Alton Evening Telegraph from Alton, Illinois • Page 3

MEMBERSHIPS ON FIRST DAY, No Defense is Offered by Men Charged With Try ing to Hold Up East Alton Bank Last Summer. SOCIETY When somebody visits von or are entertained, 8 anil tell the Society, ail about it. All society otlcps should be given the edi- to before nopn. A diversions were enjoyed during the evening, and refreshments were To Entertain Card Club. Thursday Evening Five meet with Mrs.

Steet this week Society. Society of the Street Presbyterian Church afternoon at to Celebrate Thirty-Fourth Wedding Anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. George Beck of Main street are planning to quietly celebrate the anniversary, of their marriage on next Monday. The known couple will have no formal celebration of the anniversary.

for Miss Irene Hoffman. Miss Irene Hoffman of Chicago is the guest of Mrs, Ralph Jackson. Miss Hoffmaft. catne down to attend tko nuptials which will take place Saturday the luncheon given by Mrs. George Sparks Milnor today, and will be the guest of honor Ub a bridge to be given Wednesday by Mm.

Sanford Taylor. On Friday afternoon Mrs. Carl Beall will-entertain 'lor Miss Hoffman. Commerce Drive Has Very Satisfactory Opening and Success Is Looked For. Club With Mrs.

Harrv of Bast entertain the Thtiwfey At- Club this week at her Miss Une'l Circle to Meet. An all day's meeting of Mm O. H. ClrclVwFli be held Wednesday First Methodist Church. Luncheort For Miss Luclle Levis.

Mrs. tjeorge Sparks Milnor of George street gave a very beautifully appointed-luncheon today for Miss Three men were hold by Magistrate Maguire, this afternoon, to answer to the charge of attempting to hold up and rob ttc East Alton bank last summer. Thc chief evidence against the men WHS furnished by George ri-ubst, sou-in-law of Herbert Jlolly and brother-in-law of Owen IlollyT two of the accused. Clayton Hanklns Roily. The accusing witness, George Probst, had difficulty with his wife They separated, each going away oh a visit and while he was gone she came back, sold the furniture and closed the house.

That, it appears caused Probst to tell what he knew of the attempted bank robbery. He claimed that the men In the attempt had admitted to him that they had ried hold up the bank. The main point about the case, until identiflea- tion can be made by the cashier in charge at the time, is tbat two mustaches were found in the Roily home which are said to have been similar to those worn by the bandits who tried to hold up the bank. Two daughters of Herbert Roily were in the bank. One of them admitted that when things were going bad for the other daughter the father suggested robbing the bank to get the" money.

Judging from the testimony the subject of robbing- the bank must have been he- The salesmen for the new Chamber of Commerce made 174 sales today In the two hours drive they started on, for the opening day. The outcome was very satisfactory its it is expected to keep the campaign going all we6k. The reception mot by most of the salesmen for the Chamber of Commerce was very pleasing. The plan is, according to the management, to interest in the Chamber of Commerce many who have not been interested in the Board of Trade. All memberships in the old Board of Trade are declared expired and all the officers of the Board of Trade have tendered their resignation.

It became known that the people Who are in the Welfare Council are planning to turn the work of that body, over to the new organizatlpn if enough of the backers of the Welfare Council will take out memberships in the Chamber of ttitb WAVE ON WAY, SAYS WEATHER MAN temperature Of" EliJht Degrees la Forecasted! For Tonight, With Continued Cold Tomorrow. With the ecml situation more serious tlinn ever and many plants in the mid- dlo west on the verge of a shut down, the weather man came out in all his frigid glory, today and forecasted a of eight degrees for tonight. TEMPORARY POWER RATE IS CONTINUED. Alton Gas Electric Co, Given Authority to Go On Charging Higher Rate on Wholesale Consumers. The higher rale for wholesale clr: trie power authorized about, a year ago, will continue to bo charged liy Ihb Altn Gas Electric under a GETTING READY FOR BASKET BALL AT T.R.

Prospects For Winning Bright With Stars of Last Year's Squad Back. Are Today's to-recast was for continued I public utilities oommisflion order cold tomorrow, JToday was one of the coldest days of the there being a cold wind which added to the discomfort. Tahoma Company Settling Up. The Tahoma Chemical a firm doing business just east of Alton, against which proceedings were recently started by several Alton firms for payment for material furnished was today (jettllng up accounts. A total of.about $600 sought by Alton firms and was paid today by an official of the company who came up from St.

Louis. made public today. The rate is npllca- ble only to large users of power, chiefly consuming of the largo industrial plants which were using electricity for motive power and wer6 buying from the Alton Qas Electric Alleging that the rate was too low the company sought an dsecured permission to in- rease Ha rates temporality and this remission has been extended under he latest order. will 'be servedl Read Paper Before 8 V. Louis Club" Women.

Luclle Levis, who will he married to William. ajHarvey of Chicago Saturday evening. Covers were laid for 12 guests. Sweet peas were used on the table, furnishing a lovely Center 1 piece. The luncheon guests included members of Miss Levls' bridal "party, and a few other intimate friends.

The guests included Mrs. William E. Lev- Mrs, 3 L. Waters of Godfrey wenjtj ig, jAra. pita, Miss Tllton Wead, Louis today and read a Alice Harvey of Chicago, Misa The club ts Guild on Union boulevard.

Grab. Louise Ward of New Rochelle, iT- York, Miss Dorothy Linn of Euchre Party In Laura Building. The Royal Neighbors will give leuchre at their hall in the (Building Wednesday afternoon at I o'clock. Friends are Invited to IQ. Sale at Twelfth New Glen.

quently talked of in the bouse, but the defendants averred that it was merely a Joke and not serious. A lawyer from Roodhouse represented the defendants. He did not put them on the witness stand, but asked for dismissal of the case which Magistrate Maguire refused to do. He held the three under. $500 bond each and they were" committed to the county jail, failing to give bond.

The Q. D. Class Street of the Church. Twelfth jgtreet Presbyterian Church will bold sale at the church on Wednesday. members will offer for sixle a Ibeaiitiful line of articles, suitable for IChrlstmaB gifts.

Printers to Enjoy Banquet. Typographical Union, No. 306, will give a banquet at the Mineral Springs Hotel on Monday, December 8, at 6:30 lo'clock. The banquet will commem- lorate tlie twenty-eighth the organization. Invitations the Ilmnriuet have been issued by the-members of the union.

I Sorority to Have Spread. The Beta Gamma Upsilon Sorority 111 hold a meeting Saturday evening at tlm liomo of Miss Katherine Pates pn Clawson street. After the business of tlie evening is disposed of the mem- of (he Sorority will -enjoy spread. Missus Martha Combrink, Lucile Ridge, N. Miss Irene Hoffman, a house guest of Mrs.

Ralph Jackson, of Chicago, Mrs. Ralph, Jackson, -Mrs. Arthur Levls, Mrs. R. D.

Sparks, Miss Levis and Mrs. Milnor. After luncheon the guests enjoyed Several hours 6t bridge. Miss Hewitt to Be Married Next Sunday in Boston. The marriage of Mias Elinor Hewitt to Minor Watson will take place in Boston on next Sunday, December 7, according to announcement made this week to her friends by the bride-elect The wedding date was advanced but will be announced shortly.

IJast Friday night the Sorority held a meeting at the home of Miss Margaret Brown on West Ninth street when the dance was discussed. Clats On Citizenship Tonight. Mrs. G. E.

Wilkinson who is conducting A class in citizenship at the Y. W. C. A. will close the discussion on the Initiative and Referendum and will take up the discussion of the Recall.

The class meets Wednesday night and any young women interested in the subject are invited to attend. Struif, Cecelia Parsons, Mary. Par- feons niul Helen Berry, pledges, wjljl be present at the meeting. Ralph Herzlcr of. Belleville will also be a guest.

Open Meeting of Camerata The Ciimorata- Chorus will its first open meeting of the season on Thursday night at the Studio School Music in the Spalding Building. anfi those Interested in the KurtlK-ranco of music are cordially into attend. The chorus will hold: ppen meetings the last Thursday of pach Tiiontli throughout the winter. The. Opera and the )rigin and be Studied by the members and their py MiKs Helen George will Puss (lie Modern Opera.

on account of a change in the business plans of Mr. "Watson. Miss Hewitt will leave lor Boston, on Friday and will arrive in the Eastern, city Saturday night. She will be accompanied on her trip by her mother, Mrs. George R.

Hewitt, and Mr. Watson's mother, Mrs. Alice E. Rodgers. The wedding ceremony will take place in: the Trinity Church and will be performed very quietly.

The young couple will spend a week in Boston, and will then leave for Des Moines, Iowa, to reside for the present. Mr. Watson has accepted a position with a stock company In the Iowa city. The engagement of Miss Hewitt to Mr. Watson was formally announced sbme 'weeks ago at a party given by Mrs.

Harold Hewitt, and came as a surprise to the couple's large Mrs. Bertha BertmarT Surprised. Mrs. Bertha, Bertman was surpris ed yesterday afternoon by a party of friends in honor of her bjrthday. The guests included members of a club to which Mrs.

Bertman belongs. Five To Celebrate Birthdays Jointly. Mr. and Mrs. Meinard Joebl Of Union street, will give a party OB Thursday of next wee.k, December In honor of their birthday.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Joehl'B birthday fall on jthe same date. Mrs. John Grossheim, a sister-in-law, celebrates her birthday on the same date as do Mr.

and Mrs Joehl. BASKET LEAGUE TO BEGIN SCHEDULE AT Y. M. C. A.

TONIGHT Four teams of the Commercial Basket Ball League wil get into action tonight when the league schedule will be, inaugurated at the Y. M. 0, The Guoldlngs will oppose the Peters' and Lankham and the Eckhard five will play the Hartmann Jfive. Play will begin at 8 o'clock. There has been a great deal of isi- terest manifested in the'- iganie' this year and large crowds are anticipated.

No Break in Ranks of Illinois Miners. There was no sign this morning of a break in the ranks of the striking coal miners in St. Clairy-Madison or Macoupin counties, from where most of the St. Louis coal normally comes. At Edwardsvlle, where the miners are i considered ver conservative, a meeting was held last night, and the men decided 'not to return to work.

It has been expected that if any break came, it would be there. The Beleville and Colllnsville miners are expected to hold out to the The engineer at Nigger Hollow Mine No. 2, of the St. Louis O'Fallon Coal near Beleville, yesterday walked out of his own volition. This Is'one 1 of the largest mines In St.

Glair VANPBETER'8 SPECIAL. Double bed size Silkaleen Comforts, $2.98. Boys Steal Ride On Truck and Get Carried Away. Vertier and Wilton Eaves, 18 and 12 years bid, brothers, who live in Wood Rhner, 111., "saw an auto truck going south, yesterday at a low rate of speed and decided to steal a ride. When their had boarded the truck in Wood River the chauffeur Increased Tils speed and did not stop until he reached Bast St.

Louis. Funeral of Henry Clay. The funeral of Henry Clay, aged 22, will be held tomororw afternoon at two o'clock from 62B George street Rev. Johnston officiating. Clay died last Saturday at his home, 817 Plasa street.

Interment will be in City cem etery. Attention at Theodore Hoose- vc-lt Iligli School is now turning to Imskot. ball, Having cheered on to victory one of the greatest football fains in the school history the athlet- enthusiasts aro now beginning to sing praises of the basket ball team. Prospects are bright at the school'this year and indications are' the team will be a winner. Some veterans from last year's championship five will bo back and there will be many men from last year's second year team who ripo tor fast company.

A hard schedule is being arranged. Coach Halght will continue his efforts to bring a district basket ball tourney to Alton. 'ry one. Want result' VANPRETER'S SPECIAL. Children's Gingham Rompers, 80c.

MORRIS (Supreme Ham VANPRETER'S SPECIAL. Men's all wool heavy weight Sox 50c. G-. P. Bennes has returned from Barnes Hospital in St.

Louis, after undergoing a successful operation on ils eyes for cataract. VANPRETER'S SPECIAL. Double bed size Wool Nap Blankets $4.49. county. At various places over Southern Illinois, it was reported that the maintenance men, who, under a special agreement, have work to prbteot the properties', aYe walking out Pinochle Club.

Mrs. John Schmidt will entertain the members of the Pinochle club on Thursday of this week, at her home on Union street. Walter Jutiemeyer, of St. Louis, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

C. J. Jacoby. Sleep? Does a dry cough keep you awake? KEMP'S BALSAM will stop the tickle that makes you cough. GUARANTEED.

for Supreme Ham, baked and flavored with cloves. You are always sure of its tenderness and fine flavor. MORRIS COMPANY I .1 The first paper will be read Hiss Irene Elder'will sing an aria rinirsday night, and a duet will be by Miss Mary Maguire and Miss Mele Nicolet. Miss Edna Sawyer Play an overture. hii hostesses Thursday ntgjht -tfltt nclurto the Misses Adele Exd- N'loolet and Vern Miller.

Mlaa en Yeothan and Miss Mary Ma- have charge of the program. Entertained fpr Miss Hoppe. The Misses Louise and Effle Sevler Koyni street entertained last even- at their home in Jionor of Misa part-In Hop pe of Jacksonville; The included the young people of Cherry Street Baptist, Church of hostesses and guest of honor Hundred furnished the diversion oi the "afternoon, and favors weve award ed to Mrs. William Bauer and Mrs. Dinner, was served, places beln laid for 14 guests, at six o'clock.

Mrs A. Helwig and daughter, Delzie, of St. Louis, were among those present. The house and table were decorated with cut flowers. The hostesses of the afternoon were 1 -Bertman's three daughters, Mrs.

J. J. Pox, Miss Bertha Bertman and Miss Louise Bertman. ATTEND OUR SALES AND SAVE MONEY Ma she buys POST TQASTIES (crispcst corn flakes) Unitarian Alliance. Mrs.

E. M. Gaddls will entertain the Anna D- Sparks Alliance at her home 415 Alton street, on Wednesday, Do camber: 3, at 2 o'clock. The result of. the sale and supper will be given Announcing Arrival of Little Son Mr.

and Mrs. JHarmonKortkampj are announcing the arrival of a son, their-first child. Mrs. Kortkamp waa before her marriage Miss Madeline Meadow of Louisiana, Mo. Circle of Hope Sale.

The Circle of Hope of the Grace Methodist Church will hold a sale at the church on Wednesday, December 10. An apron and towel booth will be filled with handsome articles, and country store will afford an opportunity for friends to buy articles at reduced rates. Refreshments will bo gerved, Young Matrons With 1 W. P. The Young Matrons' Society of the First Methodist Church enjoyod: a meeting this afternoon at the homo Mr- and Mrs.

J. E. Kelsey. Mm. W.

BtalHngs was hostess. The njera bow completed plans for their part in the, sale to be held Saturday at tlie First Methodist Church. aorprlty REMNANTS. Accumulated from various departments offered at a JUNGK BROTHERS 1Q7-1O9 West Third Street. REMNANTS.

Accumulated from departments offered Wednesday ai less various Hummer 1807 Dolls. 20 inch Jointed Dolls with. Bisque Head, closing eyes and curly hair; value. Hummer CO QQ Sale only $3.98 Hummer 1814 Sale of Hats. For a quick clearance we place on sale one lot of Stylish Trimmed Hats that formerly sold up to $7.50 each only Qlvo Qhrlltmu Qance.

Jf.mak- or ftnnuDl holiday betwee Hummer 1808 Infants Jackets. Infants' Wool Knitted Jackets; regular $1.25 value for Hummer 1809 Toy Tables. Mission style Toy Folding Tables. Suitable for javdenier stand CO B8c value Hummer 1810 Infant's Skirts. Infants' AH Wool White Embroid ered Skirts; $3.00 values at Hunv mer Sale CO for Hummer 1811 Cups and Saucers.

Hand Decorated Cups and Saucers at the Hummer Sale, each piece Cro- Hummer 1815 GlarkO.N.T. Clark's O. N. T. Mercerized chet Cotton, White or Ecru, ball Hummer 1816 Go-Carts.

Folding Doll Go-Carts with rubber tired wheels. Each only $1.50 Hummer 1821 Sale of Blankets. In this assortment are wool 'finish Plaid Blankets of extra good quality and the famous Beacon Bath Robe Blankets. Special at Hummer As the value. box 1822 Face Powder.

Petals Face Powder, 35c Hummer Sale A IOC Hummer 1823 Cotton Blankets. Size 64x80 Cotton Blankets worth $3.75. only Wednesday $3.48 lOc Hummer 1817 Table Damask. Bleached Mercerized Table Damask inches wide. At the.

Hum mer Sale, per yard CQn only 9910 Hummer 1818 Shirtings. 28 inch Dark Shirting in good assortment of stripes, 35c value. Wednesday, per yd. Hummer 1824 Blankets. Grey $3.00 or Tan values.

Blankets; regular Hummer 1828 Fur Scraf s. Manchurian Wolf Scarfs, Brown, Taupe or Black; $25 value. On special sale, Wednesday Hummer 1829 Muff Forms. Muff Forms for making muffs; to $2.50 values at this Hummer Sale for each Hummer 1830 Men's Underwear. Men's Natural Wool Shirts and Drawers; $2.50 values.

Wednesday, per garment Hummer 1831 Men's Hose. Men's Black also Tan meiliuhi $17.45 $1.69 A limited number weight Cotton Socks; offered Wednesday, each $2.69 29c Hummor 1812 Kimonas, Flannelette Kimonas tbat are well worth $2.50 and $3.00. Wednesday choice $1.98 Hummer 1813 Resinol Soap. ReBluijJ high grade Toilet kfeept the heaUny Humnjajr Soap Hummer 1819 Table Padding. 54 inch White Table Padding; regular $1.50 value at the Hum $1.19 Sale, yard Hummer 1820 Snow Boy.

Snow Boy Washing Powder, Fain lly size; regular prlc.o 30c. Wednesday, box Hummer 1825 Trays. Round or oval shape Serving Trays with glass bottoms; $1.25 QQp value, Wednesday only wOU Hmumer 1826 Pans. White lined, white enameled large alze Dish Pans; $1.75 value. Hum mer Sale ipeclul Hummer Sale, pair Iflc value.

15c $1.19 Hummer 1827 Necklaces. 54 Inoh Pearl Beat! Necklaces; $1.50 value. At the Hummer Sale- for only Hummer 1832 Bath Robes. Exceptionally good made, splendid patterns. Wednes- lay, each only Hummer 1833 Comforters.

Extra good grude, well made Com fortera; valuiw. Special for one only, each Hummer 1834 Crepe Gowns. White Crepe Gowns of extra fine quality Crepe. Regular $3.01 values. CO Wednesday JUNGK Hummer 1835 Warner's Corsets.

new model of Warner's Rust- 'roof Batiste Corset. All sizes; 2.25 Vednusday $1.89 Hummer 1836 Dress Goods. xtra toe inch Drens Goods for 2oats, Suits or Dresses; $5, and 7 valueti at this Humner Sale, per yard $3.69 Hummer 1837 Ladies' Hose. Wayne Knit heavy Fleeced lined Black Cotton Stockings; 75c value. Yediiesday inly Hummer 1838 Ladies' Underwear.

Carter's fine Ribbed Part Wool ion Suits; $3.50 value, per suit Hummer 1839 Children's Gowns. Children's White Flannelette Night Gowns in ages to values Wednesday C1 QQ for Hummer 1840 Muslin Gowns. Muslin Gowns well worth $1.98 nice soft Ilnish Muslin, CQ Wednesday I Hummer 1841 Sale of Skirts. Just one of each kind, fancies and plain muterialH. Skirts thut fov- Inerly sold up to Wednesday each BROTHERS MBl.