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THE LARGEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN NORTH- yVMPTON COUNTY. EX¬ CELLENT ADVERTISING Nazareth Item ••"f PfJSTAL LA WS require lhat subscriptions be paid promptly. A btue pencil mark tn this circle means your subscription Is due. and we w'ti tfuinkyou for a prompt remittance. AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, LOCAL AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1918 NO. 22 MEN LEAVE FOR VARIOUS CAMPS N.4Z.AHKTH DRDICATIOX OF 8EIIVICK KL.\0 .1X1) I.IH- EHTY LOAN E.VKRCISEH. Saturday afternoon at 2.30 P. M. in tlie main room of the High School the Nazareth High School Literary Society held a very Interesting meet¬ ing. Altho there was no school, the members decided to have the pro¬ gram as scheduled. A great many Iiarents, former members and friends of the achool were In attendance. Tho offlcers in charge ot the meeting were President Emma Warner; sec¬ retary, Mayme Koch. Tho following program was then rendered: Song, God Keep and Guide Our Men. Recitation, The American Flag, Sarah Heiney Talk, Our First Year in the War. Webster Stover Song, Over Thore. Talk, The Stars on tho Flag, Mary Kahler left tor Camp I Song, Keep the Homo Fires Burning. At tills point the Principal of the Exemption Board No. 2 of Norlliamp- I ion County Sent A Large Num- r ber Away for Military Duty. On Saturday morning Local Board Vo " of Xorthampton Couuty has ient away one of the largest number of dr.iftod men up to this tlmo. The men left in Automobiles for Bethleiiem at 10 A. M. in the midst ofa large crowd that gathered to bid tbem 'Kood-liye." There were 34 nen that left and all reported on icheilulQ time. These men left for Camp I.cc. Virginia. On ."Monday morning the following men reported and ' jjeadp, Md. Oeorgo r. Johnson, G29 Ferry Street j High School introduced the speaker of the occasion Hon. Harry D. Kutz. For fully three quarters of an hour Attorney Kutz held the close atten¬ tion ot the audience with his master¬ ly discourse. His plea for the Lib¬ erty Loan was especially convincin and logical some very excellent advi(vB and illus- tratetl his talk with well chosen il¬ lustrations. On motion of Haven Happen, seconded by Helen Stout, a rising vote of thanks was tendered the speaker. The school then assembled about the Flag pole in front ot the High School and the Service Flag was at¬ tached to tho flag pole underneatli the American flag. The school then aaluted the flag and all joined in singing America. The exercises on Easton, Pa. Leon Lake, 57 Howell Ave., Phillips¬ burg, N. J. Clovton Vogel, 48 Green Street Naza- i reth, Pa. fWlUiam Black, 2404 Forest Street Easton, Pa. Frank Ferraro, R. D. No. 1, Nazareth, Pa. Percy Brotzman, Cedarville, Easton, Pa. limes J. Carroll, 407 Grand Street Troy, N. Y. Transferred form Frankfort, In¬ diana. Morton Frantz, R. D. No. 2, Easton, Pa. They were conveyed to Bethlehem Ib automobiles. Here they were escorted to tho itation by the Bethlehem 'Ban-d as were also those dratted men who left from Uethlehem. 30 HOUSES DROP, FEARED FOR MONTHS Extensive Mine Settling In Heart of Town Seriously Affects Three Biociis. Fear of an extensive mine cave that has haunted Pittston for several nionths was turned to a dreadful reality Tuesday afternoon when one man was killed, one injured, thirty business places and dwellings parti¬ ally wrecked and damage to the ex¬ tent ot .1100,000 was done by a cave in the mines of the White Coal Com¬ pany. Edward Lynch, a hoisting engi¬ neer, was killed, and John Donough was Injured by the concussion of the cave. They were at the top ot a slope wh'jn tho tall occurred and the force ot it hurled Lyncli against trestle work, fracturing his skull and TIktc Is nn old ciiNttini, \vlii<'li lm.s iM'cn in vo^iu' for many .v<'ars, lo make sottle- iiu'iit about .April 1st and we know many persons still keep this habit up. What bill.s are not paid cash during the year aro settled for .April 1st. Thinking that possilily, you could arrange fo pay that little accouiit, still due the "Item", we take this oppor¬ tunity to call your attention to this matter. Hoping you will K've this matter your pronijtt attention. TELL OF WAR WORK I FOR LUTHERANS Ministerium Hears Plea for Co-opera¬ tion witii Committee Looking After Soldiers. TWEXTY-EIGHTH SE8SIOX OF WOMEN'S MIH- 8IOXAKY SOCIETY. NAZARETH BORO HAS [GONE OVER THE TOP '— ,. , , i„ ,,!„„ „f.^, ,i,o wol fieiegaies were pieaeui,, ici#icooui..i..5 ^.tter reports ot me teams naa L-e, which is looking after the wel- f„„,.j^,^,^ societies, five young womens ^ade last Friday evening in tl areot Lutheran soldiers '^"i.^^! societies and several mis.non bands, m c. A. bui|fling only a few rmy and other matters of wa work,; ^^^^ C. H. Nadig,. president ot Lo-; ^.d'^dollar^Vere needed to rais OPTICAL GLASS IS XOW :\LAXUI<\ACTURED IX THE UXITEI) ST.ATES. \'arious (luestions submitted by . synodlcal committees a plea for co- j operation with the National Commit¬ tee, which is looking after the wel ' fare a i were touched upon at tho forty-ninth annual convention of the Ueading conference of the Evangelical Lu¬ theran Ministerium of Pennsylvania;!^'.* and adjoining States, which opened " in St. James' Church Tuesday. The convention oponed wi*h a com¬ munion service. It is lieing pre¬ sided over by Rev. R. B. Lynch, of The 2 8th annual session of the. Women's Missionary Society of the j East Pennsylvania Classis of the Re¬ formed Church was held In Christ Reformed Church, South Centre St., j ICaston, April 25. Mrs. O. H. E j Rauch, of Easton, the President, pre- , sided. Mrs. C. F. Reiter of Christ: Church, welcomed the delegates at j the opening session in the mornin*.! Rev. Dr. Henry S. Stahr the paator , ^he borough's Wuota for the Third added a tew words. About forty 1 n^erty Loan caiflpaign was $309,210. delegates were present, representing After reports of the teams had been the Y. thou- •jfrVere needed to raise the high Classis, was a visitor. Onjy i reQuirejl...«»''amount and all the Impressive Gathering Held In The Milchsack Memorial .Auditorium to Hear the Beports. Nazare'-h ha's gone over the top? Optical glass eiiualiing the iiroduct of European maiiufactureri, from whom only it tormerly could be ob¬ tained, is now being produced tor causing instant death. Donough was ! ™"''ary use by the Bureau of Stand- thrown against the timber, receiving ' "["s^f ^''^ United States Department a broken arm and severe lacerations °f Commerce and several privately and bruises, of the body. Tlie force 7^"" factories. One shipmn„t from _ He gave the students ot tho tall was felt throughout- the I'^"'^ ,?'^,^,^ ». '^ "^ in i itisDurg torjare playing in the war, and related use by the Navy Departmont, contain- j t,,e wonderful success of tho recent ed 7S0 pounds of high-grade optical ! campaign for $750,000 among the glass—enough to provide lenses fo*.; (-hurches for welfare work among probably 750 binoculars. j t^ggg soldiers. He referred to the Development in glass manufactu- r greater part ot the mine and con¬ siderable damage was done company property. The cave area extended over two blocks on North Main Street and takes in a portion of Union Street. This section of Pittston is known as the Junction. Several brick build¬ ings used tor business purposes are in the affected area. Among the buildings badly damaged are the P^ichobor Hotel, the Jordan property, tho Darlington property, the property was a visitor, preliminary business was transacteat-fjjpjinjrgPg of the various teams were in the morning. In the absence of ag^jj, •¦gn the job" for more sub- rs. Ella Snyder, ot Easton, Mrs. S. scriptious and before midnight of R. Evans, of Easton, was named ; (he same levening had raised the socretary. Resolutions of condolence amount to approximately $310,000. were sent to Dr. Rufus Miller, of |_ , xite meeting was most interesting Philadelphia, on the death of Mrs. ^s the large crowd of men, women Kutztown, Pa. The opening address : ^}!},'''„-,'(r\°JZmIl.Tt the°Rl^ormcd T^ .l""'^"^'^'' ^T ^"'''"f'.^ ^^'"°« ...oc ,ll.^u,L.^.^ h,. tj„v W F Delbert : the aftairs of women of the Reformed for tho various team captains to ap- or-ro'tprv nf thP *^'*"''<^''- ^^^^' ^' ^' Evemoyer. wife pear and give results of their work secretary oi me ^j ^j^^ pastor of the First Reformed ,ijey were entertained by a volunteer Church, Easton, then addressed the orchestra of local musicians under delegates. Election ot offlcers, re- the able direction ot E. C. Schneebeli ports ot committees and the adop- ^ith patriotic songs and selections. tion of the new constitution wero After the captains of the various scheduled tor the afternoon session, teams had given their reports, N. K. The afternoon session was opened putnam, chairman of the Liberty with a devotional service, conducted Loan committee gave the audience by Mrs. F. A. Erwin, ot Bethlehem, i the final figures ot what had been ven over to the accomplished in the borough up to om tho oflScers that time. I". •¦••'^ uu^..--. «,«« from ©ach of the Joseph Brobston delivered an ad- cal goods in this country were <^on-ZZnT^ernl^r^Mr'tTiOOo'^Z^l^^^^^^^ T ...t.__l„ ,-,1 ._ ,,^ I....: .. ._ Ithe six joung womens auxiliaries as did H. D. Kutz, who was the represented in the convention. The speaker of the evening. Mr. Kutz following officers were elected to impressed upon the minds of the was delivered by Rev. W. F. Deibert, ot Birdsboro, Pa conference. Rev. Mr. Deibert spoke ot the im¬ portant part the Lutheran soldiers jjeveiopment in giass manuiaciu-, record tor patriotism made by Berks i "I " VoBrnnnn w^a^iv ring in the United States has been ¦ county, and pointed out that with : ?^'^,Vn ' " "Jrt^ ^r, similar to that ot dye making^ Be-' hj^ty-four parishes, a confirmed >fV'"^j/J^P°^^,f /'' Fnro tho -a-ar nmn 11 fnntlirers of nnt - ! , . ,^ _ „ „„ „^„ , Ot thO SOCiety and trO fore the war manufacturers of opti With flags waving and singing to i Florence Kern had charge ot the mu the music of the band the boys all | gjcai end ot the program and also leemed to bo in the best of humor, i ggp^ef, as pianist. »nd when they reached the station Ihey wore entertained with four min- tte speeches for an occasion of this tho lawn were in charge of Ru-ssell I of M. J. Kane, the Clifford, the Gar .Newhart Marvin, Klick, Russell King, 1 ri^y, and tho Richards properties, George Heckman and Bert Sturgis. ! :i"'l properties of P. F. Joyce kind. Before leaving Nazareth each man ¦was provided with their corafor* kits, u usual, by the Nazareth Chapter ot the Red Cross. LIST Ol" MEX TO REPOKT. AT XAZARETH MAY 14. The folowlng men have been or¬ dered to report at the office of Local Board Xo. 2, Northampton County, Nazaretli Penna., on Tuesday, May 14, mis, at 1.30 P. M. tor induction hito tlie military service, and entrain¬ ment for mobilization camp at Co- The following members of the Literary Society are now in the ser¬ vico of Uncle Sam: Clark King, Avi¬ ation department, London; Frank King, Pharmacist, Fairmount Ave., Philadelphia;; Harold Knocht, U. S. Marinas, Somewhere in France; Ualph Starner, U. S. Ship Frederick; George Abel, First Lieutenant, U. S. Army, Texas; David Fortuin, U. S. Ship Mohican, Brooklyn, N. Y.; I Charles Schmidt, Aerial Squadron, Lake Charles, La.; Victor Schmidt, j U. S. Gunpowder Reservation, Edge- 1 wood, Md.; Norman Arnold, Aviation, ¦ Arkansas; Clayton Shields, Porta- ¦ .Tiouth, Va., U. S. Navy; George Hermany, Aviation, Morrison, Va.; I Fred Wolf, Aviation, Garden City, lumbus Barracks, Columbus, Ohio.:jLrf)iK Island; Fred Heckman, U. S 891 James Paff, 17 Chestnut St., Nazareth, Pa. 1047 Eugene Hariegle, 432 S. Mala St., Nazaroth, Pa. 1053 Norman Sylvester, nroa,dway. Wind Gap, Pa. 1065 Archie Abel, 135 S. White¬ fleld St., Nazareth, Pa. 1066 Floyd Craemer, R. D. No. 2, Nazareth, Pa. 1071 Monroe Sloyer, Tatamy, Pa. 1082 Harold Taylor, 56 Spring St., West Easton, Pa. 1097 Albort J. Fry, R. D. No. 3, Nazareth, Pa. 1100 Paul A. Hess, 150 S. Green St., Nazaroth, Pa. Naval Reserves, N. Y. Christie, U. S. Ship Dolphin, N. R.; Ezra Frantz, U. S. Army, Texas; La¬ ther Clewell, Hempstead Field, Avia¬ tion, N. R.; Stephen Mayrosh, Hemp¬ stead Field, Aviation, N. R.; Edgar Korn, Aviation, Raymond, Washing¬ ton; Collin Dodd. Aviation, Haco, Texas; Clyde Flory, Naval Operating Base, Hampton Rhoades, Va., Floyd Knecht, Aviation, Kelly Field, Texas; Frank Jones, Camp Meade, Md., Am¬ bulance Section; Frederick Martin. Y. M. C. A., Camp Hancock, Ga.; Wil¬ liam Kline, U. S. Navy, Foreign Duty; Edward Cassler, Machine Oun Ba¬ ttalion, Camp Meade, Md.; Base Hos- The bom^s ot several people on North .Main Street and on Union and what is known as the Hill, are also aged badly, and thero are several that are only slightly damaged. Foundation walls have been crack¬ ed, buildings twisted and torn. Plaster has been torn loose and win¬ dows broken, giving the section the appearance ot boing bombed by the Huns. Pittston has been yving in fear of i such a cave. The .White Coal Com- I pany is known to have removed most j of thoir pillar supports, and it had i been freely predicted that when all i the frost lett tho ground it would be j impossible to prevent a cave. The j junction section has been resting on I a shell above the extensive mine oper- I ation and when the shell cracked I there was no way to prevent the '• great damage to property. .... j "The residents have been organized William I for'several months and had planned to take legal steps to prevent such damages as occurred. tent to import all their glass from Lutheran Church has been an im- Europe, themselves doing only the; portant element in shaping the grinding, polishing, and mounting. . thought and way of Berks County. European glass factories, one of the j ^n interesting address was de- three largest being located in Eng- , n^ered by Rev. G. M. Hemsath, ot land, one in France, and one In Ger-, Qeti^jehem, Pa., on the work of the many were closely guardedjo protect, Lutheran Church in tho Virginals- lands. secrets ot the trade sometimes a cen tury old. It was considered impos- j'""N sible to produce efficient glass with¬ out formulas and factory processes developed by many years of experi¬ mentation. Rev. A. T. Michler, ot Philadel¬ phia, spoke on "The Boy Problem." He called attention to the tact that the boys between fifteen and sixteen serve for the ensuing year: President, large crowd assembled the great ne- Mrs. O. H. E. Rauch, of Easton; first i cessity ot our "coming across" In this vice president, Mrs. William Helf-; loan in order to sent our boys "over frich, of Bath; second vice president, : there" to crush the Hun. Mrs. Henry I. Stahr, ot Bethlehem; \ The amount raised in the borough recording socretary, Mrs. S. R. Evans, , up to this time is $321,050. of Easton; corresponding secretary,; ^ Sunday pleasures and late hours on Saturday night, and said that deter- to replace with locally mado products the supply of European optical glass which had been cut off by the war. was to provide suitable pots for mel¬ ting. In one process of its manufac- ¦. „,,„„,, „fe . , , , , , , , ture as high as 2,000° F., when it 1 Thl r Ivf wtfhfn 7i if °'t'^' '? «'°^ would r.apidly dissolve a container ' [/^^'^^oT made ot iron, steel, or other metal. ; ;. \,..,„ ' „ i ti. . t^ T.r,, Pots now being used which satistac- ,./„^, ntti n f ^t *^*'-^?^- T}' " ' ham Deaton had been appointed to Mrs. H. H. Brong, ot Pen Argyl; sta¬ tistical secretary, Mrs. W.H. Wotring, of Nazareth; treasurer, Mrs. Frank rganlzer, Bangor. thorough FOOD POH SOLDIERS IS C.AKEITJLLY IXSPECTED BY QUAKTERMA.STER CORPS. The Quartermaster Corps, charged with the responsibility of feeding home conditions were largely re- f^'scussion was adopted. Miss P.i and clothing the soldiers, is rigidly sponsible for this. He also blamed : f^atharine Piter, a missionary of the , inspecting the food purchased for the Reformed Church, located at Sendai, troops to seo that only pure articles Japan, the speaker at the evening are supplied. As an indication to session was presented by the society .the amount ot food that must be ob- with a bouquet in honor of her birth-italned, says a statement authorized day, the presentation speech being , by the Quartermaster General, 1,500- made by Mrs. Rauch. A feature ofjooo men consume daily 1,500,000 the evening session was the presen-, pounds of beet, 225,000 pounds of !^r!?:^i^i^'\^j,^L'^:?fi'':l^^^':i thrp;;yt;;:^;e Of urc.ZTltV,:!?"-'"j^t^™ o^a pageant, otih^^^r 2^0,000 p<;;;;;;i;^ =^3^ PEXXSYLV-AXI-AXS AT C.V.MP ME.ADE XE.AR TO THE 3000 M.ARK. Selected men to tho number of 53G arrived here Monday, April 29 cal actions ot molten glass are made of clay found in the United States. In addition to the factory operated by the bureau of Standards at Pitts¬ burgh, several privately owned com¬ panies are now furnisli4ng optical glass for military use in telescopes, binoculars, fleld glasses, periscopes, and other technical and scientific In¬ struments. Atonement, at Wyomissing, to suc¬ ceed Rev. C. K. Fogley. Rev. Mr. Deaton is engaged in field work. Rev. Dr. J. C. Kunzmann, ot Phila- niission work of tho church. -ARRESTS l-'OLI.OW TAR .AXD FE.ATHERS. P.ATRIOTIC M.VSS MEETIXG IX Ll'THER-AX CHURCH. The people of Nazareth are fortu¬ nate in having tho privilege ot lis- 1109 Ben Pickering, Glendon, care! l>'tal. Camp Meade, Md.; Edward Mrs. Powell, Easton, Pa. The following have been ordered to report as alternates: im William S. Vought, 24th and Forest Sts., Easton, Pa. 1131 Otto S. Metz, 121 S. New St., Nazareth, Pa. H()\()l!i:i) ox HIS HIRTHD.VY. The following was clipped from the Camp Meade "Herald", a weekly paper published at Camp Meade, Md., which relates to a young captain who Mlebrat(Ml his birthday and is well known in Moore Township, and his lany friends will be glad to know what a popular young offlcer Captain Kobert Fatzinger of Co. C, 316th latantry is: Sunday night was the occasion for * real old-time "get to-gether party" 'or Company C, to celebrate the birth- % of Capt. R. L. Fatzinger, the lenial and popular commanding offl- «er, and the presentation of tho ban- wr representing tho basket-ball thampionship of tho 316th regiment. The banquet scheduled for 7 P. M. *a« opened by a few remarks from **fgt. H. W. Hummer, the loastmas- «r, and after a most enjoyable re- PMt was stowed away and little bon- ws illuminating the war end of each «Kar, Capt. Bob Fatzinger started tho I*", a rolling with a few of his •Jfaight from the shoulder remarks. '0 lowing Capt. Fatzinger were. Bat- »ion Adjt. First Lieut. Daniel S. ^eller; First Lieut. James B. Ander- •on. and Second Lieut. Daniel J. uougherty. Their brief bu' insplr- ,„* ^''^'¦fssos brought round after round of cheers. Hn^^x, ^**''neer is a grandson of " -^lary Welty, at Moorestown. ^N' Xnv. WAXTED BY THE GOVERNMENT ™R export trade OFFICERS \J}'^ '^"¦'ed States Government Is Of hi I ^^'^ ^bo can take chargo C'" ^^''''^ "f "»*-' B^'eau of D«i«,." '""'^ Domestic Commerce, Jo a,.V ' "' Commerce, and men '. '"^i a.s assisUnts In theae offlces. Jones, Machine Gun Battalion, Camp Meade, Md.; Russell Stout, Depot Brigade, Camp Meade, Md.; Dr. Charlee Laubach, Medical Corps, Somewhere in France; Norman Da¬ vidson, Depot Brigade, Camp Meade. Md. HEIJ.ERTOWX MAX GETS GOO!) POSITION. Robert C. Landis, assistant prin¬ cipal ot the public schools at Emaus, has been appointed and confirmed as¬ sistant superintendent of the public schools of Lehigh county. He was appointed Monday by the new Le¬ high county superintendent, M. J. Wertman, and confirmed by the exe¬ cutive board of the School Directors' .-Association. Mr. Landis begins his duties on May 6. Ho will hold the offlce tor four yea."s at an annual salary ot $1S00. He is a native of Hellertown and graduated from the Keystone State Normal School at Kutztown in 1910. He taught in Lower Saucon Township, in Northampton County for two years, and for the last six years has been in educational work at Emaus. At present he is taking the Saturday course at Muhlenberg Col¬ loge and will receive the degree ot Ph. B. in June. Ho is 28 yoars old and married, having one child. ACTION FOR DIVORCE. Samuel F. Rissmiller of Belfast, is suing his wife, Mrs. Lovella Rissmil¬ ler, of Stroudshurg, for a decree on the grounds of desertion, which, he says, occurred August 15, 1911. They were married February 15, 1911. In the case ot Mr.s. Lizzie I Drauch, of Nazareth, vs. James Drauch, of Easton, South Side, for a decree on the grounds of desertion, Robert W. Bowlby was appointed master to file I a report. I Walter U. Seyfried began a suit against his wife, Mrs. Emma V. Sey¬ fried for a divorce on similar grounds. 1907, and the desertion is alleged to have taken place Decombor 30, 1915. They live at Nazareth. from points in Pennsvlvanla and by tening to an address by Hon. Oliver Wednesday night Pennsylvania's Stewa|-t ot Chicago. Mr. Stewart quota of newcomers will be near the 3000 mark. Every officer here is studying the flght in France between the Germans and the Allies. The offlcers are niaking those studies from the daily newspapers. These studjej have been ordered by Major General Kuhn himself. Men familiar with condi¬ tions "over there" take the part ot instructors, "i'hese instructors lec¬ ture on the various maneuvers and hold quizzes. | Tho offlcers aro obliged to famil¬ iarize themselves with tho geography and topography of the fighting zone so that when they reach France they will know much of the fighting ground. The offlcers of the 310th Field Artillery next Saturday will make a fltty-mlle horseback ride to Annapo¬ lis and back. The course will be circuitous and it will have enough obstacles to make it a hard one. Company B, 313th Infantry, after four tastes of measles—"liberty measles"—has 'em again. The pa¬ tients are under quarantine. An entirely different program ot training is mapped out for the new- men than that for the veterans ot last winter. The old units will go in for strenuous features. Today there will be a slx-niilo hike for a single hour. Tho men will go a part of the hour at double quick and then drop down to a fast walk. The dis¬ tance will be covered with heavy packs and under battle condillons. They will be rushing to the support of some sector that is hard pressed. A distinguished member of Ihe French army and wearer of the rib¬ bon of the legion of honor was guest ot Captain Castega, of the Alpine Chesseurs. He was Lieutenant Col¬ onel Illusavit and his guest Is In charge ot the sub-dlvislon ot Boston in tho training program. Charles Bittner Kuhle, 69 and Franz Schwartz, 44, both unnatural¬ ized Germans were detained in jail by United States Commissioner Schools, to await the action of the United States Departmnt of Justice the thank offerings gathered during iooO cans of tomatoes, and 225,000 the year by the various societies, cans ot jam—with other articles' ag- Mrs. W. H. Kern, of Nazareth was in gregating 6,750,000 pounds, charge and the tolloWilng young la-; These quantities of foodstuffs are on, con- delphia, superintendent of the Board ' ?'®^ °^ ^'' -^o^^'s Reformed Church, subjected to thorough inspectl of Missions, reported briefly on the -^f ='a''«''°' Participated: Alice Knauss. : which begin at the source and c, Florence Fenlcle; Lillie Brong, Helen : tinue until the food Is actually con- Wolf, Anna Oswald, Amy Kr.auss. ' sumed. Each depot of the Quarter¬ master Corps is a central subsistence Irene Walters Yeisley Helen Hoch and Mae business of tts town, supplying the camps, cantonments, aviation fields, I and other posts in its territory. The I subsistence offlcers are held lesponsl- EXPERTS IX SHOOTIXG TRAIX MEX AT CAMPS IX USE OF RIFLES, ble tor the quality ot the goods they ! receive. The National Army and many or- Before the supplies reach the de- ganlzations of the National Guard Pots. however, they are passed upon after having beeu tarred and feath- having been equipped with the United by inspectors in the packing houses, ered by a niob at West Lebanon, late : states rifle, model ot 1917 (modified I'"anneries, and other sources of orl- ri}, night. , Enfield), it became necessary to de-1 &•«- The Records at Washington That they were spreading German , vise some plan wherebv troops could , show the capabilities, character, and propaganda Is believed by the au-! be efflcientlv trained in the use of standard ot every-establishment fur- thorities. Schwartz is alleged to, this weapon in short time. j nishing food for the Armv. The have said that the Germans are ; a statement authorized by the Or- ' speciflcations which their products scheduled to win the war in France : diiance Department tells how experts must meet are clear and exact. and are then coming to blow up the; ;„ shooting, many of them members The inspection branch maintains a united btates. Both men admitted ; of United States teams which won In- current file of unreliable dealers and thoy got together on Sundays to ; ternational shooting matchos, were "ireliable products, insuring the eli- r^Pi •? 1 i''^^" newspaper published commissioned and sent to various mination of dealers who, having been 4 f f v" • ' camps to Instruct officers and men in flenied the right to suppiv some of At the preliminary hearing wit-; shooting and in the operation and '. *be many depots of the Armv, make nesses could not be produced to te.tl-: care of the rifle. | subsequent attempts to obtain con- fy that they had heard Schwartz say | in one camp officers under Instruc- j tracts at other points. in^i tl ^^'^T'' , '•.^^"/'^'^ ^°"''i ' tion from these men gave a demon- — thJ^ h« ... A^.'^ '" America and stration I- dismounting and assemb- BOYS' F.ARM TRAINING CAMP T^h.nnn J.,^ ^T'"" .'1^, ^^ ^^' Hn^ this rifle while blindfolded, the I ^ ' Lebanon water supply and blow up tho railway bridges, but witnesses said the men were accused ¦by others of making such remarks. Afler the meu had been coated with furnace tar late Sunday night, covered with feathers and marched over the streets of West Lebanon, r^tl'iinf!n!j''h"^'i' /° ""^ Lebanon < ^ni not be allowed to use lights, and i lege agriculture experts untii" mIV cay line and handed over to the po-.,heref ore they must be thoroughly i 10. A second detachment will be c'ni,„.o..f, io . , trained In taking down the ilfle and ; from May 14 to May 24 llvS\ere twLVsTx'Ss"^^^^^^^^^ '^ ^''^^ P-ts by .ens« of After they have mastered the ele- ¦ :iuw-prfsoner has been he^e forty '"""'^ - XTl '>'''"''T'' ^^«««^^y 1° make . years. Both conL.ed to sym-' * --'" °- '°^" 'mmediate use at farm pathy for the German cause, but de- record time being 7 minutes for dis-' More than 300 schoolboys from mounting'and 22 minutes for assemb- various sections of the State came ling. There are S6 parts to the rifle. : '" State College to enter a farm These offlcers in turn instruct me- ! training camp conducted under the chanlcs classes, the mechanics being co-operative management of the trained to make repairs to rifles In , Pennsylvania State College and the the field. Frequently they will hav3 ; Committee of Public Safety. They to do their work at night, when they j ^IH be under the instruction of col- ay be nied having uttered any unpatriotic remarks. threats or STEWART will speak on the subject, "Prohi- I bitlon and tho War" In St. John'3 Lutheran Church on Monday 7.45 P COUNCILS OF DEFENSE AATLL ADVISE BETHI.EHE.M ROTARIAXS AT N.AZ.ARETH IXX.; has urged the Stato councils to pro- rp,,, D .11 u 7^ „. I vide voluntary aid for dependents of The Bethlehem Rotary Club came! men in the service in collecting allot- evenlng at I ments of pay and tamily allowances. to Nazareth ou Tuesda. M., under the auspices of the Flying, ' o'clock tor a banquet at the Naza-: arrears of pav, travel pav, extra pay Squadron Foundation. This organ-,'"etii i°n- ior other monev due estates of 6e^ ization has as its head, the Hon. J. r rank Martin, guitar manufac-1 ceased soldiers and sailors. Allotments and allowances under -MUST REGI.STER JUNE 5. Frank Hanly, ex-Governor of Indi- 'urer and A. G. Connolly, of the ana. Mr. Stewart has beeu closely Slate Belt Telephone and Telegraph affiliated with Governor Hanly for: Company, both of Nazareth, wero more than three years. They worked i Suests of the club, together in the long campaign which j They had with them as their i "baby member work the boys will be placed with farmers for the season. Practical ments in garden and truck patch. In the dairy barns the boys are being taught to feed and milk cows, handle silage, clean .stables and mix feed. They are also being Instructed In pre¬ paring aeed beds, the transplanting of plants and In making and apply¬ ing spraying materials. Every took the Flying Squadron of Ameri ca into every state ot the union, and they are continuing that association in tho work of the Flying Squadron Foundation. Tho lecture will be free and every- Young men who have attained the ago of twenty-ono years since June 5, 1917, will be compelled to regis¬ ter for military service on Juno 5 this ! "^"V..'.Trv, „ «„.l„..ol „«J .. . 1 1 ... J. .,_, , I ed from a national and not a local year, a resolution regarding this hav- ] .,ojut of view I. B. Norwood, sec¬ retary of the Chamber of Commerce, and elected him a member of the Ro- tarians. The dinner which was served to, .ra the members and guests Just seemed the war-risk insurance law are paid , youngster is learning how to rake directly by the Treasury Department shock, pitch, load and mow hav to the persons entitled thereto; Considerable attention will be eiveii claiips for Insurance taken out un- to the operation of gas engines and der the law should be addressed to j tractors bv the older boys Bureau of Wnr-Rlsk Insurance, ! The boys will work from R in i« Treasury Department, Washington, . the morning until 6 in the evenln, D. C; claims for arrears of pay, ex-1 They have been quartered In thecal' ay and travel pay of deceased lege armorv. *"' KINGS DAUGHTERS MUSICAL. w'!.?,!^ "^ located In tho prlncl- «' ommerclal cities. The salaries uLiT' »''800 t« »3.000 for ^'milla f'om $1,200 to $1,<!0« k«\6M''M°P''"^'^« examlnaUon will tt«7 ''y 16 'n various pa-ts of L A musical of more than usual In »j,l.?I*°'f>'- AppiicanU will be ex-Merest, under the auspices of the PfomZ e^opt-trada technique Anna Niischmann Circle ot Kings Wc , °' commerce, and ©cono- Uauhters ia being arranged for thej|" evening of May 21st. Further par¬ ticulars will be announced later. Tickets may bo secured from mem¬ bers of the Circle at a nominal charge ot fifteen cents. «l'en fl ?''^' *"<! "edit will be Kl",.. knowledge of foreign Un- *»iler th. I. •"mlMtlons will be Ylce <"rooUon of the Civil Spr¬ ing passed both houses of congress and within a short time will undoubt- able, bocomo law. For the young men who will be in the new draft tho war department has announced that it will now let thera voluntarily enlist in tho regular army, If they apply at once, Sergeant B. Welss- brod, of tho Williamsport recruiting station, announced today. There aro many good openings in 0 regular army In practically every branch of the service and young men would be wise to avail themselves of the opportunity to enlist while they may do ao. Apply today at station lo post offlce building, WllUamaiiort. f-»'=-.Hi'T|ir"{iilr{lf<lrii'i{m!Jirij)riiir-;t: We want your bualneu, but we don't want It bad enough to handle your orders at a loss or for nothing. Our plan Is to reduce our working coeta to the minimum and then add a reasonable per¬ centage as our margin to profit. We havo tho kind of system that yoa probably use yourself if your business Is a successful one. Naatreth Item Pttb. Co. pay and travel pay of deceased body I. mo.l tordLUy Invited to ihis ¦» 1"' ll.» Prop.r "p..- tor 'the.- ,TJSi,„',?ij h?l,'a,'i™*.°J ,'". "}!!" ~ and enjoying the music furnished bv '*°' _ the Hess Orchestra of Nazareth. They wero also entertained with speeches by tho various guests and members. SHOOTING IX BETHLEHKM. GET TRAIXIXG IN DRIA ING AT NIGIIT. Night driving of motor-truck sup¬ ply tcalns from the West to the sea¬ board has been started by the Quar- OOODS ROADS >IEETIXG. <HHKHI»<t<lllllHBMIIHIIMHIIIi||iHnuuu 1 A shooting atTray in which three ; men were slightly wounded happened termaster's Department as" a step Friday night on Spring streat. West toward flnal training to flt men for . Bethlehem, when Fred La Blsa, of service In France. atlh! nr«?„ ii°lf®«°*^ "^'^ ^^^^^'^ ^"""^^ Bethlehem, shot Harry Tavey According to the Council of Natlon- Fridav /vJ* *»• Moorestown, on, and William Mirth, both of West ' al Defense, tho experience gained In In^tl T^^"'"?'^'^*^ ^ C*!^'" F- Bethlehem. In the scuffle which took | cross country convoy work has made ^«Jl^'t .i'.,*' Easton, has been en- place the revolver waa pressed agalnirt ! th© truck companies able to travel gagen to address tho meeting. Other; LaBIsa's leg and he, too, suffered a j entirely Independent of the country speakers will be present snd good slight wound The shooting w«s the side. Camps are made at th© regu- music will be one of the feature* of outcome of LaBlsa paying attention I Iar hour, no matter where the oom- cne evening. All Interested in good to a West Bethlehem girl. LsBlscs j P*ny Is located, «xeept tliAt op«a roads should not fall to attend this : waa arrested and taken to South i country is given preference ort meetlnc. Betblebem police headquArtera. clUes.
Object Description
Title | The Nazareth Item |
Masthead | The Nazareth Item |
Volume | 27 |
Issue | 22 |
Subject | Nazareth's first English newspaper |
Description | A weekly home town newspaper published from December 4, 1891 to November 20, 1975 |
Publisher | The Nazareth Publishing Company |
Physical Description | weekly newspaper |
Date | 1918-05-02 |
Location Covered | United States, Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Nazareth |
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Original Format | Newspapers |
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Language | eng |
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Month | 05 |
Day | 02 |
Year | 1918 |
Description
Title | The Nazareth Item |
Masthead | The Nazareth Item |
Volume | 27 |
Issue | 22 |
Subject | Nazareth's first English newspaper |
Description | A weekly home town newspaper published from December 4, 1891 to November 20, 1975 |
Publisher | The Nazareth Publishing Company |
Physical Description | weekly newspaper |
Date | 1918-05-02 |
Date Digitized | 2008-03-11 |
Location Covered | United States, Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Nazareth |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
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Language | eng |
Rights | Public Domain |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact the Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity, Attn: Reference Department, 295 E. Center Street, Nazareth, PA 18064. Phone: (610) 795-4932. |
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THE LARGEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN NORTH- yVMPTON COUNTY. EX¬ CELLENT ADVERTISING
Nazareth Item
••"f
PfJSTAL LA WS require lhat subscriptions be paid promptly. A btue pencil mark tn this circle means your subscription Is due. and we w'ti tfuinkyou for a prompt remittance.
AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, LOCAL AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE
NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1918
NO. 22
MEN LEAVE FOR VARIOUS CAMPS
N.4Z.AHKTH DRDICATIOX OF 8EIIVICK KL.\0 .1X1) I.IH-
EHTY LOAN E.VKRCISEH.
Saturday afternoon at 2.30 P. M. in tlie main room of the High School the Nazareth High School Literary Society held a very Interesting meet¬ ing. Altho there was no school, the members decided to have the pro¬ gram as scheduled. A great many Iiarents, former members and friends of the achool were In attendance. Tho offlcers in charge ot the meeting were President Emma Warner; sec¬ retary, Mayme Koch. Tho following program was then rendered: Song, God Keep and Guide Our Men. Recitation, The American Flag,
Sarah Heiney Talk, Our First Year in the War.
Webster Stover Song, Over Thore. Talk, The Stars on tho Flag,
Mary Kahler
left tor Camp I Song, Keep the Homo Fires Burning.
At tills point the Principal of the
Exemption Board No. 2 of Norlliamp- I ion County Sent A Large Num- r ber Away for Military Duty.
On Saturday morning Local Board
Vo " of Xorthampton Couuty has
ient away one of the largest number
of dr.iftod men up to this tlmo. The men left in Automobiles for
Bethleiiem at 10 A. M. in the midst
ofa large crowd that gathered to bid
tbem 'Kood-liye." There were 34
nen that left and all reported on
icheilulQ time. These men left for
Camp I.cc. Virginia. On ."Monday morning the following
men reported and ' jjeadp, Md.
Oeorgo r. Johnson, G29 Ferry Street j High School introduced the speaker
of the occasion Hon. Harry D. Kutz. For fully three quarters of an hour Attorney Kutz held the close atten¬ tion ot the audience with his master¬ ly discourse. His plea for the Lib¬ erty Loan was especially convincin and logical
some very excellent advi(vB and illus- tratetl his talk with well chosen il¬ lustrations. On motion of Haven Happen, seconded by Helen Stout, a rising vote of thanks was tendered the speaker.
The school then assembled about the Flag pole in front ot the High School and the Service Flag was at¬ tached to tho flag pole underneatli the American flag. The school then aaluted the flag and all joined in singing America. The exercises on
Easton, Pa. Leon Lake, 57 Howell Ave., Phillips¬ burg, N. J. Clovton Vogel, 48 Green Street Naza- i reth, Pa. fWlUiam Black, 2404 Forest Street
Easton, Pa. Frank Ferraro, R. D. No. 1, Nazareth,
Pa. Percy Brotzman, Cedarville, Easton,
Pa. limes J. Carroll, 407 Grand Street
Troy, N. Y.
Transferred form Frankfort, In¬ diana. Morton Frantz, R. D. No. 2, Easton,
Pa.
They were conveyed to Bethlehem Ib automobiles.
Here they were escorted to tho itation by the Bethlehem 'Ban-d as were also those dratted men who left from Uethlehem.
30 HOUSES DROP, FEARED FOR MONTHS
Extensive Mine Settling In Heart of
Town Seriously Affects
Three Biociis.
Fear of an extensive mine cave that has haunted Pittston for several nionths was turned to a dreadful reality Tuesday afternoon when one man was killed, one injured, thirty business places and dwellings parti¬ ally wrecked and damage to the ex¬ tent ot .1100,000 was done by a cave in the mines of the White Coal Com¬ pany.
Edward Lynch, a hoisting engi¬ neer, was killed, and John Donough was Injured by the concussion of the cave. They were at the top ot a slope wh'jn tho tall occurred and the force ot it hurled Lyncli against trestle work, fracturing his skull and
TIktc Is nn old ciiNttini, \vlii<'li lm.s iM'cn in vo^iu' for many .v<'ars, lo make sottle- iiu'iit about .April 1st and we know many persons still keep this habit up. What bill.s are not paid cash during the year aro settled for .April 1st. Thinking that possilily, you could arrange fo pay that little accouiit, still due the "Item", we take this oppor¬ tunity to call your attention to this matter. Hoping you will K've this matter your pronijtt attention.
TELL OF WAR WORK I FOR LUTHERANS
Ministerium Hears Plea for Co-opera¬ tion witii Committee Looking After Soldiers.
TWEXTY-EIGHTH SE8SIOX OF WOMEN'S MIH-
8IOXAKY SOCIETY.
NAZARETH BORO HAS [GONE OVER THE TOP
'— ,. , , i„ ,,!„„ „f.^, ,i,o wol fieiegaies were pieaeui,, ici#icooui..i..5 ^.tter reports ot me teams naa L-e, which is looking after the wel- f„„,.j^,^,^ societies, five young womens ^ade last Friday evening in tl areot Lutheran soldiers '^"i.^^! societies and several mis.non bands, m c. A. bui|fling only a few rmy and other matters of wa work,; ^^^^ C. H. Nadig,. president ot Lo-; ^.d'^dollar^Vere needed to rais
OPTICAL GLASS IS
XOW :\LAXUI<\ACTURED IX THE UXITEI) ST.ATES.
\'arious (luestions submitted by . synodlcal committees a plea for co- j operation with the National Commit¬ tee, which is looking after the wel ' fare
a i were touched upon at tho forty-ninth annual convention of the Ueading conference of the Evangelical Lu¬ theran Ministerium of Pennsylvania;!^'.* and adjoining States, which opened " in St. James' Church Tuesday.
The convention oponed wi*h a com¬ munion service. It is lieing pre¬ sided over by Rev. R. B. Lynch, of
The 2 8th annual session of the. Women's Missionary Society of the j East Pennsylvania Classis of the Re¬ formed Church was held In Christ Reformed Church, South Centre St., j ICaston, April 25. Mrs. O. H. E j Rauch, of Easton, the President, pre- , sided. Mrs. C. F. Reiter of Christ: Church, welcomed the delegates at j the opening session in the mornin*.!
Rev. Dr. Henry S. Stahr the paator , ^he borough's Wuota for the Third added a tew words. About forty 1 n^erty Loan caiflpaign was $309,210. delegates were present, representing After reports of the teams had been
the Y.
thou-
•jfrVere needed to raise the
high Classis, was a visitor. Onjy i reQuirejl...«»''amount and all the
Impressive Gathering Held In The
Milchsack Memorial .Auditorium
to Hear the Beports.
Nazare'-h ha's gone over the top?
Optical glass eiiualiing the iiroduct of European maiiufactureri, from whom only it tormerly could be ob¬ tained, is now being produced tor causing instant death. Donough was ! ™"''ary use by the Bureau of Stand- thrown against the timber, receiving ' "["s^f ^''^ United States Department a broken arm and severe lacerations °f Commerce and several privately and bruises, of the body. Tlie force 7^"" factories. One shipmn„t from _ He gave the students ot tho tall was felt throughout- the I'^"'^ ,?'^,^,^ ». '^ "^ in i itisDurg torjare playing in the war, and related
use by the Navy Departmont, contain- j t,,e wonderful success of tho recent ed 7S0 pounds of high-grade optical ! campaign for $750,000 among the glass—enough to provide lenses fo*.; (-hurches for welfare work among probably 750 binoculars. j t^ggg soldiers. He referred to the
Development in glass manufactu- r
greater part ot the mine and con¬ siderable damage was done company property.
The cave area extended over two blocks on North Main Street and takes in a portion of Union Street. This section of Pittston is known as the Junction. Several brick build¬ ings used tor business purposes are in the affected area. Among the buildings badly damaged are the P^ichobor Hotel, the Jordan property, tho Darlington property, the property
was a visitor, preliminary business was transacteat-fjjpjinjrgPg of the various teams were
in the morning. In the absence of ag^jj, •¦gn the job" for more sub-
rs. Ella Snyder, ot Easton, Mrs. S. scriptious and before midnight of
R. Evans, of Easton, was named ; (he same levening had raised the
socretary. Resolutions of condolence amount to approximately $310,000.
were sent to Dr. Rufus Miller, of |_ , xite meeting was most interesting
Philadelphia, on the death of Mrs. ^s the large crowd of men, women
Kutztown, Pa. The opening address : ^}!},'''„-,'(r\°JZmIl.Tt the°Rl^ormcd T^ .l""'^"^'^'' ^T ^"'''"f'.^ ^^'"°«
...oc ,ll.^u,L.^.^ h,. tj„v W F Delbert : the aftairs of women of the Reformed for tho various team captains to ap-
or-ro'tprv nf thP *^'*"''<^''- ^^^^' ^' ^' Evemoyer. wife pear and give results of their work
secretary oi me ^j ^j^^ pastor of the First Reformed ,ijey were entertained by a volunteer
Church, Easton, then addressed the orchestra of local musicians under
delegates. Election ot offlcers, re- the able direction ot E. C. Schneebeli
ports ot committees and the adop- ^ith patriotic songs and selections.
tion of the new constitution wero After the captains of the various
scheduled tor the afternoon session, teams had given their reports, N. K.
The afternoon session was opened putnam, chairman of the Liberty
with a devotional service, conducted Loan committee gave the audience
by Mrs. F. A. Erwin, ot Bethlehem, i the final figures ot what had been
ven over to the accomplished in the borough up to
om tho oflScers that time.
I". •¦••'^ uu^..--. «,«« from ©ach of the Joseph Brobston delivered an ad-
cal goods in this country were <^on-ZZnT^ernl^r^Mr'tTiOOo'^Z^l^^^^^^^
T ...t.__l„ ,-,1 ._ ,,^ I....: .. ._ Ithe six joung womens auxiliaries as did H. D. Kutz, who was the
represented in the convention. The speaker of the evening. Mr. Kutz
following officers were elected to impressed upon the minds of the
was delivered by Rev. W. F. Deibert,
ot Birdsboro, Pa
conference.
Rev. Mr. Deibert spoke ot the im¬ portant part the Lutheran soldiers
jjeveiopment in giass manuiaciu-, record tor patriotism made by Berks i "I " VoBrnnnn w^a^iv ring in the United States has been ¦ county, and pointed out that with : ?^'^,Vn ' " "Jrt^ ^r, similar to that ot dye making^ Be-' hj^ty-four parishes, a confirmed >fV'"^j/J^P°^^,f /''
Fnro tho -a-ar nmn 11 fnntlirers of nnt - ! , . ,^ _ „ „„ „^„ , Ot thO SOCiety and trO
fore the war manufacturers of opti
With flags waving and singing to i Florence Kern had charge ot the mu the music of the band the boys all | gjcai end ot the program and also leemed to bo in the best of humor, i ggp^ef, as pianist. »nd when they reached the station Ihey wore entertained with four min- tte speeches for an occasion of this
tho lawn were in charge of Ru-ssell I of M. J. Kane, the Clifford, the Gar .Newhart Marvin, Klick, Russell King, 1 ri^y, and tho Richards properties, George Heckman and Bert Sturgis. ! :i"'l properties of P. F. Joyce
kind.
Before leaving Nazareth each man ¦was provided with their corafor* kits, u usual, by the Nazareth Chapter ot the Red Cross.
LIST Ol" MEX TO
REPOKT. AT XAZARETH
MAY 14.
The folowlng men have been or¬ dered to report at the office of Local Board Xo. 2, Northampton County, Nazaretli Penna., on Tuesday, May 14, mis, at 1.30 P. M. tor induction hito tlie military service, and entrain¬ ment for mobilization camp at Co-
The following members of the Literary Society are now in the ser¬ vico of Uncle Sam: Clark King, Avi¬ ation department, London; Frank King, Pharmacist, Fairmount Ave., Philadelphia;; Harold Knocht, U. S. Marinas, Somewhere in France; Ualph Starner, U. S. Ship Frederick; George Abel, First Lieutenant, U. S. Army, Texas; David Fortuin, U. S. Ship Mohican, Brooklyn, N. Y.; I Charles Schmidt, Aerial Squadron, Lake Charles, La.; Victor Schmidt, j U. S. Gunpowder Reservation, Edge- 1 wood, Md.; Norman Arnold, Aviation,
¦ Arkansas; Clayton Shields, Porta-
¦ .Tiouth, Va., U. S. Navy; George Hermany, Aviation, Morrison, Va.;
I Fred Wolf, Aviation, Garden City,
lumbus Barracks, Columbus, Ohio.:jLrf)iK Island; Fred Heckman, U. S
891 James Paff, 17 Chestnut St.,
Nazareth, Pa. 1047 Eugene Hariegle, 432 S. Mala
St., Nazaroth, Pa. 1053 Norman Sylvester, nroa,dway.
Wind Gap, Pa.
1065 Archie Abel, 135 S. White¬ fleld St., Nazareth, Pa.
1066 Floyd Craemer, R. D. No. 2, Nazareth, Pa.
1071 Monroe Sloyer, Tatamy, Pa. 1082 Harold Taylor, 56 Spring St.,
West Easton, Pa. 1097 Albort J. Fry, R. D. No. 3,
Nazareth, Pa. 1100 Paul A. Hess, 150 S. Green St.,
Nazaroth, Pa.
Naval Reserves, N. Y. Christie, U. S. Ship Dolphin, N. R.; Ezra Frantz, U. S. Army, Texas; La¬ ther Clewell, Hempstead Field, Avia¬ tion, N. R.; Stephen Mayrosh, Hemp¬ stead Field, Aviation, N. R.; Edgar Korn, Aviation, Raymond, Washing¬ ton; Collin Dodd. Aviation, Haco, Texas; Clyde Flory, Naval Operating Base, Hampton Rhoades, Va., Floyd Knecht, Aviation, Kelly Field, Texas; Frank Jones, Camp Meade, Md., Am¬ bulance Section; Frederick Martin. Y. M. C. A., Camp Hancock, Ga.; Wil¬ liam Kline, U. S. Navy, Foreign Duty; Edward Cassler, Machine Oun Ba¬ ttalion, Camp Meade, Md.; Base Hos-
The bom^s ot several people on North .Main Street and on Union and what is known as the Hill, are also aged badly, and thero are several that are only slightly damaged.
Foundation walls have been crack¬ ed, buildings twisted and torn. Plaster has been torn loose and win¬ dows broken, giving the section the appearance ot boing bombed by the Huns.
Pittston has been yving in fear of
i such a cave. The .White Coal Com-
I pany is known to have removed most
j of thoir pillar supports, and it had
i been freely predicted that when all
i the frost lett tho ground it would be
j impossible to prevent a cave. The
j junction section has been resting on
I a shell above the extensive mine oper-
I ation and when the shell cracked
I there was no way to prevent the
'• great damage to property.
.... j "The residents have been organized
William I for'several months and had planned
to take legal steps to prevent such
damages as occurred.
tent to import all their glass from Lutheran Church has been an im- Europe, themselves doing only the; portant element in shaping the grinding, polishing, and mounting. . thought and way of Berks County. European glass factories, one of the j ^n interesting address was de- three largest being located in Eng- , n^ered by Rev. G. M. Hemsath, ot land, one in France, and one In Ger-, Qeti^jehem, Pa., on the work of the many were closely guardedjo protect, Lutheran Church in tho Virginals-
lands.
secrets ot the trade sometimes a cen tury old. It was considered impos- j'""N sible to produce efficient glass with¬ out formulas and factory processes developed by many years of experi¬ mentation.
Rev. A. T. Michler, ot Philadel¬ phia, spoke on "The Boy Problem." He called attention to the tact that the boys between fifteen and sixteen
serve for the ensuing year: President, large crowd assembled the great ne-
Mrs. O. H. E. Rauch, of Easton; first i cessity ot our "coming across" In this
vice president, Mrs. William Helf-; loan in order to sent our boys "over
frich, of Bath; second vice president, : there" to crush the Hun.
Mrs. Henry I. Stahr, ot Bethlehem; \ The amount raised in the borough
recording socretary, Mrs. S. R. Evans, , up to this time is $321,050.
of Easton; corresponding secretary,; ^
Sunday pleasures and late hours on Saturday night, and said that deter-
to replace with locally mado products the supply of European optical glass which had been cut off by the war. was to provide suitable pots for mel¬ ting. In one process of its manufac- ¦. „,,„„,, „fe . , , , , , , ,
ture as high as 2,000° F., when it 1 Thl r Ivf wtfhfn 7i if °'t'^' '? «'°^
would r.apidly dissolve a container ' [/^^'^^oT
made ot iron, steel, or other metal. ; ;. \,..,„ ' „ i ti. . t^ T.r,,
Pots now being used which satistac- ,./„^, ntti n f ^t *^*'-^?^- T}' " ' ham Deaton had been appointed to
Mrs. H. H. Brong, ot Pen Argyl; sta¬ tistical secretary, Mrs. W.H. Wotring, of Nazareth; treasurer, Mrs. Frank
rganlzer, Bangor.
thorough
FOOD POH SOLDIERS
IS C.AKEITJLLY IXSPECTED BY QUAKTERMA.STER CORPS.
The Quartermaster Corps, charged with the responsibility of feeding
home conditions were largely re- f^'scussion was adopted. Miss P.i and clothing the soldiers, is rigidly sponsible for this. He also blamed : f^atharine Piter, a missionary of the , inspecting the food purchased for the
Reformed Church, located at Sendai, troops to seo that only pure articles Japan, the speaker at the evening are supplied. As an indication to session was presented by the society .the amount ot food that must be ob- with a bouquet in honor of her birth-italned, says a statement authorized day, the presentation speech being , by the Quartermaster General, 1,500- made by Mrs. Rauch. A feature ofjooo men consume daily 1,500,000 the evening session was the presen-, pounds of beet, 225,000 pounds of
!^r!?:^i^i^'\^j,^L'^:?fi'':l^^^':i thrp;;yt;;:^;e Of urc.ZTltV,:!?"-'"j^t^™ o^a pageant, otih^^^r 2^0,000 p<;;;;;;i;^ =^3^
PEXXSYLV-AXI-AXS AT
C.V.MP ME.ADE XE.AR
TO THE 3000 M.ARK.
Selected men to tho number of 53G arrived here Monday, April 29
cal actions ot molten glass are made of clay found in the United States.
In addition to the factory operated by the bureau of Standards at Pitts¬ burgh, several privately owned com¬ panies are now furnisli4ng optical glass for military use in telescopes, binoculars, fleld glasses, periscopes, and other technical and scientific In¬ struments.
Atonement, at Wyomissing, to suc¬ ceed Rev. C. K. Fogley. Rev. Mr. Deaton is engaged in field work. Rev. Dr. J. C. Kunzmann, ot Phila-
niission work of tho church.
-ARRESTS l-'OLI.OW
TAR .AXD FE.ATHERS.
P.ATRIOTIC M.VSS MEETIXG
IX Ll'THER-AX CHURCH.
The people of Nazareth are fortu¬ nate in having tho privilege ot lis-
1109 Ben Pickering, Glendon, care! l>'tal. Camp Meade, Md.; Edward
Mrs. Powell, Easton, Pa. The following have been ordered to report as alternates: im William S. Vought, 24th and
Forest Sts., Easton, Pa. 1131 Otto S. Metz, 121 S. New St.,
Nazareth, Pa.
H()\()l!i:i) ox HIS HIRTHD.VY.
The following was clipped from the Camp Meade "Herald", a weekly paper published at Camp Meade, Md., which relates to a young captain who Mlebrat(Ml his birthday and is well known in Moore Township, and his lany friends will be glad to know what a popular young offlcer Captain Kobert Fatzinger of Co. C, 316th latantry is:
Sunday night was the occasion for * real old-time "get to-gether party" 'or Company C, to celebrate the birth- % of Capt. R. L. Fatzinger, the lenial and popular commanding offl- «er, and the presentation of tho ban- wr representing tho basket-ball thampionship of tho 316th regiment. The banquet scheduled for 7 P. M. *a« opened by a few remarks from **fgt. H. W. Hummer, the loastmas- «r, and after a most enjoyable re- PMt was stowed away and little bon- ws illuminating the war end of each «Kar, Capt. Bob Fatzinger started tho I*", a rolling with a few of his •Jfaight from the shoulder remarks. '0 lowing Capt. Fatzinger were. Bat- »ion Adjt. First Lieut. Daniel S. ^eller; First Lieut. James B. Ander- •on. and Second Lieut. Daniel J. uougherty. Their brief bu' insplr- ,„* ^''^'¦fssos brought round after round of cheers.
Hn^^x, ^**''neer is a grandson of " -^lary Welty, at Moorestown.
^N' Xnv. WAXTED
BY THE GOVERNMENT ™R export trade OFFICERS
\J}'^ '^"¦'ed States Government Is Of hi I ^^'^ ^bo can take chargo C'" ^^''''^ "f "»*-' B^'eau of D«i«,." '""'^ Domestic Commerce, Jo a,.V ' "' Commerce, and men '. '"^i a.s assisUnts In theae offlces.
Jones, Machine Gun Battalion, Camp Meade, Md.; Russell Stout, Depot Brigade, Camp Meade, Md.; Dr. Charlee Laubach, Medical Corps, Somewhere in France; Norman Da¬ vidson, Depot Brigade, Camp Meade. Md.
HEIJ.ERTOWX MAX
GETS GOO!) POSITION.
Robert C. Landis, assistant prin¬ cipal ot the public schools at Emaus, has been appointed and confirmed as¬ sistant superintendent of the public schools of Lehigh county. He was appointed Monday by the new Le¬ high county superintendent, M. J. Wertman, and confirmed by the exe¬ cutive board of the School Directors' .-Association.
Mr. Landis begins his duties on May 6. Ho will hold the offlce tor four yea."s at an annual salary ot $1S00. He is a native of Hellertown and graduated from the Keystone State Normal School at Kutztown in 1910. He taught in Lower Saucon Township, in Northampton County for two years, and for the last six years has been in educational work at Emaus. At present he is taking the Saturday course at Muhlenberg Col¬ loge and will receive the degree ot Ph. B. in June. Ho is 28 yoars old and married, having one child.
ACTION FOR DIVORCE.
Samuel F. Rissmiller of Belfast, is suing his wife, Mrs. Lovella Rissmil¬ ler, of Stroudshurg, for a decree on the grounds of desertion, which, he says, occurred August 15, 1911. They were married February 15, 1911.
In the case ot Mr.s. Lizzie I Drauch, of Nazareth, vs. James Drauch, of Easton, South Side, for a decree on the grounds of desertion, Robert W. Bowlby was appointed master to file
I a report.
I Walter U. Seyfried began a suit against his wife, Mrs. Emma V. Sey¬ fried for a divorce on similar grounds. 1907, and the desertion is alleged to have taken place Decombor 30, 1915. They live at Nazareth.
from points in Pennsvlvanla and by tening to an address by Hon. Oliver Wednesday night Pennsylvania's Stewa|-t ot Chicago. Mr. Stewart quota of newcomers will be near the 3000 mark.
Every officer here is studying the flght in France between the Germans and the Allies. The offlcers are niaking those studies from the daily newspapers. These studjej have been ordered by Major General Kuhn himself. Men familiar with condi¬ tions "over there" take the part ot instructors, "i'hese instructors lec¬ ture on the various maneuvers and hold quizzes. |
Tho offlcers aro obliged to famil¬ iarize themselves with tho geography and topography of the fighting zone so that when they reach France they will know much of the fighting ground.
The offlcers of the 310th Field Artillery next Saturday will make a fltty-mlle horseback ride to Annapo¬ lis and back. The course will be circuitous and it will have enough obstacles to make it a hard one.
Company B, 313th Infantry, after four tastes of measles—"liberty measles"—has 'em again. The pa¬ tients are under quarantine.
An entirely different program ot training is mapped out for the new- men than that for the veterans ot last winter. The old units will go in for strenuous features. Today there will be a slx-niilo hike for a single hour. Tho men will go a part of the hour at double quick and then drop down to a fast walk. The dis¬ tance will be covered with heavy packs and under battle condillons. They will be rushing to the support of some sector that is hard pressed.
A distinguished member of Ihe French army and wearer of the rib¬ bon of the legion of honor was guest ot Captain Castega, of the Alpine Chesseurs. He was Lieutenant Col¬ onel Illusavit and his guest Is In charge ot the sub-dlvislon ot Boston in tho training program.
Charles Bittner Kuhle, 69 and Franz Schwartz, 44, both unnatural¬ ized Germans were detained in jail by United States Commissioner Schools, to await the action of the United States Departmnt of Justice
the thank offerings gathered during iooO cans of tomatoes, and 225,000 the year by the various societies, cans ot jam—with other articles' ag- Mrs. W. H. Kern, of Nazareth was in gregating 6,750,000 pounds, charge and the tolloWilng young la-; These quantities of foodstuffs are
on, con-
delphia, superintendent of the Board ' ?'®^ °^ ^'' -^o^^'s Reformed Church, subjected to thorough inspectl of Missions, reported briefly on the -^f ='a''«''°' Participated: Alice Knauss. : which begin at the source and c,
Florence Fenlcle; Lillie Brong, Helen : tinue until the food Is actually con- Wolf, Anna Oswald, Amy Kr.auss. ' sumed. Each depot of the Quarter¬ master Corps is a central subsistence
Irene Walters Yeisley
Helen Hoch and Mae
business of tts town, supplying the camps, cantonments, aviation fields, I and other posts in its territory. The I subsistence offlcers are held lesponsl-
EXPERTS IX SHOOTIXG
TRAIX MEX AT CAMPS
IX USE OF RIFLES, ble tor the quality ot the goods they
! receive.
The National Army and many or- Before the supplies reach the de-
ganlzations of the National Guard Pots. however, they are passed upon
after having beeu tarred and feath- having been equipped with the United by inspectors in the packing houses,
ered by a niob at West Lebanon, late : states rifle, model ot 1917 (modified I'"anneries, and other sources of orl-
ri}, night. , Enfield), it became necessary to de-1 &•«- The Records at Washington
That they were spreading German , vise some plan wherebv troops could , show the capabilities, character, and
propaganda Is believed by the au-! be efflcientlv trained in the use of standard ot every-establishment fur-
thorities. Schwartz is alleged to, this weapon in short time. j nishing food for the Armv. The
have said that the Germans are ; a statement authorized by the Or- ' speciflcations which their products
scheduled to win the war in France : diiance Department tells how experts must meet are clear and exact.
and are then coming to blow up the; ;„ shooting, many of them members The inspection branch maintains a
united btates. Both men admitted ; of United States teams which won In- current file of unreliable dealers and
thoy got together on Sundays to ; ternational shooting matchos, were "ireliable products, insuring the eli-
r^Pi •? 1 i''^^" newspaper published commissioned and sent to various mination of dealers who, having been
4 f f v" • ' camps to Instruct officers and men in flenied the right to suppiv some of
At the preliminary hearing wit-; shooting and in the operation and '. *be many depots of the Armv, make
nesses could not be produced to te.tl-: care of the rifle. | subsequent attempts to obtain con-
fy that they had heard Schwartz say | in one camp officers under Instruc- j tracts at other points.
in^i tl ^^'^T'' , '•.^^"/'^'^ ^°"''i ' tion from these men gave a demon- —
thJ^ h« ... A^.'^ '" America and stration I- dismounting and assemb- BOYS' F.ARM TRAINING CAMP
T^h.nnn J.,^ ^T'"" .'1^, ^^ ^^' Hn^ this rifle while blindfolded, the I ^ '
Lebanon water supply and blow up
tho railway bridges, but witnesses
said the men were accused ¦by others
of making such remarks.
Afler the meu had been coated
with furnace tar late Sunday night,
covered with feathers and marched
over the streets of West Lebanon,
r^tl'iinf!n!j''h"^'i' /° ""^ Lebanon < ^ni not be allowed to use lights, and i lege agriculture experts untii" mIV cay line and handed over to the po-.,heref ore they must be thoroughly i 10. A second detachment will be
c'ni,„.o..f, io . , trained In taking down the ilfle and ; from May 14 to May 24 llvS\ere twLVsTx'Ss"^^^^^^^^^ '^ ^''^^ P-ts by .ens« of After they have mastered the ele- ¦ :iuw-prfsoner has been he^e forty '"""'^ - XTl '>'''"''T'' ^^«««^^y 1° make
. years. Both conL.ed to sym-' * --'" °- '°^" 'mmediate use at farm
pathy for the German cause, but de-
record time being 7 minutes for dis-' More than 300 schoolboys from mounting'and 22 minutes for assemb- various sections of the State came ling. There are S6 parts to the rifle. : '" State College to enter a farm These offlcers in turn instruct me- ! training camp conducted under the chanlcs classes, the mechanics being co-operative management of the trained to make repairs to rifles In , Pennsylvania State College and the the field. Frequently they will hav3 ; Committee of Public Safety. They to do their work at night, when they j ^IH be under the instruction of col- ay be
nied having uttered any unpatriotic remarks.
threats or
STEWART
will speak on the subject, "Prohi-
I bitlon and tho War" In St. John'3
Lutheran Church on Monday 7.45 P
COUNCILS OF DEFENSE AATLL ADVISE
BETHI.EHE.M ROTARIAXS
AT N.AZ.ARETH IXX.; has urged the Stato councils to pro- rp,,, D .11 u 7^ „. I vide voluntary aid for dependents of
The Bethlehem Rotary Club came! men in the service in collecting allot- evenlng at I ments of pay and tamily allowances.
to Nazareth ou Tuesda.
M., under the auspices of the Flying, ' o'clock tor a banquet at the Naza-: arrears of pav, travel pav, extra pay Squadron Foundation. This organ-,'"etii i°n- ior other monev due estates of 6e^
ization has as its head, the Hon. J. r rank Martin, guitar manufac-1 ceased soldiers and sailors.
Allotments and allowances under
-MUST REGI.STER JUNE 5.
Frank Hanly, ex-Governor of Indi- 'urer and A. G. Connolly, of the ana. Mr. Stewart has beeu closely Slate Belt Telephone and Telegraph affiliated with Governor Hanly for: Company, both of Nazareth, wero more than three years. They worked i Suests of the club, together in the long campaign which j They had with them as their
i "baby member
work the boys will be placed with farmers for the season. Practical
ments in garden and truck patch. In the dairy barns the boys are being taught to feed and milk cows, handle silage, clean .stables and mix feed. They are also being Instructed In pre¬ paring aeed beds, the transplanting of plants and In making and apply¬ ing spraying materials. Every
took the Flying Squadron of Ameri ca into every state ot the union, and they are continuing that association in tho work of the Flying Squadron Foundation.
Tho lecture will be free and every-
Young men who have attained the ago of twenty-ono years since June 5, 1917, will be compelled to regis¬ ter for military service on Juno 5 this ! "^"V..'.Trv, „ «„.l„..ol „«J .. . 1 1 ... J. .,_, , I ed from a national and not a local
year, a resolution regarding this hav- ] .,ojut of view
I. B. Norwood, sec¬ retary of the Chamber of Commerce, and elected him a member of the Ro- tarians.
The dinner which was served to, .ra the members and guests Just seemed
the war-risk insurance law are paid , youngster is learning how to rake directly by the Treasury Department shock, pitch, load and mow hav to the persons entitled thereto; Considerable attention will be eiveii claiips for Insurance taken out un- to the operation of gas engines and der the law should be addressed to j tractors bv the older boys Bureau of Wnr-Rlsk Insurance, ! The boys will work from R in i« Treasury Department, Washington, . the morning until 6 in the evenln, D. C; claims for arrears of pay, ex-1 They have been quartered In thecal' ay and travel pay of deceased lege armorv. *"'
KINGS DAUGHTERS MUSICAL.
w'!.?,!^ "^ located In tho prlncl- «' ommerclal cities. The salaries uLiT' »''800 t« »3.000 for ^'milla f'om $1,200 to $1,'- AppiicanU will be ex-Merest, under the auspices of the PfomZ e^opt-trada technique Anna Niischmann Circle ot Kings Wc , °' commerce, and ©cono- Uauhters ia being arranged for thej|"
evening of May 21st. Further par¬ ticulars will be announced later. Tickets may bo secured from mem¬ bers of the Circle at a nominal charge ot fifteen cents.
«l'en fl ?''^' *"IEETIXG.
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Day | 02 |
Year | 1918 |
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