! NEWS OF THE LEGISLATURE INSURANCE ON AIRPLANES NOW "Bill Enlarging the Powers of Companies Presented in House Wre and Insurance companies are authorized to insure automobiles, air planes and other aircraft against Are and other hazards under terms of a bill Introduced at the night session of the House by Mr. Wallace, Fhlla- | delphla. The session was the first Tuesday night meeting of the House and was delayed almost an hour in opening by lack of a quorum. Mr. Simpson. Allegheny, introduced a bill creating a board of tax revision and assessment of seven members in Allegheny county. The county com missioners are to appoint the board, whose members will be paid $5,000 Per year. The county now has a board of three. Mr. Brady. Philadelphia, introduced a bill making it unlawful for any telephone, gas, water or other public service company to discontinue serv ice wtihout ten days' notice, tinder penalty of $25 fine, to be collected as liquidated damages. A bill was presented by Mr. Phillips, Clearfield, providing that bituminous \ miners may collect at law rates due for mining coal, seventy-six pounds ' to constitute a bushel and 2,000 pounds a ton. All cars are required to he uniform in capacity. Mr. Bowman. Cumberland, intro-1 dueed a bill requiring all hospitals re- I ceiving State aid to report to the Au- , ' ditor General money received fori treatment under compensation act! and deducting such sums from ap-1 proprie.tionn. Mr. Stadtlander, Allegheny, offered' a bill authorizing counties, cities and |' boroughs to appropriate money for!' aiding, entertaining and caring for' soldiers, sailors and marines and vali- I dating appropriations heretofore • made. The bill was drawn to meet • objections on a similar bill which was vetoed. I' Other bills presented were: Mr. Sowers. Philadelphia—Author izing courts to grant divorces when both married parties were minors, . married without consent of parents and did not live together. Mr McCaig, Allegheny—Providing 1 for five police magistrates and one I for each 100.000 population over 20C.- !. 000 ir second-class cities. Making an | appropriation for $52,000 to meet de- : ficiency for supplies in the Depart- ' ment of Public Grounds and Build- ! Ings. Mr. Curran. Washington—Allowing building and loan associations to re ceive bids for priority. Mr. Bowman. Cumberland—Provid ing that no compensation agreement 1 shall bo binding or award made until 1 1 proof is given that the cost of modi- ' ' cal services has been paid. 1 i Mr. Woner, Butler—Regulating ad- ; mission to practice of pharmacy of I persons employed as pharmacists t ' who failed to register under the act i I of ISST. J] f HOTEL" MA it TIN IQ'UE ' "^G BROADWAY, 32d & 33d STS T ayior^_ NEW YORK J (J On* Block from Perm*. 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OOC 'Em Down | OoC Memphis nn the " Tndlanola" 1 Blues" Farm?" , 11, r WEDNESDAY EVENING, HxrouSBURG TELEGKXP# '" ' APRIL' 30, 191SX"" rM STATE MAY OWN QUARRY PUNTS Bill Presented Which Is Ap-; proved by Highway Depart- I ment Chief in Statement A bill to permit the State to own and operate quarries was presented j in the Senate at the late afternoon j session yesterday following the me morial for the late Senator J. Frank! Graff. The bill came from Senator! T- L. Eyre, of Chester. A statement issued by Highway j Commissioner Sadler about the bill j said the bill amends sections three j and thirteen of the act of May 31, 1911 the act which created the State Highway Department as at present constituted. The amend ments provide that the State High way Commissioner may purchase or 1 i n.cquire land or lands containing l stone and other materials suitable!! for use in the construction or main- j tenanee of highways, and quarry and I : prepare the stone for use in con-) 1 structlon or maintenance work. It , also provided that the Highway , Commissioner may manufacture any other materials used in the construe- | tion and maintenance of roads; and! use such stone or materials so quar- I. ried. prepared or manufactured, inj highway construction or mainten- j i ance; or sell, furnish or supply such i materials to contractors. The bill: : provides further that the Highway! Commissioned may erect all neces-j! sary buildings and purchase machin-n ery and equipment necessary in j i quarrying and preparing stone, and j' manufacturing material. The provi- j sion of the act of May 31, 1911, that "all work of construction. I, building or rebuilding of highways, j except that of repairing and main- 1 1 tenanee done under the provisions j of this act, shall be by contract," j is amended to read "may be by con-| tract;" and the State Highway Com-j missioner is authorized by the | amendment to construct, build or! rebuild any highway or highways, 1 for the construction,, building or !. rebuilding of which he was author-! ized to contract under the provi-1 : sions of the act of May 31, 1911. | Highway Commissioner Lewis S. , Sadler issued the following state- j ment relative to this bill: "Condi-1' tions have arisen which would indi- ' 1 cate the advisability of the passage of this bill. The State Highway Department believes that with the power conferred upon it by these |, amendments, it will be in a position i! to construct a State highway system 11 in Pennsylvania in the most ceono- | 1 mical manner possible." VICKERMAN TO LEAD CONTEST Ramsey Alcoholic Content Measure Will Have Rough Time of It Now The attempt to clothe the Ramsey |2i per cent, "enforcement" bill In the House so that it would rcad 4 like a Simon-pure "dry" measure and at the ! same time really permit the sale of intoxicating liquors In Pennsylvania have the dealers pay a license grant ed by a license court and be permit ted to export and import the bever ;pges and liquors under certain con ditions has come a cropper because Representative John W. Vickerman, the "dry" leader, has found what has been going on and to-day is routing the wet forces with a statement that the Governor will not countenance such measures. Representative -Vlckerman's state ment follows: "The Governor reiter ates his statement of sometime age that any definition us to what con stitutes intoxicating liquors will have to come from Congress, as a State law would be superseded by aF- deral law. , Congress is expected to gi e a clear definition. The Governor also stands on his previous announcements that the administration favors real en forcement legislation. He is familiar with my bill and I told him the Fox measure had been amended to satisfy e\eryone but the liquor interests. I am satisfied that his aid and influence j will be thrown behind the Vickerman and Fox bills." I The Ramsey bill was sent to the Judiciary General Committee and yes ' terday it was reported out without a regular committee hearing. That will give it precedence on the House cal endar over the Vickerman and Fox bills, which were reported in the evening. The Vickerman measure provides for a prohibition commis sioner with deputies, while the Fox measure defines how liquors can be dispensed for lawful purposes. Both are real enforcement measures and will have executive approval. The Ramsey bill rs a conglomera tion of "wet" and "dry" thoughts, as it is at one and the same time an al leged enforcement measure and one that permits the sale of intoxieating liquors and to grant licenses to per mit the same. It is another way to attempt to beat Old Nick about the bush, but the Governor's attitude places the attempt clearly out of luck. Little attempt to pass the Ramsey bill will now be made, while the Vicker man und Fox measures will pass. Narcotic Bill Is Sent to Storage The Leslie drug bill was uncere moniously taken out of the Senate Committee on Health and Sanitation I by the State Department of Health at the hearing held yesterday afternoon. Protest has arisen from all parts of the State against the measure and druggists from every section wete here to lodge their protests against the measure. Commissioner Edward Martin, of the Health Department, himself asked that the Leslie bill not be considered by the committee. This bill was presented with a con siderable flourish some weeks ago. Immediately the protests began to come in and letters by the score were mailed to the Senators and especially to tTie members of the committee. It was claimed that under the provisions c-f the bill that a man would have to procure a prescription for a headache powder or capsule and also for brome seltzer or any other medicines that contained any percentage of drugs! that might be termed habit-forming drugs. Where the blame for the bill rests is not definitely determined. Senator Leslie announced early in the session that be would have a real drug hill to prohibit the sale in any manner of drugs to drug addicts and that the bill would be an administra-1 t!on measure. THAT FFRTIVE AIR "That young fellow looks furtive. Isn't he apt to try to pinch some thing?" "Xaw," said the experienced Jewel er; "he wants to buy an engagement ring." TEACHERS WILL GET MORE PAY House Passes the Woodruff Bill on to the Senate at Night Session The Woodruff teachers' salary In crease hill, which establishes a se ries of new minimum monthly salar ies and has been urged for months by teachers, was passed finally in the House by a 199 to 0 vote just before the adjournment of the night session. Mr. Walker, Washington, presented a petition in favor of the measure and the bill passed without any de bute. It now goes to the Senate. The House defeated the Fox bill es tablishing a system of physical edu cation in the public schools, the measuro receiving only forty-three votes. The Scott military training bill was amended to strike out pro visiona making it applicable to per sons between 16 and 18 years of age not in colleges or schools and sent to the Appropriations Committee. The Wallace grade crossing bill was also sent to the Appropriations Commit tee. By a vote of 108 noes to only 22 ayes, the House voted down the Lanus bill regulating housing. Mr. McCurdy, Blair, objected to the bill as too sweeping and said it the provisions were enacted the average house could not be built. Mr. Davis, Co lumbia, supported him. Mr. Lanius said that the bill was needed, but Mr. McCurdy said it was too ad vanced. The Hess "blue sky" bill, placing , issuance of securities and sellers un der State Banking Department super vision, passed without opposition, as did the bills taking limits off nets used for food fish nnd allowing fish inlg up to the breast of MeCall's berry dam. The Ditlirieh motor vehicle bill was amended again in the House at the evening session, the changes being made by the sponsor after a confer ence with the Governor. Highway Commissioner and others interested. The rate was made 45 cents per horsepower for pleasure cars and the half-year period advanced to August }• Weight will be based on chassis, bpeed limits for trucks were in creased. Mr Martin. Allegheny, introduced a resolution calling upon the Attor ney General of the t'nited States to investigate cause of high cost of leather and shoes. Messrs. Sinclair, Fayette; Gans and Gojder, Philadelphia, were appointed as the committee on the part of the House to arrange for the Legislature to attc-nd the parade of the Keystone Division. New Revenue Raiser From Fayette Men A revenue raiser sponsored by Representative Duncan Sinclair, of Fayette, was given first reading in the House to-day. The measure is an amendment to the act of 1915. which imposes a tax of two per cent on stock transfers. Sinclair's bill raises the tax from two to three per cent. It is anticipated that the addi tional money derived from the in crease will bo used to help pay the State's share of the increase in teachers' salaries, which is provided for in the Woodruff bill. The Wood ruff bill, in the amended form, which cuts off all school employes except teachers, passed the House finally last night without a dissent ing vote. So far the main concern of the legislators has been to raise the ad ditional money which will be re quired to make up the increased appropriations for the teachers. While different forms of taxes and other new revenue raisers have been suggested none had been introduced. School teachers said last night that they would use their influence to have the Sinclair bill passed. Skunk Friend! of State's Farmers Now The skunk was ordered protected by law as a friend of the farmer and o. the public generally because of pelt and oil in a bill passed by the House of Representatives at the night ses sion amid considerable merriment. The muskrat was also ordered on the protected list from November 15 to March 1. Messrs. Williams, Tioga: Davis. Cambria, and Baldridge. Alleghenv, had some fun with the sponsor. Mr Stark 5\ yoming. who said the skunk benefited the farmer because of its diet and the oil had a distinct medici nal value. He said New York. New Jersey and Ohio had protective laws for the animal. Mr. Powell. Luzerne said New Jersey protected the skunk under the name of the swamp rab bit and that it was eaten in some Places. "Pennsylvania is hardly ready for this, T think," said he The bill forbids taking the animal except by "dead fails" and smoking out is prohibited The vote was 106 to 52. ff Sale of Manufacturers Stocks and Canceled Orders Big Quota of Specials in Our Bargain j Basement | Watch-Wait Sale on Friday Full Details To-morrow Kkwrnuz SEDITION BILL HOTLYDEBATED Attorney General Says It Is Essential; Labor Leaders Object to Measure The Flynn anti-sedition bill, j which figured yesterday afternoon in one of the most remarkable hear- I ings ever held on Capitoll Hill, was declared by Attorney General Will iam I. Schaffer In an able exposition | of the bill to be essential to the' maintenance of law and order in Pennsylvania in event of certain i contingencies which may arise and 1 denounced by some of the most ; prominent labor leaders In Pennsyl- j vania as vicious, ill timed, repres-1 slvo and wrong tn spirit. The hear- ! ing was held by the House commit- ! tee on Judiciary general and lasted for almost five hours. It was close' to 7 o'clock when the hearing ended with a strong plea by James H. Maurer, president of the State Fed- I eratton of Labor, to negative the bill.! Chairman W. H. Dithrich announced that the whole committee would consider the bill, which it was stat ed by the Attorney General would be amended in several features. At times, the hearing became very lively. The remarks of the labor representatives, who came from al most every county and represented almost three-quarters of a million of organized workers, were strong ly against the bill, especially Thomas Kennedy, Hazelton miners' leader; Morris Phillips, Pittsburgh miners' leader, and Mr. Maurer. The latter closed the arguments. Mr. Schaffer said that the bill was drawn at the request of the Governor and that it was aimed at enemies of the Government and that labor need not fear it. Labor men rejoined that in event of Bolshevism raising its head, the State could call organized labor to put down disorder and that no more laws were required. George Rowan, representing the railroad brotherhoods, said he spoke for 50,000 men and that they feared court interpretations. "As to the I. W. W. or Bolshevlkl," said he. "when the time comes for them to rise, we will not need secret police and anti-sedition laws. Give us our present police laws and turn them over to organized labor. I'll guar antee you need have no fear." Mr. Rowan said some labor men did lose their heads, but so dtd leg islators and lawyers. "However, labor generally takes care of its men who lose their heads." Gifford Pinchot, presented as a representative of tho State Grange on the joint Labor Grange commit tee, said the bill was against free speech. He declared there was no sympathy for Bolshevism or disor der, but Bolshevism is the child of repression. He asserted the bill makes for the contempt and hatred which the measure seeks on its face to repress. Sober common sense, he remarked In closing, should laugh the bill out of the Legislature. John A. McSparran, master of the State Grange, said the bill was the first interference with free speech since the press muzzier of 1903. The people have been loyal and peace able in the midst of war. said he, and there are now ample police powers. The element of protest is at the very basis of Democracy and if American institutions aro threat ened, the people will rout the dis turbers. Mr. McSparran said the bill was "a good example of straight out Bolshevism" and there was no pub lic demand for tt. He predicted that if passed, the law would he repeated In 1921, just as the press muzzier was repealed within a few years of its enactment. N. P. Alifus. of tlie International Union of Machinists', said Bolshe vism was dangerous to trade unions and he thought the best way to com bat it was to show its absurdity. When Steve McDonald, president of the Scranton Central Labor Union, arose to speak, he asked if it was the Governor's bill. "I drew the act," remarked the Attorney General. Mr. McDonald said the bill would crystallize persecution and that, while there are men who insist that it has good intentions, he did not want to take a chance. If Lincoln. Patrick Henry, Ttoosevelt and others had lived under a law like that pro posed, they would have been in a felon's celi most of the time. The State needs remedial legisla tion, not anti-sedition bills, contend ed Mr. Kennedy, who said the party that puts the law on the books will have much to answer for. Robert Wheeler, an Allentown councilman, said the hearing was the joining of the issue between the forces of Democracy and reaction in Pennsylvania. lie said he did not think any power could enforce such an act, and considered that reason, toleration and concilliation should rule now instead of desire to pass such a bill. Mr. Scbaffer said tbat bp took full responsibility for the bill. "I drew it at the request of the Gover nor. who thinks it is essential to give him the power that will be required if certain things now brew ing in Pennsylvania come to a head," said he. "I :-ay to you as chief law officer of the Commonwealth, that there is now no law to meet them. We will see to it that law and order are upheld." Some imaginary things have arisen here to-day that have na place in the discussion, said Mr. Schaffer, who remarked that some men had either misunderstood the intent and purpose or else, like Mr. Whepler. spoke in a Pickwickian tense. He said he did not agree with the historical conclusions of Mr. Shippen Lewis. "This bill is aimed at the enemies of the United States Government, to punish crimes against the Govern ment," said he. "There are no in terests behind this bill. There are just two men, the Governor and my self. It grows out of a situation that confronts the Governor in his sworn duty of maintaining law and order. Other States have such laws. New lSampshire, Michigan, Washington and others have them. We have studied them." Mr. Schaffer said the law does not enable enemies of Government in a terrorist sense to be prosecuted. The men the bill is designed to reach are those who scorn American citi zenship and threaten peace and security of life. What is being done In Indiana county, said the Attorney General, is being done at request of authori ties of the county. A thousand men have met .since that call was made and agreed to stand by the Gov ernment. "This is an act solely against the enemies of the Government. No court could construe the act for anvj other purpose than what is said,"' said Mr. Schaffer. Mr. Schaffer in conclusion said the bill was needed to meet some thing "not only real, but Imminent." Several speakers then discussed various phases of tho speeches with the Attorney General and some took exceptions to remarks and to pam phlets and circulars which Mr. Schaffer displayed as Inflammatory exhibits. The dialogues became animated, but Mr. Mauror took the floor to rebut the arguments for tho bill. In closing, Mr Maurer paid a tribute to the motives of tho Gov ernor and the patriotic impulses of the Attorney General, but said he felt they were wrong. Ho snid his friends did not want the bill even if amended and that if danger threatened the labor men could be depended upon. Will Mark Roads Leading to Canada Regina, Sa.sk.—in preparation for what is expected to be a record breaking invasion of Canada by autoists from the United States this summer, the American Trail Blaz ing Association will mark all the principal roads between the leading cities of Western Canada with dis tinguishing colors. A. L. Meigs, president of the as sociation, during the convention of the Saskatchewan Motor League, had a conference with S. J. Latta, minister of highways, and president of the league and obtained permis sion to paint the signs on the long distance telephone poles. The work will begin at once. Saskatoon already has made an initial grant to the Trail Blazing Association and trails will lie de noted in colors on tho following plan: Black will mark the roads run ning from Prince Albert through Saskatoon to Regina byway of Strasbourg. Hanley and Davidson, and from Saskatoon to Moose Jaw. Blue will be the distinguishing mark between Winnipeg and Edmonton •through Saskatoon byway of Witkie. Green will be used on the trails from Snskatoon to Calgary by way of llosetown, and yellow on the roads from Saskatoon to Ed monton byway of Battleford and Lloydminster. Silver Becomes Valuable as Nations Hoard It Chicago, 111. —Hang on to those old silver knives, forks and spoons. Guard well the loving cups and the old silver ice water pitcher, because silver is becoming more precious ev ery day and the intrinsic as well as sentimental value of your silver service is constantly increasing. The reason is that every great na tion in the world except the defeat ed centrirl powers is buying silver and hoarding it in treasuries, either for the issuance of paper money or for coinage in silver and amalga mated coins. Since the outbreak of the war. silver in the United States has gone from less than sixty cents to more than one dollar, and is still rising. Another fact that has weight is that for some considerable time — nearly the entire length of the war —less silver was mined than for merly. The silver production for the world in 1918 was about 176,000,- 000 ounces. This was 6,000,000 ounces less than the production in both 1915 and 1914. But tho big gest reason is the tremendous, world-wide demand. Know The Kaiser! 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