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VOL. XXVII
AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, LOCAL AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE^
THK Y
\\, C, A. TK ACHING
THK FOREIGN WOMEN.
Tho meaning of the draft is often most complex nnd preplexlng to tho foriiK"-'*"'^ women ot this country, n-ho UioUKht thait In making thoir home in this land, military duty was a thiiiK of tho past. The foreign born women of Pennsyvania, with its laiKc in<liistrial concerns are finding their lot.s very difncult to understand and \^illi "iPl'' husbands and swnet- l,e;ir'.s being ruthlessly torn from then, by the long arm ot the govern¬ meni.
"Tho Oirl Ke Lett IJehind Him" nuist undei-stiind what he is Hfihiing (or. Throirgh the foreign-born wo¬ men In this country, the Y. W. C. A. j8 tr.iining leaders to toach women from other countries tho meaning of 5rar. At the big Inierijational Insti- (ut(^ in New York City, where thes people aro trained, thero are Ukara- nians, Hungarians, Polab Letts, Croatiinlans and Czecho-Slovaks, al¬ so Kus^ans, Spanish' and  Portugese.
Women from theso countries are being trained by the Y. W. C. A., for reconstruction work In their native lands when tho war Is over. Just now 'hey havo one big job ahead ot them. That is tho task of teaching griinps of people trom other countries who are now in tho United .States, wh.it the draft means, what kind of care :s being taken of thoir husbands anl brothers in camps, something of whiit tho l'nited .States is fighting for. and their own obligations to their native land as wel as to tho United States.
The cour.^e Includes instruction in teaching Knglish, and gives the wo¬ men some work in methods of inves- tiK.ition. The idea is primarily to develoj) among f"-"ig!i speaking people in the United States, women ead'r.-; who wil Interprot new ideas of the Western World to them. At a l)iK conference in New York Satur¬ day every country in the .\ear East anil Kurope was re|)resented. .Miss Mary .McDowel, famous for her work in the Chicago Stock Yards, spoke at this eonference. A great mass meet¬ ing (if the women of the nations ot the world met in the evening to talk of the new service for wonien which gnviriinients of every nation are ask¬ ing as a necessary factor in the world adju.stmcnt which is comin-g
NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 29, 1918^
NO. 39 J
UNCTiE SAM WANT8
THOUSANDS OF STENOGIIAI'HEIIH.
FAMILV  UEV MONS.
liiick Family.
Tl"' Ninth Annual Reunion ot the Buik Family will be held on Labor Dav at Edgemont Park on tho IJlue RidM:i! Traction fomiiany line, half¬ way hetween Walnutport and Dan¬ ielsville, Pa.
Sl<-Rfile<l Famllly.
T:i? Ninth Annual Reunion of tho | Siegfried Family will be held at Ru-iikill Park on August 31—Naxa-; r<;!:. Uath and Cherry Hli ISranches of !he family are requested to take :h;.s as an invitaticn to bo present an ! help to form a permanenit orga¬ nization.
Hahn  Family.
The  Second   Annual   Hahn   family reunion  will  be held  on  Labor  Day, ?e; tember   2,   at   the   .VaEareth   Fair i i^ii uiida,   Xazareth.     The   gathering ' i^iil bo held rain or shine. [
AI those who are in any way re- [ ill' 1 are requested to atend tho re- ; It::  -n  without further notice. i
Httpi»el's Reunion. [
Vourseif and   family  are cordially ] i!iv ted to attend the seventh Annual R' iiiion of the Happel's in America, 'lull  will  be at Oakan<l   Park  Sep-
•I'er     2,   1918.     Program     starts w::ii   businees   meeting  at   llo'clock* ¦\, M.
Kindly notify    members    of you"-
'.A',:]\]y.
Trolley service from all points. "lease be provided with box lunch. "iir further    particulars    address til- undersigned at Tatamy, Pa.
W. A. Happle,
Secretary.
in   IIAUACK AND PERGOLAS
WILL CROSS RATS.
Notwithstanding the fact that thous¬ ands ot stenographers and typewri¬ ters have been appointed In the Gov¬ ernment service in Washington, D. C., since our country entered the war, the United Status Civil Servico Com¬ mission announces that there is pres¬ sing need for several thousand more workers ot this class.
Wonien especially aro urged to ot¬ fer their services tor this oflice work and thus help in a practical way in tho nation's groat undertaking.
Entrance salaries range from ?1,- 000 to $1,200 a yoar. Most appoint¬ ments are made ai ? 1,100. Higher salaried positions aro irsually filled through promotion, original appoint¬ ments at salaries in excess of f 1,200 being rare.
Examinations aro held overy Tues¬ da)* in 550 cities, and tho Commis¬ sion states that an examination will be held in any city, day or night, when there Is prospect of assembling a class of as many as three competi¬ tors. Eligibility for appointmonl may bo obtained through passing an examination in practical testa in shorthand and typewriting, or in ty- powriling alone. It is practical to complete such an examination in one hour. Representatives     of     tahe
Civil Service Commission at the post ofTices in all cities are prepared to furnish definite information to persons  intoresited.
The Room Registration Office ot tho District of Columbia Council ot Defense maintains a iist of rooms in private homes in Washington which are available .to nowly appointed Govornmont clerks. All rooms are carefully inspcoted before listed. Tho Room Registration Office states that the usual charge for rooming accommodations with board, that is, the two principal meals of the day, is $40 a month.
To obtain this rate it is usually necessary for two persons to share a room. In addition, the Govern¬ ment is erecting residence halls, in¬ cluding restairrants, for the use of Federal  empoyees  in  Washington.
It is expe<;ted that the first units will be re^dy for occupancy by Dec¬ ember. The Room Registration Oflice states that it is able to provide accommodations in the meantime. ^ —
OPENING OF .V GFMTO-
URINAUV I)ISPE\S.4RY I.V   SOUTH   HETHLEHEM.
roll up crown prince;s flank
French Sweep on While Every¬ where German Retreat Picks Up Speed.
MAJ. BENNETT CLARK.
One of the   Youngest Majors in U. S. Army.
1 WIN GREAT 50 MILE VICTORY
HEAR MR. WOODFIN,
THLR.S1>AY, SEPT 5,  AT THE MORAVIAN CHURCH.
STRIKE     SMASHING      BLOW.
Foch's Llow Designed to Separate Von
Boehn,     to     North,     and     Crown
Prince,   to   South—Thousands
of   Prisoners  Are   Taken.
^^'hich will probably be the best an the most Intere.'jting game of ' I ball that has heen hooked this S'li III will he played Sunday after- .September 1, on tho Dorney •'" i: diamond, between the Hacha- '•I Giants, of Atlantic City, and the f" da seml-proteBsionals, of Allen- ''    I Th«   Hacharack's     aro    the
¦="   ngost coIor<^d basot)allnine In this P •   of the   couTitry and havo the re- ; r itlon   of  being   tho  only   team   in -   East that <lefoated  Rube Fosters ' ll   ngo   Giants   tho   colored    world iiiiuipions.  The   series     that     gave 'iieiii that reputation was played this S'lir at Atlantic City and tho Barha- fack's  won  two  out  ot three  games plnyed.    These  colored   ball   players *rp tlie best in tho bu.siness and tho sanii- this    coming    Sunday    ehould ^ therefdre   be   the   best   exhibition   of | '¦he season and that was the all pro- ' '««si„nal P. & n. R. R. Police Club of \ Philailalphia,   having   defeated   sirch teams- as Parkesburg  Iron, Cressons JfST'   Sun .Ship Co.. ot Chester, Le-j Blk'tr.n, Palmerton and  many other cuti^ which are considered  the best «'ulis this side ot the big leagues.
Tli« p,-rgs defeated the Anchor plan's last Cunday 4 to 0, Stauffer •h" iiiiched that game will again •ork against the Dacharack club. '^yli. who is without a doubt tho ^ 'iieher in this communitv will **'''' he rest of the Pergola lineup the same. The game will be 1 with several sele<^tions by eor band and tho game will eo promptly at 3 oclock
The Department of Health ot tfie Commonwealth of Pennsylvania an¬ nounce.') the opening of a Genito-Uri- nary Dispensary Jn the City ot South Bethiehem at 126 W. Fourth Street with Dr. W. D. Chase in charge. This dispensary wil be open Tuesday from 5:00 to 7:00 P. M. and Thurs¬ days from 12.M. to 2:00 P. M.
This is the fwefth in the; series ot moro than thirty Genito-Urinary Dis¬ pensaries being organized by the sta¬ te Department of Health. The first has been operating successfully in Philadelphia tor a year and a half, the second in Reading since March, tho third in Harrisburg since June, the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Nineth, Tenth and Eleventh, just opened reepeotively in Williams- port, Wilkes-Barre, York, Lancaster, Altoona, Ailentown, Sunbury and Scranton and each receives full co- operatioii trom tho medical profes¬ sion. Tho State's Genito-Urinary Dispensaries are organized for a threefold purpose, viz:
The relief of tho physician trom th(! almost compulsory burden ot caring tor tho numerous charity pa¬ tients suffo ring with Genito-Urinary and  Venereal diseases.
2. The prompt and efflcient care of such patients tree of charge who otherwi.se would neglect thoir condi¬ tion with serious resulls.
3. The betterment of the general health of the community hy dimini¬ shing and, if possible, eliminating the menace of transmission ot the serious infectiuns venereiil diseases by thirs reaching and rendering in¬ nocuous as rapidly as possibe all such cases in the State.
The abnormal social conditions In¬ cident to war and the difllculty in readily obtaining specific remedies mako it doubly important to con¬ duct an active campaign now, nnd be¬ lieveing that the prompt cure of ven¬ ereal diseases is the most efllcient dent mains of reducing their spread, the Departnient will continuo labra¬ tory aid and will furnish other val- irabe educational measures and ex¬ tend tho DispeUKary movement to every populous county in tho State.
ParLs.—Gcnorni Margin's army, hav¬ ing established Its left flank on the Oise river below nnd eastward of Noyon, swung Its front eastward and late advices say it is rolling back the right flank ot the Gernuin Crown Prince's group of armies.
In their advance towar<l the vital Plateau of St. Gobain (the bulwark of the Oeminn center), Mangin's men crossed the Allette river north of Coucy, nnd were driving upon Coucy Forest. They were less than fifteen miles from the Important German base at Laon, having a^lvanced more than seven miles by mldatternoon.
Other newspapers sny thnt on the Alllette front the -.udden swing east¬ ward of th.e French caused the retreat of a division of Cerman reserves which hnd been intended to support the as¬ sault. •
The possession by tho French of the whole line of the Alllette, according to military experts, means that Mar¬ shal Foch's design to drive a big wedge between General von Boehn's army and the forces ot the German Crown Prince has been successfully accomplished. Also that th( Germans have been placed In a position of the utmost difficulty bolh north and south of the new French salient.
The Germans have been harassed In their movements. Contusion reigns among their units. The French line Is uncertain owing to tbe swift move¬ ments in this open warfare. The cav¬ alry Is advancing In the open fleld con¬ tinually at n g«lliip, exploring woods nnd fanns. Tiuik.s ure following everywhere, reducing mchlne gun nests. Batteries of artillery nre com¬ ing up nt full trot aiKl taking up new positions.
Genernl Humbert's army has made a great advance between the .Matz and the Oise rivers nnd has reached the Dlvette river. The French military men .say this makes the early full of the town of Noyon Inevitable.
The retreat of th Gennnns before both the Third nnd Tenth I'rench ar¬ mies continues with Increased speed over a large part of the battle front, nnd In ponie cases In  dLsorder.
Thousands of Prisoners Taken,
Many Towns Captured and Big
Losses Suffered by the Enemy.
BIG   DISASTER   TG   GERMANS.
Battle   Front   Stretches   From   Region
of^rras   Down   to   Lihons,   Below
the   Somme—Heavy   Fighting
All   Along   the   Line.
With Ihe Brltl.sh Anny In France.— Victorious   on   a   bnttle   front   of   .",0 miles, extending from Ihe Cojeul river I     on   Ihc   north,   ncross   tbe   Ancre   nnd ,'     Somme   rivers  iilniost   to   Lllions,   the Third and  Fourth Rrlllsh Arndes, un- I     der Genernls Uyng and Rawlinson, are p     vigorously    following    up    their    suc- I     cesses, which apparently has been one A     of  the  most   disastrous  defeats  ever * I     experienced by the Germana. w0       The enemy has lost wide stretches j of ground, numerous towns, thousnmla A new iibotogrnph of Major Bennett , ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^j^ prisoners an.l large quan-
titles of materials and gnns.    He also again has had heavy casualties.
(Jrown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, the German commander, hns thrown his men in before Ibe advancing Brit¬ ish armies in an efTort to stave off the Inevitable, only to have them mowed down  again  nnd  again  by  storms  of
j metal from tlie British guns.   One en- Shall Continue," Says Marshal,    i t"-e enemy battalion  was annihilated
! during the flghting.
sentntlvcs.
"GOING WELL," FOCH
"We Have Bqgun Our Action and
"Everything   Going   Well"—Generalis¬ simo   Says   Americans   Err Only in Eagerness.       '
SHORT 1,000,000 MEN.
Check Must Be Put on Non-Essentlals, Conference  Is Told.
Washington.—The fact that there now Is a shortage In wnr work of 1,000,0(K) unskilled laborers and that the reserve of skilled workers Is ex¬ hausted developed a I a conference of field agents of Ihe federnl employment service. Further curtailment of non¬ essential production Is planned to re¬ lease 'lien for war work„ The labor shorlage Is so serious that completion of a nuniber of Important war projects for the army and nnvy Is being de¬ layed.
"The time hns come for the entire nation to realize thnt 'business as usual' Is not longer possible," Nflthan A. .Smythe, assistant director of the employment service, told the confer¬ ence. "If we nre to end the war quickly the production ofr luxuries and non-essentials In this country must come to nn end.
".Mimufaetiirers must give up the creatUui of needless goods, workers must be willing to change from non- ess<>iitlal to wnr pruduetlon nnd the public at large must stoj) buying lux¬ uries nnd thereby make Ihe problem ot curlalllii;; non I'sseiitlals easier."
Dead (formans in great nundiers nre scattered everywhere over the battle¬ field. As an example, 400 enemy dead were observed on one small piece of ground. With the French Army In Frnnce.— With nil this fierce fighting and not- "Everytblng Is going well. We have I withstanding that the British nt many begun our ncthm, nnd we shall con- ; places have fought over open ground tliiue," said .Marshal Foch to wnr cor- ! agninst an eriemy protected in "pot resriondents who were received by him j holes" and strong points of other in nn old chateau. l kinds, the British losses seem to have
Advancing to meet Ids visitors, with , been extraordinarily light. This prob- slmple cordiality, he said : "I am glnd | ably is due to the contusion the Ger- to see you. but I do not know Just what i mans flnd behind their lines as they I can say to you, other than that are fighting a losing battle, which for everytliiiig l.s going well. We have them hourly grows move disastrous, begun our acthui, and we shall con- Crown Prince Rupprecht streiigthen- tliuie. I ed  his  line at  many  [ilares,  bul   this,
"For the future," he said, "realities , Instead of stopping the British, simply are far better than any sort of [irom- meant that the Germans suffered blg- Ise.    ft  Is useless  to mnke  promises   ger losses.
South of Achlet-le-Grand the British did not start operations so early as farther north. The New Zealanders here stoi)ped work to let a German counter develop. They "played deail" until the advancing enemy Infantry wns almost on top of Ihem. Then they put  down  a  heavy  machine gun  bar-
that   may   give   rise   to   exaggerated hopes.    Nothing but realities count."
Reminded of a previous occasion when he said that Ihe German wave had been broken, Marshal Foch re¬ plied: "Well, now It Is retiring; see for yourselves."
One correspondent having referred J.j,gg j„^( ^j ti,p ^ear of the Oermans to the French soldiers, the marshal who surrendereil in a body. This bap- said: pened jnst north of Miraumont.   Many
"Tou   mny   say   anything   you   like ! of the prl.simers were noneommlsslon- about  f em     Whatever  you  say  will   ed officers, and  all  (>f them appeared never be too much.    They  are going   to be glnd that they ha.l been cnptur- on without respite, without relief and   f<l-    «'""" ^^^^^^ ab..ut the Austrians ... ,     „ .,1 !.,„ „(> 1 the  pr soners  expressed  the  greatest
without rest.    We can ask anything of ; ^^^^'^^^  ^,,^  j,^,.',^ ^|„^^ ^^ ^\iX\^r^,
them;   they   are  always  ready   to  go   saj-m^; they were n.i g..od whatever. on." With both the Initiative and nuiuer-
"Vou may tell the .Vmerican people \^^\ superiority wrenched from him by that their soldiers are admirable." said alUe.l muster strokes that hnve balked Marshal Foch to the correspondents. —probably for all time—his designs "They ask nothing belter than to go on Paris and the channel ports, Gen- to their death. Tbey can be reproaeti- eral Ludendorff today finds bin.self ed only with rusliin,:.' ahead too fast— hard put to It to mnke both ends meet It Is necessary to bold them back." for the blow he must strike If the Ger-
—  ; man army's prestige 's to be malntnln-
• •••••••*********edln Gemiany during the coming wln-
TRADE  CAMOUFLAGE
IS  GERMANY'S   PLAN.
I'l.\ini'ii;li» townsiiii* .m.vn co.m.mis.sionei) an enhign.
»ill b..
ih» !¦: 'omii;.
V UORTHY APPOINTMENT.
Iflei'S.^'   ^ Philips, Chapman Quar-; L     ''"   hai recently boen appointed lbr,*.'"'"'" °' ^'^^ County Committeo I Icom   ,' ^''*<1'<»' 8«;tlon. of 'he War Itkes,      ** *" '*•« Medial Society ofi Iw       "' P^nn.sylTanla, as well as ! Itk.P      "' ^^ State Committee of I    Council of National Defense
Clyde R. Florey. formerly a teach¬ er In the public schools of Plalnfield Township and an in.structor in the .N'azaroth High Sehool, has been re¬ port e<l to havo been amongst those who successfully passed tho course of instruction at the Office—.Material School, Hampton Roads, Va , and has heen commissioned an Ensign in the .Navy.
Ensign Flory enlisted as a second class musician in the Regular Navy July :!f)th, last year and won rapid promotion in his rating. Atter pas¬ sing a competitive examination he re¬ ceived his appointment to tho Ofilcer- .Material School <ind graduated from that institution after a period of tour months Intensive training. He ia a graduate of tho K. SIroudsburg State .Normal Schoo! class of '13 and at tho tlmo of enlistment was a Se¬ nior at Lehigh University In the De¬ partment of Arts and Science.
Ensign Flory is a son of John H. Flory of Edelmans, and a brother of F. C. Florey formerly Supervising Principal ot the Sharpsburg publie schools. The later entered the ser¬ vice of tho Y. M. C. A. on Christmas ot last year and is at present actively engaged In tbe organization of work overseas
PITH    OF   THE
WAR   NEWS
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Interest in the gr at battle In the west has swung sharply to the British front, where Field Marshal Haig continued his advance from the An- ere to the Somme.
More thah 100,000 German prisoner* have been tiken in Marshal Foch's drives in the west since July 18. Of these the British have captured 30,- 000 In the last two weeks, but both British^ and French have been too busy to count spoils in Picardy.
General March, chief of staff, In hit weekly statement declares the fore¬ cast of victory next year based upon cold blooded study of the situation.
Two German armies have been badly damaged by the British attacks and many of their best divisions are dis¬ appearing piecemeal.
Lord Robert Cecil, British under secre¬ tary for foreign affairs, says evi¬ dence of German brutality in her colonies •loon will be published and that tlic presentment will definitely settle In the negative all question as to the restoration to Germany of her overseas territory.
Th« Germans are now not falling back ¦ccording to plan. They are being driven back, and they ars unabU to make a stand.
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London.—Germans who are al¬ lowed to remain in neutral coun tries are Invlttd in a recent Is¬ sue of the Central Powers Eco¬ nomic t^iazette to practice what It cnlls "commercial camou¬ flage."   The journal adds:
"After the war German trade will be possible only through neutral countries. All marks of Gerninn origin will therefore have to be oblilernted from all wares expurt'Ml. i'Aiii.'<ider»tlniu of tnteruatirMUil BVkilt] mut be ;«-a8he4 ajMe '
ter.
The Kaiser's wnr counsellors nre faced with two alternatives, awl nei¬ ther Is very assuring. Either they must seek to efface the series ot set¬ backs their troops have suffered since July IS by a powerful thrust, the re¬ sults ot which would be sutfieient to acclaim as a victory In the German pres.s, or they must risk perilous low¬ ering of the morale of soldiers and civilians alike by remaining upon tha defensive Indefinitely.
In  order that the  people ot .Naza- \ , reth  and  vicinity  may  learn  of the . i real   conditions     under     which    the | Anierican boys are fighting in France ; the Rev. W.  .M.  Woodfin,  a  Pennsyl- vanian  and   a   Presbyterian   minister who is fresh  from the trenches,  will I deliver a stirring patriotic address in ' the Moravian Church, at Nazareth on j Thursday   evening.     September   Sth at 8 o'clock. ]
I The pastor of the church, the Rev. Paul S. Meinert. will preside and the Iiublic in g.'nei'al is invited to attend. , The address will 4)e freely iilutsrated with pi<;tures taken in fiance by Mr. Woodfin.
Mr. Woodfin will especially correct the false impression which has gain- i ed  considerable ground  to the effect , i that the morals of the American boys i at   tho   front   are   not   all   that   they should   be     Ho   has   different   views, I gained from close    association    with the   boys  and   in   fact  he   went   over just  for that  purpose.     So  that the folks back home will feel more con¬ fident In the efforts of their relatives and  friends who are doing their bit to rid the v.orld of Hun domination, Mr.  Woodfin has undertaken  a tour of   Pennsylvania   to   talk   directly   to the people and tell them what he has j seen.
The subjcx-t of .Mr. Woodfin's ad¬ dross is "War as Germany Wages It" and in telling his story he will be aid- ; od by stereopiion slides which graph¬ ically bring their own message. The pictures from which the slides were made were taken by Mr. Woodfin him self who visited the trenches and more than once was under fire. They show among other things the Ameri¬ can boys, tho Tommies and the French soldiers engaged in digging trenches, carrying amunition, doing Red Cross work, the captured guns of the Huns and the devastated terri¬ tory in France, including the places '¦- where much of the heavy fighting is now going on.
The Rev. Woodfin was for eight years pastor ot the Swarthmore Pres¬ byterian church. .Swarthmore, Pa. During his ministry there he organi¬ zed and lead the Delaware County Xo-License League which was one ot fhe formidable forces against liquor in that vicinity. He was later called to be Associate Secretary of tho Pres¬ byterian Board ot Temperence with headquarters in St. Louis.
Last  December     ho was     commis¬ sioned    by the Presbyterian     Board I and the Federal Council of Chirrches to go to France to study social con¬ ditions in the army.     He    was    per¬ mitted to speak  in Y.  M.  C. A. huts ¦ along  the  front  and     knows    social „ coiulition.s   throughout   the  army  as few men in .\merica know them     He ' bas received a letter from Pershing's : headquarters  expres.'iing high  appre¬ ciation for the service which he ren¬ dered to the army and to the people : at large in correcting the false and malicious reports that had been cir¬ culated in America concerning moral conditions   In   France.     His   articles on   the social   conditions   in   France have   been     published      throughout America  and   quoed   by  such  maga¬ zines as the "Literary Digest."
While in France Mr. Woodfin spent about a week along the French, front seeing the devastated area, the troops and the preparation being made foi the big German drive. He visited tho graves ot the_ flrst Americans slain and saw the ruins and recon¬ struction work in France. Ambas¬ sador Sharpe secured an invitation for him from the British Government to visit their front. He was the on¬ ly American civilian there at the time. He visited Ypres, Messine Ridge and other points ot interest, was under fire flvo times in the tren¬ ches with the soldiers, and watched actual fighting from an observation : post. He was 'n Paris and London ^air raids and familiarizetl himself i with conditions of French and Brit- ; Ish lite.
;      Mr.  Woodfin htis    spoken     betore many of the large bodies in .\merica including   the   Presbyterian   General ; .\ssembly at Its last meeting in Dal- ! las.. Texas, where he made the le^d- I Ing address after the report on tem- I perance.     Ho     has     invitations     tc speak in many of the largest church¬ es   in   Pittsburgh.     New     York.   St. Louis and elsewhere.     He is at pres¬ ent on a tou*r which will embrace all the   principal   cities   in   Pennsylvana.
NEW MILEAGE  BOOKS OUT.
V'ORLD'S NEWS IN
CONDFKSZD FORM
i:i Bf YORK. — Horbort C. Hoover, Ax)d ftdniiiilstrator, after a survey of condition.-;  abroa.l,   Is  convinced  tier-
Good on All Roads and for Any Num- many will  be hungrier this .vear tlmn
ber of Persons. !«*'• owing to failure of grain supplies
Washington.—Tbe new $.'?0 mileage In territories from which the couulrj-
book, good for I.IXX) miles on nny rail- had hope.l to draw.
road by any numher of persons. Is on sale nt all tbket ofllces, Ihe rail¬ road administration announces. No money Is saved by buying this book, but purchasers may save tlu-niselves an.l rall"ay agents Ihe bother of .sell-
WASHINGTON. — The Senate Air. plane Investigating Commltt.'e makes public testimony taken In secret ses¬ sions and reveals the fact that where the army program calU uow for 17.% squadrons In France there are abroad
Ing Ibkets    Otber mileage books, good   only I.T squa.lrons.    The personnel re¬ fer .-.OO miles and costing $1.-., will be   qulrements In pilots have far excinxled
the iirogrnm.
WASHINGTON.—A decisive victory was won by the military authorities in    the    house    when    the    MiKenzle
reaily for sale on September 10.
'MOVIES"   ARE   ESSENTIAL.
War industries Board S.    Advises Rep¬ resentatives of the Craft.
' »mendiiuiit in the nevs- man power bill, making youth.s under twenty years of
Washington.- Representatives of the »«^ the last to be called, was defeated
motion picture Industry.  Including all hy a vote of l«r7 to li;0.
Its branehes from  the mnnufa.lure of NEW   YORK.—Herbert   C.   Hoover,
the film to Its projection on Ihe screen. t»«ek   from  European  food conference,
were Iold by  the  priorities cominitfe«. brings   victory   message.     Allies'   mo-
of  the   War  Industries   Board   lhat   It «!• "ever higher because of American
had   reached  a  tentative decision  lhat foo*. ''^ dedare.s.
the Industry was an essential one. WASHINGTON. — Labor    shortage
Certain   ilmltaili>ns,   howeve:,   were I mnJ"   cause   cessation  of   all   industry
placed on the operation of the Indus- except thut  essential to war and life
,ry jf the Iieople.
XORTH.VMI'TON   TU.VCTION CO.,   FILES  NEW
P.\.SSE.NGEK T.\RIFl-\
THK .NORTHAMPTO.N TR.\CTIO.V COMP.VNY, operating between Eas¬ ton. Nazareth and Bangor, has filed trlth the Public Serviee Commission a new LOCAL PASSENGER TARIFF
; to become effective on September 23.
: 191S. and a new LOCAL FRHIGHT T.\RIF"F. to become effective on Sep¬ tember ISth, 1918, making increases in existing rates.
i      The new    PASSENGER    TARIFF
I provides for an    increase    In rate of
! tare from six cents <6tf) to seven cents  (TO  per zone, with the excep-
I tion that COMMl'TATIO.N TICKETS.
iCood for Twenty-five Rides (25) within the city limts of Easton. will
I continue to be sold at $ 1.25 each. The new LOCAL  FREIGHT TAR¬ IFF increases all CL.aSS RATES and .MI.NIMCM CHARGES to those shown
! In tho following schedule:
RATE NOT EXCEEDING THREE 1(3) FARE LIMITS 1st Class 15c I 2nd. Class 12c.     3rd. Class 10c.     4th
Class   8c.     5th   Cass   7c.     6lh.   Class
6c.
RATE EXCEEDLVG THREE (3l FARE LIMITS 1st. Class 2 2c. 2n(l Class 20c. 3fd. Class 15c. 4th Class 12c. 5th. Class 10c. 6th Class 9c.
All rates are in cents per 100 pounds.
Minimum Charge not exoeeding three fare limits  25c.
Minimum Charge exceedingf three fare limit* %5c.
OFF FOR CAMP LEE,
PETEICSHLTia,  VA.
1      When the boys left for Camp Lee, i on  Tuesday   morning  last  they  were accompanied   by   Secretary   Brazing- j ton ot our ocal Y ..M. C. A.
He carried with him a good supply of song slips which were to be distri¬ buted through the train in order to have a rousing good time singing. Postal cards were also distributed to the boys for any message they might wish to send home.
Thegfe will be collected, stamped and posted for them.
A "flrst kit" for car sickness, head ache,  etc., will be  used for any em¬ ergencies   of   this   kind.     On   a   pre- i vious trip the Secretary had suoh fre¬ quent use for the kit that he gained the litle of "Doc." I      Smokers were provided with cigars ' and every want of the trip was pro- ' vided  for.     A  pamphlet  bearing  the red  triangle ot the  Y. .M. C. A., en¬ titled   "Some     of   the     Things     You Ought to Know about Soldier Life." was placed in the hands of the (boys) containing   much   useful   information for  men  arriving at camp.     On  the last page,  under the captain:
Why We Fight
are given tlie reasons why we are making men into soldiers. It is in¬ formation good for them and for oudselves. For this reason it is ap¬ pended.
WHY WE FIGHT
We fight because we could not a- void war and preserve national hon¬ or.
We fight because an arrogant pow¬ er challenged our freedom on the sea and, without warning and without reason, sank vessels carrying Ameri¬ can men. women and children across the open highway oi the ocean.
We Hght to save for those we love
the priceless boon of liberty for which
our fathers fought in days long past.
'      We  fight  to   keep  unpolluted  and
' holy the .A.merican home .
We fight to make this world worth living in for those dear to us and tor those who are to follow, after our day is spent.
We fight to protest to the death a- gainst barbarism and cruelty such as have pjrevailed and are prevailing in the conquered territories of Belgium, France, Kirssia, Armenia and the Balkan States.
We fight to protect the just rights of weaker nations against the iron and unscrupulous might ot the strong and the powerful.
We fight tor the sake of outraged women of many lands for helpless children stricken down in sacred youth; for men maimed and slaugh¬ tered beneath the juggeraut of Im¬ perial ambition; for the old and the young ot those hapless nations crushed by Teutonic ruthlessuess. We fight because we cannot endure such things and not fight and still retain character and manhood.
We fight because our enemies seek to despoil and destroy the sacred land of our heritage, to binl free- born Amercans in fetters of serfdom and to drag us captive in the train ot their triumphant procession.
We flght without hunger for in¬ demnity and without unholy longing for territory; anxious only to bear our share of the heavy burden of sa¬ ving civilization from the blight of so-called   "Kultur.'
We fight because God has called us and we have heard His Call summon¬ ing men of every nation and creed to serve Him in this, the testing day ot Iiations.
For reasons urnselfish and exalted our country has entered this war to remain in k until her victorious sons return with her flag bathed in new- glory. We must~and we shall win because the courage of a just cause masters otrr souls; because our na¬ tion In this day appraises righteous¬ ness more than comfort and because a tree people prefer death to slavery.
The Xazareth Brass Band enliven¬ ed an already animated .¦^cene as the crowds gathered to witness the de¬ parture of the fifty-two young men,' who are answering the call of their country, for Camp Lee, at 9:15 Tuesday morning. Many of the young men are married. The sacri¬ fice and the heroism is thirs double. The names follow:
Walter E. Haas, Francis M. Moyer, Bert Calvin Christman, Peter Pittln- ger, Robert John Beitler, Fred Ack¬ erman Butler, .\8her H. Kreidler. -Vorman Clifl'on Kindt, Ralph Howard Walter, Horace .\. Lambert. Robert Jacob Santee. Floyd Franklin Steck¬ el, William Nathan Goodhard. John Whitley, .\lonzo Webb. Harold Her- many, Clyde Young. Lawrence Kach¬ line, Lovine Peter Rice, Louis Rich¬ ard Groth, .\. Wilmer Grube, Carl Leonard Dlckes, .\llen Daniel Tro.xell, Roy Joseph Knipe, Clinton D. Stoudt, Frank L. i ihler, D. Samuel Schap- l>el. Wm. L. Leveriugton, Chrales B. -Mllheim, Leidy Washington Stoudtj WiUiam .Vmandus Sampson, Roy Volk, Clark Frutchey, Robt. Keiper, Ritter, .Arthur C. Weaver, Henry C. Pillas. Paul Weaver Harris, Jos«fpta Arthur Brown, Walter T. Hahn, George W. Bruch, Ose;ir Eugene Meixell, Asher W Longenbach. Jos¬ eph H. Swibold, Arthur Howard Ed¬ wards, Charles F. Correll, RoseweU P. Johnson, \'lotor Ray Kichline, Jacob L. Flurer, Ernest Bernhard Phillips, Spencer Milton Reph, How¬ ard David King and William .\aron .Mettler.
BOASTED    HE    SANK    SAN    DIEGO.
U Boat Commander Also Admitted Torpedoing the O. B. Jennings.
Portland, lie ~ .\ccordlng to the story of I'RiitaIn Myhre of the iteam trawler Triumph, wheu she wus cap¬ tured by a submarine and convcrtixj Into a raliler, the l'nited States cruiser San Diego was sunk b> a torpedo.
Myhre asserted that tbe captain of the U boat had boasted to him that he sank the cruls«-r with a torjiedo and that he also sank the steam«-r O. B. Jennings.