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VOL. xxvm
NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING. APRIL 17. 1919
NO. 20
GUSTAVE  NOSKE.
German  Minister of Defense
Employing     Stern     Methous.
SWISS UUUi RINOEKS
SCOUK A HIT AT THE
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RMMirrai'!:
UP $65,000,000
Obtained From Higher Rates.
400,000 MEN ARE AFFECTED.
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Gustave Noske, the German minister of flenfense, is the nmn wlio Is coinliat- Ing the Spartacans throughout the (Ier¬ man reputillc.
AID FOR TRACTION BILL
Senator Thompson Testifies at
Inquiry That Fund Was Offered
to Make Him Governor.
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Albany, N. Y.—Charles S. Whitman, former Kovernor of N'ew Ynrli state, was named by Senntor George F. Thompson of Niagara as one of tliose who attempted to intluence him In supporting the traction Increase £ar(> bill before the legislature.
Senator Thompson, appearing before the Senate Judiciary Connnittee, wbicli If investigating the $500,000 slush fund Charge, said that Kicliard H. Burlie of New York had told bim that the Bradys, jthe Interborough otlicinis. John B. Stanchfield, Morgan and "all of thera" would back lilm for governor and tbat there would be virtually no limit to tbe campaign fund and that up to $500,000 could bo raised tor him If he would support the Carson-Martin bill.
"You go back to those people and say no suggestion of that kind cnn be made to me," Senator Thompson said be instructed ISurke.
Burke testilied that be never made any suggestion to Senator Thomi>son that he coul<l ;;et the -ovcrnorslilp and backing of half a million dollars for his campaign if he would support the bill.
The Swiss Bell liingers, whQiie su¬ preme art has placed    them    among lhe elect, made a new triumph Mon- I day afternoon and eveuins at thu Y. M. C. A. auditorium, Nazareth.    Thel ......        ,   _        ,   „ ..
program  thut they     ottered     was o£' AddltlOna!   Grant   MeanS  ADSOrp- Melodic beauty and    moreover,    per-     *•  _  _«   .n  i_«_„_«.j  d.^,,..„,,«
mitted them to display that virtuosity   tion of All locreased RcveHue
that seems their natural gift.
The concert iu the alternoon at 4 P- M., was lor school children ouly and the auditorium was nicoly iiiled. F. L. Georgette, t>no o£ the trio, ex¬ plained to the children at this concert the same us he explained to the ad¬ ults at the evening concert where the different instruments that wore usod iu the concert origiuated trom and also their improvement up to the present day, this however made the concert much moie interesting to the iarge audiences.
An audience that filled every avail¬ able space iu the auditorium at tlte evening concert sat ulmosl breath¬ lessly upou their every note aud as they played the various passages of almost ballling dillicuity, the marvel of their lechuiuue made each iisleuer wonder.
The program rendered at the con¬ certs was very interesting uud pleas¬ ing to bolh old and young, the pop¬ ular sungs uiid "rugs" 'xn well as tho
Fees   From   Raised   Fares   Far   Belovw Pay   Advances   —   Appropriations Would   Not   Meet   Deficit   Un¬ less Rates Are  Increased.
Wnshlngton.—The Railr()a<i Admin¬ istration hns aKree<l to grant a further Increase of $(>5,0(H),(X)0 in wages to train crews, brliiiilng tbe railroad pny 1)111 up to tbe annual basis of $3,000,- 000,000.
The new wnge Increase, which will nfTect approximately 400,0(X) men, will apply to firemen, engineers, conduc¬ tors nnd brakeinen. Most of tbe men he?r?Utig   by   the   new   Increase   are
Prog.-ess   of   thc    World   in   General. Legislative   Activities  at   the   Na¬ tion's Capital—News Fronn Ev. ery Corner of the Country.
PEACE   BULLETINS
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The Soviet Hepubiic ut Muni'li bus been 'overthrown.
Civil war in Munich is reganleil ns Imminent following the action of the Communists In deposing tbe Uevolu- tionary Council Itepulilic. Tliree woi'ld be governments are now in ex¬ istence in liavaria. Tbe flrst act of the Communists was the rreulioii of a Council of Ten, which wns proclaimed to be in power. Armed bunds tiien stormed tbe police stations, disiirming tlie police and arresting several olli¬ cials as hostages.
The Peace Conference bas reached nn ngreeiiient on all quest ions con¬ cerning peace with Germany, repara¬ tions. Indemnities and the frontiers of the Kliine and Poland.
The German delegates will be sum¬ moned to Versailles iu two or liiree weeks.
Bitter criticism has been armised In
members   of   the   Big   Four   Brother classical numbers, such as the ''W il-i h&oas, which  received nn  Increase of   French and Belgian quarters over tiie liam Teir  overture,    etc,    were very   aioi t $70,000,000 In wages undor the | choosing of Geneva as tlie cupitui of well rendered. Aduixison act In 1016 and a further In-   Qj,. League of Nations.
The variety of    instruments    that   cron/<e of about $160,000,000 last sum- are carried by the trio are of a greul' mer on tbe basis of the recummendn- variely aud including in this variety ! tioto iilade by the Lane Bourd to for- aro such as the vioiiu,    harp,    cello,   ,„er Director General Mc.Vdoo. tjaxaphoue,    marimbaphoue,       oa-gan I chimes, eic, aud    the    muuuer    aud
Under  wnr  operations  ot  tbe  rail-
Major General Scott was relieved Of command of Cump  Dix.
Herbert C. Hoover has asked Dr, Fridtjof Nansen to look into tbe pos- Bibility of feeding Uussia on condition
style that each of these are executed by the performers is indeed wonder¬ ful.
Miss Josephine A. Georgette star¬ red throughout both concerts and hi4' numerous uumuers ou lhe vari¬ ous instruments was very much en¬ joyed by the audiences.
The coucerls were giveu under the auspices of the Boy    Scouts,     I'roop | tlian ahsorlied all the additional reve- No. 1, the proceeds which amount to | nues    obtained    from     higher    rates
roads by the government the wage In-   ^jj^j  hostilities  cease  throughout   the creases   to   railway   employees   have
$67,UU, are lo be usud lo defray ex¬ penses to'ward    uu    outiug scouts Ibis summer.
It is the wish of the piiblic that an engagemeut with the" tjwiss iieil limgers cau again be urrangeu in the uear fuiure.
country.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Halg,  in
his report  on  British operations  dur-
Ing tiie war, declared that victory was
by  $,-!,-50,000,000,  making a  total  wage      ^ • ^^^,^1^33 a-trition of tbe
'""1"^%.."^,.^''7.'!!'*^;??' .!!L_^'r,  Tnemy for t^v^ years by the rities and
bayonets of the infantry.
The Weimar government gradually Is losing its prestige and autliority and Is unaliie to intervene to restore order In Bavaria.
added $010,000,000 to tbe payn-.ls, while the railroad companies them¬ selves in 1916 and 1017 raised wages
years.     In   the   last   three   years   th wage   Increases   granted   bave   more
Four and a Half Billions to Be Goal Sought by Nation¬ al Cummittee.
INTEREST RATE 4''/;j PER CENT.
Four  Year  Notes,  With   Right to   Re¬ deem   Them   In   Three,   to   Be   Is¬ sued—Total    Is   Less   Than Financiers  Expected.
.NAZABETH TOWN
OOCUCUi
.MEETING
A regular stated meeting of Towi. Council was held this Tth day o .\I)ril, 1919. in the Council chamTje ill 8; 00 o'clock P. .M. Memhers pres ent: Messrsc. Lindenmoyer, Starner. L. opold. Welty, Kleppinger, Hartzell, and Gano; members anot>nt: Messrs. Yeisley and Werkheiser. The .Presi¬ dent Mr. Gano presided.
The minutes of the regular stati>d meting heid March Srd. 1919 were re-id and tliere being no objections, aiiiiroved.
On motion of Mr. Leopold, second¬ ed by ,Mr. Welty, the following bills were ordered to be paid as re«d.
Jerome Bonstein $  90 00
Jobn   Snyder      67 50
John   Snyder •.    ..¦     12.50
Vig,  Hose Co..       50.00
Frank Wunderly      16.00
.Vaz.  -Moravian Cong      25.00
Alvin    Werner.       13.50
Frunk   Messinger.      11.35
H, T,  Vannatta         i.as
Gamewell F. A- T. Co.         4.54
Penna, U, Co ¦ 562.88
Kern & Santeee. . •         4.31
C.  F.  Fehnel •     13.50
Clarence   Everett       $90.00
H. D, Kutz.      20.00
H,  E.  Venter      11.25
Jas.   Hoch         6.25
Naz.   Item         4.76
Blue Mt, W, Co 170.00
Sup,  Pay  Uoll 321.45
S.  J.   Gregory.'.'         4,76
E   J.  l'nangst         1.67
Huth. .-.'.'.      32.82
EM ILi ANO  ZAi'ATA.
Noted   Outlaw   li   Slain by   Carranza's   Soldiers.
(jt-neial   Zaiiaui,   llie  uuted   Mexican rebel chief, is tiuplied und killed in htM nmr.nfnin   retreat   in by   .Mexican  troops.
southern   Mexico
125 U,S. SOLDIERS WERE BLINDED IN GONFUGT
cliarged for freight and passenger for the ^ tradlc. The Interstate Coinmercp Commission allowed the railrond companies to increase rates In 1910 nnd 1017 by upward of $100,000,- 000 a year. The government last year added more than $1,000,000,000.    The
IJLACK.MAiLEU THKEATENS JIAN WITH DEATH
CONFESSED.
What purports to be one of the most darlug blackmailifig attempts iu the crimiuui aiiuals ot BucRs couu¬ iy was frustrated by Police Chief Harry Uhoads, of yuukerlown, in ar¬ resting Maynard Cumpbeli, IS yoars oid, of Durham i^'uruuce, 12 miles east of yuiiiertown. Campbell con¬ fessed to seudiug two letters to WU-
WASHINGTON
Rumored in Wasiiinglou that eitlier total rate increases are accordingly ! gecretary Redfleld or Director General upward   of   $1,100,000,000,   while   the   ^f Railroads Hines wiil resign us re-
wage increases are $1,200,000,000,
Increased cost of coal, steel, and other materials consumed by the rail¬ roads Is not provided for In the hlgb-
Buit of steel price deadlock.
Militant suffragists will picket the ¦White House for an extra session of Congress,   believing   extra   session   of
er trafflc <;||tes   and it is for this rea- ; ^^^^^.^^^ „.„, ,^,^,1^ ;„ ^^ of the
son  that the Railroad Administration |        *" Is   declared   to   be   now   facing   large
monthly operating deficits and Is try¬ ing to reduce -Its cost for materlnis. The railroads Uongume a quarter of all the coal that Is mined In tbe coun-
liam Cressmar., a wealthy real estaie   ^^y     ,],j,g p^„| j,,,, ^j ^^j, railroads is owuer of Durham,    demanding    lUal   ^^^^. 5,470.000,000, an Increase of $250,-
^4UUU be left at lhe oil lanks ou the uighl of April 4. Failure lo do so would moan dealh to him and iwo grandsons, Marcus, aged iu, and iiaymuud, 7, Cressman was warned. Ho  received  the   last  letter posl-
000,000 a year.
Adding the Increased cost of mate¬ rials to the advance In wage.i there bas been a total Increase In railroad operoting expense In three yenrs of $1,7.TO.OOO,000 as against aggregate In-
marked iiaston, April 3, in which lhe
writer    said:     "Vou     have  lols     of creases In rates of approximately $1,-
mouey aud you must leave $-luuu be- 200,000,000,    Increased  labor and ma-
iweeu lhe secoud aud third rows ut terlal cost have, therefore, outrun the
the oil lauk, uear Durham Church, or Increased freight and passenger rates
you will Ue kiiled.     ll you make this by   $5.")0,000,000.     The   way   In   wMcli
Burke a.sserted that as a matter oi Ileller public it will moan death auy- the railroad payroll has grown may be
way,"    Un tho bottom of the missive | ,,iio\vn as follows:
fact Senator Thompson said he wnnt¬ ed to help tlie traction people, and thai It was at Thompson's own request that he arranged to go with him tn Mr. Stnnchfield's office and also to sec Mr. Brady at bis BTfth avenue house
was lhe uoiuiion;     "Every step you take IS  beiug  watched."
Chief Uhuadea was notified and npon caieful luvesliguliou decided lo secret himselt al the spot aesiguaieu us where lUe mouey was to be placed, bul uo oue appeared,  uud it  wus  Oe-
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Senator Thompson said that Burke j j^^.^^^ ^j.^ ^gu^uo blacKmai'ers had had taken the bribe offer to hira onjiju iukiiug 01 iho aciiou ol the au- Bunday morning, March 16, In hi.-1 thonlies aud kepi uuder cover. A room in tbe Ucpubilcan Club In New I secoud letter mailed from Kaslon, York. Op Saturday, Mareh 28, Sena jAP'-'l 8, demanded that *ai>UU be pia- *    „ ,', ,    ,        eed al the sume spot before April iJ
tor Thompson  said,  he wns asked  t. j jj^^^ijj ^^.^i^ w^s ihr.aleued 10 Cress- go to the St. Regis in New York, wlien   metu, uua il wus added ihal Uis two
he lunched with Mr. WhitiuRii.    Thej talked  about  law  business,  and  then politics, and the former governor told I '^^&^^' Senator Thompson  thnt he was "the
be
grauUBOUb would be    drowued    if Ue
failed to comply.     Eacu    letter    was
d   Committee,  aud  poorly   wru-
only   upstate   figure"   who   could nominated for governor next yenr.
Senator Thompson said that latei In the course of the lunch Governoi Whitman confided to him that Theo¬ dore P. Shonts bad asked lilm to tniii with the senator "In relation to the Carson-Martin bill."
"Ue wanted me to vote for It," Sen¬ ator Thompson added.
Senator Thomp.son made It plain to the committee that he did not think there was anything wrong In what .Mr, Whltiimn himself said to him, but tbiii "If the same man sent Burke that sent Whitman the whole thing was sinis¬ ter,"
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DEBS ENTERS PRISON.
Declares His Spirit Untamed, His Soul Unconquered.
Moundsville, W. Va,—Kugene V. Debs, formerly Socialist candidate fot President, entered the West Virginia penitentiary here Sunday, and began serving Ids ten year sentence for vio¬ lation of the Espionage act.*
As tlie iirisoiier stood In tbe door¬ way of the penitentiary he said:
"I enter the prison door u flaming revolutionist, my bead unbent, my ¦pirit  untamed,   soul   unconquerable."
DEATH   RATE  SLACKENS.
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Mortality Among Our Soldisra On Steady Deollne.
Wasliington, Saturday.—Continned decline In Uie prevalence of serious disease at hnme : d abroad U an- Dounced Hy the surgeon gensral for **>« week tndlng April 12.
The death rate from disease In the United States dropped from T.0 per ttousand per year to 7.8 and In the •**r«e«e forcea from 7.0 to 5.0. The ¦"•jority of the deaths raaoltad tnm Mauiuunla and tuberculusla.
UUoudes wus agaiu uoliUed, and togelUer wilU Fl^yd aud Clarence Uiegel, of DurUam, hid in lUo under- bUbU uear the tauks. Toward mid- mgUl a peraou app»:arod. UUoudes opened fire aud gave cUase. tu the moouiigbt the Uiegel brothers Idenli- uod Cumpbeli, a neighbor, as the per¬ son lUey chased, but Ue gol away, iluoades arrested CampbeU iu his home iu bed several uours later. Uo stoutly denied Uis guilt, but sweated by UUoades at DurUam Hiii admitted Ue was iu tUo vicinity of lUo tanks, I uud fiuuliy coufessed.
ilo was brought to tho Quakerlowa police station aud given a hoaring be- |jre Justice Funk, aud was commillod 10 jail al Doylesluwn for trial al the next urm of Crlmiual Coun. It is believed others muy be implicated in the plot, aud other arrests may fol¬ low.    TUo    postal    aulUoritioH    also
Uavo beeu uotifiod.
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wm I'rubated.
TUe will of Iho lalo Emanuel F. Venter, of Nazaroth, was put ou pro¬ bate 'ast woek. Ho boquoatUod to each of his two grand sons, Samuel aud I'aul Zellner, o I Uloomflold, N. J., and the balance of his estate to his wife und after hor death it is to come into the pobaossion of his daughter Mrs Uov. Franz Zellner, of Bloom¬ field N J. It is estimated that the estate is worth about »1B,000. The deceased was engaged in the tinsmith and stove biisiness In Nazaroth tor many years.
Tendered A fckTt«n»de On Her 76tli Birthday.
The male cnorus of the Moravian Church last Wednesday evoning gave a serenado to Mra Mary Lowry, of Heading, who U Tisiting at the home of E C Kern, corner Centre and Broad Streets. Refreshments, con- ¦latinE of Ico cream and sugar eake Ind coffee was asrred. The affair «u a Eurprlae to Mra. Lowry, who on thTt day calebratad har 7 Ith birthday annltersarr.
Payroll in lOlT (the last year of pri¬ vate  operation),  $1,750,000,000.
Animal basis January 1, 1018, when the. government took over the roads, $2,000,000,000.
Payroll In 1918, .$2,700,000,000,
The year's increase of $1.000.000,«HX) in the annual payroll basis is made up of $iilO,(l(K),000 In rates of wages and .sil0.00l),(Kt0 for ad<litl(iiial men. The increase in the nuniber of employees Bince 1017 is upwii* of .SOO,(HH),
The war advames In railroad wages may be sbown as follows:
To tnilnnieii (Adaiiison eight hour law), .$70.(XKI,ll(M); to otber employees, .'j;2SO,000,OUO; total advances liy com¬ panies, .'jlli.'iO.OOO.OOO,
War advances In wages by Railroad Administration, 1018-10: First Cycle (Lane Wage Board)—To tiuinmen. $100,000,000; to other employees, $210,000,000;   total  $400,000,000,
Second Cycle (Supiilemental In¬ creases)—To shoiimen, $200.0(Kl.tMK); to tnickiiieii, clerks, etc, .'!;200.tKXi,0uo: 10 telegrapliei-s, agent.s, etc., $-l,'),OU(),- uiH); to li-iiinnieii (April, 1010), $0.').- iHiu.dtHJ;  total, $510,000,000.
WORLD'S   NEWS   IN CONDENSED   FORM
suffrage amendment.
Miss Anne Morgan announced her cottage in Versailles, mentioned as a residence for the German peace dele¬ gates, "will not lodge a Hun."
Walker D. Hines, director general of railroads, announces a $05,000,000 wage increase for 400,000 train and engine meu.
J. L. Ackerson is appointed to suc¬ ceed Charles Piez in ciiarge of sliip construction for the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
Tlie government will take out $2,- 500,000 insurance against liaiiiage from hull on tbe wheat crop sown iu Kan¬ sas and Oklalioiim,
American fainieis are likely to se¬ cure a bi-profit ot Jji^O.OOO.OOO.OOO from tlieir lands and buildings, according to eslimales made iiy tlie depariment of agriculture. Tlie reiiorts showed ploughed land iuul increased in value 71 per cent, since 1010, most of the Increase having been made during the war  .vears.
VICTORY LOAN MEETING.
Washington.—Terms of ihe Victor.v Liberty l.oan are announced by Sec¬ retary Glass. Tliey are: Aniount. !>:t.."i(io,OtHJ,OiH), oversubscriptions to be rejected. Inierest, 4% per cent, for partially tax exempt notes convertible into 3% per cent, notes wholly tax cxenipt. Maturity four years, with the treasury reserving tl.e privilege of redeeming tlie notes in three years.
The 4% per cent, securities are to be exempt from state and local toxa- tlon, excepting (>state and inheritance ia\'es, and fnnn normal rates of fed¬ eral income taxes.    The 3^i  per cent. | Frank
securities nre exempt from all federal, ^ U-  G.  .Mtemose. .         4,25
state   and   local   taxes   except   estato , Naz. .\tl.  Bank      33.75
and inheritance taxes. On motion of Mr. Welty, seconded
The   size   of   tbe   lonn   was  much   I^y  Mr:   Kleppinger,  communications' 	
smaller Uian liad boen anticipated hy   from the Maloney Oil M'g. Co.. Slate I
most  flnancial  observers,  who looked   "elt Electric St. Ry Co., Northampton   War Rlsk InSUraHCe BureaU Out'
for  an   issue  of  about   .$6,000,000,000, i ^-"aition  Co,    Lehigh  Valley  Transit
particularly    In    view    of    Secretary^ ' P°'Ea.«ton Transit  Co,,  City of Al-
Glass-  pas    statements  that  the  loan ''«° .°^° .^^P^"^"!!" , "if l^^^"" P^°P- ,, ,     _ , .,,, I erty, and the Barrett Company, were
would be five or six billions. , ^3^^, ^^^, ordered placed on file
This will be the last Liberty Loan, The President also haa r.aJ a let- Secretary Glass exiilalned, altliough ter from the Bureau of Municipalities there will tie otlier issues of govern-| in regard to having permanent Im- ment securities to flnance belated war , provements made before the oonstruc- exp^'nses. These will not be floated ' tion of permanent thoroughfares was by popular campaigns. started in  any municipality desiring
None of the past Issues of Liberty'State aid. The Secretary was reques- bonds are convertible into Victory >.'to have this letter published in the Loan notes, and there are no speciflc | ^*zareth Item.
Ueiiorts of Committees. Highway:—Mr-    Lindenmoyer re¬ ported Broad Bt. In a very poor con-, dition due to work done by the Naza- ! ,^'y,*^" reth Sewerage    Co.    The    Secretary was directed to request them to have same put in    proper    sh^pe at once. The opening of the gntter along the ng date is  .\pril  21,    Tbe drive wIlL properties    of    Messrs,    Broad    and ¦ontinue Uiree weeks, until May 10,     W'ambold was discussed and the mat- Terms of the Victory issue may be [ ter left In the hands ot Meaart. Leo- onipnred with Uie following terms of \ pold and^ Lindenmoyer.    The    ques
provisions in tlie ternis of the Victory issue seiTing directly to maintain market jirices of past  issues.
In many conimiinities the selling eampalgn already bus begun actively without formal acceptance of sub¬ scriptions,  although  the offlcial  open-
lines Methods of Disbursing Benefit Funds.
last issues.
tion of hlling in streets with crushed
First   loan,   $2,000,000,000,   S%   per  «tone where    necessary    and    oiling I ent,  tax  exempt,  maturity 30 years.
Second loan. $3,000,000,000 offered, .•<4,617,0(X»,(KK) subscribed, $3,308,000,- 000 accepted, 4 per cent., partially tax exempt, maturity 25 years.
same was discussed and left in the hands of the Highway Committee for attention.
Pavement:—Mr. Hartzell reported that some ot the corners at the in- Tbtpd in>in s:f(ifi(i(i(Kinon r.fr»ro,t 1 "-¦"¦sectiou of Mam St. with Chestnut ..-, ,-,.,L> ,i *f''^;"^''^' ofTered, ^ve.. and North Sts. were missing and .s4,1.0,000,omj subscribed aud accept- ,s several parties desired to put ed, 4'4 per cent, partially tas exempt, down curb and gutter on No Main maturity 10 years. ' st. ho felt that this should be atfend-
Fourtli loan, $0,000,000,000 offered, ed to. On motion of Mr. Hartzell >;0.li'j;!,U(X),<H_io subscrlbeil und accept- seconded by .Mr. Lindenmoyer, it was ed, 4V4 per cent, partially tax exempt, moved tbat our engineer replace the with special conditional exemptions missing monuments at Chestnut Ave., for  past   issues,   maturity  20 years.     [North and High Streets    on Main St.
 ______  I     Police:—Mr, Leopold,  no report,
UNIONS   PLAN   PROGRAM I     Finance:—Mr.   Starner     reported
UNIONS.   PLAN   PROGRAM. |^^^^^ amounting to  $1369,00     would
_    .    _ „ , ,   ,       _ have to be paid.     On motion    ot Mr.
Pans Fears General Labor Demonstra-   Leopold, seconded by Mr. Hartzell, it
tion on May 1. was moved that note due on the Ttn
Paris.—Tbe  approach  of  May   1   is Tnstant for $1300.00 be renewed for
BUENOS AIRES. —A British air¬ plane manufacturing company litis asked the Argentine goveiiiiiient for a ceiicessloii for an aerial mail servl(<<. The company. It Is said, intends to make Ijiienos Aires the headipiarters of a mull service which will touch ull the roiinbllcs In South America.
WASHINGTON.—Mlss LUy Helen Harper has applied for nnturnlii'.atloii here, the ftrst yeowoman In the navy to take advantage of the opportunity created by the war permitting aliens to become citizens without the long wait necessary for those not In the mllltsry service.   She Is n Canndlnn.
PARIS. — Dr. Nansen, Norwegian food authority, and Herbert C. floover tell Council of Four 200,000 persons starve to deuth monthly In Soviet Uus¬ sia nnd that not a child less than two years old Is left alive In Petrograd.
LONDON.—Rioting has occurred at Danzig and 20,000 factory workers have struck; 15 persons were killed at Dusseldorf In Spartacan outbreaks; workmen In 87 German towns struck und demanded a soviet government.
JERUSALEM.—The British authori¬ ties Id Palestine are bringing to trial Turks accused of atrocities dirring th* war.
A Victory Loan Meeting waa held in the social rooms ot tne Y. M. C. A. Nazareth, last Thursday evening Tho Committees o f Nisky, Tatamy, New¬ burg, §tockertown and Naaareth who helped for the last drive were present aBd stated thai they would serve iu this great dri-'e.
Although the drive will not begin until the April 21, the committees were organized and are getting ready for actual work.
The meeting was opened by a prayer by Rev. F. W. Shaffer, pastor of the Ueformed Church at Tatamy, Burgess Morris Fortuin then gave a short address asking for co-opera¬ tion throughout the drive stating thai without cooperation this loan would be a failure.
Judge Fox, of Easton, was then introduced as the speaker of the evening.
In the address Judge Fox brought out some facts pertaining to this great drive and also brought out some of the argumerlts which might confront the workers in this drive. Many of tho people will think be¬ cause the war is over there is no more reason to care and no more need for money but this is the wrong idea, the manufacturing of ammu¬ nitions, etc., which the government has contracted must be paid for, and irot only this must be paid but the many soldiers who wlil remain "over there" must be paid and clothed, this will take some money.
Last July France was at its low- ebb flnanclally and we loaned them some money. That France waa in this low-ebb hardly nobody knew and had ye not helped France at tbat time we might be still sending over troops and many would be sacrificing their lives.
He also stated that he hoped that no true American would let petty political differences fall In bis way and keep him from subscribing to the Victory Loans.
He said that he was aure that the people of Nazareth c«n put thru the loan and though the last loan was hampered by tbe epidemic which swept over this section of tbe eoun¬ try the Nazareth peopla will grmttly exceed their quota ia th* Victory Loan.
The meeting was closed by ainging ou* T*rse ot "America" aftar whieh R*T. 8ohaff*r pronoonMd th* b*n*- diction.
arousing a certain uneasiness as re¬ gards the mnnner in whicii that day, long notable in Snmiiean labor annals, wlil be celebiated liere. Some Pari¬ sians wlio ure leaving the city for the Easter holidays Intend to prolong their stay until after the flrst of the nionth. On the othei- band, .some visitors are
a period ot 90 days and a new note for $1400.no be drawn iip tor a per-; iod of 90 days to take care (Ti current biila.
Fire;—Mr. Kleppinger, reported progress.
Light:—Mr. Welty stated that lights were out qirite frequently in different parts of the town and that
expected from tbe industrial centers in   he thought the citizens could help the I lie provinces to renitiin over the flrst   situation very much    it they    would
ar-l
in Paris,
At piesent the only thing known as to the probable scope of the program ts Ihat the labor unions nnd the general labor federation nre planning a demon- strntion which may toke Uie form of a treneral strike of all labor for 24 hours Ol- a llmlied strike uf tbe same length which would leave the public services
immedialMy call his attention to the fact or report the matter to Frank Hutli's ofllce .
La-w:.—Mr, Veisley being absent no report was made. The Solicitor was furnished with a copy ot the agree¬ ment executed with the Nazareth Foundry & Machine Co,, covering use of Borough'Property in order that a new agreement    could be    made trp
Washington.—There   were   but   125
cases of total blindness nnd less than
4,000   nmputatioi.s   in   the   Ainerican
Vnrces engaged in tbe war. It Is stated
l.y   the   Bui-eau   of   VVar   Risk   Insui*"
ance, in an announcement concerning
ibe    bureau's    activity    In    supplying
crliipled solillers and sailors with ar-
tiflciul  iinibs and in otherwise caring
for  the  wounded  and  disabled.    Not
all   of   the   125   cases   ot   total
blindness cited, it is stated, have yet
been   declared   as   permanent   by   th*
medical   offlcers   in   charge.     Relative
to amputations denial is made, on th* ^
authority of Surgeon-Gen. Ireland and j
Col. Charles E,  Bunks,  chief medical .
(pfflcer   of   the   War   Biak   Insurjnc*,^
•bat  there  were  nny   cases  In   whlchj
men lost both arms and hoth legs.
Tbere have been more than 500 ar tifi'-ial limbs furnished.
"Upon being disciiarged from War Department hospitals as unfit for fur¬ ther service all men disabled ns a re¬ sult of injury, tg lilsetise suffered In line of uutJ-nrefntKied to the beneflts • if the Wnr Ris! Insurance act," the statement   says.     "If   tbeir   condition
'emaiids furtlier treatment they re .ntitled to niedicai attention in one ot a  large number i f  hospitals now b*-
ng established tbrnughout the coun¬ try, to be operated hy the Publl* Health Service, If a man Is disabled but his condition needs no further tnedlcni nttention, he may secure from the Bureau of War Itisk Insurance a montlily compensation. Medical ex¬ perts of the bureau make examina¬ tions of all wild apply for cotupeii,sa- tion, and rate their physical condi¬ tion, jire.sent and potential, and de- ' inline the iierrentage of handicap wbicb each suffers as a wage-earner as a result nf his disability. The rating given is carefully considered In fixing the cuniiM'i.sMiion which will be paid niontbiy to tlie man and his de~ '.» nilents,"
The Federal P.otird for Vocational l^ilucatlon, Wasliiiisrion. has Isst:ed a bulletin of iiiforiiiatlon on "What Kvery Disabled Soldier and Sailor Sliould  Know."
Kvery disabled soldier and sailor. It says, should kn.-w, In tbe flrst place, that the Governnu nt Is resolving to- do 1«» best to resNire Hm to healtli, streiigtb. and  self-supporting activity.
in operntion.   Some of the newspapers  vvhich wouid meet with the approv.il express expectations that  May 1  will   of the Chief Burgess.
witness some form of nn ultimatum from the working c:n.s.ses to the bour¬ geois.
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PITH    OF    THE VICTORY   NEWS
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At a special meeting of the State Coun¬ cil It was reported that a magnificent site on the shore of Lake Geneva and facing Mont Blanc has been chosen for the building which In future will be the capitol of the League of Na¬ tions. Residents of the city are re¬ joicing over the decision ot the com¬ mission on the League of Nations at ' Note   discounted 2000 00
Paris. The decision has greatly en- On motion of Mr. Hartzell, second- hanced the popularity of President ' ©d by Mr. Kleppinger, the meeting Wilson   and   America   In  the  Alpine : "''^0"'"°^^ »*  10: 00 o'djck P. _M
1 ;.I,. Prooo.ty.   -No "ep .rt New Business.
On motion of Mr- Lindenmoyer seconded by Mr, Kleppinger, it was moved that tho Treasurer be airthor- Ized to pay Mr, W, E, Beck of the Firemen's Relief .\asoclation $100.20 which he received from the Insur¬ ance Department of Penna.
The Treasurer    reported     the fol¬ lowing   amounts     received   by     him during the month ot March. Wm.  P. Gano. fine. .......$       2.00
M.   Fortuin,   fine '¦'....        10.00
Note   discounted 1200.00
Six Cement Companies. . • . . .2000.00 Lehigh Valley T Co.. .'.".., 80.00 Northampton Traction Co!!     100.00
Easton Transit Co      100.00
Allen St. Rv.  Co      100.00
Wills  Cardinal   New  Cathedral. Baltimore.—Two million  dollars for the construction of a new cathedral ts left to Cardinal (iibbons under the will of  Thomas   o.N'eill,   a   wealthy   mer¬ chant.    Anoiber million dollars Is be>. iiueatbed   for   a   liospital   to  be   man- aged   hy  the   cardliiiil   and   Protestant! ministers,     Mr.   O.N'eill   specified   thatl the liosjiltal  '.s not  to bear tils nan.- I The large store of the late merchant ia^ left to his employees. ¦
republic.
A credit of $20,000,000 In favor of Eng¬ land wa& established by the treasury department
William T. Ellis, In a special cable dis¬ patch from Cairo, gives a vivid de¬ scription of the renewed Egyptian riots which were directed against tha Armenians and In which 38 persons were killed and 100 wounJed.
Washington officials strongly favor th* suggestion of Her|>ert C. Hoov*r that the Bolshevlkl be fought with feed.
Josephus Daniels delivers an addres* at th* unveiling ef a tablet at tn* •It* ef Thomas J*fr*rson'* r«*ld*no* In Paris, under the autpic** of th* 0-'*r**aa Alupinl of the Unlv*ralty •f Virginia.
Clarence F. Fehnel,
Secretary.
R4>tumod Prom The South.
W. W Moon, who spent several monihs with John A. Miller and fa¬ mily at Georgf»towa, South Carolina, returned liome las|[ week, having ac- companl^ James Grubb, from the South, wno had b*en to Georgetown. Mr. Mooa before 'leaving the South sent a dazen sm^.^iypress trees to the Forafclry WWiiTttee of the Mora vian Church whUh will be planted In the Moravian wclbds
"Oood Roads" Me<>UB|( There wtll be a "Good Roed" meet¬ ing at Cross Roads, Saturday Even ing, April 19, at 8 P. M. Som* good speakers will be tbere and it is ex pectel that there wlU Itk a larg) meeting.
SUCCESS   ATTENDS  ALLIES.       i
They Force Fighting With Bolshevlstc In Russia. London.—War ofllce reports from Murinnnsk say ibai with n view to forestalling n Bolshevist attacif Gen¬ erul Maynard, coinnianding tlie allied troops, successfully nttackfed wtth small forces Wosofero, twenty mllea south of Segoja. on April 11. The allies took prisoners and captured three guns and other material, includ¬ ing 7,000 shells. Fifty of the ene mjr were killed.
MEAT PRICKS TO STAV HIGH.
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Paeker* Say Pr*a*nt Seal* Will Ito main Indefinitely. Chicago.—The American Meat Pai era' Aasoclation In a statement Ing prices and their probable trand cinred that present pricea of m*«t> would continue indeflnlte and IM9 go higher. The war haa dacraaaad hf one-half the supply of Uvaatoek !•. weatern and central ¦oropa, sad Ito- brunt of replactag tkia mumt bo br tb* United Itata^ loath aad Aaatialta.