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VOL. xxvm
NAZARETH. PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 31, 1919
NO. 35
FBOBRAL AND STATE CO-1
OFERATTVE ACREAGE SimVEY.
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Is now mailing question¬ naires to many farmers of the State asking for their individual acreages of the principal cropa for the years of 1918 and 1919 as a basis for making crop estimates. These returns will be compiled by expert statisticians of the Bureau of Crop Estimates of the U. S. Department ot Agriculture and the State Department of Agriculture, and are of direct interest and value to the farmers, distributors and con¬ sumers of the State.
Farmers are urged to co-operate with the Department in the compila¬ tion of this information, becauae whenever a farmer furnishes data' for an offlcial report, he is helping him¬ self as well as the other farmers of his community and State, Without such reports, speculators interested In raising or lowering prices of farm products would issue so many conflic¬ ting, and misleading reports that It would be impossible for anyone, without great expense, to form an ac¬ curate estimate of crop conditions and prospects.
The tarmer who reads the offlcial estimates and forecasts as they are issued will be in position to judge for himsMf what the corp prospects are as well as probable prices, so that he can decide intelligently how to mar¬ ket his products and how to deal with the local buyers.
Parmers and consumers are bene¬ fitted by offlcial crop reports by be¬ ing kept informed of crop prospects and prices outside of their own im¬ mediate districts. Transportation companies and commercial and indus¬ trial firms and companies need de¬ pendable crop reports. Knowledge of tliis character enables them to make distribution economically. Un¬ der these conditions," farm products can bo sold on better terms in'i will beneflt both tarmers and consumers.
WKLCO.ME HOJIK P.VRTY.
A welcome home party was given by Mr. and Mrs. Francis Minnich, of Moorestown, on Sunday, in honor of their two sons, Robert and Edwin. An elegant turkey and duck dinner was served by Mrs. Minnich for the following guests: Mr. and Mrs. Fran¬ cis Minnich and sons, and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Minnich, of Moorestown; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Minnich, of Hecktown; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Minnich, daughter and sons, of Naza¬ reth; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Minnich and children, of Bethlehem; Mr, and Mrs. Oliver Minnich, of Point Phil¬ lips; Mr. and Mrs. Steward Weiss and children, of Petersville; Mr, a'nd Mrs. Benjamin Hahn, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Hahn and daughter, of Hecktown; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Rit¬ ter and daughter, of Bethlehem; Charles Miller and daughter, Lau rence Miller, of Newton; Charles Flick, of Petersville; Wm. Hahn, of Hecktown, and Elmer Ra^p, of Tat¬ amy.
Kahler Family Reunion.
The Koehler family reunion was held at Weir Lake, Monroe Co., last Saturday. A large number of peo¬ ple were present and everybody en¬ joyed the affair.
Rev. F. W. Smith, who had been the spiritual father of some of the tamiiy, for 30 years, in Monroe Co., gave hearty praise. Hon, S. E. Shull, presiding judge pf Monroe and Pike Counties, spoke encouraging words. Rev, W, H. Wotring, of Nazareth, and Rev. Floyd Shafer, of Tatamy, both spoke entertainingly.
All the old offlcers were re-eleeted with the exception of Urias Koehler, deceased. Monroe Koehler was elect¬ ed in his place.
The oldest person's present were John Koehler, Sr., and wife, of Moorestown, aged respectively 85 and 80 yearg.
BATHERS SAVE THREE GIRLS.
FRANK LYON POLK.
In    Charge    of    American Affairs at Peace Conference.
Frank I.you I'olk luis gone to Parli to tuke tlie place nt the Pence Con¬ ference of Secretary of Stnte Lansing, wlio hns returned to Wasliington in obedience to a summons from Presi¬ dent Wilson.
DISTRIBUTING FOOD IN STARVING EUROPE
American   Relief   Expedition Solves  Problem  of  Trans¬ portation Tiirough Europe.
Misses Laura Saylor, Anna Deats and Helen Mattes, of Easton, nar¬ rowly escaped drowning Monday, while bathing in the Delaware River near Carpentersville, The girls were wading in the water when they were caught in a' current and carried them out to an eddy that was whirling them about.
Charles Schenk and Qeorge Taylor also of Easton, who were bathing at the time, were attracted by their cries tor help and managed to reach them and hold them above water un¬ til Frank Stroble, another Easton- ian, went to their rescue with a can¬ oe and took them safely to shore. tm Bcautifyin); Church Edifice.
St. John's Lutheran congregation, of Nazareth, has begun work upon the interior of its house of worship. The entire interior of the building wiil be frescoed. J The work will be done by the "Clapman ^JOecorating Co.," of Phllalelphia. ifho walla and,ceilings willbe treaed in oil, one Volor schemi to be Wirried out through the ""I'jTIfchlljIjjiiB' -^'^Ti"!! completed St. jonTrff 'cJB^gregation will have a house of wirshlp to which they can point wi||i pride. It will take about six weeks Ui complete the work.
Moravian  Sunday-.scliool Picnic,
Tho Moravian Sunday-school will hold their annual picnic at Uushkill Park, on Wednesda'y afternoon and eveing, Aug. 6. Special cars have been chartered and they will leavn Nazaroth for the park at 2 p. m. and 4 p .m All members can ride upon theae cars free of charge. The cars will leave tho park for NazaTeth at 9:30 p. m. The twilight linging promises to be one of thfe main features of the picnic. Qames havo also been arranged.
LEI<T TO  ATTEND SCHOOLS.
Clarence Ziegler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mux '/Aegier, left on Friday morning for Valparaslo, Ind., where hu will take a course at the Dodge Institute,
Mitlon Young, son of Mr. and Mrs Herbert Young, left on Monday for Lancaater, where he will enter Bow¬ man's Technical School-
New York—Disorganized railroads, mnrruudlng bunds, blockades, "im¬ passable" mountains, towns wiped out —these are some of the difficulties that have confronted the American Relief Adnilnlstrutlon In its work of distrlburing food through war devas¬ tated Europe to peoples too hungry to care about reconstruction.
Many are'the alibis thnt might have been sent to Administration Headquar¬ ters, 42 Broadway, for failure to "de¬ liver the goods," but here nre some of the reports that have come in:
In Riga under thd Bolsheviks, the peasants were not allowed to bring their produce into the city for sale, and the American Relief representa¬ tives entered the place after evacua* tion by the Bolsheviks to find tbe en¬ tire population, 225,000 persons, on the verge of starvation.
Food was quickly dispatched from the port of Libau, During both nights' of the two days' journey the train was attacked by armed bands and the guards were assailed. Machine guns were finally resorted to, and six of the Bolsheviks were killed before the rob¬ bers were dispersed.
From a port In Dalmatia Inland to Montenegro, a distance of about 100 miles, foodstuffs came their tortuous way in a small coasting vessel, then In three smnler ones, then In light draft barges; nfter that they were loaded on a motor boat, American trucks, wagons and pack nnlmals respective¬ ly. The last Inp of the Journey was mnde cnblewlse over two mountains. The trip consumed ten days.
Political conditUins and racial an¬ imosities rendered transportation dilii¬ cult in Armenia. Tlie whole of Trans- Caucasia iH split up Into three sepa¬ rate "republics," of which Erlvln nnd Kars, pocketed in the very heart of tho region, constitute the Armonlau republic. Sliuttlii),' it ott tnini what¬ ever food supplies might be available fnmi the Caspian and the East, is a hostile Tartar Republic, while between Arnieiila and the I'lack Sea lies Geor¬ gia,  nnother  country.
The only way to get food into Ar¬ menia is by an Intermittent single- track railroad supplemented by ox carts. Despite tliese conditlon.s tba Ainerican Uelief Adininistration has Bueceeded in sending ,'?.S,tK>0,0(X) worth of suplie.s, ;!1,1KK(  tons,  into Armenia,
In each report Is eoiitaliit'il a record of aceoinplisliiiient. 'rransportatlou problenis havo lieen tackled persistent¬ ly by the adnilnlstrutlon with gratl- fyitig  resulls.
.\rninKeiiioiits have been made foi indirect control of the railroads In the old Austrian Kmpire mid the average inovonierit of foodstiill's 1ms been more than doubled.
Rivers are being utilized, mueh to the relief of tlie railroad situation. Marked iniproveinent In wire coiniiiunl- catloiis lias liel|peil greatly, us hus the courier service, now running regular¬ ly all over ICiiroiie.
FIVE DEMANDS MADEONWILSON
Missouri Senator Gives President
Amendmer\ts    Planned    to
Guard U. S. Rights.
NEW   LIGHT   ON   SHANTUNG.
President Reiterates Japan Soon  Will
Clear Up Shantun:j Affair—Reser.
vations  Which   Would   Be
Satisfactory.
Washin;.'ton.—I'ive proposed reser vations inlciiiled tn make the pending lidice treaty accciilalile to tlie .Seiiativ thereby securing Its prompt ratifica¬ tion, were submitted to President Wil son by Senator Spencer (Rep., Mo) This  wa.s done  at  the president's  re-
(|lll^St.
When conferiiig with the President recently, as one of the .-Viiti-Leagiu' Senators, Mr. Spencer told tlie I'resi¬ dent tbat lie luul formulated certain reservations and laid tliein before tlifi Foreign Relations Couinilttee. Tlit President expressed a desire to see tlieni and tbey were furnished accord¬ ingly.
Reservations 1, '2 nnd 8 were thoso presented to the Committee on Foreign Relations by Senator Spencer. Tiie other two have been added since. Thc President put the matter given to bim by Mr. Spencer in bis pocket, saying lie woulil give the reservations his most careful cimsiileratlon.
This is the tirst time n'set of actual reservations lias been laid before the President in writing.
President Wilson intimated to Sena¬ tor Spencer tbat the expected arrange ment on Sliiintung would remove much If not ali, of the opposition to that part ot the treaty. The State Department, Senator Spencer said, was nt work on the matter. He declined to go Into de¬ tail, but it was believed that he reterr ed to tho visit of Mr. Debuchi, Japan ese aiarge, to the State Department, followed by a call by President Wil¬ son on Secretary  Lansing.
The result of activities here Is ex¬ pected to be a statement by the Japan¬ ese Government concerning the return of Shantung to China, and another from China, accepting the Japanese terras.
This was hinted at a week ago by Senator Hitchcock after a talk with President Wilson, and was again touch ed upon by Senator Spencer, who said that he thought that If Japan would make an offer which China ac cepted It would remove most, though not all,  of the objections.
The President expects to leave Washington between August 7 and 10. His trip will take him as far as the Pacific coast and will consume two or three weeks.
It is quite apparent that the Presi¬ dent does not hope for action on the peace treaty and the '.eague before the expiration of two or three months at the earliest. •
The Foreign Relations Committee will temporarily lay aside considera¬ tion of the peace convention and tnke up for disposal the treaty settling all disputes between the United States and Colombia resulting from the seizure of Panama. This will be done us the result of earnest representa¬ tions made by Secretary Lansing.
Senntor Borah In a speech In the senato declared the reservntlons pro¬ posed as a compromise by William H. Taft wero valueless and would, not "nelp In nny way to clear up the sit¬ uation. His attitude made tt plain that the Tuft conciliation scheme has not mnde a hit wltu thc President's chief opponents nt the Capitol.
Vance McCormick, former Demo¬ cratic fJatlonnl chairman, will perfect an organization to advance and hasten ratlflcation of the treaty. He will eon- duct a campaign of education nnd ex¬ planation. It is intended to have such inlluence brought to bear upon sena¬ tors as will obtain their support for the treaty.
NAZARETH MAN KLECTROCUTBD AT TEIiEPHO.NE.
Jamea Mingari, 36 years old, of South Street, Nazareth, a track fore¬ man for the Baston Transit Co., was electrocuted about midnight Satur¬ day when he was burned fast to a telephone at Country Club Junction.
Mingari was on his way from his home in NazaTeth to Easton. The Transit Company had contemplated doing some repair work on the Penn¬ sylvania crossing, Phillipsburg, of which the unfortunate man was to be in charge. He had two fellow work¬ men with him when he alighted from a car at the junction and because of the heavy storm at that time went to the telephone to call Robert E. Quin- by, supervisor ot maintenance of way at the local car barn to learn If he should proceed to Easton.
Mingari had no sooner put hands on the telephone than the electric current passed througii his body. His two fellow workmen, .Mitlon Bar¬ tholomew and Jonas Longerbach, conductor and motorman respective¬ ly, ot a car bound tor Nazareth, and George Eisel a'nd Charles Fretz, con¬ ductor and motorman ot a car bound for Easton, ran to his assistance. Ef¬ forts were made to revive him and when an automobile happened along he was placed in it and brought to the Easton Hospital, but he died be¬ fore reaching that institution.
The crews ot the two trolley cars had agreed to wait for Mingari while he telephoned and take him to either N'azareth or Easton, as his su¬ pervisor might order. He did not have connection with the supervis¬ or's offlce when the accident happen¬ ed.
Mingari has a wife and four cil- dren residing at Nazareth.
Superintendent W. E. Titus, ot the Easton Transit Co., when asked as to the cause ot Mingari's death, said that it had not been tully determin¬ ed. He stated that the track fore¬ man ma'y have been hit by a bolt of lightning while using the telephone or a heavy tension wire may have broken and fallen on the Transit Co.'s telephone wires. No heavy tension wires were found to be down in the vicinity of N zareth Junction, but there are other points where heavily charged wires cross the Une of the Transit Co., near Bethlehem, by the line of the Lehigh Navigation Electric Co. and at Hecktown by the wires of the Lehigh Electric Light¬ ing Co., Allentown,
It was at first reported that the death ot Mingari was due to a heavw tension wire of the Penna. Utilities Co., falling across a telephone wire of the Transit Co. The Penna. Util¬ ities Co. did not have any high ten- wires down in that vicinity and the current trom broken wires within the Easton city limits would hardly be strong enough to affect the tele¬ phone line, as far away as Nazareth Junction. Employes of the Transit and the electric compaaies are inves¬ tigating and a complete report will be made later
Deputy Coroner J. A. Fetherolf was notified and came to Easton Sun¬ day morning a'nd conducted an in¬ vestigation.
Mr. Mingari was a member of the Catholic Church, Nazareth, and fun¬ eral was held Monda'y atternooh with imterment In Catholic Cemetery.
.MOTION  PICTURES  AT  THE  "Y."
REVENUES WILL PAY 1920 DEBTS
Secretary Glass Says U. S. Ex¬ penditures Will Not Exceed Its Receipts.
RIGID   ECONOIVIY   IS   NEEDED,
Public   Debt  on  June  30,    1920,   WIII
Be $26,516,506,160—No More Loans
Will     Be     Floated—Favorable
Treasury  Statement.
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WORLD'S
NEWS
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PACIFIC  FLEET PASSES CANAU
Warships Go Through in Less Than Ten Hours. Aboard the Flagslilp U. S. S. New Mexico.-The I'licille tleet, under ruiii- muiiil of .Vilniiial Itmlnian, Ls tloutliig In Paellle wnters. Six dreiidiinugbts Buccessfiilly negutlHled the Panama ca¬ nal, the largest ships that ever Imve passeil through this waterway. The average time of passage for euch war¬ ship from Colon lo llalbou wus ten hours, ellminating^ncburuge time ta Qatun lake.
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CHICAGO.—A series of riots in the negro district resulted In the drowning of a white mnn, jirobable fatal Injury of another negro, the woundlnt of a policeman and injury to a score of whites and blacks by bullets or mis¬ siles.
LONDON,—Major Ersklne Chlldere of the ISrltlsli army, an authority on Irish alTiiIrs, deiiuunred ns a "crazy liriiiid of anarchy" the proposal of the l.oniliin Times for .ho partition of Ire- liind with separate iiiirliamcnts for lister and the rest of Irelaiii' and an all Ireland purliaineiit for the whole nation.
WASHINGTON—Congress should liiinieiliately appi'opriate $1,.">00,0<)0 for tlghilng liilliieiiza. recurrence of which tiieilii-al aiithorltieM suy. Is probable, Itepresentiillve Kess of Ohio told the llciuse. Mr. I'ess anil Seiiiilor IlariUug Ilf (Hilii liave intioiliie d measures em- I'lidyiiu'    llie    rei'iiiiiiiieiiihiliiiiiM.
SCRANTON, PA.—A sixty per cent wage Ini reuse nnd a slxliipur work¬ ing day will he among the deninndH made next spring by the mine workers of Ihe nntliraclte flelds.
LONDON.—The British press makes no attempt to eoiiceal Ils alarm over the coal miner's strike.
Salutary lessona to young brides who think themselves neglected by their hard working husbands and who engage in more or less harmless flirtations with other men, are em¬ braced in the development of the story of "Let's Elope," the new Para¬ mount starring vehicle of Marguerite Clark, which will be presented at the Y. M. C. A. theatre next Saturday. The theme is a fascinating one and its treatment by producer and star has been guided by delicacy and taste with superb effect.
The story is based upon Fred Jack¬ son's successful play "The Naughty W'ife," which made » big hit in New York during the season of 1917-lS. The adaptation was made by Kathar¬ ine Reed and John S. Robertson di¬ rected. The photography is the work of Hal Young, who is generally recog¬ nized as a wizard with the lens.
The plot deals with a young wife of an author who believes herself neglected and plans to elope -vith a shallow-brained young man. How the husband learns of this and takes a hand in the subsequent proceedings combines to make this one ot the greatesif comedies in which Miss Clark has been seen in many a day. Miss Clark wears several stunning gowna In this picture, all of which will interest her women admirers.
Ono of the   strongest    companies ever assembled in support    of    Miss Clark,  appears in  this picture.     The I cnst  is  headed  by  Frank   Mills  who | plays  opposite  to  Miss  Clark.     Gas- \ ton Glass has an  excellent role aad others    in    the    cast    include   Helen Green. Blanche Standing, Georj.e Ste¬ vens and Albert Busby.
SIRPRIHE  I'ARTY.
Washington.—In a letter to the banks and trust companies of the United States mnde piiblic Sec. - tary of the Tri-asiiry. Carter fJlass states that he aiiliclpnies ilie revenues for tbe fiscal year ending June ;',0, 19'JU, will meet all the expenditures of the government.
Ho fixes the national inronie, in¬ cluding tlie ilef/rrcil instalments ot tlie Victory Loan, at .«fl,.-iOO.WO.(l',Jl). Tbls means that there will be no net Increase In tli<> public debt for the year except the loan instalments. If his calculations nre correct tbey mean that on June 30, 1020. when presum¬ ably tbe entire cost of the war wili liave been jiald, tbe public debt of the United States will be .'^2n,.-,l(!,.-i0n,16l).
I Miring the next live months, the period of heaviest expenditures, the government will meet its obligations by increasing the outstanding certlflcates of indebtedness liy not more than $."iiKi,lMK),0OO. The conclusion to be drawn from the sefretary's letter l.s tbat there Is not to be nn early issue of notes.   Tlie seeretary says:
It Is not possible nt this time, wher. the appropriations for the coming jTiir are under consideration by the Congress, wben contract claims by and against the 1,'nlted States are still in process of settlement, when demobili¬ zation Is still Incomplete, wben the ex¬ tent of the llalillity on the wlieat guaranty Is ascertained, nnd wben the business upon whicli tho income and proflts tax receipts in the flrst half of the calendar year 1020 are to be based is still only half transaeted, to make a formal estimate of tlin receipts and ex¬ penditures ot the United States during the fiscal year 1020 (ending June 30, 1920).
I do not hesitate to say, however, tbnt I anticipate that the government will be in receipt of revenues under existing law nnd from the Victory Lib¬ erty Loan during tbe fiscal yenr 1020 to the amount of nt least $0,500,000,- 000. •
In the absence of a budget system or of any treasury control of govern¬ mental expenditure it Is even more difflcult to foretell the expenditures than the receipts of the government. Current expenditures, which reached the maximum of $2,0(50,000,000 in December, 1018, fell In June, 1G19, to .$800,000,000, nnd after deducting the aniount of the certlflcates of Indebt¬ edness of the director general of rail¬ roads paid during the present month of July, should show a still further decrease in this month.
.\llowing for all the elements of un- certalnlty above referred to, I have no present reason to believe that the ex¬ penditures of the governmont during the fiscal yenr 1020, will exceed the ainount of Its receipts as aho've indi¬ cated, excluding transtctlons In the jirlnclpnl of the public debt other than tbe Victory Lonn. If these expecta¬ tions prove to be correct, the gross pnbllc debt of the I'nited States, wblch on June 30, 1010. amounted to .«2.".484,- .lOO.lOOO.'S, slionld t.e Increased during the fiscal yenr ]02(1_^bv not more than tbe amount of the defi-rred Instalments of the Victory Liberty Loan payable In the fiscal year 1020, ,'!;i.032,(X)O.0OO, mnklne a total pulilic debt on June .'to. i!t20. when presiimnbly the whole cost of fhe war will bave heen financed, of f?2n,.'iifl.rino.iori.o.-.
Tlie realization of these sanguine expectations Is contingent upon the rinirtice of most rigid economy by the L'ovenithent nnd the continuance of iiinple revenues from taxation.
ARTHUR VEATCH.
First  Man  to  Discover Oil   Field   in   England.
TAQ UAY I'X>R THE NBW
"Y" BAND A SUGCHM.
Tag Day wbich was for tbe b«a»- fit of the newly organized Y. M. C. A. band, waa beld on Saturrdajr and it proved to be a great success. ElevMl young girls of tbe town and Henry Kline, janitor of the Y. M. C. A. were the solicitors, and those 12 people turned over ^190. Following are the names of those who sold tags and the amount tbey received:
Mabel Oswald    f  6.86
Leali  Unangst      ».»4
Miriam   Wagner         3.72
Elizabeth   Kraemer         3.34
Evelyn   Buss       17.34
.Mary   -Miller       75.02
Virginia  Wood       18.80
Margaret   Leopold        21.06
Blanche   Leopold           8.46
Miriam   Simons          3.66
Grace   Davis       10.90
Henry  Kline       12.00
Arthur Veatcli, cbief geologist of the Lord Cowilray oil syndicate which dis¬ covered oil in England. Veatcli is a Yankee, hailing from Evansville, Ii)<l., nnd a graduate of Indiana university. He held tbe position of stute geolo¬ gist of Indiana and afterward was en- j gaged in making analysis of Vene¬ zuelan asphnlt deposits. I|e Is now with the Pearsons syndicate and to him fell the distinction of being the first man to locate oil In Engiaiid.
JUDGE FINDS 2.75 BEER VIOLATES FEDERAL LAW
Total    $190.00
On Saturday evening the band gave the town people a treat by go¬ ing to the circle aud playing a num¬ ber of selections. This was appreci¬ ated very much by everybody as the town people had not been given tho opportunity to hear a concert on the streets ot our town for a long time. After rendering the selections the band was taken to Hollo in Kran¬ dall's Sight Seeing Auto Bus, to play at the Hollo picnic. Although the sky was clouding rapidly, and it seemed as it it might pour any min¬ ute a few of the Hollo people turned out to the picni-c. The band went into the Hollo school-house and there rendered a program to those people present.
The band recently organized itself and began its career by electliis Warren Breinig, president; Stanley Hangen, secretary and treasurer; Frank Ehrig, business manager, and Ellis Schneebeli,  conductor-
X.\Z.\RETH M.\X B.IDLY BURNED
BY   ELECTRICITY   AT   PIOV.V-
ALLEX   CEMENT  PLANT
Howard Phillips, a^ed 29 years, of Xaazreth, had a narrow escatie from ' [death, on Saturday, while working at
Any Taxable Beverage, Court De- \\^^. J^enn-Aiien cement mui, where
' " he IS employed as switchboard tend-
ClareS, Comes Within the  Evi-    ler, when he came in contact with a
..,..,_ ' feed wire carrying a current of 22,-
dent Intent of congress.       coo vous, which went through his
  body and was knocked  unconsciooa,
and is a miracle   that   he   was   not New   Tork.—In   a   decision   handed i burned to a crisp.     Dr. F. J.  Hahn, down here Judge Thomas I. Chatfleld, '¦ of Bath, and Dr.  Victor J. Koch, of of  the  United   States  District  Court, INazareth,     were    immediately  sum- asserted that in his opinion the sale ; moned,   and   first-aid   was   rendered.
, , ., after which he was rushed to the of 2.<5 per cent, beer was n violation 1 Easton Hospital, where his condltloa of the Wartime Prohibition law. The jg serious, though not probably crltl- decree was made in the case of the |cal. He was badly burned about his Government against Martin Schmau- i hands and face, and his right leg, der of New  Haven,  Conn.,  who  was \^^  ^f^^ gash  in   his  scalp  about
...       ,,,      . ,     .^a    three inches in diameter.    Mr. Phil-
charged with selling beer In defiance . ^.^^ ^^.^ .^^^ ^^f^ ^^^^ j,^^^^^^ ^^^^^
of the wartime measure.    The case Is   .^ho is an electrician, who left to go
one of the -two  test  actions  brought   outside, an^ when at the door, seen
in the Federal District of Connecticut, ja large flash, and running uender the
Judge Chatfleld Is sitting in Connec- I impression that an oil switch explode
ticnt-in place of Judge Edwin s. \f^' f^",""^ ^°"?>^^ ^"^ °! ''^^J'f^ ^" r^    , ^     , ._, , .    I his brother ha'nging to the live wire-
Thomas, who is conducting a trial in | carrying 22,00 volts, and pulling «ut Brooklyn. The decision of Judge ^ the switch, he fell on the concrete a Chatfleld   was   filed   In   the   District   distance of six feet, on the concrete
Court of Connecticut. Lawyer C. S. Hamilton, counsel for Schmauder, w! o was arrested for selling beer a^ter July 1, demurred to the Indictment against his client on the ground that the  Information  against  him  did  not JYOrXG MAN LOSES IjIFE
floor unconscious. Mr. Phillips' con¬ dition this moiling was resting com¬ fortably, though he has awful paina in his right arm and leg, wbich waa burned badly.
specify, that the malt Uquor alleged to have been sold was intoxicating. Judge Chatfleld overruled the demur¬ rer and held that the defendant must plead  to the Indictment
"It Is apparent," said Judge Chat¬ fleld, "that no court has held that Con¬ gress did not Intend at the time of passing this law to prohibit lajer beer containing any amount of alcohol content sufficient to make it taxable by the Revenue depnrtment, sufficient
TRYING TO SAVE SISTER.
Harold Corson. 19 years old, waa drowned Tuesday in Chester River, trying to save the life of his 12-year- old sister. Sarah. That tbere waa not a dual drowning was due to the hravery of Wm. Turner, a neighbor of the Corsons, who plunged into the stream and saved the girl and then brought to the surface the body ot her brother, while a crowd of 20tt' spectators watched him.
PITH   OF   THE VICTORY   NEWS
ts a
The girl wa's unconscious, hnf -waa" to bring it within the general deflnl- | revived at the Chester Hospital. Cor- tion of lager beer as shown from pnst json showed signs of life, too, but all experience, nnd sufficient to bring the ' efforts to revive him proved fruit- net within the prohibition of tlie Se- .less. He waa employed as a ship lectlve Service law, which prohiblteu ! carpenter at the yard of the Chester the sale of any Intoxicating liquor. In- | Shipbuilding Co. and had been maY- cludlng wine and beer. ried  but two  months.      His    yonnp.
"Under the Internal Revenue laws widow, who witnessed the tragedy, nnd all standards bv which Congress I collapsed and was taken to the htw- could   hnvo   viewed" the   matter,   the|P'*^'      "^^^   little   girl   had   gone   to
beer described In tbe present Informa-
Ithe  edge  of  the  river with  a play-
., „ ,  .1       ,        , ,     .mate  to  bathe,   but  slipped   from  a
lo.^   was  of  the  class  known   as  In- L^,^ ,„,„ a^^p water and her screams toxlcntlng liquor, and as such Its sale i attracted the crowd, was prohibited." j
-A very pleasant surprise party was tendered to Mrs. Jacob A. Serfass, at her home, near Hath, on .Monday ev¬ ening, in honor of her birthday. The evening was well spent with music and dainty refreshments were serv¬ ed after which all returned home at at late hour wishing Mrs. Serfa.ss many more happy birthdays. The following were present: Mr. and Mrs Wm. Mann, Mr. and Mrs. Jere miah Stout, Mr. and .Mrs. Elmer Dech, Mr. and Mrs. Honry Silvius, Mr. and Mrs Llewellyn Dech, Mr and Mrs. Charles Roth, Mr. and Mrs. llarry George, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bensing. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Smith, Mr. and .Mrs. Chas. Werner, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Fritchman, Mr. and Mrs Jacob Serfass, Misses Anna Remaley, Dorothy Smith, Hilda Smith, Flor¬ ence Smith, Mnry Mann, Edith Ban- ers, Helen Werner, Nellie Bensing, Luella Serfass, Florence Serfass, Eir- gene Michael, John Mann, Oeorge Kromer, Mark vverner, Emmett Ser¬ fass, Percy Roth, Harry Dech, Roy Dech, Russell Silvius, Elmer Deeh and Calvin Serfass,
Congress has the power at nny time to modify the statute nnd Congress has also the power to pass a Inw Interpreting the statute. If beer which tins a tendency to produce Intoxica¬ tion (In the .sense of affecting control i over the sensibilities, muscles, or emo- tlons of nn Individual bul will not fully intoxicate), lg not the sulistnnce Intended  to  bc prohibited.
Senator Borah of Idaho launches move- ment for the complete elimination of the Shantung settlement from the peace treaty.
The peace conference, through Mr. Clemenceau,   has   served   notice   on
FRENCH  COW  PROFITEERS.
BrRGLAR ATTACKS WOMATT.
Sack Paris Shop Which  Raised Price of Food. Paris.—Further instances hnve been Hungary that the food block,ide will i reported of the public taking their own
be maintained until Bela Kun and his friends are ousted and a repre¬ sentative government is installed. Leading allies in the peace conference at Paris will not be surprised to see President   Wilson   abandon   his   un-
mensures against profiteering hy re tnllers. .K grocer In the poor quarter of Xlontmarte, seeing the rush of pur¬ chasers for chicken nnd rabbit at ,1 francs ('!i centimes) a pound, marked up the price In front of customers to
compromising attitude against treaty j "* francs
reservations, and they are prepared to accept such reservations. Senator Lodge takes the decided view that a reservation to accomplish the end Mr. Taft had in mind would be neither an interpretation nor a mere reservation, but decidedly an amendment, its effect so far reach-
The crowd resented (his action and sacked the shop.
NO  SHORTAGE   OF  SUGAR,
Excitement ran high at Avis, oo Monday night, when a burglar en¬ tered the home of A. M. Myers, about 11 oclock. floing through fhe honse he came out on the front porch, where Mrs. Myers and her daughte.- were seated. Ho attacked Mrs. My¬ ers, choking her severely, and only dedsted wh< ' neighbors bega'n ritp- nlng toward the honse. In respoRji© fo the piercing screams of M'ss Mv¬ ers. In a short time not len than r,0 pcrpons had been attracted to the house and a diligent search w.*b made for the man, but no tra-o of 1-im cotrlii he found.
Mn<. Myers was overcome hy th* rough treatment, but ts rec-overlnir from fhe shock. Her husband, who |<! an electrical engineer, employed I« the Avis railroad shops, had left th* home earner in the evpnlng for hiti night's work.
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nFT,TrERS SIX  AtTTO*.
John    T.    Rvnn * Spn. r!hevrM«l' dlBtrlbutors   wpr«>  verjf hiT«v  dnrfnc and deUrer- the foUowfnr
nnloadi
Profiteering      Refineries     Trying     to | the past wpi
Keep Prices High. Ing cam. haflng pla
Washington.—.\clliin   of   dealers   In   <*ar«: John «eese Ing that  it would  necessitate send- ! some  lei-nlltles In  liinitliig reiull  pur-   *¦'*   Ooodha Ing  the   treaty   back   In   order  that ; chases   of  sugar   lo   two   pounds   per the   other   signatories   might    pass i person was criticised In the House by upon It. Representative Hillings, liepubliean, of
The Hungarian Red army, which j Pennsylvania, wIhi ilei-lured tlien- was allied forees are expected to en. no occasion for sueh eurlnllment. gage, consists of eight divisions, to- "The ¦cheme seems to he bucked hy taling 60,000 frone line and 100,000 profltoering sugar refineries which de- reserve troops. There are also 1,000 j sire to maintain high prices," Mr. Hu- Red cavalry. {lings satd.   "There Is pienty of sugar."
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Johnson, af Kahler.  a and to Thomas Bn^ of Georgetown, oae
totirtng; Mar- Ftonrlng:    Wm.
and Jeihn Rotm, a 4«0 tomrlng.
/iecrptea ToaMnm.
Wm. H. Snyder, of Atlentow*. employed as foreman ot tfce shop at the KaMMtti Tovn*rf i ehiaa Coai^By.