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IN EMPLOYES' PAY
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WMMEET COST OP LIVING
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p. Steel Pay Roll Soars Now
So Over $200,000,000 Mark.
May SUll Go Up
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MFMnCMt WBffO Incroiiso In tno History 01
ItfnUtd' Btntes beenmo eftectlva today,
th tr of 550,000 workers of tits
tRd State Stel Corporation was In
1 wHwwU tn pr cent tlio gross annunl In
Wsaaa approximating (20,000,000. Tim In.
ftrenift ytaa mado br th company duo to Ita
normoun prosperity. Its net turnings aro
9Mf estimated at $1,000,000 a day.
Tha Jnoreaaa la but ono of mnny recently
W4a by iarito employing concerns through
knit tha country. Among them aro:
', Ton pr cent Increiuo to 36,000 employes
fit ha American Woolen Compnny, llonton.
Ton. Pr nt Increase) to tho JJ.000 em
yloyia of tha Cotton Manufacturer" Alio
elation Of New Bedford.
Tlilrty-nvo to forty per cent Inorenno to
iho;32.O0O persons employed by tho Amerl
enT Clothing Manufacturers' Association,
Wan' York (effective Decomber 18).
Ten per cent Increasta to tho 3000 m
Jrioyea of tho National India Itubber Com
ny, Bristol, it I.
Ten per cent Incrcana to tha 3000 mon
employed by Indepcnedont Bteel mills nt
wtd near Sharon, I'a.
Increase of not ten than twenty-flvo centa
dy to 10,000 employe of tha llayonno,
Kllaaboth ana Claromont refineries of tho
Standard Oil Company (action taken nftnr
trIko for higher wngca nt Dayonne, In
ishleh sevoral persona wero shot to death).
1 Tho city of Now York contemptnteB n
svafo lncrealo of 31.147,180 to 18,80 munic
ipal employes. This had not been deter
mined finally,
I each cato, In announcing tho Increases,
4ho oonoorns said they wero made to etrnblo
itt employes to meet tho advancing cost
of Jiving. 10. 1L Gary, chairman of tho steel
corporation's board, said: "Ordinarily tho
ajUetlon of wages would not coma up for
Mnstderntlon or decision nt this tlma of
itio year l but In conscquonco of tho nbnor.
mat conditions now oxlstlng It haa beau
tedded to Increaso tho wago rates of our
Iron and. steel companies nbout ten ir cent,
Kecllve Deoembor IE, An to tha other do
rtments. Increases will bo equitably pro
portioned." Tho Increase Is tha third tho company
Iras' mado during the yenr. Its payroll for
1015 was 1170.800,804; tho 101C total will
fc9 ttbovo 1300,000,000, nnd If high wages
ontlnuo the 1017 roll will approach 2B0,
400,000. Tho Eastman Kodak Company, of
Xtocheitor. N. Y. : tho dove Manufacturers'
.Association, of Qloversvlilc, N. Y and tho
Arllnton Mills, of Lawrence, Mass., aro
ether concerns which havo mnrlo substnntlal
wage Increases.
That lesser concorns havo taken similar
ctlon Is Indlcatod by Chicago llguros,
frtioro, according to John W. O'Lonry, pres
ident of tho Chicago Association of Com
anerce, twenty-five concerns hnvo made 10,
S00.000 Increases to 105,000 employes dur
tafif'tho yoar.
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GIRL, IN NIGHTGOWN, BURNED
Xaznp Ignites Flimsy Dross Child in
Hospital
Agnes Ktltr, eight yenrn old, Is In tho
JRooeovelt Hospital sufforlng from burns re
ceived early today when a lamp, which sho
was, carrying, Ignited her night clothes.
Tho girl, who lives In tho rear of 802 North
JToiirth street, laid remained up until nfter
Midnight, and when who started for her
bedroom carried n lighted lamp. Her
mother board her scream u few minutes
later and fbund the child's flimsy night
gown ablaxo.
Mrs. Frits snatched up n blanket,
mothered the flames, and carried her
daughter to tho hospital. The child's con
dition Is serious.
.W,AltN3 OP CIIRISTMA8 RAFFLES
.District Attornoy nt Cnrllslo Trios to
Hntt "Crmncing Off"
CAItMBLH Pa., Deo. IE. District At
torney Lloyd today declared wnr on the
chancing oft" of Christmas candy and
tdgnrs and all games of chnnco.
Ho lias Issued warnlngii that violations
, would bo punished by prosecutions.
CANDY
AT AIX OCR JIANV I'dl-ULAU HT0KE3
FOR
CHRISTMAS
We offer special service In the
alo of candles to
SUNDAYSCHOOLS
- Schools, Churches, Societies,
Homes, etc.
Thoe charitably Inclined should
pbona now or call at factory, whoro
orders will bo booked for delivery
any time up to Xmat.
SPECIAL PRICES
Fceoi, Loouit 1893
On Show at 15th St. Store
OUR WONDERFUL
p gfSwuiary Wrapping Machine
WPPia uutaaur ear
FAMOUS
JSoft Yellow Jack
Cimm in and Get a Free Sample
20C lA Lb. Box
i box of thta famous, soft
.ck uii our Owo-Seau Osady to
bML Ktar. fstlur or wlbit
I . cnace. & Ifik
m s.ih-
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WtfHSPf
IiQteMlTS HOME GARAGE
N0W;0LDMANMUSTG0
Ahdcnt Stono Bnrn to Bc Con
verted Into Auto Shelter.
Occupant nnd Cnts Sorry
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A pletare llteitrallng this story appears
en the plctorlnl pe.
Henry Abrams, hermit and phllospher,
has been notlflfd to aeale his homo In an
old barn nt Eleventh street and Allegheny
avenue The eviction notice Includes tho
hermit's six cats Aristotle, Horace, 1'lato,
Rurlpldes, Homer nnd Lucretius.
The notice to vacate has hit the hfrmlt
phllospher a hard blow n blow that has
jangled his heart strings and caused a
perpetual lump to lodgo In the vicinity of
his Adam's apple, Tor eighteen years
Ahrnms has called n partltloned-off corner
of tho barn his homo, nnd every clapboard,
cranny arid corner of tho place Is donr to
him, Kvery crevice In tho ancient old door
and the seams In tho old walls nro asso
ciated with things closo to tho heart nnd
thoughts of thft old phlloitphor.
That Irresistible onward movement of evo
lution In the mods of lltlng of city dwellers
Is the force which Is to blast the hermit
from his stable domicile City dwellem In
sist upon having automobiles, nnd there
must bo garages In which to house theso
automobiles 'William C. Carman, 1.20 West
Allegheny nvemic, has purohnscd the hnrn,
will raio tho structuro nnd upon Its site
erect n. modern garage Until last week tha
barn was leased to Isllo Alexander, 1122
Hoy street, and Abrams cared for Aloxati
dor's horses The horses havo already been
moved to other quarters A shack will bo
constructed In tho rear of tho gnrago for
Ahramn, but ho nays It will not bo lllio his
old homo. Tho barn Is an old stono struc
turo 12E years old.
Tears glistened In tho oyon of tha hermit
as ho talked about tho giving up of tho
old homo.
"It's hard very hard," ho said slowly
"It gives you kind of a pain down hero to
think of giving up a hotna which has shel
tered you for so many yearH." Tho hermit
placed a weather-bcatan hand over his
breast io Indicate whero ho felt tho blow
Abrams wan born In n huuso nt Cler
mantown avenue and Venango street llfty-
nlno years ago His father, Wllllnm Abrams
was a prosperous hutoher, with n stall
In the Hecond street market house. Abrams
has four brothers who aro enjoying prosperity.
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Cambria County Tronmircr Dies
JOIINHTOW.V, l'n, Deo IE Clmrleii .1
Ma) or, treasurer of Cambria County Is dead
at his homo here. Ho was lcu president
and a director of tho national bank at
Johnstown,
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5-pound Box
! TlT
rine mixtures'
Many kinds fresh, pure, wiinlc-
$1.25 j
i some
Other 5-pound boxes 31.50,
t $2.00, 12.50 up to $5.00.
lb.
5 linrlcy & nure nutrar -faiO'
- ... .- ,..,. ..
$ Candy Canes
12
c doz.
Candy Baskets
Candy Vegetables ' Cc
Carrots, Peas, etc. "
Old Virginia O Ce lb.
Peanut Candy u
rhone In your candy ordor nnd
our wagons will dnlher You
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KKYflrONi: MAI.V OSS
Fancy Doxes, nil sizes j Stock
ings filled with candles: Fmors
nnd riguros; big and llttlo Santa
S Claus, otc
JiiHt pick up jour plioncl
A!exSheppard& Sons, Inc.
5 8TH & WALNUT STS.
LEARY'S
Christmas
Remainders of Editions
Call or Write
for Catalogue
A fow rnoro
of tho hundreds
of books listed
u t fractional
prices.
A Book Describing Our Own
Land
"lllshnars and IlHaxa of the ItocVr
ounUlcu.'1 Iiy Cllllun Jolumon, A trli
OkUlioms,
inrouxa rttturnsKa. jvkubb.
tuttl.fl.W unit I in Villowatpna I'ark. JTv)
lae, UJ llluilratloim, Oluth-Une.l. tltU
un .fuv..t .in. In v.il.1 TlllillaliaHM C I
- aiiu
price, 'i not. Our orlo
l'oitnie, I8o Kxtra
Thackeray's Complete
Works -$20 Instead of $50
This Is'th Century Edition at Lu
limited to 1000 setsi ooly 0OO ! for
Am.rltMJ. Contains 000 n.w plain. !
clHy dmlna by lUrry KurnlM, alto 1S00
llliuiratlans by Thaokaruy Mnimlf and other
artiste that appeared In original unions
Ktse papers beautifully printed and bound.
The chance ox a lifetime. llacmlllan'e
price. 90 net. Our price, for gi0 OO
the set .... . , . . . , . .4
Tee bavr to uiall
Persia and Its People
will rei
T?lta. r. BI1see. erlvlnv i. rtai. n.itlln.
present Piitlcal aniT social condulona
la avartlntareatlna tMODla A. tank ihn
remain the alandard on this aubject for
rear to come. ZO llluetrstlone Octavo, art
f'loia ana ornanieniei uaca ana oarer aeehftl
n sold. Itacmlllaa Company's price C1 nit
3f0 net. Our boll.lay price . . 01ul'
foetate. Mo Ultra
A Book Every American
Should Read
The Story of the While Ilea. By Ketbir
Slasleten. Two vo umea. 4vAn Intimate
story of tha home Itfi
their wives and famllli
e of the
Pre,
atdenta
dawn Intaraetmtf chaptere deal with
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com ana ine iru nr
from Miaulndoa
run i4i
cold innio sn uu ua uu. ant ton
uoieu
jsu ruu-pr. rtpro
LSravlnaa ari.l nhniA
srapiui. lIatJomiy iwubo in Blue cloth.
I4 ea.iH IN H tWJ WUt (III
duetUns of palnttnica.
t5."V'?v'? Wot?.
aSTXaCt. "7.T,t'"yiS'
llcClure'e price, IS 00 set CI ern
Our holiday price for st ox,ou
l'oetase. Kxtxaj fuet
Leary's Book Store
ajwn ii iiiimiiii miw cW(kmeaM& mm
H Market, 10th and 11th Streets
HI 1 , ,i
Wjm
See the FREE Entertainment
In Our Beautiful Auditorium 4th Floor
Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoo Little Fairy
Cava of Wild Animals 0 Little Browiica
dome and hrtnt? the children.
We Are Ready for Intensified Selling Tomorrow, in
I
?syWaKSKB
Market, 10th and 11th StrccU
Toys, Dolls and Games
Stocks Have Been Replenished. Our Low Prices Are Legion
1.69
Tabic and 2 Chairs
Ttiat Slide Unttcrnnatli
ta(lc of li.irdwoad $
III (.'(illicit - o ,t k llllie,!
Top of tnblr l.txJO inelics, A de
cided novelty
Teddy Bears, 98c
IR'j inches Ii 1 k Ii ;
stunt hotly nnd limbs.
1 tili-jointril. Others
50c to $2. Some nrc niu-
al
titoSbtf
Xififi.it-jzJij
Desks at .$1.00
Fllll.llicd ill koI'I
en oak, made of se
Irrted liitnlirr 24
inches high I ift-toj
cover
Child's Desk & Blackboard
at 98c
Desk- and black
board combined.
Made of hardwood,
stained a n tl var
nished, is collapsi
ble Can he put
away in a small
space.
Coaster Wagon at $2.50
A niott snb
stantnl t o y.
built of hinl
vvonil, Imh trim
,i lc s .1 n d
br.ilrc II (i d v
13x28. I
?s5R3ssmi
mT!&h
U-iiC 'i'-'t-'ri
Hand Cars at $3.00
Made of best
cold rolled
steel, chestnut
wood seat,
rubber tires.
24-Inch Imported
Dolls, $2.49
Full jointed at kneci,
hips, shoulders, elbow
and rest Cttrly hair,
hair eyelashes
sleeping eyes.
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Our' Most Extensive Stocks of
Jewelry : SilYeirwaire
Affords Splendid Gift Suggestions
Please benr In mind this Is the first Christmas season
of tho Enrle Store nnd every article is brand how and up-to-date.
Prices arc moderate for instance:
Solid Gold Lavalhcres, $4.98 to $25
Set with full cut diamond, combined with pearls.
Some in petulant effect, with three diamonds. 15-m
solid gold chain.
Solid Gold Rings, ot $2.B0 to $9.98
SivIm for women ami men. Various colored
Shoo Flics at 98c
Nicely painted horses, very life
like. Seat upholstered in neat cre
tonne. 11ASRM13NT
stones, In fancy and plain designs.
Quadruple Plated Comb,
Brush and Mirror Sets,
$2.50 to $6.98
Dossed designs. All boxed sep
arately Quadruple Plated 4-pc.
Tea Sets, $5.98 to $18.50
Taney designs.
Gold Filled Dickens
Chains, $1.98 to $5.98
In plain link, fancy and curb pat
terns. Guaranteed 10 nnd 20 years.
Imitation Shell and
Demi Combs, 50c & 98c
Alt yudded with fine white
stones, vfcomc colored. All boxed.
Gold Filled Jewelry
at 50c & $1.00
Ml arc boxed. Included are la.
valhercs, brooches, bar pins, beauty
pins and fancy pins, in a large assortment.
Men's Gold Filled
Watches, $8.50 to $17.50
American and Swiss movements.
20-year cases.
Gilt Florcntino Frames,
50c to $1.50
In postal or cabinet sizes,
Sterling Silver Dorine
Powder Boxes, 98c
In fancy chased designs. Con
tains powder, puff nnd mirror.
j Gold Filled Watch
; Bracelets, $5.00
Imported movements, guaran
teed. Convertible style.
MAIN FLOOR
Give Gloves
for Xmas
Never too many of them for
the woman who considera her
self well dressed. Our stocks
are Iarpe, for instance:
Wonun's 16- and 20-hutlon White
Kid Gloves, $2.25 to $3.00.
Women's Washable Kid' Gloves,
$1.50 to $2.25.
Women's Imported Kid Gloves,
$1.50 to $2.25.
Women's Kayser Duplex Gloves,
$1.00 and $1.19.
Women's Lined Mocha Gloves,
fur lop, $1.00.
Women's Wool-Lined Kid Gloves,
SI. 75.
Men's Klcccc-Liucd Kid nnd Mo
cha Cloves, $1.25 to 52.50.
Men's l'tir-Linctl Kid Gloves, $3.00
, and $3.50.
'Men's Dress Gloves, kid and suede.
$1.15 and $1.85.
Infants' Mittens, while and colors,
15c nnd 25c.
Children's Kid-Lined Gloves, 59c
nnd $1.00.
Children's Yarn Gloves 29c to 50c.
MAIN J'LOOK
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A Most Profitable Offering About 750
Women's &Misses'Fur Collar &
Fur Trimmed Winter Coats
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Positive $15? $16.50 and $18.50 Values
And the woman who shares in this offering
will find it profitable indeed for the values are
exactly as stated.
Fully 20 different styles for choice and you can judge the smart
ness by the three pictured.
Fashioned of wool velours, wool plushes, pebble cheviots,
zibclincs, chinchillas, silk corduroys and broadcloths.
The furs used for trimmings embrace moufflons, kit coney, fox,
blended opossum, natural opossum, Siberian wolf and others. AH the
wanted high colorings of the season.
CHOICE
$11.75
A Very Special Lot of Silk Dresses
Re-priced to $5.00, 7.50, fZ0 & $15
They were originally priced up to $25.00. They are gowns for
party, street and afternoon wear. shcond floor
lour Gift to Him Is Here
And lie Will Appreciate It, Coming From Earle's
. Men's $6.00 Bnth Robes at $4.00
Cut ample full and Ioiik shawl collar. Side pockets, piped scams
and tassel. All sizes.
Men's $5.00 Tub Silk Shirts at $3.95
Ileautifttl pattirns in various handsome colors, with satin stripes.
Each one nicely packed in a fancy box. A large raiiRe of patterns.
Stcs 14 to 17 liiilics.
Men's Silk Neckwear nt 50c
limeades in larRe floral patterns.
TJic colorings arc beautiful and rich.
Men's Knitted Mufflers at 49c to $6.95
All kinds pure silk, fiber silk, silk-aml-fibcr and mercerized
cotton.
Accordion ami crochet weaves. In plain colors, stripes end bor
dered ends. Kach in a fancy box.
MAIN FLOOR
Is It a Fur Set for Her?
Our Dependable Qualities Also Mean Economy
Natural Cross Fox Sets at $85.00 to $150.00
Harrcl muff, head and tail trimmed. Double fur scarf. Also fancy
muffs.
French Coney Sets at $20.00
Double fur scarf, trimmed with black fox paws. Ball muff, velvet
bed $2000 set.
Fox Sets, $49.75, $65, $85
and $95.00
In taupe, battleship grey and
blended cross fox.
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Grey Fox Sets, $22.50
Made of fine and well-matched
skins, double fur scarf. Barrel
muff, head and tail trinrmed.
Black and Brown French
Coney Barrel Muffs
at $3.50 and $4.95
Odd Muffs, pillow and barrel
shape, at $1.95.
Australian Opossum
Muffs, $4.50
In ball shape, with a silk ruffle
at the hand.
Children's and Misses' Fur Sets at $2.95
Fancy satm-lined collar, with a snap at the head as a finish. Ball
muff, with a cord. main KLOOR
SPECIAL VALUES IN
Fur Coats
For Tomorrow
Hudson Seal Coats, $87.50
Trimmed with contrastlnir furs.
Vnlue $125.00.
Nearsenl Coats, $57.50
10 in the lot, very specially priced.
Values up to $100.00.
Hudson Seal Coats, $125.00 to
$190.00
Finest quality Benl, with skunk col
lar, cuffs and bottom.
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A Most Important Offering Tomorrow
Men's and Young Men's
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Boys ' Overcoats, Suits
or Mackinaws
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New
Arrivals
For
Tomorrow
Most Exceptional Purchase
OVERCOATS in convertible col-
$ , lar, pinch back styles. Gray and
brown Scotch cheviots plaid lined.
MACKINAWS of heavy weight
plaid materials.
SUITS of fancy cheviots and
worsteds in Norfolk and pinch back
models. Sizes from 5 to 18 years.
SjECOND FLOOR
Suits & Overcoats
At the Special Price
S p e c i a 1 yes for every fib "J A F?(?
"Rochester Art Clothes" garment is ) I I a O
worth more and regularly sells for -J- -'
much more than our sale price.
They are wonderful values for their materjals, their tailoring, their finish
are absolutely the best.
Exactly 300 Overcoats and 200 Suits that, this maker has allowed us for
special selling and those who know "Rochester Art Clothes" will agree with
us that they will go out rapidly. t
OVERCOATS in Chesterfield, Tinch Back or Full Back models,
single- or double-breasted, convertible collar, with belt. Novelty and
staple materials.
SUITS in conservative, 2- and 3-button and the new 2- and 3-button
double-breasted, soft roll front, belted and pleated back models.
Special Men 's Suits & Overcoats
We could readily get more for them, but we bought
them below price and pass tho savings on to you. Pinch
back and plain back models in both suits and over
coats. Plain qolors snd novelty effects. All sizes.
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