LEGISLATURE NEWS WAR BILL MUST GO OVER A WEEK Governor and Senators Fail to Agree Regarding Hand ling of Funds Governor Brumbaugh and the lead ™ ers of the Senate failed to agree last night as to the method of disbursing the $2,000,000 war appropriation pro posed in the Woodward bill and It and the proposed bond issue bill were laid over until next week. Under the conditions the States does not face any immediate expenditures and has $300,000 in its emergency fund to fall back upon. The federal government will bear expenses at the outset and the States will be called upon only after it needs their aid to equip troops and to arrange for defense. The Governor last night went to the Capitol and sent for Senators Mc- Nichol, Crow, Sproul and Snyder. It was McNlchol's first visit in over a year and there was plain talking. At torney General Brown and State Treasurer Young and Auditor General Powell were called Into the confer ence. The Governor said the meeting was harmonious and that all agreed that the State should not only provide an appropriation if needed but that it should issue bonds if emergency arose. The senators were also of the opinion that the meeting was harmonious. However, it transpired that the Gov ernor did not take kindly to the sug gestion that there be a "War Board" created to disburse the money. The bill as presented puts the disburse ment in the hands of the Governor, as is the military fund. The senators suggested that a board be created. The suggestions were that the two fiscal officers, two senators, two rep resentatives and two members of the safety committee be named. It was also suggested that the presiding offi cers of the Legislature be added. The Governor said that it had been agreed to look up precedents on the matter and in reply to a question re marked that it appeared as though the "war fund" and the military emer gencq measure, -which is disbursable at the discretion of the Governor, were on the same basis. The military ap propriation proposed, he said, had been made by the Legislature for years in the same form and this measure was to meet a certain crisis. The upshot of the whole discussion was that the matter went over until next week and the bond issue along J with it. The amount of the bonds and | other details will be considered at that time. Tlie $2,000,000 bill was presented at the request of the committee of pub lic safety to advance its work. It was suggested that George Wharton Pep per, the chairman, and A. W. Mellon, the Pittsburgh banker, be included in the "War Board." Ex- Members Here.—Ex-Representa tives McCullough, Allegheny, and Shan non, Luzerne, were House visitors. Home From Florida.—Dr. J. George Becht, secertary of the State Board of Education, is home from a trip to Florida. He visited Miami. Hoards to Meet.—The State Indus trial and Compensation Boards will hold their monthly meetings here to morrow. General Clement Here. General 0 M. Clement, commander of the National Guard division, was among visitors to the Capitol yester day. INEXPENSIVE EASTER GIFTS Easter gift-giving grows in popularity each year . The ex change of small remembrances among loved ones has become quite a custom. Appropriate Easter gifts that will add to the joy of the season may be had here at trifling outlay. ' CONFIRMATION GIFTS FOR THE BOY FOR THE GIRL A Watch—in nickel, silver, gold gold Alled' !•!n d~liol Id °gold"'" filled or solid gold $3 tO S4O •pi tO Gold Crosses—with or without chains, filed and solid gold Scarf Pins —gold filled and solid 7 tn 45 1 O gold, plain and mounted p-lvf • J awrence, to establish a sys j tem of health insurance in Pennsyl vania. It contemplates State partici | pation and was prepared after four | years of investigation and study un j der the direction of the American As sociation for Labor Legislation co operating with the American Medical Association and representatives of la bor and industry. This bill is being introduced in Legislatures this year. The bill provides compensation for ! losses due to sickness to all manual workers and all others earning less than SIOO per month. It covers any sickness or accident not within the scope of the workmen's compensation act. Benefits include medical, sur gical and nursing attendance; med ical and surgical supplies; maternity benefits for childbirth; cash benefits for a maximum of twenty-six weeks in a year, and a limited funeral bene fit. The State is to assume one-fifth of the cost of insurance; two-fifths is to be paid by employers and the remaining two-fifths by employes. Lo cal mutual health funds are created for the administration of these bene fits and are to be under the joint con trol of the employers and the Insured employes. A statement issued in behalf of the bill says: "Three million persons in the Unit ed States are ill at any one time. Many of our 30,000,000 wage-earners lose on an average approximately nine days yearly from sickness.. The an nual wage loss resulting from sick ness reaches the staggering total of $500,000,000. The death rate is twice as high among industrial workers as among the professional classes, show ing that industrial conditions are fre quently the cause of sickness and death. An investigation shows that 25 per cent, of the population cannot af ford to engage a private physician. In a single State Inst year, working men and women paid more than $29,- 000,000 to insurance companies for industrial insurance, and the benefits received amounted practically to mere burial benefits. Under the plan of uni versal health insurance these people would have received, without any greater expense to them, not only! burial insurance but also medical, nursing and hospital care, and in ad dition, two-thirds of their wages dur ing their sickness. "When Governor McCall made com pulsory health Insurance the leading recommendation in his message to the Massachusetts Legislature, he gave prominence to the fact that this form of insurance has had a long and thorough test in no less than ten European countries, and has, without a single exception, resulted not only In the Improvement of public health, but also in great economic saving and increased industrial efficiency. During 1916 two States —Massachusetts and California—had social insurance com missions investigating, health insur ance. Both of these State commissions have given official endorsement to the health insurance movement." STATE TO FIGHT THE WHEAT PESTS Important Work Undertaken by the Department of Agri culture This Spring One of the most extensive projects planned by the Department of Agri culture for the coming season will be control Investigations to discover safe planting dates for wheat in the several zones of the State in order to avoid damage to the crop by the Hessian fly. Hundreds of thousands of dollars' of wheat Is damaged each sea son in various sections of the State through the ravages of the Hessian fly and while farmers in general have been advised by the Department of Agriculture to plant wheat in the fall, no detailed study of the fly has been made. The work will be under the super vision of Zoologist J. G. Sanders, whose plans for control work In farm, truck and orchard crops promise to be the means whereby great savings in all crops can be effected on the farms and In the orchards of the State. It will be the effort of Zoologist Sanders and the experts under him to determine the "fly-rree" or safe planting dates in the several sections of the State. They will ascertain dates for the adult flies through close study of the life history, in the several alti tudes and latitudes of the State and will thus be able to recommend ac curate dates for the safe planting that will keep wheat free from the fly. Another control feature will be to de termine the effect of burning over in fested wheat stubble. Co-operation with the farmers in several sections of the State will be sought. The work will consist of careful study of the two life cycles of the Hessian fly from egg to tidult, occur ring each year, and by careful ob servation of the fall emergence of flies and the length of their period of egg laying, the dates in the several sections of the State after which wheat may be planted with safety will be determined. The control work will extend over a period of three or four years and \y'" be conducted in connection with other investigations of field a.nd grain-in fecting insects. Special apparatus will be secured for the work and it is hoped to have farmers extend their co-operation by conducting experimental planting. Ex perts of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture have already signified their intention to assist Zoo logist Sanders with this work in Penn sylvania, which ranked third i among the wheat producing States during the past year. Memorial Service to Be Held For Senator Magee Members of the Senate held a me morial service for Senator Charles J. Magee, of Pittsburgh, last night, most of the senators and a number of mem bers of the House as well as friends of the Pittsburgh senator being pres ent. Senator Charles 11. Kline, a friend of long standing of the senator, pre sided and addresses were made by Senators Buckman, Bucks; Phipps, Venango; Stewart, Washington; Daix and Vare, Philadelphia; Burke, Alle gheny, and W. W. Smith, Philadelphia. The desk of the late senator was draped in black and bore a large bou quet of flowers. Passion Day Service to Be Held at Grace M. E. Passion Day services will be held Friday at Grace Methodist Episcopal Church from noon until 3 o'clock In the afternoon. The program follows: Organ voluntary; hymn 14 6, "Alas and Did My Saviour Bleed and Did My Sovereign Die," tune, Communion; prayer: organ; Scripture lesson; hymn 141, "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, on Which the Prince of Glory Died," Tune, Eucharist; First word, "Father: Forgive Them, They Know Not What They Do"; prayer: organ interlude; Second word, "To-day Shalt Thou Be With Me in Para.dise"; pray er; organ interlude; Third word, "Wo man! Behold Thy Son; Behold Thy Mother"; prayer; organ interlude; Fourth word. "My God: My God! Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me 7" prayer, or gan interlude; Fifth word, "I Thirst"; [prayer: organ interlude; Sixth word, I "It IS Finished"; prayer: organ inter lude: Seventh word, "Father. Into Thy I Hands I Commend My Spirit." RAISE PAY 10 PER CENT. By Associated Press New York, April 4. The United States Steel Corporation, through Chairman Elbert H. Gray, has an nounced an Increase of "about 10 per cent, in wage rates and salaries tip.to $2,500" of the employes of the cor poration's various subsidiaries to take effect May 1 next, subject to equitable adjustment. GAME FINI> $15,000 By Associated Press Albany, N. Y„ April 4. llenry C. Phipps yesterday paid the State Con servation Commission $15,000 In set tlement of fines against him of ille gally trapping wild ducks at his estate at Wantage. Long Island. State game protectors raided the estate on Feb ruary 20, when 442 live and 25 dead wild ducks were seized. FRAUDULENTLY GOT PASSPORT By Associated Press New York, April 4. George Born, formerly of Wilkes-Barre, was arrest ed here last night by agents of the Department of Justice upon a charge of | fraudulently obtaining a passport from the United States consul at Hull, England. His purpose, it is alleged, was to obtain'credentials which would permit him to travel through England and return to this country. U-BOAT STORY FAKEI) By Associated Press London, April 4. An official state ment issued last night characterizes as "the usual pure invention" the German claim made officially at Berlin that: an 8,000-ton British auxiliary cruiser was. sunk in March. CRIPPLES LEARN' TRADE Rome, April 4.—Crippled soldiers in Italy have been taught a number of I useful trades, among them the ma king of artificial flowers, baskets, the cutting of cameos, leatherwork, book binding and many other things. These objects have found such a ready sale in the larger Italian towns that sev eral American women are forming a committee to forward them to the United States. BAR FRESIj BREAD 'London, April 4.—The latest order of the Food Controller is that no i baker can sell bread less than twelve hours old. It means that In the ma jority of cases the bread delivered to the householder Is from eighteen to thirty hours old, while at the week-' end, unless Sunday baking is adopted, the bread delivered on the Monday may be from forty to fifty hours old. HARRISBURG TEIJEGRAPH MANY INTERESTED IN MILITARY CAMPS Local Men Display Enthusiasm | at Meeting Addressed by Plattsburg Boosters Interest in the Plattsburg training camps received a new impetus last eve ning when forty or tnore men of vari ous ages met in the Board of Trade and heard the proposed plans for this year's camps discussed by Merrill E. Gates, Jr., field secretary for the Mili tary Training Camps Association and by several members of the local re cruiting committee. Mr. Gates, who is the son of former president of Amherst College, came to Harrisburg for the express purpose of inaugurating a recruiting campaign for the summer camps, which it is un derstood will be held unless unforeseen circumstances prevent. The field secretary seemed very much gratified at the progress that had already been made in the way of organization lo cally, and made a number of valuable suggestions which will be adopted as the work advances, lie explained to the meeting the great interest that is being shown in other cities where he has visited, and informed his hear ers that already over 1,600 names have been enrolled for the camps and the notices have but just been issued. Plattsburgcrs Speak Among the men at the meeting were several who had attended previous camps. John M. Smith, of L.ingles town, spoke very feelingly of the necessity for the care of the feet, one of the first things a soldier must learn, and E. J. Stackpole. Jr., Coyle J. Ken nedy, of Chambersburg, and others told of their experiences as special entry soldiers. Mention was made of the "Plattsburg spirit" which enters the blood of every who has at tended The camps and works like spring fever in bringing him back un failingly each succeeding year, for the physical and disciplinary benefits in volved. Application forms and informative pamphlets are now obtainable at the HAKRISBURG TELEGRAPH. Mem bers of the recruiting committee are prepared to give what information they have at hand to any who are in terested. Lecturer of Wide Reputation to Speak at Commencement Exercises of the Academy I Arthur E. Brown, headmaster of the 'Harrisburg Academy, announced this | morning: Charles Edward Jefferson, a prominent New York preacher and n lecturer of national reputation, would be the speaker at the commencement exercises. The commencement exer cises will be held this yepr as in previous years at the Orpneum theater on Thursday morning, June 10. Mr. Jefferson, an American Congre gational clergyman, was born at Cam bridge, O. lie graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1882 and from the theological department of Koston University in 1887. In 1882-84 he was superintendent of public schools at Worthington, Ohio. Ordained to the Congregational ministry in 1887, he was pastor at Chelsea, Mass., until 1898, and thereafter occupied the pul pit of the Broadway Tabernacle, New York City. In 1914 he became chair man of the executive committee of the Church Peace Union, endowed by Andrew Carnegie. He is author of "Quint Hints to Growing Preachers in My Study" (1891); "Quiet Talks With. Earnest People in My Study," <1898); "Doctrine and Deed" (1902); "Things Fundamental" (1903): "The Minister as Prophet" (1905); "Faith and Life" (1905); "The New Crusade" (1907); "The Character of Jesus" (1908); "My Father's Business" (1909); "The Christmas Builders" (1909); "The Building of the Church" (1910-13); "Why We May Believe in Life After Death" (1911); "The Minister as Shep herd" (1912). Senate Galleries Are Closed to Chance Visitors By Associated Press Washington, April 4. The Senate gaU|ries, by order of the rules com mifree to-day were barred to visitors, except those holding special reserved cards from senators. No reason is given for the action, but it is believed to have been due to Monday's demonstration when Vice- President Marshall threatened to clear the galleries if a similar outbreak oc curred. From time immemorial two of the Senate's galleries have been open to the public. GERMAN WORKERS STRIKE By Associated Press • Copenhagen, April 4. The Berlin Tageblatt says labor difficulties have broken out in the big Vulcan Ship building Work at Hamburg. The workmen demand a one-third increase in their wages. The Vulcan works are where most of Germany's great ocean liners have been built. V*. S. NAVAJj CLERKS Washington, April 4. ln anticipa tion of a vast war demand for addi tional government clerks and other employes. President Wilson by execu tive order has authorized the civil service commission to 1111 vacancies for which no suitable eligible exists with persons who have been subjected only to noncompetitive tests. STEEL RECORDS BROKEN Pittsburgh, April 4. The world's steel production record for 14 furnaces was broken during the month of March by the Homestead plant of the Carnegie Steel Company which pro duced 8 4,472 tons of steel. This sur passes the record in one month by more than 2,000 tons. WINTER AND SPRIN6 TONIC ' Winter is a hard season for those who have no stored up reserve of strength, j The coming of trying spring weather me*n sickness for inanv because de bility robs the system of its power to protect itself. One.person may suffer exposure o cold and wet without any ill efleets while another whose blood is tliin and whose nerves are run-down will be con fined to bed after sitting in a draught. Keeping the blood built up is the secret of Keeping well in winter and I spring. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People are the best and most con venient tonic for the blood. Put up I with complete directions for use they : are a family remedy that can be de- ; pended upon in conditions of thin ' blood, debility and many common forms of weakness. The blood goes to practically every part of the body and if it *s rich ana red it carries health and strength to every organ. The digestion is toned np, the nerves are strengthened and : aching muscles are made strong. Dr. . Williamh' Pink Pills are especially use ful to run-down women who worry about their daily tasks and duties. A few weeks' treatment has in hun dreds of such cases brought the most eeui. rkable improvement STATE SAYS GEESE ARE PROFITABLE | Interesting Bulletin Put Out by the State Department of Agriculture The State Department of Agriculture is urging farmers to give attention to raising geese, which it says fbrm a profitable poultry crop. Geese are said to have almost no diseases and are easy to raise. . There has been a decrease of almost two per cent, in the number of farm ers employing female household help during the past year on account of the inability to secure farm labor, accord ing to the Department bulletin. It is estimated that sixteen per cent, of the farmers of the State have stored ice during the winter for use this summer. Reports of serious Injury to the peach buds in the northern and central sections of the State have reached the Department of Agriculture. Dogs which have been a menace to the sheep industry are now reported to be making raids on the poultry flocks of Blair county farmers. There has been a marked increase in the number of cattle being fed for beef purposes, the lack of farm labor turning many farmers to this method of agriculture. Farm help is so scarce that Secre tary of Agriculture Charles E. Patton has appealed to merchants and manu facturers to spare one or more men one day a week to help out in the agricultural districts of the State. FREE SUPPER FOR POOR Destitute mothers with their chil dren will be guests at a free supper to be given Monday night by the Volunteers of America at the mission, 1001 North Third street. Tickets may be procured Thursday and Sunday evenings. Sunday night Dr. Bur roughs, of Detroit, Mich., will be In charge of the services. | lilij j| > JWKK Ltfi |!j j ! : | j|f A | AHE highest recognition that any clothes |!j j J hill X given ls t^ie patronage of men of jj | means. Style and tailoring excellence is 11 jlll P their object— not price. Society Brand Clothes Ij | 11 jj||j|j| have received this recognition. Go, before Easter, and see the new Spring Modfels in Society i Brand Clothes now ready at the authorized store in your city. n llj J ALFRED DECKER & COHN, Makers, Chicago | !| |! ;j I i(S!in For Canada: SOCIETY BRAND CLOTHES, LIMITED; Montreal Jjj jij jj ■ | |i|H| j| j jI j L.w.' fzxc:-' . a.-;. .....y ..y.q-. v.v !• ;; ' ; %ASm*A *ll A • vlvu ij| j i | ljj We selected Society Brand Suits and Overcoats after a close comparison of alt the lead- j; j|! jj|| j pj log makes. Come in and see the vigorous air of the new military models. |1 H. Marks & Son MSA. ! j i:: |nj " j Hi j |! jjiffl THE STORE THAT SELLS SOCIETY BRAND CLOTHES ill Ijj | j 'I • . .• .•-s. - - : \ V sV iVT*, ''■ . • i .'' ,' "" APRIL 4, 1917, GERMANY NOT TO DECLARE WAR To Continue Submarine War fare Against the United States Berlin, April 3.—Via London, April The press report of President Wilson's "state of war" message reached Berlin at 10 o'clock this morning. It is declared here that there would be no change in the Ger man attitude even if Congress adopted President Wilson's views. Germany will not declare war nor take any step to wage war against the United States. The submarine war will be contin ued as it has been conducted since February 1, but this, declare the offl cials, is not directed more against the United States than any other neutrnl. It also is declared that there will be no change in the treatment of Ameri can citizens in Germany, who now have the same freedom as all other neutrals. But Germany expects that the United States will continue the same treatment of Germans in that country. News Items of Interest in Central Pennsylvania Slicnandoali. Michael Wylonis, 41 years old, and Charles Kalads, 4 4 years, were seriously if not fatally burned in a gas explosion at William Penn colliery yesterday afternoon. liownianstown. Charles Rompey, a Lehigh Valley Railroad firemen, was instantly killed while looking out of tho cab window when a passing freight hit him. Hamburg. Because of a shortage of yarn, due to the congested freight traffic, the Armada Knitting Mill has closed the knitting department. Hazleton. Several high school boys wre rounded up here after a midnight search by their parents, who learned the lads had affixed their Why eat potatoes? "At eight cents a pound the potato is a needless luxury," says the New York Board of Health. The potato is seventy-five per cent, water and the rest is mostly starch. It is a good food when eaten in combination with proteid foods —but not worth eight cents a pound. Cut out meat, eggs and high-priced vege tables and stick to cereals and fruits. Two Shredded Wheat Biscuits (cost two cents) with milk make a complete meal, supplying all the nutriment needed for a half day's work. For break fast with hot milk; for din ner with sliced bananas or stewed prunes. Made at Niagara Falls, N. Y. fathers' names to enlistment papers giving their consent for them to join the regular army. Hazleton. Counterfeit nickels Hooded the towns in this region yes terday. Many merchants received coins which are made so well that they pass the usual tests. Weatlierly. Because of the death of Peter Musselman who died at the age of 84 years, the cane has been handed to Griffith Bachman, now the oldest resident of the town. Mount l'enn. Edward L. Hess. 12, was drowned while rafting on a lake here. A companion, Raymond Moyer, 13, made a desperate effort to save him him and nearly lost his own life. Fritetown. A new trolley line from Reading via Sinking Spring and this town to Ephrata, Lancaster coun ty, is being laid out and may be con structed this summer.