Death and Obituary
DIED.
Kl'NKßL—John C. Kunkel, on Thurs
day morning. December 3. 1914.
Private funeral services will be held
at the home. No. 11 S. Front .St.. Sat
urday. December 5. 1914, at 2 p. m.
MILLIGAN—On Wednesday evening.
Elizabeth R. Milllgan. wife of Samuel
A. Mtlligan and daughter of the late
Frederick Gastrock. aged 44 years.
Funeral on Monday afternoon at 2
o'clock, from her late residence, 108
Conoy street. Relatives and friends are
Invited to attend without further no
tice. Interment in Harrisourp ceme
tery. Rev. R. L. Meisenhelder, of Trin
ity Lutheran church, will officiate.
CARD OF THANKS
The family of A. C. McKee extend to
tlie Central High School class of 1902
their sincere appreciation for the heau
tiful emblem of sympathy in their re
cent bereavement.
Mr. Edward Brink, of 317 Hummel
street, wishes to thank his neighbors
and friends for their kindness shown
him at the death of his wife. Su*an
Brink.
Miscellaneous
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FURNITURE PACKINQ
PACKING—A. H. SHRENK. 1906 North
Sixth street, first class packer of fur
niture, china and bricabrac. Pell phone
mw.
W.J. WENRICH. 33» Hamilton street—
Furniture, china and piano packing,
fchipmenu looked after at both ends.
Also all kinds of hauling. Belt pbon*
>t27W.
STORAGE.
HARRISBURG STORAGE CO. Two
new eight-story brick warehouses,
one absolutely lireproot, divided into
tlreproof private rooms ot various
sizes tor tile storage of household
goods; tile other warenouse of the most
approved type of lire reiardant con
struction for general mei cnandise. They
.qaii.peu will) two large electric
lreight elevators and spiral chute for
the quick and safe handling of house
hold goods and all kinds of merchan
dise. Low storage rales. South Second
street, near Paxton. OH the tracks of
fenna. R. R.
FINANCIAL.
MONEY TO LOA.t upon real estate se
curities in any amounts and upon any
terms tu suit the ooriuwer.
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_ MONEY TO LOAN
LOANS—S« to S2OO KJI honest working
people without bank credit at less
than legal rates; pa> able in install
ments to suit borrowers convenience.
. CO-OPERATIVE
Loan and Investment Co.,
iiu4 Cnsstnut at
ALL KINDS OF HAULING
ALL kinds of hauling; large two-ten
truck; furniture, pianos, freight, la
the city and suburbs. Prices reason
note. Picnic and pleasure trips, day or
evening. WM. H. DARE, 1453 Vernon
Lost and Found
£UUiNI).
FOUND—Don't go anv further, for the
right place is at EGGERT'S Steam
Dyeing and French Cleaning Works,
1245 Market St. We deliver and call
promptly. Both phones.
LOST.
LOST OR STRAYED—Gray Angora cat,
in neighborhood of Court and Cherry
streets; answers to name "Fluffy." Lib
eral reward if returned to Hotel Hursh,
Court and Cherry Sts.
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Sale and Exchange I
i
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE—Light delivery automobile,
with delivery body, top and back
seat, which converts car into a 5-pas
senger machine; just completelv over
hauled, almost new tires. First SIOO
takes this machine. If you are looking
for a real bargain, investigate at once.
KEYSTONE CYCLE CO., 814 N. Third
street.
FOR SALE-—Corbin Roadster, model
1912—4-cyllnder; sold cheap if dis
posed of Friday or Saturday or Mon
day; half its value. COMSTOCK'S
GARAGE, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
FOR SALE—IOI.-5 CAI.EXDARS
Orders promptly tilled; 20,000 samples
at a bargain. MYERS MFG. CO., Third
and Cumberland, above Miller's Shoe
Store.
OV ERCOATS FOR SALE—Slightly used
all in first class condition, from $1
up. Also $2.50 felt boots for $1.95.
Men's $1.50 Arctics for 95c. Come and
look them over. Open evenings. S
MICLTZEK, 513 Walnut St.
FOR SALE—Pair good beagle hounds;
well broke. Inquire of RAYMOND C.
BREHM. 226 S. Fifteenth St.
PRIVATE PARTY, forced to sell, will
sacrifice 40 shares International Ed
ucational Publishing Co. preferred
stock at s2o per share. Also 40 shares
common stock of ttie same company at
$lO per share. Address 3995. care Star-
Independent.
AUTO—A Jackson 30-horsepower 5-
passenger, good condition; at a sac
rifice price if sold now. Cash or pay
xneiits. Call 214 Crescent St.
I*OR SALE Cheap Addressograph
foot-power machine with cabinet '
HARRISBURG SHOE MFG. CO.. Harrls
burg, Pa.
FOR SALE—AT GABLE'S. 113, 115 and
117 S. Second St.. 5,000 gallons New
Era ready-mixed paint. Acme quality.
f 1 ""iii . - 1 *
FOR SALE
BUSINESS PROPERTY
6 DWELLIN
111 NEW CUMBERLAND
'ilia "C'olion" property located on 1
South Market street, just below
Third street, New Cumberland.
A splendid location for an im
plement depot, or to continue the
livery, or make a combination of
the two lines of business.
Miller Bros. & Neefe
3EAL ESTATE
Fire Insurance Surety Bonds
hoentt and Court Streets '
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Wants
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HELP WANTED—MALE.
ARMY OK UNITED STATES. MEN
WANTED: Ablebodled unmarried men
1 between uses of IS and 35; citizens of
United States, of good character and
temperate habit.", who can speak, read
and write the English language. For
[ information apply to Recruiting: Officer.
, Berjrner Building. 3d & Market sts..
• Hurrisburg, 48 N. Queen St.. Lancaster.
353 Pine at.. Wllllamsport. or 37 VV.
; | Market St.. York. Pa.
' ) WANTED—By Baltimore manufactur
ing house, a competent salesman; one
who has had experience either In coffee
or wholesale grocery business preferred.
, Give full particulars as to your experi
ence. etc. Address 3403, care Star-Inde
pendent.
| AUTO TRANSPORTATION SCHOOL
i | The oldest, best and most reliable au
; | tomobile school in the country. A full
. I course of practical instructions for $35,
including long driving .and repairing
| lessons. Hundreds of good-paying po
. j sitions are open for competent men.
1 : Stake application now. Easy payments,
i Open day and evenings, a N. Cameron
i , Sr. Hell phone 1710.
SITUATIONS WANTED—MALE.
WANTED —A middle-aged man desires
! a position as watchman or janitor;
I can give good reference. Address R. J.
; NICKIiE, 1825 Rriggs St.
J A JOB of any kind wanted by a col
ored man. Call or address WILLIAM
SKILLMAN, 1336 N. Seventh St.. Har
risburg, Pa.
FIRST CLASS BARBER would like a
position anywhere in city. Applv 32
S. Third St.
COLORED man is looking for work of
any kind; private family or janitor;
can do most any kind of work. Apply
I*2l Sarah Ave., Harrlsburg, Pa.
PAINTER wishes position with paper
liangtr, to learn-imsiness. Call 473J,
Bell phone.
WANTED—General housework or wait
er in private family, or janitor at
hotel or club house. Apply 405 Bailey
St.. Steelton, Pa.
ANTED—Work of any kind. Address
I WM. BRESSLER. U24 Market St..
I City._ _
WANTED—German boy, IS years of
I age, wants work In a restaurant. Can
I speak English. Address 1236 Herr St.
A MIDDLE-AGED MAN desires u po
sition as stationary engineer or any
| kind of electrical work or pipe titting;
;;o years experience. Call or address
162K Swatara St., City.
TWO young men, 20 and 22 respec
tively, want positions as grocery
clerks or work of any kind. Address
or call MR. HARRY RALPH, West
| Fair view. Pa.
WANTED—Position as janitor, porter
or general housework. Address or
call 123 Liberty St.
WANTED—Cooking; short order. Ad
—— 1 - a H__3lo Currant Ave. _
1 HELP WANTED—MALE AND FE-
MALE
j WANTED—Amateur actors and actress-
I es for Saturday night amateurs.
• ARENA theatre. Third and Delaware
I Sts. App 1 y at_Box URice.
HELr- WANTED.
! BECOME Railway Malt Clerks. $75.00
j month; examinations coming. Sam
pie questions free. Franklin Institute,
i
HELP WANTED—FEMALE.
WANTED Experienced skiver and
closer on women's slippers and chil
dren's shoes. Apply Harrlsburg Shoe
Mfg. Co.
eral housework; good wages to rigiit
party. Call at 1908 Market St.
WANTED—At once; white woman
cook. Cresson Sanitarium. Apply
Koom 184, Capitol, Thursday.
VN ANTED Girls 16
years of age and over.
Apply Harris burg Cigar
Company.
SITUATIONS WANTED—FEMALE.
WANTED A young white woman
wishes housekeeping or work of any
kind. Apply 111 l Cowden St.
! WANTED Cooking, housework or
dishwashing by colored woman. Ad
-1 less or call 1412 N. Seventh St.
WHITE WOMAN desires washing and
ironing to do at her home. Call 130
i Cranberry.
WANTED—Day's work. Call 436 Cum
; berland St. or Bell phofte 4S2R.
\\ ANTED—By young colored woman,
«ork by tne day. Call or address
i'2l Sarah avenue.
I WANTED—Washing and ironing to do
at home. Call 2971J, or 1320 Hunter
I street.
COLORED WOMAN wishes day's work
or offices to clean. Call or address
A. Z., 107 Filbert street.
MIDDLE-AGED woman desires work of
any kind by the day. Call or ad
dress 3 46 Muench St., seeond floor, rear.
! WANTED—General housework, by a
j young colored lady. Apply uojj N ;
i Seventh street.
| LADY wants washing to do at home
or day s work. Call at 1617 Wallace
! street. ,
WANTED—General housework, by col
j ored lady. Address or call 122'> Cur. I
rant Ave.
j COLORED GIRL would like to do gen- i
| eral housework or dish washing Ad- I
| Iress 713 Cowden St.
WANTED—By a colored lady, general'
housework. Aduress or call 331 ('al
der street,
f VVANTKD—CoIored woman wants work
as cook or general housework, AD-
I Ply 1412 N. Seventh street.
; WANTED—By a middle-aged lady
truthful and honest; position as
housekeeper. Address P. O. Box 7ti
j Harrlsburg. • j
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Business Opportunities |
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
i CONFECTIONERY STORE FOR SALE, |
on account of ill health; first-class j
equipment; stock in good condition; de-
I sirable business location. Get particu
lars at once. BELL REALTY CO., Berg
ner Building.
The Harrisburg Polyclinic Dispensary
i will be open daily except Sunday at
I 3 p. in., at its now location, Front" and
: Harris streets, for the free treatment
| of the worthy poor.
' Artistic Printing at Star-Independent.
TTAKftTSBTTRCi STAR-INDEPENDENT, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1914.
Real Estate
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
WILL exchange for city property, a
two-acre farm in Cumberland county;
all necessary buildings; close to R. K.;
12 miles from city. Price. 11,700. H. G.
S. Thirteenth 9t.
MR. MOTORCYCLE RlDEß—Special for
this week—Mobile oil, 40 cents per
gallon. Leggings and putties at cost.
KEYSTONE CYCLE CO.. Sl4 N. Third
street.
MR. BICYCLE RIDER—2S pairs of mud
guards for this week only—put on
your wheel complete, at SI.OO per pah.
These are the regular $1.50 kind. Come
quick at this price. KEYSTONE CYCLE
CO., 814 N. Third street.
WHAT IS YOUR OFFER on IGOS Wal
uut St., a store room and three living
rooms? H. G. PEDLOW, No. 110 S. Thir
teenth street.
BUY A FINE new home on Second or
Third streets, Riverside, for a Christ
mas present for your wife. All Im
provements; easy terms. E. Moesleln.
424 State street; W. E. Moesleln, 612
Boas; John J. Hare, 1136 Jonestown
road; Lewis M. NeifEer, 222 Market.
FOR SALE—New store and dwelling.
located in fast growing community;
doing good business; retiring from bus
iness reason for selling. Apply Elder
Real Estate Co., 23rd and Derry Sts.
FOR SALE— 4S Acres—one mile north
of Linglestown; frame buildings;
water in every Held; variety of fruit.
Price 94,500. BRINTON-PACKER CO.,
Second and Walnut Sts.
FOR SALE—24I7 Reel St.; 2%-story
brick; 7 rooms and bath; frpnt and
rear porch; furnace. BRINTON-PACK
ER CO.. Second and Walnut Sts.
NEW HOUSE FOR SALE at Riverside;
now vacant; large porches; slate
roofs, electric lights, steam heat, gran
olithic walks. Price $2,500. Terms easy.
BELL REALTY CO., Bergner Building.
VACANT HOUSE; brick construction; 7
rooms, bath, gas, electric light; porch,
cemented cellar, furnace. Price, J1.900,
on easy payments; SIOO cash and S2O
monthly. BELL REALTY CO., Bergner
Building.
HOTEL for sale; one of the best stands
in city. Write Box 3402, care Star-
Independent.
>li SALE— House No. 1831 N. Sixth St.
Remodeled throughout; all improve
ments. Apply GEORGE W. OKTiI. 423
■? St.
UNFURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT
FOR RENT—Two third floor unfur
nished rooms for light housekeeping.
Call at No. 626 Camp St.
FOR light housekeeping, with and with
out kitchenettes; all rooms strictly
private; nicely papered; stoves furnish
ed tree; laundry, phone and bath room
privileges; basement lockers for sur
plus furniture. Inquire office. 429
Broad street, or Janltress, room 6, same
building.
ROOMS AND BOARDING
WANTED—Room in respectable family
by boy IS years old; price not over
one dollar per week. Address at once,
care Star-Independent.
FOR RENT
FOR RENT—Big room, 105x32 ft., on
Market St., in main business section;
for any kind of business; opens front
and back. All improvements; cellar;
reasonable rent. Address 3405, care
Star-Independent.
REAL ESTATE FOR RENT.
HOUSE FOR RENT— 24O Hamilton St.;
H rooms and bath. Call Bell phone
No. 3102 R.
tO_R RENT—I7I3 Apricot St., between
State and Walnut Sts.; new six-room
brick house, all conveniences; rent sls
per month. Apply H. W. NORRIS, 307
Market St. Bell phone 274 W.
FOR RENT—I 637 Apricot; 6 rooms and
batli. $15.00; 1813 Briggs, 7 rooms and
bath, $16.00; 72 N. 17th. 8 rooms and
bath. $26.00. H. G. PEDLOW, 110" S
Thirteenth. St.
FOR RENT—NEW HOUSES
2131 Derry St., steam heat 523.n-i
2133 Derry St., steam heat 28.u0
2135 Derry St.. steam heat, LS.uO
Inquire P. VANDERLOO,
2119 Derry St.
Or Masonic Temple, Third and State.
FOli RENT—AII improve
ments—
-1614 Catherine, $16.00
535 8. Sixteenth, ... .$17.00
539 S. Fifteenth, ... .$16.00
Apply Kuhn & Hershey,
18 South Third street.
FOR RENT—6SO Emerald St.; corner
house; front and rear porches; eight
rooms and bath, all improvements; hot
land cold water in collar; rent reason-
rignt party. Inquire B. S. HOFF
MAN, 221*8 Sixth St.. or phone 2466.
FOR RENT—New brick garage, No. 227
Sassafras Ave. Inquire 1114 Green St.
: FOR RENT—Houses with all improve
ments, at moderate rentals. J. E.
GIPPLE, 1251 Market St.
FOR RENT—NO. 1443 Berryhill St..
s22.i>o. Dwelling, store room and
stable; together or separately; No. 2021
;N. Cameron St. JOHN H. MALONEY,
i No. 1619 Green St.
FOR RENT—Four 8-roorn houses; de
sirable location; rent $17.50 per
month. Apply to WITTENMYER Lum
ber Co.. 7th and Schuylkill Sts.
FOR RENT—6IB Geary St.; SIB.OO per
month; 8 rooms and bath; cemented
cellar, with hut and cold water; wide
tront and back porches and balcony;
! granolithic steps and pavements, vesti
uule and open stairway. Fine new
aome. Apply titiO Briggs street, or 620
: Geary street.
I "
FURNISHED ROOMS WANTED
WANTED—Three furnished rooms, for
light housekeeping; with all conven
| iences, for a family with two well-be
haved and raised children, 7 and 10
years old. Address 3101, care of Star
liHiependent.
APARTMENTS FOR RENT
ONE of the Kelster apartments, Fifth
and Market streets, live rooms and
, bath. Apply H. KEISTER, ground
floor.
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE OR RENT
HOUSES FOR RENT and -story
dwelling houses for sale. Elder Real
Estate Co.. 24th and Derry Sts.
His Company
Mark Twain, meeting Charles Guth
rie, a prominent British lawyer, in
| Vienna asked him if he smoked.
"Sometimes when I am in bad com
pany,'' was the reply.
After a pause came a second ques
tion. "You're a lawyer, aren't you, Mr.
Guthrie 1"
"I am, Mr. Clemens."
"Ah, then, Mr. Guthrie, you must be
a very heavy smoker"
IT PAYS TO USE STAR
INDEPENDENT WANT ADS.
AMUSEMENTS | AMUBLMENTS
ORPHEUM COLOW/IL~|
High t'l«M Vaudeville, !■» and N. 13 Vaudeville and Picture*, a.13, 7 A 9
CAPT. SORCHO
4 KEITH ACTS
la Hla Deep Sea Dlrlag ExhlbHloa
Headed By
NEXT week DePLACE OPERA CO.
Pekin Hlntiriis
' A Spleadld Mimical OfferiaK. Free
A Wonderful Art of Illusion and Daarla* Leaaona Thla Afternoon and
Magic Danrln* Context Thla Evening.
majestic rarer'
TO-NIGHT—LAST TIME
Beef Trust Billy
Watson's Orientals
The Joy I.lne of Ilurlesque With '
Kuta Kuta Koo (ilrla
PRICES, 10c, 2«e, Me, 30c. 7Be
The Harrisburp Polyclinic Dispensary I
will be open daily except Sunday at !
3 p. m., at its new location, Front and '
Harris streets, for the free treatment I
of the worthy poor.
Artistic Printing at Star-Independent.'
FARM FOR SALE
The farm known as the "Isaac
Mwmma Farm," situated near the
\ cemetery, Highspire, Pa., J
owned by Frank Armstrong, of |
Steelton, will be sold at
PUBLIC SALE
Thursday, Dec. 10,1914
At 2.30 P. M.
r~
Legal
fc— L
To Samuel. G. Hunter, late of No. 1916
Catharine str*>et, Philadelphia, and
latterly at No. 215 Walnut street,
Harrisburg, Penna.:
You are hereby notified that a final
rule for divorce has been granted
against you at the suit o£ Eva Hunter,
your wife, which will be heard in the
Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Phila
delphia county, of December Term,
1913, No. 94, on Monday, the 21st day
of December. A. D. 1914, on which day
you will appear and show cause, if any
you have, why such divorce should not
be granted against you.
JONATHAN R. SMITH.
Attorney for Libellantj
324 Perry Building.
NOTICE OF APPMCATION FOR
CHARTBL
Notice is hereby given that an appli
cation will be made to the Governor
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania*
on Monday, the 14th day of December,
1914, by Troy B. Wildermuth, James B. |
Mersereau, Isaac W. Matter and H. J.
Wildermuth, three of whom are citi
zens of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl
...a, under im provisions of an Act
' <"* -f — 1 .\ » vmhly of Pennsylva
nia, entitled "An Act to provide for the
• ;n i ovulation of eer
•iin cornorations." apnroved the 29th !
day of April. A. D. 1874, and the sev- :
eral supplements thereto, for the char- |
ter ot an intended corporation to be !
called the "Front-Market Motor Supply
Company," the character and object of
which is manufacturing, buying, sell- :
ing, dealing in and distributing en- i
;;!n«s, tire.", accessories, parts, supplies, j
goods and articles of a similar and
cognate character of every description, ]
for motor vehicles, motor cycles, motor
boats, aeroplanes, and other similarly I
propelled vehicles, boats and flying ma- ,
chines, and for these purposes to have,
possess and enjoy all the rights, bene
fits and privileges of said Act of Assem
bly and its supplements.
JOHN FOX WEISS,
Solicitor.
'intntr ot Mm. SiiMimnnh flerr \\ clstllng,
, Deceased
Letters of administration on the above
estate having bi en granted to the un
dersigned. all persons indebted to said
estate are requested to make payment,
and those having claims to present the
same without delay to
JOSEPH F. FERGUSON,
3004 N. Secjnd St.,
Or to his attorney,
DANIEL. C. HERR,
16 South Second St.
CONQUEST OF THE EARTH
Man's Battle fro Fruitful Fields j
Against Nature's Barriers
Nature has set up four kinds of bar
riers to man's conquest of the earth—
mountains, forests, deserts, rivers. The
first he cannot remove, so he bores
holes through them for his railways.
The second he has, most unwisely,
largely cleared away altogether. The
third he is beginning to treat like the
forests. The fourth he is shifting to
suit his purposes and to regulate their I
flow at will.
Man flies now over all boundaries. |
He cuts through isthmuses to remove j
the barriers between the seas^
Into the deserts man sends railroads, |
telegraph lines, irrigation engineers.
The Great American desert marked j
upon the atlases of our fathers has J
ceased to exist. The vast desert of
northwestern Canada has become a
prairie of waving wheat. The Landes
of Gascognv are now much more than |
half covered with pine trees. Over j
22,000 square miles of the Algerian j
desert has been made fruitful by arte- ■
sian wells. Tin Australian desert is j
rapidly being irrigated and turned into !
grazing land. Almost 70,000 square;
miles of desert in India have been re- !
claimed. Operations are now in prog-!
ress for reclaiming J9,000 square miles
of the delta of the .Tigris and Euphra
tes, and more than 4.000 square miles
of the Gezireh plain between the Bhie
and the White Nile are being trans
formed into cotton plantations.
Thus is man by obliterating natural |
Carriers improving upon j
l<ouis Post-Dispatch.
A Whisticr Story
While a draftsman in the coast sur- .
vev from November, 1854, to February,!
1855, Whistler, the artist, boarded at j
the northeast corner of K and Tvvolfth |
streets, Washington. He is remember- j
ed as being usually late for breakfast:
and always making sketches on the j
walls. To the remonstrating landlord.
he replied:
"Now, now, never mind! I'll not I
charge yon anything for the decora- j
tions." (
I «y
Photoplay Ta-day
UNCLE BILL
3-nct Vltagraph Bronilvrfiy-Stnr
Conrdy Production, featuring dntnty
Anltct Stewart, the famoua lead In
"A Million Bid."
MARY JANE ENTERTAINS
i-act Yltavraph, featuring: Flora
Finch.
BRONCHO BILLY'S SCHEME
Kaaaaay.
TO-MORROW
AUCE JOYCES In
The Theft of the Crown Jewels
Mlaa Joyce wear* a (13.000 xonn and
| $1,000,n00 In real Jen-el*.
! FINANCE
DEALINGS IN BONDS WERE
! LARGE IN THE FIRST HOUR
i
Rock Island Issues Again the Feature
of the Market, Advances Running
From a Substantial Fraction to Two
| Points
By Associated Press,
New York, Dec. 4. —'Business in
bonds on the Stock Exchange under iim
j ited regulations was continued to-day
with light trading. Such relatively ac
tive issues as U. S. Steel 5s and New
! York railway adjustment 5s opened un
j rthanged. New York City 4s of 1958
' declined 3 points. Chicago, Rock Island
ami Pacific railway debenture 5s rose
IV*.
Dealings in the first hour were mod
! crately large but fell away toward noon.
I Rock Island issues were again the fea
-11 ture, advances rumning from a substan
tial fraction to two points. New York
Oity 4s of 1959 lost 3% points, Wa
-1 bash 2'wls 9%, Missouri, Kansas and
Texas 2nds 5 and Oregon Short !«ine
4s and 5s 3'4 and 4 % respectively.
Rapid absorption of the $12,700,000
j 46 per cont. trust certificates of the
i Canadian Pacific railway pointed to :ui
| increasing investment demand.
Philadelphia Produce Market
Philadelphia, Dec. 4.—Wheat higher;
No. 2 red spot, export, 115® 118; No. 1
I northern. Duluth export, 126®129.
Corn steady; No. yellow, local. 81®
81 Vi.
Oat's steady; No. 2 white. 54®)54 VS.
Bran Arm; winter, per ton, si6.so@
27.00; spring, per ton, $25.00026.50.
Refined sugar firm; powdered, 5.20;
fine granulated. 5.10; Confectioners' A,
i 5.00.
Butter lower; western creamery, ex-
I tra, 33; nearby prints, fancy, 36.
! Eggs flrhi; nearby firsts, free case,
1 110.80; current receipts, free case, $9.90
@10.20; western extra firsts, free case,
H0.80; firsts, free case. $9.90® 10.220.
Dressed poultry weak; fowls, 11®13;
old roosters, 10; chickens, 11JT12.
Dressed poultry weak; turkeys, fan
cy. 20® 22; turkeys, average, 17® 19;
| fowls, heavy, 17®18; do., average,
I<@l6; do., small, 12®13; old roosters,
13; broiling chickens, nearby, 16®22;
! western, 14®i0; roasting chickens,
western, 13®17; ducks, 13@15; geese,
12® 13.
Flour steady; winter straight. 5.00®
5.25; spring straight, 5.35®5.60; do.,
patent, 5.65® 6.50.
Hay weak; Timothy hay. No. 1 large
bales, 18.00@18.5O; No. 1 medium bales,
1 1 17.50® 18.00; No. 2 do., 15.50@1ii.50; No.
3 do., 14.00®15.00; sample, 13.00®14.00;
no grade, 11.00 ® 13.00. Clover mixed
hay, light mixed, 17.00@17.50; No. 1 do.,
j 16.00® 16.50; No. 2 do., 14.50@15.50.
Potatoes weak; Pennsylvania, per
bushel, 55®62; New York, Jer
sey, per basket, 35®40.
Philadelphia Quotations
Philadelphia, Dec. 4.—2 P. M.—Stocks
steady:
Cambria Steel 40
Lehigh Navigation 72"i
P. R. R 52 * 4
Philadelphia Electric 22%
Philadelphia Traction, 79
Reading .' 69%
Storage Battery, 48V.
'Union Traction 39u.
United Gas Improv 84%
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago, Dec. 4.—rClose:
Wheat—December, May, 121%.
Corn—December, 63%; May, 6!'.
Oats—December, 47%; May, 52', 4.
Pork—January, 18.15; May, 18.60.
Dard—January, 9.75; May. 10.00.
Ribg—January, 9.80; May, lO.li.
Chicago Livestock Market
j Chicago, Dec. 4.—'Hogs—Receipts,
I 25,000; strong. Bulk, 6.65®9.00; light,
| 6.25@7.00; mixed, 8.55@7.15; heavy, 6.45
I ®7.15; rough, 6.45@6.60; pigs, 3.65®
! 6.75.
Cattle Receipts. 25,000; strong.
Beeves, 5.70@10.50; western steers, 5.25
[ @8.50; cows and heifers, 3.25®8.60;
calves. 7.00® 10.00.
! Sheep—Receipts 16,000; steady. Sheep,
I 5.20®6.25; yearlings, 6.30@7.50; lambs,
6.50@9.00.
THE LAST SHOT
Dramatic Incident That Closed the
Franco-Prussian War
There wa« probably no incident in
, the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 more
j dramatic than that which marked its
| close. Herr Forckenbeck, president of l
the Prussian chamber of deputies was I
sent with a colleague to Versailles to!
congratulate King Williaim upon his j
election as emperor.
Bismarck, who had just concluded i
the terms of peace with France, in-,
j vited them to supper and in the course j
! of the meal said:
j "This night at 12 o'clock the last}
shots will be exchanged between our
| troops and the French, and I have
1 conceded to the French the honor of
| the lost shot." /
Forckenbeck and his colleague left
; their host before midnight, drew out
i their watches, stood underneath a lau
' tern of the Hotel du Reservoir and
I waited. First there was a cannon
| shot from the German lines; then a
solemn stillness; then followed the Last
I reply from Mont Valerien. The tow
!er clock at Versailles struck 12. The
I French war had ended.—Exchange.
DR.XOAN PENNED
111 THE WAR ZONE
Missionary, Who Talk
ed in Market Square
Church, Marx>oned in
Constantinople
MRS. LABAREE
WRITES OF KURDS
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W.
Fleming Tells of Horrors Enacted
by Them—Some Amusing Inci
dents, Too *
A largely attended meeting of the
Foreign Missionary Society of Market
Squ'are Presbyterian church was held
in the ohurch thus afternoon, at whicli
a number of ma/ttors pertaining to the
ivork were taken up. During the after
noon Mrs. Mabel Oronise Jones read
an extract from a letter received by
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Fleming, of
this city, from their daugihtar, Mrs.
Mary Fleming Latyaree, who, with her
husband, is in the missionary field at
Tabriz, Persia, showing tihat the war
in Europe is even affecting faraway
Persia, by reason of the Turks taking
part. Mrs. Labaree's letter is as fol
lows:
'' Another week has brouigthit home
Mr. and Mrs. Pittnuan, Miss Ijaim/mo
and Miss Beaber, safely from Uruimia.
It has also brought a cessation of hos
tilities in Uruinia. Week before last
was an anxious time for the Christians
there. The Kurds swept down to the
hil'l's of Ch air bach, oaly ten minutes
from the city. They foug'ht their way
down to Uruimia l'ast Monday and the
next day would have been in the city.
That very night Bussian re-enforce
ments came in such nuimtbers that the
Kurds saw that they could do nothing
and retired on Tuesday morning, the
very day thalt our delegates returned
from the annual meeting in Tabriz.
Kurd's Attack Well Organized
'' The aJtUaeJc was so open, so organ
ized, so different in Its plan from the
usual Kurdish attack that thoughtful
ones are confident that Turkish or
German brains direcited it. Of coiuirse,
the mission yards in Urusnda were fill
ed with refugees and their goods.
There were many sad sights—wound
ed in the hospital, separated fammlies
and hundreds destitute. There were
'aiso some bits of food for lauglhter.
"The liussian commander gave arms
to the moumltain Syriaina, ordering them
to give up their head dress so like the
Kurds, for he feared that in the com
ing fight his soldtors might mistake
the Syrians (for Kurds. So these Syr
ians wont a/round TTimnua begging
European straws, fedoras, and derbys.
One strapping mountaineer bad his gun
over his boulder and on his head a
woman's leghorn halt. Liaslt Sunday
Miss Lewis was preaching to a group
of these mountaineers who had gathor
ed in the mission yard. The Aliens'
goat amshed up behind and gave her a
furious butt thait nearly sent her nros
trate.
"The Kurds, before the arrival of
the Russians, had burned Seir, Mar
Sargis, Manaji, A'lUvateh And Anbar.
The wife and the son of our preacher
were wounded. A Kurd threw one
woman to the ground and held down
her helad, meaning to blow out her
braiins. Just as he fired she jerked her
head away and the bullets struck her
hand causing her to lose four finigers.
Juist then help arrived and she was
taken to our hospital.
"Our delegates to t'he annual relig
ious conference at Urumia alimcst lost
their lives on the lake there. No one
on board thought for a moment that
they would be able to make land.
Waves rushed over the dock of the
tug and the keel Showed.
Coan Family Marooned
" When last we hoard of tihe Coan
faimiWy they were marooned in Con
stantinople, We h>ave to pay 28 krons
for a pair of very inferior shoes for
Robert. He lias plenty in our trunk at
Constantinople which the (Joans were
to bring us—but when we shall be able
to get it now no one can say. The
store s stock of many foreign articles
is very, vary tow now a.nd prices are
extremely hiig-h. Of course we are af
fected as is every one around us bv
this horrible war.'
T>r. ( oan, to whose family reference
made in this letter, was in Harris-
Narg last winter 'and preiached in Mar
kct H-quare Presbyterian dhiurch and at
several other places. Many of the peo
ple in Harrisburg will Member his
bnlliamt sermons. He is now endeavor
ing to return to his mission field but
there seems at present no prospect of
his being able to get there at an earlv
date. J
WHERE RAIN IS A NOVELTY
Think of Having a Shower Only Once
in Twenty-four Years!
Tho Chilean provinces of Atacama
Tarapaca and Tacna are in the. rain
less region, or desert country west of
the Andes, and are entirely devoid of
vegetation. The winds in all of this
region are from the east and in passing
over tho elevated perpetual snows of
the Andes are stripped of their mois
ture and arrive on the coast perfectly
dry.
The last rain, a slight shower which
fell in Antofagasta, in Atacama pro
vince, was the first rain which had
fallen in sixteen years. The last rain
which fell in Iquique, in Tarapaca
province, was the first in twonty-four
years. With both of these showers a
notable phenomenon occurred. The
bare hills back of these cities assumed
a green tint from a little plant which
sprang up almost in a night. The
query is, "Prom wher e did this plant
comef "
The whole of the coast presents a
most dismal and discouraging appear
ance from the sea, but the climate is
healthy, being especially adapted to
pulmonary and throat troubles from
its extreme dryness ai\d freedom from
germs. The heat is modified by a local
sea, breeze, and the sea bathing is most
invigorating, aa the water is cold.
15
NEW IIILIT A ACT
IS WORKING WELL
Though in Operation
but a Short Period,
Good Results Have
Been Obtained
NAVAL BUREAU
CHIEF'S REPORT
Commander Bassett Calls Attention to
How Volunteer Arm of Service Can
Be Improved by Making Number
of Recommendations
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 4.—The now
militia act is working well, even
though it has been in operation for a
short period, according to Commander
F. B. Bassett, Jr., chief of the Naval
Militia Bureau, in his annual report
to-day. On the whole, he says, the naval
militia increased in numbers during
the past year for while several divis
ions were disbanded a number were
organized and the increase is expectod
to l>e evon more marked during the
coming year owing to the enthusiasm
and interest aroused by the passage of
the act.
. Inspectors reports showed that the
naval militia, with the exception of
two divisions of South Carolina, wero
qualified to participate in the allot
ment of federal funds. Several organi
zations are top heavy with officers and
petty officers, and in many cases the
rank of the officers is too high.
Because of the difficulty in getting
relations from naval militia officers,
busy with their own affairs consider
able government property is not prop
erly accounted for and Comma'nder
Bassett recommends that at least one
competent yeoman be assigned to each
naval militia vessel to assist in this
clerical work. He recommends also
that some of the old battleships now
in reserve, be assigned to a naval mil
itia of certain states, the reserve of
ficers and men on the ships to remain
aboard while they are also occupied by
the militia. The plan is for the Illi
nois to be taken to Brooklyn for use
by the Second Battalion ot' the New
York Naval Militia; the Maine to New
York for the use of the First Battalion
of the New Jersey Militia, and the
First Battalion of the New York Mil
itia; the Alabama to be taken to Bos
ton for the use of the Massachusetts
Naval Militia and the Kentucky to be
moored in the Delaware river for the
use of the Second Battalion Now Jer
sey Naval Militia and the First Bat
talion Pennsylvania Militia.
As the naval militia is a purely vol
untary organization, made up of busi
ness and working men the time they
are able to devote to naval militia
matters is necessarily limited and
should, in the opinion of Commander
Bassett, be devoted to drills and the
details of the naval profession. He
asserts that they should not be expect
ed to spend much time scaling bilges,
painting double bottoms or repairing
material and he recommends a consid
erable increase of the number of ship
keepers to take care of this work.
LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY
Continued From First I'nge.
ill the war there were similar interrup
tions of news dispatches which proved
later to have been due to rigid censor
ship during the progress of vital events.
For several days it has been Inti
mated unofficially that another great
battle In Belgium and Northwestern
France was pending
The forces of the allies in that re
gion have been strengthened and the
assumption of supreme command thero
by the English general, Sir John French,
was believed to indicate that the new
English army recently sent to the con
tinent had been scattered along the
Yser in Belgium and in Northern
France, perhaps in preparation for a
great attack. It has been assumed by
some military critics that the allies on
this occasion would take the offensive,
since the Germans presumably were
weakened by the withdrawal of troops
for use in the campaign against Rus
sia. Others have stated, however, that
Oermany had determined to make a
"last effort" to push through to the
English channel.
Germany has resumed the offensive
in the East and is striking another
blow at Russia. Although authenti
cated reports pictured the situation
only in vaguest outline, it was apfcjrent
that the Oermans, who only a fewniays
ago were fighting desperately to averfe>
a calamitous defeat, are now renewing
[ their efforts to sweep back the enemy.
A new battle has developed southwest
of Lodz, where the Germans have
formed another line and are again at
tempting to piece the Russian center,
j The forces of Emperor William thus
i are operating at a comparative advan
tage with the beginning of their third
assault. Their first invasion of Poland,
which took them almost to Warsaw,
was followed by a retreat to German
territory. The second movement was
checked near Lodz, but on this occa
sion they succeeded in holding their
main positions, so that now the attempt
at a forward movement is initiated by
forces already firmly nxed on Russian
soil.
Steelton Girl Has Appendicitis
Miss Claire Flannagan, 54 7 North
Third street, Steelton, was operated on
this afternoon at the Harrisburg hos
ipital for aippemlicitis.
Amounts to the Same Thing
Two youmg Olovelanders met on t'he
Street. One of them said:
"Well, I understand that our old
friend Griggs lias gone and married a
wife.''
"It's not true. I understand nothing
of the sort."
" VV'hatf Well, whnlt did yon hear
atbout itf"
" I understand t'hart a widow has gone
and married our friond Griggs."—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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ADS. BRING RESULTS.