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W SILK PETTICOATS
qA All plain, changeable and floral designs,
M ££" $2.98 "$7 98 8
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WAISTS Jb
the largest assortment in the city, most mod
/§S GEORGETTE AND CREPE
W DE CHINE WAISTS
V*/ Special $6.00 QOf to <£Q QQ
WAISTS at... Q>37o VC
LINGERIE WAISTS
s (f Boxs olly 98c?51.98,52.98
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Made of Beacon Blanket Cloth, prices,
$2.98. $3.98. $4.98 W
v FURS MUFFS p
f c $2.98, $3.98, $4.98 up to $45.00 °{f
SCARFS .... $4.98 to $45.00
SETS $7.50 to $85.00
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TCOATS, from $7.50 to $25.00 f
•ftfl EXTRA SPECIAL Coats W
.li')/ Values up to $28.50 with <£ 1 C Oft J
y C fur collar, etc., at 3>ID.UU /J
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Special Sale of SWEATERS lyl )
Sale of High Class Sweaters. What more >oo\\
appropriate gift than a sweater? Children's, (
Misses' and Ladies'. All colors.
Regular $5.00 Sweaters, at $3 98 '
Regular $7.00 Sweaters, at .. : $4.98 M
Regular $9.00 Sweaters, at Qg
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IXmas Gifts Musical I
Vict r °la s sls to S4OO
vl I r Victor Records. .60c to $7.00
J Ukuleles ....; $5.00 up a
flu J Mandolins $3.50 up
/MM Guitars $4.50 up
Off I 1111 l Banjos $5.00 up tj •
'US I W Violins $5.00 up 1
iSf I Banjo-Mandolins... $5.00 up f j
Music Rolls 50c up g
Music Stand Cases .. 50c up fpji
IkSiliir IIUS Cases $1.50 up
V.I il ' B Music Stands 60c up fjj li #
Toy Music Boxes 30c Hi If i
Band and Orchestra Instruments, Sheet Music, Books*?
P. M. Oyler Music Store I
14 So. Fourth St. f
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TUESDAY EVENING,
NEWS OF STEELTON
JOINT CIVIC
ACTION URGED
Co-operation of Civic Bodies
Needed in Improving
Health Conditions
The Importance of co-operation on
the part of civic organizations in pro
moting better health conditions in any
community, was emphasised by J.
Lindley Hosford, of the State Depart
ment of Health, in an illustrated lec
ture at a banquet Riven in honor of
members of the Municipal I.eague, by
the Civic Club, in Frey's Hall, Front
and Pine streets, last night.
In his talk. Mr. Hosford. Referred to
the health conditions of the ancients.
Persons died without any record being
kept of the cause of their death and
births were not recorded.
The important phase of his talk was
on the typhoid fever germ. Moving
pictures were used to show how a
germ originated, grew and what meth
ods were used by the State Board in
combating the spread of the disease.
Nearly 200 persons attended the af
fair. In the receiving line were Mrs.
J. M. Heagy, Mrs. William Darby, Mrs.
R. M. Rutherford and Mrs. Charles
Reinoehl, officers of the Civic Club.
The Sara Lemer Trio of llarrlsburg,
furnished music for the evening. Af
ter the lecture refreshments were serv
ed by six girls. The committee which
had charge of serving the luncheon
included Mrs. William Darby, chair
man; Mrs. William Nell and Mrs. Carl
Brinser.
Ask your friends to tell you the
best place to do your Christmas
shopping and they will readily in
form you that THE QUALITY
SHOP, Front and Locust streets.
Steelton, is that place. Goods of
quality for men and young men at
popular prices.—adv.
Pastor to Entertain Men
of Centenary U. B. Church
The Rev. A. K. Wier, pastor of Cen-,
tenary United Brethren church, will
entertain the men of the church at a
banquet and social affair in the base
ment of the Sunday school room, Mon
day night.
The purpose of the affair is to en
able the rastor to enlist his men for
service during the evangelistic cam
paign. which opens January 28 t and
closes March 1. Dr. O. E. Williams
and Mrs. Williams, of Warren, Pa.,
will conduct the services.
Our store is fully stocked to meet
all demands of Christmas shoppers.
Our goods cannot be duplicated.
Prices are growing higher every day.
Buy your gifts to-day at THE QUAL
ITY SHOP, Front and Locust streets,
Steelton.—adv.
Steelton Snapshots
Missionary Talk—The last of a
series of talks on foreign missionary
work by the Rev. A. K. Wier, pastor
of the Centenary United Brethren
church, tomorrow evening, will be on
"Our Work in Porto Rico."
To Open Season—Steelton's newly
organized basketball team will open
the season this evening on the Or
pheum Hall tloor. Middletown Big
Five will be the opposing team.
Class Meotin"—The annual Christ
mas meeting of Dr. C. R. Miller's class
of St. John's Lutheran Sunday School
will be held this evening.
Christmas Entertainment The
Monumental A. M. E. Sunday School
will present its annual Christmas en
tertainment Christmas night under the
direction of Charles F. Howard. The
entertainment will be taken from
"Santa's Little Boy," and Mrs. Casey's
Boarders.
CLASS ELECTS
Officers were elected at a meeting of
class No. 6, of the Neidig Memorial
United Brethren Sunday school, Ober
lin, last night. They are: President,
Franklin Paul; vice-president, Harry
Shearer; secretary, Raymond CJerliart; i
treasurer, Raymond Nissley; librar
ians, Alfred Holmes and Clarence
Linn; Neidig correspondent, H. Mirl
Wise; basketball manager, Roy Os
man.
BROTHERHOOD ELECTS
At a meeting of the Otterbein Broth
erhood of the Centenary United Breth
ren church last night the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year: President, 11. T. Hadley; vice
president, F. A. Given; recording sec
retary, Charles E. Shaeffer; treasurer,
Robert M. Miller. Jr.; librarian, Her
man Reard; chief usher. George Gal
lagher; chorister, Robert Anderson;
pianist, Clayton Maurer. The officers
will serve until September 30 of next
year.
M'GINMS SPEAKS
L. E. McGinnis, superintendent of
the borough schools, spoke to an au
dience of 700 men at a mass meeting
held at Carlisle Sunday, under the
auspices of the Young Men's Christian |
| Association.
GUARD NEVER THOUGHT
OF CROSSING BORDER
[Continued From First Page]
all other volunteer systems in favor
of universal training and service.
| General Scott made it plain that the
general staff had no quarrel with the
officers and men of the guard but
only with the system and argued that
its defects were inherent in any plan
that was based on the inclination of
individuals toward military training.
Before the naval committee, which
resumed consideration of the 118
estimates after a week's delay. Cap
tain William S. Sims, commanding
I the new dreadnaught Nevada was the
I iirst man from the active licet to pre
| sent his views.
He told of the conditions of modern
battle practice at sea and the progress
being made by the lleet toward battle
' efficiency.
Brigadier General Weaver, chief of
I coast artillery continued before the
House Military Committee hiH ex-
I planation of items for the coast de-
I lenses in the 1918 bill.
Would Have Required Year
I The National Guard force mobilized
i on the Mexican border would have re
quired nearly a year of intensive train
j ing to prepare it to meet trained
I troops, Major General Hugh L. Scott,
I chief of staff of the army declared to
j day in continuing to urge a universal
Help Wanted —Male
WANTED Five young men to help
out in gents' furnishing departments.
Apply at once. The Quality Shop, Front
and Locust streets. Steelton.
Help Wanted —Female
WANTED Two young ladles to
help out In gents' furnishing depart
ments. Apply at once. The Quality
: Shop, Front and Locust streets, Steel-
I rm.
HARRISBURG SSBSgI TE + wAPH
WILLIAM H. SIEG,
PUBLISHER, DIES
Former Owner of Stcelton Re
porter, Postmaster and Coun
cilman, Dead at Bellefonte
"WILLIAM H. H. SIEG
"William H. 11. Sieg, aped 79, retired
newspaper publisher and former own
er of the Steeltoh Reporter, now
known as the Steelton American, died
■ at the home of his son. William P.
I Sieg, in Bellefonte, this morning at
3.30 o'clock after a lingering illness.
Mr. Sics established the Steelton
| Reporter in 18 82 and was head of this
business until he retired three years
ago. He was a member of the Com
mon Council, Harrisburg, from 1806
,to 1876. He was secretary of Steel
ton Council from 1883 to
1885, resigning to accept the posi
tion of postmaster to which lie was
appointed in February, of 1885. After
serving three years and a half he was
re-appointed by President Harrison
and continued four years and a half
longer in the same position.
Horn Near Millersburg
Mr. Sing was born in I-ykens Valley,
near Millersburg. He was educated in
the public schools of Harrisburg, and
at the age of 15 learned the printing
trade. He was superintendent-of the
Harrisburg Telegraph in the seventies
under George Uergner. During the
Civil war he was engaged part of the
time as clerk in the Harrisburg post
office and was also in the secret ser
vice under Governor Curtin, rendering
valuable and efficient service to the
government when the Southern troops
were in the Cumberland Valley, pre
vious to the battle of Gettysburg.
He was a member of the Masonic
order and of the Odd Fellows.
The following children survive: Miss
Mary Sieg, of Beilefonte: Mrs. Ar
thur A. Smith, of Washington, D. C.;
James Sieg, of this city, and Wil
liam P. Seig, of Beilefonte.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Bur
ial will be made in the Harrlsburg I
cemetery. The Masonic order will
have charge of the services.
Shop early when selections are at
their best. Anything purchased here ]
may be exchanged after Christmas.
Courteous treatment to all. THE
QUALITY SHOP, Front and Locust
streets, Steelton.—adv.
RELIEF ELECTS OFFICERS
Officers for the ensuing year were
elected at. a meeting of the Transpor
tation Department Relief Association
last night as follows: President, H.
B. Kough, vice-president, H. E. Mar
tin; treasurer, Carl Schelhas; finan
cial secretary, J. H. Gallagher; Re
cording secretary. Charles M. Ramp;
as.Vstant recording secretary, Wil
liam Mcllheney; trustees, Herman
Beard, J. Green and P. Breheny; re
lief committee, Andrew Hetzel, John
Brinton and William Mcllheney;
chairman of executive committee.
James J. Coleman.
THE QUALITY SHOP, Front and'
Locust streets, Steelton the store
full of gifts for men and young men.
Before buying elsewhere visit this
store.—adv.
hMIDDLETOWfI- • • |
QUARTERS FOR MEXICANS
Quarters for the Mexicans during
the winter pre being erected by the
Pennsylvania Railroad company," near
the tracks near Middletown.
EVANGELIST LEAVES
After conducting an evangelistic
campaign in the borough for several
weeks, the Rev. and Mrs. O. E. Wil
liams, left for Mt. Woif, York county,
where they will conduct services for
sometime.
service military system before a Sen
ate subcommittee.
"Fortunately the Mexicans were
untrained troops," he added, "and our
purpose to protect the border was ac
complished by the mere presence ot
our men on the border without firing
a shot. We never contemplated send
ing the NatiQnal Guard over the bor
der until they had been trained, al
though I sat up until 2. or 3 o'clock
every morning at the War Depart
ment fully expecting a message say
ing that the fight was on, that Per
shing's force or the border guard had
been attacked.
Guard Would Have Boon Destroyed
"We felt that the National Guard
troops would have destroyed them
selves in marching, had they been
sent through that hard country.
I "General Pershing's troops made
phenomenal marches. There was not
a National Guard organization that
could have done it. It would have
killed both men and horses."
General Scott said there were twen
ty thousand Carranza troops around
the Pershing expedition and fourteen
thousand more opposite Douglas,
where great American interests are
located. These were the points where
he looked for attack.
Was All U. S. Had
"We sent the National Guard down
because it was all we had and we
! wanted the Mexicans to see that sol
i diers were coming." he said. "We
sent some units almost unequipped."
"Do you think this mobilization was
beneficial to our country?" asked
Senator Brady.
"It do," answered General Scott. "It
was very beneficial. It prevented an
attack and gave protection to Amer
ican lives and property on the border
for the first time in five years."
Take Year of Training
General Scott disagreed with Gen
eral Wood's statement yesterday that
six months' intensive training would
prepare soldiers for passage Into a
federal reserve. The general staff be-1
lleved, he said, a year of intensive
training to be the absolute minimum.
He submitted the report on the Na
tional Guard mobilization compiled by
.forty regular army inspectors to show I
"Goldsmith Furniture Makes Substantial Gifts"
j|, Store Open Evenings Till Christmas <|
| Mother's CMstmas
| Goldsmith's List of Suggestions |
Every One a Useful Gift | p
I - List for Mother
Sj | Magazine Stands, 3.00 to 15.00 ||
KJ 1 Parlor Tables, 9.00 to 35.00
ff LNHC) Writing Desks 12.00 to 75.00 y5
si JSr* .. Telephone Tables, 10.00 to 18.00
ffl/7 11/7\vis. 4L Reading Lamps 5.00 to 25.00
==f li//\ 'V W Library Tables, 8.00 to 60.00
■ aSaPij Sp If '\\ tlra! Sewing Rockers 3.00 to 12.00 jp|
j| Is T I i\ Dressing Tables 20.00 to 65.00 JjS
IfllKr f* \ f • Dining Tables 25.00 to 90.00 H
I I 1 -"i ' § Serving Tables 12.00 to 35.00
H ' 1 Jt'k, * Buffets 35.00 to 100.00 , s
gi | 1 \JO U Sewing Tables 8.00 to 25.00
1 Tea Wagons 14.00 to 25.00
llj ' Cedar Chests 10.00 to 25.00
Davenports 45.00 to 100.00 A
Serving Trays 1.50 to 8.00 jN
IS, Book Racks 1.50 to 5.00 M
Foot Stools 5.00 to 10.00 /I(l '/l[\ 'P
Floor Lamps 15.00 to 35.00 \f*jI /MlwAl\ =
B Rugs 2.00 to 65.00 S
Comfortable Rockers 3.50 to 15.00 v\ ' *
Mirrors 2.00 to 25.00 > ' /v
Hall Clock ' 50.00 ifflj''-'*
g Bookcases 12.00 to 75.00 lUt\
Table Scarfs 2.00 to 5.00 lu\
Taborettes 2.00 to 5.00 ||| 1 1 ||\ '
Candlesticks 1.50 to 8.00 |gf j
= Tilting Top Tables 8.00 to 30.00 |\ , H
||l Willow Chairs 4.00 to 12.00 /If 14? I \ l\ ill
§§ Muffin Stands 5.00 to 10.00 ' * Ji- V A/
China Closets 20.00 to 90.00 " T '
|| Cut out this list —you'll find it of great value for reference, it is but
a partial list of the many real, serviceable, sensible and practical gift
things to be found here. The prices quoted represent the greatest pos
p sible values.
Arrange to spend fifteen minutes of your shopping day here and let
pi us help solve your gift-giving problem. £§
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We Pay Freight Reasonable Distances
| GOLDSMITH'S I
H North Market Square H
the hopelessness of that system of ;
military preparation from the army
point of view. "It is the volunteer
system that is at fault," General Scott
said. "It has always failed us. It is
undemocratic, unreliable, inefficient
and expensive."
Asked if doubling the pay of pri
vates would improve the present sys
tem. General Scott said:
"If you increase the pay of the
army to a point where it would pro
duce a force of the size we must have,
you will bankrupt the nation."
Secretary Baker told the House
military committee to-day that he
had not yet made up his mind wheth
er universal compulsory military ser
vice, or a system of selective conscrip
tion, was the best methods of prep
aration for national defense. He dis
cussed difficulties met with in mobili
zation of the National Guard and var
ious* questions connected with the
I. order service.
Before the House naval committee
Captain William S. Sims, commander
of the battleship Nevada asserted his
opinion that 14-inch guns were supe :
rior to the IC-lnch weapons with
which new American battlecraft will
be armed. There was wide difference
of opinion in the navy, but he believed j
a ship equipped with 14-inch guns
would defeat a ship equipped with an i
equal number of 16-inch guns if prop
erly handled. .
Maj. Gen. Clement's Chief
of Staff Ordered Before
Senate Military Committee
El Paso, Tex., Dec. 19. Colonel
George V. H. Mosley, chief of staff to
Major General Charles M. Clement, of
the Seventh Provisional Division, has
been ordered to report before the Sen
ate Committee on Military Affairs in
Washington on Friday.
Colonel Mosley to-day wired Sena
tor Chamberlain of Oregon, chairman
of the committee, requesting more
time to arrange his affairs with the
seventh division, the headquarters of
which has been ordered to Pennsyl
vania to be mustered out.
Peel off Your Roagh Skin
To remove roughness, chaps or any
complexion difficulty, the best thing to
do is to remove the skin itself. This
Is easily and harmlessly done by the
application of ordinary mercollzed wax.
Tlie wax peels off the defective outer
skin, a little each day, gradually
bringing the second layer of skin to
view. The new skin is beautifully soft,
clear, white and young looking. Just
procure an ounce of mercollzed wax
at any drug store and use like cold
cream.
DECEMBER 19, 1916.
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Where's the man who won't appreciate a SHIRT f<£
Christmas? You who are uncertain what to give
whether "him" means Father, Brother, Sweetheart,
Chum; settle the question with SHIRTS! This store
always carried big shirt stocks, but our Christmas sclejSlqlß|
is more varied than ever, and values are better than
expect to find elsewhere. Shirt prices range from One
* to Six.
Splendid color effects—the kind he'll I
proud to wear Packed in handsomely
ated Gift boxes and priced at 500, 550 ■
SI.OO.
Then, too, our Holiday showing of
Gloves and Sweaters; two important
weather needs, ought to fill a big vacanfl
your Christmas list. We have 'em infl
selection.
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