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THE FORT HURON TIMES-HERALD Friday, November 27, iyz5. Page Seven of." the answer of farmers, garage Announcements CITY BRIEFS I To Pn Jewelry Store Saturday JEDD0 BANKER MISSED FROM HOME A WEEK men. store clerks. One Reason Why Grant Burch, who lives over on the in the big white house sur 1 ii ai okvh grotto: rounaea oy me stone lence one r-Friiay. ov- mile south of town, Squire Langs' 1 Wit com- best friend, does not know what to make of -it.

"We have just returned from a deer hunt up near TL 1ft) V-'- I 1. 1 j-sn V. for OM Time i.e hk! nxt Tuesday. Tarct HAl'LEY. Secy, wr.

Two Fire Mopped Two fires marred Thanksgiving day in two homes, but the damage was slight at both places. The first wa-. at a. when a chimney f.re at th of Avery Thorley. Water tre.t was easily extinguished, while the' second was at 11-0 Scott avenue, the home of Clayton Jones one hour later Burning sparks ignited the roof but the tire was put out the aid of chemicals.

Alpena, ne said. Squire didn't seem to have anything on his mind then. If there was something wrong at the bank, why didn't he close up then instead of coming Iff ri3ctt Goodell. Nov 2J E647 GREEN TEA Woman's Ass'n. TuM.iav.

Dec. S. day at Bide. Fancy work. LtS.

Prcrs ras russ and om iRT B. V- O. KT.KS.313 1-old regular meeting tO- fr '-I i' is more in demand than Japan or Gunpowder is because tne tender rpung leaves in SALAD A yield a richer, more sparkling infusion. Ail Carson's Hack Injured Price Carson 1616, Criswoll American Bushings corporation employe who was injured when an mterurban car swept his stalled automobile from the tracks at the racfory crossing-, suffered injuries to his back, the extent of which is not known. Mr.

Carson's name was incorrectly pringted as Christ in The Times Herald Wednesdav. charities to be arranged. cive vour attention to this Come alone. Exalted Rules r- t-onnetlan. werican Patriotic Club will (Continued from Page One) Saturday has been returned to the family home, Mrs.

Langs is not sure, she says, but thinks the sedan was returned Wednesday. Gossip about the "corners" has it that one of the Brothwell boys. Harold, Claude or Roy drove the car from the Tunnel station in Port Huron to the Langs residence in Jeddo after having received a card or a letter from the missing man. Today both Roy, who runs a grocery Ptore at Blaine, and Harold, emphatically denied that they had driven the car in or had heard from Mr. Langs.

Claude, who works at the Wills factory in Marysville, could not be found at the factory or at his boarding house in Tort Huron. Thursday Mrs. Langs stated that the key to the bank had been returned to her by an unidentified "third party" who in turn returned it to her after having received it from her husband. There was no mark on the envelope which was returned to her, she said, but later admitted that there was a stamp on It. When asked for the envelope, she said that she had burned it.

Who Returned Key? Who was the person who received the key from Mr. Langs? Mrs. Langs refused to divulge the name of the individual, saying that it was "nobody's business." Since the mysterious disappearance of one of the'r most respected citizens, the people of this little farming community have been fairly bursting with curiosity. But not one word of criticism was heard against the missing Squire Langs. "He was liked by everybody, he was a friend of all.

and he had no enemies, that I know Langs said, the suppressed emotion coming to the as though she were attempting to control her reelings that had been denied expression ever since her husband's disappearance so unexpectedly last Saturday. Speculation as to Langs' where indSiturday. 11-27 vpiiirT Nov. Cars Collide A. H.

Kernahan. 817 Park street reported to police headquarters' Thursday nisht that a car owned by William Whitinir and operated by AhitinBs son was in collision with his automobile while it was parked in front of his home. oacK nome "I am not worrying. I am bondsman for Township Treasurer Toole to the extent of $5,000 and I think the money was in the bank. It is my opinion that he was considerably worried about -business affairs and has gone away for a rest." The Langs have one son, William Edwin Langs, 17.

who was adopted in childhood. He is away studying at "Voodstock, a Baptist college in Canada, the Alma Mater of his father. Thursday was a sad, gloomy Thanksgiving for Mrs. Langs. Alone, save for a little boy, a state ward, who is employed about the house to take care of the chickens and the chores.

Wife Tells Story "I suppose you may as well know the truth." she burst out sobbing as if her heart would break. "But I know that he is Innocent of any wrongdoing. He is my husband and I will stick to him." Mrs. Langs is a comely woman of about 4 5 years of age, with thin streaks of gray tinging the darker locks about her temples. She is extremely neat and their home betokens care and the respect of man and wife for one another.

The house, a good-sized frame structure was well furnished. There was a firp-piuoe cold now, and an oil painting hung on the wall. "We have never had any trouble before, my husband has never done anvthing irrational, and we have always lived together peacefully the same as other people," Mrs. temple. Lapeer avenue.

le JIcKanliM orchestra. abouts was rife in the stores and shops of Jeddo today. The fact we. E.Tmon.5 hall that his car was left at the Tunnel Morton Atkinson 11-2 station in Port Huron has led to jjj Block, tfat, -ov. fStro.

the belief that he has gone to his G. D. MARX Georire E. Marx and Cyril W. Hirt.

under the name of Marx Jewelry company, will open their new- jewelry store at the northeast corner of Huron avenue and Quay fctreot Saturday. Marx is a son of Henry Marx, well known retired merchant and banker. 1'otu of the members of the partnership are well experienc- CYBlIi W. HIRT ed in the jewelry business, and have been associated with some of the largest jewelry houses in Detroit. Marx was manager of the J.

F. Codling company. Royal Oak, and Ilirt was his assistant before th-y came to Port Huron to locate. The concern will sell jewelry, diamonds, watches and silverware, conduct a repair shop and manufacture jewelry to order. old home In Canada, or to see his son William Edwin, in Woodstock.

nothing wrong in the accounts up to the time that I left his service. I have not been connected with the bank until James McColl, president. Yale, came to me Wednesday to open the vault for him. "There has been some talk of a reorganization of the bank to make it a private one instead of a state bank. To this I attribute in part Mr.

Langs disappearance. Perhaps he has gone away until things are cleared up and he can come back and assume charge. A sworn statement made by Squire Langs, cashier and director at Jeddo Sept. 28, as called for by the commissioner of the banking department, shows the total resources of the institution to be $56,216.02. The total deposits amount to $33,022.20 and the capital and surplus of $23,193.73.

Four per cent interest is paid on savings and five per cent on certificates. The statement is also signed by James McColl. John P. Livingston and Amos Graham, directors. Checker Cab Phone 62.

7-22-0 rv nr I- rriiv night. Atkinson's His aged father and mother are both dead, the mother having died at Squire Langs' home in Jeddo meeting Huronia lodge I Vnv 27. to more than two years ago. He has two half brothers in Brantford, and a half-brother in Pontiac. Auto Bumper Taken Auto bumpers are now the prev of auto accessory thieves, according to a report to police headquarters last l.isht by John Van-Wormer.

K. F. U. Xo. 3.

who states that a bumper 1 taken from his car while parked in this city. Two Arraigned Lrbadena I'asreline and Mrs. Bess-io Gams were arraigned in police ccnnt this morninar on disorderly eharsres. I'agsriine after pleading suiity, was lined $jf. Mr.

Gams pleaded not guilty and trial was set for Dec. 4. Miss Ruth Lamb, former assist ant cashier of the bank from September. 1923, to June 1925 is staunch in her support of the missing cashier. "He was a good 'V tor the funeral bother Checher.

Jro Held After Kmfe Affray; His Opponent In Bed -oTored. is under man at all times, although some times careless in his work. she said. "To my knowledge there was Golfers To Return For Winter Sunday, Club House Closes No more golf widows in Port Huron until the 1926 season lures truant husb: nds from the family circle. The Port Huron Golf and Coun- "The Reliable eharced with stabbins? Char-Lsiaell, white in a quarrel a dice prime.

l-ra Port disorderly C'liar-ie. Fined Andy Bcswick. Mike Granna. Alex France. Carl Bunder, Xick Sherbert, Joe Ocherry and Aoft Perrey ere each in $10 in police court this mornincr after pleading quilty to disorderly Fashionable Fur-Trimmed Coats try club closes for the season Sunday.

The buildi.i will be board -OB Terminal company freight Djring the quarrel i to have drawn a slashed Bo! well several Visiting: Councils Swell K. C. Carnival Visiting councils of the Knights of Columbus were well represented Thursday evening at the K. of C. carnival being held this week in the hall, Huron avenue and Park street.

Representatives from the lodges of St. Clair, Marine City. Bad Axe and Sarnia were present. A feature program of music by St. Joseph's orchestra was the specialty of the evening.

In the afternoon, more than 500 little girls received dolls at the carnival and Saturday afternoon prizes will be given to boys. Port Huron Girl Is U' Leader Ann Arbor, Nov. 27 Miss Charlene Shiland. Port Huron, a junior in the literary college of the University of Michigan, is conducting the activities of the community service committee of the University Y. W.

C. A. The latest efforts of the committee aro being directed toward arrangements for a Christmas party, to be given for the benefit of poor children of the city. Miss Shiland is chairman of the committee. oo Stn so A (if to ed up to exclude the drifting snows of winter and golf "hounds' will be compelled to play off the nineteenth hole at some more comfort; lie lo-ation, far from the fairway.

In the meantime the wives who have been deserted through the summ.r wilt be given an opportunity to become reacquainted with their consorts. $200 For Having Rum Harry Arms this morning pleaded guilty in police court to a charge of having liquor in his possession and was fined Jl'Oo by Judco Fred W. George, with the alternative of spending 6') days in the county jail. Hound To Circuit Court Juan Hernandez and James Bowman, charged with serious offenses against two young girls, pleaded guilty in police court thi.s morning anil bound over to circuit court for trial. J7fntothe Tort Huron City but his condition was not as serious.

Police officers and Charles Ad-i-scn sptrial officer traced Dod-' a Vanness street rooming As the officers entered. kyB made an attempt to escape ir way of the back door, but was -int. A knife which he drop-U while leavins; the house was recovered. In lodson's room TO'ouBd a wardrobe trunk hich kiWea shipped from Columbus, (i Several expensive suits ti trunk. Dodson The coats that are in demand most are in this There are luxurious coats with fur tabs, borders, collars and cuffs, or fur in side flare.

Fine materials, carefully tailored. Gracklehead Blue, the new Reds, Browns, Blacks everything' you'd wish for. gd to have admitted to Chief 'iAh E. Stringer mat nv st 1 time in Jackson prison and wife is now serving a term in Auto Is Abandoned, Youth Questioned An automobile, believed to have been stolen, was found Thursday night Elmwood street and Gratiot avenua by Lloyd Woolley, special police officer. Clifford McGregor, a colored youth, was later questioned regarding the theft of the car and informed the officers that when he returned home Thursday night his folks ordered him to leave.

statement was found to be untrue. Later the youth became connected with the automobile, which had been found abandoned at North Port Huron. The license of the car was issued to Eugene C. Reno. Detroit House 01 vurm-uv- poUce of other cities will be raised cf Dodson's arrest as it in fvl that he may be wanted After Thanksgiving Special Fur Trimmed and Plain Tailored other crimes.

Two Pay Fine William Trebble and John Hotran were each fined $13.50 in police court this morning after pleading guilty to drunk charges. Drizzle To Give Way For Fair Play A drizzling rain, which greeted Port Huron this morning, changed to snow at 9 a. but at noon, the sky had cleared and bright weather was forecast for this afternoon and Saturday, although inow fiurrries were probable. The high mark Thursday and today was 33 degrees at 2 p. in.

Thursday and at 8 a. n. today, while the thermometer at its lowest point reached only 31 degrees at 9 p. nu Thursday. OBITUARY COATS Charles Steelier ri- StArher.

who died UneX- in lodze meetine of the iLU- Mi i'U till 10. O. V. Wednesday nisht. was Vn in Sprsnsweus.

iiarvu tn Tort Huron when ne READ THIS! We male many -Auto Owners happy every day by Repairing tlit-Jr Tires the new way on our modem, just installed Vulcanizing Plant. we specialize: ox Repairing Balloon Tires and Tubes USED TIRES JAKE'S TIRE SHOP J20S Military. South of Court Open Evening and Sundays See Us For years of age and started to linri for the Standard Oil cora- A collection of the most desirable coats you've ever seen for the price. All the Fashion ideas acclaimed in high priced garments have been reproduced in these coats. Faultless linings and tailoring, warm interlinings.

These are but a few of the features that go to make these coats most desirable at the economical price of $24.75. Play, "Appearances" May Be Revived (By Th rr-s) New- Yorlc. Nov. 27 The public may have another opportunity to see "Appearances." the play written by Garland Anderson, former San Francisco negro bellhop. David Belasco, famou-s playwright, with a donation of $1,000, today headed a list of contributors to a fund to enable th production to resume in a New Tork theatre.

After a three weeks' run dririn; October, the play was forced to close because of lack of funds. The world's largest airplane engine develops 1,200 horse power. tsj. After a short time ne atdti-4 in the retail oil business for imseif and then worked for the -udfbaker Automobile company ntri the Holmes Foundry plant, io. I Is now located.

For the ut 1J rears he has been employed fcy the Grand Trunk railway. T5r as Inspector. He ta a member of Huronia lodge. 4 T1. I.

O. O. F- and was presented with a 30-year fttaa'i Jewel by that lodge. He tii also a member of Gratiot en-iaptnent. No.

103. the K. of F-Xgn Xo. 18. and of the of Railway Carmen's union.

is survived by his idow ana "51 son, Samuel, Detroit. 1847 Rogers' Silverware Sec the new Silver Center pieces. Sugar and Creamers, Knives and Forks and Spoons. Candlestick Holders and Tea and Coffee Sets. HOFFMANN'S 619 Water St.

Phone 1039 1 ther Fin Coats Sizes Mr. Adeline Turner I 5fr. Adeline Turner. 63, widow Oranges require no cultivation In Paraguay. "YELLOW CAB CO.

Phone 27' 8 aftrggr 5 Q7 sfcua 1 'i Our Plain Figure Price Tags the late William Turner, wno fd eight months aso. died early Ms morning at her home. 825 Laser avenue. Mrs. Turner was a of the First Methodist aswpal church: a charter mcm-t ef circle eight of that church: Eastern Star or Fort Gratiot and a member of GalUee She is survived by one son.

filter P. Turner: two daughters, 113. P. K. Faschall and Mrs.

O. -Whiting: one sister. Mrs. A. L-See and three grandchildren, all Port Huron.

1' Mnho Cl-rent Clhrisfmas Savincrx Smart models for the larger woman who seeks a really, good coat at moderate price! Fur trimmed 'needlesheen fabrics in Silhouettes forming a slenderizing effect with fashionable style notes. Sizes to 54J. You'll Feel Better James A. Mullen lames A. Mullan.

5. son of JIr Maurice Mullen, -11 street, died at the Emergency ALE High Type Dresses Thursday evening urrived bv his rarents, two 'stem and three brothers Private Suieral services were held this tomia? and burial was in Mount 2op cemetery. Satins, Poiret Twills, Canton Crepes and Novelty weaves. These were all higher priced dresses selected from regular stock and reduced to $19.75. Slenderizing style and splendid assortment.

ARTHUR E. SMITH UNDERTAKER FUNERAL ROME ntnn ki Seventh St. Phone 2400 Lfr Make it a We Sell McCall and Pictorial Review Patterns B. J. KARRER, JR.

UNDERTAKER 'aae Office 103J Residence 103R The "tool of minutes' is the most helpful gift for year round assistance. Gruen Precision WatcK Sixteen Jewel, adjusted to all positions, in a heavy 25-year case of White or Green Gold, engraved or plain case 527.50 and up TJheP Dry Goods C0 ntm A.W.McNinch&Son ITXERArj DIRECTORS Lapeer Ave. Phone HI Considerate Service 1 MX AKJK VS? Diamond Christmas for lier It's a great Christmas feeling it's the happiness of an unexpected Christmas spirit brilliant. Blue White. perfect Diamonds, mounted in a beautiful ring of White Gold or Platinum is harpiness and thrift in one $15.00 and up "A sensible way or giving and saving: Give Her a Stone Ring: a i Port Huron Michigan Give an '8-Day" Mantel Clock FUNERAL DESIGNS riJEP.S FOR ALL OCCASIONS Werner's Flowers 5LWaTERST.

PHONE 1061 16 Years Shoemakers RIINNFIS SON Diamonds Long mahogany base 8-day movement and cathedral strike on the hour and half hour it's absolutely 0 I mmmmmmmmm lit mj ilVllll M-i wa -mm SUCCESSORS TO J. W. GOULD ESQ CO. ALBERT FALK TNERAL DIRECTOR irular Lady Attendant Every stone known to Lapidary's art brilliant and perfect tut mounted in hand carved mountings of pendable --100 years of brains be Solid Green and nite uoiu. 3.00 to $40.00 IAMOND of service anead ru I hind a life-time itANUFACTLUEIiii OF cem etery memorials Sold I 510.00 and up Scarf Pins The nobbiest in designs he won't exchange and big values Granite Works OrwM T'ort Unroll RINGS We will hold any article you select titl Christinas on a- email deposit.

51.00 to 530.00 r. MOSHER'S CONSELYEA'S Let us quote -ou prices on diamonds as we buy for cash and sell for cash and can save you money. Be sure to get our prices. Large stock of the latest style mountings. We guarantee our diamonds to be just as represented.

fometery Memorials Expert workmanship artistic designs Mruesdell Mallon Co. Optometrist The Store with the Street Clock livf Tewelers Exclusively Men's and Boys' AH Leather Shoes Goodrich Robber. Firt Quality 607 WATER SI. 1J Huron Port -Huron.

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