The star-independent. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, November 18, 1914, Image 1

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    THE WEATHER
FAXB TO-NIGHT
AND TOMORROW
Drllllri Rrparl, Pave *
VOL. 76—NO. 143.
KSTABI.ISHKD
DEC. «. IN7«.
FIRING UPON
U. S. VESSEL
CONFIRMED
Captain of Tennessee
Reports Being Shot
at by the Turks at
Smyrna
DANIELS WANTS
MORE DETAILS
Secretary of the Navy Calls Upon Cap
tain Decker to Forward Immediately
a Full Report of the Incident to
Washington
.Washington, Nov. IS.—Captain
Docker, of the cruiser Tennessee, seut
an official confirmation to Secretary
Daniels early today that while pro
ceeding from Yourlah to Smyrna to
make an official call the vessel was fired
upon.
An earlier dispatch from Captain
Decker, reporting the Tennessee's ar
rival at Chios at 4 o'clock yesterday
afternoon made no mention of the in
cident. Mr. Daniels issued a statement
savin,' the American consul at Smyrna
had been anxious for the safety of the
consulate.
"The Tennessee," added Mr. Daniels
statement, "proceeded to and left Your
lah at the request of Ambassador Mor
genthau ami is now anchored in the
harbor of Chios from which Captain
Decker's telegram was sent."
Secretary Daniels has called upon
Captain Decker to forward immediately
a full report of the incident.
Awaiting More Complete Beport
Captain Decker's report, confirming
last night's news dispatches which of
ficials hoped and believed were inac
curate, left them to-day in a state pf
amused wonder. Every effort is being
made to get more complete reports of
the incident from the Tennessee's com
mander. His report does not say
whether the Tennessee or her launch,
as war reported in news dispatches, had
been fired upon.
Aside from being considered as a
hostile act. the firing may be explained
in various ways. The first report said
the cruiser's launch had been turned
by three shots from the forts as it was
entering the harbor of Smyrna. Of
liiials say the launch may have been
entering during prohibited hours and
the torts may have taken that method
of warning the .-hip against mine fields
in the harbor.
Uneasiness About U. S. Ships
There has been considerable uneasi
res> about the Tennessee and also the
North Carolina, her sister ship, since
they went to Turkish waters to look
after the interests of Americans, at the
end of their voyage to the European
continent with gold for stranded tour
ists. Reports of mishaps to both ships
have been frequent but always have
been disproved bv official dispatches.
Ambassador Morgenthau's reports of
internal conditions in Turkey since the
Ottoman empire joined the' dual alii
C'oatinued on seveatli Page
TERRIFIC BATTLE ON FOR
FOUR PAYS AROUWB SOLDAU
Paris, Nov. 19, 4.81 P. Off.—A dis
patch received here from Petrograd bv
the Havas Agency is as follows:
"A terrific battle of unexampled vio
lence has been proceeding foT four days
around fioldau. The cannonading has
been maintained night and day. The
Rossiams are endeavoring at anv cost
to avenge tSieir check at Soldau, and
are throwing themselves at the Germans
witfh indescribable fury. Tney 'have
earned position after position by as
sault, in spite of the internal fire of the
Germans.
"The Germans are offering a most
energetic resistance, and their fighting
is alternately offensive and defensive.
"In spite of the torrential rains
which have turned the ground into a
quagmire, the Russians are advancing
toward the interior of Germany.
have captured ten big cannon, none of
them damaged."
- tISSIANS CLAIM VICTORY;
AUSTRIAN'S FLEE IN DISORDER
Petrograd, Nov. 18.—A dispatch re
wived here from Marmoritza, on the
Vustro-Kumanian frontier, declares
hat furious fighting is going on in the
tort hern part of the crown land of
iukowina.
The Russian troops are described as
notorious. As they advance the Aus-i
.nans are fleeing in great disorder. I
t Star- Jukpctiktii
LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY
The American flag has been fired
upon by Turkey. A report to the Navy
Department at Washington to-day from
Captain Decker, of the Cruiser Ten
nessee, gave official confirmation to
earlier dispatches from Athens and the
Greek Island of Chios in the Aegean
Sea, to the eftect that Turkish gunners
at Smyrna had opened fire when the
Tennessee was approaching that port.
On the battlefields of Europe there
were few changes of strategic import
ance. The great campaign in the west
apparently has settled down to a series
of detached battles, related only indi
rectly to the main issue. At some points
along the ttOO-mile line there is furious
hand to hand fighting, and elsewhere
comparative inactivity prevails.
To-day's French, official statement
was optimistic in tone, stating that
German attacks, wherever made, had
beeu repulsed, and that the allies had
gained ground at a few points. Along
the Belgian coast the fighting has been
left chiefly to the artillery. Near Bix
schoote, a few miles north of the
French border, there was a fierce en
counter with bayonets, during which
the Zouaves, according to the French
war office, won possession of a forest
which had been contested for several
days.
The fighting in Alsace, which has
been virtually a separate campaign and
concerning which little has been heard,
is said by the French to have told
heavily upon the German forces. The
Landwehr, composed of older Germans,
has beejn used in this district* The
French war office announces that the
Landwher battalions have been with
drawn, as they had lost one-half of
their effective strength.
On the two main battle fronts
from the Belgian sea coast to the Swiss
border and along the eastern boundary
of Germany—renewed efforts were be-
Contlnurd on F.lrvrmk Pace.
SBLVAY PLANTIs SHELLED
British Wreck Establishment in Bruges
Operated by Interests That Fur
nish Gas for Harrisburg
By Associated Press.
London, Nov. 8, 7.53 A. M.—A Rot
terdam dispatch to the "Daily Mail"
says:
"The British fleet received informa
tion yesterday \vhu-h led them to carry
out a vigorous bombardment at Knoeke
and Zeebrugge on the Belgiau ooast.
The Solvay Company's works on the
Bruges eanal, whitih are being used as
a base for Gorman military trains, was
wrecked. A train of five cars, filled
with soldiers, was struck by a shell,
took fire and was destroyed. Much dam
age was done to the German stores and
supplies.''
The Set.et-Bolvay Company has a
coke plant in Steeiton which supplies
illuminating gas for use in Harrisburg.
It is one of a score or more that the
company u: -orates in the Unites) States
and Europe. These plants, in addition
to producing coke, are manufactories of
bi-products. On October 30, last, it was
reported that at least two of the Bel
gian plants of the company either had
been totally destroyer! or were badly
damaged through being shelled by the
armies of the belligerent nations."
One of the Belgian plants has for
some time been in the ha Is of the Ger
mans who are operating it and using
one of the bi-products. ••benzol." to
operate the high-powered motor vehicles
which the Kaiser's troops are using so
effectively in battle.
PLANS 111
CUTIS THEE
Citizens' Committee
Will Meet Friday to
Start Movement In
augurated in 1913
A CELEBRATION
LIRE LAST YEAR
Mummers Expect to Take Advantage
of It for Big New Year's Eve Frolic
—Plan Is to Erect Tree at
Front and Market
Harrisburg will have a municipal
Christmas tree celebration again this
year, a big tree covered with electric
lights will again be erected at Front
and Market streets and a large choir
will sing Christmas carols on Christmas
eve.
It may seem late to say that a cele
bration this year was decided after last
year's municipal celebration proved
such a success but it is just what hap
pened. The general committee was so
pleased with the way Harrisburgers in
general enjoyed that affair that they
immediately decided not to disband the
committee but to continue it to plan a
celebration for this year.
This committee will meet in the of
fice of Mayor Royal Friday morning at
11 o 'clock to make preliminary pians.
It may not be definitely decided whose
woodland tract will give up the tree
or who will haul it to the appointed
place, but that is a mer* detail in the
plans. It is more than likely that the
tree will be lighted for the first time
the night before Christmas and be kept
lighted all through Christmas week, in
cluding New Year's night. In addition
«■ Elevcath Face. i
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 18, 1914 12 PAGES.
DROPS DEAD
ON HEARING
CRY OF 'FIRF
Charles P. Treadwell
Killed by Shock to
His Heart Caused by
the Excitement
BABY, 3. SETS
HOUSE ABLAZE
Woman Nurse, Who Attends His
Mother, Extinguishes the Flames
Started When the Youngster Plays
With Box of Safety Matches
Excitement caused by flames in a
house next door where a woman la'-
'ii bed, resulted in the death at g.40
o'clock this morning of Charles P.
Treadwell, 49 years old, a conductor
on the Erie divisiou of the ennsyuva
nia railroad. His lifeless body was
found in the parlor of his home, 51
North Eighteenth street, after he had
returned from the scene of the sligftt
blaze. Heart trouble is given as the
cause of death. Mj. Treadwell had been
suffering from a weak heart for some
time.
Mr. Treadwell was seated at the taaie
in his home eating breakfast when cries
of "fire" from the home of John S.
Hoppes, No. 49 North Eighteenth
street, attracted his attention. He Und
Mrs. Treadwell rushed to the neighbor
ing house prepared to carry out Mrs.
Hoppes from her bed on the second
floor. The fire, whk*h was in the third
door, had bv that time been extinguish
ed bv Miss Klsie l.efckioher, 437 ijoubh
Seventeenth street, who was nursing
Mrs. Hoppes.
There being no further dnngeT, Mr.
Treadwell returned to his home where
his daughter, Martha, a few minutes
later, found him dead in tfhe parlor
where he must have fallen juft after
returning. The excitement of the fire
was too severe a tax on his heart.
The fire in the Hoppes home was
started by James K. Hoppes. 3 years
old, who was at play in the third floor.
He had obtained a box of safety
matches and when he struck one, fire
flew to a pile of rubbish and broken
toys, starting a blaze. He boy ran
down stairs to his mother's room, sav
ing that the house was afire. Miss
Labkicher shouted to the neighbors and
rhen went to the third floor where she
tthrew some water on the blaze. In the
meantime a telephone call had been
sent to the Mt. Pleasant Pi re Company.
The firemen responded, but did not have
to go into service.
The quick work on the part of the
nurse in putting out the blaze made
the carrying of Mrs. Hoppes from her
bed unnecessary. The excitement made
Mrs. Hoppes very nervous and she suf
fered slightly from shocji, but soon aft
erward it was evident she would ex
perience no serious reaction. Mr.
Hoppes is a stenographer in.the employ
of f-ht> Public Service Commission.
Mr. Tread well had been in the employ
of the Pennsylvania railroad for many
years, having occupied many positions
in the train service and finally being
promoted to condu-ctoT. He ran between
this city and Renovo. He leaves a
widow and one daughter, Martha.
SCALDED AS COFFEE EXPLODES
Pennsy Employe Severely Burned When
Lid Blows Off of Can
(Special to the Star-Independent.)
Middletown, Pa., Nov. 18.—When
the lid of a molasses can in which he
was boiling coffee on a stove, was blown
off last evening, David Mark, 28 years
old, of this place, was so severely
scalded about the face and hands that
he was sent to the Columbia Hospital
for treatment. His injuries are pain
ful but not dangerous.. It is believed
that his sight will not be permanently
injured.
Mark until three months ago was a
jockey employed by D. B. Kieffer, of
Middletown. Since then he has been em
ployed with one of the maintenance of
way crews of the Pennsylvania Bail
road in Middletown. He had gone to
the cabin of his train for a meal when
the accident occurred. The lid had
been tightly placed on the can, making
it air tight, and the boiling coffee gen
erated sufficient steam to cause the ex
plosion when h e was about to raise the
lid.
Ten Perish In Reform School Fire
By Auociated Prett.
Tampa, Fla., Nov. IS.—Ten inmates
of the State Reform School for White
Boys at Mariana, Fta., lost their lives
to-day in a fire which destroyed the
dormitories at the institution. The
property loss is estimated at more than
SIOO,OOO.
CONSPIRACY AGAINST CATS
IN GREEN ST. UNCOVERED
Six From One Household Vanish by
the Poison Boute and "Ted," a
Trick Collie Dog, Barely Escapes
an Untimely End
The attempted poisoning of "Ted,''
a Scotch collie, making its home at
1812 Green street, brought to light to
day a condition which resident# of tho
vicinity say has existed there for the
last eight or ten years. Oats in great
numbers, they say, have come to horri
ble deaths. Somebody manifestly has
been feeding the animals poison.
'"Ted." a trick dog, was brought to
the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Ir
win, at the Green street address, throe
weeks ago by their daughter, Mrs.
Ralph K. Stecklev, of Philadelphia. The
dog had taken up its residence there
but a few days when something evi
dently began to trouble it inside.
'' Ted'' gave way to grief.
A doctor was summoned and it was
found that the pet had been poisoned.
Foi more than two weeks the patient
has received treatment, and is now able
to lie about. "Ted" was taken for
a walk this morning, around the block,
and showed signs of improvement. The
doctor has hopes of "Ted's" recov
ery.
"Ted" is the first dog in the neigh
borhood upon whose lito an .attempt
has been made, so far as the Irwins
know, but residents testify that many
oats have left the world by the sudden
poison route. Six cats from the Irwin
household alone, it is said, have mot
horrible deaths through poisoning.
The neighborhood lias become so
much worried because of these fata I i
tics that residents seldom permit dogs
or oats, if they have any left, to ap
pear unaccompanied on the street.
BOOY WAS FOUND IN BARREL
Tailor Identified as a Probable Victim
of Feud Between Gangs of
the East Side
Bii Associated Pre ss.
New York, Nov. 1$. —The man who
was murdered last night and stuffed
into a barrel, carried to a lonely street
under the yueeusborougli bridge and
left there, to be found before the
warmth had left his body, was identi
fied to-day. He was Uuigi Macaluso,
aged 22, n tailor, who lived in that sec
tion of Manhattan's East Side known
to the police the homo of gangsters
and gunmen. Ho himself hi><l served a
sentence for carrying a pistol and de
tectives seeking to tho mystery
of liis death though* it die to a feul
between rival gangs.
Two men unloaded the barrel from
a truck and rolled it to the sidewalk
and stood it on end. Then they leaped
back on their truck, whipped their
horses ano dashed away. A woman
who had seen the actions of the men
went to the barrel and looked in. She
saw the bodv of a man, which had
been crumpled and stuffed into the bar
rel. The woman called a policeman
and then made off. horrified bv her find.
ITERS OF THE
WINKING LETTERS
Prize Awards Made in
• the Weekly Contest
for Picking the Best
Bargains
MANY PERSONS
SELECT BANKS
Winners of Prizes For Presenting Most
Direct Reasons Are This Week
Miss Pearl Crow, A. B. Bodmer
and Mrs. Samuel Taylor
Ijast Wednesday's Bargain and
Educational page of the Star-Independ
ent was even more carefully read and
deliberated upon than usual, judging
from the nature of the letters received
by the Bargajn Editor, choosing what
the writers considered the boat offers
on the page. The reasons for the selec
tions were in most eases logical and
deserving of credit.
A number of contestants chose the
offer of "Make Christ King," as the
best bargain and submitted well-word
ed reasons for their selection. Many
others chose advertisements of banks,
and advanced good arguments.
The winners selected by the judges,
because their letters are worded in the
most direct manner and give the most
concise reasons for their selctions of
best bargains, are:
First prize of $3, Miss Pearl Crow,
621 M-aclav street; second prize of
J, A. R. Bodmer, 813 North Third
street, and third prize of sl, Mrs.
Samuel M. Taylor, 903 North Second
street.
The prize winning letters follow:
First Prize-winner
Bargain £ditor:
Dear Sir—
S. 6. Pomeroy 's advertisement of
■high-grade groceries spells "Bargain"
at first glance, because everything ad
vertised is below market price and ev
ery article of ''standard brands" or
'trade marks" leaves no doubt as to
quality. As the articles advertised are
not for luxury, pleasure or desire, but
necessities that must be purchased by
every housekeeper, the bargain is double
fold. It not only benefits the largest
CMtlaiwtf mm Milk Pace
"SAFETY
TENERTALKS
TO EXPERTS
ON "SAFETY"
Governor This After
noon Praises the De
partment of Labor
and Industry
HE IS HONORED
... BY ENGINEERS
This Will Be "Official Inspection
Night" in Chestnut Street Hall for
Benefit of Welfare and Efficiency
Delegates
The wheels at the "Safety First"
exhibit in Chestnut street hall, will
whirr and buzz to-night for the tech
nical experts and mechanical engineers
who are attending the Welfare and
Efficiency conference at the Capitol,
for t'he managers of the big show are
staging what is known as "otlicial in
spection night."
For this evening the price of ad
mission is to be put to 25 cents so that
the experts will not be hampered by a
great crowd of spectators. The price
will go down again for the rest of the
exhibit, however, and the laymen can
mix to-morrow night with the mem
bers of the Chamber of Commerce who
have been invited to make a visit to
the exhibit at that time.
The last exhibit was put in place
this morning for the benefit of the en
gineers but the display will be kept
running for the unexpert until the show
closes, Friday night at 10 o'clock.
At this afternoon's meeting of the
Industrial Welfare and Efficiency Con
ference at the capitol, the session was
held in the hall of the House, Commis
sioner Jackson presiding, and the at-
Contlnurd on Srvnth Pave.
TWO, DIVORCED, WILL WED
Both, Legally Separated From Former
Mates, Get Marriage ijicense
Divorced from their respective mates
within the last three months and within
forty-two days of each other, Frank
Kauffman, of this city, and Bertha
Machamer, of Williamstown, this coun
ty, this morning obtained here a license
to wed. Kauffman is a fireman, 54
years old, and his bride-to-be said her
age is 42 years.
The Kauffman divorce was granted
by the Dauphin county court on Oc
tober 21, last, while the woman was
legally separated from her first hus
band on September 9, last.
The only other marriage licens© to
day was issued to James C. Conrad, of
Carlirle, and Eva M. Tucker, of Phila
delphia.
RECEIVER FOR BIG CONCERN
Stockholders of U. S. Motor Company
Seek an Accounting
New York, Nov. 18.—A receiver is
sought for the United States Motor
Company, a New Jersey corporation,
with authorized capital of $42,-..,-
00u ami plants at Hartford, Oonn., De
troit, Dayton, Ohio; Providence, R. I.;
New Castle, Ind., and Tarrytown, N.
Y., in a suit filed to-day in the State
Supreme Court toy Emanuel Metzger, of
this city, a stockholder.
Besides praying for the appointment
of a receiver, Mr. Metzger seeks an ac
counting from fifteen directors.
Ootton Prices Decline To-day
New York, Nov. 18.—There was a
renewal of yesterday's strong move
ment at the opening of the Cotton Ex
change this morning and after opening
at a decline of 6 to 9 points, active
months sold about 10 to 12 points net
lower during the early trading.
WILL PROTEST HERE AGAINST
SECRECATION OF NECROES
Professor J. E. Spingarn, of Columbia
University, Will Discuss the Sub
ject in Bethel A. M. E. Church
Next Tuesday Evening
Negro segregation in the federal
service and tho subject of alleged dis
crimination against negroes in political
and industrial affairs, will be the sub
ject of an address by Dr. J. E. Spin
garn, of New York, in Harrisburg, on
Tuesday evening, November 24, in
Bethel A. M. E. church.
Dr. Spingarn is the chairman of the
board of directors of the National As
sociation for the Advancement of Col
ored People, which has been active in
lighting segregation in federal depart
ments ever siuce the first rumor of it
was made public more than a year ago.
Dr. Spingarn, for twelve years pro
fessor of comparative literature in Co
lumbia University, author of many
books some of which have been trans
lated into foreign lauguages, is widely
known in public life. As a candidate
i'ur Congress in 190S he was endorsed
by President Roosevelt and Secretary
Root, and his efforts as a delegate to
the Progressive convention in 1912 to
have a plank on the negro question
adopted in the party platform attract
ed wide attention. The association he
represents has a large membership of
both white and colored people with an
organization embracing many import
ant cities.
There will also bo an address by
Mrs. Wilson, who will discuss the race
question in New England. The officers
of the Harrisburg branch of the asso
ciation, under whoso auspices the meet
ing is being arranged are: Dr. C. L.
Carter, president; Dr. Stephen J. Lew
is, secretary; James M. Auter, treas
urer. and Robert J. Nelson, chairman
of the executive committee.
COURT USES PROD
ON THE LAWYERS
Judge Johnson Re
minds Counsel That
They Are "Not at a
Baseball Game"
URGES THEM
* TO BE FASTER
Witnesses Who Give Snappy Answers
to Questions in Damage Suits
Against the City Enliven This
Morning's Proceedings
Frequest arguments across the coun
sel table and snappy responses of tiie
witnesses enlivened to-day the court
trial before Judge Albert W. John
son, of the Union-Snyder district, spe
cially presiding here, in the case of
three South Harrisburgers who are
seeking to recover from the city for
the alleged losses aud damages to their
property. Judge Johnson repeatedly
urged the attorneys to "go on and
make better progress." Once he said:
"This is not a baseball game gen
tlemen, go on with your case."
The plaintiffs, Benedict SchlitzeT,
Mrs. Mary Miller and Mrs. Barbara
Koenig, are represented by Herman &
Hain, while City Solicitor Beitz, and
his assistant, E. Bruce Taylor, are
looking after the city's interests.
Upon the reopening of South Front
street between Paxton and Iron alley,
the taking by the city of a strip ot
ground to permit the continuation of
the river park and the making of cer
tain fills along the river bank in the
vicinity of Conoy street, are based the
three claims for SI,OOO damages, all
of which really are appeals from deci
sions of a board of vie were.
The property owners all claim to
have deeds showing they have title to
Omi «<■■«< mm Blmatk Pas*.
POSTSCRIPT
PRICE, ONE CENT.
MORETO 'HIT
THE TRAIL'
ARESOUGHT
Persons Go to Taber
nacle This Afternoon
Only to Find the Big
Building Empty
TRAIL HITTERS
ARE VISITED
Inndel Among Those Who Hit the
Sawdust Last Night Following
Sermon on "Prodigal Son" By
Evangelist Stough
.Members of congregations of all
churches co-operating in the StougU
evangelistic campaign gathered at
their respective churches this morniug
at 10 and 10.30 o'clock, to prepare for
active work among trail hitters. Brief
talks were given by the pastors, and
volunteers wore assigned trail hitters
to call upon this afternoon. The occa
sion is called Ohuroh Day.
Several hundred workers started
this aftornoon to make their visits,
calling upon not only men an<i womou
not church members, who hit the trail,
but also upon families of the congre
gations, with membera who do not be
long to the church.
Cards signed by trail hitters up to
Sunday niglit, on which church prefer
ences are expressed, have been placod
in the hands of pastors of ohuruhos
signified, and it is umong the signers
of cards thus distributed to any one
church that volunteers from that
church will work.
Because of the church day activities
neighborhood prayer meetings were
this morniiug dispensed with and no
meeting was he'd at the tabernacle
this afternoou. A number of person*
journeyed »o the tabernacle and found
it empty.
The usual tabernacle service will be
held this evening. To morrow evening
members of Mothers' organizations
of Pine Street and Bethany Presby
terian churches will meet at the taber
nacle and march in a body to the sec
tion reserved for them, the time set
for gathering is 6.45. Friday night
will be High school night.
Infidel Hits the Trail
Among the eighty or ninety trail hit
ters at the tabernacle last night who
responded to Evangelist Stough's urging
in speech and t'lie choir's leading in
song, was a man who said lie had been
an infidel, and was puzzled concerning
the existence of a Cod.
"I dont ask you to believe there i«
Continued on F*l«»v<*nth I'Mye.
MORE COMMUTED PROTEST
Public Service Commission Receives
Plaints Against Higher Fares
Protests against the increase in sub
urban passenger fares out of Philadel
phia were received by the Public Serv
ice Commission this morning from tlia
following persons: K. M. Scofield, Sto
field Engineering Company, Philadel
phia; Howard Luudis, Jenkintowu;
Falls of Schuylkill Business Men's As
sociation, Philadelphia; William J.
Byrnes, Jr., Philadelphia; The Wynne
wood Civic Association, Wynnewood.
The feature of the change in rates
which meets with most complaint ap
pears to be the abolition of the fifty
trip and hundred-trip tickets.
LOCAL ROTARY CLUB WILL
RAISE FUNDS FOR BELGIAN S
Members at Last Night's Meeting Also
Decide on Matter of Monthly Lunch
eons, at Which Out-of-Town busi
ness Men Will Speak
A proposition to raise funds for the
Belgians by means of some sort of en
tertainment was launched at a meeting
of the Harrisburg Rotary Cnub last
night. Definite plans will be fornifed
ami presented at the next rogular meet
ing, Decemlber 1.
The business session last night fol
lowed a 6 o'clock dinner at the Metro
polian hotel. It wag decided that the
Rotary Club luncheon plan t>e adopted
by the local organization. Luncheons
will be held at noon at the Metropolitan
on the first Tuesday of every month,
beginning next month. At each luncheon
an address will be given by a business
man of prominence from another city.
The meetings of the club on the third
Tuesday of eaic'h month will continue to
be held as usual at places of business
of t'he members.
The public affairs committee at last
night's meeting recommended that the
cluib members through show windows
and in other ways, start to convey
Christmas greetings and suggestions.
The recommendation was adopted.
An invitation was extended the club
to visit the "Safety Fifrat" exhibit in
Chestnut street hall.
A resolution was adopted expressing
hopes for the speedy recovery of the
Rev. Dr. James F. Bullitt, a member at
Hie clurb, Who is seriously ill.