4 NEWS OF THE LEGISLATURE GOVERNOR PROBE RESOLUTION IN Presented by Sproul •at Brief Session of Senate; Sent to Ap propriations Committee The anticipated resolution for the investigation of the Brumbaugh ad ministration turned lip in the Senate last night, Senator Sproul introducing the measure with the explanation that ho did so with the full knowledge that he would be unable to accept appoint ment on the investigating committee even though it were tendered him, due to a press of other business. Be fore the resolution was read Senator VSre asked if it were to be acted upon at once or referred to committee and lieutenant Governor McClain, who was in the chair, said he could not decide until it had been presented. When it was read he sent it to the appropriations committee. The Sen ate adjourned until 11 o'clock to-day after confirming a long list of notary appointments.. Text of Sproul Resolution The following is the joint resolution introduced by Senator Sproul: "A joint resolution providing for the appointment of a committee to investigate alleged maladministration in public office, and making an appro priation therefor. "Whereas, statements have been made by reputable citizens, the re sponsible press of this Commonwealth, alleging maladministration on the part of public olticers by their gross extrav agance, by their misuse of public funds, by their continued absence from their respective offices, by their failure to properly discharge duties imposed upon them by statute, by their wilful, malicious and unnecessary delay in the transaction of public business, by their intimidation and coercion of em ployes and business interests, by their misuse of appointive, administrative and regulative authority, by their al leged bribery in bargaining and sell ing as rewards for votes of members of the General Assembly, offices and position created by- the public and supported by the public for the trans action of public business, by perjury on the part of certain officials in ac cepting public ottices from which they have knowingly disqualified them selves by violating the corrupt prac cties act of this Commonwealth, by repugnant and flagrant political activ ity on the part of semijudlcial otficer, by the enci-oachment of the executive upon the legislative branch of Mie government; and, "Whereas, Such officers debauch, defame and disgrace the fair name of this Commonwealth, demoralizing the public service by their malfeasance and hold up to ridicule its citizenship and "Whereas, The above-named charges allegations concerning the conduct of public business by its rec ognized officials and subordinates have BO aroused public sentiment concern ing the administration of the affairs of this Commonwealth as to demand a full, free, unobstructed, comprehen sive and impartial investigation of the public business; now, therefore, Provides For Joint Commission "Be it resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Com-, monwealth of Pennsylvania in general assembly met, That a joint committee consisting of three members of the Senate, one of whom shall be of a minority political party, to be appoint ed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, and four members of the House, one of whom shall be of a minority political party, to be ap pointed by the Speaker of the House, be created for the purpose of making a full, free, unobstructed, comprehen sive and impartial investigation of all and singular the aforesaid matters and charges; and "Be it further resolved, That said joint committee is hereby directed to organize forthwith, after the approval of this joint resolution by the Gover nor; to hold such and as many hear ings as it may deem necessary; to summon witnesses to further the pur poses of this investigation; to issue subpenas, administer oaths and com pel the attendance of such witnesses and the production of all such books, bills, papers, minutes, records, vouch ers, agreements and all, each and every other form of written or docu mentary evidence as may be pertinent or germane to the inquiry; and "Be it further resolved, That the said joint committee shall be vested with the fullest and most complete powers which the General Assembly, by virtue of the Constitution and all acts of Assembly, can confer on such committee for accomplishment of its purposes; and "Be it further resolved, That' the said joint committee shall be author ized to employ auditors, accountants, counsel learned in the law, stenog raphers, clerks, messengers, investiga tors and all such other clerical or skilled assistance as may be necessary for the proper discharge of the duties hereby imposed upon said committee, and to further the inquiry by them to be made. The sergeant-at-arms of the Senate is hereby directed to attend said joint committee, to serve all sub penas issued by it, and generally to enforce all the orders which said joint committee is hereby authorized to make; and "Be it further resolved, That said Yes they are the first ciga rette that ever did it. Tomorrow you'll get the facts about Chesterfield TUESDAY EVENING, MILLIRON FIRST TO PRESENT ACT Offers in Place a bill as Soon as House Starts Its Session's Work Representative Miles A. Milliron, of Armstrong, presented the first bill of the session in the House last e'vening. The /bill makes an appropriation of $45,992.91 to complete a Stato road between Ford City and Kittanning. Mr. Hess, Lancaster, introduced a bill to abolish capital punishment and substituting imprisonment for life as punishment for first degree murder. Mr. Wells, Philadelphia, presented a similar bill accompanied by two others to amend the penal code so that no. crime shall be punished by death and repealing the electrocution act of 1913. Mr. Dunn, Philadelphia, put a bill giving consent to the acquisition of land in Philadelphia to the United States for arsenal purposes, and Mr. Walter, Franklin, one validating cer tain loan elections. Other bills introduced were Mr. Thomas, Luzerne, increasing penalties for crimes arising out of use of weap ons and requiring licenses for carry ing weapons. Mr. Maurer, Berks, providing for an old age pension system to be adminis tered by the Department of Labor and Industry, authorizing second and third class cities to sell milk and to engage in farming and dairying; regulating prima facie evidence of negligence in operation of a motor vehicle and pro posing a constitutional amendment to make terms of judges four years in stead of ten. Mr. Whitaker, Chester, appropriat ing $227,100 to the Valley Forge Park Commission and $1,071,250 to the Spring City Stato Institution. Mr. McVicar, Allegheny, authoriz ing townships to establish country roads. Mr. Ehrliardt, Lackawanna, amend ing the school code section applying to Scranton so that a tax collector shall not be re-elected until tax dupli cate is settled. Mr. West, Montour, appropriating $132,200 to Danville State Hospital. There were a number of other ap propriation bills presented. Colored Man Who Tried to Shoot Bank Clerk Held Carlisle, Pa.. Jan. 23. —John Hum bert, the colored man who attempted to shoo* Frank Briner, clerk In the Farmers Trust Company Bank, here, yesterday, when the latter refused to cash a check drawn in Humbert's name, was taken to jail, whore an investigation sis to his sanity will be made. Several weeks ago Humbert went to the markets here and helped himself to the produce on the farmers' stands. He claimed that he w r as en titled to all he wanted to eat and de manded that the food be given him. He was ejected from the building. Humbert seems to be insane on the subject of the high cost of living. MRS. CALVIN E. MYERS DIES Lemoyne, Pa., Jan. 23.—Mrs. Car rie Rosella, wife of Calvin E. Myers, | of Lemoyne, died in the Harrisburg Hospital on Sunday night. Mrs. Myers was 4 8 years old and is survived by her husband, one son, Eugene Myers, and a daughter. Etta. Funeral serv ices will be held at the home to-mor row morning at 11 o'clock. The body will be taken to Dillsburg, where fur ther services will be held at the Meth odist Church in the afternoon. Burial will be made at Dillsburg. joint committee shall,from time to time, report its findings to the General As sembly with such recommendations as: the members deem expedient to the end that proper legislation may be en acted to remedy and prevent such abuse as may be found to exist and that said joint committee shall also be empowered to certify to the prose cuting officer or officers of the proper jurisdiction the proceedings of the | committee setting forth any violation or violations of law committed within their respective jurisdictions for such action as the law provides; and "Be it further resolved, That it is the sense of the General Assembly that it is contrary to public policy and to the interests of good order that any person giving evidence before said joint committee tending to show that he or she has been in any manner implicated in the corrupt practices above mentioned should be indicted and prosecuted for the offense dis closed by such evidence or admission so given or made by him or her, and "Be it further resolved, That the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars (25,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby specifically provided to defray the expenses nec essary incurred by said joint commit tee in the discharge of the duties im posed upon it, and that payment shall bo made on the order of the chairman of said joint committee and on war rant of the Auditor General, in the manner now prescribed by law." SWARTZ NAMED AS BANKS CHAIRMAN Men From This Section of the State Fare Well in Legisla tive Committees Representative Joshua W. Swartz, of this city, was to-day named as chairman of the House committee on banks and banking, one of the im portant committees of the House. Representatives Weimcr and Urich, of Lebanon, both land chairmanships and Representative Spangler, of York, is the new chairman of public roads. The committeo assignments were announced to-day and the Dauphin members fare pretty well in the dis tribution of honors by Speaker Bald win, while President pro tem. Beidle man was exceedingly fair in taking care of Senator Lelby, one of the Democratic members of the upper house. Senate Chairmen The following are chairmen of Sen ate committees: Agriculture, Schantz; appropriations, Buckman; banks and building and loan associations, Croft; canals and inland navigation, Magee; .city passen ger railways, 1-lomsher; congressional apportionment, W. P. Graff; corpo rations, Crov; education, Semmens; elections, McNichol; executive nomi nations, Crow; exposition affairs, Pat ton; federal relations, P. W. Snyder; finance, Sproul; forestry, Phipps; game and fisheries, McConnell; insurance, J. F. Graff; judicial apportionment, Jenkins; judiciary general, Kline; judiciary special, C. A. Snyder; law and order, Salus; legislative apportion ment, Weaver; library, Jones; military affairs, McKee; mines and mining, Baldwin; municipal affairs, Vare; new counties and county seats. Lynch; pen sions and gratuities. Burke; public grounds and buildings, Catlin; public health and sanitation, Miller; public printing, W. W. Smith; public roads and highways. Eyre; public supply of light, heat and water, Daix; railroads, Endsley. Senators' Places The assignments of senators from this section are as follows: Haldeman—Education, federal re lations, forestry, judiciary special, ju dicial apportionment, military, pen sions, public health and municipal affairs. Wasbers—Appropriations, education, forestry, game, military, public grounds and buildings, public health, printing, roads, light, heat and water and rail roads. Leiby Banks, canals, education, exposition affairs, federal relations, forestry, judiciary general, library, printing, light, heat and water. McConnell—Appropriations, banks, elections, game (chairman), insur ance, judiciary general, judiciary special, law and order, public grounds and buildings, public roads. House Chairmen House chairmen are as follows: Accounts, Fitzgibbon; agriculture, Lohr; appropriations. Woodward; banks and banking, Swartz; bureau of statistics, Marvin; centennial af fairs, Fretz; electric railways, McArdle; compare bills, McCullou'gh; congres sional apportionment, Horton; consti tutional reform, Conrad G. Miller; corporations, Welmer; counties and townships, Siggints; education. Mill iron; elections, Palmer; federal rela tions, Sampsel; fisheries, Bovee; for estry, Albee; game, Powell; geological surveys, Urich; insurance, Mearkle; Iron and coal, Goodnough; judiciary general, Beyer; judiciary local, Good win; judiciary special, Stern; judicial apportionment, Lee Smith; labor and industry, Mangan; law and order, Wagner; legislative apportionment, Baldridge; library, Edgar R. Smith; manufactures, Whltaker; military, Haight; mines and mining, Hess; mu nicipal corporations, Stadtlander; pen sions and gratuities, John P. Williams; printing, Jennings, public buildings, Pale; public health and sanitation, Gans; public roads, Spangler; rail roads, Dawson: retrenchment and re form, Heyburn; ways and means, Baker. Barner.—Accounts, Centennial Af fairs, Compare Bills, Congressional Apportionment, Iron and Coal. Bechtold. Appropriations, Manu facture, Municipal Corporations, Pub lic Buildings, Legislative Apportion ment. Labor and Industry. Benchoff. —— Accounts, Bureau of Statistics, Counties and Townships, Pensions and Gratuities. Black. Federal Relations, Consti tutional Reform, Centennial Affairs, Bureau of Statistics. Brumbaugh. Education, Iron and Coal, Geological Survey, Federal Re lations. Burnett. Banks and Banking, Constitutional Reform, Geological Survey, Library, Printing, Ways and Means. Chestnut.—Constitutional Raiform, Retrenchment adn Reform, Military, Geological Surveys, Mines and Min ing. Clements. 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For those who do not care for sauerkraut, baked beans will be provided. Letter List IJST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN the Post Ofttce, at Harrlsburg, l'a., for the week ending January 20, 1917: Ladies' List Mrs. Wm. Adams, Mrs. ClKrence G. Albrecht, Mrs. Fred E. Bailiett, Mrs. Evelyn Bintz, Mrs. Adam Boger, Mrs. Mary Bowey, Effie Clem ents, Marzie Earley, Annie Ely, Mrs. Morrow Farner, Mary Fenical, Fannie Finltinger, Emma Flickneger, Alice Ford, Mrs. Alex. Forhofski, Mrs. J. H. Frey, Miss M. Gemmill, Mrs. Ella Gil bert, Mrs. Gertie Greene. Miss M. S. Grove, Elizabeth Harrington, Edith Harris, Louise Hendrix, Marie Heckert, Louise M. Hoxie, Nellie Lansing', Annie Lee, Margaret Lee, Ellen J. Levan. Mrs. John Mac Donald, Mrs. Albert Massker, Jessie Moruney, Mrs. Catherine Proc tor, Mrs. Frank Ray, Mrs. Rey Roop, Mrs. M. Rose, Mrs. Mabel Sellmier, Mrs. J. F. Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth Steiner, Helen Stever, Jean Thompson, Mrs. L Walsh, Allen White, Mrs. Wolf. Gentlemen's List Vlncenzo Agas tino, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Anderson, L. R. Arnold, Harry Baer, Andrew Bought night, Wm. Boas, C. B. Bower, R. T. Campbell, Carmine Camplese, Wm. Car michael, W. D. Child, Mrs. Ross Coul stock, Glenn Crampton, John Cutman, Dr. W. T. Davis, Thomas Dean, Harry Dewalt, David Dobbs, G. M. Dunlap, Harry B. Eby, Frank Fortner, Domingo Galavia, I. M. Gayman, ri. Grady, P. Greene, W. Green, Sol. Gutterman, Win. H. Harrison, Simon P. Hess, T. P. HUands, Hirschs, CUoyd W. Hoffman, George E. Hurd, Albert Ingram, James E. Johnson, M. G. Jones, Chftrles Jor dan, W. E. Kapp, Earl Keiser, E. Kil hofner, R. L Kimbrougli, W. H. Kniss ley, Percy Lawrence (3), Nan Harvey Leedman, Hon. R. B. Little; C. H. Lucas. J. M. McCollough, George Mecsekl, Charles 11. Miller, Dr. J. A. Mills, H. H. Montgomery, Hon. James Myers, John Myers, Geo. Neff, J. Nem ethy, C. J. Payne, George Henry Payne, L. G. Powell, Joseph Rody, Elmer Rem inger, George N. Reynolds. Henry J. Rife, Joseph H. Robinson, Wm. S. Rob inson, John Ross, Albert Russell, F. A. Sales, Wm. E. Sherlock, Joe Sliravelv, Toney Singleton, Harry Small, D. B. Smith, George Snyder, H. C. Spahr, Charles Summus, Rufus Sumter, E. Swagerd, Fred Thompson, R. W. Thompson, Dr. Turner, John B. Tyson, Wm. Wales. Charles Williams, Rubbie Woods, S. Writs. Firms A. B. Bloom & Son, Man ager Book Dept., Lutheran Book Con cern. Foreign Mrs. Herbert MacK. Car sow, Mr. Gluseppi. Persons should invariably have their mall matter addressed to their street and number, thereby insuring prompt delivery by the carriers. FRANK C. SITES, Postmaster. WANIIAUUH CHAIRMAN Linwood B. Wanbaugh has been nam ed as chairman of the banquet commit tee of Typographical Union, No. 14. A big dinner will be held early next month. Mr. Wsnbaugh succeeds Frank [Hoffman, resigned. JANUARY 23, 1917. Recent Deaths in Central Pennsylvania Marietta. —John Farmer, Sr., aged 72, died Sunday night. He was a tenant on one of the Hiestand farms for forty-two years. His wife, two children, nine grandchildren, two brothers and two sisters survive. Marietta. The Rev. William X. Zanders, well-known clergyman of the Episcopal Church, died at Columbus, Neb., word reaching here to-day. His wife and several children survive. The family went west in 1900. Marietta. —Emanuel Spangler, aged 71, a resident of Sprlngett township, died Sunday night. His wife, two sons and seven brothers survive. Columbia.—Mrs. Annie Little, widow of R. J. M. Little, died at her home here from a complication of diseases. Columbia. William Collins, care taker of the Locust Street Park, died at his home, aged 70 years. He was born in Wales, but had resided in Columbia twenty-five years. Sliiremanstown. Elizabeth Hess. 74 years old, died Sunday morning at her residence at Slate Hill Church, one mile south of here. The funeral services will be held Thursday. Sliippensfourg.—Mrs. Martha Grove, widow of Isaac P. Grove, native of Letterkenny township, for many years a resident of Lurgan township, died yesterday morning at the home of her daughter. She was aged 76 years. F. & M PLANS IMPROVEMENTS Lancaster, Jan. 23. Franklin and Marshall College has begun a cam paign for many improvements, which will place the local educational insti tution high up among the colleges of the United States. The improvements aimed for are an auditorium, with ad ministration rooms; a chapel, a pres ident's house, gymnasium and athletic field, endowment, scholarships and the providing of enough funds to pay for the land recently purchased from the theological seminary. DR. BF.RNTHKISKL PRESIDENT Marietta, Pa., Jan. 2 3.—Dr. George W. Berntheisel, of Columbia, was elected president of the Columbia Col lege of Physicians and Surgeons at the annual banquet and session at the Hotel Bittner. Dr. Charles Stahr, of Lancaster, was elected secretary. 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The first held yesterday, was the claim of Rino Parlsi, of 529 South Second street, Steelton, against the Allegheny River Mining Company • Kittanning. Paris! claims ho has been unable to work since .iuly 1, 1916, when he was injured by a gas explosion in a .mine at Chickasaw. The claim of Guglielmo Contonati, in jured in the same explosion with Rino was also heard. To-day the claim of Ralph W. Mumma, of Meehanicsburg and Harry Lester Booth, of 1003 Paxton street, Harrisburg, against the Phila delphia and Reading Railway Com pany, will be held. On Wednesday, hearings will be held at York and Hanover, on the claims of Eda E. Beckmeyer, York, against Cohen Bros., and of Mari B. Harding, Hanover, against H. B. Sheppard and C. N. Myers of the Hanover Shoe Company. At Meehanicsburg, Thursday morn ing, Referee Saylor will consider the claim of Owen Shireman, Meehanics burg, again Chas. and Wallace Waple operating the Ward House, Tyrone. At Carlisle Thursday afternoon, the case of John Clay of 66 East Pom fert street, Carlisle, against the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company will be heard. The final hearing of the week will be held by Referee Saylor at Lebanon Friday morning, on the claim petition of John P. Callahan, of 364 North Eleventh street, Lebanon, against the Donaghmore Iron and Steel Corapanv.
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