12 1) Welcome Tonight j *'| Free Band I 7.30 to 9.30 O'clock | Formal Opening-J. H. Troup Music House 1 15 So. Market Square i f To-night at 7.30 o'clock the recently enlarged, remodeled and re decorated showrooms of the J. H. Troup Music House will be form- sv> erly opened to the public. A cordial invitation is extended to all to M It be present Starting promptly at 7.30 * i MUNICIPAL J | Band Concert I f In Front of the Store 1 Other features of the evening will be a vocal program by local Mp jit talent on the main floor, supplemented by a Stoddard Ampico Re- jf | cital on the second floor. . w? | Come—Be Jj J J. H. Troup Music House 1 | Troup Building 15 So. Market Sq. VON MACHENSEN DRIVE IS CHECKED [Continued From First Page] Rumanians and Russians who have | been heavily reinforced. To-day a j statement by the Sofia War Office un- j der yesterday's date concedes the i stubbornness of their resistance and; reports the entente armies still hold- j ing their strongly fortified positions, j Both Sides Claim Advantage Reports regarding the fighting In the Fiorina district in northwestern | Macedonia are conflicting. Accounts Irom entente sources have asserted j the Bulgarians were falling back on' Serbian territory and preparing for the defense of Monastir. Sofia, how ever, announces a turn in the fighting favorable to the Bulgarian forces de- I claring that counter attacks resulted 1 In the repulse of the Serbian and j allied troops with heavy losses. Further east of the mountainous country along the Serbian border, the ! engagement is heavy, all along the; line, the struggle in the Kaimakcaian district being particularly stubborn, j On the far western end of the line the allies are making progress but ap- i parently are attempting no serious forward thrust in either the Vardar, or Struma regions. Quiet Along Somnip The defeat of the Germans In their ; desperate counterattacks along thel Somme front, reported last night by l Paris, has been followed by com- 1 parative quiet in this region, judging from to-day's official report which . says the Germans did not renew their attacks during the night. The bad ! weather reported during the last few days is continuing and apparently the' Anglo-French forces are awaiting its' cessation before renewing their ef- 1 forts to advance. After a lapse of some days activity j has been resumed by the French in the Verdun region, attacks on the east bank of the Meuse gaining them two trenches south of the Thlaumont ■work and some ground east of Fort Vaux and in the Chapitre wood. Boat Off Germans The British as well as the French have been subjected to heavy attacks by the Germans on the Somme front. Continuous assaults were made last night on positions held by the New Zealanders south of the Ancre, but according to London every attack was beaten off. the Germans losing heav ily in casualties and prisoners and the British managing to effect some gain of ground despite the incessant Ger man onslaughts. On the eastern front, Petrograd an nounces an offensive movement by the Germans along the Stokhod, in Volhynia, southeast of Kovel. but de clares all attacks on the Russian lines ■were repulsed and that several hun dred Germans were captured during the fighting near Korytniza and Svini usky. In the Carpathians the Russians report an advance near Panther mountain where a. position on a height ■was captured. No further progress for the Ru manians in their invasion of southern Transylvania is reported but Buchar est announces that the Rumanian troops which, recently were forced back to the border, losing Petroseny and the Szurduk pass in the Transyl vania Alps, have halted their retire ment south of Petroseny and are forti fying their new position. Crete Islanders in Revolt * In further reports to-day on the Dobrudja battle, Bucharest declares th Russians and Rumanians* not only THURSDAY EVENING, turned on the Teutonic allies and de- j Uvered counterattacks. In the Balkan situation Greece re- i mains an uncertain quantity. A new factor In the internal situation ap pears to-day in the report that a rev- j olution has broken out in the Greek ; island of Crete, the home of former j Premier Venizelos, friend of the en- j tente, where a provisional government! is said to have been set up. New British Tanks in Rare Stunts That Both Amaze and Amuse Soldiers London, Sept. 21. Of the "land-! ships," or "tanks" one continues to hear amazing stories, says Perry Rob-, inson in a dispatch to the Daily News from the Somme front. One "tank" I whose steering gear was out of order j could not turn to the right or left,, so it trundled straight ahead till it was quite out of touch with our men, then sat down on an enemy trench! and for five hours withstood bombing attacks. In yet another case a "land ship" found the infantry was not" coming on behind, so it went back to : find out what was the matter. They; were held up by a trench which the "tank" had overlooked, where a| I strong bombing party of the enemy j was situated, so that the machine j walked over to the trench and de-j posited itself on top of it and wiped' out the bombing party, i One "tank" is known to have put out of action six German machine guns in a single position. Another ■ wandered around a few hours, nosing out the German machine gun parties in shell holes about the open and , dealing with them firmly when found. \ I Another, after rendering yeoman i | service in the operations at High j Wood, went on to what It. thought! ' was our front trench and then dis- j | covered it was a German one. It) : came back shortly afterward with about 25 German prisoners, who 1 1 walked beside it tike a flock of sheep | cowed by its machine guns. Another' cleaned out a German machine gun j ! post in a shell hole. Then one of the j I gunners of the crew took charge of | the enemy gun and stayed there to' ; use it against the former owners. j i Tt is difficult to speak of the things i quite seriously because they are so! 1 preposterous and incredible, so unlike i ! anything ever on earth before, but j they have proved themselves real ana i i formidable engines of war. The newi | service has been created by his j Majesty's land navy and already the| j men have shown gallantry of which I any of the sister services might be ' proud. New Recruits Addressed hy King Constantine ! London, Sept. 21. The ceremony 1 Incident to the taking of the oath of j j allegiance by new recruits, held in : ' Athens yesterday, was attended by !l<lng Constantine and the royal fam jlly, says a Heuter dispatch from the I | Greek capital under date of Septem-j j her 20. The king In a speech says j I the dispatch recommended blind de-j 1 votion by the men to their superior of- ' 1 fleers and* their sovereign, adding that 1 when every soldier acted on his own Initiative with regard to his country's I requirements "woe betide the country," I ' possessing such an army, i "You will have many things told' 1 you in order to mislead you," King ; j Constantino is quoted as continuing, j I "Relieve nothing. Those who tll thm 1 will sell patriotism lik* ratalleri. | I They seek to commit crimes under the | cloak of patriotism." Submarine Issue Will Probably Be Renewed and Fully Discussed Now | Berlin, Sept. 20, via London, Sept. j 21. i — Renewed and full discussion in | the Reichstag of the submarine issue ; and the controversy which led to the : retirement of Admiral Von Tirpitz as minister of the navy appears to be Inevitable in consequence of the publl i catioi. yesterday of the letters ex changed between Chancellor Von Beth- I mann-Hollweg and the admiral. From j these letters the public learned that in a private conversation Prof. Val entin asserted Admiral Von Tirpitz had misled the Reichstag In regard to the number of available submarines and the possibility of a submarine cam paign. The admiral demanded that the | chancellor discipline Prof. Valentin but ; the chancellor, while freeing the ad miral frorr the charges, took the posi i tlon that the professor was not sub ject to his disciplinary powers, j These letters, however, touched only i the fringes of accusations and alle- I ; gations which for months have been | circulating from mouth to mouth In ' connection with this controversy. There is attributed to Prof. Valentin n'ot only the statement that Admiral Von Tirpitz furnished Incorrect fig ures regarding the number of avll i able submarines, which charge the j chancellor declares unfounded, but also ' the declaration the admiral deliber ately misled the Reichstag and the 'chancellor regarding the previous suc • cess of the submarine campaign and i the amount of tonnage destroyed and | that the foreign office obtained the correct figures only from papers stolen from the admiralty, j This account of Prof. Valentin's I conversation not only reached Admiral ! Von Tirpitz but was submitted in the , form of an affidavit to the Bavarian war ministry and formed one of the | subjects of discussion at an audience | granted last month by the king of Ba varia to a delegation which demanded ja chenge in the imperial policy and the ■ sharpest possible warfare against Great Britain. In a communication printed in the N'orddeutsche Allegemelne Zeitung this 1 afternoon Prof. Valentin denies flatly i any mention of the theft of papers from the Admiralty or that, as charg ed in the affidavit he cited as author ity for this statement the chancellor, with whom at that time he was not acquainted. There has arisen a sharp issue of veracity between Prof. Val entin and the author of the affidavit. Prof. Grossman, editor of the South | German Monthly, a prominent political periodical. CIVILIANS MIGHT SOLDIKRS By Associated Press i London, Sept. 21.—Renter's Copen | hagen correspondent sends the fol- I lowing: "The Wiihelmshaven 'Zei i tung says the number of sanginary and apparently organized encounters between civilians and the military | lately has assumed alarging propor tions. Last week several street fights | occurred with fatal results. Another occurred Sunday night when civilians, ; armed with knives, attacked a party |of marines near the railway killing ; two and mortally wounding other*. I Th ajuuil&nts iicutd. HARRTSBURG Sffijjiftg TELEGRAPH! HUGE GARAGE ON OLD LIVERY SITE Davis and Hargcst Get Permit to Erect Modern Structure Costing $5,500 Official permission to erect one of the bige-est automobile garages in the west end of the city was granted late yester day afternoon by City Building Inspec tor James H. Grove to Harry Davis ana Jefferson Hargest, comprising the old livery firm of Davis and Hargest. The garage will be built on the site of the Davis and Hargest stables, Muench street, near Third, one of the oldest establishments of its kind, b> the way, in the city. Razing of the old stables was completed yesterday. The motor house will cover a space sixty-two feet six inches by sixty feet, and will be numbered 302-04-06 Muench street. M. C. Sollenberger is the con tractor, and he hopes to have the build ing pretty well under way toward com pletion before cold weather interferes. The garage will be a single-storv brick structure for the present, although pro visions will be made for additional 2i°c r Jn S ' Tlle auto ,lve ry house will cost f o.ouu. NEW YORKERS WANT TO STAY Sari Antonio, Tex., Sept. 21. The request of 300 members of the Second New Infantry to remain on bordei duty after they had been ordered home resulted to-day in an announcement bv' General Funston that Guardsmen who wished to stay could transfer to other regiments, releasing men who wanted to return to their homes. Deaths and Funerals DANIEL KENNETH SAIL services for Daniel Kennetn |. au • '"'ant son of and Mrs. Daniel ? U i i 1 North Fifth street, who died at Ills home last night, will be held Saturday afternoon, at 2 o'clock He is survived by his parents. Burial wil, be made in the East Harrisburg Ceme tery with the Rev. J. Bradlev Mark ward, pastor of the Bethlehem Luth eran Church, officiating. WILLIAM T. ROLL, JR. t F VJ? er . al . aervlc<,s for William T. 8011, Jr.. the Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. W T 8011, who died this morning at his h2 m iT;iH q Klft eenth street, will b . , he , ld ,Saturday afternoon, at 2 0 clock. He is survived by his parents and one brother Burial will be made o V le ,r a , xtH u ß ,9 emetpry ' w,th the Rev. R. L. Melsenhelder. pastor of the Trin ity Lutheran Church, officiating. MRS. I,AURA POTTER Funeral services for Mrs. Laura Poi ter. aged 45. widow of the late Ira C Potter, who died at the home of her son. Walter M. Potter, 14 South Fif teenth street, last evening, will be held Saturday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. Sht. is survived by one son. Burial will be made in the East Harrisburg Cemetery with the Rev. J. A. Lyter. pastor of thi Derry Street United Brethren Church officiating. FUNERAL OF BOY Funeral services for Charles Willard Van Aernam, aged 10. who died last evening at the home of his aunt, Mls.- Maud I. Gamble, 607 Pelter street, will he held Saturday morning, at 10:30 o'clock. He is survived bv his aunt one brother, with whom he resided. Private burial will be made in the Harrisburg Cemetery, with the Rev, 1 Har i v, ,X B i_ Klar, pastor of th Cov- JteaahytariSLn Oxurclx. officiating. RAILROAD NEVS RAILROAD MEN PLAN CAMPAIGN Executives Decide to Start In vestigation of Newland Act Next Month Philadelphia, Sept. 2^.—An all-day meeting of the Railway Executives' Advisory Committee was held yester day at the offices of Frank Trumbull. Some sixteen companies were rep resented and a campaign was mapped out for handling the railway end of the joint investigation which is to be started next month under the New lands act. Discuss Eight-Hour I,tnv The new eight-hour law came up for discussion but no definite action was taken. The consensus of opinion was that inasmuch as the railroads would not be affected until after Jan uary 1, 1917, nothing should be done at this time beyond formulating a Keneral policy as to how to handle the situation when it arises. Condition of William H. Henderson | William H. Henderson, ticket agent for the Pennsylvania railroad, who fractured his leg when he fell from an automobile at Denver, Colo last week, is resting well. The right leg is broken below the hip. The frac ture while a bad one, is not as serious as was first reported. Mr. Henderson will be confined to bed for at least six weeks. If his condition will per mit it is thought he may be brought to Harrisburg the latter part of next week. CONGRESSMAN KRETDER TO SPEAK SEPTEMBER 28 The committee on entertainment for the Friendship and Co-operative Club For Railroad Men, has secured Congressman Aaron S. Kreider to speak at the meeting on Thursday night, September 28. His subject will be "Getting Together." Follow ing a business session at which 100 new members will be admitted, there will be a smoker. Refreshments will be served. The meeting will be held at the rooms of the Club, 307 Market street. All railroaders are invited to join. IXMBEK CARS SCARCE Mobile, Ala., Sept. 21.—Many lum ber mills in southern Alabama will have to suspend operations unless the present car shortage is relieved soon, according to notices received by rail road managers here from lumber manufacturers. Appeals for more cars ■jvere directed particularly to the Mobile & Ohio and the Alabama, Ten nessee & Northern roads. COMPLETING NEW SIGNALS Members of the signal department force, under W. E. Gemmill, signal foreman, of the Baltimore division of the Pennsylvania Railroad yesterday completed the battery wells and sig nal pole foundations for the new light signals at Shrewsbury. A car of sig nal material was loaded and received for the work at "RD" tower at Free land, Md. The car will be shipped to Shrewsbury first, where the concrete and measuring tools will be loaded and the car reshipped to Freeland for completion of the work at that point Standing of the Crews HAP MISBURG SIDE Phllndelpli Division— l2s crew first to go after i p. m.: 109, 119, 122, 110, 12fi. 121, 107, 105, 130, 123, 101. , Firemen for 110, 107. Conductors for 126, 107, 101. Flagmen for 109, 126, 121. Brakemen for 126, 107, 105, 130. Engineers up: Keane, McGuire, Hog entogler, Martin, Sellers, Yeater, Sim mons, Newcomer, Sober. I. Gable, Geesey. Brubaker, Lefever, Brooke,, Downs, Hubler. Firemen up: Eckman, Dietrich, Eck rich, Welsh, Paul, Kugle, Walkage, Peters. Arney, Finnegan, Hayes, Evet hart, Cover, Strickler, Killian, Finken binder. Conductor up: Meyers. Flagmen up: Brown, McCann, Dono hoe, Nophsker. Brakemen up: Mumma, Stimeling, Border, Wlebner, Crosby, C. M. Mumma. Middle Division— 29 crew first to go after 2:40 p. m.: 18, 22. Preference: 10, 9. Conductor for 29. Flagmen for 29, 9. Engineers up: Burris. Shirk. Tette mer, Grove, Hummer, Ulsh, Baker, L.ep pard, Albright. Firemen up: Norford, Hunter, Rum berger, Hummer, Beisel, Crone, Sheaf fer. Morris, Kepner, Learner, O'Brieti, J. C. Rumberger. Snyder. Steele, Bruker, Howard, Kllheffer, Trout Conductors up: Heiner, Barger. Brakemen up: Corl, Powell, Lenharl, Bolden, Adams, Yohn, Summy, A. M. Myers, Edwards, Heck, C. H. Myers, Musser, Prosser, S. Schmidt, Palmer, Miller, Sebelist, Campbell, Humphreys. Yard Cr*w— Engineers for 16, 37, 64. Firemen for second 24, third 24, 26, 28. Engineers up: Rodgers. Snyder, Loy, Lei by, Fulton, Fells, McMorris, Mc- Donell, Runkle, Wise, Watts, Slebei, Clelland, Goodman, Harling. Firemen up: Eyed, McKillips, Ewing, Hitz, Peiffer, Snell, Jr.. Fleisher, Blot tenberger. Weigle, Burger, Wasnci, Rlchter, Keiser, Ferguson, Six, Hall. ENOLA SIDE Plillniit-lphln Division —2o2 crew first to go after 3:45 p. m.: 211, 220, 208, 224, 213. 237, 216, 241, 235, 205. Engineers for 202, 205. Fireman for 213. Middle Division —lo6 crew first to go after 1:10 p. m.: 245, 228. Yaril Crew* —To go after 4 p. m.: Enginers for third 126, third 102. Firemen for second 108, 130, Engineers up: Branyon, Bretz, Tur ner, Reese. Kepford. Passmore, Troup, Anthony. Nuemyer, Rider, Hill. Firemen up: C. H. Hall, Wilhelm, Bruaw, Mclntyre, Linn, Sellers. THE READING Hnrriahtirg Division —l 7 crew first to go after 11 o'clock: 16, 7, 18, 5. Eastbound—s2 crew first to go after 11 o'clock: 70. 69. 57, 64, 58. Engineers for 65, iO, 8, 15, 18. Firemen for 52, 58, 65, 8, 15, 17. Conductors for 65. 70, 8, 15, 18. Brakemen for 52, 57. 58. 64, 65, 69, 70. Engineers up: Wood. Wireman, Bruaw, Middaugh, Bonawitz. Firemen up: Camber, Yowler, Stoner, Blumenstine, Carr, Yingst, Sipe, Heis ler, Miller. Gelb Nowark, Kinderman, Elicker, Miller, Zukowski, Day, Gross. Conductors up: Beaver, Kline, Slpes, Hilton. Brakemen up: Engle. Redman, Hill, Grossman. Otstot, Thompson, Hale, Meals, Shipe, Ellsrode. PREVENTION TO CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WILLED $25,000 Philadelphia. Sept. 21. The will of Mrs. Caroline Earle White, who died ai her summer home, at Nantucket, Mass., September 6, was admitted to probate here to-day. The estate is valued at $150,000 and upwards, of which sßl,ooi> is given to charity. The sum of $25,000 is given In trust to the Women's Branch of the Pennsylvania Society foi the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, of which she was the founder anu president. Numerous other bequests, ranging from $15,000 down to SI,OOO, are given to other humane societies. Three ser vants are bequeathed $7,000, $5,000 ana $3,000, respectively. WRIGHT HUNTINGTON DIES Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 21, Wright Huntington, actor. playwright and theatrical manager, who has been ap pearing in a nroduetlon at a local thea ter during this week, dropped dead here to-day. He was 50 years ot age. SEPTEMBER 1916. TRY TO RESTRAIN GREAT STRIKE [Continued From First Pago] on Monday. The citizens' committee had little hope of success. Samuel Gompers, President of the American Federation of Ijibor is here and has promised to attend a meeting with the citizens' committee this after noon. Local strike leaders also will participate in the conference. Mr. Gompers refrains from making any public announcement of his views as some of the trade unions were opposed to It owing to the fact that they have contracts with their employers which would be violated by a strike. Rioting continues nightly despite the fact that two thousand policemen were concentrated in the center of the city last night to protect elevated) and cross town surface lines, strike sym pathizers bombarded cars with mis siles. In one case several hundred strikers attacked a car in Central Park West and were beaten off only after a battle with the police. Repeatedly during the early hours to-day Sixth and Third avenue elevated trains were assailed by strike sym pathizers on roof tops. Twenty-two such attacks were reported by the po lice within a few hours. Car windows were smashed under showers of bricks and bottles and several passengers were injured. ODD FKI.I.OWS IX SESSION Chattanooga, Tenn.. Sept. 21. Bust- Avoitn e^ lon j t l o_d , a J' occupied the Sov hnlifncf h • h ° dse , of Odd Fellows, hi? its ninety-third annual meet nifiHvi Vlslt , in s cantons held a com- ? pe "" alr di'Ul during the morn ing and for the afternoon various social fnt r ,l s . b , ee " arranged for, includ ing tups to battlefields and historic points about the city. 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 SECRETARY OF THE COMMON WEALTH, IN PURSUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITU- Number One. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to article IX of the Constltution'of Pennsylvania Section 1. Be it resolved by the Sen ate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met. That the fol lowing amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania be. and the same la hereby, proposed, in accordance with the XVIII article thereof:— Section 16. The State, or any mu nicipality thereof, acquiring or appro priating property or rights over or in property for public use, uiay. in further-* ance of its plans lor tne acquisition and public use of such property or rights, and subject to such restrictions as the Legislature may from time to time, impose, appropriate an excess of property over that actually to be occu pied or used for public use, and may thereafter sell or lease such excess and impose on the property so sold or leased any restrictions appropriate to preserve or enhance the benefit to the public of the property actually occupied or used. A true copy of Joint Resolution No 1 CYRUS E. WOOD. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Two. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to tne Consti tution of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania so as to consolidate tho courts of common pleas of Philadel phia County. Section X. Be it resoived by the Sen ate and House of Representatives of tho Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen eral Assembly met. That the following amendment to the Constitution of Penn sylvania be. and the same is hereby, proposed, in accordance with the eigh teenth article thereof:— That section six of article five be amended so as to read as follows: Section 6. In the county of Phila delphia all the Jurisdiction and powers now vested in the several numbered courts of common pleas of that county shall bo vested in one court of common pleas, composed of all the judges in commission in raid courts. Such Juris diction and powers shall extend to all proceedings at law and in equity which shall have been instituted in the sev eral numbered courts, and shall be sub ject to such change as may be made by law and subject to change of venue as provided by law. The president judge of the said court shall be selected as provided by law. The number of Judges in said court may be by law increased from time to time. This amendment shall take effect on the first day of January succeeding its adoption. In the county of Allegheny all the Jurisdiction and powers now vested in the several numbered courts of common pleas shall be vested in one court of common pleas, composed of all the judges in commission in said courts. Such Jurisdiction and powers shall ex tend to all proceedings at law and in equity which shall have been instituted in the several numbered courts, and shall be subject to such change as rr.ay be made by law, and subject to change of venue as provided by law. The presi dent judge of the said court shall oe selected as provided by law. The num ber of judges in said court may be by law increased from time to time. This amendment shall take effect on the first day of January succeeding its adoption. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 2. CYRUS E. WOODS, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Three. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to article nine, section four of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva nia; authorizing the State to issue bonds to the amount of fifty millions of dollars for the improvement of the highways ot the Commonwealth. 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 Pennsylvania be, and the same is hereby, proposed, in accordance with the eighteenth article thereof:— That section four of article nine, which reads as follows: ' Section 4 No debt shall be created by or on behalf of the State, except to supply casual deficiencies of revenue, repel Invasions, suppress Insurrection, defend the State in war. or to pay ex isting debt; and the debt created to supply deficiency In revenue snail never exceed in the aggregate, at any one time, one million dollars," be amended so us to read as follows: Section 4. No debt shall be created by or on behalf of the State, except to supply casual deficiencies of revenue, repel invasion, suppress Insurrection, defend the State in war, or to pay ex isting debt; and the debt created to sup ply deficiencies in revenue shall never exceed in the aggregate, at any one time, one million dollars: Provided, however. That the General Assembly, irrespective of any debt, may authorize the State to Issue bonds to the amount of fifty millions of dollars for the pur pose of improving and rebuilding the Highways of the Commonwealth. Section 2. Said proposed amendment shall be submitted to the qualified elec tors of the State, at the Jgeneral elec tion to be held on the Tuesday next folio' ing the first Monday of Novem ber in the year nineteen hundred and eighteen, for the purpose of deciding upon the approval and ratification or the rejection of said amendment. Said election shall be opened, held, and closed upon said election day, at the filaces and within the hours at and witn n which said election Is directed to be opened, held, and closed, and in accord ance with the provisions of the laws of Pennsylvania governing elections, and amendments thereto. Such amendment shall be printed upon the ballots In the form and manner prescribed by the election laws of Pennsylvania, and shall In all respects conform to the require ment of such laws. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. a. CYRUS E. WOODS. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Four. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to section eight, article nine of the Constitution of Pennsylvania. 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 Constitution of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania. In accordjuic* with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof:— Amendment to Article Nine. Section That section eight of article nine of the Constitution be amended by strik ing out the cald section and lnsertlm in place thereof the following:—— Section 8. The debt of any county, city, borough, township, school district or other municipality or incorporated district, except as provided herein and in section fifteen of this article, shall never exceed seven (7) per centum up on the assessed value of the taxable property therein, but the debt of tna city of Philadelphia may be increased in such amount that the total city debt of said city shall not exceed ten per centum (10) upon the assessed value of the taxable property therein, nor shall liny such municipality or district irnur any new debt, or increase its Indebted ness to an amount exceeding two c per centum upon such assessed valua t on of property, without the consent of the electors thereof at a public elec- * tion in such manner as shall be pro- * vided by law. In ascertaining the bor rowing capacity of the said city of Philadelphia, at any time, there shall be excluded from the calculation and deducted from such debt so much of the debt of said city as shall have been in curred, and the proceeds thereof in vested, In any public improvements of any character which shall be yielding to the said city an annual current net revenue. The amount of such deduc tion shall be ascertained by capitaliz ing the annual net revenue from such improvement during the year immedi ately preceding the time of such ascei tainment; and such capitalization shall be estimated by ascertaining the prin cipal 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 be deducted, may be prescribed by the General Assembly In Incurring Indebtedness for any pur pose the city of Philadelphia may issue its obligations maturing not later than fifty (50) years from the date thereof with provision for a sinking-fund suf ficient to retire said obligations at ma turity. the payment to such sinking fund to be in equal or graded annual or other periodical instalments. Where any indebtedness shall be or shall have been Incurred by said city of Philadel phia for the purpose of the construc tion or Improvement of public works of any character from which income or revenue is to be derived by said city, or for the reclamation of land to be used in the construction of wharves or docks owned or to be owned by said city, such obligations my be In an amount sufficient to provide for, and may include the amount of, the interest and sinking-fund charges accruing 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 Rlnking-fund charges as required by section ten. article nine of the Consti tution of Pennsylvania, until the ex piration of said period of one year after the completion of said work. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4. CYRUS E. WOODS, Secretary of the Commonwealth. BIDS will* be received for the con struction of a storm water intercepting sewer, ranging from 2 ft. to 8 ft. 6 in., extending from Loci; st Street to Frank lin Street, to the river; a distance of approximately 5,800 lineal feet. Detail plans and specifications may be seen at the Council Chamber, Steelton. All bids to be submitted on or before September 25, 1916, at 5:00 P. M. Council reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids. CHAS. P. FEIDT, Borough Secretary. NOTICE To Whom It May Concern: The trustees of the Harrisburg Cir cle. W. L. M. C., No. 85, hereby notify all members that the ?aid circle held their regular stated meeting on Wednesday evening, September 20, at their regular meeting place, F. O. E. Hall, and have not authorized any notice for a special meeting on Thursday evening, such no tice being isauea by persons who are no longer officers of Harrisburg Circle, W. L. M. C., No. 85. JENNIE HOLSTEIN, ANNA OBERHOLTZER, ALICE MOYER. OFFICE OF COUNTY CONTROLLER Harrisburg, Pa.. Sept. 11, 1916. NOTICE TO BIDDERS For Election Ballots and Supples Sealed bids or proposals -win be re ceived by the County Controller, at his office, Room 13, Courthouse, Harrisburg. Pa., until 12 o'clock noon. Friday, Sep tember 22, 1916, for printing and fur nishing forty-five thousand, more or less, official ballots, and eleven thou sand, more or less, specimen ballots— Constitutional amendments, as requir ed, to be printed on the ballots. The official ballots to be bound in books of one hundred (100) each, for the en suing general election to be held Tues day, November 7, 1916. All ballots official and specimen, must be delivered at the Commissioners' office by 12 o'clock noon, Wednesday, November 1, ldl6. Full Information as to the number of official and specimen ballots required for each voting district can be had from the County Commissioners. A certified check for two hundred dol lars ($200,001 drawn to the order of th commissioners of Dauphin County must be filed with the County Commissioners bv 11 o'clock a. m., Friday, September 2i, 1916. The successful bidder will have five days' time after the award or the contract to tile a bond satisfactory to the County Commissioners in a sum equal to the full bid price. Also at the same time and place sealed bids or proposals will be re ceived for one hundred and twenty-nine (129) complete sets of election supplies, which shall include the necessary pen alty cards and cards of instructions—■ Candidates names and the Constitu tional Amendments to be printed on the tallv sheets, return sheet statements, triplicate return sheets, etc. All sup plies to be delivered at the County Commissioners' office by 12 O'CIOCK noon, Wednesday, November 1, 1316. Certified checks for fifty dollars ($50.00) drawn to the order of the Com missioners of Dauphin County must be filed with the County Commissioners by 11 o'clock a. m., Friday, September 22. 1916. The successful bidder will have five days' time after the award of the contract, to file a bond satisfactory to tho County Commissioners in a sum equal to the full bid price. The Commissioners reserve the right to reject any or all bids. HENRY W. CSOUGH, County Controller. NOTICE Pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors of Merchants' Ice Company of Harrisburg, a special meeting of the stockholders of said Company is called for Thursday, Oc tober 5, 1916, in the large auditorium of Board of Trade Building, 114 Market streets. Harrisburg, Pa., at 7:30 P. M., to take action by a stock vote on tno approval or disapproval of a proposed increase of the capital stock of said Company from $50,000.00 to $110,000.00. the increase to consist of $60,000.00 of preferred stock, bearing 7 per cent, cumulative dividends, in 6,000 shares of a par value of SIO.OO per share, with such further incidents as appear in the resolution of the said Board of Direc tors recommending said Increase. S. H. DECKMAN, Secretary. OLIVER LENTZ. Solicitor. Common Pleas of Dauphin County, No. 550, June Term, 1916 ln re peti tion of Luke A. Pfeiffer for change of name. NOTICE is hereby given that in the above-mentioned proceeding, the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County on the 30th day of August, 1916, order ed and decreed that the name of Luke A. Pfeiffer be changed to Jerry H. Barnes. HENRY F. HOLLER, Prothonotary. LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION on the Estate of John A. Frltchey, late or Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsyl vania. deceased, having been granted to the undersigned, all persons Indebted to said estate are requested to make pavment, and those having claim* to present the same without delay to ELEANOR P. FRITCHEY, Administratrix, 911 N. Second Street, Harrisburg. Pa. Or to EDWARD F. DOEHNE. Attorney, 317 Chestnut Street. Harrisburg. Pa, NOTICE Letters Ttestamentary on the Estate of Sara I. McNaer, late of Harrisburg. Dauphin County. Pa., de ceased. having been granted to the un dersigned residing in said city, all per sons indebted to said Estate are re quested to make immediate payment, and those having claims will present them for settlement. COMMONWEALTH TRUST COMPANY. £xecuta.
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