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HARRISBUIIG. April 2s.
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I ':. The legislature today moved a step
('Barer fulfilling the compact made at Inst
, night's war emergency fund "love feast.
aTho bill appropriating $2,000,000 for de-
(Tense of the Htate and for the first xponscs
U f' Pennsylvania's participation tth the
gj Federal Government in me war wim vcr
$. many passed the Senate without a dissent-
' imt vofe.
"! The measure Is now In the House nnd
fu trill ho riialiffl In final nansnffA.
' ;'i.ne dim, as mo resuu oi ino iovr icasi
,,Mames a coniDromisa lioarj to direct the
'spendlturos of this appropriation and nny
k.othcr that may follow for the same pur-
L !MlA
tV-On the board as It will be constituted
I'flmro Governor Brumbaugh. Lieutenant Oov-
r.& Irnnp MVfUnln nnr! th mllltnrV noard.
Ejft- which Is composed of the Adjutant General,
ii' Auditor Oenrr.il and State Treasurer.
IV In hav-lno-the Auditor General named as
K member of the "war board" the Penrose
forces gained a point In the game of fac
tional politics that has held Pennsy'-anla
back from doing her share for three weks.
n but both factions gave ground In coming to
ft agreement. Public sentiment against tho
!! Republican organization as a whole forced
Sth compromise.
i',';U" The Senate Appropriations Committee
,?Mia a spirited mcetln7 early yesterday
:. evening at which the whole question was
threshed out end the agreement mado.
a When the Buckmau bill came un for
( IMMtlnn 1 41a DannlA nn BAAnnJ .. n .1 1 .m In..
! night, Senator Vnro offered the amendment
-.that Excluded Edward T. Htotcsbury. W. W.
e T'Atterburv and At drew W. Mellon as mera.
Obers of the board.
k V senator William 11 Crow. In explalnlr.
3 "fill mnVM otlfl If, D-nnnillni. Ilm m..Ia..
Senator Vare, said that these threo men
jfftvqwe dropped from the board so that the
Rrconstltuttonallty of tho act could not be
Eff"fluestloned. He said somo one might con-
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k' iicnu luai me i4i-giBiiiiure was ueiegaiing lis
L powers fo men outside Its own body. .
Ek,D The amended bill passed without a dis-
Jni"entlnc vote. Senator Charles A. Snvder
fc;ttluoted, "Blessed be the tie that binds."
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' 'iTvnrBKiiiiiiir. iiurn ( :i irii.- ipiibi nnn
,jproui ana crow
rs of the Senate
f.f'liow happy they were that Pennsylvania
lwas" at last taking l.r nlace In the defense
LVof the country.
: t During the laudatory speeches on the
tompromlse. Senator Vare broke the "love
ifeast by Injecting factional politics. He
'made a remark about the Senate having
been "long enough doing little or nothing."
-WT hAvn hepn liorA fnlir mnntlm nml
Pitvi done nothing," he continued. ,
t-''Bnator McNIchol wanted to know where
. VftM tref hla Infnpmatlnn
P'Vare said he got It from the calendar.
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
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Measure Applies to Advertising in
Philadelphia Papers Only Addi-
lt tional Cost S40.000 Annually
tsf Du a Staff CorresvoniXcnt
f fyf HARRISBURO, April 24. The Judiciary
f General Committee of the House, nt Its
meeting this afternoon, will have before It
;'the Vare bill requiring that all legal ad-
, vertlslng be Inserted -In foreign language
gVjiewspapers, In addition to those printed In
MBngllsh.
:,.The measure applies only to Philadelphia.
tt provides that "every advertisement nnd
otlce required by authority of law or rules
,at court," be published In '"one or more"
daily newspapers printed In a foreign lan
guage that have been In existence for at
;f court" be published In "one or more"
would receive the same compensation for
Lltrintlns the advertising as the English
f dallies.
, :;;It Is estimated that the additional cost
tONtne city, county and state would total
i least 140,000 annually. The bill actually
.ecu iwo rmiaueipnia ioreign language
felwwBpapors, one printed in the Jewish Ian-
k'itBo niiu nit? uuier in me iianan. uoin
said to be controlled by the, Varcs. as
y have consistently supported the South
Philadelphia, faction for years.
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URICH LICENSE BILL SENT
i. BACK TO COMMITTEE
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Bu a Staff Corrttnondtnt
h.HARRISBURG. Anrll 24. Tho TTrlch
f4U, requiring that compensation be paid
aiajwholesale and retail liquor dealers wlune
ncnse8 are revoKca, was sent oacK to com-
Fiutee in1 toe House toaay alter a long de-
ate. The measure would also require the
arts to, state their reasons for refustne
rcrevoklng licenses.
.Representative Wallace, of Lawrence, led
the fight on the bill. Urlch asked that It be
, eoommtted for the purpose of amendment,
anq nisTnonon caineu, i 10 n.
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-STATE SUI-'KAUISTS JOIN
a zj l - . . .
NATIONAL .WOMAN'S PARTY
ijtral iPennsylvonia Association Now
M Active for Susan B. Anthony
5 . immJn,.,f
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y'W'prd v received today at headquar-
imUonal Wpman's party, 213 Hale Build
litirhlledelphla, that the Central Penn-
Ma i woman aunrage (Association nas
affiliated witn the Pennsylvania
h'nt the National Woman's nartv. and
ooVvbe a power In the campaign for
e-ei ine Dunn d. Amnonjr naiionai
i lawnrage buiciiuiuciii. ino central
itlon has been aevoting its efforts.
-amendment to the State ConstJtu-,
new strength In the national work
Mm largely-from HarrUburr. where
Ohtral Assoc,Iatlon has Its headquar-
L . airs." JaDei vroniae jones is presi-
ry fceadquarters for the National
I'sMrtL Teurth Concremional IM
MWMni,Mie(l at 1714 North Broad
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W'QF A.,fcpNyENBS
PUBLIC TO DISCUSS
TRANSIT PROBLEM
Hearing Before Joint Legis
lative Committee Set for
Two Weeks From Today
MAYOR AT STATE CAPITOL
Plans to Combine Pending Bills
as Far as Practi
cable Lj a Staff Correspondent
HAimtsnima, April 24.
The entire transit situation In Philadel
phia will bo thrown open to public discus
sion at u hearing to be held here two
weeks from today by tho Joint Judiciary
General Committees of tho House and Sen
ate. The hearing wan railed primarily to
discuss the transit legislation now pending
here and to give tho Philadelphia Itapld
Transit Company an opportunity to glvo
Its views on this legislation. The matter
of construction and of leasing tho system
Is so closely tied up with the legislation,
however, that a wide-open discussion of
tho entire situation Is certain.
The announcement of the public hearing
followed a conforenco between Mayor
Smith, Senator McNIchol, Senator Vare,
Senator Salus, who Introduced the Salus
transit bl!l to which the transit company
objected particularly, and several other
leaders In both the House adn the Senate.
The Mayor announced nt tho same time
that the pending bills would be combined
as far as posslblo following' the hearing.
This plan was upproved by tho sponsors
of tho various pieces of legislation and was
inc partly to expedite the nassnse of the
1 ' '"! thus clear tho way for tho Pub
c service Commission to grnnt further
certificates of public convenience which It
has withheld pending the action of tho Log.
Islature.
In order to bring all the measures before
the public hearing, tho Senate today re
ferred back to committee the Cinns "through
routing" bill, and tho House later today will
refer back to committee the Hccht "eminent
domain" bill and tho Hccht constitutional
amendment giving the city financial ability
to carry out the provisions of tho Hccht
bill. The Senate last night referred back to
committee tho Salus bill, which provides
for through routing of trains between the
company's and the city's system nnd for a
Joint rate of faro or free transfers between
the two systems, as the Public Service Com
mission may order.
COMBINING OK HILLS
Just how the blll3 will be combined Is
not rcitaln as yet. The Salus bill con
tains all tho provisions of the nans hill,
nnd for that reason It Is likely, the Mayor
said, that the latter bill will Ijp dropped
entirely. Whether or not It will be pos
sible or feasible to merge the Hccht bill
and the Salus bill Is doubtful, according to
the views of several of the Senators,
In oracr to discuss these details the Mayor
as soon as the special hearing was an
nounced, called a conference between the
legislative leaders nnd Transit Director
Twining nnd Finance Committee Chairman
Gaffney, who accompanied him here today.
Mr. Gaffney expressed the view that It
would be Impracticable to merge tho Hccht
bill with the Si'ua bill. If his view 1h fol
lowed out the only merging will bo the
elimination of the Gans bill, and the two
Hccht measures will be considered In their
present form. The bill Introduced last
night by Isadore Stern to defeat the
''Fluck" transit suit by legalizing beyond
all doubt the special ;ranlt election nnd
the JG7,100,000 loan will not le akeu up at
tho hearing nnd will bo lushed through the
Legislature as speedily as posslbl.
The visit of the Mayor nnd his party
here today, the plan to merge the bills and
the public hearing came 'H rapld-llro de
velopment of a telegram from the Philadel
phia Rapid Transit Company to Sell' or
Salus yesterday asking nn opportunity to
present Its views on the pendln.r .eglslatlon.
MAYOR Si:i:.S COVKUNOn
Tho Mayor, disturbed by the possibility
of an indefinite delay, Immediately ai ranged
the trip to Harrisburg. His llrbt step heio
was to visit Governor Brumbaugh, with
whom he discussed transit and other legis
lation affecting Philadelphia. Although the
Governor had previously plcdgod his sup
port to the solution of Philadelphia's transit
problems, the Mayor took the matter up
with hlni again In v'cw of the new develop
ments. Whether the bills will have the support
of the McNIchol faction following the hear
ing or whether the Senator's followers will
evidence any antagonism at the hearing Is
causing wide speculation here. The Salus
bill considerably broadens the poweis of
the Public Service Commission, and al
though McNIchol does not object to the
purposes of tho bill he does object to giv
ing the commission any added powers.
As u compromise, ho suggested tenta
tively that tho matters of a Joint rate of
fare and the through routing of cars (should
there be an Independent operator for tho
city's system) be left to another body, to be
created If the occasion should arise. This
suggestion, however, met with little sup
port, and, accordingly, tho position of the
McNIchol supporters when tho bills come
up for a vote la problematical.
The first move toward combining the three
bills was made last night by Senator Samuel
W, Salus. His bill, forcing the P. R. T.,
to grant transfers and unite with the city
In a uniform rate of fare should the city
operate tho high-speed lines, was on second
reading In the Senate and was recommitted
to the Judiciary Oeneral Commltteo of the
upper branch at his request.
The other two bills will also bo sent back
to committee, so that tho bill combining
all three can be drafted. One Is the Gans
bill, which has passed the HoUBe, and which
Is substantially the same as the Salus bill,
except that It does not provide for the In
dependent operation of the high-speed lines
by an outside company. The other Is the
Hecht bill, which Is on second reading In
the House. It gives the city the right,
through the exercise of the power of em
inent domain, to take possession of the lines
of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com
pany. jafViitw.n.y'i'vy.'iH
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FOOD PROBLEM CALLED
SERIOUS BY EXPERT
Lack of Co-ordinatiort in Garden
ing a Menace, Says Bryn
Mawr Professor
llu a Staff Correspondent
WEST CIIKSTKK, Pn April 24. Lack
of co-ordination nnd system In homo gar
dening campaigns was described by Dr.
Lcroy Smith, professor of economics at
Bryn Mayr, who rpoko to tho Chester
County welfare workers In their opening
session nt tho New Century Clubhouse tod
day, as a serious menace to the solving of
tho food pi oblcm,' which, according to Doc
tor Smith, who returned from a committee
meeting In Washington today, Is a more
tragic one than America can be led to be
lieve. "A census of all gardeners and their out
puts should be taken," Doctor Smith snld,
"promises should be extracted from people
to supply all of tho vegetables to bo placed
on their tables."
"Even If It costs more to grow vegetables
than It iloes to buy them, the Department
ot Agriculture In Washington urges that
they be grown and that the big bulk of
the general market bo saved for the Euro
pean countries who nre depending on us.
Somo of these countries nro now consuming
the grnln that should be planted, so des
perate Is their need."
Doctor Smith urged the organizing nf
canning centers, so that the surplus of food
not actually consumed may be conserved for
next season
"Only half of the food raised," Doctor
Smith declared, "over reaches a human
mouth. This condition must be done away
Willi, Fifty per cent of tho winning of tho
war. It was said In Washington, depends
on tho feeding of the world by America.
The attitude of tne state Legislature
toward the women of Pennsylvania was
pictured today by Mrs. Jean Kano FoulWe,
a member of the Farm Advisory Hoard of
Pennsylvania, ns being so ardent that "It
puts bars up to keep women away from
the polls."
Mrs. Foulke, who has long been nctlvo
In women's work In the State, outlined tho
forces that she said could be brought to
bear to obtain more efllclent legislation on
matters vital to women, t
"Jn some ways." snld Mrs. Foulke,
"women nre allowed to share the bounties
extended to men : for Instance, they are
allowed to occupy the same homes for the
feeble-minded, the same almshouses and
epileptic asylums. We have been promised
a tiepurati colony nt Laurelton for women.
Perhaps some day this will come.
"There is only one county agent In the
State for the teaching of homo economies.
There should he such an agent in every
county "
Mr.s, William It Smith, piofessor ot eco
nomics nt llrjn Mawr, addressed the meet
ing In plnre of Mrs. John O. Miller, who
was detained by suffrage matters In Harris
burg. Mrs. Smith dwelt on the Importance
of co-operating with the home-gat den move
ment. Dr. Mary Sherwood, of Baltimore,
a member of the National Society for the
Study and Prevention of Infant Moitallty,
discussed the making of "better mothers
and babies "
BILL PROHIBITS VOTES
ON LOANS AT PRIMARIES
Makes It Unlawful to Decide
Anything Except Nomina
tions of Candidates
A bill that would make It Impussihle to
submit to the voters of Philadelphia any
bond Issue at a primary election was In
troduced into the Legislature today by Hep
resentntlve Isadore Stern, of this city,
acooidlng to dispatches from Harrisburg. .
The measure affects every election iIIh
trlct In the Statu and limits the questions to
be voted on at primaries to the nomination
of candidates for ntllce. The bill reads:
"It shall .be unlawful for any county,
city, borough, township, school district or
poor district to submit to the voters upon
the day of the spring or fall primary elec
tion any question to be voted upon by the
electors other than the nomination of can
didates for olllcc "
In commenting upon the bill this after
noon Thomas Ruebttrii White said:
"I cannot see any reason for such a bill
and cannot see that anything will be
gained by such a measure. Those backing
the bill may have the theory that the mat
ter of tho nomination of candidates should
not be confuhed with any other Issue. Tho
people, of course, must vote on the matter
of a loan, and If that vote cannot bo taken
In the primaries It must go over until the
general election In the fall ; or a special
election would have to be held which would
entail tremendous expense to tho State. I
cannot sec any benefit In this bill."
REACHING OUT FOR TRADE
WASHINGTON, April 24. The House
Judiciary Committee today reported out the
Webb export bill permitting American firms
to pool their Interests In violation of anti
trust laws so as to obtain foreign i.sde.
The bill passed the House last session
but failed In the Senate.
30 German Officers Captured
LONDON, April 21. Official dispatches
state there are more than thirty officers
among the German prisoners captured yes
terday and last night by Haig's forces.
Other batches of prisoners have not yet
been counted.
Mann & Dilks
1112 CHESTNUT ST.
LadiesandMi
lflves
Spring
Suits
Tyrol Wool in tLe new Iffln
light color and in our original
model are not on al ia any
other store.
Alto
Spring Hats
that are uniuual
DRASTIC DOPE LAW
WILL BE REPORTED
Features of Vare and Whit-
aker Bills to Be in
New One
ADVOCATES REASSURED
Hu a Staff Correspondent
HAniUSDURO, April 24.
Tho Houso Commltteo on Public Health
and Sanitation has abandoned Its Intention
of having the druggists draft tho final antl
narcotic bill that will come befotc the
Legislature for passage,
Assurance has been given to the sponsors
of the Whltaker and Vare bills that only a
combination of these two measures will
come out of committee. Both sponsors have
united to make It tho ntrongest and most
stringent measure that can bo draftod.
Following a dinner Inst Friday night In
Philadelphia, which Edward Bok, Plerco
Archer, Jr., Representative Whltaker, Sen
ator Edwin II, Vnre and Congressman
John R. K. Scott and others attended,
Whltaker and Vnre, the sponsors of the
two most stringent nntldopo bills Introduced
In tho Legislature, ngrced to combine their
bills and fight. If necessary, to have tho one
bill reported favorably from committee.
Senator Vans assured those at the dinner
that there would not he much difficulty In
bringing this about.
The necessity for stringent antlnarcotlc
legislation was pointed out today In a let
ter received by Representative Whltaker
from United States District Court Judge
Dickinson, of Philadelphia. In his let'er
Judge Dickinson said:
"I am writing you this letter to give
you the results of the experience of n trial
Judgo In the t'nlted States Court In deal
ing with Infractions of tho Federal statute
known ns tho Harrison act.
"This experience has produced a deep
conviction of tho necessity for it State law
regulating the sale mid use of narcotic
drugs. The bad effects of this traffic, dis
closed through tho trial of cases here, are
appalling. How tho subject Is best dealt
with through legislation I leave to you
and others who have tho pending measures
In charge.
"I take tho liberty ot calling your at
tention to this feature of Federal legisla
tion on this subject. It Is necessarily
limited, In theory nt least, to the fiscal
aspects of the traffic.
"It Is universally recognized that the real
offense Is not u nicie evasion of an excise
tax. To deal with offenders under the law
nf the I 'lilted States, wo ale fined to con
sider tho rejl enormity of the crime and
not icsttlct ourselves to the purely legal
character of tho offense.
"It weru far better If the leal offense
and the legal charge wcie bi ought Into
line. This can only be done through State
legislation You and those, who, like you,
have made a study of the evil and ap
preciate the necessity for vigorous nnd
drastic means of control through the law
have the sympathy and support of every
one whose experience has brought him In
touch with the awful consequence ot nn
uncontrolled and unregulated tralllc In
these dangerous drugs.
"I feel at liberty further to state that
the views expressed as tho result of the
writer's personal experience In tho trial of
cases In this court Is tho view taken by
every member of the Federal Judiciary as a
result of his llko experience."
SENATE GETS M'NICHOL'S
BILLS ON STATE'S MONEY
Sweeping Reforms in Handling Com
monwealth's Funds Provided
in Projects
HARUISBFRG, April 24. The change In
the method of handling the State's money,
as recommended by the Hconomy and Lf
flcleucy Coininihsloii, Is provided for In four
bills lntioduccd In the Leglslalute today
by Senator McNIchol, of Philadelphia
One bill would wipe out the executive con
troller's depattment entirely. A board of
finance and tevenue Is created. It would
consist of tho Auditor General, State Treas
urer, Attorney General and Secretary of
the Commonwealth. The existing four fiscal
boards would be consolidated.
Another McNIchol bill provides that con
tingent funds shall be used only for postage,
expressago, telephones, etc., nnd, under no
circumstances for clerk hire, unless statu
tory authority exists,
The bill abolishing the executive conti oi
ler's office relieves tho Governor of the duty
of passing upon wan ants and vouchers.
The fourth McNIchol bill proposes an
amendment to the Constitution so that no
money may bo spent except for the pur
pose for which It was specifically appro
prlated. SNYDER BILL PASSES SENATE
Will Boost City Treasurer's Salary
$5000 "Movie" Bill Dies'
HARRISBURG. April 24. The House
today received from tho Senate tho Snyder
bill Increasing the salary of the City Treas
urer of Phlladelplla $G00O a year. The
measure unnnlmously passed tho Senate
last night just ns a similar bill, increasing
the salary of tho Register t)f Wills In Phila
delphia tho same amount, passed tho Senate
last week.
Tho Snyder "movie" bill, which would
have radically changed tho existing censor
ship law, was defeated In the Senate last
night, II to 24.
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REFUSES TO PAY CITY
$500,000 ELECTION FUND
Auditor General Deaf to Mayor's
Argument Sees Ex
cessive Charge
ttj n Staff Correspondent
HARIUSnURO, April 21,
Auditor General Powell this afternoon
flatly refused to pay tho city of Philadel
phia nearly $500,000 which the city con
tends Is due for primary election expenses
from 1908 to 1914,
Mayor Smith, Chairman Joseph P. Gaff
ney, of Councils' Finance Committee, nnd
County Commissioner Harry Keunzel con
ferred with Powell for moro than nn hour.
They presented tho city's demand for the
pnyment of the money.
Powell offered to settle for approximately
25 per cent deduction. He said Philadel
phia's bill for primary elections was exces
sive, being greater than that of any other
county, Including Allegheny. The Mayor
rcfusscd the offer, and probably will take
steps to sue the State for the money.
"There are two ways In which wc can
try to have tho bill paid," he said. "We ran
cither ask tho Legislature for permission to
sue the State, or have an appropriation bill
Introduced. I do not favor the appropria
tion measure, however. We are going to
use every means at our command to obtain
the money, nil of It or none. If tho city Is
elttlcd to any part ot It, It Is entitled to the
entire amount."
LABOR AND SCHOOL LAWS
MAY BE KILLED FOR WAR
Governor Expected to Ask Suspension
in Order to Utilize All
State's Forces
llu a Staff Correspondent
HAKIUSlirilU, April 24. Governor
Brumbaugh Is planning to ask the Legisla
ture to enact legislation suspending all
labor nnd school laws during the vwir with
Germany, according to members of the Sen
ate and House today.
The legislation would take the form of a
lesolutlon, supporting any similar uctlon
taken by the federal Government. It will
not be Introduced, however, until the Fed
eral Government has acted.
The purpose of such a measure would be
to abolish the existing legal hours for both
working men and women and also for the
children, who would bo needed In the muni
tion plants of the State. AVhcn the United
States gets deeply Into tho war the fac
tories and munition plants of the Stato
would have to run to capacity twenty-four
hours n day and the existing labor and
hchonl laws would gieatly hamper Pennsyl
vania In supplying workers to make the
munitions.
Hes telling her that nothing he received from
home brought more Joy. longer-lasting Pleasure,
greater relief from thirst and fatigue, than
THE
She slipped a stick in every letter and mailed
him a box now and then. mauea.
Naturally he loves her. she loves him ...
both love WRIGUVS. and ,bcy
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STATE "DRYS" SEER
WAR PROHIBITION
Foes of Liquor Will Try to Push
It Through Legislature
Bu a Staff Corespondent
HAimtSHL'RCJ, April
21.
A hill
providing for "bone-dry
pro-
hlbltlon In Pennsylvania during the war
with Germany, Is expected to maio us
appearanco In the Legislature this week.
Tho Law and Order Commltteo ot tho
Hotiso today considered tho Mitchell pro
hibition bill, but took no action. Another
meeting will bo held next week, nt which
tlmo tho commltteo will decide whether to
report tho bill out nt all or not, and If
It decides to report It out whether to amend
it in committee to mako It a war mcasuro
or have the amendments mado on tho floor
of tho House.
Should there bo the same trouble over tho
"bone dry" bill as thero was over tho
local option bill, the dry forces urc pic
pared to discharge the committee on the
floor of the House nnd amend' the Mitchell
bill there. They need only sixty votes to
discharge, the committee, and claim to have
enough votes to pass tho nmendment.
Representative Vlckerman, of Allegheny,
sponsor of the local Option bill, made a
move toward prohibition during the war
laBt night when ho Introduced In tho Itouso
a resolution petitioning Congress to enact
such a law. Tho resolution follows:
Whereas, Food experts, economists, Gov
ernment and State officials view with alarm
the approaching shortage of foodstuffs In
thetiintion : nnd
Whereas, The granaries of the world nro
empty nnd America Is now called upon to
supply food to our Allies In the present
great war; and
Wlreas, The shortage of wheat has
caused It to advance In price to $2,40 per
bushel ; and
Whereas, In this nation each year C00,
000,000 bushels of grain are diverted from
legitimate channels, that of making of
foodstuffs to feed the people, to that of
distilling liquors: nnd
Whereas, France, Kngland, Russian, Ger
many and other nations, in tho progress of
the war during the last two years, have
found It necessary to divert this great
waste of their grains In order to feed their
people ; now.
Therefore, Bo It resolved, That, In the
Interest of efficiency In the army and navy,
and for the sake of conserving the food
supply by btopplng unnecessary waste of
grain which goes to distilling liquors,
which grain would feed one-twelfth of the
peoplo In the United States for a year, we
respectfully petition the President of tho
United States and Congress to prohibit,
duilu'g the war. tho use of all grains for
the manufacturing of Intoxicating liquors.
New-born Baby Found Dead
A new-born baby was found dead today
by police of the Front and Master streets
station nt Well and Shackamaxon streets.
They are endeavoring to find the parents of
the baby, the body of whom was taken to
the Roosevelt Hospital
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FLAVOR LASTS
it after every meal.
HOUSE GETS READY
FOR ADJOURNMENT
Bill Sets' May 1 as Last Day
for New State
Measures
REVENUE BILLS AGAIN UP
By a Staff Coi respondent
HARIllSnURG, April 21
The House today took tho first stns
toward adjournment when It ndonte,i .
adopted a
resolution introduced
solution Introduced by Representative
I
ivn in, ui jciierson i.ouniv. fivin. ..
as tho last day for tho Introduction of bills
me niiopuon or the resolution will tend
speed up the Legislature, but does nnJ
to
does not
materially Interfere with tho plans of til.
Penrose leaders to keen tho Oenemi a.. ""
lily In session until about tho first of inl
and then recess until October. The I eels
laturc has to act upon all tho rcven ul
measures before tho appropriation bills Ca
be touched, nnd then tho appropriation ineas.
ures must bo disposed of before tho rece
can bo taken. s
Tho Legislature, which Is controlled hv
Pcnroi-e, will bo held, In splto of tho pro.
tests ot tho up-State members, ns a club
over tho head of Governor Brumbaugh and
will be used, so far ns possible, to 'curb
the prlmnrlcH In Philadelphia next fall
Revenue mcastltes wcio nil Introduced In
the Hoiiso by Representative Jnmcs F
Woodwnul, of Allegheny, chairman df tht
Appropriations Commltteo of the lower
branch. Thero nro four bills nnd one resolu
tlon In nil nnd It Is estimated that they
will ralso between $4, 000,000 and $5,000 000
a year. '
'"ho reso.M ion calls for an nmendment
to the Stnte Constitution providing for a
graded taxation. This would bo voted on
It Is specified In tho resolution, In Novem
ber, 1919.
Four revenue bills provide for tho fol
lowing additional taxes:
Ono milt on all capital Invested In manu
facturlng nnd laundering establishments
for highway purposes.
Two per cent ad valorem tnx on each
ton of coal mined, In 'the Stato, one-half '
to be used for highway purposes and the
rest of general State purposes.
Two per cent nil valorem tax on crude
oil fur highway purposes.
Two per cent ad valorem tax on natural
gas for highway purposes.
All four of thc-e measures have been dis
cussed at length at previous sessions of
the Legislature and are expected to meet
with strong opposition this" year.
Lafcan Takes Oalh of Office
HAIiniSBURG, April 24. Daniel F La
fean, of Ymk, appointed banking commls
tloner last Saturday night by Governor
Brumbaugh, took the oath of office today
and filed a $20,000 bond for tho faithful
performance) of his duties. No changes of
force will be madp at this time. Commis
sioner Lafean said after going over the
detnlls of the olllco with Captain J. R.
Morrison, who has been in charge since
tlie retirement of William H. Smith.
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