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NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 14, 1918
NO. 11
jilHER HOME THAT WANTS MORE
trui) WRECKED BY BOOZE I   HEATLE8S MONDAYS
Wrt.SON TOWN.SHIP YOUNG
MAV  AHKKSTKI).
\fonian Addicted to Drink Says Hus¬ band Oave Her First Taste of it.
A c-iso of a home wreckud by booze .atbrouglit to tbo attention of Judge Stewart just before court adjourned .t noon Tuesday, when the desertion .nd non «ui.i)ort ease, brought by Mrs Kmma Ilrener, of Kaston, «ainst her husband, ThoophUiis Brpuer, of Forks Township, was ^lled.    Coth  are  over  GO   years  ot
*^Attornev Floyd B. McAlee repre- iMted the husband and explained the reason for his failure to support his 'ife He stated that iMrs. BreRcr was a drunkard; that she kept bad company and associated with im- Dfoper persons and that this had caused a dinvr.'nce in the family, that resulted in their going before an al¬ derman and .signing separation pa- Ders in which no provision for sup¬ port' was made. Tho wife later |move'',to Phillipsburg and continued her drinking, and, according to the Btatement had gained an unsavory Ireputation in the New Jersey town.
The two sons of tho couple were also in court and corroborated the testimony. Speaking In her own be- half.Mrs. nrener admitted that she draiik. but accused her husband ot giving her her first taste of liauer. a« well as to her son, when she was 39 years old and the boy 15. The (ons were willing that she should go to the almshouse and they would con¬ tribute to her support, but they did not want to give her mon y to buy (trong liquor. The court had no jurisdiction to make such an order. She stated that she did not want thom to give her any money, but would be latisfled If they would have coal sent to her home, so that her house would be warm when she comes home from be Rough Dry Laundry, where she ¦ employed.
The court made no order_ In the lase, and stated that If the new home 'or inebriates which the State Is lullding, were completed, he would lend her there. However, he suft- [eeted to the sons that they buy lome coal for her, according to her request. The costs were placed on Itlie county. The father Is rather ¦feeble and works only In the summer time on farms, so that ho is unable lo contribute toward her support.
EAT Gl .\SS IN CRABMEAT.
Now tjiyiand Fuel Administrator Ob¬ jects to Contiiiiiiny Flan in His Section.
James   J.   Storrow,   New   Englau I Fuel    Administrator,   Monday   night {telegraphed   his  objections to  a  pro- iI)osal made by Dr. Harry A. Garneld, I .National   F'uel   Administrator,   that ;the Monday heatless holidays be con¬ tinued   in   the   New   England   State.^ I after   they  are   terminated   in   other States.
"I told Dr. Garfield," Mr. Storrow :said.   "that   I   felt   lhat   those   States that lie between  us and our sources of  coal   supply   should   stand  or   fall with us.     That  is,  I  leel  that  if the cricis that caused  tho institution ot the '.Monday holidays  In  these States ijs  now  over     thi^y should     oontinue their holidays and devote those days \ when   business   is   at   a  standstill   to moving coal through to our factories and munition plants It we are to con¬ tinue to operate them." !     Asked it ho thought that all those 'states  that  draw  thoir coal supplies from   Pennsylvania   should   continue their  holidays   in  order   to   aid   New ' Kngland,   Mr.   Storrow   said   that   as New England Administrator he would bo interested in seeing only rennsyl¬ vania, New York. Delaware and .New Jersey continue the holidays, as it is from and  through  those States that New   England   obtains   the   greater part of its supplies.
j NO ;*IXE NTOWN KAIR.
Floyd Steckel, of Wilson Township, was arrested Frirlay night by Non¬ stable Uyan on a warrant issued by Alderman Heusa charging hlni witli betraying Helen Hasko, a Williams Township girl who appeared in court last December and pleacUid guilty to the charge of concealing the death of her child.
The complaint was lodged by County Detective Neimeyer by direc tion ot Di.strict Attorney McCluskey. Steckel entered bail for a hearing last evening.
When the Hasko girl was arrested for concealing the death of the child she mentioned the name of a woll- known .South Easton young m.in. Whon she was confronted by him. howover, she declared tbat she had never seen him before. The au- Mioritles then learned that tho young man who had called on her hiul given the name ot the Soulh j3aston man. An investigation was conducted, and the county ollicials say that'Steckel is tho guilty man. He has married since he called on the Hasko girl.
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY THRIFT WEEK
XAZARI
;TH   hash  HAMi
riiAVEU iM.VKKS GOOD.
One of Ihe most prominent base¬ ball jilayers in this socllon is J. J. Stansbury, of Nazareth. His career as a ball player lias been watched with interest and pride by his friends aiHJ admirers in this seclon.
From the start of his base ball ca¬ reer at Central I'ark, HItti-rsville In 190.5, when only 19 years of age he played sensational ball with that club. The seasons of 1906 and 1907 be played with the .Nazarelh ball team   which   farmed   a   part   of   the
NEGRO CONFESSES MUR¬ DER and FIRING PLANTS
AIRPLANE MAIL
SERVICE SOUGHT
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War Stamps Have the Addllon ii Ad¬ vantage Tiiat They increase in Value.
In   offering   "War-Saving   Stamps" to the public tho United Slates Gov¬ ernment has mado immediately avail¬ able for every man, woman   and chil.l \ J,,;;;,- MountainTea'gue, from" here ho in  tho Country a  profitable,  simple, ^^nt   f„  Williamsport   where  he  rc and secure investment.
War-Saving Stamps are the ansA'or of a great democracy to the demand for a democratic form ot governmeni security. They are "liltle flibv bonds." Like Liberty bonds, they have behind them  the eniire resour-
ohio Prisoner is Hushed Away to Pre¬ vent Violence by Mob.
Bids Asked for Machines to.Fly From New York tu Capital.
mained uniil 1915 playing good ball. His calibre was finally noticed by the Louisville, Ky. scouts a part of lho American Association and ho wa^ drafted to that club for the 1916 sea¬ son as a third baseman. Here he received many presents from the fans
ces of th(; Oovernment and people nf i and became one of the most popular
the   United   States.     They   havo   the , mon on the club.
For  the   second   time   within   as
nany weeks ground glass has been ' Iiscovered  In   canned   goods   sold   at
itores  In   the   vicinity   of   Scranton.
The latest victims are Mr. and Mrs.
pns Robinson, of Scranton, who were ¦Lade seriously III after eating a can
If crabmoat. In  which  ground  glass
ras found. Assistant    District    Attorney  Mc-
Court says similar complaints from Jlfferent parts of the country have ¦een received regarding the same prand of crabmeat.
Tunnels of the Ancients.
Although tuiinellng is nmimp the Nst ancient of enterprises, more progress has been made in It the last «ntury than in the twenty centuries which preceded It. It Is now known liat hack In the seml-myfhieal days of IheTheban kings the long tunnel Into |llie mnuiitnin reck, expanding at n dls- ^ce of 400 feet or so. Into some lofty ¦*amber, was a common work. The fock temples of Nubia and India, too, Ihow that In certain matters at any rate moderns amy still learn from the in;lents.
U. S, Array Camp Will Uso Allentowu Fair Grounds .\notlier Year.
The Government sent a telegram lo tho sixty-sixth annual meeting of stockholdf-rs of the Lehigh County Agricultural Society, commandeer- the AUentown Fair Grounds for the United States Ambulance camp for another year, and in consequence thero was nothing to do but decide not to hold any AUentown Fair this year, the same as last.
Tho fair has the infiuence and re¬ sources to move to a new location, a move that is favored by many people, but it would be unwise at this time, owing to the high cost of materials and labor, as Indicated by the appeal of Secretary McAdoo not to do any building except In cases ot absolute necessity.
For the use of the grounds the past year the Government paid a rental of $.10,000 and ?7500 for damages to buildings and broken contracts, and this just about covered fixed charges, the same as though a fair had been belli last tall, and this is all the tinancial  statement  there was.
The election was by acclamation, there being no contests either tor of¬ ficers or membership on the execu¬ tivo committeo, and all the offlcers were re-elected, headed by Dr. Victor H. Wieand, president.
Half-salaries were voted to the president and secretary, |250 and $750 respectively, while the salary of Treasurer Korn was conlinued at Its full  figur",  $1000.
BOY SCOUTS.
Unkind Comment. The death   recently   took   plnce  In Ireland of n  well-known  singer  who Md T  massive   physique.     This   wns fsther a drawback in the cnse of cer-
fNn sentlmeiitni songs which were »rdly applbiibi,, to his girth. One Ight, when In Dublin, he gave as an »wre, the well-known Irish song, ^ta sitting by the stlle, Mury, wliere »e sat side hy side." An Irreverent Wfson in the gallery exclaimed : "Ah, ^ure, there wouldn't be room for the Wo of yez now."
Little Things That Count
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Vh     k""'"'"''• ^" *''" " ""'" nround 4!.       '"'>" <<"iie against  nnotb.r; to
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«r. rnther tlmn  resent  or  return   It—
Trtt/*"^ "'*¦ "'">'^ '" "¦•'''•'> clouds "Storms are kept „«• nnd a pleasant " «eady sunshine secured.
I'arents and Citizens:
This week tho Boy Scouts of America celebrate their eighth anni versary. A nation wide effort is be¬ ing made to increase the uumber of Hoy Scouts and also to better them by getting Ihem all the needed equip mont. This great organization known as the Boy Scouts of America has tho approval of all our greatest men. If carried out properly, and this of course can only bo done with the proper equipment, it certainly Is ono of tho greatest benefits for the bovs—mentally, phvslcally and mor¬ ally.
The Tiger Patrol of Troop No. 1 Nazareth will this week make a col¬ lection ot old paper, newspapers, magazines, etc. If any one has »ny that they would like to get rid of and to give. It will be highly appre¬ ciated. One of the boys will call at your home. WUh the proceeds wo In¬ tend to get some needed eiiuipment. This summer In return we promisa to show you what scouting means. Scribe B. S. of A.
Local     Uoard    for    Division     No. 2,
Count.v   of   Northampton,   Htiite
of   I'enna.
Tho following named persons, whoso Quostioniiairea have been re¬ turned by tbe I'osLollico as unde¬ livered, aro herby nolilied that pur¬ suant lo the Act ot Congress, Form 999, Section 129, they have been classilied iu class 1; subject to tho right ot applying lo tho Local Board for an extension of timo iu whieh to liave  tho  Questionnaire  lilled  out.
Any information about auy of the registrants will be accepted by the Local Board. Tho last known ad¬ dress and where last employed on June 5,  1917, follows:
Luther Conovy, U. D. «, Easton, Pa.     L. V. K. K.
Carmeol Calabria, H. D. G, Eastou. I'a.     John  Alfieri.
j     Thomaa  Kazarzky,   R.   D.   3,   Eas- I lon.  Pa.     John  Sallash.
George  Langlands,   11.   D.   3,  Eas¬ lon, Pa.     Nor. Co. Country Club. ,     Nicola Giorordo,  U.  D.  3, Easton, Pa.
Harold Kay Dutt, H. D. 6, Easton, Pa.    Hiram Bachman.
Goorge Bruch, U. D. 3, Easton, Pa. Lloyd Kramer.
i     Frederick G. Diehl, R.  D.  5, Eas¬ ton,   Pa.     R. J. Morrison. 1     Joseph Arthur Brown, R. D. 3 Eas¬ ton, Pa.    Clareuce Mack.
FaviUIs Jose, Butztown, Pa. U. S. Rashburn.
Georgo A. Carberry, Freemansburg, Pa.     \anuoy Restaurant Co.
John  Berla,     Frjemausburg,     Pa. I Vaiinoy Restaurant Co. !     Magoicba Takenchi, New St., Naz- I areth,  I'a.     John A.  Miller.
Prospoto Di Nicola, Naz. Inn, Naz¬ arelh, I'a.
Prunell Giacomo, S. Main St., Naz¬ areth, Pa.     Nazarelh Cement Co.
Miko Figar, R. D. 1, Nazareth, Pa. Penn Alleu Cement Co.
John Schmidt, Up. Naz. Tsp.,Naza¬ reth,  Pa.     Penna.  Cement Co.
Domenico Colontoul, Nazareth, Pa, Dexter Cement Co.
Autonio     Masbash,     1   Spring  St., [Nanareth,   I'a.     Phoenix  Cement   Co.
Antonio Buracchio, 138 S. Main St., Nazareth, Pa.     'IJito Daddario.
John ilaso, .N'azareth, Pa. Henry Rolh.
Thomas M. Coll, 2130 Hay St., Eas¬ ton, I'a.     Atkinson Paving Co., S. D.
Wilbur Pyle, 1012 Butler St., Eas¬ ton.  I'a.     Chipmans.
George Smyth, 2313 Hay St., Eas¬ ton, Pa.     Beth. Steel Co.
Filippo Bosile, Main St., Easton, Pa.
Raymond Kiefer, 1521 Northamp¬ ton St., Easton,  Pa.    Motorman.
Candido Loheto, Forrest House, Easton, Pa.    Treadwell Eng. Co.
Joseph Hancevec, Centre St., West Easlon, Pa.     Ingersoll Rand.
Marcazzl Sincero, 16 Maiu St., Eas¬ ton, Pa. •
Harvey Moser, IGOO Washington St., Easton.     Mrs. Brinker.
Washington Price, Walnut St., Bath, Pa.    Jose'ph Horner.
Charles Kregal, Bath, Pa.    L. & N.
additional advantage that thev steadily increase in valuo from the date of purchase until the date ot maturity, and this increase is guaran¬ teed by the Govornment. These stamps are issued in two denomina- lions, the 25-cent stamp and the ?5 slamp.
For the convenience of investors a "Thrift Card" is furnished to aU pur¬ chasers ot 25-cent stamps. This card has spaces for 16 stamps. When all the spaces have been filled tho Thrift Card may be exchanged for a $5 stamp at post ofllces, banks, or other authorized agencies. Those v/ho prefer may buy a $5 stamp out¬ right. They are now on sale at $4.13.    They Automatically increas
At  present  he  is  32   years  of  agj and  Is living with  his wife In Naza¬ reth.     Duriig  the  winter  he  holds  a' good position at the Bothlehem Steol' works but every spring he iiuUs south to begin training.
.-^N.SWKRKI)   QUESTI()\.\IRK   IN
OUTIJUHST OF POKSY.
Just as tho scrappers of old had their skalds and bards, so the next National Army is to have its verse monger in the person of Timothy I.,ynch, B. R. T. motorman ofCorona, Queens.
Timothy got otf to a flying start
yesterday on tbe back of the ancient n value a cent a monlh every month and honorable Pegasus, when he an- thereafter     until  January     1,   1923,   swered     all   the  necesary     questions
when the United States will pay $.^ at any post office or at the Treasury in Washington for each stamp affixed to a War Saving Certificate.
and waived exemption  in rhyme.        ( To David C.  Meyers, chairman  ot i his   local   exemption  board,   Timothy stated he found the occasion too ex-
That he lired two big plants, mur¬ dered a watchman and caused the death of another person was the con¬ fession mado at East Liverpool, O., before Mayor J. S. Wilson, by Willis Pyne, a negro, of ProctorvIUe, O. Pyne was arrested Monday by an ofli- eer who discovered his biding in a plant there.
When taken before the mayor fo a preliminary hearing, the negro ac¬ cording to the authorllies, confessed that he flred the Adamant Porcelai i plant there last Tuesday, entailing a loss of $100,000. Firemen, who fought the blaze, discovered two charred bodies in the ruins, one that of David Mamaw, a night Watchman and the other that of an unidenll- fied man. It was thought at the time that both men had been burned to doath, but Pyne confessed tonight tbe authorities say, that he killed the watchman with a hatchet. The ne¬ gro also confessed to firing the Ken- ilworth Tile plant at Newell, W. Va., last Fridav, entailing a loss of |60,- 000.
Fearing mob violence against the prisoner, offic<,rs rushed Pyne to Lis¬ bon, O., where he Is confined in the county jail. Authorities say that Pyne refused to tell why he fined the plant or why he murdered Mamaw.
TYI'HOIU CASK AT MEADK
QUICKLY CHECKED.
If the holder    of a War-    Savings  citing   for   dry  prose.     His   poe"cal
Certificate finds It necessary to real ize cash on it before maturity, he may at any time upon giving 10 days writ¬ ten notice to any money-order post offlce, receive for each stamp affixed to   his   certificate   the   amount   paid
outburst, which    he handed    to Mr.
; Meyers, so impressed that offlcial that he forwarded it at once to Theo¬ dore F. Dumoulin, secretary to the District   Draft   Appeals   Board,   that
ithe  members     might see    what  the
therefor plus 1 cent for each cal ndar; army is going to get. month after the month  ot purchase of each stamp.    A registered certlfl¬ cate may be redeemed, however, only at the post offlce where registered.
The main reason for the purchase of war Stamps Is because your coun¬ try is at war.     More details will  be
The questionnaire, which Meier Stelnbrink read aloud at yesterday's meeting of the appeals body, follows: I,     Timothy    Lynch,     do     solemnly
swear, I'm   the   registrant   In   this   question¬ naire.
ex'plalned   during   the   four   minute  Jhlrty years old is my age, sir today
talks at the Royal Theatre, this Thursday evening by H. P. Yeisley, Friday evening by Frank Huth. Sat¬ urday evening by J. H. Benner and on Sunday at all tho churches.
COXCEHT AT THE
NAZARETH  Y.
M.  C.  A.
The concert at the Y. M. C. A. au¬ ditorium was largely attended on Tuesday evening  when  the  .Muhl^n-   I was put out of school for being bad
I live near this school, a few blocks
away. I'm a motorman. and also please add I live with my wife, and she with her
dad. I  work  for  the road and  truthfully
say I run  over people ten hours a  day. So skilful am I in this kind of work I know I can kill both Teuton and
Turk. Military training I never had
j berg College  Glee  Club,  entertained ' the  audience with   musical   numbers most pleasing to music Iwvars.
It was wiihout doubt thdt the en- i tire program was well rendered, but '. special   mention  should   be   made   ot ! the   quartette   composed   of   Messrs. , Wuchter,      Reichardt,      Moyer    and Kleckner  who  have  filled  the  audi¬ torium   with   melodious   chords   and j responded     to   numerous     enchores I which was highly appreciated by all I     The piano solo.  "La  Campanella" by   Paganinl     Liszt,   played     by   Mr. Schwartz was rendered in such style that every one present could realize
I speak English well, bolh pure and
profane, German or French never entered my
brain. And here let me say. and put this in
rhyme. That never was I convicted ot crime. I stand six feet in my—estimation. And welg:h 200 without exaggeration. I'm physically flt and feeling so flne, ru sign mv name at the end of this
lino. It has never been my fortune or fate To   be  employed   by   this   nation   or
State. Am I a minister? You make me smile, A divinity student? Wrong by a mile.
One case of typhoid fever, the di¬ sease that once was so much dreaded in the army and which caused so many deaths in the Spanish-Ameri¬ can war, haa been discovered at Camp Meade. The patient was George Besore, a newly drafted man from Chambersburg, Pa. The sol¬ dier, with the close-cropped hair that is part ot the treatment, is now on the road to recovery, well pleased with the treatment he received at the base hospital.
He brought the typhoid to camp from Chambersburg. Pa. There he was working on a Job building a barn on an old farm, when he was tempted to drink water that waa re¬ garded as impure. Two other men. W. C. Schlichter, the boss carpenter, and his son, Norman Schlichter drank also from the well. All three had typhoid—^Besore here, th? others at their home.
The army medical force went afler the typhoid with as much vigor as tho Department of Justice would go after some other dangerous enemy of the fighting forces. No typhoid has occurred In the camp. The an¬ titoxin has worked In the thousands of case.<;. proi,;;hiy preventing the de¬ velopment of the feve". even In the cases of men who faced the germs on visits back bo'me from camp.
THREE ARGT-MKVTS TN F.AVOR
OF  \\\U  PnOHIBITIOV.
' Establishment of an airplane mall I service between Washington, I'hila¬ delphia and Now York, during the coming summer was indicated Tues¬ day when the Post Offlce Department ealled for bids on five airplanes for that service. The service will begin with one round trip a day and later ! may be expanded. First-class mall only will be carried at the start.
Teh specifications of the Post Office Department call for machines which have stood satisfactory test in the War and Navy Department's service. The bids will be opened February 21 and the airplanes are to be delivered not laler than April 25 this year. Arrangements have been made with the War Department to release a suf¬ ficient number of motors to equip the machines.
"It is not tbe purpose of the Post Offlce Department to make this an ex¬ perimental service," Po.stmaster Gen¬ eral Burleson announced. "It's practicability is to be assured before the establishment of the route. Once established it la to remain a perma¬ nent service."
Congress has appropriated JlOO,- 000 for use in establishing aerial mail service and the national adviso¬ ry committee on aeronautics and aeronautic experts have pronounced the service feasiable and beyond ex¬ perimental stages. Each airplane will be required to carry 300 pounds of mall a distance of not less than 200 miles without stop, at a maxi¬ mum speed with full load of 100 miles an hour. A minnimum speed of 45 miles and climbing speed ot 6000 feet in ten minutes.
A special postage rate will be char¬ ged for letters carried by airplane. If Congress will sanction It with tliB necessary law. The rate contem¬ plated is 25 cents per ounce of frac¬ tion thereof. It is planned to maln- I tain a permanent service on regular schedule.
FEI.L
TO DEATH IN A
QUARRY HOliE.
he was a master of this art ; j.^, ^^^ ^^ ^^e naval or military ser-
The   farce   "The  Great  Life" and !     ^i^g
the   dialog,   "Abraham   Murphy Co- ' ^ ^-as mv neglect, and not that I'm
hen.  Defective"  were a scream and
nervous.
the  characters  In  the  various  parts   I'm"^' 'c'it"lzen and am proud to sav, !^™J;^u!:°.u^™*^'?''f.!_il^  '^®'''  ^'^^^'"'^ i I'm  ready  to   fight  for  my  flag a
to make them a success
ANNUAL >fEETING.
E.  R.  R.
IXTERK.STl.NG  .MEETING.
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A nuuibor of the Legislative Com¬ mittee of the Northampton County Cooperalivo Temperance Leaguo me*, in the homo of Rov. H. J. KUne, ou .Mauch Chunk Stroet ou Tuesday af¬ ternoon.
.Measures to work on for the com¬ ing primary election wero discussed and what might bo dono to encourage meu of any party who commit them¬ selves to the Prohibition Amend¬ ment  in tho next legislation.
Those present were: Rov. Harrv .M. Chalfont, State Editor, of Phila- ilelphia; Rov. WUIiam Powick, D. D., Pen Argyl, Rev. George Uiry, Bau¬ gor; Rev. Benjamin Bender, Edel¬ mans; J. .\1. Froy, secreiary V. M. C. A.,  South  Bi'thlehem.
THE  HICKS AL.MANAt;.
For ?, ,   ^'¦'¦"'"Ph Over Lockjav*,.
rt.NVw v""'" "*" ''"¦'^¦J"w  In  a  young ler«.i,.„   "I^ f'urceons i.erformed an
Fwer I," ""'"""« 'lu- muscles of the
ou, „   ,;' ""•' tf"'". to restore tunc-
k«kw '"¦l""'"K"'"t"'- 't"'t kept
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»ed' n,     '   ""¦   "PPlliiiice   was   ro-
•'nglv In"'""''"" '""' -I'veloped Hur-
«'y. InsurluK natural chewing.
The "Ileni" (^as just received their siipi)ly of Hick's Almanacs tor 1»1S. Theso should have arrived early In December 1917, but owing to irelgUi conditiona it was impossible for us lo trace tho shipment which caused the delay. There is a limiled uum- bir of these almanacs aud will bo dis¬ tributed freo of ch.irgo only to those who have paid or will pay their sub scription lo the "Item" one year In advance. To Iho.se who wish lo ha/e these almanacs mailed wo will asli you kindly to forward five cents post¬ age to cover tho mailing of same.
I     Robert    C. Williamson,    R. D.  1, Wind Gap.  Pa.    Arvon Slate Co. i     John   Rowland   Jones,   Wind  Gap, I'a.     L. & N. E. R. R.
Stathis Anaslasion, R. ,D. 2, Beth¬ lehom,  Pa.     Beth.  Steel Co.
Stavis Dayadakis, R. D. 2, Bethle¬ hem, Pa.     Robert Rathburn.
Edward M. DoUard, R. D. 1, Beth¬ lehem,   Pa.     Abraham   Fogel.
Herbert C. Schoch, Nazareth Pike. IB-lhlehem,  I'a.
James Hicks, West St., Bethlehem, Pa.     Groman Bros.
Johu Hunsinger, R. D. 1. Bethle¬ hem,  Pa.     Abraham  Fogel.
James Sullivan, Hawthorne St., j Bethlehem,   Pa.     A.   SutUfto.
William Ruit, 215 Hamilton St., Bethlehem.   Pa.     Beth.   Steel   Co.
Clayton Shearer, 1213 Na/.areth Pike, Bolhlehem,  Pa.     W. Hunuiell.
SL.4YS HEU IX DOCTOR'S OFFICE.
! Mrs. Elizabeth Gould, 24. formerly of Akron, C, was shol to death at Butler, Pa., Tuesday night by her husband, Frank Gould, 26, who, af¬ ter killing the woman, shot himaelf through the right lung. Ilo is not expected  to live.
The shooting occurred in a physi¬ cian's olfice, where Mrs. Gould was employed. Gould, it Is said, went lo the doctor's ofllco. called hia wife to the door and oiiened fire, several bul¬ lets entering Mrs Goulils body. She died instantly. The man then wnlk¬ ed away from the scene, but returned later and bhot himself. Tho Gould's it is said, have been scpiirated for some time.
Insufficiency of Fame. {
Robert l.ouis Stevenson, says the Piiiladelphia Reconl, was not the only celebrity who hnd fouml fiiiiie rather tlinn sulistantliil aclilevenient. "I would agree," lie wrote, "that Glad.stone Was the iiutlier of my works for a gmxl ten ton BCjieiiner nnd tho coins to keep It on. I know a little about fume now; It's no good compured to a yucht."
The  annual   meeting  ot   the   Blue ; Mountain   Consolidated   Water  Com- , I)any  was  held  at  the offlce  of  the [ company    at  Nazareth     on Tuesday afternoon.    The board which is com¬ posed  of    Milton  Flory    and   R.   F. i Schaeffer, of Bangor; W. S. Masters land E. .\. Speer, of Pen Argyl; Rev. |E.   A.   Yehl,     of  AUentown;     G.   A. ; .Schneebeli,   Mark   T.   Swartz.   H.   B. , Munger  and   Frank  Huth,   of  Naza- I reth,   organized   by   electing   Milton j Flory, president; H. B. Munger, vice j president, and Frank Huth, secretary lind  treasurer.
day.
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Though born In Ireland thirty years ago
I've been in this country ten years or so,
I loft one fine day from fair Queens- town port.
Abroad the Celtic    and    here I was brought.
I came here alone; my parents stay¬ ed home.
They were too feeble this wide world to roam.
I got citizen papers In City Hall,
I love tbis country;  I await Its call.
I   have     dependents.       I'm   married you see.
There's   Briget,   my   wife,   and   our child Marie.
We all live together, wife, child and me.
It  costs a  whole lot to  care  for us three. The real  estate of the lato _Asher ; But I'm a fighter and it It must be.
1. Il will save fuel—One pound of coal is consumed in the produc¬ tion ot every pint of beer. It Is es¬ timated that the 1300 breweries and the 200,000 saloons use more than 14.000,000   tons of coal  annually.
2. It will save food—The barley alone wasted In the manufacture of beer. If made into bread, would have been equal to the normal bread ra tlon of 8.000,000 people. La'-ge quantities of that rare and prec'ous commodity—sugar—were   also   used.
3. It win save labor—It Is stated by reputable authorities that the out put of coal at the mines Is being re¬ duced from 10 to 25^; by the Ineffl ciency and loss of time of workmen through drink. Similar loss Is ex¬ perienced in other lines of Industry, the products of which are essential to the prosecution of the war.
Thomas Mitchell, a native of Eng¬ land, met Instant death in the Chap¬ man Quarries Friday afternoon, when he slipped and fell off a ledge seventy feet to the bottom of the hole and a block of slate weighing 700 pounds fell after him. and landed on ¦ him. terribly mangling his body. Mr. Mitchell was attempting to loosen the block at the time, and he gave it a heavy wrench. Just then he lost his footing and plunged headfore¬ most into the quarry hole and the block, which was loosened, rolled over the edge and struck Mitchell's prostrate body when it reached the bottom ot the hole.
Deceased, who came to this coun¬ try trom England thirty-seven years ago, and had resided at Ch.ipman Quarries and vicinity ever since. He was sixty-one years of age. Besidei his wife, he is survived by seven chil¬ dren: Mrs. Percy A. Bunt, of Phil¬ lipsburg, N. J., Arthur R. and Thomas J. Mitchell, ot AUentown; Mrs. William J. Jones, Mrs. Harry G. Herd and Walter L. Mitchell, a private at Camp Meade, Md.. also by four grandchildren and by two bro¬ thers. WilUam P. Mitchell, of-Union- town. Pa., and Alfred Mitchell, of Bangor. Funeral services were held on Tuesday at 1.30 P. M.. from his late home, with Interment In Green¬ mount cemetery,  Bath.
A   NEW
ORGANTC.ATION
FOR   WIND   G.\P.
WTI..I., BRING LABORERS
TO THE UNITED ST.ITES,
ST.\irFFER PROPERTY SOLD.
V. Stauffer, of Lower Nazareth Town ship, was sold at public sale Satur¬ day afternoon, as follows: The Stauf- i fer homestead, at Hecktown, to P. P. ; McGovern, of Bethlehem, South Side, for $6600; the Lawall farm to Adam Clause,     of near     Farmersville,   for $11,022 SO.     Clause   waa  a  brother- . in-law of Stauffer.    The Paulus farm 'was  sold  to  Adam  Klipple,  of Na.»a- i reth. for $,S73.T.40. and five acre.? of .stone land  fo Mark D. Frankenfleld. of Biifzlown,  for $465.
My wife win work hard and let me be free
To do my full share for democracy.
I waive all claim for any exemption,
I want to fight for freedom's redemp¬ tion.
OPPORTUNITY OPEN FOR
MEN WHO "KNOW" HORSES.
Men not of selective service ago who are accustomed to handling hor¬ ses have opportunity for specialized service In the enlisted Veterinary Corps, enlistments tor which are now All available parts of the Detroit   !'_^!r.8/akei,.    The 2,000 men wanted
The department of Labor Is ar¬ ranging to bring Into the United Slates 110,000 laborers for railroad and farm work, from Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands, according to Louis F. Post, assistant secretary of the Department of Labor.
Mr. Post declares there Is no neces¬ sity for Improving common labor from Mexico or China. Porto Rico is an agricultural territory and yet has a density of population exceeding by only three States. A considerable surplus of workers exists on the is¬ land. It can furnish 100,000 la¬ borers, and the Virginia Islands can send  10,000 more.
j     Arrangements  are  beiag  made  to I bring  over   50,000   men  as  soon   as tonnage is available.
KMGHTS TEMPLAK WILL
(TT OlT  ENTERTAINMENTS.
FORD TO Hl'lLD .\IU MOTORS.
includo veterinary and agricultural others who htive had experience handling horses. Pay ranges from $30 to $56 a month, with ch-thinp tood. and quarters.
Applications for enllst'raent may be made at any Army recruting sta¬ tion.
WEDDED.
plant of the Ford Motor Company n.Jl
now  engaged     in   Government     war
work  soon   will  bo  devoted   to   hi,?h
.speed   production   of  Liberty   motors
for   America's   airplane 'fleets.    Tho
Detroit ftictory has been turning out
cylinders and other engine parts for
several nionths. but the new program
disclosed      Tuesday,    provides      for
wholesale     production    of tho cora- j
pleted  engines.     Recent tests of tt»t •
Liberty  motor indicate that a  miil-       Josepfi-sgchlegel,  general  manager
mum  of  400   horsepower can  be  ' x-   ot the Naz^^'th  Hardware Conipany,
pected from the now engines. ;and  M'ss NeiHf Heckman,  daughter
\      of Mr. and Mrs:6tephen Heckman, of
^:;t^«^^^^^^^^^^^t^^»m^^^ nushkill   Townskp    were   united   In
jfV^miirrlage, at Rnth. by the Rev. J. E. jy Smith, last Monday morning. The )f. cotrple have l»ft on a wedding tour J^ and whITw ott their journey they wii: ^) stop nt New York Citv where Mr. :'' Schelgel will attend the meetlM of =;: the Hardware Association lr On V there return they will resident Na: :i:^«=:!l^!=*«*=ti=!!=»«^^ a re t h.
At the annual conclave of the Grand Commandery Knights Temp¬ lar of Pennsylvania, which wUl be held in Williamsport In May, the usual entertainment and festivities will be dispensed with In view of the war and conservation measures he¬ ing urged. This announcement Is made by the grand commai.der.
"Tho money thu.'i saved," says the announcement, "can be used to greater credit to tbe order If dlveifed to any channels which will be help¬ ful to the Governmor.t or to our boys who have gone or who are preparing to go to the front."
Monday evening February 4th. a meeting for the young men ol the various Sunday Schools, of Wind Gap, with J. R. Cowling as chairman, was held in the class room ofthe Methodist Church to form an organi¬ zation of which its chief object It to encourage boys In clean living; to provide a meeting place where games can be played, books read, lectures given and physical exercise Instruc¬ ted. Forty-two members were en¬ rolled,   followed   by  election   of  ofH-
{cers.
1 All present enjoyed the solos ren¬ dered by Stanley Jones and William Deltz respectively, also the address of welcome by the pastor of the Methodist Church Rev. Frank Mack. The services of W. J. Bowen. of Ban¬ gor, Pa., had been secured to lecture on a matter vital and interesting to young men as well as adults last Monday evening.
All boys over ten years of age were cordially i-vlted to attend and a large numbir were present as can be seen by the number that enrolled. The offlcers are: Preaident J. R. Cowling. Vice President Charles Har-
iding.  Secretary.  H. O.  Lewis;  Treaa-
I urer.  Clark  Frutchey.
LICENSE IS REQI'IRED
TO SHIP Gm)DS .ABROAD
BY PARCEL POST.
CAS BURNS MINE  WORKERS
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Dress up your business with somo new printing. A judi¬ cious investment In printed advertlselng always pays good returns. Nazareth Item Pub. Co.
By an explosion of gas at the Le¬ high Coal and Navigation colliery at Tamaqua, Pa., on Tuesday, four ml tiers were so badly burned about the faces, necks and hands that they w»re taken to tbe CnnMa'e Hospital They are Daniel Moran, Beniamin Mono- cav;ige and Rurtolnh Kutzovick, of Tamaqua, and Calvin James of Lana- ford.
The War Trade Board Is calling attention to tho fact that Icense is repuired to ship abroad goods on the conserved list, even when sent In small quantities bj. parcel post. In many caseg this has bee i 1nne by person.<» Ignorant of the President's proclamation concerning "xports, or who do not know of the many articles which may be exported only under license.
For violating a flre of not more than $10,000 or Imprisonment for not more than two years, or both, form the penalty Licenses may be apply for at the Bureau of Exports^ Washington D. C. or any of Its bran¬ ches whi.'h are located at Seattle, Portland, San Francisco. Los Angeles Nogales. Elpaso, Eagle Pass. GalTms- ton. New Orleans, Mobile, Savannah. St. Louts, Chicago, Boston and New York.
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