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A Beer brewed with a double purpose— * To please the palate as a beverage; \ A liquid food in the truest sense of the words. 3 Made from the best selected hops and malt. !► brewery unexcelled for Purity aud Excellence of < !; Product. * ! > DOEHNE j» Bell S-tjL Independent 318 J NEWS OF S SOUIRE GARDNER COMMITS FIVE PERSONS TO JAIL Three Are Charged With Assault and Battery and Two Women Are Charged With Concealing Death of an Illegitimate Child Rado Benkovic was arrested yester day by Detective Durnbaugui charged with assault and battery on >Milits Chaiie, whose husband was the prose cutor. In default of bail Benkovic was committed to J*iT for court. 'Mile Kusnov, charged with assault ing Maggie Fabic, in which it is alleged he kicked tlip woman down a flight of steps, was also committed by Squire Gardner for court when he was unablt to furnish bail. Blanche Williams, aged IS years, daughter of Gevtfge Williams, 131 Ridge street, was arrested by High Con stable Bomgartjner this morning on the charge of concealing the death of an illegitimate child. Evelyn Banks, aged 25, a sister of the Williams girl, was aiso arreste I in connection with the affair. In default of SI,OOO bail both women were committed for a hearing before Squire Gardner. According to information furnished the police, the chil l was born about November 15 and after its death was placed in a trunk, which has not yet been located. Vic Cuckovic was given a hearing before Squire Gardner this morning charged with assault and 'battery by Milos Labicie. The arrest was made bv Constable GiVo. In default of bail • tickovi ■ was committed to jail for court. 500 Turkeys for Steelton Must be sold, regardless of cost. 500 ttir!:evs, ranging from 9 to 20 pounds. Must be sold by Thursday. Call and -ee C. L. Soulliard, corner Second and Jefferson -treets. Adv. PERSONAL Mrs. Lawrence Eckels is confined to her home, Front and Adams street, by illmess. Ames Lawrence and Frank Morrette. students at Bucknell University, are h'rfne for the Christmas holidays. Karl and Roscoe Int, Lancaster, is spending the Christmas holidays at her home here. Mrs. Walter Yost, of Tacony, is the giesf of her father, Charles Sautter, South Front street. I C. Hivks. after a short visit to f'iends in the borough, has returned to his home. Mavtown. A Great Show at the Standard Theatre To-night The Third Degree. A n all-star cast. • One of the best. Five reels. Her Bitter Lesson. Featuring Alice Mil- I larde. Helen Lindroth and Harry! Millarde. Two reels. Kalem. A Maid of War. Essanav eomedv. Admission, 5 and lO cents! — | LEGAL NOTICE is hereby given to the policy! holders of the Steelton Mutual Kire Insurance Company, of Steelton. Pa i that Its annual election for directors I will Uo held at No. 132 N. Front St i Steelton, Pa., Saturday. January 2, 1915, between the hours of 1 ami 2 p. in. C. HESS. Secretary. CHESTER WOLLET HURT WHEN ASH WACON UPSETS Accident Occurred When Bear Wheel Slipped Into Gutter on Conestoga Street—One Horse Calked Its Left Front Foot Chester Wollet, a driver for the Pax tang Hook and Ladder Company was very painfully hurt about 9.15 o clock this morning when he was thrown from an ash wagon against the stone wall at t'he residence of Joseph Gerdes, Front and Conestoga streets. The two iarge black tire horses of the "Hookies" were hitched to the dump ash wagon used in hauling asaes from the homes iu this end of town. Wollet had the rig loaded and started down !'he steep Conestoga street hill from See on, 1 to Front street. '#vst as the wagon had passed the entrance to Gerdes' home, the left rear wheel slipped into the gutter with such force that the wagon upset, throwing the driver with some force against the stone wall. The contact was so severe that Wollet sus tained a gashed left cheek, a bruised and lacerated left hip and slight internal injuries were also reuorted. The horses were thrown when the wagon upset, and in regaining their feet on the slippery ice, one of the blacks calked its left front foot, inflicting a painful wound. Wollet was picked up and carried to his home across the street where med ical aid was summoned. The wagon was uninjured. CHRISTMAS FOR KIDDIES Civic Club Appeals for Donations of Cash for Christmas The committee iu charge of the Civic (.lnb Christmas entertainment, which will be held in Trinity parish house. Pine street, Thursday afternoon, at - - •> 0 o clock, reported this morning that only a sinali amount of cash had been received toward defraying the ex pense of this entertainment ajid that small or large donations of cash, in connection with tt>ys or candies, would be very acceptable. Mrs. < harles A. AJden, chairman of the 'omsnittee of arrangements, also announced that with persistent search ing less than 175 poor children have been located, although the committee has toys, oranges, c*ndv and- Christmas cards for at least 200 children!. These gifts are not intended for the poor of lit will l>c dispensed to all poor children of the borough, whether white or black, foreigners or American born, the only condition im posed is that each little on© must se cure a free ticket from the Civic Club nurse, Miss Marie Wiseman, at her headquarters in the Trust C'ompanv building, "which will admit the bearer to the Parish house, Pine street, Thurs day afternoon at and after :'.30 o'clock in the afternoon. A POUND PRAYER)IEETI\<; Heformed Church Will Give Christmas Cheer to Distressed Members A pound prayer meeting, as a novel feature, will be given a try out at the First Reformed church Wednesday evening, when every member, whether man. woman or chili, is expected to bring one or more pounds of nonperish able goods in the edible line to the church, where it will be used very scon to alleviate the distress of three fam ilies who are affiliated with the congre gation and Sunday school..-and who bv reason of sickness, are on the verge of starvation. Anything in the way of a.donation "ill be acceptable for this meeting, whether it be cash, merchandise or or ders. A committee of prominent mem bers of the church will see that the do nations are distributed in a proper man ner. < HRISTMAS AT ST. JAMES' Midnight Mass Will Be First in History of Church Christmas will be ushered in at St. James' Catholic church with a midnight mass, which will be the first time in the history of that congregation to observe the event in this manner. The Rev. J. HARRISmTftG STAR-INDEPENDENT, TUESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 22. 1914. C. Thompson, rector, will officiate anil an augmented choir, under the leader ship of John Purcell, will render excep tionally fine sacred musie. Ha'rley Noll will he choir leader aud Miss j Marv Lynch will preside at tbo pipe ; organ. Other services at this church 1 will consist of a second mass at 7 a. in. .followed with high mass at 8.30 a. m. Following the latter mass the Sun day school will hold its Christmas exer ! cises in the parochial school room where a program will lie rendered and pres 1 ents given to about 200 children. SHIT DOWN FOR CHRISTMAS Almost Entire Plant Will Be Closed Until January I Every department of the big steel j plant, with the possible exception of j the blast furnace and shifter 'depart- ; meats will be closed down during Wod j nesday and Thursday aud will remain ! closed until January 1. according to a recent announcement of the executive department. Bricklayers have been engaged to ; make the needed repairs to all parts ofl the ga~ heating systems in use by the company during the temporary shut down. tf or !ers' improve, the bridge ; and construction department may re- i some work before January 1. CHRISTMAS FOWLS STOLEN Seven Ducks and 2 Geese Disappeared Last Night Tascho Dundoff, a prominent Mace- i douiui, residing at 438 Main street, is wrathful over the sudden disappear ance of two geese and seven ducks which he had just purchased with the intention of using their meat for a great Christmas dinner. The fowls were securely, as he thought, locked up in a peu iu the rear yard. This morning he discovered the 1 lock had been forced off and the fowls gone. STEELTON NOTES According to the latest information i on the though extension campaign the following churches have voted against j i* • Centenary I'nited Brethren, Grace j I'nited Evangelical, St. Peter's Lu- f the ran and the Highspire United Breth ren. The First Presbyterian chur.-h is ! the only one so far reported to favor | the project. A carload of live hogs was received iti the borough this morning over the! Pennsylvania railroad consigned to j John Slovinac and Celicka Tomasic. The Transportation Relief Associa tion yesterday [mid iii annual dividend | of 87.35 to each of more than 100 members. The association wilt hold its i annual election of officers next Monday. The only service on Christmas day i at St. .Mark s Lutheran churc-h will start : at 6.30 o'clock in the morning. This; service will consist mostly ot' singing, j Her Bitter Lesson Evelyn s utter selfislyiess causes her to disregard her husband's pleas that she economize. His money tied up in j Ia big deal, Dane borrows SI,OOO to! ope with possible emergencies. This money he places in his safe at home. 1 Evelyn uses the money to meet debts incurred as the result of extravagance. How evelyn is taught her lesson is mag nificently told in motion pictures at the Standard Theatre to-night. Miss Marie Wiseman, the visitiug nurse employed by the Steelton Civic Club, will be in her office from 8 a. m. to 9 a. m., from 12.30 p. m. to 1.30 p. m. SPANISTOIERET TAUGHT YEARS ACO Continued From First I'BRP. in high schools, base their beliefs as to ! the benefit l'rom such courses, principal ly upon the increasing opportunities in the commercial fields of the Spanish-, American republics for this countrv's young men. The trade of South Amer- j ica, opening to this country because of the cutting off oti* European commerce, is said to require more Spanish-spehk-1 ing business men now than ever before. The letter written to the Star-Inde pendent by Mr. Orth, pointing out the fact that the school authorities were emi. , u - FuUy 7000 of the Latest aud s ::rr TheJ.H.Troup Music House « Records TROUP BUILDING 15 S. MARKET SQUARE „ P „ 0 „, RAILROADS CREW Jim HARRISBURG SIDE Philadelphia Division —lo7 crew to go first after 4 p. m.: 117, 115, 104, 122. Engineer for 115. Fireman for 115. Conductors for 117, 128. Flagmen for 107, 104. Engineers up: Seitz, Hubler. First, Davis, Wolfe, (jeesev, Madenford, Mc- Caulev, Smirti. Reisinger, Gibbons, Tennant, Earhart, Sellers, Supplee, Streeper. Firemen up: Behman, Manning, Kochenouer, Davidson, Mulhoim, Shive, We Have Just Re ceived a Carload of I Dicks,. l| jF 69019 ft Chickans Turkeys, Live Weight, 24c Lb, Turkeys dressed and delivered free of charge. ECKELS BROS. STEELTON, PA. Miller, Robinson, Farmer. Naylor, I