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1( 11 IK LARGEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN NORTH- AMHON COUNTY. EX¬ CELLENT ADVERTISING MEDIUM. Nazareth Item ffiSTAL LAWS rmiutf9 thaf suffu riptiims JW ptM prinuptty A hlue ptfuil J tiiurk in this tin te m^ans your .'iuhst tipttitn i% dum^ and we wilt thmnk -utu A>ff a prompt rvmittuntm. AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NE ¦ WSPAI>ER. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, LOCaLaND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE^ VOL. XXVIII NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19, 1918 NO. 3 , HUISTMAS VKJILS AT ' NA/AKKTU HALL. A unii>ue service, arranged for the ladeUs hy Ur. Thaeler, toolt place al tlie Hall t'hapol ou Sunday evening, gs the laet Sunday evening service before the GhriBtma« holidays. ItcKjionBivo readings iulerspiTsed with ll>e Chrieluiaa Hynum always heard in Moravian churches on Ciirislii'a" i'^ve hrought out the main leuturcB of the ucriplure story ot the .Naliviiy—the Btory whi<:h makes us all clilldren on<;e more for llie ti.ne being. Uoth the reading.s and the kougs *'•'¦'''• entered into most lu!«rti- Ij by the Cudels, who«o excellent singiiig waB very noticahle. The toie pa.rts of "Moruiiig Star" were »uug l^y Charles Thaeler with lino voice and beawtiful expression. As an informal program Mra. Tha¬ eler read "When tho ChrisLmaa C'liiuies rang", a number of very line slides of the Nativity, and famous jlmloniias wore shown; and Misa Carol) 11 Thaeler sang a liltlo lullaby winch seemed lo carry the company 4wa> irom the Hall Chapel lo a ¦ eh'istiiws al home". Thi.s was followed hy Ihe dilribu- tiou ol wa.\ lapera typical of the com¬ ing of the "bight of the World", and the curtain being raised, a beautiful Christmas tree illuminated with col¬ ored ehetric bulbs stood oui beauti¬ fully against the darkne.sa. The Trusteos and their wives had been invited, friends of one or other HEBER U. GRANT. The New Head of the Mormon C*iurch. PARIS THRONOS GREET^WILSO!^ President Takes French Capital by Storm, Bouievards Crov^aed as He Goes Twice to Church. CONFERS WITH CLEMENCEAU. Drive to Prince Murat Mansion an Ova¬ tion in Which City Outdoes Itself. President Goes Twice to Church and Calls on Poincare. T<t OIK Ai)\ i:ktisi:i{,s AM» ««»KI{i;SI'<»M»KNTS. Next Wedni'sday, Decciiilx-r '2~t, heinK ('lirlNtiiui.s and also «iir piildicalion day. Tli<- editor U'linid a|>|>r<'<'iulc anil roiisiilir it a nro»t favor if our iwlverliwr^i and (•ori-<N|»on<|cnts would kindly hand in tlieir copy at Uie earliest piiNxlhl)' monien' in order ihat w «aii have our forms r<-.ad.\ <»n tiiB<' and Hive (he oiiiployec„ u holiday. The Edit«)r. FlUST A.N.M AL Mi;i;ri,\(. oh COI \TV I'AKM IU KKAU The lirsl annual meHting XDrthampton ('ounty Farm Association will he held in M. C. A bu-ilding, Xazarelh. Uelier U. Grant, preshleiit of J the the of the Cadets together with some Quorum of Twelve Aixisiles of tri.iuls trom Uethlehem, made irp a Mornhjii elnireh, uiilomiiilcHllv hecame re.sprclable company who were pn-^ ,,,^, pn.sldent of the Mormon cluirrh veleged Lo take i)arl in and to enjoy I „,p„uj.,, „,p ,,,,„,,, ^^ .j„^,.,,t, s. Smith, this rarely attractive, delightful, and former president, fie rules 400,000 inspiring soirvic<' As Ur. Thaeler remarked in his address at the beffin- ning of the service- "Not for one huMiired years has just such a .serrice b.en held in the Hall chapel" -pro- baldy 'i*'t since it was u.sed ae the place of worship for the then exclu¬ sively Moravian towns people. A line of Ca.det8 on ejieh aide ot the fha.pel, holding burning tapers, lighted the alrtes for the vlaitors as they passed out. hoxoil*bEt^1>isohai«iki> noldebr forghl) chikk. people over whom he has iilisolute con¬ trol, lie will bnve an fliunial .snliiry of $,'')0,000. lie Is now in Liverpool US president of the ICiiroiiriin mission. NEW MULTIPLEX PHONE Vail Announces Invsntion for Long Distance Wires. I'liris.—I'aris is ablaze with illurnl- nnticnis, the bmileviirds are thronged wllb crowds cluiiciiig and sinnln;; and throwing confetti. (Jreater than nrmls- tice night is the celcbriilioii in honor of the arilviil of rresident and Mrs. Wilson. No king ever was greeteil with the enllmsliistn that iimrked President Wil¬ son's (list dny In Paris. It is estimated ;;,(iO0,0(M) per.sons had been in the crowd.s through which the Presidential party passed. Well tilgh half tbe population of the city and surrounding districts greeted the I'resident ui»on his entry Into the city. lie was met hy Pr»'sideiit Poin¬ care, Premier Clemenceau nnd other prominent figiinis of France. Flowers were dropped around the carriage of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, alriiluncs winged overhead, guns boomed, but ohservers were Impressed with something mor^ j debasing and dangerous of the Hurean the Y. Satur- jday afternoon, 'Z P .\I. December 28 1918, when a presidsnt. vice prewid- ent, secretary, treasurer and four iniembers of the executive committee will he elected, and also plans for¬ mulated for the woik of the coming year. The meeting will be inlereat- ;ing not only to the producers, but to itlie handlers and consumers of far.Ti products for in all will handled farm bureaus the consumi^r reaps the greater hc'nefil. This is an era ol discontentment, a condition not dangerous in its<^lf but encouraging for all the progress that has over hec.Xi made was made by dls- oontonted people. A contented per¬ son make« no progress. While the discontentment which spurs men to efforts lo improve their ronditions is beneficial, lhat diacontenlmenl that spends itself in growling and grumbl¬ ing and finding fault with others is I have no ofCarl- :. Web- had il GPorgp W. R*«>derr, ag<Mi 25 lie. wTio sign»d the name of "C. Web- »r ¦ to a check for $36 and cashed al Jacob Mayers store, E>a8ton, was arrested at Nazaroth Monday evening by City Deleclive Simmers and Coiislablo Ryan and committed to jail liy Alderman Reus« lo answer a charge of forgery. Ueoder, who was honorahly dis¬ charged from the army a month ago. was einiiloyt-d in a subscription crew for Collier's Weekly. He was work¬ ing under instructions of I^'forrast J. Decker. The explanation of the af¬ fair, as given by Reeder, follows: "l>ecker wrote out a check for "(". Weber," who was a young woman em¬ ployed In our crew, anl intended lo Beiul It lo her al Williamsport, hirt changed his mind and wrote her a let¬ ter, telling her to come lo F^aslon. Later he dropped this check in the hallway of a hotel, and I found it. I carried it around for a while and then Five Telephone Conversations Forty Messages Can Pass Over One Pair of Wires. or Washington.—New marvels In teleg¬ raphy and telephony were announced by Postmaster Oeneral Burleson in making publie a report from Theodore N. Vail, president of the American Telegraph and Telephone ComjiBny, by new discoveries of his staff, forty tele¬ graph messages or five telephone con¬ versations cnn pnss simultaneously over the same p.nir of wires, or com¬ binations of teloyriiph and telephone messages In the same proportion. Previous discoveries had made pos¬ sible the sending of twelve telegraph messages over the same pair of wires, the use of two pair of wires for three telephone messages simultaneously, and the use of a pair of wires for tele¬ phone and telegraph circuits at the name time, but no such multiple sya- than the magnitude and beauty of the reception hy some quality of warmth that made It difTerent from the visits to Paris recently made hy the sov¬ ereigns of the allied nations. The Imngtnallon and Interest of France have been stirred by the Presi¬ dent of the United States as by no oth¬ er leader beyond the borders. All clas.ses nnd parties In this eonntry have united to pay honor to the United States through Its President. They greet him as the representative of Ideals now dawning upon Europe. "In the eyes of the Immense crowds welcoming him," says the semiofficial Temps, "President Wilson represents two Invincible forces, the material force which iiermlttcd the war to be won and also the force which will sanc¬ tify peace." Tirty-six thousand soldiers, the flow¬ er of the French nrmy, lined the ave¬ nues from Daniihlne Gate to the Murat Mansion, which during their stay in Paris will bp the home of the President and his wife. Alpine Chasseurs and Zouaves, fresh from fhe hnttlefleMs of NAVY vmmm FOR U.S. BY 1825 Admiral Badger Tells Senate Thai Is General Board's Program. TIME TO BUILD IS NOW. Says "Wt. Don't Want to Fear Any Nation"—Quotes Wilson, "United States Must Have Most Ade quale Navy in World." Wasliiiigio ..—"The navy of the United Stales sliould iiltiiiiately tie efjiiiil to the most pnvveitiii in liiitaiiied by any other iiiiliin «>1 the world. It should he grnd.iiiily increased to this piint by siic.i n rate ' : developiiieni year by yeiii a., may !)•• permitted by the facilities of 'he country, but the limit above ilidined sliould be attained not later tbiin I'.Ci.' Hear Adminil Charles ,1. P.adger, chaiiiiiaii of tbe Kxecullve Comyiittee of the (Jeiieral I'.oard of the navy, told the Ilouse .\aval .IT:iii> Coininittei- this was the polic>- of the iidmliiistra tlon. It wa.s originally ad\anced in .July. 101.'), by Secretary Daniels, later approved by President Wilson lu a speech at .St. Louis, and is now tbe proj.am of the General Hoard. "The tieneral Boar'l believes that under present world conilitlons und the conditions likely lo obtain In the future," said Admiral Uaiiger, "the United States navy should steadily In- creu.se." Asked the reas<in for urging a navy -a KKV PRINCE JOACHIM MUR^T. Nobleman Born iti Nev/ Ji-.r sey Lendb Hor^e to Wilsr-. I>AVII) KUNTZ 1>IKI) AT Al.liKNlNIWN. M i resi>e<;t for tho man who grinnbles until he has made eveiry effort in hia power to rlgTit the wrong. The greateet diBsatisfactlon seems to he in food «tuffs. Here we have the gTuinhllng farmer at one end and the grumbling consumer at the other j end, very often a glut of farm pro- 1° *'« 'n fear of nny nation In the ducts on tho farms and a scarcity in ! world." I'he cities and towns all because the I The President's attitude, as repre- Prliiee .loachlni Murat tendered hi* rown bouse at 'JS Rue de .Monceau, I'aris, lo President Wilson to be used by Aiiierlca's exeintive during bis staj at Ihe I'reiich cnjiital. Prince .loachlni is Ihe son of Prince Joachlin Murat, who was l)oi-n In .New .Jersey In 18.'J4 nnd who wus a descendant of Napo¬ leon's sister, CBnillne l{<iiiu[)ar1e PORTUGAL'S HEAD SLAIN oi such tremendous power. Admiral j CfOWd LyncheS Assailaot AftCf Cadger said : ! "We don't want the United States He Fires Three Shots. iariy channel of trade !« clogged up by an nadequate and obsolete way of mark¬ eting. The great protoleon that confronts ; tbe poeple at the preaent time is to ¦work out a system to market farm * products and this is not a problem j for the individual producer or con- { Burner It is a social problem. , j Public storage hoirses, milk j stations and ahattiora with compet¬ ent and disinterested inspectors should be established in every large town, or city where all kinds of farm products would be bought at all times at stable prices for certain ! grades. Thi.s would create a confi¬ dence of fair play between producer and consumer and would eliminate sented to the committee, was tliat "ultimately the United States must hnve Incomparably the most adequate navy In the world." "Navies must be Uie principal sup¬ port of a league of nalions," said Ad mlral Badger, "and the United State's, from Its wealth. Influence aud power. Will be called upon ti contrltiute a very large share of the International police force to render such a league effective." Representative Kelly (Kepulillcan) of Michigan usked : "Haven't Kngland and the United States enough ships to police the world? " i V" ' den In December Dr Fired On, but the Went Wild. Paes Wm BulleU London. — Dr. Sldonio Paes, Pre«l- Rev David Kuntz, the WeH-IUKJwn retired clergyman of Ihe l.utliflrran Church, died on Simday af his hlte home, the homo of hiw j^rajirl daugh¬ ter, Mrs Klgar C Statler l..ind«n Sireet, Ailentown The t-xmwfi of death was apjxtplexy He bad a stroke on the first of April hurt, from which he had recovered nle^ly t)\^ his eighty-Kixlh birthday, D»M:<nnber Tth. when he anri bin gnanddaugh- ter's hu8t>and, I>r Statler, jointly cel¬ ebrated thedr birthday* with a »{HCial dinner, ht- wa« again slrichKU He .sank into a crwnatow- an<l reiUiained helpless and falling to the end. Hev. IMvid Kunl/. whs a «oii of the long dece»6»;d Jacob D Kuntz and his wife. Uachaiel Uul/.. H«- was born in Washington township, l..«!high county December 7, 18:t2 In hi« boyhood days he attended the township schvols later the Vanderveer »«;hool, fcSaston,, and flie Ailentown 8«minary, uow Muhlenberg College After having studied theology with the lUfv. Jere¬ miah Schindel, ai ,Ior<ljin (Jhurch one year and .a half h<! entered tlie Get¬ tysburg Seminary In the spring of 18.OS he was ordained to the Uoapel .Ministry by Ihe Minifrterium of Feaa- sylvania in St. John's Lutheran Churrh at EastoJi The suine year he took charge of the Cherryville parish, which he served 11 vKirs and a hulf. In tht; fall of ISfi.V he ac- c !)'ed a call from the .Vazare'th-Korks parish at whicb time he Itved tin Broad Strfiet, Nazareth ;ind resided there while serving that parwh for ; thirty-six years, peBigning ap its pas- I tor in '190.5, since living retired. ¦ P" I even of his caterhUTO*-™. entered the gf>si>el ministry On the fourteenth day of t^ctober, 1894 Kev Kuntz celebrated the 25th anniversary of his paBtor;if»- of the N'azareth-Korks chargf^ in oonnection wilh the reunion of his 4:at4^hirmenB in Forks church In .November. 1894. Pai*tor Kuntz celebrated the 25th amnivereary of his pastorate at Arndt'*; Chnrch in crmnectiooi with the calet-lu-nnins. Kev. Philip Pfatterch«^r lornier pa«- ! tor of the congregatlion preached !n the morning. His wife was a daughter of Ja«ob I'Mickley, of Mickley'e Lehigh counly I In 1907 the coupU- eel^braf***! their golden wedding annlvernerv Hlfi wife and only son I>avid M Ktintz. died several years ago Hr dent of Portugal, was uiiot aud killed >'^'»d by three dawrhte.rs Mrs J S think replied the ail- to have gome fun with Decker, aigned . ^ ,. j v . ,, w.vv.^, o.,.! ,M.<),o,H it ¦\\ Item as this now announced had been tlif name t,. Weber and ca.siiea 'i ^^ . , , , .vm.. Mayer's Monday. I wa.s working .at I hoped as a commercla| Posslbnity .Vazareth. I tried twice to reach liocker by phone, intending to 'kid' him about the chock, but couldn't rwch him. Then the officers came ami arrested me. I did not mean to do aiiythingcrooked, as I had plenty of money. I have the $36 I received on the check, and have offered to make gouil ai; around. I was never in troiriile before. My father was Grant Itix-der. a contractor. He is dead. M.v mother lives at Carlisle." Nil one has lost anything through the transaction, and Decker is trying Early In the life of the telegraph the duplex system csme Into being, by which two messages were sent over the same wire at the same time. This system Is now the common one era- ployed. Later Edison discovered the quadruple! system, by which four messages passed simultaneously. In the early nineties the dual use of the same wires for simultaneous telephone and telegraph puri)ose8 came Into com¬ mercial being. The report discloses the fact that the new method hns been In operation Champagne, and colonial troops,'from" ^}^ "!.^''«"°f ^^,*^ "«^ ^"^'^^^ «™°"? whose uniforms the mud of the Somme ^^'^ <Iifferenl classes. It is worth Imd been removed only a fpw days ago, occupied the post of honor. They gent¬ ly but firmly kept order among the enormous crowds, which ever pressed forward In eagerness to hnve a closer look at the guests of France. President Polncare's luncheon st Elysee Palace wns attended by 2f>0 guests. The Presidential party arrived at 12:45, passing through the lines of the Eleventh Alpine Chasseurs, wlio acted as a miard of honor In the court. The President of France and Mme. "Yes, I mlral. "Is It necessary to build any more while for all to remember that .An- "hip If certain conditionf are hrought arcy and Bolshevism are hut the about?" .Mr. Kelly ci>ntiniied. fruits of arrogance and a.n utter dis- "Not If we are -oiiig to allow some regard of the wants and needs of the other nation to look nfter our In-ter- masaee. ests." was the Hdniiral's reply. by au assassin shortly before midnight while he was In a railway station at Lisbon waiting for a train to Oporto. Advices from Listion reporting the a»- Basslnatlon say that he wus struck by three bullets. President Paes died within a few minutes after be was shot. The a«- sussin was lynched by the crowd. TaiiiugiiinI Bartiosu, the minister of the li»'.<«rior, bus assumed the presl- cy Dr. .Sldonio P.ies was proclaimed rresident of PoruiKal on June H. He headed a revolt In Portugal In Decem- ! ber, 1»17, und Meyers a.nd Elizab»>th. of AII«tjnown. and Mrs C H. BrwTyst, of 'Peorta, IlTl- nois: three grandchildren one great¬ grandchild, and one Bipter Mrs ¦^unt. of .Atlanta Georgia The remains will be laid Ui ristA. Jn the Forks cpimetery faanily plat, pre¬ sented them hy thf <*)ngrpg«fK>«i many years ago The funeral will b*> held this (Thursday) at 1 o'clock » UI.MJ-: C<>.ST1.\(. TA\P.%YKW> KNOK-HOIIH HUM8. Prison sentences aggriicatinB 309 was nameil I'resident m'>nt_ha_ were pronouuctnl i* twenty- of the provisional government on De- '"^^ defendant* during tho Beosiun of Alvin F. Meyer, Sec Farm Bureau SA.XOPHOVK QIAKTETTK FOU Y. M. C. .\. Poincare met their guests, and Presl- The Director of music of the Y. M. \Q, A. Is plantiing an orchestra that will be a credit to the organization. A .Saxophone Quartette will he one of the atractive features and $200 dent Poincare, giving his arm to Mrs. i has already been pledged towards the to settle the case In Reeder's behalf [between Baltimore and Pittsburgh for Heiiltr's sister, Misfi Fay Reeder who more than a month and has stood up is ah-io employed by Collier's under j under the severe tests of the weather r><"kir, was in Easton, Tuesday. She ! conditions during that time. Oovem- an 1 lltl ker retained a lawyer to rep- : ment officials, accompanied by tele- res.m the yoinig man. She said she phone and telegrnpli officials, made an was sutislietl that her brother had not iii'iiiiled lo do anything dishonest SMOKUK I-OK UETUHNKD S<)I,|)IKK.S OF .\.\/,.\llETH ANU VICINITY. Inspection this weeU, and all agreed on the commercial iiosslhilltles of the new discovery. Its application to the existing lines will be slow he<aiise of the nature of the apparatus required and rearrange ments necessary of the present wire systems, but It offers hope for relief from tbe wire congestion of the past few months, when, because of the ne¬ cessities of govei.inient business. It has for some time been almost Impos- 'llie Young Men's Christian Asso- fiatiiin of .Nazareth, will give a smo- Wer to the boys of Nazareth and vlci- Jjity tha havQ . recently returned liiime a' >r serving their country, on fridav b,ening at 8 1'. M. Invitations have been malhsl to all i slide to get cominercial bu.siness over nun whose names tlie association j the wires for days at a time. has l)een ahle to secure, hut every sol- It would also relieve conditions on diei from Na/.areth and vicinity is | stormy days when many wires are out coriliajiy Invited to t>e present and j of condition. The multiple system on enj.jy the good time that will be pro- the wires still In use would Increase by cliild, at the same time afford the j flve times the quiidru|ile system, and ^ M C. A. of Nazareth to welcome by ten times the ordinary duplex sys- tlio boys home and extend the same tern, generally ujed by the companies. hospitality that has been extended to r 'in while In cantonments or in ser- "i'" over seas. •'I'lity of smokes of all kinds to¬ gether with a good entertainment ¦^¦ill be provided and a royal good ^iftie may be expected. Wilson and President Wilson to Mme. Poincare, they proceeded to the draw¬ ing room, where the guests were as¬ sembled. Then ill iiccordunce with the French cnstom M. Poincare presented the men and Mine. Poincare presented the women to President and Mrs. Wil¬ son. When President nnd Mrs. Wilson re¬ turned from the Flysee Palace they found In the drawlni; room of the Mu¬ rat residence niiiiiv beautiful bouquets which had been left there by all clasaes of the French [leople. President Wilson spent his flrst Sun¬ day In Paris by t'oing twice to church, laying a wreath on tbe tomb of l.«fay- ette and having a brief conference with Premier ClemenccMU and another with Colonel E. M. Ilnii.se. In the evening he rested In prepMration for the com¬ ing strenuous week of prellmliinry con¬ ferences. purchase of the in-struments which ^will cost between $600 and $700. Since the Y M. C. A. of Nazareth is an eetablkihed fact it needs to be made as attractive as possible, not only to the male members, but also to the Ijadieis Auxiliary and the gen¬ eral public There are tremendous opportuni Ilepreseiitiiiive Padgett (Democrat) 1 of Tennessee, cl,- Irninn of the com- , mittee, expliiined that: i "The enforcen.ent oi the declara- ! tlons of the .eagiie of nations will be ' by contribution, and our contribution | should be as great as thnt of any other nation. " | Admiral Bailger said the United States Is building a great merchant i marine and tbnt the duty of the navy , would he to protect It as well as to ' guard against Invasion. ' "Sea Iiower will always reoialn a factor of va.tt Importance In Interna- i tional relations," he continued. "The' great naval lesson of the war had been that the nntlon possessing the most : powerful navy was able lu a few ¦ ties in sight if the musi^allV Inclined ' !"*'•¦^^ '" 'T'^'' ^^^ Oerman merchant IH.»ople will heartily cooperate. r. E. WM'IETY msiNKSS MEKTINt;. .\ busine.s6 meeling of tfie Christ¬ ian Endeavor .Society was held and ilwtod the following ofllcers: Char- s riewell. president; Kobert /.legler. flag from the sens and to keep open her own tra<le routes, and yet when the war commenced Germany pos sessed the second best nuvy in the world. It proved to be not good enough. The blockade which she was not able to break was the greatest contributing cau.se of her ultimate collapse." Two additional three year building programs similar to the one adopted the Northampton ^^ouaty court* last week. Three hundrt-d and nine months are e<|ual t<) twen<y-five yeara and nine month*; The taxpayers can obtain an ide«. of what crime is costing them bjr an estimate of the ezpeose of feeding these prisoners Hion«- In 25 yeara and nine monihs there ar»- 9404 days. The average cost per captia of main¬ taining prisoners at the coimty jall, in<'luding food, heal, ligh-t, wagoe, re¬ pairs and all other expenses, in about ."•0 cents a day Therefore, their maintenance at the priHon alone will t>e $4702. This estimate doee ool include tlt« court expenses, -the salaries of jud¬ ges, district attorney. aiSviKtant di«t- rict attorney, court employee, coojLty officials, jurors' pav. mileagti, alder¬ men's and coneiahleB' chibLs. witness feee, etc., all of which comae oix* of the pockets of the taxpayers It would be almost imposaible to flgui-e out what the real burden of one week PITH OF THE VICTORY NEWS » « vice presidcint; Miss Mary Altemos ^.. _ Recording Secretary; .Miss Ella Flyte, I In 1018 will be recjiilred to hring th. corresponding secretary; .Miss Carrie navy up to the iteslred strength, Ad- (irunert. Treasurer. The chairman mlral Badger stated. The original prr>- of the committeivs are as follows - gram should be comiileted in 19*21. Missionary, MIsb Mabel Houck; Mir¬ sic .Miss Glalys Wunderly; Prayer meeting. Miss Ella lU'ver; Social. .Miss .Marie Voigt, and flower Commit lee. Miss Carrie Grunert. William Kern was electe«l as usher WORLD'S NEWS IN CONDENSED FORM WILL K£EP UP WAGES. HFX'EPTION I'OII SOLOrEllS. Large Employers Plan to Maintain Status as Long a^ Possible. Chlciigo Large ein[iloyer8 will i make an effort to maliitnln the present standard of \,agcs. Tbis Is the state¬ ment made by Hurry A. Wheeler, pres- , A Mry pleas;;r;7ent occurr.^ in I 'f'" "' ""' mited States (¦hamher of ';*¦ .ocial rooms of the Moravian ^ f;'""'''''''\;^-''" ;,'''"'";f '" ^'•««" P'urrh. Nazareth, on Tuesday even- i •'"''• «"""•"'"? ""' "'^ntl.nent of large 'f-K. When the Christian Endeavor Society gave a reception to aeverai ^ ,, . , Of the boys who have returned after I «¦"«'"" when the n-st of living Is low employers In the east. "I rather look for a decrease In bein ~ *"* servico of Uncle Sam. | rhe honored guests were Corporal i.irther Clewell, who last week re . ered, but not until then," he said. MACKAY AND WARD OUSTED. turned from England on thn Lapland •"Tgeant George Unangat, of the univflrHity of Pittaburg, and Private Berbert Martin Kentucky . th^*'* '^'**™" ''^'¦e decormted with ! mercial Cable Company to accept the ', appropriate colors, red, white and directorship of the consolidated cables of Fort ThomWs, Newcomb Carlton Operstlng Director of Seized Cable Systems. New York As n clliimx to the re¬ fusal of (lp<irge G Ward of the Cora blue, ng The armistice with Germany has been extended to January 17, the allies reserving the right to occupy the neutral zone on the east bank of the Rhine north of Cologne. Mr. Hoover Is preparing to use ships In German harbors to supply the country with food. All the bridgeheads of the Rhine are now occupied by allied troops, the Americans beyond Coblenz, the Brit¬ ish around Cologne and the French beyond Mayenc. Residents of Cologne are ordered to remain In¬ doors at night and salute British of¬ ficers and British national anthem. The food administration announces that 250,OtX) tons of the shipping r«- leased from army uae will be used Immediately to carry food and sup¬ plies to Europe. Fifteen thousand men a day ar* bsing discharged from the army, Qsneral March announces. He also laaue* a list of all units designated for sarly return from France. In an address to French Se«lallsta President Wilson declare* a leagu* ! one of the characterlstloig be- of the Commercial anri Western Union . * '•rge card with "Weloome Companies. Postmaster General Burie- |»f>me" printed In large lettsni and | aon appointed Newcomb Carlton, prea- 'ung above the entrance Ident of the Western Union, and slmut- | '* nations Is the only effectiv* way - '^'•WM refreshments w«r« sarrsd taneonsly ousted Mr Ward. C|«r«ne* *• *""* ab*olutlsm and mlllUHsm. »"ent*" P'****^ greatly eojoysd the i H. Mackay and William V Cook from p«B«*ctlon with the combined cakl*^ WASHINGTON.— Sweeping reduc¬ tions 111 toll and long distauce tele phone rates. eflPe<'tlve .li.i.uary 21. are aniioumed by tbe iMistmastPr general A basic charge of approximately e'4 mills an iilr mile will be insiituted. MOSCOW. — bolshevik leaders In Hussia split on u proposal bv I>*nine to abandon the whole Bidsbevik regime rrot/.kv epiMised It, and ,t was defeat ed by lii nmjorlty in the Soldiers' snd Workiiien's Council NEW YORK.—That administration of ttie Ited Cnss bureaus has cost only 2 cents for each dollar appro pflateil is re\«Mle<l, BERLIN.—The Spartacus group In Berlin announces Its program of re¬ forms, which Include* conflsi-atlnn of property aad wealth, cancellation of tbe public debt and many other fea turos of th« Russian Bolshevik pro¬ gram cember 9, u few days more than a year before he wus assa.tsinateil. It wus In October. 1910, that revolu¬ tionists obtained the upper hand in Portugal and pro.laiiue*' a republic, with Thetiphlle P.raga as I'resident. The once royal tamily escaped to Gibraltar from Lisbon, l^ter the de¬ posed King Muniiel went to England, and since has rvM-led there almost en¬ tirely. Dr. Paes wu» a professor of inutbe- matlcs In the I'niversity of Coimbra when he entered the Portuguese cabi¬ net in 1911 as minister of public works. At the outbreak of the war he was Portuguese niiiiister to (iermany and remained In Berlin until early in ID16, when be returned t<i Lisbon President Pue* iie\er showed .my sympathy for C»v.oiuny On the con¬ trary, his attitude from the flrst was against tlie ceiiliiil powers. He was recognized b> tbe allied leaders as a good friend and lie was more highly . ^^. „, regardwl in the entente capitals tlian of the criminal court is. becunse In lus own, where, like all Portuguese there are so many directions In which public men, he bad many enemies the money is spent But it is safe to Kiiring Ms adiiiinistratlon President say that it Is several times the aNjve Paes suppressed a counter revolution, amount settled severa) >:rikes, advanced gen- .\t the February term of criminal eral e<liicutlon and brought warring <^urt four murder cases will be tried, religious denoniiiuii ions together. It The expense involved by thec!e fonr vsae largely due !.. liis influence that f"***^ alone will run into several Portugue.s*' iriMips «ert sent to the thouiwnd dollnrs front to flght ou the allied side and t- ^ the further fact tlia Pontugal's ports TR.\N"SIT COMPANY were made available fo the entents HIKI) F^OK •A.iNM). vessels. ' Ou r>ecember d. \thlle walking In Elmer F Hayden and Mrs Kebecca the streets of I.isl.on. I>r Paes was •"' <" Hayden, hit, wife, of Northaarp- flred at, but the slmt went wild. Tbs ;''^" have hepun an action against t1»« President's aggr. --.r uns arrested. Lehigh ValN Transit Company to r«- »„ l^'^'or $6.00o damages for the deatiJ of CMAKI.K.S SCIIMIOT'S their daughter, Blanche May Hayden. I\TKKE.sTI\« ABDUKS.S. aged 16 The girl was killed In an The people of St John's Lutheran «<^';f'i«'?' ^^-f"'^,^ 22. 1917. Chunh were privilege! to listen to- '" \'i%P *'""" f f^^^^^^ t >•»- a verv excellent address on Sundav ""^"^ 'l"^} '^^ ^'' \^<^^rAm\ a trolley evening bv Charles Schmidt Mr < «r at All«ntown on the above dateto .Schmidt has just recently been i'>us- Kotoherhome The car wa. crowd->d tered oui of service and he very vi¬ vidly and graphicallv related the ex- porienc** thru which he pas»>'d In the various camps. Mr Schmidt en listed in the only branch of the ser¬ vice which was open to men of his age viz. the aviation <leTiartnient ll<> spont most of the period of his en- nd the girl was obliged to atand Hhe became 111 and went to the front plat¬ form for relief The motorman, wish Ing to aid her, it Is said, opened the side doors of the platform ho that Uto girl could obtain more aJr. White he car was rounding a eirrve In (^at»- auqua. Miss ttayden w^a Jarred frmii hstment in Ix)ulslana. There he ""* Platform/struck by the car and was rapidly promoted until he hal reached a point beyond which he could not expect to get on account nf his age. At the time when he wa' mustered out of oerrvice he was tak ing a course in an offlcers training Instantly killed The parenta chari the company with neglect >K. CXU'K I>IH<'liAIUiKD KltOM U N NKKVintt. NEW YORK.—ar«ate*t naval pa 'school in the Artillery Department ..-.. .^ —v.,-...I navai p* ,and would have received his <^n\ rad* In Pltys history win he h,dd on tnisslon bv Januarv 1 An audlenc December W, with seamen fr.m TO , taking the capacity of the Church , United State*'army and arrtved la warship* taking p*rt 'audltoHum greeted Mr Schmidt 01'" LONDON.—Owing to the Inability au,nday evening, a fttti •< Mr. Uoyd Oeorge *¦( Mr Balfoor Pr**ld*nt Wilson Is hailed with an "open hsart" by th* Fr*noh pr**a B«Klnnln|| Jaauarj 1, IPIS, the HUhM-nptlon prlc* tor th« ••lt«ni" wlU Im 91.50 per y«ar. to f> t* Parta the Brwt •e«rt«m of the tntarallled conference has been post poned te January 1. a monial to his ability aa I speaker a* well aa th* Interest o the community In the boys who aer ved their country irr William F (ope. of Eas'on aon f Dr Thoma« Cope, of Nazareth ha« een honorably diecharged from th« .h.„M, j,^^ ^^*^*' *'¦"''• •"" arrived m hmldt o, Ea-ton on Monday, frwn C««p Shal- "a n^ *>"• H«tUe«f,urg, Mr. Dr Oope^eld . a publl. aplaln's commiwion ta t^ United j ?t»te* Medical Haaerve Cmr^ He wiU I resume hU practice aa •» o«ulM 'Eaaton. l\ t.a|
Object Description
Title | The Nazareth Item |
Masthead | Nazareth Item |
Volume | 28 |
Issue | 3 |
Subject | Nazareth's first English newspaper |
Description | A weekly home town newspaper published from December 4, 1891 to November 20, 1975 |
Publisher | The Nazareth Publishing Company |
Physical Description | weekly newspaper |
Date | 1918-12-19 |
Location Covered | United States, Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Nazareth |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Source | microfilm |
Language | eng |
Rights | Public Domain |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact the Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity, Attn: Reference Department, 295 E. Center Street, Nazareth, PA 18064. Phone: (610) 795-4932. |
Contributing Institution | Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Month | 12 |
Day | 19 |
Year | 1918 |
Description
Title | The Nazareth Item |
Masthead | Nazareth Item |
Volume | 28 |
Issue | 3 |
Subject | Nazareth's first English newspaper |
Description | A weekly home town newspaper published from December 4, 1891 to November 20, 1975 |
Publisher | The Nazareth Publishing Company |
Physical Description | weekly newspaper |
Date | 1918-12-19 |
Date Digitized | 2008-03-10 |
Location Covered | United States, Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Nazareth |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Digital Specifications | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival Image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 300 dpi. The original file size was 36668 kilobytes. |
Source | microfilm |
Language | eng |
Rights | Public Domain |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact the Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity, Attn: Reference Department, 295 E. Center Street, Nazareth, PA 18064. Phone: (610) 795-4932. |
Contributing Institution | Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
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11 IK LARGEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN NORTH- AMHON COUNTY. EX¬ CELLENT ADVERTISING MEDIUM.
Nazareth Item
ffiSTAL LAWS rmiutf9
thaf suffu riptiims JW ptM prinuptty A hlue ptfuil J tiiurk in this tin te m^ans your .'iuhst tipttitn i% dum^ and we wilt thmnk -utu A>ff a prompt rvmittuntm.
AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NE
¦ WSPAI>ER. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, LOCaLaND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE^
VOL. XXVIII
NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19, 1918
NO. 3
, HUISTMAS VKJILS AT
' NA/AKKTU HALL.
A unii>ue service, arranged for the ladeUs hy Ur. Thaeler, toolt place al tlie Hall t'hapol ou Sunday evening, gs the laet Sunday evening service before the GhriBtma« holidays.
ItcKjionBivo readings iulerspiTsed with ll>e Chrieluiaa Hynum always heard in Moravian churches on Ciirislii'a" i'^ve hrought out the main leuturcB of the ucriplure story ot the .Naliviiy—the Btory whi<:h makes us all clilldren on<;e more for llie ti.ne being. Uoth the reading.s and the kougs *'•'¦'''• entered into most lu!«rti- Ij by the Cudels, who«o excellent singiiig waB very noticahle. The toie pa.rts of "Moruiiig Star" were »uug l^y Charles Thaeler with lino voice and beawtiful expression.
As an informal program Mra. Tha¬ eler read "When tho ChrisLmaa C'liiuies rang", a number of very line slides of the Nativity, and famous jlmloniias wore shown; and Misa Carol) 11 Thaeler sang a liltlo lullaby winch seemed lo carry the company 4wa> irom the Hall Chapel lo a ¦ eh'istiiws al home".
Thi.s was followed hy Ihe dilribu- tiou ol wa.\ lapera typical of the com¬ ing of the "bight of the World", and the curtain being raised, a beautiful Christmas tree illuminated with col¬ ored ehetric bulbs stood oui beauti¬ fully against the darkne.sa.
The Trusteos and their wives had been invited, friends of one or other
HEBER U. GRANT.
The New Head of the Mormon C*iurch.
PARIS THRONOS GREET^WILSO!^
President Takes French Capital
by Storm, Bouievards Crov^aed
as He Goes Twice to Church.
CONFERS WITH CLEMENCEAU.
Drive to Prince Murat Mansion an Ova¬ tion in Which City Outdoes Itself. President Goes Twice to Church and Calls on Poincare.
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Month | 12 |
Day | 19 |
Year | 1918 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
FileName | 19181219_001.tif |
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