Reading Times from Reading, Pennsylvania • Page 22

Twenty Two SINKING SPRING WATER DISCUSSED Complaints Threshed Out At Secret Meeting Of Engineers Conferring In secrecy throughout the entire morning yesterday, engineers representing (the Sinking Spring Water company and complainants against the water company, threshed difficulties growing out of inadequate wate supply during last summer's drought. il'Jffl Lynn B. Cun, water works engineer of the Public Service Commission, acted arbiter at the conference. Nuebling and Mast represented the water company. W.

H. Dechant and Sons represented six complainants against quality and quantity of the water. Findings Guarded Findings were guarded closely. Nothing is expected to be made public regarding the conference until Curry's report has been by chiefs at Harrisburg. Curry returned to Harrisbug yesterday after noon.

The conference of engineers was a preliminary to a hearing before the Public Service ASSESSMENTS DROP IN ELEVENTH WARD Slightly Lower Than Last Year, Report Shows Eleventh ward' property. Is at $4,891,000 for 1930, according to figures announced by City Assessor Bortz yesterday. Last year the total assessment in the ward amounted to $4,893,820. Exemptions in the ward, which is bounded by Seventh street and Mt. Penn and the north side of Button wood street and south of Greenwich street, are $442,200.

The largest exemption in the ward is $180,000 on St. Luke's Lutheran church, Ninth and Green streets. Other exemptions are: Old Reading Company Y. M. C.

A. building, Ladies' Hebrew Charitable association, 1029 Button wood land owned by the City of Reading in the vicinity of Buttonwood street reservoir, St. Stephen's Reformed church, Shomro Hab rith synagogue St. Paul's Evangelical church, Tenth and Green streets school, school on North Thirteenth street, between Green and Greenwich, $35, 550. CONVENTION BOUND, MOTHER, CHILD HURT Mrs.

George Aulenbach, 28, of 933 Buttonwood and her son, John, 3, were injured yesterday near Brein igsville, while driving to Allentown to see the firemen's parade. Mrs. Aulenbach was treated in the Allentown hospital for an injury of the arm and her son for a broken leg. The two were riding in an automobile with Mr. and Mrs.

Felix Mc Gowan, of PauLsboro, N. John Lewis and a Miss Mullen, of Fields boro, N. when the car left the; road at a sharp curve and crashed Into a pole. BILLINGS TO ATTEND CAPITAL MEETING Reading will be represented at the Pennsylvania Employment conference at Harrisburg October 16 17 by J. Billings, special agent of the department of labor and industry of Pennsylvania.

Billings has offices at Sixth and Court streets. Topics pertaining to various phases of the work of public employment offices will be discussed at the session. appeals award made by Viewers Robert B. Heckman, owner of a farm on the Pottsville pike between Leesport and Mohrsville, yesterday appealed an award of $650 made him by viewers. Some of Heckman's farm land was taken in the laying edit of the pika and the elimination (of a grade crossing.

The award wasfmade September 29. Take Your Medicine With You! Lydia E. Fijvkhams Vege vtabxe Compound isfnow prepared in convenient, palatable, chocolate coated tablets packed in email bottles. Each bottle contains 70 tablets or 35 doses. Our Vegetable Compound has the written endorsement of half a million women.

During the three trying periods of maturity, maternity and middle age, it proves its worth. 93 out ot 100 report benefit after taking it. These tablets are just as effective as the TIMES PHONE MM THE READING TIMES, READ IN FRIDAY OCTOBER 10, i 9 JO' lawJ lm 2Z2 2.1 Public Officejs To Close Monday COLUMBUS DAY will be officially observed in the city 'Monday. The holiday this year fails on Sunday. However the court house, city hall, banks and other public offices i will close Monday.

ALBRIGHT FROSH ELECT OflMS Philadelphia Boy Earned President of Class By Students Off to an early start, the freshmen class of Albright College, elected officers at a special meeting yesterday afternoon in the college chapel. William Meyer, of Philadelphia, was selected to lead the class through its first year. Other officers elected were: Margaret jWittman, of N. vice president; Mark Fiester, of WiUiamsport, treasurer, and Sue Mensch, of Reading, secre tarjv I Miss Elsie Gfarlach, head of the French department, will be the speaker at the Albright Bible class meeting Sunday morning, at 9 o'clock. Attorney to Lecture A series of Jour lectures on 'The Settlement and Early History of Southeastern Pennsylvania," will be delivered in the Albright chapel by J.

Bennett Nolan, Reading attorney. The lectures, will be given October 24, 31, November 7 and 21, Dean George W. Walton has stressed the importance of students attending these lectures. Students at Albright interested in literature have been invited to attend an meeting of the Quill club In Selwyn hall, next Tuesday evening, at 8 o'clock. Miss Evelyn VanDuzer, coach of girls' athletics, yesterday issued a call for all hockey candidates.

The first practice will be held Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock on the athletic field. DECISION RESERVED IN CUSTODY CASE Judge Mays yeserday reserved decision in the legal between Isaiah W. Dorman and William W. Wixon for the custody of Dorman's baby daughter, Dorothy. Dorman brought habeas corpus proceedings in an attempt to obtain custody of his daughter and place her in the home of his Dorman was at one time convicted for failure to support his child and is now paying $2.50 a week for its support.

Witnesses were, produced to show that 'the child was receiving proper care. It was alleged at the hearing that Dorman is attempting to avoid paying for the care of Dorothy. Store Hours: 8:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. Heavy, twenty ounce, II wool.

Snappy outdoor patterni. Snuf fitting elastic bottom and cuff. AS DEMOCRATS GATHERED SOCIALISTS HOLD STREET MEETINGS City and County to Be Scenes of Rallies Tonight Plans for an extensive campaign by the Socialist party in Berks for its candidates for the legislature were made last night at a meeting of the county committee at the party's headquarters at the Labor Lyceum. Edward Yoe was chairman, Two rallies will be held In the city tonight and four in Berks towns. At Lance Place and Douglass street, Mrs.

Lilith Wilson, candidate for legislature, and School Director Ray S. Hofses will speak. At Locust and Robeson Councilmen Jesse George and William C. Hoverter will speak. Speaks In German City Solicitor Walter R.

Hollinger and Charles 'Sands, superintendent of the city's municipal machine shop, will speak at Yerger's store, Laurel dale. Amos Lesher, speaking in Pennsylvania German, and Miles Williams will address a meeting, at Philadel mm A warm durable jacket, lined 1 with Sateen. Made with two large pockets. Snug fitting neck and elastic bottom and cuffs. Men's Lumber Jackets Oil 9 8 Men's Moleskin Pants Extra strong Trou "1 sers for work and out doors.

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James Roslin and Charles Brahm will appear at the Bally hotel, Bally. Meetings will be held at Shartles ville, Strausstown, Rehrersburg and Mount Pleasant tomorrow night. An open; air meeting will be held at Fifth and Hamilton streets in Allentown. Special leaflets, party's platform, will be distributed on the three Sundays before the election. A rally at the Orpheum theatre on Sunday, November 2, is also planned.

CAMPFIRE LEADER TO SPEAK TO CLUB Miss Lillian Deturck, executive of the Reading and Berks County council of Campfire Girls, will speak at a meeting of the Monarch club Tuesday evening at the Abraham Lincoln. Wives of members will be invited to the meeting. Arthur R. Leinbach, chairman of the welfare committee, will be toastmaster. Revision of the by laws of the club, discussed at a meeting Tuesday evening, will be acted upon at the November business meeting.

The committee in charge of the revisions is: Irvin F. chairman; bach and Hunter Lord. a mijm sw mm A A ii iir TTWm I i.i.ni.H Mini Before the Democratic dinner and "radio rally" last night, state and local Democratic candidates gathered in the office of William Abbott Witman, Berks county chairman, for a discussion of campaign plans. They are left to right, seated, John M. Hemphill, gubernatorial candidate; Sedgwick Kistler, candidate for United States senate, and Guy Bard, candidate for lieutenant governor; standing, Carl Mast, legislature; Wilson G.

Sarig, Temple, legislature; the Rev. Frank W. Ruth, Bernville, legislature; Norton L. Lichtenwalner, Allentown, congressional candidate from the Berks Lehigh district, and William Abbott Witman, Berks county Democratic chairman. Times Photo.

MORE ON Answer (Continued from Page One) the explosion and removed from the Homeopathic hospital to a New York hospital, failed to appear for trial and an indictment is still pending against him. Mrs. JMaggiaro, In her suit, claims that Rosenberg, Rick, Schein and Sher were the owners of the building and were therefore partly responsible for damages. In the answer the. men ay they never knew or were in a position to know, what business was carried on in the building.

They also said her suit fails to show any contractual relationship between themselves and the men found of manslaughter. In a few days nothing but a vacant lot wil remain to remind passersby of the explosion. Workmen of the Pennsylvania railroad are liow busy cleaning the site, which adjoins thai company's station, of all the debris. The company recently purchased the property. Saturday turday: 8:30 A.

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i zst 300 Ct. OTiEERS TO OLD IIEETBVG IN READING Lehigh Valley Groups in Joint Session October 17 Mechanical and electrical engineers' societies of the Lehigh valley, will hold a joint session in Reading October 17, at The Berkshire. Pol lowing a dinner at 6.45 p. m. lectures will be held.

two groups which will join here are the Anthracite Lehigh Valley' section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Lehigh Valley group of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. C. Ritchie, Aeronautical lighting expert of the General Electric company, will Illustrate with lantern slides a talk on "Airport Lighting and Development." J. A. Powell, vice president and chief engineer of W.

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