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 <n w Rosary Beads —assorted colored
4 Of? to $5 crystals
Cuff Links —silver, gold filled T _
and solid gold P^atTs Sta ~~
750 to $5 $1.50 to $lO
L A
DIAMONDS
The Most Appropriate
i Easter Gifts
Especially if it comes fron the Tausig |
collection of these precious stones. In
Jp addition to the Easter special illus
/B trated here, there are Rings, Brooches,
Lavallieres, Ear Rings, Scarf Pins,
• Bracelets, Cuff Links, etc., etc., at any
■ { price you want to pay, from
Easter Special (C U
% carat blue white per- tpt/ IU iDuvU
feet cut Diamond Rings,
Tiffany or Belcher setting r,.
—special for " stone is accompanied by our un-
Easter P3O restricted money-back guarantee of
mJ lasting satisfaction.
V J
VASES FOR THE EASTER FLOWERS
Sterling Silver Bud Vases I Cut Glass Flower Vases
$1.50 to $5.00 I $1.50 to $lO
Jacob Tausig's Sons
DIAMOND MERCHANTS AND JEWELERS
420 Market St. Harrisburg, Pa."
WEDNESDAY EVENING,
STATE IN HEALTH
BUSINESS NEXT
Outline of the Bill For General
Insurance Presented to
the Legislature
Considerable attention has been at
tracted amng the members by the
bill presented by Representative J. J.
Dean, of I>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.
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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.