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VOL. XXVII
NAZARETH, PA.,  I HL'HSDAY MORNING, JULY 18, 1918
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BETTIOIl SIIII' l.O.VDING
" IIKLI'.S OUIl ALL
IES.
Economies of api'roxlniatol.v L'O per cent ill shljipinK weight and .",0 iior cent in .sUiliP'i'B siiaco have resulted from imiiroved nielhods of iiacking merchiuidiso i'or overseas jiracticod by tho Army (Juarlernia.ster Corps. This is piinivaleiic to about -.iJOO ton.s space per month.
Fro \\w sliipiuont oC clothiiiB aud equipag''. including such itonis as blaiikuts, liarrak liag.s, towols, sliolaer tent halves, bedding, and olhor dry goods, in addition to wearing appar«l baling lias heen substituted for bo.x- Ingi ami "'^ weight ot tho lumber has been saved. The bales average 30 by 15 hy lii inches and weigh UO pounds. Thoy aro bouiul with not uess than lour cold rolled unauiiealed steel hands, liurlap over water¬ proofed heavy paper is u.sed to cover the hales, and thoro aro two "ears" on either ends of the bale for hand¬ ling.
Women are stevedores on the docks in France. There is a law they shall noe be required to carry packages weighing more than 70 pounil|. Tackagfos shipped to the American Expidionary F'orces are standardized so they shall not weigh more than 70 pounds for hauling by one woman carrier or mare than 140 poumls by two wonien carriers. Men handle the heavier packages nnd the boxes that must be usod instead of bales.
The Quartermaster Corps recom¬ mends to manufacturers supplying the Army many similar economies in packing and shipidng which will re¬ sult in oven more pronoimced space and wei.ght saving. Kound cans and containers entail a waste in escape of :;3 por cent. Square containers aro urged. It is estimated that every inch saved through bale compres¬ sion is worth 65 cents in ship space.
TEUTONS BEATEN, FLEE limiKANS
Retreat Dison'erly, SoldiersBurn-
ing Supplies and Laying
Waste Countryside.
VETOES $2.40 WHEAT
Measure Rejected to Prevent in¬ crease in Cost of Living.
TIIK WKLCii si\(;i:us to hk
(ii;.\Ki) JN .\.\/.\i{i;th.
KKMOl IT OK LOCAL KKI) C KOSS
It
CZECH    FRONT   REpOGNIZED,
Would    Place   an    Additional c!.n   of   $387,000 000   on Consumers.
Bup-
Petain's   Men   Capture   Corey—British
South   of   the   Somme  Also   Drive
Enemy   Back—Czechs Control
Western   Siberia.
Paris.—The nllled forces have ngnin thrown the Austrians back In Albania. The Teutons nre retreating townrd tlie Bkuinbl river, which lies 'Zo miles be¬ yond tho newly cnptured positions on tlie Voyuse, nenr Herat. The Itallana have liiken 250 addltloniil prl.^^oiiers.
Tho French on the right of the Ital
Wii.shington. — In vetoing the .'?li8,- OOO.IXK) nnnual agricultural niiproprln^ j tlon bill becnuse ot Its aiiieiidnient i\x- 1 Ing the governnient gunninteed mini¬ mum whent price at .SL'.IO a bushel, the I'resident informed Congress that lie did not believe tho fanners of America "deiicnd upon a sllinulntlini of price to do their utimrst to serve the nntlon and tlie world at this time of crisis."
'lhe Widch Singers of Baugor will give a grand concert In the Y M. C. A. Auditorium on Thursday July 2!-,th at S I'. M.
Th'3 concert has been arranged by Pauline .Morse Franklin with lhe Xaz¬ areth Ued Cross, and the proceeds of the entertainment will be given to the local  branch.
The VN'elch .Singers need no intro¬ duction in Na/.areth, as they have been famous for years for their sweet voices, and their singing is always a delight.
A male chours of twenty-five will bo assisted hy a male (iuarteit<>» solo¬ ists, and other numbers of interest.
It is hoped that tlie people of Naz¬ areth will givo the Welch Singers a hearty welcome, and do their bit for the Ited Cross, by the purchase of tickets whicli will be presented sale at an early date?.
William W. Roberts,    director
BUILD PLANES SPEEDILY MINIMUM WAGE
AND 8-HOUR DAY
CHEKUV JIILI> HOTEL
HUJINS TO GROUND.
Production    of    Aircraft    Now Reaches Quantity Work.
Superior   In   Lifting   Power   and   Un-
suited Only to Single Seater
Planes.
for
SOLDIERS' C.\R HIT .A.VOTHER.
The President said the patriotic spir¬ it of the farmers has been "worthy ol Chorus Pauline Morse Franklin ¦ all praise and has sliown them playing companist. a most ndndralile and gratifying part In the full nioblll/.atlon of the re- I sources of the country." He added Inns have advanced Qve miles dovpn that the bumper crops they have rals- tlio Tomorlcn valle.v, capturing the vll- ! ed this yenr have relieved "the anxle- lage of Dobrenl. : ty of the nntlons nrniyed ngalnst Ger-
Tho French are continuing their nib- i many with regard  to their food sup-
of
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Wnshlngton.—The production of air¬ craft—planes, engines nnd equipment —bas readied u stage of real epcour- ngenient to the nntlon, nnd wholesome optlinlsni as to the future Is at last JuatUled, according to tho Informalou obtained by tho special aircraft sul>- coniriilttt'c of the Heiialo Committee on Military An'ulrs. The Innirovcnicnt became noticeable In tlio last month und Is procoodlng on nn ncrrdornted scale. This will bu thu glad uiesHugo which tho subcoinnilttee will convey to the American peopUs In Ita report with¬ in tsvo or three wt><'k9.
The comniltteo'b reiiort will not bo all toptlinlHin.   Sliari) criticism will bo
I     The Cherry Hill Hotel, located at Cherry Hill, Liushkill township, abotit a mile north of .Vazareth,  was  com¬ pletely  desiroyed  by tire which star¬ ted at about 10 o'clock .Monday mor- ! ning in a bedroom in tbe northeast <;orner  of  the third   floor.     The  fire , caused a loss of about $11,000, about { $10,000 of which was to the building I which was owned by .Mrs. Emma Hlce ot Tatamy, and $1,000 to the perso¬ nal   property   of   Uobert   Kilpatrick, the proprietor.     Mr. Kiljiatrick's loss is entirely covered by insurance and the loss to tho building is partially
  i covered by insurance.y/^
« ... ... ^.1.      .-.       .      .     ..     !      ^U's. Kilpatrick    Was    washing at
Settlement of Other Disputes Applies , ^j^^ ^j^^^^ ^^^ ^.^^.^ started and Mr. Kil-
Basis Eight-Hour Day—Will Decldo      patrick was in the bar room, when he
Lowest  "Living   Wage"   for i noticed   the  smoke  and   gave   the  a-
Workers Generally. M'^™-     Kffom wero made at once to
  ¦' extinguish the blaze with buckets o£
i water and word was immediately sent
Wnshlngton.—Five   policies   of  far-| to Nazareth requesting the Nazareth
reaching consequence  in  the employ-   fire department to respond.    The ap-
ment of labor were luld down by the ; paraius was    pulled out    to Cherryq
National    War   Labor   Board.     They ' Hill with a team of horses owned by
Frank   P.   Hahn,  and  they  made ex
United States Labor Board Fixes
40 Cents an Hour In
Eight Plants.
AFFECTS    WAR    INDUSTRIES.
! bllng tactics on the west wing of the ' piles."
! Champagne   salient.     They   have   ad-       Congress was further informed that
.\   Dodge   touring   automobile   bo- mude  of  tho  nietlinds  omployod   nnd
iSnging to Dr. E. J. West, of B;aston, the   mistakes  of   varying   degree   that
was  badly  damaged  at  9:;?0   o'clock have been   mnde,  but  tho  linportnnce
on Saturday    night,    when    it    was which   trnnscends   nil   tho   other   evl-
struck  by  another  Dodge  car,  occu- dence adduced  through  tho weeks  of
pied  by  three  Camp  Crane  soldiers, labor  of  the  cumniltteo   will   bo  that
on tTie William Penn Highway, half a mile l)eyon(l tho Nazareth trolley junction.
Dr.  West's  car was driven  by  his
vanced ug.dn  slightly east of  Viliers-    the I'resident did not believe such In-
Cotterets forest, completing tbe occu-    elastic price iinivlslntis ns coiitained In
pation  of the village of Corey, which    ^\^^, \^\\\ could bo administered In a way   j,„^ Charles C. West, who had taken
they reached on the previous day, cap-    timt would be adviintagecms to the pro- ; jji^g  Edith   Young   daughter  of   Mr.
turing   the   rallroml   station   at   Corey ^ jut.,.r and consumer, bei'ause they es-   -md   Mrs.   Albert   Young,   of  Easton,
and the chateau and farm of St. Paul. ; tnbllsh arbitrary levei.s which are quite | out the pike for a ride.     They woro
X.WT EVFOnCES DTRECT
PURCILVSE POLICY.
Manufactiirers and dealers are en¬ couraged under tho policy of the Navy n.'partment to deal direct with the department. The purpose Is to eliniinali^ tho middidman in purchases of supplies and materials.
"In my annual report," says Rear Admiral Samuel McGowan, manufac¬ turer.-; were warned again.st profiteer¬ ing agents, profctssional contracts, and naval brokers. In our regular mailing circular of January S, miR, we oxpressid the hope that m.Tnufac- turers who have nnt availed them¬ selves of the opportiniity to bid di¬ rect will do so, as it will provo r>f ad- Tantage to tliem in bringing Ihem in moi'p Intimate touch with thn Navy and thereby mnko a reputation for the materials which thoy manufac¬ ture."
"The fact Is the responsibility of contractors was never .so thoroughly Investigatrd and they were never held to a stricter acountability than they havo been since this country entered the war. Tho number pf responsi¬ bility direct bidders has increased grea'ly and the number of agents and Intermediaries has been reduced to a minimum. The safeguards against profitiering have been strengthened not relaxed."
There aro over 14,000 names on the bidders' list of tho Navy Bureau of Riiiiplles and .Vccounts, represen¬ ting every section of tbe country. Tiiesi' manufacturers and dealers fur¬ nish over 1)0,000 classes of artlclej. used by the Navy.
out of tho ctiiios which existed In the airplane Industry six months—oven three months—ago Aniorlcu nt last has found herK<;lf.
The coniiiiittoe 1ms discovered that the Liberty motor, once the object of suspicion   nnd   at   times   derision   bo¬ cnuse It fulled to 111' quite the universal alrplune  driver Its deslgnerH  iirodlct- ed. Is un engine of the highest value for many types of planes, pnrtlailnrly of   the   recent   Ausirnlinn   advances.       a  fixed  nilniiMum  price of  $2.40 a * noticed   that   It   was  swerving 'from   those for day und night bombing nnd The German  guns answered  the  uew    i,u.sliel    the  I'nT-id.iit  said, would  In- [ side to side of the road, and narrowly    \"''  "-serration  pun.oses.     incso  tiro advances,  but   there  was  uo'lnfantry ; erca.se the price of Ibmr from !?10.r.O to   escaped striking an automobile ahead    "'« Planes counted upon  to cnrry  tno
$12..">0 a barrel and would put an addl- - of   him.     He   turned   to   the   gutter.
were:
1. Approval of the principle of the eight-hour day.
2. Insistence on tht payment of la¬ bor of a "living wajC."
3. Disapproval of the employment of children under fourteen years of age on government contracts.
4. Disapproval of the direct or Indi¬ rect employment on government con¬ tracts of prisoners who have been sen¬ tenced   to  hard   labor.
5. Adoption of a division line be¬ tween   the   war   Industries   in   which
cellent time, arriving at tbe scene of the blaze about half an hour after It started.
The firemen could do very little on account of the big blaze which was already pouring out all along the third floor, but were In readiness for any emergency which might occur to the surrounding buildings.
A large crowd soon congregated and neighbors who had rushed in started to save the furniture. Every¬ thing on the first and second floor was saved, birt some of the furniture on the third floor was lost.    The bull-
Fifty Germans were laken prisoners.
The   Hritlsh   forces  on   the   Somme hnve ngaln  Improved  their lines enst
Independent of the noriiial niarket con- , on   their   way back   to   Easton   when
ditlons.   The administrative method In   the accident occurred.
fixing Iirices, he sabl, bas been entirely j      Wost saw the soldiers' car eoming
of Vlllers-Bretonneux,  near the scene   satisfactory and slimibl bo continued.     i toward him at a rapid rate of speed.
.'es, counter blow
war Into Gennany.    The aircraft pro-
The Bolshevlkl for the flrst time ac- | tional burilfU <
,f .•i-..SSV,<KKJ,000 this year   and his  machine was not more than   Jucers. under the direction of John D.
knowledge the existence of a "Czecho- ; q,, ti,p coiisuiners.    Such an Increase In ! one foot on the concrete road,  when
  Ryan, now have turned thoir attention
Slovak   front."     Allusion   to   this   np- i p^ce be said   would force a similar In- ; the soldiers' car came up and 'stru-ck very largely to the development of tbe
pears   In   the   first   ollicial   BoLshevlk | ^r.-ase  In  (.'anada.  thus  e-ilaiglng  the \ the rear of the West car.     The latter Liberty engine for heavy  lllers. communhiue,   which   nnuouuces   great
women should be employed and those fling was stripped of its furniture be¬ in which they should not. fore the fire ate its way to the lower
In tiie adoption of these prlnciides, floors, even the bar and the bar fix-
appllt^d in mnny instances to penc'lng tures   were  carried out.  as  was  the
labor   disputes,   the   bfinrd,   of   which large supply of liiiuor, which was val-
formcr   I'resident   Wm.   H.   Taft   and ued at about $4.")00 to $.5000.
Frank  P.  Wulsb   nre joint  chairmen. Proprietor   Kilpatrick   had   a  nar-
hus  uot  hesitated  to  go  beyond   tiie row escape from death when he en-
rlvul claims of the employers and the tered  the third  floor in an  effort  to
employees. save his  belongings.     He was  over-
Thls wus notably the ca.se In the an- f^ome by    smoke, but    managed     to
tural bill wns bi^
victories.
Annies sent ngnlnst the Czccbo-Slo- vako and White Guards have captured ] \y„rld the cities of Syzrun and Bugulnia, the i '|'i,^, I'residciii communl'iue says, and nre npiiroachlng Stiivropdl, on the front east fif Moscow along the Trnnsslberlan railway, nnd northeast of Moscow are advancing to¬ ward Ynrcislav nnd Rybinsk. The Czecbo-SIovak.s nre said to be retiring across the Voign In disorder.
A Inter Bolshevik statement snys General .MuravlelT, leader of the Rid- sbevlk forces, conimltted .¦^ulclde after a   vain    attempt   to   lead   bis   forces
whole sc'ile of finaiH'ial operations In machine was turned over on its right The   Liberty   motor  as   tho   driving
this countrv by the allied governments side, three wheels were torn off, and power of tbe henvy  i.laiies  In  which
1   nff'Cting   tiiacilcally   tho   entire it '<^':>«    otherwise    baldy    damaged, tbe highest speed and maneuvering Is
^        n   e       >,                • West was not  hurt, but Miss  Young not essential is a thorough success
It
veto of tlie ngricul- iliird In two weeks.
VCTIVITIKS TMROUGHOrT THE r. S. AND ON
THE R.\TTLE FRONT.
Southern farm boy-club members produced in 1917 food and feed val¬ ued at $4,019,121, tho Depiirtment of Agriculture reports. A total of 11,'),74S  boys were enrolled in regu-
would not adjust Itself to the single seater fighting plnnes which scurry through the nir at siiceds ranging from \\T> to 135 nilles an limir, such as the Spads, nor havo the exiierta here yet succeedi'cl in fitting It to the Bristol type of plane.
agulnsf Moscow and upset lhe Bolshe- ! •'»• '¦"''S In 14 States, vlk government there.    His troops re- ,      Department   of  Agricultirro  specl- fused to follow him. : "''«¦:'¦   aPPeal'ng   fo>-   -ncreased   pro-
Dlspatcbes from Peking conlirm the ' ''"'¦^'0" "^ poultry and eggs, mako „ ,' .„ , , . ,, ,K,.,.„„i,r,„» these suggestions: Keep better poul- Czecho-Slovak  '•<-'>-[l-,/J;;-'«''^«i , try; select healthy vigorous breeders;
halch early;   preserve eggs;  cull the (locks;   grow  as   much   poultry   feeil
western Siberia, from the Urals to the i
suffered several cuts about the face from glass from the wind shield, which was broken. The soldiers' car was also badly damaged.
The soldiers stopi?ed their machine and blamed West for the accident, even threatening to beat him up. .\ passing automobllist brought Miss Yoimg to Correll's hospital, 'where her injuries wore dressed, and she subsequently returned to her home. Dr. West reported the occasion to x uttle Italian girl, Mary Mustra, ofllcers at Camp Crane, and received aged 9 years, the daughter of Mr. word that the damage dono his car ;,nl .Mrs! James Mastra, of Easton, would be paid for. Tho West ma- was struck by an automobile driven chine was h.Tuled to Easton for re- i,y Mrs. Florence Gilbert, of Bath, P:>ii"3- F'riday night, at urjO o'clock on Nor-
Oflicers from  Camp Crane. Allen-   rhampton street, near Locust street.
nonncement by tlie lioiiTd of its deci¬ sion In tlie dispute Involving 3,(t(X) em¬ ployees in eight plants at Waynf^a- boro, I'u, In tlil.q cnse the board es¬ talilished 40 cents sn hour as tbe mini¬ mum wage to be paid nny class of workers, Incluiling common laborers, on the theory that less than tbnt aniount was not a living wage. By living wage, it was explained, the board   means   "tbe   minimum   rate   of
reach a stairway, and fell jirst as he lost consciousness. There he was found by ex-congressman O. A. Schneebeli and James A. Grubb, of the Slate Belt Telephone Company, both of Nazareth and the two carried him to the flrst floor, where he 'was cared for by a physician. He was unconscious for some time.
Kilpatrick had recently refurnished the entire hostelry, and he had ex¬ pended   a   great   deal   of   money   to
.ITTLI-
(;iRL KILLED
nv AV .\UTOMORIl>E.
wage   to  permit   the   worker   and   I'ls^.u-ffTn first-class condition, family to subsist In health and C'-m- ¦    How the fire started is a mystery. '°''^* ii9he bedroom, it is said, was not oc-
Appllcntlon of the basic eight bouri/^,,,iprj g^,, j,„ explanation cnn be day was ordere(l In settlement of labor gj^en as to how the blaze started in dlsjiutes nt the Worthlngton Pump nnd   fi,at room.
Machinery ComiHiny and Blake- The hotel was erected 80 years ago Kiuiwles plants, East Cambridge, hy the late Peter Gross and was orl- Ma.s.s., and the Snow plnnl at BulTalo. ginally a two story building, until a- Prevloua wage awards for these plants hout forty years ago when the late Were approved by the entire board.        George   Hagenbuch   erected   another
Tuesdii}, July 2;i, was flxed as the story and a half which made It a date for determination by the board of   three and a half story building*trp to
Manchurlan border.
Following the landing of nllled forces im the Murman const, the Bol¬ shevlkl have .jrdered n hurried mohlll- zatlon to oppose them, .snys a Stock¬ holm dispatch. Three hundred Serbian and Italian olllcers In .Vrcliangel have been arresrted on tho order of Premier Lenine.
Since the Germans entered  Finland
town, camo to Easton    Monday    and   Easton and died before she reached ' what  Is  a  minimum  living wage  for  the time of its destruction
7S,(XH)  workmen   there  have  been   ar-   eluding   tuition   and   labratory   fees rested, nnd  many of them  have been    191,S-]9 covering    household science
went to see Dr. Wost with reference (lie hospital.    The little girl, in corn- to   the     accident.     They     expressed [lanv with another Italian girl, .A.ug-!
eat more poirltrv and eggs and con-   V""'! "^'"'?'^"^-', ^1 P'lVfo':'Inmates usta Chillot, had been given a penny
  . . ,..     f done.     It is said that the Dodge car i.y her mother and  had  gone down
which   the  soldiers   wero   using   be- Northamplon street.    Thev ran down
longed to a lieutenant, and had been i^ocust street and crossed Northamp-
taken without permission.    Tho dri- ton  street.     Thev     were     refirning
ver  and   his  companions   were  non- when tlio auto camo bv, striking the
commissioned   ofilcers.     Thesw   men ^ Mastra  girl  and     just    missing  the
will be reduced to the ranks.     It was other girl.     Mrs. Gilbert was drivin-
.stated   however, tbat if Dr. West de- the car, which was a Dodge machine,
sires  to  press charges the  offenders The  other occupants  were  her  hus-
will have to    face a court    martial. i,and, and Harrv A.  Gilbert,  propri-
as possible; supply the family table;
serve tho meat supply
The division on Women's war work of the Committee on Public In¬ formation announces that the trust¬ ees of Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, .\'. Y., offer to wives and daughters of Army Officers three scliolarships, in
workers generuMy unJ for a decision as to general upplkntlon of the eight liotir standard for a day's worlr.
In the Waym slioro cns-e the board granted nil wngo Increases sought by skilled workers nnd mnde the lowest rule for unskilled men 40 cents nn hour ins'.ead ot SO, as the men request¬ ed. This means increases of as much as 81 per cent, for low paid men.
\EWSP.\rERS >rCST
ECONOMIZE 0\
PRINT P.\PER.
SIZi; or ARMY CAMPS
\\!)  CAN'rONMENTS
TNCRE.\SED.
executed,   Hugo  Haase,  lea<ler of  tbe   household  arts,  and   preparation   for  ri,.  ¦n-.^..> ...ni    „> , ,...       "•  """    •¦   -" -'-•   •—•"•
minority   Socbilu^is   a.^serted   Inn   re-    institutional work. " :..   It   !^,!   l,..'!!'®^!'''\V,^'.^-   .^^"^   etor of the Slate Exchange Hotel, and
leech   In The  Itelelistng, accord
"BOOZE OR  COAL?" CHOICE.
cent  speech  In  lhe  Uelelistng, accord-        Tho Medical    Department,    United ,lng to a vei-liiittm puMlsbed by the Het-   States Army, needs women as recon-
More than $22,000,000 have been expended during the past six montha under the direction of the Construc¬ tion Division of the Army in making addiiioiis and improvements to canijis and cantonments. This sum does not include the cost of additions to tlo hosjiitals eiiuipments or the Improvements made at other Army stations.
The improvement work consisted of additional birildings for hou.slng the i!i. u and providing for their com¬ forts and needs. Among buildings erertid wero quarters for offlcers and nurs-3, repair shops, kitchens and bakories, and theaters. New roads were laid and sanitation works im¬ proved and extended.
Many a Idiilonal buildings ar.> ron- temi.la'.ed. and general construction Work will be rushed to complcto dur- ng the summer and fall. In soni" Instaiicea the camp work has been wteniled to drainage of an entire dis¬ trict surrounding the camp to remo¬ ve danger of disease arising from 'he proximity of swamps.
Liberty theater'^ liave been erected ^ all na ional .\rmy cantonuieiits. Mcii of ihcbo theaters has an average "iciostnl seating capacity of 2,000. theatres and amusement hais have Deen erected also inthe Nai ional ^u.ird camps and at other points »liere troei.K are in training.
volk. The deputy also criticised Ger¬ man rule In l.lvonlii and Kbthonla. Peimty Haa.s said, "The list of those Si«itenced to death In Flnhiml contains the names of a former prenrler nnd 50 Socialists, membiirs of parllam'eut, somo of wlidin nlready have been shot,"
struction aiil^. The ofTice of tho Sur¬ geon General announces; "The work of reconstruction aids is divided into two sections,   (1)   those women  who
maii«»at tho wheel is said to have boon partly under tho infiirence of liquor. «
RUR.Ui  CARRIER   EXAMINATION.
The United  States    Civil    Sorvice
their son. Elgert G. Gilbert, a.^ed 19 years. .Vfter striking the girl. Mrs. Gilbert stopped tho car within ten foet. The child, bleeding from tho nose and ears was carried into Feinberg's store and Dr.  H.  C.  Fis
are well trained in massage and the Commission has announced an ex- other forms of physiotherapy, and amination fof the Coirntv of North- (2) tliose who are trained in simple ampton, Pa. to be hel.l at South Both- handcrafts." Foreign service pay is lehem and Nazareth., on Vugust 10 $G0, home service pay $50 per month 1918, to fill the position of rural car- and quarters allowances. rier at Bath and South Bethlehem. Illinois is the center of agricultural and vacancies tbat mav later occur production of tho United States says on rural routes from other post ofll- the Department of Agricultirro. Sta- ces in the above-mentioned countv. tes of greatest production 1917 are: ' Tho examination will bo open oniy Iowa, .'?1,330,000,000; Illinois, $1,- lo male citizens who are aetuallv do- 2,';5,000,000;  Texas,  $1,04.5,000,000; miciled   in   tho   territorv   of   iipost
Because of an acute shortage In the supply of paper the War Indus- triesBoard announced, effectivo July 15, the following preliminary econo¬ mies to be enforced by newsp;.p€r8 publishing a dally and weekly edi¬ tion:
Discontinue tho acceptance of the return  of unsold copies.
Discontinue the use of all samples or freo promotion copies.
Discontinue giving copies to any¬ body, except for office-working copies or where required by statute Iflw in the caso of offlcial advertising.
Discontinue  giving  free  copies  to
ployed at the Ingersoll-Rand works
When tie children starteil to cr the B*,.reet their view was obstruc
U BOAT MENACE LESSENED.
Fewer In Operation Than at Any Time ^ This Summer.
London.—.-V  Brit Ish naval nuthorltyi
discussing  Vice  Admiral   Sims'  state- ^ ^^
ment tbnt the submarine menace Is : Mlss'ouri, $947,000.000; Ohio, $851,- office in the counly and who meet'the ''>''''• ''''*'^°''>' t'""'^'"^ ^^''^'^ 8'°"'^ ^'>"' well In hand and thnt tho U lioats ^"0,000; Nebraska, $774,000,000; other requirements set forth in Form the furb near_ the corner. This pn nre being destroyxl finder than tbey nre belnr built, ami .Viiiiilnil Jelllcoe's relteralliin of bis preillctlnn thnt Au¬ gust would see Jie end of siiluiinrhie effecllveiii ss, snid tliei'e lin<l been a ninrked deerinse In siiliiibirlne octlvlty.
National Coal  Association   Puts Ques¬ tion  Up to Congress. Washington*'—A  deniainl  for  imme¬ diate nation-wide pruhililtlon to overt a conl shortage next winter was made
IeV7an«irwh"o "ordered "lu-Vre^mo-ed   by the National Coal Assoclatbin, rep-           ^ ^ __
to the Easton Hospital.     The ambu-   resenting   bituminous   coal   operators   advertisers, except not more than one lance was summoned, but the life ot   '^^^^ <in annual production of 400,000,-   copy each for checking purposes, the little one passed away before the   *W tons. Discontinue  the  arbitrary  forcing
hospital  could  be  reached.     Besides       "In the opinion of n representative |of copies on news dealers (i. e.,) com¬ ber   parents   there   are  seven   other   committee  of  operuters,   which   com-   polling them to buy more copies than children in tbe family, Annie, Domi-   prises   la   Its   membership   delegates   they can legitimately sell in ordor to nick. Rosa, Kato. Frank, Joseph and   from virtually every large coal produc-   hold  certain  territory). Louis.    The father of the child is em-   Ing fleid In ttie nation, the country can- '      Discontinue    the buying    back of
not have beth L.-oze and suffleient conl papers'at either wholesale or'retail next winter, • .-^iid a statement Issued selTng prico from dealers or agents by the association. ; in order to secure preferential rapro-
"Nor cnn the countrj- keep booze in ; sentatlon. the   mining   sections   now   and   have  '   Discontinue the payment ot sala-
Indlana,       $700,000,000;       Kansas,   No. 1977.     This form and application   vented Mrs. Gilbert from seeing the   enough   coal   later  on," 'It   continued. ' ries or commissions to agents   deal-
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?735,000,000; New York, $700,000,-   blanks may be obtained    from    the '''^"'''¦^"  '^^^o,  though  she was  rin-
000;  Minnesota,  $646,000,000;  Pen-   offices mentioned above or from the ning slowly.     It    was    one of tho-^ •
nsylvania,     $636,00,000;       Georgia.   United  States  Civil  Servico Commis- lamentable accidents, due to childi.- i
$605,00(i,00O;  Wisconsin,  $593,000,-   slon at Washington, D. G. forget fulness nnd failure to look  1'¦;¦
000; California, $.'i7.^>,000,000; Mich-       During the continuance of the pro- danger whon crossing sMe<>ts.
Igan,       $.'>34,000,000;       Kentuckey,   sent war the Commission will, in ac- •^f'"*'-  Gilbert  was  terribly affected
$.')29,000,000.                                                : cordanco  with     the     request  of  the and almost went Into hysterics by the
 -«» —              I Post Offlce Department, admit women awful   experience.    Tho   Gilberts,   in
PHOTOGR.VI'HS OF X.WY                   ''^   rural   carrier  e-iaralnations   upon 'lie'r car, were    taken to    City Hali
tho same conditions as men. where, after a few questions had been
By direction of the Commission: S(sked, they were permitted  to start
John A. Mcllhenny, h\omo.     General  sentiment  waa  that
President. ; the sad affair was wholly accidental.
There  was  considerable  comment
"The liquor trair.c !s curtailing coal ers, or news boys for the purpose of preductlon, nnd tl.e time bas come to pfcuring the equivalent of return eliminate It If there Is to be the sub-   Privileges.
stantlal,,' InVreiisc   In   conl  output   the war program Ueinands"
HEROES WANTED.
'     Tho Navy Department is collecting
photographs    of enlisted    men    who
i lose their lives in tho wat' that their
Discontinue all free exchanges Tho "Item" will comply with the above  and   wo   ask   the   earnest   co- ":eration  of  all  our patrons U OS¬ S' 'ing us In this wsr-timo order.
^PECUL SCHOOL
-^^ HOARD .MEETLNG,
A sptifai mooting of tho school ¦TU, f„r KBiieral     purposes,     was
^'11 in lhe l^'airvlew School Biiilllrg, \,"f''>¦ uveuing. July  lOlh  191S.
aiirt«i! .l'"   l""«sent—Knaiuss,   Kern
MotW-of Kern and Knauss,  that
lBth°!".'7'=''   '•""'•so   be  establlnhed
«tii,« Vl,   "'¦'"'"' with the beginning
Ilo!i'"**"'l» term, carried on tho 'uuowiug vote:
v**'~!V"*"*8, Kern and Snyder.
^•ly- .N'uuo.
M Ur"'" """"'nated Wm. L. Einolf.
'<^mmer;''„'i''' '"'' '"¦• '^'^ position of
''uadre 1  ,   ;''*''M'- at u salary of one
a^ed (jlou) dollurs per month.
Nomina,;-'" "' '^^'¦" ""J K"»"«3 tho
Tea '¦'¦''^" on the following vote: vr-^;."au88. Kern and Snyder. . ^•»—.None.
Bo»rVl"n'''° "' Knauss and Kem the '« adjourned
French troops, cohiplctin^, their action at Lonopoint, southwest of Soissons, have crossed the Savleres river. Further north they advanced their line between f<!ontdidier and the Oise, both operations bending in the Gerrian salients between Montdidier and Chateau-Thierry.
Count von Hertlino says Germany has no Intention of permanently holding
IXFOU.M.\TIO\  SERVICE nURE.\U EXPANDS RAPIDLY.
The Sorvice Bureau of the Commit¬ tee on Public Information has taken ovor  various  departmental   indepen-
uiemory may bo iieriietuated. ."ilcoro- tary Djiniels asks relatives or others having sdch photographs to lend tlii-m to tho .N'avy that copies may be made for the Navy's records. Origi¬ nals will bo returned to the owners uent Information bureaus at UiVon as fast as copies can bo made. .Station. Washington, will consolidate
A pliotograidi of each m.n is to be  and reorganize them and be prepared lorwarded by the .Navy Department to ¦ to give all visitors accurate informa- tbo training station where be began   tion on Government business and the h.s  career  in  tho  ser^-ice.     At  each   names and location of those clothed „ ,  .        ^ .   •     ,       Ml     .  '     .        "I. f""^ s'atioua a memorial gallery   with authority to speeak and act lor Belgium, but simply will retain it as   ol honor or a hero's corner is to be   the Government
a pawn In future negotiations, established so that for all timo the Since tbo service bureau oponed Reichstag membe.-s criticise the gov. face of the man of the .Navy wbo has offlcers .May 1 It has built up a\:ard- ernment for the frequency of its mado the supreme sacritice may be inde.t sys'eiu with 60 000 entries" peace pleas to the allies. honoiod  by the youth of the future
Italians have captured Berat, the most   sent to the station for training.
Important town In Southern Alb.inia,        All pictures loaned or contributed
sliould bo securely wrapped for mail¬ ing after they havo been marked with tho name, branch of servico, nnd training station tho young mau en¬ tered after enlistment. They shoTild bo addressed lo tho Recruiting Divi-
among those at tlie scene, becnuso Of tbe fact that the true': whloh obstruc- todtho little girl's vle'sv was statiding ne.irer a flre plug, than the law per¬ mits.
:  WORLD'S NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM I \,*^**^,*****^**,,»,***,,,*,»,**A       Clarence   '. Sandt. a conductor on LONDON.—In one year on the Brit-   ^^^ \^^}^^  '^ ^^Y, ^['P''^"'' railroad Ish western front the Uoyal Air Force
LEHIGH & NEW ENGIiAVD
CONDrCTOU KIliLED.
STl'DENT xrnsEs
ENTER CA'HP SCHOOLS.
bus accounted for 3,^{3 enemy air¬ planes. In Uie same period tbe naval airmen wlmt dowii HU,'), a total of 3,8i"ia. WASHINGTON.—General March an. nouiices that 1,100,000 .\merlcan sol¬ diers ar? now overseas or on their! way.  He reveals that the rate of trans-'
C. J. KNAUSS
Secretary.
and the French are co-operating with them In clearing the country of the enemy, who are fleeing toward El- basan and Ourauo. The allied line Is now complete from the Adriatic through Albania and Macedonia to the Aegean Sea, and a grtat offen- ' sivs  Is  expected.
Washington believes that the German hlgH command has m«t serious ob- fltaolM In rsnewlng Ui« westam drlva, aa svery day's delay works tgalnst ths success of the scheme to f^ros military decision this y««r.
was  killed     by    lightning    at   3:36 o'clcck on Saturday afternoon in.tho yard  of the Alpha Portland  Cement Crmp-iny,   Martin's  Creek.       Sandt, who for a nirmber of vcars had been employed on the railroad, was in the net  of signaling the engineer of bis drill  crew  to back a train  Into  the Three hundred applicants for stu-    "^-   ''^-¦^^^¦"•" ;•"" >"v.bii.-oi ii-.,..^ : yard  when the bolt struck  him bacte dent nurses to enter training schools   ^t^**!'?" ,      ""' ^''^" slackeneo and   of the ear and ran through his bodv in the base hospitals at cantonments   '"»' ^^-^^^ "'*" "''''"'¦' ^'^^ ""'">' '"«' . The  flesh  on  his  (best was  burned were accepted recently.     There have   ^ci'k-    Seven hundred and fifty thou-   ono leg  of hia  trou-^ers was ripped. been more than a thousand applica-   *""*1 "^ '^^^ '"*'" '" ''''"a""' have be^n   an 1   tho   back   of   his   shoe   cut   aa tlons for    entrance    to these    Armv   organized Into ihree army corps.  Oen-   though by a sharp instrument, schools of nursing since the Govern-   eral Hunter Lliigett Is commander of       Sandt wns standing on a car at the mont sent out Ita call for student nur-   the First (^.rl.s. j time and  was hurled to the rrouud
»«,^, . WASHINQTON.-N.tional and state   The engineer saw his f-iB ard flopped
The majority of those oPferiag brewers basten to Wiinbington to pre- the train Instantly When the crew their services have been college wo- sent their cnse to I>r. (Jartlold beraus* reached his side the conductor -wm' men, or women with a complete high-   of threatened coal embargo. dead.
scliool education.     Tho training units   .    PARIS.—Rhino    towns    havo    had       -Snndt,  who    resided     at  Martin's
will be assigned.  It  is expected,  .'u-   euouKb of air nilds and huve renewe<l   <"reek.   is   survived   by   a   wife    one
ring the present month.     Ench  unit   efforts for an agreement  among  bel-    'aughter, Lottie, and one step-dkugh-
wui nuiniher -5 (o 30 student nurses   liferents to stop the aerial iwmbard-   ter. Pearl, all of whom live In Phlll-
and will bo supervised by an accred-    p.^,,, ^f open towns.   A resolution ask-   iP^hurK.  and   his     father,     Zacariah
il /? , '^°'"P«.''^°J nin-a'ng Inctruc-   ,„g ^^^.^^ „„ arrungement has been In-   ^""''t' «' Kwton, South side.
.,,   ^ - L«  rolnTA"*.r°"r\^V'''l'    troductMl In the  Baden  1^^^^^^ n^c^sed     was a m^-mb. r    of the
The Camp Crane base-ball team, of   ^.lT?m'^i*.!?''_^^* physical wel-       ^EW   YORK.-Ouldo  Von   Stoor  l«   nr.Kherhood  of railroad   Conductors
now   hold   by   the   goveniuient   to   be   '""'   the   Lutheran     Churrh     at   Mt.
bead of tbe Hun spy Kymem In Amer-    '"loaaant.     The funeral was held a;t i
Walch the "Item" advertisements   tea.    Activities to Interfare with war   "''^'"<='' Tueoday a/ternoon  frotn the
inde.* sys'.eiu
many of tho cards being subject to daily revision and correction. In a recent week tho bureau handled 1,- 0 30 visitors seeking special informa¬ tion and answered au average of 150 uuory  letters  daily.
TO NIGHT.
M. O. A.
sion. Bureau of Navigation, Navy Do- C.\MI* CRANE VS.
partment,  Washington,   D.  C.     Ci-re LOC.AL \' will be taken    to return    safely the
pliotograph to the sender, when de- - , .^.
sired, together with one of the copies AUentown accompanied by tho Camp      ""^ """^ recreation
made of It. Band    will come    to Nazareth    this
(Thursday)  and cross bats with the
Th» "Itam" >iipi>lles the best news In lhe   county.    Subsorlb*   for   It.
local Y. M. C. A. team    on the    Hall Athletic fleld at 6:30 P. M. i
you can surly nnd something to salt   work hure are uow being Investigated I ''o™® «' ^^' brother at Mt   Ple«a*nt: fou. ¦ ^-r-  - I Intermooit  in Church  HIU oemeterv.