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Two Bills for
Better Business
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Whei an employer finds tttat the machines that he
has provided for his employes hinder rather than help
them in their work, he loses no time in throwing out
those machines. His instant need is for other machines
that will do the work better.
Such is the present situation in regard to the Full
Crew —"excess man crew"—Laws. You citizens of
New Jersey and Pennsylvania have found that the cum
bersome machinery of these laws causes a waste of two
million dollars a year in unearned wages and seriously
impairs the efficiency of your employes, the railroads of
your States. Agreed that it is high time to be rid of this
wasteful machinery, your need now is for something to
take its place that will do the work better.
In the Legislatures of both your States bills have
been introduced putting the control of the proper man
ning of trains in the proper hands those of the
Public Service Commissions. If these bills are passed
they will do all that the Full Crew Laws were intended
to do—insure safe and efficient train operation—with
out the present huge waste.
As a straightaway business proposition, the imme
diate passing of these bills is a pressing public necessity.
Write to your elected Representatives at Harrisburg and
Trenton, urging them to work and vote for these sorely
needed bills.
SAMUEL REA, DANIEL WILLARD,
President, Pennsylvania Railroad. President, Baltimore and tyiio Railroad.
THEODORE VOORHEES,
President, Philadelphia and Reading Railway. /
R. L. O'DONNEL, Chairman,
Executive Committee, Associated Railroads of Pennsylvania and Ntew Jersey,
721 Commercial Trust Building, Philadelphia.
SENT PACKAGES TO THE DEAD
Chapman Held on Charge of Receiving
Letters in Fraudulent Scheme
J. H. Chapman arrested by Postal
Inspector Lucas testerda.v on "the spe
cific charge of taking letters from the
postoftiee in furtherance of fraud, was
give«n 0 preliminary hearing before V.
S. Commissioner Wolfe this morning
and remanded to jail for a further
hearing to be held March 23.
Chapman was first arrested in Lew
istown on the criminal charge of false
■pretense. This indictment was squash
ed yesterday and Chapman was rear
rested by Inspector Lucas, rhapmau, it
is alleged, sent packages of worthless
jewelry C. 0. 1). through the Adams
l.xpreai to dead j>ersous, whose rela
tives lifted the packages and paid
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many times what they were worth. |
The return check fo the money paid j
would) be seut to Chapman through
the mail. He operated out of Harris- j
burg as B. F. Brown & Co., it is al-1
leged.
Minimum Salary for Pastors
By Associated Press,
Pittsburgh, Pa„ March 17.—The Alle-;
ghenv Presbytery of the United Pres-j
byterian Church at a meeting here yes
teniay adopted a resolution providing!
that every pastor of that denomination!
in this county,must be paid at least'
SI,OOO a year and be provided with a
Smyrna Vali "to Resist to End
London, March 17, 1.15 P. M.—The!
"Central News" publishes a dispatch j
from its Athens correspondent, who'
says the Vali of Smyrna went on board
TTABRTSBITRG STAR-INDEPENDENT, WEDNESDAY EVENINGTMARCII 17, 1915.
i the British tlngship after the bombard
j mont of thnt Turkish port aud held a
' conference with *he British commander,
| during which the shelling was su&peud
| ed. No agreement waS" reached and
| the Vali, on landing, gave out a proc-
I tarnation saying he would resist to the
I end.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY OBSERVED
St. Patrick's Day formally began
| this morning at S o'clock with high
times in Catholic churches of the city.
: An entertainment will be held this
I evening at Cathedral lull 'b\- the
j Knights of Columbus. Addresses and
; sw.gs will be followed by a smoker.
St. Patrick's luncheons were held
in many homes this afternoon and din
| ners will be held iu Jhe saint's honor
this evening.
n to AID
HE FMMES
M'Caig, in House Reso
lution, Pleads For
Patronizing of Amer
ican Industries
F.BY ATTACKS
HOUSING BILL
Ferry County Man, by Bequest, Under
takes to Reform Conditions in
Philadelphia—McVlcar Wants the
Counties Divided Into 8 Classes
With a purpose tj aid in the cam
.paigii to encourage the people to "'Buy
lAmerican Made "Goods," Representa
tive 'McCaig, of Allegheny, introduce*!
a concurrent resolution in tho 'House
this morning falling on I'eiuisylvanians
to ! buy only such good as are made in
this country.
The resolution urges the State, coun
ties, cities, boroughs, townships, boards
of education, public, and private institu
tions as well as private citizens to pur
chase products manufactured in the
United States. It sets forth that the
Geueral Assembly is desirous of promot
ing the business of American manufac
turers who have been operating at a
small percentage of their capacity on
account of tho present business condi
tions of the country.
Old age j>ensions will be investigated
bv a commission appointed bv the Gov
ernor if a 'bill introduced in the House
this morning 'by I4o| resentative Alcord,
of Clearfield, 'becomes a law. It pro
vides for a commission of three to in
vestigate this subject.
Representative Hulbler, of Luzerne,
would appropriate $5,000 to a commis
sion 'to put proper markers over the
route of Washington through Pennsyl
vania to the Venango, in 1753 and
i 1754, in a bill he introduced this morn
! ' n K-
<'attie killed in Pcifnsvlvania to -pre
] vent the spread of disease other than
j the foot and mouth disease will be paid
. for by the State at two-thirds of thel:
I value, according to the provisions of
, a bill introduced toy Representative
I Hollingsworth, of Chester county.
Plan to Classify Counties
Representative MVViear, Allegheny
j —-Providing for division of counties of
State into eight classes fur purposes of
■ legislation as follows:
j First class, counties with 1,5()0,000
I inhabitants or over; second class, popu
lation of from 800,000 to 1.500,000;
third class, 300,000 to 800,000; fourth,
I 150,000 to 300,000; fifth, 100,000 to
150,000; sixth. 50,000 to 100,000;' se
venth, -5,000 to 50,000; eighth, popula
tion less than 2.>.000. The bill provides
for it to 'be effective upon close of the
present Legislature.
Representative John S. Kbv, of New-
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For Sale By Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart
Prices $2.00, $3.00 and $5.00
port, Perry county, attacked the Phila
delphia housing bill in the House this
morning wheu it was called up from
the postponed calendar for final passage.
He said he understood the Select
Council or Philadelphia was under in
dictment in Philadelphia for not carry
ing out the provisions of the housing
bill of 1913, which bill is repealed by
the one acted on this morning. The re
form administration had the appoint
ment of 100 tenement inspectors under
the old measure which 'Republican lead
ers are said to oppose.
While the toill applies to first class
cities. Kbv said he was interested be
cause a Philadelphia friend asked him
to oppose it.
"There is but one tenement house in
Perry county," he said.
The bill passed by a vote of 130 to
43.
Paves Way for Now Court House
legislation which would make it
easier for the County of Dauphin and
the City of Harrisburg jointly to con
struct a Court House and City Hall was
passed in the House of Representa
tives this morning. It is an amend
ment to a former act and was intro
duced in the Senate where it was pass
ed and subsequently sent to the House.
It now goes to the Governor.
It allows' the joint issuing of bonds
by the county and city and gives ad
ditional powers relating to the design,
construction, use and maintenance of a
joint county and municipal building
and, if deemed advisable, provides for
an independent power plant in connec
tion therewith.
A "bill increasing the number of
state game wardens from twenty to
fi.'ty, raising their salaries from S9OO
to $1,200 a year, and that of the State
tiame Commissioner from $4,000 to
$5,000 a year and appropriating $334,-
800, —half of the proceeds of the
hunters' lieense fund, —was passed
finally after a debate of some length.
Objection to the MeNichol pure
paint bill, that it would work a hard
ship on the retail merchant who han
dles the goods not knowing what it
contains, was raised when the bill ap
peared for final passage and it was
postponed for the purpose of inserting
amendments which would make the
manufacturer responsible for the goods.
The bill provides a penalty for not
labeling the contents accurately.
Other Bills Adopted
Other bills passed finally included
Providing a penalty for not making
good a "no funds" check after twen
ty days.
Allowing municipalities tfr make ap
propriations to public libraries.
Regulating the commitment of ine
briates and providing for their mainte
nance "by the county and state.
Thirty bills were passed on first
reading. The House shortly after noon
took a recess until 7.30 o'clock this
evening for the purpose of allowing
committees to report bills. Another
session of the House will be held to
morrow morning at 10 o'clock, accord
ing to the announcement of Speaker
Ambler.
SIO,OOO PICNIC FUND
Herndon, Pa., March 17.—Relatives
of John P. Tressler, a merchant, not
satisfied when his $50,000 will was
read yesterday, said they would file a
caveat. It is alleged by thecontestants
that the will was made the day before
it was probated, and that under Penn
sylvania inheritance laws where a
charita'ble be<puut is made thirty days
must elapoe for it to be valid.
His principal gift was a bequest of
SIO,OOO, the interest of which is to be
used for providing summer picnics and
a Christmas treo perpetually for Hern
don'a children.
FINANCE
NEW - YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
QUOTATIONS
Furnished by H W. Snavely, Broker.
Arcade Building, Walnut and Court
Streets
i Now York, March 17.
Open. Clos.j.
Alaska Gold Mines .. . 32i/ 4 32%
Amal Copper 54 '/j 54 :l /s
Amer Beet Sugar .... 40% 41
American Can 27'/g 2 7 '/•*
Am Ice Securities ..... 2!) 28%
Amer Smelting 64 '/j 04
American Sugar 102% 102'/a
Amer Tel and Tel .... 120'/ 8 120
| Anaconda 26% 2(iVi
Atchison 9G !(G
Baltimore and Ohio . . 66% 67
Bethlehem Steel 58 57%
Brooklyn R T 86>/ a 86%
California Petroleum .. 16% 16Va
Canadian Pacific 159 15Si/ a
Central Leather 33% 33V4
Chesapeake and Ohio .. 41 >/, 4 1 </ s
Chi Mil and St I'aul .* 86'/i 86%
Chino Con Copper .... 35% 35'/ M
<k)nsol Gas 115 Vi 115%
Corn Products 11% 11%
Distilling Securities .. . . 7% I
Erie 22%" .2 2%
! Erie, Ist pfd 36% 36%
| Goodrich B F 34% 34%
Great Nor j>fd 154 154%
Great Nor Ore, subs . . 32 32%
Intenboro Met 5'9% 59%
Interboro Met pfd .... 12% 12%
"Lehigh Valley 135% 135%
Ixiuiaville and Nash ... 113 113
Mex Petroleum 67 69%
Missouri Pacific 1"% 10%
Nev Consol Copper .... 12 12
New York Central .... 83 83
I NY. N H and H 51% 51%
Northern Pacific 102% 102%
Pacific. M.-il 18% 18%
Penna R R 105 10t>
Pittsburgh Coal 20, 20
do [.l'd 90% 90%
Rav Con. Copper 17% 17%
Reading 143 1 4 3%
Southern Pacific" 83%- 83%
Southern Ry 15 15%
I do pfd .' 48% 48
Tennessee Copper .... 27% 28
ITnion Pacific 119% 120
U. S. Rubber 56 56
U. S. Steel . ; 44% 44%
do pfd 104% 104%
Utah Copper 52% 52%
Western Maryland .... 21% 21%
W. U. Telegraph 64% 64%
Westinghouse Mfg~. . . 68% 68%
American Can pfd. ox'-div. 1%.
LOSES RACE WITH DEATH
Allentown, Pa., March .17. —Death
won a race yesterday when William J.
Dietrich, author and publisher of a
history of Lehigh county, arrived home
only a few minutes after his wife died.
Mrs. Dietrich, wso was 37 years old,
leaves four children, one seven days old.
Her husband was in Harrisburg when
notified that she was dying. Mrs.
Dietrich, also a fourth child, was only
seven days old when her mother died
at the age of, 37.
Mrs. Margaret Mahon
Mrs. Mangaret Mahon, 110 Nagle
street, widow of the late Patrick Ma
hon, died Monday morning from a
stroke of paralysis. She is survivod by
five children, Mrs. Charles Peifer,
Mrs. Mary Hogan, Patrick, Jr., Wil
liam and Nora, at home; also eight
grandchildren. The funeral wiH take
place Thursday morning at 9 o'clock
from the Si:ered Heart church, South
Cameron street.
Only One "BKOMO 4VMIIVE"
Whenever you (eel a c6ld coming on,
think of the full name. LAXATIVE
BROMO QUININE. Look (or signature
K. W. OROVJS on box. 25c.
COURT OF COMMON FLI3AS NO. ».
COUNTY OK PHILADELPHIA.
December Term. 1810. No. 4T9».
SAMUEI, RE A, Trustee.
VI.
PENNSYLVANIA. CANAL, COMPANY at «1.
NOTICE.
TRUST RE'S FORECLOSURE SAI.IS
or ALL THE ESTATE, REAL AND PERSON
AL, RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGED WHATSO
EVER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA CANAL
COMPANY.
Pursuant to decree of tlie Court of Common
Pleas No. 5, for Philadelphia County, made In
the above entitled cam* November 15, IMX a*
amended Octouer 10, 101*1, Samuel Ilea, Suhsti:ut
eil trustee under ihe luoitgngu given and mw
ed July 1, IS7O, by Pennsylvania Canal Company
to Herman Loiuhaert as oi iglnal tiusie. . Co
secure the payment of Its coup,'ii bonds to the
amount of JS.'KHi.OOO, of the denomination of |l.-
i 000, due July 1. 1010, of which bonds to the
, amount of sl,WS,<Xhi are outstanding due and
unpaid, upon which default was made when they
, fell due on said ilrst day of .inly, 1810. will sell
at Public Auction, at 12 o'clock noon, t 1.'21
Chestnut street. Philadelphia. Pa . on Wednesday,
April 7. 1015, the propertied, rights and prlvl
leges hereinafter briefly describe,!, reference beimt
made to said decree for a lull description, on the
conditions and terms of sale hereinafter set forth.
PROPERTIES TO 814 SOLI).
' (a.I That portion, being ab, ut d 71-luo miles In
i length, of the W.vOiyihg Division of the 1 ai.nl ex
! tending train Northampton street. iu the city of
] Wllkea-iiarie, to the eastern boundary ft. a p.,r.
I tlou of the Canal which was «uiiveyrd by the Cu* «l
I Co. to Harry E. Fainter |,y ,|,0.l dated February
24. 10UG: suhj'vt at, to part ll.ereuf, to Hit- r.gil>4
and easement for railroad purposes grante i l,i the
! CtL'ili Co. to the North und West Ilratcli R'dlwav
Co. by dee,', dated Aumi.it 13. lv,J. and r mi ed
in Luzerne County In Deed jlbok 23d. puiie 32fi;
and subject to the grant of coal end oilier min
erals, etc.. underlying the mine pun tbreof in ide
by the Caii.tl Co. to Chnrlre P.trrish by d e.i oa.nl
December 31, IW3, recorded lu Luzerne C.unty In
Deed Book No. 241, page 30.
lb.) Su.'h right as the Canal Co. may hate to
reconstruct and maintain tin- lan) across the
West Ilrnnct of the Susiiurhanuu River n ar
Montgomery in the County of L/com'ng. ..n 1
kuo.vn as the Money TVin, und the portkn of the
West Branch Division of the eanul, itliont on •
mile iu length, contiguous to the site of the s.iid
dam, evlendimr from a tsdut 4i'o fe-t Basiwardly
measured along thj South property line if s.ild
Canal from the Intersection of said property line
with a line In prolongatiou somhwnidly lucioss
the canal) of the breast of said Muucy Dttin, to
a point In a line In proiongatb u Southwardly,
aemss the cannl, of the Westerly line of the
Lock House lut at lx)ck No. 18. In Ihe Townshl i
ot Muncy Creek, County or Lycoming,
together with the right to Hood certain
lands nliove sttld dam.
(c,i lim t part of the portion of the West
Branch Division of the Canst In Snyder Cotiuiy
extending from Sellnsgrove railroad bridge to tiie
former site of Penn's Creek Aqueduct, a dis
tance of e.bout 3 3-10 miles, which was reserved
to the Canal Company In its deed to the Northern
Central Connecting Railroad Company. dated Oc
tober 24. 1803- and recorded in Snyder Co.. In
Miscellaneous Rook No. (1, page 37Ha.
id.) 4'lint portion having a length of about 50
feet of the Juniata Division of the Cpnal at
Jutusta Junction. Dauphin County, extending from
the Eastward boundary of the Canal as convoyed
by the Cenai Co. to the I*. U. R. Co. by deed
dated October 18. INOfI, to the Weetern boundary
of Ihe Eastern Division of said Canal.
tei That portion of the Eastern Division of the
Canal, .it said Juniata Junction, cxt-'ndiug South
wardly from the Southern boundary of thf Canal
as conveyed by the Canal Co. to the Northern
Central Connecting R. R. Co. h» deed dated Octo
ber 24, 1003, to and including the lock to the pool
at Clark's Kerry dam. Together with
the'four frame dwelling houses thereon.
U.) The bridge across the* Snsiioehanna Rivet
at Clarks Ferry in the Township of Rood. County
of Dauphin, known as Clarks Ferry River brdge,
having a length of twenty hundred and eighty
elght (SOSSI feet more or less, subject to condem
nation proceedings heretofore instituted by the
County of Dauphin to acquire the bri |gp. together
with the right to the damages awarded therefor.
Ig.i That portion of the Wlconlsoo Division of
the Canal In Dauphin County extending from •
Eolnt 150 feet nltove the- head of the outlet toek
nown as "No. 1" at Clarks Ferry. Westward!*
a distance of 400 feet, more or I js. to a po'M •(
the Intake sllu from the Susiltlehanna River eft,f
dam acroßS said River at Clarks Feiry, totetM*
with the 'came dwelling thereon, having en esti
mated srea of nliout oin• acre.
Also, ail the persons! property of the Canal 00.
snd all the estate, right, title and 'ntereet of the
Canal Co. of, In and to sit real estate, real prop
erty rlghta and privileges of every kind soever
forming part of. connected with or lielinginK or in
any way appertaining to the works and property
now or heretofore known as the Pennsylvania
Canal (exo-ptlnf the parts and portions heretofore
sold and conveyed hy the Canul Co.) end all and
singular the corporate rights and franchises of the
Canal Co. and generally all properly whatever and
wheresoever, real, personal and thereto be
longing and In any way appertaining.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
1. The several aliove descrllicd premises will
be first offered for sale separately, and thrn all
of the said premises as h whole, to the highest
and beet bidders, subject to confirmation by the
Court,
2. Twenty-five oer cent, of the amount of any
accepted bid shall lie Paid at the time of aale. In
cash, and the balance of the purchase money ahall
be paid upon confirmation of Ihe sale by the
Court, without any liability of the purchaser te
aee to the application of the purchase money.
SAMUEL REA,
Trustee.
NOTE
proceedings here
tofore instituted to acquire Clarks
Kerry Itjver Bridge (see "f supra) have
been dismissed by the Court since this
advertisement first appeared, and there
fore the sale of said bridge will not
be subject thereto."
JT PATS TO USE STAB
INDEPENDENT WANT ADS.