The Nazareth Item

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VOL. XXVII
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AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, LOCAL AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE
NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 24, 1918
NO. 47
MAJ, GEN, M. W. IRELAND.
New   Surgeon   General   of the   United   States   Army.
Banks Find It Physically Impossible to
Tabulate   Late   Subscriptions^—Big
Purchases   Were   Made   in  the
Closing Hours.
WiisliltiKlon. — The fourth Llhcrty Loan, llic most RiKantlc flnnnrln}; op- enition ever undiTlakt-ii In tlic lil.slory of the world, ended In ovcrwliclinlns micccsK.
Kvery section of llic country is re- portliij,' oversuliscri|ili()Ms ruMKliiK up to liiiiidrcd.s of mill ion.s of dolinr.s In Boliic districts. llow j,'rc:it llic lofnl giili.scrlptlon uill he eimnol lie cslimnl- ed al this lime. Iml th.-it it i.s ureiitly ill excess of the Immense sum of ,$(!,- OiM>,tliX),(M)0 sout'lil  is certHln.
The .$(J,(MKJ,0(M»,<MM) has lieen oversilb- gcrihed by $ISO,(K)0,(XK) or inofr, ik*- cordlnj? to conservutlve esllmiites from the 12 fcdcrtil reserve districts. The estimated total Is .StMott.Odil.OOO, despite the epidemic rtf .Spanish inlluenza and piMce talk.
Tliere were 2."),(HH).(HK) individual siili gcrlhers to the .i;(i,fH)0,()()().()(MJ fourth Lilierty Loan, according to liidirailons
r] Loomis and Shrope Were Both Sentenced \
To Die In Tfie Electric Cliair
BOTH MEN ADJUDGED GUILTY OF THE BRUTAL MURDER OF BERTHA MEYERS-DEA1 H SENTENCE IMPOSED ON SHROPE [PROBABLY NEVER CARRIED OUT.
JOHN   W.   DAVIS.
New   American   Ambassador at   the   Court   of   St.   James.
Maj. Oen. Merritt
surKcon on the si a IT of Oeneral I'er- RliinR, has heen ap|ioliiled .siirKcon gen¬ eral to succeed (general Gorgas, re¬ tired
GERMANS FLOUT IDOLS
Two SLBleucus o£ death were impo¬ sed al Iho court house Vlunday morn¬ ing wheu Judge Slevarl imposed the supreme penally ol the law, lirsL on Itoljerl .\1. LiOomiB. ihe cowboy, aud lalor liled his opiuiou lindiug Charles .U, Slirope equally guilty ut murder iu LUo lirsl uegree aud Iheu imposed the same seuleuee ou Uim.
lioth are Iheretore adjudged guilty of the bl uilal murder ol Berlha Mey¬ ers at her home ou ,"juulh West Street i..islun,_ ou June 4 last-
liowe>er, Iho ilealh seuleuce which was imposed ou SUiope will probably never be earned out, aud was impo- .led by J uuge blewarl as Ihe only seu- leuce which he had the power lo uu- liose lu a case ot murder iu Ihe Urst Uegree, hut lU his opiiiiou which he Illed, he UaU a sLalemeiit eulered ou Llie rxjcord lo'lhu ellect thai it appli- laliou IB uiaae Lo Lho iSoarU ot t'ard- uns to have the dealii :;euleuce ot dliropo commuled Lo lite imprison- iiieiu, he would Join iu lUal appUca- iieu-
i.iOomis   waa   called    betore   Judge
, alewarl Ursl, aud allhough he seem-
W. Ireland, chief   ed  aumewhal nervous,  suowed  great
you,  but ll will  he inllioled  lo deler i erred  in entering a pica of non vuIl others trom liKe deeds, aud  lUe pre- 'contendere and that the court erred in
late to most crimes is just such a course ol conducL ajj you a Imilled you had indulged in Does it pay when so many youug men are willing¬ ly giving their lives tor their country earning lor themselves a crown ot imperishable gl ry, that you should go lo a leluu's death.' Think it over aud remember this is noi yuur last trial. You will no judged by lho great Judge^ the Ciiver ol all uie, in whose hands is eternal lile. Thiuli It over aud remember that among His atiriliules are mere."' aud torgiveness tc those who contess their SiUs, aud siuce: ely and couiirileiy deaire diviuo
received  this  plea-
"Fifth—The court ia without iwwer to find the defendant guilty of flrst degree murder on a plea of non vull cnotendere."
Judge .Stewart then denied these raotionH. and said that In filing his adjudication, these points were all matters that the court had examined and pa.s.sed upon and in the judgmenl of the court, it would be trifling with justice to allow the defendant to withdraw his plea.
He then asked Shrope wliat had to say, and before he had a chance to answer, Mr. Fox asked permission to
forgiveness. I oarueslly hope thai entor an exception to sentence, being you will realize llie gravity of your pronounced and again stated that position, and 'ihiuk il over.' ' "adjudication of guilty of murder in
"All persons iu Ihe court room will   the first degree may not be found on rise and  remain standing   until  sen-   a plea of non  vult contendere." lence is pa.ssed Shrope  was  then  asked  if  he harl
•fhe sentence of the law, pronoun- anything to say why entence of ced by the Court, is lhat you Hubert ' death s^hould not be pronounced, and l.,oomis, be laken heuce lo the North- ' after      stammering      and      choking.
HUNGARY CREAKS I WITH AUSTRIA
Budapest Asserts Independence,
and Declares Henceforth Only
Personal Union With Vienna.
TEUTON COALITION WRECKED.
Proclamations   by    Czechoslovaks,   lU
lynans  and   Ruthenians   Reported.
Federalization  of Austria   Into
Four   3tates   Predicted.
composure under the slralu.
Judge tjlewarl theu said itoberi i^oum.s, huve iou anylhliig to  say   why  seuleuce   ul   dealh   shall uol uow be pronouucud upou you ac¬ cording Lo law .'"
Loomis, wilhoue hesiuition, said Huielly, "VeM, sir; 1 have never com¬ mitted a murder ,aud _m iuuoceuL ot tne charge. '     Ihe judge then ordered
amploii County I'rison, wheuce you came, and thence to the place of exe¬ cution ,designated by law, and at such lime as may be apiioiiiled by Lhe uoveiuor ut this Commoiiweallh, Ihal you there be punished by having pas¬ sed through your body a current of electricity   of   iuteusily   sullicient   to
murmured,  "Xo,  sir."
Judge Stewart then .said to Shrope that he presumed Mr. Fox had ti Id him that his confession had assisted the commonwealth In convicting Loomis. He said that there is some prejudice against finding a verdict of murder in the first degree on cir-
Dote,l at WHshlngton as the sUipendous    KaiSeP.    HindenbUPQ.    Ludendorff   tms 7ep7y  placed' on The'r cord" and tusk  of recording  and  tahiiluling suh- ^ , ''.   '^
crlptlonH goes forward.    The *r(6rage liivp.stment was $240. according to this
estimate. .Ml of thp LIhcrty Loan headcpinr- I tiTs of the various federj.l reserve dis¬ tricts were snowed under with suh- Bcriptlons on Uie last dny, and It was declared by district managers that It would keep th«> bnnk.s In every city and town husy for five days tahulaling the amounts. It Is exi>ected also that the reports and payments by the federal reserve banks to the treasury depart¬ ment will take flvo day< tnore.
In addition to the ffreat success of the largest loan ever floated In the world, the huKc number of subscribers Clime In for most Krallfylng comment. It Is estimated by the treasury depart¬ ment Ihal Ihe niinilier will a|)proxlmale 2.''i.l)00,(K)0. which conijiiires with 17,- Om).(HH) for the tliird  Liberty Ixian.   Of
and Crown Prince Unpopulap.
Riots In Unter den Linden as Military
Leaders Arrive to Consult
on  Peace.
London.-—Germany,  as the populace
proceeded.
"Itobert Loomis, you have been convicted by a jury of your owu couu- Lrymen of the highest, crime known tu our law. The jury was one of your own aelectiou, for you hadnotexhaus- ted the number ot peremptory chal¬ lenges allowed you by law whon Lhe jury box was filled.
Your  defense   waa   conducted   by
cause  death;   the aplication  of such cumstantial   evidence,   but  continu-ed
current lo be oonlinued until you are by   saying   that   such   people   display
dead.     May Uod have mercy on your their ignorance by objecting to sucTi
soul!" evidence.     However   in   many   cases
Shrope was next called before Jud- it is better than the evidence of eye-
ge  Stewart  aud  the  adjudioation  of , witnesses.       Loomis,      said      Judge
the court was read^to him, iu which Stewart,     he    believes    to     be    the
tho finding of the court was guilty of stronger   character,   but   he   believes
murder in the Urst degree.     Shrope also, he said, that both had a hand
winced aa the degree was announced, in     binding    and     gagging    Bertha
lolin U l>iivls. soliciior (.'eneral ot the Iniled Slates, has been elected tc su ceed Waller Hines Page us ambus sador to (;rcai  lirilain
FLANDERS COAST FREE
Allies Add Bruges. Zeebrugge anc Turcoing to Bag.
British   Line   Pushed   Five   Miles   East
of Ooual as Huns Continue
Retreat.
Myers. He then old the defendant that should an appeal be taken to the Board of Pardons, that on account of his assistance to the common¬ wealth  the court woirld join in such
learns of her mllliary reverses and tha   able counsel  who uutil  this  moment   and .Mr. Fox, after securing a copy of
critical situation In which her armies have been placed by the constantly growing victories of the allies. Is turn¬ ing against her military leaders. I'an- (Jerrnanlsm no longer Is the popular creed, and the Kal.ser. Field Marshal von Hindenburg. (Jenernl Ludendorff, tbe first qunrlerniiisier general, and tbe Crown Prince no longer are popu¬ lar heroes olj the war.
Kven   when  Field  .Marslial  von  Hln-
liave done everything  that  was  pos- Judge   Stewart's  opinion,   retired   to
aible  tor any  counsel  to  do  iu  your study the case.
behalf.     The   Commouwealth's   case On the nlinute, he reappeared, and
was also couducied  with couspicious the court stenographer was summon-
ability,   in   a   spirit   of   tairnoss   and ed to record lhe exceptions which Mr.
with a desire on the part of Lhe Uis- Fox was about to make.
trict Attorney and his oflicers to see Mr. Fox then slowly and delibera-
Ihat yuu had a.lrial according to law. tely dictated lo the stenographer his
"1   am   eutir&ly   aatistied   LhaL   lhe exceptions and remarlis.     He said in
verdicl of Lhe jury was a righL oue. effect
1  have  jusl  denied   your  appMcalion "The   defendant    by   his   counseI_
lor a uew  trial.     If 1 had auy  reas- Jiavid B. Skillman, wha ia reprusen.e.i
.,,,.,,,, , ouabio doubt of your guilt   I  would   by James  W.  Fox, asks  the court  to
Uicse It Is estlTiialr.d  lhat about 4,.MH»,- ; denburg Is In Herlln, giving his advice   j,j^^.^. granted  you a uew trial,  but X   strike oft the plea uf non vult conten- Oo<) cnme from ihc fcdertil reserve dis- j on the military silualion In drawing up   i^i,-^  louud -no  error   ;u   the  record,  dure
trict of .New York. In the secmid Lib¬ erty I.«an tlier<> were l(),(j()(),(Hi() sub- trrlbers In the nation
The   fourth   Liberty   Loan   was   the
Catest financial olfeiiHlve launched by
B  y  iiMlion  In  Ihe world and exceeded
!..   .«l,(KH),(KMi.(M)()   (Ileal    Urilalns   sn-
:  ''ine effort.    The ninnber of ^iibscrlb
^   also   exceeils   by   more   than   four
ies  the  total  enrolled  hy  any  oilier
intry In the world.
Including  the   fouilh   Liberty   Loan.
vroxiniately .flC.IMKl.tMXI.tHlO has I n
riiiced in the war chesl of ilic I'liiicd States since the enl ranee of the I'niled States In Ihe wnr. All of the four films have been oversiiba<'rlbed. 'Phe lli.'^t loan was for .S'J.IK»(»,()()!).»)(hi. and tli'To was a billion of oversubscriptions I were not aci-eiited. The second 1 of .5;!.0t»0.(MM).iM)O was rushed past nbjectlve with oversiibscrlpiioiis of :I7,0(H).000, of which the govern- cm accepted only .'?,St>8,(X)0,fKI0. Tbe i:'s<Tlptions to Ibe tliird loan of ,<.'(.- >"|iXK),l)00 were $ I.17«,(10<\0(K).
I: any evidence were needed to prove l.ir the people of the LTnlted Slates bl.' not been lulled into apathy In ilie •cutlon of till' war by (iermany's ' propaganda it may be found In y In tbe response they have made e last and greatest call for fiinils "secute the war to a decisive fln- l»li Irom the best iivalblble reports I a -iectlon of the country has failed "ic.'i Its quota, and even In districts l'l' business has been practically 'iriil\z(.d by the epidemic of Spanish '•¦ifliicnza and pinMimonla, which has "'•11 racing, enormous oversiibscrlp- '.mv lire reported
and James W. Fox, acting fo- David
11. Skillman, who was Shrope's attor¬ ney, immediately asked the court to
grant  counsel  an   hour   in   which   to
consider what the nexl slep would be,
as  the  hxing of  first degree murder   application   for   commutation   to  life
was   unexpected.     Thia   was  granted   Imprisonment.
Judge Stewart then started to pro¬ nounce sentence, and when he oame to the words, "and an electinc cur¬ rent shall be passed through your body till you aro dead." Shrope's mother, who was in the court room all morning, threw irp her hands and giving a scream, fell backward over her seat. This completely unnerved the defendant, and he broke down completely and sobbed like a child while sentence was being completed, and when It was over he had to be led  from rhe court room.
In his opinion, on the conclusions of the law in the .Shropie case. Judge
Paris.—The Belgian coast has been entirely cleared  of the enemy
Allied troops, pushing rapidly east¬ ward, have occupied Zeebrugge and Bruges, and King Albert's forces have hroken the German grip on the North Sea. The foe continues his wide re¬ treat along the whole northern Ilne.
•h  have  taken  Tliielt  and
London. — I'lie Ceruiun-Austro-Hun- -'ariaii coalilioii that "vus to extend I'eutonic dominion tlirou;:h Mitteleu- ropa eastward is now a mass of wreck- iige. 'J'lie dual luonurcliy, in a frenzied effort to meet the requirements pre- 'imlnary to obiaining peace, has split iiji, Hungary declaring itsjlf an inde- ! pendent siale.
j At a meeting of the Hungarian par- lianietii a pnxliiiimlion was read de¬ claring Hungary to be an in<leipendent -^lute, says a disiiat<h from Berlin for- varded via (,'openliii;.'en.
Hen<efortli, Ihe message adds, thera IS lo be only a [lersonal union between Austria and Hungary.
From other sources are received re¬ ports that  not only  Hungary, but  Bo- lieinia and the Ooatians have declared i Ibeir indefiendence,
I The federalization of Austria la fore¬ shadowed In Vienna dispatches receiv¬ ed through Renter's Amsterdam corre¬ spondent. The dispatches declare Baron von Husstirek, the Austrian pre¬ mier, has summonec. a conference of lhe party leaders ,o discuss the issuing o." a proclamation traLsformIng Aus¬ tria into four states—namely, German, Austrian, Czecho-Slovak, Illyrlau and Puthenian, with a common head, com¬ mon representatlor abroad and com¬ mon defense.
Tlie   Frenci advanced bej
According to the Berlir   Tageblatt'a
beyond the lown more than   Vienna   correspondent,   says   the   dia-
toward    the   famous   city   of   patch from Amsterdam. It Is expected
¦ the   Austrian    emperor   will    Issue   a
the reply to the peace answer of Pres¬ ident Wilson, there have been riots, with armed clashes betwen Socialists and military iiolice. To show their growing hatred of the military lead¬ ers   plarards   attaiking   these   lenders
That the defemlant has made a aud  the moment has arrived  when X   confession of his connection with the   Stewart says-
a   mile Ghent.
On  the right of the Flanders front, iiroclamatlon   inviting   the   respective
British  forces  have  taken   the  Impor- races to prepare for the formation of
taut manufacturing cities of Tourcoing federal states.   The questions affecting
and   Uoubalx.   northeast  of  Lille,  and Bukowina, Bumauia,  Bosnia, Ilerzego-
pushed   further   east.     Cavalry   units vina   and   Poland,   the   dis[iatch   adds,
are pursuing the enemy In attempts to will   be   left   for  further  arrangement
entrap parts of his disordered army. with  the nations co >cerned.    The fed-
IJenv.\  Hghling southeast of Cambral eral .stiites will be under the Ilapsburg followed     the     ni'w     Anglo-American , scepter.
must  perform  thai most solemn act   events   culmiuating   in   the  deaih   ot
that falls lo lhe loL of a Judge. 1 would be lacking iu sympalhy if I failed aL this time lo call your at- leutiun to the situatiou iu which your own conduct has placed you.     I am
have been iiosled throughout Germany,   uot going lo reproach you      II would
and from dispatches received here no one takes the trouble to tear them down.
A (h'monstratlon by the German In¬ dependent Socialisis in I'nter den Lin¬ den, Berlin, Is reported by the Cologne Volkszeilung, ~Tlie crowd sang the "Marseillaise."
The police, adds the newspaper, pre¬ vented the demonstrators frotn reach¬ ing the Imperlul palace. There was a clash. In which some of the crowd wera slightly injured by the police sabers.
bo unbecoming lo dwell on tho details
Bertha .Myers, and then mislakenily repudiated same, ami being advised by counsel that it was his duty un¬ der all circumstances, determined that he would tell the truth concern¬ ing theae matters at wliatever cusi lo himscll      That in consenuence of his
of yuur horrible crime.     X am going   foolish act in retracting his confcssiun
lo urge you uot to rely upon what I believe would he baseless hopes. X do uot believe that auy higher Court ur any Board of i'ardous will disturb llie sentence of Lhe law.
"Kdith Cavell, an Knglish nurse who was murdered by th oGermans, oue of the noblest characters of this ceutury, a woman wilh such a pure soul lhat X hesitate about meatiouiug
the defendeut was advised by his counsel lhat his silualiun was exLre- mely dangerous, even though he were inocent as he avers he is; Lhal there is danger lhat on th'> trial before jury
"The defendant having agreed with Robert Loomis on tho purpose of their proposed visit to Bertha Myers' house and the visit having been made with an intent to rob her and he having aided and abetted in the robbery and death of Bertha Myers, having happened either by the active participation of the de¬ fendant in binding and gagging her. thus causing suffocation, or by tli^" performance of said acts by Robert Loomis in defendant's presence, under   the   statute   in   Pennsylvania
thrust, in cooperation with French forces on the right. Uniler terrific pressurt- the enemy In this area has begun a new retirement and is re¬ treating rapidly. (Jerman rearguards are doggeflly resisliiig the steady al¬ lied advance. The allies are five miles east of Ooual.
Four thousand prisoners and many guns were taken early in Hnlg's thrust, the British War OHice announced.
East of St. Queutln the French stormed forward three miles along the Oise Andi;;hy Wood, sixteen villages and   more   than   l.-'iiKi   prisouers   were
he might be convicted ot first degree   ">e defendant is guilty of murder in    captured.
murder, even though he Was noi guil-   ""3 first  degree ly. In     concluding     his  opinion     and
"Second—Upon  advice  of  counsel   speaking of Shrope's part in the con-
On the Champagne front the Ameri¬ cans and French bave struggled for¬ ward  slowly  despite  lhe  foe's counter
Ur. Alexan<ler Wekerle the Hun¬ garian premier, says the Amsterdam dispalcli. referred to ilie matter In a speeih in the Hungarian diet and Is qiioied as Iiaving said :
".Austria has organized herself on a federal basis. We shall take our stand Mil tbe basis of a personal union."
I>!spatcbes from ditTerent sources innounce a <^zeclio-,'<lovak republic has lieen proclainied at Prague, Follow- in;: open re\oli, the Independence of Poland has be^n proclaimed at War ¦iuw, while Croalia intends to proclaim lier independence from .Austria.
Thus Gerniany, with her southern and eastern fronts laid open by the practically assured defection of her al¬ lies,   faces  noi   only   a  grave  military
l'l.
WORLD'S NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM
f Nazareth ''Goes Over The Top'' In
The Fourth Liberty Loan
VLAUIVOj> "OK. — General    Otani, r'i"iii!.,i,,|er of  lhe  allied  forfes  in  Si I'linil   says that German power In  the 't't lias disappeareil.  but  that  th<- al- Vi'-'i nusi   remain   uniil   u   siable  gov
"""'Mil and an elTeciive UUsslan army
'' '"i'anized.
LONDON.—Fleld    Marshal    French, «M IM iiienant governor geuerul of Iro-
'"'' i>- 111 London to submit his views
»L II,..
Misi
•Governmenrs failure to enforce 'I'leii In Irelaifrt AMSTERDAM. —The   abandonment H llie loriiians of their aeroplane und "'"urine  liHses  makes  It   more  ditll
ili''ni o carry ou' raids. [COPENHAGEN."—The Czech, ar* *»''"- ill Prague, ao'ordlug to a Ber- ^'"N'li'ch to the Berllngske Tlilcude. *||i money Ih in circulation aud the flag    waves    over     Ilradwhln
FLANDERS RETREAT A ROUT.
Germans Pressed Everywhere by Brit¬ ish, Belgians and  French.
Paris.—Lille has fallen. Doual baa been entered by the British. Ostend has been occupied by naval and land forces. The Germans are abandoning the    Belgian   coast    and   are   seeking
refuge   behind   the   outer   defenses   of   yj,up (.haracler and disposition     Does Antwerp. i such  a  life  pay?     This  penalty  that
The allied patrols have al.so entered   will be imiiosed    upon    yo'j    by the Bruges,   and   cavalry   la   operating   on   State, is not only a.' a punishment to both   sides.     Court ral   has   been   occu-   _^_^^^^^^^_^___^.^_^________
pied, and the outsklrU of Tbielt have been reached.
Tbe  whole  of  the Gennan  army  o General  von Arnim Is In retreat  from tbe  North  sea  to  the  region  of  Lille, having  been   beaten   back  an  average of about ten miles on a 50 mile front.
Such are the outstanding develop¬ ments of the day. which marked one of the greatest victories of the allies In the war. Marahal Koch Is rapidly split¬ ting the German armies Into four groups :
1. In Flanders by the line of the Lya, after taking Courlral, driving them to¬ ward lhe Ghent canal, where Ihe pap through which tbey inust I'liss Is only '20 miles wide belween (ihent and the Dutch frontier.
"i. From Lille and Doual by :lie line of the Scheldt and Valenciennes tff ward Toiirnnl, Alost and Antwerp.
8. From the Laon region above Ihe Serre by Ihe line of the railway to Hirson toward Charlerid.
4. From the Chaiiipagiie between the Sambre snd the -Meuse to the almost Impassable barrier of the Ardennes.
viction says—
"It would have been a monstrous miscarriage of justice if Loomis had been freed through want of proof. We  have   no   power   to   impose   any
the plea of nou vull coutendere was her name in a case like tills, wheu entered by the defendant, not because slie was toid that she would be im- he was guilty, but because by his prisoned several weeks before being fuolishuess, he had placed himself in shot, wrote to a friend, "Mine has a postiion to be csonvicied, even been a busy lifo with little or uo loi-   though  not guilty.
sure.     I am glad I shall have a little       "Third—That the    defendant has sentence except that which is proved
time to  myself  to think."     You,  Loo,   told   the   whole   truth,   in   respect   to by law in cases of murder in the first
will have a little time to think,' and   his Velaiion to the events leading up degree, but in view of his aid to the
in  that time,  I advise you  to  think   to the events le«din|;,up to the death commonwealth   we   will   join   in   an
Your life, so far aa you disclosed it   of Bertha .Myers; fs not guilty of the application to commute the sentence
to the Court on tue stand, and a« it   crime    of     murder     in     connection we are ahout  to  impose on  him  to
was proven iu the caes, has not been   therewith,    and  Is     entitled  to     the imprisonment   for   life and   we   have
one to be proud of.     Your own state-   iiuestion of fact, which is in this case no doubt the Board of Pardons will
ment as to how you passed the night   complicated and one difllcuU of sol- listen  to    our    statement.    This  is.
between one and eight o'clock, shows   ution   and   is   entitled   to   the   judg- perhaps not part of the record,  but
ment    of a Jury    In    respect to    hia we feel that our view in a matter aa
motives on   the  night   Bertha   Myers serious    as  the    present should     be
met her death. placed   on   record   before  we   impose
"Fourth—-That     the     defendant the sentence.'
ol'   Loomis.   Judge     Stewart    attacks.    In sharp lii:liting the French   disaster, hut also the danger of the dls-
have thrown fresh forces across the Alsne on a three mile front, near Vouzlers. and streiu'tliened their grip on the west end of the Krlemhilde Une at Grand|ire. Several hundred prison¬ ers were taken.
In a surprise attack west of the Meuse Pershing's men advanced nearly a mile beyond Romagne and captured the village of Banthevllle without ar¬ tillery preparation One thousand ad¬ ditional prisoners have been taken by the Americans In their steady progress
nipt ion of till' wliole fabric of confed¬ erated German states.
Kmperor ("harles of Austria Is re¬ ported III have been prostrated for the last .'td hours, due to the fact that Presicb-nt Wilson failed to state his at- tituile toward .Austria In his corre¬ spondence with Germany.
.According lo a diplomatic authority
who Is well acquainted with court af-
lalrs  In   Vienna,  the  young  emperor's
iiuntenance    remains    spiritless    and
tiielancholy.    Berlin's pence efforts and
across the Gemiun positions north of their failure have so de.lected bim that the Arjronne. | he refuses to see anybody, only the   empress  and   his  pli.\si(ian   remalulng
TO   FEED   FREED   BELGIUM.
Hoover
ut his side.
He refuses to atti'iid functions until his mind is set at ease concerning the President's attitude toward his coun¬ try. It is said also that he was further lepressed by the revolt at Prague and
Has 20.000,000 Emergency Rations Ready. Washington. — Arrangements for feeding the civil population of Belgium as cspldly as the allies take over the by the general strikes In Bohemia, territory are being made by the Bel- glum   Relief Commission.
Herbert  Hoover announced that  the commission   has   arranged   with   the
EXCEEDKU  ITS  ALLOTMENT  BY  ALMOST   10  PER  CENT.-ALL ILNDl STRIES   MAKE  WON-   BrUish quartennaster general to Issue
20.1100,000   emergency   rations   to   the
UERFLL KECORD-SLRROLNDLNt; DISTRICTS WENT "OX ER THE TOP"
RUMORED   RADIO  TO   U   BOATS.
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|*Ai>EL._Baron  Burlan, the Auetrl-
Madrid  Press S.iys Government  Is lr». formed of Action. Paris.—The (Jernian   reply  to  Prcsl- rtetit  Wilson will announce an lmn.*ll- l"''iiiler, has resigned, ;iccordll)£ to [ ate  suspenHlon   of  submarine   warfar* Im newspapers VIENNA.— Emperor    Charles    pro- "m siepH   fur   lhe   organization   of ""««   .11  a  federullze<l  basis.    The *i"e iloes not  Include the union of "jln'i I'oland with  "the Independent
high   commands   will   arrange   on   the
Nazaroth mado a wonderful record ill the Fourth Liberty Loan Cam¬ paign. The total of the aubscrip- lions of tho .Nazarelh District was 1^741,SOO, and there were 'I'tii sub¬ scriptions 'I'he .Nazareth alloimeui waa fUa 1,000, 80 lhat .Nazareth ex¬ ceeded its allotmeni by almost teu per cent, which is belter than the average for the whole Country. Iu addition the number of subscribers ia almost thirty p«r ctmi of the total estimated poiiulation ot tho district where as the average number ot sub¬ scribers iu the United States is about twenty per cent of the populatiou.
The following is tho list of teams and    the   amount    of    subacrlptiona   L.oster Hawk
secured  by ©ach  team. ' Committee No. 3 Third Ward Ladies
Committee   $14,200.
captain
.Mrs. W. I. Gold, Mrs. Frank Martin, .Mrs. Frank Schmidt, Miss Julia Crawford, Miss l-'lurence I'enii le, .\lis^ Durothy .Menheuuitt, .Miss .Mao Un¬ angst, .Miss Emma Kraemer, Miss Alice Knauss.
Committee No 2 Second Ward X.*- dies' Committee $103,000. .Miss Alice Schmidt, captain, Misa .Mae Cassler, Mrs, L C. Hawk, Misa .Marion Hangeu, .Miss .Mary Kahler, .Miss Klla Dreidler, Mrs. H. D. Kutz, .Miss Amy Laub, Miss Ella Laub, Miss Margaret Leopuld, Miss Flor¬ ence Schmidt, .Miss Cula Stofflet.
2nd.   Ward  Auxiliary Committee.    ' .M. E. Etuber, .Morns Kah.er, Mrs.
a.  .Miss .Ardie Hei- Pennsylvania    Ce-
General Committee. Dr     Thomas     Cope,   K.   F.   Babp, John A   Miller,  Wilson  E.  Beck,  Dr. G   D   Shafer,  E   J    Unangst,   E.   A. Wolf, A   E. Frantz, F. H. Schmidt. Publicity Committee. E.   P    Haubert,   chairman,   Frank Erich, Gwligm Ow(»n.
Interperter Commlttje J J    Mayrosh,   Douls   Pearl.   S.   H.
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•^'ntti."    Trieste will  be treated
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and    will    offer    political    guaranteen, German newspapers say.    The GermuB papers declare the new note will aban¬ don the proposal for h mixed commis-' Kreeman slon to discuss condillons of an armla-   Committee So
th'e "which the .\merlcan nnd (iernian ! Committee  |61,   050.
'      Mrs.   A.   E   Franti.  Captain,   Mrs
I FlrU Ward L*dlea'
Imttlefleld.'
N.   K    Putnam,   Mra.   Alice   Loopold,
Mrs. H P. Yeisley, captain, Mrs- Uobert .Manck, .Mrs Andrew Kern, Miss Hattie Hahn, Miss Viola Boers¬ tler, Miss Helen Smith, Misa PeArl Schnerr. Committe No   4 Cherry Hill $1,100
Mrs.   Brooks Siegfried. Committee   No.   5   Schooneck   $2,75()
Mrs   Fred Heckman. Committee No. 6 Nisky $960.
Miss   Clara   Heyer,   Mlaa   Harriet Christie.
Committee No   7  Aluta  $1,550
.Miss  Flora  Kei mer. Committe   No.    9
ment   Co.,   $61,550 Wilson   Roth,  chairman.   William   S. Hauser, John Werner. J.' L  Olmstead W.  P   Guno.
Committee   No.    10    Penn-.\llen   Ce¬ ment   Co.,   $36,S50
Leroy Peters, chairman. Herbert Reimer, Elwood Stiver, W H Gil¬ bert, Floyd Walters, William Patch. Harry Wolf, H H. Cooley. Robert Mugford, Charles Steltzman. Committee   No.    11
Co,   $122,250.
Harry Worman, chairman, Gwen Hess, C- p. .Newhart, William Fort¬ ner, S. P Liebenguth, Harry E. Stewart, Oscar Brong, Andrew Sohif- fierr. W C. Kerchner, E E Rinker Correl Ncgonigle. Willis Hagen. birch, Louis Leopold, Clarence Feh¬ nel.
Committee No.   12  Naz.   Foundry  & Machine   Co.,   $27,000.
Ralph W Fry, chairman, George W. Koth, Stanley Hangen, Edgar E. Arnold.
Committee No-   14   Herculee Cement Co.,   $7,100.
J   Allen  SchactTer,  chairman,  Ed¬ ward   D.   Wood,   Arthur   Shiffert,   J. (Continued on page eight.)
Belgians, win t>ay.
for   which   the   commlsalon
PITH
OF   THE WAR    N E WS
BELGIUM   PREPARING   BILL.
Government Computing Damage Done by Germans. Washington. The Belgian govem- ment already has taken steps to com¬ pute the eniirmous total of lhe damage d<me to property In Belgium by the Germans during their occupation.
The council of ministers adopted measures for verifying damages to ci¬ vilian and public proi)erty. Theae will Dexter Cement be employed us a means for determin¬ ing the amount tu be demanded from Oermany.
NEW   FREE   NATION   BORN.
Czecho-Slovak Declaration of Inde¬ pendence Made Public. Washington, dctober 17 will live In history as the birthday of a new na tlon Tlic Szecho-Slovak state la the new nation, and Its declaration of In dependence, drawn up by the National Council, was raade public In Washing¬ ton and Paris. Tfie provlBioniil gov¬ ernment la vested In the .National Council, of which Professor Thomas G. Masaryk. now under 8t>nience of death In Austria, ts the chief.
American blows below Lendres et St. George indicate a forced retirement of Germans to a new line of defense, which will put them several miles behind the Knemhiide Ime. The all- American bombing raid of German positions resulted successfully, as all the fliers returned to their bases.
Germans are evacuating the whole Bel- \n    and    French    front    from    the t.     th sea to the Sambre.
Add ss to King Charles of Austria- Hi ngary, read at the end of a sitting of the Hungarian lower house, de¬ mands a return of Hungary's autono¬ my and complete independence.
President Wilson rejects Austria's peace plea, declaring peace Is no longer possible on the terms named In his address of last January, the United Statei having recognized the Czecho-Slovaci as belligerents in the Interim. The President announces that mere autonomy for Austria's suppressed nationalities is not now enough and that they, not he, must be the judges of what will satisfy their aspirations.
Belgians have cleared the Dutch bor- 'der, 15,000 Germans, who were tra^ ped In Flanders, fleeing into land, where they were interned.