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NOYEMIER 16, 1025 StiUiAt.lt V. rv W4 TIME TO TAKE RECKONING There are tunes to take reckoning as well ao' tones to go forward. Past experience often fives the 1 a STRICKEN WHILE WATCHING MOVIE incentive ror a inciter pace, consult us freely, 1 TO'; araing your nnanctsl requirements. GLEANINGS THE OVERCOMERS' BIBLE Class 'will meet thla evening at 1:30 o'clock in the Y. M.

C. A. THE EPWORTH LEAGUE OF the Broad Street M. Church will lurid the' regular monthly business meeting this evening at 8 o'clock, BACH MEMBER OP THE Loulaa Pleraon Circle ia aaked to bring a pair of scissors to tha meeting at the Manae tomorrow' evening. THE REGULAR MONTHLY meeting of the Board A Directors of THIS BANK Unorganised for broad, efficient and thorough service.

Our 65 years of Uninterrupted banking experience have enabled us to build up an organixaton that is equipped to serve you kt all of your financial need). We safeguard your mon ay and your estate from tho cradle to ar beyond the grave. THIS SERVICE IS YOURS TO U3H gSfll FIRST LUifUIH i NATIONAL BANK i A rmbna is tea most presentable gift for your sweetheart No doubt aha has beenv dreaming about it yeersand It will be a sad disappointment it ah does not, sot at, A diamond li acceptable also? for It value, aa It never depreolatea. Of oouraa, you want to' have confidence in the place what yot make tha purchaae tp make, aura you will not be disappointed It should some" from EPSTEUTS JEWEL RT STORE, 'where reliability tad dependability to, hand in hand. SlpSTElN Jeweler' end Optfciau I Mala St.

IScrTiccable Gift for All lime A Wrist Watch lis the fidelity of tha friendship that' prompts the sift Elgin'Watches faithfully serve aa lone aa life Itself, No (lit could quUa ao appreciated. A small deposit la all that'i needed. J. A. Lewis JEWELER So.

Main 5 loo Eye Aid For Students Students who have faulty vision should bavo Glasses at Onoe to correct it, or permanent Injury may result. Poor Eyes make Poor Students. SSI MAIN hi ti Added safety and easier driving are big reasons for the wide popularity of the Better Bulck. Bukka better steering gear (the most expensive type built today) has 5 times the ordinary control surface. More than 400,000 4 whcel brake Buicks have proved the superiority of Buick 1 BUICK MOTOR COMPANY, FLINT, MICHIGAN DiM mt CtmtM Maw Better Buick Six Cylinder VatvMlead motor cars rants In price from $1 125 to $1995, f.

e. b. Buick foe torfas. Among the Bulck open and closed models there is one that will meet your Retires exactly. vt mwm Muinouana.

oi uom Angeies. sianea nis career as a aucn atgger. At 81 he's still digging ditches only In a dlf fortnt wsy. For now he's in charge of a project to bring water all the way from the Colorado river to southern over a 1700 foot elevation and across wlda deserts, to supply 1.600.000 DETAILS THAT RESULT IN AN ITALIAN HOUSE By the Architects' Small Hoase Service Bureaa of the United Slates, Inc. Its roof Is low pitched of tile, per hajps varied In color.

If It is a large home with a suggestion of formality. It will have a heavy cornice. Otherwise, its eaves wUI be wide. Its walls are of atocco, brick or stone. Whichever Is used, the ex 4arior surface has a varied texture.

For under Lh UediteiTaneaa sun a smooth wall would be glaring and uninteresting. To avoid this, the old Italian bonders textured their surfaces by whatever means they When they used stucco they wrought It Into a rough palm finish. With brick they built pilasters, cornices and projecting courses, or they designed waDe In brick patterns that picked the sun glare to shreds 3t llgbt aad shade. Stone they used 'or the same purpose; columns, wln dow trlm, stone courses, arches aad earners of atone were used. In combination with both brick and stnoco, to give variety to the walL Windows Decorated Though tha winl are 'small, they aren't treated jhtliiglr.

At least, they are aurrouaded by a graceful moulding. They are shuttered, or grilled with wrought iron. Pleasantly arranged In the wall, I heir proportions bear a nice relation to the whole. There 'a but on door in front, of lark wood with sxposed hinges, an( over it a broad arch. It may be a bit elaborate, framrd with heavy moulding.

And either on the front or on the garden aide there is a ground floor arcade or a deeply re ccaaea oaicony above. Whether lt.be planned after a tltUe farm boose amosf the vineyards or after a vUia created by some master or Ue Renaissance, the bouse In the Italian style Li distinctive for some degree of refinement. Its interior is cool, and subdued In color snd light floors are almost Invariably of ttle, dark red. black, white or checkered. They may or may not be covered with rugs.

Beamed ceillnge are typical, the beams painted la a design reflecting tho color harmony of the rest of the room. Or the celling may be plastered and in this case Its only sidortment will be a simple raised design of moulding plaster. Cool Interiors Unless it be a rteaer home thsa most of us own the wan treatment also wilt be at re pie. There will be a ratber low wainscot of dark wood ia the dining room and livtag room. For the rest, a much textured pouter surface, palm AaJshed In harmony with the exterior stecoo, though not so rough as that, would be Or tbe walls might be smooth and brightly painted.

Doorways are rather wide, surmounted by broad arches. Stairways stay be dlmllghted tunnels or they nay be quite open with graceful Iron balustrsdea la at leant one room there win be a fireplace. It will have high mantel of stone er tile aad the hood, Instead of brick work, may be of Iron or copper. Let alone the fax inatlag question of furniture, tha Italian Interior Ives cpe to our' tare for charm li STS, PITTSTON.PA I li iimi tl t1 11,1, mechanical 4 wheeI brake design for two winters and two summers. And Better Buick ble Beam Headlights now make night driving safe 'j They furnish bright light, alt the time, without glare in the eyes of oncoming drivers! Your family and you will) feel safer and be safer in the Better Buick! stn' rittston.

BuUt, Bulck Will Build Then LOAN SOCIETY r. i. ra. to South Mala Wllkm.nrr. Sstnrdaya 0 a Dviwa ra ice tUDUr.

believed to have occurred miles from New York, was register, ed for 45 minutes beginning; at s. m. today on the seismograph at Ford ham University. vi New.Tork Eicarsloa Via New Jersey Centrar. Sunday Nov.

12. Special train leaves Pitta ton 11:46 p. Saturday, stopping at Elisabeth. Returnmsl leaves New Tork, West Jrd street, 6:17 p. Liberty street.

Elisabeth, Nov. Fare. IJ.60. nll.M.IS. Read the Oasette and Keep Posted.

fear you will Miner cwlngs PITTSTON BUICK SALES CO. Kenneth PWilde. 516 Luzerne A. Pitt3ton IJ.P.KUSGHELI so winer oireei When Better Automobiles Are Ferdlnando Btellla, aged 13. of West Oak street, was suddenly sela ed with an.

attack of acuta indiges tion while he was attending tha moving picture show at 'the Roman Theatre on Saturday evening at 7:80 o'clock and he died while ha was being removed to Plttston Hospital for treatment. Physicians who examined tha body attributed death to aoute indigestion and Deputy Coroner C. B. Howell, after due Investigation, turned the remains over to Graziano local undertakers, for burial. Btellla entered the theatre about o'clock and it waa 45 minutes later that he was stricken.

Patrolman David Wolfe was notified and ha immediately commandeered, a taxlcab and had tha young man removed to the hospital but he died on the way. Hla survivors are bis par enta and several brothers and aiaters. The funeral will ba held tomor row afternoon at 3 o'clock from the family Services will 'be conducted In Our Lady of Mount Car mei r. c. Church and interment will bo In St.

John's Cemetery. OOOTflEiAN Fl BELIEVED I SUICIDE Hagerstown. Nov. 18. With the head severed, tha body of Chest er a.

wickham. 48. a local salesman, was found along the tracks of the Western Maryland Railroad went of Willlamsport, Md today. Wickham Jiad failed (o return from a hunting trip Saturday. O.

V. Mlddlekauff held that the act was suicide. the supposition 'being that Wickham lay on the track while a train passed overjilm. No motive wag suggested. SEEK TEMPERANCE 'S LAW Detroit, Nov.

16. Declar ing the nation Is "becoming soft toward the problem of, law enforce ment." Lincoln C. Andrews. Federal prohibition director, appealed to the Women's Christian Temperance Union here today to exert Its lnffuence in creating a public sentiment in favor of "There are three factors In the present situation." Andrews told delegatea to the 61st annual conven tion. "They are the source of supply on one s'de, tre demand on tbt.

other and agencies for law enforcement combatting the two. There la a pressing need for your co operation In reducing tha demand wnue the Government bends its energies towards wiping ottt the supply." Following his addresa tho conven tlon unanimously passed a resolution endorsing the recent reorganization of the Federal enforcement unit. FATHER 'MAN TALKS TOJWEL! Philadelphia, Nov. 16. Followlne an Informal chat with President John 1.

Liewis of the mine workers here last night, Rev. J. J. Curran, pastor of St Mary's Catholic Church, Wllkesbarre. and Intimate of both factions In the anthracite coal strike, today addressed the City Business Club here on the anthracite situa tion.

Intimation that Father Curran bore a message to Lewis from Cover nor Pinchot. whom ha visited st his home In Mllford, Saturday, waa not confirmed either by the Priest or by ijowis after the conference. No statement waa given out fol lowing their conference. Father Curran expressed himself as optimistic on the present outlook for early resumption of mining, holding it as his personal belief that basis for new negotiation and early settlement of the strike will soon be effected. Prior to his conference with Fath er Curran yestoMay, Lewis was visit ed by Frederick K.

Huseman. presl dent of the German Miners' Federa tlon, and George Berger, an official of the same organisation. The German labor leaders are in the United States for a atudy of condi tions In the anthracite and bltumln ous coal fields. ADLOCK ELKS CLUB BAH IN NEW New York. Nov.

16 Tha Elks Club here, known to visiting Elk from the entire country, consented today to accept a "prohibition pad lock" on its grill room and bar following charges that beer with more than the legal potency was delivered there. The club at first fought the action United States Attorney Emory Buckncr. but after a ruling. demand ing production of the club's books, the club finally accepted tha padlock. Manager Albert B.

Wallace was permanently enjoined from selling liquor. CHINESE TIFF By RANDALL GOULD, Peking, Nov. 15. American Minister John V. MacMurray today told the United Press that he la extremely optimistic concerning tha out coming of the Chinese tariff conference now proceeding here.

"I believe," he said, "that the Chlneas, Japanese and American plans are in harmony. The American scheme gives an effective method of working out the Chinese tariff desires, and the Japanese plan will be Incorporated with tha American." rutston Y. M. c. A.

will be nM Monday evening at 8 o'clock In (h x. m. u. A paxuor. A SON WAS BORN AT PITTS ton Hospital to Mr.

and Mra. John Loftus, of 68 Market street. Mra. Loftua vii before marriage Ml Mary McHale, of Searle street. CHRISTIAN MILLER, OF 83 Parsonage street, and Antonio Mar anoo, of 38 Plna street, underwent operations for the removal of their tonalla at Plttston Hospital this morning.

THE MEN OF ST. PETER' Lutheran Church, Hughestown, will meet In the church tomorrow evening ait 7:80 o'clock to plan for the every member visitation next Sun day. THE REGULAR MEETING OF ThIAle Lodge. No. 612.

I. O. O. F. will ba held this evening.

The first degree will be conferred on a class of candldatea. All membera are re quested to be present. REHEARSAL FOR THE PAO eant. "A Gift of Dreams," to be given Friday night in ft. Peter's Lutheran Church, Hughestown, will bo held In the church tomorrow and Wednesday nights at 7 o'clock.

STDFANO, FOURTEEN months old son of Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Scalzo, of 6 Oak streot, was burled thla afternoon, with ser vices at 2 o'clock in St. Rocco's Italian Catholic Church. Interment was made in St. John's Cemetery.

The child died yesterday morning at 1:30 o'clock, following an Illness of pneumonia. Personal Mention Merle Lutrtnger. son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lutrtnger.

of Hug hea torwn. ia recovering nlomy rrcen a recent operation at, Plttston Hospi tal. WILLS AND LETTERS FILED. Linda Chlavacci was named ad mlnlstratrix of the estate of Angelo Chlavacci. late of West Plttston, valued at 86.000.

By the will of Edwin Hogg. lte of wllkesbarre, riled for probate to day, ha leaves 8600 each to his three children, Marlon Edwin s. and Orion S. Hoggs. He leaves the re malnder of his estate in trust for the use of his wife during her life and at her death tha principal ia eaual shares to his three children The estate Is valued at $33,600.

and his wife and tha Second National Bank of Wllkesbarre are named executors. Edward F. Carey, late of Ashley, leaves an estate valued at 34.OQ0 xo bis wife Anna during' feei lite; and at her death to' bla children. His wife ia named executrix. Clara A.

Srooyer was named to administer the estate of Fred Smoyer, lata of, Black Creek town snip, vaiueu at Paperhanglng lateat styles; reasonable. Thomas, Bell 1336 R. nl6tl PITTSM MEN JAIL SENTENCE FOR ASSAULT AND BATTERY Cocclllo Fortunato and Joseph Veralo, two Plttston men convicted last February on a charge of ag gravated assault and and. who were out on ball pending a mo mtlon for a hew trial, were refused a new irufti mm morning ana werv each sentenced by Judge Jones to pay fine of 500, the costs and to serve a term 'In the county jail, the maximum to be three years and the minimum one year and six months. XLANSIUIAN PLEADS NOT.

GUILTY TO A EOF Pittsburgh, Nov. 16. Arraigned for one murder of Klanaman Thom as R. Abbott, during the Ku Klux Klan riot In Carnegie. on the night, of Aug.

35. 1923. Patrick J. MoDersnott. a Carnegie undertaker.

pleaded not guilty In criminal court today. Abbot waa shot through the neas. and many other persons injured during the riot which started when an ti Klansmen attempted to prevent the entry of a parade of hooded marchers Into Carnegie. A coroner's jury held that Abbott came to his death at the hands of "a person or persons unknown" but Mra Emma E. Abbott, widow of the Klansman, preferred the murder charge against McDermott.

Read tha Gazette and Keep posted WANTED Young 'man to work in Radio Dept, hooldng up sets and putting up aerials. One who knows radio. State salary and experience. Address Box 36, Gazette. ALWAYS THE 3AM 14 rdmd Taste tne i'' QUICK MONEY SEEVICE TO MINERS v.

If you need mony bidly, come to us. Our 24 hour eerrlce has btlped tbouunde whta scknM or other emerzrarl knockd st the doo WE LCXII CP TO fSOO TO HOtSEKEEPERS Note the easy payment Terms: 3a month on SO loan StO a month on $tOO loan 5 a month on S10O loan 915 a month on 9300 loan 8 a month on 9ISf loan Pins lawful Interest only Do set hesitate on account of tbe posslWIUy of intponilon of your irork as' we will stake special arraniemeDta to take rare of you dorlss tbe usoen sloa period. Call. Write or 'Phone W. B.

6 1 S. PiTTSTON, PA. RESERVE SYSTEM, IT Vjome Today 'LOOKatanAtwaterKent Receiving Set Inside and out Notice the workman ship, the neatness, the beautiful finish. Turn the dials yourself and listen to real all round performance the tone and volume, distance and selectivity. We know that, if you do those things, you'll never be content' Without a Radio Set BAM at 47 N.

Main St. Caught 'Em. Miss Rita Jarrls. 11 rear old daughter of a farmer living near Memphis. a $1,040 reward foiwhe capture of three bank robbers who had broken jail.

She discovered them hiding on her father's farm, led a posse' to the spot and the men were recaptured. FV mm MEMBER FEDERAL COMPaiEDTO DO DUTY BY COW A second week of criminal court opened this morning with Cough I In In charge' of the trial list and jurors and Judges Jones and McLean assisting In the trials. The first case listed, that of Anna Parnell, alias Anderson, colored, of Wllkesbarre, changed with, murder In ahootlng and killing Fannie Ar rlngton, also colored, there several weeks ago, wsa continued until the next term because the defendant was without counsel. She has no money and a request was made to have the court appoint Attorneys S. S.

Herring and Roscoe Smith to defend hfr. As the appointment wi not made Judge Coughlln continued coso uniu me next term. When the list cf jurors was called a large number asked to be, excused from service for various ressona. hnuivr. nolnted out that It was a duty that hadto be performed and he only excusea those who were unable to aerve.

Several cases were continued, some until Inter In the week snd others until the next term. Those continued until the next term were Michael Brown against 'Arthur Nolf for receiving. Daniel J. Boyle against J. F.

Hcmmes and Harry Mellon for larceny. Mary C. Wilson against Emory Koszoru and wife for assault and battery. The case of Michael Brown asalnst Bosarls Trlschetta for larceny was continued until Monday next. When Crawford Jenkins was called to answer a chsrire of larceny preferred by Michael Brown, he caused a laugh by raying that he had an attorney to defend him.

hut he did not remember the attorney name. Joseph Lydon. a young, man or ii Notch, wo Disced on trial be fore Judge Jones today charged with breaking and larceny. The commonwealth lieges that on the night of August l. he broke into the store of the American Stores 503 Hasle street, Wllkesbarre, and stole the safe, which he took In an automobile to the mountain In Wright township where the safe was broken open and $103 In money taken.

The commonwealth alleges that tha automobile was stolpn and that the defendant was seen In in Wright township near where the safe was found. The defendant denies the charge. POLITICAL BOOM JF SMITH BRANDED AS "EFFRONTERY" Washington, Nov. 16. The Pres1r dentlal boom of Al Smith, of New York, waa assailed as "astounding effrontry," today by the Board of Temperance, prohibition and public morals of the Methodist Episcopal Church, In a "message to the South." The board, an official' agency for the church, denounced, the "har mony" trip of "Jimmy" Walker, Mayor elect of New York City.

"The south' will be Interested to know Mr. Walker's connections with New York's odorous prise fighting game and with those elements in New York which are doing their beat to murder American standards of morality, the statement said. "Mr. Walker, who will experience a courteous "hospitality not given to Mr. McAdoo southern delegates at the New York convention, need not be misled thereby into believing that the south will support the country's foremost political champion of the liquor Interests." PANAMA STREET MAN PASSED AWAY SUNDAY Leano.

aged 81 ytoar died last night at us home. ,184 Panama street, following sn limes of pneumonia. He came to th! country twelve years ago and ha I been employed as a stonemason If the Pennsylvania Coal Company at No. colliery. Tie is survived by his wife and nix children, Mary.

Rosa, Eleanor, Samuel. Michael anj Paul. The funeral will be held to morrow afternoon with services st the home at 1:80 oeloc and at the Italian Presbyterian at 8 o'clock. Burial will be in Plttston JUDGE TO SFTVTENCE STEPHENSON TODAY Ruahvllle. Nov.

16. Judst William Sparks left Ruahvllle today for Noblasvine, announcing he would pass sentence lste this after noon on D. C. Stephenson, former grand dragon of the Indiana Ku Klux Klan, who was found guilty of murdering Madge Oberholtser, Under the Indiana law the penalty was automatically set by the Jury in finding Stephenson guilty of second degree murder. BENEFICIAL noom 1, Ralph Herr Bids, 140 142 Opea 0 to 5 :30 wi detalla A canvas en this wall tbat, a bit of carved ornameut above a door, a silhouette of aarden throosn a trilled.

window tbese are the rksht touches for atmosphere. Only towoaes are needed. The charm ef tbe Italian house Is too almpie sot to be within our reach. Copy, rkyht. JIU Tbe Arehiteeta' Small House Service Bnrean ef the United States, Inc.

Home Builders' Clinic. ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE. New Nov. is. An earthquake of "moderate severity" and OPTOMETRIST Soooeaaor to FRED T.

SMITH 5 Water htreet. Phono Bell 581 HucucLum owl fojuLW CmuZ tor Meadow Brook and Gage Hats, Gowns, Frocks, Lingerie, Sport wear. OPPOSITE NEW P08TOFFICE BUILDING, DOCK Pittston Coal Low Volatile Smokeless i. Bituminous Coal FOR TOUR Furnace, Range or Boiler F. W.

Jennings Bell 'Phone 524 III (YdAWUtdi, mt mm jLjt wit Keep Business Hitting "On All Four" 57 DVERTISING can keep your business hitting on "all four." It supplies the necessary GO. But to ad vertise today and pass it up tomorrow is like taking a spark plug from your "flivver" occasionally for ALWAYS THE SAME use too much gas. Once you allow your to "miss fire," you're business will slow down and maybeistop on the. up hill climb. Kefep Your Advertising Up Lest Your Business Slow Down You Can Reach 25,000 Daily Through The Taste Difference!" St.

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