NEWS OF THE DIVORCE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE Strenuous Time in the Com mittee When Action Is Taken Upon It The Reynolds bill designed to re peal the 1913 Divorce Act which per mitted ' persons outside the State to establish technical residence and pro cure a divorce was put on the House Calendar by the Judiciary General Committee of the Houso after one of the most remarkable meetings held this session. A majority of the Com mute was lined up flatly in opposition to the bill and this majority was led by Frederick Beyer, chairman of the Committee. The sponsor was present as a member of the committee. Though the bill was argued for by representative lawyers from Philadel phia and elsewhere recently the flrst decision made at the committee hear ing this afternoon was that the bill should be killed by an unfavorable recommendation to the House. Ater a sharp discussion it was de cided to change this so that the bill would be killed by being held in resentative Reynolds got busy and the definitely in committee. Then Rep committee decided to listen to his plea in view of the fact that he could get the bill on the House floor anyhow by assembling sixty votes to have the committee discharged. Finally a vote was taken of the sentiment of the committee regarding the bill and nine members lined up against it, three for it and one did not vote. Despite *ne lineup it was decided to report the bill favorably to the House and make a tight on it in the open which is ex pected to result in its defeat. The bill will be on flrst reading on Thursday and on second reading at the follow- Ing legislative session. YOUR SICK CHILD IS CONSTIPATED! LOOK AT TONGUE Hurry, Mother! Remove poisons from little stomach, liver, bowels. Give "California Syrup of Figs" if cross, bilious or feverish. No matter what ails your child, a gentle, thorough laxative should al ways be the first treatment given. If your little one is out-of-sorts, hiilf-sick, isn't resting, eating and act- ! ing naturally—look. Mother! see If f tongue is coated. This is a sure sign that its little stomach, liver and bowels are clogged with waste. When cross, irritable, feverish,stomach sour, breath £>ad or has stomach-ache, diarrhea, sore throat, full of cold, give a tea spoonful of "California Syrup of Figs," and in a few hours all the constipated poison, undigested food and sour bile ' gently moves out of its little bowels t without griping, and you have a well, ! playful child again. Mothers can rest easy after giving this harmless "fruit laxative." because it never fails to cleanse the little one's liver and bowels and sweeten the stom ach, and they dearly love its pleasant taste. Full directions for habies, chil dren of all ages and for grown-ups printed on each bottle. Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs;" then see ; that it is made by the "California Fig I Syrup Company." The Latest Styles in Jewelry Fashions change in Jewelry as in everything else that is worn for adornment. Styles change more or less—some times decidedly—from one season to another. • This year there have been many innovations. Manufac turers have rivaled one another in bringing out new and prettier designs. Many have produced patterns of rare artistic merit. We arc showing representative assortments, including selections from leading manufacturers who have estab lished reputations for supremacy. Many of these lines are exclusive. CLASTER LEADS for Style and Quality CLASTER LEADS for Variety and Low Prices Watch Our Windows During the Spring Fashion Show We shall be pleased to have you visit our store. Come in and let us show you our extensive lines of beautiful new goods. You will see just what will please you at priqes that will stand the most critical comparison. H. C. CLASTER Gems—Jewels —Silverware 302 Market St: No. 1 N. Third St. WEDNESDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MARCH 14, 1917. LOCAL OPTION TO GET FAIR CHANCE Hearing Will Be Held in Spite of Assertions to the Contrary Two of the greatest developments in the fight for local option in Penn sylvania for years were uncovered to day when it was learned that organ ized labor through International Busi ness Agent Andrew T. McNamara, of the Machinists', would speak for the Vickersham local option bill in the House hearing next Wednesday and that David Hardy, of McKeesport, a wholesale dealer, was evidently acting for the liquor interests, or at. least, the predominating faction among them, and is carrying on the negotia tions from the "wet" side of the street and assuring the "drys" that they will not be interfered with in their desire to address the hearing. Representative William C. Wagner, of Allegheny county, is chairman of the House committee on Law ond Or . der, to which committee the Vicker i man bill was committed. Mr. Wagner i has not favored a hearing on the bill I and at the present time is not overlv | keen to have it. His attitude is that there should be no speech making but I State Insurance Commissioner J. Den | ny O'Neil, has been requesting a fuil and open hearing in the matter and he is backed by the "dry" forces of the Keystone State. Incidentally, Speaker Baldwin, who is not number ed among the local option advocates, has steadfastly advocated free and open hearings on all legislative mat ters and said that his attitude on the local option bill was the same as on all other legislation. At one time >it looked like a breach among the liquor forces, not as to votes on the bill but as to the method by which the hear ing should be conducted and Mr. Hardy now is apparently in the saddle in the House as far as the liquor inter ests are concerned and is representing the conservative element which also wields the power. Ho has not in any way showed any sympathy for the "dry" propoganda but he has made it plain that next week's hearing will be like those of previous sessions. This schism in the liquor forces is quite un usual though the most ardent local optlonist does not think it will cause any of those daubed by the "wets" to shift to the "dry" camp. However, the dove of peace is winging its way over the camps of the two factions in the "wets" and evidently finding it a hard job to find asylum. Mr. Hardy is the liquor chieftain and outside of being chairman of the powerful Law and Order committee Representative Wag ner seems to be temporarily outside the walls. However, he will be placat ed because the general "wet" going is too precarious these days for any of the supporters of that interest to be allowed to get off the reservation. The acquisition of Mr. McNamara to the local option ranks is significant as it is being explained by the option- Ists as a harbinger of where labor will eventually line up. He has been active in industrial matters in Western Penn sylvania, being especially prominent in ! the business affairs of the machinists in the Turtle Creek Valley last year. He has a country-wide reputation in labor. The other speakers for both sides have not been announced. It is I expected that Chairman Wagner will | preside at the meeting because the liquor men wisely want the entire af fair carried off with as little noise as possible and are calling on the Mt. Oliver man to take in his horns. The predictions here on the vote on local option do not show the "drys" have much of a chance. It takes 104 votes to pass a bill in the House and some of the strongest "dry" advocates claim they will be doing very well to muster 80 for local option. The ques tion of a State-wide prohibition amendment is thought to be several votes stronger in the House than local option. GOVERNOR URGES WATER INVENTORY Declares Pennsylvania Should Pi'otect Itself From Floods in the Future Governor Brumbaugh late yester day came out in favor of an immedi ate inventory of the water resources of the State as a means of enabling the Commonwealth to establish a sys tem of flood control. His address was made at the meeting of the spec ial Water Conservation Committee over which Commissioner of Health Dixon presided and the bills for $200,- 000 for the inventory and $25,000 for the geological survey were approved. "I think it is time for the people who are competent to do so, to tell the entire Commonwealth the truth about its needs and the importance of this matter," Governor Brumbaugh. "We are such a practical people and we live so much in the present, and think only of the things of to-day, that when you project a large prob lem and sense it as a great service to this great Commonwealth, thousands of people turn it down as a matter of indifference and say 'let the next gen eration handle it'—'Sufficient Unto the Day is the Evil Thereof.' That seems to me the worst doctrine. We have a definite obligation here to this Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. "We have gone out for the past fifty years and literally robbed It of thou sands and thousands of resources which can never again come back to us, and the practice continues in a modified form simply because deple tion gives us less opportunity to rob. 1 think the time has come when we should call a halt. "It does seem to me that with the restoration of our forests and the Im pounding of our mountain waters wo can evolve here a system of control of our waters that will be an Intestimable blessing to the people of Pennsylvania, instead of what it now is, a menace during a part of the season and a dirth during the other part. I would like to see that come to pass. "I hope you will make some pro vision for geological and topographi cal survey for Pennsylvania. It seems to be fundamental, something upon which any engineering project would have to be based. "Get after the water problem "snd put the hand of the Commonwealth strongly upon the control of the streams now, so that no private in terests or corporation or other creature shall further inflict restric tions upon the rights of the common people. Let us keep it and conserve it and increase it, if we can, for our people in the future. "But it was not my intention. Dr. Dixon, to talk so much as It was to come here and say to you how im portant this whole matter seems to me, greater than your highway prob lem. greater than the agricultural problem, great as those are. "I could die happy if in my ad ministration I could see a program established for the centuries to come in this great need, more important than anything I think of at the present moment." Chairman Dixon told his hearers that there was nothing left for the chairman to say after the broad and comprehensive outline of the subject of the meeting which the Governor had made. Among- some of those who attended were John P. Richenauer, S. B. Elliott, member of the Forestry Com mission, County Commissioner Ad dison C. Gumbert. Pittsburgh; W. M. Jacoby of the Pittsburgh Flood Com mission; Lieutenant Colonel Ed star Jadwin, of the United States Engineer ing Corps, 'Morris Knowles, of the Pittsburgh Flood Commission: Gifford Pincliot, C. E. Ryder, George S. Webster, Chief of the Rureau of Wharves.. Docks and Ferries, of Philadelphia, and Robert A. Zent myer, chairman of the Water Supply Commission. GAME CODE WILL GET A HEARING Sportsmen Will Be Here Lute This Month to Discuss Its Provisions Many sportsmen of the State are expected here on March 27, when the game committees of the House and Senate will meet in Joint session for the purpose of affording a hearing on the new Game Code, known as House bill 187. This will be the only public hearing given by either branch and in addition to the representatives of the various State-wide sportsmen's associations like the Wild Life League, the United Sportsmen and the State Sportsmen, all the smaller clubs and Individuals that have objection to any of the provisions of the game cod* will be invited to be present. The heiring was arranged at the instance of the Wild Life League and the Game Com mission and will be held at 2 o'clock, probably in the hall of the House of Representatives. It is expected that the new Fish Code wil come into the House this week, and will be printed and distri buted in plenty of time so that a hear ing can be given on It by the House committee on the same day. The reporting out of the Scliantz bill, repealing the forbldtjing aliens to own dogs, from the Senate game com mittee has stirred up the representa tives of the sportsmen's organiza tions and it is likely that they will ask a hearing. Action Is being asked on House bill No. 174, which appropriates'the Hunt ers' License Fund to the protection and propagation of game, and efforts to so amend tt as to give part of the money to the enforcement of laws other than game laws, by providing for the payment therefrom of fish or for est wardens or both of them, will be opposed. Anthracite Mining Code Sent to Subcommittee The proposed anthracite mining code was referred to a special sub committee with instructions to give hearings to all parties interested by the House Mines and Mining commit tee last evening at the conclusion of a prolonged discussion during which the bill was savagely attacked. The code was drafted by Chief James E. Roderick, of the State Department of Mines, and was introduced by Chair man Ramsey, of the committee. The hearing was attended by rep resentatives of miners and operators and Presidents Dempsey, Matthews and Kennedy, of the three anthracite mine workers' districts, objected to the provisions, Mr. Dempsey declaring that it would be a one man code. Rog ! er Dever, of Wilkes-Barre, counsel for jthe miners, also spoke in opposition i to the code and asserted that it would | probably interfere with legislation rel ative to "mine caves." Representative Fowler, Lackawanna, also spoke against the bill. The sub-committee, which will meet at 10 a. m„ March 22, consists of Rep resentatives Milliron, Armstrong; Hess, Lancaster; Lanius, York; Robertson, Northumberland, and Mervine, Mon roe. The committee did not set any date for hearings on the bill for assistant mine inspectors. Munition Fire Done Much Damage in London Suburb London, March 12.—Five million dollars damage was done and 100,000 windows broken by the explosion in the east end of London on January 19, according to the current issue of Fire, a technical publication. The building in which the explosion oc curred disappeared, and an immense crater 100 feet by 30 feet deep was formed. "The triumph of ferro-concrete construction is the most striking fea ture of the catastrophe," the paper says. "Not only have such structures within the explosion area withstood the effect of the air wave, but they came through the ordeal of tire suc cessfully. "The metallic rods and laths within the concrete enabled the buildings to give slightly to the air wave when it struck the buildings; the windows caved in. The reverberating air en tered, and, expanding, passed through the opposite windows, thereby helping to straighten up the main structure again although fire was left behind. Brick structures collapsed iguomini ously, being pulled inward by the floor and roof joists and girders. "Not all the 100,000 windows broken were blown in; many were blown out by the advance wave enter ing open doors and creating a pre- 1 liminary high internal pressure, suf ficient to burst out some windows be fore the main blast arrived and blew in .the remaining windows." The paper finds that the damage will not exceed one-tenth of the value that a preliminary inspection of the area might lead one to anticipate. Wild Cat Companies Fleece Chinese In Insurance Deals Shanghai, China, March 12. —For- eign newspapers printed in Shanghai are conducting an energetic campaign against bogus insurance companies, and endeavoring to bring about a regulation of insurance companies by the Chinese government which will protect the public against fraudulent institutions. While there are many reliable Chinese insurance companies, there are also scores of wild cat com panies writing lire, life and marine insurance. Shanghai newspapers are endeavor ing to get legislation through the mu nicipal council in this city which will prevent companies ot any nationality from writing insurance in the inter national settlement unless the diplo matic body in Peking approves of their methods. This reform as advo cated is the first step towards national legislation in China, which will pro tect foreigners and Chinese alike from irresponsible insurance companies op erating in any part of the republic. It is urged that the municipal council should take action here and afford an example to the Parliament, which has been slow in effecting legislation. PLANS IX)R TENNIS SEASON Lemoyne, Pa., March 14. Plans for the coming tennis season are being made by the Ayron Racket club. Work on placing the court in Hum mel avenue into condition wll be started next week. As soon as the court is completed candidates for a tennis .team will start practice. SURVEY OF SCHOOLS Lemoyne, Pa., March 14. Prof. J. Kelso Green, of Carlisle, superinten dent of the public schools of Cumber land county, and Prof. Rice, of Me chanicsburg, assistant superintendent, made their annual survey of the bor ough schools on Monday. WFATHER rOSTTONES SERVICE Blatn, Pa.. March 14. —On account of bad weather the Junior Order m Y\it I . fV/O f which 771QS? 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With trol, ready to meet the instant easy flight he outspeeds any- demands of every driving thing in nature —for all the condition, energy he has is put to work It's the rapid impulses of its in the rapid, steady impulses twelve powerful cylinders, of his "power plant." overlapping and blending Grace, elegance, retfine- into one steady flow of power, ment, a motor carriage must that gives the unparalleled have —for it evidences the Twin-six its remarkable alert taste and place of the owner, ness, safety and economy. But to these essentials the All the man-made trails Twin-six adds the thrill of into the open will soon be mighty power — smoothest calling, /will you be ready? Ask. the man who owns one PACKARD MOTOR CAR CO! OF PHILADELPHIA 101 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pa. Bell Phone 2601 . v C^^TWIN^ 1 I 1 United American Mechanics. Blatn council, No. 583. did not attend serv ices' In the Methodist Episcopal Church as previously announced. On Sunday mornlnß at 10.30 o'clock, the Rev. H. Knox, pastor of the Methodist Church, will deliver a sermon to the order. 9
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