i lodtfns to brfng

a of Merchsntvllle n

o prejitrin* for e miIoM

r aol'UCn of

Smith told the member* of the Ocean CItjr Board of Trade Toe*-

w hotel company 1* » tnd that f large

l, TeBtf

oodem hotel will he built at atrwt and the Boardwalk.

ha*e' a community Christmas tree to

“M add Joy to. the bearta of the young-

. Funds hare been raised by hold-

Inc a bsrzar. T.e ti

t will be erected

f the DuPont t

of trlhuted to the kiddles.

of candy will be dls-

Tba Ocean City Young J

e teague’s dttye for new m

rf EngU.sh. lt newhus i-200

a i if mortal

tablet for aervlce

3 ’; Burilafton dty autfcoritlee -will coI operate with the county and state In “ i extending ti e proposed concrete road ?•». tertog the dty by the Jackaonvllle * t p!te through Federal street to High

£ I Street.

j An auto bus’s running between Mer- ^ * chnntTilie and the Camden High, Set x>! • to curry children of Peusauken town-

^ f»blp.

•When Mrs. Joseph M. Thompson of New Egypt, whose husband U in inspector of State Institutions, we* operated upat- for appeadlf-Hii at Mercer Hnspltal, Trenton, a Urge shot was found Imbedded to her appendix. The si tot was swallowed. It Is believed,' with some game IrtUed by Mr. Thampten. and it ts thought to hare caused the Inflainmatloo. firs Thompson's

condition Is favorable.

Residents of Ocean City are again srlired over the possibility that the electric line will discontinue the opera tloe of,, cars on January L By arrongsmeots with the city the company agreed to run cars until that time, receiving 9200 a month for three months

- . . ~ A meeting of alttzecs »iU be held to "_ ,>T Tn to roach a solutlon of the matter, y eufortxc under an ordinance Introduced to

L c. A., and jtr the wlnr double this

g an ap-

B UadOT; U adding

DR LIFE

Among tfiV crew *of" 'the Po^at •

• ship ' that derarfS** MnlnbJ*. in

PhUIppWies.»-was a .hall-breed

aallor named Alejandro Lownsa. la the tmuurah oft the ship’s rfblttog he was agile gogtafe. and luchy enough, to 1 gap-dear of the wreck, and ^sempe ■the demHy suction of the dlsappeartnx

;He wa»_«il^' W-jm^urod.

.hut be wat.mnny'mUsSiromJtoora.

and there' rflis no help ta,*lg!.taMt 1 swjniming “‘f8t *an hour ha “ VlCftetf oover on'whK* hf rsab

fottod’

rd.

Thbn pushing the hate d. ne star

1—American cemetery « Hom^iA'neaif taririn. wt^ere H^TUW r.cm soldiers who fell In the, ^gonnt irest drive. 2.—Csecbp:Sloy*k-wlw aarred to Siberia, welcomed home by the people of Pragug.

-Launching of the great sopertfriSwAadg*l CilUoniU at Mare Island nary,yard. raise suggested by Dr. Garfield and J armistice. Is largely “bunk." Mr. Polk making certain other coocraalo-is. This has let.thd'Germans know definitely

tfcjit «ny. differences In ■

HEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Coal Shortage Becoming Acute and People Demand That

the Strike Be Ended.

__ Wts submitted to the fuel ndtotolstfitHIn'beftre Kfln? made poBllc. Though )n nraef of ihe mine fields the i were reperied to be firmly irtand- _ for,the ai p cent tocraa*e Which Sec: ctar? Wllaon proposed.- to aome part* of the country they wore said to be drifting back to work on tlx# Garfield besU; and It fira* hoped that ‘wren if fherrnttloa did not accept the

new

MIDDLE WEST IN DISTRESS

Miner* 1 Official* Citad for Contempt cf Court—Diplomatic Relation* With Mexico Likely to Be Severed Soon — Supreme Council Calls German Bluff.

At this: writsac Conmtor Agehl Jemfctos is still to Jail at Puebla, rim eta to department at Washington la awaiting a reply to Ita second reque*’ that he be released Imrtlkdlately. and President Caminxn 1* In conference with Genarqls Marggpx , and XHesueg, ; fw« of his *tiing«Bt>a>rlu<T cmamaaders.

. . , r tb*t council at Woodbury all the. efty ’ ft s^l'toyees will receive cn Increase In " tpty at the beginning of the new year.'. A bearing will be given on the measure at the ne^t meeting of council, tt to proposed to Increase the dty clerk's pay from Ji,400 tp Jl^O# add,about 20

per cent to otbwposltioas.

Cupid or some other power has poasessed the echoo’ teacher* of the Vineland district. Mabel Relck, Helen Norton. Ola Becker and Catherine Keery resigned at the last meeting of the Board of Education. 'Their place* will

be filled a* soon aa possible.

An appeal from tbe Public Utility Comm Is* ion’s order restoring the T Cent trolley fare to advised by Frank

Munldpalitlea to all “It to my Judgment Hurt the action of tbe romtnlmlon can be successfully attacked In tbe court," be said at Newark to a statement Later be ragged ed that an appeal to tbe legislature rather than legal atop* might be decided. Tbe State Orange, in convention at Atlantic City, went on record aa favoring the ratification of tbe prohibition amendment, to favor of frage and as opposed to becoming associated In any way with the American

and City Increese to i and Chief t Works Ann*. 1 fixing the 'TO a year. t on Jane to 12 >aan

I In the I

r ettj Baptist

girt* when

e and uthiet-

l grade pupils

i b-il at

; of the over-

| of tha B*' ■t for bav-

| at nominal cod *f Vtttkahoe ai* , paper ported

cation had rid Itself entirely of radical element*. It was stated tb'-t tbe New Jersey tamer stands *>'. all time* for America first and to vaaltcrably oppoeed to anything that of ra 41 cal tom. Some of the leading resident* of Glamboro ar* eager to atari a movoieat for a borough form of govurnA core ahow wrda bold at the W >odatown central ichooU under the 41rection of the pupil* to the new cow «e In agriculture. 8t. Christopher's Guild, an organisation for boy* and voang men. ha* beec organised at St. Mary’s Church. Burlington, under dlreftloc of HaroU V. Bolroee. Plans have been completed by local •nanciera for a national beck at Roeb-

llag.

John T. Prior, of Brooklyn, *uperInteodont of construction at the Raritan arsenal, was fined IS,000 by Judge Davto la the United State* District Court. Newark, afttr three contractors ■wore that they had paid Prior graft. A foreman, Harry Lee, of Tottenvllle. who admitted collecting the money, was (toad S900. Prior admitted referring *1.100 and the gorereniem charged that he got folly fT^SOO. Evidence submitted at an Inquiry In Atlantic City Into the daa'ha of John Ledbetter and Barmond Izaaid. Win cheater ecnoolboy*. a bora bodiea ware found In a boet oft: Oape May after drifting out through Groat Egg Harbor Inlet during a terrific storm November 8 tended to ehow that Ledbetter heroically gave up hi* life to a futile effort to save hto companion. who lacked robust baalth. Many former residents edited Pemberton to attend the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary and “old home” celebration of the Matbodlst Church. Jaaxw A. Mabaney, poetmaeter at Roabltog. wn* held by United Starve 1'omtaleatoaer Wilson to 85.000 ball darged with tha *mbe*rl«nent of gsitnl aorton* and •'■r Mamps entnuted to hto car*. The arrest was madr b- Inapector lAraboe, of the PhllaAelpWa office, win# charged that Mahan.-} manipulated the accounts of aiaaj foreigner* working In the nidi* at Roebitns and that the total of hi* necutotiou* to oat yet known.

By EDWARD W. PICKARD.

“Otve no coal, and quickly." wae tbe Imperative demand of a greet part of

the American public last

serious bad the fuel situntiou become that It seemed a settlement of the dispute between the operators and miner* must be forced by dire oecesvlty. In the northwestern and middle Weai state* the condition was aggravated by a severe cohl wave, and the people of tbs' part of the country especially, actually became alarmed by the proepjet of fraeatog to death. Plans for ending the strike at leeirt temporarily were aa numerous aa the planner*, but almost the only steps reaUy taken were fra the conservation of the 1 existing supplle* of fuel It to tru* tbrst to some of tbe western sta.ee the operation of the mines wa» taken over by the state government and volunteer miner* were put at work under protection of tbe Kste troops. This r~aj moat commendable to principle, but naturally the concrete result* the way of coal to bum were not extensive. Chicago, and Bliooto generally. felt the pinch more aentely than moat regions, and prominent men gath.cfri and devtaed legutatioo* to cart ill the nae of eoaL The state ppjllc utilities Issued these regntot.ocs formally, and Governor Louden proclaimed them, and also planned to ask tb# federal government to adopt the rams rule* for the entire country. They cut the working day of stores ana rsclones to six and a half hour*, and materially redoceu the heating and lighting" aerr'-e everywhere. Already the regional cool committee had cm off all new rappllra fn-m ronesaentlal Industries. Thera rules promlaed. within a very abort time, to Jxiow out of employment runny thou,

ennda of men and women.

New York city wa* not soffering from the soft coal at k*. because the tow permits U to bare only anthracite, but it was worrivd by rumors that the hard coal miner* Mac might strike soon. In general tha Atlantic coast stales bad enough fuel, and Director General Htne* was shipping hundred* of carioada from tbeie to tbe dia-

tretted middle West.

Tbe federal povernnjrnt got into action again by filing to the dlatrlet court at tndlaimpoito. Inforractlon charging crimtnr.i contempt of court against 84 International and dlatrlet Officer! of the miners* union. The*.* leader*, who Include Acting President Lewis and iecrwtnry Green, were summoned to appear In court Tuesday end answer the charge*. Of course racb proceeding* may result to the punishment of tie accused men. but will they gat '.-on! for the would-be coorainert That la what tbe totter I* Interested to Jura now, and that only. Be to thoroughly dtogwrod with the whole wrangle end to no more to sympathy with greedy r-wratore than with

greedy miner*. In b

are criminally luconriderate of the public need*, and be demand* that they be forced Into • coropromlw The •offering and financial I ora to tbe people already have been Immons* and cannot now be checked entirely even

Secretary Lansing’* second note to considerable length to refute the contention* put forward by Mexico to the Jeuttia* v-ae and dosed with a repetition of the urgent request for the freeing of (fe commlar agent, but It was no more of an ultimatum thnn the flret note. The Mexican congre** formally put the whole oxatter

hand* of Carrarra.

Many uiamb#r» of coogres* well aa many oilier American* are not tsfied with tbe admtoiRrntion'a Mexican policy, and to response to till* feeling .Senator fqfi of New Mexico

wupp requesting Pre*0 sever (llplotnntlc re-

toUons with Mexico, and to withdraw

Mon of the Carransa govThe rea lutloo was taken

under canrideratlon by the foreign retail op* committee, and that l*ody had before It copies of qffictol documenu said to dto-loap the adlritlea of Carrnnia. hto wnbe««y to Waablngton ami hi* consulates tn various American cities, to stir tin- radical demenls to

-•volutionary oulbrsnka.

a report that these document* were •applied by Bee rotary yLauriug. who wtobrd oawgrora toveltore him of the ro*pon*TMllty for" oggrerxlve adlon against Mexico. It was said that President WItooa had not been con«nlted concerning the ' clean crial* and that the x-tmte depnn ent wanted congrvsalonai actior befo.e bienklr.g off dip-

lomatic relation* If this

Mat* of affairs. It seemed likely that Mexico could not avert the rupture cow by rd earing Mr. Jenkto*. The demand tbit the whole unsavory be denned up to growing tostoteat notwithstanding the fact that the motive* of some of the loudest shooter* for rach action are open to grave aua-

pldon.

When he Introduced hi* revolution Senator Fall raid the evidence by which It 1* supported “will oraound the people of the United State* wuen It to produced." Senator Ashurri * the war department for Ignoring repeated request* for sufficient troop# tp protect the border. Senator Shield* of Tennessee, a Democrat, raid: “There to no question that our retottoos with Mexico constitute the mort h 11 mtilatto2 chapter of our foreign retatlona and that there aught to be anmw action to protect the rttlren* of the United Status. We have hud orcarion for war with Mexico for five year*, and ■raw this resolution ought ro declare war against Mexico." Germany persisted In lf» refusal to sign tbe protocol end thu* dolnyc.l the tuterchance of ratification* and the prodamatlon of peace. The Germnn* objected rapectolly to the requirement that they make reparation for the ranking of the rarreo.lered war ship* to Rrapa Flow; to the rvoruatioo of Lithuania; to the Decearity of turning over to tbe allle* for trial the Oertnen effievra accused of rrimra. *Dd to the paragraph wakh. aa Baron von Lersner raya. "*rouUI perxolt the In ration of our country by aruieo force to time* of pea?* on any trivial yretreff." The ■upreme cuuucll fho«e<1 no dlai<orittoii to recede from II* position, and

America con-

cerning tbe treaty cannot be construed to their benefit.« • - . The American delegates planned to return home because they felt that such matter* aa were being handled by the supremo council should be bandied by the state department* of the various nation*. The Brftlrt' and French urged that their departure be detojed for they considered the ritnatlotfa* threatening In view of the ugly temper shown by the German*, and felt that the armed oratotance * America might *tui be needed. I’ur^ dispat'h aaya secret oflvlfc* from i&omiaiiv state that more titan half 0 , luJHIan German soldier* still under’: arm*—a force exceeding com Wired British end French forces nbt J-rt demobnited. The Araqricjn. French and British paace cbmattsiotier* .last week fonn’itoted a compromise agreement on the Adriatic qu-tilon which wa* rre«ented to Italy frv consideration and which It wa* confidently expected wool* ratl*fy the Italian* and all other partie* to the dispute. A dispatch from Rom# said Italian regular* would occupy Flume and all tire territory given to Italy hy the treaty of Lonu-m. and that Captain D’Annunrio's volunteer troop* would withdraw. Untora some solution for Italy’i troubles It found, there It a good prospect cf a revolution there. When parliament assembled the Socialist depntire refused to rise on the entrance of the king or to take the oath In Bl* pretence. Next a general strike wo* •tatted to several large cl tie*, and (hough this did not tost long. It .wa* accompanied by disorder* that’ a* ■timed revolntlonary aspect*. In Rhine. Turin and Milan there were eeriou*

riots.

The tangled rituation In Russia. Potend and the Baltic conntrire I* atfll more complicated by dispatches that abow Denlktne I* being fought to a ■fapdrill! by the Ukrainian*. Poire and Jew*; that the bolshevik! are Ither winning .or losing ground, according, to tire source of the news; that Colonel Bemtondt and hto Oer army to the Baltic region were fighting for Denlklne end Kolchak and ag*ln*t the bolahevIKL It would take a Philadelphia lawyer *0 figure out the troth concerning that part **f the

world.

Asthonla and Lithuania began a conference with tbe Itorerian soviet government on Thursday at Dorpnt and ll wa* twtlevcd t mite would reralt. Finnish and Lettish delegate* attended. but they were without instruction* aa their govovumenta were aunlttog word from the nine*.

atoned for San Nlcolia. Ho was Jtftt reitching-alutliov^waterwben the tide carried him -out to ran -again. Aa night came On the wind tnereaaed %»d tM Vrifrti Weff ^m’ stxd hto Natch raw back- an< ho yras almo-t exhausted, being eraabed toward the Cavite shore. Fdr several hour* he drifted In. but Just *as hto hope grexv strong thexAldeigniJ wind swept him .to syjte <(( ^to ettogglra

once more out tb sqa.

Something brushed aga'nsf Sts leg. Be thought that it was atM»atk and rareamed to fear. ."It did opt touch me. or I should have gone wad." be Said. ’ The water was cold, the night was dark and the rats beat doran °* him. He heard a cry In thedaAnraa, and pushed his batch cover In fbe direction whence the sound carob. He found a Flllptoo boy. another aarrlvor of tbe FT«*. <Sh«Jng to an oil box. They drifted together. When daylight game -fJ>e^4wt?d see boats, but could hot mstovlbrnredvre bran, or seen. ThfeJ..yfero,to)rtured by thirst, salt water got Into thMr mouth "h th^’driftod'tdl day. Night carre again- Soon, after dark

Owr SAW Jbe : Wia

and with new hopes noticed that the light* grew larger a«Kmrak : distinct JTh-y were Mrat washed toward the shore. But the boy could not boM dot Taken wWx cramp* "he 10* hto bold on We'ctTIMk and went down. The man was washed Into tire riddle

giro up-hut tho- -.rind-and ■ware* beaded him for the shore and be took heart Tbeu he amw boa's and .used his Tsst strength in trying to grach them. The boatmen -raw him, were able to get to him to time and packed him out of the water. There was not much of the mar. left, and shrieking for water, he coUapaed to -the to*tom of the boot .. As he lay 00 a pallet after he found himself aWe to ttk again. Ifls'.reaCfieto spoke of hto woolertuh endurance. Alejandro In reply said Jhat ok course, he had done the best he could. He wanted to live, be *xld.— New’Tdrk Herald.

From Tlfll* rpnie* word (hat an Americnr. officer. Colonel Rhea. ha» been named personal arbiter to nil dispute* between Armenia and Aterbaidjan that epnnot be eetlUti by agreement The Armenian premier raid thl* wr.a the dm time to blatory thqt the Amientoa* and the tTartan" bad slgned hn agreement and he gave full credit t» Colonel Rhea for bavin«r ended a warfnre that had been going on for nearly two thousand yeni

Although I

' wholly upex-

Double I The other - nl^xt Mrs. Carrie B. Adams, leader of Terre HaulWs^ommunlty singing. And. MaJ. Jtiech Bayh. of the Indiana State Normal school, wore on the same program.' 'Now. Mrs. Adam* did not know that Major liayb wti the apeiker of tbe evening, but she did know that ha couid .i. g 80 when the audience .seemed rather tired she turned to Mr. Bayh and raid: "You sing the next verse as a sola" ’ t Major Bayh seemed embarrassed, but complied with her request. Hardly had he token hto seek wta* hto speech waa announced. He a rote, greeted hi* audience and then turned to Mr*. Adams: "Now. before 1 get through Pm going to rail on you to play *ring-around-the-ro*y.’ or do some stunt out here on the floor," be threatened. w The audlenca laughed, but Me*. Adams was evidently bluffed, for aha Immediately found It necessary to go to search of her coat—In **-

ly um

period, the Indictment of Srnai Newberry of Michigan and «eore* of his supporter* in tho *eo*torlal election on me us something of a »hock. The defendant* are arcura-d of carrnptlon. fraud and conspiracy. At first there ws* n widespread rumor that plea* of guilty would be enioreri. but Mr. Newberry not only declared be would fight the ease to a finish, but ■Ire, demanded a senatorial Inquiry

Into hi* right to hi* seat.

Poltticiaos looked toward P- uth Dakota 1««’ week with great Inte-ert. for the state i-onrontlotxs of the varlow tmrtlre declared their pre'erence* , for presidential nominee*. The Re- ! publican* Indorsed (toorml Wood af-

Mixed Relatlonahlp. Here la a double marriage at Salem, Ore- In which one bridegroom Is-both fsther-ln-tow and stepfather to . tha other, while the other become* both aon-ln-law and *tepsdh. “The door* at the county clerk’* office were Juat closing when two men appeared and asked It It were possible to obtain marriage license* at *0 tataaa hour. Upon beiuK assured that a lieraan could be issued, Augurt Kings, aged fifty-four." and A carpenter by trade, produced the neoesrary physical certificate and received a llcenra to marry Mrs. C. K. Kcyser. forty-five of thto dtyMr. Kayner’s mother U the pro«pectlva bride of Mr. Kluge, so the couples probably will have no uni# trouble to trying to decide thirtr reUUooshlp t« rath other.—St. Louis BepubHe,

Si coal mining to resumed at one*. But j a* ihe American del ecu Hon delayed j ter a lively struggle to which Govsrtbe people d«. Ins!«t that they be kept j It* departure and auptKirted It* Col- nor Ixxwdtn enme out •cc.*xd brat wann from now on. i iragxira entirely, it •eemril certain | Tbe Democrato were unanimra* fot

(he Germans would yield won. TUelr I Wllwm for a tbitd t.*nn. and the Non-

Toward the end of the week hope ' narertlon that If the term* *re »>*. t-rrilsan- wee* a unit for GovernPr arewe that the waning operators »'.«l 1 drastic ihelr govenum-nt mil toll and Pro tier of North Dakota. Both Re latoers might reach an agreement. A I ibe country tope# Into bolshrviran !■ ! puMiren* and Deraucrata Indorsed the number of ibe largest epsretore form i •Uscounied. f**r reevni tnessticntors : league «.f Nation* covenant, (hu form Mated a new wags scale offering j tiave leerowl »ha» that kind of :r!». I *v with 1 enervations, the totter with

slightly more than the 14 per era! ] »o prevatom >to<e tbe aiming of lb* J oat

Untidy Struts. The New York Merchants' 1 tion bus an autUltter bureau, that to now i-txasgeu to a campaign against dirty street*. The cost of cleaning up the refuse that should havo been dtupi>ed into the very convenient container*. but to Just dropped to tbe atreet Instead. U enormous. H~houl children are reported as rerlous offet,dcr». fer they bring l>ap«r from tbe schoelroom and tear and scatter It upon the stmits. That Isnt patriotic —not a Wt

Trademark, as It Were. Watford wanted to gt to his Aunt Addle, but had a dirty face. IBa mother raid: ’’if Annt Addin has company sh* would be ashamed of you with such n dirty fare." "Oh. no. she wouldn't; she tvoul t Ju*t ■ay Thto to one of Margaret’s toys.’"