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VOL. xxvin
NAZARETH, PA.. THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21^1919^
NO. 38
LEHIGH VAlXiKY TUAXSIT CO. I>X'BE.\SRH TRAI.N.MEN-S  WAGES.
HOOVER WARNS EUROPE TO WORK OR STARVE
On Saturday, Aug. IC, 1919, an Increase in wages was given the train¬ men of the Lehigh Valley Transit Co., effective Aug.   1,   1919.    The    Com- 	
pany in giving  this  increase   wsa ipjygtpjai apfj Commercial Dem-
mincUul  oC  tho  high  cost  of  living,   '"""'>i"'»' "' "  "
ocratlzation   Principal  Cause
which is confronting its men, also the recent awards made by the War Labor BoiTd, It has always been the practice of the Transit Co., to keep the standard and moralle of its men at the highest standard that the em¬ ployees shO'Uld be in a' position to take their place among the people.s in the communities iu which they livo.
The patriotism of tho Company, so far as it lies within its power to co¬ operate with the government in meet¬ ing tho suggestions ot the War Labor Board has been a potent factor in the Transit Co.'s decision to voluntarily Increase the wages of its employees.
The Company has always held an enviable position in the electric rail¬ way fleld by the caro and interest which has l)een shown in the welfare of its employees.
Since Feb. 1, 1914, to the present time the Company has increased its wage scale nino times?, aggregating iS per cent. Many of tho oldor er.i ployees point with pride that they are receiving over 100 per cent- more to¬ day than when first employed by the Company.
It is obvious that such a record mado by tho Transit Co., has not only been a power for good among its em¬ ployees, but a far reaching beneflt to the business interests in the com¬ munities wherein the men reside.
Tho wage scale which has been posted is as follows: 44 cents per hour, flrst year; 48 cents per hour, second yeaT; 50 cents per hour, third year and thereafter.
Conductors and motormen perfor¬ ming extra duty, upon request of the Dispatcher, either before or after woTking a regular run, twelve cents per additional for such overtime.
Extra conductors and motormen will receive a minimum of two dol lars and twenty-flve ($2.25) per day, a deduction of two dollars and twen-
of Decreased Productivity.
London.—Europe's food problem, more serious now tlian nt any time during tho wnr, is, tlio subject of nn linportniit stiitonn'iit by Iloiiiert C. Hoover, Just niiido iiublic. It wns orlg- innliy pri'pnrod for tbe nllied Kovcrn- nionts, but Imsjicou roloiisod for pub- Ilcnllon by tlio British autliorities,
Tlie stiitoiiiont snys:
Tlio solution lies In the vlfforous ronllzntlon of tlio actual situation by every country in Kumpo, The Euro- Iioan" populalioiis must Ininiediutoly realize that pn.duction must be in¬ stantly incroii.-ioil.
The production of necessities for 4,"in,UI)0,(KK) iicMiiili.. In Europe ha.s never boon nt sucli low obli as it Is now. Tif- teen niillli>n faiiiilk's in Euro|io aro re¬ ceiving uaonipioyinont nllowances or boing paid liy constant currency Infla¬ tion.
Europe cnn feed only 3.-0,000,000 persons. Tlie rest must live on Im¬ ports.
The chief causes of tbo decrease of productivity nre industrial nnd eco¬ nomical donioorntlzntion, nnd tbe fact that the jiropor and insistent donmnd by labor for hl>;lior standards of liv¬ ing nnd for a voice in tlie aduiinlstra¬ tlon of Induslr.t- lins unfortunately be¬ come liiipregnnfed 'vltb the theory that limitation of elTort Iielow physical ne¬ cessity will Incrcnse tlio total employ¬ ment or Improve tlielr conditions.
B.VTII,
Harvey J.  Moser,  of  Delps,  spent Friday iu town,
Mr.  and   .Mrs.  Joseph  Gilbert  and Mr, and Mrs- Harry A. Gilbert left on
^     Friday for New York City and tro.m
ty-flve cents ($2.25)  being made'for! t^ere will sail for Boston and other each miss, late report or day of ab-' ^'ew England points, ggueg   - Miss    Louisa     Meypv?,  of Easton,
This increase applies to the Eas- sPent Thursday in town with friends. ton Transit Co., which is part ot the Ke'ler & Son, of Easton, placed a Lehigh Vallef Transit Co. system, I ^^andsome Victrola into the home of and about 800 men will be effected.   I-Miss Ev-a Edelman.
An increase o.f wages coming at' The Novelt.v Realty Co., of Allen- this timo when the cost of materials ! t?''"' ^'^^"^'^^ '° '=1^'^'^ "PJ^"'^ ^P^^"" is still exceedingly high and the in-1 'be property recently purchased from
creased  demands which     are    being I t'le ^S"""" ®f^'^:,   , ,    „    ^,,^^
'      Mrs. Charles Abel spent sometime
I I FiREHEN SI KUGE RA!
Roads Also Required by Demands
to Provide New Locomotive
Equipment.
Y. M r. A. PKTURES.
WOULD    COST    $200,003,000.
Overtime Rates Fixed by 300 Brother¬ hood   Chairrr.on—Automatic   Stok¬ ers and Coa! P.^soers Included in   Demands.
mado  upon   tho   Company   is  indeed commentable on the Company's part.
THE iUIEHICA.V LEGIOX.
Tho American Legion is an organi¬ zation ot American veterans of tho Tyorld War. It is a civilian not a military or militaristic organization, and maTtes no distinctions of rank and no distinctions between overseas men and men who did not get over¬ seas. Any soldier, sailor or marine, who served honorably between April 6, 1917 and November 11, 1918, is eligible to join this organization. Fol¬ lowing is the premable ot the consti¬ tution of the legion showing what It stands for.
"For God and Country we associ¬ ate ourselves together for the follow¬ ing purrposes: To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America; to maintain law a'nd or¬ der; to foster and perpetuatre a one hundred per cent. Americanism; to preserve the memories and incidents of our association in the Great War; to inculcate a sense of Individual ob¬ ligations to the community, state and nation; to make right the master of might; to promote peace and good will on earth; to safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of Justice, freedom and democracy; to consecrate and sanctify our comrade¬ ship by our devotion to mutual help¬ fulness"
More information concerning the Legion can be obtained at the Y. M. C A. or from Edwin Jones, Walnut Street.
BIG HAUIj AT .SCBANTOX.
visiting at the homo of Mr. and Mrs Edgar Bartholomew.
Mr. and .Mrs. Fred Laub spent a few days at New York City.
Miss Beatrice Braden, of East Texas, is visiting at the home of Misses Margaret and Marie Beers.
B- F, Rohn spent a few days with his family, at Ocean Grove.
George Kreidler, the veteran wag¬ on and body builder delivered a handsome auto body for Schaeffer, the'bologna manufacturer, at Bas¬ ton.
Edward Hirst, of New York City, spent a' few days in town with friends.
Miss Evelyn Danner is enjoying her vacation with friends away from the switchboard.
Mrs, M, R, Fish, of Pleasantville, N, J., spent a short time in town greeting her old time friends.
The U. S. Government have ap¬ pointed Postmaster Fred P.' Laub, I Bath agent for the sale of Army food. He has a price list ot the various ar¬ ticles for your Inspection- You pay him, and he orders the food sent from Philadelphia to Bath to you, according to government Instruc¬ tions.
Clinton Bilheimer, of Bethlehem, is visiting at the home of bis sister, Mrs. Mark Miltenberger.
Henry Schlegel is employed at Michael's Oarage.
Mrs. J. Evan Illrtle and son Evan, and Mrs. Alice Bossert, spent a fow days at Willow Grove. Dr. Hirtle and Rev. and Mrs. S. D. Hirtle, ot Halifax, N. S., also motored to that place on Friday and the entire party spent the week-end at the popular re¬ sort.
Bath   and   Schoeneck    base    ball
teams played  a very interesting six-
hinin.i; ball game on .Monday evening.
to 1 in favor of the Schoen-
Following    an    investigation     bv agents of the Department of Justice who are investigating food hoarding and profiteering in Scranton, 310,000   Score pounds of butter andv3,73G,000 eggs 1 eck team.
owned by the Beatrice Creamery Co , E. A. atid Arthur Edwards on of Chicago, and held in the Lacka- ] Tuesdav went into the general store wanna cold storage plant in that city i business iu W. S. Hauser's property, wero seized  by  the  Government  as;-! corner     Washington and   Penn   Sts.,
ents. The stuff was taken possession Of by Henry W. Ceidler, Deputy Unit¬ ed States Mai-shal.
It is alleged that the butter and eggs wero being hoarded here until such time as the prices would ad Vance and permit of their sal" at bi.g- ger proflts, nnd havo been at the lo¬ cal storage plant for several woek.s. It is expected that within a short time tho seized goods will be dispos¬ ed of to tlie public nt a' fair price by the Department of Justice, hut defln- Ite '
rormeiiy occupied by L. V. Hahn. Both these youn? men Uave had prac¬ tical experience in ihe store busiuess, iiaviiig    beett-   wiijj  B.  F.  Rohu  for , , ,     .
yoars.    Both hav# ..ecently returued   "'''"'"''''"""''¦^' "" ^""^ '''""'¦• »"'' 't  '
nevoland—.V '.I'l tn U" per rent, in¬ crease in wau'cs is dcniniHled for IIT.- 000 flreuu'U ami hostlers on niilronil.~i In tlie United Stntets nnd Canndn in a wa^re scale adopted before adjourn¬ ment by noo general chairmen of the P.rotberliood of Locomotive Firenieti nnd Eiifrlncinon.
Another ileniiind to bo presented to the director j'oncrai of railroads Is tiint all coal burning locomotives In road .'service weigliins 2iiO,000 pounds and more sball bo oiiulppod with me- clinnical stokers nnd that two firemen sliall bo employed on all such locomo¬ tives until tbey ai-- so eiiulpped.
About halt of the 80,0(X) engines In tlie United States will come under this proposal, only about .'i.OOO of which nre equipped with niechanlcai stokers at present.
In nddition a doinand is made that all coal burnlnur hicomotlves of iess than tliat wei.Lrlit shall be equipped witli mechanical coal passers nnd tbat all conl burning locomotives shall lie equipped with power grate shakers and automatic flre door openers.
It "is estliimted it would cost ?200,- 000,000 to equip locomotives in the United States with tlie devices de¬ manded.
The more Importnnt sections of the report of tlie wage cnmmittee as adopt¬ ed foIlo\^;
Rales of pay for firemen nnd help¬ ers in passenger sorvice, ,$G..'JO a day of 100 niiles or less, except when Mal¬ let en;;ines nre used, when ,$7.20 sliall be paid.
Overtime in passenger service will bo coniptitetd on the present basis at a speed of 20 miles an hour.
Firemen in freif-d't service on en¬ gines weighing less than 200,000 pounds, $0.51 a dny; on engines weighing over 200,000 pounds, $0.80 u day of 100 miles oi- less; overtime to be computed on basis of speed of twelve and a half miles an hour.
Firemen und helpers employed in local or way freiglit service, mixed train*, mine runs and other service, minimum pay of ,"0 cents for each 100 miles or les.s, in nddition to the through freight rntes.
Firemen employed on helper, push¬ er, transfer work, wreck, construction, srow plow, circus, miik and all other lit.ins In unclassified service to be pr.ld througii freight rates, according to class of engine used.
Firemen employed on Mallet engines in all service, except yard service, $7.20 a day for 100 miles or less.
Firemen nnd helpers employed In ynrd service, $0.."0 a day of e'ght hours or less, except when Mallet englpes are used, when rnte of .'jKj.SO sball be paid.
Time nnd one-half for overtime in all classes of service, which will ap¬ ply when men are usod on Sundays oi liolidays.
Inside hosUers, ,?0.SO a day; outside hostlers, $7.20 n day, and hostlers' helpers, $0.50 a day, eight hours or less to constitute a dny's work. Time and one-half for all time work In ex¬ cess of elgiit hours.
Another working condition demand¬ ed Is that on ruilroads where firemen are required to clean locomotives they shall be relieved of sueh work and that firemen sball be relieved of re¬ moving tools or supplies, loading coal, filling lubricators, etc,
"The firemen on locomotives han¬ dling the preponderance of trnlUe will receive under our proposition a wage Increase of about ."«) per cent,," said Timothy Shea, acting president of the broilierliodd.
"If our full denianils are grnnted It will hardly rosinn- pre-war cmdilions, considering the la-rs.-iit [lurcbnsing power of tlie ilnllar. .since tOl.'t tlic wages of firemen  Imve been  increased
"True Heart Susie."
Persons who have ever had to smile while their hearts were breaking, will never forget the performance of Lillian Gish in "True Heart Susie," the latest D. W. Griffith Artcraft pic¬ ture which will be displayed at the Y, M.  C. A. theatre,    on    Saturday,
Au«- 23- .      ,„    ,
Since her appearance in ¦ Broken Blossoms," Mr. Griffith's tremendous artistic success that has been the sensation of New York, .Miss Gish is conceded by all the metropolitan critics to be one of the foremost act¬ resses on the screen, but many be¬ lieve she has surpassed all previous work in her characterization of the heart-broken little girl who hoped to marrv her girlhood sweetheart, and found him, instead, with his arms I about a comparative stranger, whom he had asked to marry him.
With her aunt she io invited to the minister's home, to hear him play the little church organ, quite a social event in the community. Just tor a little surprise, she joyfully runs ahead of her aunt, tiptoes through the open door, and sees—.
The tumult of her heart seems to surge in her face. The man for whom she lias worked, and secretly helped and selected for her mate, turns with a casual smile to her as an old friend, alid she smiles back, a smile gracious with courtesy and well wishing, but palsied wiih the horror of surpiise.
Fatty Arbuckle, the famous Para¬ mount comedian, has scored a big hit in "A Desert Hero," his latest com¬ edy. It is a funny creation and con¬ tains many situations that thrill. Molly Malone is the leading woman and iias a unique role.. See it at the "Y" on Saturday.
RAIDS YIELD VAST WNA ™m HOARDS OF FOOD^L*W"f'^^w"GERMANY
Federal Agents Take Enormous Contraband Stocks in Cleve¬ land, Detroit and St. Louis.
AUTHORITY OF ATT'Y GENERAL
Eqaulity of Sexes as Well as of
Classes Is Great Feature
of Constitution.
Meat, Butter, Sugar and Eggs Included In     Provisions    Seized—10,460,000 Eggs and 300,000 Pounds of But¬ ter   Libelled   in   Detroit.
Whistling Lover Humc«'ou.s Figure in "Tho Virtuous Thief."
Success in love may depend upon so trifling a thing as whistling, ac¬ cording to Thomas H. luce's Para¬ mount photoplay, "The Virtuous Thief," starring Enid Bennett, which comes to the Y. M. C. A. Wednesday, Aug. 27, as a Paramount attraction.
There is a young lover in this story a' part artistically portrayed by Xiles Welch, who has the habit of whist¬ ling. This grates on the nerves of his sweetheart's grandfather, so he makes the youth's life uncomfortable whenever he calls- This grand¬ father is an old soldier of the South, who moved years betore the Flat- bush, New York,
Ho is still a fighter and becomes especially antagonistic to Bobbie Baker, the whistling lover. The youth cannot understand this until ono day his sweetheart, trom a word let drop by the grandfather, discloses
the
St. Louis.—Deputy United States mnrshals seized the following food¬ stuffs in storage at the Booth Cold Storage Company's warehouse:
410,917 pounils  creamery butter,
21,200 poundS-«tock butter,
11,887  pounds  limburger  cheese.
2.3,040 pounds other cheese.
2,030  cases  eggs,   30  dozen   to case.
ij2,207 pounds frozen eggs.
l,47.t,124 pounds frozen poultry.
2,308,101 pounds beef.
5,098,345 pounds  frozen pork.
11,933 pounds lamb.
24,757 pounds mutton.
937,740 pounds dried  salt pork,
l,2.">l,3."i2  pounds  pickled  pork.
355,595 pounds lard.
The seizure was made on the charge that the owners liad kept the food¬ stuffs iu storage for more than tliree months for the purpose of iucreasing
the price.
Eighteen   million   eggs   said   to   be j n^'^j- jieec^pit u titl held   In  cold   storage   in   a   St.   Louis , gj^^ state, wareliouse  will   be  seized  by  District       Every   Oi-rnifin .\ttorney   Hensley,   ho   annouuced   to-j j.,,.,},. ^^]i ),,, ^p,,.
Berlin.—The new (ieriiian constitu¬ tion, ndopti'd by tbe natinn.ii assem¬ bly after nmntlis nf (bliate. wlilcli be¬ came effecti\i- lust v.eik, is dfvided into two main i.iir;s. the "composition and ties nf tl > i-iii;-:!'!'" innl "the basic rights and basji- ilii'ins nf (jnrninn.-i." The prciinil.ln lu-jrins :
"The fJcrnian imniile, uniteil in ItH brnnches and ins;,'n-d by the will to renew and stren;;!h('n Its eniplre In freedom and Jiistiin. to further inner nnd  outer  pi mn  and   social   advance,
has   vnlnii   this  CtinslitUtinn."
Sertinii 1 si-is f.irth tbat the Oor¬ man Empire is u r.-pui'licnn stale, so vere ign I.\' luin-r I -i-iil  nn  tin- pi-nple
Postage and t.-Ii--!Mi'li rains will lie flxed by the rnumil. Tbe ruilroail systems «"ill bn taken nvnr by the em¬ pire and st.-itns.
Tbe snmnil main part 'if the Con¬ stitution !irn\iilns tliat all Gemiiins shall tie equal bnl'nrn the law nnd that men and wnnn-ji shall l:avn laisleall.v tbe same rii-'hts and duties. Preferen¬ tial rights and di-a'.vl.ai l;s nf Mrtli and Iinsitinn arn minnM'il and u title nf nnbllity Is cniisiii.rn.! only a part of h person's nanm. -Vn nmr-,- liili-s of no¬ bility will lin rni rnrrnd, utnl such a-s aro awarded v.il! ; i-riain to a person's occupation or will be anadeinic tllle.s. Xo token of Imnnr may be given nut by the giiveriinini!t and no Germnn r nrdnr from a for-
COMING FAIR WUJj
BE BIO SUCCESS.
This has been a yeaT of the great¬ est achievements in the history of tha greatest nation in the world. The word "America" Is now a synonym with civilized men of every clime for big things done in a big way.
This fact has been uppermost in the minds that have the planning for tho coming Naznreth Fair, Sept. 9 to 13, and this is why the 1919 exhibi¬ tion will far surpass the most am¬ bitious dreams of the Fair Directors o' other years.
The Live Stock as well as all other departments under new management and conducted along broader lines than in former years will constitute a show in itselt which will interest thousands of visitors.
The concessions on the midway will be numerous and a variety of these have made arrangements for privileges during the entire week.
The races, which have always been of the best ou the circuit, havo been filling up nicely, and all claaaos, by all indications, will surpass those ot former years.
Ample arrangements have been made by the vaTious committees, one of them, the music committee, hag awarded the cointract for furnishing music during the week, as follows: Juvenile Band, of AUentown, on Tuuesday; Tannersville Band, Mon¬ roe Co., Wednesday; East Bangor Band, East Bangor, and Y. .\1. 0 ,A. Band, Nazareth, on Thursday; Quak¬ ertown Band, Quakertown, Friday and t^e Y, .M. C- A. Band, of Naza¬ reth, Saturday,  (automobile day).
COLHT T.AKES L.4.ST SON.
day.
10,000,000  EGGS  ARE
SEIGED   IN   DETROIT
Detroit,—A libel was filed here un¬ der tlie Lever act for the seizure ol over ten million egu's lield in storage by the Rock Island Butter Conipany, of Toledo, nnd A. F. Thibodeau & Company,   of  Detroit,    United    States I wiil   lie  n
linrniitted to einl- tnd in foreign coun¬ tries, and nn i;nrn,u!i may tie deliv¬ ered up to a fnrnlgii country for prose¬ cution  and puuisliment.
The 'German's house will be his cas¬ tle.
Postal,  teln;;faph  and  telephone .se¬ crecy is guariintnnd.
Every  Cm-inaii   is  to  hnve  the  right
to nxjiress bis npiiiions liy written or
sjpnkeii  wnni,  ["ilni   nr picture.   Tiiere
iiS(irs!ii[i  save  for  mov-
to  him that it is the tune "Yankee : pn,.(„,gnt of Justice to place the eggs Doo.dle" that riles the old man. i ,j,j j,^^. market iinmeiliately.
The youth takes a tip, and one day 	
comes in whistling "Way Down South :
in Dixie"     He is welcomed    by    the! BIG STOCK.OF SUGAR
oid mall with open arms and flnds his SEIZED IN CANTON.
future courtship   free  from  interfer¬
ence by the Confederate veteran. This is merely a pretty little touch
District Attorney Kinnane announced, I ing iiiclun-s, tnr which regulations Michigan hus no statute limiting 1 will be madn tn sup].rnss nl.jnctlonabie .storage of fondstun's. but .Mr. Kinnane | films fnr the prntiTtinn nf youth, declared an iiivest!.;atinn will be made j Under "Cminiuniiy nf Life- the Cnn- looking to proeeeiiings against the own-j stitution ilmlains that marriage con- ers under the state's anti-trust laws, i stitutos tlie liasis of family life and Permission  will  be  sought  of  the de- | the salvatinii of tbe nation, and tliere-
t'nrn Is uiidnr the sjincial protection nl' the Cniistitufinn nil tlio basis of equality nf till- sn\n,.. It is declared tu be the duty ni tlm state tn keep the I'liniily l;l'n pure and healtliy and tn see   tbat   families  wltli  several   ciiil-
Clevelnnd.—3.   C.   Breltensteln,  'as¬ sistant United States district attorney
in the story, however, for the picture \ f^,^ northern  Ohio,  announced  that  a
liieii tiave the right to necessary care. Motherlinnd. It is declared, has the tirst elaiin tn stain iirntnction
haa an unusual and interesting plot that sustains suspense from begin¬ ning to end.
TWO COMMIT SUICIDE,
Several hours after the police al Allentown picked up a stranger be¬ lieved to be Charles Patton, aged 4.5, of Detroit, Mich., his lifeless body was hanging from the bars of his cell.. When arrested the man, who was well dressed, seemed to be suf¬ fering from mental aberration. He used a belt to hang himself. The De¬ troit police have been asked to locate the man's relatives.
Heart broken, he said in a letter he left, because his wife, to whom he was much devoted, left him a tew weeks ago. Frank Shafl'er. 32 years old, a' steel worker, committed sui¬ cide at his home in that city, by shooting himself in the head. In the note Shaffer bitterly arraigns his wife and left full funeral directions.
libel had been filed for seizure and i condemnation of 200,(XX) pounds of t sugar  belonging  to  the  C.  D.   Kenny
STOCKERTOWN'.
Beaten by his father and step¬ mother, Richard Ferdinand, of Nor¬ ristown, has been given into the care of his grandmother and lirother, thus taking away from the father, W'illiam, the last of his three sons The case was before the Juvenile Court ,at Norristown, it being charg. ed that Richard had hidden a week in various places and lived on apples to escape the wrath he knew awaited his return home.
Richard ran away, he said, because his step-mother commanded that he pick blackberries in a drenching raifl. It was admitted by the parents tha* the boy ahd been beaten to break him of his habit of running away, aud the father, acting as his owu lawyer, pleaded that the boy be given into hig care, declaring that two other sons had left him and he want'^d the support of the only one remaining
Just then a young man rose in the body ot the Court room and asked to be heard- Judge Miller gave him permission, and he said:
"Your Honor, don't give the boy to this man. His promises to be good to the boy are not to be respected. I know I am that man's eldest son, Lawrence. I, too, suffered as this boy is suffering. I, too, ran a'way, and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children of New Jersey took me back to my father upon hia promise to do better. He never did- He won't with this boy, and I am sorry for my little brother,"
The boy was then given over to his grandmother.
LEHIGH V.ALLEY TRANSIT
COMP.\XY IS HO.XORED
France    and    in
from the service camp. v
The flnancial statement tor the liatli school district shows receipts aggregating $13,038.73, aud expendi¬ tures throughout the year of $12,- 934.31.     Balance on hand    $lu4.4J.
     The largo items of expense wero 3000
e instructions as what is to bo done  into the sinking fund and $6,532 for
with  tho .seizure  havo  not  been  re ceived from Attorney    General    Pal
mer.
FORTY DAYS OF RAI\.
teachers salaries.
Visitors in town on Thursday were Frank Seip Bartholomew, wife and daughter of Grand Rapids, Mich. Tliey rode all the way from Grand Rapids in a double motorcycle. They carried a camping outflt with them- They cnlled on Miss Mary Schlabach and wore later entertained at the Uatholomow homestead.
.Miss Anna .Mae  Worman is enjoy-
Ber-
On consulting our "Farmer's and Planter's Alumnae," wo find that St Swithin's forty days will be up on Sunday, Aug 24. He has certainlv been a wot  weather    Saint,    during
1919. But ns we aro now having a | ing a vacation with friends at nay of hrlght sunshine, wo hope that wick he will weep less during the remaind- ei of the year. It tho weather con tinuos bright and warm, we would •uggest that the Y. M. C. A. Band •hould come out. In tholr spick and •pan new uniforms and blow pa'ens of torclse In bis honor.
Adam Dieter, an aged resident of Klecknersville, on Monday visited his farm, and while returning was found dead on his team.
The ITEM would be glad to carry out our correspondent's suggestion, but regrets to say thnt the band's uniforms can not be ready before Thursday, Sept, llth.
Brief rocogultion services wore he'd both morning and evening in St. John's Reformed Church, Nazareth, on Sunday, in honor of the late An¬ drew Carofcte. Mr. Carnegie had donated tbe sum of $1600 to the pipe organ in tkat church, His favorite hymn, ''He leadetb Me," was sung.
a mutter of rei'nnl ihat the cost of liv¬ ing during thnt tinie has increased lOO per cent. Tbe wage increases '," fire¬ men since lot:! have been eiuirely wiped out by tlie increased cost of liv¬ ing.
Wnshlnptan,—Deiaaiula of .Vmerican laiiinail liremi'ii ami hustlers for In- cri'ascd wa,.'es and clian;,'nd working cnihlitii.ns, us outlined In a >vage scale iiilnptcil at Cleveland by the general cbairnicu of the I'.rotherliond nf Loco- inntlM' Firemen and EiiMineiiu'ii, prob¬ ably will be eoiisiilereil alniis; wilh the ilnliiaiids nf iillini- I'Mili'inl wnrk.'rs, lallmihl adiuiirs r ,n,,., ,,    , i.is said,
WILHELM PURCHASES ESTATE.
Buys    Establishment    in     Village    of Doom,   Report. I
L.iiidnii. .\ des|iaicli I'rnni Utrecht, I linlland. sa.vs llml Wlllieiiii 1 Inhclizol- | lern, ilie fnrnier Ualser, bus ]iurcbifsi>il | the countrj imusn nf Dimru and es- j tales adjoiiiliii.' ll, in the village of r>ooni, flve miles from .Vinnrniigen nnd wtll make his iiome there.
The estate was the pi-nperty nf Hiirnnes-i van lleemstra, but tbe pur- chn.se price Is imt given in the deg- pUlehes   reai'hiiiu'   London.
The Lehigh Valley Transit Co., has received from the United States Ar¬ my and Navy a citation of honor tor re-employing ail its emplov'ees who left the Company's employ for ser¬ vice of their country.
UniSir orders from President Fehr, all employees who left the eniploy for service, have been re-instated with the Company. There being about 116,, two of whom were killed in ac¬ tion.
The engrossed citation can be seen in waiting room of the Company, nt .Mlentown.
Dr. George Fetherolf and wife, of Company,  of  Baltimore,  and  heid   in; Reading:   Frank  Fetherolf and  wife storage  b,>-   the   Canton   Storage  and   of     Wanamakers,     were     week-end ^ Transfer Company at Canton, Ohio,     i guests    of    their    brother. Dr. J. A. ¦ A >nxiSTER'S WIFE Deputy    Sheriff   T.    E.    Walsh,   of  Fetherolf and family. - GREATLY SURPRISED.
Cleveland,   seized   the   sugar,     E.   S. I      Mr.   and   Mrs.   Eugene   Uhler   and I „. ^       ^  •
Wertz United States district attor- sons, and their parents, Mr. and Mrs, On W ednesday, Aug. 13, the Lad- nev, vkl ask Judge Westenhaver m : Hirlam Uhler and Mr and Mrs. Mil- 'es Aid Society of Belfast Wesley M- feilernl court here to adjudge the I to-^ Miller, are expected home this, E^ Church completely surprised Mrs. sugar hoarded and order it condemn-   -!f1.a   er  spending ^weeks  tour-1 Laura L. Mack   wife of their paator.
ugar
ed. If such order ts made the sugar will be sold by the government and the proceeds, less the cost of seizure, turned over to the owners.
MILLION   EGGS TAKEN
IN   NASHVILLE   RAID.
Nnshville.—Nearly a million eggs were seized by tbe federal authorities here nt the cold storage plant of Noel & Company. The egi.-s, which were the property of .'vllnway Brothers, lo¬ cal produce dealers, were declared by tlie district attorney to constitute a supply largely in excess of the reason¬ able requirements of business.
ship
Miss  Bessie  Knecht,  of Nazareth STOP RETAIL BUYING, i spent   Saturday   with   Mr.   and   Mrs,
ADVICE TO PUBLIC. iEl™«''' Messinger.
Sydney Hymen and daughter Mat¬
ing as far west    as    Columbia,    O., ' Rev. Frank Mack, at Wind Gap. where they visited Mr. Uhler's grand-I     Mrs. Mack, at 10:30    a.    m.    was son, Elwood Bauman, who is station- seated on the back steps of the pa'r- ed there- sonage and busily engaged in peeling
Mrs. Edgar Fielding and children, apples, and at the same time she was of New Jersey, spent SatUi-day and j chatting with hsr husband and her Sunday with the former's grand-j sister-in-law, Mrs Wilmer Albert, mother, Mrs. Wm. Messinger. I when huddenly she looked    up    and
Mr. and Mrs. E. D Berkaw and | saw a large nu.-nber of ladies from children Ernest and Bergen, spent ^ Belfast and Edelmatis, who had come Sunday at Clinton, N. J., with Mr. j bv trolley a'nd quietlv gathered upon Bercaw's parents, jthe parsonage lawn.  These good lad-
Miss Louise Transue. of Easton, j jes In their well laden baskets spent the week-end with Miss Anna hrought an abundance of provisions, Fetherolf.      „   ,   ,   ^    „ ! fruits, groceries, vegetables, etc., and
-The '5\est End Auto Co., of Naza-, ^' three gallon can of l<'e cream. They reth de ivered a Maxwell touring car i anticipated theneeds of the parsonage toCharles Heckman, of Forks town-j [„ these days when (he cost of living
Is very high, and demonstrated their love and sympathy by plucking from rich gardens some of their best fruits
AXXU.XL EXrURSOX TO
ORPH.AXS' HOME.
Xew York.—"Re¬ store purchases In give the dealer wle ing Ilig prnlii- a  va.
Such ill etTect is to all Imiisewivcs fair price eonuni! federal fnnd adm ini vvas organized in ti.e merce.
trlct  your   corner I-are   necessities;
I  lias been esitort-
aiinn." the   advice  given
tha, are visiting Mr. Hymen's sister, at Wilkes-Barre.
Albert Eiust. of Easton, spent Sun¬ day with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Ernst.
Mrs. Anna' Jones, on Sunday visit- ¦
and vegetables.
A very flne time and dinner were enjoyed bv nil peraoris present.
RET-iFA.siT.
E   W. Laub and  family. Amandus
in  Uie city  by  the {^.j-j^^; ,,.^„g^f,.^  jj;.^  ^,   ^   Hartdev i f t*"*!^ *"'"'' ^']!: ¦H»'"L^5' ?''^'^J"^'""'
DUTCH ARM AGAINST RED3.
The annual excursion   to   Bethany Orphans' Homo at Womelsdorf, takes place next  week,     .-Vug.     2,S.     Large crowds ire expected at the home on that  day.     Rev.   Leinbach.   of   Phila-1 delphia. wiil be the speaker.     Excur-j unilerial sion   tickets  are  good  on  tho  trains | (q    n,.|i-.!     i leaving  -Mlontown  at   5:30  a.   m.  as ' ^j.^^.K .   ¦ well as the e.vecursiim  train  leaving j nrnieii" ami irau Allniitnwii about 8:10 a. m, also on    i ,,• „. n,-    , ,,1 n
regular  trains   leaving  Allentown   at'  "-'"'¦'-'	
S:3<r a. ra.
Burgher Guards Composed of Citizens
Ready to Act.
Sgriiveiilia.L'e,  Unllund.— In order to
be    prepared     ::.a.!!st     revoiutlonaiy
nnviis nnd villages
1',,rilled     burgher
• r citizens wild are
with  the oliject of
iiidini-'s und private
named   by   the   „„^ j^^,;,^.   ^^ AUentown. " |J"hn trader. Stanley Brody. Charles
^uauon when it jij^g ^.^i^e Kocher returned home ""r"?'"^", ?"''. "^''?' "ahn, enjoyed chamber of com-I Saturday, after spending a week at * "shing trip to Piko County, last I Ocean Grove.
Thn attendance at the Fork's Sun¬ day-school picni cwa's larger than ever. The games were thoroughlv enjo.ved   by   all.     The   proceeds   am-
Sr.,  Is on  the sick
1,
M.\I)i: AUTO TRIP TO LITITZ
^      V.r. and Mrs, Wm, Henry and ^ons I Win  and James, nnd Mrs, O, J, Wim¬
mer,  nf Xazareth. da,'.- t.l  Mi.nj^- v'sit Lilif?,     Theyqiind Henry's    toajStig Heubner, otflltlfz n reth  with   the soverai we.^ljp Edward Henry, al Ii
from Satur-
friends    at
trip    in    Mr,
-Miss     Mary
rnod to Naza-
wiU  spend
er aumt, Mrs.
on.
BASE BALL 'l»>XIGnT
Deciding (Dame of Sorios.
PAI.uMKR A. .\.
vs.
NAZARETH V. M. O. A.
Hall Field. Admission 90c
prni.nriy
Many
SUlisidi.-i
they pay
,f  It .
I.uru! e'- »\iar.ls arn ¦ •ipalitiei!, allbougli .'xpenses.
JAPAN REFUSES KOLCHAK AID.
Tokyo Informs Admiral Assistance for Russia  Is  Ip^possible.
Tnk.Mi. li ! lis I'. ,. ic'iriii'il that the Japan, s.. u'. v. 1111:,. i,'. after mature de- llberai;..n. l.'i- ' ' iln cnliinel nnd the dlplniuatlc Advlsnry Council, has In¬ formed tlie government nf .Vdmlrnl Knichak that .lapan is unable to ncccde to Its request m <iml sevi-ral dh i.slons of trnn|is In li-si>l Knislulk in the War against tlie llnlsbi\iki. The Inyal; troops nre .sm-ely pressed and net^j Mff help very badly. ^'
ounted to over $319.
Eddie Shafer returned to his home in Lehighton after spending flve weks with his sister, Mrs, Pierce SoU.
Mrs, J. B. Kunkel, of Allentown. and her children Naomi, Glad.vs and Rususel, returned home Sunday af¬ ter spending a week with Mrs. kunk- el's cousin, Mrs. J. H  Newhart.
Mis.=i ,\da Adams left op Tuesday for Nanticoke after visiting Miss Ruth Taylor.
-¦Mexander Solt, of Lehighton 1- I visiting his uncle and aunt, Mr. and ' Mrs, Piercn Solt. |
Miss Laura Butts, of Saylorsburg is visiting her aunt, Mrs  J. H, New- 1 hart, I
. week
Richard   ^^ th, list.
Mrs. Erwin Landis trnnsacted busi? ness at Nazateth, on Monday.
Mrs Horace Bath and son Arnold, !of Nazareth, spent Tuesday In this vicinity,
1 Mr. Messinger mored Into the home ho recently purchased from Ira Knecht, the real estate ap^nt, of Nai¬ areth.
Mrs. Sandprcork, of Pen Argyl, visited her sister. Mrs. H Albert, at Edelman's  Crossing,   last   week.        #
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FENICLE REU.VIOV.
Tho twenty-first annual reanlun of the Fenicle famliy was held Saturday at Waldheim Park, with about 150 of the descendants of Adam Fenlcle In attendance.
All of the old offlcf-rs, wilh the e«- RECFn-FD PLUMBING roXTRACT. j ceptlon  of the Secretary, Mlss Klor-
 . ence Fenicle, of Nazareth, wlo died
Fr«jik Messinger, plumber, of Naz-  during the year, were re-elected for
areth,: has ben awarded the contract I the ensuing year-    They are: Samael
by tlH^ Taylor-Wharton Co.,  Easton, | Fenicle,   president;   Fra'ncU  Fonicle,
11 the following plumbing and . vice-president; Jacob Fink, socretary
material    in    houses being | and Harry Schrelber, treasurer.
n Easton, and Wilson Town-     The flrst Saturday In August, 1»J0,
nslstlng of  12  bathrooms,  4 | was chosen as tbe time and Central
ter plants, 8 Stewart one-pipe 1 P%rk, as tbe place for next year's ra-
and 8 leader tank ontflts.      anion.