I Smith's Specials
Before Christmas Bargains
Starting To-day
Don't miss the chance to get your wanted Ready-to-wear
Garments Here and Save Lots of Money. Only 8 more
Shopping Days. Come to this store for REAL VALUES.
Open every evening till 11 o'clock.
Night and day shift of salespeople.
Infanta' mill Hoys' heavy a b
small Children's 1 111 - I■ I
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£aVb.'-'.-»o. (jfVl , v " Zjtll,
:«)<•. -Wc W aires, tftle value
Tkla week. ape- jm thll.lrrn'a .11- _
fill I. Aniithrr lot II w»ol knit TilqlM ■II
lll#* l'ap, AV 'v" t | , Vr,tt.v /l U/)
Talile Oil ("loth. I IIS . colors. I Worth 1 i !A "MI
Remnants, juril .. JL V •■««*•> "cr'- I 111/
Ninas sale. >.V * V
ami
Nmas bnrcnlns. ~ ™ ——————————
Men's *."• Silk \\ouicu'a ami mgg
l'luah Velour B Misses' knit fancy bl I —^
|lata; silk lined. y-p- /f%|i
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lloyn' *t value M QQ
Wool Norfolk HA ll
V ■ * SaerlllflnK
Malta: sizes up to ■ ——— Women's and jk fl
11! year*. \iiih* ■ >H*Me»* nf« vel- ■ ■ ML# H
" r " r tHuimetT'styieVi' MX|' I
ready to *venr. mM I H m I
Women'! anil jm. Art ""''r*: " ,nl V V H
(pf® nn ouch. This nnk .
Ufa's *.'■ Sweater ————————-—— I
Coats; al*ea up to A. One lot 94 awl ||» 4| f\C) 1
11. Xmas price, . W Silk Velvet aJ/C/ I
■ Hats: nsaorteil. I I
Wo..,en> larur K>pil JL
I-'nr MufTi: antla JJ # J/Q B
lined; uorlli B ZZZZZZZZ
Women'* fine m a a ■
about *3. Kaeli .. J*m fl* fl QK H
lone College /■ # JJQ 1
Hoy a* a art Men'a HV Coats. Worth ii|> (aMi ZZZZ I
I Winter <;lo»ea. §l|~ to SMI eai-h A
uarm «ani- mmmm I
ed kind for eold /jfll M I
meither KUKW One lot Men'*
nn<l U oineo'ii JVjl I
SS MA 98 "" Utrl/1
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*l.!>K for atrlpeil H 11 ————————— ■
Tlltir seta. up I li This week _ „
to for ladles, Sill v » pr elal 1110rnl1.it J £n 1
'' to I IB J I
Misses' full -» j| ( -| Q IV.VkiY'ruffled If. §1
Striped Titter i\2 MX villain. B )l . I
M.iff and Collar w/l" 70 l>ra»i-.a I
liter) full aet: hA— —^—————— I
worth SO.no per
aet * Tlili. week. jv
special mora- 1 111
—— ——— l„ K salea to I p. 2 M
\mas hnritaiiia. j,/v nai in. One lot Wo- mll|9
Women'a new 1L P a / men'a S!l value
Tailored t'oat JIB ■» | llrran Skirts. ■ ||VI .
Sulta. \otblne Kuaslan tunle .. ,
nicer for a it lit " ■
when you can ■■ —————i^————
Bet a SlO ault for . "
Tlila week. a a
___———— special to Ip. ui. I
llov'a heavy /v Wonieu'a S:i /■ l_
Hue rlhlied Cor- 111 1 Hlnek Trimmed finiV
iluroy l'aata. SKU A "ata. New. thla (§■■■
lfr|| # H,rk onT d "- IVV
Kaeh y ". r ": V \J V/
an _ 7.;:.:.5/*.98
•trlpcd outlnit. UV/) Salt.. Special.
full tiownai 21/\| reduced thla IB
all sixes at 4!lc. By If t week. I'er ault ...
Women'a heavy AM Women's White abb
full al*e extra |IP Siberian Pur Seta. T" 1 /MX
leached Vader- Ff%|) „„ r(Il
r„ r :, r ; a-d've'aT Lllll a ,hI " f
,'Kle value week ■
SMITH'S, 412 Market Street
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MIIWIMFBS 111 HFFII
OF FUNDS FOR PARADE
Big Booster Meeting May Be Held
Friday at Tech High
Auditorium
Members of the Harrisburg Mum
mers' Association expect a busy time)
at the weekly meeting to-night, at the]
Mayor's office.
Samuel Keen, chairman of the fi
nance committee, will request that
every member of the association join
in the work in securing funds. The
finance committee lias to date met
with numerous disappointments, but
hope to be able to make good with the
assistance of the members.
<*hief Marshal Clarence O. Backen
stoss will present a report, including a
tentative route for the parade. The
list of prizes as agreed upon will also
be submitted for approval. On the
total amount of cash received will de- j
pend the number of prizes. The com
mittee has to date collected half thei
amount needed. With the assurance j
that thirty organizations will be in!
line, the members of the finance coin-j
mittee hope for a more liberal response'
from now until January 1.
Because of the large number of de- :
tails to be looked after, the Mummers
will meet twice each \lcek until Janu
ary I. It is probable that a special'
booster meeting will be held Friday j
night at the Technical high school'
auditorium. Notices will be sent out
to all organizations, and members to
coine to this meeting and everybody
who is interested in the annual dem
onstration will also be Invited. There
will be interesting talks by men who
have been working hard to make this;
year's parade a success.
Tribes ii| Northern
Albania Declare War
on Servain Forces
By 4-tssocialrd Press
Amsterdam, via London, Dec. 10,
2.50 P. M.—A telegram from C<>n
sinntinople Telegraafs says that the
t rlbes in North--" Alban'o Ju:. e de
clared war on f
WEDNESDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 16. 1914.
■B. R. I. PAYS VISIT
] TO THE GOVERNOR
7*
I Question of Fighting Full Crew
Repeal Will Be Discussed
by Trainmen
l Members of t lie State legislative
' board of the Brotherhood of liaiiroad
. j Trainmen to-day called on Governor
| John K. Tener in a body to convey the
. I thanks of the trainmen ut Pennsylva
inla and that of every member of the
legislative board to the Governor for
his interest in their behalf during the
>j session of the Legislature two years
; | ago.
• The chairman, George B. Kowand,
,|in behalf of the hoard, thanked the
Governor for signing the full crew bill
.[and the hill providing for semimonthiy
i pay.
, j Following the morning session
• Chairman Kowaml announced that
, J nothing would lie accomplished in the
I way of providing for new legislation
until late this afternoon, and probably
[ not until to-morrow. One question to
, | be taken up will be a discussion of
! | plans to oppose the efforts to have tiie
: full crew bill repealed. The election
, | of a lobbyist to act in conjunction with
I the legislative committee was a probn
; hility for this afternoon. These officers
! j were elected yesterday:
i Chairman. George P.. Rowand.
|| Philadelphia: vice-chairman, S. i.l
Curry, Philadelphia; secretary, 11. K.
I Kvans. Philadelphia. Chairman Row-
I and lias been at the head of the legis-
I I lative board for fhe past ten years.
Perseverance Lodge of
Masons Elects Officers
j Perseverance Lodge. No. :!1, Free
and Accepted .Masons, at its annual
I election chose Charles L. Sheaffer wor
l slitpful master.
j V.'. Hurry Musser, retiring worshlp-
I fill master, wi' elected representative
.j to the grand lodge. Other officers are:
] Senior warden. John N. Peregov;
junior warden, Warwick M. O gels by;
J secretary. John K. Royal; treasurer
: fienr:- Orth: trustees, Harry C.
Ross. George E. Whitney and'Clark F
Dl»hi.
These officers will serve one year,
bediming Dc'ember 27
RED CROSS NURSES TO I
i SELL FOLKS SWEETS
Will Work For Home and War I
Relief Body at Orpheum
Tomorrow
j
The general supply eoiiiiuittee of the j
| Home anil War Relief Association lias |
I! enlisted eighteen of tlie pretty girls'
j wlio sold lied Cross seals at the Zembo i
! I'atrol drill to sell candy at the Or-'
■ phenm performances to-morrow. i
j The funds that are raised will Vie I
nseit to pay the expenses of the (en- J
I era I supplies. Kaon of the girls will
have a candy tray, fastened by a rib-i
bon, on which will be printed "Home
War nelief.
! The committee in charge consists of. i
I Mrs. Martin E. Olmsted, Mrs. .Mercer i:.
i late. Mrs. C. K. Covert and Mrs. W. K. i
! ''
Ihe foreign Kelief Division of the ] -
j association met yesterday at the home '
|of Mrs. Lyman 1). Gilbert, 20« North j 1
; Front street. Ofticers were elected and ,
I the work fully discussed. Much en- I
thusiasm was shown and a larsti- a>- !
| signment of sewing was given out. It!'
jis planned to have the nrsi donation!'
| for the war-stricken countries ready i
j for shipment by Christmas eve. Those j.
I present at the meeting vesterday were: i,
Mrs. James F. Bullitt, president; Mrs. I.
i'liilip T. Meredith, vice-president: Miss »'
Frances Morrison, secretary; Mrs. '
Henry M. St inc. Mrs. S. C. Todd. Mrs. I'
K. K. Downes, Mrs. John Montgomery 11
Malum. Miss Mary Jennings. Mrs. Jolmh
Oenslager, the Misses l.ett. Miss Letitia ,
Brady. Mrs. C. M. Kaitwasser. Mrs. Wal
-1 ter H. Ualther. Mrs. Herman f Miller, I
'Mrs. A. Hoyd Hamilton, Mrs. John J. 1
, Moflitt, Mrs. M alley W. Davis. .Mrs. I :
| Frank Payne, Miss Uebecca Cox, Mrs. '
| W. T. ilildruii. Miss Bailey. Mrs. John li. i
Fox.
I Tlie executive committee will meet I'
to-nlgiit at tlie home of Mrs. Gilbert \ \
to plan for the division of tlie citv into i ■
districts. i
The Red Cross division met yester- i
day morning at the home of Miss Anne ■ ■
| McCormlck, 301 North Front street, j •
Much work was done and many gar- !
ments were completed.
The Home Relief division met this af- I
ternoon at the home of Miss Mary I
Reily, Front and Reily streets. Plans 11
were ntaiie for work to be done at the ] i
■ headquarters of the association, at T ' i
Sdutli Front street.
I Attack Regarded as
Strategic Maneuver
in Some Naval Circles ; ;
By Associated Press
Washington, D. 0., Dec. 16. The ! i
German naval raid on Jiritish coast j.
towns excited widespread attention |'
here. The llrst feeling was one of stir- j
prise, that the cordon of British ships, j'
which was said to form a ring of as- j
jsured defense around the llritish Isles, I
had been suddenly penetrated and se-1
rious damage inflicted on the British!
coast ports. *
it was pointed out that this might
| put to a serious test the late Bear
| Admiral Mahan's noted theory of sea
i power, according to which, a strong
j naval force could hold at bay the at
tacks of invaders.
j In the best posted naval circles here
to-day's bombardment is regarded as
• strategic maneuver, which may have
I far-reaching consequences, line pur
, pose, as explained by one of the fore
-1 most naval strategists, is to create a
| "scare" which will lead to hurried con
•centration and change of arrangement
!of the main British battle fleet and I
expose those ships to attack from un-j
'expected quarters.
Discussion of the raid among diplo
matists, friendly to the allies, led to
the expression of opinions that the
first direct attack on British soil would j
in all probability develop advan-i
Itageously to Kngland. by brinsing the
| English people face to face with war]
and would perhaps stimulate recruit-:
ing. |
Kign Peter Marches Into
Belgrade, Heading Troops
By Associated Press j
London, Dec. 16, 12.14 P. M.—Kins j
i Peter and Crown Prince Alexander |
and Prince George have entered Bel
grade at the head of the victorious |
Servian army, according to a dispatch '
received by Renter's Telegram Com- !
pany to-day from Nish. I
Not a single Austrian, a statement 1
by the Servian general staff says, now'
remains on Servian soil.
BOMBARDMF.NT OF TOWNS
SI BPRISF. TO BRITISH
By Associated Press
New York. Dec. 16.—Tlie bombard
ment of cities on the east coast of
Kngland by German cruisers is the
iirst overt act of the war against Brit
ish territory. The British people have
felt that their lleet in the North Sea
was sufficient to render this possibility
very remote.
The official announcement given out
j in London that British flotillas have
' been engaged with the enemy is evi
dence that there has been a naval tight
in the North Sea. No knowledge as to
the outcome is at hand. The bom
bardment of Hartlepool and Scarbor
ough would intlicate that the Germans
have considerable liberty of action.
There doubtless has been more than
one naval encounter in the North Sea, '
for the British statement refers to
engagements at various point**.
ISKKXSTOBI I' SAYS HKMINGTOV
M\Ki:S nniitl M 111 1.1 ITS <
By Associated Press > i
Washington. D. C., Dec. 16.—Count
J Bernstorff. the German ambassador. 1
has sent the following letter to tlie 1
general manager of the Remington '
| Arms I'nion Metallic Cartridge Com- 1
i pany in reply to tlie denial of that <
j conc"-n that It has manufactured dum- '
! dum bullets for the English army rifle;
"In answer to your favor of 10th '
instant I l>eg to say that I have sub- >'
initted to the State Department proof :
! of mj" statement that your company <
lis manufacturing so-called dumdum
! bullets for the Kntdsh army rifle. '
"Permit me to add that 1 am fully
! aware of the fact that everybody in j
] this country has a right to manufac
ture and sell whatever ammunition he
desires."
WII.KOV WII.L STAND BY I.YW i
By Associated Press i
Washington. I». Dec. 16.—Presi- '
| dent Wilson will stand behind his ap- '
I pointment of John D. Lynn, of Roches- !
i ter. as United States attorney for the <
, western district of New York despite
; the fact that his nomination was re- '
; jet ted by the Senate at the instance of
Senator O'Gormon. AVhite House offi-
I rials take the position that .Mr. Lynn's
j recess appointment will hold good
j until March 4 and point to court de- (
j cislons to uphold that view. t
£
IIKATKK EXPLODES f
Gas leaking into an automatic water I
heater at the police station exploded t
this morning. No person was injured. (
but attaches about the police station
were badly frightened. The colls in
the heater were clogged up.
XEW El BE BOX IX SERVICE <
| A new flre alarm box. No. 48, at 1
I Twenfy-flr:'t and Chestnut streets, was <
J placed in service at noon to-day. i
COUNTY GAINS $7,120
IN FINANCIAL DEAL
Controller Gough Clears $2,000
Flat in $20,000 Bond
Transaction
ary to the county controller—all at i
one fell swoop. The bit of flnancinti
was made possible by the judgment of
County Controller H. \\\ (lough. It
was all done thus:
A few days ago the controller got
an T ° , ? er Warner and Fitzgerald,
a Philadelphia bonding house, to buy i
in >20,000 worth of the county's 1901 j
:i per cent, bonds, but the price offered
was !>■). Mr. Gough refused the offer
and after some more offers and count
er "Iters the company finally agreed
to turn over the bonds at 90. The par
is SIOO. The county commissioners
and the controller closed the deal this
morning.
I lie bonds in question ma."lire six
teen years hence. By buying in the
$.0,000 worth of securities at SIS,OOO,
the county saved $2,000 at one lick.
County Treasurer A. 11. Bailey t an get
- per cent for'deposits and the one'
per cent, difference gained between the I
3 per cent. Interest and the 2 per cent,
on deposits netted $040; the interest
the county would have had to pay
woudl have totaled $;i,200 and the
State tax would have amounted to SI.-I
280. a total saving of $7,120.
Several weeks ago the county saved
through the efforts of Mr. Gough ap-l
proximately s.">oo which might have!
been charged by the State for bonds
held in the county's own sinking funds,
incidentally the 1901 bonded debt is
reduced from $209,000 to $249,000.
The whole deal was handled through
the Merchants' National Bank of this
city.
Kealt> Transfers.—Realty transfers'
yesterday included tiie following: S. D.|
Harding to Joseph Zudrell, IG3I Briggs |
street. $1: Mary K. Ilnrtman to C. H. j
Boone. 2115 Reel. $2,250; Sallie Elling
er to Annie Caplln, 003 Boas street. $3: |
William Mcssner to Charles K. Mart-1
in, Wieonisco. S9OO.
Academy Honor Men For
Third Month Are Named
Headmaster Arthur E. Brown, of
The }larrlslmrg Academy, announced j
the iirst and second honor men for!
the month of November. There were'
twelve first honors in the upper form !
and twenty-three second honors. In I
the lower school there were eleven I
lirst and eight second honors. The !
names of the boys who were on the j
honor list follow:
First honors, Greeks—William Ab- j
bott, B. Broadhurst, Carroll P. Craig,
Russell Hoke, Thomas Hargest, James!
Mersereau, Robert Seitz.
First honors, . Romans George j
Jeffers, William McCaleb. Henry Olm
sted, William A. Smiley, Mercer Tate, j
Second honors, Greeks Francis!"
Ambler, Charles Dunkle, William C.
Fisher, Gamcliffe Jay, Herbert Kauf-!
man. William Rimer, Lawrence Re- j
buck. John Sensemun, Milton Strouse,!
Nelson Shreiner, Walter White.
Second honors. Romans William
Bennethum, George Bailey, Onofrc 1
Castelte. Joseph Duron, Henry Ferber, I
Ross Jfennings, Donald Oenslager, i
John Ross, Joseph Strouse, Robert!
Stewart, Arthur Snyder, Donald Wle-1
land.
Lower school, first honors—Geiger i:
Omwake, Ira Romberger, John Rau
nick, John Reinoehl, John Moffltt,
Russ Glancey. Philip Brown. Thomas i
Wickersham, Henry Bent. Henry K.
Hamilton, Franke Neumann.
Second honors—Cameron Cox. Wil- j
liam O. Hlckok. Richard Johnston,
Lloyd Disbrow, George Relly, Hamil
ton Schwarz, James Bowman, John j
Maguire.
Fruit Dealer Sticks
Another With Stilletto
in Quarrel Over Prices
During a quarrel over the sale price
of bananas at the Chestnut street mar
ket this morning Tony Hurfis stubbed
Frank Serrene in the neck with a
stilletto. The wound, while painful,
is not serious. Hurfis was arrested on
a charge of assault and battery. Ser- |
reni was taken to a nearby physician i
and had his wound dressed.
Both Serrene and Hurfis have fruit !
stands at the Chestnut street market, j
There is considerable business rivalrv
between the two Italians at times. This i
morning, according to Roundsman |
James McCann, there was an argu- ]
ment over the cutting of prices.
FKKNtH I'AII, |\ ATI'KM IT TO
ADVANCE IN WESTERN' FIELD I
By Associated Press
Berlin, Dec. 16 fby wireless to Lon
don, 3 p. m.). —The German official'
communication issued by the general I
army hcii*l<iuarters says: |
"In theater the enemy I
made a new attempt to advance by
way of Nieuport. supported by an ac- !
tion of their ships at sea. The fire'
from these ships was entirely without |
effect. The attack was repulsed and j
450 French were taken prisoners.
"On the remainder of the front the I
capture of a height to the west of!
Sennheirn. occupied by the enemy |
since the day before yesterday, is the, 1
only matter worth mentioning. j
"In Northern Poland our attacking
movements are progressing normally."
M A.IOR-«EN llt At, DAVIS DIES ,
By Associated Press
Washington. D C. Dec IC.—Major-!
General George B. Davis, former judge
advocate-general of the army, died
suddenly at bis home here last night
from heart disease. lie was a noted j
author on military topics and an
American delegate to The Hague con- :
ferenee and to the Red Cross confer
ence at Geneva.
GOVERNOR AMMO.VS ON STAND
By Associated Press ■ i
Denver. Col., Dec. IC. Governor
Amnions on the stund before the Fed
eral commission on industrial rela
tions In the Colorado coal miners',
strike Investigation to-day. said he
favored the establishment of a State '
eonstabuiarly to put down civil strife.
He declared he Intended to fight for
the introduction of such a system In '
Colorado.
< HIMXEY EIKE ON TIIE HILL j
Members of the Allison chemical i'•
eonipanv were called to an apartment ;
house at Fourteenth and Derry streets ! 1
last night. A fresh fire in the furnace |
caused a lot of smoke and sent sparks j
up the chimney. No damage was dono.'
Garments Sold Before Thursday Ef^jK
Salespeople not perm itted to reserve garments. I
No C. O. D.'s. No mail orders. None sold to
ESpi children's $5
Children's
ll® Smart Coats DRESSES PjSjtf
/DAY |\j|i
$2.50 value Silk Waists j|||
and Lingeries and Voiles,
etc., $ Day Only, $3.95 All-wool Serge Skirts.
SI.OO $ Day Only, $ 1.00 .
H. ——————————— Pleated, plain and fancy. H
$2.95 Petticoat in best SLSO
messaline, silk, plain, pressed 2—House Dresses—2 J
nlpatpH Knttnmc Voiir choice ot two best (ilnKh&m,
J pieaica Percale. embroidered and fancy ri|lH
r " ew^w ' ftl .00
$3.95 Sweaters, all-wool, „,, sl-95
Children's and Ladies' sizes 2 " Voi,e or L,n & erie Waists-2 flK!^
■BWI S anu J-/aCuCS sizes. your choice of two beautiful Waists
mmiiflf&eJ Wonderful values, also Middies, Tailored Shirts— >
MTOIHEPKEESp.
U BETTER MERCHANDISE FOR LESS MONEY U
*
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To Consider "Hardscrabble"
Claims Next Tuesday
I Just when the city will take the next 1
step in the "Hardscrabble" problem,
I will depend upon the action of the '
| City Commissioners Tuesday. The
' claims of the twenty-three property
i owners submitted at yesterday's ses
sion will be considered at that time.
| All told there are forty-two proper
ties to be affected by the proposed
movement to formally opon Front j
street from Herr to Calder streets to |
j low water mark of the Susquehanna,
j so that nineteen quotations are yet to j
I be heard from.
j For the properties quoted to Council '
yesterday a total of $1.">2,500 was
asked. In some instances the owners
1 do not want to sell; in other cases it is
i believed that a llgure was simply
(quoted in order to establish a basis
! upon which to conduct negotiations.
Council will consider the claims next
| Tuesday and City Solicitor D. S. Seitz
will then be instructed as to what fur
ther steps to take. Viewers will be ap
pointed to assess benefits and damages
if no satisfactory adjustments can be {
reached.
JOHN KIVSIM 010 All
John Kinsey, aged 6."> years. 23S
Crescent street, for many years a clerk
at the Hershey House, died at the Har- .
rlsburg Hospital this afternoon. Mr.
'Kinsey had been ill for several years ,
I with kidney trouble. One son anil one I
daughter survive. The funeral arrange
! ments will be announced later. Mr. Kin
sey quit the Hershey House in 18!il and :
went into the bottling business. He had
j been in poor health for six years.
j GROVE DENIES HE COXSPIRED
On the witness stand this morning 1
| James H. Grove, city building inspec
! tor, denied the allegation that he hod
entered into any conspiracy with I
j John Wagner, defendant with him in j
I the injunction suit brought by J. J. |
Lynch and W. F. Martin, building con- j
tractors, when ho officially condemned
I an apartment house because the wall
j bulged.
| TOLLGATE KEEPER SICK
Joseph Pye, tollgate keeper at the j
| Market street bridge, is seriously ill at '
| his home, 610 North Second street.
j STATU I.ICKXSKS DON'T NKF.O
ST \ >1 PS
In an opinion banded down by At- |
torney General John C. Bell, this after
i noon. State certillcates. or licenses, do '
! not require a war tax stamp.
REDUCING V<.l NTs i\ PHOTO
GRAPHY
The kind of reducing agents nre
legion, and most of them have trade
names. There are pyro, metol, liydro
chion. ortol, rodinol, and host of!
others. Their chemical composition :
is unimportant in this article, it being;
necessary for us to know only how
they act on the exposed plate and how
this action is Influenced by the pre
sence of the other components of the
devolping solution. Tn practically all
developers these other constitutions
are just two, and the work in every
definite and well-known ways. pro
duclnc results which may be varied
at will.—January OUTING.
HOLIDAY
It seemed as if the day guessed
As If the morning knew!
That my new joy would need the sun j
And want the utmost blue.
\ 1 1
It seemed is if the winds had word i
That they must sing to-day:
As if the very streets were glad, 1
And all tho faces gay.
So I will crown my joy with sun
And wrati me in the blue- —
It Is as if the day had guessed
As if the morning knew.
-'- Arthur Ketchum, in January)
Smart Set.
1 Edison Obeys His Wife
MRS. THOMAS A. EDISON
Mrs. Edison, wife of the "Wizard of'
I Electricity," made her husband stay
at home the day after one of his mo
tion picture plants was destroyed by
tire, despite the fathat Mr. Edison
' was extremely desirous of visiting the
ruins to make arrangement for re-!
building. Mrs. Edison convinced her
husband that she could attend to af- 1
fairs just as well us himself, and went
out and took entire charge of all de-j
tails necessary at the ruins of the !
smoking $5,000,000 plant.
iXE.MBO TE.MIM.E TO ATTEXD
IHGCOXCERT AT YORK
! Zembo band and patrol and a host
of other Nobles of the Mystic Shrine,
and their wives and daughters will go I
to York to-morrow evening in a spe- '
cial train to attend a dance by the l
York members of the order in Coli- 1
seum hall. Zembo boasts of a mem- j
bership In York anil vicinity of about!
! 175.
The band and patrol will give a
: concert and drill and the dancing will j
i follow. The special will leave Union j
Station at*.ls o'clock. '
ABBOTT SAYS HE'LL
"SPRING SURPRISE"
Asks For Early Rehearing of Pas
senger Rate Case Decided
Last Week
Edwin M. Abbott, the Philadelphia
attorney who last night made a sharp
attack upon the Public Service Com
i mlssioners because of their courso In
I the rate cases, came face to. face with
I the members in the offices of the coin
| mission after 1 o'clock to-day and
| asked that an early date be set for the
j rehearing of the case, if it is granted,
land also for the complaints (Sled
j against the scheduled rates.
The whole proceeding did not take
j two minutes. Abbott had to wait, until
a number of other persons were heard
i and then his request, outlining his ap-
I plications for a rehearing and the new
j case.
"We have not seen the petitions yet.
i We- have not reached them," said ex
j Governor Pennypacker, who was pre
■ siding.
"I understood that you had taken
| them up yesterday?" said Abbott.
"No, we have not, but they will bo
reached as soon as possible and we
will give consideration to your re
quests, especially for an early day,"
said the former governor.
Mr. Abbott said he was satisfied with
j the assurance of prompt action on the
[request for an early hearing In Phil
adelphia and withdrew.
To Spring a Surprise
When the Philadelphia man was
leaving the offices he was asked why
' he did not put up to the commission
| ers his questions printed in the morn
i ing paper to-day.
I "They're already asked," he said,
j "When and where?"
"Oh, in the public press," he said.
Mr. Abbott said that later in the day
'■ he was going to see Governor Tencr
land spring a surprise. He would not
say what it was.
CJucKtloiis Asked
Milford and Shellenger, of Philadel
i phia, (ind the Ashbourne Improvement
Association, of Ashbourne, have called
the attention of the commission to the
fact that the restoration of the fifty
trip tickets, heretofore sold by the
Heading road, is not embraced in the
j commission's order and requests re
consideration on this ground.
Kranels Edwards, of Heading, avers
that residents of Philadelphia and vi
cinity receive more advantageous rates
of fares than residents of other por
tions of the State, and In this con
nection presents the following inquiry:
"Will the new ten-trip ticket to be
1 Issued at a uniform two-cent per mile
rate be obtainable good between the
j several railway lines; for example, be
tween Reading and Harrlsburg, or
Heading and Philadelphia? if not,
why should any discrimination be per
mitted by the commission? It would
.not be fair to grant this rate to Phll
; adelphla patrons and deny It or simi
lar privileges to patrons located at
other stations or cities."
COURT APPOINTS RECEIVER
By Associated Press
New York, Dec. 16.—A receiver for
,the International Typesetting Machine
: Company was appointed by the United
States District Court here to-day In an
| equity suit brought Ijy the Interna
i tlonal Banking Corporation and the
Central Trust and Savings Comp&nv.
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