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THE LARGEST WEEKLY NEWSI'APER IN NORTH- AMITON COUNTY.™ EiT-
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Nazareth Item
H)STAI. /.AWSrvquIrt thai suhscrliilUms be paid prom pill/. A hlue pencil mark In Ihls circle mearu your suhs<-riptlon ts due, and we will thank "ou ior a prompi remittance.
AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER, DEVOIED TO LKl ERA! URE, LOCAL AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE
NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1918
NO. 43
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MAJOR GENERAL MOMASH.
Comrnands Third Australian Division     in     Flanders.
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Tho money  tho  UniLod States pay out aud what wo ge.t lor it is a tair ! statement of our war program and oii | our uaLional achiovomciiL so far, aud iiidicalus duliiiiioly Lhe magiutudo of our  undertaking,   the  giauL scale  ot jirepuration and lho standard uo have i sel for ourselves in this griui slrug- | glu lo preserve ou-r ualioiial life aud ' llie civillzatiou of lho  world.     VVhai ' ^^e havo done so  far poiiiLs  Lo  what is liefore Us—whaL wo musL do week j Ijy week and monlh by month UU the ' wur Is wou.
in normal tiiuea -  in peace limes	
il cosla about a billion dollars a year to run the Uovernmeul. For ihe liscal year ended Juno ;iu, lUis, Con¬ gress appropriaied iu round numbers, ' including doliciences, $1S,SS:;,UUU,- UUO. Kor lyiy Coiigreas has appro¬ priated iu round numbers al LUe pres- lui ssesiou, including delicioncles iiiul appruiirialioii bills pending, $24,-
Tlie  mind   is   often confused   over ¦aiiprojiriatious" and '¦expoiidiluroa." Cuiigressioiial  approprialioua  Ux  the ' iuiiil  of   what   may   be   used.     Theu liie  Liovoriimental   Deparliueuls  aud ijureaus spend what is neeess.iry, aud at lUe eud of the year the appropri- < ulioii   lapses.     Ollicial   ligures   show lhal for the liscal year lUlii ih eUov- eiiinient   spenl    |lli,t)ttG,70:i,471.14 and  in    addition     during     the  war ' moiulis of 1917 disbursed $,SS5,0UU,- ijuu for loans to Allies.
Uj) to lhe very day wo entered Lhe war   tiermany   believed   thai   viciory i
I.u- the Central powers lay just ahead. ''^'" ^^^ ^^^- '¦"bird Aii.sirallan division. A sirung faclor in this calculation was Oonenil Monn.sh's rise has been rapid llu ir belief Lhal the Eiiieiile powers ^'^^'^ since hi.s npiioiiilinent n.s lieuten- tti-rc  linancially exhausted. i"t In  the Aii.siralinn C'ltizoiis'  fi'ori)S
(iermany had speiil lifly years pre-   ^ 18S7.    lie wns chief ccn.sor for Aiis- lariiig  for  a   war of conifuost.     She   tralln nt the outbreak of ilie war and know   that   from   its   vory   start   sho ; served In Oalllpoll two yenrs, iiiiisi wage it from within the circle composed  of  herself and   her  Allies, tiut she must produce    from    within ¦iii.s circle her raw stuffs and inaiiu'- I inured material, and by doing this, ;i; lUijli the war has continued far be-
LIBERTY DAY IS SET FCRJGT. 12
All Citizens Urged to Celebrate 426th Anniversary of Dis¬ covery of America.
BIG   HELP   TO   LOAN   DRIVE.
Designed to Aid Sales of Bonds—Proe-
lamation     Requests     Holiday    for
Federal   Employees   Who   Can
Be  Spared   From  Work.
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.Mii.|c)r  (Jeneral   .Mona.sh   is  (.•oniiiian-
Aa.s lo be a winning—she has kept | er money at home, used it over and \ vor again, as the same water often! urns  the wfheels of many mills.
Dur Allies, on tho other hand, ow-
iK <liielly to  their  lack  of propara-
•:on had to come into the markets of
:lii' I'liited  State* for most of their
war  necessaries, and  in the years of
WashlnKton.- President Wilson pro- clnlmcd Knt urday. rictnljer 12. the four hundred nnd twenty-slxili anniversary of the dl.srovery of Amerlcn, as Lib¬ erty day and rnlled upon nil citlicens to celebrate It, to stiinuliite n generous response to the fourth Liberty l<^n. Ills proclnmntlon follovv-s:
"Every dny the great prlnrl[ilo8 for which we nro flgbtlng tnke fresh hold upon our thought and purfiose and ninko It rienrer whnt the end must be Mild whnt wo must do to achieve \\.^ We now kniiW more certainly than we ever know before why free men brought the grent nntlon nnd j,'overnnient we love Into e.xistence, beraii.se It grows clenrer and clnnrer wlmt sii[ireine service It Is to be Aiiierlcn's privilege to render to the world. The nnnlversnry of Ihe dis¬ covery of America imist therefore have for us In this fateful year a peculiar nnd thrilling signiflcnnce. We should mnke It B dny of ard"nt rededlcntlon to the Idonis upon which our govern¬ ment Is founded nnd hy which our present heroic tasks nre Insiilrcd. Ask Aid for War Loan.
"Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wil¬ son. President of the United Stntes. do
  I appoint  .Snturdny,  the  twelfth  dny of
Remnant of Crescent Forces Hurrying , October, lOlS. ns Liberty dny.    On thnt
Across the Jordan, Wher* I day I request the citizens of every rom
Arabs Walt. ' munlty of the United .States, city, town
  and  countryside,  to celebrate the dis-
BRITISH WIPE OUI TURKS
,ud the eighteen months that Ger- Allenby   Captures   18,000   and
.any   set   tor   its   winning—if   there;
Drives Beyond Nazareth.
rnvery of our country In order to stlm- nlnte n generous response to the fourth Liberty lonn. rommi'morntlve nd- dresses, pngcnnts. harvest home festl- vnls and other deinonstrnflons should be nrrnnged for in every n<'l).'lil)orhood under tlie general direrlion of the sec¬ retary of tho treasury nnd the Imnie- re short on both and  we supplied    although   It   wns   found   to   be   larger    <llnte   direction   of   tbe   Liberty   Lonn
London.—Xazareth, the holy shrine ur neutrality their account wilh us I of Cliristinn civilization—Indeed, prac- ,,taled    appro.xiimatlely    $9|,4aa,.-24,, ; t,,,^,,^ ,f,p ^^.j,^,,^, „,. is,.„eiiti„h  Pnies
tine—is  In   the  hands of  the  British
thnn wns expeeteil, ims been complete
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.\  national  and  an  individaul  are alike whon tbev want to buy anyth--ng! »™y.   "''"se  victory  over   the  Turks -they   nurst   have  money   or  credit, i •¦ much greater thnn  wns reported  a Willi ll is based on money.     Our Allies   dny or two ago.    The Turkish  anny,
Wl
ir need.     We advanced thom mon V and iredit, and we called the trams- ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^  ,,_^ Christian pow
- non   a   loan.     In   tho   fiscal   years    ' ,      , . ..   ,,
;:M7 and 1918 we loaned them $.5,- «™ «'••' "^nln In possession of the •::'.,00(1,000.     Their    securities    and   Holy Land.
^..vernmental undertakings to repay \ More than IS.CKiU Turkish prisoners lit- in the vaults of the Treasury ot | were taken west of the Jordan, with ¦'i'' United States. i i20 guns,   four  nirplnnes  and  an   Im-
What our Allies did with that cred-   jjjgj^g^   ^^,„^,,^j   ,,f   iransport.   railway
;• or money is of vast importance to ii.< They looked to us to supply them with wheat and porn and cotton from our fields, coal and ore from our mines, and finished    products    from
oirr   factories   and   foundries,   other-   t^e shores of the  Sea of Galilee nnd wise  thoy  eould  not  romain  at  war,   ^pe  llndlng little  left  to  oppose  their
Committee, In co-nperntlim with the United Stntes P.urenu of Ivlucntlon and the public school nntborltles.
"Lot   tbe   people's   response   to   the fourth Liberty loan express the meas¬ ure   of   their   deviitiiin   to   the   Ideals which  hnve  guided   the  country  from Its   discovery   until   now   nnd   of  their determined   piirimse   to   defend   them mill t-'r.arantee llieir triumiib. Holiday for United States Wv^^ers. "I'''or the purpo.se of pnrtlcipnting In Rritl.sh cavalry are galloping toward    Liberty dny celeliiations nil employees
of the federal  goveniinent thnnighout
rolling stock and locomotives. The total P.rltlsh advance from tho start U 00 miles.
so they brought this credit that wo hid lent  thom into our jnarkets and
ent  it over our counters.
During the fiscal year 1918 our ex- Iinrts amounted to $fi.OOO.OOO.OOO. Six billion is six thousand million. Must of Iheso went to our allies, and Was turned  immediately and eagerly
sweep. No estimate has been mnde of tbe number of Turl;i.«h dead, but It Is very large; the British cnsunltles, on tho other hand, are remarkably light. The Turkish lu.sses are likely to be very much greater thnn tho figure stated, ns wlmt is left of their army
into  fighting stuff  for  winning  their 's »" disorganized  llight nnd  the Brlt-
,.g^f our war. '""^ hnv<( cut off all methods of egress
You will be interested in knowing except  a   few  fords  over   the   Jordan
me of the things our Allies really <>nst  of  Nnzareth.     If  they  cross  the
did with the sums we lent them. First river they will fall  Into the handa of
they  used over  $1 r)0,000,000  for ro- the Arabs, who nre waiting for them.
liif in Belgium    and Servia.         The The battle provided one of tho great
people   In   nelgium   call   It   "blessed cavalry rides of history.    For 00 miles,
money."     Besides  tho  enormous   ex- perhaps  more,   the   British   yeomanry,
pendituros embraced     in    the    term the Australian light horgemen nnd the
"munitions of war," they have spent turhaned    Indian    squadrons    pressed
JS"0,000,OOn  for cereals,   $800,000,- ff«-iftly   forward,   nround   nnd   behind
I the coun Iry whose services can be spared may be excused on Saturday, the twelfth dny of Oetober, foj the en¬ tire dny.
"In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United Stntes to be affixed.
"I>iiiie In the District of Columbia this 10th dny of September. In the year of Our Lord mie thousand nine hundred nnd eighteen and of the Inde¬ pendence of the United Stntes of .\mer- ca the one hundred and forty-third.
"woomunv wilson.
"I'y the President. "ROBKIt'I'' LANSING,
"Secretary of Stnte."
LABOR  STANDS  BY WILSON.
' for meat and    other    foods, and    ^^  fleeing  Turks.     Diverging  squad-    London Conference Adopts President's
'",000 000 for cotton
Tho letters  immediately  following
¦' .- will tell the cost of turning a ci-
' :i  into a soldier, of the draft, the
idier's life nnd training in the can-
^¦iinients,   his  life  overseas  and   the
birilding of tho ships that took him
there, the    engineering    projects in
FV.moe  to   make   ready  for   the   sol
flii'i-'s life and training in the canton
rons thundered ibrnugh the sacred val- Peace Conditions.
leys and over historical fields, that of London.—The sjilrlt of America dom-
.\nnngeddon,    for   Instance,   In    their Innted the Interallied labor conference
dash for the railmnds and the enemy and  with only one dissenting voice It
supply  centers   nnd   In   their   nish   to adopted   President   Wilson's   14  condl-
selzo the Jordnn fords nnd ronds tlons  for pence  ,is  a  sirtmiiary of  la-
The  IlHifa-Bi'lsan  rnilroad  Is  theirs bor's  wnr  alms      It   also  iiiiied   upon
with  all   the  rulling stock  on  It;  the the governments of i.ie allied nations
main  line to  Diiinaseus nlso Is under to  ndopt   these   piinclples   In   n   Joint
I-. his life overseas and the build-   t*'*'''" controL    They hold all the good    declaration of pnlli y. of the ships that took him there,   roajls going nort|i  and the few^ fords
the engineering projects In Franco to   still left to the Turks on the Jordnn
make ready for the siddler's coming   are  not 'nvallabb'   for wheeled  tralilc.    r- *
our aircraft production, the wonder-   From the north ibe chances of getting   '.\   WORLD'S   NEWS   IN \
fu!  Liberty motor,  and  kindred sub-   help  are   ver.\   slim.     The  Arabs   not    \ \
only have cut the main r>amnscuH rull- waj line, but bnve occupied a consider¬ able section of It.
HKAJjTH l.NSTHUCTIONH
THitU OUAFT HOARDS.
Provost .Marshal General Crowder has called attention lo a circular of instructions jirepared tiy the United Slates Public Health Service for re¬ gistrants declined in the draft be¬ cause of physical disability. Thu circular copies of which have beeu placed in all tho local draft boards Ihroughoul the country, is the result of a recominendaton made to General Crowder by Surgeon General Itupert Blue of tho U. S. I'ublic Health Ser¬ vice. The Surgent General points OJiut that in the lirst draft about one- out that in the first draft about one- jectod for physical disabilities and that hundreds of thousands will be added as a result of the examinations to be made of the new registranls.
"It is highly desirable," said Sur¬ geon General Blue, "that the meu found to be disijualiliedforinlilLary service by the examining physicians o£ the local draft boards sliould re¬ ceive definite instructions as to the meaning ot their disabilities and that a strong appeal be made to them to correct theso disabilities as far as possible. But the object of this measure is not only to reclaim men for military service or for such ser¬ vice as they can perform, but to les¬ sen the burden of illness and dlsabi- liiy among those engaged in es.sential industrial work. It is hoped that the instruction in this circular, which is really primer of lhe physioal defects of tho nation, will reach far beyond the draft board and be utilized by all agencies interested in improving the public health to instruct the people with regard to their physical deficiencies and the ways and means by which thi-y can be remedied."
According to the U. S. Public Ser¬ vice experience everywhere shows that Lhe proportion of persons with physlclal impairments is consider¬ ably greater In persons between 30 and 40 than in those between 20 and 30 years of age. This waning vital¬ ity at ages over 30, so commonly ac¬ cepted as inevitable, can be postponed
to a large extent. In this connection, it is pointed out that 60 per cent of the physical defects found In the last draft were of a preventable or cur¬ able nature.
In addition to furnishing all the local draft boards throughout the country with a sufflcient number of the circulars to supply one to each registrant rejected because of physi-
I cal disability, arrangements have been  made to  furnish  specimens  of
i the circular to lite insurance compa- niesc.   fraternal  organizations,  labor
i unions, employers of labor and others
I who desire to reprint the circular in
: its present ofFicial form for wider dis-
I tribution.
¦ "The I'. S. Public Health Service will be glad to furnish sepciniens of
¦ this circular on application and urges all organizations that c„n reach large groups of i>eop;e to reiirint and distri¬ bute the circular and thus contribute materially to the pirblic welfare and the national defense."
The circular issued by the U. S. Public Health Service Is entitled "In¬ formation for Guidance and Assist- I ance of Registrants Disqualified for Active Military Service Because of Physical Defeots." It is a four-page leaflet, containing specific informa¬ tion relating to the commoner causes of rejection or deferred classification, e. g. Defective Eyesight, Teeth and Disease, Feet, Underweight, Over¬ weight, Hernia, Hemorrhoids, Vari¬ cocele, \'arioose Veins, Bladder, Kid¬ ney and Urinary Dl.sorders, Kar Trou¬ ble, Heart Affections, High Blood Pressure, Lung Trouble, Rheumatism Venereal Disease, Alcohol, .Vervou's and Mental Disease, and Miscella- ni^ous conditions. The information is presented in simple form and has boea aproved by the highest medi¬ cal authorities. At the end is a striking quotation from President Wilson. "It is not an .\rmy we must shape and train fur war; it is a Na¬ tion." This is followed by the fol¬ lowing personal appeals:
"Do not .go through life with handi¬ caps that may be easily remved. Do not shorten your life, reduce your earning capacity and capacity tor en¬ joying life, by neglecting your bodily condition."
"While other mon are cheerfully facing death for the cauae of demo¬ cracy, do not shrink from facing a little tronble and exeponse to make yourself strong, healthy and fit."
Over a million copies of the leaflet have ben sent out to the draft boards. Requests for specimen copies should be addressed to the U. S. Public Health Service   Washington,  D.  ('
FOE REFUSES TO FIGiinUR MEN
Americans Unable to Overcome ^
Enemy's Fear Even of
Clash by Patrols,
LIEUT, G. H. PENDLETON.
Made    Honorary    Member   of Crack Belgian Unit for Valor.
THK AN.M'AL .'VIKKTINO
Of THK .MOK.WIA.N
HISTOlllCAL StMJIKTY.
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PRISONERS ARE DESPONDENT.
Artillery   Fire   Is   Purely Perfunctory. German   Command  Accepts  Situa¬ tion  in  Lorraine and  Is Work¬ ing Only on the Defensive.
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With the American P'orces In Lor¬ raine.—Knt renehed In lhe second lines of the Ilindi'iiburg systi;ni, the Ger¬ mans along the front south west of Metz appear to have accepud the new situation. The tactics they are em¬ ploying nre wholly defensive ones.
The (iermans nre carrying out a half hearted nnd seemingly perfunc¬ tory Donibnrdnierit of the American lines. Even challenges by American and Fn :irh patrols are refused by the enemy except where a coiillict Is In¬ evitable.
Sin-Ils from German .77-caliber guns nre reaching the Amerlcnn forward positions, while those from the 10.")'s nnd the l.'lO's are falling In the back areas. From llnie to time the shells reach points throughout the sector, but only at rare Infervnls does the enemy flre give the impression that a concerted effort Is being mnde.
It would n[ipenr tbnt the Oermans nre convinced that further attacks at nn early date are Impnilialde and that tbey themselves have nellher the abil¬ ity nor the heart to counter attack. The situation rapidly has become like that on old sectors, where both sides are content to harass ench other day In nnd day out. *'
A bombardment that is heavy enough at times to be called a barrage Is laid down early In the morning. It Is followeil by nnother some hours later. The remainder of the day Is devoted to occasional shots and at- temiits agninst the active allied air- filanes.
.•Vnieriran ohstrvers, both aerial and
those nt fixed posts, report decreased
activity behind the Oerman lines.  This
! Is taken to Indiinte that the units Imt-
'. ten d  in   the  American   advance  have
been relieved by fresher troops.
Three of the Hve -Vmerican airplanes [ lost  In  one diiy  were tlmso belonging j to a bombing formation which dropped , two   tons   of   explosives   on   German j troops   nenr   JIars-la-Tour,   south   of Conflnns.    Tbo group was attacked by , ten enemy machines.   One Germnn nlr- i plane dropped.    Cangbt nt a disadvan¬ tage,   the   Aniiricans   separated,   and three of the planes were brought down In flames.
Four Oerinan prisoners hnve been brought In and delivered to the offlcers of the American intelligence depart¬ ment for Interrnj.'atl(in without a shot having been lired. An ofllcer and a pntrol of 1.'^ men were checked one night by wires wli'i-li hnd been electri¬ fied. Tbe fintrni returned the next night with mater'al to bridge the wires. It was raniinir. however, nnd the Oermans hnd inrni'd off the cur¬ rent.
The pntrol cn.ss. d the wires, cnme to another wire and wandered through nn abandoned cnnimunicatlon trench until n sentry wns encountered. One of the Amerlcnn.s, addressing the sen¬ try In German, succeeded In obtaining the countersign befure the sentry dis¬ covered the .\mi'iican's Identity. With the Sentry a prisniii-r, the patrol moved on unill a second sentry was met. This Gennan reeii;;iiized the Ameri¬ cans nnd fled to bis dugout. The Amerlcnns battered down the door nnd captured lilm and two of his comrades.
A certain .\merlenn division which took more than Its quota of prisoners has made an exhaustive exnminatlon of these letters und found that the morale, even of tbe men in the Tenth German Division -conceded to be the best opposing the .Vmericans—Is de¬ cidedly !ow. If it can be Ju.lged from private letters never Intended for .American  consumption.
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Lieut. fJeorge II. Pendleton, United States Infantry, wns cited in I'.i'Igiun nrmy orders for gallantry, and «as decorated with the Belgian war cross by King Albert. Lieutenant Pendleton Is the son of Jud^re Francis K. Pendle¬ ton of the New York ."^iipn-nie Co.jrt nnd the great-grandson of Francis Scott Key, author of tbo "Siar-Sfian- gled Banner."
METZ IS U. S. TARGET
Gunners Are Landing Their Mis¬ siles on German Territory.
Sincerely yours, Anfonlette Funk,
' partment  Propaganda and  .-Speak¬ ers' Department.
'•Vonien's Liberty Loan Committeo.
OONATIONS FOR THK
KASTOV  IIOSPIT.VL.
L CONDENSED FORM   |
HOOVER  STOPS  GRAIN   MALTINQ.
^«> I'KACK WITH TKLTON,
VKIJ. HOvi i.Sl.uV.NU ME.V;
Aot* to  Prevent Waste  Pending  Date Beer Order Ic Effective.
Washington.—To   prevent   waste  of store  the oust«-il  fovernment
irmln   from  malting before  the  Presl- enn troops In tin- interim operated th.
dent's proclamntlon 8t<)i)[)Ing nil brew- street curs.
Ing becomes effective.  Food  Admlnis- WASHINGTON.—Men  In  new draft
LONDON.— By a coup d'etat the ri¬ val faction in .\iv li.mgel overthrows the government of ihe-iiorib. The al¬ lied diploinntlsis and military com¬ manders interfere and In two days re-
Amerl
will  have the iipi...rtinilty to entiT the nii\ > ..r iiiarlnes.
VIENNA. — Three hundred and eighty two persons, mostly girls, nre killed  In  an  exploHhrn   In  a  munition
-¦admiral Bowles, speaking to 16U0 '¦'¦'\i  Island   foremen     reviewed     the
"'shan T"^ f^' ""^ ^''-°,'f*'^«J^ tn.tor Hoover Issued nn onler provid
.eaaun-^         '''"¦''-"^ »"K  'hat  •¦from   this  date  forward   no
^". no paace," yoUed    the    ship- '"«'""« "' Ifrnin will be pennltted for
^jhUi-rg. the pmiose of brewing beer or near
^ llieu they stamped and cheered for beer.
''» uiiauLott,   while Admiral  Bowles, Und.'r  the  President's proclamation j,iant   near   Vienna,   while   many   are
¦erector General Schwab and Captain brewing muat cease Oecenibor 1. wounded.
-ithlcen  Burlie,  of  tho  BritlaU  Ked :   NEW   YORK.—Spanish   Influenza   is
"¦"SS, helpej  tuem applaud. FREES  AUTOS  TO   AID   LOAN. rni'ldly   apn'mllng   among   soldiers   In
'hu iliuner was given to celebrate - —  training,    with    epidemics    af    Camps
>-¦ IJibaking of  tho  world's rlvoling Qarfleld   Lifts   Sunday   Ban   to   Thos* Devens,  Upton,  Dix  and  Lee, |t Is re-
''^ta, when lyS.UUO nvttta were dn- Who Help. ported l.v medical authorities.
"I'^   lu   a   single   day.     .\lr.   Schwab Washington. -~  Fuel    Administrator        WASHINGTON. Germany Is crum-
¦¦-'Uiisea the luou two wookb ago thai Onrfleld hns lifted the ban on tbe use pUng with terror l.efore the American
•- i>uuia t(o their gueal If  they pas- of automobiles nn   Sunday  to  [>er»on8 advance, decliu-.> .'Senator James Unm-
¦     '^'   lUu.Ouu-mark   In  a  day,  and who make use of .their .-nps In the pro- 11,0,, Lewis on his return from France
yronuseii   to   vlait   thom  again   it nation of the Liberty l.oan. „p,,  r,,^,!,,,,,)
¦"^) pattsed the 200.U00-mark. Sunday,   Sep'eml.. r  :.'t(.  automobiles        PHILADELPHIA.—New   ordert   by
¦ -^  may be used fur purposes of attending ^m Kmergency  Fleet Oon>orntlon will
. '••insult Joseph Brobston,    ualrman   M'erty   l>ian   n tings  or canvassing ^j^yp „|| Hlnckers from hlg ship yanlt
.'¦ tbe borough of Nazaroth. for In- fr^   t'""   '"""•     Oasollneless   Sundays ft li estimated that L'O.OOO of ihe 00,000
"¦"iaUon J..hout the Fourth Uberty w'"   «"'   '>•   enforced   for   pleasure men at Hog Island nione are classed a«
'¦'*"• ride*. dr«ft  evnders.
Several weeks ago announcements were made In the various churches of Nazareth and vicinity asking for donations of Jars of fruit, glasses of jelly and vegetables for tho Easton Hospital, and every family should cheerfully give to this worthy cause. They are asking for only a litle. and yet collectively It will mean a gro.at deal for the institution. W'e ali know only too well the scarcity and high cost of all kinds of provisions and tho continual demand for some worthy cause or other, but we should remember the valirable services citi¬ zens of our community have received gratuitously at the institution and we should give liberally. The mem¬ bers of the United Rvangelical con¬ gregation have alroady aent their do¬ nations to tho hospital and trust that every congregation wiil respond to this noble cause.
Whore no other arrangements have been mado donors .iro requested to bring their mltes fo .Mrs. Wilson E Bock, No L'S Belvidere Street, .N'aza¬ reth. who will gladly tako charge of same, and insure prompt delivery to the hospital.
Fourth Lilierty lioan.
Be ready so soon as the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign is on to "do yoar best." It may bo youy last chance. Let nobody get ahead of you.
T"he Serbs make a twelve in.le advancs west of the Vardar and are within four miles of the Important Uskub- Salonica railway.
British troops near La Bassce break up a German attack and around St. Quentin Improve their positions In local  fighting.
The A.Tierlcans northeast of SL Mi¬ hiel in two raids gather In a large group of prisoners and leave many dead in destroyed enemy positions.
From the American lines fires could b« seen in Dommartin, inside the ansmy lines, and there were indica¬ tions of a furthsr retreat.
The GciiiMns were thrown back on the Hindenburg Ilne, northwest of St. Quentin, after a desperate battle In wh'ch 'hey lost three defending ridges, ten villages, 10,0*0 men and seventy big guns and the British gained all the high ground. Tke Serb success against the Bulgars is growing. On a front ot 25 miles the advance has reached a depth of 18 te 17 miles and 10,000 prisoners are reported. In Palestine General Allenby has resumed his campaign by defeating the Turks between Rata and the sea and pushing for¬ ward   12  miles.
Seven  Privates Find  Hun Seventy-five
and   Fire   Fifty   Shots   "Toward"
Met2 Until Officers Stop Party.
With tbe American Armies in France. —The    fort llfcai ions    of   the   Ci-riiian stron;,diold   of   iletz   have  been   rnder fire "1' American guns for tin.' last flve dii.\s.    The tirst shot from  ih.-.   :.'uus . at the fortress vvas flre.' lay.
The fir!:  ....¦;.........
then.
In coni,eciiu.'i -.viih this l:i.-:uil.,' and Important de\elopment in tbis sector It Is now peniiUted to relate an interest¬ ing Incident which occurred cluring the liciinan retreat northward last week.
Seven Aimrican privates found a German "seveiity-flve" in the woods nenr Vlgneulles. '^hey bad never seen one of these guns before and knew lit¬ tle of the intricacies of its nieclianisra and oiieration. There was plenty of. ammunition near it, however, and one
of   their   -..       .  -¦¦¦¦1    'liflt-   tlw.r   ¦¦.! t    !lo
Metz.'
At on... UH- iii..isiiin t.. .1.. s.. was unanimous. Tbey loaded the gun and one of them pulled the lanyard. "Boom I" sounded the first shot. They flred .'it) shells before our offlcers dis¬ covered them.
It Is one of tbe regrettable incidents of the operation lure thnt we doubtless will never know where these shells struck. They knew the general direc¬ tion of Metz, nnd most of the shots were aimed that way. However, they omitted the niceties of accurate range finding nnd fired north, northeast and northwest Indiscriminately.
"We will bet you real money that Metz is In ruins by this time," one of thera said to a sergeant when he found tliem.
Mr.  Crowell  Tells  of   Bombardment.
Washington.—The forts of Metz. the Gemuin stronghold In Lorraine, nre under the flre of .\nierlcan guns of nine Inch and larger eallber. members of the Ilouse Military Ci)minittee were told at their weekly conference with Benedict Crowell. acting secretarv of wnr, and other war department ofll¬ cials.
Production of Liberty motors nnd of ordnance, particnlailv eight Inch how¬ itzers. Is Increasing, the nflicials said. The production of motors was .said to have passed 7,(>iHi. of which 2,.t00 have gone to the navy ard fhe allies.
Llbeny motors now are being used In tanks.
The  business   meeting  of  the His¬ torical Society was called to order by the  I'resident,  Dr.   VV.  N.  Schwartze, The minutes of the last annual meet¬ ing were read and adopted. j      The  treasurer's Statement showed I the receipts from Septombcr 1,  1917 I to   August   31,   191i4    to   have   been $92u.07; the Expenditures    for    the same period 174:;.05;  leaving a bal¬ ance  of   $183.0:;.        During   the  last Liberty   Loan   campaign   the  Society I made an investment of $i!00 in Lib¬ erty Loan Bonds.
At Hlio P. .\1. the company was summoned to the tables tor the Ves- ' per by the ringing of the flrst church beil used in this vicinity. As the guesis were sealed a uumber of young Ladies marched into the hail iu Red Cross uiiiforrfl singing "On¬ ward Christian Soldiers." These were the .Misses Florence Schmidt, Maude .Menhennitt, Harriet Henry Anna Ziegler, Mary Miller, .Milscent Pohl, Josephine Kreidler, Virginia '• aiinatla, Julia Crawford.
This procession was led' by Miss Carolyn Thaeler youngest daughter ot the Kev A. D. Thaeler, Nazareth Hall. Little .Miss Carolyn is the youngest life member of the Historl- cal Society—probably of any other bocieiy. made so by her grand father Mr. Abram L. Schropp, now probably the o dest member of the Society, llie luile lady carried a boquet the -gift of Mr. .Schropp, which she gracefully presented to the President The young ladies did the honors at the tables.
Afrer the Vesper the President in¬ troduced Mrs. J. Upton Meyers, of Bethlehem who delightfully enter¬ tained the company with her paper entitled. "The Men of Early Beth¬ lehem' a companion chapter to the paper of last year about the "Women o; Early Bethlehem" illustrative of '¦e .Social evolution of the city.
This was followed by Dr. Rau or¬ ganist of the Bethlehem Moravian Church, in an interesting and instruc¬ tive paper on the ".Music and Hymns of the Moravian Church."
The singing of an appropriate hymn closed the exercises and anoiher of the now quite noted "Ves¬ pers" of the Historical Society pas¬ sed into history.
W. H. \'ogler, Sec'y.
OPFMV
LA'KUriSKS AT
XAZAHETH H.\LL.
Ofnii,i,a    Thursday    morning    the ITOtli lerSiof Nazareth Hall Militarv I A«*;lemy w*as opened  with appropri- ^^ "^¦-:      V-       i>„ r.. .,  number    of '^^***^ ended  mak-
!"^' ;i' - "   ..f "reviv¬
ing interest on the . e towns
folk.
Fifty-two ca.dets had arrived. One more came on .Monda.v. Two others one from Mexico are on the wav. Among the new boys was Cadet Daiiv brought from his home in Kentucky by his fatlier who was a class-mate of Dr. Thealer at. the Hall and grad¬ uated at the same time with him. Mr. Daily made a capital address to the boys.
Professors      Ricksecker,      Eberts, "haplin.  Van  Horn.  Traeger,  Landis
I   Herxthal  are  in   charge  of  the
• m   companies   and   classes,   with I.e Rev. W.  H. Vogler teaching the English Bible.
Frank W. Stout, of Bethlehem, who was engaged as Commandant was at the Hall on .Mondav evening and in an address to the Cadets told them th::t he had been ordered to the I'niversity of Texas, at Austin, aa Military instructor, and would there¬ fore not be able'to take up the work he had so pleasantly anticipated at the Hall, as ho was to leave for his new appointment at once.
Dr. Thaeler at once went to Beth¬ lehem on Monday evening and was fortunate enough to secure Captain Gomherling, Co.. B. H. D. Battalion, Bethlehem, who w-ill take charge of the military instruction. """ T*T»»re will be drill everv evening ot 5  P.  M.
DISTINGUISHKD  ITOPI.E
AT  V.AZ.ARF.'TH.
TO    STOP    RUSSIAN    TERRORISM.
Civilization to H,Tlt Outrages of Bel- sheviki-Hun F^a^tne^s. WasbiiiL'ton,--The capital Is echoing appr..\al of Secretar;. Carting's ap¬ peal to tho nllies and mut ral countries to Interfere In the Russian reign of terror. .Vmeri.^iin cllplomntic represent¬ atives In nlUed and neutrnl countries will communlcnte tbe appeal to the go\ernnients. It lb hiiped thnt menns will be found to communicate the views of civilization to the perpetra¬ tors of the present  crimes.
REVENUE   BILL  PASSES  HOUSE.
$8.000000,000 Measure, Largest In His¬ tory, Unanimously  Adopted.
Wnshlngton. By   unBiiimous  vote
the house of representatives passed the SS.noo.noO.OOo revenue bill, the greatest tax mensnre In history, with a cheer.
The ridl call showed S.'W menitiers voting for th'e bill,
Tbe bill ns pnRRe<l prnctlciilly Is un- chtingiKl from the fomi !n which It came from the Ways and Means Com¬ mittee  September 3
Last Saturday evening tho entire staff or our worthy contemporary. The Bethlehem Times, fled the ttrr- moil of the larg<«t arsenal in the United Sta'es. and came, as they then thought, to the quiet and peaceful Na::are'h Thev foirnd us a hustling comnumi'y. and were pleasantly sur¬ prised. We believe in fact we know that they en.ioyi.d thomse!v.^<: nvally. If our police reporter hn • ua
the    information a little we
should have been dt lighted to slick trp our editorial .¦sanctum and have in¬ vited thoFc metropolites to inspect our  facllit. But  wait—no  doubt
they wisheil :o get a new sonsat'on by hearing the dicky birds sing, and to see the lowing herds slowly wind their way homeward through »he streets of Nazareth In the p^iceful twilight. Their thought might hava been to escape for the nonce the whirr of wheels and sooty smoke of their industrial center.
We aro glad the capable, brainy men of Bethlehem's great newspaper found several hours of relaxation In our midst, but we assure them, with becoming modesty tbat It Is not tms that our Burtress called out the enier- ency police and that after they were gone ho issued a te.n o'clock procla¬ mation that all our citizens might now retire In dhsolute safety. We admit Bethlehem is some city, please admit in turn that we are some town Come again, bovs
.\ NEWSPAPER riU)M P.\RIS.
Miss Hazel Deiehma.:; sent to the "Item" Offlce a copv of "The Radia¬ tor" a soldier's paper, edited by our Boys, and printed In Paris, France. It  is a bright sheet.
n<» nttt fall fc» read our Onr <>n( a Word \d«. ) «iu oan alwaya flad aometklay yon  want.