LEGAL NOTICES PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMON WEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR REJECTION. BT THE GENERAL AS SEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND PUBLISH ED BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH. IN PUR SUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITUTION. Number One. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to section one, article eight of the Constitution of Pennsylvania. B« It resolved by the Senate and House or Representatives of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania In General -Assembly met. That the following amendment to the Constitute** of Penn sylvania be. and the same !s hereby, 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 ag#; possessing th* following qualifications, shall be entitled to vote at all elections, sub ject. however, to such laws requiring and regulating the registration of electors as the General Assembly may enact: "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 previous ly been a qualified elector or native born citizen of the State, he shall have removed therefrom and returned, then six months) immediately preceding the election. "Third. He shall have resided In the election district where he shall offer to vote at least two months Immediately preceding the election. "Pourtn. If twenty-two years of age and upwards, he 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 month be fore the election."' be amended so that the same shall read as follows: Section 1. Every citizen, male or fe male, of twenty-one years of age, pos sessing the following qualifications, shall be entitled to vote at all elections, subject, however, to such laws requir ing and regulating the registration of electors as the General Assembly 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 re sided In the State one year (or, having previously been a qualified elector or native born citizen of the State, he or she shall have removed therefrom and returned, then six months) immediate ly preceding tho election. Third. He or she shall have resided In the election district where he or she shall offer to vote at least two months Immediately preceding the election. Fourth. If twenty-two years of age and upwards, he or she shall have paid wlthl.i 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. Fifth. Wherever the words "he." "hie." "him," and "himself" occur in any section of article VII 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. CYRUS E. WOODS. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Two. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to section eight of article nine of the Consti tution of Pennsylvania. Section 1. Be It resolved by the Sen ate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania In Geneval Assembly met. That the fol lowing is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In accordance with the! provisions of ttie eighteenth article | thereof:— Amend section eight, article nine of I the Constitution of the Commonwealth i 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 taxable property therein, nor shall any such municipality or district incur any new debt, or increase its indebtedness' to an I amount exceeding two per centum upon ! such assessed valuation of propartv, I without the assent of the electors there of at a public election in such manner! as shall be provided by law: but any I city, the debt of which now exceeds I seven per centum of such assessed val- I nation, may be authorized bv law to increase the same three per centum. In the aggregate, at any one time, upon such valuation, except that anv debt or debts hereinafter incurred by the city and county of Philadelphia for the construction and development of sub ways 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 improvements owned or to be owned by said city and' county of Philadelphia, and which shall yield to the city and county of Phila delphia current net revenues In excess of the interest on said debt or debt* ' and the annual instalments necessary! for the cancellation of said debt or 1 debts, may be excluded in ascertaining! the power of the city and county of Philadelphia to become otherwise In-1 debted: Provided. Thai a sinking-fund for their cancellation shall be estab-j llshed and maintained," so that it shall read as follows: Section 8. The debt of anv county, I city, borough, township, schoo'l district, I or other municipality or incorporated 1 district, except as herein provided, shall never exceed seven per centum upon I the assessed value of the taxable prop-I erty therein, nor shall any such mu- 1 nicipallty or district Incur any new; debt, or increase its indebtedness to an ' amount exceeding two per centum upon! such assessed valuation of property without tho consent of the electors ' thereof at a public election In such 1 manner as shall be provided by law ' but any city, the debt of which on the ' first day of January. one thousand i eight hundred and seventy-four, ex reeded seven per centum of such as- I sessed valuation, and has not since been reduced to less than such per centum 1 may be authorized by law to increase the same thre.e per centum In the ag- I gregate, at any one time, upon such valuation. The city of Philadelphia.! upon the conditions hereinafter set l forth, may Increase its Indebtedness to I the extent of three per centum in excess of seven per centum upon such as sessed valuation for the specific pur-1 Bringing Up Father^ s ® # # # # McManus rBY THATSTH6 « ( \ ' 1 " f " ) TSX- j, «* NOV/IFI pom 1 DARN I fX\\ , i f ) /-2L. EtS? 0L S s ■Tft horror " ! '^ eo) i 1 m f —v— SATURDAY EVENING, ; pose of providing for all or any of the following purposes. to wit: For the construction and improvement of sub ways, tunnels, railways, elevsted rail ways, and other transit facilities; for the construction and improvement of wharves and docks and for the re clamation of land to be used in the construction of wharves und docks, owned or to be owned by said city. Such Increase, hqwever. shall only be made with the assent of the electors thereof at a public election, to be held In such manner as shall be provided by law. In ascertaining the borrowing capacity of said city of hiladelplila, at any time, there shall be excluded from the calculation a credit, where the work resulting from any previous expendi ture. for any one or more of the specific purposes hereinabove enumer ated shall be yielding to said city an annual current net revenue: the amount of which credit shall be ascertained by capitalizing the annual " not revenue during the year immediately preceding the time of such ascertainment. Such capitalization shall be accomplished by ascertaining the principal amount which would yield such annual, cur rent net revenue, at the average rate of Interest, and sinking-fund charges payable upon the Indebtedness incur red by said city for such purposes, up to the time of such ascertainment. The method of determining sucn amount, so to be excluded or allowed as a credit, may be prescribed by the General As sembly. In Incurring Indebtedness, for any one. or more of said purposes of con struction. improvement, or reclamation, the city of Philadelphia may issue its obligations maturing not later than fifty years from the date thereof, with provision for a sinking-fund sufficient to retire snld obligation at maturity, the payments to such sinking-fund to be in equal or graded annual instal ments. Such obligations may be In an amount sufficient to provide for and may include the amount of the Interest and sinking-fund charges accruing 1 and which may accrue thereon throughout the period of construction 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 tax to pay said Interest and sinking-fund charges, as required by section ten of article nine of the Con stitution of Pennsylvania, until the ex piration of said period of one year after the completion of such work. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 2. CYRUS E. WOODS, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Three. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to section twenty-one of article three of the Constitution of Pennsylvania. Section 1. Bo 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 hereby, proposed. In accordance with the eighteenth ar ticle thereof:— Amend section twentv-one, article three of the Constitution ot 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 General Assembly shall prescribe for whose benefit such actions shall be prosecuted. No act shall prescribe anv limitations of time within which suits may be brought against corporations for injuries to persons or property, or for other causes different from those fixed by general laws regulating actions against natural persons, and such acts now existing are avoided" so that it shall read as follows: The General Assembly may enact laws requiring the payment of employ ers, or employers and employes joint ly, or reasonable compensation for in juries to employes arising in the course of their employment, and for occu pational diseases of employes, whether or not such injuries or diseases result In death, and regardless of fault of em ployer or employe, and fixing the basis of ascertainment of such compensa tion and the maximum and minimum limits thereof, and providing special or general remedies for the collection thereof; but In no other cases shall the General Assembly limit the 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 prosecuted. No act shall prescribe any limitations of time within which suits may be brought ; against corporations for injuries to per sons or property, or for other causes different from those fixed by general | laws regulating actions against na j tural persons, and such acts now exist ing are avoided. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. CYRUS E. WOODS, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Four. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Con-I stitutlon of this Commonwealth in ! accordance with provisions of the 1 eighteenth (XVIII) article thereof. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Sen- , ate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen- I eral Assembly met, and it Is hereby en- I acted by the authority of the same. That the following is proposed as ar amendment to the Constitution of th« Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in ac cordance with the provisions of the eighteenth tXVIII) article thereof:— AMENDMENT Laws may be passed providing for a system of registering, transferring. In suring and guaranteeing land titles by the State, or by the counties thereof and for settling and determining ad verse or other claims to and Interest In lands the titles of which aje so regis tered. transferred, insured, and guar- i anteed: and for the creation and collec 1 tlon of indemnity funds; and for carry- j lug the system and powers hereby pro vided for into effect by such existing 1 courts as may be designated by th< ! Legislature; and by the establishment ' of such new courts as may be dcemec necessary. In matters arising In ano under the operation of such svstem. Judicial powers, with right of appeal, may be conferred by the Legislature upon county recorders and upon other officers by it designated. Such laws may provide for continuing the regis tering. transferring, insuring, and guaranteeing such titles after the first ' or original registration lias been per- i fected by the court, and provision may be made for raising the necessary funds for expenses and salaries of officers which shall be paid out of the treasury I Golf Ball, Hit by Doctor, Kills Boy at Pittsburgh By 'Associated Press Pittsburgh. Pa.. Oct. 9.—Struck on the head by a golf ball, driven by Dr. Joseph M. Douthett, Herbert J. Karlu, 10 years old, of Sharpsburg, a caddy on the links of the Pittsburgh Field Club, sustained injuries from which he died an hour later. Doctor Douthett, with several other physicians, was playing the game, and. according to witnesses, the boy was standing 130 yards from the tee when the hall was struck. The caddy saw the ball approaching, turned and ducked, but was not quick enough and the ball struck him on the head. STRIKERS AND OFFICIALS OF COMPANY IN CONFERENCES By Associated Press Schenectady, N. Y., Oct. 9.—Repre sentatives of the 10,000 employes of the General Electric Company who struck last. Monday for an eight-hour day and company officials to-day be gan a conference in an effort to settle their differences. The three members of the State Board of Arbitration, who brought about the meeting. P. J. Downey, W. C. Rogers and James Mc- Manus met with them. The workers' committee was composed of the mem bers of the Mefral Trades alliance. George E. Emmons, general manager of the plant, headed the company's conferees. of the several counties. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4. CYRUS E. WOODS. Secretary of the Commonwealth. NOTICE Letters of administration on the estate of Martha E. Fox. late of Harrlsburg. Dauphin county. Pa., de ceased, having been granted to the un dersigned residing in Harrlshurg. All persons indebted to said estate are re quested to rmike Immediate payment, nnd those having claims will present Ihcm for settlement. W. STUART FOX. DAISY E. STRAUSNKR. Administrator, i PROPOSALS for building Forester's House to replace house destroyed by fire May 27th. 1915, located near the town of Eastville, Greene township, Clinton county. Pennsylvania. Sealed proposals will be received by the Superintendent of Public Grounds and Buildings until 2 o'clock of Tues dav, October 12th, 1913, for furnishing all" labor and materials for erecting, complete, ready for occupancy. In ac cordance with the plans and specifica tions prepared under the direction of the Board of Commissioners of Public Grounds and Buildings of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania. Proposals shall be in sealed envelope addressed. "Superintendent of Public Grounds nnd Buildings. Harrlsburg, Pa.," and shall be plainly marked on i outside of envelope, "Proposal for For ester's House." For plans and specifications apply to i the Supefintendent of Public Grounds and Buildings, Harrisburg. Pa. Election Proclamation NOTICE of an election to be held November 2. 1915. to decide whether or not the Indebtedness of the City of Harrisburg shall be increased. Notice is hereby given that an elec tion will bo held, at the time and places for holding the General Elec tion in the City of Harrlsburg, on Tues day, the second day of November, 1915, between the hours of seven o'clock a. m. and seven o'clock p. m., for the purpose of obtaining the assent of the electors to a proposed Increase of Indebtedness of the City of Harris burg. The amount of the last assessed valu ation of taxable property In the City of Harrisburg is fifty million, three hundred and thirty-six thousand, seven hundred and fifty-four dollars ($50,- 336,754). The amount of the existing debt of I the City of Harrisburg is one million, | nine hundred and thirty-one thousand, I seven hundred and nineteen dollars and • fifty-seven cents ($1,931,719,57). The amount of the proposed Increase of Indebtedness of the City of Harris burg is three hundred and sixty thous and dollars ($360,000). The percentage of the proposed in crease of indebtedness of the City of Harrisburg is .0071310 (plusi per cent. The purposes for which the indebted ! ness aforesaid is to be increased are as follows, vis: "For the construction of a bridge, I with the necessary approaches there | to. on the line of Walnut street, from a point at or about the western line of the right of way of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to a point at or about the intersection of Twelfth and I Walnut streets, and the consequential' resulting therefrom,' three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) "For the purpose of equipping the' fire department with motor driven ap paratus and remodeling tire houses to accommodate the same," slxtv thous and dollars ($60,0001. JOHN K. ROYAL Mayor of the City of Harrisburg (Corporate Seal) Attest: CHAS. A. MILLER, City Clerk. Harrisburg, Pa.. October 1, 1915. Pennsylvania State Highway Depart ment, Harrisburg, Pa. Sealed proposals will be received at said office until 10 A. M. November t. 1915. when bids will be publicly opened and scheduled, and contract awarded as soon thereafter as possible, for the reconstruction of 1.756 lineal feet of Rituminous or Cement Concrete pavement, IS feet wide, situated in Narberth Borough Montgomery County; 4.051 lineal feet of Brick Block pavement. 16 feet wide, situated in Marion Center Borough. In diana County, and 5,508 lineal feet of Telford Macadam pavement. 16 feet wide, situated in TTiekorv Township Lawrence County. Plans and specifica tions may be seen at office of State Highway Department. Harrisburg; 1001 I Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, anil 903 ; Hartje Building. Pittsburgh. Pa. Full particulars and information on appli- 1 cation to R. J. Cunningham, State I Highway Commissioner. " I HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH DRAW LOTS FOR TICKET PLACES Nearly Hundred Cadidates For Various Offices Settle Tie Votes The fact that many of the tied can didates on various primary tickets for all kinds of political offices did not turn up to draw for the job yesterday afternoon in the county commission ers' offices didn't Interfere with the drawings by any mean*. Commission er Isaac Hoffman flipped a coin or County Treasurer A. H. Bailey or some one els" who happened Into the room at the time pulled a slip of paper from leaves of a hook—and the momentous question was decided. Half a hundred ties were decided, although the drawings did not begin until late In the afternoon. Here are the results: Democratic George W. Charters, constable. Second ward; H. F. Buffing ton. judge of election, Fourth ward; William Edwards, Judge of election, Fifth ward; William Jones, judge of election. Sixth ward; Harry Hill, judge of election, Ninth ward; T. J. Cleary, Jr., inspector. Twelfth ward; Frank Thompson, judge of election. Thir teenth ward: H. B. judge of election, Berrysburg: George E. Hep ler, councilman. Gratz; Harry Reisch, high constable. Halifax borough; Rob ert JLower, constable, Hummelstown; W. H. Garrett, inspector, Hummels town: J. R. Barnett, inspector. Third ward, Steelton: W. F. tiutz, inspector. West precinct, Susquehanna township; William Gastrock, registry assessor, West precinct, Susquehanna town ship; O. C. Bishop, registry assessor, Swatara township: Ed. Brelin, judge of election, Swatara township: W. A. Dogan, school director (4 years), Swnt ara township: David Mumma. school director (fi years). West Hanover township: Frank Foreman, inspector, West Hanover township. : Republican —C. W. Shoffstall. high constable. Berrysburg; T. S. Daniel, justice of the peace, Elizabethvllle: G. A. Still, high constable, Halifax bor ough; E. S. Poorman. high constable Highspire: John C. Fauher, auditor, Jackson township: Philip Shoop, audi tor. Jefferson township: W. D. Witmer, inspector. East ward, T>ykens; George W. Horley. high constable, Lykens borough; Edwin Hartman inspector, T.vkens townshin; Howard Speece. au ditor. Middle Paxton townshin; Wil liam Mover, high constable. Paxtang, George C. Martin, tax collector, Pax tang; A. F. Hummel, constable. Rush townshin: H. W. Snvder, registry as sessor. Fifth ward. Swatara township; C C. Meaner, high constable, Fnlon town: Edward Bonawltz. auditor, Washington township. Washington. George TV. Charters, constable. Second ward: H. ,T. Roop, school divpctor. Highspire borough; Aaron Klugh justice of the peace, wtghsnire; Harry Swone. auditor. Hummelstown: E. B. Dunk'e. justice [of tT>" peace. Susquehanna township; E. Shoop. constable. Susquehanna townshin: John A. Good Inspector, North nreclnct. Susquehanna town ship: Oscar Eshenhour, school direc tor f6 vears), Swatara township: Frank Hocker. school director (4 vears), Swatara townshin; Ernest Griest, judge of election. Second pre cinct. Swatara township; George Shaffer. Insnector. Second precinct, Swatara township; Jacob H. Forney, justice of the vieace, Upper Paxton townshin: David Witmer. school direc tor ffi venrs). I'nnf Paxton townshin. Socialist. Silvester Kalin. high constable. Hl'*hsnir' , boronsrh: Fd T,e rew. judge of "lection. Susquehanna townshin; ,T. M. Harro, auditor. Sus quehanna townshin: Clarence Ranch, registry assessor. Susquehanna town ship. QIT.KX RECEIVES H\ MIT,TON B.v Associated Press Athens, Oct. 8. via Paris, Oct. 9, 10:30 a. m.—Queen Sophie to-day re ceived William H. Hamilton, of New Vork. representing the American Mercy and Relief Committee with whom she talked for two hours con cerning the relief of Greek refugees from Asia Minor and oth?r Turkish territories, some 300.000 of whom have found asylum in Greece. Victor Supplements g* Kach month we send out the Victor Sup plement put up in a most attractive form. f \ Besides the list of new records, there Is KjSf'Sj J' A contained in our folder most Interesting LA news which you will enjoy reading. Ask jHaisj£&s29> MILLIONS GIVEN MORE PROTECTION State Health Authorities Have Inspected the Recreation Grounds of Penna. Figures showing that an attendance equal to the population of the State was registered at the recreation places In Pennsylvania have been compiled by the State Department of Health as the result of the inspection of fair grounds, amusement parks, picnic re sorts, camp meeting places and simi lar properties made this year by di rection of Commissioner of Health Samuel G. Dixon. The inspection was the most extended ever undertaken by any State and hundreds of places were inspected to check faulty sanitation, impure water supplies and other con ditions which might be dangerous. Fully SOO inspections have been made and every county covered. The Commissioner of Health has de tailed special inspectors who have been present on fair grounds, etc., to check up conditions and promptly call the at tention of officials to any failure to ob serve the public health laws and reg ulations. Reports show that great improvement has been brought about. In one instance, when the inspec tors called the attention of the man agement of one of the larger fairs to the fnct that public drinking cups were prohibited three hundred to every in dividual who bought, an admission and fifty thousand paper caps yere Im mediately purchased and one handed to ticket. Men were also stationed at the fountains to give out cups to those who desired them. Insanitary conditions were reported on two hundred and ninety-one of the properties inspected and orders for the abatement of these were imme diately given and follow-up inspections showed that the Department's orders had been complied with in every in stance. The atenanee at the various classes of amusement places, as esti* mated by the Commissioner of Health from the official attendance records and other data at his disposal. Is as follows: The attendance at the two hundred and fifty-nine amusement parks is estimated at more than five million for the season. In the eighty threo fair grounds the official attend ance record for the past year was one million eight hundred thousand. At fifty-five camp meeting grounds the estimated attendance was three hun dred and thirty-two thousand, and at four hundred and thirteen recreation camps thirty-one thousand five hun dred occupants were listed. / RUBENDALL DROPS EBY TO HOLD HIS JOB [Continued From First Page.] paign for Danncr for register and Eby for re-election as county commission er. The other Democratic candidates were Indignant, but Rubendall, who is vice county chairman of the Demo cratic party, paid no attention to them. To-day Rubendall has desert ed even Eby. Now it is Danner alone, so far as Rubendall is concerned. Just so they vote for Danner Rubendall doesn't care what they do on the re mainder of the ticket. His job means more to him than anything else in sight. This desertion of Rby by Rubendall has been due to the fact that Eby has not shown nearly so much strength as Rubendall at tirst believed he would. Sheriff Wells, who is Eby's op ponent for tlio minority county com missionership, has displayed so much activity that Rubendall has been afraid to play any longer on the Eby vote and has passed him up for Dan ner. It is understood. i At all events Rubendall is playing Danner alone and it is said Democrats in general are coming to believe that about all they could hope for In this tight is one office unci they are willing to concentrate on Danner. This hasn't made any friends for Danner among the other fusion nominees and there are already signs of a rough-and-tum ble fight all along the line with every fusion candidate sore on every other OCTOBER 9, 1915. ■ is the different soap. Different in the making; different in the cleansers used; different be cause it really contains naptha, which dissolves grease and loosens dirt so that the hard work is all taken out of washing. Use Fels-Naptha for all soap-and-water work. one and each suspicious of the ma- week it will be together. Arrange bosses. ments are now being made to have in sharp contrast with the them speak from the same platforms Republican style of campaigning. AH and they will address mass meetings or the candidates are sticking: together all over the county. Primary con in the most loyal fashion. They are tests have been forßotten and there confident the whole ticket is groins are no favorite deputies who must be through this Fall and when they be- taken care of at the expense of the gin their active campaigning next rest of the ticket. MO *1 A 10c CIGARS ** §j 'i || A MAN who smokes a few MOT AS H] gets more quality for his money H [$ and more satisfaction than a man who i i 188 smokes the same amount of nickel H cigars. li i ® U m i {jg The all Havana quality does it. jjg .. Made by John C. 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