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NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 1918
NO. J8
OERMAN BOLT
bevikw op war |
IjIhts a<;iiii:vkmknts
ov ARMY AND NAVY.
Aunt Chloe's Minstrels   Introductory Overture
\
mum DRIVE i
Cannot Sustain New Ottcnsive for
Months, Army Men
Think
Germany cannot sustalti another lerious olTeuslvo on tlie western front lor wcfks and possibly monfhs. Higli army oflloers In tho American, ^Frenili anil British armies r,ow in WasliiiiRton expressed this opinlcTu Tuesil.ay after reading tho latest re¬ ports from the Picardy baltletront. j • The Gorman reserves have been ex-' baustcd, they say, nnd General Fooh ^ maintains all of his reserves are not only iiitacl, but that they have not yet been thrown into battle. That it tho nason, these ofllcers say, that Genrr.il Ferdinand Foch so confi¬ dently declares: "Amiens will not fall. I am prepared to guarantee that."
The   very   latest   information   re¬ ceived here shows that tho German reserve behind the linos has criimbled from   ninety-seven   divisions   to   les.s! than thirty.       The    Germans  again | are  diKKing   in   at   many   points   in ; picardy.    They also aro plainly ap-1 prehenslve,   tho   reports   show,   that the    Araerican-AnRlo-French    forces! will   themselves   initiate   a  drive  at gome other point on the line rather than to  attempt a  counter-offensive over the shoU-forn  fields and woods Of   Picardy.     Such   an   effort   would be a strain  on  the  Germans which would tost thoir resources to the ut¬ most,   tho  military experts here  de-' Clare.   ¦
The next fortnight may see some very important moves on tho part of Oeneral Foch. He has several pos- glblo movements, any one of which would result in material advantage to tho  Entente,
Tho Allies are now replenishing their stores of big guns and muni¬ tions, and as soon as that task is ao- complished will be ready to strike, and strike hard. General HaigV, decimated forces, who bore the brunt of the German offensive so gai'antly. are being refilled with replacement troops from England.
Tho Americans first army is the one that has passed under the control of General Forch. It is commanded now by a major general who has won his laurels already and who is slated to be tho first lieutenant of the Uni¬ ted States of tho present war. Until his name has been sent to the Senate however it Is impossible to hint at his Identity. I
The first army is a real material | flghting force. It Is well trained and is mado up of regular units fll¬ led to war strength by men selected from the National Army and certain divisions of the National Guard.
Tho following statements are from tho Official Review of the First Year of War, mado public by the Commit¬ tee on Public Information:
Total estimated expense of the United States Government In tho flrst year ot war, without loans to the allies. Is $12,067,278,679.07.
During tho first year of war tho United States Army has increased in actual strength from 9,521 officers and 202,510 enlisted men to 123,801 offlcers and 1,52S,924 enlisted men. Strength of the Navy to-day Is nearly 21,000 offlcers and 330,000 enlisted men; strength a year ago was 4,792 offlcers and 77,94G enlisted men. Tho total number of persons no?.- in tho Naval Establiahment exceeds 42.';,000.
Tho flrst contingent of the expedi¬ tionary forces landed safely at a French port 88 days after war was declared. American troops went on tho line for their baptism of fire 187 days after war was decl.ired.
Nearly 73,000 mechanics and other civilian employees are working at navy yards and stations.
Moro than 700 privately owned vessels have boon purchased or eh nrt ored by the Navy.
Some 300 woolen mills are work¬ ing on Army contracts.
Over 20,000,000 pairs of shoes havo been ordered for the Army'
Treasury Department floated .$6,- 616,532,300 subscriptions to Liberty bonds. i
Loans to a total of $3,882,900,000 j had  been  made  to  cobilligercnt na¬ tions to end of 1917. I ______
Total weight of steel thrown by a ' singlo   broadside   from   tho   Pennsyl-   AlIRt   ChJOCS'   MiPStrelS   at  the   ¥. M. vania to-day is 17,508 pounds; maxi¬ mum  broadside of largest ship  dur¬ ing    Spanish-American       War    was 5,660 pounds.
Two weeks after war was declared contracts had been made covering tho ronuirements ot an Army of 1,000,000 men, this material com¬ prising S.'70O,000 Items.
More than 11,000 manufacturers bid for Navy husiness.
Total     deaths  in  the
£isJe
Mmm
Mal he
GUN DIVISION OK
nURKAU OF ORDNANCE MAY
SPEND $2,000,000,000.
A summary of the work of the Oun Division of tho Bureau of Ordnance shows it has been necessary to equip 16 large plants for manufacture ot mobile artillery cannon, program of the Gun Division calls for an expenditure ot nearly |2,000,000,- j 000. I
The major projects have lnclud>'d: ' Construction of smokeless powder plants    in faco    of the    necsslly of doubling the present output.    These are now underway.
Expenditure of approximately $40, 000,000 for plant facilities to manu¬ facture artillery cannon, with an es¬ timate that $300,000,000 will be spont for cannon aloni; within two '- years after tho beginning of the war. Preparations for tho erection of plants to extract toluol from tho il-, luminating gas being furnished ciiie.s by private gas companies. '
Conservation of the supply ot am¬ monium  nitrate and  acids and  con¬ struction  at Government expensi; of , a plant tor the fixation of nitrogen j and its final conversion into ammonl- I um nitrate.
I      Construction,  now  undertaken,  ot
! a gas fllling plant to cost approxirna-
tely  11,500,000  and  flve large shell
filling plants with a total cost ot ?25,-
000,000.
GAMBLING INFORMER SHOT lOEW YORK
The T.ta! Suspect Identified by Negro Boy, Ta¬
ken fnio Custody   Three Bullets in His Body.
LADIES'MINSTRELS A BIG SUCCESS
C. A. Auditorium Better Than Ever.
.VAZARETH IJOV  I.V.IURED
WITH  DYNAMITE.
BIG THANSI'OUT  CELTIC
SAVED  DESPITE WOUND
FROM  U-BOAT.
Vivid evidence of tho high stand¬ ard of the productions this season at tho Y. M. C. A. auditorium was afforded by tho presentation last evening of "Aunt Chloe's Minstrels" tho entertainment In which i.raeti- Army from <''iHy *!•« same cast which played a ApriY 6, 1917, to March 14, for air fow years ago heads the prokent ag- eauses, was reported bv The Adjutant gregation with fresh and appropriate General's Office to bo 1,191.     Of this ¦ settings  and  scenery,  skillful  acting
The big White Star Line steam ship Celtic, which was torpedoed a day or two ai;o while on a voyage to the Uuited States, is reported to havo reached a Uritish port stately. The White Star Line Tuesday reeeived a cable  message reading:
"Celtic safe." This was taken to mean that the Celtic had roturned to her port of departure, or some other Britisli   port.
Information that the Celtic had been   a   victim   of  submarine   ottack
GERMAN PHONE WIRES TAPPED BY AMERICANS
Ground Sets Enable Force to "Listen in" and Communication is Thus Made Useless.
Attaching an electric battery to a dynamite blasting cartrldga to flnd If it w(>fild make a contract, Theo¬ dore K. Shafer, the sixteen year old son of Mrs. El'en Shaefer, of Soutii Whitfield Street, Nazareth, Monday afternoon received severe lacerations in the palm of his left hand, and cuts on his face, and on his lett leg trom the knee on down when tho cartridge exploded. He was attended by Dr. Victor Koch, of Nazareth and then sent tojftie Easton Hospital for treat¬ ment^
The boy did not know that he was using a dynamite cartridge He Is a member of the Nazareth Boy Scouts
The .American forces Tuestl^iy ob¬ tained accurate information tliat tho work of their    intelligence    depart- ,     ,  -,      ,        ,    . ,  .   .,     ment  has  been  so  effectivo that  the
was reeeived Monday,_but no 'In^taU.s   ^.^^^^^   ^^^^^^   ^^   telephonic   com-   and on a hike near the Penn Allen
munication in advance support posi-   cement  plant,   Bath,   the  oUier   day,
tions is virtually useless.    The Boche   he picked up three ot the dynamite   was near when Cohen was shot, but
positions    are "tapped"    by ground   cartridges.     They  wero  "Y"  shaped   the police declare that he Is Identi
were sont othor than that efforts wero being made to save hor from sinking. That theso efforts were evidently successful was welcome news,  as  it  me^nt  that  one  ot  the
Several hours before the District Attorney's ofllce was to have been informed by Harry Cohen, also known as "Harry the Yot," ot the name of the "man higher up" in the Ijrosocutor's anti-gambling crusade, Cohen was .shot and killed at 6.30 o'clock Monday morning at New Vork. District Attorney Swann Im¬ mediately ordered tha apprehension of Sam Schepps, who was one ot tha prosecutor's star witness against ¦ Charles Becker, the police lieuten¬ ant who was executed for the mur¬ der of Herman Rosenthal, gambler, in 1912.
A man. Identified as the slayer ot Cohen, was brought to the detective bureau. His identification waa made by Joseph Bdney, ths negro elevator operator In the apartment house  where  the shooting occurred.
In giving his pedigree tho man said he was Morris Rothenberg and that he was a waiter and bartender. He denied that he was the principal in the killing of Cohen, or that he was implicated in the shooting. He was locked up, however, charged with homicide.
Schepps and two other men who were with him when the police visit¬ ed Schepps' jewelry ahop In Sixth Avenue wero taken Into custody a few hours after the shooting. They were hurried to the District Attor¬ ney's ofHce.
The police said that Schepps' placa established after the Rosenthal shoot¬ ing, and the convictions which re¬ sulted, has recently been under their observation.
Up to the time of his arrest, the District Attorney withheld tho rea¬ son for desiring Schepps' appear¬ ance.     It  wns  not  asserted   that  he
and  pleasing costuming afi'orded  an   biggest   transports   in   allied   servico
evening   of  highly   attractive   enter-1 was   still   available.    The   Celtic   is
talnment. la  vessel of  moro than  20,000   tons,
Tho   opening   scene   whieh   repre-i and her destruction would havu been
equivalent to the loss of a half-doz¬ en vessels such as ordinarily fall vlc-
number, 132 were reported as killod in action and 237 died or were lost at sea. Tho total number wounded In action wiis 404.     Thlrtv-five mon
havo been reported as missing; 28 ot i sented tho capitolat Washington with them are said to havo been "aptured.. tlie   "tun   makers"   perched   on   the
Casualties In  the Navy and  Marine i steps gavo a very striking and elab-!tim  to   tho  German   submarines Corps from April 6 to December 31, i orate effect. ttT».n„   !„„,,;„„   ^„„„,,o,i„„   „r
1917, include 5 naval offlcers and 139 ;     Mrs. S. Jeanette Silfios, as Interlo- enll.sted  men,    killed or    died from I fwter and the Misses Minnie George,
Molllo Wunderly,     Dorothy    Snyder
sets, by means of which the Ameri¬ cans listen in, and phone -onimunl- cation is useless for a depth of al¬ most two miles. The Germans aro obliged to rely exclusively on runners
on ono end. and  for this reason he fied  in the inquiry as a friend ot a
did  not  think  they were cartridges, woman, who, with the two men, was
Tho   explosion     occurred     in   the arrested last week upon Information
garret   ot   young   Shafer's   mr thers furnished by "Harry, the Yot." homo.    The dynamite exploded with       Cohen, according to Assistant Dls-
or dogs.    Great numbers of the war   a loud report, and the boy ran down-   trict Attorney James E.  Smith, had
THE LIBEKTV LOAN
.WD VOUR BUSINESS.
"What has the Liberty Loan to do do witli tho refrigeration business?" was a.sked by a subscriber In the fast¬ nesses of the Rocky Mountains ot tho editor of the Refrigeration World. The answer was sound and patriotic: "At this critical timo tho success or failure of the impending loan havo more to do with refrigeration than oven the machinery and chemi¬ cals used In producing refrigeration. If till' loan fails, everything else will fall with it. All busineas will event¬ ually 1)0 prostrated; nothing could thrive."
It is the business of every business and business man in the United States to see that the Liberty Loan does not fail. They should buy Liberty Bonds; thoy should encour¬ age and assist others to buy them. No business in the United States is going to succeed it tho Liberty Loan fails—if tho Nation falls.
It is better business to buy Liberty Bonds than to pay indemnities to a Tlotorious Germany; It is better busl- 8688 to win this war than to have our foreign commerce subject to the dictation of the Potsdam Govern¬ ment.
The welfare, the success, the pros- P«rlty, tho liberty, and the happiness Ot every true American is bound up In the Nation's success. We are not lighting alone for material interest, 'or annexations or Indemnities. We we fighting for freedom and justice and humanity and civilization. But we are also flghting for the mainte¬ nance ot our commercial rights, for the rights of our citizens ^o pursue |n9ir lawful journeys on the seas and transport their commerce to foreign markets.
It Is patriotic, and a duty, to buy Liberty Bonds. It Is also good bual- hess to do it.
wounds. No offlcer.g were reported as wounded in action, but 10 enlisted men wero so reported.
Government now operates 250,- 000 miles ot railway, employing 1,000.600 men and representing in¬ vestment ot ?17,500,000,000.
Bonds, certificates ot Indebtedness war-.'^avlngs certlflcates, and thrift stamps issued hv tho Treasury up to March 12 totaled  ?8.560,802,0,'>2.96.
Tho ITnited States Government had loaned to foreign Governments asso¬ ciated in the war on March 12, 1918, .?4.436.329.750.
To Mareh 12 tho War-Risk Insur¬ ance Bureau had issued policies for total nt $12,465,116,500 to l,ho armed forces.
Allotments and allowances to t 1- dlers' and sailors' dependents paid by the Government In Pebruary amounted to $19,976, 543.
Tho Ordnance Department manu¬ factures about 100,000 Items. One typo of gun with Its carriage n«s 7,990 parts, exclusive of accessories.
Por training troops in canton¬ ments 1,000,000,000 rounds ot am¬ munition havo been  bought.
Tho Navy has developed an Ameri¬ can mine believed to combine all the good points of various typos of mines, ! and is manufacturing them in quan- I titles.
Army medical training schools have been created with capacity cf i; 1.000 offlcers and men—15,000 en¬ listed men and 6,000 offlcers already trained and graduated.
Naval communication service opcr- ; ates all radio servico; 5,000 youths aro studying radiotelography at two naval schools. i Medical offlcers numbering 1,675 i aro members ot tho Medical Depart ; ment of the Navy
and Mrs. Elsio Houck, as ends, to¬ gether with the well trained chorus of girls all took their parts well and to credit any with special mtntlon wouhl be unjust, for all seemed in their "best" nnd they kept tho au¬ dience guessing as to what would follow. I
While lacking knowledge of the extent of the damage sustained -by tho Celtic, offlcers of the White Star Line felt confident she soon would bo In commission again.
I IRE  DESTROYS ALTi
FARM BUILDINGB.
Fire of unknown origin completely
destroyed  the barn, wagon shed and
corn crib with all Us contents on the
The opening overture, which con-! Charles  H.  Frace  farm,  at Thomas-
sisted entlrefy ot patriotic songs was well rendered as were also the solos, jokes and tunny sayings by tho ends, and they wero original too. "Aunt Maggies Will" was the title
burg on  Monday noon.
Mr. Frace was doing work about the house when he noticed smoke coming from the barn and before ho could call for any assistance the en-
dogs aro observable in tho vicinity of German listning and observation posts.
This delay in communication greatly hampers the work of the ene¬ my In cordinating artillery and in¬ fantry attacks.
Due to the poor quality of the ma¬ terials used, the Germans fall to overthrow much of the American conversation whon the> fry to cut in on American phone lines.
Despite shortage of raw ma¬ terials tho enemy is expending a groat aniount of mental in rcenfor- cing the barbed wiro entanglements opposing the Ameriean Toul front. The giant wire ia being Installed, at¬ tached to stakes which aro rooted deep  into the ground and large au
stairs and out Into the street, be- for several weeks been a secret In- wildered In his excitement. He was former, known to the under world bleeding profusely. The accident as a "stool pigeon." Cohen tele- happened in tho oldest house In Naz- ' phoned to the prosecutor some time areth. It was at one time owned ago and said he had been "trimmed and   occupied     by   the   late     Jacob   at a crooked wheel" In a hotel and
Roesch.
HE.VRI.VG OF SELLERSVILLE M.V.V   UNDER  FU.AUD   CHARGE.
ot the sketch and with Miss Minnie   tire barn was ablaze, and the flames   gor-like metal appliances beared In-
George starring as the principal, as¬ sisted by the entire company they seemed to keep the audience In a laughing mode.
The finale entitled "Our Boys In Camp" was enough to prove that our young ladies would make up a good company of soldiers to "do their bit" towards the Kaiser's army.
Tho performance will be repeated this (Thursday) evening, as ?dver- tlsed and a fow choice seats are still to be procured at Yeakel's drug store.
quickly spread to the other build¬ ings adjoining.
Tho dwelling house was ignited several times but a "bucket brigade" which was formed dono rei.iarkable work In savng the dwelling. All livo stock howover was saved.
Tho buildings are a total loss and are only partly covered by Insur¬ ance.
BOYS HAVE LEFT
FOR CAMP MEADE.
AMERICAN AR:MY RH^LE
SUPERIOR TO THAT USED
BY GERMAN TROOPS.
to the earth. Setting these stakes is virtually nolsless. Thera is none of the rattle of wooden stakes and mallets. The Germans ha^e been working hard on thoso entangle¬ ments for several dav&.
American patrol parties have dis¬ covered that several successive strands of electrified wire havd been installed on :he outer side of the entanglements and along the sld« nearest tho German trench'is. These are  equipped     with     a   new   device
Testimony was presented Tue.sday at Philadelphia, at the further hear¬ ing of the four Germau born offlclals of the United Stales Gauge Com¬ pany at Sellersville, Pa., charged with defrauding the federal govern¬ ment by supplying alleged defective gauges for the navy to the effect that two of the imperfect instru¬ ments exploded when retested Tho accused men are Fred Schubert, vice president and general manager of the company; Fred. Bieret, Georgo Schubert and Heinrichs, formerlv employed as foreman of the concern. Tho hearing will be continued Wed¬ nesday.
It developed at the hearing that tho United States Gauge Company was making the gauge for the Blatt Iron Works, of Dayton, Ohio, which held the contract from the govern¬ ment. Hugh Boyd, a sub-inspector, testified to making the Inspectif ns at
The following is a list of men who havo left for Camp Meade on Tues¬ day morning at 10 .\. M.
which   enables   a   sentry   to   send   a   the Sellersville plant and found  the   qj^
volunteered his services In helping in the gambling crusade.
.\galnst the advice of the Assist¬ ant Prosecutor, Cohen several times visited Mr. Smith's house openly with information which was consid¬ ered valuable. At daylight Monday morning Cohen telephoned to Mr. Smith asking him to meet him at Fifth Avenue and Thirty-sixth Street at 1.30 o'clock that afternoon.
"Be ready to hit the mob," said ."Harry, the Yot," alluding to the gamblers. "I've got the goods on the main man."
The next Mr. Smith heard, Cohen was dead with throe bullets In hia body. Hurrying to tho scene of the shooting, a hall lobby in the West Ninety-second Street apartment where Cohen lived, Mr. Smith was informed by Cohen's wife that Cohen was killed by a man unidentified at that time. A negro hall hoy fur¬ nished the police with a description of the slayer, whom he had pursued as far as Central Park, where the man mado his escape by boarding a car.     Cohen   was   thirty-eight   years
charge through them which gives off sparks and thus Inspect them trom a distance
American troops are armed with a faster flring and more accurate riflo than used by the Germans, ac¬ cording to our expert deslgnors, man¬ ufacturers, and marksmen says a statement by the Bureau of Ord¬ nance. One military critic and writer claims the German Mauser does not permit the most skilled user
gauges  he  exarained  up  to contract
specifications.     Another  witness,   an
employee  ot   the   company,   testifled
T-,"''T"'a/"vT"rnr'       l^'ie sreat drawback to the enemy   that the gauges were tampered with
frame btecKei, uor-   (,f tj,e system Is that a single Amerl-   while     the   inspector     was    absent.
can high explosive shell uproots the   BoyJ said the navy departmenc notI- „„„-.Hn^ Inotr.imftnt., for a base
wire,   effectively   kills   the   electr'cal   fled the Piatt Company regaraing in-   f„,X?    or furni,?    nistoTs    fo^l contact   and   necessitates   great   ex-   spection of the gauges at SoUersvllle   ho/P'tal,    or furnish    pistols    for a
Russel   Stout^ Wesley  KIshpaugh William Haves,  ^ ......^ k^.^v,.v^.,  ^^.        ... .        ,,..,.        ...
don   Moser.   Goorgo   Ebner,   Edward   l^'^°,!Pl•:.'?,^!,!.^^^*.,f°•!•e.^:™!^' Wllkle,  and   Norman  Davidson.
They lett on the 10 o'clock Beth
A\'H.AT YOUR LIBERTY
BONDS  Wn>L  ACrOMPTASH.
A $1,000 bond will  buy six case*
to get more than 50 per cent ot the
Navy maintains I firing speed  ot tho modified Enfli^ld
12,000 "hospital  beds and  5,000 are ; adopted for the United States rervice.
GLEE CI.UB COMING.
The Girla Glee Club of Albright Wllege, Myeratown Pa., will ren- "* a concert in Haman Memorial J^hurch on Waahlngton Street, on fhursday, April 11, at 8 P. M.
iQese girlB come to town under rt.f *"*P'<"'^8 of the Ladles' Aid So- °*ty of the United Evangelical ont h ¦ ^^^""ott tlckoU will be given J" Dy the members of the society. •Tieuds can also get them at Yeak- "• arug »tor« from Harvey J. Kline, *'•. after school hours.
'"DERAL LAND BANKS
lOAN »l8,0OO,OO0 TO FAR.MEIW IN  FEBKCAKT.
being added.
Of 6 3.203 candidates for officers' commissions at two officers" training camps 44,578 were successful, a third series is now in progress with 18,000 attendaiiCG.
During the year the latest type ot naval 16-lnch gun was completed lor our battleships; It throws a projec¬ tile weighing 2,100 pounds.
When war was declared, 123 naval vessels wero building or authori'.ed, and contracts have been placed since that tlmo for 949 vessels.
Before the war a total of 11,500,- , 000     had    been     appropriated    for i air   service.      Congress   has    made I $691,000,000 available    tor aircraft [ production In flrst yoar ot war. !      Over 20 large companies are maoa- i facturing  airplanes,   15   are  produc¬ ing engines, and moro th.'\n 400 are producing  spare  parts,     acceaaoriea, and supplies.
Naval training camps have a ca¬ pacity of 102,000 in summer, 94,000 men In winter.
In 16 cantonments 650,000,000 feet of lumber were used
The superiority claimed for the American weapon is supported on three counts: Quicker flring as a re¬ sult of bolt-handle design, easier and quicker sighting as a result ot sight design, greater accuracy ot bullet flight resulting from bullet design and greater mechanical accuracy of chamber and bore.
lehem car and when they reached nethlehem they participated In the parade there with the dratted men that left there. This parade was arranged by tho Yo Eddy Club who also presented the Nazareth boys with a full supply of tobacco, ciga¬ rettes and a pipe same as the Beth¬ lehem boys received from the club. The Nazareth branch of tho Red Cross presented each ot the boys with all tho knit articles necessary also a comfy kit.
repairs.
PALMIST HELD AS SPY
USE OP COAIi GAS
IN MOTOR VEinci.ES
INCREASES IN ENGIiAND.
GERMAN FACTORIES
MAKE WOODEN SOLES
FOR SHOES.
The use of gas as a substitute for : gasoline tor motor traction Is In¬ creasing In England. According to a report to the United States Depa-t- ment of Commerce about 4,600 com¬ mercial  vehicles  have  already  been
 TT^ I      .,   equipped to run on coal gas, with an
There are now 180 firms employed   estimated  saving ot gasoline of  3,- in  Germany  in  the  manufacture  of   OOO.OOO gallons a yoar. '
whole-wood soles for new footw-.ar ^.s a provision to maintain the sup- with an output of 400,000 p.iira pjy qj g^g in districts where it Is ur- weekly. Beech wood has been chief- ggntlv needed for national wor* an ly used, but any hardwood, with the order has been Issued undo' which exception of oak. will serve equally tho uso of gas manufactured or oup-^ well. -.   -  -
Ot the German boot and shoe fac¬ tories which wore in exlstame before tho war only 400 are now at work; ot theso 25 per cent are working for tho   army   administration   alone,   26
St. Clair Bishop, who operated at Charlotte, N. C. as a fortune teller, was remanded to jail Tuesday by a United States Commissiouor in de¬ fault of $5000 bond, to await ac¬ tions by a Federal Grand Jury on a charge of violating the Espionage act. Federal agents said they be¬ lieved Bishop sought to gain mili¬ tary information of value to the enemy trom the wives ot offlcers and men at Camp Greene, the Rtgular Army training station here, who came to him for palm readings.
Government    agents
as heresay.
FOREST FIRE LOSS IN
1917 F.AR LESS TH.VN
IN FOR.MER DRY YE.ARS.
penditure of labor by the enemy In   and when some ot them wore tested ^'^^J'°T>.^/'^Z'ri?,VJl\^^A^^^^^^^^
at the Piatt works two of fhem ex-       One thousand flve hundred dollars
ploded.   Injuring   two   men.     Boyd's °' I^iberty Bonds will  buy  a  motor
testimony   regarding   the   explosions ambulance,     or a motor    car  for  a
was ruled  out  by  the  commissioner   ™'1f^'°Vf"„^„^l.,-.„ u
Two $1,000 bonds will buy a mo¬ tor truck; three $1,000 bonds will buy rifles for a Field Artillery bat¬ tery, or supply horses for a Field Signal battalion.
Four $1,000 bonds will buy a tractor; five $1,000 bonds will buy one Liberty truck, or seven Lewis machine guns, or equip a rifle com¬ panv with rifles.
Six $1,000 bonds win buy a Liberty motor; seven $1,000 bonds one train¬ ing plane; nine $1,000 bonds one ob¬ servation balloon.
Ten thousand dollars of bonda will fully equip three hospital wards of 50 beds each, with all linen, clothing, and other necessaries, or buy six large wholesale sterilizing outfits, or six motor ambulances.
has operated In various parts of tho country under different names. When arrested he was said to havo had in his possession plans ->f a num¬ ber of army training camps, rail¬ road unctions and code books and writings  in German.
Losses from flres in national lor- esta last year amounted to $1,3^8,- 600, according to figures compiled by the Forest Service. While the loss was larger than for several years. it was unusually light considering tho dangerous conditions. Pro¬ tracted drought and periods ct high winds made conditions virtually ibe say   Bishop   same as in  1910, when $25,000,000
SEARCH FOR $2400 BILL
plied by    any specific    undertaking       It was made known by the police may be prohibited in motor ven'cles   departmont     of   the     Pennsylvania
worth ot timber on national for->«ts was destroyed.
Careless campers were responsib'e for 1,288 fires. Railroads, partly through failure to comply with 'he law, set 1,003, while the numbe." of incendiary flres Is given as 352. The total number of flres fought was 7,814. All but 2,132, set by ligh..n- ing, were cAusod by human agencies
BRITISH IN AUSTRIA
TN FOUR ^-EARS OF WAR
DECRE.ASE BY HAOI<.
4
other than thoae liaed by the vnder- taklng Itself,
BANDIT   FREE   WTTH   90000.
An
armed     bandit  entered     the
dre 000
d»« i?^ f'ebruary, with 23 bualnefcs
I  mii' r'"8.811 were loaned to lar-
I. eorrii       "'* federal land banks, *r-
La.„ 5 '^ * statement of the Faim
^n Board.      Thl.    t,    $2.091.;494
On M*" l^^ J"«'*'7 tot*'- ^a March  1  the toUl amoant of
tablilt *** '**•"" P'»ced since the e*- la i.^'"^ ol the Federal Und banks ,^»*.6I2,343,     covering     28.496
per cent are employed in connection
with the manufacture ot gloves and               ^    ^^^
PaVmaster" General    of the Navy   similar  articles,  and  tho  remaining pirst National Bank of Madisonviu'e,   currViicy."but" without'i
ew checks tor more than $30,000,-   50 per cent have the task if meting a   northern     suburb     of  Cincinnati,   money  was  loat  by   B
In  one  day—February   23- tor   tho civilian  boot  and  shoe  requTe-     •     - .      —       - >      ¦
munitions; total advertised pur¬ chases tor tho Navy for 1915 we^e $19,000,000.
MAN   SENT   TO   PRISON.
ments.
Joslah Fehr, about 60 years ot age, of Tatamy, was committed to jall on Saturday by 'Squire Happle. of that place, on a charge of uaaault and   battery.
JUST TOO LATK.
• Mrs. Charles Kahler and sons Goorgo and Frank were called by talegraph to go to New York on Sun¬ day to see Mrs. Kahler's son Wlllla, who went there from Camp Meade. When they arrived they were Jnst too lat«, Willis had gone to
Railroad Tuesday that since early Sunday morning employees ot the company Uave walked over every Inch of the line between Newport, a few mllea from Wllmlngt.in, Del., to Philadelphia, seeking $2400 in succass.     The
,     _.    Fletcher,   of    ^,, ^    oiewar
shortly after the noon hour Tursday,   Baltimore,    early  Sunday     morning   xhere  will  al forced   two    clerks  Into     the vault,   while the train passed through Wll- took   $9000   in bills  from  the caah-   mlngfon.     Fletcher   In   his   account
to  the railroad  officials claims  that i he lost the money In a wallet which ; fell down the lavatory In the coach. The local  police  were requested  by the railroad police to make a search.
FLAG R.\ISING AT
1-\>RKS TOWNSHIP BOHOOL.
A flag raising will be held at the Union Schoolhouse, Forlcs Town¬ ship, better known as the Eight Cor¬ ner school, on    Saturday afternoon,   dren were born
ler's cage and made his eacapo in an automobile. The robber faiied to lock the vault, and the clerka Im¬ mediately got out. They rushed to the door In Mme to 8<h) the bandit's machine disappearing down tha street at great speed and waa far away before any pursuit eould b« organlEed.
N«wspa^er Advertiaing pays, solicit yonr palronaga.
April 6, at which time. Judge Rus¬ sell C. Stewart will make an address, also be remarks by Su¬ perintendent Green, Eugene Kelm and several others. The members of Lodge No. 276, O. U. A. M., of Tatamy will be present. The flag will be presented by the school chil¬ dren. A play, entitled, "A School ot Hickory Hollow," will bo glren by the scholars.    If the weather Is
The following statistics dealing with the effect of the war on tha birth rate In Hungary were read to the Hungarian Chamber of Deputies:
"Before the war 765,000 chlldrt-a a year were born In Hungaiy. In the flrat year of fhe war, 1914, the unmber of births was reduced by 18,000; In 1915 only 481.000 chll- that is, 281,000 I'^aa
thai. In time of peace. In 1916 the number of births was reduced by duction of 432,000. In J917 tha births amounted to 327,000—that la, the reduction was 438,000. There¬ fore our losses (In Hungary alone) behind the front reach the cumbei of 1,172,866 Individuals.
"Whereas In tlms of peace Infant mortality, for a period of sevon years, was 34 per cent. In 1916 tha propor-
Wa   uufarorabla,  the affair will be hnld   tion waa Increaaad to 48 par oant *aS on tha following Saturday aftarnoon. | in 191 • to 60 peroant.'