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iCORDS ARE MADE 'OR NOVEMBER IN THE COURT HOUSE jater Amount of Business Transacted Than in Any Previous Year OTHO NOTARY BUSIEST corders Office Files 166 More Documents Than Same Month Last Year fhe month of XovemDer ras an optionally busy one in some of the offices of the Court House, the jiness exceeding many of the pre us months, and in some establish jpcords for Xovetntier, the total lount of business for the. time being a.ter than in any previous year. Die month was the greatest in the itory of the Prothonotary's office, fees having amounted to $1,657.85 lile in the Recorders olflee it was busiest Uovember on record. This ter condition was principaJly due the fact thot in Monday, the last of the month there was a total 104 instruments filed, the people ing so to eliminate them from the cessity of paying additional war which began with December 1st. In the Recorder's office there was total of 714 instruments filed, which 166 more than the same month year.

Of the instruments filed ere were 376 deeds and 1SS mar lood bye Dyspepsia More Gurgly Brash, "Lump of Lead," Bad Digestion, Heartburn or Stomach Troubles. Jniok Kelicf. Costs JNoihing to Try The man who can't help making faces nis storaacn, tne man or woman with grouchy digestion, or with downright' ii cia nceu iiei nu mure over swmacn iirt nuHW i "ruKen mil 4 ieauty and Good Digestion On Hand in Hand. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Inwure Both When you take one of Stuart's Pys icsia Tablets after a meal, the food is iipested by the tablet even better than own Ftomach can do it. This is why the use of Stuart's Pvs )epsia Tablets has become so universal imong those who suffer from any kind of itnmach troubles.

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send me at once by return mall, a free trial package of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. Name Street City State tgages. 60 mortgages assigned and 90 miscellaneous instruments filed. The receipts of the month amounted to $1,809.75. There were fewer marriage licences issued than in October or in November 1913.

In November 1914 there were 152 issued aeainst 154 th previous month and 160 the same month in 1913. Judge Endlich landed down 7 opinions and Judge 'Wagner the same while in Orphans' Court Judge Bushong handed down one opinion and tha adjudication in 12 estates. There were 9 divorces granted in November; 7 aliens filed their first papers for naturalization. There wrre letters of administration and 24 letters testamentary on estates granted by the Register of Wills. Three unfortunate persons were removed to the State Lunatic Asylum during the month.

Other Monthly Report. The fines and costs collected in the police department during November amounted to $68.75. There were 110 arrests made six of which wo men. In November the Reading Hose ambulance answered 124. calls and the Junior ambulance responded to 22.

There were 52 bqrials made Charles Evans Cemetery in November, During October there were 71. WEBER HEARING IS POSTPONED AGAIN Charge of Implication in Pos Office Robbery Will be Heard December 14 Herman G. Weber was to have been given a hearing before U. Commissioner Maltzberger Tuesday afternoon in his offices in the Baer building, charged with being impll oated in the robbery of the postoffice at West Leesport during the sum mer. The defendant waived a hearing an his brother, H.

C. Weber, renewed his bail in the sum of $5,000 for trial in the U. S. District court, of Philadel phia. The session will begin Monday, Dec.

14. Weber was not present at the hearing. It was announced that he is still ill and Commissioner JIaltz berger had to go to the house to have mm sign the bail bond. Mr. Weber says he will be completely cleared at nis court trial.

1 ne Lieesport jJostomce was 65 worth into one night and $289. lsneakahle miick lunches all can hA cash were taken. of stamps and $42.99 in Weber was arrested ken care of without imposing on the'at his home early last August by the omacn. A scientific dieestive can do i local nolice, and I nited Slates nnstnl le, digesting, where the stomach either inspectors on a. warrant sworn out hv not do it before rfectly.

mm TfVii 2 1, or did it very im 'J Matthew McVicar, one of the latter. Weber's hearing was postp'one twice owing to illness. At the time of his arrest, the defendant, who is over feet tall and of heavy build, was suf fering from a severe attack of tonsil ttis. He had been out on bail. W.

B. Bechtel is his attorney. The robbery of the West Ieesport postoffice is one of a series of post ottice robberies in numerous small towns in Eastern Pennsylvania, the blame for which the postal authorities placed on Weber and several of his alleged companions. The warrant on which he was ar rested, also included George D. Fox, alias Edward W.

Smith; Frank Lessig alias Frank Gorman, and three others known to the polic only as "Hiram "Iowa Dutch" and "Money Dutch." Of these, only Lessig and another have been apprehended. They were arrested and committed to jail in Har risburg, Lessig finally being released on bail furnished before Com imssioner Maltzberger. KAN INTO COP'S ARMS Charged With Trying to Break Into Store After a chase through the streets early Tuesday morning from the Obold hardware store, at Third and Penn streets, to Seventh and Chestnut, John E. Coleman, 35, pursued by Detective Hallissey, ran into the arms of Officer Jones and was captured. It was re ported at city hall that three men were attempting to break into the store and Detective Hallissey chased them.

The others got away. In police court Coleman said that he arrived here on Monday night from Wernersville and was on his way to' Philadelphia to enlist in the navy as a macnirust. He met two other men and they were drinking. He denied attempting to ro.b the store. He was in the Spanish American War, he said.

Alderman stout fined him $6.25 or five days. John H. Yeager, 30, charged by Offi cer Davis with begging on Penn street, was fined $6.25 or five days. He told people that he wanted money for the support of his aged mother. SCHOOL EXHIBIT The local school district is prepar ing the exhibit of the work in the Reading schools, which will be sent to the state museum at Harrisburg tor exhibition.

The exhibit will in clude a number of photographs and the work of students. NIEBEL STUDIO Modern Photography 237 North Sixth St. Closed on Sundays A CHRISTMAS GIFT SUGGESTION Three fold is the pleasure in a srift as distinctive a.t our Stationery. For the giver, there's satisfaction in knowing Dl that nothing could be more appropriate. In its use there's delight for the recipient.

Finally there's the gratification of friends complimented at receiving letters written on such beautiful paper. You will find at on plain sheets, with colored borders or white, or in any tint mr store all the newest Stationery, in with gilt edges. ran VR DO OUR OWN" DIE STAMPING 77 1 Our Die Stamping Department is prepared to execute A your orders carefully and make delivery the same day order JV is received. LAJ J. GEORGE HINTZ, 756 Penn St.

Address Books. Diaries for 1915. Leather Writing Cases. a THE READING NEWS TIMES; READING, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER LARGER BUSINESS IN EARLY TRADING OF STOCK MARKET Speculative Issues Contributed More Than Their Quota to Day's Total LOW LIMIT WAS Increased Ease in Money Re suits in Piling' Up of Cash NEW YORK, Dec. l.

Anart from greater breadth Hn in generally established and in sum isi: been reached. 9.:5 PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE its ings today's market for listed bonds en me biuck exenanen continued th gish movement of th preceding sersh.n. i ne volume or business was slightly larger in the earlier hours, hut it im.H off durins: the afternoon. th issues coninouiing more than their quota iu i ne uayi roiai. ower orlt pn ivtrn Money was the interesting feature of me aay, irs increased ease reflecting the further piling up of cash at this centre.

Call loans were made soon after the opening at four per cent, and many time loans on all industrial collateral were affected at five per cent. Steel trade authorities reported a better inquiry ror certain lines of finished nro ducts and the betterment in the copper industry four.d emphasis in resumption of aiviuenas oy several producing ccmpa HIPS H1LAGO, Dec. 1. Diminishing nf n. ceipts in the Southwest helped today to Bive upwara swing to the price of wneat.

Althoueh tains wak rw.t fnii held, the market closed siaidy at to net advance. Corn wound nn "tne same as last night, to higner and oats up to in provisions the outcome was H'aijc to 20c decline. WUBAT Deo Hay CORN Pec May OATS Dec May PORK Jan 6r 47's Mi8 18.10 May 1S.37 LA RI Jan 9.55 May 9.77 HI BS Jan 9.W May 9.92 121 4 624 6SVS 4: IS. 22 9.50 9. 9.55 9.S5 Cash quotations were: Rye.

No. 2. Sl.fiSU: nariey, wa.ic: timothy. S3.7iao.35: clover. )0; pork, fli.W; lard, libs, J9.a9.W.

JS.10 18.40 9.55 9.80 9. 9.D5 18.A5 18.30 9.75 PHILADELPHIA. Dec. WHKAT Il'gher: No. 2 red, spot export, Jl.KlHa li; No.

1 Northern Duluth. export. S1.13 LIVE POULTRY Weaker: chickens. 11 awe: ducKs, J2ai3c. DRESSED POT TLTRY Weak: ducks, 15 aJbc; geese, FLOUR Ptt ady; winter straight, spring stratent, POTATOES Steady Pennsylvania, ner bushel, wasjc; New ork Ijaa2c; Jersey, per basket, 35a 40c.

Other prices unchanged. BUTTER. CHEESE, EGGS NEW YORK. Dec. 1.

P.UTTER Easier: receipts, S.206 tubs; creamery ex tras (92 score), 33c; creamery (higher scor ing), 33Ha34c; seconds, 2Ka2Sc; ladles, cur rent make, seconds, 2H4c. UHilDESK steady, hoxes: state. wnoie milk, held, sneciais, ltial'i'Ac. steady; cases; state. Penn sylvania and nearby, hennery browns, 43 a46c; do.

gathered browns and mixed col ors, Sialic. CHICAGO CATTLE CHICAGO, Dec. l. HOGS Receipts, weak. Bulk.

light. 6.60a 15; mixed, heavy, J6.S5a7.30; rough, pigs, 54.flOa6.25. CATTLE Receipts, weak. Native steers, J5.80alO.20; Western, cows and heifers. J3.40a9.0o: calves, SHEEP Receipts, weak.

Sheep, yearlings, lambs, $7 a9.2b. EAST BUFFALO CATTLE KA'ST RUFFADX), N. Dec. 1. CAT TLE Active and seadv.

VEALS J5.0Oa 12.5O. HOGS Active and steady; heavy mixed yorkers and pigs, JM5aS.25; roughs, J7.00; stairs. Sfi.00a6.o0. SHEEP and JjAJJ HSAeti ve ana teady: unchanged. PEROLEUM OIL CITY.

Dec. 1. Credit balance, J1.45. Runs. 22.JS6; average, Ship ments, average, CHARITIES ENDORSED By Chamber of Commerce Committee Tuesday Afternoon At a meeting of the charity endorse ment committee of the Chamber of Commerce, held Monday afternoon, endorsement for the next fiscal year was granted to the Associated Chari es and the Berks County Tubercu losis Society.

The committee also granted a limited endorsement to the local branch of the Salvation Army for its work in collecting funds to dis ribute baskets to poor families at Christmas time. The Salvation Army has agreed to co operate with other local organizations engaged in similar ork in going over the lists to prevent uplication. The committee also endorsed tne proposition of the Musicians' Protective Association, Local No. 135, to give public band concert in the Auditor ium, Dec. 16.

HIGH SCHOOL STANDING George Vandergrift Luerssen, of Reading, has won the highest scholas ic standing ever made by any student Pennsylvania State College. He is member of the class of 1915 and holds the exceptional record of ob aining an average of B6.2 for his three year? Vqrk, COUNTY'S STANDING Status For taker, 1914 Fsrmfe All Kx peotations With one month remaining In 1914 the financial standing of the county far exceeds the expectations of the lous economy, with the result that the balance in cash in the treasury today totals $108,788.18, with outstanding taxes still to be paid approximately $175,000. At the beginning of this year there was a balance of over $145,000, but due to the increased expenditures contracted for 1914. hri thn four that if Kt ACHED would be necessary to make a loan. me Commissioners, Controller and Treasurer at the outset of the year.

after a conference, decided to practice tne strictest economy. The receipts of the county during FUNERALS The Pennsylvania and New York Cen I win Zietler. wan hin at si trel roads submitted returns for October, I day from the residence of her son, Charles the first named showing. a decided falling off on its Western lines, while New ork Central made a sub. itant'al net in crease for the entire system.

RECEIPT DECREASE ADVANCES WHEAT Market 3 Closed Steady to 4 Increase Trading in at 69 Locust street. Services were conducted at the house by Rev. F. K. numniier.

i ne Doay was attired in a niacK st 1 aress and reDosed in a nol ished walnut casket with silver extension bar handles and plate with name and age inscribed. The bearers were'Harrv and Charles Jesse Faust and Edward Weld ner. The choir of St. Luke's Lutheran Lnurcn rendered hymns at the house The tributes were: Sweet neas. Floyd ana carl Ziegler; sweet peas with ferns, Mr.

and Mrs. Kalph Bechtel; lilies, son Grace, Alva, and Veronica. Interment was made In Aulenbach a cemetery. Un dertaker, Henninger. The funeral of Mrs.

Laura Gussom was Rev. Dr. J. F. Moycr officiated at the services over the body of Annrtta widow of Howard P.

Keifer. whose fun eral was held at 1.30 p. ni. Tuesday from her late residence, 124 under street. Ser.

vices were held at the house. The body was attired in a. black silk dress and reposed in a solid onk casket with silver extension bar handles and plate bearing name and age. Interment was made in Charles Evans cemetery. Undertaker, oilman.

The funeral of William R. Rlankenbll ler was held from his late residence, in Mohnton, at 10 a. m. Tuesday. Services were conducted at the house.

The body was attired In a black suit and reposed in a black cloth covered casket with sil ver extension bar handles and plate with name and age inscribed. Interment was made Monnton cemetery. Undertaker, Kindt. Rev. Dr.

B. S. Brownmlller officiated at the services over the body of Anna C. widow of Henry Christian, whose funeral was held at 9 a m. Tuesday from the res idence of her son in law, Morris Keller, 1127 Elm street.

Services were conducted at the house. The body was attired in a black silk dress and reposed in a square cornered oak casket with silver extension bar handles and plate with name and age. Interment was made in Church cemetery. Undertaker, Peidel. The funeral of Alexander Tanaszewskl, infant son of Alexander and Caroline Tunaszewski, was held from tiie residence pf the parents, 402 Gilson alley.

A mass rf requiem was solemnized in St. Mary's Catholic Church. The body was at'ired funeral was held from the. parents' resi dence, 529 Maple street. The body was attired in white and reposed in a white casket with silver trimmings.

Interment was made in the Catholic cemetery. Un dertaker, Dougherty. NEW BERKSHIRE HOTEL OPEN NEW YEAR'S EVE It was announced on Tuesday by PeterKIein, manager that The Berk shire, Fifth and Washington streets would be opened on New Year's eve. Plans are now under way for a bi celebration. A lease was executed on Tuesday with R.

S. Weber, 19 South Fifth street, one of the city's well known barbers, who will conduct the barber shop at the new hotel. There was an impression that the Assembly ball this year would, be held at the hotel, but the date for the hall has been announced for Tuesday, De cember 29th, just a few days before the hotel will be opened. ATHLETIC IvEA I Notice has been sent out by the secretary of the Reading Public Schools Athletic League that the first regular annual meeting of the mem bers of the league will be held at the Boys' High School building, on Wed. nesday.

evening, Dec. 9th, at 8. The reports or tne diiterent com mittees will be received, showing what has been accomplished toward helping to introduce athletics in the' local schools and giving the plans for the future which this hustling league has outlined. All those interested are cordially In vited to attend the meeting. N.

E. R. L. TO IL RRISBl'R The Northeastern Republican League will attend the inauguration of Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh at Harrisburg in January.

A committee of which Daniel Becker is chairman was appointed at the meeting on Mon day evening, and It is expected that a special train to cswry 100 members of the league will be chartered. The committee met last evening to arrange the details. AGRICILTVRAL MEETING The Berks. County Agricultural Society has. postponed its December meeting to the 12th, on account of the corn show which will be in progress at Rajoh Temple.

December 3, 4 and 5. The society will nominate officers and il is said that thero will be on position for some of the positions. TELEPHONES HAVE SPECIAL TAX SLOT officials. From the beginning of 1914. To Handle One Cent Additional they have practiced a plan of Judie on Fifteen Cent Mes sages Regarding the tax on telephone messages, X.

B. Wamsher of the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, when seen on Tuesday morning, told how the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania had prepared to collect the tax as directed by the Govern ment. 'The preparation for the collection November amounted to $46,412 39. this being the third highest month ttoi nrTve receipt, during the year, October and for the Telephone September having beaten that mark with $128,740 and $51,262. respectively.

The expenditures last month totaled a sum of $80,568.20 the high water marK or expenses for the year. Of the expenses there was $2,612.44 paid out on the prison account, $4, on tne almshouse account and 7 a. 117.16 on tne county's general ac count. Thus far for 1914 the total expenditures has amounted to $496,288.40, while the total receipts during the iraoing came to an abrupt halt because I year totaled the sum of $459 777 02 the lew level fixed by the exchange had The latter amount added to thn 1145 me Daiance in cash on hand at the opening of business on January loi, maws me gran a total of $605, 056.68, and which, deducting the ex penditures thus far during the year, ir.ves a oaiance on nand of $108, I DO. IS.

tax on all messages er has been a big Job Company, said Mr. Wamsher. "A special piece of mech anism had to be devised and placed on many coin box telephones. This meant changing thousands of coin box tele phones in the system, a tremendous job in itself. The tax of 1 cent is to be Inserted, as directed by the opera tor, in the quarter slot in the coin box by the person who sends the message.

"Special preparations for billing regular subscribers correctly for the tax imposed on their messages of 15 cents and over also had to be made. New collection routines had to be pre pared and new systems of accounting worked out. The Telephone Com pany has advised all telephone users of the new law and then.ethods put Into effect for collecting the tax. Notices giving full directions have been placed on all public telephones and all subscribers have been advised by means of a circular enclosed with their monthly bills. This circular ex nlalnn thft mathrtl rt ia.

The funeral of Caroline, Widow of Kd charge for the tax and gives a digest or tne law relating to it. The law applies not only to all messages on which the rate is 15 cents or more per message, but also to all messages on which the total charge, including overtime, amounts to 15 cents or more. Thus, while a single call at the rate of 5 rents bears no tax. should the conversation be nro longed over a period which would make the aggregate charge 15 cents or more, tne tax of 1 cent is imposed. All telephone bills rendered durine tne lire or this law nm Im1hHa a Harry and family; chrysanthemums and service statement that will show th.

ffe roses with palms, son Charles and fam mcss.rOC ily; chrysanthemums and roses with ferns. mf WhlclJh' is to be icvuu, Lufccmci Miia me amount, or such tax. "The law directs that this tav he collected from the person paying for such message or conversation and held from WashinKton street at 3 p. m. nlaces the rosnnnRihllitv vimU.

i iiio upon tne TP CDflone Comnanv hAiWA hv Hoi' maunrt Til hrHv I was attired in a black silk dress and rested in a solid walnut casket with silver extension bar handles and plate with SOCIALIST MOTHERS' DAV First steps for the observance name and ace inscribed. Interment was Mothers day were taken at the meet made in Charles Evans cemetery. Under ing of the Socialist lecture committee inltAr Cr.ti1nl i a Seidel. un Aionuay evenintr. A woman speaker of national reputation will be engaged for the date, the last Sunday In February.

The committee engatred Carrie v. Allen, who was the candidate for secretary of State at the recent election In New York to speak at Red Men's hall, December 13th, Emil Seidel, ex mayor of Milwaukee will come here in January and Prof. William J. Dur rani, of New York, was engaged for three lectures the latter part of the season. SCHOOL DIRECTORS Superintendent of Schools Foos.

re ceived a circular announcing the twentieth annual meeting of the State School Directors' Association to be held at Harrisburg, on February 4 and 5. State Superintendent Schaeffer. Superintendent Foos, Governor elect Martin G. Brumbaugh and Prof. Al dcu, or liloomsburg.

will he the speakers. A number of the directors win also take part in the nrnrram Newton Rhoads, of Reading, is chair man or tne executive committee. OPTICIAN RECOVERS BRIGHTS DISEASE Hearing that If. W. Smith, the optician in white and reposed in a white casket 'L recovered irorn with silver trimmings.

Interment was Blight's disease we wrote him and take made in the Catholic cemetery. Under the following items from his renlv taker. Dougherty. "Specialists nwmoimcvi rcriof worn cnndiictert nt the Bright's Disease and incurable and ad house over the body of Andrew, son of vised me to go Souih to prolong my life. Andrew and Margaret Culgara, whose Went to Mineral Wells.

Texas. Became terribly bloated. Physicians there made tests and found casts and almost solid albumen. Several at the Weils who had been cured by Fulton's Renal Compound ptirsuaded me to take it. Dropsy dropped forty five pounds in fourteen days.

In three months I was back to business. I continued the treatment over two years, and during the last four years have not found it necessary to use any medicine. "I have received many letters, all of which I have answered. Through my correspondence I have learned of' a number of recoveries." The ability of Fulton's Renal Compound to oppose Renal degeneration and reduce albumen in many cases of Bright's Disease is not a matter of opinion but a FACT IN PHYSICS, and we will mail formula test that will show the percentage from week to week. As the albumen declines improvement commonly follows, recoveries naving Deen reported in thousands of cases.

Formula and literature mailed on request. John J. Fulton San Francisco. American Medicine Co: is lnoa.1 aprent. Ask for pamphlet.

Adv. 1881 ESTABLISHED 1881 Th rtM PollahU Dental Parlors. Others have come and gone, but we ar' at tne same oia pitu. FROM TWO TO SIX DENTISTS Our praai tloe has grown oi suen an ez i i tent that we were obliged; to oonstant i ly Increase, nieei me as mud for honest and: up to date work. Teeth are here extracted absolutely oMthn.it nain by the use of Vitalised Air or Combination no charge for extracting when sets are oraeiou.

FUlih SMTH. of teeth with plates J8.00. J4.00, K50, JS.0Q, J7.00. 00. MM p.nnta mmliiir in the morninsr without teeth can have them the same day.

Teeth fined wun onver, Anoy or wmte fiiiinir so rents cer cavity, uoia rilllnsa from il 00 up, aocordlng to size of cavity. Gold fillings annicim iseio, per cavity. Gold crowns on artificial plates, J2.0O per tooth. Gold crown on natural teeth, 5.00 pen tooth. BHdgework, js.oo per loom.

Pivot work. M.00 ner tooth. We euarantee all of our work and If we i cannot, we will tell you, rnnsult us. ODen everv aar and even until 9 o'clock. DR.

H. L. JOHNSON SON NO. sovra 61XTB 1914 150 MEN EAGER TO WORK Crowd of Pnwsiblr laborers Ready to Begin Tliis Morning Fully 150 men crowded the small room in police station, or stood around city hall on Tuesday morning, waiting their turn to registed among the unemployed, who will be given some city work to do. Serpen nt TCinstncop I VII III.

applicants and Daniel Roland, clerk to niei or ronce ureen, tilled in the blanks. This morning some of the men will be put to work. The line started to form at an early hour and by the time of the police court session at 9 ih There was inclination to crowd for a Deuer position, when Chief Green made the announcement that there was no "first come first served," that all of the names would be registered at any time during the day, and that the last man was as likely to get a job as the first. Following the registration an investigation will be made as to whether the man ia nnsi, vi i 1 His habits will also be look ea into, tnouia tt be found that a man is likely try waste his wages in drink, the money will be given to his family; WARD II VISION" The matter of the division of the 13th ward into the 13th and 17th wards of the city will be presented to the Court next Monday in its every detail for th Court's final decree Shortly thereafter the ari cinct officirs of the new ward will be appointed by the court. The alderman will be named by the Governor and will be a Republican, the appointment iu noi oe umii me 1915 election.

There will, no rtnnht i UJ tt contest for vard assessor. The present assessor is Ezra Gottschail. Through the division he is a resident of the Seventeenth. Within the next several weeks the county commissioners will name an assessor for the Thirteenth. DemocT.

Elect Spent Arthur 11. Congressman elect from Berks j. sigh Congressional District, filed his campaign expense account with the Clerk of Quarter Sessions, in which he sets forth that his election cost him $733. SO. of which $S00 was paid to the Democratic'Com mittee of Lehigh County, $187.50 to the Democratic Committee of Berks County, and the remainder for printing and advertising.

The following candidates filed their affidavits stating that they spent less than $50 during the campaign: Daniel A. Rothenberger, elected as Democratic representative in Legislature; Manlon Shaaber, Republican, elected to the legislature; Howard J. Seigfried, Socialist candidate for Legislature; Warren F. Teel. Washington party candidate for Legislature and Wiison G.

Sarig, Democrat, elected to the Legislature. ARRESTED ON SUSPICION Detective McGovern arrested Kd. Palmer, 28, In Reading, on Tuesday, on suspicion of having stolen two watches at Erbyville. lancaster county. When searched two watches were found on him, one with the monogram H.

answering the description sent from Lancaster. Palmer has an alias Spencer Adams, and it is also said that he is wanted for horse steal inT. Auermetal Table Lighter Everlasting Iron Match An all glass ornamental ash receiver. Tank all highly finished. Guaranteed to Kive lieht at all times.

No more burnt table clot Price "41.09 Sent Prepaid Everywhere Agents Wanted Perfection Sales Agency 1233 R. Arch Philadelphia, Pa. uun SELL STOVES THIS EXACT $25.00 STERLING LEATHER DAVENPORT, Our Special Price PRESIDENT'S 0. K. ON RED'CROSS SEALS Approves of National Fight Against Tuberculosis by Christmas Fund WASHINGTON.

D. Dec. 1. "May I not particularly express my interest in the Red Cross Christmas Seal." says President Wilson in a letter to the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, made public today. Beginning today, every letter going out of the White House for the next four weeks and from many of the government offices bears the Ked Cross Seal.

As an expression of his interest in the anti tuberculosis campaign. President Wilson writes to Dr. Charles J. Hatfield. Executive Secretary of th National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis: "May I not take this occasion to press to you my deep interest in work of the National Anti Tubercu sis Association and my hope that its work is growing in efficiency and extent from year to year? May I not.

particularly express my interest in th Red Cross Christmas Seal whose sal has been the means of raising fun as for the work? It seems to me that this is a particularly interesting and sensible way of enabling the peop the country to give this great work their support. Over 115,000,000 Red Cross are on sale today in every state in the union, except Nevada, and even Hawaii, the Canal Zone, and Vera Cruz. S. S. Prhweriner is the local distrib utor of the Red Cross seals.

TKTIMS $1.00 Weekly All Goods Delivered in Plain Wagons This Davenport has proven a great trade winner for the Harold store. It is full size, has a guaranteed spring: construction and a large compartment for bed clothes. TERMS, $1.00 WEEKLY. 2S3 HAS MET WITH INSTANT RESPONSE Pay for your purchases next year is the slogan at Harold's in order to give many thousands of their old arid the new customers a chance to take advantage of their many specials for the holidays. No ready cash is needed to open an account.

Begin paying after January 1st. NOTE THE VALUES FOR THIS WEEK I. 1 This Exact $25.00 Quartered Oak China Cabinet, With Bent Glass Ends Our Price A richly polished Cabinet, built of finest quartered oak, bent, glass ends, adjustable shelves and massive flaw feet. See Our Toy Specials WE SELL FOR LESS This Exact Automatic Motorcycle A Very Interesting Toy Christmas Special Our own importation of toys makes this low price possible. Every toy is perfect and complete in a box.

Christmas Specials $1.00 DRESSED DOLLS 50c BILLIARD PLAYEf 19c 1 .50 DOLLY FOLDING CART 89c RMIGES PARLOR STOVES is the best Stove bargain In town. Compare our priee.s ami see. a good styles of Double Heaters. A Gocd, Reliable Range at Our Low Price A thoroughly reliable Range, that is a guaranteed baker. Has all removable nii'kel, duplex grates and extra high slwlf.

Complete Showing of Hall Racks at Prices as Low as $10. 75 Many good styles to select from, all quartered oak frames, brass hardware, polished and oxidized, French plaw" ihu'rrors..