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VOL. XXVII
NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 11, 1918
NO. 32
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JIEUK^'' l>i:i'AKTMi;.\T
HA''  MOHIM;  .APPARATUS ' '!(»  I'KOVl';  FKKSIl   W.AXEU
—^^.^^ The Aiii<:ric;in soldier    iu    Franco | eels liii'i'  driiikiug  water  from  mo- Ijilo watoi' 1 rains.     The trains aro un¬ der the jurisdiction of lho Army Me- j dical IJL'iiartiuont.     They  aro  miuia- | turo water works,  which  chemically treat, filter, and sterilize water, mak¬ ing it lit'    '"'"    consunipLioii.     What muuicipal water works do to iusuns healthful   water   to   tho   people   ot   a city thi-Jiu trains do lor the soldiers. , A number ot purilicaliou units with : littached motor-lank lrui;ka conslilu- 1 te a tiaiu.    Each unit is a complete flltratiun   plant   including   labratory. Arriving at    stream it sets hoso into water and pumps tho   water ihrough a pressure  tank,     liefore   the   v/aler jasses through a sand lillor it is trea¬ ted  ulieniically   to   rid   il   ot   disea.'^e germs.    The  pure   water   is  pumped into tanks mounted ou irucks, which carry the water lo tho soldiers.
Each mobile water unit carries an experl chemist, bacteriologist, aud pump mau. Thero is a complele lab¬ oratory in the trout ot the machiue tor tlio testing of the water, Tests are made every two hours or more often when it Is thought necessary. Thu water is lifted iuio tho lillor Lhe filler by a gasoliue pump ongiue, aud a complele supply of extra pipes aud touls are carreid so lhat all repairs, eiUur from accident or shell lire, can be iiiado on lho spot. The trucks are eiiuipped wilh elet;tric lights so lhat tlie work cau be carried ou at night. Many of the chemists and bac'erio- log.sis assigned lo the mobile labora¬ tories wero formerly couuected with municipal water woi-ks and lillraliou plants. I
NOT Lira DAYS
Men of Middle Age Indulge in Comparisons
NKAV SIIi;iJ,-TiOAI)IN(;
I'liA.NT  Wll,I, li.\M)l,i:
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MUCH AVOOI. W Il.li UU
DKSLA.NDEU I'OU
USE BV Alt.MV.
Coming reiiuirements of~the Army tor wool look large. Besides cloth¬ ing for the soldiers in Franco and al home a reserve must be accumulated
I   sullicient to take care of any emorg-
I   enry.
Tliere are largo stocks of manutac- tunil clothing and clolh on hand ade¬ quate for esseniial civiian needs, but woolen suits will uol bec.heap orplon- tiful during the coming winter sea¬ son.
Wool stocks -rcji a'jn.'.J to suppl*- mem tho domestic supply is restrict¬ ed by shipping conditions. The Ship- pini,' Hoard slates tho movoment of Arg'iitino wool will be heavier the coming year than in any preceding year. Cut a largo portion of tho raw wool .-tock in this country and s1^^ck to be iiroducod or importod to Janu¬ ary. lyiiO, will bo needed for military
'l uses.
I The war service committee of the 1 National Association of Woolen Man- ufacturers and tho American Associ¬ ation of Woolen and Worsted Manu¬ facturers conferred wltr the' war in¬ dustries Hoard and representatives trom he Sliipping Uoard, War Trade, Boar.I, and Army and Xavy over diltl- culiie.s in the wool supply situation. The Iiolicy of tho War Industries Board is to regulate prices and distri¬ bution when a scarcity arises due to Government demands.
Lack   of  Thrift   tn   Rising   Generation Especially  Subject of Comment—      i Finally Thoroughly Convinced "The  World   Do   Move."
Two    pliilnly    dressed,    Rubstnntlnl looUlni;   men   of   fifty   or   thereabouts j were dl.scussing tbe high cost of Hv- ! Ing,  dying nnd  every other old  thing while having tlieir shoes  polished  In '- a plnce Just  off Herald  sqiuiro.    One | wns snying he couldn't fltrure how per- ! sons     of     small     enrnlrig     cnpneity ¦wore   manngVK   to   keep   body   nnd ' soul together.   The other ventured the opinion  thnt tho class of persons ho referred  to  were  not entitled  to tho sympathy  they  were  getting bocnuse their  standard  of  living  was  out  of nil proportion to their pny envelopes.
"AVhon wc were youngsters back la the   middle   AVcst,"   th(>   second   man went   on,   "wo   considered   ourselves lucky If we got some plain schooling and three fnlrly square menls a dny. We  hnd  pennies  whore  the  avernge ; boy In thl.s town hns dimes nnd quar¬ ters.     After  wo  cnme  to  Now  York we waited uiifU  we were fnlrly well ' established   before   wo   Indulged    In even small luxuries.     It seems to me that small wage earners have lost all: sense of thrift." I
Even ns he spoke there came nn Il¬ lustration of his remarks In the per¬ son of n messenu'er buy, who climbed Into the next sent nnd directed the bootblack to polish his russet shoes and put In new liiees. After giving this order the buy Mt a five-cent bar of chocolate In Imlf, took n cigarette from n ton-cent packnge, nnd then set¬ tled down to reuil a magazine that had cost 15 cents. The two men exchanged amused glances.
"That boy's shine and refreshments and other things will cost him flfty- flve cent.s," said the lunn who hnd been doing most of the talking. "Honest, I don't think I sinnt that much In a month when I was his age."
"Nor I," Inugliid the other. "And It wn.s a groat lark when we were boys to shine our own shoes. When we felt real wicked we smoked cinna¬ mon cigarettes. A couplo of cents would buy enough material to provide smokes for n wlmle crowd."
"And a live-cent thriller was passed from one boy to nnethor until all the youngsters in town had rend It," add¬ ed hi.s friend.
Tlioy stole nrnither look nt the young plutocrnt, sighed deeply nnd left the plnce slinking their lien<ls. Crossing the street In this contem¬ plative mood, they barely escaped be¬ ing knocked down by n youth on a riio- toreycle.
"And we used to feel real reckless on our veliiiipedes," mused one,— New York Evening Telegram.
Quantity if not capacity shipments I will slarl soon  from  a  new  Govern-j mont shelloading factory in New Jer- j sey, ono of lour    such    Government plants each  of  which  is  larger  than any similar plant in tho word.
When turning out ijL',OUO loaded shellb a day under full operati<jn thu plant will use 2,000 tons of shells aud explosives daily, the producis of some 75 factories. .More than .^.OOU work-^ men will be reijuired. Plans contem- pialo the employment of a large num¬ ber of women. Tho marking of sholls lo designate size, load and range will require 250,000 operations eacli day.
The plant has a total aroa of ap- proxiniatoly 2,500 acres. More than 100 buildings, with an aggregate floor space of 1,300,000 square feol, wiil provide storage for shells aud parts and for material. A small city, wilh healing and lighting plants, water aud sewage sysloms, hospitals, , lire-righting       plant and res-1
taurants was built to house the employees. Thero       is
oquipmeul to protect the health of thoso who work wilh poisonous gases, and a school for instruction in iho loading or artillery ammunition with high explosives.
The operating plant consists of 13 shell loading unils, each independent of the other, with equipmout for load¬ ing 13 sides of shells, ranging from tho recently developed 37-milUmeter to IG inches. Ou two sizes of shells the propelling charge also will be loa¬ ded, the shell and cartridge case be¬ ing assembed al the planl. All other shells are asembled iu France .
In the construction of the shell- loading units tho problem was far greater than one of mere building. Immense fans have beeu iusitalled lo dispose of the poisonous fumes from the high explosives. When a unil ia in operation the air in Lho loadlngf room is charged every tew minutes. Specially designed suits will bo worn during   wMh   the   explosives.
CONSCIE.NTIOUS OI5.I ECTOKS DECIDE TO GO INTO FIGHTI.NG BltANCHES
PEIK.tl.A   SEMM'KOI'ESSIONAIj
LOSES   SUXD.VV    GiV>U;.
On lasl Sunday afternoon the Per¬ gola .scmi-professionuls of Ailentown on th ir diamond at Dorney Park dropli';l tho second gamo for this season to tho P. & K. H. U. Police cluh. This should provo to be a of 4 to 3 the same being ono of tho fast' I games ever playod on that liiarii'md. Paumgardner tho lasl year, Phila. Nat. league pitcher wor! ' d for the Ailentown club and pitcl..;l a beautiful game. The Po¬ lice 1 lut) howover got to him in lho oth. when with one on Bc-tts the cat¬ cher liiC one of all the bases. Next Sun.la.' aflornoon ou the same dia- moi'.il Lehighton who aro always re- pres.uted wilh an exceptionally good ball club will play the Pergola clui) .. I'liiladeliihia by a elns ¦ sroii' huiiuiu'r because when Lohighton come here they come to fight and they do. Tho Pergola club h.is never de- leati ll tliis club but are now in shape to give them the battle of their lives. Eithor Kiiti!, who wat wilh New Yorlv S:ate lasl year or Paumsard- ner the last year Phila. pitcher w-ili work tor Pergol!. Tin comiiieiiie promptly at throe o'clock.
Spying on Spies. Spy spies on spy In Germany. The Ocrninn olllce ImMer, cx-Anibassndor Gerard writes in the liondon Times, fears tho spies nf bis rivals. "1 often said to Gennnns Imldinff- hl}.'h offloe during the war; "ilils strain Is break¬ ing you down — all day In your of¬ flce. Tako nn aft'mnon off and come shooting with nie.' Tho Invariable an¬ swer wns, 'I camint; tho others would learn it from (heir spies and would spread tho report that I neglect busi¬ ness.'" Germnn sjdes are adepts nt opening bags, steiiniinc; letter.s—all the old tricks. The eii.-Jlest way to baffle them, Mr. Gerard says, Is to write nothing that caiuidt bo published to tho world. "For a lom: time after tho beginning of the wnr I wns too busy to write the wi'el-.ly roport of offlcial gossip usually sent home by diplomat¬ ists. I suppose the Germans searched our courier bags for such a report vainly. Anyway, Its absence finally got on the nervi s uf /.immermnnn so much that one day ho blurted out, 'Don't yon evor write reports to your government?' "
PE.\ AlUJYl, IM A.NT
SEKK)USEV   INJUUEI).
Howar.l W. Saltern, tho four-year and aiui'-inonths-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John SaUern, was so terribly in¬ jured when ho wns run over by a 'rain on tlie Lehigh & .Mew K : land Jt&ilroaa at I'cn Argvl on .Monday aitfcruoui; at 4:25 that it waa necos- 'wy to luiiputato his leg atSt. Luke's HOBinial on .Monday evening. The umb was taken oft between the knee Md hip.
nJf' '"'^' "^'"^ accident happened Is «W known but it is thought ho waa Playing on tbo tracks while a train ^as pass) I, i; rast and he did not see eittr.i w.st-boun.i freight coming ton I "'''"'•'^''o direction, and he got ™ Closa and was struck by It Tlie imft'^iT '"°1'1"^''J at onco. The crew tad n '" '"' '^^^^ undor tho wheels »«i.       ^   ^''''"" Uhler, of Pen Argvl
Cl?'"'""""'-     "'**   ''^''o  '»"*»'  *'¦*« W V '   "'"">'''*-Hl,   und   the   severed **' huiiK on by shreds only, ^¦W sto|,pi,ig   ii,g   n^^   ^f  j,,^,j,j,
H«ve Ih '*"' "'" '^'''''' somothlng to re- Luke'g „ '"""' ^* '^"^ '"''*'° ^o '^t- "W hi '''"^'''' ^'8 father accompa- toiay 1 "'* condition la reported Ud '   , '"' •'« good us oan bo oxpec-
I   Hl« „"' "'® '"'¦cunjstancee. lime Of ,',•'"'*''¦ *¦"« i" m »»«1 at the
' 1>at thai!" '^<^'^l''«nt. and It la feared
New Artificial Leather. Tbo biiso of (il.- artificial leather developed within tbt' last feu- years Is some cotton fiibric, thick or thin, which constitutes about tliree-fourtli.s of the weight of the finished material. This Is treated wilh a imsto of varying com¬ position, Incliidiii" nitrocellulose, oil. and some lend colnrlng matter as es- spntlnl Ingredient-J, then n thin cel¬ luloid finish Is given nnd the grain of the l(>athor Inillaled by being pas.aed through Biiecin! iii-e<sure rolls. Thb product, said.to cii<t about n third ns much ns genuine leather, has been adopted for n great variety of pur¬ poses. Tt Is used for trunks, slippers, pockotbooks, fancy leather goods, ni\i' especially for upholstering furnlfun nnd automobiles, but ns n material foi fho nt.jiers of shiw's It appears to bf still In the process of development with no satlsfai'tory results In sight
F. O. B, the Kitchen Door. Po It Willi Vdur line. Or, If you nr« too jirogresslve to usi? that Implement. tho full suite of modern enrth tool? will do Just ns well. W^lateve^ yon grow In tho yard thla year Is f. o. b. your own back door. It does nnt no'-d to be rnitid or hauled; no busy station ngent will have to waybill and rate nnd fuss with It; no freight handler need worry over the stn ngth of Its pncklnp cnse. Pnibiibly your vegetnbb-s would not fill a whole freight cnr, but fancy whnt five or ten inllllen tlmea your own output would menn In the wny of ter¬ minal congestbin and track space. Trj C. o. b. the kitchen door oa a slocan.— OoUler'a Weekly.
Conscientious oijjection lo military sorvice may bo brtrshed aside by friendly argument aud reason tin.- war Department learns through reports from Maj. Richard C. Stoddard, Jud¬ ge Julias W. Mack. Chicago, and Dean Harlan F. Stone, Columbia Universi¬ ty Law School, a board designed by Secretary of Wur Haker lo confer pei- sonally with such objectors at the t raining camps.
At Camp Gordon, Atlanta, there was an unusually large number of men segredated as objectors. Kindly logic used by tho special board resul¬ ted in 72 of the number accepted non- combadant sorvice, and 12 withdrew objection or announced they had mis¬ understood tlio original (luestious.
Tho board accepted as sincere the convictions of 23 members of religi¬ ous denominations opposed to any form of military service and recom¬ mended them for furlough at a priv¬ ate's pay. Thero was doubt in four cases and the board recommended llio nun be sent to Fort Leavenworth for firrtluT examination.
Fifty-four men failed to convince tho board of iheir inability to tako up military servico without violation of their consciences and must accept servico specilied for them by th" com¬ manding ofllcer or st.ind court-mar¬ tial. Eight claimed to bo citizens of enemy countries but had no way of substantiating tlioir claims and it was held should uot bo so classed. Tho board failed to examine four others who wero in hospital.
I'.VSTOIl   (EI.EIUJ.VrES
111 TEE.NTH  .\.\.MVEUSARY.
On Sunday, Hev. H. J. Ehret, of Pethehem, observed the 15 tli~ ani ver¬ sary of his ordination as pastor of lho Farmersville charge of tho Ue¬ formed Church, consisting of Fann- orsvillo, Altonah and Arndt Churches The complete celebration of the event will consul of special services at each church in the charge, tho flrst of which was held at Farmersville Church Sunday morning and even¬ ing. At 10 A. M., Uev. Ehret preach¬ ed his anniversary sermon. Ia the evening at 7 o'clock the first reunion of catechumens instructed by the pastor during the 15* years was held. There are 13 7. Tho sermon waa preached by Uev. \V. H. Wotring, D. D., of Nazareth. This event was es- jiecially interesting because Uev. Dr. W )tring assisted at the ordination of Uev. Eliret 15 yeara ago.
On Sundry, July 14, similar ser¬ vices will be held at Altonah Churca. Uev. Ehret will preai'h in the morn¬ ing and Uev. George Laubach, iiastor of tho Ilowertowr Reformed charge, will preach in tlio evoning, services to begin at 10 and 7 o'clock, respect¬ ively. The catechumens will be pre¬ sent  in he evening.
Tho final services of the annivers¬ ary celebration will bo hidd at .Vrn.its Church ou Sunday, Julv 2S, at 10 A. .M Uev. Ehret will preach; lu the evening at 7 o'clock. Rev. Flo -d U. Sliafer, of Tatamy, will proach a ser¬ mon.
Uov. Ehret waa born at Na.^areth on June 27, 1870. llis parents were •Mrs. .Maria Ehrot ami the late- Wil¬ liam Ehret. -Uecoiving hia early rdu- i^ation lu tho Xazareth schools, ho taught Boverai terma in ihe schocla of Lowvir Nazareth township. He Ihen eniored Urisuius College and was gradu.ited the salulatorian ot Uia clasa. In 1900. After teaching a .shori timo at ihe Cumberland Valley Siato Normal School, at Shippona- burg, and in the I'rainua Prep.. .School he decided to mako tlio min¬ istry bla life'a work, and ontorod *he Ui<foriiiod Thoologlcal Semiaary, from which ho waa graduated in tho spring of 1903 and at once toik up this preaont charge. Ho Is also sta¬ ted clerk of East PannaylvauJ* C ta.
roU.V   (OU.NCIIi  MEETl.NG. .N.W V  DKPAUTMK.NT
  TELLS or I'lGIITlNG
A ri'giliar stated  meeting of Town .NEAR THE CLOUDH.
Council   was   held   this    ist   day   of. '
Julv, 1918, al 8:00 o'clock P. .M., in; Ensign Stephen Potter, United Sta-, the Council Chamber. There were ^es .Naval Ueserve Forco, killed in ac- prosent Messrs. Lindenmoyer. Star-' tion with German planes April 25, nor, Voisley, Hartzell, ICloppingor, iji.st, was tho first American naval Werkheiser and Gano. .Messrs. Wol- aviator lo shoot down and destroy ly and Leopold wore absent. The a German seaplane, according loa Ire.sident presided. '.N'avy Department statement.
The .Minutes of lho regular stated The report states that on .March meeting of .May 6th, 1918, were on 19, 1918, a long-distanco reconnai.s- motion of Mr. Yeisley, seconded by ance of the German coast was made .Mr. Lindenmoyer, moved that they by large American Hying boats opera- bo adopted as road. ting from a Uritish Uoyal Air Force lt<>adinK of IJills. station.     Ensign   Potter   was  one  of
Sup.   Pay   Uoll  . • • • $406.37 i two Aniorican naval aviators assom-
Jolin   Snyder   .    12.50   two American naval aviators accom-
H.  E.  Venter       11.25   panylng  this  expedition,   and   Potter
James   Hoch       6.25   ^as   successful   in   shooting   down   a
HE.Uuloff ..•••• S4.00   Gorman s<japIano which attacked the
Disi-ount   on   notes          41.25   j-eoonaisanoo   formation^     A   second
11. T.   Vannatta       ......       .80   ,.„emy seaplane found safety in run-
Crant   Kahler           3.25   jji^g ftway.
il.   C.   Piilas          38.00        potter's death    reficcts    credit on
Hlue Mt.  Water Co.   ......      170.00 i j^j^ courage.     He was killed in a flght
llen^ry Schlegel         26.00   ^^.,jj ^y^^ enemy single-seaters.    He
^.Naz.   Coment   Co.   .........     ^^.50^^.^^^^^^^^    ^^^^^    to a British    Air
Uobert   W.   Nolf          ^^'Ol   Force captain,    who    was    with him
Keni  A'  Santee          66.72   ^.,^^_^ j^^. ^^^^^ j^^^^ ^,j^. German plane
•rank V\ underly      lo.OO   .^   ^^^^^j^      ,j,wo   British  planes  had
'    I.^' Fohnel        V-io   «"^'» '° ^ P"'"^ «  ™"«^ f'""'"  "'"''"¦¦
V,.„  ¦ TT,!I ° L' ¦ ¦ • •         rnnn   Light, whon two enomy pianos bead-
j\:.^m"Tonst:in " l l '. '. l : l l ',     fo'.O od'toward thom.     The Bri tish pla,u-s
Jamos  Paul         21.00 closed on the nearest    Gorman    a
I'enna   UliHties   Co 279.14 ' oP«"ed      fire.     Two      more      hostil
.Vaz. Coal & Lbr. Co           10.53 P'anes  then  appeared   overhead  ana
industrial   Limestone   Co. .     262.63 attacked vigorously, while three other
Frank   Huth       30.90 enomy planes    passed    astern.     ine
Naz.  Moravian  Cong       25.00 two British planes dived and speeded
U.   G.   Altemos         1.95 westward   under   continuous   volleys
: L. & N. E.  U.  II. Co    123.29 from tho rear.     Ono of the Germans
Loudor   &   Smith    91.00 disappeared.
A    G.   Plenty         10.00 \     Ot   the  seven   Germans  in action,
.N'azaroth  Hdwe.  Co.   ¦• 75 ' four were attacking Potter,  who tell
'¦     On motion of Mr. Yeisley, second- behind  his companion and  began To
cd  by Mr.  Harlzoll,    it was    moved zigzag.     Potter    dodged,     but     was
that the bills bo paid as read. broadside to all the enomy machines
Reports of comnilttes. ; ;t„d under their fire only 50 feet from
Highway—Mr.     Lindenmoyer    rc- the wator.     His companion, 250 fee;
ported progress.     The (lueslion, how- above   ,saw   Potter's   macholne  burst
over,  was raised as to whot;hor prop- jint,o flamo, como    down    part of the
c^rty owners oould not be induced to ^-av under control, then crash on the
put   elbows   on   spouts   loading   rain | ,,^^1 wing tip.     Potter was seen last
j water  into   the   street  as  this  would ,^f,  tj,o surface of the    wator    amid
then cause tho water to run into the flames   which  turned  suddenly  to a
gutter and save Lhe side of t;he road , cloud ot smoke.     "When the pall
from   washing   out.     Tho  Committee ,,j^^  f.ieared  not  oven wreckage  was
, lell that if property owners were re- ,.:„ii,io and the circling enemy disa- iiuested   to   do   this,   tho expenses  ot   ,, ,,.„-od
ililling in  the sides of the road could 1 ^ —
ibo flispensod  with. .   r^rrirrmrm wtm
I     Pavoment_Mr.  Hartzell,    no    re- I^*'* ECTORS^W LEE ^^^^^
P*""'- OK   WOMEN   WOUKEHS.
Police—Jlr. Leopold  being absent, 	
his Committee reported that ll>e Po- ; j^j^ ^^ ^omen workers in muni-
lieo  had     renuested  an     increase  in ,     ,3   ,^in   ,„,   looked   after   by
salary.    As it was felt thai our Po- '    1^^.^^^ officers who are to be
^licQ wore giving good ser^-ice and tha ^.Z.-.^^,^ y^der the direction of the cost of living had increased with tho :^^ ^.^^ Division of the Industrial cost ot everything else, it was on mo- gg^^i^n of the Army Ordnance
tion of .Mr. Slarner, seconded by .Mr    7, tmeut
Kleppinger. moved that tho vonni.'si ^^f eight weeks' coirrse of study ot the Police for an increase in salary carefully selected  women  health
be granted and that tho salaries of X- s has open-d at Mour.' Ilolyoke .Messrs. Bonsiein and Uuloff be in- ,.„i,^,„e Mass. The course Is under creased .?5.00 per month, same to j^ general direction ot Dr. Kristine take effect July 1st, 1918. .Mot-, ^^^^"^^ i^gj^i^jj supervisor ot the Wo- carried. men's  Branch  of   the   Ordanac*   De-
Finance:—Mr. Starner reported , artment. The staff ot lecturers and that notes for $600.00 and .¦5700.00 • nstructors Include well-known Bpeci- respecllvely would have to be re- ^^j.^^g j^ physlologv and hygiene, newed on July Sth and that $2000.00 physlciJl education,"factory orgaalza- would   have   to  be  borrowed  to  take   j^j^j^ ^^.^^-^ pjjjor
rare of current bills. On motion of women'taking the course are col- Mr. Starner, seconded by Mr. Yeisley   j^      graduates or of equivalent tech-
" T''f,1'^''^'^ '''¦''' ^^^ ''°"'^ ^°'' ^""'^ nical education. Almost all of them and $700 each bo nenowed on July ^^^^.^ i,ad experience in dealing with Sth and that the ofilcers be and here- -jvorking wonien. First requirement Iiy are authorized to execute a new ^^j. admission to the course is perfect loan for $2000 tor a period ot 90 j„.aitu, and only those wore selected ''"•^'^- who will inspire wholesome living a-
Fire:—Mr. Kleppinger no report,   ^j^^,, t^^ munii>on workers.
Light:—Mr.   Welty   being   absent,	
no report was made.
Law:—Mr. Yeisley, no report. DE.MAXD FOU I.AUOIt
Public    Property:—    Mr.     Werk- TO HI'.'^UL'T I\
lioiscff   reported    that   arrangements N.VTIO.N-WIDE SE.VUCH
had been made to stengthen the floor '~~~^~~
in tho Mupicipal Building bv placing        Eveo'  community   will  be  combed lan  S.xlO  beam,     supported     bv Iron   for war workers.     War industries are : columns, in  tho bisement.     He also  ^''O'"'- ntvirly 400,000 common labor- stated that progress was being made  ers, and lack ot workers In the coal- on tho repairs to tho old Flre House,   mining   Industries   is   imperiling   all Unfinished Business ^var production.     Thoro is also a so-
As nothing had boon done in the '''""^ shortage ot skilled labor. On, matter of granting permission to the of ''i*^ largest munition plants, tirrr.- .N'azareth Foundry & .Machine Co. to '"K out heavy calibre guns, Is short uso a part of Uallroad Alley for thoir -.''OO machinists. Tho war plants ¦¦ Iiroposed improveni.'nts the solicitor Connecticut .-.nd Maryland are un.'. :¦ was requested to draw up an agree- nianned 35,1)00 machinists, meat to bo entered into with iho The United States Employment Ser- .N'a/.areth UFoundry it Machine Co., vice will begin au intensive recrultiiu for approval by Council. of  workers  for war work  from  tb
Xew nusine.os. iiqn-os-;ential ine "tnploym-    :
It waa reported that the condition   "I'i'-i'rs    will b.- .1    and ti
of the bridge ovor the D. L. & W. on   force ot local agen - :it. ; iraver^;-   • South Broad Street was in bad shape   .imlnera will be en'.tirged and and tliat    repairs    should    be made   to every community "¦ •    - ' promptly.     Tho Secretary was direc-   ^^ given the ban aga ted to bring this matter to their at-   recruitirr'   "¦-   ¦   '¦¦   - ttntlon. ; ust 1.
It was feU that the congestion at  -«»¦	
lho  corner  of  Main    and     Belvidere   I>EM.\\D I'OK VETEUIN vi!V Streets could probably be relieved to Sl'H(;EO\S IS EILI.EI)
Bomo     extent     if   tho     Northampton FOR THE PRESENT.
Traction Company was requested  to 	
stop their cars about ten feet from The .\rmy has sufncient veterinas- tho corner. The Secretary was re- rians, Surg. Gen. Gorgas announces. quested to tako this matter up with Examinations for commissi,>i.s in the Mr, Hay.        , Veterinary     Corps        have     clo-v-d.
On motion of Mr. Yeisley, second- There Is a waiting list of thoao o'.lgi- od by .Mr. Hartzell, It waa moved t'le to commissions, and until this li.-t that the list of ta.x exonerations pre- ¦'' exh.iusted Jlu re wlt-I bo no more ex- sonted by Mr. A. A. MUler be tabled aminatlona. Tho corps has 1,700 with instructions that the Tax Col- offlcers and 10,000 enlisted men on lector collect as many of the unpaid active duly. 1917  taxes as possible. Veterinary graduates called by the
Tho following fines were reported <lraft will entor tho Army service as by tbo .\cting Chief Burgess for the privates. Later they wiil bo allow- month of June,  1917. >d to tako examinations tor ve'erinary
Walter   Gehman        - . . . |   3.00 ' officer commissions to  fill vacancies.
Wm.   Bolt. 5.00   Men over the draft age and under 40
I).   D   Levengood &  Son    10.00   "i*y enlist aa privates and securro an
Wm.    Klmpplnger 5.00   equal chance with  soieoted  mon  for
Francis   Flick              5 00   commissions.     One hundred men are
Wm.  Gehman         3.00  graduated each month from the train
Corallen   Colo 5.00   'ng school  for  commlasloned  vetcrl-
Danlel   Fvans.       .     10.00   "•'^'¦>' offlcora on active duty at Camp
S.   W.   Schmidt   .'.'. '.',.,     5.00   Clreen   loaf.   Chickainauga   Park,   Ga
Tho Treasurer reported the follow-  -^ ¦—^^—
ing   amounU   covering   permita   etc VL31TED CAMP ME MIE
s.-^ued; _^___^
Mine .MounUin Water Co.   . .1  18.25 Emory   C.   Trach,   residing   along
W ilson   Beck     75 the Tatamy road, near Nazareth, and
(ounty   Treasurer      480.00 daughters    Lula and     Miriam,    and
Interurb.in Gas Co       2.40 , G.wrge Mabua. of .Stockertown. made
,.    ^    Unangst.        2.93 a trip to Camp .Me^de and Washing-
K    D.  Moder 4.75 ton,  D.  C. ovor  Sundav.     At  Camp
On motion of Mr. Hartsell, second- Moade they saw a number of tho boya
ed   by   Mr.   Werkhelaer,  the meeting *ho will shortlv    be "over    there"
adjourned at 10:30 P. M. The   trip   waa   made  iu   Mr.   Mabua'
CLARENCE  FEHNEL, Soc'y. Ford.
GUARD^ ONCE
And He Admits That the Mules Did the Rest.
tO.VDITIO.N.S THItOL'OHOUT THK LMTED STATES AND O.V
THE Il.VTTLE FRONT.
Things    Happened    So    Rapidly   That
Holdup Men Really Didn't Have a
Chance to  Take  Aim,  While
Team  Made a Record.
Even today In tho .Sierra Ncvndas where little mining cuinp.s send out gold dust by stage to be carried from the nearest railway station to the Sun Francisco mint a shotgun me.s.~engor rlde.-i with the driver If there la a gold shipment In the box. The barrel of the gun is shorteni'd for the sake of convenience lu huii'lling In close quar¬ ters, nnd Its fclliclency for Its particu¬ lar wfirk Is not les.-^ened, as It is used only to quiet a robber who ha.s sud- d.'uly appeared close by the side of the treasure stage with the laconic command, "Throw dowu tho box!"
The messenger, as ho is culled where he Is known, never guard or gun man, carries his gun ncross his knees where diiiiger seems light, or lightly In his hands pas.sing tlirough bad spots, ilia Job Is to shoot anyone so cureless as to .sti'p out from behind a tree or rock to the side of the stage, and shoot before the Intruder gets the drop. Mountain folk who want to tuke a stage between statlon.s make them¬ selves con-splcuous In tho middle of the road before the stage rolls Into sight    Thut Is the safe way.
If a messenger falls to see a rob¬ ber before the latter bas him covered the box Is thrown down—usually. There was ono Instance where the rule was not followed, which old stage driv¬ ers In the Sierra Nevadas tell about to¬ day. On a stage out from Bodle was a shipment of bullion consigned to tho Carsun mint. The mes.senger was nlert, his sawed-off ehot^'un lightly bal¬ anced In his hands passing the danger spots, or resting on his knees v^'here the cover seemed to be too thin to conceal a robber by the side of the road.
On one good stretch the messenger grlr>peil \\\s gun between his knees while both hands sought In tho pockets of his heavy cunt for the makings. The unexpected happened; out \>f«a patch of straggly sago brush two men leap¬ ed, one to the bridle of the oft leader mule, one to tbe off side of the stage. They had the drop on both messenger nnd driver.
"Throw down the box l" comman.Jed the man at the fore wheel of tho stage.
Tho messenger thought one-quarter of a second—he wns precise In telling that part of Uie story—and then with¬ out having to Invite a bullet by mov¬ ing his gun or hand, ho pulled the trlgser of tlie right barrel. So many thinirs happened In the remaining three-quarters of tho flrst second af¬ ter the command that they make a long and lovely .story as one listens to an old driver tell it today.
The short of tho story Is that the shot shredded the ears of the lenders, nnd generally speaking those niulea did the rest. The six mules bounded nhi-nd, startled nnd Indignant. The robber Qt the bridle was kicked In rap- Id succession by the ofC leader, off swing and off wheeler, so his pistol aim was not good, nud the robber at the stage wheel was run over by the rear wheel.-?, and his nim was not good. The sLx mules, tho driver haa sworn to this, did tho next mile In four min¬ utes lint, and there was no time when more than two stage wheels were on the roud nt the s.-rno time.
"It was sure sniue lucky escnpe," the messenger admitted, "but I never truly mode up with thera lead mules. They never sv- :ned to relish rae after thnt little snwed-ofC spoko to them, Tiitichy sort of critters, mules Is, ar; how."
Tho departineiLl of Labor reports adjustment of 39 industrial disputes during a recent week. This is a rec¬ ord. Eleven strikes and two threa¬ tened strikes wero adju.sted. liiclud ing in the strikes seLllod was that of iiiachinisits at the Curtiss Aeroplane Co., plant, Buffalo, whoro .300 men 'Iuit and 10,000 wore affected indi- leclly.
i Uncle Sam's training camp theaters ; will do a $.3,500,000 business in the first year of operation under the ! Commission oh Training Camp Acti¬ vities if the people back home will provide the soldiers with their tick- eUs by sending them Smiiage Books, says the Smiiage Division of the com¬ mission. Smileage coupons to the amount of $355,000 have boen redee¬ med to date.
.Nearly 2,000,000 girls and boys have voiunteered for the United Sta¬ tes Garden Army in the Department of the Initerior.,Their service flag be-ars a crossed rake and hoe with the letters U. S. S. G. in blue on a fiold ot white with a red border. The enlist¬ ment entails a pledge on tho part of the child to uso efforts to Increase food production by cultivating one or moe croiis under a garden su-porviaor or teacher chosen for this work and to make such reports as may be ro^ qtrired.
Every hour is valuable in farm work this year, warns the D'tpartment of Agricuture. Avoid delays in thrashing. Every hour a thrashing machine is kept Idle because of breakage or bad adjustment means timo lost in the work of getting food for the soldiers fighting to preserve .-Vmerican principals and America.
MOKE S.M.VLL .MtMS FOK
EXPlDITION'.MtV  FOKCES PKODUfTION'   COST  DROPS
Tommy Atkins, Philologist.
Jlr. Th'tr.ii.s Atkins hns further en¬ riched the Ft: ¦" '   ' ¦- u'o with war
words  nnd   i ;¦   may  not
creep Into fiu a- .;.> iMiiiu-ies, remarks London Answers, but they will cer¬ tainly remain ns p:a-t of the common language of ever.Ml:iy use. "Narrio." eolned by Tommy from tho Fn-nch TI n'y a plus," Is now our general ex- pres.slon for "nothing doing."
It Is safe to nssunie thnt the expres¬ sion "over the top" will become pnrt of our Linguuge, to be used when mnn must be put to the suprnne test.
"An7:uc" Is nnother coined word that will reni;iln for nil time. A ".¦>croai> ger" for a forager, "buck.shee" for any¬ thing extra in the wny of rations, and "Comhy" for the shirker, aro hardly nkely to be forg"tten.
Quarter-Pound  Dlsrtiond.
One of the world's largest diamonds mny come to the ITnited Str ten, as Americans are among tho.^o dickering for thnt superior quality ai^iber-col- ored Ptonp, weighing 4-121,4 carats— about a qtmrtor of n pound—found re¬ cently In tho Du Tolls Pnn mine In South Africa. The stone lo the most valuable evor found In Grlqunland West, Bithongh It Is not a record as repirds weight.
The most famous diamonds tn the world are: CuUlmm, now culled the Star of Africa, purt of the BrlUxh crown Jewels. 3,0.32; Excelsior, 009; Kobln.xir, 000; Regent, 410; Orloff, 103. all xmcnt. and the Great Uogu:!, 280, cut
Not   That   Flavor.
"Ton know, there are aome boats who allow their hospKal meats to b« seasoned with acerbity."
"Do theyt W« always use catchup with ours."
German timidity before American platol fighters armed wilh American 4 5 caliber automatic pistols lias brought about a change in the equip¬ ment of tho .\merican Expiditionary Forces by the War Department, and the Ordinance Department is ru'shing Iiroduction of these weapons. About il.OOO are turned out daily and pro¬ duction is increasing. The impres- s,on exists lhat a shot from an .\meri can .45 takes a man out of action completely. Men hit from the small¬ er German pistols freqirenttly con¬ tinue in action effectively. The .46 caliber was adopted by the United States Army In 1911.
Despite the heavy increased de¬ mand for these pistols the ammuni¬ tion branch of the Ordnance Depart¬ ment has effected a saving during the pa.=t two calend.ar months of nearly h;2.000.000, mostly on small arms ammunition, such as .45 caliber ball cartridges, .30 shells, ami on clips and bandoleers.
The total savings by the Ordnance Department for those two months through salvage, waste prevention, and the utilization or sale of discard- ^'i\. materials have aggregated $8,- 757,025. Cost cf Vickora machine guns has been reduced $322,35 each; Colt machine guns, 1284.16 tach; Lewis machine guns, .?22 each. Got- ernment rifles now cost $22 eash, a reduction of .? I 3 each
LADIES MEETINc; .\T THE
\.\ZARETH Y. M. C. A.
.\ public meeting of the ladies and girls of Xazareth and vicinity, waa held in the Milchsack Memorial Audi¬ torium of the Y. M. C. A. building. Tuesday evening for the purpose of organizing a ladies auxiliary of the 'I'oung Men's Christi;i: \ '"iation The Y. M.  C. A.  ( imder
the direction ot E.  ^i i  furn¬
ish (xl the music.
C. T. r<ra:''nT'nn, rn:..-.r:il secre¬ tary, ad '¦ in a welt pr. I -' ¦ - 'ij.! work wi:: • taken ladies !'¦ " y and i .' upon import.Tnce of a ladiea with   •»'o v.  M   r^.   A.
'mnded
.:i terest
meeting
'bat their
' aside
'J. A. and
es  will be
I rrTPKE UY IIFV. I'ETEKS VEKY
TING.
The Lecture of tha Uev. Madison C Pet, rs, at Mio Sunday School ilonm of liio St, .John's Reformed Church, was a fpe<'cii that no citizen • >f tho t7nite<l States should fail to lienr. It w-- a matchless presenta- •ii n of our \ tion's dobt to England, Ir 'arid, Scotland, W.iles, France, i' .'a-d, fhe Jew tbe Negro and the Oi-rman, for the croation and preser¬ vation of tho T'n'on The a<IdreeB was packed with facts, flgures, wit and eloquence, and was listened to with rapt attention by an audience which should ht'vo packed audience rnom and galleries. We understand that Rpv. Fpters will spesik In Naz- reth during the coming Autumn. In this case an effort should be made to have bim speak in tho Milchsack Memorial Hall, Y. M. C. A , Rer. Peters snys that he likes best to r'peak in the nprn air; -- widl so l)e It, and lot all tho people hoar him!
srnooi, noAun
KliErTS TE.*rirRRfl.
Tho School Board of Pushklll Township hns «ngairpd tf^nrhors as fnllow'T"; rhorry TTin, Jacob B. Reesp; Xr»rr«»n. Robert K Correll; Tjnion. Miss TTf>jp-n ITocb; Bolton, MIb^ TTclefl Henfv; Jacohflhiirjr, Miss M.nrt Shupp: renter. Miss NnlTle Renniir: Mlllgt*)To Jaroh J Miick; Jackson, Tsaao- Rlswrnlllpr; Palmer Miss Matttda Dorshlmftr: Klwood ITahn and Hev. Drlwi are Applicants for Chestnut and  Bushkill Schools.