6 AMBLER HEARS OF INSURANCE RAISE Receives Letter From Phila-j delphia an <Us Giving It Careful Study Insurance Commissioner Ambler to- I day received from the Board of Fire j Underwriters of Philadelphia a let ter in which it was declared that the I recent advances in Are insurance j rates in Philadelphia and adjoining: j counties under that board were ne- j cessitated by increased charges due j to Federal taxation, overhead ex penses, losses and advances in cost ! of materials for replacements, shrink- ' ange in investment values and the 1 general international and other con- I uitions due to the war. The lßtter j was In response to an Inquiry by the ; commissioner as to the reasons for j the advances, where were also made j iilthe rest of the state and in neigh boring commonwealths. "I am digesting the letter," said j the commissioner when asked for ' any comment. "I will have nothing to say for tho present, but I am in terested in whether this increase Is t5 be nation-wide." The Philadelphia nod Heading Rail way to-day filed answers to the com plaint of Highway Commissioner O'Neil that Hummelstown and Swa tara grade crossings in Dauphin county were dangerous to persons using state highways, denying that they were a menace, but also stating that when the war ends and labor and material conditions justify It. steps will be taken to improve con ditions. Resident* of Rrovrnsville and South Brownsville to-day complained to the Public Service Commission that the Greensboro Gas Company had refused A Real Gift For A Deaf Friend If you have a friend who Is deaf the ideal Xmas gift will l>e a LITTLE GEM KAR PHONE There is nothing you could buy or think of that would be more useful or more apprect- I sited. The Lfltlc Gem Ear Phone is truly wonderful and will last a life time. Come In and let us demonstrate it. With H. C. Cluster SO2 MARKET ST. | ' A Gift Worth While | Walk-Over Shoes the jpver of the proper size I Slippers For Gifts 8 *Tk Men's / Genuine Unfinished Deerskin Moccasins, Men's Comfy Slippers in Ox ford Gray aiid Brown, | " m 52.00 to $2.50 5 Women's Beaded Deerskin Moccasins, .. f $2.50 to $3.50 f Comfy Slippers in taupe ex- " 'flKP' |?. ford gray, rose, Alice" blue, I $1.50 to $2.50 •jf. Timely suggestions for the Soldiers' XYnas Box—Polish outfits laces, puttees. I Walk-Over 226 Market St. Xmas Flowers Poinsettias —per doz. . . . $2.00 to $ 8.00 Roses—per doz $1.50 to SIO.OO Snap Dragon—per doz. . , $3.00 and $4.00 Carnatiorts—per doz $2.00 Narcissus, white or Yellow—per doz. $2.00 Orchid Sweet Peas —per bunch .... SI.OO Sweet Violets—per bunch SI.OO Potted Plants—each 25c to $5.00 Keeney's, sio n. 3rd PUESDAY EVEN INC, !ti> serve gas to consumers who had declined to remove meters -of the • 1 Mini up Gas Company, a competing j concern. An order for restoration 6t I service was asked. \n nppeiil nn< made 10-day to the I Public Service Commission by the. ! James McKay Company, of MeKees Bocks, for an order to require the i Manufacturers Light and Ifeat Com ' nany, of Pittsburgh, to rostore its | industrial service of natural gas. Tho J company contentds that it is engaged ! on Government contracts and that the withdrawal of industrial service will hamper it. To-morrow the company will the complaint of the Jones j and Laughlin Steel Company, of ; Pittsburgh, against another gas com | pany, whose new tariffs It claims will I interfere with Government work, i ..The White Deer Telephone <om ] pany, operating in Montgomery and j vicinity, has tiled notice of an in- J crease of local calls from five to ten ! cents. The State Water Supply Comrala- I sion is holding a series of hearings ' on water company charters to-day. Chairman Ainey. of the Public Serv ! ice Commission, will hold the hear ings in Pittsburgh to-morrow. C. 1., Peasley, of i l>. j P. Keese, of Plymouth, and Postmas | tr J. G. Lesher, of Huntingdon, were I at the Capitol to-day. I Reports of pro-tieriuanN sprendlnK ' lies about Liberty bonds came to Capitol Hill to-day and it is hoped to run them down and to make an example. At tho same time authori ties got after Charles Buchagger, of Philadelphia, who Is accused in a let ter sent here by Thomas B. Harbison, of Philadelphia board No. 12, of mak ing threats to get even with some one at Camp Meade. He is a cook and will be looked up. Further Removals Slated at Hancock Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga.. Dec. 18.—While reorganization of the units of the Twenty-eighth Division is vir i tually completed, another reorganiza tion is foreshadowed in a report of ! the removal of certain elderly com manders of the division to be replac ed by younger men. Many generals, colonels ana subordinate officers are slated for retirement. It is explain ! Ed that men of youth are needed to withstand the hardships of the cam paign. No reflection will be cast upon the men removed, among whom will be officers of high rank in the Penn sylvania National Guard. "Jim Jeffries tried to "come back',' said one of the officers connected with the administration of the di vision, "but failed. It is no use ot these men trying to 'come back' for i they cannot. This is a young man's j war and the young men have to be depended upon to light it." | General officers in this division | have been expecting action of this j kind for some time. Whether any ol them will resign in anticipation ot ! removal is not known. SlnKer'n Son In Army Cook New York, Dec. I#. Walter Schu ' mann-Heink, son of Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink, has enlisted In the | Army as a cook of the fourth class, l after recruiting officers had satisfied L themselves that he was an American | citizen. He Is the fourth son of the opera singer to enter the Army or : Navy. INTERESTING PERSONAL AND SOCIAL NEWS WED IN LITTLE CHURCH AROUND CORNER Annual Christmas Party of Pine Street Schools Friday afternoon in Boyd Mem j orial building, the primary and I kindergarten departments of Pine ■j Street Presbyterian Church, will be j | given their annual Christmas party.' | .Mrs. Harry Taylor, superintendent! of the primary department and Miss! | Anne McCormick, superintendent ot" i | kindergarten, have charge of ar- j rangements. Two well filled Christ-; ! mas trees and probably a real Santa; I Claus promised for the little ! | kiddies who are present at the party. | .An interesting program has been, | prepared including playettes and | isongs and a special exercise hy the kindergarten children under the di | rection of Miss Edna Sprenkle. All ] (■hildren in the two departments arej I invited. ' Get-Together Meeting of Soldiers' Families j Adjutant General Beary will ad ij dress a get-together meeting of the j fam'lies of men in the United States I service and the home service depart j n-.ent of the Red Cross to-morrow from 3 to ti o'clock in the Civic Club house, Front and North | streets. General Beary is just home j | after a trip to Camp Hancock, Ga., i and has much of interest to tell of I the men and conditions there. It is I hoped that a large gathering of the l j wives, mothers, daughters and sis- I Iters of all men in the Army and I Navy will be there to greet him. j J There will be some delightful mu sic and tea will be served with Mrs. , l.vnian I). Gilbert pouring, assisted I | by members of the committee. Candle Light Service Sunday at the Y. W. C. A. A delightful candle service has been arranged for Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock at the Y. W. C. A., Fourth and Walnut streets, for wo men and girls. Mrs. William Jen ningsj will preside" and Mrs. Mary J Snyder Kowland will tell the story of I "The Holy Grail." The Kresgo Kom j rade Klub has charge of the music j ! and will sing Christmas carols and i I old songs. A social hour will i'ol-i | low and many will want to remain | I over for the evening church services, i CHILDREN MAKE MONEY At the little entertainment given | j yesterday afternoon by four children | | of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Irving Deihl, | Helen Cordry and Dorothy Mycs, in | OltJ Paxton Church, $25 was made ! for charity. The money will be di-l vided between the Red Cross. Ar menian Relief and local charities. Mrs. Charles J. Wood. Jr., and Miss Evelyn Wood, of 2218 North Third street, leave Friday for Balti more to spend tho holidays with rel ►atives. Mr. Wood will join them Sat urday for a Christmas stay. Herbert Kauffman, 1728 North Second street, attended a reunion of his camp at Baltimore, last week. Miss Dorothy Strouse. 2128 North I Third street, has left for a several | weeks' visit with relatives in Rich- I mond, Va. Miss Jeanette Nachman, 1615 i North Second street, is visiting rela i tives in Baltimore. Miss Evelyn Gutman, 1937 North ) Second street, is home from Goucher I College for the Christmas holidays. I News - Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. AUkerbrandt| of this city, announce the biith of a daughter, Evelyn May Aukerorandt. Monday. December 17, 191 i. Mrs. Aukerbrandt was Mis? Sarah Lynch before her marriage. I Mr. and Mrs. Harvey F. Kohler, of: 628 Dauphin street, announce the birth of a daughter, Vivian Kohler, Saturday, December 15. 1917. Mrs.. Kohler was formerly Miss Miriam j Quensler. i Mr. and Mrs. Paul Finnegan of 509 Hamilton street, announce the birth of a daughter, I'ele.n Louise Flnnegan, Saturday, December S, T 917. Mrs. Flnnegan whs Miss Beulah Bretzel of' Clwmhenshurs prior to her marriage. ] Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Hall of 630 Harris street, announce the birth of a son, Jack Hall, Thursday, December 13, 1917. Mrs. Hall was Miss Sue Fratts of Middletown be fore her marriage. i • I • I Central High Notes * V., i ,/ 1 Mijs Mary Blough, 2053 North Second street entertained the mem ! hers of the S. P. Q. R. Society at ! her hflme last evening. The feasts ! of Saturn and Citharistae were cele j brated. The guest of honor was Principal Howard G. Dibble. A Greek dance by Miss Nancy Mc- Cullough and Miss Eleanor Jones added reality to the feast. The guests at the feast were the Misses Helen Appleby, Mildred Mayer. Lorna Brandt, Fay Mayer, Sylvia Claster, Dorothy Entcle, Vivian Hartzell, Frances Hause, Helen Hoff man, Adaline Klinedinst, Nancy Mc- Cullough, Helen Shoop. Kathryn Brackenridge, Mildred Burkholder, Eleanor Jones, Beatrice Krebbs, i Lucie Muntz, Clara Zimmerman, Miss, Kathryn McNiff, Miss E. Engle, j Mary Blough. George Fleck, Ricnard Mount, Wlllard Smith, Dwight . Dougherty, Noble Frank, Arthur Gardner, Thomas Lantz, Blair | Smith and Jay Stohl. The next meeting of the S. P. Q. It. will be held at the home of Miss Frances Hause, Twenty-second and Bellevuc Road. HARAIBBURO (4SK& TELEGHXPH THECULP-SWAB ' WEDDING TODAY! ; Popular Young Folks Quietly Married at High Noon in j New York Church I Two popular young people of thisj | city went to New York early this j morning and were married there at; j high noon In the Little Church i j Around the Corner. The bride was I Miss- Frances Anna Swab, daughter I ' of George C. Swab, of New York, a i former Harrlsburger, and Heister B. Culp, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Culp, 1238 Walnut street, an attache I of the New Store of William Strouse. The bride, who was given in raar i riage by her father, wore a charm ! ing frock of pale lavender crepe me. I teor and Georgette with Georgette J picture hat to match. Her corsage j bouquet was of orchids and tiny pink j rosebuds. After spending the honeymoon i j with friends in New Y'ork nnd Phila-I delphla, Mr. and Mrs. Culp will be "at horfie" at 1238 Walnut street, 1 this city. The bride, who lias made lierj j home with an aunt. Mrs. 11. C. Wdl- | I mer, 133 North Eighteenth street, is I a graduate of the Central High' ! school and she prominently' 1 identified with all school interests. Before the.young couple started: j for New York this morning, Mrs.! i Walmer served a wedding breakfast i i with the following people attending: ! Miss Laura May Althouse, Corporal i John R. Benner, of Clarksburg. Va.; j Miss Swab. Mr. Culn. Mr. and Mrs.! j Walmer. Last evening Edward Alt j house, the bride's uncle, entertained at dinner at his home, Fifteenth and Vernon streets. In her honor. The appointments were of pink and white with roses in the centerpie?e and dainty place cards. The guests were: Miss Frances I Swab, Heister Culp, Miss Laura May ! Althouse, Landis Althouse, Paul Alt | house, Corporal John R. Benner, Mr. j and Mrs. Edward Althouse. Father and Two Sons Are Now in Service Harrisburgers were Interested to '.earn that the Rev. Wm. C. Spicer, a former resident, son of Mrs. | Charles A. Spicer, 2043 North Sec ond street, and pastor of the Olov -1 ersville, N. Y'., Presbyterian Church, has resigned his pastorate to enter Y'. M. C. A. work abroad. The Rev, Mr. Spicer sails to-morrow on La- Touraino for France. One of his sons, William C. Spicer, Jr., whom everyone knows as "Billy," is with the Marine Corps at Port Royal, S. C., and awaiting orders to sail "somewhere" any day. Another son, Kerby Spicer, enlisted last week with the marines and has not yet been | assigned. Miss Elizabeth Spicer, a I teacher in Wichita, Kansas, came j home on short notice to see her fa ther and brothers before they went | away. THANKS FROM FRANCE I John Kremer, Jr.. on the U. S. S. | Fanning, has written his grandr ! i'at ier, the Rev. Dr. Ellis N. Kremer, loi the Reformed Salem Church, to I thank Ills many friends in,this city j who wrote to him on the occasion of I bis last birthday. The package, lot i ters and cards were received by him on November 30. • JOHN ERICSSON COMMISSIONED I John Ericsson, formerly of Harris- I burg and until recently in the em ploy of the Bethlehem Steel Com pany at Steelton, has been commis sioned as captain in the Ordnance j officers' Reserve Corps. He has j been summoned to report for active service at once. Captain Ericsson is a native of : Sweden, and came to this city about I fifteen years ago to accept a posi tion with the old Bethlehem Steel plant at Steelton. }n accepting this commission Cap tain Ericsson relinquishes the posts ol' senior industrial engineer of Sco j well, Wellington & Co., of Boston, and production manager of the Ru pay Company of Cleveland, Ohio. Miss Mary Adeline Lemer, art teacher of the Ely school. Green wich, Conn., Is home to spend the holidays with her father, Leßue Lemer, South Front street. J. C. Shumberger, a former resi dent now located in Allentown, Is visiting here. Nicholas I. Hench, of 1015 North I Front street, is quite ill at his home, Mrs. Frank P. Ray, who recently underwent a serious operation at the St. Joseph Hospital, Philadelphia, ! has returned home greatly bene fited. ' Mrs. William Pinkney Hamilton, of New York, who spent the past several months with her daughter, Mrs. Cnarles J. Wood, Jr., In this city, leaves for home on Thursday. | Miss Katharine Aldinger and Miss'j Margaret Landis, students at Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, will be home : in a day or two for the holiday va- ! cation. Ehvood Herman and sister, Miss S Nelle Herman, of Jersey City, are jn town for a few days visiting old | friends and neighbors, j Miss Kathryn Bordner went to Pittsburgh this morning to remain I for two weeks. 1 George W. Thornton and Samuel ! jI. Thornton left, for their home in I I!rooklyn this morning after a brief j I I uniness trip to this city and vicin- | ity. 11 Donald S. McFarland. gunner's j i mate. Naval Reserves, stationed at | Newport, Rhode Island, returned to ! bis station Mondny after spending a I few days with his parents, Mr. and ! | Mrs. George G. McFarland, of 100 I Hamilton street. Civic Club's Meeting Is of Wide Interest | A special feature of the December I Civic Club meeting yesterday aftor- I noon with Mrs. William Henderson presiding, was a talk by Miss May • Lcmer, of this city, who has lived In j France for a number of years, giving j personal impressions of the land' | and its people. Miss Anne IV Wert: J presented current events and a let- 1 ■ ter was read from Mrs. Thomas B.' j Mitchell, of Bellefonte, the new vlcc | chairman of this district, suggesting j lines of work for the club in co-op i oration with the Red Cross and otli j CP war agencies which the club is carrying out. i Miss Rachel Pollock, chairman of tlie municipal department, reported j that the children of the Covenant Presbyterian Church, and Sunday I school had collected a large number of patches during the past month j for the women of the jail. The edu cational department reported that In 1 addition to the milk and crackers which are being furnished for the ' deficient children in the Downey j building by the Civic Club, the club 1 would also furnish the same supply each morning to the deficient ones In the Hamilton building, starting January 1. The outdoor department sent in a plea for the "lumberjack 1 regiment" in France, composed of ] forestry engineers: all contributions J may be sent to Miss Martha Bueli ' ler, 232 North Second street. A sale of articles made by the -children of the deficient schools was ; held after the meeting, the proceeds I to be used for the welfare of tlu* i! children. Annville Girl Honor Guest at Informal C. A. 0. Party Miss Katlierine Kelley, of 1900 North Second street, was hostess for tl.e members of the C. A. O. Society of tho 1917 class of the Central High school at her home last evening. The girls had the pleasure of meet ing Miss Laura Millard, of Annville, her roommate at Goucher College, who is spending part of the holiday recess with her. The girls spent the evening knit ting for the soldiers and chatting as they busily plied tlieir needles. A buffet supper was served to the knitters, including: Miss Caroline Hahn, .Miss Margaret Bacon, Miss Snbra Clark,. Miss Romayne Boyer, Miss Evelyn Speakman, Miss Helen Wall. Miss Gertrude Weston, Miss Martha Creswell, Miss Mary Alma Allin, Miss Getiia High and Miss Katlierine Simonetti. Stern-Weiler Wedding Takes Place in Baltimore Mr. and Mrs. Max Weiler. of Bal timore. announce the marriage of their daughter. Miss Selma vVeiler, to Walter L. Stern, of this city, Mon day, December 17. The ceremony took place last evening at their apartments in the Owosso, Balti more, with Rabbi Lazarson, of the Madison Temple, officiating, in the presence of tho immediate families. The services were quiet owing to a recent death in the bride's family. The young couple tame at once to this city and are now at 412 Briggs stieet. The bride, who has frequently vis ited here, is one ot the most charm ing young women of the Monu mental City. Mr. Stern has succeed ed his father, the late E. Stern, one of the pioneer shoe merchants of the city, in business in Walnut street. Miss Gertrude Snyder, of Wash ington, D. C., will return home the latter part of the week to spend the Christmas holidays with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Snyder, of 318 South Fifteenth street. Miss Anna Glass, of 40 North Sev enteenth street, is home after a lit tle visit in Philadelphia. Miss Laura Millard, of Annville, is the guest of Miss Katherine Kelley, of 1900 North Second street. Boyd A. Kohler, who has been training in the officers' school, near Washington, D. C., Is spending a fur lough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kohler, of 1208 Derry street. Mrs. William IS. Bailey, of Front and South streets, returned home yesterday after a visit with her mother, Mrs. Russell Alger, of De troit. Miss Laura Bretz, a student at Goueher College, Baltimore, Md., Is spending the holiday recess with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Bretz, of 1921 North Second street. Miss Sarah Wensell, a senior at Wellesley, is spending her Christmas holidays with her parents at Colonial Ares. ' "V Y. W. C. A. Notes \ A beautiful Christmas candle serv ice is being planned for Sunday ves pers at 5 P. M. in John Y. Boyo Hall. Mrs. YVllliam Jennings is chairman of the program committee. Cl.ristmas trees will be erected in the lobby, Christmas carols sung, Christmas candles will furnish the only light and a Christmas story oy Miss Mary Snyder promises to be of much interest. Bachelor Club Meet The Bachelor Girls' Club held their monthly meeting last evening in the After making social service plans refreshments were served to Miss Sarah Wrlghtstone, Miss Myrtle Brown, Miss Daiay Seidle, Miss Mary SclKibauer, Miss Bertha Schubauer, Miss Beatrice Lynn, Miss Ethel Seibert, Miss Ruth Anderson, Miss Isabelle Foster, Mrs. Carrie Wheeler, Miss 'Laura Kell berg, Miss Edith State, Miss Clara Wolfe, Miss Myrtle Blerbower, Miss Anna Habschmidt, Miss Emma Stabnau, Miss Frances Acuff and Miss Lois G. Scott. Camp Meade First to Be Completed Washington. Dec. 18. Camp Meade. Md., the training quarters of Philadelpliia and Eastern Pennsyl vania National Army men, has eoPie from behind and finished among the leaders in final completion. Officers in the quartermaster's de partment to-day said that Camp Meade is ready with all the barracks, administration building*, kitchens, I animal quarter* and other buildings*. I Jt Is among the first to reach this condition. - A majority of- tlio cantonments were ready for occupancy by thei drafted men much earlier than Cainp i Meade, due to the location of the site, water supplies nnd labor diffi-| culties. Beal work did not begin on ! the camp until July, a time when I most of the other cainps wer nearly finished. Several of the cantonments were ready to receive troops in Au gust. MISS MACDONALD SATURDAY BRIDE Pretty Local Girl Marries Charles H. Delaney Saturday Afternoon in New York City ===V£==Z= L -- <A i : .... ■ W£jM*u, MRS. -CHAS. H~ DELANEY Mrs. Joseph C. Mac.Donald of 2045 Penn street, announces the marriage of her daughter. Miss Harrictte 13. Mac Donald to Charles H. Delaney ct Washington. 1). C., Saturday, De cember 15 at 1 o'clock at iHc par sonage of the Eighteenth Street j Methodist Episcopal Church, New York City, the Rev. Dr. li. C. War ren officiated, using the ring cere mony. The bride, who \vi unat tended, wore a dark blue stroet cos tume with hat to match and a cor sage bouquet of orch.-ls and lilies of the valley. A wedding breakfast was served after the service in the moonroom of i the Astor Hotel. Following a brief ! honeymooji trip Mr. and Mrs. Do- I laney will reside in one of I lie >ip ! town apartment houses of New York. Both young people have a host of ! friends here. Mr. Delaney is a son of the late Captain and Mrs. John C. Delaney and was born and reared in Harrisburg, later making his home I in Washington\until after the death of both his parents, when business interests took him to New York. A. Carson Stamm Is Made Library Trustee Trustees of the Harrisburg Public Library last night elected A. Carson Stamm as a member of the board to succeed William A. 801 l as represen tative of the IJarrisburg School Board. The trustees re-elected Casp er Dull, president: George A. Oorgas, vice-president; D. Bailey Brandt, sec- and James McCormick, Jr., treasurer. The circulation for November was reported as showing a gain over pre vious months and it was reported by Miss alOton, the librarian, that the war library work done at the library has included over 15,500 volumes of which 15,500 had been sent to camps and cantonments. Committees were named as follows: Investment, James McCormick, Jr., W. M. Donaldson, K. J. Stackpole. Executive, George A Gorgas, Halde man O'Connor, A. Carson Stamm. Library, A. Boyd Hamilton, ArthuV D. Bacon, H. G. Dibble. SMALL FIRE Fire at 1607 Walnut street, last evening about 5.30 o'clock, caused little damage. An alar mwas turned Ir from box 8, Sixteenth and Wal nut streets. CONCEIT. "Conceited, isn't he?" ' Tee, he even thought he had I ended the war the day he bought hit first. Bond." DEVOTION. "She seems to be very fond of eiiildren." "Yes, Indeed. She actually stays at home when she has no one trust worthy tnoiiarU. io vilnA Uva bah v." RIGHTO! Bug—-I think I'll stay on this sldo oi Hie world.' Too dangerous on the other just now! Symphony Lawn Stationery Extra Quality £* f\ Neatly Boxed OUC GORGAS 16 N. 3rd St. Penna. Station. DECEMBER 18, I^l7 Bernstorff Stripped of Pittsburgh Degree Pittsburgh, Dec. 18. Count Von Bernstorff is no longer an honorary doctor of laws at the University of Pittsburgh. The former German Ambassador's name was dropped from the list of those who have received honorary de grees from the university by the trus tees yesterday. The names of six other Germans who have received honorary degrees at Pitt were also dropped. Water Pipe For Jerusalem Army Made at Reading Rending. Pa.. Dec. IS. The 150 miles of pipe used in laying a main across the Sinai desert in Palestine, and which enabled the British troops to win Jerusalem and other cities in the Holy were made in Beading. i + t Special Bargains at the Right Time / * ! CLASTER'S | Bargain Counter % A wonderful variety of beautiful new articles for gifts | * or personal use. Mostly selctions from broken lines. | :• •: * Instead of Bargain Sales after the Holidays we * * give you the benefit of Greatly Reduced Prices -- * * for your Christmas shoppings * * J * | THIRD STREET ENTRANCE | Clocks—Great Variety Vinegar Cruets •: Marmalade Glasses Pie Servers, Sterling Silver t :♦ Silver Plated Call Bells Handles * Silver Deposit Perfume Bottles Cheese Knives Sterling Silver X Glass Baskets For lion-Rons Handles > & Ete. (Silver Holders) Manicure Pieces * Sterling Silver Deposit Sugars Solid Gold Tlaby Kings * •;* „ and Creams Ladles' Solid Gold Set Kings * % Salts and Peppers Wlvcr plated) Men's Solid Gold Signet Rings * Stiver Plated Casters Silver Tableware—Single Pieces * Cut Glass and China and Sets * * Comb and Brush Seis Wrist Watches *j* * Bud Vases Bracelets, Scarf 11ns, Etc. , % *• ▼ * Also many other articles to which additions % ' * will be made daily from our regular stock. Look at Claster's For the Nicest Gifts H. C. CLASTER ! * Gems—Jewels —Silverware % 302 Market Street 1 N. Third Street * •> *> •>* •: .5 •> •> .14. .> <. .j. ,j .j, ,j .j, ......... ............... I Live Xmas Trees j ;! The popular Evergreens in tubs; stand 3-5 feet high and | j; growing in a substantial tub. No bother to set up in the | j! home and they decorate most beautifully. I.lve (rem, 3 ft. - 4 ft |2 each !' I.lve tree*, 4 ft - 5 ft. $3 each j! * tarter tree* for porch and vestibule decor- $ \ ation. Will last all winter .. ff3—9lo each { j i,Al'ltici, ROPING, line for over the front en- * i trance or interior decoration or on the cem- J. 5 • etery lot 12 ft., Tsc 5 lloiniioit Mall™, something' new 91— *'j J j The Berry hi 11 |- ' Locust Street, at Second WwMWWtMWMWWMWMWtWWWWWWVWMWWW^ "READY AND WAITING" I 'Tin loaded up with toys :!•: and candy and other 'good- W ' es ' 01 t^le bo >' s an( * g irls •!; ot Harrisburg, but I'm lj: carrying more sensible ;i| can make room for sonic :!| good shoes and rubbers or ij: n^' Ce com^orta^e room Here are some I'm recommending this year — Ladies' Juliets sl<2s, $1.35, $1.50 j|| :('■ Ladies' Comfys; all colors, SI.OO, $1.25, $1.50 Men's Tan Romeos, $1.50, $2.50, $2.75, $3 j|: • Men's Everetts, tan and black, ... to $2.50 jj; I,ook for S|>ecial Prices on Toadies' High Cut Shoes—All the lat 4, • leasts an<l Colors. !} Fisher and Cleckner f Third and Cumberland Sts. Open Evenings t Harrisburg, Pa. if; "* i % = t The Moisture Proof Package GOLDEN KOAST COFFEE From choicest berries, carefully hlonded, roasted to just the right degree and sealed Immediately in the most moisture-proof package made, gives a rich, clear liquid of tempting strength and flavor. Every pound nip tested. Guaranteed to please or money refunded. Your Grocer Has It. Order To-day R.H.LYON Importers Harrisburg, -o- -o- Penna. York Co. Moves to Abolish Toll Roads York, Pa., Dec. 18. Definite steps are being taken, after four years of agitation, to abolish the toll roads ofi York county. i A delegation of York citizens called! upon Deputy State Highway Commis-j sioner Joseph Hunter recently and thlsi official promised them that the statl would co-operate with the county on M fifty-fifty basis In taking over the* turnpikes. Guillotine Coming, Says Trotzky in Petrograd Petrograd. Dec. 16. (Delayed). —< 1-eon Trotzky, the foreign mtnisterj in iin address to his opponents said:. You are perturbed by the mild ter-< ror wc are applying to our enemies. liut know that within a month thlni terror will take the terrible form of the trench revolutionary terror—noß the tortress. but tlie guillotine."
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