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NEWS OF THE
COAL TAX BILL
LAID OVER AGAIN
House Committee Hears Objec
tions From the Retail Coal
Dealers Men
Thu llo&sc Ways and Means Com
mittee postponed action on the Davis
bill to tax hard and soft coal two and
a half per cent, ad valorem after a
protest had been made against con
sidering it by Lackawanna county
members who asked that a full hear
ing be accorded. The bill was attacked
by W. H. Search, of Bethlehem, repre
senting anthracite operators, and W.
M. Bertolet, of Reading, representing
the State Retail Coal Dealers' Associa
tlon.
Mr. Bertolet argued that it would
be class legislation, that anthracite is
a necessity which should not be taxed
and that the hard coal business is
now heavily taxed. He also pointed
out that if bituminous coal is taxed
it will be brought into competition
with untaxed coal from West Virginia,
Ohio and Illinois and result in an in
creased cost.
In behalf of the Scranton Board of
Trade it was asked that there be a full
hearing and also that some informa
tion be obtained whether it was the
intentton to have the companion bill
appropriating half of the tax raised
to the municipalities where the coal'is
mined for highway purposes.
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WEDNESDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG tttifsfa TELEGRXPH! MARCH 21, 1917.
HOUSE HISTORIES
A BIG FEATURE
Hutchinson and Brackney in
Charge of Compilation
With Moore
Two Pittsburgh men, holding re
sponsible positions in the Pennsylvania
House of Representatives—J. Edward
Brackney, assistant chief clerk, and
Ilarry L. Hutchinson, desk clerk —are
getting out for the convenience of the
Legislature and the citizenship of the
slate that is interested in the activities
of the 1917 session of the House a
complete history of each bill and reso
lution that goes into the House. This
is the first session it has been done.
They have expedited the work of those
who come here seeking information
concerning the mass of legislation and
which to one of the unitiatec' is a con
fusing proposition. The history propo
sition was first started by Secretary W.
Harry Baker, of the State Senate, and
his lead has been speedily followed in
the lower house by Mr. Hutchinson
and Mr. Brackney.
S. Edward Moore, of Uniontown, is
the chief assistant to the two Pitts
burgh men, and while younger in
years, bids fair to become one of the
best posted men in legislative matters
in the stae. He is in the Legislative
Reference Bureau when the Legis
lature is not in session.
In explaining tho method of getting
out the history Mr. Hutchinson said
to-day:
"This history is published weekly'
and' appeals on the tile of each repre
sentative at the regular weekly open
ing of the Legislature on Monday
evening. It contains the title of the
bill, its author, number, file folio num
ber, the committee to which it has
been referred, its progress through the
committee, through the House and
Senate, and its appearance before the
Governor. It shows if the bill has
been successful or falls and contains
enough of tho bill in the title to give
an excellent idea of what the bill is
meant to do. There is a ready index
for the bills, and as appropriation
measures form an Important part of
the deliberations of Pennsylvania legis
latures those bills have been indexed
separately. Resolutions are also in
dexed separately. One improvement
that I think has been made is the
alphabetical list of representatives,
one to a line, and after each mem
jer's name the House number of tiio
bills he has introduced."
This history has been of great serv
ice to civic organizations, boards of
trade, commercial organizations, banks,
corporations and those who naturally
would be interested in the work of
legislative bodies. Mr. Hutchinson,
Mr. Brackney and Mr. Moore appar
ently have perfected a valuable pldcc
of legislative machinery.
DOUBLING GAP SPRINGS HOTEL
BOUGHT BY PHILADELPHIANS
Carlisle, Pa., March 21. Miller
and Mitchell, a Philadelphia firm of
wholesale grocers, yesterday pur
chased at sheriff's sale the property
of Mrs. Charlotte K. Freyer, including
tho Doubling Gap Springs Hotel, a
summer resort. On a previous occa
sion the property had been marked
sold, but the bidder did not make the
first payment, so that Job K. Conklin,
who made the purchase for the Phila
delphians, had to pay one-half of the
purchase amount, *9,400, in cash.
SHOWER FOB MRS. BLOCK
Mechanicsburg, Pa., March 21. —
Last evening a miscellaneous shower
was given Mrs. W. B. Block, recently
married, by a number of her friends,
who came in a crowd and surprised
her. The guests were entertained with
music and readings. Refreshments
were served to the merry party, among
whom were Miss Lilian Fought, Miss
Margaret Smith, Miss Ruth Chase
Miss Ella Briggs, Miss Catharine
MoMichaels, Miss Reba Barnes, Miss
Ida G. Kast, Miss Maude K. William
son, Mrs. C. E. Umberger, Mrs. J. 11.
Gross, Mrs. Klmer E. Steele, Mrs. U.
G. Seyler, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Block
and Allan Sangree. of Harrisburg; Mrs.
Mary E. Barnes, Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Block. *
CIVIL WAR HERO DIES
Gettysburg, Pa., March 21.—Daniel
S. lteigle, aged 76 years, a Civil War
hero, died at his home near here yes
terday from a stroke of paralysis.
Mr. Iteigle was a member of the
Eighty-seventh Pennsylvania regi
ment during the war. General Sheri
dan ordered him to report to Wash
ington for the purpose of having pre
sented to him by President Lincoln a
medal "For marked bravery displayed
on the battlefield on the evening of
October 19, near Middletown, Va., and
for gallantly Pushing forward through
a terrific fire and capturing a rebel
flag at the stone fence where the
enemy's last stand waa made."
STUDENT MAY LOSE SIGHT
Carlisle, Pa., March 21. Richard
Russel, of Carlisle, will lose the sight
of one eye and may be totally blinded
through an accident in the chemistry
department at Dickinson College yes
terday. Young Russell poured hot
sulphuric acid into mercury and an
explosion followed. His face was bad
ly burned and bits of glass from the
receptacle holding the mercury, cut
into his face and eyes. After receiv
ing treatment from local physicians
he was taken to Philadelphia, where
he will be put under the care of spe
cialists.
LARGE BARN BURNED
Blaln, Pa., March 21. A barn on
the Edward Johnson farm, near New
| Germantown, was burned with all its
contents on Monday night. The barn
was the largest in the upper end of
Perry county. Ten head of cattle and
a horse were burned. The loss will
be about $5,000.
VALUABLE PROPERTY SOLD
Mechanlcsburg, i*a,. March 21.
Sale of one of tne best business loca
tions in town was made this week
when the three-story brick building
located on the Square, corner East
Main and North Market streets, be
longing to Mrs. Naomi S. Long, of
Carlisle, was sold, through the agency
of Happle & Swartz, to John M. Starr,
of Huntingdon. The building will be
remodeled and an up-to-date business
house made on the lower floor.
LANCASTER t>)UXTY DEATHS
Marietta, Pa., March 21. Martin
Weaver, aged 85, a well-known retired
farmer, died Monday night at Good
wills. He is survived by two children,
a brother and a sister.
John Getz, of Kinderhook, aged 73,
died Monday after a long illness. He
Is survived by his wife and several
children.
MILITARY COMMISSION &AMED
Baltimore, March 21. Governor
Harrington yesterday announced the
appointment of a commission to re
port on the practlballty of providing
military education for youths between,
fourteen and twenty-one years of age
and to creating a military reserve.
The naming of such a commission was
authorized by an act of the last Leg
islature.
DEATH PENALTY IS
A BACK NUMBER
Noted Men Speak at the Hear
ing in the Hall of the House
Yesterday
Declarations that the infliction of
the death penalty against the trend
of tho times characterized the three
hour hearing given yesterday after
noon in the hall of the House of Rep
resentatives on the bills to abolish the
dealth penalty. In addition Judges,
lawyers and others wrote letters
against the continuance of capi'.al
punishment on the statute books,
among them Warden John Francies,
of the Western penitentiary. The
committee will take action very short
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ly and is expected to report out the
bills.
Chairman Beyer, of the House Ju
diciary general commltee, presided,
and among speakers were District
Attorney S. P. Rotan, William Draper
Lewis, George M. Warner, prominent
Friend; Judge Joseph P. Rogers, Prof.
J. P. Lictenberger and Rabbi Joseph
Krauskopf, Philadelphia; Bishop J.
H. Darlington, Harrisburg, and others.
District Attorney Zlotan said the
death penalty is not a deterrent, that
if tho death penalty were abolished
there would be a better administra
tion of Justice In murder cases. He
explained how hard It Is to get first
degree verdicts because of the death
penalty, many Juries bringing in ver
dict for lesser degrees because they
have an aversion to sending a man to
his death. This results in the mur
derers getting five to twenty years
in prison and with the reduction of
time for good behavior, or possibly
parole, many murderers are walking
the streets while other men serve
longer terms for lesser crimes, he
said.
George W. Kirchway, of Columbia
University, former warden of Sing Sing
Prison, said the death penalty was a
survival of barbarism. He gave his
experience with about thirty murder
ers in the death house in that prison
and with other criminals and declared
that the new penology that is coming
will not classify criminals according
to their crimes, but according to the
mental characteristics of the indi
vidual.
District Attorney Slattery, of Lu
zerne county, spoke In favor of the bill
giving Juries the power to fix the first
degree penalty at either death or life
Imprisonment. He differed with other
speakers as to the effect of the death
penalty, giving it as his opinion that
capital punishment is a deterrent. The
reason so many murderers escape the
death penalty, he said, was because of
the "sickly sentimentality" of the
Jurors.
SCHOOLBOY DISAPPEARS
Lewistown, Pa., March 21.—Harry
Wilson, aged about 15 years, son of
S. D. Wilson, of Ferguson Valley, has
disappeared from his home. The last
seen of the boy was in the vicinity of
Price's schoolhouse, a little over a mile
from Burnham, on Monday. He was
a pupil at that school and asked to
be excused for the day about 10.30 on
Monday morning. The boy is 5 feet
tall and weighs about 100 pounds, has
light hair and at the time of his dis
appearance wore corduroy bloomers,
a Norfolk Jacket and cap.
"BLUE SKY" BILL
AN IMPORTANT ONE
Would Give State Authority to
Head Off Future Insur
ance Scandal
Considerable attention hat. been at
tracted in the Legislature by the
Mearkle bill to provide "for the incor
poration and regulation of mutual in
surance companies," which was draft
ed by a committee of the Insurance
Commissioners of the United States in
conjunction with a committee of the
representatives of the various mutual
interests. It is designed to provide a
uniform method for the organization
and regulation of companies transact
ing Insurance on the mutual plan. It
has already been enacted into law in
a number of the states and has been
presented to the legislatures of twenty
additional states this year.
It provides a specific method for or
ganizing these companies and requires
applications for a sufficient amount of
insurance with an advance premium
to at once place the company in such
a position that It ran furnish Bafe pro
tection. Under the present laws o£
Pennsylvania anyone can organize a
mutual company without providing
what Is considered as sufficient pro
tection to the persons who become
associated therewith. It does not pro
hibit any company from operating on
the cash plan, but when cash policies
are issued the company Is required to
maintain unearned premium reserve
sufficient to protect the policyholders*
and the members holding mutual con
tracts are not, therefore, liable for
heavy assessments to pay the losses
that may occur under the cash policies.
The bill does not affect any of tlie
mutual companies already organized
and doing business in Pennsylvania,
but only such companies as may bo
hereafter organized, although all of
the state's companies are given the
opportunity in the act to accept its
provisions and operate under it. This
provision, It is held, does away wth
objections that might be raised by
companies already licensed and doing
business in the state. It also provides
for the licensing of mutual companies
of other states upon proper financial
showing and under proper regulations.
At the present time there is no pro
vision In the law for licensing any but
mutual firo insurance companies.