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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.
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