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NAZARETH, PA.. THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 29, 1920
NO. 35
pit
^^y ijoriiii;^ tions ul
I'lub  Junction  to  N'azareth
lik'd  with  the   Supreme   Coui
h, Atloi'iK'ys    Smith,     I'aff  A;  Laub
¦ting i" l)uhal£ of sever.il  humlrt-d
JisiUunts of  .N'azareth,  l^dwer  N'aza-
rciU Townsliip und Uethlehuu
' \i\vv hearing urguiiieut un ¦ilioii of lhe Kaston Transit Ci>,, ,sion to tliscouiinuo oior.i- lino, und tlie couuii;.. DCtiiio"^ 111 industrlos, residua,.s. jcd Ilic lioi'ough ot .\azarelli, ,Juilg.' SieWiii'i Jecidod in favor of tli. transit company, which claimed thai the revenue from this Iiue was so (i'r below the operation cost as lu nwlic it 'I burden    to    coiuinui; .--,
Aboui tour hundred siKna:ui.s ^•ci-e cuntained ou Iho peiiiii.a.s ,i.-.k Inj- tho court to refuse periniasinri (or the surrender of tlie tranelu.se. Many re.sidenis of the communities aSecteU united and secured ilie ser¬ vices ut rimilh, Paff &. Laub, while- tie Taylor-Wharton Uo. and em- plojes, luge:her with other indus¬ tries and their employes, who us.' the line going to and from work, and tile olUcials of N'azareth, iu separate aciions, also sought to have service' coutiuued over the junction line.
AMKItHA.N   l.i;<.K»\   NOTKS
NEW COAL STRIKE AT MANY MINES
linois Operators Appeal to the President as Day Labor Men Desert   Shafts.
STATE    OUTPUT    CUT    LOW.
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l»EI'.VHl.MKN'r
TO  .\.SS1.SI   l-.VU.MKllS
ueiiioustiuLiuU   vVuoUiut est  tree plautations   may
.  and   for- be   estab-
REDS eE!:'8 m WAR mm
MRS. OLIVE R0S3.
Director of Welfare Service of    the    War     Department.
Tbeie are still a few tickets left (or the -(Jimmuuity Chauiauiiua wliicli will lie held at N'azareth, .Aug 8-12. Those who have not yet pur- chased Iheir ticket had better do so at ouci,'.
The second block dance whicli was held on Tuesday evening under the auspice of the Legion was a grand success in every respeci. A large crowd of dancers and specta¬ tors gathered ou .Main Street during the eveuiug. Tho refreshment stands which the "boys" had erected for the affair were wdl patronized. The Jiazareth Y, AI. C. A. Band furnish¬ ed  music    for    the    rouud    dances
Mrs. .Maud WimmIs I'aiks, chairman of tlie .Valiimnl I.eiiv'uo cif Wninen Vof. ers which Kjis esinlilisiieil headquar¬ ters In Wiishiiiglipii, The league Is the successor to llie .N'atiMiiiil  .¦Vmeri-
and    'i'omig's     Orchestra     for     theciiii Wonmn's Suffrage .\ssociatlon sijuare dances.
The decorations in the block ii tthich the dauie .vas held wer elaboiato.
li.lTiC
Last Thursday was locally ob¬ served as a holiday on account of the Luiou Sunday-school picuic at bushkill I'ark, and most of ouv people were iu attendance there at seme lime during the day.
'.Mr. aud .Urs, Wilsuii 1':. Khym.ii- au'i .Mr, and .Mrs. lear.. i.iuij, ,UHt t..iuily, of NazarcLli, made up au auto pal ty that motored to Durney's Park on Suuday, and speni the day Vlth friends.
The I'eiiu Foundry & Machine Co. hus a force of men at work mstall- liig tbe new cupola aud a large fan'. Tliey aro rushing this iustallatiou cu account of being rushed with or¬ ders.
.Mr. and .Mrs. Wm. .Moser and Mr. and .Mrs. Henry Schlegel spent Sun¬ day at Saylor's Lake.
.Mrs. J. Kvan Uirllo and son re¬ turned liomo from a week's visit with .Mr. and Mrs, II. S. Palmer, of Erouklyn, NT, Y.
.Mrs, .\mandU3 Mertz is spending a few weeks at  Ocean Grove, N.  J.
.Mrs. Harold- Landis speut .Monday at AUtiiiowu visiting  friends.
liurii lo .Mr, and .Mrs. Frank faardiiig—a boy.
Joseiih Scliaell'er aud Fr.iiik Seu- Cenbacli were Sunday visitors al Durueys I'ark.
Frank .Michael and Ira Sclilegdl returned home on Sunday from Biittalu, .v. V,, with a Uudge road- a'er and a Sedan.
Huljert Sliuitou, of I'hiladelpih.i, n-preseiialive ot the Oldsmobile Co., Heat lhe week-eud iu towu visiting (-. 1. Uerlln.
Wm. Uoberls who has beeu indis¬ posed ;s improving.
Tbe Lawfer Auto Co., ot Allen- tuwii, delivered a oue-tou l<'ord truck to the I'euu Foundry,
•Mr, aud Airs. Irwiu Heller, of Eetbklieui, were Suuday visitors at ttie home of Mr. and .Mrs. F, H. "ess,
liurn   to   .Mr.    and    Airs. Ssamiel—u boy,
*'• H.  -Michael  transacted « iN'az.u'eih on Tuesday,
VV'in. I'aich purchased Ihe "Uildiug lot ou .\,     Waluut    Street, 'irmerly    owned by J, UUymer,    of Pen Argyl,
Mrs, Amandus Dilcherd and -Mrs. »w, .Moser spent Suuday at .Meores- 'i-'W'B visiting friends.
F. Jlichael delivered a Hodge se- •W to Stephen Schlegel, of Chris¬ tian ijpriugs. >
Miss Jieruico Cheezum is nursing Jjiight injuries sustained on Thurs- '"y evening at Nazareth, while e- '"fidug iiume from Uushkill I'ark, *li6n Biie accidentally ran luo a jope stretched across the street pre- linratory for a block danco that was '^be Utid on Main Street.
Mf and .Mrs. Wilbur Uieter and «'»s Alice Herd, of Chapman Quar- ''*», Uiutureu to Uath ou Wednesday '"a spent Iho day visiting a* the "ume of All, and Mrs, Frauk (Iraver.
Halor CV>iidUioUM  Very  SiTious
Tho Water nuestion  has imiiroved
J^fy littlo during the past  wei k, iu
J*« it  is serious and   will  loiiiiuue
0 be so with tho present conditions
'ileBs other arrangJinents    tor    fu
«fe 8ui,p|ies will ho made, aud I Ins
'"""1" possible through the court-
•y of our lownsmun John Hest, and
J^niel Steckel, of Easton.     Mr   11. st
~« been offered a very liberal lease
""•a    Mr.    Steckel on a number ot
J"*'* quarries,  within easy rerch of
hml   *'''^'" works, that have an un-
"Olied   quantity of tho    purest    of
wing  water,    Tho effbrts  of  these
^ntiemen are highly appreciated by
jj« lown resldenii,  and it Is hoped
7*] "ouncll win be progressive anJ
'•'' 'his matter through wltb speed
Harold business
(•fill    ¦
celali: fnllllii Sllpl'l; to (el
el lllld eiitinei'riiig iiniillicts ,-¦., wilh olllces 111 r.erliii, has « branch in Hainliurg, It will Aniiiiean I'oiistriieilonal steel III ~liiiiliiill(ling yai'il.-i'. ANTWERP,—The American team won the tinal (M.\iii|iic team trniishiHit-
lug.
LINCOLN, NEB,—Ohio got its third
presicb iitial eaiuliilale wlieii Ihe I'ro- hlliitinii ,\;iiiniiiil Coiiveniioii iiomlmit- eii .\nniii .--^ W'litkins of (Jeriiiaiilown, ,1 „|., , I, iiiiiiiig from Williani J, Bry¬ an li.a   la- \Miiild not accept the noml-
nalini.  ¦ '¦! Iiiui-
BEHU.IN.—Scouting detachments o» the Sovlel iiriiiles are wll bin little nmre thnii W miles of Ihe (Jenniin border. nml Trotzky's ciivnlry will soon I* wiihln touch of Ihe Kast I'mssliiTi riipiiilei
TULSA, 0KLA,-Censu8 figures give I'ulsa' [..ipiilall 'll as TJ,ii7,"i, un  lu
IM
ereiiw of I'Tt! per cent.
CARRIERS SEEK 20 P. G. INCREASE IN FARES
Additional Eight Per Cent Freight
Rate Also Sought to IVIeet
Wage Awards.
\\'ashin-..'ton,—.\ 'JO per cent iucreasp In nil I ~\ s"- el. L'l.r i'a res 'on" the rnllrniel..* of Nil' fniieii ,';iaies and an Increase in freight rales of approxliiiately 8 per rent in mlililion lo the JS per cent I'lteiiily askeil was reconmiemled to lhe Iiiterslate Coinnieree Commlssltiu b.v the .Assoelafion ef Hallway Exeeii- tl\es.
In delail the ailditlonal Increases proposed liy the railroad men iirovlde for:
An increase of six-lenllis of a cent n mile in passenger fares, making the far 3,6 cents u mile; a ^0 per cent 'iicriiise in excursion, conven- ti'ir ond ftlKT fares for special occa¬ sions; an increase of '-0 per cent on all commutation itekets; • 20 per cent iiierense In extra fares on lim¬ ited trains nml club cars; an Increase of 20 per cent in excess baggnge rates, anil an increase of .'lO per cent op one- half charge, I'or I'liUman or sleeping ears.
.\ii increase on all rates on milk by npiiroxliiialely Hh iier eent, 2An nddl- tlmi.'il Increase on freight nnd switch¬ ing revenues above the gross JiS per cent already [irovlded to iiiihhe up the full dilTerenco In providing an aggre¬ gate Im-rease of $i;i.'(;,()oii,i«Jo a year.
It will be recalled tbat Ihe I. C. C. has heard and taken miiler advisement proiiosiils of the railruail executives for an average increase in freight rates of 2S per cent regarih'il as'necessary to bring tbe return provlileil in the trans- porti.Iion act before lhe wage award was biuiiled down.
Uiiilway  olllclals  estimate  that  the
total  Ineroo^es now proiioseil from all
sources In each of the tliree railroad
U-foot I terrllorles would meet the Increases In
wages ill these lerrilorles.
WORLD   NEWS   IN
CONDENSED   FORM
CONSTANTINOPLE,—Airplanes that
tlewoM-r .\ili'!iinn[.|,- I'.i.erteil ibe town W-US burning. Kniranee (pf the Greek troops into Ihe city in their bcciipatlon (.f F.asti-rn Thrace was announced July 21. The Turks opposed Ihem, Fight- In^ has been severe,
BERLIN,—One  of the  great Amerl-
Head of the State  Union  Decl.ires He Is    Powerless    to    Stop    W.iikout. Shortage   in   Northwest   Ki.ide More   Serious.  '
r'liU,'i;;o.—Nearly half the roal mines i In   niiiiiiis are eln.^e(I d"\\'n lis ii   lestilt ' of   ilii.-nnhnrizi'd   sirlki-.    wliiel!     hiiv" renderi (1   at   least   '_',"i,OiiO   iiiiiei's   idle foul  proileciliiii   is sadly  cri|.|ili'il  ami I'resident Wilson has been iipliealed to by the iiiierntors in  the boiie that  hn j niny find some means of Relieving Ihe ' situation. i
The strikers nre dny labor eiii|iIoyePS who have staured sporadic slriki'S for two or three weeks. They are asking wage Increases of $1..")0 to $2.,')0 a day. President Frank Farrlnglon of Ihe Mine Workers' Union' expressed fear that all the mines In Illinois would be closed down. He snid union ofliehils had been powerless to preveut the walkouts.
A committee of operators, composed of Dr. F, C, Ilonnold, E. C. Searles, Herman C, I'erry, F, S, Wiahler and H. t:, Adams m.i(le their plea to Presi¬ dent Wilson through Secretary Timi- ully. The members visited Secretary Tumulty bccnuse Ihey were not sure with whom the miners' wage question should be discussed.
Tlic operators have been following the government contract with the mine woi'ar.o, the contract being miiile by Ihe P.'iumlnous Wage Commission to rt.ii until 1922. .\ceordIng lo reports, the operators are not disinclined to grant a higher wage, hut feel the gov¬ ernment should Initiate any action,
Iteports reaching Itellevllle, III., state tlui about twealy shafts are alTocted In Franklin CoiiTity. incliidiiiL' the large Middle Fork Mine at P.enton. Four are Idle nl Collinsville. One al Prairlevlile and one nt Edwiirdsvllle. Some mines In otliiT sections of the southern half of the state nre reiiorted to be working
ly  tjifford 4 Pinchot,    Pennsylvania's!
chief forester.    He has asjted all of i
lhe i;rauge musters to e-xpress their ' PuggJQp
obiUions   as   fb   the   udvisabilily of
si.ch u step iu their localities.
Forester Pinchot has lefi the de¬ cision with the larmers, as he plaus to make the deiuonstratiou tracts show for their beneht the results that may be obtained by practical f.u est managomeul. He has offered to tbe farmers the services of the Uep.a'tmeul of Forestry tor tho so¬ lution of their woodlot problems The following letier was sent to all masters of Granges iu the State by Forester Pinchot:
"The Uepartmeut ef Forestry ia ej'iremely anxious lo be ot servicij lu the farmers by assisting them with iheir woodlot problems. The tuiiiishiug of tree trees tor planting is just a start   along    this    line    of
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"lu order to get the best results f!om the woodlot, the young trees now growing on the farm should be properly cured for and protected; the mature trees should be cut uud tht product marketed.    The Uepart
Peasants   Alone   Can Halt Armageddon in Poland, London Believes.
SOVIET   AIDED   BY   GERMANS.
Monarchists and  Spartacists  Prepared
for Co-opcr,-ition   With  Bolshevists—
British Dep.irtment Heads Ordered
Ready tor  Immediate  Service.
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POLAND   ASKS   ARMISTICE FROM  SOVIET COVERNMENT
Sisi you iu the solution of these and other problenis  in couiiecliou
ent ot Forestry wifl'be glad to as-|
lhe sol   ¦¦  "     '¦ " "   """¦'
¦ms  in couiiecliou     with the farm woodlot.
"I am enclosing you herewith a copy of tlie plan of cooperation with private timberlaud owners. Some ot the members of your Grange may not be familiar with it and 1 will be \ery glad if you will bring it to their attention at a meeting of your Grunge,
"Do you think it advisalile to es¬ tablish  a  demonstration  woqdlot  or plantation    in    your    locality?     The I L epartment   ut   Forestry  is at your ' service,     I    would   be   delighted   to f have your  views and would  greatly appreciate a letter,
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C.4THOLIC' SOCIE'IIES
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Soviet niililiiry deiaiiiment 10 meet Ihe Poles in mder to ar¬ range nil armlsiiee, aei ording to a wireless despaleb frum Mos¬ cow ri^celveil here. The place for the meeting of the P.ulsheviki and the Poles Is siiggesled ns tho
Warsiiw-JIoscow   road Baranovllclii  and   Bresi
lief.ver.n
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London,—Whether the world will be plunged into iiiiotber Aniingeddon de¬ pends iiiion the stomai'li of the I'lissian peasant for further battle. .K\\\ other statemenl of the case would be nn .iiidjjrstatement. This Is the gist of a ?onversiilion with a man close to Downing street who has perhaps Ihe 5anest blrd,s-eye view of the entire 5itinition,    He said:
"I'm betting Russia Is as tired of ivar as tho rest of us are. But It ivoulil be folly to Ignore the opposite possibility. That pos,sibility, would mean that Europe would become red right up to the Ilhlne—red, not with Bolshevism, perhaps, but with the new
with   barely  enoui shafts operating.
:Ii  men  lo  keep  the
The second   quarterly   conference of the Lehigh   Valley   Federation ot German Catholic  Societies  was held ou Sunday    in    the    Church   of  the Holy   Family,   Xazareth,     Rev,   Ber- uai>d     Grietfenberg,     pastor.     Dele¬ gates of the   various   organizations, iiidudiug    representatives  of  ladies' auxiliaries,  attended a  high mass at i ... . ...
10:30 a, m„ al which Rev. Greiffen-   P"""'"'''^"'    imperliillsm    which    would Lerg preached the sermon. j ""rest   e\-ery   vestige  of  victory   from
In the afternoon  at  1  olcock,  ro- ^ the hamls of the .Vllles," pcris of delegates    were    heard aud ;     WhUp   this   represents   ihe   view   of a business session w:is held.     " was   ^^ i,,,^. ,„.,„,^ ^,f ,„^ p^,,,,;^,,  „„^..
decided to hold the   next    tiuarterly : ^ ,^ . ...   .     ...,-.
meeting at Allentown iu   the   latter , e'-i""-"' 't '-s possible to state thnt the part    of   October,     A,    Englert,    of jVlauch t+bunk, spoke in Engli.-,h and Miss Fi'ieda Borsch,     ot    Ihe     Holy
Mrs, (ilive Itoss, formerly of Louis¬ ville,   Ky.,  lias  been   made direetor  ot
weif.-M'e   serviii',   w.iv   pi>|iai'i nt.     It
is her (liii\ lo h..,k aiii-r th.. huiising, health, n-i lealion anil general welfare of tlie civilian em|iloyees of Ihe de- partiiient. Her main concern at this time is to tlnil emiiloyment for Ibs hundreds who are being dropped from the payroll In the general curtailment of exrienscs.
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OPENED TO PUBLIC
New President Will Undoubtedly
Welcome  Public to American
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Family parsonage, of Nazareh, made an appealing^address to v,iri- ous societies of the Ladies' Auxili¬ ary. .Messrs. Volevitcli and Tr.iui- ,   ,..,,.       . ,     . man, members of the Xazareth con-
one-half of the bituminous coa   mines , grggatiou, spoke in German   to   tho are idle, with tbe result  iliat the "or-i ^^^y.g societies.
mal daily output of from ;!.-.0,llOO to ; jj^.^. ^^^ Funk, of Bethlehem, 8,J,fMi(i tons has been reduced to 100,-i gj^i^p j^ English and Rev. Edward OM tons or less, So crltii'iil is Ihe sit- ' Reichl, ot Re:,ding, made a strong' nation In the Illinois bituminous tielils • appeal in Gerijian for assistance In thai the heads of the three principal ' hnilding up churches and aiding ! following coa!   operators'   associations   In    that ; others to lead good lives.     It is the '¦ \\'arsiiw
the heads of the three principal operators' associations In that state placed the whole mailer before' the President for such action Us'hej L'.'ij   see lit to lake.
In a memornndmu which they made j public  with   the  text of the  letter to; President Wilson, the Illinois operators say that If nny substantial part of the rornial output Is not now mined  that i "the recent iirogram laid down for the j roalitig   of   the   northwest   carinot   bei ner,"     The o;ier(ilors describe the slt'- uiitlun which has develoiieil as a result of hihi.r troubles In  Illinois as one of "extreme  gravity," and  In  their letter to the President point out t-lie danger of  the   strikes  siireading   Into  ail   the states of the central  eoni]ietitive tlelil, nliich  would threaten  the. bituminous tnei supply of tbe entire nation as well us Canada.     The central  comiietltlve lleid   takes   In   the   stales   of   Illinois. Iidiaiia. Ohio,   .eirtucky, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Inclosed in the letier to the Presi¬ dent were copies of a number of cir¬ culars and a letter purpmling Io be from Illinois state and loial oilicers of the I'nited .Mine Uerkers uf .\nieriea, one of the ielters heing sigie-.l by llie ollicials of four lilitiuis locals and ad- ilressed to the head olliolals of the union In Illinois. Tills letier Is III the form of nn iiliimaliiiii ami gives to the offlcers of District 12 of tbe V. M. W, of A, and "auy one else concerned" until .ViiL'-iisi 1, next, to nieei the leriiia of till' then. Unless their demanils are met they stale they "will ha»e re.sori to utlier means to bring about the uc- conijillsliing of Iheir imrposes." The ulllmanini is without date.
great work ot all Catholics, he stat¬ ed, to make everything strong and good in the church, in their families and in iheir daily labors.
Boys dressed in khaki uniforms attended the exercises and a delega¬ tion of 3 5 members of the Knights of St. George was present from Beth lehem. It was a great day for the Xazareth Catholic Church and over 2000 people attended trom Easton. Bethlehem, .\lleutown and other Lehigh Valley towns. The music was of a high order.
The ladies of the Holy Family congregation prepared a luncheon for the visitors. It was served on t.rbles on the lawn in the rear of the church.
special governnieina!  deiiannients en¬ tertain even gluoiuier viev.s,     .\iithui-1. fatlve   opinions   obiaineil    n circles  describe  the  silnatie: contlneni   as'serious   as since   lOI I.     Certaai   lu-, governnienl-ileiiiirlnients l,a',e biei. dereil to give up their i>'iiiis for .\n^ holidays   and   fo   bold   Itemselves   in readiness fur most active service.
The  news thnt  P..land  had 'sent ar¬ mistice propusals    direct   to  Mnceo'v, the   rearranirenient Ibinet,  reiicbed  Lon.;.
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FOPiMKU   SOI.THKU   .VCCl SF.H
OF   Ki 1.1,1.VG  TWO  SISTER.S
POLISH No
SOCIALISTS    PATRIOTIC. Socialist
Allies of Bolshevists in Party of Poland. Warsaw. Polish Socialists, even ol a radii al siiim|i, and I'veii a part ol the Polish ("ommunlsts,. are reveallni; themselves In the I'ritlcal hour as Poles rather Ihiin Internatlomilisls or sym- Iiiitbi:'.er~ with llie licdslievlsf Invaders. .Any Iiii|ie uliicli I.enlne and Trutzky iiiiglit entertain of tlndlng an ally ot even ,i frieinlly iieiitral in the Pulisli Soiiiillst |iariy eviilenlly is In vain a» all put  welfare of Poland  llrst.
YALE   RAISES  TUITION   FEE,
Second Advance Increases Rate Fron- $160 to $300. N'cu- IbiMii. i'miiii Tiililun in lln undergraihiate d. iiarliiieuls of Yab I'niverslt.v \v'iil he increiiseil from $'.Mi to S:ioo with the aiilmiin leriii. It wa- nniiuiinied. The corporailon at a re cent meeting siinclloued lhe Increase and prevision Is made whereby y .stu deiil liiiw in colii'ge who may fee obliged to du su may ask thai the In crease be oinilied Inereitse Is due ti hitfher cusi uf inaiiilHlniiig unlverslt;.
-\fler a lengthy hearing before Alderman Bower Saturday after noon, at Allentown, Willie McGeev- er, boxer and overseas veteran, waa remanded to jail on Ihe charge of perpelratlng the douhle murder ot Mrs, Virginia Davis and Miss Arm¬ enia Ciorgodian. on the night of July 11,
Detectives Nixon and Bachman, who preferred the charges, sum¬ moned 21, witnesses. The mother of the sisters said sho had advised Mrs. Davis not to go with McGeever when he sent a messenger boy to tell her to meet him down the street that night.
An Important new witness was Thomas Hoffman, a neighbor, who said he heard one of the girls ex- qjaini, "Well, he's got a nerve," fol¬ lowed by tho fusillade which killed Ihe two. .Andrew Platzcr, another new witness, testified he and a girl saw Armenia in front ot her par¬ ents' home, a few minutes later heard some shots and then saw a man in dark clothes and straw hat pass them. Other witnesses testi¬ fied McGeever was so dressed, but that when arrested was coatless, with blood on his clothes. Several other witnesses said that after the slooling they saw a man answering the description of tho suspect.
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Letter List Following Is a list   of   letters   re¬ maining uncalled for   In   the   Naza¬ relh postoflice July 26.     When call¬ ing for these    please    ask for ihcso advertised.     Carrie   Lester,    Charles .Morrow, 2;  John Paulus, Mrs, Mary riesh.  Daniel Stbttler,  Cula  Uhler. CII.\S.  E,  KNECHT,  P   M. ^ 	
RntSaKenient   Announced
Mr. and Mrs. William Young, of Nazareth, announce the engagement of their daughter Beatrice, to Nor¬ man, son of Mr. and Mra, Jonas P. Arnold.
tbe Polish letratlon here has not r.- ^ celved the terms of the armlstle,. asked by the Polish government. The foreign olllce is in the same position, not having nny direct Infoniiatlun. In the face of coiillietlng reports frnm Germany the belief is grow ing ilmi the Spartneisfs of Prussia are riaily tu move immedialely if ilie Su--i.-: 'rnups advance siiirn;eiill.\'   far  jue. Puhind,
.¦\fler the armistice with Germany In 1018 large supplies of stev" a' ¦' mu¬ nitions were gathered In I' -¦ I' ss'a for dellviM-y to the .-Vlli,-. .Mu. li of these siiii|ilies. It Is believed, wns sent to the Iviisslnn frontier recently, un¬ doubtedly with the intention of prepnr- Ii>g for such a situation as hns arisen. The co-operation of the German mon- an'hlsts, with tbe-'Spartncisis welcom¬ ing the SovIet,s, is regarded as too strong a iirobublllly to he doubted.
According to one re|iort here the at¬ tack of the Polish 1 . ;¦ upon Russia was carefnll.\ ¦: <o as to allow Ibe Soviet go\eiii!:!i n a [.le- text to conquer Poland. .\r any rale It had the effect of consolidating Russhi.
Contldential reports here state thin 90 per cent of Geueriil I'^nikiiie's troops volimteere.i I'ur servie,. with th,. once hated Red ariiiy t"ur war airaiti-^! the worse haled "xassal state of I'u- land. This is the unly lime, ii is sahl, that the entire populalluii of Russia in united behind the Soviet guvei'tinient.
ii-iluli,—Whether it h'- ur   Governor   f dent Wilson a '¦¦ I.e  nation,   the  fur,r|i
..¦I  ..a. eh is cerlaiu to muk aii.e change at  the Wh)
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the naiioii. ha-' ¦iie for almost : i. 1 :i uefure Ihis nntion i i, Ij;:ii|...,-iii war the bitter passiuiis uf tl.ii [leriod causeil extra safeguards to be iilueed abuiit high oHiiiais ami public biilbliiigs, and Ihe declaraliuu uf war was a signal I'or all the large liiii|il4tii:s in Washiiigtun, including tli^ .;.all- lies at the senate aud hoe-i -., ¦,' <•!,,<!.,I ex.'eiit to those who !.::<l r>'- rum some responsllile per- ill gales at fhe While H- ¦ time   were   sliiil    in. xea' ',
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siriiciiuns as tu other jih; '     '   :i"y
have been removed, Th • . i the \\'!iite Iluiise now un i':'i.iiai,» ir- raniN. sinii as the presentntiun of ine- murials ur petitions, or t" n^k exe.-M- tive aid ur clemency in -. :.. ina!!.-, must enter nt Ihe small gate at tl >» west end of the gfoiinds jus; .i ;.'',v steiis trom the executive offlii-. nml are not admitted to the grounds proper.
Only cabinet oflicers, dlpkmiats or persons of especial Importanci- '" ¦ al¬ lowed to go In at the main e;, i-an. ¦¦, and even the White Ilunso correspond¬ ents may not walk abutit the lawns north of Ihe big Iiouse, where in other years the [iiibllc used to be admitted without iiuesil'on.
The reason for tliese n-trii iii.ns 's that ahinit the time tbe beat uf war had begun to cool and the other build¬ ings uere being opened 10 Ihe public President Wilson was taken ill. itni K was thuUL'lit advisable tu keeii the pub- lb  as far awny as iius-ible.
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DELAWARE NEGRO HANGED.
After Two Attempts at Lynching Pays Legal Penalty for Assault.
Wilmington, Del.—After an iiiiauc- cessful elTurt to commit sulcjile in his cell. Isaiah Fountain, oolured, was hanged in the Jail at Easton, .Md.
Fountali. was twice  vIit.iI un the
charge uf erlnilmilly assaiiltji,.- l;,.rtba
Simiisiin,  u»ivliite  girl,  fi
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Joined 111 the seari'b  fur
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Did  Ton  II<>iMiw  Tour Babaerfptloa
CREW   SAVES   BURNING   SHIP.
Wooden  Coal   Steamship  Makes   Hall- fax   Badly   Damaged.
llalifas,   \.   ,¦<.     Iluri.ii    m ,,,¦!,   i,v   .j,,. crew   ut   Ibe   wooden   slea' ,-,
neseiu, saved tbe ship fron ^^^
by tli'e In mldocean.    Tb,- planking m the  coal   bunker  had  burned   through
to within  an   Inch of
broimhi  into port.
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LATEST   EVENTS
AT  WASHINGTON
Help for Poland against the Russian Soviet forces was asked of the Unit¬ ed States by the Polish minister. Prince Casimir Lubomirski.
Al^orney Genera! Palmer announced his interrtion to tajie a hand in the coal situation. Mr, Palmer ,stated that he had called an informal con¬ ference of a number of coal men to meet in New York.
Exports from the United States during the year ended June 30 totaled $8,- 111,176,131, the largest amount on record for any corresponding period. The total was, io fact, $900,000,000 gre.iter,
Samuel Gompers, president of ths American Federation of Labor, in a statement criticizes the railway wags award. He declares . ie railroad men are "dis.ippointed and they have a right to be."
The United States steamship Frederick will carry the 78 naval athletes who will participate in the Olympic games in Antwerp, the navy department an¬ nounced.
Thomas J. Spellacy of Hartford, Conn, Is understood to have been selected as assistant secretary of the navy, succeeding Frank'in D, Roosevsi^ who retires August 9,
< O.MMIMIV   < H.\l r.\i yiA
Ol F.( KILS  KLKITKD
I uniniunity    Chau-
e benefit of the Harold
')8t,   American   Legion,
iu: d   an   association   coin-
.  ,:;o well-known citizens who
 _    ...derwriiteu the   project    for
the Legion and have organized with
''hese nf!i.^rr=;   President,  C. F,  Mar-
¦sidents,     Charles     W.
.1   Wood,    Dr.    W,     H.
\' I iriiit '     ¦'     Fraunfelder,   Dr.
Sem.   Be i'l'iya Shafer,  Roy
1   i^ienbiiv.....   i-y..   Fetherolf;    Secre-
F. .-v. Mareks; Treasurer. Chas.
i    :   Tirlcet  Committee,   Elwood
.  llcity Committee, Q. 8.
,      1   ank.B, Eh'rig;  Ground
' ^luaiine, Andrew G,  Kern, Henry
' Simons and   Frank     Hahn;     Junior
'   ¦••      ' '¦ .Marion     Hangen.
d your ticket (or
'.I inment?
ler the direc-
ngst with the
..-liibers of the lo-
seasou tickets are
aiu Ijv  'm   i.ocal Committee, at
o,    inrludinfe     war    tax.    Since
-.,!!  iic|,-(.is einitle the owner to a
:        '¦:   admission, they are
1:   ' -^' I'  ^.'   • ley  within the owner's
iminediat..-     family.      AduP     season
tickets  are  not  good  for  admission
tc  the   Junior    Chautauqua.     Single   '
admissions including war tax, areas
follows:
.\:!.rnoons   fexcept   .5th  day)    ..55e
I i.iidren   16 to 14)    25c
Lvenings  (& oth afternoon)   ...75e
Children   (6 to 14)    35c
.\dmission  to the play 75c
Ci.iidren  (6 to 14)    35c
^—¦ .
N.\/\I!K\KS   I.N'JIKKD
I.V ALTO CR.4SH
Tony Forraro, bottler, of Naza¬ retli. di-uve his Ford touring cur in¬ to thi- 1 ;"r uf the Central railroad bridge un Fourth Street, at Easton, Saturday morning and caused the car to turn over, spilling six occu¬ pants intu the street and causing all minor injuries. Ferraro was pinn¬ ed in the machine between the steer ing wheel and the .seat, but was the least injured of any in the car. Those with Ferraro at the time of the accident were Hugh Ganey and Jce Ganey, of -Ninth Street, West Easton, and Joe Santee, Grover Foltz, Oliver Ott. and Ernst B. Phil¬ lips, all ot Xazareth.
The terrific impact of the machine against the pier made a loud crash and caused a score ot people to rush to tlie scpn> The injured were ta¬ ken to tlio hus[iital in one of Goin- ririgi rs aNirali-. where their in.tur- ie& 'vei. J-.-^- ll .\U left after haT- ing  their ,:.<i-     dressed,     except
S. !i''-e. -vl s . ndition, while not s.Tious, '.varnnled his staying In 'he hospi-al for a diy or two.
¦^'I'ot M:i;ro\\'\
•:   . :.d
-Miss Leah Schertziuger,    of   Slat-
ngton     spent    last     week  with her
"'iss Claire Kocher.
Xewton    Fulmer    returned
,.  ...        a    Monday    after    spending
two weeks with her daughter,   Mrs.
.Shuman,   of  Tatamv,   who   had  been
quite ill,
.Miss Mary Ahrens and Miss Mary Crrienter, ot Reading, left for their home on Saturday after spending .,.,.,,...1 ...-.^eijs „.ith Mr. and Mrs. !.; . ¦ rnhard.
¦ li   Mrs.   Herman  Ernst  and
Amandus    Sandt    left
a ing for Wyoming,  by
li '      ' s;   ¦ li -• V, ral days with Mr.
Ill  .Mr-      I ;!!.¦>     Knist, son of Mr.
i'.i,.n  Ernst.
s   II   H. Fuls and fam-
:y -u, ,:i   .-ii;' ilay   with    Mrs,    Ful'a
:   -     '    .1'    Bethel.
¦>i;  -        - 1 a I     Schaen,   of  Wilkes-
l;..iri-. -:.. ni ,1  tew hours in town on
.^'.iiid, y (:,:!ing un friends.
A ¦:¦¦•:¦; : leasaut surjirise was ¦ '• : ¦: '¦ s. John Hildenbrandt :. .S., urii.iv t-ven'ing in honor other ef Robert Edelman at public sale -Mr, and Mrs. Robert Simons, of Filcks^ ill- : Mrs Sarah Hiidenbrand. Mi. .md .Mrs. Alfred Brotzman. Mrs. Edniaiul Wilson and son, Mrs. Van- ¦ 1 .: -Misses Beatrice Bittner, L. uia iiiitner. .Mr. and Mrs. John Fisher, and Messrs. Belgar. Ca.se and Decker, of Phillipsburg; Mrs. George Fisher, of Martin's Cfeek, ard Mr. and Mrs. Fred Woodruff, of '< wn. Refreshments were served. during which time the guests were entertained hy the Happy Five Or¬ chestra, of Phillipsburg. The guests left at a lale hour wUhinp Mrs. Hii¬ denbrand niany more happy bti^h- d.ivs.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Doyle, Mrs. Eils'ivorih Meixsei;, Miss Beulah r.iyle and Mrs. Emma Ehler. ot T.ita-iiy, motored to College Hill on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Lamhert, of b;aston, nnd Mrs, C. E, Sandt and grandchi'dren Kathryn and Charles Lehr, vi- d Mrs "Helen Sandi Lehr at the K.ist Stroudsburg Normal School on Sunday F-om therv? tt ey motored to Bushkill Falls ac¬ companied by Mrs   I.ehr
Mrs .\rthnr Taylor left on Fridav f. r Roselle Park, N, J,, to siiend a ve.-k with her cousin, Mrs, Margaret Fulton.
The "Spider Web" social held "tt 'he lawn of the school house Wed¬ nesday, July 21, was a grind suc- CTss hoth s iriallv and flnancl illv. The success .f 'lie "Web" is due to Mr. and Mis Fred Woodruff who worked failifully in helping to pnt !t up. The society expects to clear $100, The htauttful iiullt that was en exhibition at Bush & Bulls, Eas¬ ton. nnd E. J fnang-it &. Sons, Xaz- Mith. was iward'd fo Miss Kathryn T.'hr granddaughter'of Mrs. C. E. S.ndt Edwin Butz, one of f>ur most popular young men of town drew the n.nme out of a largo box where all the names had been plac¬ ed Miss Lehr Is very proud of her nullt. The cake walk was enjoyed hv both old and young and netted a n.ce sum. The Naif reth Band furn¬ ished the music and was enjoyed by the large crowd,
Natarsth Commanlty Chautaaqwi Ang. 8-11 *nelnslT«