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VOL. XXVII
AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED 10 LITERATURE, LOCAL AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE
NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 21, 1918
NO. 51
"ITEM" SUBSCRIPTION PRESIDENT SETS PRICE ADVANCED NOVEMBER 28 AS
THANKSGIVING
Order Is.sued  By  Uncle Sam to
Effect a Savinj4 in Paper -
Expect to Obey Ruling.
JUSTICE  BRANDEIS.
May   Represent   United   States at    Paris    Peace    Conference.
As you muy  know  riiclo Bam  lias issuod  an  ordor  thai   no  iiowsi)a|i('r.s can be .sent to 8ul)s<:ril)er.s unless the \ Bubscriptlon is paid in advance    The' ordor  is designed   to oriect a  savins - in   paper,     and     as such,     haa     the ' •Item's"   liearty   endorsement.     Al- thoiiKh   wo  did   not   i.ssue   the  order and   aro   in   no   wise  respon.sible   for jt; wo expect to obey theGoverninent.s ruling, and conse(|uently are sendiug your a notice in the    hopes    that we may have your remitLance betore the government agents Inspect our lists.
Tho "Item" is thi? largest weekly in the county and prints more new.s than any other weekly, and every item is carefully edited and iiains- takingly classilied. W'e try to do the best we know how, and believe tliat our efforts are ai)pri'ciated. It is therefore why we come, to you with this appeal for money.
Asks   Divine   Guidance   to   Aid
in Building a Structure of
Peace and Good Will.
RIGHTEOUS   CAUSE   IS   WON.
Cites  Promise  of  New  Day as Special Reason for Ameri¬ can Rejoicing.
Wii.slilMKtfm. —President  Wilson, In n proclnmiitlon,     (Icsigiiiited     Thursday, November   28,   as   Thanksgiving   I)ay, nnd  ,sald   this year  the  American  peo¬ jjle  have special  nnd  moving  cause  to Then, too*  tlio advanced  prices on   ^^ grateful and njolce.    Complete vlc- la!)or,   ink,   paper   stock,   etc,   which   '"""y.   he   s.-ild,   has   brought   not   only has advanced considerable, and is all   peace but   tbe confl.lcnt   promise  of a
new   day   as   well,   iu   \vbi<li   "Justice
an absolute necessity to make-up and print an up-to-date weekly, compels us to advance the price of subscrii)- tion from $1.00 to $1.50 per year. Every subscriber on our lists is re¬ minded of theso facts with a circtrlar that has been mailed to him or hor, and, although you may have always been prompt in renewing your sub¬ scription we find it a dillicult task to keep these separate and for that reason, even though you have paid in advance,   you   havo   been   notified   to
shall    replace   forrc   nn<l    Jealou.s   In¬ trigue among  the  natiiiiis." 'J'he  proclamation   follows:
THA.\KS(;iVIN(i, 1!M8. BY THK I'KKSIDK.NT OF THE L'.MTEH .STATK.>< (IF A.MKKICA, A l'KO('I.A.MATI().\. It has long been our custom to turn in the autumn of tbe year in praise ami thanksgiving to Almighty
SPECIAL MEETING OF SCHOOL BOARD
SECRETARY LANSING.
Suggested  as   Head  of   United Stntes       Peace      Commission.
Resolution.s Cau.sinj? Rehearsals of "Three Cheers" to End at       | Once    Health Board I
Notified to Act '
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FREE GERMANY IS PROCLAIMED
Full  Liberty  and  Univeral  Suf¬ frage by Both Sexes Announced.
this effect
As all  these facts are compulsory     j;,,,, f„r nis manv bless'ings and nier on our part, we hope our subscribers will co-operate with us in a generous way.
GIRL WIIK COM'K.SSK.S
ATTKMIT TO KIN AW.W WITH HTKA.NGER.
Clad in a man's suit and looking for all tho world like a typical "bad boy," though a pretty one, .Mrs. Leo- iia Fo.x, IU years old, of Glenburine, Md., admitted in the Police Court Tuesday that she had deserted her husband aiid was eloping with ano¬ ther man when the police frtistated their plans. The young woman, who said her maiden name was Minnie Shorlane, wa.s arrested by a special officer of the Pennsylvania Railroad In Union Station yards.
Mrs. Fox, it 9e«m.'-. has not boon living with her husband rtaiently, and though sho claimed to have known for some time the man with whom she was eloping, she declared that she kni'W him only a.s "Frank." She said she met him and had made plans to accompany him to Uuffalo and other cities. She changed her 1 lothes for one of his suits and stuff- id her golden iiair into a boy's cap. Late Monday evoning she and Frank ' went to the l'nion Station yards "to catch a freight train" out -ll Baltimore
NKW I'.V.Sr<)K .\T K.VSTON
i'«>iimi;k n.az.vkf.vk.
Rev.   O.   Eugene   Moore,   the   new I>;Lstor of the Moravian Church,  was \ installed on SuTiday morning by Bis- hc»i> C-  L.  .Moench,  of the govorning board of the Northern  Providence of The   Moravian   Church   In   America- I.argo congregations     were    present ¦ niorning and evening and special mu- ; sir was rendered by the choir at both : Korvioea. I
KeT. yoort waa formerly i>aator of llie Fifth MoraTlan Church, Philadel- i pliia.       He  la     a   former     Nataren* ' uud waa born In Bushkill Townahip. ' Rov.  Moore  wmi a  bualneaa man  for '¦ many yeKr« l>«for8 prop«.riBg for and entering     tha     ministry.     H«     la a ' Craduata of th«  Morarian Thaolocl- | cal Seminary aad haa had a^lJltlonal ; traininf.     icar. and Mra. Moore mu- \ ved iito tha paraoaaga    227    North T<-Jiih  Street,  Baaton laat  week,
Un Monday eveaing the \l«f and Mrs Moore were given a reeeption In tb« church when-e a large majority ot the congregation and frienda had gathered to greet the new arrivalB.
TUK L'HK OF HL'U.ST1TUTBH
NO IjO.NGKK KKyriRKI).
f K Williams, U. S. Food Admin istraior for Northampton County, i.s in receipt of advice from tho Food Administration that all regulations reiiuiriug the uae of sustitiitee in leaking  have  been suspended.
l^ver since January of thia year the Administration haa required the u*; of substitutes for the reason that America was called upon to i<od a 'arge purt of the people in the Allied
cles to us ns a nation. This year we hnve special and moving cause to be grateftil and to rejoice. God hn.s In Ills good pleasure given ns pence. It has not come ns a mere cessation of arms, a mere relief from tbe ,strain atul tragedy of war. It hns come ns n great triumph of right. Comi)lete victory has brought us not peuce alone hut the confident promise of a new day ns well. In which Justice shall replace force and Jealous  Intrigue  among  the  nations.
C>iir gallant armies have partici¬ pated In n triumph which Is not marred or stained by nny purpose of selfish aggression. In a righteous cause thoy hnve won Immortal glory and hnve nobly served their nntlon In serving mankind. God has In¬ deed l>e<'ii gracldus. We have cause for such rejoicing ns revives and strengthens In us all the best tradi¬ tions of national histoz-y. A new day shines about us, In which our henrts take new courage and look forward with new hope to new and greater duties.
While \^•e render thanks for these things let us not forget to seek the divine guidance In the performance of these duties, and divine mercy and f(irgl\eness for all errors of aet or purpose, and pray that In all that we do we shall strengthen the ties of friendship and mutual respect upon which we must assist to build the new structure of [leace and good win  among the  nations.
Wherefore I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Thurs¬ day, the twenty-eighth day of No¬ vember next, aa a day ef thanksgiv¬ ing and prayer and Invite the people thronghaut the land to cease vpea that day fraas their ardlaary •«<«- patlans aad ta thetr several hanea and ptares af warship fa reader thanks ta Ga4, tke mier af aatlaas.
Ia wttaess whe»eaf I have here- tiBto aet Biy haB4 aatl caused tke aeal af tka Ualted States ta be «f- txa<1.
Doae Ib the nistrict of Colmrabia, this slrtvienth day af November, la the year of anr I,ord aae thansaad Bine huadred and eighteea, and of the ladependenre af the United States af America the ene handrad and forty-third.
By  the  President,
woonnow wilson.
Robert   Laqslng,
Secretary of State.
It Is said that by the appointment of a man such as .lustice liniiidcis, known to be an ardent friend and champlr)n of labor at all times, the Interests of the working classes would be conserved.
GERMANY BEGS FOOD
WORLD'S NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM
WASHINGTON.—President Wilson "^t'ons; but sincere Armistice and l"u.-8 orders placing the express busl- th« re^uiunt releasing of carg.,, mm of the country under the control •*"W U Will be poaalblo to transport of William G. McAdoo, secretary of 8f&m from India, Australia uud the the treasury and director general of ArgButine. j railroads.    It  Is expected  that  a  gen-
lu uuapuuding tho rule on the uso eral advance In rates and an Increase *' lubititutee Mr. Hoover urges that I in wages for employees will follow. f«8tri<.l*-d consumption of wheat 1 NEW YORK.—America will not ba Jiread be practiced, as the conserva- ^^ned upon to make sacrifices to feed Jiun of all food stuffs must be oen- ^^^ (jcrmans, sayH Herbert Hoover. '"*®*^- He declares modifying of blockade to
Kivi.. ,7. ^  I admit   foodstuffs  win   permit   of  their
'•"^K rajfi NAM£8 OK THOSE ! buying   In   certain   neutral   markeu.
YOU HAVE IN SERVICE. J      LONDON.—The situstlan In Holland
I la  report   much   Improved.
ST.  PAUL,  Minn.—Complete official returns gliowe«l  that the proposed dry amendment to tbe Minnesota Constlto- ' tlon  failed by 750 votes.
LONDON.—The greater  part of  the forces under Fleld Marshal  von  Mack
President Asked to Hurry Pleni¬ potentiaries to The Hague.
Former   Crown   Prince    Has   Been   In
Holland, Where  He  Is
Interned.
Ix)ndon.—The German government sent a message to President Wil.son appealing to him to save the German people from starvation and nnarchy by sending pleniiioteiitlaries to The Hague or some other city.
German soldiers gained control of the revolution and insisted on the holding of a constituent  assembly.
Tbe new (Jerman government Issued an appeal to the peasant population, asking for the formation of councils to organize the fnod supply.
The German army began a general evacuation  of  Poland.
Tbe former GiMinan Crown Prince was located nt .Miiiistrlcht, where he Is Interneil. ami the former Crown Prince's adjutant has taken Frederick William's eldest son by airiilane to an unnamed  place of safety.
.American airmen landed at Cologne.
The I Hitch government Issued a proclamation urgently appealing for the co-operntlon of citizens In "a grave crisis."
The state councils of Esthonia, l.t- vonla, Courland and Oesel Island de- cldeil to form a Joint confederated Raltic state.
Reports of a threatened pogrom at Warsaw reached the Brltl.sh Fareign Omre.
Complete agreerient as to the union of the .Tugo-Sl«T provinces of Austria wtth Serbia has been reached by Pre¬ mier  Pn^hlch  and  approved  by  Italy.
The ueneral strike Ib Swltzerlaad has ealled.
Majnr Oeneral Seya, fonner gaver- ¦ar af nnlaad, has heea asslsslnateC
Muat Send  Apaeals to  Alliea.
Washlngtaa. - The state det>8r^ ment, In a n»ff addressed ta German rorvign Secretary Solf, has advised the Berlin (toveminnnt to communicate Its requests fo all the allied govern¬ ments and not to the United States alone. Tho German foreign offlce was also advised thnt the various commu¬ nications received from It will be fof warded by America to the allied gov- emments.
This government has taken tbe po- slthin, In complete agreement. It Is un¬ derstood, with the nllies, that any measures for the .ellef of (Jermany which constitute nKxllflcatlons of the terms of the armistice are for the Su¬ preme War Council at Versailles to de¬ cide upon.
HOME   TROOPS    MUSTERED   OUT.
To Be Released f^rom Service at Rata of 30,000 a  Day.
Washington.- Troops now in the United States will be mustered out at the rate of 30,(K» a day when tbe de¬ mobilization machinery now being set up by the war department gets In full operation
This announcement was mn<le bf General   March,  chief of staff
Orders already have been l.ssued for the discharge of 200,(X)0 men within the next two weeks.
A special     meeting of  the     .School Board was held for general purposes in tho olllce of the Belfast Slate Co,, .Monday   evening,     November      18th' 1918.
.Members present,—Kern, Knauss, Gold,  \annatta and Snyder.
After discussion of the present status of the epidemic ot Spanish In¬ fluenza and operations which are ii progress at the |)resent time whicii in the opinion of the School Board are not conducive toward preventing a further spread of the dreaded di¬ sease; the spreading of which might again necessitate the closing of the schools, the following preamble ami resolution were adopted on motion of Knauss and Gold.
Whereas, the Borough of .Xazareth I'ennsylvania, has recently suffered from a severe epidemic of "Spanish Inlluenza", from which even now we are not entirely free, whereby it had bcome necessary to close the public schools for a priod of five weeks, entailing a loss to the pupils which in many cases cannot be fully recovered  and, '•
Whereas, there is now in progress and lo continue for some time, a re¬ hearsal, in the Y. M. C. A. Builiiing for an entalrtainment, entitletl "Three Cheers," to be given in the near future, in which a large numbe.'- of the pupils of the public school-s are taking part and.
Whereas, this Board believes that the strenousness of these rehearsals weakens the bodies of the children of immature age to such an extent as to make them much more suscept¬ ible to contagion of the disease as well as wearing their minds to such an extent as to make It readily noti¬ ceable to the teachers of the schools that the pirpils taking part in these rehearsals are lacking intheirstudit^s and  that they are in such condition j
ALL OFFICES ARE ELECTIVE.
It was made jiiairi i: . :.- ^eiei unii of .Secretary l.iiiisiiig to bend tbe American commission is not to be taken ns an iiidieatlon of his ptirpf)se to resign his [iresent odice. In his absence Frank I.. Polk, counsellor, is expected  to  act   as  secretary  of state.
ARMY AT HOME SOON
Ships
Bringing   Troops   Across Will Return With Food.
as   to   make   it   impossible   for   them I to perform their school work proper¬ ly, thereby endangering their grades I and  cla.ss standing.
Therefore, BK IT RESOLVED lhat the School Board of the Bo¬ rough of Nazareth, Pennsylvania, deems it its duty to appeal to the Hoard of Health, for the sake of hu¬ manity and in the name of the Pub- \ lic Schools, to cause the rehearsals referred to in the foregoing pream¬ ble ended at  once, and,
BE IT RESOLVED that the Secre¬ tary forward the following commu¬ nication to the Board of Health.
Xazareth,  Pa.,  .Xov   18th   1918 To   the   members  of  the   Board  of Health of  the  Borough  of .Xazareth, Pennsylvania. Gentlemen:
After  due  deliberation     and     the passage of a preamble and resolution to   that   effect,   the   School   Board   of the   Borough   of   Xazareth,   Pennsyl¬ vania,   hereby   informs   you   that   the i rehearsing of children  in   the  Y.   M. ' C. A   Building,  for an entertainment - entitled   "Three  Cheers",   to  ge   giv¬ en in the near future, is considered a menace to  the  health  of  the  school I children  taking part in it. i      In order to take all due precaution I to avoid a recinrence of tho epidemic i thi.s Board appeals to your body,  for j the   sake   of   humanity   and   In   the ' name of the Public Schools,  to  take ; such    action  as  will     end  theee  re- i hearsals at once.     The public »'hools ! having already been closed for a pe- , riod of five weeks on account of tho i epidemic,     further     closing     ot  the I echools   would   serlonaly   hinder   the i progress of the schools.
Hoping   that   this   will   meet   with ! approval and that It will receive such I action ae will bring about the desir¬ ed reault, wa remain. j Slacerely yotirs,
I C. J. K.MAU3S, Secy.
!      Motion   carried   oa   tha   following j vote:
Ye»,—Knauaa,     Gold,     Vannatta, ' Kerm and Snyder,
Nay,-—None. ;      On  motion of Vannatta and  Kern ' the Board  adjourned, i C. J   KNAUSS, Secy
i      Tho   regular  monthly   meeting   of
i the   School   Board   was   held   in   the
offlce of tho Belfast Slate Co ,  Babp
Building,   Nazartdh,     Pa.,     Monday
evening, .N'ovember 4th 1918.
Members present, -Kern, Gold, Vannatta, Knauss and Snyder
The minutes of the previous mt>ot- ing wore read and approved as read.
The   Trejisurer   rendered   tho   fol¬ lowing reports: \ Balance  Oct    1st,   1918   ..t   8193.99, Received from Tax Collector 3225 07 ; Tuition                 22 26
Men   in   Officers'  Training  Camps   May
Quit   or    Finish    Course
on  Option,
I'arents who have sons In tbe ser- lij^ ^^^ Women whose husbands are IhT* •*"¦""« undtr the colors, "over-
l«ier„'
at camp, or on  the seas will
IJindly hand their names and addres I?* tu our postmaster, Charles E IftT^'' *' *'**''•¦ e»rlleet convenience
^»'lire lo do so win cauae oonalder-   f^xtrw   (In  command  In  Uumanla)   has '« dolay 111 the axrangemenla of en     ,,,i„.,4 ,he revolution, the Hudapoat Ax •'¦talument which aro under way for   J""""
*« S'^rvlng their country
*'*'' •"•    Bat Mys
j      LONDON.—The crews of German  U
. . "I ha^ts, at a mass meeting at Brunsbut-
uv»nc«. prite* on every Ihinu to make according   to   a   Copenhagen   dla-
"fm    an up-to-date weekly compel*   '" '        -esolved  to oppose  the  revolu-
¦"inaiemenl to advance the suhtcrip-   P*" ''•   "^f ,1,!:,.,,   .V,^ officers    They
P"'^*   Januarv   1     1919    to   $1 5«   Uon   and   reinstate   the  om..rs    iney
January   i,   1919,   to   »i •.«    ^^,ded to <Jy the national flag
ALL   RUSSIA   18  UNITED.
Omak Qovemment Has Been Recof nizad In the North. New York. Tlie Omsk government haa been recognl/.ed by those In tha north and In the Caucasus, thus unit¬ ing all Russia, Herman Bernstein says In a special cable dispatch from Omsk. The new premier, Mr. Volofodsky, hopes tbe allies will now recognlie tha new regime and give Itusals a place at the peace conference. Meanwhile al4 la urgently needed to reatore the Ru»- Blan rallwajra to proper condition.
Washington.—Tho return of Ameri¬ can soldiers from France will be ex¬ pedited in every way possible. This was announced by Secreiary of War Baker in a message of congratulations sent to General Pershing.
Plans for tbe demobilization of the soldiers In this country are already beginning to assume shape. Tlie first units to be demobilized, Secretary Ba¬ ker made known, will be the develop¬ ment battalions at all of the camps. These are made up of about ,'50,fK» men slightly under the [ihyslcal re¬ quirements.
Mr. Bilker snid that no date had been fixed for the discharge of these men and that meanwhile no furloughs would be granted. Before discharg¬ ing these or any others tliere must be a [ihyslcal examination made of each nnd a careful record kept so that there may be no subsequent claims against tbe government. This In Itself will be a huge task. For this reason the plan of discharging the men while on  furlough  has been  abandoned.
Candidates who have been tran.s- ferred from the Students' Training Corps will be allowed to return to col¬ lege Immediately if they so elect. Every camp of Instruction for officers Is affected by this order.
Requests from business organiza¬ tions for the return of their men from the army are already pouring In here. Secretary Baker said It was not likely any would be granted, as It tended to break up units, snd furthermore would create an '.ne^uallty of conditions- The aame thing would apply to Individual requests, which are coming la by the thausands.
"The thing that we must do," said Mr. Baker, "Is to demobilize the men In this country, and nil the others, with reference to their accupntbmal oppor¬ tunities, so as to let them go back Into normal life of the country wlthont filling the country with unemployed men. The war department Is working In close co-operation with the depart¬ ment of labar and the War Industries Board."
"If an Individual had an opportu¬ nity to return to his employment would an Individual Instance be considered?" Mr.  Bilker was nsked.
"An Inillvldual Instance. If It comes In a class that was to be discharged aa a class, would be granted, but nn priorities and no furloughs will be granted," he said.
Amnesty   for   Political    Prisoners   and
Auxiliary   Army  Service  Annulled.
Ebert Heads New Government
Composed   of   Socialists.
Berne.—A di.spatch received iiere from Berlin says the new government has iiubiisbed Its program in a proc¬ lamation. The dispiitcli adds tbat tbe program enrorces mnny modifleatlons toward deniocniey and liberty, eco¬ nomically and  politically.
The proclamation niinounces that tbe stale of siege has been raised; thai there Is to be full liberty for all, even functionaries, to form associa¬ tions; the censorship, including that on tlieatrh Ills, is abolished; there nre to be freedom of speech nnd of writ¬ ing, amnesiy for political offenses, an¬ nulment on the law of national aux¬ iliary serviee, an eight hour work day and universal direct .secret suffrage, uilll proportional .-eprescntatlon for both sexes about twenty years of age for elections to all public bodies.
The proclamation concluiles that the victims of the fighting during the past few days inside greater Berlin shall be buried together in the cemetery where the victims of the 1,S4,S revolu¬ tion are buried.
The new Berlin government, accord¬ ing to the Frankfort Zeitung, after some resistance fr(jm the Independent Socialists, has resolved that as soon as the business program has been settled it will take up the question of the con¬ vocation of a national assembly.
News  reachiiig   here  seems  to  show
that a serious effort If being made In
: Berlin   to  maintain  order and  to  pre-
' vent  the movement  from  degenerating
Into anarchy.    The  Vosslsche  Zeitung
[lublishes  a   notice  to  the  public  tbat
persons again will be permitted In the
streets after dark  until  8 p.  m.    The
snme newspaper announces the airest
, (if two civilians and thr   ; soldiers for
pillaging.      They    were   sentenced    to
death.
The government has been organized i with the following cabinet members:
Premier and Iiit(>rlor and Military .¦\ffairs   -Frieilricb  Ebert.
Foreign  Affairs-   Hugo Haase.
Finance and (.'olonles — Philipp Scheidemann.
iJemoliilizatlon, Transport, Justice and Healtb—Wllhelm I)ittmann.
Publicity, Art and Literature—Herr Landsberg.
Social Policy—Uichard Earth,
The new government Is composed entirely of Soclalist.s. The majority Socialists, who supported the Imperial government during tbe war, are repre¬ sented by Ebert, Scheidemann and Landsberg, while the Independent So¬ cialists are Haase, Dlttmann and Barth.
Herr Dlttmanti, who sits In the i relchstag as a dej.uty from Hamburg, was sentenced to Imprisonment last February In connection with labor troubles In Berlin. He was released by the Imperial government a few days before Its downfall. I According to a proclamation Issned by tbe new Pruaalan govemmeat, the entailed property of the Pnisalaa crown will be placed under the a4MlB- Istratlan of the ministry af taaace. Praperty which Is nat eatalled, bnt which Is personal to the former klag and his family, will not he affected.
Declaring that the aew deaocratlc Btste af Bavaria Is not respaaslble far the faults of the old regime la Oer¬ many, a manifesto has bees sent fraai Munich to the new federal govemBteat ef Germany asking that complalat aver the conditions of the armistice be sent to the entente powers. It Is said that the terms agreed to by Oermany In stopping hostilities are of such a na¬ ture as to prevent rapid re-establlah- ment of order In Bavaria
,
PITH
OF
THE
VICTORY    NEWS
Toul     111441 31
Expenditures    ..¦...• 2988.64
Bal. Nov. Ist, 1918  . . $8452.67 ;
The Tax Collector rendered a re- I)ort showing collection during the month of October amounting to 16443 01.
On motion of Gold and Knauss the report of the Tax Collector and of the Treasurer were accepted as render¬ ed. I
On motion of Gold and Knauaa an order was placed v. ith Dodd. Mead & Co , New York. N Y , for a set (24 Volumes) of .Xew International En- cyclopodia,   buckram   binding,   price
'one-hundred  and   twenty   (120)   dol-
I lars.     Motion carried on the follow¬ ing vote: I Yea, Gobi, Knauss, Kem, V'ann*t-
\ la and Snyder.
!      Nay,  None.
I      On  motion of Knauaa and  Vanna-
I Ita the following bills were approved and the Treasurer authorized to p«y
i same A.   A   Miller,  commission ...$ 1 SI 08
I Slate  Belt  Telephone  Co.,
renU   and   oalla            8.78
I t<'untlnued   on   page   •irl.t.)
WAGE AGITATION 8TIR8 CAPITAL
Oempera' Speech Opens Up a Serious Reconstruction Problem. Washington. Mr Samuel Gompers' ftatement at Ijtredo, Tex, that labor will flgbt fo hold the advantages. In wages and hours won during the war created a stir In administrative and eongresslonal circles In Washington, coming as It did at the very time when fovemment departments are face to face with the problem of the pro¬ gressive demobllliatlon of war Indus tries.
BELIEVES    CANALS    SUFFICIENT
Radfleld Oppoaes New Routes From Lakea to Hudson. Washington.—Proposed construction of ship canals connecting Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Hud.snn river via tha New York State Barge Canal la disapproved  by  Secretarv   ftedtleld.
In response to a resolution by Sen¬ ator ('aider. New York, the larretary has submitted a report stati.ig that axtating canals, with Impro vc-ajeota and extenalona, will "be aufflcieot for Biany yean to coma."
American* started from their Ilna at the Meuse on their Journey through Luxemburg toward Cologne, at the Rhine. At the same time the allied armies began their march toward Gar many, the Belgians occupying Ant¬ werp.    Brusaels Is free of Qermana.
Two hundred thouaand persona march In a great demonatration In Paria to welcome Alsace-Lorraine Into the nation. The parade passes In review before 10,000 soldlera.
German* are looting and deatraying property east of Brussels and the al¬ lies may be forced to act againat them.
Washington says the President haa decided that Messrs. Lansing, House, Root and Brandels wilt comprise the American peace delegation, but no announcement will be made until the date and place for the meeting have been settled.
Allied foreign ministers gather In Paris to fix the details for the mo¬ mentous peace conference soon to assemble. It Is generally believed the treaty of peace will be dgned at Versalllea General Rhode* heads American .-nlsaion to Spa to arrange far the carrying out of armistice terms.
TWO EASTON YOUTHS GET LONG TERMS
One Sentenced to Seve Five Years
in County l^rison, the Other
Sent to Reformatory.
Judge Stewart Momlay sentenced John Keijier, about 10 years of age, lo serve five years in the Norlhamp¬ ton county prison, and Josph UelUy, aged 17, was sent lo the Huntington Reformatory, where he will probably remain until he is lil years of age- Two weeks ago the young men plea¬ ded to an indictment charging them with   highway  robbery
KeiiHjr and Reilly held up Charles Person, of l'hi!lii»sbiirg. on Ferry Street, near Green, Easton and rob¬ bed him of a pocketbook. a watch and a scarf pin. Subsequently they were arrested near .Newark, .N'. J., for trespassing on the Lehigh N'alley rail¬ road. Keijier had a loaded revolver. After being h(;ld by the Esse.x county aulhorities for several weeks they were returned to Flajiton-
The clue that led to their arrest was Keiper's registration card, which ofhcers found on the street after Per¬ son had been held up.
Whn the young men were called for sentence Monday, Parke H. Davis appeared for Reilly and stated that the latter had a good record prior to his arrest on this occasion. He ex¬ plained'that while the youths admit¬ ted stealing Person's scarf pin, they denied having taken his pocketbook and  watch.
After the attorney had ended his plea, Judge. Stewart remarked he knew something about the records of both defendants as he had given or¬ ders to have a private investigation conducted for his own information. He found that Reilly had been sent to a Catholic Protectory for playing truant from school and lhat when the defendants were brought hack lo Easton, Reilly had tried to persuade Keiper to tell a story that would have resulted in the latter alone being held responsible for the robbery. "It is very plain from your record that you were sure lo get here sooner or la¬ ter." the court said.
As for Keiper, the records showed that he had twice before pleaded guilty to highway robbery and once lo larceny. "Your record is so bad, Keiper," said the Court, "that If I fcllowed my own inclinations. I would keep you interned in jai! a long time Vou are an enemy to society It is regrettable that when young men scarcely older than either of you have been fighting for their country and covering themselves with glory that you two should be doing noth¬ ing but following a life of crime"
Keiper was then sentenced lo five ¦ears and Reilly lo the reformatory KeiiHjr's home was on the Soulh Side Easton Reilly's parents live on twenty-fifth   street.   Eas'on.
PUKSIDENT  PL.\\M\(i TO ST.W IN FK.AXCK I.S BELIEVKD.
I>emocratic Senators who conferred with Presideni Wilson Tuesday for two hours left the White House with the impression that the President now plans to remain in France inde¬ finitely or at least until the major of the work of the peace conference has been  completed.
The President is understood to be especially interested in the applica¬ tion, in the framipg of the treaty, of the principle of the freedom of the seas, which he enunciated in his 14 terms, and on which the Alliee, In agreeing to discuss peace with Ger¬ many, have reserved the right of freedom of action al the peace con¬ ference
The plan for a League of Nationa is another 6irbje<rt to which the Pre¬ sident is said to have given mtich study He ie understood to regard this as eesential for the maintenance of the peace of the world
During his absence from the Uni¬ ted Statee the President plans to con¬ tinue to exercise all the functions of his office He i* said to plan trans¬ action of any neceesary Executive businees in the American Embaaey Technically he then would be on American soil. Should he visit Lon¬ don or any of the other Allied capital the Embassies there would become his executive headquarters. He will keep in communication wilh Wash¬ ington by wireless while at sea, and y cable and, if ne<e8»ary. by dispatch boats, while he is abroad
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BIT  U>ST  R.\rE.
.Vfter an unknown alien had shot and fatall.\ wounded Delucco Recci- ardi. at ih' corner of Wood Sireet and Lincoln avenue, at Bristol. Sun- lay evening, the murderer hired a ta.xicab and followed his victim half¬ way to Trenton, before the ambi»- lance outdistanced the pursuing auto¬ mobile. This was learned by the po¬ lice in their Investigation of the mur¬ der Tuesday and has shed further mystery on the case.
The murdered, after running two squares, hired a taxicab belonging to Jametj Falon and ordered the dri¬ ver to carry him "up the pike" after the ambirlance At Tullytown the ambulance was out of sight, and the pa.ssenger ordered the driver to re¬ turn to Bristol, dismissing bim with¬ in a few squares of the scene of the shooting
The police believe that rivalry for fhe affections of a woman, who is said to be married, was tbe motive for the crime.
MX'HirAL, XS LITHKRAN CHmCH.
Th© Famous Pritchard Orcheatra known throughout the Eastern part of Pennsylvania aa one of the beat musical organizations, will render a concert consisting of solos, etc , la St John's Lutheran Chimh, Naaa¬ reth. on the evening of December 19, Kverybody invited to attend.
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