor Duryea Chester Wechinski Nanticoke Martha Stechowiak Nanticoke N.

Y. STOCK MARKET New York, May 2. Foreign pws tended to steady the Stock Market at the opening here today. The shipping strike appeared to have little effect on traders. steel common was uncnanged on opening at 83, but independents were fractionally lower.

Studebuker, which has led the mar ket in past weeks, was off at 89 traders construing the company's big bus.ness. Kelly Springfield continued to lead the tire shares, opening up Petroleum was raided dur ing the forenoon and in going to 143 it unsettled the rest of the list. There was especially heavy selling in motor md steel shares. Studebaker at S7'4 being 6 points down from its high, at tnired last week. Reported daily by J.

H. Brooks niemhers of New York Stock Kx hnnge. Brooks cor. Spruce St and Washington Scranton, Pa. May Am.

Can. 30! 30 Am. Drug. Synd. Am.

Car Fdy. Am, Ijoco .1 12S 1 .1 44M 43 I 45V1 fll XK'il 42 40' 41 ri, KITi N2'4 37! StiVs' i2 61 ii2'4 Am. Smelting Am. Sugar Am. T.

Anac. Copper T. S. F. Bait.

Ohio lit th. Steel Can. Pacific Cent. Leather Ches. Ohio M.

St. P. Col. Fuel Iron Krfe Ot. pfd.

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West. North. Pacific n. Pr. Steel Car Reading Co Rep.

Iron Steel Rubber 95 9. 75 73 74 35: 34 1 3. K9V I 74j 72 '4 i 73 6 03 '4 I 64 7S; 7i 78 Vj, 70 75 75 South. Pacific South. Railway 211 ''V 21 i 90! 87H! Studebaker Pnion Pncific 84 HI 83 I H3'H 55 54 I 55 T'i! 7 48 i 47! 47 i S.

Steel tah Copper Wabash Westinghouse Woolworth, Ex. FOREIGN EXCHANGE. New York. Mav 2. Roreiirn ev.

change opened higher. Sterling, $3.96. a 'new high on the mo vp! franow. .0777: lire. mmira A1 I 1 l.vinan; uanaoiu aouars, itt: tfanadhu a 'A 1 At fl 1 IS re 5 'A A' if 1.

1 '5 .250 other clubs not scheduled Ten Straight for Robins Brooklyn, May 2. Burleigh Grimes pitched shut out ball for the Brooklyn Robins yesterday against the Philadelphia club, the National League champs copping the game, score to 0, their itenth consecutive The home club scored twice in the first inning on two bases on balls, a sacrifice. Ring's wild pitch and a fielders' choice. Neale, Williams. Ralph Miller and Zack Wheat had two hits each.

Score by innings: R. H. E. Philadelphia .000 000 000 0 7 2 Brooklyn 200 000 Olx 3 a 0 Grimes and O. Miller; Ring and M.

Wheat. Pirates Blank Cubs Chicago, May 2. The Cubs were able to get to the veteran Babe Adams for only three scattered singles yesterday, while Vaughan was touched more timely by the Pirates and the visitors succeeded in blanking Johnny Evcrs' crew, 2 to 0. Hollocner, Mar anville and Maisel fielded excellently. Bigbee and Whitted had two hits each.

Score hv innings: R. II. E. Pittsburg 010 001 0002 2 Chicago 000 000 000 0 3 Batteries: Vaughan and O'Farrell Adams and Schmidt. Cards Win Pitchers Battle St.

Louis, iray t. St. Louis earned a 1 to 0 victory over Cincinnati her yesterday, when the home club sent the lone run of the game across th plate in the second inning on Fouin ier's triple and Lavan'a long sacrific fly. It was a great pitchers battl between Marquard and Haines. Dau bert and Schultz were the players with two hits.

Score by innings: R. H. Cincinnati 000 000 000 0 5 St. Louis 101 00000x 1 7 1 Batteries: Haines and Dilhoefer Marquard, Napier and Wingo. Giants 7.

Boston 2. New York, May 2. The New York Giants made it two in a row from the Boston club by its victory of yes terday, 7 to 2. After the opening in mng Toney was invincible. Afte Catcher Smith was intentionally pass.

ed in the sixth inning Toney's timely hit drove two runs across the nlate, Frisch was the fielding star. Powell is credited with three safe hits. Christenbury, Burns. Walker and Smith had two. Score by innings: R.

H. Boston 010 000 100 2 8 New York ...000 02x 7 9 Batteries: Toney and' Smith; Mc Quillan, Fillingim and O'Neill. American League Standing of the Clubs Won. Lost. Pet Cleveland Washington New York Boston Detroit Chicago St.

Louts Athletics .12 .10 6 .68 .66 .500 .500 .500 77 9 9 .::4 ..157 .308 Schedule for Today St. Louis at Detroit Washington at Philadelphia New York at Boston Other clubs not scheduled Cleveland S. Chicago 1 Chicago, May 2. Covelekie held the White Sox to six hits, wMl scat tered, and the champion Indians tri umphed over the home club in the final game of the series here yester day, 5 to 1. Joe Morris, making his first start of the season on the mound for Chicago, had two bad innings in which the visitors bunched their hits behind a couple of passes and won the game.

Falk had three, hits, one a homer into the right field bleach ers. Steve O'Neill and Stephenson nan two each. Score by innings: R. H. Cleveland 000 nOO 0205 Chicago 010 000 0001 6 0 iBatteries: Morris.

McWeenv and Covclesltle and O'Neill. Senators Suffer a Defeat Washington, May 2. Washington relinquished its lead in the American League race to the Cleveland club by dropping yesterday's game to the lowly Athletics, 5 to 1. Bryan Harris. twirling for the Athletics, was in ex cellent form, yielding only seven scat tered hits and fanning nine batters, Stanley Harris had one of the Sen ators hits.

Johnny Walker, of the Athletics had three safeties, while Dykes, Dugan, Perkins. Gallowav and Rice had a brace each. Score by innings: R. H. E.

Philadelphia ..020 012 000 5 12 1 Washington ..000 010 000 1 7 4 Batteries: B. Harris and Perkins: Schacht, Mogjidge, Courtney and Gharrity. Detroit 2. St. Louis 1.

Detroit, May 2. Detroit made it three straight from St. Louis by winning an eleven inning game yesterday, score 2 to 1. Tobin's bare' handed catch of Veaeh's liner in the tenth was a feature of the game. Veach had three hits.

Young, Bush and Gerber had two each. Score by innings: R. H. E. St.

Louis .000 100 (too 00 1 6 2 Detroit ....000 000 100 01 2 11 1 Batteries: Oldham. Ehmke and Ainsniith; Kolp and Billings. International League All games postponed (rain). American Association Toledo 9. Columbus 4.

Kansas City 10, Milwaukee 7. Irdianapolis 4, Louisville 0. Minneapolis St. Paul wet grounds. SATURDAY'S GAMES.

National lcugiie New York 9, Boston 4. Brooklyn 3, Philadelphia 2. St. Louts 3. Cincinnati 1.

Chicago at Pittsburg (cold). American League Cleveland 4, Chicago. (12 in nings). Detroit 7. St.

Louis 5. Washington 6, Philadelphia 5. New York at 'Boston (rain). International League z. uuiiaio i.

Large Fancy Strictly Fresh Laid EGGS 32c doz. Make a Fancy Full Cream Cheese, pound OOK, Evaporated 2 Tall Cans 25 Large Can Campbell's Pork and Beans 10c 1 lb. Package Croft's Cocoa 19c TEAS, 45c in Sanitary Cartons to Preserve Flavor. 1 Grade 80c 25c Feed Your Chickens Purina Chowder and Purina Scratch More Eggs Guaranteed or Your Money Back. Crepe Toilet Pa OCp II per, 7 large llltEAH TO SIX CENTS Philadelphia, 2.

Hreod came two notches nnnrer its pre war prlco here today when a large chain store company announced a reduction of 2 cents in the standard loaf. This brings the price, to 6 cant. Fancy California PEACHES packed in OKn heavy syrup. Large can tO Extra Fancy, Tender SKINNED 9Q HAMS, lb. Nice Light, Lean SALT BACON, OK pound P0 Pitcher Tommy Long of the Louisville club in the American Assocta tion is probably the best prospect In: the minors today.

But he refuses to be sold to a major league He pitched a no hit. no run, game against Toledo last year. He is 22j Inset hovs how Tommy holds thai ball.4 1 HEAVY RAINS BASE BALL PLAYING Rain put the quietus on all base ball games scheduled for yesterday afternoon, and though lovers of the sport were honeful until early in the afternoon that the rain would abate in sufficient time to allow the games to be played, notice of the can cellation of yesterday's contests were. given out by the league heads shortly after the noon The opening games of the Inter county League and Suburban League were to be played yesterday afternoon while the Susquehanna League teams also had games booked. Some of the leagues have adopted rules that any contests which can not be played on the date scheduled because of rain, shall be played off on one of the holidays during the summer.

It is possible that the games scheduled for yesterday will be play ed off on Memorial Day afternoon. I WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD Yesterday's hero: Burleigh Grimes. The Brooklyn spit bailer shut out the rnus, a to Honey Walker and Earl Smith knocked homers in the fourth inning helping the Giants to beat the Braves, 7. to 2. Doubles by Whitted and Schmidt and a homer by Max Carey enabled liatie Adams to beat the Cubs, 2 to 0, Joe Morris, a rookie, made his debut with the White Sox, hut had two bad innings and the Indians behind Coveleskie won.

Fournier's triple and La van's long tly in the second inning broke up pitcher's battle between Haines and Marquard and gave the Cardinals a 1 to 0 victory over the Reds. Kolp weakened in the eleventh and filled the bases with passes. Young singled and the Tigers heat the Browns, 2 to 1. The Athletics beat Washington. to 1, and pulled the Senators out of 11 rat place.

WILLARI) DOESN'T KNOW. Lawrence, May 2. Jess Wil lard, former heavyweight champion of the world: "I don't know who wil' win. 1 in busy drilling for oil and I haven't paid much attention to tht light. I have never seen Curnentim in action and without actual knowl edge of his ability I could not pre dict a winner.

PAID EXPENSES OP VICTIM. Joseph of Lattimer. who shot Anthony Tuhak. of that place. at Milnesville.

rcveral months ago. ind who was found guiltv of the charge, was paroli by Judge Fuller today upon his paying the costs and paying $150 to the victim for doctor hills and expenses. It found that the defendant was not wholly to blame. Making a Joke of the High Cost of Eating The problem of most people consists of economizing by eating in unattractive places or spending more than they can afford in the better restaurants. Capitol Cafeteria solves this problem by providing an agreeable rendezvous and an appetizing menu.

Capitol Cafeteria 22 S. Main St Pittston, Pa. iv IT. I I.ICG.M;. Sealed Proposals.

Pittston Hoard of School Directors will receive proposals for general supplies on Tuesday even ing. May. 10th, at 8 p. in. I'opy of leiiuisition is to be had at the office of the secretary.

High School Build ing. A certified, check for $100 and samples are to accompany all bids. 1 ne Hoard reserves the right to reject any or all bids. AMBROSE LANOAN, Secretary. IXPL THE COCRT OF COMMON LEAS OF LIZ ERNE COUNTY.

NO. 592 A TERM, 1 921. TO THE CO OPERATIVE BI'ILD IXG BANK. A BODY CORPORATE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, its successors or assigns or legal repre stutiitivcs, who may be the holder or 'colder of the mortgage hereinafter ir.cr ticned: Take notice that oh the 14th day of iVnil. 1:121, Thomas Golden et al.

presented tlieir petition averring that they aie the cwnors of all that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situate in tile Borough of Avoca, Luzerne County Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a corner of lot of Edward Gibhons on line of Pittston avenue: thence North 55" 56' 100.2 feet along said Gibbons lot to a corner: thence North 43 3' East 120 feet along land of Pennsylvania Coal Company to a cor ner: thence South an 56 East 82.4 feet to a corner: and thence South 34 4' West, 118.5 feet along said Pittston avenue to the place of beginning. Containing 10,840 square feet of land. That an unsatisfied mortgage upon said premises remains of record in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in Luzerne County, given by Mary Lyons, et al. to the Co Operative Building Bank, a body corporate of the State of New York, dated December 17, 1894, recorded in said office in Mortgage Book No. 90 on Page 517.

for $500.00. and that a period of twenty one years has elapsed since the principal of said mortgage became due find payable, and no payment has been made within said period of either principal or interest, and praying for satisfaction thereof. WHEREUPON said Court ordered that notice of the facts be served by tne snentr ot Laizerne County on the Co Operative Building Bank, a body corporate of the State of York, or whoever may he the known holder or holders of said mortgage, if to be found in said county and having known residences, and if then to give public notice by advertisement requiring them to appear in said court on May 28th, 1921. at 10 o'clock i. Al.

to answer said nelition and to snow cause why a proper decree should not be granted and the said mortgage satisfied of recorn. JOHN Mat LUSKIE. JOHN R. REAP, Sheriff. Attorney for Petitioner.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY f)jB BEAUTIFUL DOl'BLE RES I IDENCE. all improvements. 1 127 12J) William street. Ideal UU locution. Now paying $40 a side.

Lot 60x150. J. Keating Agency, Room 12, Miners' Bank Building. ATTOKHrfH C. MOSIER, Attorney at Law, Cash Store Block.

Pittston. Pa. Collections Promptly Attended To. July 8 1882. AUTO REPAIRS AUTOMOBILE Radiators and Fend out.

Aluminum soldering. GUNSTER 325 327 Penn Avenue, Scranton, Pa DR. CRYDER, Dentist 5 South Main Street Over Crystal Restaurant. INSURANCE RICHARD HUGHS3 Insurance Plvaf.a 11. and Automobile Insurance REAL ESTATE Bought and Sold Notary Public Postofflce Bldg.

Srd Floor. RHEUMATISM RHEUMATISM Is dally being cured hv PVilrilnrontin 1 fering call and see me. R. Van Loon, D. C.

Room 15 21 Cash Store Block, cor. Main and Broad. I SCRAP IKON LIIOHEST PRICES PAID for scrap Irnn Hffatot nit Irlna TO Jtl Iron, Metal, all kinds of Barrels. and Magazines. Things promptly called for.

Inquire Kranson Plkarsky Junk Yard. Spring alley, near Laurel Line. Bell 896 W. GOODYEAR QUICK SHOE REPAIRING 10S South Main Ptttatoa. Extra Fancy Quality No.

POTATOES, bushel Fancy Cold Packed TOMATOES 2 large cans for 2 Bottles Pure Catsup 25c SNOWDRIFT A high grade vegetable shortening for all cooking and baking purposes: 1 Lb. Can, 19c Sunshine Soap, 7 bars 25c Baby Chicks for Sale at Our West Side, Provi dence, South Side and Pittston Stores. These Prices GooOvoca Store CALL FOIf STATEMENTS OE NATIONAL BAXltS Washington, Slay 2. The Comptroller ot the Currency today Issued call for the condition of national banks at the vlooc of business Thurs day, April 28. i iiiinrtn1r.

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