Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, December 26, 1919, Image 17

Newspaper Page TextAdditional Classified Ads 1 on Opposite Page AUTOMOBILES OVERLAND USED CAR DEPARTMENT DECEMBER THRII-T SALE * NEW cars ill be pHced higher after the first of the year. Used cars will also be higher. We are offering all used cars in our stock at THRIFT PRICES. Our fiscal year closes this month and wo do not intend to carry over a single car. At the prices we are marking them i they are selling as fast as we ; can overhaul and repaint them. Overland Country Club witli j winter top. Retinished dark I maroon, black wire wheels and black top. A handsome car. mechanically guaranteed, tires good. Summer top in cluded. Overland Country Club, brown with cream wire wheels, prac tically new tires, good run ning order. Chalmers seven-passenger six cylinder sedan. Retinished royal lilue with black run ning gear. 1913 Cadillac touring in good mechanical condition. Orig inal pain* fine, new storage battery $535 Open Evenings, Both phones THE OVERLAND HARRIS BURG CO., 312-214 North Second St. ,| One model 84. Willys-Knight coupe, I newiy painted, ngw cord tires. Standard S, sport model, 1920, run , less than 1000 miles. REX GARAGE AND SUPPLY CO., 1917 North Third overland, model no, touring. Chevrolet, Baby Grand, touring. Sludebaker. 7 passenger, 0 cylinder, j Studebaker, a passenger, 4 cylinder. Willys-Knight, model 84, touring. Velie, light six, 5 passenger, overland, model 85-4, fine shape. Time payments can be arranged. REX GARAGE AND SUPPLY CO., 1917 N. Third' Street. HAYNF.S —6 cylinder, overhauled and repainted; At condition. OVERLAND—4 cylinder; o-passen- I ger. APPERSON EIGHT—7 passenger; in A 1 condition; 1919 car. See Us At Once, KEYSTONE SALES CO.. 108 Market Street WANTED Contracts for motor truck hauling, can furnish any type body or truck to meet your particular requirements. Address Box G-9028 care Tele graph. PROSPECTIVE TRUCK BUYERS TAKE NOTICE We are offering a s?oj;os , '. , !>n whereby you can earn a largo salary besides an independent living. We have recently signed contracts with several l;.rge construction firms to suoply them with trucks the com- j ing year, which will number 100 mark. We are therefore in a position i to serve you in several different ways j principally as follows: , I With .nbuilt quality Selden trtuks, unlimited service and guaranteed P" sition that will enable you to carry j for your trucks from its earnings six ( ♦ to eight minutes time, our 1919 rec- j ords show that during tna first year Seidell trucks were placed in the i lianas of 62 satisfied owners the ma jority of whom paid for tneir tricks j in a like manner. Do not fail to lake t advantage of this splendid oppor- , I tunity. Place your order now that ou may be assured of early delivery and , be one of the first on the job when spring makes ts appearance. Seldens can be delivered in the following ca- • parities, 1%. 2, 2%. 3% and 5 tons. ; Phone Bell 4819 or Dial 6909 for! apuointments or address SELUEN TRUCK DISTRIBUTORS. 1017-25 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pa. OLD AUTOS Wanted; used, wrecked or oldtimers, in any condition. See me before sac rificing elsewhere. Chelsea Auto Wrecking. A. Schilfman, 22-24-26 N. Cameron Street. Bell 3623. OVERLAND Touring, one, 90 model. _ NASH —Touring, one, 6.1 model, 1918. All cars are mechanically perfect. , MYERS MOTOR SALES CO.. 1210 PKNN STREET. Bell phone 2109. * Dial 6275 FORD touring, 17 model; electric lights, runs and pulls like new. Price S4OO cash. Dial 36-C. C. It. Horst. Linglestown, near Harrisburg. FORI) OWNERS We have received a large shipment of front springs for Ford cars . nd are ! sacrificing thcin for $2.75 apiece. Chel- 1 sea Auto Co., 23 N. Cameron St. WM. PENN GARAGE 224-6 Muench street. Limousines for funerals, parties and balls; careful drivers; open day and night. Boli 4564. BARGAINS VlM—One-half ton, good condition, cheap. ONE-TON truck, express body with top, electric starting and lighting. ; COEY—Roadster, good condition. TWO-TON TOR BENSON rear axle, ' complete. CADILLAC motor, 1914, fine condition. ONE DOCO automobile lighting sys tem. DKNBY —Stake body; like new, CADILLAC Unit, with two-wheel .trailer. SEVERAL BODIES FOR SALE DENBY SALES CORPORATION, 1205 Capital Street. 1917 Chandler, club roadster, S9OO. 1917 Mercer touring, 7-passenger very snappy, two spare tires. A real i good bargain. 1918 Chalmers touring, 7 passenger just been overhauled, will sacrifice. 1917 Mitchell, touring, real bargain. 1914 Ford touring. The above cars will appeal to the average buyer in the market Tor a good used car. Demonstration given. CHEI..SEA AUTO CO.. A. Schilfman, Manager. KEYSTONE AUTO TOP CO Ail sorts of auto tops and cushion work done by experts; also repair work. Reasonable rates. 72-78 Soutli Cameron street. MAGNETOS All types. 4 and 6 Bosch, high tension, Kisman. Dixie, Splitdorf. Mea. Remy and different! *4 makes of coils, carburetors, etc. , j Si liiffman. 22-24-26 North Cameron I street. Bell 3633. I UKIUAY r.VIU\iJNU, AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE 1919 Buick roadster, in At condition. Apply Black's Gar ! age. 205 S. 17th St. FOR SALE—Ford-Graham truck cab and express body, like new, guar anteed, price right, cash or time pay ment. MILLER AUTO CO.. 66 South Cameron Street. Both phones. Garages, Accessories ami Repairs YOUR DODGE PLUS A RAY FIELD CARBURETOR—That's a great com bination. A Raylield equipped Dodge; the special Dodge model is inexpen sive and the saving in gasoline bills is from 15 to 30 per cent, will pay for it in a _hort time; a Bayfield on any car increases its efficiency all around. My how she pujls the hills. Agency, Federicks' Garage. 443 South | Cameron Street. Harrisburg. | 30x3% Goodyear or any other ■ standard make of tire. $11.70, other j sizes just as cheap. Write llucli, 314 i Cumberland St., Harrisburg, or call after 5 p. m. MOTORCYCLES AXJ> BICYCLES BICYCLE REPAIRING BY AN EXPERT ! ALL WORK GFARAXTEED DORY SHANER WITH ANDREW REDMOND. 1657 NORTH THIRD STREET. AUCTIONEER j 'I YOU ARE ANXIOUS TO CLOSE OUT OR REDUCE YOUR STOCK, vol' HAVE TRIED THE "BARGAIN" "SENSATION" "HURRAH" "SACRIFICE" | and many other sales— they didn't work—now you turn to THE AUCTIONEER Well you are on the right track now. the AUCTION METHOD will do it I quicker. CLEANER and BETTER I than any of the old wornout ways. Don't worry about that word AUCTION. 1 Don't think of LOW PRICES. AUCTIONEER HITE who knows his business will never sacrifice your stock. I THE AUCTION METHOD has been i TESTED, TRI'ED and PROVEN from the beginning of Biblical history to the present day. If you want to sell out or reduce your stock communicate with MAXWELL 11. IIITE THE AUCTIONEER. 422 S. 13th. Bel'. I LEGAL NOTICES ELECTION" OF DIRECTORS The annual election for nine direc tors of the Merchants National Bank iot" Harrisburg. Pa., will be hold at the flanking house, 7328 North Third Street, Tuesday, January 13, 1920, be tween the hours of 10 a. m. and 1 p. m." H. O. MILLER. Cashier. . HARRISBURG LIGHT AND POWER; COMPANY, Harrisburg, Pa. The Board of Directors have declar jed a regular quarterly dividend of one 'and one-half i#r cent. (IV. per cept.t ion the preferred stock of this coni i pany. payable December 31. 1919. to ! stockholdeds of record December !18, 1919. H. W. STONE, Treasurer, j NOTICE I The regular annual stockholders! I meeting of the -Forney Bros. Shoe! Co. will be held at their office. o'iS | ] North Street. Harrisburg. Pa.. Mun- | i day, January 12. 1920, at three 13) : i o'clock p. m. JOHN G. FELTY, Secretary. NOTlCE—Letters of administration on the estate of Harry M. Hoffmann, late of Harrisburg. Dauphin County, Fa., deceased, having been granted to I the undersigned residing in said city. | all persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate pay- j ment. and those having claims will I present them for settlement. ISABEL W. HOFFMANN, and COMMONWEALTH TRUST CO.. | Administrators. NOTICE Letters of Administration have been j duly grunted by the Register of Wills j of Dauphin County, upon the estate of Mary Fislier, late of Harrisburg, : , Pa., deceased, to the undersigned to • whom all persons who are indebted t ! said estate are requested to make ] payment and all persons having any j legal claim against said estate shall i make ilie satne known without delay, j CLARA FOSTER. 1223 N. Seventh St.. Administratrix, i NOTICE is hereby given that ap plication will lie made tu the Govern jor of Pennsylvania under the provi sions of an Act of Assembly approved April 29, 1874, and its supplements,' on Jafcuary 16, 1920. for a charter ol ; lan intended corporation to be called, the Indies' Bazaar, the character and j object of which is the manufacturing, ; inlying, selling and dealing in at] wholesale and retail merchandise fori personal, domestic, commercial and i general use and consumption, such us | is generally found, manufactured, used and dealt in by a department store, and for this purpose to have, possess and enjoy all the rights., benefits and privileges by said Act of ! Assembly and its supplements con- ! II erred. j CHARLES C. STROH. THOMAS C. McCARRELL JR.. Solicitors. NOTICE is hereby given that the regular annual meeting of the stock holders of the Penbrook National Bank will be held at the principal of fice of the said bank. No. 2551 Main street, Penbrook, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, the thirteenth day of Janu ary, 1920, at 19 o'clock a. in., for the j election of directors and such oth >r] business as may be transacted. I. L. L'XOER. Cashier. | THE MILLERS MUTUAL FIRE 1N ! SURANCK COMPANY. HAR RISBURG, PA. Notice is hereby given that the an nual meeting of the members of this company for election of a board of directors for the ensuing year, will be held at the office of the company, 404 Kunkel Building, on Thursday, the 25th day of January. 1920. be tween the hours of 2 and 3 o'clock on said day. H. C. HAFEY. Acting Secretary. A special meeting of the stockhold ers of the Allison Hill Trust Com pany will be held at the office of the company in the City of Harrisburg at ten o'clock, A. M. on February 11, 1920. to vote for or against a pro posed increase in the capita! stock of the company, frotn slQii.oUU.ou to I $150,000.00. By order of the Hoard of Directors. Arthur W. Loser. I ' Secretary \MARKETS\ NEW VOflK STOCKS Chandler Brothers and Company members of New York and Philadel phia Stock Exchanges—3 North Mar let Square, Harrisburg; 1338 Chestnut street, Philadelphia; 34 Pine street, New York furnish the following quotations: Open Noon American Tel. and Tel. .. 97 96% All is Chalmers 47 47 Am. Beet Sugar 94 94 American Can 54% 54% j Am. Car and Fndry C 0...138% 139% j Amor. Loco 98% 99% | I Am. Smelting 67V| 67%: | Amer. Smelting 138 138 I (Anaconda 58% 59% i (Atchison 83% S3 1 ,- I j Baldwin Loco 110% 111%! ill. and O. 33% 33% I Bethlehem Steel. B 94% 94%! ! Butte Copper 25% 25%' CtL Petru 41 % 42% | ! Can. Pacific 131% 132% | Central Leather 96 % 96% 1 !C. and U 54% 56 i jlMii., Mil. and St. Paul ... 28% 38% , j Chi., it. 1. and Pacific .. 27% 27% | j Chino on. Copper 35% 35% I I Col. Fuel and Iron 40 39% J I Corn Products 85% 84% I Crucible Steel 212% 214 j Erie 13% 13% | I General Motors 333% 336 i Goodrich, B. F. ... 79%- 80%! 1 Ureat North, pfd 78% 79% i 'Great North Ore. subs .. 37% 38 %{ I Inspiration Copper 54% 65% | j lnterboro Met 3% 3% i j Int. Nickel 22% 23% ] int. Paper 75% 76% , Kennecott 28% 28% i Kalis. City So 15% 16 i Lackawanna Steel 85% 56% j Lehigh Valley 42% 42% Merc. Mar Ctfs 48% 48 Merc. Mar Ctfs. pfd. ...108% 108% Mex. Petro 219% 212% ! Miami Copper 22% 22% 1 Mid vale Steel 48% 48% | Missouri Pacific 26% _ 27% - N. Y. Central 69% * 70% jX. Y., N. H. and H. ... 28 28 1 North. Pacific . 79% 80% I Ptnna. R. R 40% 40% ] Railway Steel Spg 97 98 ! I Ray Con. Copper 20% 20'% I Reading 77% 77% j • Itep. Iron and Steel 114% 114%! j Southern Pacific 104 104% Southern Ry 22% 23% Sinclair Oil and R 43% 43% Studebaker 104% 104 j Union Pacific 123% 123% I U. S. I. Alcohol 109 110% I U. S. Rubber ....125% 126 | U. S. Steel 104% 105% Utah- Copper 75 74 | Va„ Caro. Chem 66 66 | | Westinghouse Mfg ✓ 53% 53%! Willys-Overland 27% 27% j Hide and Leather 24% 25 Pierce Arrow 75% 76% PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE ! Philadelphia, Dee. 26.—Corn, dull and nominal; new corn as to gradu and location. $1.55® 1.63. Butter —Lower; western creamery, extra 71c; nearby prints, fancy, i 9 0 81c. Live Poultry—Quiet; turkeys low er. Goc. Dressed Poultry—Firm; turkeys higher: Delaware and Maryland ferny 609 62c: Virginia and other nearhv fancy, ,sC(@!sßc: fair to good, 53055 c; eld toms, 50052 c; fowls, fresh killed, choice to fancy, 34036 c; small sizes, i 25 (ft 30c; roosters. 25c: spring ducks nearby. 38040 c: western, 28032 c; geese, western, fancy, 30®32c; fair to good, 25027 c; broiling chickens, Jer sey, 43® 48c: other nearby, 35042 c: choice western. 3S®4oc; roasting chickens, western, 27@34c: corn ged as to size and quality, 35 9 45c. Eggs—Lower; nearby firsts, $21.60 per case; current receipts. s2l; west ern extra firsts. $21.60; western firsts. 920.10021; fancy selected packed. 82 @B4c per dozen. Potatoes —Easier: Penna. per 100 lbs.. $3.25®3.60; New York per 100 lbs., $3.25 013.40; Maryland, per 100 ,bs„ $2.75®3.1 0. Cheese —Quiet, steady: New York 11114 '"Vlf.eov.H'is f uil mi'i held. 22® 33c: fresli. 31®32%c. Flour—Steady, fair demand; soft winter straight western, slo® 10.50; nearby, slo® 10.25; hard winter {straight, $12.50® 12: short patent, sl3 a 13.50: spring clear ,$9.75® 10.25; pat ient. $13.50® 14; short patent. $14.25® 15? fancy spring and city mills patent family brand. sls @15.35. Timothy—-Hall dull and weak; choice, $34; No. t. $33; No. 2. $30031' No. 3. $77 ® 28: clover mixed hay light mixed. $3031; No. 1 mixed, $27®28. Tallow—Quiet; prime city loose, 15o; special loose, 15% c; prime coun- Itry, 14c; edible In tlercea. 18c. j Bran—Firm: good demand; soft winter bran, western on spot in 100 I )ls sacks. $50054.50; spring bran in l 100 pound sacks, s49® 19.50. CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET Chicago. Dec. 26.—Hogs —Receipts, 31,000, higher. Bulk, $11.50913.65; top. $13.75. Heavy. $13.50013.65; medium. $13.55® 12.70: tight, $13.10®13.60; light light. $13.15013.35; heavy packing sows, smooth. $12.75(813.25; packing sows, rough, $12@12.75; pigs, $12.25®| 13.2.). Cattle—Receipts 13,000, slow. Bee.' 'steers, medium and heavy weight, i choice and prime, $18.85020: medium and good. $11.25018.85; common, $8.75 911.25; light weight, good and choice. . $14.40019.50; common and medium. $8 I'■( 14.10; butcher cattle heifers, $6.50 : 014.75: cows, $6.40013.50; canners and cutters. $5.25®6.40; veal calves, $15.60016.75; feeder steers, $7012.25; ! stocker steers. $6010.25. j Sheep—Receipts 14.000. firm. Tamils - j $16018.50; culls and common. $l2O ; 15.75; ewes, medium artd good. sß® . ! 10.50; culls and common. $1.500 7.75. j Salvation Army Gives Baskets to the Poor The Salvation Army distributed 1 1 forty well-filled Christmas baskets. ! The Army co-operated with the As ; sociated Aid Societies in getting the ' baskets to the needy poor, and pre venting imposition. In each basket ! was the following: Two chickens, two loaves bread, ! i one-half peck potatoes, five oz. cof | fee, one can milk, one-half pound . ! sugar, one pound butter, one cub- j i bage, one stalk celery, one-half j ' dozen bananas, one Christmas War ' I Cry. No Clues to New Murder Mystery Ml. Clemen®. Alicia, Dec. 26.—N0 de velopments toward the solution of ! the mystery surrounding the murder Wednesday of J. Stanley Brown, ; whose body, with four bullet holes In the head, was found in the automo bile n<ar here, have been reported by ! j the authorities. HIT BY AUTOMOBILE j Emily Fahrney, 14 years old. of , 221 .State street, suffered a fractured right shoulder and severe contusions when struck by an automobile while i coasting near Thirteenth and State 'streets on Wednesday. | I.KGAL NOTICES AUDITOR'S NOTICE In the Common Pleas Court of Dau phin County. No. 026 August T.V-m, 1877. In the matter of the Estate of Michael F. Hocker, a lunatic, of the County of Dauphin. State of Pennsyl vania. now deceased. Notice Is hereby given that the un dersigned. having been appointed auditor ih the above entitled matter - to make distribution of the balance in the hands of the committee, to and amongst those legally entitled there to. and to make report to said Court at his rarlist convenience, will ait for the purpose of his appointment at the I-aw Library. Dauphin County Court House. Harrisburg. Pennsylvania, on the eighth day of January A. D„ 1920, at 11 o'clock A. M., at which time and place all parties interested may ap pear aud they will be heard. EIAIER E. ERB. ESQ.. JUidllAkV. HARRISBURG !&&& TELEGRAPH DAUPHIN PLANS ! MUMMER PARADE ON NEW YEAR'S; "Biggest in History of Bor ough" Is Promise Hold Out i i . by 'The Lobsters" I t j Dauphin, p n ., Dec. -6.—"The biggest \ J Mummers' parade in (he history of tlie! j borough," j* the promise held forth j • for the opening event of 1920 by the j j Debaters, a fancy eaprisoned club,] I which promotes this annual affair. ' . i'lans for large representations ly I the "lsibsters.' "The Fancy Flub" f | "The, Silver Crown" and "The Dtrk j town Brigade," and local fraternal ; and patrio'tle organizations in addi j tion to school delegations are being i made. I Present arrangements, while sub-j I ject to change call for a parade (f, . four sections. "The Fancy Club" | i which was awarded the position of j I honor will lead the tirst division under , the leadership of retiring Burgess j | John L, Porter. "The Silver Crown j Club" which is arranging to hire a! i string baud for the occasion will he j 'the principal attraction of the sec ond division. For his valorous trr- i vice overseas with the 28th Division Reuben Howard will be in command. "A. D.' K." anil "Darkies" Members of the "A. D. K." a secret "little brother" to the P. O. S. of A„ will comprise the bulk of the third division. Gaily decorated uniforms, recently purchased will be displayed for the first time. H. S. Megonncl will | direct the maneuvers of this division.! In the fourtli division will be "The | | Lobsters," tho "Darktown Brigade." | j and costumed school children and in-> j dividuals. Decorated floats will fol- | j low. j A meeting of the committee lir-cst- i ling the affair will be held this even-j i ing at the office of Burgess-elect John j Malehorn. I Contributions are being turned over |to the committee by merchants and I individuals which will be split up into I prizes for the best of each class of j exhibits. ' Hotel Owners and Clerks to Organize Chapter of Greeters Association Oreeters Association of Pennsyl- . vania No. 41 will be formed to-mor row, when more than 100 hotel man agers. clerks and ffwners will meet j at the Penn-Harris as guests of the management. Hotelmen from all ! over Central Pennsylvania *** ill be present, as well as some of the higher officers of the Greeters of America. | The program calls for the gather- . ing informally of the hotelmen this evening, and to-morrow following registration the business session will be held. After luncheon in the grill the hotelmen and their wives will he taken for a motor trip about the city's parks, apd in the evening a banquet will close the first meeting. The speakers at the banquet include: Lieutenant Governor E. E. Boidle man, "Greeting From the State:" E. .T. Stackpole, president of the Cham ber of Commerce, "Greeting From the I City;" "What it Means to Be a Good Greeter." National President Leonard j Hicks, manager of the Grand Hotel, j Chicago; "What Hotel Magazines Say," Colonel T. C. Leslie, publisher , of the Hotel News, Philadelphia: "Our | Host." Horace Wiggins, manager of I the Penn-Harrig; "The, Clerk as a Hotel Asset, C.' 'TV Yost,, chiV-'J ' rlerk } of the Colonial Hotel. Aork; "Until! We Meet Again," Edward R. Marin. I Walters Park Inn, Wernersville: "Tliree Minutes With Our Friends," 1 A 1 K. Thomas, president of the Ki-I wan is Club; Gus M. Steinmetz. pres-j ident of the Rotary Club. L. IC. ( Wiltse. president of the United Com-\ mercial Travelers, and A. D. Bacon, president of the Travelers' Protec tive Association. JI'RORS NOT NEEDED Isick Haven, Pa., Dee. 26.—Judge , Robert B. McCormiek bus issued an: order annulling the attendance of all grand jurors for the January term ] of court, by reason of the lack of criminal cases, the few defendants held having pleaded guilty. ' ..., v... . lOur Christmas Sayings Plan Has Been in Successful Operation 10 Years HAVE MORE MONEY | SI |NEXT CHRISTMAS I 1 Join Our CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUB ! if . I I And Deposit a Little Every Week in fl i 5 One or More of the Following Classes 5 B CLASS 2. Members depositing: CLASS 2A. Members depositing C'l/AS.S 5. Mcmliojs depositing CLASS SA. Members depositing &• 2 cents tlie iirst week. 4 -ents tlie SI.OO tlie lirst work, 1)8 cents the 5 cents the (irst week, 10 cents the $2.50 the tirst week $2.45 the sec- ft second week, ami increasing 2 second week, and decreasing 2 second week, and increasing 5 "' ' ;p5 V cents each week for fifty weeks, cents each week fifty weeks, will cents each week for fifty weeks, on " an " decreasing .. ernts ja : jff will get get will get each week for fifty weeks, will get St I $25.50 $25.50 $63.75 $63.75 , 0 and Interest and Interest and Interest and Interest n ■ r ; CLASS 25 Fixed. Mem- CLASS 50 Fixed. Mem- CLASS 100 Fixed. Mem- CLASS 200 Fixed. Mem- CLASS 500 Fixed. Mem- ;] ; H bers depositing 25 cents hers depositing 50 cents hers depositing st.oo every bors depositing $2.00 every bers depositing $5.00 every j| I V every week for fifty weeks every week for fifty weeks week for fifty weeks will , week for fifty weeks will week for fifty weeks will A J will get will get get get get < 1 $12.50 $25.00 $50.00 SIOO.OO $250.00 § ft and Interest and Interest and Interest _ and Interest and Interest UNION TRUST COMPANY | OF PENNSYLVANIA J FIRST ASSEMBLY IN PENN-HARRIS ) Tliis Evening's Event Will Bring Together Many of the Older Residents I There's always a grace and dig ' nity about tlie Harrisburg ussem -1 blies, brought about ,by the ,pres ! race of the older residents of the j city who come to greet old friends I rather than dance. When they were j lirst organized it was always the ] wife of the Governor who took ' precedence In (lie receiving line, and I in later years the wives of members . of the committee were the hostesses, j This evening, for the first of the , season held In the Penn-Harris, Mrs. Sproul is away and the other host- | ■ esses will be Mrs. Lyman D. Gilbert, : ; Mrs. William O. tliekok, Mrs.! j George Kunkel. The decorations are full of holiday I | suggestions, with huge wreaths of I i holly and mistletoe hanging on the ' I wall, little Christmas trees in the j I corners and festoons of laurel and i j pine. The Myers orchestra, of Phila- j delphiu, will play and supper will ; Ihe served at intermission, tin the! ! committee of arrangements are: . Henry U. Bent, George i'omstock, 1 Frank Bobbins, Henderson Gilbert, j Vance t". McCormiek and Edward I J. Stack pole, Jr. Little Dinner Parties There will be quite a number of I little dinner parties preceding the j assembly this evening, among them j one given by Mr. and Mrs. A. Car-j I son Stamm, at their residence, Thir- ! j'teenth and Reese streets, in honor j |of Mr. and Mrs. George f'omyns ' | Thomas, Jr.. of Elizabeth, N. J. ! | Tile guests wi'.i be Mr. and Mrs. : ; Thomas, Miss Mary Creighton. Miss | I Almedu Herman, Miss Eleanor Et-j j ter, Mies Mary Mitchell, Miss Kath- j ryn Stamm and Miss -Maude Stamm, t j Richard Robinson, Albert 11. Stack- j ' ole, Arch Knisely, Charles Orth. Jr., j lof New York; Frank Masters, j Franklin Etter. Dr. Jerome Mar- i shall, of Wilkes-Barrei Howard I Ingersoll. of Philadelphia; Mr. Wei- ! mer, of Pittsburgh. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Jordan Hull l j will be hosts at dinner at their j j home, Front and Harris streets, with i l the following guests; Dr. and Mrs. j j William E. Wright. Mr. and Mrs | I John Fox Weiss. Miss Ethel Calder, | ! of Bryn Mawr; Miss Mary H. Arm- ! strong, of New York: Mrs. Martin , E. Olmsted, John Ericsson and j | Frank Brady. j Example of Co-Operation With New York Railroads | | "Don't Take Chances." is a warning | that is being sent by the State of I New York to 400.000 of its citizens ! owners of automobiles, addressed! personally to each individual, in the shape of a card. Francis M. Hugo, secretary of state, is sending the: cards in the envelope with his regj-1 lar annual circular advising automo-1 Idle owners of the approach of the date when their licenses expire and need to be renewed. This is an ex ample of co-operation between the I State and the railroads, the cards be-' ing furnished by the New York I j Central Railroad. Christmas Greetings For Middle Division Men ! Paper in ten dent J. C. Johnson, the Middle Division, extended Christ-1 mas greetings to all employes of the' | division. They were posted on the| 'various bulletin boards and read as! I tollows: "In wishing you and your family ai [Happy and Prosperous New Year I I I want to take this occasion to thank you for your co-operation in our ef forts to get as near a too per cent performance as possible. We are em ployes of a great raiiroa'd an<J if we pull together we can make it go. J. C. JOHNSON. Superintendent." AMI,I, IS PROBATED j The will of Margaret Gerberi'ch, late ] of East Hanover township, inks pro bated to-day and letters on the estate were issued by Register Ed. H. Fisher to W. E. Shell. CHILDREN SELL 470,000 RED CROSS CHRISTMAS SEALS Almost Every Borough and Township in County Ex ceeds Quota City school children sold more than 470,000 Red Cross Christmus seals j during the recent campaign. D. P. Hammelbuugh, chairman of the seal I jale committee, reported to-day. This | is an average of forty seals sold per' pupil in the Harrisburg district. [ Two years ago in the last seal! j campaign the total sales in Ihe city I and county combined were 494,708. This year tlie llatii'ishurg school . I children alone disposed of almost i i that many, while the total city and I j county sale will be almost 800,000.1 I Children In Harrisburg schools sold j 267.000 seals in 1917. Reports have been received from | practically all- the buildings, and in | almost every instance many more (seals were disposed of than two years; j ago. At tlie Open-Air school the! j pupils averaged 237 seals for each j one, while in many of tlie other | buildings the average sale per pupil! J ranged from ,50 to 80. Reports are missing from some of 1 i the county districts but indications' are that almost every borough and | township will exceed its 1917 rec-1 lord, sonic of them reporting sales j double and treble those of two vears | ago. . i (Big Railroad Leaders Express Satisfaction Over Railroad Return! . i j Philadelphia, Dec. 26.—Thomas De- ! ■ witt Cuyler, if director of the Penn-! isylvania railroad and chairman of the! (Association of Railway Executives,! j representing virtually all the impor-l j tant railroads of the country, said I to-night the President's announce- j I went regarding the return of the i rouds to their owners on March 1. is) ["admirable in its tone and substance •and is entirely satisfactory to the I Itailroads." Mr. Cuyler's statement I follows: | "The President's statement is ad-1 imirable in its tone and substance ana! is entirely satisfactory to'the rail-| road companies. They will he fully | orepared and organized to take ovvr their properties. 1 entertain no doubt but that by March 1 Congress will I have enacted a sound and construc (tive law for the protection of the I railroads and tlie public alike." j Baltimore. Dec. 26. —Daniel Willard, I president of the Baltimore and Ohio 'Railroad Company, said to-night that Ihe considered March 1 a very satis-1 I factory date for the turning back ot| I tlie roads. j "I am very glad that the President [has seen fit to turn the roads bacit land to defer tlie date from January jl. because at January 1 proper legis j lation will be lacking." American Sailors Held Under Common Law By Associated Press Mexico City, Thursday, Dec. 25. I-lilario Medina, in charge of the Mexi can foreign office, declared to-day, in answer to a question that the two American sailors arrested at Mazat j lan for assault upon a Mexican citi- I zen, were so far as tjie foreign office i knew, still held there under provis '♦Y-.iei w? U-.bsMari'.'tin ~i:r.*csi Jo„v. I Senw Medina said the foreign of- I fin "had asked the Ma£atian authori ! ties for further particulars regarding i the case and asserted the American I embassy had made no further move I relative to the incident since it had ; handed its first communication to the foreign office. TREE SPECULATORS |||T HARD By Associated Press Now York, Dec. 2 6.—Speculators in Christmas tr cs were hard hit In New York this tfcar and to-day dealers who had hoped for big profits hired truckmen to cart many remaining tirq to the bay. Others were turned over to janitors to help lieat apartments. DECEMBER 26, 1919. M'CLAIN READY 1 TO TAKE CHARGE J jS;ivs He Will Act as Fair Price ) Commissioner as the (lov- ' ernor Desires , Director Frank B. McClain, ot the 1 Public Welfare Commission, has ac- 1 cepted tlie position of fair-price j commissioner for Pennsylvania anil j I says he will tight food gougers with j publicity as well as the law. As | ! soon as the appointment is confirm- ! led by Attorney General Palmer, Mr. ! ' McClain will make his headquarters in Philadelphia at the present offices lof the State welfare commission. I "During the public welfare com-! mission's tight against extortionate , .rents and the unfair practices of' i landlords, the help of the newspa- I pets was invaluable to me," he says, j "Thousands of families would have | been put out in the streets this win ter had it not been for the interven- I tion of the commission and the. I threat of publicity held over the heads of the profiteers. I called some |of the gougers Shylocks and they came around. "I hope to he able to accomplish a great deal in the light against food j | profiteering by similar methods. The i !situation will have to be handled j with tact and intelligence, hut it is I i a situation which can he controlled, | j I am confident, by proper methods. ' | "I feel that the co-operation of j j the newspapers will be more help- ! | fill than the law itself. Men take j advantage of the technicalities of j ■ tlie law, but the wrongdoer cannot I i stand publicity. It is more potent j | than the act of Congress." Copies of tlie final aeeount of Ef- I j fingham B. Morris, the Philadelphia i | banker, as treasurer of the Pennsyl- | ivania Council of National Defense j .and Committee of Public Safety,! ! have been received at the Capitol. | | Mr. Morris' report is in prihted form I j and includes an appreciation of his services by Auditor General Charles A. Snyder. j J. C. Knauss, former messenger in! i the Department of Public Instruc tion, lias been appointed court crier \ in the new Lehigh county court. | The men behind the new company | j of the National Guard at Doylestown I I have arranged a tour to cover the , whole county to get recruits. The 1 | drive started to-day. According to tlie Philadelphia | Record there will he a general I shake-up of the Philadelphia police department when James T. Cortel-1 you becomes director of safety. Su- | perintendent Robinson will be de moted and so will Captain of Detec tives Souder, both well known at the ' j Capitol. ' | : APPRAISAL BUREAU : KIINKEL Df.nG. ! Plttx'gb. llnrrlab'g.lVrw York" | LI UU SEALS &BTENOI LB I W i n HARBIBBBETENQILWORKS || | II I (80L0QU8T IT. HARRISES.PA. U I i > Oil, Curb, Industrial and Mining Stocks Bought for Cash or Carried on Conservative Margin ! McCall & Riley Co.,lnc. STOCK BROKERS 212 N. THIRD STREET, HARRISBURG, PA. Telephone: Dinl, 2239; Bell, 3198 NEW YORK BHIEADEEPHIA Direct Private. Telegraph Wire Connecting Offices Prisoners at Jail Eat Sauerkraut on Holiday Prisoners at the Dauphin county jail yesterday were given a Christmas dinner including sauerkraut, frank furters and potatoes. There are only 711 prisoners in custody there at pres ent, the lowest number in recent years to bo in jail on Christmas Day. Friends and relatives of some of the men and women sent them cuts from roast chicken, duck, turkey, beef and pork, while many received fruit and nuts. H. E. SCHRIVER AUDITS SYSTEMS TAX SERVICE Cnlon Trust Bldg., llarrisburg, Pa, Established 1894 i i Your multlgrnphing and letterlclai : to us and we will RUSH! ,It out. ItateM consistent with hiffft* u;ni<lc work. Office Service Co. Public Stenographers liunkcl Hulldlng | Open Phone 8 to 5 • S-U-S , ® A Guide to the Right Investments For those who have not had extensive experience in selecting investments we ' shall be glad to explain the facts regarding some of the securities experienced in vestors are now buying for either conservative or semi speculative purposes. Correspondence invited. Ask for Circular RM-70. A. B. Leach & Co., Inc. Investment Securities 115 S. 4th St.. Philadelphia New York, Cbiengo. 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