STATE WINS TWO TAXATION CASES Attorney General's Depart ment Secures Decisions in Regard to Revenues ant decisions in Supreme court [WjMf n qfi Q K and the results revenue from two sources. These de ctflion were in ad ing picture censor decision in which the authority of the State Board was upheld and which was handled by Deputy W. 1. Swoope. The taxation cases were that mak ing sand from stone is not manu facturing and that a company so en gaged must pay capital stock and loan tax. This was in the Welsh Mountaip Kaolin and Stone Com pany, which was tried in the Dau phin county court, the decision of President Judge Kunkel being af firmed. The other was that distill ing companies chartered in other states but only selling in Pennsyl vania must pay the ten mill tax on distilling companies and also that such companies chartered in this State but not distilling in Pennsyl vania must also pay the tax. The latter was affirmed on a decision of Judge Kunkel. Deputy W. M. Hargest handled these two cases. Governor Uses Veto Governor Sproul has vetoed the House bill authorizing boroughs to borrow money to erect memorials to sol diers, saying that while the idea of so honoring soldiers is commendable the propriety of giving bbroughs au thority which counties do not pos sess is at least questionable. "To give boroughs authority to borrow and appropriate moneys to the ex tent of two per centum of their as sessed valuation for the purpose of thit, bill seems to be allowing our patriotism and generosity to go one step beyond good judgment" says the Governor. Gai-lick Named—-Governor Sproul sent to the Senate the nomination of Charles H. Garlick, of Bellevue, Allegheny county, to succeed him self as inspector of boilers for Alle gheny county. Punxy's Water TrOublc —The Pub lic Service Commission in an opin ion by Commissioner John S. Billing has refused the application of the borough of Punxsutawney for ap proval of the project for a munic ipal water plant, but gives the bor ough right to renew the application if the two water companies now operating in the borough do not im prove their service. The companies are to be reorganized and their at tention is called to the fact that certain improvements should be made immediately. The commission will determine what further orders are necessary in the premises. Provost Here —Prmost Edgar F. Smith, of the University of Penn sylvania, was a visitor to the Cap itol. Docnl Bills Changed—ln the House late last night the bills making ap propriations to the Children's Indus trial Home and Nursery Home, Har rieburg, were recalled from the Gov ernor and amended so that in event \ Store Closes Tomorrow at Noon llrfw THE GLOBE ' s K J WJ Summer Suits ■ Resist Crease and Twist Hi I Unless the filmy light and almost unlined I HI f \ Summer Suit is tailored with extraordinary ' |B I care it soon becomes half bag—half rag. ' [.'Ttfffl THE GLOBE Summer Suits have that class of MB 1 wfi Palm Beach SuUs--$ 15 & $lB i|CT p as s e d on to expert tailors who manipulate the material iBl as if it were the finest woolen fabric. That's the reason MBf? V! E li°l E Palm Beach Suits havc that smart, dapper, 'l-Hjii: Zefirette Suits—s2s and $28.50 A The name has a magic charm for the hot weather ) W A V I man - Made of finest tropical weight worsted— rJHg WL / - tailored only as the most skillful tailors can tailor -MB \ "wrfef i / ? ntl developed in the shades that appeal to every man's aijKg WS // '^ ea °* what Summer clothes should be. !jjß|g .lm/ Blue Serge Suits—s2B.so |l W/ Two-piece Suits as light as the air but built for '§■s a service — t,ie silk lining gives them a touch of un- Jwl V VIC a -k d thCy afe WOrth IPj WMk\ Panama Cloth Suits S3O ' Silk Pongee Suits S2O JTHE GLOBE 1 .WEDNESDAY EVENING, of the proposed consolidation going through the funds would go to the consolidated institution. Colleges Get More—The State Col lege appropriation bill, recalled from the Governor, was amended to provide SIOO,OOO for buildings. The college gets a total of $1,600,- 000. Senate amendments increased the University of Pennsylvania from $900,000 to $1,000,000 and the Uni versitv of Pittsburgh from $675,000 to $750,000. Teachers' Salary Bill—The follow ing conference committees were ap pointed on the teachers' salary in crease bill: Senate, Weaver, Ein stein and Sones; House, Ramsey, Woodruff and Flynn. The commit tee met this morning. Memorial Service A memorial service commemorative of the death of the late Senator James M. Camp bell, of Mercer, who 'died recently was held yesterday afternoon in the Senate. The deceased Senator was warmly eulogized in speeches by Senators Phipps, Venango; Craig, Beaver; Jones, Susquehanna; Hack ett, Northampton, and Senator Don ahue, Clinton. Col. McLean Named —The Senate last night confirmed Governor Sproul's appointment of Col. John D. McLean, of Philadelphia, to be Deputy Health Commissioner. Mr. McLean is now connected with the department in a capacity equiva lent. to his new appointment, but under the terms of the measure re organizing the State Health De partment, which passed recently, the new appointment was necessary. An Army of Workers are Handling Railroad Lines The supervision of railroad opera tion and the regulation of the rail roads together require the services of over two thousand people in j Washington, according to a census J just made by a commission which | is engaged on a proposed reclassifi- ( cation of governmental salaries. I The commission's report embodies I an elaborate classification of the 1 people employed in Washington in the various branches of Government service, including 1280 in the organ ization of the director-general of railroads and 824 in that of the Interstate Commerce Commission or 2104 out of a total of 101,586 for all the Governmental departments. These figures do not include the President and members of Congress and they take no account of either the labor leaders, the State com missioners or the shippers' repre sentatives, many of whom are con stantly on hand to offer assistance in one way or another in the pro cesses both of operation and of reg ulation, nor do they include the large number of railway officers who are frequently called here for con ferences, committee meetings, etc. Irish Republic Will Issue Million Pounds in Bonds New York, June 25.—The Irish re public proposes to issue bonds to the amount of one million pounds sterl ing, President Eamonn De Valera announced here. The minister of finance is preparing a prospectus which will be issued soon, he said. Half the issue will be offered to the public for immediate subscriptions, 250,000 pounds in Ireland and 250,- 000 pounds abroad. The bonds will be of denominations "to meet the needs of small investors." ITALIAN SOLDIERS! LOSE RIGHTS TO RETURN TO U. S. Transportation Is Not Fur nished When Discharged in Italy lU>Tiiev June 25. Discharged members of the American Expedi- I tionary Force of Italian extraction have been besieging Consul Francis Keene's office here recently request ing passage back to the United States on the grounds of being United States citizens and of having served in the United States Army. Em ployes of the office attending to the lot of these discharged soldiers im mediately demand to see their dis charge papers. After examining it they indicate to the men that they have waived the responsibility of the government in providing transporta tion when they received their dis charges, for there is one clause on the back of the paper which clearly explains that procedure. "Oh," reply the men, "but my commanding officer did not explain that to me when I asked for a dis charge." "That will do old-timer," retort the consul general's assistants. "Your commanding officer certainly told you that and now we can do nothing about it." The men in every case secured 'their discharge to visit their parents or other relatives here for an in definite period and thereby waive right to return transportation. FIRE FAILS TO DISTURB Wilmington, Del., June 25.—With the roof blazing over his head and firemen working desperately to get the flames under controt, Hip Yock, an impertuable laundryman, con tinued ironing collars until the tire was extinguished. When told to leave the place, Yock said the fire was not disturbing him and that he had his Wednesday's washing to com plete whether the place burned or not. Quality First Boston, Garter kj *r j ..The Garter that is\, First in Quality First in Service Sold Kowiywhorm dcoMi FnoaT Co., Masks*, Boston HARRISBTTRG TELEGRAPH i H I "The Live Store" "Always Reliable" I Store Closes at Noon Thursday I You Don't Always Get— I What you think you're getting when you 1 buy clothes—that is in some stores; so you see it's H quite important as to where you spend your money; in other words you must "be sure of your store"; when you are trading with a "money back" store where they think more of their reputation than they do of mere dollars and cents you can feel pretty safe that you get all that's coming to you. Any time you don't think you do with any purchase that's made at Doutrichs you can have your money back a great deal easier perhaps than you spent it, and we are here to say that our customers spend their money very cheerfully at this "Live Store," because they know we sell only Dependable Merchandise we can fully guarantee. I Hart Schaffner & Marx Kuppenheimer I & Society Brand Clothes We must be particular about what jHflny we sell—more particular than the or dinary store which only hopes to sell you once and H make a big profit—The prices are shortened Here S by our enormous purchasing power; of course we could take 3 mfflMk 'iM j}\ advantage of what we save in the buying and have you and your friends pay more but then we would not be doing this I A We don't want to stop growing, we I 1 like to see you coming here for "good W'wK merchandise" feeling that you were getting greater where else That's our method to win your confidence and JSKjLaKMaaujjWk ©a o. ac. § good will There isn't a chance in the world of finding a j\ w more satisfactory store to do business with than Doutrichs v we do everything you want us to do— .Sstiftg Urana ffllntlpH - Try This Dependable Doutrich Service That Everybody Is Talking About 1 I | Regimental" Band | 1 , Is the most pleasing "Straw Hat" you could wish on yourself ! i| 1 1 — lt has made hundreds of friends among the young fellows —It's also keeping a | i few extra dimes in their pockets for it's the best "Straw Hat" in Harrisburg for the money. 1 I j $3.50 >r r>r ir r v ir <">r >* r<jiuirtn>nrur>i/>rtfari> ijxju I "Manhattan Shirts" "Monito" &"Interwoven Hose" I 304 Harrisburg, Market St. P J Pa. Zr —-ilj " ■ -T JUNE 25, 1919. 13
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