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LRGAI; NOTICES
aOPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO
THHS 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
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 ot the Constitu
tion of Pennsylvania.
Bo It resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania In General
Assembly met. That the following
fmcßdment to the Constitution of
ennsylvanla be, and the Bame Is here
by, proposed. In accordance with the
eighteenth article thereof:—
That section one of article eight,
which reads as follows:
"Section 1. Every male citizen
twenty-one years of age. possessing
the following qualifications, shall be
entitled to vote at all elections, sub
ject, however, to such laws requiring
and regulating the registration of elec
tors as the General Assembly may en
act:
"First. He shall have been a citizen
of the United States at least one month.
"Second. He shall have resided In
the State one year (or. having previ
ously been a qualified elector or na
tive-born citizen of *he State, he shall
have removed therefrom and returned,
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 Immedi
ately preceding the election.
'Toiirth. If twenty-two years of
age and upwards, he shall havo paid
within two years a State or county
tax, which shall have been assessed at
least two months and paid at least one
month before the election," be amend
ed so that the same shall read as fol
lows:
Section 1. Every citizen, male or
female, of twenty-one fears of age,
possessing the following qualifications.
«hall be entitled to vote at all elec
tions, subject, however, to such laws
requiring' and regulating the registra
tion of electors as the General As
sembly may enact:
First. He or she shall have been a
citizen of the United States at least
one month.
Second. He or sh» shall have resid
ed In the Stata one year (or, having
previously beeD a qualified elector or
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
Bhe 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 vears a State or county
tax, which shall have been assessed at
least two months and paid at least one
month before the election.
Fifth. Wherever the words "he."
"his," "him," and "himself" occur In
any section of article VIII of this Con
stitution the same "shall be construed
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. 1.
ROBERT MtAFKE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Two.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section
eight of article nine of the Constitu
tion of Pennsylvania.
Section I. Be It resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
in General Assembly met. That the
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
lows:
"Section 8. The debt of any county,
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
able 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
erty, 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 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
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
the construction of wharves and docks,
or the reclamation of land to be used
In the construction of a system of
wharves and docks, as public Improve
ments, owned or to be owned by said
city and county of Philadelphia, and
which shall yield to the city and county
of Philadelphia current net revenues In
excess of the Interest on said debt or
debts, and of the annual Installments
necessary for the cancellation of said
debt or debts, may be excluded In as
certaining the power of the city and
county or Philadelphia to becomo oth
erwise indebted: Provided, That a
sinking fund for their cancellation
shall be established and maintained."
so that It shall read as follows:
Section 8. The debt of any county,
city, borough, tfnvnshlp, school district,
or other municipality or Incorporated
district, except as herein provided, shall
never exceed seven per centum upon
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
amount exceeding two per centum upon
such assessed valuation of property,
without the consent of the electors
thereof at a public election In such
manner as shall be provided by law; but
any city, 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 purposo of pro
viding for all or any of the following
purposes,—to wit: For tho 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 Bald 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 capacity of said
city of Philadelphia, at any time, 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 th» time of auch
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 aaid city for such
purposes, up to the time of such ascer
tainment. The method of determining
such amount, so to be 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 reclama
tion, the city of Philadelphia may is
sue its obligations maturing not later
than flfty years from the date thereof,
with provision for a sinking-fun* suf
ficient to retire said obligation at ma
turity, the payments to such sinking
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
ing and which may accrue thereon
throughout the period of construction
and until the expiration of one year
after the completion of tho work for
•which said indebtedness shall have
been incurred; and said city shall not
be required to levy a tax 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
MONDAY EVENING,
i one year after the completion of such
I work.
| A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 2.
ROBERT MCAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
. Numtier Three.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
| Proposing an amendment to section
J twenty-one of artlci-t three of the
1 Constitution of Pennsylvania,
j Section 1. Be It resolved bv the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of
I the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania In
Ueneral Assembly met. That the fol
lowing amendment to the Constitution
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
be, and the same is nereoy, proposed.
Amend section twenty-one, article
In accordance with the eighteenth ar
ticle thereof:—
three of the Constitution of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, which
reads as follows:
"No act of the General Assembly
shall limit 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
Ueneral Assembly shall orescrlbed for
| whose benefit such actions snail oe
• prosecuted. No act shall prescribe any
1 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
tions agnlnst natural persons, and such
1 acts now existing are avoided," so that
I it shall read as follows:
I The General Assembly may enact
! laws requiring the payment by em-
Jiloyers, or employers and employees
olntly, of reasonable compensation for
Injuries to employees arising In the
course of their employment, and for
occupational diseases of employees,
whether or not such Injuries or dis
eases result In death, and regardless
oC fault of employer of employee, and
fixing the basis of ascertainment of
such compensation and the maximum
and minimum limits thereof, and pro
viding special or general remedies for
the collection thereof; but In no other
cases shall the General Assembly limit
tho 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 uctlons shall be prosecut
ed. No act shall prescribe any limi
tation of time within which suits may
bo brought against corporations for In
juries to persons or property, or for
other causes, different from those fixed
by general laws regulating actions
agnlnst natural persons, and such acta
nows existing are avoided.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 3.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Four.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to the Con
stitution of Pennsylvania abolishing
the office of Secretary or Internal
Affaire.
Be It resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania in Gener
al 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
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,
now or hereafter created, as may bo
directed by law.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of tho Commonwealth.
Number Five.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
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
ate and House of Representatives of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania In
General Assembly met, and It Is hereby
enacted by the authority of the same.
That the following Is proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in ac
cordance with the provisions of the
eighteenth (XVIII) article thereof:—
AMENDMENT.
Laws may be passed providing for a
system of 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
in lands the titles to which are so
registered, transferred, Insured, and
guaranteed; and for the creation and
collection of indemnity funds; and for
carrying the system and powers here
by provided for Into effect by such ex
isting courts as may be designated by
the Legislature, and by the establish
ment of such new courts as may be
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 Legisla
ture upon county recorders and upon
other officers by it designated. Such
laws may provide for continuing the
registering, transferring, insuring, and
guaranteeing such titles after the first
or original registration has been per
fected by the court, and provision may
be made for raising the necessary
funds for expenses and salaries of of
ficers, which shall be paid out of th«
treasury of the several counties.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 5.
ROBERT McAFEE.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Six.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to section
eight, article nine of the 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 Is proposed as an amendment
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
ticle nine of the Constitution of Penn
sylvania, which reads as follows:
"Section 8. The debt of any county,
city, borough, townshln. 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
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
erty, without the assent of tho elec
tors 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 bo 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 Incurred
bv the city and county of Philadelphia
for the construction and development
of subways for transit purposes, or for
the construction of wharves and docks,
or the reclamation of land to be used
In the construction of a system of
wharves and docks, as public Improve
ments, owned or to be owned by said
city and county of Philadelphia, and
which shall yield to the city and county
of Philadelphia current net revenue in
excess of tho interest on said debt or
debts, and of the annual installments
necessary for the cancellation of said
debt or debts, may be excluded in as
certaining the power of the city and
county of Philadelphia to become oth
erwise indebted: Provided, That a
sinlclng-fund for their cancellation
shall be established and maintained,"
so as to read as follows:
Section 8. 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
taxable property therein, nor shall any
such municipality or district Incur any
new debt, or increase Its Indebtedness
to an amount exceeding two per cen
tum upon auch assessed valuation of
property, without the assent of the
electors thereof at a publiw election
In such manner ax shall be provided
by law; but any city, the debt of which
now exceeds seven per centum of such
assessed valuation, may be authorized
by law to Increase the snme three per
centum in the aggregate, at any one
time, upon such valuation; except thai
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 be 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 yield to the city and county of
Philadelphia current net revenue In ex
cess of the Interest on said debt or
debts and of the annual Installment*
necessary for the conceilation of said
debt or debts, may be excluded
in ascertaining tne power of the
city and county of Philadelphia to be
come otherwise Indebted: Provided
That such Indebtedness Incurred by
THE LAST SHOT
By FREDERICK PALMER
Copyright 1814 l»r Cftiarlei Scrlbuer*a Sons. \
[Continued. J
"Marta, you ee:».u<>!" Langtron cried.
"You are tho real general! You—"
"Not that, please!" she broke In.
"I'm as foul and depraved as a dealer
in subtle poisons In the middle ages!
Oh, the shame of It, while I look into
bis eyes and feign admiration, feign
everything which will draw out his
plans! I can never forget the sight
of him as he told me how two or threo
or four hundred thousand men were
to be crowded Into a ram, as he called
It—a ram of human flesh! —and guns
enough in support, he said, to tear any
redoubts to pieces; guns enough to
make their shells as thick as the bul
lets from an automatic!"
"We'll meet ram with ram! We'll
have some guns, too!" exclaimed Lan
etron. "We'll send as heavy a shell
flre at their Infantry as they send into
our redoubts."
"Don't. It's too like Westerling. It
has become too trite!" she protested.
"The end! If I really were helping
toward that and to save lives and our
country to Its people, what would my
private feelings matter? My honor,
my soul—what would anything mat
ter? For that, any eacritice. I'm
only one human being—a weak, luna--
tic sort of one, just now!"
"Marta, don't suffer so! You are
overwrought. You—"
"I can say all that for you, Lanny,"
she Interrupted with the faintest laugh
"I've said It so many times to myself.
Perhaps when I call you up again I
shall not be so hysterical."
Lanstron was not thinking of war or
war's combination when he hung up
the receiver. It was some momenta
before he returned to the staff room.
and then he had mastered his emo
tion. He was the soldier again.
An hour or so before the attack the
telegraph instruments in the Galland
house had become pregnantly silent.
There were no more orders to give;
no more reports to come from the
troops in position until the assault was
made. Officers of supply ceased to
transmit routine matters over the wire,
while they strained their eyes toward
the range. Officers of the staff moved
about restlessly, glancing at their
watches and going to the windows fre
quently to see if the mist styi held.
No one entered the library where
Westerling was seated alone with
nothing to do. His suspense was that
of the mothers who longed for news
of their sons at the front; his helpless
ness that of a man in a hospital lobby
waiting on the result of an operation
whose success or failure will save or
wreck bis career. The physical desire
of movement, the conflict with some
thing in his own mind, drove him out
"of doors.
Westerling was rather pleased with
the fact that he could still smile;
pleased with the loyalty of younger
officers when, day by day, the staff
had grown colder and more me
chanical In the attitude that com
pleted his Isolation. Walking vigor
ously along the path toward the tower,
the exercise of his muscles, the feel
of the cool, moist air on his face,
brought back some of the buoyancy of
spirit that he craved. A woman's flg
ur®, with a cape thrown over the shoul
ders and the head bare, loomed out of
the mist.
V I couldn't stay in—not to-night,"
Marta said as Westerllng drew near.
"I had to sea. It's only a quarter of
an hour now, isn't It?"
She seemed so utterly frail and
distraught that Westerling, in an Im
pulse of protection, laid his hand on
her relaxed shoulders.
"Our cause is at stake to-night," he
declared, "youre and mine! We must
win, you and I! ft is our destiny!"
"You and I!" repeated Marta. "Why
you and I?"
It seemed very strange to be think
ing of any two persons when hundreds
of thousands were awaiting the signal
for the death prepared by him. He
mistook the character of her thought
in the obsession of his egoism.
"What do lives mean?" he cried with
a eudden desperation, his grip of her
shoulders tightening. "It is the law
of nature for man to fight. Unless he
fights he goes to seed. One trouble
with our army is that It was soft from
the want of war. It 1s the law of na
ture for the fittest to survive! Other
sons will bo born to take the place of
those who die to-night. There will be
all the more room for those who live.
Victory will create new opportunities.
What is a million out of the billions
on the face of the earth? Those who
lead alone count —those who dwell in
the atmosphere of the peaks, as we
do!" The pressure of Ills strong hands
In the unconscious emphasis of his
passion became painful; but she did
not protest or try to draw away, think
ing of his hold In no personal sense
but as a part of his self-revelation. "All
—all is at stake there!" he continued,
staring toward the range. "It'e the
Rubicon! I have put my career on to
night's cast! Victory means that the
world will be at our feet —honor, po
sition, power greater than that of any
other two human beings! Do you
realize what that means—the honor
and the cot-' " ours? 1
the city and county of Philadelphia
shall not at any time, In the aggregate,
exceed the sum of twenty-five million
dollars for the purpose of improving
and developing the port of the said
city and county, by the cpndemnation
purchase, or reclamation or lease o'
land on the banks of the Delaware and
Schulyktll 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 for the establishment
and maintenance of ra lroad and ship
ping terminals along t.-e said rivers;
and the dredging of the i,ald rivers and
docks: Provided, That the said city
and county shall, at or before the time
of so doing, provide for the collection
of an annual tax sufficient to pay the
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 of the Commonwealth,
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
shall have directed the greatest army
the world has ever known to victory!"
"And defeat means—what does de
feat mean?" she asked narrowly, calm
ly; and the pointed question released
her shoulderß from the vise.
What had been a shadow in his
thoughts became a live monster, strik
ing him with the force of a blow. He
forgot Marta. Yes, what would de
feat mean to him? Sheer human na
ture broke through the bonds of men
tal discipline weakened by sleepless
eights. Convulsively his head dropped
«b he covered bis face.
"Defeat! Fail! That I should fail!''
he moaned.
Then it was that she saw him in the
reality of his littleness, which she had
divined; this would-be conqueror. She
eaw him as his intimates often eee the
great man without his front of Jove.
Don't we know that Napoleon had mo
ments of privacy when he whined and
threatened suicide? She wondered if
Lanny, too, were llko that—if it were
not the nature of all conquerors whe
could not have their way. It seemed
to her that Westerling was beneath
the humblest private in bis army—be
neath even that fellow with the liver
patch on his cheek who had broken
the chandelier in the sport of brutal
passion. All sense of her own part was
submerged in the sight of a chief of
staff exhibiting no more stoicism than
a petulant, spoiled schoolboy.
While his head was still bent the ar
tillery began its crashing thunders and
the sky became light with flashes. His
hands stretched out toward the range,
clenched and pulsing with defiance and
command.
"Go in! Go in, as I told you!" he
cried. "Stay in, alive or dead! Stay
till I tell you to come out! Stay! ]
can't do any more! You mus? do it
now!"
"Then this may be truly the end,"
thought Marta, "if the assault fails."
And silently she prayed that it would
rail; while the flashes lighted Wester-
Ung'e set features, imploring success.
*******
In the Browns' headquarters, as in
the Grays', telegraph instruments were
silent after the preparations were over.
Here, also, officers walked restlessly,
glancing at their watches. They, too,
were glad that the mist continued. It
meant no wind. When the telegraph
did speak it was with another message
from some aerostatic officer saying,
"Still favorable," which was taken at
once to Lanstron, who was with the
staff chiefs around the big table. They
nodded at the news and emtled to one
another; and some who had been pac
ing sat down and others rose to begin
pacing afresh.
"We could have emplaced two lines
of automatics, one above the other!"
exclaimed the chief of artillery.
"But that would have given too much
of a climb for the Infantry in going In
—delayed the rush," said Lanstron.
"If they should stick —if we couldn't
drive them back!" exclaimed the vice
chief of staff.
"I don't think they will!" said Lan
stron.
To the others he seemed as cool as
ever, even when his maimed hand was
twitching in his pocket. But now, sud
denly, his eyes starting as at a horror,
he trembled passionately, his head
dropping forward, as if he would col
lapse.
"Oh, the murder of it—the murder!"
he breathed.
"But they brought it on! Not for
theirs, but for ours!" said the vice
chief of staff, laying his hand on Lan
stron's shoulder.
"And we sit here while they go in!"
Lanstron added. "There's a kind of
injustice about that which I can't get
over. Not one of us here has been
under fire!"
Even the minute of the attack they
knew; and just before midnight they
were standing at the window looking
out into the night, while the vice-chief
held his watch in hand. In the hush
the faint sound of a dirigible's propel
ler high up in the heavens, muffled by
the fog, was drowned by the Gray
guns opening fira.
• •*••••
Before the mine exploded, by the
light of the shell burets breaking their
vast prisms from central spheres of
flame for miles, with the quick se
quence of a moving-picture flicker,
Fracasse's men could see one another's
faces, spectral and stifT and pasty
■white, with teeth gleaming where Jawß
had dropped, some eyes half closed by
the blinding flashes and some opened
wide as if the lids were paralyzed.
Faces and faces' A sea of faces
stretching away down the slope—faces
in a trance.
Up over the breastworks, over rocks
and splintered timbers. Peterkin and
the judge's son and their comrades
clambered. When they moved they
were as a myriad-legged creature,
brain numbed, without any sensation
except that of rapids going over a fall.
Those in front could not falter, being
pushed on by the pressure of those In
the rear. For a few steps they were
under no fire. The 6cream of their
own shells breaking in infernal pande
monium in front seemed to be a power
as irresistible as the rear of the wedge
in driving them on.
[To Bo Continued]
STRICKIJKII WINS STXGI.ES
IN BElili TOURNAMENT
Eugene Shirk, 1619 Derry street,
has been promoted to the position of
salesman by the Bell Telephone Com
pany of Pennsylvania.
The first tennis tournament between
the employes of the various depart
ments of the Bell Telephone Company
at Harrisburg has been completed.
There were thirty-two entries In the
doubles and twenty-four In the singles.
J. IJ. Strickler won the singles, and
Mr. Strlekler and W. H. Cruse won the
doubles. The single consolidated tour
nament was won by A. Srhultz and the
double consolidated tournament was
won Uf Mr. Schultz and C. C. Holland. |
MISSION SOCIETY
TO ELECT OFFICERS
Market Square Young Women Will
Send Box of Good Things
to Lawson School
mmmwhk The Market Square
• Presbyterian Church
bulletin for this week
announces a meeting
of the Young Wo
•Z'k men's Missionary So
' (Jul clety to-mOrrow night
?, MRrg at 7.45 o'clock. An
, *'* fl- nual reports will be
'..'l/WHB' read and officers for
1 - - JfAIU , * le comln K J'ear will
[HbHI elected. The so
clety is preparing to
send a box to the
Pattay C. Stockdale J
IFt III Memorial School at |
I Mi'" 1 TT lUfa* Lawson, West Va. In -1
tormation in regard to the contribu-j
jtlons may be obtained by telephoning!
or consulting the box committee,
Mrs. N. E. Hause, Mrs. Ross Hickok
or Miss Caroline Moffltt. The ladies of
the box committee have made ar
rangements to send several boxes as
soon as possible.* Tbey desire to send,
too, to families of disabled ministers.
Money is especially desired and can
be paid to Mrs. Chayne.
The synod of Presbyterian Churches
of Pennsylvania will meet in the Cen
tral Church of Erie to-morrow.
Colored Masons in Charge
of Cornerstone Laying
_ The cornerstone for the new Wesley
Union African Methodist Episcopal
Zion Church, Forster and Ash streets,
was laid yesterday afternoon with im
pressive ceremonies, under the direc
tion of the Pennsylvania Grand
Lodge of Colored Masons. Music for
the occasion was provided by the Car
lisle Church choir and the Masonic
Band.
An address in behalf of the church
was made by John D. Clancy, of
Washington, secretary of church ex
tension. Following prayer by the
Rev. U. G. Leeper, pastor of the Bethel
African Methodist Episcopal Church,
the Rev. J. Francis I-.ee, pastor of the
Wesley Church, gave a short address.
The Masonic address was given by
John P. Scott, State g.'andmaster,
teacher in the colored schools of this
city.
Discipline of the church, documents,
newspapers and coins were deposited
in the cornerstone by Benjamin F.
Gray. The new building is of brick.
It was begun April 20 and will be
completed in December.
LUTHERAN MINISTERS HEAR
"CAUSES OF REFORMATION"
At a meeting of the Lutheran Min
isterial Association this afternoon at 2
o'clock at the Young Men's Christian
Association, the Rev. E. E. Snyder
gave a short talk on the "Causes of the
Reformation."
To-morrow morning the Rev. J. T.
Spangler will speak on the "Modern
Evangelistic Movement," at a meeting
of the United Brethren Ministerial
Association of Ttarrisburg and the vi
cinity. In his talk the Rev. J. T.
Spangler will tell the effects that an
evangelistic movement has on a city
and the people who are benefited by
the revival. He has made special in
vestigations in cities where Stough,
Sunday and othor evangelists have
conducted campaigns.
GERMANS AND ALLIES IN
STRUGGLE FOR SEACOAST
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German Miner Layer
Captured by British
By Associated Press
London, Oct. 19, 12.20 P. M.—The
Central News has sent out a dispatch
from Harwich in which the correspon
dent says he has learned upon good
authority that the British cruiser Un
daunted accompanied by two torpe
do boat destroyers has captured a Ger
man mine layer in the North Sea, dis
guised as a hospital ship.
Germans Not Expected
to Return to Warsaw
By Associated Press
Petrograd, via London. Oct. 19,
4.30 A. M.—According to information
from Warsaw the Russian army is
not anticipating the return of the
Germans to that region from which
they were lately repulsed with large
losses. The German failure there is
attributed partly to the inability of
the artillery and infantry to follow up
and support the advance guaj-d which
approached within five miles of the
city.
President Hears of
Seizure of Steamer
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C„ Oct. 19. —Presi-
dent Wilson had not been officially in
formed to-day of the seizure of the
American tank steamer Brindilla by a
British cruiser, but told callers he was
following the case with interest.
Generally speaking the President
said, a ship of a neutral nation bound
from one neutral port to another is
exempt from seizure. He added, how
evev. that he did not know enough of
the particulars to say what position
would be taken by the American gov
ernment.
Acting Secretary Lansing, of the
State Department, received a message
from the American consul general at
Halifax reporting the arrival of the
Brlndrilla under convoy of the British
auxiliary cruiser Caronia.
Deaths and Funerals
BURY MRS. MARTIN
Funeral services for Mrs. Alonso
Martin, aged 64 years, who died at
her home, 541 South Sixteenth street,
Friday morning, were held this after
noon. The Rev. A. M. Stamets offi
ciated. Burial was made in the Har
rlsburg Cemetery. Mrs. Martin is sur
vived by her husband, one daughter,
Mrs. Ada Newpher. and two sons, Al
onso R- Jr., and Harry B. Martin.
FUNERAL OF MRS. STEPHENSON
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma
May Stephenson, aged 29 years, wife
of Harry Stephenson, who died at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Daniel Dun
kle, 1948 Derry street, laßt Thursday,
were held this afternoon.
FUNERAL OF J. H. SITRS
Funeral services for J. H. Sites wllf
be held at the funeral chapel of C. H.
Mauck. Sixth and Keiker streets, to
morrow morning at 10 o'clock. The Rev.
will be taken to Millersliurg for burial.
J. H. Daugherty will officiate. The body
OCTOBER 19, 1014.
CIVIC CLUB AWARDS 1
HOME GARDEN PRIZES
Fall Meeting Held in Boyd Hall
of the New Y. W. C. A.
Building
At the first Fall meeting of the Civic
Club of Harrisburg. held in the John
Y. Boyd Memorial Hall of the new
Young Women's Christian Association
building this afternoon, fifteen prizes
were awarded in the annual home gar
den contest. This was the first public
meeting held in the new Y. W. C. A.
building since its completion.
Plans were taken up for work dur
ing the winter and reports were read
by Mrs. Mabel Cronise Jones on the
biennial meeting of the National Fed
eration of Women's Club in Chicago
and on the meeting of the State Fed
eration at Pittsburgh last week. Miss
Eleanor F. Shunk presided.
The announcement of the prize win
ners in the home garden contest was
made by Mrs. Edwin S. Herman, chair
man of the home garden committee.
The winners were:
The Bertha Shellenberger prize of
$5, awarded to Lester E. Brightbill,
623 Emerald street; second prize to
William Fenstemacher. ' 906 North
Third street, $2.50; third, Clara Fin
ney, 605 South Front strete, $2.50;
fourth, Frank Lescure, 414 South Thir
teenth street. $2.50, and fifth, Louisa
Boyd, 1614 Chestnut street, $2.50.
Prizes of $1 each were awarded to
Margaret Mallas. 917 South Twenty
second-and-a-Half street; May Heagy,
631 Boa 4* street; Raymond Pickel,
422 Muench street; Violet Coble, 74A
North Eighteenth street; Daniel Murk
holder, 722 North Sixteenth street;
Meredith Garner, 1103 Capital street;
Marie Zarker, 2347 Jefferson street;
Christian Warner, 959 South Twenty
first street; Leroy Slentz, 1924 Berry
hill street, and Charles Sunday, 20
North Fourteenth street.
Mrs. Herman had on exhibition a
huge bunch of ilowers taken from the
gardens of the children, which still
look, in manya cases, remarkably well
despite the lateness of the season. In
her report Mrs. Herman said, in part:
"Seeds were given to 542 children
early In May. We had packages pur
chased from the Holmes Seed Com
pany, containing seed of zenias. nas
turtiums, calllopsis, marigold and
sweet elyssium. The same assort
ments of seeds were given to each
child and the result was encouraging.
All the seeds provide especially good.
At least 500 of the gardens were a
great success.
"All of the members of the Civic
Club who visited these home gardens
were greatly surprised and delighted
at the deep Interest taken by the chil
dren. Many of the children had much
with which to contend: small yards,
poor soil and lack of sunlight. They
worked hard amid discouragements.
The army worm was another foe, as
well as the hailstorms that tore the
(lowers to pieces.
"llarrisburg has certainly been won
derfully Improved from a civic view
point by these home gardens, for they
proved a great incentive in making
and keeping the back yards neat.
"The outdoor department desires to
thang the following, who were untir
ing in their visits of inspection: Mrs.
James t. Chamberlain, Mrs. Bltflcr.
Mrs. Horace Witman, Xfrs. Mabel
Cronise Jones, Miss Julia Stamm, Miss
Margaret Stackpole. The officers of
the department were also visitors."
The report of the biennial and also
of the State Federation that met last
week in Pittsburgh was given by Mrs.
Mabel Cronise Jones, who gave an in
formal talk, blending the two reports
in one. The keynote of both meetings,
she said, was "service"—service for
the women and children of the rural
community, service in behalf of the
foreigners who come to this great
melting pot of humanity, America;
service in behalf of the child worker,
the white slave, teh women of the
streets, the drunkard. Mrs. Jones re
ported that in both meetings the idea
of woman suffrage was prominent and
the thought was emphasized that the
ballot was needed as an instrument for
orwklng for the "other woman."
N. G. P. Inspector to
Be Located in This City
Special to The Telegraph
Philadelphia, Oct. 17.—The War De
partment has detailed three army offi
cers as inspector instructors to the Na
tional Guard of Pennsylvania. Captain
•lames B. Kemper, Eleventh Infantry;
First Lieutenant Walter Kreuger, Third
Infantry, and Captain Charles C. Allen.
Thirteenth Infantry, are those selected
to inspect, advise and criticise the
Pennsylvania troops.
Captain Kemper will be stationed at
Harrisburg, Captain Allen in this city
and Lieutenant Kreuger at Pittsburgh.
FLAG PRESENTED TO SCHOOL
Special to The Telegraph
Dauphin. I'a., Oct. 19.—0n Saturday
evening the P. O. S. of A. presented the
grammar school, of the borough, with a
large American flag at special exercises
in the High seshool.
WEDDING AT LANCASTER
Special to The Telegraph
Marietta, Pa., Oct. 19.—Miss Mae
Stoner was married yesterday to
George Bablo, of Adamstown, by the
Kev. Stuart Cramer, pastor of the
First Reformed Church, Lancaster.
Miss Florence Bable was bridesmaid
and George Stoner best man.
Resinol
stops skin torture
Make your skin well with Resinol Rc»inoi ointment and r»
Ointment and Resinol Soap. They d«£ e Q «.
work so quickly and surely that it ■ores, wounds, boils, and
positively seems as if you could see Io ! a ,core ° f . oth " "*"•
f, , J , Ti i • 11 . where a aoothlnr, healing
them do £fOOd. Itching usually stops treatment may be needed*
at once, healing begins, and the red, Practically every d™**,*
raw, scaly or pimply skin soon be- •£ ££*££ ££
comes clear and healthy again, *..n»oi. Baltimore, u&,
PLACE JUVENILES
UNDER PROBATION
New Plan Whereby Parents Must
Assume Responsibility Un
der Consideration
guardians under the eye of the pro
bation officer from the time of their
arrest until the ensuing term of
juvenile court.
The plan will likely he adopted aft
er November 1 as a solution to the
problem brought about by the action
of the county commissioners in doing
away with the detention place at the
county almshouse.
To Hear Purine Assessments.—
Thursday, (ictobcr 29 has been fixed
by City Engineer M. B. Cowden for
the hearing of appeals from the as
sessments for paving in Hop street
from Vernon to Maytlower and In Car
rie alley from Cameron to Tenth
streets.
Open Bids For Sinking Funds.—At
4 o'clock this afternoon the Common
wealth Trust Company, trustee of the
Daijphin county sinking fund, opened
bids for the purchase of bonds to the
sum of $17,271.76. The bonds are to
be bought In with the money that has
accumulated in che various funds. The
issues to he invested include: Janu
ary 1, 1901, $X,443.16; issue of De
cember 1, 1902, $1,309.86; Issue ot
April 1. 1903, $7,518.74.
More Licenses Than In IB 13.—T0
date 4,008 licenses for hunters have
been issued by County Treasurer A. H.
Bailey. This is more than 1,000
above the record of issue at this time
last year. Since the opening of the
squirrel and quail season the applica
tions have fallen off perceptibly.
Auto Fire Apparatus
Formally Turned Over
to City by the Makers
Harrisburg's first automobile fire
apparatus was formally turned over
to the city to-day. Fire Chief John
C. Kindler announced that the new
combination hose and chemical
wagons will be ready for service by
6 o'clock this evening.
The Morton truck, assigned to the
Friendship company, was given a final
test this morning. This afternoon a
similar test was given the Good Will
combination hose and chemical truck
built by the La France Company, El
mira, N. Y.
Flag Presented to Sunday
School at Mechanicsburg
Special to The Telegraph
Mechanicsburg, Pa.. Oct. 19.—Presen
tation of a large, fringe-trimmed, silk
American flag, by Mrs. Percy Martin's
class in the Methodist Episcopal Sunday ,
School, to the school, was a feature
Rally Day exercises yesterday morning,
In' the Church of God Sunday School,
where Rally Day services were also
hold, Dr. 10. E. Campbell, president of
Irving College, made an address. The.
training class received diplomas and
special music was rendered.
Harland Surface Seriously
Wounded by Gun's Discharge
Special to The Telegraph
Mechanicsburg, Pa., Oct. 19.—As the
result of tile accidental discbarge of a
shot gun, Harland Surface, son of Pro
fessor 11. A. Surface, State zoologist,
was serlouslv wounded, when he receiv
ed the entire load in his right thigh, on
Saturday evening.
APPOINTED SHAMOKIN FASTOit
Special to The Telegraph
Slianiokin, Pa., Oct. 19.—Presiding
Elder John Lowery, of Harrisburg, has
appointed the Rev. .1. M. Hershc.v. of
Hcrshev, pastor of the local First
United' Brethren Church, to succeed the
late the Rev. Arthur S. Beckley, the
appointment becoming effective, Sun
day, November 1.
MRS. 80011 DEAD
Laura E. Boob, nged 57 years, dieS
Inst night. 11.30 o'clock, at her home,
1218 Derry street. Funeral services will
he held from her late residence, Wed
nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
I.ECTIHE OX It llt DS
Henry Olyds, Philadelphia, will give
an address on "Birds and Rird Protec
tion, at a meeting of the Natural His
tory Society in the Technical high
school auditorium, to-night, at 8 o'clock.
TELEPHONE SOCIETY MEETING
The Harrisburg Telephone Society
will be addressed in the Board of
Trade Hall this evening by 1,. H. Kln
nard, vice-president and general man
ager of the Bell Telephone Company.
Mr. Kinnard is a former Harrlsburger.