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Miscellaneous
FURNITURE PACKINO
PACKING— A. H. JSHRENK. 190S Norltt
Sixth street. ilrst class packer o* fur-
Blluie. cfcina and bricabrao. boll yaone
SI_W.
W. J. WENRICH. 339 Hamilton street—
Furniture, china ana piano packing.
Shipments looked after at both ends.
Also all kinds of hauling. Bell phone
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WEATHER PROTECTION
3LASS WIXDQWS will be placed in 1
auto curtains while you wait. C. A. ;
IAIK_CAIUiaUK A.NO Al'Tu UOUK.S
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STORAGE.
STORAGE in 3-story brick building.
real 406 Market St. Housenold goods
In clean, pruaie looms. treasonable
rates. Appiy to A*. U. DIKNEK. Jewe.er.
Market St.
HARRISBURG STORAGE CO. Two
new sigtu-sloiy brick warehouses,
one abaoiutelj fireproof, divided into
ureproof private rooms oi various'
Slits tor tne storage Household
goods; the other warenouse oi the most
approveo type of Are retardaut con- I
auction for geatrai merchandise. They
.in <|uu>tKd 'it:i two large electric
freight elevators and spiral chute tor
ir.e quiCK and safe hauuiing of House
hold goods and all kinds of merchan
dise. Lew storage rates. South Second i
street, near Fax toil, OH the tracks of
fenna- R R.
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MONEY TO LOAN
LOAN'S—sa 10 s:<fO kot noneal working
people without bank credit at less
ibi.. iegal rates, payable lu install- j
IT.EUIS to suit borrowcxs conveuieuce. '
CO-OPERATIVE
Loan and Investment Co..
404 Chestnut St
ALL KINDS OF HAULING
ALL kinds of hauling; largo two-tea
truck; furniture, pianos, freight, in
the city and suburbs. Prices reason
able Picnic and plcasuie trips, day or
evening. AV.iL H. DARE, Vernoa
fct. Bell phone JSI7J.
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Sale and Exchange
FOR SALE.
V. W. H. IsA\GLET/, I.amber—We aro
overstocked with all kinds and
grades of lumber and we can offer y rj
big bargains. It will pay you to see
us. Office Cameron and Mulberry sts.
FOR SALE—We have 50 pairs of girls"
and boys' ice skates, newly sharp
ened. which will be sold for cents a
pair. We also sharpen ice skates while
you u.iir. KKYSTO.VK CYCLE CO.. 814
N, Third SI
FOR SALE —At a bargain—an electric
e heard t appreciated. Apply
.
ISM." CALENDABS FOR SALE
Good ? election. A few more saies
- ■ irgaln. MY
EUS M V\ ;. '< • . Third and Cumberland
S:-. above MiUer's s?noe Store.
OVMUCOATS FOR SALR—Slightly used
ail in :>t class condition, irom }1
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and
.ook i, ■ ve;. open evenings. 6.
S St.
FOi: SAI. ; Cheap Addressograph
i" '-p • . :Ai..;ne with cabinet.
1! : : ISBUKU SHOE MFG. CO., Han is
irg. i d.
FOR SALE—AI '• ABLK*H, 113. 115 and
117 S Second St.. a.vOO ira.lons N*w
Kia iiady-mixid paint. A :;;e quality.
All the fi .. iiuo or the Acme make.
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| Death and Obituary
DIED.
Mi'MPKH -Mrs. llarv .1. Mumper died
... r home. H ae St.. Klkwood. New
<"i;;berland. D<. ember 1. I<>H. after
a tno it illness.
Funeral will b*- Saturday. De ember
K'. It'll. at o. Im-k. from her resi
dence. Ilev. T J. tJuiKeson iH officiate.
Interment In Silver Sprint Presbyterian
•met. ;;.. Itclat < > an. friends will
please attend withe r further notice.
EATON On December 16, 1H, Abram
\. Katon, aged 7n years. *
Mineral on l-'Tida\ evening at 7.43
• ■'■• lock, from his la'.<■ residence. No. 17::3
Market street. Relatives and friend*
i invited to attend without further
notice. Interment wi-l take place in
Kini;>iey, Susquehanna county, Satur
d.-r. ifternoon
t'l jK.MENS—On Sjnday. December 13,
l#ll. Iteuben Clemens, nt .lis home
In Progress. Pa., aged 73 years.
I'uneral on Friday forenoon .it 10
(■clock, from his late residence. Itela
t; eg and friends are invited to attend
without further notice. Interment in
Snoop's cemetery.
Tne Harrisburg Polyclinic Dispcnsarv
"ill be open daily except Sunday at
I p. in., at its new location. Front and
Harris htref-t-. lor tli> free treatment
of the worthy poor.
Artistic Printing at Star-Independent.
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FOE SALE
1833 WHITEHALLST.
A brick house with
eight rooms, beth and steam iit;
electricity antf gas; front porch. Lot
ft.
This is a splendid property front
ins? Park. >
Moat reasonable selling price.
MILLER BROS. & NEEFE
REAL ESTATE
I-Ire laaarnnce Surety Bundn
I.Qi'lMt and c/onrf Street*
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Wants
HELP WANTED—MALE.
WANTED-—'A boy for general work
around the store must come recom
mended. Apply Grand L'nion Tea L'u.. i
208 N. Secon4 St. ■ | 1
I At'TO transportation school wants men s
to become practical chaulTeurs and
earn $75 to JIOO per month. We give a
thorough course in crude and practical
i work for *33.00. No. SN. Cameron. Hell
I day afternoon. i
SITUATIONS WANTED—MALE. '
j WANTED—Position as cook or all
around work in private family, hy
I colored man. Can. sive references. Ad
| dress or call 510 South St.
| WANTED—Any kind of work by mar-,
I ried man; chauffeur by trade. Address
or call IMI Kmerald St.
COLORED MAN wislns a position in a
private family; handy man around the
kltch6B. Address 638 Briggs Su
! WANTED—Position as waiter in hotel ;
or private family. 509 North Ave.
' WANTED—A middle-aged man desires
a position -as janitor; can do all kind I
of repairing, and Ik handy with all I
1 kind of tools. Can furnish reference.
Address or call at No. Keglna St., I
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WANTED—Any kind of work for a
white man, between the ages of 40
' and 45; handv around stock. Address
, -Ql7 Wallace St. I
CLEUK wishes a position in office; has
| two years' experience bookkeeping,
j and typewriting; can furnish good ref
erences. Address Jo\ 108, Carlisle, Pa.
BAKER wishes a position in city; has
; three years experierct in ,'ake £nd
I bread baking; can furnish good refer- !
I ences. Address Box 10S, Carlisle. l*a.
HANDY, middle-aged colored man i
|. wants position of any kind. Address !
Landen St. |
WANTED—Experienced cook wishes
position in town or out of town. Ap
ply 63S Briggs St.
YOUNG MAN desires position of any
kind, three years experience in gro
!cery store. It. S. HIDE, 2543 Agate St.,
City.
SITUATION—Two reserved seat tickets i
were awarded to-day to Miss Etta
Gipe. 53J Race St., good for tlie even
ing performance at the Orpheum, De
cember i;>, H'l4. Call for tickets at Star- i
Independent business office before S j
o'clock p. oi., December IS, 1914, or liiey
will be forfeited.
WANTED--By middle-aged white man,
a position as watchman, janitor or,
tiring a furnace. Understands steam
heat; very handy, good worker; cau
i give reference it required, will work ;
1 tor board, lodging and $2.00 to $3.00 a !
week. Address L. H. FHANKLIN, Lien, j
:>e.ivery, Hummeistown, Pa.
WANTED—Positioi# as chauffeur; prl- ;
ate or light delivery work; can fur- .
n;sh reference. Address or call 238 i
. Hamilton St.
. WANTED Position at repairman's
I work in store or as Brst class chauf
feur, can do all work required about
. automobiles, wit. tools. H. F. HAK'f
, . LBV. 17 34 Park St.
WANTED—A position as clerk, mes- !
\ senger, or in mechanical lines, am in'
need ot woi k, in tact of any kind. In
quire of HAKRV 1". HARVEY, 1111 N.
i- runt St. |
; HELP WANTED—FEMALE.
. WANTED—MiddIe-aged lady for gen
. era! housework; good wages to right
[ party. Apply lauS Market St.*
; WANT CD —A young white girl to as
j sist with Housework. Apply 15s S.
' l | eC^Ufa 'l/l A '—|IMII_J '
! SITUATIONS WANTED—FEMALE.
\> \NtKI —Nursing. Call on or ad
dress MISS EL.EIE RESSER, 2052 '
l Swatara St.
WHITE I,ADY would like to have days'
j work of %ny kind. Itoom 20, 429
1 : Broad street.
WANTED Colored woman wants day's
■vork. Address 108 Christy Court.
City.
WANTED—Day's work of any kind.
Add: t-s' il'S Christy Court, City.
BOOKKEEPER and stenographer de
sires position; seven years experi
ence; now employed. Address 3112,
care Star-Independent.
, j WOMAN wants washing and ironing to
i -ake home; or day's work. Can at
t . 1631 Wallace St.
WANTED—Cleneral housework or dish
'( washing. Call 1228 Spruce Ave.
1 1 WANTED—Neat colored girl, one that
I is capable of cooking, doing first
I class dressmaking, or caring tor tne
hair, wishes position doing anything
1 aoout the house. Address ti3l Forster
. street.
' A DADY experienced in housekeeping,
* settled habits and without a lamily,
r desires position as housekeeper. OUB
1 Showers Ave, Harnsburg, Pa.
WANTED —A German girl would like
housework, cooking or washing and
' ironing. Address 4U2 Muhn St.. Steel
ton, Pa.
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- \\ -VNTED—By a capable while girl, 16
years old. position as general house
i ! work. E. F. BEDE, phone 280-IX.
, GERMAN GiKD wants general house
r work. Apply to or address MISS
MARY KOENIG. Enhaut, Pa.
WANTED—Colored woman wants day *
t | work or bundle washing. Address N.
I | DI'FFINS, 515 Primrose Ave., City.
! COEORED GIRD would like to have
place as cook or maid in or out of
? the city. Write or call t>2B Primrose
Ait.. City.
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Lost and Found
FOUND.
! FOUND—Don't go anv further, for the
right place la at EGGERT'S Steam
Dyeing and French Cleaning Works,
I 1245 Market 8t We deliver and call
promptly. Both phone*
LOST.
| DOST—Purse containing ton dollar bill
I and a one dollar hill and change, be
| tweerc Thirteenth and Market and 132
| lloerner SU Reward If returned to 132
f Hoerner St.
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TTARRTSBEHRO STAH INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 17, 1914
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Real Estate
BEAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
•'OR SADE—In New Cumberland, Bridge
street neat Tenth. 2 1 --story frame,
nearly new. siur.lt properly; rooms,
bat ■: and steam heat, new f.ame stable'
and garage on real lot 35x110; pos
session soon. BRINTON-PACKBR CO.,
Second ami* Walnut Sts.
FOR SA DE-..514 CalUer St.: SU-atory!
frame; good condition; 2 1 V-story;
frame on rear, facing on Wycth Ave., |
lot 17x1.61). BR IN TUN -PAC KEK CO.,
Second and Walnut streets.
>4.800 WtDL BUY two brick houses on
Third street above Harris Plot 25x
140. Also ippjt. .njodeni steam heated
suburban property with plot 50x150.
BELJ, REAL.TY t'O.. Bergner Building.
NO 20SS SUSQUUHANNA STREET—3-
story brick house, all modern im
provements. Price reasonable: f 1.800
will buy another property on Susque
hanna near Broad stieet. BEDI, REAL
TY CO.. Bergner Building.
FOR SADE—No. SOU N, Sixteenth St.— j
inspect this property and consider the
| location. The price Is right. $2,700 will
1 buy two Regina street houses. BEUE
1 REALTY CO.. Bergner Building.
■it .S.vDi; -House No. I S3l N. Sixth St.
Remodeled throughout; all improve
v . nts. Apply GEURGt; V\ . ORTti. 423 j
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APARTMENTS FOR RENT
ONE of the Keister apartments. Fifth :
and Market streets; live rooms and i
bath. Apply H. KEISTER. ground
/ REAL ESTATE FOR RENT.
FOR RENT —Fine S-room house with j
furnace, bay windows, window shades, j
| chicken house, gas stove, and lights;
; rent sl2. Apply V. BRINSER, 2635 Cur- |
j tin St., Penbrook, or Bell phone 342 R.
| FOR RENT—:>,i-story brick dwelling,!
1230 North Seventh street. 7 rooms
and bath; all improvements; immediate
possession; rent. Sl6 Apply J. R. STF- j
BINSKY, care The Hub, 32U Market St. !
NICE HOUSE FOR RENT at 1206 Penn |
St: all conveniences; rent reasonable.
Inquire of H. COHEN, 202 Market St. j
iFO RRENT—2636 Jefferson St.; all ini- |
provonients: rent $16.00 per montli.
■ Call on AUGUSTUS WILDMAX, 2206 N.
; Third St. I
; FOR RENT—SIS Geary St.; 3-story |
brick: S rooms and bath: ail improve- 1
ments; fine new home: rent reasonable.
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FOR RENT—Houses with all improve- j
ments, at moderate tentais. J. K. '
GIPPL,!.:. IL'sl Mantet SL
, REAL ESTATE FOR SALE OR RENT
! HOUSES FOR RENT and 2H-storj j
dwelling houses for sale Elder Real '
Estate Co.. 24th and Drrry Sts
FINANCE
STOCK MARKET CONFUSED 1
BY DERANGED MACHINERY
Only a Few Initial Quotations Obtain
able and These Showed Little
Change From Yesterday's Closing
Level—Trading in Minor Volume J
!'■ i Aatociatfd Prti'.
>.'ewl Vork, Dec. li.—Wall Street. — |
; Some eontusio-r. attended o.'tyiiug deal
ings iu the stock market to-day be
) cause of a derangement of the ma
jc in tie i_v which distributes market
prices. Only a few inditial quotations
wore obtain table and these showed lit
tle change from yesterday's losing
i level. In the main, however, the trend
was lower. Amalgamated yielding liaJf
• a point with smaller losses in U. S. j
■Steel, Brooklyn Transit, Canadian l'a
effic an.i Great Northern, pfd., the hit- 1
ter selling under/festerdav. The only
notaWe exception to the general move
-1 meat was Reading, which rose 3-S.
Trading was in minor vokune.
F'ri'-cs soon recovered from the open- 1
i ing but the twying appeared to be
| largely in the nature of short cover
ing. Union Pacific. Reading an<l Bal
;j timore and Ohio sold above yesterday's
i bet, while Steel and some others ap
■j proximateil that ieel. A few more spc
j eiaJties touched their minimum. Ces-1
•■'rtion o>f the moderate inquiry resulted
, | in another receding movement, vitii
■: "reater dtilLness. Throughout 'he
; morning many hitherto active issues
■ remained unquoted. In fact, the sr-- f>n w
' i was chiefly conspicuous for its extra
narrowness. Bonds were steady.
LIVE STOCK PRICES
Conditions in the Philadelphia Market' i
■! - for Three Days This Week I l
Philadelphia, Dec. 17.—Conditions for
; three days ending Wednesday evening,
i December 1:
Ueef Cattle—The market was dull and
' lower, with moderate but ample offer
- I ings for Ohio and Illinois stock. Cows ]
and calves sold slowly at former ratest
. quotations;
Steers Average best, IS.Su ft 9.00,,
choice. s..">o; good. js.OUUS.l'a/!
,' medium. J7.TSt 8.00: common, S.'.oufy \ •
7.73; bulls. $3.50@7.50; fa; cows. $3.25''
.(StniO; thin cows. milcii . ;
cows, common to clioiee. s4i®i7o; ox- i
tra, 580; veal calves, exceptional lots, '
111. good to choice. $10,504/11; it
medium. common, $6.1(0®
7.00; southerns and barnyards, sj.ooifl i
7.00. | I
Sheep and Lambs—There was a laiik
of activity prevailing, with ungrade -
lambs barely steady. Quotations.
. I Sucep— ' .
i Wethers—Extra, ; |
i Choice ij.jOtOS.Oi) |
, Medium s.'>.oo4i i.oO i <
1 Common 1 t
Ewes, heavy, fat, $5.00^3.50'l
Lambs—
i Extra. $.9.756 9.00 i
Oood to choice $8.50©5.70 1
Medium. $8.00®8.50
- Common sfi.oo2.r><)
1 Hogs—Arrivals being principally di
- rect to tlie packers, prices of a reliable
2 character were unobtainable. I
2 City Dressed Stock—All varieties of :
choice and prime meats ruled steady ;
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Be Independent
A Bank Account will make you so
START ONE TO-DAY n fl ;
The First Xational Bank invites your account for any T,
amount over one dollar. You can deposit large or small
amounts, and get a regular pass book, which enables you to "
draw or deposit your money at will. Qp this modern plan
you can draw a part of your money without disturbing inter- t |
est on the balance, and if your money has been here three ii
months, you will get 3 per" cent., compounded semi-annually.
One of the Strongest and Oldest Banks in
Central Pennsylvania [
Capital stock, $100,000.00.'. i
Surplus 500.000.00 t
FIRST NATIONAL BANK 5
224 Market Street J
Harrisburg, Penna. '<
a
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IjSF xmas I
jjjp MON^Y
I-iat E are ready to supply salaried peo- 1
pie with the ready Money for
1 Christmas demands in amounts
from
$5 to SSO
It would be to your advantage to call
on us, when-in need —Our Motto is:
Liberal Terms— Quick Loans-
Strict Confid
Open Evenings From December 12-24 j
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Employees Discount Co., j
jm 36 N. 3rd St. |Ag
|S| 2 |
Securiiy Trust
Licensed Bonded
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under light trading. Quotations:
Steers. lO'i&li". h'-ifers.
row *, veal calves. Ir. ti 16c; ex-- '
tra calves, i7c: southerns and barn-I
yards, lOifi 12c: country dressed, 13®
!4r: exVfa. 16c: sheep, luijjille; extra,
wethers. 12c; lambs. IS® 16c; extra!
lambs, 17c; hugs, 11@1H<^
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Philadelphia Produce Market
Philadelphia, liec. '7.—Wheat flrmpr; j
No. 2 "'"'l -pot. export, 120' i tfS> 1 22; No.'
1 nortiurn, Duluth export, 1290131.
• orn Arm: No. :!^r72.
Oats steady, No. 2 white. *4ffs4H. I
Bran Mrm; winter, pe • tort. -S.r>')<9
IT.ini: spring. p> . :>in. JJj.OOft 25.50.
rielned sng irs firm: powdered, 5.03;
Bhh granulated, i.'Ji; Confectioners' A. j
4,5:..
Butter linn; ues triT crerfmery, ex- j
tra. 34: nearby prii. fancy, 37. |
Uggs steadj : nearby rirsts. free case,
$12.3n®12.*5, •!>>.. current receipts, free
case, H.'.IW: w estrn v..r:> fl>t, free
ase. SI2.JO® 1 _.HP: do., firsts, free casa,
Si-.00.
l.H'e poultry k ; fu'.\is, }l@l3: old
roosters, lo: • h • k>- . '.Ufa 13; turkeys,
lb r u ii: ducka, 1301.:; neese, 13<&l"i. "
Dressed poultry firm, turkeys, fan
cy. 21022: .urkeys, H\e;iige. 17©19;
fowls, heavy. do., average,
14% 16; do., small. 12013; o;d roosters,
12H; broiling chickens, nearby, 16022;
western, 14(a>i0; roasting chickens,
144*23; ducks, 11015; geese, 12013.
Flour steady: winter straight. 5.000
5.25; spring straight, 5.3595.6"; do.,
patent, 5.6505.1)0.
Hay weak; Timothy hay. No. 1 large
bales, 18.OO01S.5O; No. 1 medium bales,
17.50515.00: No. 2 do.. 15.50016.50; No.
3 do., 14.00015.00; sample, 13.00 0 14.00;
no grade, 11.00®13.00. Clover mixed
1 hav, light mixed, 17.00® 17."0: No. 1 do..
lß.'lO'd 1fi.50; No. : do.. 14.jOfS 15.50.
Potatoes weak: Pennsylvania, per
bushel. JSft.ftJ; New York. 45iJer
sey, per basket, 35® 10.
Chicago Livestock Ma bet
Chlcasro. Dec. 17.—Hosts —Heceipts,
32,000: steady. Bulk. 7.05 ft 5: iißh;.
6.75©7.26; mixed, heavy. r.SO
<97.30: rough. pies' l . -">.50 i< 7.30.
Cattle —Receipts, 7.000; wealc. Native
steers. o.OOulO.o" western. 4.:io?j-7.51>:
cows and heifers, -'.9oift' 7.75; calve*, 6.00
i #8.50.
'Sbefp—Receipts. 5,000: slow. S .eep,
' J.r.i? >t t:.55; yearlings. t.'H, 7.8: lambs,
•;.75g9.00,
c M^nt'Cik.
Bonn- folks tion s Uellevo w-n
once iiw<J tiiftip stilvey tH'.-fti!e the;,
ruß't see how tlic won* r.sc man ft ci
rot one of them In his m.'tnli. - W **ti
lngtou Post.
Naturally.
"The critics, sriy thl? print* donns
las vrtee of selvet."
"Ye: thnt'a where her pile conic*
!rom."— Bait:more American. -
When Atwit to commit a ba deed,
reepwrt thyself. tbouglMbere I* no wit
awtis.-Ausonius.
FUMES PIN ATTACK I;
THE MASONIC TEMPLE i
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Coutlnurd From Klint I'UKP. (
ri;• riOil as the kitchen was a mass of '
flames when the firemen arrived, I'ire 1
was shooting from two windows when
the engines iwui)! into IState street. '
A steam table in the middle of the '
kin iieu was used in connection with f
last evening's banquet and it is pos- 1
sible that iu some wav the gas under''
that started the lire, smouldering dur- '
in<.' tiie night.
The room to the front of the kitchen '
is a serving room and on this tlenr 1
the kitchen and this room occupy the 1
southwest wing of the building. This
room was completely gutted and many
chairs stored in it were consumed.
.Clothing Burns in Steel Lockers . 1
The fire made its way down under i
the kitchen to the armory of the I'il :
grim Coraranndery, Knights Templar,
which was filled with supposedly live
proof lockers used for keeping the uni
forms of the members. I'lames spread
through the south side of this room
and made the steel lockers red hot. In
ii dozen instances the clothing inside
lockers caught fire. Most ot' the other
uniforms in this room were damaged
by smoke or water. The uniforms are
many of them having cost j
more than a hundred dollars apiece.
A hole about sixteen square feet was
burned in the sixth floor and through
the ceiling of the fifth floor, the fire go-;
ing ou down into the council room of
the commandery, where burning embers I
fell onto the handsome high backed !
chair aud completely destroyed it. j
The Uev. Dr. \l. 1). Ui. hliter, an ofli- j
cial of the Pilgrim Commandery, opened i
the door of the council chamber for the!
firemen anil then ■personally superin- ,
tended the saving of more than $2,000
worth of furniture. The chair, which
was the most valuable piece in the room,
w;ts burned so badly that afterwards,;,
v. ;.vu it was handled, it fell to pieces.
The carpet in t'his room as well as that
in a large meeting room immediately
next on the fifth floor, was damaged bv
water. ' '
Smoke poured into the meeting room
in such volume that the walls were,
damage J and it may have to be
rated. Water ran out on the lloor above
and damaged considerably the furnish ;
lugs in the other rooms of the Pilgrim
<'omniaudery. The ball room and baiN
quet hall were damaged by smoke but
the flooring is hard wood and the water
did little u'r uo damage to that.
Masons Save Records
On the western side of the building
there is au eighth floor or half story
which was damaged slightly by fire
which came through from the kitonen
below. The kitchen aud pantry, with
the contents, are a total loss. The
fire was confined to the southwest wing
of the building and to the three upper
floors.
Between the sixth and seventh floors
the joists are burned away and the
steam table and gas stoves in the kitc'h
en are hanging suspended on a few
pipes ready at any minute to fall onto
the steel lockers in tiie room below.
The fire alarm box was pulled twice
and eight rounds of the alarm were
sounded in the city fire houses. Soon it
became rumored about the city Jliat the
Masonic Temple was doomed and that
a general alarm hail been sent iu. Only
the apparatus from one district, how
ever, was actually called out. Prominent
Masons hurried to the. Temple but it
was seen that the fire was under con
trol in the t'hree upper floors and they
did nothing except carry some of the
records out of the building from the
various lodge rooms in the third and
fourth floors.
Shivering Firemen Eat Ice Cream
Mavor Joh 11 K. Royal, who is seore-
tary of the lodge that held the banquet,
las! evening, was on the scene early.
(Jeorgo W. Mclthenny, William A. 801 l !
an<l Clark E. Diehl, prominent members
of the order, were at the (ire and super- j
intended the salvage work. The water
was swept from the upper floors onto'
the stairway, which is made of slate, j
and then out of the building. This
plan kept the water from seeping to!
any great the lower floors.:
The firemen wifo operated the engine I
stream from the fire escape suffered ,
from the cold. Water froze on the tire!
escape opposite the top floors ami made |
footing dangerous. This stream was j
kept on the flames for only five miDutes i
and the lighting was then conducted
from the inside T'hc mercury regis- j
tered 11 degree? at that time. This
low temperature was sufficient to freeze ,
the water inside the building so that j
,teps on tho inside were ice-coated, j
The fire-figthters worked in coats frozen |
stitT in some instances.
In a tour of inspection after
fire one of the firemen came upon some
i.e cream that had been left over from
the banquet and the smoke-eaters made
short work of it after it was offered
to thein by Superintendent Machlin.
Misses Wafts Suffer No Loss
The occupants of the store rooms
and offices in the first and second floors
oJ The Masonic Temr|le, were very for
tunate, practically no damage was
ilone in either of these two floors by
fire or water.
None of the holiday stock of the
Christmas Novelty Shop, which is con
ducted iu the Third street Hide of the
building by the Misses Anna M. and
Marion B. C. Watt*, was damaged.
Miss Marion Watts said this morning
that if f*he iiaJ not been told that there
had been a fire she woukl not have
known that any thiwg out of the ordi
nary had occurred wJien she went to
the*store. a? it was impossible even to
smell any smoke hi her quarters.
Some of tho furniture was removed
to places of safety from the offices in
the aecon-d ftooT occupied by tlhe fol
lowing: Room No. 13, ocoupied by the
Walter Jones Manufacturing Com
pany's agency; No. 15, by tine Cosmo
politan Insurance Company, and No.
prices. Only a few initial quotations
Company.
The Fire of November 21
The Masonic Temple was completed
15
four years ago at a cost 'of sir>O.OOo,
including furnishings. Jn the third anil
fourth floors of the building arc quar
ter* of Perseverance ixidge No. 21,
Robert Burns Lodge No. 4fi4, Harris
hurg Lodge NO. GII9 ,
Chapter No. 21, Pilgrim Conummdery,
Ki iglits Templar, and Harrisburg Coun
cil No. 1 2.
The building was threatened bv a
fire on the morning of November 21.
when a wall paper store on the Myrtle
street side of the building caught lire
and the flames spread to tine second
door. The loss to* building and non
tents on that occasion did not exceed
SKOO. The building had been repaired
since then and no evidence of the first
fire was left. The room formerly oc
cupied by the wall paper store is now
vacant.
LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY
< outinurd From l'lrat I'Hgf.
oft the east coast of England in the
territory covered/ . yesterday .by the
raiding German warships. These ves
sels were said in England to have scat
tered mines to cover their retreat.
Seventy-lour persons were killed and
147 woundod, according to the best,
figures now available in the raid on
the east coast of England yesterday by
German warships. The heaviest losses
, were in Hartlejpool where, the British
information bureau announces, fifty.five
persons were killed and I 15 wounded.
: Unofficial reports give tho casualties
;in Scarborough at 17 killed and :li
i wounded, and in Whitby at 2 killed and
| 'J wounded.
The success of the Germans in mak-
I ing their way past the line of British
! warships and through mine fields and
i escaping after the bombardments leads
! England to expert another attack, prep
arations for which are under way. Ber
' lin is elated and the newspapers thero
hint that yesterday's exploit may bn
the prelude to greater events on the
seas.
Germany's new plan for the opcra
: tion against the Russian armies is un
folding gradually. Petrograd dispatches
say that the Austro-German flanking
operations in the Carpathian mountains
and on the Vistula are being conducted
on a large scale, and that they threaten
Russian lines of communication. Stuh
importance is attached to these nian
■ euvers that apparently Germany is
s willing to risk an invasion by the Rus
sian armies in the south, withdrawing
troops from that region for use on tho
battlefields west of Warsaw. An official
statement from Vienna says that in
Galicia and Southern Poland the Rus
sians are retreating along the entire
front and are being pursued.
i Russia's Caucasian army is having
frequent encounters with the Turks
but official statements are at such vari
: ance that it is difficult to form an
opinion as to what is happening. The
Russian general staff states that the
Turks, reinforced, assumed the offen
■ sive in the Van region, Armenia, but
were beaten decisively. The Turkish
statement says that these battles "re
sulted in our favor."
NIAGARA FALLS. T '
At One Time the Mecca of American
Brides and Grooms.
Niagara Is the spectacular center of
the whole great system of fresh wati**
flowing toward the Gulf ot St. l<aw
rence. It a for n century the coun
try's one great sight So visiting for
eigner dreamed of missing it; no Amer
ican In foreign parts would have dared
' call himself an American unless h
l j' could tell how be had seeu his land's
I greatest wonder toss its Iridescent
| sprny on high,
"See Niagara first" was the iHiformu-
Hied maslm of tbose earlier days—the
I writer himself, as a hoy, beard i
briskly patriotic lady refuse a trip
abroad solely on tbe plea that she hail
; never seen Niagara Falls.
; There vtbs something almost sacra
mental in the trip. AJarrlage. Indeed.
! was scarcely legal or binding unless
I the visit to the altar wan immediately
supplemented by a trip to Niagara.
I Those were the days when the
honeymoon was "what It nsJ to be."
I Over Niagara's gorge and rushing wa
! ters It hung benignant).?, always at Its
' full. And in the corridors of the falls
j hotels tht miserable unmarried forever
i bruised their feet upon hymeneal rice.
| The "funny columns" of the news
papers conld not bare existed without
| tbe Kiflenr vliilng trln
IFOR SALE
i
A knitting factory; all tmprove-
I rr.ents; electric power; two-story
I frame; steam heat, well lighted;
I equipped with the latest knitting
and sewing machinery. Possession
I given at once. We will rent if party
would be Interested in the manu
! facturing of ladles' garments.
Information Wanted —Call Bell
! phone 74, Bieelton. fa., or
M. R. ALLEMAN
14S N. FRONT STRKET
SVEELTON. HA.
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FOR SALE
,! The four-story brick dwelling
j house No. 109 8. Second Street,
II Harrisburg, Pa., fronting twenty-six
I feet on Second Street, and extending
j in depth ninety-five feet to an alley;
first floor now occupied as a whole
sale liquor store. Title perfect.
FBEDJSBICK M. OTT,
Executor of Mary E. Winters, De
ceased. 222 Market Street, Mar
riaburg. Pa.
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