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VA/AKF.TH. PA .TmRSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 18Jill9
KNCE
NO. 3
DYING AllSir.ii ASKSCREBITS
Ration  Is Starving, Chancellor Renner Tells Allied Diplo¬ mats in Paris.
MANY  CHILDREN  HAVE  DIED.
$10,000,000 l« Needed to Preterv. Na¬ tion   UntH   Next   Fall,   He   Saye. Lamentable Picture of Con- rflttona in Vienna.
PBiitk—AiMtrIa must hav« help tram th. aniMi In oriler to save tier ^m famln« and hankrupfcy, Chan caller Karl Renner of the Auntrliin Hcfmbllc *.ltl newspaper correspond¬ ents hi explaining htp presence In ParlB, wher. be came to present to tb. SnprwBi. Conncll the situation wMeh he deelared faces his country.
"Wljea 1 left Vienna we had only 8,000 tons .f flour for six and three- quarter raillimiB of people, a supply for «lx day* WJly," said Dr. Renner. "Children are dying of hunger and cold In Vienna, and 85 per cent of OieM between Bine months and three }«ar» of age are sufrering with rickets. The loss at weight on tiie part of nursing mothers is serious, resulting In th. dlniaiition of the uurslug ca¬ pacity.
"Vor these reasons It is of utmost importance that pupplles go forward at once, e\ea while we are in Pans awaiting the result of the negotiations for credits, because weeks roust pass before supplies ordered even now can reach Austria.
"By help I mean such assistance as will facilitate our task of keeping our nation alive and at the same time of fulfilling our ehli^ations to the allied powers.
"We are now paying 80 prices for everything we huy. That Is to say, the crown hns deprecintod to one- thirtieth of its normal value. At the same time we have exhausted our re¬ sources in securities and we have noth¬ ing left but the resources, which, ac¬ cording to Article 197 of the treaty of St. Oermain, are mortgaged to-the al¬ lies for payment of reparations. ' "i .im going to ask' tl;e Supreme Council to release from that mortBage a sufficient amount of our national wealth to form the basis of security for loans that are absolutely needed to in¬ cur, the feeding of our people. What we need first Is a long term credit abroad of $100,000,000 with which to procur. food until the end of October, 1020.
"Ia the seeand place, we need fur¬ ther credit for providing raw mate¬ rials, and, thirdly, exemption from mortgage of our national wealth, pro¬ vided for by Article 107, that will en¬ able us to furnish a basis for credits absolutely requisite to the re-establish¬ ment of onr economic life—and that re-e»tal)lishmont. It should be noted, is primordial and essential to the pay¬ ment by Austria of reparations to which she has agreed.
"We are not seeking to escape any responsibility. Of course we who are in closest touch with the trials niiii needs of our own people, with un In¬ fant niDrtnlity of 60 per cent, in Vien¬ na, are confronted by nn Iinniedlate ob¬ ject lesson which we cannot overlook. "Relief now Is Ihe only thing tliat can alleviate the luesent distress, nnd credit alone can <U'liver us from the menace of general fiuiiine anil inaUo it possible for us eventually to pay our ilehls.
"HumanltarlanlBm and moral prin¬ ciples, apart from the Intere.st of the allies, demand tlmt a people Indebted to them be safe from eatustroplie, their future assured and their fortunes sav- aA from dilapidation.
"Our existence and working capaci¬ ty must be assured by co-operatloii from those to whom we are obligated, at least for several months in advance. If we are to save the situation. We have sold ail our foreign securities, have pledged everything available and have tried every way to keep afloat since last August, with the result that there has been an enormous Inipover- Ishment of our resources and a most alarming depreciation of our curren¬ cy."
Dr. Renner pointed out that the Aus¬ trian home supply would take care ol only one-third of Austria's ne ¦<!«.
DR. JOHN M'DOWELL
Heart li.shid
of    R;<xntly    Estab- New   Hrn  Movement,
Dr. John UcDowell is at the head «f the recently eatabilshert "New Kra Movement" of the i'reshylorliin cliurch for social service Ihroushout the United States. Doctor McDowell for¬ merly wns pastor nf the Brown Me¬ morial  church  of  r.altimor..
TREATY DEFIANCE
White  House  Statement^ Says President Will Not Seek Com¬ promise With Senate.
BLAKE BOY'S BODY 18 FOUND.
While in Mental Aberration, Police Be¬ lieve, She Cast Him into Sea.
Atlantic City.--Tiie liody of .lames Blake, five years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Bluke, of tills city and Philadelpliia, was washed up liy the seat on the lieneii at Ventnor, a cottaKe city adjoining  this  resort.
The police say that the hoy's mother while In a fit of mental ntieriatioii •uperlmluced hy a narcotic threw tlie boy from a pier, acting from an Ir- reslstiiiie impulse.
Washington.—President Wilson In¬ tervened In the pence treaty dilemma with an annonncenient that he had "no compromise or concession of any kind In mind," would make no move toward the treaty's disposition and would con¬ tinue to hold the Republican members of the somite r'^sponslbie for results and conditions attending delays.
The President's position, regarded as peculiarly significant In view of the recent discussion In the senate of a compromise, was set forih In the fol¬ lowing statement Issued from the White House:
"If wns leanvHl from the highest authority at the executive oflices that the hope of the Republican leaders of the senate that the President would presently make some move which will relieve the situation with regard to th. treaty is entirely without foundation. He has no compromise or concession of any kind tn mind, and intends, so far as he is concerned, that the Republican leaders of the senate shall continue to bear the undivided responsibility for tbe fate of the treaty and the present condition of the world in consequence of that fate."
The White House statement appar¬ ently had no effect in changing the treaty situation. Democratic leaders. Indorsing tbe President's views, de¬ clared that It did not preclude a sen¬ ate compromise and that compromise efforts would proceed. Republican leaders relteratetd that the President was responsible for the present status and must make the first move toward a solution. Senators hoping to kill the treaty alone expressed satisfaction.
On one point only, apparently, were ail senate factions In harmony—name¬ ly, tliat decisive action on the treaty probably would be deferred until next month, after the proposed holiday re¬ cess of Congress, planned to end Janu¬ ary 5. Senate debate, prcibably cen¬ tered aliout the White House state¬ ment, is expected to be reopened with fresh vigor. The Democratic compro¬ mise campaign also is to be pressed, according to Senator Hltcliock/of Ne¬ braska, administration leader, but un¬ less some unexpected development this week ensues the leaders believe the finale cannot be reached until next month.
Senator Hltchock, commenting on the White House statement, declared that the Democrats would continue ef¬ forts for compromising the reserva¬ tions and that the senate and not tit* President miuBt act first.
WORLD  NEWS  IN
CONDENSED   FORM
OHIO   DEMOCRATS   FOR   COX.
Wilson Qtts Only Three Votes In Can¬ vass of O'nenl A»«-nibly. rolnniliiis (111! i's support will bf given to .Tiiines M I'ox L'overnor o( Olilo for l>iMiiM'i:ii'i- r'oi-'r;n"c ri f-i' the pre»ld(«n(y, il nppeins from tin aniioMiii'i'i'i.'iit .Inst miicle of a ciinvii-.- of the menihers nf the tfen**r'tl jisseui Illy, Ocivenior f'l.v rcic'lved '2"! votes Fnlted S'lii'i-: Sitiini- r.iiiHT.'i e. r.- CelM-.1 rj. >! A^i,, t I'n-sblei.i Wll-^.ii 8, Jii'isiin Hv'iiiiii :i Neulon D lliike 2 and A   Mitchell Pnlnier 1
WASHINGTON.—Senator Johnson (Cai.) formally unuouueed his candi¬ dacy for tile Uepubllnn nominutlon for President.
INDIANAPOLIS. —Vice President Thomas R. Marshall, according to In¬ formation circulated In Democratic, cricies, will not seek a niitlonal office tn the 1020 campaign. It Is said he will run for the United States senate.
PARIS. — The art treasurers of Austria, like the famous Mona Lisa and other paintings nnd sculpture broUKlit to France hy Napoleon, will he taken ns Recnrity hy the allies In exi liniit;e  for fond and coal.
NEW YORK.—Since Januaery 1, this yp:ir sii-lltcs in tills country have cost Inl^ir Just aliout $7'-'.'t, lT8,:tnO. Mean¬ while, ami Inciileiiliilly, eaiiltol wm SUlTerlm;   a   loss   of   SI.-'HH,:!:,-,t.'M).
DUBLIN.—A sensation has been eaiiseil !m Ireliind by'tlie Issniiiice of a cln-nl!!!- fr.in llie miiler seri-etnry fer In-liiiiil I ;ill'iiu on all ch II servliie ein- pliiyei's (.f llie ;:ci\eriinM'iit in v iliin- fei-r ns ^pee'al ennsi:ili!es tn assist tt'e i-niist.iliiiliiry mill police in any enier- lelicy,
WASHINGTON.—Roosevelt     Mrmo I'al .\Ksnelallnn iinnniinied  tOtVH) pui^ :<uns ill Ihiwall had enrolled. t
1 OKMbK NAZARLNli DliAD
I K0.\1 UKINKING BAD BOOZE.
Ro&t. A. Labar, of College llill. 1 .: - formerly a resident ot Nazarelh, died at ttie Easton Ho pital, 1 ucsJay from the rttult of drinking bad booze, which the authorities believe contained wood al¬ cohol. Miss Isabella AlexanJer, who is also known as Mrs. Elizabeth White and tetty White, of Easton, also died Mon¬ day afternoon, having drank some of the bad whiskey.
Eailon police and county officials be¬ gan their investigation late Monday af¬ ternoon, following receipt of a telephone message from Joseph Ackerman, of Eas-*] ton. a neighbor of "Betty White" that she died some time during the afternoon.
Ackerman's message was to the effect that there had been a "booze party" at Miss Alexander's home and the woman had told she had become ill from alco¬ holic drinks.
Miss Helen Frick, told that she had gone into her neighbors house Sunday afternoon to borrow some Victrola rec- ord.s and besides "Betty" there were four men and a woman, Mrs. Cogen. One of the men was called "Bob" and another "Jack." She did not know the others. All were drinking.
Miss Frick didn't remain long, bor¬ rowing the records and returning to her own home. At 2 oclock Monday after¬ noon, she said, Betty White called her over and said she was terribly sick. "Bob" was there at the time. Betty White was lying on the floor. Miss Frick and "Bob" placed the woman on a sofa. Af- ttr remaining a short time, Miss Frick went home. At 4 oclock, "Bob" knock¬ ed at her door and told her Betty was dead. Miss Frick called Dr. E. J. West by telephone and informed him of the young woman's death. Dr. West advis¬ ed her to notify an undertaker, stating tha: he would not issue a death certifi¬ cate. D r West had been at the house e:irlier in the afternoon to treat Miss Alexander and found her very sick.
Al.ss iricK loiu tne oiiicers tiial ucfore btiiy uica sue asKeu ncr 10 remove ner rings. 1 ve ueeii poiioneU and am go¬ ing 10 die, sue said. 1 asKcd boo wiiere ne got tne wmskey and ne said he Knew tne place—it was an 1 talian s ' Miss I ncK Slated.
¦ uOl) pioved to be Robert A. Labar, of iNo. no Catlell Street. After leaving Ihe rtlexandi;r House, he went to a House a tew doors away and told wnat liad oc- cuiied. 1 neii lie went to Ur. Wests ol- uce, obtained a bottle ol medicine tor liimsell and from there went home. (Jlli- ccr buess took him in custody at his Home at 0:30 oclock and escorted him to poace heaUtiuarters.
At 9 ociock Laoar was taken into Cliief Jacooy's ollice and asked to tell what had taken place at the Maple street House ) 1 he oiiiccrs say that he appeared tiuthful in every statement he made and apparently made no att«:mpt to conceal anytniiig. He told that he met Miss Al¬ exander in a HhiUipsOurg cafe Hallowe'en night and from then on was a regular cailer at ber home. On Saturday night, he went to Miss Alexander's home and runained there until late Monday after¬ noon.
On Sunday, he said, a man called "jack" and an Italian came to the house. "Jack" had a bottle of whiskey. He said he had bought it from an Italian in Me- bus Court for |6. After the contents of the bottle had been drank, "Jack" went out and returned with four more bottles The Italian also took a trip and return¬ ed with a lot of bottled beer. None of the bottles were labeled. Labar said he knew where the liquor was bought be¬ cause he-and "Jack" visited the place, upon the lattcrs' invitation, two weeks ago. It was a speak-easy conducted by an Italian. "We bought whiskey on that occasion and paid 35c a drink. It was a first-clnss whiskey. The stuff that 'Jack' brought Sunday was miserable," he said.
"Sunday afternoon Betty became so drunk I had to carry her up stairs and put her on the bed," continued Labar. "Monday morning she was awfully sick. So was I. We became ill and vomited Dl. West was called, Mr. .\ckcrman com¬ ing over by request and phoning from Betty's house. She became worse and _[-c)^an moaning with p.iin.
Then she died." Miss Frick told the officers that she heard Betty calling for w.:.ter in the afternoon.
Because Labar admitted that he had drank a lot of the "whiskey" furnished by "Jack," Dr Condran subjected Labar to a physical examination Labar did not complain that he felt sick. Dr. F. J. Kressler, city police surgeon, also ex¬ amined him. Labar's face was flushed, his eyes were bloodshot, and his pulse was slightly above normal, but these s> mptoms are generally present when a man has been on a spree and the physic¬ ians did not note anything out of the or¬ dinary in his condition. None of the symptoms usually present when a per¬ son has taken wood alcohol or poisons of that character, were noted in Labar.
Pending further investigation, Labar was placed in a cell in the basement of the city hall. At 2 oclock Tuesday morn¬ ing, he became violently ill. He com¬ plained of extreme pains in the abdo- nien and became quite noisy, calling out in pain. Dr. Kressler was conMilted by telephone and advised the immediate re- n'oval of the man to the hospital. Not long after he was taken there, Labar be¬ came unconscious He remained in that slate urttil 5 oclock Tuesd-ty morning « hen he died.
1 abar was married and leaves a wife and son, in Nazareth. He separated from his wife four years ago and then moved 'o Easton, living with his mother, Mrs Mary Lahar, at the Cattcll Street ad¬ dress. He worked at the Ingersoll-Rand pl.-:nt as a machinist.
The police obtained samples of three beverages tirank by members of the p;;rtv—wine, beer and the" "whiskey ' Ihey were dclivcreti to Herbert F Vounc, deputy internal revenue collec¬ tor, who stated that he would have a cl'emical analvsis m.ide to determine vhat the liquors were made from.
CAPACITY   HOUSE "KAICIi.\-t^OO'
WILL   GR'LiL lO-NIGHI
Production Promises to be Brilliant Suc¬ cess.    Many Well-Known People in the Cast.
The Wonderful Congo. Till- t'nnu'o :>¦ the most woiiderfnl .ay^f'Mi nl' \\'nter\\My nn the face of the t'ini.e. Ii hiif tvirv (ll,. ext.Mit '.f the iiavlL'nble wntnrs of ilm M'csisslppl r'lnl It-; triliiitiii-ies anrl three times its ;in|tiil:.[ i'ln.     I'rnfe.^sor   Diipnnt,   once
llreclnr   nf   tile    .Museinii   nf    \iitlinil iflstnry  lit   Hiii->snls, said that   its fer
lie  v:iiliy«   \vere  desilmd  to   be    the granary of tlie worhl.
When the cuilani rises on "Katcha- Koo which treaus tne uoarus ol inc 1 . M. C. A. uuuiloriuni lor 1110 insi time to¬ night, in a series ol tliree penorniaiices, )• 'Ooks as tiiougn mere will not ue a v., cant seat in the House. 1 ne play Has bteii in preparation lor weeks past aiK. Seldom has M mucn interest bt:i:n appar¬ ent as tnat manliest in tne present pro¬ duction.
"Katcha-Koo" combines the mysteries of the far East with the practicality ai. patriotism of our native land. In the tirst part of the play there are oodles ol pietty young ladies garbed in the silken bloomers and bewitching draperies of the far East, while over all is the strange spell cast by the Oriental mystic "Kai-; cha-Koo." Of course "Katcha-Koo" is not a real honest-to-good ness lakir, but then that's part of the story and it wouldn't be fair to tell.
"Katcha-Koo" is being given as benefit for the Y. M. C. A. Band. While the prospects are for very large houses, be¬ cause of the excellence of the production the personel and popularity of the play¬ ers and the excellence of the cause, not a seat should be left vacant for any of the other two performances, which will be given tomorrow (l-riday evening) anei Saturday afternoon, at 2:15 p. m.
ANNUAL NOMINA I lUNS OF
I Ht: 1-AlK A3:>Ov.lAHON.
A meeting of the oiucers and directori of the iNoiiiiampion t.,ouiity rtgricuiiui- ai Society was lieid at me 1 air oiuuiids, iNazarem, baiurday alieriioon, wiiii a large attendance, nil tne old oniccis wire reiioHuiiaied, with me exception oi bmaiiuel C Uracn, a deceased lueniDei ot me executive committee. I he elec- uon will take place me hrst Saturday .11 January.
1 ne oilicer^nominated are as follow:: liesideni—Vwi. K. bninier.
V ice-l-'resiuent—(Jae )or every distri^:! in the county. '
1 reasurer—Lewis P/Werkheiser.
S'.crcSary—L. I-*. Kdstenjader.
Racing secretury-4v m. H. Hall-
Supt.' of Grounds—cA. l^-Sfumer.
Executive ConimitMe^h'. b. 1 rumbo-A- cr, L. k WerkljaefrfT Wm. Hall, A. u. Coniidly. iij'fvester Garr, A. L. Shimei. Alvin Santee, Koutjft Laubacn, Jeremiai Lhret, Ulive-r SieiumeiZ, Henry bcnlegei.
Commitiee on AUisic—J. A. Happcl, li 1-. Ziegler, A. H. btoiilet.
Auditors—1-red Kern, Charles Reese, John R. Laubach.
Representative to State Board of Ag- riculiure—C. S. Messinger.
¦WATER  MlKKUR'   10  Rti-Ll-.Ci LlNCULiN 3 b 1A I Ut:.
One of the most important and be-ju tilui leuiuies 01 lue i^iiicoia Mellon a, HOW approacaiiig cuiiipieiion 111 Vva^ii iiigtoii, IS a nuge waier mirror,' or pooi WHICH will reiicct tiie coiosaai stiiue oi tne emancipator tormiiig a part ut liw memorial.
i ne water mirror, according to t'lc January h'opular Mechanics Magazi le, whicn gives a niagiiiiicent view 01 tit monunient, will oe in tne form of an ar tilicial lagoon, or maroie-oordered basi 1, more than a third of a mile in lengm and 00 teet wide, and will extend up to the very toot ot the broad llight •;f stepo i|:j4M uo lUiOjiBid ujEUJ 941 oj aujiJi;.'! llie statue will sianei. About midway I'l US iengin the lagoon will have two later¬ al extensions, eacn 3,0 teet long, thus torming a sort ot cross, while at its fir thest end will be a supplementary "fou.i tail! pool," 300 by 200 teet in size.
I IRE CU. ELEClb 01 1 ICERS.
,-\t the regular monUily meeting ot the V igilaiice tiose Co., i\o. 1, iSazarem, 'ol¬ lowing ollicers were elected lor iy.iu:—
rrc-Mdent, 1-. f. Hann, V ice-prebideni, 11, ll. Cooiey, Seceriary, Rooert j. Ciii- Uier, liii. becrelaiy, bimoii Aiiurew.-, I reasurer, Joiin Ueichniaii, trustee tor a J years lerin, James MocH; representu- lue lo 4-Couiuies and itaies association, ivouert J. ijiHUier, alteriiaie, l.-red ,i.:r- laeli. house siewarU, rr.iiik Hoch; repre- .-eiiiauve 10 lirenieiis Relief Association lul a 3 years term, Jonn Ueichman, Jno. :Miyder, Frank Hoch; Chief, John Sny- ucr; loreman ol Hose, James Hoch; tA-o assistant foremen of hose, Simon -Vn- drews, Fred Gerlach; foreman of hook and ladder truck, Wm. Kleppinger; fori- man of chemical, Charles Snyder; lire- men's relief association, representative to 4-counties and state associations, Valen¬ tine W. Knecht.	
NAZARE I H PASIOR RECEIVES
FURIHER  HONOR
Rev. Wallace H. Wotring, D. D , pas tor of St. John's Reformed Church, Naz¬ areth, Pa., who several years ago won the degree of Doctor of Philosophy after an extended course, has recently receievt\l further honor in the bestowal of the de¬ gree of Doctor of Laws, after several years of strenuous work, by the faculty lit Potomac University, Washington, D. C The "Messinger " congratulates Dr. Wotring on the commendable zeal and assiduity with which he has given him¬ self to both liberal and technical studies, in connection with his faithful service in a large parish The minister's greatest reward in such study is to be found in the work itself, and in its influence upon life- Reformed Church Messinger.
QVC.Oy UPSET.
Committee at ituneeting m 11a,... ^
.''"'he'petlna'nociations at present are ,n number'as follows, «4 city and town,
t; railroads, 58 student, total 1/7-. 'There are 71.369 "members m city an
town, 10,025 in railroad and 7.^91 '" ^t"' dent Associations, totaling 95.28, iiiem- bers in the State. This puts us eight a id a half thousand above our high wate mark of 1917, and 22,000 above our last years number. It also puts us over 8000 above the highest number in any state in tl^ Union past or present. Penna. out¬ classes New York by nearly ro,ooo mem¬ bers; Penna. has over 5000 more mem¬ bers in industrial pursuits; over 6000 more railroad men in the Associatiori, and over 3500 more members in their Bovs' Dept.
the next group of large states has ap¬ proximately half to one-third of our vol¬ ume of work. Ohio has 52,000 members, Massachusetts 48,000, Illinois 44.000, Can¬ ada with her nine provinces reports a to¬ tal membership of 42,000 and New Jersey the next largest, 27.000 members. The Metropolitan Associations in Penn¬ sylvania, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh re¬ port 32,000 members, 29 per cent, of t'-ose in gym classes, 53 per cent, in edu¬ cational classes, 30 per cent, in Bible Classes, and 41 per cent, of the current expense uudget 01 tne btate, and 1 per cent ot their population as members. I he 01 ner Asiociaiioiis 111 Peiina. report 03,-
000 menioers, 71 per cent, of mose in g; nin Classes; 40 per cent, in educaiionai Classes, 70 per cent, in bible classes and 50 per ceni. of the current expense uuelgei
01 me iiate, and as memueis 4 per ccm. ol tiieir respeCiive populations.
In iNcw 1 orK tne two largest Metro- poiuan .Associations, New Vork and tirooKlyn, report 38,000 members; 4y per cent, of tnose in gym classes; 60 per Cent, in educational ciasses, 35 per ceni. in Bible classes, 53 per cent, ot the cur- nnt expense budget of the State, and as members o-io ol one per cent, of their respective popuiatioiis. I he other As¬ sociations ot New 1 ork report 47,000 members; 51 per cent, of tnose in gyiu classes. 20 per cent, in educational class¬ es; O5 per cent, in Bible classes; 4 per cent, of the current expense budget ol the State and as members 2 per cent. o. their respective populations.
Ihe last ten years shown below record, the gains:
NuniDcr of employes 58 per cent, cur¬ rent expenses 250 per cent, net propertv value yrf per cent, membership 85 per cent, in gym classes 50 per cent, in edu¬ cational classes 124 per cent, in BibL classes 77 per cent, boys' membership 144 per cent, boys in educational classes 334 per cent.
'Ihe State District Plan was recom¬ mended by the State Secretaries' Nation¬ al gathering at Camp Decket, Mass., in June 1918. It was again endorsed at the Atlantic City Conference of promineni .\ssociation workers in December 1918. Finally the Penna. State Committee at its meeting on Jan. 22, 1919, voted to adopt the plan projecting its work intc the unorganized territory and placing a District Secretary io each of its eigii districts into which the State had been divided, ^provided the money for sue' extension be secured). The Finance Com¬ mittee has undertaken the task of secur¬ ing the extra amount for the promotion ')f the District Work to follow the de mobilization period now being financ ¦ from the war fund.
The budget for the eight additional sfcretaries and the necessary district ex pense is |28,ooo. The budget for the r fiular work and its eight secretaries is $31,000. making a total for the state huil get with its sixteen traveling secretaries over f6o,ooo.
In adopting this budget   with   its  in creased amount over former budgets thi- Finance Committee took into consider¬ ation the spirit of previous convention- especially fhe last one in 1918, when a- annual   budfret of at least   ftt.ooo   was recommended. The demand was strongh urged from the floor of the convention that the amount   should be $;o.ono     I W.1S then argued bv the convention chair man and others   that   the   wording   of rrcommendation ten allowed   the   Com¬ mittee   authoritv for the raising of an- amount ahcive the sum recommended. F wa<; again urced that this fso far as pra.' ticable') should be done to make   Stat Work more prevading and extensive.
fn the State canvass   for   the   above btidcet conducted hv the Finance   Co"- p.itfee some to a<;soctations responded fa- vnra'^Iv bv raising, guaranteeing or pn- ting in their regular budget a stated am¬ ount.    From    these    jn   approximate!' fi;.noo w.-i^ promised    From 2S other rot deflnitelv committed but expressin themselves heartilv in svmpathv w i''' movement and promising their suppor' we p-tppct fi;.ono more. With few exceptions the Penna .Associa¬ tions appreciate this move   and   Io\-.-il! support the s-ime.   each need an<l timeliness
While driving home last week one •¦ ering, Squire John J. Clewell, r<f Bush kill Township, met with an accident and li.id a narrow escape from being injurej I here wps a heavy mist and beyond 'he .^chocnack bridge his horse lost lis wav and gui into a deep gutter. Ihe bufii v wa? u^set and the "Squirq was th'-own .iit of hit hu^j^y. 'rhft^irtfit in the 'ant-;-! on trie buu^ SW e\tinf;u!s!-,ed .I'ul .Mr CleWsUi—ft'as mute a predicament. I e unhitches! his Horse and lead Km to Cherry Hill, where he secured a 'anter.i ai! I went home on horse back. Some ot liis ncighluirs the next day took h's bii'; F,\ home. The bugjy was only v>,ht!' damaKed. The 'Squire had been ;.^rvi -.j as a jur> man at court at Faston. Hov he esc.iped without being injiire-l is a nnsterv.
recogni7tnR
FINE CAN I ATA BY THE
MORAVIAN CHURCH CHOIR
Adverttw   In   th*  "I T U ll"—II  Vara.
I he Nazareth Moravian Church choir will render a cantata next Sunday even¬ ing at 7 oclock under the eliicient leader¬ ship of Miss Anna M. Kern.
he cantaiji. Holy Night" by E. L. Ashford is one of the best published b.. the Lorenz publishing Co., and calls for solos, soprano, tenor, bass and Men's chorus as will as a mixed chorus, i he s< losits will be Miss Claire Wunderly, so¬ prano; Mr,'William P. Gano, tenor, and \iajor H. \. F. Reusswig, bass.
I he quartet consists of Mona Vannat¬ ta, , Helen Adams, H. T. Vannatta and Clinton Frantz.
1 he chorus consists of 41 voices and 11 oichcsirjjutces.
,.„J*r'niiusic promises to be the best rendered for a long time in the ,Morav- iin Church.
MIJURO SHIDEHARA.       j, IsAOILiC!   DRY
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Ambassador   From   Japan to     the      Unitiid     States.
INSTALLED LARGE INCUB.'irOP.
James S. Fry, of Niskv, initilled 1 lar^c incubator, the capacity is ,20<i et);s. Mr. Fry expects to do h.itchi 1; tot the general public, lie is weM kniv.v . as one of the leading poultry meT of '!' eniiif and since liKated on his 'iirl. f; rni, he will be able to give th'S '.v,,' s|vcial attention during the wi.iler -in,' e^rly spring.
A new portrait of llljuro Shidehara, ainbassadnr from Japan to the United States. He Is one of the youngest mon to have so Important a post, being only forty-seven years old. He has served his government, hnwffver, ever since lip was graduated from college. Tie was formerly counsellor of the em- baosy at Washington.
U.S. SENATE VOTES TO CONTROL 1920 SUGAR
Passes McNary Bill to Extend
Federal Board a Year
Longer.
VOLSTEAD   ACT  UPHELD.
WasliiiiKton. - Tlie. Supreme Court declared wartime prohibi¬ tion constitutional. •
The decision was rendered on the VolHtead enforcement act
The enforcomnnt of the tct must conthiiie iiiiiil peace Is pr*<l«lined, the court decreed.
Washington.—The senate passed the McNary hill extending the life of ths Sugar I->|nali7.atlon Board for another year from .lannary 1 and providing for the purchase b.r the government i»l the Cuban crop for 19C0 to relieve ths sugar famine. Tlie bill was sent to ths house, where early passage ts expected.
Senator McN'nry called up ths bill shortly sfter the senats met His motion that the senats proceed to its consideration was adopted without op¬ position.
Senator McKellar, Democrst, ai Tennessee, at once presented aa amendment aboIIshlDg the zone sys¬ tem of sugar distribution established by the Sugar Equalization Board and providing tliat It should not again bs put Into efTeet during the life of the board. This amendment had previous¬ ly been submitted to Senator McNary, author of the bill, who had accepted it, and to Senators Ransdi>ll and Gay of I.onlstnna. u ho were opposing the McNary measure.
As passed hy the senate, the McNary bill authorises the President to con¬ tinue tiie Sugar KquaIi-/.ation Board during the year ending December .SI, 1920, and to exercise his control over the board "In such manner as to au¬ thorize and require them tn adopt and carry out until Deetmher 31, 1020, plans and methods for securing an ade¬ quate supply at a reasonalile price and an adequate distribution of sugar at a fair and reasonable price." The board may buy and sell both foreign and domestic grown sugar, but the control of the domestic sugar crop, ii Is speci¬ fied.in the bill, shall end September 30, 1920, when the crops In this country come In. Producers, refiners and dis¬ tributors sliall not be licensed, as un¬ der the provisinns of the Lever food control act.       '
Decision   Mn'inn   This   a   Drj
Chr!:*;r.as   Rc"'cred   After WseVs of VVaiting.
IS   SUrREME   COURT  RULINl
Wood Alcotiol  in  Booze Under  Ban at U.  8.—Following  Numerous  Oeath% Commissiorer   R^per   Will   Prose¬ cute   Ali   Purvtyors   of   It.
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Washington.—The gevemment vm- htbltloa enforcernont maeWnenr hM taken eognizaiice ef the Bumercsai deaths from drinking bootleg whMky reported from all parts of the eemtaj' and anii<>ni»('ed that every effort WOUM be made to apprehend at! wlio Map MM of li(iuor at fatjiilous prices.
Tt Is said that deaths from llvaer containing a large percentage ef we«< alcohol have reached tbomanda, whtl* cases of blindness, either permaneai or temporary, also have be^ report¬ ed in large numbers. These report! come not only from hospitals In large cities, hut from the rural districts of the south and west, showing the b«ul effects of bootlegging have been ooto- f}ne<l to no especial locality.
Daniel U I'orter, supervtstag tmtar- iial revenue aeent of New TorB eltj, has reported that it was sailed,to his attention by the New York auperte- tendent of hospitals that during tl^ week of December 1 fourteen deatlw were reeorded from Arlnklag kootlcg liquor.
"It ts reported that aet en!y I* the eiuss of liquor sold by the vlelatora ol law dangerous ai»d unfit for consuM^ tion, but that they are getting In soflte instances as much as $20 a ^tMrt," ttM Bureau of Internal Revenue an¬ nounced.
The chief legredients centalaed ks the poisonous concoction ts leportM by the bureau to be deaatorod alo hoi and wood alcohol. Ctenaomptloa of wood alcohol ts known to affect tbe eyes almost Imniedlatel; and leadi to total blindnesB if enough Is tak«k. Te prevent detection It is oftsn pm nut In the gtiise of some soft drink.
Imposition of extreme penalties wU be urged by tbe Bureau of Internal Revenue in every case warranted fcj the evidence, the bureau saya. Ife- forceinent agents will beep a chioe watch over the country and an las- mediate effort win lie made to ptA an end tu the s^ile of pnisou haadet out to nnsuspeeriiig purebasers aa liquor.
PRESIDENT    ENJOYS   8TROLU
Canada Curbs Remittances. Ottawa.—'I'lie   ('anadian   postal   an- thorltles ordered susviension of the Is¬ suance of postal money orders payable In the United States.
PITH  OF  THE
VICTORY   NEWS
Germany in reply to the allies yields on the Scapa Flow question, urges rjtitlcation ot the treaty and says she is not influenced by American abstention  from  its provisions.
Major General Reinhardt, former Prussian minister of war, charged with direct responsibility for the ex¬ ecution of twenty-nine tailors In Berlin last March, was dismlMcd from the army.
Greek soldiers and irregular Turkish troops engaged in skirmishes during the past few days in Western Asia Minor, according to reports from Saionica.
For political reasons the request of torin,;r Eniperor Charles to reside in Czecho Slovakia  was denied.
Senator   Lodge   served   notice   In   the
scn.-ite  that the   Republicans  In  the
senate would not deal with any one
but the President en the subject ol
, compromises on the peace treaty.
Hungarian cabinet definitely decided upon the aacmbers of tha delegations to sign the pc.ice treaty bs.tween the allied powers and  Huncjary.
Premier NittI declared in ths chamber of deputies that the Italian govern¬ ment did not fv.T- int-rv ntlon In the   international   iffslrs  al  Russia.
Walks About the White Houce For Brief Period. WaHhIngtoii.- L'ictiilriii Wibsua it up and wall; n.,' ibnut the Wh]|e House. The lixecuijve dressed hlB»- seif and strolled practically unaided to the soulii portico for his nsual airiag He wns out for an hour or more o« the portico overlooking I'otomac Park and the river. It may be several day% however, l>efore Mr. Wilwui will be permitted to leave the White Huuae grounds for an  automobile ride.
MILLION   LOST   IN   FLOOD.
Dozen Lives Are Known to Have Beeo Lost in the South,
Atlanta. - Alabama, Georgia aB# Mississippi floods have caused the loos of millions of dollars to bulldlag* bridges, homes nnd industrial plaata A dor.en lives are known to have boea, lost. More than a thousand aegroes are homeless around Hattlesburg aaf Meridian, Miss. M<mtgomery, Ala. and Macon, Oa., are still affected, k«» the high ¦' ters have lost their grip ^ most of ll.e other sections.
ASKS  LAW  TO  EXILE  I. W. W.
Johnson Would Extend Scope of D» portation  Statutes.
Washln-iton 'tepresentatfve Joll»- son of tVasblngton, chairman of tht Inmilgratlon tVminilttee. has lntr» duced a bill for tlie extension of tha deportation laws to aliens affliiatotf with any orgnnizatloii advocating the overthrow of the irovernment by rlo- lence and aaboiaire or the assaaalnk- tlnn of pulillc offlcials
Til's law would lie appiirable to ¦• meniliers of the" I. VV. W.
JURY   REJECTS  BLUE  LAWt.
Refuses to Convict Defendant In BaMI.' more Sundiy Seliino Case. Bnltlmrire.—A Jury In the ('rlmliiii Court voted its dlKflpprovfll „t the e» forconiivt of the so-i-allcd blue law$ when a verdict uf acquUial was l» tiinii^ III fa\or of lleiijamfii I. JafE% confectioner, who was Indicted far ictroi; ¦'liars and .oda wnler on Hum il:i, Miro titnn 'HM nrroHis had bow iiiii'li for ofT.'iisiii running from drt* Ing Ue ci'<-uii, iru U^ m H«-iliiig hri^at sfunv tnitc ttiicDts bud be«A rxtu
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