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NAZARETH, FA., THI RSDAY MORNING, 0:T0BER   11. liiS.
No. 46
AN   INDEPENDENT   FAMILY   NEWSPAPER,   DEVOTED   TO    LITERATURE,   LOCAL   AND   GENERAL   INTELLIGENCE.
oterestiny Story Of Jopan Earthquake Written by Miss Florence Buss
Young Nazareth Women Was In Her
Room at Time of Eruption When
House Shook Violently
The following Interesting letters have been leccived from Miss Flor¬ ence Buss, a native of town, who is at present doing missionary work throughout .laiian. Miss Huss is well known here, is a daui?htcr of our townsman, Wilson Buss, and it is throu.eh the courtesy of her sister, Jlrs. Theodore Vogler, that wo are permitted to furnirdi our readers with Jrst lianil information of tho great Jap.Tii e.irtliqnalie. Her large circle 0( friends are more than ideased to learn that she iiassed safely through this awful experience.
Karnlzawa. September 3,  11121. Dear Folks:
By Ihis time you will have received word hy cable thiough the Xew York Board of Missions that  wo arc safe. No doubt   the  papers have informed you of the great  disaster which  has befallen Japan,     I think I have told you before, and I want to   tell    you again, that  if anything serious ever happens to me you will be notified at once by cablegram; so please do not believe wild and exaggerated reports and imagine all kinds of calamities! How I have wished since Saturday noon. Sept,  1, that I could reassure you in some way.    This Is   really    a very eerious situation, and because of the uncertainty,  very hard  to bear, Japan is such a volcanic country that It is impossible to   go    to    a    place where one Is   perfectly    sate    from eruption  and  earthfiuake,     V-'e  had lived here  for two  months   In    the iliadow of the volcano   Asama    with neter a fijor or thought   ot   danger, when on Ssnturday noon at 12,20, sud¬ denly, without  warning, there was a severe earthquake.
I was upstairs   in   my  room.     All the other members nf the household
were downstairs, I hesitated a mo- iiieiit, then decided to stay, standing in the doorway, as that is considered a safe place when a house collapses. The violent shakinG; continued. I don't know how long—probably a few seconds, but seconds sometimes seem like hours. .My camera, etc., fell frcuii tlie bookshelf, the water bucket tipped, the electric light swayfd frantically tn and fro. I was hesinniuK to iliink it necessary for me to .iunip from the open window, flertrude's voice calling me to comn nut in tlie yard decided me and I flew down the steps and out. The eartli was rocking and we could see tlie houses and trees still shaking, Tlie rest of that day. yesterday, and to¬ day, there have been many sliglit quakes. Telephpne wires are down, and inaiiy brerks in the railroad, so communication is cut off from most sources. For that reason we do not know just \-,-hpre (he trouble started and to what extent tho wild reports we hear are authentic.
This much we know—Tokyo and ¦Vokohama suffered most. The entire business section of Tokyo Is swept away, also the new Imperial Hotel, the firea' TJeno station, the larg" Ni- hon Dridge, etc,, etc , naturally with great loss of lives. Then, too. It Is said that a tidal wave has swept Shinagawa, the section ot Tokyo near the place we live, MeiJI Oakium.
The worst of all is the fact that our .Miss Kuyper of Ferris Seminary went down there on Friday and we aro so anxious about her. All the rect of our Mission metnbers except tliree, are still In Karnizawa, Those three were on route tor Kryushu, and are probably safe.
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OLD FOLK SERVICE      EXPLOSION AT PENN IN LUTHERAN CHURCH  ALLEN CEMENT PLANT
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Many Features Make Annual Service a Grand Success; Well Attended
The ;iiiiu],il Old People's service of St. Jelni's Lutheran congregation was heiil en Sunday morning under very favorable and pleasant coiiditiims. The rhtireh was beautifully and art- Istioally decorated f.ir the occasion flth all tlie various colored autumn leaves, plants and flowers. .Ml those seventy years of age and beyond were conveyed to and from In marliines 'urnisliPd by the members. Special music was rendered by the choir.
The oldest member present was SO years nf ago and the oldest visitor Preeent was Mrs Reuben Edelman. aged f(4 years. These people re¬ ceived a carnation upon entering the tliuroh and were conducted to their •eats liy a number of small girls i'essed in wliite.
.\ number of familiar hymns were '""8 In tlie great deli.ehl and pleas- "'e of the older people. Both the oMest member as well as the oldest tisitrir present were presented with a ''eautifiil bouriuet of carnation- .\ delightful feature uf tlie servin- \v,i- "le fact thtit the pastor's father was "noni: the older fidks attendiUL' tlie leriifc
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I.ouis Marko\iicli, aged .55 years, a io,il miller in the employ of the Penn -Mien Comenl Company, was fatally burned Tliursday morning in an explosion in liie coal grinding mill cf the (ompany. Ho died while he v.as being taken to the Easton hospi¬ tal ill Ihe ambulance nf Ihe eomjiany from its plant near Bath, He was the only iierson in the mill at the time,
Dr, J. .\. Fraunfelder, of Nazareth, was called to the plant and attended the injured man, directing his re¬ moval to the hospital. Markovitch was badly burned about the body and sueeiimbed before ho could bo given muih relief.
He is survived hy his wife and sev¬ eral children, who reside in one of the houses of the company near the plant.
The cause of the explosion is no: known.
Tlie officials of the company were unable to estimate Ihe amount of damage to the coal grinding mill, which was put out of commission, al¬ though it is known that Ihe damages are very heavy,
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.\ lielerration el' luembors of Xaza- ri "h Teiiiid.-. Nil 111. Ladles of the tliilileii i-'laali-. nn Tiiesdav i-v.tiiiiir all, ml. ll a i.-hi^.s initial inn and i hi tiiiid alini. IT-ii-\ nl l.al'avette Teiu- III at I-: i-'mi The occasion | 1 i,ui 'II In- : V. vy ir.iiiestiii-, ,. 1.1 -iinl I". ii,--Ii -i!'! I 1- trnia ¦ iji 1 if.-'. o\ 1 111- -late were pre--- \ii. 1- till- hii^ini--s meeting a -I --inn tnllnwed wliich was ,1 liv all ill liltendaiii e.
CRADLE ROLL PRO-    I HISTORICAL SOCIETY MOTION SERVICE!   TO MEET TOMORROW
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The annual promotion exercises of the Cradle Roll Department of St, John's Lutheran congregation was held on Sunday evening. All the children four years of age were pro¬ moted from the Cradle Roll to the Sunday school,
A very excellent program was rendered in which the members of the class as well as the primary de¬ partment took part. The members of the graduating class all robed In white caps and gowns marched Into the church following the vested choir and took their places on the plat¬ form. The address of the occasion was delivered hy Miss Myra Druck- enmiller. This address was not only well received but w, s brimful of val¬ uable sug.gestions. She took as her tiiemo "The Voyage of Life." A com- ] ,1- is necessary to direct the voy- ,1-1 , ,lust as the instrument varies under different conditons so we are very apt to deviate from the right course hy evil iufluenci s. If was a carefully prepared aildress, well thought out and impressively deliv¬ ered,
Tliis oceasinn has created consider¬ able infrist and Is always anticipat¬ ed as one of the Impressive services of the year. This department is in charge nf Mrs, M, M. Dry, .'Misses Hallie Hahn Irene Savitz and Mary Hawk. The diplomas were presented to Ihe children by Jlrs. M. M. Dry in a very brief hut very suggestive ad¬ dress.
The following cliildreu were mem¬ bers of the class: 'U'illiam E. Price. Robert Fhler, Miriam Flory, Milli- cent T'hler, Josephine Edelman, Mil¬ ton E, Snyder, Alfrieda Xenner, Lor- aine Drake, Virginia J. Stier, Elwood Himler, Luclle Flick, Kathryn Broc- ius and Ellwood Kocher.
EAREWELL SERVICES ARE WELL ATTENDED
Meetings to be Held at Arndts
and Hecktown; Interesting
Programs Arranged
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.\ most interesting meeting will be held on Friday, Oct, 12, by the His¬ torical Society of Xorthampton Coun¬ ty,
The exercises will begin at Arndts church at 1,30 o'clock In the after¬ noon. Papers have been carefully prepared on .\rndts church and also on the Hecktown (Dryland) church. Both addresses will be full of most astonishingly interesting incidents, during those trying days of primitive life and living, setting forth the early history of these churches, during the times when Ihe Indians were active and at times very troublesome, ofieii threatening and even massacring the early settlers, making it very difficult to live in safety and peace. Af tliat very early period the different Indian tribes infested more or less Ihe whole
section of country and made life most j '"
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The contract for tho improvement of the road from Bangor to Belfast through Plainfleld and Washington townships, was awarded by the State Highway Departtnent to W, Grant Laub, of Red Lion, The road will bo 12.:>r,i] feel long and will cost ,S37S,- 232,
This rn,id will iiialce a more direct route tor motorists travelling from .N'azareth and Belfast to Bangor and will diminish some of tlie trafflc tlirough Wind Oap and Pen .Vrgyl. The p<ioDlC of these two boroughs liavi- enmftnented rather freely on the prnpnsed iii.Khway which they say will tend to isolate the two towns aud divert the bulk of the trafflc over the sliorler route.
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difflcull and harrassinc. Many events j v.-ill be related that were never | lirought to light liefnre. as tlie resul'. of thoroughly searching old docu¬ ments and many unpublished manu¬ scripts. The first tavern or inn ot our county, kept by John Lefehre wiil be described very interestingly and minutely. If will be a wonderfully fiiscinafing story, full of incidents of the Indian life and their wanderings. The site of the old John Lefehre inn will be pointed out after the address at Arndts. This old inn was a great resort for the Indians, for there they held many meetings in their own way and found always plenty ot good rum to satisfy their thirst and which was enjoyed too by the early settlers of that region.
.\t Hecktown an intensely interest¬ ing account of the Revolutionary days and the burial there of a large number of the patriotic   and    bray
The farewell services In the Broad Street Grace M. B. In 0. church on Sunday evening were largely attend¬ ed. The service was opened by song and prayer, tiie octet rendering two beautiful selections, "The Name of Jesus" and "His Love Is Wonderful."
The pastor. Rev. F, B, Hertzog, gave an inspiring discourse on Heb, 13:5, "I will never leave thee nor forsake thee," A wonderful promiso of God to man, a promise lightly made use ot by man in the present age.
The past year has been an eventful one for the pastor, this being his first charge, and also being the youngest man in the ministry of this confer¬ ence. The Mennonlte denomination is sometimes spoken of as being rather reserved but fac's show that the reservediiess is of a practical chai-araeter. The memliership of the local clHireh consists of hut 1< mem¬ bers at Ihe present timo including a qnndly number ot children.
Throughout the past year close ou
4000 dollars or over .5 7.5 per cap- arious  pur-
Anotlier Strong Lyceum Course Offeredliy Public Schools lor This Season
National Male Quartet First Number to
Appear in Auditorium of New High
School Building October 27
The local public schools are again offering what appears to be an excep¬ tionally strong and well balanced Lyceum course for the coining sea- sen. The course consists of five num- 1.1 i> 1,1 considerable variety but all nf d'.eided merit.
Tlie first number of the course will he given Oct. 27 by the Xational Male Quart- t. The program of this num¬ ber comprises stirring songs. Instru¬ mental music, clever character delin¬ eations, and comedy talking sketches combined with real quartet music. The Xational Male Quartet is com- ,11-. i! of clever versatile artists and :-: conceded one of the best male quirtets now before  the public.
Tiie r.arnes Company will render the second number of tlie course. Dec. 15, with a unique program ot jug¬ gling, magic illusions, and other tricks, Mr. Barnes who has been before the public for over twenty years, has travelled and entertained in fifteen different countries. His en¬ tertainment Is original and different with plenty ot wholesome comedy.
On Feb, 9, the Gypsy Girls Quintet will appear in the third number. This quintet, every member of which is a soloist, presents a program of pur¬ pose as well as keen enjoyment. The first part of this program is devoted to selections from the better known American    composers.     Tho     second
part consists ot gypsy songs, stories and the appealing gypsy melodies of all nations. These hav' aroused great interest among music lovers and have an exceptional appeal to all.
The Xational Trio will render tha fourth number, Feb, 28, This Is the same organization which rendered a highly appreciated program last year and they may be depended upon to render anotlier this year of equal merit.
Julian B. Arnold, the son of Sir Edwin .Arnold, the famous EnslisU poet, will deliver one of his travel¬ ogue lectures as the closing nuinber of the course on March 19, Mr. Arn¬ old aided In the success of the expe. dition of George Smith, which exoa- \ated the ancient ruins ot Assyria; he assisted in the organization of the expedition of Sir Henry M. Stanley, which discovered the course of the Congo, and later was actively inter¬ ested in the archeological explora¬ tions of Egypt, A wanderer in the by-paths of many countries, Mr. Arn¬ old has an intimate acquaintance with the traditions, economics, and ethics of four continents. He has known many ot the men and women who have made history during the past fifty years.
All the numbers of the course will be given in the auditorium ot the new High School building.
INSPIRING OLD FOLKS DAY AT REFORMED
poses nf the church, including both l)e;.ii> ;iiiii foreign missions, .-^t the ill. nf tiio Sunday evening service the pastor was presented with a wal¬ let and a substantial sum of money to fill it. Special singing followed by young and old members cf the con¬ gregation.
The M. B. in C. conference will convene in Bethlehem this week- Rev. Hertzog and the delegate. Charles Lilly, will bo in attendance. Since the conference follows the Itin¬ erant plan it is not known if Rev. Hertzog will return or not but all best wishes for a useful career follow from the local class.
The Woman's    .\u\iliary     nf    ilie
-American Legion will   meet    Friday
evening. October 12 at S p. m. at the
Y. M, C. A.
, .     , .-"T^rrest   Bowers,  proprietnr of the
soldiers who participated in that eon-1 ^.^,^^„,^,j„ ,,,„ ,,^p. ^„,^,^,   j,^^ received
and  erected  i^ven  new tables.    The
flict and whose resting places have been preserved and properly marked, by the untiring perseverance and in¬ telligence of :Mis.s Von Steuben, a de¬ scendant of the great and braie Bar¬ on Vou Steuben who performed such valiant service during the Revnlu tionary War in assisting tn the se- ruring of our Independence, The so¬ ciety extends a cordial invitation to any of our people to come to .Xrui!'- church and also to tlie Hecktown church, after the ceremony at Arndts. It will be an unusual treat.
The address of the John I.efebr ¦ inn wiil he made by the Hon, Charles R.  Rebi ris, ni' .Mlentown
Old Folks' day was celebrated with renewed ioy at St, Joiin's Reformed church nf Xazareth la--t .Sunday mornina. Old hymns were sung and the selections by the choir gave spirit 1 - 'll.. 1,1, ,<ion. Dr. Wmring preached . 20. 1-15. Those over 70 y .... ; . —e were presented with the usual white carnation carried to them from the chancel by four little girls dressed in white. Mrs. Araverta Snyder, aged ^5 years, was the oldest member of the congregation present, and Mrs Peter Hagenbuch. aged SI years, th. oldest visiter. They were both presented with large beautiful boiMiiits. The automobile commit¬ tee rendered efTii-ient service, taking the atreil to nnd frniii t!ie church. A Fjiei ial fr.i'iire w.is the beautiful au¬ tumnal drcnratinns of colors, little •rees and branches, among which were f,iiiiid birds and animals of the forest.
.\fter the uistrihufion ot flowers. Dr. Wotring addressed the aged very effectively in the German language.
LOCAL COUNCILMAN IN AUTO^SMASH-UP
Car of M. S. LIndenmoyer Hit
by Slate Belt Trolley at
Crossing Near Ashland
tables were frected by a representa- tiv of the .Brunswick Balke Collinder Compaa^ from whom they were pur¬ chased:
Miss Margaret Leopold visited ftiends at  Easton on Thursday.
.\lbert O Sturgls, Albert J. Stur- gis, Mrs, Annie Maes, Mrs, .Mice Leo¬ pold, Mrs. Eugene Saylor. Mr. .md Mrs. H. F. Ziegler aud Mi^s Anna Zi.-aler. nf town; Euireiie Miller, of Xew York City; Mr. and Mrs. Clar¬ ence Laier aud Claude Em^ry. of Le- hightou; Miss Emma .\lbrigh». of Sunbury. :-n 1 l.-iiU'iit Emery of Weisspi 11. ^; • tit >'i!;d ly at Mt, Poco- no as guests nf nur former townsman, Frank C. Christ.
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llii--eball authnrities a^-ree th.it Manager Joliu .Mi- (iraw of the .V V. Gimit.s In the Kreatest of all dia¬ mond chnnipinns. Wlimliii; Ills third consecutive na¬ tional pennant, he now plt« hU team axulust the Yanks (or his third 8tral;.'ht World Series dug, MoGraw- has idlotud more iiemuint wlimer!< than any other luiijor league nmnuger.
During the  week  of the Xaz.ii. ¦ Fair the Metropolitan Life Insuran ¦ Company  enndueieil   a   sines-iiiL'  I'l!- test relativi- tn tin- iiiiml'ir i.;' ;i.di. ¦ in fnrce in 'he Eas'on ilis'iiet.
Earl (^- Liehtenwaliier. nf Prnspi street.  .Vazari-ili,   inii   in  a  gii.-s  -h;. marking;   n|i   it   'he  numhers   !!,'.'.L' and   \wi-   lie, laied   the   " iiini-f   el   M: rniiti>t lii-iriei     .Miiiaa.r     J       \
CrniiKiri/  dining   :hi    pa^t   week   pi- seiiieii   Mr    I.iihtenu liner wiih   <5   n, ca>li a^ a re.vard fnr his lucky gues-.
.\t the eiese nf business December 31, 1922. the eompanv had in fnree 23,.ST").7.17 industrial polici.s.
The Free Press Publishing Cii. of Kaston was awarded the contract to furnlsli tlie ballnts fnr the Xovember election throughout Xorthampton county.
Great excitement prevailed here on I Sunday morning when it was learned I that Councilman Milton S. LInden¬ moyer, of South Main street, .Vaza- reth, had beea badly bruised and his Buick touring car in which he had been riding smashed almost beyond repairs a« tho result of a collision with a trolley car on the Slate Belt line, leaving Xazareth at 9.13 o'clock, at Oewell's crossing near the Ash- laiwl hotel on the Stockertown-Wind Gap state highway.
In an Interview with Mr, LInden¬ moyer he stated that he left the Cle¬ well home, which is a short distance away from the trolley line, and on nearing the crossin.i' which might be termed a blind crossing, he looked for the opportune time to cut in on the cement road. On account of heavy trafflc and noise he eould not see nor hear the trolley car until it was within about four feet from him. Coming full speed the car hit the auto, dragged it along the track for some distince until his machine struck a line pole and machine and occupant were bowled on the lawn of a nearby resident. How he escaped instant death or serious injuries is a miracle.
Steward Hahn, residing nearby, came to his asistance and offered his services in making an effort to reach medical services in the shortest man¬ ner possible and while rushing to¬ wards Xazareth they met Dr, 3. .A. Fraunfelder, of Xazareth. The in- inred man was relayed from Hahn'.i : !. bin:-' into the doctor's car and lahen to his home where he was giv¬ en first aid -reatmeni and made com¬ fortable.
On Monday Mr. LIndenmoyer ac- compaui-d Dr, Fraunfelder to Easton "here they called nn Dr. Quinney. nn .\-i:iv expert, for examination and it wi's discoveied that he was suffering 'vith a fractured left shoulderblaie and other jialnful bruises about thi? body.
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GIVES "DOr.GlE'
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Women of OklHlimiiH sinruie.l tlie state oupltol ut uUluhouia (."Ity, tiXpreiwlng thetr netitiiiK-uii* lu the   tl^jht  between  Oov.   J.   C.   Walton
?ud the State Legi^hiture    I'hotn siiuws the vauguard of the delegation rom El Reno arrlvinii at the caiutul.
.\ "doggie" roast >'as held Tuea- day evening by (heAloravlan Inter¬ mediate Christian i!ndeavor Society at the home of tiv/lr leader. Mrs H. Cruickshank.        .'
Those preheat were Mildred Strauss. Margidret Plush, Evelyn Kruse. Louise /Cruickshank, Ellen Martin, Aana Aartin, Ruth Koch. IMil V.-MiNatti, Jeanette Fleisch¬ man. France* Simons, Mildred Ynuug, Theo(»8ia Kcaugg, Marlon Scliaeffer. KoiAerlne Frei'man, E»ther Werkheiser, .,'Helena Helntielman, John Connolly, Nelson Vannatta, Hnrold Shafer, Jacob Knecht, Peter Grimm, John Tlcklee, Frank Cnilek- shank, Addlcon Bum.