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AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, LOCAL AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE^
NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 21, 1918
NO. 16
UP SWEATERS   DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL CRACKSMEN FOUND     AWAIT WILSON'S WORD TWO BOYS DIE IN FIRE; BRITISH SHIP LOST     SOLDIER'S SLAIN WIFE FOR SOLDIERS AT DIX SIGNED BJ^RESIDENT SAjETO PIECES BEFORE TAKING SHIPS  MAN HEL£FOR ARSON    WITH 4IJN BOARD MAY HAV^NDED LIFE
Systematize   llistrltiiilioii  so  That Clocks of Nation WIII be Advanced All Night Job In Shoe Store Undetec- Government Ready to Seize Dutch Father Tries to Hill Prisoner When Coal Carrier Is Wrecked Off South- Delaware  County Coroner Inclined
Nunc of Men WIII Be Overlooked.
In order  that   the   distribution   ot
iipeaters and  other  articles  to   mon
service   may   be   systematized   ao
[Jjt one man would not got two or
tlfee .articlfs  and   nnother   man  be
forgotten, anil also  that knitted  ar-
Blcles ni«V   "O'^   bn   wasted   in   othor
r»ys. iuriiiKeraents havo been com-
ileted wliercby tho distribution is to
made through  the division  quar-
'ennastcr. who will obtain  from ihe
K^l direcior   of   the   Red   Cross   or
Ey authorized  agent of the society
EshiiiK '" make the donation a list
Dt articles   thcy   have   for   distribi^-
Don.   Tlieso  will   thon   be  given   to
He various  organizations   in   accor-
lance wilh actual needs.
Unit eonimanders     have   been   re- inested to oversee tho distribution in fcesame manner as Government pro¬ perty and to turn them into the quar- innaster for renovation at tho end ^ the senson or when no longer re- luired,  lho same     as  though     they Irere Federal  issue.
The Hev. Alexis, the noted Passlon- mis.sionary, spoke to tho men at ^Ix Wednesday evoning in the main laights of Columbus building, and ^|g Thursday   evening   In   building
to. 3.
Lieutenant Goorge H. Roeder, of lieBriti.sh army, is oxpocted to draw irge aiulionees during his stay here. Ie spoko Wednesday right In Y M. lit No. 5 and this Thursday evoning
hnt .Vo, 1, on his experionce while (mpaiBiii'ig  from   Antwerp   to  Ver-
Although  announcement  has  been lade from   Wasliinglon   tliat  Dix  Is be an embarkation  camp, nothing isflnite li.TS keen received here.     The pUince of the command ot Dix by leral   Scott,   however,   gives   cre- ice tu  tlio  roport,  but  thoro  will little   change   until   the   Sevonty- ;hth Dlvi.-iion completes its training ^^ mov(-3 overseas.
The liaseball season will open ^ril l'l. Schedules aro being pre- ired b> Byron S. Walton for hoth laior and minor leagues and ar- agemcnls are being nuide for ¦unes Willi  the division  touni.
One Hour on Sunday March 31
ted by Police in Tenderloin.
Vessels Now in I. S. Foris.
He Learns of Sons' Death.
ern Coast of Nova Scotia.
To Believe Missing Hus¬ band's Note.
The Daylight Saving Bill was sign-; Burglars forced a window and two! The Government was ready Tues-, ^^^o ''".ys. brothers were burne', !od Tuesday by President Wilson, i doors, sawed, pounded and flled I''»>' to tako over Dutch shipping in 1° death in a fire which destroyed I It puts all clocks forward an hour on ' open the back ot a huge safe in the | American ports as part of the Allied- ] tl»« barn of Stephen Sandorf, a dairy-
the I«st Sundav in  March, and turns   W.   L.   Douglas  shoe store,  Philadel-' American     requisitioning     program. I ""an on Tuesday, and a man arrested
them  back again the last Sunday In   |)hia and obtained  $900  In cash, the   Tlie Dutch reply as to an agreement i »»  »"  incendiary  after  tho  fire  nar-
Ootobor.
The  daylight  saving  plan  will   go
into  effect and   be  ob.sorvod  without
tho  slightest  disorganization  or   im-
I)airmont      of   existing      conditions, i Trains will run as usual, and every
police     announced     Tuesday.       The   on   the  subject  was   expected   In the   'f°:^'',,Zt''\fAl^^^^^^^^
robbery   occurred either   Sunday   or   """""'nK '>atch of cablegrams.                 father   of   the   boys,   armed   with   a
loonerv    o<(urrc(i tiuier    ounuay    ui                     .nn^wor   io   an   .-itrrepmont hnt    heavy   Cluh,   sought   vengeance.
Monday   morning, but   was   not   dis-i      mo  answer  is  an  agreement, Dut            -^           •         ^   wero  Sinmol   ^an
,.i„u,.rl   r.<>n,i;nD'   •. tTinrniiirh   in vp<'tl-; KO qua lilled as to-iuake Amor can ac-i      ^"°  "^^a"   ""i^  ^^^re  bamuei  oan-
ClOSOtl     ponuing    a inorOUgn     inVt-Vll- i           •                                       •"'                                                    l r1,irf      twi>lvo    vnam    nlrl        iliH     Sfonh-
j^j^,j„^ ceptanco  impossible  apparently.              '"^i.'   iwcivt   years   oia,   anu   oiepn-
Tho   Douglas  store   is  just  across
It
appeared   likely   tliat   the   ships   c" Sandwort, Jr.. nine years old.     An-
feaVure  of "da7iy "ufo"Tn"to  vvhich'the I the street from the Rival Shoe Stor'e'. ; "'"^.''l '"I '"H°" °'"''' ''^.""^ the day" , \^°^y, Bartliett,   thirty  years  old,   Is
element  of time  entexa will  remain unchanged.
Before retiring on the last Sstur- day of this month the American householder will set his clock an hour ahead and then may go to slenp and forget entirely about daylight saving until the laat Saturday of Oc¬ tober. On that date he will reverse tho prosess, turning baek the hands ot the clock nn hour and tho next day tho nation again will run on "sun" time.
which has been robbed three times in the past two months, with a total sum  stolen  of  $1,850.    The  Second
dotective   District  believes   tho  same | Wai-   Trade   Board,   Shipping   Board men   executed   the   robbery   In   the : a"''. ^-avy   Department   all   havo   a
Thus far, however, division of au-:'"  •*''" charged  with  arson, thoritv   on   the   subject   has   caused '     ^olu-veA to have been intoxicated confusion.       The   State   Department, ' >^>'   whisky   Bartlett  is  charged   with
Douglas store as well.
Around   th(>   battertxl   safe,   which had been dented by blows that must have   resounded   loudly,   were   found , necessary tools   of   all   descriptions,   including a crowbar six feet  long,  a  fino  saw,
ter   tho
hand in tho situation at ono point or another. *
A    presidential     proclamation     is before   any   of   these   de¬
partments get  under way in siezing tho  vessels.     It  Is  expected  that af-
pe-
having given them whisky tiie San dorf boys went Into the barn and are thought to havo fallen asleep. The police say Bartlett waa seen goln? Into the barn and the fire broke out a short time later. Bartlett left im¬ mediately.
The two boys ajiparently made uo effort to escape.     When  the flre waj
h.nmniorq   cold  cliWola -ind  flies    The   '•"¦   *^"    State    Department   has   .,„      ,. .      -
enuVL lack othr^t^ had been rt tho  Dutch  reply the Navy De-, ^'-over-1    , remon   w^ro   unabir,   to
ped   off,   which   constituted   the   feat   Partment   will   take   the   ships,   then   «ave 'he building or^r^^^^^ In the summer, American man ac-   ^f cutting through an inch of steel, i ""•" t'"'™ "vor to the shipping board   Thmj  bo l.os   «ere    ound   when   the tually   will   rise,   transact   his   dally       Entrance was gained to the cellar/i""  thereafter  tho  war  trade board   blaze hnd  boon  ext, igm business and retire, all an hour earl-   of the building through a window. In I will pa.ss on their cargoes. fJZlZ^Ll.T'Zfl'''        \^K
or than has been his custom, but with   „,o  roar.     Holes  had  been  bored   inl      President   Wilson   held   a   confer-' and he  was captured  w.thm  a short
his   clock  an   hour   fast   he   will   not   ii,o gi,is3 p.an'e n"enr"t"he"lock,'and"ap-i''"''«'   with   Chairninn   Vanco   McCor-i t-'™^- know   the   difference.     An   hour   of   ,grently     thornbbors     had  inserted i "li'^^^.pf tbe Wa
will   bo   consorvec"   In
r Trade Board, to go ! fhoir fingers and  released  the catch!   "^T^ L'^'' proclamation. j'UXSIXK.VHI.K
The same method was used in open-   ., McCormiek     said   he     understood
SHII'S TO HI'] ST.VHTKI) KY U.  S.
daylight   thus
the afternoon. _.  	
The  plan's  practicability  and  effl- ; ing a door at the top of the cellar   that messages were ^^7';;^ °ver tue j^^^^,,^^^ construction of several
cioncy  havo  been  effectively  demon-: stairs, leading into a rear room, and   '^a''^^   bearing   on   the   negotia^^^^^^^ ^^              ^^^^^^   unsinkable   bv
st rated   in   U'  Kurupean countriee.        -l';^\^Xtor7''                     '"" "^""^ ' n"plv- would bo'"in before nliht    "'"' , 'belr designers and approv,.d by con-
^ ''F^om'the^thoroughness of the job ' ,  f tion by this Government   he ad- T^O'l^SuTBo^a^ul^X^
11   w;,:;   plnin   tlint   lho   robbers   had   '!"''• will await receipt of word either ;„„';,'^"'^"""^  "°'^'^'''   '^  '^^^  '"^'"^
  ' r^^ll^lt^'^t^ler'^r^y.Jr^ ^ ^Tricr reS^taCe;rr^lan^ i   ,^ef n   such   ships   are   to   be   con- Franco-American forces again bave i  /aK^^^ > •J^^"j'S^^^^^^ „r   London   regarding   tho   negotia- structed and tested in actual service, dod   German   trenches   in   the   Ba- ;                      ,,, McCI«re,-tho two detec-   """" region,   penetrating    300 ; ,j^^^  ^^,^^  ^^^  investigating.
.\>IKKirA\  SOIiT>IKUS
PIKIICK   GKUM.W
M.\K.
COSTINt; .>!f2.'),(>00,O0O V'OH
FOUC'KS   IV   |.»;^V.\qE.
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don viliers
yards into the enemy lines at two points. They found the position evacuated and roturned without Iirlsoners. The raid was launched from an abandoned German trench, .There was the usual artlllerying at other points hold by the Americans Tuesday. In the Soissons region f Cheniindcs-Dames sector) 0000 German shells, mostly gas, were dropped on the Franco-American linos.
French' and New England gunner.-* , resulting   in replied   to   tho   Gorman   fire   with   a i cent   of   the
SWISS  HKK.AI) Il.ATION
AVIM. IIK RKUUCED TO
200 GBA.MS A DAA'.
Commenting on tho decision to I'ogulato the consumption of broad in Paris by means of tickets, reference is made by some ot the Paris news¬ papers to the success ot tho liroad card In Switzerland, where the bread has been rationed tor several months an economy of 45 per amount   consumed' pre-
An ordnance   base   that   will   cost
^proxinuitely   ?l'5,000,000   is   under
mstruction   in   France.     It   will   In-
Inde a   gun-repair   plant   equipped
recline more than 800 guns a lonth; a large-capacity carriage re- lir pliint; a motor-vehicle repair 'ant capable of overhauling moro ian    1,200     vehicles    a  month;   a
ll-arnis   repair   plant   to   handle
,000 rilles and machine guns a lonth;     a   large-capacity     carriage
air plant;  a motor-vehiclo  repair ¦ant capalile   of   overhauling   more
n 1, 200    vehicles    a    month;  a ^nall-arnis   repair   plant   to   handle
000 rifles and machine guns a lonth; a large shop for the repair ' horso and infantry equipment; a loading plant capable of reloading )out 100,000 artillery carLridjges , day. I
The ordnance base will includo 20 [rge storehouses, 12 shop buildings fi smaller shops and magazines, nd nuichiiio and tool equipment mUng ?5,000,000. Appro-ximately 50 officers and 16,000 men will be ^ iquired tor  maintainance. j
0,000 .SKII.I.KI) MEN !
\VA.\Ti:i> I'OK SKUVKK !
1,\ .AVl.ATIO.N  SE( TIOX.
Qualified men registered under the riectlve-serviee law may bo induced Ito servico to  fill  the call  for  10,-
00 skilled mechanics needed by the Tlation Section of the Signal Corps
1 apiJlying to their local boards. len not registered may enlist at ro- fttitlng stations. i
The preseut call is particularly for i iMhinists,   auto   mechanics,   engine
twlnetmakers, electricians, copper- iths, sheetnietal workers, propel- , makers, wireless operators and • "Mtructions, tailors, tentmakers, wlmaliors, truck masters, vulcaiii- >". welders, and experts on mag- "08. Ignition systems, cameras, »tches, and clocks.
Men will be sont to San Antonio, "•¦tor segregation by trades, fol- i»ed by a brief course of instruc- «n at flying fluids or factories, then [J»nlzed Into squadrons mostly for t WTice oversh;,s. Additional in- 1 'nnatlon may be secured by applica- *" to the Air Division, Personnel «P&riment, Washington,  D.  C.
'•Al.l.Eit.,^,, „„..,j uiiij.KT HA.SAUM()lui.i|.;iUI.N(J. "UCl.VG. A.M) INCE.NDIAUY
ACTiorv.
The present war has brought forth inT "'' amniuaitlon  for alr-
ne use in the form of special cart¬ as containing bullets for armor- i^^ing. tracing and Incendiary pur- 'jT'      All of these cartridges are of •¦"an rlfl,j oallbers. according to "•wment authorized by    tho War irtment.    The three-tenths of an ,1, ?'?'"«ter and short length of the lerch       "^"'' space for the armor tt»tM   ^''^"'•^¦"l  or   for   tracer  and mil composition,     but     such
""'fatlons have been made, ^ ne Dullets developed by the Uni tte h Ordnance    Department
bl»n»'"' "'*'^'* °" '»»'» an«l from >ee In tv, **® " ^'""f® '* a°y differ- (om " t"®'"" performance when flred ieunh " '^'" nioving airplane In I linrt 7-!'"'"*"'"'•¦« an<l wben flred r iDft-r, ''**« tests Indicate a class •nee f n'*'"""'''Ke8 votb a perfor- *t .( .,*' ^''t'*^' to or Burpawilng »«*lned abroad. I
bombardment   four   times   as   heavy | viously.
as that received. The  average  amount allotted  per
In response to Socretary McAdoo's  person per day is ^oO grams (which
request, machine guns, flame-throw¬ ers and trench knives captured on tlie Toul front will bo sent to Ameri¬ ca tor exhibition In the third Liberty Loan campaign.
MORE THAX 00 PER TEXT
OE UXITED STATES TROOPS
XOW CARRA" IXSURANCE
will soon be reduced to 200 grams Each individual card contains a cer
tain number of coupons for 250, 100, ing placod upon its campus a chap- 50, and 25 grams of bread, amount- tor of Phi Kappa Tau, one ot the ing in all to tho total monthly allot- loading national fraternities of tho ment. These coupons may be used country. This honor will be con- whenever  the  holder  desires,  either ferred In the near future on one ot
llQjig ' " "°   ""    and it  is understood  that one ot the
Information as to progress ot ne-''>'"«'^ '¦''«. "'° iiulorsement of naval gotiations hns boen withheld, but ,t ''""^f^ftion exports headed by Rear was stated that the delav from Mon- A^lmiral David W . Taylor, chief con- day was tho re.suU of a desire to give «tructor of the navy. ^ .,, , Holland an opportunity to reply. ., 0"e of the do^s^gnes was submitted Tho hitch on Holland's part is un- '*>• ""'^^"" ^f^^^^^' '^^ inventor, who -          -                                                 has   devoted   many   months    to   the
problem ot beating the German sub¬ marine.
While details of the designs aro withhold, It was learned from offi¬ cials that tho chief attributes are double hulls. In one ship the space between the outer and inner hulls would be fltted to carry fuel oil and would be especially designed for oil- burning vessolg.
It was learned that on the Maxim
(Ierstood to be that sho wanted n stipulation against use of the vessels in tho w,\r zone. Such a condition would detracf vastly from tho valuo ot the vessels, and the American Government has been opposed to that plan.
The British steamship Batiscan, a .coal carrier, having a crew of 41. is bfiie-ved   to  have been  lost  with  all j on board somewhere on tho southern ef>ast  of Xova  Scotia.     Threo  bodie.3 and a ship's boat which came ashore Tuesday at Deep Cove, 15 miles from I Yarmouth,     and     wreckage     picked j { up   near  the  Tiiskot   Islands  are   re¬ garded    by   shipping   authorities   as conclusive  evidence  that  the steam¬ ship has gone down.
The Batlsean sailed from Louis- ; burg, C. B., Thursday last for St. John, N. B., with a cargo of 7,000 tons of coal. Her crew consisted of nine officers and 32 Chinese sailors. .She waS duo at the New Brunswick port Saturday or Sunday. It is be lioved that in thick weather she lost her bearings and brougiit up on one of the dangerous lodges off tlie Yar¬ mouth county coast. !
The three Chinese sailors whose bodies came ashore at Deep Cove wore life belts, .and apparently they had been dead only a few hours when found. It is supposed that they escaped from the sinking ship in a small boat and were endeavor- to make shore whon their boat, caught in the surf off Deep Cove, was capsized,
Soareliing parties who began an examination ot the Yarmouth County shore after the flnding of the bodies, picked up four life belts al Calf Is¬ land. At Lobster Bay two steam l\atches. barrels of oil and other wreckage came In with the surf.
The Government steamer Aran- more has been sent from Yarmouth to look for the missing collier.
The Batiscan was commanded by Cnptain Evans. She had been op¬ erating in the coal-carrying trade in Nova Scotia waters for several years. She was built at Sunderland, England, in 1911, and her gross ton¬ nage was 4,836.
DIECTOR P.ARSOXS
tb:m.s Win- the i>oa\
AVILL   BE  SUCCESSFUL.
Elements of mystery were intro¬ duced into the hunt for "Jack Car¬ son" Tuesday, when Coroner Dewes, of Delaware Counly, where the body of Carson's wife was found with a bullet through tho brain, admitted that she might have committed sui¬ cide.
Following receipt of a letter signed "Jack Carson," telling of the suicide of his wife at a lonely spot on an old road in Delaware County near the Chester pike, the offlcials began a search of tho neighborliood and found the body early Monday night.
Near the tips ot the dead woman's fingers lay a heavy revolver. Ac¬ cording to the Coroner, the body may have laid on the road since early Sat¬ urday night.
In addition to the county police, the State Constabulary Is seeching for the missing man. Until about two months ago Carson was a mem¬ ber of the National Army at Camp Meade, but he is said to have desert¬ ed. The police at first thought Car¬ son, because of her stand against his unpatriotic act, fired the shot that killed his wife.
It is now thought possible that another in close touch with the af¬ fairs of the Carsons may have com¬ mitted the crime and written the let¬ ter by which the police found the body.
.Mrs. Carson was about twenty- flve years old and lived at Philadel¬ phia. She and her husband were Italians, known as Carson, but really named Garemo. the police have learned.
Part of an oyster, which either Jlrs. Carson or the person with her had evidently been eating, was found near the body. Tho police are canvassing the oyster saloons of the section to learn whether Carson was about near the time of the wo¬ man's death.
Detective Mahaffey, ot Philadel¬ iihia, who discovered tho body and has boen assigned to the case said that he had information which would lead to the discovery of the missing husband soon.
MUHJjEVRERO  COTiI.EGE
A PROSPEROUS COTiliEGE.
Muhlenberg College, of Alientown,   ship   tho   compartment   would   carry will  bo singularly fortunate in  hav-  ground   coal   backed   by   water,   and
that the coal could be conaumed by the ship, being replaced in the com¬ partment by water. The chief pur¬ pose of the ground coal, howover, it was assorted, would be that the water  would  atomize  tho  coal  gases
the  Local   fraternities known
as Al-
at the baker's or at a restaurant; in fact, guests in private families aro expected to detach from their In¬ dividual   bread   cards     tho   coupons    , _.  ^         .„„ „..,.„...,
rlskinsura^ice has so far boen written   eauivalent   to   the  amount  of  bread organization since its founding  four  ot  the  Ferris  tv
 -• Since that time the fra
More than 111,000,000,000 of war-
pha   Sigma.    The   event   will   mark  and counteract the explosive gases of
tho  culmination   of  a   rapid   growth   the torpedo.
and development on the part of this       The b^ard announced that the first
,  n   '""'   "'   "'^   ic.i..-,   type   of  wooden   ship.^
covering over  1,500  000  persons in   consumed^  | years ago.     Since that time the fra-  constructed     on  the
tho military and naval services. The average amount of iiisuranco applied for is $10,000, and the minimum $1,000.
Pinal figures show the United States Army, both bore and abroad is well over 90 per cent insured. In many camps 99 por cont of tho per¬ sonal is protected by Government in¬ aurance. Tho insurance now on the books of the    bureau is more    than
Atlantic  const
TRAIXING  CAMP  CO>rvnsSIOX AVTI.L   ESTABLISH
B.ASEBALL   LEAGUES.
ternity   has   steadily   advanced   untlT was launched Wednesdav,"nea'r New at tho present Hm^jt numbers, thirty  ark.     Miss Phyllis Hughes, daughtei
flve   resident   members
Plans for tho organization of camp baseball teams and leagues aie be¬ ing formulated by the general direc¬ tor of athletics In camps and canton¬ ments. According to tho Commis¬ sion on Training Camp Activities, within   a   month   soldiers   will   have
The secur- of tho late Senator Hughes, of New ing of a national charter in so short Jersey, christened tho ship the Co- a   time   is   considered   a   remarkable  yote.
achievement   as   fraternities   go   and Alpha Sigma expects to observe the occasion  in such a  way as  to make it a memorable one to all  Its mem- [ bers and  to Muhlenberg Colloge. Muhlenberg   is   one   of   the   most
FIRST G.AS M.VSKS MADE
BY   AVOMEX   OP   EXGLAXD
AXD  FHAXCE.
'¦^.
The use ot gas in warfare dates tliree times as great as the ordinary company, regimental, and divisional Prosperous of the smaller colleges back to about 400 B. C, The Spar- insurance hold by tho largest com- leagues aro contemplated because ot "^ the East. It Is controlled by the tans saturated wood with pitch and mercial company in the world. ^ tho   distance     between     camps,   but  r'"thernn Church and  Is situated  in  sulphur    and burned    it under    the
All persons joining the sorvice may ' where traveling conditions permit in- • Ailentown.   the  heart  of  the  educa-   walls  of cities  which   they  were at- apply for insurance within  120 days   ter-camp games will be arranged.        jtional   djstrlct   of   Eastern   Pennsyl-  tacking.     For  several   coiicurles
after joining  the colors.     Automatic
vania.    Muhlenberg College will this   ha
gas
Major   league   officials   and   ama-: "*""••    "'""lenoerg uoiiege win this   has  not  boon  used   in  warfare   and Insurance caused for all men, regard-   pur   baseball   associations   have   vol-   >'®*f ^e'ebrate its fiftieth anniversary  Tho Hague convention definitely ru less of enlistment date, on February   unteored     assistance     in   promoting ' a" event which will be marked with   led   against   it.     However
12th.
l)as(>ball  in the camps.
receive Tau.
PERFECT ORGANIZATION ITO SELL LIBERTY BONDS
EXPERTS IN VARIOIS LIMS ARE AT WORK IN PHILAUELPHIA HEADQUARTERS. ;--;'»v^°f^wh^ich ^'p^^ stf™a wiV-':,„;;":;;;-7;
tfSEgyzg.^—¦:^.^.. :^,-v ¦¦ ¦-^,-^^-^:- j the   fourty  general   college  fratern°I- ""^^^^^   ^"''"'*>   *"''
Tho organization for liandlln:.; the fortheoming Liberty Loan In the Third rvdorul Reserve Dlr^trlct hns been completed. Philadelphia is the head(iunrter,s for this distilct, which embraces Eastern Pennsylvania, South, tm New Jersoy and all of Delaware.
The Women's Commillee also lias headquarters In Philadelphia, under the  supervision   of  Mrs.   Jnnies   Starr, Jr.
Tills organization already Is marked by some revolutionary departures from former systems. The changes Incorporate a more gigantic program for securing; publicity, and a system for securing orders for bonds which will greatly facilitate the work for the banks and will make It posslbltj to handle a much greater number of subscriptions In a limited time.
In Mr. Parsons' oflleo nre maps of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Dela¬ ware, divided Into sub districts by heavy blue lines. The areas thus enclos¬ ed represent more than fifty districts, wlilcli como undor the supervlalon of the Philadelphia headquarters. In most cases the districts are counties, but In some cases a district takes In mor<' than one county, while in others a county Is divided into wo or more districts. On flie maps aro various print¬ ed cards boarlnc tho n..mes of the Jocal chairmen, the aniount of money •ubscrlbed for each district In tha last loan, the quota for the coming loan and other Information.
There Is a generous sprinkling of red headed tacks all ovor the maps, ¦Ignlfying localities where banks will handle subscriptions for local coun'y organizations. The charts show at a glnnce the make-up of the various com- Blttees and the descriptions of their work. Tliat cliart for the regular dis¬ trict ori-anlzatlon shows af the top. In a square, the words "Treasury De¬ partment," Indicating the fountain source of all tlio work nf tho lonn. Be¬ neath this comes the Federa! Resorro Bank, ne^cf the Central Committee. and then the Director. Tho chart shows that associated with the Director la «n Advisory Committee, and underne»th are various committees, the work •r whicli Interlocks.
While the Women's Committee reports directly to the Treasury Depart¬ ment, therp Is a close working arranfoniont between It and the offlce of Di¬ rector Parsons.    The sepnraie chart for the Women's Committee shows, be. ¦eath the square for the Treasury Department,   tho   chslrman   of   the   wo. men's organization, who Is Mrs   Jimee Starr, Jr.   There also la an AdTlsory Bn.T-d. then an Fvecu'lve Committee and    rarloua    sub eoramltteea.      Mm. Walter 8. Thompson Is In charge of the work In Philadelphia. Mr. Parsons,  In  announcing his tentative organlratlon. sail; "Tt Is our desire to havo our organization   throuehout   the entire ThW Federal  Reserve  District so perfected that In fhe campaign for the placing the l/0«n, ench worker will know hU  duties  and  be ahle to work at  100 »r cent efHeloncy from the flrst dav of tbo campaign.   It Is thf thought at /ashington that by havine this permanent   organltatlon.   which   will   In   a way hodd together the volunteer ssloa organization,  the  concentrated  drlT* W'l hn conducted smoothly and iyatamatlcally, and  far better reaulU w*U
E.\-CZ.AU MUST  PAY CL.^EM.
    —   „„«...oi.   .1,.     iiuncver   on   April
great interest by Its large constltu- 22, 1915, the Germans liberated oncy in Eastern Pennsylvania and great clouds of gas against Canadian New York. Muhlenberg Is the flrst troops near Ypres. Terrible destruc- colloge   east   of   the   Alleghenles   to   tion and demoralizing resulted from
 ¦—   a   charter   from   Phi   Kappa   this   first   gas  attack,   and   within   a
, week England was making plans for Phi  Kappa Tau,  the national  fra-' gas warfare against the Germans.
first   German   gas French   women
-            sont to the front hundreds of thous-
ties in the United States that com- ^^^^^ ^f home-made masks. For the pose the Inter-Fraternity Confer- ^^g^ p^rt thev wero merely bandages once. It was founded on March 17, impregnated with chemicals to wrap 1906 at Miami University, Oxford, around tho mouth and nose. These Ohio, and It 8 one of the four na- emergency masks saved many lives, tional fraternities organized at that ^yt afforded onlv limited protection. Institution   which   has   been   called,  ^	
i"The Mother of Fraternities." Phi Kappa Tau has always boon primar¬ ily constructive in its na+ure.     It Is
; founded on tho principle that all de¬ serving men shouid have an equal oppoftunlty to acquire all the honor  j^
^and  recognition  available to college  j.;
! men. It lays great stress on scho¬ lastic attainment and general Im¬ provement In the condition of the entire student body at every Institu¬ tion in which charters have been granted, Tho organization has been notably successful  I.t Its career and
' stands high in tho estlmaitlon of leaders In the fraternity circles In the United States.
] Since tho data of Ifs founding chapters have been granted tr tho following   universities   and   colleges;
1911, Ohio University, Athens. Ohio;
1912, Ohio State University, Colum¬ bus. Ohio; 1914, Centre University, Dannvllle, Ky.; 1915, Mount Union College. Alliance, Ohio; 1916. Illi¬ nois Stato Universltv, Champaign, 111; 1918, Muhlenberg College, Al¬ lontown,  Pa.
An attachment for $9,090 against the goods of Nicholas Romanoff, once Czar of all the Uussians, wa.^ issued by Supreme Court Justice rlanger of .\ew York City Saturday in a suit brought by the S. Flory -Manufacturing Company, of Bungor. C, J. .Medklghofsky, formerly com¬ mercial attache of tho Russian Em¬ bassy, Is also named as a defemlant It Is alleged that on March 17. 1917, shortly before tho Czci's downfall, ho contracted with the Iilaintifl' for twenty-five steaiu hoists, valued at f 7 1,568. Twenty-three of them are alleged to have been dei¬ vered and $61,472 paid for them, Tho company says it is ready to de¬ liver the two remaining hoists, but ; that the one time Czar refuses to either take them or pay for them. It asks th.) court to make him.
FIXED $25 BY M.AYOR.
UEAL  ESTATE  TRAXSFEUS.
The following roal estate trans¬ fers were made through Ira Knecht, real cstate man, Jamea Staudl's, 6 acre lot at New Village to Henry Kresge at  Cherry Hill;  Jamea Wer-
Frank WIdlich, aged .S6 years, was fined $25 by mayor Nevin in polic, court, Easton, for being drunk and operating a motor vehicle while un¬ der the influence of liquor.
WIdlich was ordered by TratHc Ofllcer P''lsher, at Centre Square to stop hts car.     He not only disregard-
ner, 33 acre farm at Clearfleld to ed the signal, but Interfered with or- Charles F. Wagner. East Broad St., ders given by Fisher, drove by him Bethlehem, and Henry Kreege's 6 and then returned and attacked the acre lot at Cherry Hill to James officer, Fisher locked him up, Wld- .Staudt, New VlllaKe. i llch paid the flne. i
LEWIS  H.   PARSONS.
Lewis H. Parsons, director of the Liberty I.oan for the Third Federal Reserve District, gave out the follow¬ ing statement from his office In the Lincoln Building, Philadelphia:
"We are ready to go 'over the top' and make a killing for the Loan. In our trenches and back of our lines great preparations for the big drive are under way.
"Success is sure, but It will not come easily. All good Americans must apply themselves to the task of helping to raise this money as they never before have applied themselves to anything. The government needs the help of every individual now more than ever before. There must be no slackers. No one should depind upon some one else to make up his share. EJvery one must do something.
"The first thing we should all get flrmly implanted in our minds Is the seriousness of the situation. We are flghting a most powerful war machine. To overcome It, we must make almost superhuman efforts. And we cannot do this great task at all without mon¬ ey. That Is the first need. So every¬ one who Is not flghting with his hands must flight with his money—that Is, must buy Liberty Bonds.
"Nothing could do the govemment more harm than the peace talk which WP hear, and even seo printed, on all Bides. The time to talk and think of peace is after we are victorious. Onr government is preparing for a long and bitter war. The only way to •horten It is to supply the money now 80 that we may have the equipment for our soldiers, the ahlps and food and all those thlnga which are necea¬ aary to win.
"This Is a great, Wg, patriotic oppor. tunity for aill of ns to pnll together and show the rest of the world bow America can rise to a situation. We must put Into bonds all the money we can spare. Even If we have not the ready money, but have credit, we should uso our credit to raise money with which to buy bonds. This will be found the easiest way In the lonf run. Tf It seems Inconvenient to raise money now, lot us Just consider tke possibilities of defeat. That wonld mean paying ovor to an autocratic power whatever that power saw flt te exact of us. Surely thero Is a decided difference between doing that aad lending our money now to T'ncle Sam at a good rate of Interest, I know the people will wake up to the sltn- tlon. and that Is why I am sure tho third Liberty Loan drive wlU be • great ancceao."
SMALL-F.\RM OWNER >IAA' SECURE .AID FROM FARM LOAN BOARD
Tho Federnl Farm Lo.nn Board hak issued the following rules for the guidance of the land banks in deter¬ mining what, area constitutes a farm for loaning purposes:
"First Generally.—The farm must be of sufficient area to yield at the hands ot an ordinarily capable far¬ mer, putting it to the use to which it is generally adapted and using aver- ago methods, an income sufficient to maintain tbe family ot the applicant and discharge the interest and amor¬ tization   payments.
Second. Specially.—W h e r fe through intensive farming or the practice of a specialty a sufficient 'n- come has been regularly derived from a tract d<»ficlent in area for or¬ dinary farming, or where the applica¬ tion of the prospective borrower shows that lie is hy experience cap able of producing sucli an income from such a tract such area may be . ac eptv.d as sufflcient provided the Isnd has a stable and permanent mar¬ ket value sufficient to warrant the loan applied for. This ruling does not apply to fruit and orchard lands which have already been the sub¬ jects ot deflnite rulings by this board."
Under the first paragraph of this ruling loans may be made to the or¬ dinary farmer on the basis of aver¬ age skill and efficiency, and no tract of land will be accepted as a farm eligible for a loan under the Federal farm loan act unless it is large enough to support the family and tako care of the loan under average farm conditions of tho neighbor¬ hood.
But under the second paragraph of the ruling the intensive farmer or the man who practices a profitable specialty, or who shows himself able to do so, will be given financial sup¬ port by the Federal Farm Loan Sys¬ tem, even though his farm may be too small for ordinary farming pur¬ poses, provided that the land quite apart from its use has a stable and permanent laud value which will make the loan safe whether it is well operated, or badly operated, or not operated at all.
WAR pin'i .:es M.W
BE  SECURED  FOH
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS.
An Illustrated catalogue of offlcial war photographs and stereoptkin slides has been issued by division of liictures of the Committee on Public Information. In it are listed abouj. 1,000 pictures available to the pub¬ lic, including photographs taken bv tho Signal Corps. Navy, Marine Corps, and French and Belgian offl¬ cial  photographs
Each picture listed may be had oither as a photographic print or as a stereoptican slide at a small price The catalogue may bo aocured by sending 5 cents to the division of pic¬ tures, Committeo on Public Infor¬ mation,  Washington.  D.  C.
APARTMENT   HOUSE
POR  BUTZTOWN.
Butz & Clader have been awarded the contract for a fourteen family apartment houae to be erected at Butztown. The plans were prepar¬ ed by Charles Spangenberg, a Bethle¬ hem architect. The building will be 47xlOS feet, four atorlea in height and will bo constructed of brick and concrete.
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