NEWS OF THE LEGISLATURE
DIRT FLIES ON
STATE'S ROADS
a .Highway Department Issues
Statemen About Start
of Work
Road construction and mainte
nance •is under way in earnest on
the highways in Pennsylvania. The
spring oiling of highways is proceed
ing in many sections of the State,
and much resurfacing of macadam
roads is being done, necessitating
the use of bituminous compounds
on which is placed stone chips or
pea gravel. Temporary inconven
ience is resulting because of the
great activity of the Highway De
partment and contractors, but this
inconvenience is part of the cost
Pennsylvania is paying for better
highways.
The Highway Depar inent has is
sued the following statement: "The
State Highway Department in lay- !
ing out detours past highways
stretches on which construction is
under way chooses the best possible
thoroughfares. It very frequently ;
happens that the best possible de- i
tour is a township' road, not under 1
the direction of the State Highway !
Department. Where this occurs the
department will ask township su- :
pervisors to pay particular attention |
to the condition of the detour, so
that the unusual volume of traffic
may be cared for as expeditiously as !
possible.
"There are many detours now in !
use, and so .many are contemplated
during the department's four-year
program, that it has become neces
sary to discard the old cardboard
system of direction: and in the
near future metal signs will be in j
use, arrows pointing the proper di
rection.
"In the case of surface road treat
ment, where dust-layers are employ
ed or resurfacing being done: Orders
have been issued that only one-half
the thoroughfare may be treated at
a time. Weather conditions governi
the period in which highways so
treated will resume normal condi
tion. Rain will interfere with pene
tration, but in warmi dry weather
oiled or resurfaced roads are in ex
cellent condition within three days
of treatment, while a week after the
date of treatment absolutely no in
convenience should be encountered.
"Pennsylvania road users will find
more detours necessary and more
surface treatment under way this
summer than ever before —because
the State is building more roads and
making more improvements than
ever before. Temporary inconven
ience is part of the cost the State
must pay for better roads."
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TUESDAY EVENING, "
SALARY BILLS
PASS THE HOUSE
Measures Establishing SIO,(XX)
For the Auditor General
and State Treasurer
Bills increasing salaries of the |
Auditor General and State Treas- j
urer from SS,OOO to SIO,OOO were ;
passed in the House at the night
session, half a dozen adverse votes j
being cast against each of them, i
Thev will not affect the present in-
| cumbents.
The House also passed the Palmer
bill creating a division of building i
inspection within the Department of
I,abor and Industry and division I
|of building inspection in third class
cities and in certain counties, bor- j
oughs and townships.
The Senate bill declaring incor- 1
■ porated cemetery and burial asso- j
ciations to be public servic# com-j
panies was defeated at the opening i
of the night session of the House.
The House passed finally the
I>auler bill authorizing the Superin
tendent of Public Instruction to es
| tablish in the schools courses to in
! culcate loyalty to American insti
tutions.
The McKim bill relating to assess
ment of damages for changes in t
grades and making center line of j
street basis of assessment after at
tacks on it by Mr. Baldrige, Alle- '
gheny and others.
Among the bills passed at the
night session was the McCaig bill
[to dedicate to the public the Econ
omy Society property at Ambridge
and the following:
| Chatjging procedure in Philadel
phia municipal court.
Constitutional amendment for
graded taxation.
Requiring counties to furnish of
fices for judges.
Constitutional amendment for
1 titles of laws to be clearly ex
pressed.
Deficiency appropriations for Con
nellsville and Warren State hos
pitals.
Providing that railroad crossing
1 signs shall be in accord with Pub
i lie Service Commission regulations.
Increasing salaries of second class
city assessors to $4,000.
Permitting building and loan as
sociations to secure payment of tem
porary loans by pledges of war
bonds.
Requiring State Daw Examiners
to register soldiers who had made
application before going into na
tional service.
Senate bills:
Regulating Legislative Journal
size and style.
Quieting title of realty of bank
| rupts.
I The Senate bill authorizing butld
| ing and loan associations to invest
in bonds or the Federal home loan
I bank was passed after a discussion
due to the fact that the House pass
!ed a similar bill last week.
I The bill abolishing the State
[ Quarantine Station was amended
j and passed on second reading,
j The House passed the John ..R.
I K. Scott bill providing for roads for
j horse travel on State improved
i highways and the Eyre Senate bill
| for consolidation of schools just be
i fore adjournment.
Rumanian War
Orphans Need Old
Clothes and Shoes
Bucharest, May 21.—Twenty thou
, sand Rumanian war orphans
' through the Rumanian War Orphan
j Society send out to the children of
j America an appeal for old clothes
! and shoes. A pair of shoes costs a
! fabulous amount in Bucharest and
| the price of a suit of clothing is pro
| hibitive. Thread is two dollars s*
ispool. ' Underclothing costs fifteen
j dollars a suit. The cheapest pair o{
! shoes costs SIOO and for a suit of
! shoddy material $l5O is asked. Wool
j cloth is $2 4 a yard.
I The American Red Cross Commis
sion to Rumania is totally unable to
meet the demand for clothing.
Colonel H. Gideon Wells, of the
American Red Cross who is co-op
, erating with the War Orphan
i ciety, has appealed to American
| schoolchildren to sort out their old
| clothes and old shoes for eventual
; shipment to their needy little Allies
' in far-off Rumania.
! Queen Marie and Prince Carol, of
j Rumania are intensely interested in
j the work being done by the Amer
ican Red Cross for the war orphans
|of Rumania. Prince Carol is active
ly co-operating wih the Red Cross
; which has distributed tens of thou
sands of cans of condensel milk to
the babies.
American doctors are having rj
j hard fight to overcome the epidemic
!of smallpox which has broken out
in all parts of Rumania and which is
taking heavy toll of the children.
The war orphans are being vaccinat
| ed wholesale.
Mine Assessments '
Unfair to Owners,
Operators Charge
Pottavtlle, Pa., May 21.—The ap
parent understanding between county
commissioners and coal companies in
the assessment of Schuylkill county coal
lands was disrupted when counsel for
the commissioners and operators clashed
in court Monday.
While the Tax Revision League
charged that the commissioners have as
sessed coal lands hundreds of millions
of dollars below market value, W. K.
Woodbury, counsel for the Sheafer and
Gilbert coal land owners, declared to
court that lands of his clients at Shen
andoah had been raised 125 per cent,
in taxation, according to the new as
sessment. He said general real estate
in Shenandoah, which includes miner
homesteads and business nlaces, is as
sessed only at 10 per cent, value, ac
cording to recent sales. These assess
ments were not raised by the commis
sioners, he added.
A. L. Shay, representing the com
missioners, withdrew from his agree
ment to hold the hearing for these
cases in October, as it Is necessary to
float a bond issue to meet Shenandoah's
needs. The question, he said, must be
settled at once.
Engineers. employed by the coal
land owners, are now attempting to
determine the tonnage already mined
at Shenandoah and the amount remain
ing. One of the Philadelphia lawyers
employed in the cases Is In London
and cannot be here until fall.
Courr decided to hear the Shenan
doah cases In September, but will hear
the other experts in June.
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COMPENSATION
CAUSES DEBATE
Lively Hearing Held By the
Senate Committee in Charge
of the Amendments
Compensation amendments pro
posed by the administration bill were
given a hearing before the Senate
judiciary general committee, with
Senator Frank A. Smith presiding,
yesterday afternoon and the pro
ceedings closed with Atornev Gen
eral William I. Schaffer appearing
and asking that the bill be favorably
reported. The other compensation
bills did not get a chance to be heard.
Mr. Schaffer's argument in behalf
of the bill was marked by a state
ment that he had endeavored to
reach a compromise and thought the
bill best for all, which caused Joseph
R. Grundy to remark that Mr. Schaf
fer had not shown the open mind of
an arbitrator.
The incident caused much com
ment on Capitol ilill and indicates
that the compensation bills -will have
a fight ahead of them. The commit
tee gave no sign when it will report
out the bill.
The hearing was attended Iw many
prominent men and representatives
of big steel, coal, railroad and other
companies and the labor organisa
tions. Mr. Schaffer, after hearing
the arguments, said that there was
a difference of rather slight charac
ter.
Tlic Crux of tltc Case
Mr. Schaffer summed it up by
saying that in the main feature it
was a question of 50 per cent, of $24
or 60 per cent of S2O. t
Judge Gawthrop opened the dis
cussion by explaining the bill and
Major Reed saying the law as en
acted was fair, but that war had
brought changes in costs of living.
"The percentages are fair and not
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BAHRIBBURO fi66Bhl TEEEORXPir
to be tinkered with." said he. He
declared advances in compensation
might destroy incentive to work, en
courage maligning und bring about
some fake "disability." He said the
minimum of $6 was too low and
should be $7 and that there should
be increases in the rates for deaths
and total disability.. He gave this
as the combined judgment of men in j
the Pennsylvania Manufacturers'
Association and various employers,
suggesting changes in the waiting
period and that if disability lasted
seven weeks compensation should
begin with the accident, medical and
hospital charges to be separate with
175 as the figure for each. In com
menting upon the plans for these
limits he said that new provisions
would prevent any "ambulance
chasing" by doctors.
Henry W. Moore, of Philadelphia,
speaking for the Manufacturers' As
sociation, discussed the medical
charges and the waiting period;
Henry T. Wilson, of Jefferson coun
ty. speaking for the Central Penn
sylvania Coal Operators' Associa
tion, objected to the payment to
widows after remarriage as "estab
lishing a peculiar precedent" and the ]
provision for supervision of pay
ments to dependents by the State
Board. He suggested that guardi
ans should be named. E. C. Jones.
Wilkes-Barre. made objections to
the plan for determination of wages
on a basis of gross earnings without
deducting supplies and labor in an
thracite mining as "an untrue" ba
sis, and to the method of determina
tion of days as involving too much
search.
Changes in Procedure
F. M. Painter, speaking for the
Pittsburgh Coal Operators' Asso
ciation, suggested changes in pro
cedure, one being that agreements
he altered as of the time when stat
us changed; no awards be. made on
incompetent testimony; notice of ap
peals to court be given by appellant
und that courts be empowered to
dispose of Cases instead of return
ing them to the State Board for re-
Mew.
Dr. A. S. Van Sycle, representing
the State Medical Society, declared
doctors should have delinite allow
ances as hospitals owing to re
quirements sometime get most of
the money for the treatment, sug
gesting that the New York State
method be applied. Sherman Con
rad, of Pittsburgh, representing
Western Pennsylvania Hospitals,
spoke from the institutions as need
ing definite allowances in compen- .
sation cases.
Major Reed then said that the i
amendments suggested by employ- j
eie would mean the same expendl- j
ture of money in the end as the
Attorney General's bill provides. La- i
bor, he said, is asking for an in
crease and on sound reasons, but
there is the difference whether it
should be on percentage or maxi
mum. He suid that it percentages
were raised and did not bring an
increase labor could justly return
next session with a demand for
amendment.
Maurer Gircs Views
James H. Maurer, of Reading,
president of the State Federation
of Labor voiced disappointment at
the opposition developed to the ad
ministration bill, saying that while
it did not give what labor had asked
in its original drafts of amendments
to be made, he thought it best. "We
don't intend to have the act as it
stands mutilated. If this is not ac
cepted, let the law stand as it is,"
said he. Mr. Maurer contended that
under the Reed amendments men
earning between 114 and 120 a week
would not share and men getting
over S2O would reap the benetit. Mr.
Maurer charged that employers
made men lay off two weeks to
avoid infection fVom injuries and
suggested 21 days instead of 49 as
the disability period wherein com
pensation should hegin with the ac
cident. "The Governor's propo
sition is fair and we accept it. If
the act is to be weakened we ask
no change," said he.
Senator Charles Donahue, of I.ock
Haven, asked Mr. Maurer whether
he and his friends would not be
coming back for 75 per cent, com
pensation next session if they got an
increase this year and two years
later for 85 and two years after that
for 100 per cent.
"If conditions warrant," replied
Mr. Maurer. 1
"Well, if you get 100 per cent.,
men can lay off and get their wages,"
remarked the Senator.
Reflection on Roaril
Mr. Maurer reported that if any
man laid oft most employers would
"fire him" and that a charge that
men were receiving what they were
not entitled to, was a reflection on
referrees and the State Board,
i Thomas Kennedy, head of the.
miners of the Hazelton .district, said
that men would come back for]
amendments until Pennsylvania gave
what other State award and attacked
the method of ascertaining depen
dency as it has been practiced.
Rather than accept some ideas, he
said, he and his people would take
their chances under the common luw
and defended the computation of
wages of anthracite miners on gross
earnings as fair. He said some of
Major Reed's suggestions were "far
fetched."
Roger J. Dever, of Wilkes-Barre,
counsel for the miners, declared that
parents were entitled to share in
minor's wages where needed to keep
homes together and supported Mr.
Maurer's contentions.
Judge Gawthrop then asked for
approval of the bill as drawn and
said that if it made no difference in
cost, it should be taken.
Whereupdn Major Reed remarked
that Messrs. Maurer and Kennedy
had "let the cat out of the bag" and
thnt they intended to come hack next
time and ask an increase.
Mr. Sclia Iter Closes
The Attorney General then said
I that he had endeavored to adjust
differences and believed the bill the
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MAY 20, 1919,
best for both sides. The bill, he
said, cannot bo tried out for two
yearS and should bo accepted. The
margin of difference, ho contended,
was very close and neither side
would he injured by accepting it.
Mr. Palmer remarked that people
were being satisfied as to dollars nnd
cents, but not as to methods.
The Attorney General replied thnt
he had endeavored to appreciate
both sides' opinions nnd stood by his
bill, which he asked to have report
ed. Mr. Grundy then entered into
the discussion and differed with the
Attorney General as to how much
.he and his friends had been con
sulted about compensation changes.
Students Provide Dinner
In Paris For 40 Cents
Paris, May 21.—Cheap meals can
still be obtained in Paris but it is
givn to few to solve the problem.
General Association of Paris
j students (known to its members as
the "A") has suceeedd in providing
a dinner for the equipment of forty
■ cents. It consists of an hors
d' oouvre or soup meat with a vege
| table, one vegetable ae a course and
la desert. Unlimited bread, and a
I serviette are given but no wine. Two
! hundred students took part In the
I Inaugural meal.
i Alkali in Shampoos
Bad For Washing Hair
Moat aoaps and prepared shampoos
contain too much alkali, whleli is very
injurious, as it dries the scalp and
makes the hair brittle.
The best thing to use is Mulsitled
cocnunut oil shampoo, for this Is pure
and entirely greaseless. It's very
cheap and beats anything else all to
pieces. You can get this at any drug
store, and a few ounces will last the
j whole family for months.
I Simply moisten the hair with water
! and rub it in. about a tenspoonful is
| all that is required. It makes an
| abundance of rich, creamy lather
I cleanses thoroughly, and rinses out
easily. The hair dries quickly and
| evenly, and is soft, fresh looking
| bright, fluffy, wavy and easv to han
dle. Besides, it loosens and takes out
'every pnrticle of dust, dirt and dand
ruff.
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