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Real Estate
SEAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
FOR SALE—27 N. Fifteenth St.; 3-story
frame; 9 rooms; lot 16x75; good con
dition; price attractive. BRINTON
PACKER CO.. Second and Walnut Sts.
. ul; SALE—House No. IS3I N. Sixth St.
Iteinodeled throughout; all improve
ments. Apply GEORGE W. OK Til. 42J
HEAL ESTATE FOB SALE OB BENT
HOUSES FOR RENT and SH-story
dwelling bouses for sale. Elder Real
Estate Co.. 24th and Perry Sts.
BEAL ESTATE FOB BENT.
FOR RENT—A 10-roonted house on
Reno street, $15.00 per month nicely
furnished, or jr.. 00 unfurnished. In
quire MRS. KATIE MILLER. New Cum
berland. Pa.
FOR RENT—NEW HOUSES
2131 Dorry St., steam heat $23.00
21.13 Derry St.. steam heat 25.00
2135 Derry St.. steam heat iS.OO
Inquire P. VANDERLOO
2118 Derry St.
Or Masonic Temple, Third and State.
NICE HOUSE FOR RENT at 1206 Penn
St.; all conveniences; rent reasonable.
Inquire of H. COHEN, 202 Market St.
FOR RENT—623 Reily St.; 2t*-story;
side yard; 10 rooms; 76 N. Fourteenth
St., 8 rooms, all Improvements; rent
reasonable: immediate possession. Ap
ply Bowman & Co.. ask for H. B. ZIG
NER.
FOR RENT—AII improve
ments—
-161-i Catherine $16.00
539 S. Fifteenth $16.00
Apply Kuhn & Hershey,
18 South Third street.
FOR RENT—6IB Geary St.; 3-storjr
brick; 8 rooms and bath; all Improve
ments; fine new borne; rent reasonable.
Apply 620 Geary St.
FOR RENT—Houses w'.th all Improve
ments. at moderate rentals. J. K.
GIPPLE. 1251 Market St
REAL ESTATE FOB SALE OR SENT
FOR RENT OR SALE—House and store
combined: 23iS Garfield and X>erry
Sts.: fine location for business. Inquire
at the store. Garfield and Perry Sts.
APARTMENTS FOB BENT
in; SOCTH FRONT STREET—NewIy
renovated apartments; two large
rooms, kitchenette and bath; three
rooms, kitchenette and bath; second and
third floors; furnished or unfurnished;
city steam; Janitor service: modern Im
provenvents^^^>plya^abov^address.
Lost and Found
FOUND,
For.N'D—Don't go anv further, for the
-,-iu place is at EGGERT'S Sieam
t'i'viUi and French Cleaning Works,
1:; Market St. We deliver and call
oinptly. Both phones.
Le^ii
Court Proclamation
WHEREAS, the Hon. George Kunkel.
I' esideiit Judge, and Hon. Samuel J I
M. MoCarrell. Additional Law Judge, oil
Oyer and Terminer and Qimrter Ses
sions of the Peace of the Twelfth Ju- j
• ial District, composed of the County 1
f Dauphin, having issued their precept,
aring date the Sth day of December,
\. D. 1i» 14. to me directed for holding a
jurt of Oyer and Terminer and Gen
eral Jail Delivery and Quarter Ses
sions of the Peace of Harrisburg for
tiie County of Dauphin, and to com- i
nienee ttie second Monday of January,!
1915, being the 11th day of Januarv,
19to, and to continue two weeks.
Notice is therefore hereby given to
the Coroner, Justices of the Peace, Al- I
dermen and Constables of said County
of Dauphin that they may be then and
there in their proper persons at 10 I
o'clock in the forenoon of said day.
with their records, inquisitions, examl- i
nations and their own remembrances,
to do those things which to their of- !
rice appertain to be done, and those
who are bound In recognizances to '
prosecute against the prisoners that I
are or shall be In the jail of Dauphin I
County be then and there to prose- '
cute against them as shall be Just.
Given under my hand at Harrisbur*
the Sth day of December, A. D. 1911,
being the one hundred and thirty
ninth year of Independence of t r e
United States.
HARRT C. WELLS, j
Sheriff, j
Sheriff's Office. Harrisburg, Pa..
What'B in a Name?
' There's a gentleman in the parlor, '
sir," said the maid
"Did he give you his name, Katie!"
asked the man of the house.
"Oh, no, sir; but I think it's the
one who wants to give hie name to vour
daughter, sir."—Philadelphia Ledger.
FOB SALE
5 Brick Houses I
1714 it 1722 Eln St. j
Two-story bricks—6 rooms—bath 1
furnace cemented cellar—front 1
and back porches.
One square from trolley lines and
Reservoir Park.
Elm street is SO feet wide and I
paved.
Special price for quick business;
will be sold separately or together.
MILLER BROS. SNEEFE
REAL ESTATE
Klre lasaraaca Sarety Boada i
Laraat and Court strntt j
Wants
HELP WANTED—MALE.
WANTED—A man acquainted with the
Rropery and butcher trade In Harris
burp, who can run an auto, to sell a
meat specialty; position to last until
May Ist. or probably looser. Must be
able to frlve jtood reference. Taylor
Provision Co., Rox 16, Trenton. N. J.
AUTO transportation school wants men
to become practical chauffeurs and
earn 175 to SIOO per month. We give a
thorough course In crude and practical
work for $35.00. No. SN. Cameron; Bell
day afternoon.
SITUATIONS WANTED—MALE
WANTED—Young man wants days'
work of any kind. Address SIS Cap
ital street. City.
WORK WANTED— Young man would
like to have position as chauffeur in
private family; can do own repairing.
Address 315 Myers St., Steelton, Pa.
PAINTER wishes a position; experi
enced in all kinds of paintings: will
start at a reasonable tigure and can
furnish best of reference. Address 100S
S. Ninth St.
COLORED MAN desires position as
cook, waiter or houseman, or any
kind of work. Apply or address 116 4
Überty St.
WANTED—Position as cook or all
around work in private family, by
colored man. Can give references. Ad
dress or call 510 South St.
WANTED—Any kind of work by mar
ried man; chauffeur by trade. Address
or call 2-11 Emerald St.
COLORED MAN wishes a position in a
private family; handy man around the
kitchen. Address 63S Briggs St.
WANTED—Position as waiter In hotel
or private family. 50S North Ave.
WANTED—A middle-aged man desires
a position as janitor; tan do all kind
of repairing, and is handy with all
kind of tools. Can furnish reference.
Address or call at No. 1602 Regina St..
City.
WANT ED—Any kind of work for a
white man, between the ages of 40
and ti; handy around stock. Address
20IT Wallace St.
CLERK wishes a position In office; has
two years' experience bookkeeping
and typewriting; can furnish good ref
erences. Address dox 105. Carlisle, .Pa.
HELP WANTED—FEMALE.
SILK MILL OX FULL TIME—
Some more experienced help
needed. Apply at office, corner
Second and North Sts.
WANTED—MiddIe-aged lady for gen
eral housework; good wages to right
SITUATIONS WANTED—FEMALE.
, A middle-aged widow wants position as
cook in an institution or in hotel, or
as managing housekeeper; in or out of
the city. M. W., No. 5 Irvin's Row
I Carlisle, Pa.
; WANTED—Lady with child one vear
I old desires position as housekee'per;
.experienced: no reasonable offer re
fused. MAKY FOSTER. 311 Briggs St.
j WANTED—Work In the mornings. Call
! 673 Brisss St. DAISY CAMPBELL
WANTED—Young woman wants davs'
work of any kind. Address SIS Cap
ital street. City.
WANTED—MiddIe-aged German lady
would like place to do general house-
J work. Address 115 Royal Terrace, City.
WANTED—'Middle-aged white lady de
sires position at work of any kind.
' Address MRS. SARAH REED. Fort
Hunter. Dauphin County. Pa.
| WANTED—Young white girl desires
I position at general housework. Ad
dress, 111 care of MRS. S. A. REED.
lort Hunter. Dauphin County, Pa.
WANTED—Young white girl desires
I position to work in a boarding or
I rooming house; not afraid of work. Ad
dress ANNA REED, Fort Hunter, Dau
phin County. Pa.
WANTED—A position as second girl or
companion to elderly lady, by a lady
it refinement; can do any kind of house
work; no washing; wages Jti.oo per
» e< £' Address, MISS MARY B. HIBBS.
R. D. No. Millerstown, Pa.
WANTED—Nursing. Call on or ad
dress MISS ELLIE RESSER, 205"
Swatara St.
—
WHITE L\DY would like to have day's
work of any kind. Room 26 429
, Broad street.
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W ANTED—Colored woman wants Jay's i
| City 0 Address 10S Christy Court.
! W^] rED — Da >' s work of any kind.
—Addresa_loßjg_Christy_C'ourt. City.
Death and Obituary
DIED.
1 MBEUGER—.Mrs. Myrtle L'mberger. I
wife of Harry Vmberger, aged Uo
years.
J he , f ""eral services will be held
Vl™' ~ h® home of her mother, .Mrs. I
Samuel Deardorf. 2507 Agate St., Sat- !
urday at 9.30 o'clock. Interment in i
Heckton cemetery. Interment private, j
V EAGER—On Tuesday morning. De-'
cember 2-, 1914, Mrs. Sarah Yeager, I
aged 5o years.
Funeral on Saturday afternoon at 1.30
o clock, from her late residence. Rein- i
iwS? a P d .'""'ends are Invited to attend'
M.i , 9 .V , furU,er notice. Interment at;
the Oberlin cemetery.
McALICHER Alexander McAlicher. i
Lit Fifth St., on Dec. 22. 1914 I
aged i) 7 years.
«iv,h"^ aI .V, 11 < a t e P'a« from' the
Sjixtn Street L. B. church. Saturday aft
ernoon. Dec. 26, at 2 o'clock. Friends
and relatives are invited to attend with
out further notice. Burial in East Har
ngburti? cemetery.
The Feminine Gender
Teacher—"What is a fortf"
Pupil—"A place for soldiers to live
in.''
Teacher—"Correct. And what is a
fortress!''
I'lipi—"A place i'or soldiers' wives
to live in. —St. i,ouig Post-Dispatch-1
HAKKI3BURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24. 1914.
Miscellaneous
FURKITXJRE PACKING
PACKING—A H. SHRUNK. 1 30* Nortll
Sixth street. tirsc class packer of fur-
Ait lire, china and bricabrac. itoll plion*
imv.
W.J. ENRICH. 33* Hamilton street—
rurniture, cluna ana piano packing.
Shipments looked alter at both ends.
kinds of hauling. Hell pbou*
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WEATHEB PROTECTION
[ jLASS WINDOWS will be placed in
1 aulo curiam* wttile you wait. C. A. <
1 t'AUi CAIUtIAGL A.N Lt aUTU WQi.Kj.
STORAGE.
I STORAGE in 4-story brick building, '
real «o» Market £>u Household guoos
in clean, private rooms. Ueust,uaui«
rates. App t y 10 f. tj. uta.SKU. Jewe.er. t
tut Muraei St.
HAlUilsiußG STORAGE CO. Two !
new eight-story brick warehouses, 1
one absolutely nreproot, di.iueu into
uieproot prnate ioouis ot callous
sixes tor the storage houseiioid ;
goods; ttie otner wareuousu ot the most '
approved type of lire re;aruani euu- 1
atruction for general mercnanuisc. Xuey
■"e <->i"'i'iJeu »un two large electric
freight elevators and spiral chute lor
the quick and safe hanuiing ot House
hold goods gud all kinds uf merchan
dise. Low storage lutes. Soum second
street, near Paxtou, oa the iiaeks oi
feniia. H. it.
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MONEY TO LOAN
LOANS— $6 to s2vo fcoi aonest working
people without bank creuit at iess
than legal rates; payable lu install
uieuts to suit borrowers' eonveuiei. -a
CO-OPEKAXiVB
Loan and investment Co.
HV* Chestnut St. i
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FINANCIAL.
MONEY TO LOAN- upon real estate se*
curitJes in any amounts and upon any )
terms to suit the borrower. addles.
■->. Box 174.
ALL BINDS OF HAULING
a 1.11 kinds ot hauling, large two-tea
truck; furniture, pianos, freight, in i
the city and suburbs. Prices reason
sole. Picnic and pleasure trips, day or
evening, lilt 1L DARE Uiij Vernoa .
St. Bell phone JSI7J.
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Sale and Exchange
FOR SALE.
C. If. I.ANULETZ, Lumber—We are
overstocked with all kinds and
grades <>f lumber and we can offer you
big bargains. It will pay you to "see
us. Office Cameron and Mulberry St 9
FOR SAL#K—Not. Two reserved seat i
tickets were awarded to-dav to .John
F. Keffer, 1336 N. Third St.. good for i
the evening performance at tlie Or- '
pheum. December 28, 1»14. Call for
tickets at Star-Independent business of
fice before S o'clock p. in.. December
26. 1914, or they will be forfeited.
FOR SALE—At GABLE'S, 111-117 South
Second St.; Red Tip, Ring Hoi-.t, Bliz
zard, Kowe Junior, Can't Slip, Giant
Grip and Always Sharp Calks.
i FOR SALE—At GABLE'S, 111-117 South
I Second St, 5,000 sets New Sash, Bxlo
xl 2 L.. primed and giazed. at 11.15 per
set. Also other sizes.
1913 CALENDARS FOE SALE
Good selection. A few more sales
men's samples left, at a bargain. MY
ERS MFG. CO.. Third and Cumberland
bts.. above Miller's Shoe Stoie.
OVERCOATS FOR SALE—Slightly used
—all in flrst_ class condition, troin J1
up. Alsj SJ,SO fell boots for $1 35
Men's $1.50 Arctics for 95c. 'Come and
look them over. Open evenings
MELTZER, 513 Walnut St.
Pluck
Lawson—B.jones has been married
for a year, now, anil he still- looks
happy.
Dawson—Bjones always was a good
loser.—Somerville Journal.
Snapping Him Up
She ou looked so sheepish wflieu
you proposed to me.
He—and you looked so wolfish when
you accepted me.—Boston Transcript.
His Answer
Btern Parent—So you want my
daughter, huh. Got any money t Suitor
—Yes, sir. How high do >'ou quote
her?— Boston Transcript.
FOR SALE
The four-story brick dwelling
house No. 109 S. Second Street,
Harrisburg, Pa., fronting twenty-six
feet on Second Street, and extending
in depth ninety-five feet to an alley
first floor now occupied as a whole
sale liquor store. Title perfect.
FREDERICK M. OTT,
Executor of Mary E. Winters, De
ceased, 222 .Market Street, Har
risburg. Pa.
FOR SALE
A knitting factory; all Improve
ments; electric power; two-story
frame; steam heat, well lighted: i
equipped with the latest knitting ;
and sawing machinery. Possession I
given at once. We will rent If party :
would be interested Tn the manu- I
facturlng of ladies' garments.
Information Wanted—Call Bell
phone 74. Steelton. Pa., or
M. R. ALLEMAN
143 J(. f'HONT STKKKT
SI'EELTON, PA.
XMAS
piSSSE
■yy h are ready to supply salaried peo
pie with the ready Money for
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 Confidence
Open Evening s From 12-24
Employees Discount Co.,
36 N. 3rd St.
Ream No.^2
Licensed Bonded £*!
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Christmas Greetings To You All
'
If You Want to Sell Your Property
LIST IT WITH US
Bergner Building
cgn If When the Clock
Wfi? iffimit 1 Strikes Twelve
j-J and ushers in the New Year, it
'Mf/' tSf 1 v*l A s ' lo,l ' c ' he the object of everyone
HE MLFFGLL to make it more profitable "than
le ' ast - One way to do it is to
/jf, M' save m«ney, arid the best way to
l atM ' oni P'» B h this is to open an ac
count in the First National Bank,
||||Pf 224 Market St.
1 FINANCE
STOCKS WAVER AS THE
MARKET OPENS TO-DAY
Number of Issues Repeat Recent Low
Prices and in Some Instances Go
Lower—Steel Not Quoted in the
Early Dealings
By Associated Press,
New York, Dec. 24.—Stocks wa
vered again at the opening of to-day's
dull market, a number of issues repeal
ing thoir recent low prices and in some
cases going lower. Steel was not quot
ed in the early dealings but came out
later in a block of 1,500 shares at 48,
its minimum. Secondary prices wore
generally better, Pennsylvania, Read
ing, Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific,
Southern Pacific and Amalgamated ad
vancing ever yesterday's closing. New
Vork Central also was strong on decla
ration of tlie regular dividend and Le
high Valley, which at first exhibited
heaviness, soon recovered. Chosnpoake
and Ohio and Delaware and Hudson
were weak, the latter losing over three
points.
Short covering which contributed in
large degree to the early rally, was
soon completed, wheronpoti the list
gradually reacted in all quarters. Ca
nadian Pacific, Baltimore and Ohio,
Southern Railway, common and pre
ferred, :uid Virginia-Carolina Chemical
were added' to the list of stocks already
offered at minimum prices and other
shores of equal importance were within
fractional range while over a score of
miscellaneous stocks were at bottom
quotations. Steel, after gaining a frac
tional, promptly fell back to its estab
lished price. A decline of 2 1-4 points
in Lehigh Valley between sales was a
feature. Bonds were heavy with Erie
Gefieral 4s the feature.
Philadelphia Produce Market
\ Philadelphia, Dec, 24,—Wheat higher;
I No. 2 red sjot, export. 128 Cfli 129 : No. 1
; northern, ITuluth export, 136® lift.
Corn hisher: No. 2 yellow, local. 73®
! Oat? tirm; No. 2 white, 5i>%®56.
Bran lirm: winter, per ton", SLB.SO®
27.00: spring, per ton. J25.00® 26.5(1.
lieMnod sugars tirjn; powdered, .">.05;
: tine granulated, 4.U5; Confectioners' A,
4.8,"..
Butter firm; western creamery, ex -
I tra, 25; nearby prints, fancy, 28.
steady; nearby firsts, free case,
$12.1)0; do., current receipts, tree case,
$12.00; western extra firsts, free case,
$12.60; do., firsts, free case, $12.00,
16#1S; ducks. 13<514; geese. 13®15.
ljive poultry steady; fowls. l:<ull;
; old roosters, 10©10 Vi; chickens, life
'l3; turkeys, 16®17.
Icy. 19® 20; turkeys, average, 16®18;
geese, 15® IK.
' Flour firm; winter straight. .~.25(fi
3.50; spring straight, 5.95®5.!)5; do.,
i patent, 6.00@6.t>6.
Hay lirm; timothy hay, Xo. 1 largo
bales. 13.00® 18.50; No. 1 medium bales,
18.00®18.60; Xo. 2 do., 16.50®17.50; No.
| 3, 14.00® 15.00; clover light mixed, 17.00
I ® 18.60; No. 1 /nixed, lti.OO® 1K.50; No. 2
mixed, 14.50® 16.60.
11 Potatoes weak: New York, per bushel,
1 58®62; Pennsylvania, 46® 50; Jersev,
. per basket, 36@40.
Chicago Live Stock Market
Chicago. Dec. 24. —Hops—Receipts,
38,000: weak. Bulk. light.
6.60 (fc 7.05; mixed. 6.7."»(g»7.10; heavy, 6.75
4£7.1U; rough, 6.75@6.85; pigs, *3.50®
I Cattle—Receipts, 3.000: strong. Native
: steers. 5.40M10.00; western, 5.10«|)8.10;
cows and heifers. 3.10® 8.20; calves. 7.00
: ® it.so.
Sheep—Receipts, 10,000: (Irm. Sheep,
j5.G0#6.50; yearlings, ti.75@7.70; lambs,
t».504i 8.75.
AUSIRIANS GIVE REASONS
FOR DEFEATjy SERVIANS
liondon, Dec. 24, 4.25 A. M.—Tieu
ter's Vienna correspondent says au ofli
cial communication issued in Vienna ex
plains t>he reasons for the defeat o<t
the Austrians by the Servians and an
nounces that Field Marshal Oscar
| Ptttiotek, the Austrian commander-in
chief, has ben superseded by General
Archduke Eugene. The communication
gives the result of inquiries by a mili
tary officer as follows:
After he had gained successes the
chief in command of the Balkan forces
intended to complete the defeat of tli«
enemy, but did not pay sufficient regard
to tlhe difficulties. Bad weather made
the conditions of the few roads which
lead across the barren country worse so
that it was impossible to supply the
army with the necessary provisions and
ammunition. At the same time that
the enemy collected fresh forces and
o|>ened au attack, the offensive had been
given up.
"It was thought prudent not to offer
[ decisive battle under these unfavorable
i conditions. Forced by adverse coudi
| tions our troops retreated from Servia
i but they are not defeated. That on our
retreat we suffered severe losses in men
and war material had been inevitable,
but reports are mutfh exaggerated con
cerning our losses."
The report -concludes with the state
ment that the Emperor consented to dis
charge the commander-in-chief, the res
ignation being demanded on tho grounds
rhat the commander's health was poor
and appointed to this post General
Archduke Eugene.
LUTE WAR NEWS SUMMARY
C'taHiued From Ftrat Pace.
Italy, was torpedoed by an Austrian
submarine. It is stated that the dam
age was slight and that no men were
injured.
Although accounts vary as to the
present status of military affairs In
Poland, lt Is evident that the scene of
heaviest lighting has shifted south-ward
from Sochacizw, the town on the Bzura
river 30 miles from Warsaw toward
the German's for several days direct
ed their principal efforts. Austro-Ger
raan forces operating from the Cra
cow Bazaar arc attempting to push
northward into Poland. In this effort
however, they ate nioetiug with de
termined resistance from the Russians.
A semi official statement from Pet
rograd says that Russian successes in
Galicla continue and that in the Car
pathians the Austrians have been
thrown back. Another sortio by the
garrison at Przemysl, which has long
been under attack by the Russians is
said to have resulted disastrously for
the Austrians.
Heavy lighting continues in France
and Belgium, but thus far the renewed
activities have accomplished little,
neither side being able to drive the
other from the strongly fortified posi
tions held so long.
Now that the French government
has returned to Paris, a venturesome
German aeronaut has attempted to
prove that the capital is not yet with
out the war zone by flying- over it. He
was brought down by a French aero
plane, however, at a point "l!> m ii cs
Irom the city of Paris.
LITTLE CHANCE ALONG
WAR FRONT ON EVE OF
CHRISTIHASCELEBOATION
London, Dec. 21, 12.20 P. M .
Christmas eve finds little change in i In
underground warfare now being con
ducted in the western wui ffieutij,
where General Joffre, the commauder
tn-chiel ot the FYonch armies, still ;q>.
pears to bo cautiously feeling for nit
opening in the strongly outrem-hed Ger
man line across France and Belgium.
In the east a supreme German effort
continues to be made doto re Warsaw
the capital of Russian Coland. where
the forces of the German center tnui
of the Russians, seeking to check them
sway back and forth along the batiks
of the rivers barring Ihc way to tne
Polish capital.
Bringing Up 12-centimetre Guns
The Russians claim successes in r,io
latest encounters, nut during the last
ten days the Germans have advanced
appreciably and it is said they are ne v
bringing up their 42-centimetre guns
preparatory to siege operations.
In Galicin the Aiistro-Oerinau forms
seem to have made no further progre-s
and iu the north the Russians are re-
| |»orto<l to have ptisii'd thy invaders fi.>
j ther back into Kxst Prussia.
The German taction in the march re
ward Warsaw, military observer? in
I London point out, aro beginning to have
) some of the ebara-tensties of the rn li
| toward Calais and I>imkirk. which tin)
allies stemmed, thousands being aacri
j (iced and others being hurled fm vv;:nl
I to (ill gaps with the same prodigal it v
that was shown by the Germans in
| Flanders.
Military experts here are inilde to
, agree on the number of the A
j German troops in tie cast, ostinmlcs
i varying from 1,000,000 to 1,500,000,
j but it is pointed ou! that Russia, nnle-s
i exaggeraf in? h°r resources should be
I able easily to top this figure now that
j her concentration of forces is Hearing
; completion.
i Petrograd has never conceded that
the occupation of Lodz by the Germans
j had any strategic importance, but the
German view has now found OApreaaii'ii
i from Field Marshal Von liludenbur;.',
| who remarked to the representative of
: tho Associated Press on the eastern
| front that he considered it the turning
point of the campaign.
Christmas In the Trenches
AH the armies are planning to spend
I Christmas as best they may. Poxes
J and greetings from home have boon or
! are being distributed in the trenches, at.
the hospitals and in the camps, hnn
i dreds of thousands of ;>ost cards to
j the soldiers and sailors from King
i George anil Queen Mary being one fea-
I ture of the British gift*.
The Austrian attempt to crush Scr-
I via, which some predicted would be
| abandoned in view of the recent turn
I of events by which the Servians reoe
eupied Belgrade, are soon to be renewed
in the form of a "final blow," accord
ing to dispatches from Budapest.
STRANGE EFFECT OF WAR
ON FUTURE FISH TRADE
St. John's N. F., Doc. 2 4.— X.
strange effort of the war is its bearing
on the future of the fish trade oil' Now
Foundland and Martimc Canada. The
war has revived the alliance bctweeui
the Great Britain and I'ortmjißl and a
refcailt has been that a discrimination
made by Portugal for many years
against fish from New Foundland and
the Canadian niartime provinces, has
been removed. The products of this
region are now admitted to Portuguese
markets on an equality with those of
ail other countries.
Until hostilities began the chief
beneficiary of the conditions then ex
isting was Norway, which, bocauno of
general trade, with Portugal enjoyed
an advantage in the matter of duty
charged on dry fish entering Portu
guese harbors equivalent to from 25
to 3-5 cents per qtiintel of 112 pounds,
according to the fluctuation in the rate
of exchange. This g«vc the Norwegians
sufficient advantage (o permit them to
undersell the New Foundland and Can
anian product. Representations had
been made several times by the gov
ernment of New Foundland and Cana
da in au effort to obtain the removal
of this handicap, but without avail
until after the war began, when the
desired alterations were made.
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