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VOL. xxvin
NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 17, 1919
NO. 20
GUSTAVE  NOSKE. I
German   MlnlBter  of   Defense Eniploying      Stern      Mcthous.        j  _ Q
SWISH  UElili  KlNUKIUi
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Nil t^n^
UP S85,000,000
Additional Grant Means Absorp¬ tion of All Increased Revenue Obtained From Higher Rates.
4;00,000 MEN ARE AFFECTED.
The Swiss Bell Itiiigers, whose su- preuM-' iirt has placed them among Ihe elecl, made u new irluuiph Mon¬ day alternoou and evening at tho Y. M. C. A. auditorium, Nazareth. The program that they ullered was ot .Melodic beauty aud moreover, per¬ mitted them to display that virtuosity that  seems their  natural gill.
The concert  in  the alternoou at  4 !'¦  Al.,   was   lor school   children  only and the  auditorium  was nicely tilled. F.  L.  Georgette,  oue ot  the  trio,  ex¬ plained lo the children at this concert ' tho »amo  as  he  e.xplained  to  the ad¬ ults at the evening concert whiro the dillerent instruments that  were  used ' in  the concert  originated     trom and j also their    iuiprovement     up     to the | present  day,   llils  however  made  the ; concert much more interesting to the ' large iudieucts. i     \\Mshirii,'lnn.—The   Uailrniid   Adiiiln-
Au audience that lilled every avail-' istnifion hiis iiKrcod to Knint u fiirtlier able space in the auditorium at tUe | incrciise of .*t!.">,(K)<),0<K) In \vn(,'es to evening concert sat almost breath- ¦ train crews, lirln^'lnj,' the rallroud (iny lessly upon  their every note    and as ' |,iii  ,ip to  tlie  annual  basis of !?;i,00().-
proQ.-es*   of    tht    World    In   General.
Legislative   Activities   at   the   Na¬ tion's Capital—News From Ev¬ ery Corner of the Country.
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PEACE   BULLETINS
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at   .Munlcli  has
Fees   From    Raised   Fares   Far   Below Pay   Advances   —   Appropriations Would   Not   Meet   Deficit   Un¬ less   Rates  Are   Increased.
(iiistiive Nd.skc, Ilic I ¦I'lMiKiii iiiiiiisler of lU'iifi'iise, Is the man who is ronilmt- liiK Ihe S|iartacnn8 throughout the (Jer- ninn re])ubllc.
saySmi^ht aid for traction bill
Senator Thompson Testifies at
Inquiry That Fund Was Offered
to Make Him Governor.
they played the various passages ot almost ballling dilliculty, tho marvei of their techiuiiue made each listener wonder.
The program rendered at the con¬ certs was \ery iuterestiug aud pleas¬ ing lo both Old and young, the pop¬ ular soings aud "rags " iS wen as Iho classical uumliers, such as the •'Wil¬ liam Tell" overture, etc, were very well rendered.
The variety of instruments that are carried by the trio are ot a great vinety aud including lu this variety [are such as the violin, harp, cello, I saxaphone, manmbaphoue, organ I chimes, etc., aud the manner and I style that eich of these are executed ' by the performers is indeed woiider- [lul.
i      .Miss  Josephine  A.   Georgette  star- ' red  throughout   both     concerts     and 1 lii4-  numerous  uuiuuers  on   the  vari¬ ous  instruments   was  very   much   en¬ joyed by the audiences.
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The new wage Incrca.sc, which will iiffect approxliiiaK^ly 4(in.0(M) men, will apply to flreiiieii, engineers, ronrluc- tors nnd liriikeiiieii. Most of the men her'fPtifig by the new Increase nre menil<ers   of   the   Big   Four   Hnither-
'llie   Soviet   Uepillilic been 7)verthrown.
Civil war in .Munich Is retrurdi-il as lliunineiit following the ai-llon of the Ciiiiiiiiunlsts In deposlnj,' the Itrvolu- tlonary Ouncll Kepiiltlic Three world he novernmeiits are now in ex¬ istence In I'.iivarla. The first act of the Commiiiiists was the crealion of a Council of Ten, which was iirocliiimed to be In power. Armed liaiids then stormed the police stations, disiuniing tJie police and iirrcstiiiK several olli- clals as hostages. ,
The I'eace Conference has reached an Agreement on all uuesiioiis con¬ cerning pea<'e with Gernmny, repara¬ tions, Inilemnlties and the frontiers of the Khine and I'olund.
The German delegates will be suiii- nioned to Versailles lu two or three Weeks.
Hitter criticism has been aicpusid  in
hoeds,  which   received  an   Increase  of   Fi-eiich and  llelgiaii iiuarlers over tlie
Albany, N. Y.—Charles S. Whitman, fornier governor of New York stnte, was nunied by Senator George l'\ Thompson of Niagara ns one of those who attempted to Inlluence him In supporting the traction Increase fare bill  before the legislature.
Senator ThoiiipSdii, aiipeiirlng before the Senate .ludiclary ("<iiiiiiiittee. which U Investigating the $,"iO(),000 slush fund charge, said tlmt Uichard H. Hurke ol New York bad told hlni thnt tlie IJriidys, jthe Interboroiigh otikials. John B. StanchUeld, Morgan and "all of them" Would back him for governor and thnt there would be virtually no limit to the caiiipalgn fund and that up to $."iO(),000 coiikl be raised for him If he would support the Carsoii-llartin bill.
"You go buck to those people and say no suggestion of that kind can be made to ine," Semil.ir Thompson saiil he Instructed I'.nrke.
Burke testified that he never mailc any suggestion to Senator Thompson that he could ;.'i't the gci\ernorsblp nnd balking of half a million dollars for his campaign If he weuld support Uu bill.
I'.tirke asserted that as a matter ol fact Senator Thomp.son snId he wnnt ed to help the triuiioii peolde, and that It was at Thompson's own requi>.sl that he arranged to go with him ti. Sir Staiichtb'Id's offlce nnd also to sot Mr.  r.rady  ul  his  Fifth aveuue  house
Senator Thompson said that Burke had taken the bribe offer to hlni on Sirnday morning, Slarch 16, In hU riom In the Beiiubllcan Club In New York. Op Satunhiy, March iJW, Sena tor Thompson said, he wn.-? asked tc go lo the .St. Regis In New York, wlieri he lunclied with Mr. Whltiulln. The.\ talked nbont law business, nnd then politics, and the former governor lohl Senator Thompson thnt he was "th< only upstate figure" who could be nominated  for governor next year.
Heniitor Thompson said thnt latei U. the course of the lunch Goveriioi Whitman '•onflded to him tlint Theo dore P. Shont.i bad asked him to talk with the senator "in relation to tlu fiirson-Miirtln   bill."
"lie wanted me to vote for It," Si'ii- ulor Thompson  udded.
Senator Thompson mnde It pinlu to the Committee that he did not think there was anything wrong In what Mr. Whltiiiun himself said to him, but thin "If the sumo man sent Burke that sent Whiiman the whole thing was sinis¬ ter"
n-ioit lj'70,(XMi.()0<l in wages under the i Adiiirison net In 1910 and a further In- croa/te of about .SlW.OJtJ.UOO last sum¬ mer on the basis of the recommenda¬ tions iilade by the Lnne Board to for¬ mer Director Genernl  Mc.Xdoo.
Under war ojieratlons of the rail¬ roads by tho government tbe wage In¬ creases to railway employees have added 3!',l 10,000," KJO to the pnyrds, Willie the railroad companies them¬ selves In M))n and 1017 rahsed wages by ,«.'!.")O,(X)0,00O. making a total wage increase of .'?l,2i;o,0OO,0iK} in three years.     In   tlu;   last    three   years   the
The concerts  were given under the   wage    Increases    granted    have    more
auspices of the Boy bcouts. Troop No. 1, Ihe proceeds which amount lo *67,UU, ¦are to be us'd lo Ueiray ex¬ penses to'ward au ouiiug for the scouts this summer.
It is the wish ot the p*tblic that au engagement witli liie swiss iJell liiugers cau agiiu bo arraugea iu the uear future.
than absorbed nil the additional reve¬ nues obtained from higher rates (iiarged for freight und passenger trafllc. The Interstate Commerce Commission allowed the rallmnd companies to Increase rates In 101'i j and 1917 by upward of §100,000,- J 000 a year.    The government Inst yonr   »-
choosing  of  Geneva   as  the capital of tlie League of Nations.
Major General Scott was relieved of  command  of  Camp   Uix.
Herbert C. Hoover has asked Dr Fridtjof Naiiseu to look Into the pos¬ sibility of feeding Russia ou condition that hostilities cease througlumt the country.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas llalg. In bis report on British operations dur¬ ing the war, declared that victory was won by the ceaseless altrltlon of the enemy for two years by the rilles and bayonets of the infantry.
The   Weimar  government   gradually Is losing ils prestige ami authority aud Is unable to Intervene to restore order tn  Bavaria, g ^ )»
-our ana a Half Billions to Be Goal Sought by Nation¬ al Committee.
INTEREST RATE4"4 PERCENT.
Four   Year   Notes,   With   Right   to   Re deem   Them   in   Three,   to   Be   Is¬ sued—Total    Is    Less    Than Financiers   Expected.
A regular stated  meeting of Towi, founcil   wa.'^  held     this     7th    day o .\prii,   19 19.  in  the Council  cham"be at 8; 00 o'(.lock 1'. .M.     Members pres ent:   .Messrsc.   Lindenmoyer.   Starner I,' opold. Welty. Kleppinger, Hartzell, and   Gano;   members  ai>»bct:   Messrs. Yeisley and  Werkheiser.     The Presi¬ dent .Mr. Gano presided.
The minutes of the regular stated meting held .March 3rd. 1919 were reid an,i tlii.-re being no objections, approved.
On inoLion of .Mr. Leopold, second-
I'd  by ,Mr.   Welty,  the  following bills
were ordered to be paid as rt-ad.
Jerbme Bonstein |
John   Snyder	
John    Snyder    ....
\'ig.   Ho.se  Co.      	
Frank Wunderly	
j .N'az.   .Moravian  Cong	
Terms  of  Ihe  Vlctor> , Alvin    W<;rner. ...
I   |,y   f^,.,.. ; Frank    Messinger..
4,"    '„„, i"- T-   Vannatta	
Amount. '   , 1  ,,    .    „,   ,,
(iamewe 1 F. A   T  < '<
I'enna. U. Co ...
Kern Ai Sanleee
C.   F.   Fehnel	
Clarence    Everett   .
H. D. Kutz      .
H.  E.   Venter. .
J'lS.    Hoch ......
-N'az.    Item	
Blue Mt. W.  Co.. . •
Sup.   Pay   Roll      ...
S.   J.   Gregory	
E   J.   Ciiangst.....
Frank    Huth . .
U   G.   .Mtemose
.Vaz.  .N'tl.   Hank ....
On  motion  of Mr.
by   .Mr;   Kb-ppinger.
from the Maloney Oil M'g. Co.. Slate
looked   '^®" Electric St. Ry Co., Northampto
EMILiAuO   ZA;'ATA.
Noted   Outlaw   U   Slain by   Carran.TJi'8   Soldiers.
Wnshlngton Lilierty   Loiiu   are   aiinounc. rotary    Glass.      They    are: ."^l.'iOK.ooo.oiH),   oversubscrij)tlons   to  be rejected.     Interest,   4%   per   cent,   for partially lax exempt   notes convertible into   ;{%   per   cent,   notes   uliully   tax exempt.     .Maturity    four   years,   with the treasury reserving tln' privilege of reib.-emlng Ihe notes  in   three years.
The 4% per cent, securities are to be exemiit from state un<l local taxa¬ tion, excepting estate und Inheritance luxes, anil fmm iioriiiul rates of fed¬ eral income taxes. The ti^t per cent, securities are exemjit from nil federal, state and local taxes except estate and inheritance taxes.
The size of the loan wns much smaller thiiu had been anthipnted by most   tinancial   ob.servefs,   win
90 00 i 67 .''jO 11'.50 ' 00.OO, 15.00 ' 25.00 '
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11.30 :
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4..:;4
50:;.88
4.31
I 2..00 190.00 L'O.OO 1 1 25 r,.2.1 I 4.75 ; i 70.00 321.45 4 76 ' 1.67 '
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W'elt.v. seconded communications
• »(-neral Zapata, ibe noted Mexican reiiel chief, is iraiiped and killed In bin iiio;:ntain retreat in southern Mexico iiy   Mexb-aii   irnopH,
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iiaU.S.SGL2l[RSWERE BLINDED IN CONFLICT
for an issue of abi.iit !?G,ikm»,O0O.O00, liartlculurly In view of Secretary Glass" past statements that tlie loan would  be five or six  billions.
This will be the hist Liberty Loan, Secretary Glass explained, althieigh there   will   be  other  Issues  of  govern-
Tra<tion Co., Lehigh Valley Transit <'o., Ea.ston Transit Co., City of Ai¬ lentown Department of Public Prop erty, and the Barrett Company, wer'- read and ordered placed on file
The President also had r. art a le'- ter from the Bureau of .Municipalitiea in   regard  to  having     permanent  im-
War Risk Insurance Bureau Out¬ lines Methods of Disbursing Benefit Funds.
WASHINGTON
ment securities to finance belated war prov. ments made before the con-tri/c- expenses. These will not be floated tion of permanent thoroughfar-s was i by  popular  camiiai;;iis. st-trted   in   any   municipality   desiring
.None of the past  Issues of Liberty  State aid.     The Secretary was reques- IioikIs    are    convertible    Into    Victory  1 J to ha ve t his let ter published iu the
ULACK.M.VlLKlt THUE.VTiiXS .M.\.\  WriU UKA'l'll
CON KKSSED
U lial purports to be oue most diriiig blackmailing allempla iu the cinuiual annals ul Bucks couu- ly was frustrated by Police Chief Hairy Itiioads, oi yuukerlowu, lu ar¬ resting -Muyuard Campbell, Is yours old, ol Duriiam i'uruuce, 12 miles east ol (.^uiherlowu. Campbell cou- I lessea to seudiug two letters to Wil- I liaiu Cressman, a wealthy r>al usluie lowuer of Durham, demaudiug that ^i4UUU be lell al the oil tanks ou the night of April 4. Failure lo do so would meau death lu him aud two graudsous, Marcus, aged iu, aud llaymoud,  V, Cressmau was warned.
iie received Iho last letter post¬ marked Easiou, April 3, in which the writer     said:      "iou     have   lots     ot
added more than $1,000,0(X),000. The total rnte Increases are nccordlngly upwnrd of $1,100,000,000, while the wage Incrensea nre $l,20it.O<X),tX)0. ' Increase<l cost of ceal, steel, and of the ' """'¦¦ niaterlals consumed by the rail- ronds Is not provided for In the high¬ er trnflic rates, nnd It Is for this rea¬ son that the Uallroad Artmlnlstrntloti Is declared to be now facing Inrge monthly operating deficits nnd Is try¬ ing to reducMj Its cost for mntertals The rallroarls Corsume a quarter of all the coal that is mined In the coun¬ try. The ciTiil bin of the railroads ts now $470,000,000, an Increa.se of $2.'.0,- 000,000 a year.
Adding the Increased cost of mute- rlols to the advance In wages then' has been a total Increase In rnllrnad iipernting expense In three years of .S1,7,'')0.(KK),OU<) lis against aggregate In¬ creases In rates of a])proxlmntely $1,- 2(KJ.(H)0,0()0.     Incren.sed   labor  and  nm-
luuuey aud you must leave  4uuu be
Iweou  the second  aud  third rows  at terlal cost hnve, therefore, outrun  thp
the oil lauk, uear Durham Church, or Increased  freight  nnd  passenger rates
you will ue killed.     il you make this by   $.-,,-0,(HX),0<K).     The   way   In   wiilcb
DEBS  ENTERS  PRISON.
Declares    His    Spirit    Untamed,    His Soul Uncor.quered.
-Moundsvllle, W. Va.-Kugeiie V. l>ebs, formerly So(iall8t candidate for President, entered the West Virginia penltjjutlary here Sunday, and begun serving his ten year senlcnce ftir vio¬ lation  of  I hi-  EspiouaKe act.*
Ah ilip prisoner gtocMl In the door ^vay uf the penitentiary he said :
"I enter the prison door a tlamliig revolutionist, my bead unbent, my spirit   untamed,   soul   unconquerable."
DEATH   RATE   SLACKENS.
Mortality    Among    Our    Soldiers    On Steady Decline.
Washlngf.pii,      Salilnlay.   -Pontlnned declliii;   lu   tile   prevalence   of   serious disease  at   home   ;   d   abroad   la   an nounced   1^'   tbe  surgoon   gpueml   for the week ending  April  I'J.
The death rate from disease Id the Uulted States dropped from 7.8 per tliounnnd per year to 7.8 and In the overseas forces from 7.0 to 50. The iniijirity of the deaths resulted fr«Bi Otiemuonlu and tuberculosis.
letter public il will moiu death  auy- I way."     On the bottom ol the missive was  the  uolaliou;      "Every  step  you I take  is   being   watched."
Chief  Ithuudes  was    uoliUeU     and .Ipou caielul  luvusligaliuu decided  lo I secret himselt al lUe spot uusiguaieu [us where Ihe uiouey  \\ as lo be placed, I but uo oue aijpeareu,  and  it  was  oc- jlie'. ed Iho  woulduo  blackmauers had an   iukliug  ol   the  ucliou   ol   Ihe   au- Ihorilies  aud  kept  uuder     cover.     A ; second  letter   mailed     trom     Euslou, April S, Uemauded that jiJoUU be pla- j ced al the same spot bolore April i-- j Death ag'iin was ihrialeued lo Cress- man, ana  il   was added that his two [graua:^ous would bo    drowued    if  hu j tailed lo comply.     Eacu    letter    was I signed   Commillee,   aud   poorly   wril- j leu.
I      iihoades was agaiu     uoliued,     and ! together   wilU   Fhjyd     and     Clareuce : Uiegi 1, ol Durham, hid iu the uuder- ¦ buiah  uear   ihe   lauK.a.     Toward   mid- I ui^hl a  person     appeared.      iClioades I opeued  hre ami  gavo cliiso.      iu     Iho mooulight the llieg< 1 brothers lueuli- , iied CuuipUell, a ueigubor, as llie per¬ son  Ihey  chased,    but  ho    got  away, iiiioaues  arrusled     Campbo-l     iu   hia home iu bed several uuurs later.     Ho siuully denied  his guilt,  but sweated by Uhoades ul Durbim Hill admilt< d he  was in  lUe  viciuily  ol  the  tuuks, aud huully couiessed.
ilo was bruughl to iho (Juakerlowa police slaliou aud giveu a heanug be¬ fore Ju.slice i uuk, uud was cummilled lo Jail al Duyleslowu lor iml al lUe uext urm oi Crimiuai Court, it is believed others may be implicated iu iho plul, and oluer arresls may lol- luw. Thu postal authorities also havo beeu uotihed.
the railroad payroll ha.s grown may be shown .is follows :
rayrcil In HUT (the last year of prl- [vale   op'ration),   $1,7,">0,0(H),0(J0.
Animul basis .January 1, 1H18, when 111©- government took over the roads. $2.0<)<),(KK),tX)0.
Payroll In 11)18, $2,7OO.0(KI.(Hm). The year's Increase of .$1.IXK».(KK».(XHJ In the annual payroll basis is made up nf S'.no.iHHi.UOO In rates of wages and SSKMKlt'.*»«HI for additional men. Tbe incri'ase In the number of employees ¦ since 11)17 is upwiii*! of .'{(Hi.ooo.
The war lulvances in railroad wages may  be sliown  as   tnibiws:
To   trainmen    (Adam.son   eight   hmir ! law). .S:7l).iKK>.0O0;  to  otlur  employees. •T>280,UI<MK(0;    li.tal   advances   by   "com I punles,  .^.'..'lO.IMlO.tHKI.
War advances In wages by Uallroad .Vilmlnlstratlon, lUlS-U): First Cycle (Lane Wage Hoard)—T«> iiainmen, .-<lt«l.lMMI,()O0; to (Pthcr riiiployeeM. .•<:: 10,(HK),01K) ;   total   $4(K),UOtMHX).
.Second     Cycle     (Siipidemental     In-
j creases)—To    shopmen,    $JO(.».(Hhi.(HK» ;
lo  trackmen,  clerks, etc., .ViJOO.OUnOOO;
lo   telegraiibers,   agents,   elc,   Ji;4.'..tHK(,
I (UK);   to   traiiimeii    (.-Vpiil,   ll)U»),   «it>.'i.-
IMHI.IKK.I ;   total,   $.".|ll.(Hm.(KKI.
UuiMored in Wiisbiiiglon thai c.lher Secretary Uedlield or Direcior General of Kuilroads Uliies will resign us re¬ sult of steel price deadlock.
Militant sulTragisis will picket ihe ^\bite House for an extra session of Congress, believing extra session of Co'igress will result iu passage of the BulTrage amendment.
Miss Auuf Morgan announced her cottage In Versailles, meniloned as a residence for the German peace dele¬ gates, "will not lodge a Ilun."
Walker D. Hines, director general of railroads, announces a $<>.".000,000 wage increase for 40O,0O0 train ami engine men.
J. L. Ackersoii is appointed lo suc¬ ceed Charles I'iez in charge of ship construiiion for Ibi' Emergency lieel Corporation.
The government will lake out Jf-,- 50o,0(X) iiisiiraiice against ilai.iage from hall on the wheat crop sown in Kan Bus and Oklahoma.
American farmers are likely to se¬ cure a bl-proilt of ii^iaj.ooo.iHHi.ooo truui their lands and biilUling.s, uciordiiig to esllmules macle by the deparimeiit of agricultiirt' The      reports     showed
ploughed laml had incn-ased In \aliie 71 i>er cciil. since lHIO, most of the Increase having been made during Ibe war   years
-Nazareth Item
H<[]orts of Conimitt"es, Highway:—Mr Lindenmoyer re¬ ported Broad St. In a very poor con¬ dition due to work done by the Naza¬ reth Sewerage Co. The Secrettry was directed to request them to have saui.-   i],;t   HI      ;,!¦ ,;,.•:•     -!r.j;i.    a-   oi
Loan  notes,  und there are no specific
provisions In the terms of the Victory
issue    serving    directly    to    maintain
market   iPiices of  past   issues.
In    many   communities    the   selling
caiMpaign   already  has  begun   actively
¦vlthout    formal    acceptance    of    sub-
siription.s,  although   the  oHiclal  open-  xiie opening of' the gutte*r along'the ng  date  is  .\pril  -Jl.     Tb..  drive  will   pr.^p.rti,-.-    oi     Me.ssr.s.     Hroad     and ontinue  three  weeks,  until  .May 10.        Wambold  was ^liscuss.d and the mat- Terms of the Victory Issue may be  ter left In the hands of Meosrv. Leo- •ompared with the following terms of  pold  and  Lindenmoyer.     Tlie     ques
;iast IssiU's. tiui.  u:   :.'...:..,  .;.  .-.,;:r  :.-,   .\.;;. ^ ] ,..-,..,.;d
First   loan,   $2,000,000.oo<(,   3%   per  «ti'iie where    necessary    and    oiling
¦ ent.,   tax   exempt,  maturity  Do  years,   same   was discussed   and  left   in   the
Second kmn. ?3,000,0<X),000 offered, >4,C17,iKK(,(MK) subscribed. .$3,808,000,- iKK) ucceiited, 4 per ceiit., purtlally tax exempt,  niatuflty 2."  years.
hands of the Highway Committee for attention.
Pav. ment:—.Mr. Hartzell reported that some of the corners at tha in¬ tersection of .Main  St.  with  Ch.'.-.tnut
d
Thlnl    loan,   $,'i,00<J.ooo.O.XJ,    offered,  av-    ^nH vnWr« »  ^«r« l^,    . "^ <-i r-.-i«yio,».     .,1 . ..a    I 1 .   Ave., and North Sts. were missing and
.s4 1.b.0.H...MK. M,l,>,nbed and accept- .,, ,evera parties desired to p.r ed. 4',., per cent, partially tax exempt, down curb and gutfr on No Mai-, timtunty 10 years. gt, ^e fell that this should be atfend-
hourtb   loan,   .¦<«,(hjo,000.000   ofTered,   ed to.     On motion    of .Mr.     Hartzell si;.y;);;.oo^MHit)   subscribed   and   accept-   st'conded by Mr   Lindenmoyer,  it was, e«l, 4Vi per cent, partially tux exempt,   moved that our engineer replace the! with   special    conditional    exemptions   missing monuments al Chestnut Ave, ' I'or   past   Issues,   maturity   20 years.       -North and  High Stre.-ts     on  .Main  St. I
VICTOHV L,OA.V MEETl.NO.
A Victory Loan Meeting was held in the social rooms of tue V. .M. C. A. Nazareth, last Thursday evouiug The Committees o f .Nisky, Tatamy, New- burg, Stockertown aud Nazirelh who helped for the last drive were present aud stated thai they would serve in  this great drise
Although the drive will not begin uutil the April Zi, tho commiUees were organized and are getting ready  for actual  work.
The m«eting was opened by a pray(-r by Kev. F. W. Shaffer, pastor of  the  Heformed  Church  at  Tatamy.
UNIONS   PLAN   PROGRAM.
Paris Fears General  Labor Demonstra¬ tion on  May  1.
Paris.—-Tlie approach of May 1 Is arousing a certain uneasiness as re¬ gards tbe manner In which that day, long notable in i'.iiropeaii laUir annals. will be celebrated here. Some Pari¬ sians who ure leaving the city for the lOaster holidays Intend to pndong their stny until after the lirst of the month On the other hand, some visitors are expected from the Indusiri.il centers In ibe provinces to remain over the first in Purls.
At present the only thing known as to the probable scope of the program Is that tbe labor unions and the general labor federation are planning a demon stmt Ion whUh may take ?.he form of a -'etieral strike of nil labor for '24 hours or a limited strike of the same length which  would  leave the public servic^
Police:—Mr.  Leopold,  no  report.   •
Finance:—Mr.    Starner      reported ¦ bills amounting to  $1369.00     would' hiVe to be paid.     On motion    of .Mr. | Leopold, seionded by Mr   Hartzell. it was moved that  note due on the  7tn Tnstant   for  IKiOD.OO  be renewed   for a  period  of  90 days and  a  new  note 'or $1400 00 be drawn  up tor a per¬ iod of 90 days to talte care ffi current bills
Fire:- Mr. Kleppinger, reported progress.
Light:—Mr. Welty stated that lights were out qirite frequently in •different parts of the town and tha- he thought the citizens could help th- situation very much It they would immedia^'.y call his attention to th- fact or report the matter to Fr.-ink Huth's ofTlco  .
L-»w:. Mr Yeisley being absent no report was made. The Solicitor was furnisheil with a copy of the agree¬ ment executed -with the N'azareth Foundry & Machine Co., covering us- of Borough Property in order that a new-  agreement     could  be     made  irp
Washington.—There were but 125 I cases of total blindness and less than j 4.0OO amputations in the A-Jierlcan ' tones engaged in the wai. It Is stated I sy the P.ureau of War Uisk Iukup- ; .nice, in un announiemeiit concerning j ;he    bureau's    activity    In    supplying
• riippled soldiers and sailors w-lth ar- [liicial   llmlis  and   in  otherwise   caring
for   the   wounded   nnd   disabled.     Not
¦ ¦ven nil of the 12." cases of total I blindness citeii, it is stated, have yet ' iieen declared as permanent t>y the I medical ofilcers in charge. Kelative : to amputations lUniul  is made, on the
authority of Surgeon-Gen.  Ireland and «^'ol.  Charles   E.  P.anks.   chief  medlc*l officer   of    the    Wur   Risk    Insurance, 'hat   there   were   any   cases   In   which • men  lost  !(otb  arms and  both  legs.       I There have been  more than  r>O0 ar-l tiflcial limbs furnished. I
"Tlioii   being   di>ebarged   from   Uar I'eiiartment hospitals as unlit  for fur- lier service all  men  disabled as a  re- -ult   of   iniury, ig  diseu.se   suffered   in iiie of (.uty-are ftiiWed to the benefits War   Uis)    liisuralice  act.'"   the ¦ •nt   sa>s      -'If   their   condition ¦ iiiaiids   fun ber   tre.i:iiient   they      re milled TO nieiij.-iil atieiitlon In oue of a   Inr;. . f  hospitals  now  \t^
ng   e- ;   througlumt   the   ooun-
ry. to be oiu-rated by the Pnbll* Health Service If a man is diMubled 'ut his oomliilon needs no further leiiicul attention, he muy secure from he Bureau of War Risk Insurance a monthly com|ieiisa!io!i. Medii-ul ex¬ perts of tbe bureou mnke examina¬ tions of all who apply for compensa¬ tion, and rate their (thyslcul coiidl- tni,.   present    and   ).olentlul.   and   de-
¦ !: iiiif    tbe    perceiiiage   of    handicap whiih   each   suffers  as  a   w-nge-earner
nn nitlmnfum from the working cikscs to the bour¬ geois.
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Burgess  .Morris  Fortuin  then  gave i In operation.    Some of the newspapers   whi<h would  meet  with  the approv a short  address asking  tor co-opera-I express  exiH-ctatlona  that   Mav  1   will   of 'he Chief  Burgess lion   throughout     the   drive     slat mg ^ witne..s   s.une   f,,rm   of that    without   cooperation   this   loan ' would  bo a  failure. |
Judge Fox,  of Easton,     was    then i introduced    as    the sp'aker    of the
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WORLD'S   NEWS   IN CONDENSED   FORM
Will I'loUated.
The will 01 the lalo Kmuuuel F. Vouler, ot Nazurolh, was put ou pro- b'ile last week. Ho bequoaihed lo each ot his two grand sous, Samuel and Paul iielluer, o f UloomUold, N. J., uud tho bilance of his estate to his wife aud after her death it is lo come into the pussusBiou of his daughter Mra. Uev. Frauz Zelluor, of Bloou- lield, .N. J. It is estimated that the esfite is worth about  16,0UU. The deceased was engaged in the tinsmith and stove buwinesa iu Nazaroth for mauy years.
Tendered A Serenade On Her 76tJ» UlrthdHy.
The male cnorus of the Moravian Church last Wednesday evening gav,. % serenade lo .Mrs Mary Lowry, of Keadlug. who is visiting at the home of K. C. Kern, corner Contro and Broad Streets. Uefreshments, con¬ sisting of ice cream and sugar cake •erred      The    affair |
BUENOS AIRES. — A British alr- jilane manufacturing comiiany luis asked Ihe .\i-geniliu. goveiiiment for a concession for an aerial mall servic^'. The company. It Is said. Intends to make Uuenos Aires the headipiarters of n mull service which will touch nil llie rejitd'llcH In South .Vmerb-a.
WASHINGTON.—Miss Lily Helen Harper has apiiUeil for miturallzatloii here, the fust yeow-oman In the navy to take Hilvaiitage of the opportunity created by the war penultting aliens to become citizens without the long wait neci'ssary for those not In the mllltnry service.    She Is a Canndlnii.
PARIS. — Dr. Nansen, Norwegian food authorlly, and Herbert C. Hoover tell Council of Four 2'X),0(K) pel sons starve to death monihly in Soviet Rus¬ sia nnd thnt not n child less than two years old Is left alive lu Petrogrnd.
LONDON.— Rioting has occurred at Danzig and 2ii.oO<) factory workers have struck ; Xo persons were killed al DuBseldorf In Spartacnn outbreaks; workmen In 37 German low-ns struck and demanded • soviet government.
JERUSALEM.—The British authoH. lies In  I'ab'silne are bringing to  trial
evening.
In the address Judge Fox brought out some facts pertaining to this great drive and also brought out some of the arguments which might confront tho workers in this drive Mauy of the people will think be¬ cause the war is over there is no moro reason to care and no more need for mouey but this is the wrong idea, the manirfacturing of ammu¬ nitions, etc., which the government has contracted must be piid for, and rot only this must be paid but the many soldiers who will remain 'over there" must be paid and clothed, this will take some money. |
Last   July   France   was  at   its  low- ' »»bb  rtiiaiicially and  we loaned    them some   mouey.     That    France   was   in ' this   low-ebb   hardly     nobody     knew and had ye not helped France at that time  we might  be still  sending  over troops and many would be aacriflcing j their  lives.
He also stated  that  he hoped  tha^ no  true  American     would     let  petty political   differences   fall   In   his   way | and   keep  him     from    subscribing to ] tho Victory Loans.
PITH    OF    THE VICTORY    NEWS
At a spoc'.il meeting of the State Cou v ell it was reported that a m.igniflcent site on the shore of L.ike Geneva and facing Mont Bl.inc hi.is been chosen for the building which in future will be the capitol of the League of Na¬ tions. Residents of the city are re¬ joicing over the decision ot the com¬ mission on the League of Nations at Paris. The decision has greatly en hanced the popularity of President Wilson and America In the Alpine republic.
A credit of $20,000,000 In favor of Eng. land wab established by the treasury department.
William T. Ellis, In a special cable dis-
Proo," ty     -N'o   -ep   rt New Business.
On motion of Mr Lindenmoyer seci>nded by Mr Kleppinger. it waa moved that the Treasurer be author¬ ized to pay Mr. W E. Beck of the Firemen's Relief .-Vssociation $100 -ii which he received from the Insur¬ ance Departni.'Dt of Penna.
The Treasurer    reported     the  fol¬ lowing   amounts     recoived   by      him during the month of March Wm.   P   (^lano,  fine. ..... i        :' on
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Note   discounted 1 200.00
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On motion of Mr   Hartzell, ed   by   Mr.   Kleppinger.   the adjourned at  10:00 o'c'-^ck P
2000 no 80 00 100.on 100.00 100.00 2000 00 second meeting M Clarence~F   Fehn.-I, Secretary'
K<-turn<.d   From  The  South.
W W Moon, who spent s.'vera! months with John A Miller and fa- patch from Cairo, gives a vivid de- mlly at Georgetown. South Carolina, •criptlon ot the renewed Egyptian returned home last we. k. having ac riots which were directed against the companit^fl James Grubb. from the Armenians and  In  which  38  persons   South,  who  had  b^'n to Georgetown
left to Cardinal Gibbons under the will of Thoimis O .Neill. H weulthy mer¬ chant. .Another million d<dlurs Is be- i|uent)ieil   for   :    ' - i   to   be   nuin-
aged   by   the   . ud   Protesiantl
ministers.     Mr.   <i n.h;   specified   tliatf ihe  liosjiltal   !s  not   to  bear  his  nai'.- I The liiri;e store of the Inte merchant Is left to his eiiitiloye«'s t
SUCCESS   ATTENDS   ALLIES.        *
They   Force   Fighting  With   Bolshevist! In   Russia. London    -Will     olli. e    reports    fron» Murmansk   sa.\    ili.u   with   ii   view    to fort^stnlling  a   l'.ol<lievist   attacir   Gen¬ eral   Miiynard.   e,,iiiiiciiidirig  tbe  allied troops,     siici-essfiiily     attacked     vilth small   fories   WH^ofei-o.   twi-nty   miles I south   of   Segola    on    .\prll    11       The allb'H    took    prisoners    nnd    •¦nptiired tbrt.e guns and oilier material, luelud- Ing  T,(X)0  shells      lift.v   o(  the en< lOf wen»  killed
MEAT  PRICES TO  STAY   HIGH.
•wert killed and  100 wounJed.
and colTee was    -«.             ,
w«s a .'•urprise to Mrs. Lowry, who on
that day celebrtted her 7<ih birthday   Turks accused uf atrocities during tbe
anniversary. war
He said  that  he v as sure that  the i Washington officials strongly favor the people of Nazareth  c«n  put thru the       ,,.n„".i„„    „,    u.rK—   >>     u loan and though    the last loan     was       '"?""« ?».    .It    .       u    °''"" hampered     by the    epidemic     which '     J^'**  **"*   Bolshevlkl  be  fought  with swept  over this  s.'ctlon of the coun- |     'O*"-
try  the  Nazareth   people  wil!  greatly , Joe«Phus   Daniels  delivers  an   address exceed   their  quota     in  the     Victory Loan.
The meeting was closed br singing one verse of "America" after which Rav. Schaffer pronounced the bene¬ diction.
Mr. Mool before    leaving the    South sent a d^en smaft    arP^Pss    trees to ' the FordBfry'T'tVflnnittee of the  Mora vian Church whifth will be planted In the Moravian woods
at  the   unveiling   of   a   tablet   at   the •Its of Thomas Jett-rson's residence
"«Joo<J  Itonds"  Meeting
There will be a "Good Road" tnecl
Ing  at   Cross  Roads.   Saturdav   Ever
In  Paris,  under the  auspices of the   Ing. April  19. at  8 P   M      Some ioo,
O-'oraeas   Alu/nnl  of  the   Unlvsrslty ! speakers   will   be there  and   It   Is  -x
of Vlpglnla. j pectel     that     there  will     be  a  larg.
meeting
Packers Say Present Scale Will R*. main Indefinitely. Chicago.—The American Meat Pack* ' ers' Association In a statement regard- ' Ing prices and their probable trend d» : cinred that [iresent (irtces of meats ! woubl continue Indefinitely and may go higher. The w-nr has decreased by one-half the supply of liteatock 1b western and central Buro[K>. and tb« I brunt of replacing this must be bom* by tbe Cnlted Htates, South America : and Australia