SHOP FOB MEH AT k MEN'S STORE J Neckwear ni 0r e convenience. Bath Robes "* "* r ~ J - b "'* and what's more, our *>[ . « (1(1 1(1 J7 M 25C AND 50C ,««. »n .m- «-»>• lower and at a saving Shirts H oslery f#p (lifts of , jt gy M|ta jHgff Mlf Tfl « fIR IOC TO 50C fjjjMyES mlu M -" u in xm»s box**. Eve rv thine in irk i m plain figures. Pur- j rßjwft; ? f Suspenders chases at our store jj ICP Rlin cnr 'oust satisfy or A. M. ! V ! I 6jb rtnll jub H. 0. D. if not satis- ! iß'Hf I I —————tied. A visit to our ft i Suits and farter, will convince " 1® 1 i Overcoats lOCTONC vouaß,owhat " esav - j| i $7.50 Tfl $30.00 of Smoking Sets. |jl ifi Latest Balma- Handkerchiefs Toilet Sets. Combina- i» | Jfefr caan Overcoats 5C 10 50C £. SB.SD TO $16.59 Our Stock of Men's Furnishings, Hats, Suits, Bal macaans and Overcoats is Complete On account of limited space, we cannot mention every item we handle, but you will find it at this store. The Quality Shop I —7 MEN'S STORE Open Open cuAninffo Front and Locust Sts. c .. Steelton, Pa. NEWS OF STEELTON Artistic Printing at :»tar-lndependent. ' POOR CHILDREN WILL BE GIVEN CHRISTMAS CHEER Civic Club Will Entertain Two Hundred :.nd Fifty in Trinity Parish House —Centenary V B Church Will "Pro vide Dinners for Many More * " Christmas eheer will be exemplified in the borough this week as never be fore in the history of the plaee. The iir-eate** efforts being made along this line - by a committee of the local Civ ic Club which is completing arrange ments to care for 230 poor children of the r.orougb bv having them come to Trinity Parish house Thursday after noon where each one will be presented witr. "ometij.ng of value in honor of the anniversary of the birth of Christ. The committee in charge of this af fair. through its chairman. Mrs. Charles A Aiden. requests ail persons who can >. \e donations to this worthy object, ousisting of candy, toys, or cash, to leave the same at the homes of the following women: Mrs. C. A. Alden. Mrs. W. K. Martz, Mrs. J. M. Heagy aud Mrs. K. M. Kutherford. Tee children will be admitted to the Parish Honse by means of admission tickets to be given out by the Civic <lub nurse. Miss Wizeman. and the ■ !oor« will be open at 2.30 o'clock. Thursiay afternoon. The congregatiou of Centenary I'nited Brethren church will see that about 12S other poor children will be supplied with turkey dinners, which will be given at homes of members of the church. One or more other local churches are about to announce action to be taken on dispensing Christmas eneer. 500 Turkeys for Steelton Must L»e sold, regardiess of cost. 500 turkeys, ranging from 9 to 20 pounds. Most be sold by Thursday. Call and C. L. Souliiard. corner JSecond and Jefferson streets. "" A<Jv. PEACE DISTUKBEBS ARRESTED Kadi Juis was arrested yesterday by I onstabie tiibb charged with disorderlv conduct and carrying concealed deadlv weapons. The same officer also arrest ed Milos and Vit Cuckovic charged with disorderly conduct. De tective Durubaugh arrested Dmeter UJ kas and Dan Reli? charged by Peter Bulat with assault and battery. The Ave defendants will be arraigned before Squire Gardner. Artistic Printing at Star-Independent. V AGED COUPLE CELEBRATE HEIR GOLDEN WEDDING Mr and Mrs. T. J. Bordner Were Guests of Honor at a turkey Din ner Held at Home of Daughter. Mrs. Harvey Hershey Mr. and Mr#. T. J. Bordner, formerlv of Lebanon, now residents of the bor ough. having weir home with their daughter, Mni. 1.. Grant Ellenberger. ■ 319 Lebanon street. celebrated their go.den wedding anniversary »at the home of another daughter. Mrs. Harvev T. Hershev, J. 2 Lincoln street. .Suur day, December 19. At 6 o'clock Saturday evening the aged couple. who were guests of honor. Mt down to an elaoorate turkev dinner, wfcich ha»i been prepared bv Mrs. Her-i stey and her sisters. Dunn; the course of t;ie meal Mr. and Mrs."T. J. Bor iner, who have passed the allotted tnree sccre years and ten. received the 1 congratulations of their chLdren. as I follows: * i Mr. and Mrs George H. Mills and son, Francis, of Brookston. Ind.; Mr. • nd Mrs.l". G. Kilenberger. S;eelton: Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Boraner. I.iugaven, P. Mr. and Mrs T. D. S. Bordner. « i namsport; Mr. and Mrs. David Fish-1 er and daughter. Lather. Bridgeport; Miss Margaret Bordner. Marion. Ohio. *a-t Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Hershev, i Steelton. Those who live at a distance sent j their congratulations, which were rea-l at that time. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Bord ner s son, H. A. Bordner, who is super intendent of schools in the Philippine Islands, paid a glowing tribute to his ;«Vuts. He wrote: "All that I am in the way of manhood, learned in mv childhood. I received from my goo 1 par epts. Wo hope we may ever so live aa to retain their love and esteem, ete."i He «poke of their lives as having been one long life of Christian fellowship— two heautifui Christians, whose lives were linked as one T. D. 8. Bordner. Williamsnort. spoke thus: "We all made a tremend ous effort to be present at this fiftieth wedding anniversary of our parents. Great is our pleasure to witness these pleasing festivities, thus helping to frown our dear parents' lives with a few more joys, which they so richly de : serve." He also spoke feelingly of hisl regret at not being able to bf "present, j The rest of the children present spoke ' in a similar strain. Friends sent congratulations. Be- j sides flowers, the couple received a sub-1 stantial gift from the children—a neat j sum in gold, which will help toem to TIAKRISRT Kc; ST ATMXDEPEXDENT, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1014. be happy ami comfortable. ar,.l. as the son in the orient said, wiil heln them well on towards the diamond annive-- sary. jsTOCGH EXTENSION CAMPAIGN The Matter Will Be Decided at a Ministerial Meeting As tar as couM be ascertained bjt j two of the borough churches took i> ' tiou yesterday 0 n the Stough extension i campaign. The official bjar l of ten tenarv I n.ted Brethren church last evening decided not to take part in the , campaign as an organization, i When the subject was brought tie fore the members of the First Pre«bv 1 terian church yesterday, it was d'e •culed to support th e movement if a majority 0 f the other churches>if the borough do so. The matter will likelv be decided at a future meeting of the . local Ministerial Association. ' YOUTHFUL HIGHWAYMEN HELD -Jeff Stevenson. Richard Brown and - a.naniel Williams, three colored bovs, were placed ifnder arrest Saturday evenin. by Chief of Police Longnaker. The trio mil be arraigned before Squire l 1 lckinson on a charge of highway rot>- bery. - Where Quality Counts The most fastidious male dresser in the borough and vicinity can have his wants supplied to perfection by a pre- Christmas visit to the Quality Shop, front an l Pine streets, which up io !ate establishment is advertising all of the latest in men's goods on this' I' a ?e. Funeral of Charles G. Karl The funeral of Charies G Karl, a veteran of the Franco-Prussian war, who died Friday, was held from 2119 Sruth Second street, yesterday after noon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Charles A. Huyet'e. of the First Reformed church, officiated and burial took place in the Highspire cemetery. PERSONAL Harthur Keim, a student at the Conkey Corner , « CWubMi Prnot There's nothing that would please him bet as' ter. and nothing that would help hira more. (_'onkey'« Poultry Remedies are k standard and every poultryownerneedsthem. R Hadvira Ud Poultry Supply StorM m , Harrisburg ana Everywhere Paiveratty of Wisconsin, U spending I the holidav%with his |>arents, Mr. and Mrs. L. f 1 Keim, North Front street. Mrs. Melvina Whitebread, in her eightieth year, is seriously ill at her home on North Front street as a result of a paralytic stroke. Mrs. Margaret Baldwiu. after spend- j 4»g several days with her daughter, Mrs. I. M Durnbnugh, North Front street, left for Philadelphia this morn ing. accompanied by Miss Lillian Durn baugh. where they will Spend the holi days with Mrs. Baldwin's daughter, Mrs. W. F. Morau. l«e\vis Kobbin, 337 South Front 1 stieet, a student at the College of I'hy ' sir inns and Surgeons, Columbia Univer sity, New York, is home to spend the 1 Christmas vacation with liis parents. David Baker. South Second street, l was injured by a fall on the lev side- I walks Saturday and is now confined to ; l-.ia home. S STBLTON NOTES A fine cantata will be rendered in St. Peter's Lutheran church. Highspire, Christinas evening at 7.43 o'clock. An early morning service at 6.50 o 'clock will be held in the same church Christ ' mas morning at which there will be special music. An every member canvas was made by a committee of twelve members of the loeal First Reformed church yes terday afternoon. The town was di vided into sections and the canvass j made to stimulate interest in the j church work. The ladies' Auxiliary of the Ger- I man Quartet Cluii will hokl an enter i tain men t in the German Quartet'hall, : Front and Washington streets, Christ- I mas evening. Miss Bessie lloffer, IS Pine street, rendered a violin solo in the First Re- I forme,l church Sunday evening. She I was accompanied by Miss Clara liar j olerode at the or^an. As a result of changing his resi ! dence from the Kast End to Second . and Pine streets. Frank Steese has lost ' his sea-t in the borough council and I the First ward is shy one member in ; that body. Steese represented the First precinct of the First ward in j council and the borough fathers will elect a new member for that district at i their next monthly meeting. The Steelton Triangle Club. Xo. 411, has ordered fifty uniforms which will He used by the club in the Mum mers' parade at Harrisburg New Year's Day. The club will use a lium -1 her of uniforms which they already | have in addition to those being pur ! chased. The local Merchants" Association will hold its regular monthly meeting j in the G. A. R. hall. North Front stree*, ! this evening. \ The annual entertainment of the Centenary Sunday school will be given in the church on Friday night at 7.30 o'clock. On the same evening the annual offering for the Quincv Or phans' Home will be made. Wednesday night seventy-five sing <ws from the congregation of Centen ary U. B. church, will rehearse carols, which will be sung in various parts of the town on Christmas evening. The singer will leave the church at 9.30 o'clock Thursday evening and will serenade 200 homes. Miss Marie Wiseman, the visiting nurse employed by the Steelton Civic Club, will be in her office from 8 a. m. to !> a. in., from 12.30 p. m. to 1.30 p. m. A Universal Bottle Is Just the Thing Keeps liquids hot all day and 1 nijr!»t or cokl until the third day. Patent Bustless Shock Absorber i protects til'er against breakage, j This is the most sanitary bottle i made. We carry a complete assort < men?. ' Lunfh B " x $1.50 I nrafe '• $5.00 Kood Jar $2.50 Vacuum Bottles. SI.OO to $2.50 Drinking Cups. „ . $1.25 v >er set | Forney's Drug Store 426 Market Street 7c a Day far Thaia FINE WATCHES The Watch and the Price Defy All Competition I Women's and Men's Open face or Hunting case. These watches fully guaranteed, Elgin or Waltham movement, ex pansion balance, polished regu lator, display winding works, pat ent self-locking setting device, and rust-proof case guaranteed for 25 years. Perfect in' every respect. •Only $14.00 SOc a Week—Can Too Beat It? . Full Line of Xmis Goods Now oo Display American Watch t Diamond Company Opes Evenings ' . COE. 4TH and CHEBTNTTT 3TS., HABRISBUBO The Harrisburg Polyclinic Dispensar; will be open daily except Sunday a :: p. in., at its new location. Front au ■ Harris streets, for the free treatmen of the worthy poor. DOGS AND MONKEYS RUN THEIR OWN TOWN <«3s A w* J ra • Se A jmm H M ''»■ 12 • ... -;:... "■ I 1 Wouldn't it strike you funny if you stepped off a train some day and found yourself in a village that was run en tirely by animals: where there wasn't a maa in sight nud dogs and monkeys roamed the streets in swell clothes, kept shop, etc.? That would be a funny sight, wouldn't it f Well, that's the sight you will see in one of the acts this week at the Orpheuav Derkins' animals have an aet all to themselves, and they put on a real sketch, not simply au aft in which dogs and monkeys jump through rings and the like. These dogs and monkeys have a village. The monkey policeman ; arrests the dog badman after he goes t in the dog saloon ami gets drunk, and there is a great time in Pogville. Santa Claus also is at the Orpheum this week, or at least each afternoon un til Christmas, with a present for every child in the audience. Adv.*** AARON t'ARPRXTER, So, l>lK< Head of Leather Firm and Lay Preach er in Philadelphia Philadelphia. Dec. 21. — Aaron E. i Carpenter, president of the oil and leather firm of E. F. Houghton & Com pany, and widely known as a lay , preacher, died last night at his home, 2025 Spring Garden street. He was Si> years' okt and had been ill but a few i months. Mr. Carpenter was born in R-oxbor i ough. May 12, 1529. He was a grad j uate of the theological school at Lewis i burg University, and while always ac tively engaged in business, he officiat ed as clergyman for many years in J charitable -institutions and churches which were too poor to pay a minister. The firm of which he was president was formed in IS7O, when Mr. Carpen ter and others entered int« partner ship with E. F. Houghton. li}.lS9o he had become the sole proprietor of the business, lyhich was incorporated in 1310. He had resided at 2025 Spring Garden street for more than half a century. He is survived by a widow, two | sous. Serjeant Thomas B. Carpenter. ! I". S. A„ and Charles E. Carpenter, ; who will succeed him as president of | E. F. Houghton £ Company; and two daughters. Mrs. E. C. Buchanan, of | Tampa, Fla„ and Mrs. John L. Glen | denning, of Germantown. CREW BOARD HABBIEBUBG SIDE Philadelphia Division—ll6 crew to go first after 4 p. m.: 102, 110, 103, 108. 101. Engineer for 113. Firemen for 116, 108. Conductor for 108. Brakemen for 116, 102./103. 10S. * Engineers up: Snow. Foster, Criss, well, Bissinger, Kennedy, Long, Hen necke, Albright, Smeltzer , MeGuire, Speas. Buck. Newcomer. Foremen up: Huston, Hartz, Ackey, Pennwell, Lantz, Yentzer, Balton. Reno, XtcCurdy, Wagner, Spring, Martin, j Kegleman, Duvall. | Flagman up: Bruehl. Brakemen up: Bahozer, Griffie. (Hip j pie, Gouse. Hivner, Brown. ' _______ Middle Division—-18 crew to go first after 3.45 p. m.: '2Ol, 218, 241. Engineer for 18. Flagmau for 18. Brakeman for 18. Engineers up: Kugler. Smith, Hertz ler, Simonton. / Firemen up: Kuntz. Wright, Pot teiger, Sheeslev, Fletcher, Gross. Brakemen up: Heck, Schoffstall, Frank, Mathias, Reese, Troy, Ale Henry, Spahr, Henderson, Peters, Kissinger, Kohl,, Keiffer, Black. Yard Crews—Engineers u-p: Harvey, '"Sahsman, Kunn, Snyder, I'elton, Shaver, Landis, Hoyler, Rudy, Brenneman, Thomas, Houaer, Stahl, Swab, Crist. Firemen up: Crow. Reive, Bosttlorf, Scheiffer, Raucb, Weigle, La<k£y, Cook erly, Maever. fc'hoßer, Snell. Getty, Hart. Barkey, Sheets, Bair, Evde, Essig, Myers, Boyle, Shipley. Engineers for 1454. 707, 885, 1820, ! 2393. Firemen for 1454, 1856, 1270. ENOLA SIDE Philadelphia Division—23B crew to go first after 3.45 p. m.: 240, 242, 245, 212, 227, 205, 208, 209, 239. Engineer for 208. ,j v Firemen for 227, 308, 209. Conductor for 245. Flagmen for 205, 242, 248. Brakemen for 205, 208 (2), 212, I 227, 240, 245, 248. % Conductors up: Keelin, Stauffer, Lo- I gun. Flagmen up: Kroli, Ford. Rrakemeu up: Hoopea, Long, Ar ment, Uoudv, Albright, ""Pair, LuU. Wort*, Shuler, Musser, Walt man, j Taylor, McPhearson. ' Middle Division- 24 4 crew to go j after 4.30 p. m.: 247, 243, 233. THE READING P., H. and P.—-After 4 p. n».: 14, | 16. 23, 24. T. 4. East bound—After 2.45 p. m.: 53, 81, 51, 57, 65, 80, 63, 68, 64. Conductor* up: Hilton, Philabaum, Gingher. Engineers up: Tipton, Crawford. Firemen up: Sullivan. Bover, Pulton, K«*llv, lies. Brakemen up: Miles, Smith, Heck jjmn, Dunkle, Hoover, Kopp, Duncan, Uraegor, Shearer. HAD ASKED A COMPROMISE Fallroads Apparently Saw Handwriting on Wall When Commuters Pro tested Against Increased Fares Bjf .4*toci<ifrrf P»YSJ, Philadelphia, Dec. 21. —Counsel for the commuters on the Pennsylvania, | Baltimore and Ohio and Reading rail roads, who are dissatisfied with the passenger rate decision recently an-, i oounced, received a letter to-day from the Interstate Commerce Commission at Washington which disclosed that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company on Do ! member 4 wrote to the commission and ' asker permission to grant compromise I rates to t'he commuters. ! I his was a week before the Pennsvl vania Public Service Commission, which investigated the complaint of the com i mnters, announced its findings. The of i fer of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com I panv was identical with the State Com .j mission's decision oxcopt that tno rail ! | roads offered to make 100 trip tickets J good for a Voar, whereas the State Com mission set the term of the tickets to | six months. : REDUCES CARRYING RATE i Public Service Commission Makes Rul ing in Transportation Price ■ j on Anthracite i 1 ___ I j A reduction of 40 cents per ton in '■ the freight rate for carrying coal from II the anthracite mines to Philadelphia ■! was ordei cd by the Pennsylvania Pub lic Service Commission, in an opinion just made public. It' the Pennsylvania Land lieadiug railroads do not appeal | from this order, it will mean that the .1 principal rate will bo cut from $1.70 | to $1.30 on large coal and $1.40 to $1 jon pea coal. This reduction may bring • the retail jirice of coal down at least 1 1 25 cents a ton. '' The reduction will fall particularly i hard upon the Reading, it is held, which •| for years his been making large profits ' j upon coal which it carries. Prank Still Fights For Life BV Associated Press. | Atlarnt a, Ga., Dec. 21.—'Federal t Judge Newman to-dav declined to ' | grant a certificate stating that in his ' opinion, there was "prdbwble cause" 1 for an appeal to the United States Su s | prcuno Court in the habeas corpus pro • j ecodings instituted bv Leo M. Prank, ' i convicted of the murder of Mary "jPhagan. Judge Newman denied appli '! cation for a w-rit Saturday. The Sweetest Wey to Tell the Story 1, 2, 3, and 5-lb. Packages OORGAS' REXALL 16 N. Third Street, and Penna. Station tv The Excellent Crocery and Meat Market j nGet exactly what you want where I everything is the very best and prices the lowest. ' TURKEYS, CHICKENS, DUCKS ' These fowls are fully up to our standard for excellence and our stock will enable you to make good selections and to escape high market prices. Poultry ordered in advance will be dressed and kept iji cold storage until called foT. The Excellent Grocery and Meat Market i H. J. Bracony, Owner, 1001 N. Sixth Street * CLEAR AND COLD IS HE FORECAST ; A f ter a Bad Start, Ideal Weather Is in Pros pect for Rest of the Christmas Week SLEET SNAPS TROLLED WIRES Street Car and Telephone Service la ' Handicapped in tlio Early Hours— Temperature Expected to Drop to -- Degrees by To-night Snow, sleet and rniu this morning gave Christmas week n very poor start here, bu?'"overy body is hoping lor i a bettor wind-up. Walking was made unusually uis agreeable and as trolley service wns» ■ impaired by the different varieties ot precipitation, it was blue Monday with a vengeance, i There was every prospect, however, that the temperature would rise to forty degree* ami thus melt much ot. j the ice and sJiish before colder weath er, which is promised to set in to-night, I Officials of the local weather bureau expected most of the ice to fall from j the wires before the freezing tenijter.'i twos would set in. The minimum tem perature forecasted for to night ij 2 2 degrees. The precipitation began as suow about 1 o'clock this morniny, vli H ux*"AS to sleet soon afterward and to raiu later in the morning. Altogether the precipitation by noon' to-duy had amounted to .71 of an inch. A thick coat of kv formed on the trolley wire* and clogged tracks in the early houiq and some delay was caused by trolley wires falling under the weight of thi* ice. In several instances guide v. ires snapped Hut they were soon repaired and trolley schedules were l>;ii k to normal "by !t o'clock in the morning. The principal delay w.us oii the subur ' ban lines. Ka.ir weather is forecasted for to night and to-morrow and will likely | continue longer than that. .No changes ; are expected in the river conditions, the stream still being fro; - .on over op posite this city. The snow and sleet i spoiled the skating for the tame, at ' Wild-wood lake. Publishers Ask Wilsou to Dine Hy Associated Press. Washington, Pee. 21.—President i Wilson to-dav was invited to attend the I annual dinner of the American News j paper Publishers' Association in New ] York next April by Herbert L. Bridge man, of New York. The President doubted that he could accept because of his contemplated trip to Panama and | San Francisco. Hail for Commerce Commission By Ansoi'intgil Press, Washington, Dec. 21. —Prosidont Wilson, it was learned to-day, ptens to ■ reappoint Henry Clay Hall, of Colora do Springss, 001., member of the Inter state Commerce Commission whose i term expires January 1. 7
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