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"vol. XXIX
NAZARETH, P\., THLT^SDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 1920
NO. 33
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,:, hi. Ill l)(>Iori! Juilg.' ,i . morning in tho in- .. . d 10 lhe horough of ,,;iiMinlng' the Phiiutield 111 uu srrying under the iiom Wind Oap to line. The slute com- IIy is jiartly in the hor-
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$5,000,GCO     rjiic'cus    Raised and Underwrilten by Four Rail¬ roads, A. F. of L. Asserts.
Wind
Slate 1-1'   "" road   M"""" Bushkill    I • nany 3 i'loi"
JJch .111(1  r'i'l.^   '"  tl"^  townshii: °^ iiiydityuili order    was    handed | Jobu bv the court    permitting    iho coniF'W' '"   S"   ahead     with    ihelr ';„f)i.    The coinpany,   ho,>,.,.i.   ^m jj   ,'e.iiiired     to     ert'i i     ii i.,: a. ,iil.s ' ,bout the property. i
Ju(l-s    Stewart     suspended   sen- ' tence on   IT-year-old  Florence  Hoff- man. I)'  Ii''il'l<''»'"i.     who   ad.aitied |
,g,,l,iig .si i;  Hum the confectionery!
, jlili,. \;iiu.iK.  where she was em-I njoj'ed      i '"' yl'l  '^ '°    '^    delicate I condition-    Judge   Stewart  suspend-! jjg seiiieuce.  on  appliculiou  of  her! attorney,  warned  her that  it  would ' jot  bo    iK'i.ussary    for    her   to   bo brouglit  m on a  charge   of   larceny again,  to receive sentence   for   this i c'"ints nnd husini','5s mon, to W swelled that it she did not behave ! to "perlmps hundreds of millions" in
Mexican    AmbasiriTlor to the   U'V:<:,,>d   S'..it:s.
s,\/.,\i:i:th town
r«>lN« 11.  .MKKTI.Nti
NEW  YOR.K  CITY  IS  CENTER.
Sea  Start  cf   CV;   Open   Shop   Fiaht—
Steel   Corporati: n   Said   to    H ive
Given   $E0O,0C0;  Standard   OM
in List of Contributors,
Wn^hiMKfon,—A  "wnr rho.<l" of ,¦>,",- 0OO,OO() has Ix-f-n iUTir.milaled  hi  New . i \ork City hy nti oiviinizatliin of mer-
case, but ^
lierseli continuing to lead a wild lite, she would receive punishment later. An odd angle of Ilie case is tiat tlie girl's father has liitherto refused to give his consent to the marriage nf tlie girl and the young man wlio is blamed for her condi¬ tion. Tlie latter made an offer of marriage, but the father wanted to aivai: dis]iosition of the larceny jase against his d.iugliter, desiring ' ¦^'"^'''''»" not to burden the man  wiih a wife j (hat rrpon.-i 1
who niight be sent to jail or a refor matory.
Six casualties of war cases came before the attention ot Judge Stew¬ art at Jlonday morning's session ot miscellaneous court, when consider¬ able legal business was transacted, to clear the slate for the summer vacation, which is e.xpected to begin after next  .Monday's court session.
Guardians were appointed to care (or the es'ates of six men, who, dur¬ ing their service in the I', S, Army, became mentally deficient. Most of the parties, all of whom have been in Rittersville hospital for several months, have nothing hut the sever¬ al hundred dollars due thera trom the government.
The People's Trust Co, was ap¬ pointed in the cases of Earl Leidich, Peter Xardillo and George Otto Fel- ker, all of liethlehem; the Goszton- ri Savings & Trust Co, tor John Morallis, of Bethelhem; aud the Easton Trust Co, for Frank Albert and Fr.ink  Partori,  hoth  of  Easton,
The opinion of the Court in Banc was libd in the matter ot the peti¬ tion of 'he Easton    Transit    Co,   to
andiii. its line from the Country Club ,(uiictioii  lo -N'azareth, entering
(iniil decree, and dismissing the eiceptii'ti," nf the objeclors to the proposed   aliaiHloniiunt.
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Al.m.l,MA\   Itl.KKS   IMIl.KI)
liAI'ini.V  AM)  DlKl)
the country nt Inrge—with the Stand¬ ard Oil nnd fiieel trust iis largest con- trihtitors whlrli will he used "to liieak the organizoil luinir iimvement In till' riiiii .1 Stntes," aceording to of- fliial.s (if till- American   Federation  of
l.a;...,-,
Cl rretary of the n ..f I.alMir, s.Tid ii'ci'lved from va-
. I      Frank    Mnrrl<;M
ha.
I In ill-health for several years, John I;. Beers, -Vlderman of the Sixtl: Ward and oue of Easton's besi-ktiovvu citizens, died at 5:SO p in, on Sunday al the apartment 0.' his son-in-law, Fred D. Kutz, In Ihe ...r building, EnsttCn, with ivhoi!. . had resided for the past ii-x v. . ;., He was In the 72nd year ¦ ; U\s age and was a native ot Phil!:; :: : . Ills wife, whose maid¬ en li .^ .Vlary -Kckort, died on .Man;. .: l.isi and after his home, a: 11. W.ishinglon St., was broken Uf. ,- lesull of her demise, he (ailed ;   pidly,
Th' ... .'.'.isi'd was a machinisi hy tr..(l'.' ..:Mi ful- 27 years held the po¬ sition .1 1. .r.'iii.iu at the Lehigh Val'i. y i^.ilro.id Co.'s South Side ereciii.. shops. Wiih increasing years L. quit the shops and tor a consiil.iiiblo lime thereafter he was the kindlcrd of the Court House ho¬ tel, Eas'on, Subsequently he pur¬ chased thf wholesale liquor busl- iits,s, on I'.'ast .N'orthampton Street, tonduciKJ tor many years by Thos, Runyou, now deceased.
When 111! retired frotn the liquor business Mr, Beers was appointed Alderman of the Sixth Ward to fill tte une.xpired term of John Bitters, "flio had died, and ludd the olllce under this appointment ot his leath.
He is survived by his daughter, Mrs, Fred D, Kutz, and a grand¬ daughter,  .Miss  .Margaret A,   Kutz,
rious parts of the country Indicate thnt the enemies ot organised labor, who have spent large surn,s ot money In fighting the Inhor movement, nro re¬ doubling their efforts, nnd that a large fund ts suppni-tliiLT pri'inigniicla against the "closed ,>^tiop" tliroughnut the coun¬ try.
Reports from source.s said tn be re¬ liable, as laid before Secretary Mor¬ rison and other officials with whom ho has conferred, are to the effect that the $n,0OO,non fund has been placed nt the disposal of the New York Citizens' Transportation committee and the Merchants' .Association, This fund has been contrihuted, the reports say, by certain big business nnd financial in¬ terests, who have been named, with the puriiose that tlie port strike situ¬ ation in N'ew 'i'ork Is to be taken ns a cover for starring an open shop flght in Xew York and throughout the country.
The names of four railroad presi¬ dents have beon lueiitloned—Smith, of the N'ew Y'ork I'eiitral; Itea of the Pennsylvania ; I.e..mis of the Ix'high Valley, and Bessler of the New Jersey Central—as haviii'-- sat with tike Citi¬ zens' Trnnsporta!ion Committee In Now Villi; and l,a\lng nndenvritteii '¦ ¦" inii.ii-donar fund, turning .IIIIII of it at once for,liun>e-
(liilti.   li.-^e.
Another report l.i'oiight to Mr, .Mor¬ rison's attenlioii i.s that tlte Stwl Cor¬ poration, tbriuigh Jinl.go Gary, hus contrlliuteil S."iO(i(i(i!i to this fight fund. The Sumdiinl Oil and several larjfe New York baiik.-i a«' also .sold to have mnde large I'liiin'ii.uiiuns,
Infnriimtlon   ha.-^   a'so   come   to   tlK^
.\ regular stated meeting of Town Council was lield this ."ith day of ,liily. 1920, but on account of ii'j uuoiuiu being present, same wa < on; 110! ion duly ntade and second d ¦¦•. . -Iji'iirn   until July   lith,   r.iio,     "
luck, p, m.
C, K, FEHXEL, S" y,      |
.VU .idjouriied meeting of T.jW'i ; . ouncil was held this 6',., d :y ol .Illy, 1920, at S oclotk, p, ir. , in tlie I ouncil Room, with ail of 'lu i.iem- bers excepting .Messrs, I^e '..old a.nd Werkheiser. ;
The minutes of the regu' ir stu.ed n.eeling of June     7th,     192o,   i-.erj read and  there being no obje..i i(*ni, i ai'proved.
im    motion   ot   .Mr,   Lludoumoyer, s (onded  by   .Mr,    Veisley.   lhe   foi- j lowing bills were approved as read: Johrt   Macey     |150.0')i
Jet ome  Bonstein   	
(     F,   Fehnel   	
11    E.  Venter   , . ,,	
Npp,   Fire   Co	
H    U.   Kutz    	
J   mes   Hoch    	
¦^u 1,   i'ay   UoU   	
1 I   nk   Wunderly    	
liu   Snyder    	
N moual  Slag  Co	
hlue  -Ml,   Water  Co,   , , ,
L'.  G,   .\ltemos   	
V\'m,    Fleischman    	
E.   P.   Arbogast   	
P,   r.   Co    2S2.75
W,  H,  Hoskins Co        13,10
.Vazareth  Hdw,  Co,   ..,,..       23,75 Xazareth  Cement  Co,   . .
100,00 1,'>,0U 1 1 2-3 .iO.li') 20.00 6,2.i
231.03 15.00 12,50
12S.S5
198.00 9.25 ! 35,00 37.61
Dr,  Salvador Torrrl'laz  .-  il." am¬ bassador   to   the   United   Slates   from
the new governnient of Mexico,   While ' J   H, Fulmer Auto Co,   , he   Is   In   charge   of   the   embassy   in ' -^'az-  I'laning Mill Co,   , ,
Washrlngton he has nn ofllcial stntug | Trumbower  Co	
In the capital because the new govern- j ,  'V^l.^   t-^'n ' W	
ment  hns not been recognized by the   If ^    „    'u   'r   'o'u' 'r-' ' United States. iGuua Percha & Rub. Co
EUGENIE DIES AT 94 IN HER NATIVE SPAIN
Former French Empress, Widow of Napoleon III, Recently Re¬ gained Sight by Operation.
75.sti
2,70
2.75
39,72
64S,32
24,ti0
600,00
Disci,   on   -Notes            16,67
On motion of Mr, Lindenmoyer, seconded by Mr. Hartzell, the ac¬ tion of the Finance Committee in taking care of the Supervisor's Pay j Holl on .May 15th and June 15th, amounting to $9b.,40 and $27S,40 respectively, was approved.
On motion ot Mr, Yeisley, secon¬ ded by Mr. Lindenmoyer, it was moved that a voucher tor $50,00 in favor of the Vigilance Hose Co, covering balance of their 1919 ap¬ propriation,  be  drawn  up,
Repoi-ts ot Committees Highway—Mr, Lindenmoyer re¬ ported that another truck load of Tarvia would be delivered during the coming week. The Highway Committee was also instructed to engage a surveyor at once.
Pavement—Mr,   Hartzell   reported
A YEAR OF PLENTY
i THHKK   Ml'lllH l:-^   <0>!\IirTEI) i IN    I.IHK.II    \AI,I.KV
There  were  iln lentown and  on.
inu:i|.'-s   111  Al- l;.'.l,:"iiL-iii  Sat-
Yield Promises to Surpass the
Average of the Last Five
Bountiful Years.
BLOW    TO    SOARING    COSTS.
Department of Agriculture Reports In¬ dicate   Plenitude—V/ith   Last  Year's Left-Over Crop, This Year's Yield Enough for All  Requiremonts.
Madrid,—The forin,er Empress Eu¬ genie of France died here. She was nkiii'ty-four years old.
lieath occurred trom acute intes¬ tinal liitlnuimatiou. She passed away quietly In t^ie presence only of her lady-lu-waltlng.      Her    nephew,     the   progress
Duke of .\llm, at who.se re,sldeiice she !      Police—Mr,  Leopold being absent; annoum- died, was In France, I no  report  was  made,    however,    his j to  Heiir
.  Full Imperial homjrs will !». accord-i''O"""'"^*^'    ^^'''^   requested  to  turn¬ ed at her funeral.    P.", paiaiions  are ''^^ ^"'^ °'' '^^   ^''"'^^   1'°'"^^   '°   "'^
Miss Pauline -Mosliy Coleman of Washington, who unveiled the monu¬ ment to her grnndfather. Col, John S, Jlosby ot CIvH War fame, at Warren- ton, Va, Tlie granite shaft Is 25 feet high, Xeiir the base Is a bronze medal¬ lion In bas-relief depicting Colonel Mosby.
FiKWRiwAr"
INTO JOAL FIELDS
The  Detroit, Toledo &  Ironton Taken Over at Price Esti¬ mated at $5,000,000.
urday and Sunduy. ¦l'..o HiHers. ,\liSH Armenia (iorgodiaii 7 and .\.'rs, Charles Davis, 22. . .¦ i' und slain    in    the ..  .1     .i    m.-lr
liomes in Allen i    \\':n.  -Mc-
' ¦¦!""r, of that .-ii.>, ,1  ]., Kur
world     war    veter :ng
.11 the ease;   after ge-
iueut dinner*and recepti he
home of -\ngelo  Masonc uu-
ent metnbi.i' of the Iialiuu eol- ony, -VUeniown, iMasone shot and almost instantly killed Pompllio .\l irra, the prospective son-in-law and then serioijply wounded his wite und daughter, Masone was later caiitured, and refused to lell the mo tive for the killing, James Wargo, ol   Bethlehem,     wtis     murdered    on
  Saturdiiy alght, at the corner ot one
Wtishlngton.—Forecasts    of    heavy   of the business thoroughfares in the harvests   of   the   country's   principal    foreign settlement of the city,  when
fttnn crops truirked the July rei>ort ot 'l'' "„",^, '*'"'i'"^1 /" „'^!'.!^''v. "^ ¦'""\?^ .,,-.. . . A -i„,.if.,ro TVio ' t'»'-Kocls, also ot Bethlehem, who the Department of Agriculture. The , ,„unged ^ ,„„g ^laded knife into his prospective yield. In most Instances, Is , victim's neck, severing the juglar larger than the avprage production tor   vein,
the five venrs, 101-1-1918. I     '^'"'-   McGeever,   arrested    in    rhe
roii.pn'red   with   hist   vear's   output, ' ^'c'''^''"!'-'"   '¦''«"'   I>'"1   l«-en   with   rhe . .\.iuni^.'r'   sisii'i'   I'arlier   in   the   even-
this year's Winter wheat, r,,', crn, ^^^ „,^ ^^^^^^^ mainlains his in- sweet potato, peach and hay crops give nocence. The two young women. Indications of being smaller; larger apparently after leaving .McGeever! crops than last year are for('ca<;t for were returning to their home. They Spring wheat, oats, barley, white po- were seen to enter a narrow side al- tatoes, tinx and apph's. while the pro- loy "f their horae. They were kill- ductlon   of   tobacco,   with   112,o00,000   '^'¦'  "'"'  '«'«> hullets.     Their parents
ifter  hearing  the  shots,   hurried   to the   yard,     and    stumbled over  the ies.
j     Detroit,—Puriliase   of   the   Detroit,
i Toledo &  Ironton Uailroad by Henry
I Ford nnd bis son, Kdsel  B, Ford, was
' I y i;. G, Lelbold, secretary
1 "1.1,     The   purchase   price
was not ilisi'li.stil.
Ptiroha
pounds more than the previous largest
crop, and that of rice, with 11,000,(XX) , j^'^^.^
bushels more than over, promise to be |       ,1  ,v.       .,
the largest on record ! .   ^""'her  theory  is  that   it    might
Tl nmg out    . ttne    better    weather [ "^  dTvMs    'wbom"'"',? *'"'''°''  °' ....        , ... .      i I-Mrs,   Uavis,    whom    she    met    two
conditions Increased the prospects of years ago, at Camp Crane Allen- the output of every Important crop, town, and whom she married after The Improvement was reflected In a a brief courtship, who commif.ee forec.Tst of 2S,<H>o,(«X) bushels more In the crime. Five days after their the combined Winter and Spring wheat marriage, Davis departed for Shaw- crop than estimated a month ago, nee, Okla,, and had not been seen in 7,000,n<Xi more of ont,s, 8,0(X),000 more | Allentown since, Mrs. Davis later of harley nnd 2,fK.10,000 more of rye.      I ^'ent    to   Shawnee     and     remained
The Spring wheat crop—291,000,000   there tor 10  months    with her hus- bushels—Is larger than last year's by [ ''""'^  ^^^  bis parents,  but  returned 82,000,000   bushels:   but   the   Winter ! "°™«'   because  ot  alleged  ill   treat- wheat  crop — !518,OtX),000  bushels — Is ''"^f'    ,        ,, 114,000,000 bushels smaller, altiough It   „^;, "/,?,„ Masone,     arrested     two
Is  only  45,000,000  less  than  the flv©-
hours   after   slaying  his   prospecti -e ,    ., , son-in-law and   shooting    his    wife
year average product on, i .pj daughter,  gave   no   reason    tor
\\heat of last year's crop remaining his act. He was on his way to the on farms July 1 wns reported as 47,- home of a relative. Later Masone T56.0<.iO bushels, or more than 5 per toid Detective Xi.xon of Allentown. cent of the crop, compared with 10,- that he had returned Sunday night 201,000  last   yenr  and  31,92.1,000,   the ; from New York  City,     Going" to  his
I'ond was in part ll..
nnder way for the or)enlng of l-^iprcss F.ngenle's will. The. only laemlier of tlie family iio.w In Madrid i.^ a nu'.'i'.
Empress    Eugenie    neoeiitly    tiiulor- went an oiMii'utJon upon ber eyes.   She
district with keys so that they could   outgrowth of j.litlieiiities wblch  .Michi- get, into the Municipal BulTttTng, i'"inanee—Mr,      Starner     reported
progress on the question of anne.x- ation of addi ional territory. On motion of Mr,  Starner,  seconded by
had oompletely lost  the sight ot one , Mr,  Lindenmoyer,     it    was    moved
65-6, aiul it WIS fejired the other wonhl ^ that the Treasurer be authorized to : S«'Sted
: gnn   induslrie.s several   ".':':•    ' the    s.' Runnii : fields.  .
hav
bfciOOiiK! blind., a.s all oculists wlm haj negotiate a loan attended her gaw Iwr no lioi)e of re-' pi-'riod ot 60 days, gaining sight
When tlie Duke of .Vil>a visited her tills .spring at Ix^r villa at Cap Martin, she expiy>ssod a longing ;o return once
ot
2000   tor
a|
recopti::;
iiago ukju,  iii'.id»«cl ll.  Is interested in
ilTO A(CIDKXT O.V I'lKK
MAY l'UO\ 1;  F.VTAli
^'m. Rilheinier, ot N'owburg, this Monty, is in st, Luke's Hospital, at Bethlehoni, soriously injured as tin- Result of an auto collision on the n-Xazareth pike, which occur- '«a Saturday evening, Bilheimer, Mcompanied by Frank Woodring. »M leaving the latter's home, and I' 'tey came out of a road which 'fOBsea the luke, they were run inio '' a Stutz car, driven by L.-onarJ ™rman, of nica, N, Y,, who wItU J* *'fe, is visiiing the latter's par- "«; Mr, and Mrs. Frank Wunde.lv "i Nazareth, tlil'u"""''  i'ccompanied  by  J,   .Vlar-
" Hill, of .Vazareth,    was   drivin.; lh„        iiiiston.     When   he  cam;  lo
"« cross roads, the Bilheimer c:\i J/'/'Te'l suddenly, und tho t.vo (raih . '^''""' together with 1 thf ^^'oodring was thrown ihri 1«hT •* slileld, and sustained ,1 s v"? bruises. In the smash, liil- «>• was caught in the wreck,i','e ^^» sustained  injuries to  the  ahd.i
^f  Sera G,  Beck
»M
of    Newburg,
j.,,/"'''"ioned and treated the in .'"M of the two men, after whii'i .""^yed Bilheimer to St, LuKi's •Pltal, At that Institution M. n- ^'morning, it was reported thai ^1 wndltlon was favorable. It Is tu *'"'"¦'> as yet whether   he   sus-
«*?. any Internal Injuries, iB?:i".'n''"-hlne8  were  quite  budlv »a r ,      Neither Herman nor H'li
¦ •atareth  Community  Chautauqua *«lttit s-12 inclusive, 	
American Fedonr thnt a gr^uip of < I by Julius Kosi'uv. the fight.
Union olilclals n gard this ns tlie l)e- glnnlng of a givai light between cnp- Ital nnil lalmr foi- Hie estnlilishinent of the oiieii siioT, in all big iiidiLStrles where the .loseii shop now prevails and for the frustration of the nwve- ment to estaliU,sh the closed shop in Industries such as the steel business, where it  is  uol  rc ognlzed,
Samuel G<inipers, president of the American Federation of Labor, is on his way to Washington after attending tho Ih'inocratic .Natioiml Convention in San Frani.lsi'o, I'ntll he hus been consulted none of the otlier oflicers Is willing to b<' quoted regarding labor's attitude, although it Is quite frankly stated that organized lalxir "can take good care of Itself in the coming tight, ns It has sliown itself able to do lu the past,"
At the .\merlcan Fi'diM-atlon of La¬ bor headiiimrters have be^'n rwelved also several coiainuniititlons with ref¬ erence to efforts lii'iug made 1^- ehan> hers of coninierce and big business or- gHiilzatlons to pre\ent organization of new labor unions and to break down those already I'Xis.ing,
"Tbe siinie pci'l'lo are belilnd the present 'slush fund' thai hnve been flgbilng oruanlzii'd labor fo^ years," said one of iho liil'or leailers ot Inter- nntloiml promlnenre, "and they have found It preli.v exi'.'iislve."
MoiTlboii .-a,\s .lini the "open shop" really lucans "clo.-cl lo union men,"
NEW   IN   CHARGE   OF   SPEAKERS.
All   Republican   Bureaus  Consolidated,
With   lti:i;..ria   Senator at   Head.
('1,1,.;,.,, Kl I iii'lii'iiii iiatioual Lead- quarlers annoiii.itil that Senator Harrv S Now of Iinliana will have charge iif I i.l' K.'i'iil'llcaii campaign gpeiikors' l.iiivuii.
As.'oclaieil with him in cbari-'e nf rhe tii.'.t. rn division, with Ic^adqiiarters In .N'i'vi Vi.rk, \vi!l I'c Itepr. seniatlve 'Vl,.,'. ;.- r.   .M :'• I' ' i  I ll I:.'•¦ aro, I'ligtern
niai.a.-ci- I'-i  '-'     >'  ' '" tlie pre-
coiiviiri.'i   '
GERMANS  AGI^i;':  TO  DISARW. Sign
!¦ l.al>or oincials   "'""¦o t« .Spain befon' she went blind.
The Duke, asCT-rtalnliig from the d(x;
tor that lier health  would permit the | "p'"j.QgppgY"'stJ'eet
journey,  nrr;iii.ged  tlie  trip,  ami  tliey i     L.j^y j.jj.^ 'i'eislev
left .Mar,«ieilles for Algeclrns.
e:\perience<l   for
'¦•¦"inlng  coal   from
iumlnous    fiehl-s.
,,:r I'.-iiin the coal
y  oon-
.;¦•¦¦.       •   ;ii:e was
a    liig    factor   in   the
stnte'.s   ...III   suppiy   by   tho   Michignn
Fire—Mr.      Kleppinger      advised | Manu/uctm-'i'rs' .A,sso<.'latlon, which sev-
tliat  he would    make   arrangements ' eral luoiiths ago bad ,iiiiioInt(i.I a coni-
to have the new lire hose tesied be-! mittee to look into Its purchase.    Tin.'
fore the next  meeting ot Council,     I plan wa,s aliandoned, however, when it
Light—Mr,   Welty    reported    that j ^vns  foiinil '    ';   '      ¦ could
the  Slate  Belt Tel,  Co.,  had not as ; t,j,j (,p ol.ia
yet replaced the detecive    pole    on.    jjj,^ ]..,...,| .       .,, i,,.;;.,. atlons
prlinnril.\  ¦.¦ ¦        < Di'ln.ii  fii.-for-
les    an    aii ,,. ,,..
flve-year average. That, added to this year's prospective production, makes available about •S.'W.OOO.OOO bushels of wheat, which, according to offlclals, win be ample to meet domestic require¬ ments nnd leave a surplus for*export.
The Winter wheat production fore¬ cast and cottdltUm .Tuly 1 by principal states follows:
State, Bushel*    P, C, of
Normal
Pennsylvania     26,!20,000
Ohio      27,126,000
Indiana      20,665,000
lUlnol.s      28.392,000
Mlawurl       31.6?8,000
Nebnisk;i       "4 337,000
Kansa.s     1 i ¦   ^ ;",'^'i.O
Oklahoma        oli..S,..j.}
The Siiriug wheat forecast and con¬ dition by tlie prin-'lpal states are as follows:
':a .ad
li
60 67 75 91 84 84
Slate,
3U3helB    P, C. of Norma!. ... 61,948.000 61
...  82.15.'.-000 86
,,,  P.9.a>,.6,p00 90
,,,  ?7,TS1.000 «S
,,. i:5,t.lS,0OO 79
Spa icnlH'lven in Allies   yielil. nialuiii    I'll- Ing  !iiT.|.':.
llatc iliM.' tl  new  Inwi- 1 roops ¦leriiiaii  •III
i.to   men    I. next
Form.ll    PItJje    Drawn    Up    by Enti-nte Miiit-ry Chiefs. I'.elglinii-
1 hi'   (icnnaii   repre-
ri'iice here with the
,!r yd   Oiorge's   llltl-
1,1'tiilly.    denuind-
oi Cl'  of  Mil  Iniiiie-
'   .;   ..a  l.enall.v   of
I., ] iiiiiny liy Allied
I'lider the I'hin  accepted  the
uiil |.i> reiluitd to 10(i-
r    I ban   (iiiober   1,
After spending some tin>e at lier nephew's home In Seville and bavlng vlstte<l llie King ami Queen Victoria, tlM Empress, after .spending two wpoks In the south, was inducixl by her nephew to srienil son>e time wirh him at his home in Madrid, ni; i It wa.s while there that Ihe Duke heard of tho woti'lerful cures effected by a Spanish oculist in Barcelona, He de¬ cided to see what could be done about his nnnt's failing eyesight.
Dr. Ilnrrnqiien arrived, and, after severnl examinations, decided to oper¬ ate upon both eyes. No surgical In¬ strument was used, but a cupping ghtss wns plai'ed upon the eyes, and when In duo time be withdrew It he said to the Empress ;
"Yonr ninj<>sty Is cured ami will see once more,"
.\fter two days of rest she wns able to see nnd to re.cognlze those around her. She also wns able to distinguish small ob,UN'ts at a distance. Iter In¬ tense Joy nnd gratitude to the doctor were  Imlescribable,     Sin- >a:.l  to him:
"Thanks to yon, I slmll have been born twice In Spain,"
LATEST  EVENTS
AT  WASHINGTON
General    Peyton    C.   March,   chief' of staff of the United States army, re¬ ceived     the     distinguished     service cross  for  an   act  of   bravery   In   the Philippines twenty-two ysars ago. Dr, Royal Meektr, Unitea States Com¬ missioner of labor statistics, has re¬ signed to take up the duties of editor In   chief   of   the   monthly   bulletin   ot the International Labor Office of the League of  Nations, Henry   P,   Fletcher,   former   American ambassador at Mexico City, warned the   Stat*    Department   of   a   hasty recognition of the new Mexican gov. ernment. While   no   arrangements   have   as   yet been   made,   Secreta.y   Tumulty   ex¬ pects Governor Cox to come to Wash- Ington   very   soon   for   a   conference with  President Wilson. Advices to the St.ite  Department from the  American    Embassy   m    Mexico City,  said   several   officers,   formerly on  the  staff ot  General   Pabio  Gon¬ zales  were  In   prison   on   the  charge of plotting against the Mexican gov. ernment. The Polish envoy to the United States, Prince Casimir Lubonurski. says hit country   Is   protecting   Europe   from anarchy.
trolt u; cities 1. . deal.
In  annotinc Mr.   Leil'oM
on report.
I'ublic Property—Mr, Werkheiser heing absent, no report was made, ) J, W. Trumbower appeared be¬ fore Council stating that he had been charged too much on an exca¬ vation permit and asked that con¬ sideration be given with a view of having same reduced. As t h e Chairman of the Highway Commit¬ tee hud checked the width of tho e.xcavation, the matter was left in his hands,
Mr, Kachline. repreesnting the defeud.ints in the case of Lo'.ver Nazareth Township and others, vs, the Easton Transit Co,, requested Council to co-operate with them un¬ til the decision ot the Superior Court  had been handed down.
The members    of    the    Board of   ''ailroad will ' Health appeared before Council and : changes will
,,. ,,., , .el sujiply, 1)111 through contemplated exteiision of ter¬ minals 'mill..'v'l.-: ¦:_•¦..'r::l'v in  the Do-
- Ml-
¦at   I
¦lii^-'i
tlic
the road's pun'hnse lnri.'<l tbat the price was "several luiiRln'il thuiwaiid dollars more than was originally a'^ked." add¬ ing tbat Jlr, Ford desii-.l tbat no stockholders should sa.iilice their holdings.
Some '..'.Olio ,.;..,),lo'.-.'c* of the railroad, Mr, Lel!.I.i.i :i.i.:-.i, ¦¦\.,'. iiaineiliately re¬ ceive   Hi.    !i.iic:l!s   ..f   tiie   Ford   wage bonus plan. It was stated  that the name of the . I.arig.'d. but that few iii;..!,^ in Its personnel.
Minnesota    	
Xortli pakota .. South I lakota  ..
Montana   	
¦W'ashin.^'ton
The conuiii'iii of the corn crop was
reported iRit so goo'l as a year ago, but
the area pUinte*! sla.ws an increase of
6T1,0(X) acrc^- re the crop
win be l;'.S,i.i" -:.,allV'r than
last year's  liut  lLi,i-iijij,.-OU larger  than
the  flve-yenr  average.    Corn   acreage
and production forecast and condition
In percentage of a normal, by principal
states, follow;
: Ohio   	
1 Indiana    	
j Illinois    	
t Minnesota
j Iowa    	
I Missouri    , ,,,
¦ South liakota Nebraska    ,,,
Kansas   	
Texas
In providing passenger service It Is Intended, according to the announce¬ ment, to utilize tbe new gasoline driven car of the interurbnn type which Ford engineers have devcKii.i'.l,
The norll .'rn peninsula projierty sur¬ rounds Lake Mlcliigamnie, In Baraga, Iron and Maripiette counties. The most probable ..liie for the propo.;.'il plant, offlcers said, was near lU'imblic, Mich,
asked co-operation in improving the S.initary conditions in Xazareth, as well as retiuesting that Council ar¬ range to have Mr, Bonstein make monthly inspections of all premises in order that sanitary measures could be taken by the Board of Health before it was necessary for the public to bring such matters to their attention. These matters were referred to the Law and Police Committees respectively for atten¬ tion.
The Treasurer reported the fol¬ lowing Hnes, etc, received by hliu during the month ot June.  I!i20,
Simon   -\ndrews    $     3,00
Countv   Treasurer       120,00
-Mr,   Paulhamus          10,00       ST,  JOHN,  N,   B.—The  Province  ot
On motion ot Mr, Yeisley, secon- New r.riiii-ixv i.k. In a refei. a i.iin, vof^ dd by Mr. Wel'y, the list of Exoner-i ed to eii»o..\M :¦ the governniciii to re- ations of Tax Payers presented by j tain th.^ i.riM'i.t "bone dry" prohibi- the Tax Collector, accompanied with j tlon law pa-^-.i! during the war, and a statement ot taxes collected by [ against iiiir...liiciiig wine and beer him during the fiscal    year   end'ng | llcen-.i'~
July  1,  were   accepted and  ordered |     MONTREAL,—The   Canadian   Rail- to be placed    on    file,   and   the tax
Acres.
4,702 S.772 3,068 10.2U0 6,619 3.360 T,3S2 5,51*4 6,025
Bushels, Normal,
hotne, he said Marra was in the front room wiih his daughter, Whej asked by Masone what he was do¬ ing there, he claimed he received a vile answer. After this Masone went to the yard ot his home to con si'lt his '.vite. Words wer. passed there and -MasoiU' s.id !:.¦ d ¦.'¦•.¦.- i.is ri volver and s!-..' !:;- :\i'arr.i and his d 11;. . r. foil..wed  him  to  ¦lie  yard.
Tiie murder at Bethlehem, i.: is believed, was partly due to the vic¬ tim's abusive language used in a quarrel before the stabbing and : artly due to the fact that Tackocis .:.d been rejected by a .Vew Yjrk woman whom he wished to marry. T;.ckocis and Wargo met a' Sou'a Bethlehem, A quarrel ensued as to which made the most money. Wargo pushed Takocis away aud turned his back on him, Tackocis then drew a knife and slashed h'm A letter found at Takocis' hon^e stated that he intended to commit suicide as the Xew York woman had rejected him, and his two children were ill. District .Attorney Chidsey and County Detective Xeimeyer were notified.
The  police  of  Bethlehem    are    of the  opinion that Tackocis has com¬ mitted suicide and    thai    his    body will be found somewhere in the Le- ! high River, or in the mountains to- P, C, of   ward  Hellertown,
140,950,000 169,836,000 284.125,000 114,682,000 386,560,000 179,110,000 93,677,000 188.241,000 104 636.000 146,081,000
86 84
79 89 9'i) 82
i^
V
The   oats   production   forecast    and
condition by priucipui states follow;
Per Cent State, Bushels of Nornuu.
Ohio       61,731,000 Jl
Indiana     61.837,01.0 |2
Ullnola     129.024,000
Wisconsin      9:'.072,000
Minnesota     117.2u8,000
jowa    191,730.00."
North   Dakota      66,002.00.
South  Daiiuia     6.'.6'.
Nebraska     66.27i.,00..
Kansas      62,418,000
Wargo was 3 9 years old. He was employed in the boiler shop ot ihe Bethlehem Steel Co, He is surv.y. id liy his wife and one child. His alleged assailant was 40 years cl age. The latter has two smcl daughters. Coroner W', J, Cathrall assisted by Dr, H, W, Leibert heH a post morten and found the jugu¬ lar severed and left lung penet.at¬ ed The following jury was em¬ paneled to hold an Inquest this Thursday evening at S oclock- R V,. Scott, E, P, Arnold, James Smith, John Sikoro, Francis Cuu- 8   ningham and  Paul Loughman,
WORID   NEWS   IN
CONDENSED   FORM
Angelo    Masone.     of     Allentown, „ , ,.        ,.     . '•¦ ^'''° **>°t and almost instantlv kill-
Other forecasts of production are: , ed Pompillo Marra, his prospective Oats, l,8'2;,:,(-K,io,000 bushels; barley, son-in-law, and then turned fhe 193,1X10,000: rye, S2,000,0(JO; white po- 'weapon upon his wife and daughter, tatoes, 3SS,000,(;)00; sweet potatoes, ' has been held without bail for 98,500,UX); Uax, 14,100,000; rice, 52,- ' fot""*- Mrs, Masone and daughter 100,000; apples (total), 2iX),000,000; I ^'''"o ^^e at the .\llentown HospltaK apples (coumierclal), .30,200,000; peoch- .?,'''', *'L'l_'° ''^ serious condition. Very
ies,    4.'i,'J(«i,LiOO:    tobacco,    1,501,000,000 : pounds : hay 81,800,000 tons.
5,000 DRAFT SENTENCES. j
About 275,00 Cases of Supposed Delin¬ quents Investigated.
'Washington,—Five    thousand    draft evaders  have been  convicted  in  Fed-
Ib'Ctor  to collect   all  taxes  not  as >.|  paid,
t)ii motion ot .Mr, Lindenmoyer S'Conded hy Mr, Kleppinger, tht meeting adjourned at 10::iO oclock p, m.
C.  F,  FEHNEL, Sec'v,
Hall- cent
Co.il   Sboiiage   ,il   <'<'ineni    I'lantN
Cement conditions in the county are s.iid to be serious, .-Mmosi every plant is shut down or run¬ ning on part time tor want of coal, Addi'd to the lick of coal Is the shortage of cars to ship the manu¬ factured product. Many mills have tremendous stock of cement on hand, bui cannot get It on the m.ir¬ ket. Every available storage house 1' filled and no apparent relief Is In sight. Thero Is however no deart.i ot orders, but the conditions could hardly be worse.
Old  Ton  Renc^  Tour BabacriptJoB
way ,\s-oii,iiioii, representing ail In the lii.iiiiii'i.n, applied to the way Coniniissiiin for n HO per Increa-i'  in   fri'ii;lit  rates.
DETROIT,—-Carl R, Hines, forty years oid, u saw flier In .Seattle, has sold a patented automobile brake to Henry Foi'd for several mlllinn dolhirs.
LONDON,—It is the Intention of Po. laml 1.1 move her seat of governnient from Warsaw, nci'ording to snitements printed by the neiniiin pr. s.. quoted In a wi'-i'!,"i'i III. s-^airc I'rom Pcrlin. In the ilirc.^. ..ll ¦¦( <ai|.y !!¦,' S..\ <¦¦: lrooj^8 conlitiia^   ... .ci   aiici.
NEW YORK,—The statement attrl- huted to Flank Mnrrlsonr, secretary of the Amcrbaii Federation of Inbor, tlmt a $,'.,tkKi,ii<Hi fund had bc.'U raided hy the railrond... luuI Iniliislrhil Inier- psts n» part of a huge plot to bnak the pouer of organized laboi- 11: the fnlle,) Stall". \(hs denied vUorou^ly '.y  J<.l'I ¦ ra :  ¦ .,  , ..'il iai-..
little hopes are entertained tor the recovery ,,f the mother, ¦while xh" daughter      s a fighting chance.
One theory ot the .\llentown po¬ lice that C, W. Davis, of Shawnee, Okla,, husband of the sisters mur¬ dered in .A,llentown on Saturday night, had returned and commit¬ ted the crime, has been exploded by
eral courts and se.itenced to .rinon l^^r^l's^:^:^!.:^,'^^ '^. from thirty days to one year, accord- : vl^ was In that city on Safuiday and log to reports compiled ni tl,.. Lcpart- , Sunday. Wm. McOeever arrested ment of Justice. Thirty thoiisund oases ^ ns a suspect In fhe ease continues remain to be Invcstlgiitcl, but offlclaU to stoutly maintain hts Innocence said that rnpil pio.iess was being He admPs. however, that he had made In nunaing uj) the delinquents, been with Mrs, Davis earlier In the About ST.'i.tKXl cases have been Investl- ,ovening, gated
CAUSE OF WOOL  SHUTDOWN.
.\morlcan   Lfiiion   Notes
That     "smoker"    which   Is   to   be
held  on   Monday  evening,   July    19,
_,    - .    »  »¦       -        . ., .    ^    ' '"  "1^ social room ot the local  "Y"
Big Company s Action Expected to be   ,,roml8ed to be a succes.s,     Refre.h
Followed by Others. ments, excellent speakers and an or-
Boston.    'llie     big     .-hiiolown     an-.chestra  will  entertain  the  members
nouneed   oMrnight   by   il,.   American ; of the Legion   during   the   evening
Woolen   Company   did   imt   take   tht   All members Invited
tmde hy surprise. Under condltloM as they are nnd have be.n fnr montha, the storehouses are d.'elarei! to b« jammed with mnnufnciiired product! as the result of Inability to make freight shipioenls. The only sunirlse here Is over the 1 Ircninstnnoe that tbe •hutdown was not announced earlier.
Don't forget the Block Danco to he held Thursday evening, July ?2, under the auspices of the Harold 'V. Knecht Post, American Legion, on Main Street, between Belvidere and Walnut Streets, Music by the Na«- areth and "T" Bands, alio an or- ohestra ha« been enRaged »o farnlsh music for iqaare dances.