4 mjr xtttttttttttttttttntttixttttttxntxtxtxittuxxittttttttttttmt m wr \ t(tilill i [You Pay Less For BetterQual tyat Miller & Kades jj |lllltn j | Friday Specials f | Appropriate Christmas Gifts jjj H | White Table Cloths and Napkins to Match 1 H tt t We have bought factory samples of fine white table /h OA *♦♦ tt I cloths with six napkins to match which will be sold as a Fri- I I It! Xt + day special, per set « * 1 § n , , I , ~,, |H II » , tt XX ~ ~ ~ 7Z SOLID OAK TABOURETTE ♦* 11 I »♦ l/* M JWW Mission design, fumed oak, solidly ♦♦ ♦♦ W V J constructed. Friday special ♦♦ g ' 39c *♦ T f , . < . One to a customer. No phone or xx\ tt We have the largest s,y^v^ c - o D - wm § :: ~ 1 . QUEEN CEDAR OIL MOP ♦♦ tt line of Royal Easy chairs m a height in the center of the sleepy Burmese city, its golden dome, ring ed with little tinkling bells, glisten ing in the eastern sun. Moulmein is the heart of lower Burma, and the A Holiday Suggestion For the home having a piano there is not anything more appropriate than a mahogany Piano Bench SIO.OO Music compartment underneath the bench. A gift beautiful which will last for all time. C.Al.Sioler, [nc. PIANOS VtCT«o<-AS— — SO N. Z*d St. maarisbupo PCMMA Store Open Evenings Until Christmas fliuyT GOODCoM LESS Coail $ The better the coal you buy—the less you have to buy—and the 2 tess you have to buy, the lower becomes your aggregate coal expendi- I % Since all coal—good, better and best—costs the same per ton. don't M you think it the part of wisdom to get the best for your money, and m keep the total expenditure down? I M Buy Montgomery Coal —its quality has been kuown for years— % there ia none better. I I J. tf. MONTGOMERY C Both Phones Third and Chestnut Streets , / THURSDAY EVENING, Great Pagoda is the heart of Moul mein. Its quiet priests, its benevo lent, inscrutable Buddhas, Its rever ent, good-natured worshippers are Burma itself. In Moulmein lies the mystery of the Orient, as it lies in all cities east of Suez, but it is not the hostile, half menacing mystery of the Malay Is lands or the Flowery Kingdom. You feel that the mystery of Moulmein is a kindly one, probably even some sort of a good-natured joke. There ia nothing menacing in the placid Bur mese faces about you, the smilinH girls and the laughing children. Even the mystery of an alien creed, in the I Great Pagoda, has become only a mild I and friendly dierence of opinion. Moulmein is a place of color and | good humor. Everybody wears robes |of red and green and blue, in addi tion to a wide smile. There is a gen- I eral disposition to take life in a j leisurely manner, and above all things 1 not to take it seriously. When some I unfortunate, crossing the gang-plank Ito board one of the passenge. boats on the river loses his footing and falls in, everybody in the neighbor hood sits down to laugh. When the map in the river crawls out and gets his breath, he sits down and laughs louder than any of them. Moulmein is noted through the East for its pretty girls. In the early days of the British occupation, many a Tommy fell victim to their lazy charm. Some of them are truly beautiful, even after western standards, but the gen eral effect is somewhat marred by their custom of odusting their faces perfectly white with rice powder. They are also addicted to puffing long brown cheroots, with the nonchal ance and enjoyment of a shoe sales man smoking a stogie. Night < omes suddenly in Moulmein, as it does through all the East. A little mist floats up from the river, here and thpre a stray light burns. The mellow jingle of the tinkling temple bells drifts on the peaceful air. It is the hour of the lovers and the gods. A Message To Thin Weak Scrawny Folks; J An Knwy Way to Unln 10 to .'MI I'ottntla | of Solid, Healthy l'ermuneiit Flenli Thin, nervous, undeveloped men and I women everywhere are heard to say, "I can't understand why 1 do not get ! fat. I eat plenty of good nourishing food." The reason is just this: You cannot get fat, no matter how much you eat, unless your digestive organs asslm- : Hate the fat-making elements of your ! food instead of passing them out I through the body as waste. What is needed is a means of gently i urging the assimilative functions of i the stomach and Intestines to absorb ] | the oils and fats and hand them over to the blood, where they may reach the' : ! starved, shrunken, ,run-down tissues j and build them up. The thin person's 1 body is like a dry sponge—eager and hungry for the fatty materials of which 1 it is being deprived by the failure of i the alimentary canal to take them from the food. A splendid way of working to overcome this sinful waste of flesh bullding" elements and to stop the leak age of fats is to try Sargol, the famous flesh-building agent that has been so widely sold in America in recent years. Take a little Sargol tablet with every . meal and see If your cheeks don't quick- i I.v nil out und rolls of llrni, healthy llesh | form over your body, covering each I bony angle and projecting po!nt. O. A. ! • iorgas and other good druggists have, Sergol pr can get it from their whole- I I siller, and will refund your money If ! ■ you are not satisfied with the gain in i weight it produces as stated .on the 1 guarantee In each large package. It is Inexpensive, easy to tako and highly efficient. NOTE:—Sargol if recommended only as a flesh builder and while excellent results 111 cases of nervous Indigestion, etc., have been reported, care should be taken about using It unless a gain of weight is desired. —Advertisement. BARRISBURG TELEGRAPH SOLDIERS REGARD ; WOUNDS AS ACT ! ; OF KIND FATE ( Most Agreeable Thing That Can Happen to Men in Balkans TAKEN ON BOARD SHIP I Hospital Vessels Are Only Sanitary Spot on Penin sula i ] (Correspondent of Associateed Press.) j Aboard the French Hospital Ship i Charles Roux, Harbor of Saloni'd, jDec. 15. Quite the most agreeable fate that can overtake an allied sol dier in the Balkan campaign is to be ill—or slightly wounded. Not that the J hospital facilities of the ancient Turk j ish city are famous, or even adequate. I 'l'hey are not. But there are four j French and one British hospital ships I in the roads of Saloniki and they con stitute by far the most comfortable not |to say the only sanitary spot in the {Balkan peninsula. The French have been better pre pared from the very outset of the present Balkan campaign in every de tail of military organization than their British allies. No better example of the thoroughness of this preparation could be given than the arrangements for caring for the sick and wounded, t'ong before there was actually any need for it and simultaneously with the landing of the first contingent of French troops on Greek soil, the French hospital ship Sphinx was lying ready in the harbor of Saloniki. As tHe number of troops disembarked in creased, automatically more hospital ships put in an appearance. First the Duga.v Trouin, with its sheltered decks and its high stern like the poop of a Spanish galleon, all porches and awn ings and lounging places for the con valescent; next this ship, the Charles Roux, witrt its operating rooms, its surgical clinics and its complete pro vision for the care of the more ser iously wounded; and tinally the Cana da—all with full complement of nurses, surgeons, physicians, sisters of charity and ail the rest of the para phernalia of the aftermath of. battle. Converted Steamer In many ways the Charles Roux is the most interesting, especially as it is tlie principal operating theater of the floating hospitals of Saloniki, and es pecially as the surgeon major. Dr. Heitz-Boyer, is one of the most dis tinguished and best known surgeons in Paris. The ship was converted from one of the larger passenger steamers that in time of peace made the voy age from Marseilles to Alger. As such, it is roomy enough, for not only have the saloons not required as oper ating chambers been turned into wards to add to the accommodations of the cabins, Out the great broad decks have been glassed in, making the most agreeable of sun-parlors in which cots are set In long rows so that the sick and wounded, in the warmth of the afternoon sun, may lie quiet and look out at the splondid view the Bay of Saloniki affords. Here, too, the convalescents,propped up with pillows, sheltered, excellently cared for and competently nursed by volunteer French women who have passed the necessary examinations and had the requisite experience gather | strength against the time when they may go back and "have another go at 'em," as the "poilu" in the next cot to the Associated Press correspondent put it. Under such circumstances the wounded soldier has all the. advan tages and none of the drawbacks of "the Naples of the Orient" as its in habitants call Saloniki. If his cot is on the south side of the ship, he lias before him the new snow-capped crests of the mountains of Kalchis, those three lingers of land that stretch into the Aegean, with convent-crown ed Mt. Athos tipping the last linger. Or, to the west, confused with the 1 clouds, he has the peaks of Thessaly— Mt. Olympus, the home of the gods of ancient Greece, and beyond, Mt. Assa; and perhaps even, dim in the dis i tance, Mt. Pelion, both of mytliologi ■ cal fame. The rare and changing beauty of the clouds above these snow i coifed heights, the singular coloring of the sunsets are ,loys to the patients aboard the French hospital ships in no i wise lessened by the odors, the noises ' and the discomforts of life ashore in > Saloniki. Attractive Views On the other hand, should the pa tient be placed on the north side of ' the ship, the view is no less attractive. | Saloniki itself, charming from a dis . tance, stragglingr'along the curving . shore, mounting the hill behind the . town to the walled citadel that caps its crest—dozens of exquisite, white min '■ arets like altar candles proud and | slim, their balconies hung with lan terns against the fete of Rainazan; long uneven rows of mysterious houses, with projecting, latticed bal conies; walled and secret gardens, re vealing only the lofty monument of a single cypress; barren spots on the . peopled hillside that are cemeteries, I the gray-white of their jumbled head stones gleaming; in the morning sun. Below decks, all is ready for any and every operation. Every kind of elec i trie light gives the surgeon all the fa cilities necessary, for searching wounds. Rows of glass cases contain shining instruments, white porcelain tables display shallow glass dishes for sterilizing the instruments, each dish [covered with a heavy glass plate to | keep out any extraneous substance, j Each specialist has his own operating j room, in addition to which there is a I very complete pharmacy, a biological | laboratory, an X-ray apparatus with the necessary facilities for photo graphing the insides of the patient ; and a perfectly equipped darkroom to develop the photographs, n comple , tion of the picture, there are the sa i lient, etfielent little sisters of charity, I their £reat, white wing-like head ! dresses bobbing and nodding as the 1 wearers hurry hither and thither a t chain upo nwhich are hung the keys to I the supply closets dunging from their ' : waists, a tin of baked and sterilized | bandages under one arm—or a packet •of books and magazines destined for |some convalescent patient. All of this is the work of the wo men of France the organization j known as the "Succor for Wounded Soldiers," whose committee even now is in Saloniki, looking after arrange ments. criticizing, making suggestions and charging themselves with securing ■ from the greaf hearts of the French i women all that may be needed to see j that the soldiers of the French Rc | public, however far he may be from : home, shall have every proper care ! and comfort. STRIKE WEARING ENI> Chicago, 111., Dec. 16.—The strike of 15,000 garment workers, which for nearly three months has practically tied up the clothing manufacturing business in Chicago, will be settled within ten days, Sidney ilillman, presi dent of the Garment Workers' Union, .announced to-day. u» here not atone because prlcea are tuner, but because quulltlea are oWhat You Want You Will Find Here—= What You Find Here You Will Want! And that means that in your gift-buying you may come here expect- | ing to find the article you want—and in addition you will also find l! hundreds of other articles of unimpeachable quality, many of which you !; will want when you see them. Look over this array of gift attractions, make up your list now and !' ]j come here to-morrow. We'll help to make your gift fund reach until everyone is remembered. || I MANY JEWELRY NOVELTIES Useful Xmas Gifts ii Cull I.lnk* HIIIRN for women und children It* Art U/ Ar |r ft !| | i Tie Pin* 25c plnln, band, nlKnet, cameo und iICCUIC ¥Y OIK L/C p I , i ;! Tie Clasp C "r« ,nll: "! " PeC '°! .!!!!;; 25e s ««"'lied Tie. Towel ami I»lpe Backa lj I Bracelet* 25c Party Uuxea at special prlcea. ... i„„ „ . *® c 11, I' I.avalliercs 25c Beaded Boica 25c ' M " hlwn * satin und .una- , | II Broocbe 2.1 c i'YdVtotolT lie N»<*«'cu«hlo„».aiiV„|„ P a' "I? < !' 25c Cold nn.l Sliver Frames,!! 25c ' ~* '*1 r,,0,,, «»npera, apecltil !, J.liifccrle Cliiapa 25c Ash Trays 25c v.i, ... „.. ... * ;[ Bar Pins f. 25c Cluar "n" 1 Tobacco Jars at special Throwsi apeclal prlcea"! I ,br T ,» | I Beauty Plna 25c Cl!ra£ttc Holder. at apcclal prlcea. C ™;*'*|"" on«-Vfafr.l"o«r K, " br ° ,d '' ry |! ii S.T3S? ~,n" §2 ». "r s X:fcK ii j[ ■— Hand Crochet and llat ten hern; doll- '[ HANDKERCHIEFS FOR ALL || I» NEVER HAVE WE SHOWN SUCH A I'ItETTY I.OT AT SUCH I,OW PHICES «' 1 " 1 Prlcea. j, ]| I.adle** Handkerchief*, plain and em- ( hlldrm'N Handkerchief*, plain mid « •• . .. mt * !i ,» hroldereil, rnch Tie; 0 for .... 25c embroidered, each. Set 2 for .. 5c JlVlKn NAIA/ Nprlrwpar <> I I.ndles' Handkerchiefs, apeclal »«- Children's Box Handkerchiefs, * v V d ~ II . "J', r '"".'•V ent '.l ,0 ™ : •• 10c nud ir,c Exclusive Novelties, all boxed, with- ! i l» I«a«lle* line Handkerchief*. with „ , .. , „ . . oat extra tlmrir.* i' ■ ; embroidered coruera 12'zic '« W"*' ■" a V - Hollday"Vkw™r' It. nil the new- '! ]> l-iulle** IfaudkerehlefM. high cln** Handkerchief*, eaeli, .»c; for - » wtyle* a beautiful !> 11 novcltle*, liriiid-cpibroldcied cor- Men** White and Harder a**ortmcnt far irlft nurnoNc* *•"»<• '' J; new, beautiful mIIOWIIIK 25c llnndkereblef*. each 10c; 3 for 25c Holiday Neckwear la collar and cliff ( i ~ I.adlca* All-linen Handkerchief a. Men'a All-llnen Ilamlkerclilefa. acta at apeclul prlcea. !' |[ . .. , _ 12 V4c,lric. lllc and 25c 12Vic, I.V. 1!»c and 25c Holiday Novelty Hon a and !<'rllla In «; "chre"fa, ", P He ond ?ohTra n Men . Initial Hnndkerchlef-. all In- i| I.adlea* Initial Hitndkerelilefa, two Mlala 12/a< and ..>< Crepe dc Cliine anil Roman Slrlne i ], apcclnl quailtlca, nil lettera. All Silk Hatidkcrcblcfa In plnln. silk Tlea * I and 25c 1 bordered and Initial atylea .. 25c Wludaor Tlea, plain voiora and plalda | TAVP r\r\l I C & MFC Iloudolr Capa In plnln net. ahadotv i : TOYS—DOLLS—GAMES r h l l ''" ," ,lk i "r pr i j) ana printed elVeetH at [More Than Ever This Year, And No Advance in Prices Silk MoiiNKellne Scarf*, all color*, 25c i 7 rent her lloa* at *peelal price*. J (2nd floor, front> CJlillfon and Lnce lloa* a# special S TOYS anil C3Altlf3S—There** hardly a I'lano*, Picture V'u/./.le* mid liun- price*. jfc Kiiinc. old or new, tlint*M not to be ilred* of other* too nmnerou* to fou ml In our Mhowlni? of toy*. mention, at prlcea raußjiiK from __ J From the checker board to the 10c to 25c nACIPrv Ahirovt $ croklnole hoard, the - IXll^l.S—t>ur line of da||* j* r>pe- lIUoICI j /lIVVdyS plete, Inclndlau: Hope To**, l.otlo, clally worthy of mention. There I » 11 2 , 1 Soldier Nine l*lnn. Palat*. Horn*. are l)re**ed l>oll*. Kid llody l)oll*. ACCCDtHDIC S 1 | DOUIIIIOH, lllockn, Mechanical Toy*, Hiik; Doll* and Celluloid l>oll* In .... . f Stove*, Dl*hcn, C'anli lleelNter*, wide variety at 25c or lew*. Ladle** lllaclc M*lc IIONC I?',ac < , 1 Ladlea* Silk Hoot IIONC, black, white j 1 1 and tan 25c # jl Itlbbon Cundlca, lb 10c ChlpaUlnce Chlpa, Smlck-Snincka, C hildren'* lllnck mid Tnn Hoae .. I»c ] , Fancy CniidlcN, lb 10c Jordan Almond*; *pccial, half pound IIONC. 12M:c i 1 A**orted C'h«»colaten, 20 flavor*, ape- -® (1 Children'* Plain and Silk I Chocolate Filled Candy Straw*; *pe- Chocolate Almond*; *peclal half ]! i 1 clal, lb 20c pound 20c __ _ :| uloves, 100, Make Fine | II Miscellaneous Gift Articles Box Stationery, Xmas Gifts j; ! | Comb and nru*h Set* 25r farric fl-aKplc Kfj* Suede Mned (iloveM, In lending col- {! llnlr IlruMhca 25c 9 9 * or* for l.ndlc* find Ml**e* ~ 25c i 1 I | Comb* 10c. 15c, 10c and 25c Kafcy Box Stationery; apeclul Tnlue .v„ ", l i...:'! i i * ' 10c. 15c and 25c and JlHnae** wool t«l«»ve* and ( i l.adlen* Hand l!n«n Plain \Vlilte Ho* Stationery Mitten*, white and color*, (| | ) Pocket book* 25c 10c and 25c , <« 25c J, < | MUNIC HOIIm 25c Celebrated I'lncapple IJaca llo\ Sta- Mitten* for the i' ii Noveltlea in Shell Oooda, a„ch ua n """ "" Si'Sd j| i !!r,rr^{ea".%"" rk . ~n. ' "fc.M 1 "" ' """Hondcncc r i i If ,'h?a ar rt "".::|g ; •; Man Suggestions in Toilet i| 1 Shoe Treea, ribbon trimmed ... 25c r „| cn ,i nrw ' ' ... 1 , j Ladles' nad Children's ~J '( l ) * Christmas liookleta. ' I nbels',' Tana. ArtldeS ]j Shirred Illhhon Klaatlc WebhliiK, all l»o.t (anl Albuma 2S«i' ~Colnate'a nnd Hronn'a I'crfumeS and ]! '! mLL Sri;. PhotOßrilph and Snap Shot Albums Toilet Waters, In fancy boxes. 25c i| > limJ' V"sr.k« "-C 10c, 15c nnd 25c Colnnte's Soaps In boxes of three Ml| l» ar » urnaiies -uc Roj , Bn( j Gr< . en cord, ball 5c cakes, box 20c and 25c 11 ——— Talcum Powdern 15c and 25c , Colgate** Week-end PnekaKCN, 25c {i He Will Appreciate— Aprons Are Practical Hose* 10c and 25c | ! i *lr.e* 25c Gifts laclndlnK Trnya 25c j !' Men'a Neckwear in Silk and knitted vV.n'';.„.i v''\ ; atylea, laritc variety of patternai Ladles' Hound nnd Square Aprona. l n ' * or'!. ! |! special values 25c of Hue ln«n trimmed with em- '...'."h si" ' II" ''" " '<> * Men's Suspenders In holly boxes, 25c broidery nnd lace, larite aaaort- JJ J J c lc* ... . lJ%c, l.»c, 10c nnd 25c Mlin i ' lir|t t \ » Complete atock of boy** wear at Children** Apron* 25c I»|„L nn «i b|iie lliind'Mlrrora * ' **"»«• # i> equally attractive price*. Huiißalow Apron* at npeclal price*. ( .| ||k nn< j ~iu # Comb* !!! 25c ( Pink nnd blue Tray* 25c S f o , • n 1 Ivory llottlc Holder* 25c J i Little Needfuls For Baby Gift Suggestions in Ready- 1 [ Knitted llootce*. 10c, 15c, 10c and 25c to-Wear Books For All Ages ii' lllbs sc, 10c. 15c. 10c and 2Sc S '' Knitted nud Flannelette SncQiies I.adlca' Flannelette Sncques .... 25c I'liere s Kood readlns provided for S 1 ! 25c I.adlea' Percale Waists 25c «" aisca, yount; and old. Of course. * ! I Flannelette Skirts 25c I.adlea' Mercerised Sateen Sklrta In the widest provision la made for 5 1 ' Shoes and Moccasins 25c colors! apeclal prlcea, the youug folk*. For boys, iclris Jj !l Ilattlea 10c nad 25c I.adlea' Flannelette Skirts 25c nod children «e have provided all « i> Tecthine l«ln«a 5c and 10c I.adlca' Gaitera 25c tlie works of atnudnrd authors S 1 ! Comb and Brush Sets 25c Knitted Scarfs 25c that make the proper sort of In- { ; ! Special lot of Novelties for Baby 25c Fascinators 25c terestlim rcndlnu; for the younc C i Hal.v llirth Books 25c Children's Wool Toques . 25c mind. Hundreds of worka, liiclml- S ! Hubv White IJrcaaca and Slips . . 25c Children's Ilresaes 25c ln« the many favorite scrlea for # i Baltv Plates 25c Children's Bouipers 25c hoys nnd Kirls are to he found X 1 Baby Spoons 25c Boys' Wool Pants 25c here at prices thai rouace from « I \ j Baby Knife nnd Fork Sets 25c Boys' Waists 25c 10c to 25n < 1 SOUTTER'S I FRAMED _ _ j iij lc to 25c Dept. Store < j Where i| I - . 215 Market St., Opp. Courthouse !| j; Monday, Store Will Be Open Every Evening Until Christmas . |» MILLION ARMENIANS VICTIMS OF TURKS WITHIN LAST YEAR Thousands of Exiles, Compelled to Flee by Turks, Have Died on Roads and Deserts of Arabia Special to The Telegraph New York, Dec. XG.—"According to all the best evidence which the Ameri can committee has received, it is prob ably weli within the truth to say that of the 2,000,000 Armenians in Turkish territory a year ago at least 1,000,000 have been killed or compelled to flee the country. Of the exiles thousands have died on the roads and in the deserts of northern Arabia. The num ber of victims is constantly increas ing." This is the summary made by the ; American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief of the condition of Armenians in Turkey. Among those | on the committee are Cleveland Dodge, Cardinal (ribbons. Htshop Greer and Oscar S. Straus. Tn a statement, issued yesterday Pro fessor .Samuel T. Dutton, secretary of the committee, said that the com mittee is daily receiving authentic re ports of the atrocities which have been perpetrated upon the Armenians. "Lord Bryce states that there Is evi dence to show that the massacre is the result of a 'government policy which has been entertained for some time and that it is in no way the result of Moslem passion against the Armenian Christians. "These atrocities are viewed by the better class of religious Moslems with horror rather than sympathy. It is a matter of history that high Moslem authorities condemned the massacres ordered by Abdul Hainld, and, accord , ing to all the evidence obtainable from* DECEMBER 16, 1915. authentic sources, these recent massa cres are far more atrocious. Whole Population Driven Out "The whole Armenian population of each town and village was cleaned out by a house-to-housc search. . The women and children were sent under convoy of the lowest kind of soldiers — many of them just drawn from the jails—to their distant destination. "They were driven along by the sol diers day after day. all on foot. Beaten or left behind to perish if they could not keep up with the caravan, many fell by the way and many died of hunger. Not a few of the women were stripped naked and jpade to travel in that condition under the burning sun. Home of the mothers went mad and threw away their children, being un able to carry them any farther. The caravan was marked by a line of corpses, and comparatively few seem to have arrived at the destinations which had been prescribed for them. "One high in authority says that what struck him was the comparative calmness with which these atrocities were detailed by those who had first hand knowledge of them. Massacre was the order of the day. But mas sacre was not the worst fate In "fore for the unfortunate Armenians. »n they were driven from their many of the women were not killed, but reserved for a more humiliating fate. They were mostly scizpd by Turkish officers or civilian officials and consigned to their harems. "The boys and girls were also very largely sold into slavery. About three ! fourths of the whole nation has been | wiped out." WANT TO RAISE COAIi RATES WEST OF PITTSBURGH By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Dec. 16.—Ten railroads operating in Pittsburgh ter ritory have filed tarlflls with the Inter state Commerce Commission proposing increases in freight rates on bitumi nous coal from Pittsburgh to points in the Middle West. The increases would become effective January 20 if allowed. He V Will Appreciate a Box of CIGARS Gorgas Has the Good- Ones in Christmas Boxes 75c to $5.00 Gorgas Drug Stores 16 N. Third St. Penna. Station *