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Nazareth Item
fttSTAL lAWS rvi/u/nr ttiat *ut^!urtptiar\» he paid proniptty A titue pencil mark in thii cinte means ytntr suhst rtptinn Is due, and we will thank -'ttu fow a prompt remittance.
AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER. D^^^TJ^ UTERATURE. LOcT^I, ANDJj^NERAlJNT^^
VOL. xxvm
NAZARETH. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12, 1918
NO. 2
[marines saved PARIS
Istriick Fear in Hearts of Crack German Troops.
stopped   Foe  and   Began   Attack   That Ended in Victory, Says Secre¬ tary in  Report.
WiisliliiKlofi- "'''"' wli'r.v "f "i"' I'liit- Id Stnt''f^ .MuriiH'S and  lliclr ilccds In wiir,  ns  Iold  l).v  Si'iTfUiry  of  the L'livv   Dniiicis   In   his   iiniiiml   report, (iriiis Ilif siiprt'nu' v\>\(' of ilit> HKhiinK, Biiiliiif: and ItuildiiiK force of the Unit- Id Stales navy, reliilinu, as il does, the Irliievenienls   hi   ihe   I'.ois   di-   Melloflu the liMltle "f Cliiiteail Thii'rry, when .ley saved Paris; al Ihe haltle for the Itieriillnn  of   Klielins,   Ihe  ('hHtni)aKne llnitrult'. in which Ihe crack troops of ¦ciniMiy  were  luirled back   In   the  vl- Inlty of Cainlirai and St. Qneiilln, and tlu' flKlil  for tlie <'loiirlng of the St. (lllili'l  salient.
Jxiiere  were  only   S.OOn   of   the   ma- Incs.   More than half of them aro In- ' jded  In   the  ca.siialty  lists,  and   yot I Liy 57 of them are on the list of tliose |ho wore  taken  prisoners,  Secretary lanlels points out.
I Tlif  rei>ort  declares 924,.578  Amerl- |tn troojis were transported overseas
rnlled States vessels and convoyed I / L'nited States warships witliout the j Joss of a single transport on  the east | fcound voyage.    Three American troop Lhlpi were sunk on the return voyage, he navy  lost   three  flghting  vessels, ' three other vessels that were tor- €(loed reached port and were repair- I and again put tn servde.
NAZARETH TOWN :;   [COUNCIL MEETING
A regiflar stated meeting of town council was held this 2nd day of De- cemlier. 1918, at 8:00 o'clock P M.. In the Council Room. There were present Messrs Lindenmoyer, Starner, Hartzell, WeHy, Kleppihger, Werk¬ heiser and Gano. Moaers 'V'elsley and Leniroid were absent. The I^ewident .Mr   tJano, presided.
Tho minuteis of the regular stated meotiiiK of .N'ov. 4th, 1918, were read and there being no objections, appro¬ ved.
On motion of Mr. Werkhei.ser, sec¬ onded liy .Mr Starner, the following bills were jiaid as read:
John \V.  .Snyder $   19.50
H.' K. Venter  .      10.OD \
C'larenoe Everett       90.00 i
Jeii.nio IJonstein    . .      90.00 I
II   I)    Kutz      -20.00 [
(•   I'. Fehnel. . '.  . ¦ • •      12.94 ;
y   J.  dregory         1.12
N;i/  Fdv. & Mach. Co  3.85 I
Fr.L:ik Huth. 257.40 I
i^iiii   I'ay Roll .' .'     107.50 :
r. C. Altemos  110
-Naz   Cement Co        18.7S
Ii. T. Vannatta '. '. .        2.8S
Wtvteni  U. T. Co    ...        1.02
ViiiiiiK    lirofi-         4.50
l!   \V.   .N'olf         4 80
KiLiciuir  Hosiery  Co         1.20
I''iMi.i. Ctillties Co 280.24
Stanley   V.   Lutz •      12.70
< (imniunicaiions from the U- S. I Fuel .Xdmiiiistration and the State jHiKliw.iy deparlr.ie:!' were read and jon iiioi.on ot Mr. Werkheiser, Second- led by .Mr. Lindenmoyer, same were |a'(i.,,;.d aud placed ou Iilo.
* I'umuiiication from the .N'orth- laniiJiuii Traction Co., in regard to Idiiiiiiiint,' headlights on Uelvidere St , ]w;is lead aud on motion ot Mr. Hart- |ze!:. -couded by .Mr. WeHy, laid on I'.l.i   >.ii)le.
Itejiort of Committees. I Kliwuy:—.Mr.   Liudtsnnioyer,   re- |Purua  progre&s.
I'ayuiuui: -.Mr. Hartzell reported iPrugrtss.
I'olice:.—'Mr. Leopold being absent, |no report was  made.
Fi:,unce:-—Mr. S'aruer reported |evirj i:,;i,g i„ liyg sliape.
LiKut;—Mr. Welty, no report. *¦'"¦:—Mr. Kleppinger reiiorte.i pri'Biess. As it was felt that proper ire should be taken ot the old cbum- Ital engihe aud same uot to be allow- >il 'u rouiain iu the old municipal Sui.c; :,g It ^^^g m, motion of .Mr Uai Jjiell, .scLOMded by .Mr. Welty, moved pnul Iho Fire Committee lake up the yut^t.uii of Iiaving same placed iu "e .Municipal Huilding with the Chiei pi Uiu I'lra Uopartmeu' and arrange Jo nave il done u*. oace. pi oviiled thero
• ¦: room lor it. -^   i!iu linauces of the Borough do
pot »\arrant it, it was decided not lo  iiKa;;^ any one at this  tmie to look ||i>i the uew motor truck durin;; the i M>, and the Kire Committeo wa.s re- j lutsi. I to advise .Mr.    .Suydur    thai ' l'-lll'wiiau Kverett was to run and op
''¦  .-ame  aud   in   tbis   manner   re P>-'^e him ot some ot the duties thai
¦*as uecesaary ior him to do every
•iw:—Mr.   Yeisley   being   absent, I" leiKirl Was made.
I'lii'iic I'ropeity:-—.Mr. Werkheiser piuned progress.
Ab thiiu wH.s uo unliuished or new Ji'^inuss lo bo di.scussed, the meeting J'ljouriiea at U:30 P. .M.
CLAHK.NCt: K. KEII.N'KL. Socretary.
KlIlTMKLl) LODGE
ELECTS Ol'FlCERS
' ili li^ld Lodge, No. 622, Free and '" Med .Ma>oiis, ot .Na/.areth, elect- K' 'lie foUuwing olllcers at their peetiiig oii^—.Monday evening: *U''bhipfui /fasier, Charlea W. K. loafer; Senior ^Warden, James A. ri't'li; Junior wVden, Oliver T pauss; Secretary, Krank liuth; ([''"""•'er. Owtja—He.s8; Trustees, ¦iinord Newhan. Harry L. Worman T'''   Albert   ()   Sturgis.     Uepro^^euta-
• '' to  tJraua   Lodge,   Uichard   Lau-
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CARTER GLASS TREASURY HEAD
Virginia   Representative,   Noted
as   Finance   Authority,   to
Succeed Mr. McAdoo.
NAMED     BY     RADIO     ROUTE.
Accepts  in   Belief  It  Is Own  Sacrifice, Statement by Present Secretary Pre¬ dicts  Brilliant  Future and  Good Wiil   of    Business   World.
Wasliinglon.—Kepreseniative Cart¬ er (ilass of Virginia, chairman of llie House Committee on ISanking and Cur¬ rency, was uonilinited as secretary of IIk' Ireusury, to sui'ceed .Secretary .Mi;- Adoo, resigned.
Presideni Wil.son signed Ihe nouil- nalioii before leaving for I'aris, and ll wns held up pending acceplaiice liy .\Ir. (iliiss.
Mr. (iliiss declined lo make any coiii- liieiit upon llis scdeclion. Meanwiiile he is closin;; uji his connection wilh Ihe bouse and making some Iiusiness iidjiistnienls preparatory to joining the I'resldent's culiinet. It Is known that he agreed lo hecoine secreiary of Ihe treasury only afler prolonged I'on ferences with President Wil.son and .Secretary McAdoo, and that he feels he Is inuking a saerlHce In accepting Ihe treasury portfolio.
House colleagues of .Mr. (Jlass, without regard lo i)arly aHlliatlou, showered him with congrntulalioris when the news of bis nomltintion lie came known. When he answered to his name on a roti call, he was given an ovation, Ihe entire house rising and applauding for several minutes.
Representative Glass has been prominently Identified with much of the financial legislation connected with the duties of secretary of the treas¬ ury. As chairman of the Banking and Currency Committee he piloted through the house the federal reserve act, ere- ntlng the Federal Ileserve Hoard and marking a revolutionary change In na¬ tional banking methods.
He was the central figure in a Dem¬ ocratic party flght, which aro.se In the caucus over a pnrty ln<lorseruent of the measure. It was vigorously op¬ posed In the new caucus by former Kepreseniative Kohert Henry of Tex¬ as, who, as the Instigator of the so called "money trust " investigation In 1912, attacked the (trovisions of the proposed law as heing In the Interest of the "money trust."
Representative «ilass Ims been prom¬ inent as a <lefender of the admlnisi ra¬ tion In various partisan assaults. A notable Instance was his defense of Newlon O. I'.aUer, secreiary of war, when the latter was ass;iiled by Ue- luihllcans for alleged Incompetence in Ihe earlier stages of Ihe preparednesn for war after hostilities against (ier- nuiiiy had been begun. Mr. (Ilass made an exhaustive review of the achieve- lueiits of the war depariment and Sec¬ retary I'.aker.
Imporlant ainendnients to the law authorizing the lloiatlon of Liberty loans were sponsored by Mr. Class and accepted by Kepresentative Kilchln of North Carolina, chairman of Ihe Ways and Means C'ommlttee. These amendments related lo the use of com¬ mercial paper of the War Finance Corponillon as (he basis for redl.s- countlng In the banks of the federal reserve system.
Secretary Mc.Vdoo predicted that his successor will make a  lirilllant  record.
"The acceptance by Mr. (Jlass of the secretaryship of (he treasury will, I am sure, give great satisfaction to the entire country," said Secretary .Mc¬ Adoo. "The tremendously Important part he had In the formation and pas¬ sage of the feder.il reserve act, his familiarity witb banUing and economic problems, growing out of his long serv¬ ice In Congress and for the last six years as clialrman of the Committee on P.anking and Currency, have earn¬ ed f<ir him Ihe conlldence of the flmin- clal and business interests of the coun¬ try, as well as of all cla.s.ses of the people."
WILL WE HONOR OUR GRAVE
BOYS WHEN THEY RETURN?
Meeting Held Last Week to Begin Agitation for the Erection
of a Memorial   List of Names of All Our Boys in
Service— Minutes of the Meeting
SyOGESTIONS m MAY HAVE TO OFFER WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED
A Mass Meeting of the Citizens ot .Nazareth was called last Thursda.^ December 5, in the Auditorium of the Y. .M. C. A. to arrange for a lilting w(dcome and a memorial lor the re¬ turning .soldiers of .Nazareth and vici¬ nity.
The y. M. C. A. orc'nestra under the direction of E Schneebeli render¬ ed several appropriate selections.
Tho above iiiuslration is a siigges- ion which many ol' our citizens gnat- ly approve of to be erected as a mem¬ orial in honor ot the boys of .Nazareth and vicinity who have so faithlullj given their services to the colors in this groat world  war.
This illustration is merely a rough sketch of a pro|)osed memorial aud as it is iiuile a ;)roposition to decide just what can and should be done fui Ihose brave boys is very difficult to determine. However, the numerous ciLizeua and patrons of the "item' who have called at our ottice and have expressed Itieir ideaa aloug these lines, would very much appreciate ol the variouii committees which will be ater selooted, to act and work along theee same idoals
The gathering wns not near up to expectations when you consider the number of boys who have gone from our midst. Another meeling will be called at a laieir date and we earnest¬ ly ho<pe that every citizen of the borough ajid its Burroundings will be preaeoit «knd take au interest in the meetings.
Tbe Committee has arrnaged a lisi of all the boys who have taken i-n ac¬ tive part in this great (xxndict—tho world war. If there should bo any name omitted from the iiiit you wili kindly baJid the name oi that person wbo«e name dooa not appear on the lLi^l to our looal po^tmaacer, Charle«i Knecht or at the  "Item ' otiice.
Joseph brobston, who haa been elected chairman and who wili act in thie capacity iu behalf of the citizens of Nazareth aud vicinity would appre¬ ciate any suggestions by any oue aad will be pleased to have a suggestion Irom all our citizens whether they have a son, brother, husband or 1 oweelliearl in service ov not.
List   u(  Those   In   Servii-e
.\icliibii.iU .Vbul, .Noriiiiin .VrniniJ, .Miles }.^llar^¦.^^l, l..ii.'Ul. vjeoitju .Vbcl, CUailes JAllio, i'aul .Vllea, Truiuaii Buss, Willis !i;usa, Mewart LSuas, i.ussel Buss, Jacuu I liiisji, I'reUeiick r. orjjer, i^rouks Bon- iriieiii, 1'loyU tiutz, (Jlayiun .v. Ucicaw, j i-'lark BocrBllcr, Ijicut. Joseph B. BrocK- iiiaii, t' reU -V. BuLier, Jacub W. Beck, I'.iul Biuiiier, Arthur Baker, Liout. »€ui I l.t'ct-i, i-alward J. Uaaaler, W'llliaui \S . it^'misli,   l.,utlier   U.   Clewell,   Alex   Cam-
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55,053,466,000 REVENUE BILL
Finance Committee Sends Multi-
lated and Belated House
Measure to Senate.
SPEEDY    ACTION    IS    ASKED.
Imposts  Cut  More  Than   Two  Billions.
Estimates   Show   That   Two-thirds
of Tax  Yield  Will  Come  From
Incomes and tl><i,ess Profits.
Wasliinglon.—The revenue hill, 8<>ven munlhs In prt'paration thus far, was llnaily reporieil to the senate by the Flnnnce Comndttee.
As revised hy the senate committee to meet fieticetime conditions the iih'Iis- ure is desiKiied to niise .$,"i,!Ci.'{,4(i(i.'XM), as aKulns' .$s,i;(mi,ihh».(kki, which would have been yielded by the liduse draft passed Septenilier 'JO.
Following are <'Stlniates of senate eommltlee experts of comparative yii Ids from Ihe revised bill and the original   house  draft :
Senate   Bill      House  Bill
Incomes     »"J.-07,nrin.(ifpO  |2.376.18fi.n'i0
War excess p'flt.^ 2.4fi'i.n'i'i (luii 3,2nO.OOn 000 Est. or irihrtaiice V.i.ti'»i.*«i'i llO.ono OOO Transp   & ins.. .      229.Ono,'.(.'j        192 5.50,000
Beverages          45<i.00ii OdO     1.1.37 600.000
Tobacco           240.600.000        341.204.000
Adms and dues 54 000.Ooo 109.0<)0.»»0 Excise taxes... 123.000.000 616 3e5,»«« Special     taxea..        73.868.uoo        Ui OM.noo
Stamp taxeti         31.000,000
Miscellaneous... 	
Floor   taxes   ...        70,000.000 Inc.lnvth
32.»0«.»«0 2.<3g.*M
Proposed Memorial for Our Boys in Service
panolo, Italph Correll, Jamea Correll, (ieortfe C. Clewell, Clyde Colver, Joseph Colver, John U<JVaKe, Uussel M. Urach, Ui*car Uonickle, l>avid K. Dornblaser, John H. Deichman, Ueuben Uavtilson, .\orniari Davidson, Tito Daddario, >v Il¬ liam Ducey, J. Stewart Ever, Sergt. iJeoffe'e B. Ehrig, IMwin Eberts, Kloyd l';ijert.s, Ulysi.-f lOiLlinan, David Ern.ft. William E. Frey, Clayton Eogel, Ezra Frantz, William Frack, L,ee K. Fritz, Clark S. Foils, I'aul F. Frack, Grover Folta, Davi.i Fortuin. Kichard il. F. I'riea, Ualph Fleisclmian, Charles I'lel- Kc.'uiian, Michael l-crraro, Clyde Friend, l''rank Ferraro, Tony Ferraro, James . etherolf, .Mbert J. rrey, Herbert I'raik, Uaymond I.. Fisher, Ho\\ard .^. Fehnel, Charles Flick, i^ewis tlum, Dar¬ cy Ueorge, Floyd F. Oold, Ellis E. Gold, Frank (Irande, I'aul Hes.s, I'aul Heck¬ man, Slfi'lien Harmon, Wllljur Harvi, Fre.leri.li .M. Il,i«eriy, .Milton .\. Horf- iiian. Earl W, Heine,'.-, Harold Harmony, lional'l lli-rkmin, Fred Heckman. Wil¬ liam Hecker, George llaiiegle, Eugene Harriegle, Jacob J. Heck-man, Clayton Hauiit,   Clarence   W.   Halteman,   Edwin
11.   Jone.s,     Frank   D.   Jones,     Uaymonu
Jones,    Daniel   Jones.   Clarenc«   Itterly,
KdHin   Keiser,   Clayton   K.al.ser,   Cliarles
Kleintop,   I.ewls     King,     Clark     King,
£¦ rank   King,   l.ieut.   Walter  E.   Kimber.
Carl Kramer,  W illiam H. .Smith, Uoy D
KiH-ilit,   Charles   U.    K..epi>iiiger,   Asher
H.  Kreidler, .Maynard C.  Kachline,  U 1.-
liam   Ivramer,   Edw.ir.i   Kern,   Haro:d   \'.
II.   Knecht,   Uoy   S.   Kostenbader,   Fioyil
Ivneilit,     W illi.s   C.   Kaliler,     GetSrge   .~.
j i\.reidler,     Edgar   .\.     Kern,     Klmer   .^.
i.oehler,   George   I.,    Kratzer,   Joseph   B
I ivessler, Howard   Kunkle, Earl  Koehler.
:   riioinas   b'.   Ee!i,  Harry   B.   Laub^cn.   .VI-
I 1 red   U.   l.iiidenmoyer,   l^duard   J.   i-.au-
baih. Floyd l.ahr. Edward Uaud^g, Li-ul
Jaii.es .^.  .\iuiiger, Conrad C. .\lilier,  Eu-
^•Ai-iiv -Mirk,  William .\. .MiUieiin,   Wilbur
i i ,   .>ie.s.siHger,   L>»ear     Alei.vsell,     Otto  S
; .\U-V/. C'li'irles ' . .Mllheim, Herb.ri. Ma.'--
I tin,   W.  L,.  ililclLSack,  Steplien  -Mindo. k,
' .\uiiele .\lieie, Jolm -Miiidoik, Frank .Mi-
, ehail, .steplien  ..layro^n.  .vbraliam -Miil-
lieim,   Ed«in   .Minnich,   Oscar   .MauK') ¦!.
Uayiuuiid   d.   .'sagie,      Wiilia     H.     .Noll
John  .\agle,  Harry  .\agle, Uaymond   u
Continued  on   Page   Four
Total est   r«v. .|6.DB3.46«,000  $S.112.4}2.*M
Direct taxes fell heavily on corxj«ra- tions an<l on persons having large In¬ comes and lightly on the treat major¬ ity of persons earning less than $,^,000 • year. It was shown by the annual re¬ port of Daniel (i. Koper, Internal reve¬ nue commissioner, for the year ending June 30.
Corporation excess profits taxes •t rZ,04,~\:i(K)0 came from 117,000 con- '•enis, while 218,000 corporations were asses.sed income tuxes of $48,175,00©. .Assessments by clasws were as fel¬ low : Insurance companies' income taxes, 2,100 returns, $.'!,07'.,i.000: rail¬ road companies' income taxes, 4,006 returns, $29,878,000; individuals sob- Jeot to excess profits fax. 31,000 re¬ turns, $S.S,7;U.IKK); parltiershlp excess prollts tax, ,'n,.''i<iO returns. .».'!.12.''p,()(HI; munition manufacturers. ¦J.;JI8 returns, $0,418,000. Actual c-ollectlon fliiures dilTiied sli;;htly fnun  the assessments.
WILL REFIT WOUNDED
Chief   Executive's   Letter   Made Public by Dr. Prosser.
President     Wilson     Gives     Assurance
Tbat   Men   Disabled   in   Battles for
the Nation Will Be Cared For.
\Va.slilnKton. — That the American nation has no more solemn ol)ll>:atlon than the restoring of her disabled fltrbters to civil life and opix)rtunlty Is the affirmation of IT'Slflent Wilson In a letter ail<lre.ssed to Dr. C A. ITos.ser. director of the Federal Board for Vocational Kducation Further, states the Pre.sldent. tho co-operation and interest of the people In Ihls coun¬ try Is ahs*>lutel> essential to the pro¬ gram of duty. Justice and huninnliy, whWh has been adopted to assist our disabled warriors lo go "ever the top" Into civil life analn.
Dr. I'roRser made public the con¬ tents of the rresideiil's letter, which was written Just before the latter s departure tor Europe to attend the peuce conference. Tbe letter Is as follows :
"My Dear Dr. Protwer—This nation has no more solemn obllKUtliiii than healing the hurts of our wounded and restoring our dlsable<l men to civil life and opiMirtunlty. The government rec¬ ognizes this, and the fulHliment of the •bllgatloB Is going forward fully and generously. The medical divisions of the war and navy departntents are rendering ail aid that skill and sclenc* make f>o8.slble. The Fe.leral Board for Vo'-atletial Eklucatbui ts cAasmauded by law t* devel«p aa4 adapt the re¬ maining capabilities cf each man so that he may again take his place la the ranks of our great dvtllaa army.
"The ce-eperaflon and iBterest of oor cltisens Is essential ts tkls pro¬ gram of duty. Justice and huaiaakCy. It ts not charity. It la merely tke p*/- ment of a draft ef boaor wklck tk« United States of Aaterlca aec«pt«<l when it selected th««e mea a»4 t«ek thesi In their health and strenftk to Ight tbe battles of tbe nation. They have feugbt the goo<l flgbt ; they have kept the faith, and they have won. New we keep faith with tben. aad ev¬ ery citizen Is Indorser on the general obligation. ('ordially and sincerely vours. WOODROW    WIl,SO.N."
FAIR COMPANY
NOMIN.ATES OFFICKKS
IH
m
WORLD'S NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM
.n.\/..\ki;tii .m.v.n kuxku
twin bkothkk wol'.nueu
The  home of  .Mr.  aud  .Mrs.   Frank W'illi'ums .\a/.areth,  felt     the     heavy baud   of   war   wheu,   telegrams  came frum the U. S. War Department, say¬ ing  tbe  thu son, John  Williams,  had heeu killed in aciion on November 4, j and   that   another  son,   George   VV'il- i iiams,   twin     brother  of  John,     had j been  wounded in his right arm, and gassed.     Tho   message     added     that , George  was  lu  Base  Hospital,  No.   1 : \ioa,    France.     Tho    brothers    were about  111  years of age. '      It   is  understood   that' George   lost 'an  arm
I      The parents are natives of Austria- Hungary,  and   hesides  the  two  boys that  wont to  war,  have  uiue  daugh- ' ters.     The  twin   brothers  were   born I in    Nazareth      Uoth    were   employed jut   Kraemer's   hosiery   miil   for  seve¬ ral  years, aud  were     fine     workers. Hutli   boys  laler  went  to   I'aasaic   .\. J ,   where they secured  lucrative po¬ sitions.     Johu   was  drafted  and  sent to t;amp Meade, in May last.   In July ho   was  sent   to   France.     He   was  a , lirivate   in  a  machine  gun   battalion. : George enlisted at AUentown on .May 1.   1917,  and  went  overseas  iu  Nov¬ ember,  iyi7.     He received his train¬ ing  at  t'olumbus,  ().,  and   Fort   Ogle- thrope, Ga.
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OBITI'.VIIY.
CHICAGO. — Ten thousand employ¬ ees of the .Marshull Field Conipany of
this city will I eive a bonus totalling
$1,,MM).IKK).
PHILADELPHIA.— American ship, yards constructed 1(»'_' ocean going ves¬ sels and fk! sniiiller erafi In .N'ovember.
PITTSBURGH. — Two armed men held U|i the I'iist .National I'.iiiik of ISrhlgevlile, near this city, and escaped with I -e than .'?l!t.iKKl.
MEXICO CITY.—According to the El t iil\ei>;iil. the l'nited Slaiis Is |)re- pariiig to ship 2ii.(KKUKK) pounds of sug¬ ar and ,'')lt,0OO,(KKi pounds of llour to .M.'Xh-o.
WASHINGTON.—Pooling of all tel¬ ephone aud lelii'i.'riiph lines for inter- cbiinKealiie use till the governmnnt ceases control of wires an<l niiikin^' the l'nited .*<tales n world cable center fot the development of its commerce and ineri'luint maritie iii,- reivMiiinendeil by Tlu'odore N. Villi to I'oHtiiiiistiT t ien¬ eral lliirlesoii.
NEW YORK.-^The peace basis out¬ look for IndiiMries in tbe luetrnpolltan district Is Hplenilld, a survey by the Merchant-i'  Assoeintlon  reveiils
LONDON.—The British government gneM to t.'ie iirlmiple of an eight hour day for railway workera.
Miss Elsie E. Clewell.
Miss Klsie Kliz«l)etb t'lewell died on Saturday night, at the home of lier father, Jamos F Cleweil, West Centre Street, .Nazareth, of pneumo¬ nia, aged ;IC years. She was ill only live days. Besides her father she is surviveil by the following brothers and sisters: Harry, Floyd and 1,11a, it honi'; Kaet of T.itamy; .Mrs Uobert llaliu, of Bath, Mrs. William Heil. of West Kaston; and .Mfs. Arthur Nolf, of .N'azareth. Funeral was held or. 'I'liesiluy afternoon from her late home ;with interment in the Schoe¬ neck   .Moravian cemetery.
.Mrs.  I.illlo M.  Berlin. .Mr-;. Lillie M. Herlin. widow of tho late   Ur.  J.   O.   Berlin,   of   Bath,  died on Woduesday at the home of her uu-
|cle, Henry F. Steckel, .Mount JetTer- Bon,  Kaston, after a lingering illuesa
iof a <omplica>ion ot ailuieuts. in the G3rd year of her age Deceased ha.s resided at the honu of her uncle In that city for a year. Mrs. Berlin was a daughter of Isaac B. In- sley, of Bath. Sho was a member ot St. John's Lutheran Church of Bath for many yoari*. She is survived bv oi'c son, Ch.irles I. Berlin of Bath. Indertakers J. llariholouiew & Son brought the body to Bath to the hom^ of her son,  where    fuueral     services
were held Sunday afternoon coiulu.t- ed   by   Kev.   Dr-   Ochsentordd.      Inle: ment in Bath.
>lrs. Kleauor S. .NuKle.
I Kleanor S., widow ol Oliver Nagle, died Saturday evening of complica¬ tions incident lo old age, at tho resi-
, aeuce   of   her   daughter,   .Mrs.   James
¦Vutes, Bethlehem, aged 7 yeara 11 mouths aud  '.L-l days.
.Mrs. .N'agle had beeu a resident of Bethlehem for many years. She wa.-> boru ill Forks Township, a daughter of Elijah and Susauna Fogel Werk¬ heiser. Three daughlers and two sous survive: Mrs. James Yate and .Mrs.  John   Wain,     Bethlehem:      -Mrs
j Daniel Deily, Uittersviile: Daniel .Na¬ gle, Hanover Township, and Oliver .Nagle, Bethlehem. One sister, .Mrs. Johu I'ittinger, Easton, and twenty- threo   grandchildren   and   ten   great-
, graudcliildreu also survive.
Ueorife  Dunner.
Georgo Danner, father of Mrs. Kmuui .Martens, Bath, who has been staying at her home for a short time died suddenly Thursday evening. His age was 7 6 years, .\fter supper he appeared to have fallen asleep. Mrs. .Martens put a pillow back of his heail and wentahout her work. La¬ ter to discover that her father was ileail. ell IS survived by these sons aud daughters:      Harry and Simon of
I Danielsville, Thomas _of Freemans¬ burg,  .Mrs.  Miflin  Uhy"mer, of  Beers-
iViUe; .Mrs. Milton Hoch, of Strouds¬ hurg. Mrs A. F. l-'aizinger and .Mrs. Kmma   .Martens  of   Balh.
Funoral was held Monday after¬ noon at the home of .Mrs. .Martens. Uev. Dr. ()<hstniord officiated.
Mrs.  Frank Seyfried.
.Mrs. Lizzie '1'. Se>iried. aged 34 years, wife of Frank Se> fr;ed, of .\a/. areth, died at 7:;1U o'clock Saturda,'. evening of pui.'umonla. In addition lo her husband sho is 8urvir«<l by her father,   James   T.   Lichlenwalner,   of
Schoenersvllle, a brother. ITosloti Luhteu Wiliner. of Lower Saucon Tortnship, and a sister .Mrs. Hay Wal¬ ker, of Scbocuer>ville. She was a member of the Schoeuersviiie Luther au Church. The fuueral waa held on Wednesday afternoon witb a short servico at fho home, followed by a service at the church of which she was a luember aud burial took  place
n the adjomiug cemetery.
Mi.sM  lluchael Jennings.
Misa Uachiei .M. Jeuningv M years old. daughter of .Mr. aud .Mis. .Mat¬ thias Jennings, of I'almer Township, died ou Suuday evening at the Kill- ersvilie hospital, where she was a patient for several years. The fu¬ ueral will be held fiom her home this Thursday afternoon and bur.al will take place In  Forks cemetery.
i'.\.«.i<>u Din'>.
IU in .v\M\ i;k.>,.vk\
*'l lie titili auuiver.sary of the l:ev. .\1. .M Dry, as pastor of Si. Johns Lutheran congregation, of Xaaaretu, was httingly aud ai«propriately obser¬ ved ou Suuiiay, both morning and e.euing. r In the morning the pastor preached the historical siermon, using as bis theme The i^ords Work a Keprtseutative Work.' In the even¬ ing the Uev. C. F. Dry, of .MilHinsvilie. lather of the present pasutr, occupied the pulpit. iie delivered a most e.\- cellent and inspiriug sermon on the theme, ¦¦ Holding J».)rth the Word of Life."
During his pre-ent pastorate, covci ing a period of live years, the congie gallon  has  increased   itij momhersliip at  the  rate  of   ,j 7   jht   yoar over aud aoove aii iosaos.     'ibe     debt of     the ' oiigregaiion has beeu redAiced in tbe same period at the rate ot »J,-'OU per year, or a total  tor the entire per.o.l of 4 4 per com.     The average amouui raised per > oar  for ali  purposes  wa- *0,0U, or a tolal of  30,UU0.      The be¬ ne voleiues ol   the  congregation   have shown   a  steady   increase.     The   cur¬ rent e.\pen60s have sleaililv iucrease.l oa the work e.vpauded aud developed >h,;e ihe low..* nave l^ a coneapon i- ingi.v  siuail.     Out of a total of su fu uorals at   which   the pastor otliciaied ouiy 3a wore mombers of the church
During  this  period  the  duple.x en¬ velope system of bnaiice was introdu¬ ced.      Ihis  s>stem   has   worked   w, 'Iers for the cou^regaiiou aud ena!. her to met all her     tinancial Ions promptly  and  in  a bu.-^i way.     A   new   bell   was  placed    .; stately lower ot the church at an < \ liense of apiiro.ximatelv  |l,t;oO      'i    .
• lioir was vcste<i at an outiav of abc i
* ."U.     ills  iir«i  eharge  was iu  Ar¬ ies,  Columbia county,  I'a      On   N> , ember 3u, iyi3, against the wi  t • the panshonei-B,  he res:gued
l=h lu Cuiuuibiu couulN   aud .i a call to St   John's Lutheran gallon,  which congregation served since that time with i liimself and   satisfaction   to plo.
SOI.Dlru   NOT  l)K.\i»
i\S  KKI'OIMKD.
Howard   Borger,   of   .Vazareth   thi.^
week   received  a  letter  from  his sou
Fred   Borger,   who   is  in   France.     It
ad been rei>orted that the youus niai.
had died from a wound on September
-S.     The fact that the young man is
till alive is good    news    and    their
' nany friends will    rejoice    with the
lorger family.
"LETTERS-FROM-HOME"' WEEK
War    Department   Commission    Wants
Soldiers'   Kin  to   Help   Maintain
Morale   ot   Army.
New Vork.—'liw week of December 15 has been designated by the war department Commission on Training Camp Activities a.-, a time for special letters to be written by mothers, fa¬ thers, sisters, wise.- and sweetbeurts of the men now overseas. The week has been called ¦ Letters-From-Home" Week, and ihe purpose Is to apply the "home touch " to a broad-gauged mili¬ tary pro;.'ram for nuiinlalning the morale of the men who tind themselves Idle after weeks of strenuous flghting. The war departnient hopes, through these letters, to ke«'p the men con¬ tented, "straight," and ainbltloua to l.vc up to the high ideals of American inanlKMxi.
A model letter such nn the govern¬ ment wants the mothers and fa¬ thers e.speclally to write hus t>een pre¬ pared by the wur department. This, With letters from Secretary^ of War Baker and Uaynioiid B. Fosdlck, chair¬ man of the commission. Indorsing ibe plan, has beeu uiailed to newspaiwrs throughout the .-oantry The letter particularly asks ilmt the men over¬ seas direct their nttention to whole¬ some recreation ami activities. Instead of to the unwholesome Influences tlmt might result from the enforce<J period of Idleness wheiexer large botllea of tnxip.": ure awaitii.^ ..nlers to reium borne
PITH
O F
¦            
THE
VICTORY     NEWS
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Senate Finance Committee chairman reports new revenue changes as peace comes.
Senator Hardwick introduced a resolu¬ tion for the repeal of food and fuel control acts, telegraph, telephone and radio system ,ict8. the espionage and passport restrictions.
"It I- not doubted that the United State* will accept its proper share In the responsibihty for post peace pro. tection ot the world from rash acts leading to devastation," said Arthur James Balfou.-. British foreign min¬ ister, in a tTik with American news¬ paper correspondents.
'n view ot the tact that Pr.-5ident Wil. son will head the American peace delegation fir. Clemenceau probably will git as the chief of the French delegates Mar«h.nl Foch and C,ip- taln Andre Tardieu are mentioned a* possible colleagues.
There are strong Indications In Berlin that Ebert and Ha.i»e tactions are near the breaking pomt Much seems to depend on the attitude of the Berlin soldiers who return home this week.
Surrender ot 2 000 German airplanes under the terms of the armistice ti n«»riy completed.
The Northampton County Agricul¬ tural Society at itn annual nominat¬ ing meeting at the fair grounds on .Saturday, made but onechange inthe personnel of the vice-presidents, of the organization Harir Werner, of I'pper .N'azareth, was named to suc¬ ceed Herbert Bell. Tiie election will be held the hist Saturi.ay m January. The nomnalions were as follows:
Freeideut, William K. Shimer; sec¬ retary, John H. Ueinbejiuer ; ireasurr • r  L.  1*.   Kostenbader.
\1ice-Presideuts. -Bushk.ill, Frank Khret; Bethlehem, Simon Herman; Kast Allen, George J. Kuntz. Forks Lewis Werkheiser; Lehigh, \V .M. Benninger; Lower .Mt. Belhei, S;im- uel   Hutchison;   Lower  Sauclu, ,
ion Stephens; .Moore. 11. M. Kle. lalmer,   Thomas   .VI.   Kunkel;    . : • .d,   Oliver   T    I'hler;    I'pper reth.   Harry   Warner;    Upper   .^ Bethel,    W.    Scott   Hazen.    Wil Forrest W.  Kolb    Wilson,  K   C fer; Easton, Dr. Will.am Mo<-k ; L lehem,  Samuel T.  Brown;   Bath,   .Mii- ton  A.   Dech;     Freemansburg.     S    D Uitter;   Hellertown,     P.   H       R .Vazareth. Jamee J   Rohn;   Pen .\ Henry   Male;   South   Bethlehem.   WU lis  Hoch;   Stockertown.   William  Ger¬ ber;   Tatamy,  G.   F,   Me-;singer:   Wal¬ nutport.   Erwin   Bittner.    Wind   Gap Dr   J. C   Keller
E.\ cutive Committee—P. S. Trum¬ bower.   .Nazareth.   L.   P.   Werkheiser Stockertown;   W.   H.   Hall.   Aluta:   A G     Connolly.      Nazareth:      SvU Garr.  Forks;  A. L. Shimer. Na/.-i Alvin Santee.  Martin's Creek ;  U..i..Tt A   Lauharh. .Naaireth; Jeremiah Ehr¬ et.  Bushkill:     Oliver     D      Sfenmetz. Nazareth;   E.  C    Drach.   Nazareth
Ml SU   \i. IN   1,1 THKH.w CHI KCH
lh'>  musical     held     In St.     John's
>:an   Church   on   Tuesday  evet>
A decidel  sueioss  hoth   from
--   trdpoint of interest and  alend-
»»««-.     I'ritchard's       orchoatra       dis-
•ours»d music of a v. r\   ti ;• >, rharac-
to   the  entire   ¦- ,   of   ^ii
¦"¦'¦¦'*.^    ''"'   ^   "'"¦ ¦¦Lnization
'- and it fully
_^ -        .    . ..liii  alxjut  it.
It   ..-.   made   up   ot   p^o],le   who   love
Ox^.r art  .nnd  who enjoy  each  others
'T   Mr    Pritcliard
'   tn   ma Int;. i- , I,if
¦"¦1     'War       s. the   entire   and    ¦ !    ¦¦! all of the terrific hi-    , ¦      ' ' '   '¦'¦' '''^   *«  have   just   pa  -,  i ¦r our hoys made
¦'      1"     orcl,
¦¦    >i^er-,   o:    l';a K'es, of Pen Argyl ,.
'   town.     All   ;i, a very pleasing
 '  a  Wonderful  ru:
Mrs    Leon  Coleman  . tertained the audlen 1.  by a number of r^ ;¦'    "«;'^l!«'«t   reader   ami   w...   ,„.e  of lue entertainers at Camp LafaveUe
on» and ce.
I    en-
'Stewart   Christman    of  near   Wind ap. conductor on     the    siate     Beit Trolley   Un..   pureha.e.l   the'Tot ""n ¦me of yuini.-s  Ea •-    Es,,     „, i,e| ."     for   $:.,uo      The   lot*  contain. liout   8 acres and  the ImprovexaenU
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