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m iiimuMnua
[Continued]
"I beg you»- I forgot!" he
explained ID his old man"i voice*, hia
bead sinking, his shoulders drooping
in the humility of & servant who rec
ognise* that he has been properly re
buked for presumption. "Not a gun
ner any more —l'm a spy!" he thought,
as he shuffled off without looking
toward the batteries again, though the
musio of wheels and hoofs was now
close by.
Marta had a glim pee of him as she
turned away. "He is what he Is be
cause of the army; a victim of a cult,
a habit," she was thinking. "Had he
been In any other calling his fln« qual
ities might have been of service to the
world and he would have been happy."
I A company of infantry resting
among their stacked rifles changed
the color of the square in the dietance
from the gray pavement to the brown
of a mass of uniforms. In the middle
of the main street a major of the bri
gade stall, with a number of junior
officers and orderlies, was evidently
waiting on some signal. Sentries were
posted at regular intervals along the
curb. The people in the and
shops from time to time stopped pack
ing up their effects long enough to go
to the doors and look up and down
apprehensively, asking bootless, ner
vous questions.
"Are they coming yet?"
"Do you think they will come?"
"Are you sure It's going to be war?"
"Will they shell the town?"
"There'll be time enough for you
to get away!" shouted the major. "All
we know is what is written in our in
structions, ana we shall act on them
when the thing Rtcrts. Then we are
in command. Meanwhile, get ready!"
Then the major became aware of a
young woman who wae going In the
wrong direction. Her cheeks were
flushed from her rapid walk, her Hps
were parted, showing firm, white
teeth, and her black eyes were re
garding him in a blaze of satire or
amusement; an emotion, whatever it |
was, that thoroughly centered his at-1
tentlon.
"Mademoiselle. I am very sorry, but
unless you live in this direction," he
said very politely, "you may not go any
farther. Until we have other orders
or they attack every one is supposed
to remain in his houee or his place of
business."
"This is mv place of business!"
Marta answered, for she was already
opposite a small, disused chapel which
was her schoolroom, where a hall
dozen of the faithful children wer«
gathered around the masculine impor
tance of Jacky Werther, one of the
older boys,
"Then you are Miss Galland!" said
the major, enlightened. His smile had
an appreciation of the irony of her oc
cupation at that moment. "Your chil
dren are very loyal. They would not
tell me where they lived, so we had
to let them stay there."
"Those who have homes," she said,
identifying each one o' the faithful
with a glance, "have so many broth
ers and sisters that they will hardly
be missed from the flock. Otherß
have no homee—at least not much of a
one"—here her temper rose again—
"taxes being so high in order that you
may organize murder and the destruc
tion of property."
"Now really, Miss Galland," he be
gan solicitously, "1 have been assigned
to move the civil population in case of
attack. Your children ought—"
"After school! You have your duty
this morning and 1 have mine!" Marta
! Interrupted pleasantly, and turned
| toward the chapel.
| "They are putting sharpshooters in
| the church tower to get the aero*
| planes, and there are lots of the little
guns that Are bullets so fast you can't
count 'em —and little spfing wagons
with dynamite to blow things up—
and—"' Jacky Werther ran on in a
series of vocal explosions as Marta
opened the door to let the children
go in.
"Yet you came!" said Marta with a
hand caressingly on his shoulder.
"It looks pretty bad for peace, but
we came," answered Jacky, round
i eyed, in loyalty. "We'd come right
i through bullets 'cause we said we
would if we wasn't sick, and we wasn't
i sick."
I "My spven disciples—seven!" ex
| claimed Marta as she counted them,
j "And you need not sit on the regular
j seats, but around me on the platform.
1 It will be more intimate."
"That's grand!" came in chorus.
| They did not bother about chairs, but
seated themselves on the floor around
. Marta's skirts.
The ehurch clock boomed out Its de
liberate strokes through ten, the hour
set for the lesson, and all counted
them—one—two—three. Marta was
thinking what a dismal little effort
theirs was. and yet she was very hap
py, tremblingly ha~py in her distrac
, tion and excitement, that they had not
waited for her at the door of the
chapel in vain.
She announced that there would be
no talk this morning; they would only
say their oath. Repeating in concert
the pledge to the boys and girls of
other lands, the childish voices pecu
! liarly sweet and harmonious in con
trast to the raucous and uneven
sounds of foreboding from the street,
| they came in due course to the words
| of concession that tho oath made
j to militancy:
j "If an enemy tries to take my
; land—"
"Children —I—" Marta interrupted
. with a sense of wonder and shock.
They paused and looked at her ques
tioningly. "I had almost forgotten
that part!" she breathed confusedly.
"That's the part that makes all
; we're doing against the Grays right!"
! put in Jacky Werther promptly.
"As I wrote It for you! 'I shall aj*
peal to his sense of justice and reason
H2LRRIBBURG ffijjftf TELEGRAPH
wivu arm—' -
Jaws dropped and eye« bulged, for
above the sounds of the street rose
from the distance the unmistakable
crackling of ride fire which, as they I
listened, spread and increased in vol- j
time.
"Go on—on to the end of the oath!
| It will take only a moment," said j
Marta resolutely. "It isn't much, but
It's the best we can do!"
CHAPTER IX.
The Baptism of Fire.
All the landscape in front of Frn- j
> ©asses company seemed to have been
| deeerted; no moving figures were any
] where in eight; no sign of the enemy's
! Infantry.
Faintly the town clock was heard
I striking the hour. From eight to nine
| and nine to ten Fracasse's men wait
i ed; waited until the machine was
; ready and Weeterllng should throw In
j the clutch; waited until the troops
| were iu place for the first move before
'he hurled his battalions forward.
I They did not know how the captain at
their back received his orders; they
only heard the note of the whistle,
with a command familiar to a trained
Instinct on the edge of anticipation. It
released a spring in their nerve-cen
ters. They responded ae the wheels
respond when the throttle is opened,
Jumping to their feet they broke into
a run, bodies bent, heads down, like
the peppered silhouette that faced j
Westerling's desk. What they had
done repeatedly in drills and maneu
vers they were now doing in war, me
chanically as mnr ! —
[To Bo Continued]
LEGAL NOTICES _
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO
THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMON
WEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL
OR REJECTION. BY THE GENERAL'
ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMON- ,
WEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND
PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE 1
SECRETARY OF THE COMMON-;
WEALTH. IN PURSUANCE OF AR
TICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITU- |
TION.
Number One.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section
one, article eight of the Constitu
tion of Pennsylvania.
Be it resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Com- !
monwealth of Pennsylvania In General j
Assembly met, That the following
amendment to ihe Constitution of
Pennsylvania be, and the same is here-i
j by, proposed, in accordance with the
I eighteenth article thereof:—
j That section one of article eight,'
| which reads as follows:
I "Section 1. Every male citizen ;
twenty-one vcars of age. possessing
I the following qualifications, shall be
! entitled to vote at all elections, sub- |
i ject. however, to such laws requiring
and regulating the registration of eleo
jtors as the General Assembly may en
"Flrst. He sh-">!! have been a citizen
, of the United States at least one month. I
I "Second. lie shall have resided in J
I the State one year (or, having previ-
I ously been a qualified elector or na-1
|tive-born citizen of the State, he shall!
have removed therefrom and returned, i
then six months) immediately preced
ing the election.
"Third. He shall have resided in the!
election district where he shall offer ;
to vote at least two months immedl-1
ately preceding the election.
"Fourth. If twenty-two years of;
age and upwards, he shall have paid j
within two years a State or county I
tax, which shall have been assessed at
least two months and paid at least one !
nionth before the election," be amend- I
ed so that the same shall read as fol
j lows:
Section 1. Every citizen, male or!
female, of twenty-one yeurs of age'
the following qualifications, j
shall be entitled to vote at all elec
tions. subject, however, to such laws I
| requiring and regulating the reglstra- 1
tion of electors as the General As- I
| sembly may enact:
First. He or she shall have been a
■ citizen of the United States at least
| one month.
Second. He or she shall have resid
ed In the State one year (or. having
previously been a qualified elector or
l natlve-borr. citizen of the State, he or
she shall have removed therefrom, and
returned, then six months) immedi
ately preceding the election.
Third. He or she shall have resid
ed in the election district where he or
she shall offer to vote at least two
months immediately preceding the elec
tion.
Fourth. If twenty-two years of age
and upwards, he or she shall have paid
| within two years a State or county
tax. which shall have been assessed at
[least two months and paid at least one
I nionth before the election.
Fifth. Wherever the words "he,"
"his." "him," and "himself" occur in I
I any section of article VIII of this Con
stitution the same shall be construed I
[as If written, respectively, "he or she,"
"his or her," "him or her." and "him
self or herself."
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. I.
ROBERT Mi AFEE.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Two.
I A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section |
eight of article nine of the Constitu
tion of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives |
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1
in General Assembly met. That the j
! following is proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution of the Com- ,
! monwealth of Pennsylvania. In accord
ance with the provisions of the eigh
teenth article thereof:—
Amend section eight, article nine of
[the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, which reads as fol-
I lows:
"Section R, The debt of any countv, !
city, borough, township, school district,
or other municipality or Incorporated
district, except as herein provided,!
shall never exceed seven per centum
upon the assessed value of the tax- I
able property therein, nor shall any !
such munlclpillty or district Incur any I
new debt, or Increase its Indebtedness;
to an amount exceeding two per centum
upon such assessed valuation of prop- !
erty. without the assent of the electors r
thereof at a public election In such;
manner as shall be provided by law:
but any city, the debt of which now
exceeds seven per centum of such as
sessed valuation, may be authorized by |
law to Increase the same three per;
centum. In the aggregate, at any one
time, upon such valuation, except that i
any debt or debts hereinafter Incurred !
by the city and county of Philadelphia
for the construction and development
of subways for transit purposes, or for j
the construction of wharves and docks,
or the reclamation of land to be used
In the construction of a system of!
whurves and docks, as public Improve
ments, owned or to be owned bv said'
city and county of Philadelphia, and
which shall yield to the city and county
of Philadelphia current net revenues In
excess of the Interost on said debt or
debts, and of the annual Installments
necessary for the canyellatlon of said p
debt or debts, may be excluded In as- i
certalnlng the power of the city and 1
county of Philadelphia to become oth-I
erwlse Indebted: Provided That ai
sinking fund for their cancellation I
shall be established and maintained." I
so that It shall read as follows:
Section 8. The debt of any county, i
city, borough, t<nvnshlp. school district.]
«T/ other municipality or Incorporated!
district, except as herein provided, shall !
never exceed seven per centum upon! l
the assessed value of the taxable prop
erty therein, nor shall any such mu
nicipality or district Incur any new .
debt, or Increase Its Indebtedness to an 1
amount exceeding two per centum upon
such assessed valuation of property, i
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without the consent of the electors
thereof at a public election In such
manner as shall be provided by law: but
any cltv, the debt of which on the first
day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-four, exceeded
seven per centum of such assessed val
uation. and has not since been reduced
to less than such per centum, may be
authorized by law to Increase the same
three per centum in the aggregate, at
any one time, upon such valuation. The
city of Philadelphia, upon the condi
tions hereinafter set forth, may in
crease Its Indebtedness to the extent of
three per centum In excess of seven
per centum upon such assessed valu
ation for the specific purpose of pro
viding for all or any of the following
purposes,—to wit: For the construc
tion and Improvement of subways, tun
nels, railways, elevated railways, and
other transit facilities: for the con
struction and improvement of wharves
and docks and for the reclamation of
land to be used in the construction of
wharves and docks, owned or to be
owned by said city. Such Increase,
however, shall only be made with the
assent of the electors thereof at a pub
lic election, to be held In such manner
as shall be provided by law. In ascer
taining the borrowing capacltv of said
city of Philadelphia, at any tiine. there
shall be excluded from the calculation
a credit, where the work resulting from
any previous expenditure, for any one
or more of the specific purposes "here
inabove enumerated shall be yielding
to said city an annual current net rev
enue: the amount of which credit shall
be ascertained by capitalizing the an
nual net revenue during the year Im
mediately preceding the time of such
ascertainment. Such capitalization
shall be accomplished by ascertaining
the principal amount which would yield
such annual, current net revenue, at the
average rate of Interest, and sinking
fund charges payable upon the Indebt
edness incurred by said city for such
purposes, up to the time of such ascer
tainment. The method of determining
such amount, so to he excluded or al
lowed as a credit, may be presented by
the General Assembly.
In incurring indebtedness, for any
one. or more of said purposes of con
struction, improvement, or reela-ma
tlon, the city of Philadelphia may is
sue its obligations maturing not later
than fifty years from the date thereof
with provision for a sinking-fun/ suf
ficient to retire said obligation at ma
turity. the payments to such slnking
]fund to be in equal or graded annual
installments. Such obligations may be
in an amount sufficient to provide for
and may Include the amount of the in
terest and sinking-fund charges accru-
I Ing and which may accrue thereon
throughout the period of construction
I and until the expiration of one year
after the completion of the work for
which said indebtedness shall have
been incurred: and said city shall not
be required to levy a fax to pay said
interest and sinking-fund charges, as
required by section ten of article nine
of the Constitution of Pennsylvania,
• until the expiration of said period of
one year after the completion of such
i work.
; A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 2.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
NiimTier Three.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
I Proposing an amendment to section
! twenty-one of article three of the
i Constitution of Pennsylvania
Section 1. Be It resolved by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania In
General Assembly met. That the fol
lowing amendment to the Constitution
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
be. and the same Is liereny. proposed,
: in accordance with the eighteenth ar
ticle thereof:—
1 Amend section twenty-one, article
; three of the Constitution of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, which
[reads as follows:
1 "No act of the General Assembly
i shall limit the amount to be recovered
j for Injuries resulting In death, or for
I Injuries to persons or property, and In
,case of death from such Injuries, the
'right of action shall survive, and the
General Assembly shall prescribed for
whose benefit such actions snail be
prosecuted. No act shall prescribe any
i limitations of time within which suits
I may be brought against corporations
; for Injuries to persons or property, or
for other causes different from those
; fixed by general laws regulating ac
| tlons against natural persons, and such
1 acts now existing are avoided." so that
it shall read as follows:
j The General Assembly may enact
laws requiring the payment by em-
I plpyers, or employers and employees
| jointly, of reasonable compensation for
Injuries to employees arising In the
i course of their employment, and for
occupational diseases of employees,
whether or not such Injuries or dis
eases result In death, and regardless
of fault of employer of employee, and
fixing the basis of ascertainment of
such compensation and the maximum
a nd minimum limits thereof, and pro
viding special or general remedies for
the collection thereof; but In no other
cases shall the General Assembly limit
i the amount to be recovered for Injuries
resulting In death, or for Injuries to
persons or property, and In case of
death from such Injuries, the right of
action shall survive, and the General
Assembly shall prescribe for whose
benefit such actions shall be prosecut
ed. No r.ct shall prescribe any limi
tation of time within which suits may
be brought against corporations for In
juries to persons or property, or for
other causes, different from those fixed
by general laws regulating actions I
against natural persons, and sucb acts'
SEPTEMBER 14. 1914.
nowa existing are avoided,
i A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 3.
ROBERT McAFEE.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Four.
! A JOINT RESOLUTION,
i Proposing an amendment" to the Con
j stltution of Pennsylvania abolishing
the office of Secretary ot Internal
| Affairs.
i Be it resolved by the Senate and
! House of Representatives of the Com
jmonwealth of Pennsylvania In Gener
lal Assembly met, That article four of
| the Constitution of Pennsylvania shall
be amended by adding thereto section
: twenty-three, which shall read as fol
| lows:—
The office of Secretary of Internal
: Affairs be. and the same Is hereby,
; abolished; and the powers and duties
now vested in, or appertaining or be
j longing to. that branch of the execu
tive department, office, or officer, shall
be transferred to such other depart
ments. offices, or officers of the State.
I now or hereafter created, as may be
directed by law.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Five.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
I Proposing an amendment to the Con
stitution of this Commonwealth In
' accordance with provisions of the
eighteenth (XVIII) article thereof.
| Section 1. Be it enacted by the Sen
iate and House of Representatives of
| the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania In
; General Assembly met, and it Is hereby
enacted by the authority of the same,
i That the following is proposed as an
| amendment to the Constitution of the
'Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in ac
cordance with the provisions of the
i eighteenth (XVIII) article thereof:—
AMENDMENT.
! Laws may bp passed providing for a
| system t>f registering, transferring. In
suring of and guaranteeing land titles
.by the State, or by the counties there
| of. and for settling and determining
| adverse or other claims to and Interests
|ln lands the titles to which are so
i registered, transferred. Insured, and
guaranteed; and for the creation and
; collection of Indemnity funds: and for
; carrying the system and powers here-
I by provided for Into effect by such ex
. istlng courts as may be designated by
the Legislature, and by the establlsh-
I ment of such new courts as may be
I deemed necessary. In matters arising
in and under the operation of such sys
tem. judicial powers, with right of ap
: peal, may be conferred by the Leglsla-
I ture upon county recorders and upon
! other officers by It designated. Such
! laws may provide for continuing the
i registering, transferring. Insuring, and
'guaranteeing such titles after the first
lor original registration has been per
! fee ted by the court, and provision may
!be made for raising the necessarjr
i funds for expenses and salaries of ot-i
1 fleers, which stiall be paid out (if the
treasury of the several counties.
I A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 6. i
ROBERT MCAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Six.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to section i
eight, article nine of the Constitution
of Pennsylvania
Section 1. Be It resolved by the Sen- i
ate and House of Representatives of !
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania In
General Assembly met. That the fol
to the Constitution of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, In accordance
with the provisions of the eighteenth !
article thereof.
Amendment to Article Nine. Section
Eight.
Section 2. Amend section eight, ar- i
tide nine ot the Constitution of Penn
sylvania. which reads as follows:
"Section S. The debt of any county,
olty. borough, township, school dis
trict or other municipality or Incor-1
I porated district, except as herein pro-
I vlded, shall never exceed seven per
I centum upon the assessed value of the
| taxable property therein, nor shall any
such municipality or district incur any
new debt, or Increase its Indebtedness
! to an amount exceeding two per centum
upon such assessed valuation of prop-
I erty, without the assent of the elec
, tor's thereof at a public election In
1 such manner as shall be provided by
law; but any city, the debt of which
1 now exceeds seven per centum of such
assessed valuation, may be authorized
I by law to increase the same three per
; centum, in the aggregate, at any one
time, upon such valuation, except that
'any debt or debts hereinafter Incurred
! by the city and county of Philadelphia
i for the construction and development
of subways for transit purposes, or for
: the construction of wharves and docks,
ior the reclamation of land to be used
in the construction of a system of
! wharves and docks, as public Improve-
I mentß, owned or to be owned by said
citv and county of Philadelphia, and
! which .shall yield to the city and county
[of Philadelphia current net revenue in
iexcess of the Interest on said debt or
debts, and of the annual installments
; necessary for the. cancellation of said
(debt or debts, ir.ay be excluded In as
certaining; the power of the city and
county of Philadelphia to become oth
erwise indebted: Provided, That a
'sinking-fund for their cancellation
i shall be established and maintained,"
l so as to read as follows:
) Section S. The debt of any county,
city, borough, township, school dis
trict, or other municipality or incor
porated district, except as herein pro
vided, shall never exceed seven per
centum upon the assessed value of the
I taxable property therein, nor shall any
isuch municipality or district Incur any
new debt, or Increase its Indebtedness
Ito an amount exceeding? two per cen
. turn upon such assessed valuation of
I property, without the assent of the
electors thereof at a public election
In such manner as shall be provided
by law . but any city, the debt of which
now exceeds seven per centum of such
assessed valuation, may he authorized
by law to Increase the Same three per
centum in the aggregate, at any one
time, upon such valuation; except that
any debt or debts hereinafter Incur
red by the city and county of Philadel
phia for the construction and develop
ment of wharves and docks, or the re
clamation of land to he used In the
construction of a system of wharves
and docks, as public Improvements,
owned or to be owned by said city and
'county of Philadelphia. and which
| shall vleld to the city and county of
! Philadelphia current net revenue in ex-
I cess of the interest on said debt or
| debts and of the annual installments
necessary for the concellation of said
I debt or debts, may be excluded
lln ascertaining the power of tho
I city and county of Philadelphia to br-
I come otherwise Indebted: Provided.
That such Indebtedness incurred by
| the city and county of Philadelphia
I shall not at any time, in the aggregate,
exceed the sum of twenty-five million
dollars for the purpose of Improving
jand developing the port of the said
1 city and county, by the condemnation.
I purchase, or reclamation or lease of
i land on the banks of the Delaware and
j Sohulvklll rivers, and land adjacent
thereto; the building bulkheads, and
the purchase or construction or lease
of wharves, docks, sheds, and ware
houses, and other buildings and facil
ities, necessary tor the establishment
and maintenance of railroad and ship
ping terminals along the said rivers:
and the dredging of the said rivers and
docks: Provided. That the said cltv
and county shall, at or before the time
of so doing, provide for the collection
of an annual tax sufficient to pay tho
Interest thereon, and also the principal
thereof within fifty years from the In
curring thereof
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 6
ROBERT MCAFEE.
Secretary ot the Commonwealth.
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