Baked

At Jerseyville, Ill., farmers reported that potatoes dug during the hot spell had been baked by the sun.

Violin

In Washington, D. C., Arthur Groverman, 16, made himself a violin by gluing together 2.500 safety matches.

Suit

In Washington. D. C., Minnie M. Baggett filed divorce suit against John Franlin Baggett with whom she has not lived since 1899. Grounds: an infidelity in 1903.

Lovesick

At Valley Stream, L. I.. Everett Davis. 15. saw his sweetheart sitting on her front porch with another boy, wrote her a note, lay down on a nearby railroad track, was decapitated.

Father

In Chicago, Edward M. Johnson, broker. War aviator, stayed home to care for his five-month-old daughter. He drank some beer, then wine, then alcohol-&-ice-water, heard the child crying, picked her up, staggered, fell on her, picked her up again, dropped her. She died (fractured skull).

Hungry

At Milwaukee, Howard Burnett. 23. in search of food at his boarding house found the kitchen door locked, went outside, attempted to climb through a window. The sash came down on his neck, strangled him.

Acrobat

At San Jose, Calif., M. T. Moran. 62, stage acrobat, turned a somersault over the back of his car when it was struck by a Southern Pacific R. R. train, saved himself from certain death. "Guess I've got a good racket at that," said M. T. Moran.

Sting

In Sioux City, Iowa, H. J. Dagle broke his back several months ago, lived in a plaster cast. Last week he was stung on a vein by a bee, died in 20 minutes.

Ash-Can

In New London, Conn., John Kaneen, 65. apprehended 'legger, connected a gas-jet to an ash can. crawled in, suffocated.

Yawn

At Louisville, Ky., Motorman William A. Ellingsworth blocked traffic for eight minutes while a doctor relocked his jaws, dislocated while William A. Ellingsworth was yawning.

Return

At Atlantic City, N. J.. John Greer, 65, walked into his home after a week's absence, found his family preparing to bury a body which they had identified as his at the city morgue.

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