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FREE LECTURE ON
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
BY
Virgil 0. Strickler
of New York
Member of the Christian Science
Board of Lectureship
IN THE MAJESTIC THEATRE
This Evening at 8.15 O'clock
The Public Is Cordially Invited
No Tickets Required No Collection
HEIR TO 93.000 ROBBED
New Boston Man Eeaten Into Insensi
bility on Lonely Road
Mahanoy City. Pa.. Doc. 2N.—On hi*
nay home to Now Boston from this vity,
"hero he had spent the evening cele
brating Christmas with hi* friends. and
with whom he was rejoicing oier .1 !e
--ga y of $",000 just received from Rus
sia, William Matruder wa> held up on
the lonelv road, beaten and robbed of
SIOO and a gold watch.
Miners returning front work found
the mau lying in a pool of blood, half
frozen. Ho was remove.i to t'he Mate
I'os'; ital at Fountain Sprites. There i<
no clue to bis assailant.
TEAMSTER HANGS HIMSELF
Lifeless Body of Missing Man Found
Suspended From Tree
Reading, Pa., Dev. 28. —The lifeless
body of Albert Reiter. of this city, who
bas been missing siuee lr.st Wednesday
was found yesterday hanging from the!
Imrb of a tree ou Mount I'onn. overlook
ing the city. The discovery was made
in a secluded s[xit by a party of hunt
ers. after searching parties and tuo po
lice had been >-■ ouring the hills for sev- i
eral days.
Reiter was teamster for a local coal
firm. The first hint of his disappear-1
ance was when his team was found de
serted on a road at the base of the
mountain.
BABY GIRL BURNS TO DEATH
Roll Child in Snow to Extinguish Fire
in Clothes
Camden, X. J.. Dee. 28. —Burned!
afbout the face aud body when her dress |
caught fire at aa overheated stove,
Florence Maghonas. 4 years aid, of 211
Mickle street, yesterday suffered injur
ies that resulted in hex death soon after
being admitted to the Cooper hospital.
The childmother was attracted to the
room by tae cries of the child.
The fire was extinguished by rolling
the bai\v iu snow iu the rear yard.
PARDON BOARD ATTACKED
Denver Attorney Decries Liberation of
Fifty-eight Murderers
Denver. Dec. US. —Charging that the
State Board of Pardons has released
murderers in wholesale lots, District
Attorney John A. Rush, of Denver,
said yesterday that he would make a
figh: to h-ave the Legislature abolish
the Board.
\s chairman of the legislative com
mittee of tbe State District Attor
neys' Association, he lta< drafted sev
eral .judicial reform bills, chief of
which is the one wiping out the Par
don* Board, lie says that in six years
the Board, on sentimental or sympa
thetic grounds, uas freed 5S murder
ers.
School Janitor Falls Dead
Berwyu. Pa.. Dec. 28. Frank I)e- ,
wees, janitor of the high school build
ing at Berwyn. returned vesterdav
morning from attending the fires in the
school bnilding. lie was in the house |
n few monieirt- when he complained to
his wife of feeing ill. As be finishe I
speaking he fell dead. He was 60.
Why Have the Peo
a Hundred Million Boxes?
'phe extraordinary merit of Laxative Bromo Quinine ex
* plains the reason why the people of all nations have used
the enormous quantity of over One Hundred Million
(100,000,000) Boxes of this famous remedy.
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r ~ Laxative Bromo
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FINED FAR CHEERINU FILM
Canadian Arrested in "Movie" Talks
of Appeal to Britain
Pittitourgti. Dec. 28. Declaring his
intention of taking his case to the Brit
ish Consul with a request that it be re
ported to the State Department. Puul
steurnagle, of Sowicklev, a suburb, paid
a $3 tine in Ventral Police Court yester
day morning.
He ha<l been arrested Saturday night
at a niotiou picture show when he be
came enthusiastic, threw his hut into
the air and cheered when a film showing
a Canadian regiment maneuvering on
Salisbury Plain, Eh)gland, was thrown j
on the screen. He was warned by an i
usher, but continued his applause. He
said he recognised several in one of |
the regiments with wiicmi he had gone to j
school in Canada.
PETS GIVE FIRE ALARM
Poodle and Parrot Save Family From
Death
Pittsburgh. Pa.. Dec. 2S.—To Nero, i
a French poodle, aud tßob, a parrot, is j
jiveu credit for saving Harry Buetiue '
man. his wife and four children from 1
' deafh in a fire that almost destroyed
Buenneman's shop on the North Side
| early yesterday.
Buenneman was awakened by the
frantic barking of Nero at the door of
I his room in apartments above the store.
Bob was screaming iu terror. Smoke
was streaming through cracks in the,
doorway. Buenneman carried his ehil-
I dren through thi-k. smoke to the street
and helped iiis wife to safety. Nero and
Bob. kept as family pets and not for
| "ale, were saved, but 100 canary birds,
i be si ie pigeons, doves, dogs, guinea pigs t
' aud other ;>ets were suffocated.
PRISON A DISEASE BREEDER
Kansas Warden's Figures Show Tuber
culosis Prevalent
Leavenworth, Kan., Dec. 28.—"1t
is not the intention of the people, or
, the courts, to sentence criminals to ft
fatal disease aud premature death, but
! that is what is being done," declared'
Warden J. D. Botkin in his biennial j
re;>ort on the State penitentiary. He
declares it is impossible to make the
present cell houses other than disease
breeding holes.
"Of the deaths Occurring from .Janu
ary 1, 1900. to June 1, 1914. 37 per !
cent, were caused by tuberculosis. Of
the present iumates, about 35 per cent,
are afflicted with the same disease. Of
these, about 20 |>er cent, had it when
they came and 15 per cent, contracted
it in this prison."
CHICAGO DEATH RATE FALLS
Is Ouly 11.17 Per 1,000 Population
For Year 1014
Chicago. Dec. 2S.—Statistics for
1914 show that the Chicago death rate
, is only 14.17 for every 1,000 of the
city's population. This is 3.6 per cent. ;
less than the average yearly death rate;
for the previous decade, which was!
I 14.70.
The death rate is 6.2 per cent. 4e** -
than the rate for 1913. which was:
; 15.05.
MAKKIBIrtJK<i 81'AK-IJsDEFEiNDtiN T, MONDAY EVENING, Dm.'KMBKK 28, 1914.
EX-CBV. PENNYPACKER
SEES FOE IN GREAT BBITftIN
At German Society Anniversary in Phil
adelphia Yesterday Public Service
Commissioner of Pennsylvania Ar
raigns England and Japan
Philadelphia, Dec. 28. Ex-Governor
Samuel W. criticised Pres
ident Wilson, arrived America against
■la)>aix and excoriated England yester
day afternoon in a speech albout the
war at t'he 150 th anniversary of the
founding of tthe Herman Society of
Pennsylvania. Jie brought many cneers
from his German-American audieuce of
300 in the hall at Spring Garden and
Marshall streets. "A man with the
courage to express his convictions,''
was the introduction of Dr. C. .1. Hex
amei', the chairman, and he lived up to
it.
"The President of the Uniteyi
States," said -Mr. PeuifN packer, lists
clenched and face flushed, " has said to
the .people of the United States tlhat
they were not to think and express
themselves on the subject of war. Since
he issued that statement Charles W.
Eiurt, once president of the eollege of
which lingo -Mueustor'burg is a teacher;
James IM. Beok, of New York, himself
a representative of tho contribution of
tiermajiy to this country, and Joseph 0.
Freolev, of Philadelphia, have all t>een
pnntiug articles denouncing Germany.
M(v pugnacious and bellicose former
colleague, Dr. J. William White, has
written a pamphlet to show that this
country should stand as an ap(*nd»ge
to the Allies."
When the disapproval that greeted
the meutiou of Dr. White's name had
died away the ex-Goveruor continued:
"And iu one respect I agree with them
and differ from the President. I am
going to give you my opinion of the
war. 1
England, jealous of her commercial
prestige, sa.id the former Governor,
waged war against Germany, just as
she did against Holland w<hen that coun
try was mistress of tthe seas. Fifty
years ago.'' said Qfir. Peunypacker, "wo
had a mercarrtile navy. Then our Civil
war came along, and England, taking
advantage of our situation, drove our
commerce off the seao."
The ex-Governor's viewpoint, he said,
was purely an American one. He con
tinued:
"The Kaiser is a war lord, but there
is a sea lord, too. If the Kaiser succeeds
iu expanding Germany he will have to
go 4.000 miles away to do it, bat the
sea is all around us. It floats our ves
sels and beats agaiust our ports. Ger
many has never been hostile to us.
England has ever been our foe.
• "The secret agreement between Japan
and Eugiand constituted a menace to
this country. Would England receive
assistance from Japan now and later
refuse to return the aidf (Hawaii is
largely Japanese. California has been
invaded by the Japs. We must know
the terms of that treaty.
"If England had her way this coun
try would be a mere appendage. In
1812 we were laid open to an invasion
through Canada. In 1862 we only
avoided it bv the humiliating surrender
of Slidell. All those things that the
Kaiser may do iu the future England
has doue in the fast. ±ook over the
world. India. South Afriea! Wherever
there has been a nation too feeble to
protect her rights she has fallen to
England."
With all his vehemence, the ex-Gov
ernor was dubious about the future of
Germany. "I can't see much hope for
her success.'' he sail. "There are too
many wolves in the pack, and vet you
never cau tell."
SAYS FKANK IS INNOCENT
Story of Conley, After Loug Investiga
tion, Declared to Be Fabrication
Augusta, Ga., Dev. 28. Five promi
nent Georgians recently joined in a let
ter to Berry Benson, a well-known
Augustan, who has made a painstaking
investigation and analysis of the FY an k
case, asking him to them his con
clusions. Mr. Benson responded in a let
ter in the Augusta "Chronicle."
Mr. Benson points out that Conle.v,
the negro, testified that after Frank
and he hail takeu the child's bodv to
the cailar Frank, in his oflice, had
given him $-00 in hush money and
then taken it back. An examination ot
the cash drawer shuwed a balance of
$26.50. It was also found after ex
amination of Frank's private check
book that he had been drawing $5
from his bank every few days.
At the trial the neuro swore that
after Frank and he had taken the
child s body by the elevator to the cel
lar tbey went to Frank's inner oftieo
aud were there talking when Frank
exclaimed: ''My God! here eontes
(>ui»..y Hall and Kmma Freeman; get
in this wardrttf>e. But as to the time
they were there he makes it an hour
anil a half later than the time thee
were actually there, and by doing so
he makes it evident that "his whole
story of the elevator and the ward
robe is pure fabrication.
PASTOR SCORNS 810 PAY
Wants to Share His Flock's Fortunes
Be Th»y Good or Bad
f angrange, Ga., Dec. 28. —Dr. C. E.
I'atitto, past or of the First Methodist
>tiurch of West Point, has made the
following statemeut to the people of
his church:
"The church will during the follow
•tig week consider the fixing of my
•alary for the next conference vear.
-No one i? incro conversant with tho
distressful condition of the good people
of this section than I am. Scarcely a
home in this city that will not be more
or less affected by the financial depres
sion. I do not want a salary that is
not in keeping with the conditions now
prevailing.
"1 should have no respect for my
self to accept a salary which would
have to be paid out of the sacrifices and
needs of my people. If there is to>be
suffering next year, let mo bear my part
of it. and no one will do it with great
er courage and cheerfulness."
Die 3 After Ctrtting His Throat
Philadelphia. Dec. 28. David 8.
Baker, 35 years old. of New York, a
traveling salesman, died yesterday in
the Pennsylvania hospital from a
throat wound that he had inflicted on
himself with a tailor on December 17,
while a guest at a Chestnut Btreet
hotel. He committed act through
despondency over his inability to stop
drinking.
Long Railroad Strike Buds
Mu-kogee, Ok>h., Dec. 28.—The
strike of the shopmen and repairmen of
the Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf rail
road, which was called May 10, 1913,
was discontinued Saturday.
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PREVENTION VSCURE
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene
By Samuel O. Dixon, M. D., LL.
D., Commissioner of Health
The well worn adage to the effect
that "An ounce of prevention's worth
a pound of cure," has long been ac
cepted as one of the wisest of saws.
We are willing to admit that pre
vention is the thing, but too often we
stick at the price and then are obliged
to pay roundly when the necessity for
cure is forced upon us. A day at home
in bed when one is threatened with a
hard cold seems to many people an ex
travagant waste of time, and yet it
would be difficult to estimate lrow many
really serious illnesses might be pre
[ vented by rest and care in the early
; stages.
i How many parents have suffered
the agonies of regret for failing: to seek
I medical advice when their children
I were suffering from "sore throat" and
which eventually proved to be diphthe
ria with terrifying rapidity.
How frequently in severe winter
weather we see women sacrificing com
fort and defying common sense iu their
dress for the sake of what thoy con
sider appearances. How many men
working under strain and physically
exhausted try to "buck up'' with »
few drinks.
These are but a few common ex
amples of the people who will not pay
the price for their ounce of preven
tion. They may partly escape once,
twice, a dozen times, but in the long
run they foot a heavy bill. The physi
cians' best patients are tho men and
women who boast of never having a
doctor until they are really sick.
Much of the greatest work which
has been accomplished in mcdieino dur
ing the past generation has been pre
ventive work. The great future of the
art lies in prevention and the time is
rapidly approaching when to suffer
from many of the new common ail
ments, will be looked upon by all in
telligent people as evidence that the
sufferer has been inexcusably neglect
ful of his own welfare.
Do not hesitate to pay .cheerfully
the cost of prevention when health is
at stake for no investment offers a
higher premium than your physical
well-being.
FIDDLES HIS lOOTH YEAR IN
Aged Philosopher Says You Can't Help
Doing What You Do
Towanda, Dec. 28. —Justus A. Rec
ord, Bradford county's oldest citizen,
I who on Christmas observed his nine
ty-ninth birthday yesterday expressed a
desire to go out on the Susquehanna
river and join the throng of skaters.
He was persuaded not to, so contented
himself by leaving the violin which he
purchased when a boy and which has
been his constaut companion.
On his ninety-ninth birthday he
walked over a mile in zero weather
and ate a hearty Christmas dinner. He
has read the Bible through nine times
during his life.
His philosophy of life is that no
matter what you do, you cannot help
it. He offers to debate the subject
with any man in the world, irrespec
tive of age.
' PRECEDENT FOR FRANK CASE
lowan Freed After Fight Based on
Grounds in Pending Appeal
.Sioux City, la.. Dec. 2S.—Briefs in
the case of Harry B. Murphy, freed
here on a charge of violating the Mann
act, have been seut to Washington to
: the attorneys of M. Frank, of At
! lanta, tic., to be consulted as a prece
l dent to secure a ntw trial for Frank.
tMurphv was given his release by
Judge J. D. Klliott, of t>outh Dakota,
because he was r.'bsent from the court
j room when the verdict was announced.
Counsel tor Murphy said last night
ithat the cases differed in that Frank's
attorneys did not claim his absence as
' reversible grounds until after the case
; had gone to the Supreme Court, where
at the attorneys for Murphy made the
| claim at once.
WHISKEY KILLS CHILD
Unobserved Drink of Sample Fatal
From Feet Up
Towanda, Dec. 28. —A u-ounce bot
i tie of sample whiskey left on the
i kitchen table at the home of John
[ Dionni, a foreigner, caused the death of
i his 3-year-old daughter.
The chil l got lioM of the bottle un
! observed, sipped the contents and was
; taken ill. The lower limbs became
i paralyzed, and death ensued after four
j hours.
Long ago silence was said to be
j golden, and since phonographs, plaver-
I pianos and honk wagons came in it is
i rarer than ever.
ERUPTION ON HEAD
HAIR FELL OUT
First in Pimples, Head So Sore
Could Not Comb Hair. Would
Itch. Cuticura Soap and Oint
ment Completely Healed.
West White St., Summit Hill. Pa.—"l
had a sore eruption on my head which I
thought would heal up but the places would
open and bleed then they would he«l and
open again and they were awful sore. I
could not even romh my hair my head was
so sore. First there wore pimples on my
head and then they would get larger and
start to burn. Sometimes they would Itch
and my hair fell out
"I read the Cuticura advertisement In
the paper and thought that I would write
and get a sample of Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. I washed my head with the
Cuticura Soap and put tho Cuticura Oint
ment on and it began to get better. 1 used
It every morning and I was impro\ ing finely.
I had the sores on my head about Ave
months and 1 had thought I would never
get better but Cuticura Soap and Oinrment
| made the scales dry and fall off and com
pletely healed my trouble, t have had no
| more to this day." (Signed) Miss Roso
Frendak. Feb. 6, 1914.
Samples Free by Mail
Do you realize that to go through life
tortured and disfigured by itching, burning,
scaly and crusted eczemas, rashes, and other
skin and scalp humors Is, in the majority
of cases, unnecessary? Cuticura Soap and
Ointmeut afford Immediate relief and prove
j successful in the most distressing eases.
, when the usual methods fail. Cuticura Soap
j 25c. and Cutleura Ointment 50c. are sold
[everywhere. Liberal sample of each mailed
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura. Dept. T. Boston."
ITALIAN SHIP WILL AID
11. S. CRUISER IN SYRIA
Rome, Dei'. 38.—Instructions have
been seut to the Italian cruiser Cula
bria, now at Beirut, Syria, to assist the
United States cruiser North Carolina,
if the necessity should arise, as the re
sult of further demonstrations against
the departure of Europeaus from Turk
ish territory.
The cruiser. Tennessee, the fuel ship
\ ulcan and the gunboat Scorpion, of
the United States navy, which also are
looking alter the American interests
along the eastern Mediterranean, are
ready to steam fo any place where they
are needed, according to raporta re
ceived here.
Dispatches from Athens have stated
that the cruiser North Carolina recent
ly threatened to use her guns as the
result of an incident at Tripoli, Syria.
The cruiser, convoying the American
steamship Virginia, entered the harbor
of Tripoli, and the commander request
ed the Turkish authorities to permit
the British and French Consuls to de
part with their nationals rosident in the
city.
This request was refused, but sev
eral of the French residents boarded
the Virginia. They were attacked by a
mot), which wounded the captain and
first officer. The North Carolina then
threatened to fire and the mob fled.
The Virginia and the North Caro
lina left for Dedeagateh. Later the
cruiser proceeded to Smyrna.
ALPINE TROOPS UNDER FIRE
120H0URS WITHOUT SLEEP
Correspondence of the Associated Press.
Nancy, France, Dec. 9.—Several
miles out of Nancv, toward tho Lor
raine frontier, is a village which has
been made the cent- r of a division of
| French cavalry, in which the sight of
the deep blue uniform of the Alpine
chasseur is most familiar.
These wirv, agile and hardy troops
have tendered valuablo service in the
war. Some of them, equipped with
skis, have acted as scouts in the deep
snow of the Vosges region and have
covered from 30 to 40 miles a dav
t without fatigue.
Battalions of the Alpine chasseurs
are constantly training in clearings in
the Vosges forests. The majority of
them are young, men and officers alike,
but they are all made of the same
hardy, wiry stuff that is required for an
: Alpine chasseur.
In the retreat of the French army
from upper Alsace these troops covered
themselves with glory. Four regiments
protected the retreat of the entire
Fourteenth army corps. They had
[ pushed over the c.est of tho Vosges
I at Bonhomnie, and at a critical stage
of the operations received the order to
j defend the peak of Mandray, the pos
session of which was necessary in order
to assure the safety of the artillery of
the retreating army. For five long
days, 1,700 strong, they remained there
under the tire of three German bri
gades, supported toy a brigade of artil
lery.
The evening of the fifth day, not
having slept an hour in 120, they still
found the courage to charge with the
bayonet and put to flight a regiment of
Pomerain riflemen which was advanc
ing under the cover of a terrific artil
lery fire to force the passage. When
it was over, of the 1,700, there re
mained barely 700. The commanding
officer, Verlet-Hanus, had been killed
1 and 20 of his officers died at his side.
I The sacrifice had not been useless, for
| the stand they niado had protected the
; retreat of the bulk of the troops and
j the Pomeranians abandoned pursuit.
AMERICAN GIFTS TO FRANCE;
CONTRIBUTIONS APPRECIATED
Paris, Deo. 28.—1t is pointed out
bere that Americans are doing some
thing every day to win the gratitude of
the French people. Every day the pa
pers record proofs of American geueros
ity, and these things reach the eves of
th 'Parisians, who will not forget them.
I>\iring the last week Alfred S. Hci
delhach. president of the American
Chamber of Commerce, gave 10,000
francs ($2,0,00) for the 'benefit of
French soldiers and their families; Mrs.
W. K. Vanderbilt eoi trifoutcd 125,000
francs ($25,000) to the American Am
bulance, and Miss .1 u1 ia Avlward gave
1,000 francs ($200) for war victims.
Twelve children of Berkeley, Cal.,
contributed articles made by them
selves, which were sold for 1,000
francs ($200).
Prize ofr 'New Europe' Map
Paris, JJec. 28.—A Paris paper this
week offers its readers a $2,000 prize
for the best forecast of the post-bellum
frontiers of European countries on a
map supplied with its latest issue.
Readers must send maps, with the fron
tier drawn according to their individ
ual prognostications, before January
19. The award will be made after the
treaty of peace is signed.
Australia Sails From Chili
Valparaiso, Chili, .Dec. 28.—The Aus
tralian battle cruiser Australia, which
came into this port»Saturday, sailed yes
and are sending them to defend the
provisions. Shj has been cruising
about the Pacific coast of South Amer
ica for several weeks.
Troops for Dardanelles
Home, Dec. 28. —The Turkish mili
tary authoriti?s have removed the
troops and artillery from Adrianoplc
an dare sending them to defend the
l>ardane>lles and the Bosporus, according
to a dispatch from Athens:
Report of Lone Air Raid Denied
Paris, Dec. 28. —The report that a
Zeppelin airship droipped a bomb on
Toul is officially denied.
French War Department to Move
Paris, Dec. 28. —The French War
Department, which is still in Bordeaux,
will return to IParis January 7.
Czar Again on Battle Front
Pctrograd, Dec. 2S.- —Kmperor Nicho
las, who left Moscow Chrtsriuai even
ing, has arrived at the battle front.
Martial Law
The proclamation of martial law
means the suspension of ordinary law
and its replaceuien tby military author
ity. T'lius a military commander may
take action against any person who of
fends without trying him before the
'ordinary irourts. A |>roclaniation of
martial lafc also abolishes trial Jjy jury.
—London Telegraph.
A Testimony From Exper
ience and Observation
If every man, woman and child knew the satisfae
tion and real happiness of having money at a specified
time accumulated by small and regular savings made
each week and not misgod—they would join th«
Security Holiday
Savings Fund
and have money f<y,
Insurance, Taxes, Coal
or any other needs, and not be worried when thesa
payments become due. If you have spent, during th«
year, money that you really have nothing for, which is
an experience of many, don't do so the coming yenr.
Muko up your mind to have something at the close of
1915. If you listen to this you will have. Join now.
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CROOKS MASQUERADING
Merchants Suffered Heavy Losses Be
cause They Thought Thieves Were
"Bellsnickles" Playing Pranks
Waynesboro. Dec. 28. —.1. H. Bear,
proprietor of a mill at Cress Station, a
short distance southeast of this place,
was robbed of SIOO in cash and checks
by two masked thieves on Christmas
Eve. Tho robbers made their escape,
due to the favt that 'Mr. Bear at first
believed tlhey were neighbors who were
going about is "bellsnickles" and
would return after a time, give hint
back his money and iaugh with him
over the joke they had played on him.
>Mr. Bear was sitting in the office of
his mill a'bout 8 o'clock when a man
appeared at the window, his face cov
ered with a inastk, broke t'hc window
pane and pointed a revolver at him.
Then a confederate also witih a revolver
entered the office and demanded his
money. \
After joking with the robbers Mr.
Bear handed over to them about SIOO
in cash and iu checks and' thev de
parted.
A similar piece of trickery was played
by two crooks who Obtained about sioo
in a like way from Ji*cob Good, an
Kdgemont, Adams county,, merchant,
Christmas Ev£.
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Dr. R. W. Ramsey Is Dead
Chambersburg, Dei-. 28.—l>r. R. W.
Ramsey died at his home on West '.Mar
ket street at 3.30 on Saturday after
i loug illness. He had been in a criti
cal condition for some weeks but would
regain strength and sem better, only to
become worse again. Abut 6 p. m.
Christmas Day he had a sudden and
decided collapse and the end then came
very rapidly. His illness was a form
of rheumatism and at times he suffered
a great deal.
Nothing to Hold Indians
Carlisle, Dec. 2S.—'Falling flat under
,i mass of conflicting ami inconsequen
tial testimony, the robbery charges
against Genus Baird and 3>ewis Twinn,
Indian graduates, were discharge.! Sat
urday afternoon by Justice .Hughes fol
lowing a hearing. These was nothing
offered to identify the men as those who
a week ago are alleged to have assault
ed Mrs. Lydia ljewLs. The woman her
self decliued to attempt to identify
them.
Former Hanover Merchant Dead
Gettysburg. Dec. 28.—Morris A. Nau,
a brother of .T. Calvin Nau, of Kast
Middle street, died in Johns Hoflkins
'hospital, Baltimore, at 5 o'clock Friday
morning following an operation for
stomach trouble, lie has lately been
engaged in business in Hanover.
Mr. Nau was born in 'Hanover. He
leaves his parents, his wife and two
children, one aged 13 and t'hc other two
years. He also leaves five brothers and
three sisters.
Contractor Died Suddenly
Hagerstown, Dec. 28. S. Lewis
liamkin, a well known citizen and con
tractor, died very suddenly at his home,
133 Broadway, at midnigtht Thursday
night, of heart trouble, in his 71»t year.
Mr. Lamkin retired apparently in his
usual good health, but a'bout 11 o'clock
(Mrs. Lam kin was aroused bv the illness
of her husfbaud and in less than an hour
-lie expired.
Bursting Waterback Injuries Woman
Tamaqua, Dec. 28.—As a result of
a bursting waterback, the large range
in the Philadelphia and Reading depot
re-staurant nt Tamaqua, was blown to
pieces yesterday morning, wrecking the
kitchen and hurling Mrs. Annie Yost
ten feet through the dining room doors.
She was badly injured.
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This coupon wlicu presented or mailed to
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i'l 'I I 111 Cream Pitcher—_lo cents extra by mall;
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IM-20-22 South Third St., Harrisbarg, Pa.
TO USE NEW FIRE SYSTEM
Will Be Presonted to Lemoyne Town
Council for Its Anproval To
night—ls Very Simple
Lcinoyne, Dee. 28 To-night tho
new fire alarm system for Lemoyne will
be completed nt a, moeling of the local
fire company in the lire house. It will
be introduced and explained by H. I,'.
Mount/., the Lt-niov tie tire chief', .nil
will then 1,0 presented to the Town
Council to- approval.
H. K Mount/, WHS chairman of tho
ecmmittee who worked out the system.
G. \V. .I'aimer and J. S. Cununings com
prised the rest of the committee.
A directory of the system will ho
placed in the fire house, as well as n
all of the stores and public buildings.
It will be the duty of any citizen dis
covering a bla>:e to rush" to the lira
house and sound the number of the plug
that is nearest to the outbreak.
The directory planned out by the
eommitte is as follows: Fireplug ou
Herman avenue, Cherry street and "Her
man avenue, plug No*. 12; in sending
in the alarm the person should give one
tap on the bell with a pause and then
two taps. The alarm should be sound
ed about six times with short inter
vals. Plug No. 13, situated at Boss
tuoyne street and Herman avenue, on«
tap on the bell with a short pause and
then three taps; Cranberry street and
Herman avenue, plug No. 14, one tap
and a pause and then four taps; Clin
ton street and Herman avenue, plug*. No.
21, two'taps, a pause and then on-i
tap; 'Lome street and Herman avenue,
plug No. 215, two taps, a pause and then
three taps. Plugs on Hummel avenue,
Bucker street and Herman avenue, plug
No. 4, four taps on the'bell; Rossmoyno
street and Hummel tu'euue, plug No.
5, five taps; Cranberry street ami Hum
mel avenue, plug No. 6, six taps; llasp
berry street and Hummel avenue, plug
No. 8, eight taps; Blackberry street,
and Hummel avenue, plug No. !), auio
taps. Plugs ou Bosler avenue, Cherry
street and Bosler avenue, plug No. 24,
two taps, a pause and then four taps;
llossmoyne street and Bosle. - avenue,
plug No. 31, tljree taps, a pause and
then one tap; Clinton street and Bosler
avenue, plug No. 32- three taps, a pauses
and then two taps.
In the near future the company ex
pects to add more plugs to the list.
Plugs are needed on the corners of sev
eral of the streets.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE
Will Be Given Free To-night by Virgil
O. Strickler in Majestic
In addition to providing free read
ing rooms in virtually every city and
giving out enormous quantities of their
literature, the Christian Scientists, in
keeping with their policy of seeing that,
all who wish to know what Christian
Science is shall have the fullest oppor
tunity to learn, have for a number of
years maintained an oflicial board of
lectureship. This 'board now numbers
fifteen lecturers, who devote all their
time to the delivery of public discourses
on tho subject. ,
Virgil 0. Strickler, of New York, n,
well-known member of this board of
lectureship, will speak on Christian
Science in the Majestic theatre this
evening, commencing promptly at 8.1.">
o'clock. Tickets of admission will not.
be required, nor will any collection be
taken. All w r ho wish to know more
about Christian Science are cordially in
vited to be present. Adv.*
Those Canny Scots!
Passenger—lt's curious how these
seagulls follow a steamer. Do tliuy go
far? Boatman —Aye, sometimes, but
they'll not follow her far; she's an
Aberdeen 'boat. — London (Punch.
Jumped at the Chance
"You aro so clever, tMr. Jean, you
talk so well—you really ought to
write.''
Willingly. Will you give me your
address!"—iFrou Frou.