NEWS OF THE LEGISLATURE DEFENSE BILLS AT THE FRONT Important Measures in Both Branches Will Be Given Attention Promptly State defense measures will be very much to the front in the legis-'; lature this week and there are re- j ports to-day that the House may! be asked to make a special order for the Buckman Senate bill to create the State Defense commission with a $2,000,000 appropriation in j the event that the federal govern-j ment calls for any assistance from the committee. The bill is on third j reading in the House with over ninety bills ahead of it. The Senate has the McKee bill j to create the Reserve militia of three : regiments of infantry and a squadron of cavalry to replace the guard when it goes into service and Adjutant General Stewart is working out a j plan to locate companies where, tliere are armory facilities. The I Haight bill to appropriate $163,000 | of unused encampment appropria-1 tion for improvement of Mt. Gretna ; camp site now undfcr way in anti- i cipation of the guard there this [ month is due to pass the House this ! week and the Whitaker bill to ap- j propriate $252,000 to purchase ad- j ditional equipment for the guard j regiments is to be reported out in 1 the Senate. Several bills for creation of police, j including the Sproul volunteer police j and Spangler public utilities police, j are on the calenders and there are j bills to permlte corporations and | building and loan associaUons to in vest surplus capital in war bonds. The Sproul raw material bills are on second reading in the House. heals sick skins quickly Don't wait for time to heal that erup- by using Resinol Ointment and Resinol tion. "Oh, it will get well anyhow!" Soap? Doctors prescribe the Resinol you say? Perhaps it will, and perhaps treatment constantly, so you need not it won't. Maybe it will get worse in- hesitate to use it. Resinol usually stead. And think of the discomfort and stops ticking instantly. embarrassment it Causes you even now. AlldruiriitsMll Resinol Ointment nd Rciinol , , .. _ . .j ... . ~ Poap. For a tree sample ol each, wnte to Dept lEVN, Isn tlt better to get nd Of the trouble Kcsinoi, Baltimore, Md. You'd better try therr.l ■ - ■■ Are You Patriotic? BUY A BOND and Help Your Country Many patriotic Men and Women would like to subscribe for U. S. Bonds of the Liberty Loan of 1917, who are without the ready money to pay for them in full. Clerks, Stenographers, Me chanics, Millworkers, Earners Engaged in every kind of work. For the benefit of all such, this Company will arrange that anyone may purchase bonds from the smal lest denomination of perhaps S2O to $1,000.00, by paying ten per cent., or more, at the time of purchase and the balance in weekly or monthly in stalments, as may be agreed upon. Interest on all payments made will be allowed at the same rate as that borne by the Bonds. Every Man and Woman in this Country ought to buy a Bond. They ought to buy as many as they can carry. They ought to subscribe for them NOW. Fill out, sign and bring or mail us the coupon below. Do Your Bit. Buy a Bond Commonwealth Trust Company r \ May , 191/. I Commonwealth Trust Company. 222 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pa. Enter my subscription for S of U. S. Bonds of the Liberty Loan of 1917, payable in instalments. Name Address * MONDAY EVENING, TEACHERS BILL SENATE FACES WILL GO BACK gIG CALENDAR Has to Be Considered by the Appropriations Committee of the House The Senate teachers' pension bill, which is up to third reading in the House, is to be sent back to com mittee to-night because the measure has never been in the appropriations committee for study as to the amount of money it will require. It is estimated it will take SBOO,OOO to launch the system and there are some differences among legislators as to how the burden should be shar ed. The bill as it stands lias the State to pay all administrative ex penses and the rest divided between the Commonwealth and the teachers. One of the plans is to apportion the cost between the State, school dis trict and teacher. The measure has been urged for years but this year the plan in the bill was worked out on an actuarial basis, the bill being the most com plete of the kind ever presented. Un der its terms it would become effec tive June of next year. Under the system proposed there would be a State retirement board of seven, three to be named by the teachers and one by the Governor, acting with the Superintendent of Public Instruction and State Treas urer, who would name the other member. It is likely that amend ments will put the system under the State Insurance Department and es tablish officers and salaries instead of leaving it to the discretion of the board. Many Important Measures Are Listed For Action by the Upper Branch When the Senate meets this even ; ing at 9 o'clock several important bills will be considered on third reading. The McKee bill, provid -1 ing for the organization and main- I tenance of an additional armed land 1 force to be at the call of the State In 'case the National Guard engages in the service of the United States is to come up for final passage. The Campbell drug bill, a house measure, ialso is booked for final passage pro viding it is deemed advisable to give the measure precedence over other . bills of similar import. As a special order for 10 o'clock, the Stern bill to validate all bonds or other obligations made by the city or which may hereafter be issued pursuant to authority conferred by the electors, is to be considered on final passage. Other bills on third reading of in terest in the crisis with Germany in clude the Sproul bill authorizing common pleas courts to appoint vol unteer police officers during the pres ent war with Germany and the Bald win bill empowering express com panies to employ policemen commis sioned by the Governor, together with tiie McXichot bills which pro pose a change in the method of handling State accounts and moneys, including specific purpose in the use of contingent funds and the same senator's measure providing for the retirement of State employes who have reached the age of 7 years and been in the service of the State for a period of twenty-live years. The McNichol bill prohibiting em ployes or officers of the Workmen's Compensation Board from being in terested as lawyers in proceedings before the board or referees comes up for third reading. Under the terms of this bill it is specifically set forth that the tim* of the employes be given unreservedly to the per formance of their duties to the State. There are six house bills on the third reading calendar in the Sen ate, some of which have been amend ed. These are likely to pass the upper branch and be sent back to the House for concurrence in the amendments. The Stern bill requiring that every future act of the General Assembly be given a short title for conveni ence of citation and to require the Legislative Reference Bureau to re port to thd next session of the Gen eral Assembly a list of short title for certain acts now In force is on third reading. On the second reading calendar and at the top of the list is the Graff bill fixing the salary of the governor, beginning with 1919, at $25,000 per year. The bill came from the ap propriations committee as committed last Tuesday, Senator Buckman pre senting the committee report. Sena tor Vare's bill providing for the regu lation of rag, second hand paper and junly shops in Philadelphia is on the second reading calendar. On this calendar too are the Whitten act empowering the counties of the State to establish and maintain schools for the care and education of chil dren under the jurisdiction of the courts of quarter sessions or other courts sitting as juvenile courts and to acquire land tnerefor, and the Buckman bill providing for the ad mission of soldiers to practice in the several courts of common pleas. On first reading there are three bills of more than passing interest. The first is the Sproul joint resolu tion authorizing the State to issue bonds to the amount of $50,000,000 for the improvement of the high ways of the State. Another is the Lynch bill giving street passenger railway companies and motor power companies to operate omnibuses in connection with the lines of railways operated by them without the con sent of the local authorities. Senator W. W. Smith's bill au thorizing the Attorney General to appoint investigators to investigate estates of inmates of institutions for the support and maintenance of whom the Commonwealth may be liable in whole or In part and to ascertain the relatives of such in mates who may be liable for their support and maintenance, is on first reading. SOI.DIER S SWEETHEART BOWED KHAKI lt\ VAI\ Pittsburgh, Pa., May 7. Hoping , to be near her sweetheart. Miss Marion Nestor, 18 years old. of Woodlawn, boarded the Eighteenth Regiment train here Friday attired as a man, it was discovered Saturday night when her ruse was revealed about 150 miles from Pittsburgh. Weeping, she was returned to Pittsburgh and placed aboard a train for Woodlawn. FLAGS OX AMvl.l.S FLAGGED Washington, D. C., May 7. The wearing of the American flag on the hosiery of a number of Washington women has aroused the indignation of the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, which has invoked the law to prevent the use of the national emblem to adorn fair ankles. United States Attorney Lkey has ruled that both seller anil wearer of hosiery so decorated are liable to arrest for violation of the (laK-desceration law. For Bilious Troubles That heavy headache, torpid liver, sick stomach, bitter taste in mouth, furred tongue, dull eyes and muddy skin, all come ; from a poor supply of bile. These unhealthy conditions are promptly corrected by mmfs U PILIS which stimulate the liver, regulate the flow of bile, sweeten the stomach, and renew healthy bowel action. A household remedy ap proved by sixty years of pub lic service. For every-day illnesses, Beecham's Pills are a tested Remedy Ltlint Sale of Any Medicine in the World. Sll nKiwkwt. la bout, 10c., 25c. HAHRISBURG aSBAI TELEGRAPH NEW AUTO BILL FROM BUCKMAN Measure Is Designed to In crease Revenue and Change Regulations An entirely new measure contain ing sweeping provisions for the reg ulation of auto-vehicles In Pennsyl vania will be introduced in the Sen ate to-morrow by Senator Buckman, of Bucks, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. The bills will take place of sim ilar ones previously sponsored by Senator Buckman and Representa tive Mearkle, of Allegheny, the withdrawal of both of which was agreed to by representatives of the State Motor Federation and of other automobile interests at a conference held in Senator Buckman's office in Philadelphia on Saturday. The new measure is also intended as a revenue-raiser, as well as one that will not only embody certain features of the first Buckman bill and the Mearkle bill, but a number of additional ones which are ex pected to bo satisfactory to the state's automobilists as well as to its other motor-vehicle interests. A number of the features of the old bills will also be conspicuous by their absenco from the new one. or. will only appear in it in a much amended or curtailed form. As a revenue-raiser the new bill is expected to cause thousands of additional dollars to pour into the state treasury from the pockets of motor-vehiclists.. Senator Buckman explained upon his return here yes terday to once more take up with Representative Woodward, chairman of the House Appropriations Com mittee, the urgent financial require ments of the state. One of the provisions of tlie new bill would levy a tax of $5 upon every dealer In motorcycles in the state, while those motorcyclists who carry a side basket, or "bathtub, at tached to. or. as part of their ma- | chines, shall pay a license of $5 in stead of $3, as they do now. Every unpaid operator of a motor vehicle will be required under another provision of the measure, to pay a state license of sl. instead of only a notary's fee of 50 or 2 5 cents, as at present. This would mean that, while the head of a family might possess a registered owner's license, his sons, daughters, or any other relative to whom he might grant permission to operate his car. would each have to . pay $1 for that privilege. The paid operator's fee is to re-1 main $2 but the minimum of the j registered owner's license, or fee, is to be raised from $5 to $lO. A series of other provisions in tended to increase the revenues from motor-vehicles operating in the state are also contemplated. Among the changes in the pro visions of the Mearkle bllH which will make their appearance, or non appearance, in the new bill will be those which would have prevent ed persons incapacitated by the loss of a leg, or an arm. from operating a car. Other rigid provisions of the Mearkle bill will be modified. One of the most stringent pro visions of the new bill will be sev eral to impose heavy prison sen tences and fines upon persons con victed of stealing motor vehicles or of recklessly driving them. Senator Buckman is now engaged in putting the finishing touches to the measure, a draft of which was agreed upon after the representa tives of the state's various motor vehicle organizations and other in terests had gone into the differences of opinion held by them as to motor-vehicle regulations in Pennsyl vania, which had caused some of i them to favor the original Buckman hill, which was prepared at the in stance of the State Highway Depart ment, or the Mearkle bill, which was sponsored by its author at the request of the State Motor Federa tion. It is believed tliat the new bill | will not only harmonize those flif- | 1 Terences of opinion but will be pass- j I ed in such form by both the Senate j and House as to be satisfactory to all sides in the controversy. News Items of Interest in Central Pennsylvania Wat.son town. Hanging from a | tree in a clump of bushes near his home, the body of Charles Shell, | aged 70, was found yesterday. I.a n cast or. The Lancaster mili tary training corps, which has en- j rolled 200 men for service in any branch in which they may be called. ! I has taken up rifle practice, and a j range has been secured near the city. York. Lewis Rohrbaugh, 2(11 years old. of Glen Rock, committed | suicide by shooting himself with a shotgun. He had been in ill health. j His wife and two children heard a shot. SERIES OF ACCIDENTS Lewistown, Pa.. May 7. William | Nighthart, slipped on a curb on the ! street and sprained an ankle. G. H. Dunkle, of Pittsburgh, fell! on the Ridge Uoad near here and I cut a deep gash in his head. William Ferguson, a resident of Yeagertown, while on a trip to Juniata county was thrown against the top support of an auto in which he was riding, receiving a badly lacerated nose. Harvey Price sustained an injured finger while at work at the Standard Steel works. Harry Price, Jr., while using a! sharp knife cut a deep gash in one of his hands. Bert Rager, a well-known musi- j j cian and one of the best slide trom bone players in Central Pennsylvania j ( had an operation for appendicitis at the Lewistown Hospital and is get- , ting along well. I Rufus Rearick, of Milroy, was | struck by an automobile in front of i | McNltt's store and received painful injuries. I SATURDAY EVENING DANCE ( Dauphin, Pa., May 7. Attending the regular Saturday evening dance, j last week, were the Misses Ora ' Bickel. Eleanor Emmert. Annie , Shaffer. Ruth Shaffer, Christina ' Long, Ethel Forney, Ellen Feaser, Susan Jackson, Sabra Clark, Jose- I phine Klopp, Estelle Urich, Rich ard Hamer, Paul Fettrow, of Harris- | burg, Bion C. Welker, William I ' Shannesy, Thomas Kinter and Hugh j Campbell. LANCASTER COUNTY DEATHS 1 Marietta. Mrs. Elijah Ranck, , aged 78, died from a complication I of diseases Saturday night. She is survived by her husband and two sons. Abram Graham, aged 78, a retired I carpenter, died Saturday night from .infirmities of ag.e He is survived by two daughters. George Murr, of New Holland, died from a complication of diseases, aged 67 years. He is survived by several daughters. < DAUPHIN WILL GET BIG SHARE I nder New Coal Tax Law This County Would Re Given Thousands of Dollars Dauphin county would get thou sands of dollars for relief of condi tions caused by mining or for general purposes if there were no trouble some situation under the terms of the coal tax bill which is pending in the House and which it is intended to try to push through, together with the direct inheritance tax bill as revenue raisers. Under the terms of the bill two per cent, on the value at the mine would be paid. Half of this would go to roads and the other half to the'counties where coal is mined. Chairman Woodward last night suggested that the amount to be re turned to the counties be dedicated to improvement of conditions due to mining such as "mine-caves," mine tires or other damage. Dauphin, however, suffers trom nothing like that and the funds would be used for general purposes. The appropriations committee will probably start lo report out bills within two weeks, maybe earlier. The lists are being made up and the final hearings arc about due. The appropriation bill will be made spe cial calendars and given precedence so that they can pass the House in three days. | Tuesday The Sale of Surplus Stocks Brings More Bigj | Opportunities For Saving When Economy Means So Much to You [jl French Flags&British Bargain Basement jj 1 !; I Tlio French and British War Commissions will be in Harrlsburg to-morrow, Tuesday. Thcysc who jj 1 wish to honor our Allies should display the French and British colors. ]| I m EXTRA SPECIAL FRENCH TRI-COLOR FLAG, 12x18 INCHES, for 170 jj , f\ " French Flags, 9x14 inches 15c I British Flaps, inches 35c i[ Vf* 9 / \ French Flags. 18x24 inches 5e I American Flags, all sizes, mounted, 10c, loc to 2oc ,j / \ British Flags, Sxl7 inches 150 | 4x(i-l't. Flags s2.# j, | It Worth to ll.ft". /*A for women, loose Oi* DilC m = ™ c I ™, ' Surplus stortMtipßH! ' I R " r: r ] c ' n K House Dresses When cost of production contin- ' I uiris cresses 1 I abi | ues to advance, when food prices * V Ell I Made of at racfcive Jk I K gVng'lmnis r an , d* por- QCa are higher than ever, such savings Ire alaa tt varfe h tv mß of " pretty dSf f styles; luTsizos.'"* jJL as THIS BIG MAY SALE brings patterns. All sizes. M%J\* I 1 | l ... on wearing apparel, home furnishings =0 I n Mfti ram SECOND Fi.oon % SECOND FIiOOK , ~ • i i ..BajMaH l 1 ■ and general merchandise are indeed wel- m l w f U come in every household. Voile Waists —. % Women S Hose Be here early to-morrow; the Big Sale SI Good, black hose. 111/ starts afresh with more new offerings of lovei'v I wonderfi>r U b 8 a r-I lAC standard seasonable merchandise at prices " a . an A d u & r . ed I t/L I \ gain. Sale price, * * that are extremely low. m ■ a pair J FIItST FI.OOIt M j s Q r ' I More Spring Suits I Sss qcJ 1 W a host of pretty 2 < pretty embroidery ~W *■ ■ | E'S E s?3'* ,C ii Coats, Dresses and Dress Skirts j; 1 SECOND FI.OOR < | ( 'li J° in Big May Sale at Extra Waists . j worth to |! Special Low Money-Saving Prices!; B^r^,. 1Q 7 % of an extra good !> latest spring mod- I /mm I s.te%n. e in°iii sizet O |! Women's and Misses* up to $12.50 SUITS, $6.89 j! els - ah sizes. 1./ V w new models. '[ _ J, FIItST FI.OOII / second Fi.oon ~ "Women's and Misses' up to $15.00 SUIIS, $8.89 \\ V- —— C Burson Hose v ij Women's and Misses' up to SIB.OO SUITS, $11.89 |j Envelope Chemise . \ ny BU in r thi° latest f)1 |! Women's and Misses' up to $22.50 SUITS, $13.89 {! Ladies-styles in an /JA i I SIS ZIC jj Women's and Misses' up to $35.00 SUITS, $18.89 jj no B ° ft OJfC J p air fihst'fi.ook j| Women's and Misses'up to $5.00 Plaid Coats, $2.89 jj SECOND Fl.oqr !; Women's and Misses' up to $6.95 Serge Coats,s-4.89 jj u af „ I Y Kid Gloves j! jjp to $9.50 Women's & Misses' Spring Coats, $6.89 ;! nvJSu! si.o* for . § w r arilox* hlar-k wbitn !' . „ , a good variety of ■ Iftjft % 1 ieV?" t Kid ste I lS i: Up to sl3.soWomen's&Misses'Spring Coats,s9.<B9 j; S . wmmed I Ull I M R tv Ir Q All C |! Women s & Misses up to sla Spring Coats, $11.89 !> ribbonß -„„ r ,„.. ni nit „ £ I FIRST FLOOR i| || SECOND r liOIIR m i ■ j; Women's & Misses' to $6.50 Serge Dresses, $3.89 jj " . / | Night s ;! Women's & Misses' to $9.50 Serge Dresses, $6.89 jj' Children s Hose \ # hu bt and wn neauy £Qp jj Women's & Misses' to $11.50 Serge Dresses, $8.89 jj lAp | o'r ln eiiibroidery; ail j! Women's & Mi.SSes' tO $14.50 Sd'gC DreSSeS, $9.89 jl for children. A V\# K j SECOND K..ODH jj Up tQ $? 5Q SJJ,. p opljn Drcsses f()r $3.89 jj * " ,ST F ' OOIt I l Women's Vests v ii Up to $9.50 Women's Silk Taffeta Dresses for $6.89 jj Women's Hose v ( SXSSi, "w"US,:I 1 C i: Up to SIB.OO New Silk Dresses for $12.89 :! StfSST l IOC ) aii uiypq ! | KAUFMAN'S—Second Floor. !> All FI OOH [ ! FIKST FI.OOR J r/WWMMWW%Wm%<MWWWWWWWMWWWWWWMMWi & In the Bargain Basement—Extra j White Alarm Clocks 1 2 " 00 Aluminum Coffee | Enamel Toilet Soap Guaranteed* Nickel Alarm PfirCOlfltOT ■ Medicine wool white soap for n - s 7^T d llme S er WIWWi " ' # Cabinets t ° , r ' e^ a " d or bath ' jsc able alarm. ftQf 8-cup size, well •) M r ith three glass 9 cakes for Special, uach ,O7L made. Special 1 4TI O A ,19c BLEACHED COTTON TA- GOOD STANDARD APRON U* "f If\ ®EIiS 1 C I BLE DAMASK, 55 inches wide, GINGHAM, in blue and brown m f ff jm I !!f ™ W q lla i(ty. OCp checks. Special, Q r %l} JL mA %/ ™ lui % Special, yard yard " f - !."><• KINK GRADE DRESS _____ % CKItIZKD TABLE DAMASK, 58 GINGHAM, 28 in. wide, beautl- M 75c Japanned 65e Bamboo 39c JiS,'?* 12VzC 50c Round Rubber ( Bread Boxes Tabourette .-,<• BI.EACHED TABLE DA- isc FIGURKD la WN S AND Clothes Garden Hose I MASK, with beautiful patterns, 66 VOILES, beautiful colors, 28 in. PoclrAtc 0 '" C ' ieS "^ l,cc ' al ' 49c ,^ Kle 10c jxrtjvuxrirvfi-fir BORO MANAGER BILL IN HOUSE Will Probably He Advanced to Third Reading by the End of This Week The McVtcar bill,'providing for a borough manager to have charge of the affairs of any of the 325 bor oughs of the state which might tie- ! sire that fdrm of executive admin-1 istrution, will lie on second reading: in the House to-night, but is likely j to be -held back until Wednesday. The office is to lie created by bor- I ough councils, if they desire, and the I council will elect the manager, hav- I ing the power to remove him as well I by majority vote. The election would I be for terms beginning the first Mon day of January in even numbered | years. The burgess and counfcilmen ; man delegate certain powers to the manager who may also hold the jobs of street commissioner, chief of j police or borough secretary. Bur- j gesses and councilmen are not to be ! eligible to be managers. The decedents code bills, one of the monumental legislative features of the session, will be on final pas sage in the House to-night. It is ; expected they will pass the Senate next week. Representative .1. W. Swart*. of this city, sakl to-day that ' he had made all of the amendments to make the bills conform to the re port. Hearings will be given to manu facturers this week on the bills to ; tax capital engaged in manufacturing: which is now exempt and to labor MAY 7, 1917. leaders on compensation amend ments. the latter also objecting to the bill to suspend women and minor labor laws for the period of the war. The appropriation committees wilt close up the hearing on the Depart ment of I.rfibor and Industry appro priation this week, and take up others in rapid tire order. Commis sioner Jackson will resume his testi mony to-morrow. Hearings have been asked by some of tly! sponsors I for civil war pension bills. The men hacking the- bill to puy National Guardsmen in border service the difference between national and state active service pay, which meant, sl, 500,000, have abandoned the bill be cause of the war demands which j will tax the state treasury. | Ghouls Steal Heart From ; Corpse Taken From Grave Bethel, Ohio, May ". Who stole I the heart from the buried corpse of Daniel Hill, aged 84, Clermont county's | oldest and wealthiest citizen, was the question on every tongue in this little 'town yesterday. Rut none apparently can glv'e Prosecuting Attorney White even the faintest clew. Only a box of burnt matches found scattered about the grave and splotches of blood up on the tombstone are likeiy to lead I : to a party of ghouls who Friday night J unearthed the Dody of Hill and rc , moved his heart. Hill, one of the most popular men in Southern Ohio, died early last ' week, seemingly of natural causes, no j suspicions being entertained by his personal physician. The sexton of tlie i cemetery Saturday discovered the grave had been molested and he be came suspicious, and with his assist ants opened the grave. The body was in the same coffin in which it was in terred, but had been sawed open, ap parently by an expert, and the heart | removed. j Use McNeil's Cold Tablets.—adv. s When You Eat Bre&d you are entitled to everything in the whole wheat grain. Dr. Wiley says: "Wheat is a complete food containing all the ele ments necessary for human nutrition." But be sure you get the whole digestible form. Shredded Wheat Biscuit Whole wheat made digerf.ible by steam-cooking, shreuding and baking—the best pro cess ever devised for pre paring the whole wheat grain for the human stom ach. Two or three of these crisp little loaves of baked whole wheat with milk and berries, make a delicious, nourishing meal. Made at ' Niagara Falls, N. Y. ENGINE FIRES BARN Marietta, Pa., May 7. A large barn on the farm of tNewis Jackson, near Nine Point?, was totally de stroyed by fire by the spark from a traction engine, while the owner was threshing. All the crops were destroyed, but luckily the cows and horses were in the field. Adjacent buildings were saved by hard work. I The loss is partially covered by in surance. 5
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