10
SPECIAL MEETING
OF CLUB MEMBERS
Civic Club Is Busy Making
Hostess House Plans For
Soldiers and Sailors
A meeting of the advisory board
of the Civic Club including, Mrs.
Lyman D. Gilbert. Honorary Presi
dent; Mrs. William Henderson, Nice
president; Miss Anne McCormick,
with Mrs. William Jennings, Mrs.
E. F. Dunlap. general chairman, and
Miss Dora Wickersham Coe, vice
chairman, was held this morning in
the business office of the Red Cross
Headquarters in the basement of the
Public Library.
At that time important plans and
initial steps in the opening of the
Civic Club House as a social center
for the soldier and sailor lads over
the week-end were discussed.
The committee announce the tirst
home weekend at the club for the
boys Saturday, August 31, Sun
day, September 1. The open house
program for those days will include
a dance Saturday evening with light
refreshments served during the in
termission and supper Sunday even
ing at 6 o'clock with an informal
community song service following.
Contributions Wanted
The War Fund, instiuted by vol
untary contributions of various per
sons throughout the city, will be the
means of defraying expenses in
curred for this special work among
the soldier boys and sailor lads of
the city and surrounding vicinity.
All persons who desire to co-operate
in this movement in providing the
necessary social life of the boys are
asked to forward their checks or
cash contributions to Mrs. William
Henderson. 25 North Front street.
Victrola records, chairs and
benches for the porch and lawn of
the club house will also be needed
in caring for such a crowd as will
doubtless be at the house during the
hostess days. Any one desiring to
furnish any of these needed articles
are asked to send them to the club
house at Front and South streets.
Various committees to attend to
the \anous phases of the work are
now being formed by Mrs. Dunlap
and Miss Coe.
New Schedule Announced
For the Industrial League
To bring about the end of the j
season earlier in the year, commenc- |
ing this week, the Industrial League ;
will play eight games each week in- j
stead of four as heretofore. By this 1
arrangement the season will be |
closed on September IT. Both the |
island and West End grounds will ,
be utilized under this new arrange- '
nient. I'nder the four-game weekly
arrangement the season tvould have ,
extended until the latter part of Oc- j
tober when weather conditions j
would have been decidedly unfavor
able for baseball.
The new schedule, released this j
morning, follows:
August IS* —Newsies vs. Kiwanis. ,
West End; West End vs. Evangeli- j
cal, Island.
August 20—Belmont vs. Suburban, I
West End; Appleby vs. Baptist. !
Island.
August 21—Newsies vs. West End.
Island; Kiwanis vs. Evangelical,
Vest End.
August 22—Appleby vs. Suburban.
West End; Belmont vs. Baptist,
Island.
August 23—Suburban vs. Baptist,
West End; Evangelical vs. Belmont,
Island.
August 26—West End vs. Baptist,
West End; Newsies vs. Suburban, j
Island.
August 2 T—Newsies vs. Belmont.
West End; West End vs. Appleby.
Island.
August 2S—Suburban vs. Evan
gelical. Island; Baptist vs. Kiwanis,
West End.
August 2 9—Kiwanis vs. Appleby,
Island: Evangelical vs. Belmont.
West End.
August 30—Appleby vs. Belmont.
West End.
September 2—Belmont vs. Kiwanis.
West End; Newsies vs. Baptist,
Island.
September 3—Evangelical vs. Ap
pleby, West End; Suburban vs. West
End, Island.
September 4—Baptist vs. Evangel
ical. West End: Newsies vs. Appleby.
Island.
September s—Belmont vs. West
End. West End: Suburban vs. Ki
wanis. Island.
September 9—Evangelical. New
sies. West End: Belmont vs. Baptist,
Island.
September 10—Baptist vs. Su- j
burban. West End: Belmont vs. Ap- |
pleby. Island.
September 11 —Newsies vs. Kf- j
wanis. Island: Evangelical vs. West ;
End. West End.
September 12—West End vs. Ki- j
wanis, West End: Suburban vs. Ap- i
pleby. Island.
September 16 —Baptist vs. Apple
by. West EJr.d: Newsies vs. West End.
Island. '
September IT—Evangelical vs. Ki
wanis. Island; Belmont vs. Suburban.
West End.
PAHKHt RST ISSI'E? WARNING
l.fikf Placid. N. Y. Aug. 19.—The
Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst. address
ing a big union church service this
morning, declared the end of the war
was near enough for us to prepare j
ourselves against a pacifist plea that •
"Germany has been punished enough"
and to determine our attiude toward
the Central Powers.
FOR SALE
No. 1001 North Second Street !
No. 1439 Vernon Street
Lots on Curtin, Jefferson and
Seneca Street
No. 1942 North Sixth Street,
3-story frame dwelling, 8 1
rooms and bath. All im- j
provements.
Frank R. Leib
and Son
REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE
IS N. Third St.
Harrlsburg, Pa.
V. i
UNDERTAKER I7l
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fill VATIC AMBULANdf fHOMBS
MONDAY EVENING,
MARKETS
By Associated Press
I Xew York, Aug. 19.—Wall Street,
j—A further Inquiry for Liberty 3 4
per cent, bonds constituted the chief
feature of the early dealings on the
Stock Exchange to-day at the new
high record of 101.04, against the
previous maximum of 100.50. Deal
ings in stocks were light with a
steady undertone, imparted largely
by the strength of Marine pfd. at an
' extreme advance of 14 points.
! American Telephone increased last
week's recovery and minor rails were
tirm but prominent industrials,
notably U. S. Steel and Baldwin Lo
, eomotive, eased slight fractions.
NEW YORK STOCKS
Chandler Brothers and Company,
members of New York and Philadel
phia Stock Exchanges—3 North Mar
ket Square. Harrisburg: 336 Chestnut
street, Philadelphia: 34 Pine street.
New York—furnish the following
quotations: Open. 2 p. m.
Allls Chalmers 34 33 si
American Can 41 4 .
Anaconda 65 7 j 63 4
Baldwin Locomotive .... 93 R 93
Canadian Pacific 157 157
Central leather 6SV, 654 ;
Chesapeake and Ohio ... 574 57 4 |
Chi Mil and St Paul .... 47 4 454 '
Chino Con Copper 384 354 j
Corn Products 43 4
I Crucible Steel 674 6.4 t
Erie *5 4 '
General Motors 156 157
I Hide and leather pfd ... 554 5514
j Inspiration Copper 51 H 514 :
| Kennecott 854
Maxwell Motor* 264 36'*
; Merc War Ctfs 27 7 274
! Merc War Ctfs pfd 1014 101 7 ,
, Mex Petroleum 100 \ 101 !
Miami Copper 27 4 27 4 j
Midvale Steel 524 524 j
: New York Central 72 7 72 4 :
N TX H and H 414 424 |
Northern Pacific 90 90
• Railway Steel Spg 614 014
j Ray Con Copper 24 24
: Reading 894 394
! Republic Iron and Steel . 914 914 1
1 Southern Pacific 66 4 56 4
Southern Ry 23 4 23 4 |
t'nion Pacific 1244 1234
ll* S Rubber 614 614
. r S Steel 110*. 1104
jV S Steel pfd 11 n 4 11°4
' Westinghouse Mfg 42 4 43
1 Willys-Overlaid 19 4 194
I'll 11 MtEM'HIA PRODUCE
By Ass.rioted Press
Philadelphia, Aug. 19. Wheat !
1 Nv. .. 1 e<>. s..i. No. 3 red. i.14 1
No 2. soft. red. 32.22.
Bran Tne market Is steady: o<: j
winter, per ton. $46.50047.00: spring
t-- ton. ptiioais.oo.
Corn The market is steady; No. 2.
yellow. 11.551i1.90: No. 3, yellow.
31 >6® 1.57.
Oats The market is steady;
No. 2. white. 804 081 c; No. 3. white.
79 4® Soc.
Butter The market is higher;
western, creamery, extra. 47c: near
by prints. 53® 35c.
Eggs Higher; Pennsylvania,
nnc other nearoy firsts, free case?.
$13,656 14.10 per case: do., current re
ceipts. free cases. $13.20 per case;
western, extras, firsts, free cases. :
$13.65$ 14.10 per case; do., firsts, free;
cases. $13.20 per case; fancy, selected. 1
packed. 514 53c per dozen.
Cheese —l'he market is firm; New |
York and Wisconsin, full cream. 25 4 ,
® 26 4 c.
Refined Sugars Market steady,
powdered. 8.45 c: extra fine, granulat- 1
ed. 7.25 c.
Live Poultry Market firm; I
fowls. 37®3Sc: young. softmeated
roosters. 25 ® 26c; young, staggy roost
ers, 25® 26c; old roosters. 25® 26c;
spring clr -pons, not leghorns. 36': 42c,
leghorns. 34® 36c: ducks, Peking,
spring. 34® 36c; d0..01d.30® 32c; Indian ;
Runners. 27® 25c; spring ducks. Long j
Island, higher, 36® 37c; turkeys. 27® '
3Ss: geese, nearby. 25® 26c; western.
25® 26c.
Dressed Poultry Firm; turkeys,
nearby, choice to fancy. 39®40c; do
fair to good. 32® 37c: do., old. 37®S8c.
do., western, choice to fancy. 37®36c;
do . fair co good. 32®3Sc; do., old toms.
30c; old. common. 30c; fresh killed
fowls, fancy, 36® 364 c: do., smaller
.-lies. 32®35c: old roosters. 28c: spring
ducks, Long Island. 36@37c; frozen
fowls, fancy. 35®354c. do- good :o
choi' v. 22 r n do., small sizes * •>
1 30c: dressed Pekin ducks higher. 34®
36c; old. 30® 32c; Indian Runners. 27®
27 4c: broiling chickens, western. 3S®
41c.
Potatoes The market Is steady;
New Jerseyfi No. 1, 85c® $l.OO
per basket; do- No. 2. 40® 60c
qper basket; do- 150-lb. bags. No. 1.
$2.00® 4 00. extra quality: do.. No. 2.
$2.00® 2.25; Pennsylvania, 100 Ibs..
Il.iuy l.bo. New York, old, per 100 lbs,
11.5591,75. western, per 100 lbs.. $1.25
f® 7.55; Maine. per 100 lbs.. $1,600
I.80; Delaware and Maryland, per 104
ft*., 90c*?$1.10; Michigan, per 100 ®>s. '
fl 50® 1.70; Florida. per barrel.
$2.00® 400 Florida. per bushel. 1
hamper. 75@S5c; Florida, per 150-fb
tags $1 508 3.00: North Caro'ina. per
barrel. $t.5f>84.00; South Carolina, per
Parrel. $1 5004.00: Norfolk, per bar
rel. $1.25® 4.15; Eastern Shore, per
barrel. $1.75® 4 25.
Flour Steady; winter wheat, new.
100 per cent, flour. $10.25010.50 per
barrel; Kansas wheat, new. sll.oo®
11.25 per barrel. Spring wheat, new,
$11.15 ® 11.40 per barrel.
• Hay Market firm; timothy, i
No. 12 large and small bales. $26.50 ®
27.00 per ton: No. 2, small bales. $25.00
® 25.50 per ton; No. 3. $19.00020.50 per
ton, sample. $l2 50®15.50 per ton. no
grade. $7 50011.50 per ton.
Clover Light mixed. $25:00 ®
25.50 per ton: No. 1. light mixed.
$22.00® 23.00 per ton; No. 2. light mix- j
sc. $16.50® 17.50 per ton: no grade,
-r ton.
Tallow The market is quiet:
prime city, in tierces. 174 c; city,
special, loose, ISc; country, prime,
164 c; dark, 154 016 c; edible, in
tierces, 190 194 c.
CHICAGO CATTLE
By Associated Press
Chicago, Aug. 19. (U. S. Bureau
of Marke's). Hogs Receipts.
25.000; market mostly 25c higher than
Saturday's average. Big packers buy
ing sparingly; top. $20.00: butchers.
$19.25619.90: light. $19.25 020.00;
packing. $lB.OOO 18.75; rough. $17.30®
18.00; bulk of sales. $18.30019.85; pigs,
good and chlce. $17.75018.40.
Cattle Receipts. 16.500; strong.
Sheep Receipts. 29.000; fat lambs |
25c lower. Top westerners, $18.50: na- !
tives, $17.75; sheep and feeding stock
sales steady. Lambs, choice and prime, j
$17.65018.50: medium and good. $16.25
®17.65; culls. $10.00013.75; ewes,
choice and prime. $13.00013.75; me- •
dium and good, $11.50013.25.
Last Week of Playground
Camp to Open Thursday
The last week of the city play
ground camp at McCormick's Island
will open on Thursday morning
park department officials announced
to-day. as the instructors in charge
who are Y. M. C. A. officials are
needed at the building. J. K.
Staples, supervisor, said that as
these men volunteered their services
and are now needed at the "Y" and
the department being unable to get
other suitable persons to take
charge, the camp will close next
week.
Track meet entries will be filed to
morrow for the events to be held at
Island park on Thursday. Play
ground instructors also have been
advised to prepare at once lists of
the youngsters who will be present
at the Romper Day festivities.
Miss Anna M. Bender, instructor
at the Reservoir Park cooking
school, has sent out the invitations
| for the annual dinner to city and
school board officials. This year
the dinner will be served on Thurs- J
day afternoon at 5 o'clock by the
fourth-year class.
||amuse|^ments]l|
MAJESTIC
Hig:h ClA*s Vaudeville.
COLONIAL
To-day and to-morrow Mae Marsh
iq "The Glorious Adventure."
Wednesday only May .Allison in
"The Successful Adventure."
i Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Birth of a Nation."
REGENT
To-day and to-morrow Enid Ben
nett in "The Vamp;" Telegram
Screen, and a good comedy.
Wednesday and Thursday Pauline
! Frederick in "Femora."
Friday and Saturay Srssue Haya
| kawa in "The Bravest Way."
VICTORIA
To-day and to-morrow Charlotte
Walker, In "Just a Woman."
Wednesday "The Bride's Awaken
ing."
Thursday Norma Talmadge and
Jew,el Carmen in "The Children in
the House."
Friday Jane and Katherine I,ee in
"Doing Their Bit."
Saturday—"The Scandal-Mongers."
PAXTANG PARK THEATER
Vaudeville Specialties.
It is doubtful if Mae Marsh, whose
appealing personality and unusual
talent has endeared her
Mne Marsh to millions of movie
in -The fans, was ever seen to
Glorious better advantage than
Adventure" in her latest Goldwyn
picture, appearing at
the Colonial Theater to-day and to
morrow. "The Glorious Adventure"
is a story of human appeal.
Wednesday and Thursday May Al
r — n
an
MONDAY TVESDAY
May Marsh
THE GLORIOUS~ADVENTURE
WEDNESDAY ONLY i
May Allison
—IN—
Successful Adventures
A Romance of the "Sunny South.*'
THI RS., FRI.. SAT.
"The Birth of a Nation"
10c and l."c nnd War Tax.
v *
r >
These hot Summer days
call for a nice, cool Straw
Hat. Have your Old Hat
cleaned and reblocked at the
Columbus Hat Cleaning Parlor
44 N. Third Street
WE KNOW HOW
gDo You Want a j
1 Liberty Bond or |
I War Saving Stamps 1
I Free ? i
PL Then get busy and see how many words you can JjS
make out of the letters composing *3
§ " BEAUTIFUL j]
II ESTHERTON" |
Ist Prize, A $5O Liberty Bond
2nd Prize, 5 War Saving Stamps X
3rd Prize, 3 War Saving Stamps i|
4th Prize, 1 War Saving Stamp *9
sth Prize, 1 War Saving Stamp 39
6th Prize, 1 War Saving Stamp oj
7th Prize, 1 War Saving Stamp 8
Use no family names. The same letter cannot be. used more times in one
word than it appears in "BEAUTIFUL ESTHERTON." Write your name and U
address together with total number of words on upper left hand corner of the D
first sheet. Use both sides of sheet to conserve paper. Contest closes August jS
29th at 3p. m. Prizes awarded August 30th. Judges will be representatives of M JI
the three newspapers. M jB
Mail or Bring List of Words to * rj
WM. J. SOHLAND if
Ben 36 N. Third Street Dial I ®
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
lison will be seen In "The Successful |
Adventure," a gripping drama of the
Sunny South,
I
I
. Foiling a German spy in the act {
of spreading pro-German propaganda
isn't an everyday oe-
Enld Bennett currence. It necessar
..t tut- Regent tly takes a lot of!
nerve and quick wit,
but that is just what Nancy Lyons
does in "The Vamp," showing to-day i
and to-morrow at the Kegent. The i
story starts with Nancy playing the i
part of a chorus girl with ambitions i
for marrying a wealthy man. She falls |
in love with the manager of a Com- <
munity House in a small Pennsylva- j
nia town, and through her vamplrish
acts she finally marries him. It is 1
here that the German plot is foiled,
and Nancy is hailed as the preserver |
of the community.. Nancy Lyons is i
none other than the famous Para- ]
mount star, dainty Enid Bennett.
/
A woman's love, supreme and con- '
quoting all obstacles; a woman's love. 1
. trusting though '
Charlotte W alkrr In the one in whom :
'JOM a Woman" the trust was
placed has
proved false; but throughout every- j
thing, a woman's redeeming and all- ;
sacrificing love, shines forth in Char- 1
lotto Walker's powerful screen drama.,
playing at the Victoria Theater to-day
and to-morrow.
The husband, lured away from his
faithful and trusting wife, is induced
to stage a "fdke" divorce proceeding.
Tlirough a declaration of the
■wronge wife, the judge sees that
the whole proceeding has been framed
up, and a charge of conspiracy is en
tered against the man. who is stricken
with remorse by a dramatic act on the
r 1
Majestic Theater
VACDEYTLLE'S SELECTED REST
ALLEN AND CLARK
MUSICAL COMEDIANS.
HELEN VINCENT
SINGING COMEDIENNE
Hugh Herbert & Company
PRESENT THE ONE-ACT PHY*
ENTITLED
"The Question"
Holliday & Willetts
Present a Clever Comedy Skit.
LEO ZARRELL DUO
NOVELTY* ACROBATS.
This May Happen To You
Charles S. Foller was the general salesmanager of the Union
Spring and Manufacturing Company, of Pittsburgh.
Mr. Foller realized that mcdern life, with its hustle and bustle,
quick judgment and action as quick, is frought with unanticipated
dangers. The automobile, trolley, steam' car, elevatbr —all present
obvious dangers, but the unseen, unknown hasards are just as nu
merous and their consequences just as severe. A Utopia policy in
the General Accident netted his family $7,914 when he was
drowned a short time ago.
The General Accident policies are strictly up-to-date.
I. MILLER, General Agent
704 Kunkel Building
j part of his wife.
j The vaudeville bill at the Paxtang
| Park Theater, this week, offers a
headline act that was one
Pnxtnng of the conspicuous hits
I ark of the season on the
Theater Keith Circuit last year.
In this offering. Miss
Pong Pong Gue and Harry How. two
clever Celestials, present a novel and
attractively-staged singing and danc
. ing act. which they call "The Chil
i dren of Confucius." Miss Dong Fong
| Gue is a pretty little Oriental girl.
[Victoria Theater
TO-PAY AM) TO-MoltnW
"JUST A WOMAN"
Starring CHARLOTTE WALKER.
WEDNESDAY' ONLY*
"The Bride's Awakening"
i ComlDK—Auff. '27 and 28—FIr*t
.Official laovcrniucnt War Film
"Pershing's Crusaders"
Following the Flag to France.
Admission lOr and l!ie and war tax
VICTORIA THEATER
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, August 26-28
FIRST OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT YY'AR FILM
"FOLLOWING THE FLAG TO FANCE"
ADMISSION—IO and 15 Cents and War Tax
with a very sweet voice. She and the
Chinese boy offer a series of dances
that for grace and daintiness surpass
anything of the kind shown by our
best American dancers.
Other well-known acts that will ap
pear on the park bill will be; Sadie
Founderltn. slack-wire artist; The
Breakaway Barlows, in a sensutional
acrobatic novelty; La Verne and
Jones, in a classy musical offering,
and Adams and Poehne, in a comedy
song and dance act.
After three years' of absence. King
Kelley. world-famed balloonist and
parachute-jumper, will be at the park
REGENT
TO-DAY* AND TO-MORROW
ENID BENNETT
—IN—
"THE VAMP"
TELEGRAM SCREEN
"She Almost Proposed"
COMEDY*
WEDNESDAY* AND THI'RSDAY
PAULINE FREDERICK 1
—IN—
'FEDORA"
I I.FGAL NOTICES
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
. CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO THE
' CITIZENS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
I FOR THEIR APRROVAD OR REJEC-
I TION, AT THE ERECTION TO BE
! HERD ON TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 5,
I li'lB, BY THE GENE RAD ASSEMBRY
[ OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
PENNSYDVANI A. AND PUBRISHED
I BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF
, THE COMMONWEADTH. IN PURSU
ANCE OF ARTICRE XVIII OF THE
CONSTITUTION.
Number One.
A JOINT RESORPTION
Proposing an amendment to article
nine, section four of the Constitu
tion of the Commonwealth of Penn
sy!\iania; authorizing the State to
issue bonds to the amount of fifty
millions of dollars for the improve
, ment of the highways of the Com-
I monwealth.
I Section 1. Be it resolved by the
i Senate and Hopse of Representatives
i of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva
; nia in General Assembly met. That
the following amendment to the Con
stitution of Pennsylvania be, and the
same is hereby, proposed, in accord
ance with the eighteenth article there
of:—
That section four of article nine,
which reads as follows:
"Section 4. No debt shall be created
by or on behalf of the State, except to
supply casual deficiencies of revenue,
repel invasion, suppress insurrection,
defend the State in war, or to pay ex
isting debt; and the debt created to
supply deficiency in revenue shall
; never exceed in the aggregate, at any
one time, one million dollars," be
amended so as to read as follows:
I Section 4. No debt shall be created
i.by or on behalf of the State, except to
I supply casual deficiencies of revenue,
repel invasion, suppress insurrection,
defend the State in war, or to pay
existing debt: ar.d the debt created
to supply deficiencies in revenue shall
never exceed in the aggregate, at any
one time, one million dollars: Pro
vided. however, That the General As
sembly, irrespective of any debt, may
authorize the State to issue bonds to
| the amount of fifty millions of dol
l lars for the purpose of improving and
rebuilding the highways of the Com
monwealth.
Section 2. Said proposed amend
ment shall be submitted to the quali
fied electors of the State, at the gen
eral election to be held on the Tues
dav next following the first Monday of
November in the year nineteen hun-
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO THE
CITIZENS OF THE COMMON
WEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL
OR REJECTION. BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMON
: WEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. AND
PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE
£FCRET \RY OF THE COMMON
WEALTR IN PURSUANCE OF AR
TICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITU
TION.
Number One.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing: an amendment to section
I eleven of article sixteen of the Con
stitution of Pennsylvania.
I Be it resolved by the Senate and
Hou*e of Representatives of the Com
mnnwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen
! Assembly met. That the follow
ing amendment * h f C °pfnnsy 1 vJni la
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Ibe and the same hereby proposed.
In accordance with the eighteenth ar
eleven, article six
teen of the Constitution of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, which
I reads as follows:
"No corporate body to possess
banking and discount Ing privtleges
aha'l be created or organized in pur
suance of any a The
months' previous public notice, at the
place of the intended location, of the
! Intention to apply for such privileges.
In such manner as shall be prescribed
i bv law. nor shall a charter for such
i privilege be granted 'for a longer
period than twenty years, so that it
I shall read as follows:
1 The General Assembly shall have
the power bv general law to provide
for the incorporation of banks and
' trust companies, and to prescribe the
powers thereof. ...
A true copy of Joint Resolution
CYRUS E. WOODS.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Two..
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section
sixteen of article three of the Con
stitution of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania in accordance with
the provisions of the eighteenth
article thereof.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia in General Assembly met. and it
Is hereby enacted by the authority of
the same. That the following is pro
posed as an amendment to the Consti
tution of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, in accordance with the pro
visions of the eighteenth article
thereof: —
That section sixteen of article three,
which reads as follows:
"Section 1 <5. No money shall be paid
out of the treasury, except upon ap
propriations made by lftw. and on war
rant drawn by the proper officers in
pursuance thereof," be, and the same
is hereby, amended so that the same
shall read as follows:
Section 16. No money shall'be paid
out of the State treasury, except in
accordance with the provisions of an
act of Assembly specifying the amount
and purpose of the expenditure, and
limiting the time in which said ap
propriation -*■-IJ .be expends* All
public It.\~_ snwil be pain cy the
| syte Treasurer on warrant drawn by
AUGUST 19, 1918
attain this week. Kelly furntshes an
attraction that never falls to amuse
the public. Nearly everyone gets a
couple of real thrills when the Intrepid
nreonaut hits an altitude of from 2.000
feet to a mile and then cuts loose
with from one to four parachutes for
a trip to earth that is altogether too
fast and risky for the most of us to
ever think about doing. During the
week King Kelly will do some extra
PAXTANG
PARK THEATER
THE SIMMER HOME OF HIGH-CLASS VAUDEVILLE
"THE CHILDREN OF CONFUCIUS"
An Original Oriental Novelty
SADIE FONDERLIER—SIackwire Artist
BREAKAWAY BARLOWS—Comedy Sensation
ADAMS AND DOEHENE
Eccentric Songs and Dances
DLIER AND JONES, With
Piano, Accordion and Violin
SPECIAL FINE ATTRACTION
King Kelly
World Famous BALLOONIST
and PARACHUTE LEAPER
ASCENSIONS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
LEGAL NOTICES
dred and eighteen, for the purpose of
deciding upon the approval and rati
fication or the rejection of said
amendment. Said election shall be
opened, held, and closed upon said
election day, at the places and within
the hours at and within which said
election is directed to be opened, held,
and closed, and in accordance with the
provisions of the laws of Pennsylva
nia governing elections, and amend
ments thereto. Such amendment shall
he printed upon the ballots In the
form and manner prescribed by the
election laws of Pennsylvania, and
shall in all respects conform to the
requirement of such laws.
A true copy of* Joint Resolution
No. 1.
< CYRUS E. WOODS.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Two.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section
eight, article nine of the Constitu
tion of Pennsylvania.
Section.l. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in
General Assembly met. and it is here
by enacted by the authority of the
same. That the Constitution of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in
accordance with the provisions of the
eighteenth article thereof;—
Amendment to Article Nine, Section
Eight.
That section eight of article nine, of
the Constitution be amended by strik
ing out the said section and inserting
in place thereof the following:—
Section 8. The debt of any county,
city, borough, township, school dis
trict, or other municipality or incor
porated district, except as provided
herein, and in section fifteen of this
article, shall never exceed seven (7)
per centum upon the assessed value
of the taxable property therein, but
the debt of the city of Philadelphia
may be increased in such amount that
the total city debt of said city shall
not exceed ten per centum (10) upon
the assessed value of the taxable
property therein, nor shall any 'such
municipality or district incur any new
debt, or increase its indebtedness to
an amount exceeding -two (2) per
centum upon such assessed valuation
of property, without the consent of the
electors thereof at a public election
in such manner as shall be provided
by law. In ascertaining the borrow-
the Auditor Genera).
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 2.
CYRUS E. WOODS.
'Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Three.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article
nine, section eight of the Constitu
tion of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
in General Assembly met. That the
following amendment to the Consti
tution of Pennsylvania be. and the
same is hereby, proposed, in accord
ance with the eighteenth article
thereof:—
That article nine, section eight, be
amended to read as follows:
Section 8. The debt of any county,
city, borough, township, school dis
trict, or other municipality or incor
porated district, except as provided
herein, and in section fifteen of this
article, shall never exceed seven (7)
per centum upon the assessed value of
the taxable property therein, but the
debt of the city of Philadelphia may
be increased in suqh amount that the
total city debt of feaid city shall not
exceed ten per centum (10) upon the
assessed value of the taxable prop
erty therein, nor shall any such mu
nicipality or district incur any new
debt, or Increase Its indebtedness to
an amount exceeding two (2) per
centum upon such assessed valuation
of property, without the consent of
the electors thereof at a public elec
tion in such manner as shall be pro
vided by law. In ascertaining the
borrowing capacity of the city of
Philadelphia, at any time, there shall
be deducted from such debt so much
of the debt of said city as shall have
been incurred, or Is about to be in
curred. and the proceeds thereof ex
pended, or about to be expended, up
on any public improvement, or in the
construction, purchase, or condemna
tion of any public utility, or part
thereof, or facility therefor, if such
public improvement or public utility,
or part thereof, whether separately or
in connection with any other public
improvement or public utility, or part
thereof, may reasonably be expected
to yield revenue in excess of operat
ing expenses sufficient to pay the in
terest and sinking fund charges there
on. The m-thod of determining such
amount,* so to be deducted, may be
prescribed by the General Assembly.
In incurring indebtedness for any
purpose the cTty of Philadelphia may
issue its obligations maturing not
later than fifty (50) years from the
date thereof, with provision for a
sinking-fund sufficient to retire said
obligations at maturity, the payment
to such sinking fund to be in equal
or graded annual or other periodical
instalments. Where any Indebtedness
shall be or shall have been incurred
by said city of Philadelphia .for the
purpose of the construction or Im
provements of public works or utili
ties of any character, from which In
come or revenue is to be derived by
said city, or for the reclamation of
land to be used In the construction of
wharves or docks owned or to be
owned by said city, such obligations
may be in an amount sufficient to pro
vide for. and may include' the amount
"f. interest end *(,n>iKe-fund
charges accruing and which may ac
crue thereon throughout tho period
hazardous stunts with a new model
parachute, such as Is used by bal
loonlsts in the Army Signal Corps.
The date for the special stunts will be
announced early In the week, and In
the meantime one nmy rest assnred
that Kelly will make two ascensions
a day at JPaxtang, and that every one
of them will bo well worth g< .ng a
long way to see.
LEGAL NOTICES ,
ing capacity of the said city of Phila
delphia. at any time, there shall he ex
cluded from the calculation and de
ducted from such debt so much of the
debt of said city as shall have been
incurred, and the proceeds thereof in
vested. in any public improvements
of any character which shall be yield
ins to the said city an annual current
net revenue. The amount of such de
duction shall be ascertained by capi
talizing the annual net revenue from
such improvement during the year
immediately preceding the time of
such ascertainment; and such capitali
zation shall be estimated by ascer
taining the principal amount which
would yield such annual, current net
revenue, at the average rate of in
terest. and sinking-fund charges pay
able upon the indebtedness incurred
by said city for such purposes, up to
the time of such ascertainment. The
method of determining such amount,
so to be deducted, may be prescribed
by the General Assembly. In incurr
ing indebtedness for any purpose
city of Philadelphia may issue its ob
ligations maturing not later than
fifty (50) years from the date there
of. with provision for a sinking-fund
sufficient to retire said obligations at
maturity, the payment to such sink
ing-fund to he in equal or graded an
nual or other periodical instalments.
Where any indebtedness shall be or
shall have been incurred by said city
of Philadelphia for the purpose of the
construction or improvement of pub
lic works of any character from which
income or revenue is to be derived by
said city, or for the reclamation of
land to be used in the construction of
wharves or docks owned or to be own
ed by said city, such obligations may
be in an amount sufficient to provide
for, and may include the amount of,
the interest and sinking-fund charges
accruing and which may accrue there
on throughout the period of construc
tion, and until the expiration of one
year after the completion of the work
for which said indebtedness shall have
been incurred; and said city shall not
be required to levy a tax to pay said
interest and sinking-fund charges
as required by section ten, article nine
of the Constitution of Pennsylvania,
until the expiration of said period of
one year after the completion of said
work.
, A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 2.
CYRUS E. WOODS.
Secretary of the Commonwealth
of construction, and until the expira
tion of one year after the completion
of the work for which said indebted
ness shall have been incurred; and
said city shall not be required to levy
a tax to pay said interest and sink
ing-fund charges as required by sec
tion ten, article nine of the Constitu
tion of Pennsylvania, until the expira
tion of said period of one year after
the completion of said work.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 3.
CYRUS E. WOODS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Four.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
An amendment to section one of ar
ticle nine of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania, relating to taxation.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
ol' the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
in General Assembly met, and it is
hereby enacted by the authority of
the same. That the following amend
ment to the Constitution of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania be, and
the same is hereby, proposed, in ac
cordance with the provisions of the
eighteenth article thereof:—
That section one of article nine,
which reads as follows;
"All taxes shall be uniform, upon
the same class of subjects, within the
territorial limits of the authority
levying the tax, and shall be levied
and collected under the general laws;
but the General Assembly may, by
general laws, exempt from taxation
public property used for public pur
poses. actqal places of religious
worship, places of burial not used or
held for private or corporate profit,
and institutions of purely public char
ity," be amended so as to read as
follows:
All taxes shall be uniform, upon the
same class of subjects, within the
territorial limits of the authority
levying the tax, and shall be levied
and collected under general laws, Mad
the subjects of taxation may be clas
sified for the purpose of laying grad
ed or progressive taxes; but the Gen
eral Assembly may, by general laws,
exempt from taxation public property
used for public purposes, actual places
of religious worship, places of burial
not used or held for private or cor
porate profit, and institutions of pure
ly public charity.
Section 2. Said proposed amend
ment shall be submitted to the quali
fied electors of the State, at the gen
eral election to be held on the Tues
day next following the first Monday
of November in the year nineteen hun
dred and nineteen, for the purpose of
deciding upon the approval and ratifi
cation or the rejection of said amend
ment. Said election shall be opened,
held, and closed upon said election
day, at the places and within the
hours at and within which said elec
tion U directed to be opened, held, and
closed, and In accordance with the
provisions of the laws of Pennsylva
nia governing elections, and amend
ments thereto. Such amendment shall
be printed upon the ballots in the
form and manner prescribed by the
election laws of Pennsylvania, and
shall in all respects conform to the
requirement of such laws.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 4.
CYRUS E. WOODS.
Secretary of'the Commonwealth.