THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURO, PA.
I
FORGET
PROFITS
II IHE WM
President Wilson Appeals to Bus
iness Interests of Country.
JUST PRICES IS HIS DEMAND
Business Should Net Take Toll Off
Men in Trenches, Says the Chief
Executive Ship Owners
Are Condemned.
Washington. President Wilson ap
pealed to the country's business in
terests Wednesday to put uslde every
eelflsh consideration nnd to give their
Id to the nation us freely as those
who go to offer their lives on the but
tlcfJeld. In a stntement addressed to the coul
operators and manufacturers lie gave
assurance thut Just prices will be puid
by the government and. the public dur
ing the war, but warned that no at
tempt to extort unusual profits will be
tolerated.
"Your patriotism," said the presi
dent's appeal, "Is of the same self
denying stuff as the patriotism of the
men dead and maimed on the fields of
France, or It is no patriotism at all.
Let us never speak, then, of profits
and patriotism In the same sentence.
MI shall expect every man who Is not
a slacker to be at my side throughout
this great enterprise. In It no man
can win honor who thinks of himself."
Condemns Ship Owners.
The president declared there must
be but one price for the government
and for the public. He expressed con
fidence that business generally would
be found loyal to the lust degree, and
that the problem of wartime prices,
which he declared will "mean victory
or defeat," will be solved rightly
through patriotic co-operation.
In unmeasured terms, however, Mr.
Wilson condemned the ship owners of
the country for maintaining n schedule
of ocean freight rates which has
placed "almost Insuperable obstacles
In the path of the government.
President's Call.
The president's statement follows:
"The government Is nbout to attempt
to determine the prices at which It
will ask you henceforth to furnish va
rious supplies which are necessary for
the prosecution of the war, and vari
ous materials which will be needed In
the Industries by which the war must
be sustained. We shall, of course, try
to determine them Justly and to ihe
best ndvantage of the nation as a
whole; but Justice Is easier to speak
of than to arrive at. and there are
some considerations which I hop'a we
shall keep steadily In mind while this
purtlculnr problem of justice Is being
worked out.
Promises Just Price.
"Therefore I take the liberty of
stating very candidly my own view of
the situation and of the principles
which should guide both the govern
ment and the mine owners and man
ufacturers of the country In this dif
ficult matter.
"A Just price must, of course, be
paid for everything the government
buys. By a Just price I mean a price
which will sustain the Industries con
cerned In a high state of efficiency,
provide a living for those who con
duct them, enable them to pay good
wages, and make iwsslhle the ex
pansions of their enterprises which
will from time to time become neces
sary as the stupendous undertakings
of this great war develop.
Must Face the Facts.
' "We could not wisely or reasonably
do less than pay such prices. They
are necessury for the maintenance
and development of Industry, and the
maintenance and development of In
dustry are necessary for the great task
we have In hand.
"But I trust that we shall not sur
round the matter with a mist of sen
timent. Facts are our masters now.
We ought not to put the acceptance
of such prices on the ground of patri
otism." "Patriotism has nothing to do with
protlts In a case like this. Patriotism
and profits ought never in the present
circumstances be mentioned together.
"It Is perfectly proper to discuss
pi'oflts as a matter of business, with a
view to maintaining the Integrity of
capital n.nd the efficiency of labor In
these tragical months, when the lib
erty of free men everywhere and of
Industry Itself trembles In the bal
ance; but It would be absurd to dis
cuss them as a motive for helping to
serve and save our country.
"Patriotism leaves profits out of the
question. In these days of our su
preme trial, when we ure sending hun
dreds of thousands of our young men
across the sens to serve a great cause,
no true mun who Htnys behind to
work for them and sustain them by
his labor will ask himself what he Is
personally going to muke out of that
labor.
"No true patriot will permit himself
to take toll of their heroism In money
or seek to grow rich by the shedding
of their blood. He will give as freely
and with as unstinted self-sacrifice
as they. When they are giving their
lives, will he not at least give his
money?"
, Assails "Bribery."
"I henr It Insisted that more than
a Just price, more than a price that
will sustain our Industries, must be
pnid; that It Is necessary to pay very
liberal and unusual profits In order to
'stimulate' production; that nothing
but pecuninry rewards will do re-
Unnecessary Caution.
Mrs. Yearwedd John, when we
were first married you used always to
say grace before heals; you never do
It now.
Yearwedd I am not so much afraid
of your cooking now.
Knew Their Ways.
"You must diet, mudum," said the
doctor rinuly.
"And by dieting I don't mean rat
ing less ut the table and more In the
pnntry."
wards paid In money, not In the mere
liberation of the world.
"I take It for granted that . those
who argue thus do not stop to think
what that menus.
"Io they mean that you must be
paid, must be bribed, to make your
contribution, a contribution that cosIk
you neither n drop of blood nor n tear,
when the whole world Is In travail and
men everywhere depend upon and call
to you to bring them out of bondage
und make the world a fit place to live
In again, amidst pence and Justice?
Appeals to Honor.
"Do they mean that you will exact
a price, drive a bargain, with I lie men
who are enduring the agony of this
war on the battlefields, In the trenches,
amidst the lurking dangers of the sen,
or with the bereaved women and piti
ful children, before you will come for
ward to do your duty and give some
part of your life. In easy, peaceful
fashion, for the things we are fight
ing for, the things we have pledged
our fortunes, our lives, our sacred hon
or to vindicate and defend liberty
and Justice and fair dealing and the
pence of nations?
"Of course you Will not. It Is In
conceivable. Your patriotism Is of the
same self-denying stuff as the pa
triotism of the men dead or maimed
on the fields of France, or else it is
not patriotism at all.
Full Dollar's Worth.
"It us never speak, then, of profits
nnd of patriotism In the same sen
fence, but face facts and meet them.
lA't us do sound business, but not In
the midst of a mist.
"Many a grievous burden of taxa
tion will be laid on this nation, In this
generation nnd In the next, to pay for
this war; let us see to It that for
every dollar that Is taken from the
people's pockets It shall be possible to
obtain a dollar's worth of the sound
stuff they need.
"Let me turn for a moment to the
ship owners of the United States nnd
the other ocenn carriers whose ex
ample they have followed, and ask
them If they realize what obstacles,
what almost Insuperable obstacles,
they have been putting In the way of
the successful prosecution of this war
by the ocenn freight rates they hnvc
been exacting.
Making War a Failure.
"They are doing everything that
high freight charges can do to make
the war a failure, to make It Impos
sible. "I do not say that they realize this
or Intend It. The thing has happened
nnturally enough because the commer
cial processes which we are content to
see operate In ordinary times hnve
without sufficient thought been con
tinued Into a period where they hnve
no proper place.
"I am not questioning motives. I
nm merely stating a fact, nnd stating
it In order thnt attention mny be fixed
upon It.
"The fact Is thnt those who have
fixed war freight rates hnve taken the
most effective means In their power to
defeat the armies engaged against Ger
many. When they realize this we may,
I take It for granted, count upon them
to reconsider the whole matter. It Is
high time. Their extra hazards are
covered by war risk Insurance.
Warning Is 6ounded.
I know", nnd you know, what re
sponse to this great challenge of duty
nnd of opportunity the nation will ex
pect of you ; and I know what re
sponse you will make.
"Those who do not respond, who
do not respond In the spirit of those
who have gone to give their lives for
us on bloody fields far away, may
safely be left to be dealt with by
opinion and the law for the law must,
of course, command those things.
"I nm dealing with the matter thus
publicly and frankly, not because I hnve
any doubt or fear as to the result but
only In order that In all our thinking
and In all our dealings with one an
other we may move In a perfwtly clear
air of mutual understanding.
Must Have 8ame Prices.
"And there Is something more that
we must add to our thinking. The
public is now as much a part of the
government as are the army and" navy
themselves; the whole people In all
their activities ure now mobilized and
In service for the accomplishment of
the nation's task In this war; it Is
In such circumstances Impossible Just
ly to distinguish between Industrial
purchases made by the government
nnd Industrial purchases made by the
managers of industries, and It Is Just
as much our duty to sustnln the Indus
trlnls of the country with all the In
dustries that contribute to Its life as
It Is to sustain our forces In the field
nnd on the sen.
Think Not of Self.
"We must make prices to the pub
lic the same as the prices to the gov
ernment. Prices mean the same thing
everywhere now. They mean the effi
ciency or the Inefficiency of the nn
tion, whether It Is the government thnt
pays them or not. They mean victory
or defent. They mean that America
will win her place once for all among
the foremost free nations of the world
or thnt she will sink to defeat and be
come a second-rate power alike In
thought and In action. This Is a day
of her reckoning and every man among
us mnst personally face that reckoning
nlong with her.
"The case needs no arguing. I as
sume thnt I am only expressing your
own thoughts what must be in the
mind of every true man when he faces
the tragedy nnd the solemn glory df
the present war, for the emancipation
of mankind.
"I summon you to a great duty, a
great privilege, a shining dignity and
distinction. I shall expect every mnn
who Is not a slacker to be at my side
throughout this great enterprise. In
it no man can win honor who thinks of
himself."
Solicitous Inquiry.
' "Chnrley, dear," exclaimed young
Mrs. Torklns, "here's a book that says,
'Uneasy' lies the heud that wears a
crown.' "
"It's perfectly true, Isn't It?"
"Of course. Hut wasn't It Just a
trifle silly for any monarch to go to
bed with his crown on In the first
place?"
Daily Thought
"Grace thou thy house nnd let not
that grace thee." Benjamin Franklin.
WILL DRAW TEN
E
Each Man to Know Order in
Which He is Liable to Draft.
AK ER ANNOUNCES PROGRAM
First Number Drawn In Washington
To Represent First Four Thou
sand To Appear Before Ex-
emption Boards.
Washington. Drawing of lots for
the selective draft not only will deter
mine what men are to be called to the
colore in the first: war army, but will
Bhow In what order the others regis
tered will be liable for service when
later armies are organized.
A plan of drawing will be followed
under which a definite place In the
waiting lists will be given every one
of the millions who registered. Those
standing at the head of the list In each
county or city district will be called
first before the exemption boards, and
then the obligation will pass on down
the line as long as men are needed.
This does not mean that a separate
name or number will be drawn for
every out of the country's 9,800,000
registrants. In fact, every number
drawn, under the theory of the plan,
will represent more than 4,000 men,
one for each of the registration dis
tricts. It is estimated that 60 per cent, of
the men examined will be exempted or
fall to pass the physical examination
so that more than a million men prob
ably will appear before the boards be
fore the 687,000 or more wanted on the
first call are obtained.
Outline Of Plan.
Details of the system have not been
made public, but an outline of Its prin
cipal features follows:
Every registration board has num
bered the cards in its possession in
red ink, beginnnlg at No. 1 and con
tinuing to a number corresponding
with the total In the district.
At the drawing numbers will be used
ranging from No. 1 up to a number cor
responding to the total in the largest
district or the country.
The first number drawn' will deter
mine what man in each district is to
be taken first If it be No. 10, for ex
ample, it will mean that the man in
each district holding local card No. 10
will be called for examination before
any of the other men in thaWistrict
The second number drawn will de
termine what man in each district Is
to be taken second, and so on as long
as men are needed. Those not needed
for the first war army will retain their
positions on the lists and these posi
tions will determine the order of their
liability when they are needed.
Number Posted.
The drawing will be public and each
number will be announced as it Is
drawn. At the offices of most local
exemption boards the red ink numbers
of the registrants already are posted,
so that registrants may Inform them
selves beforehand of their respective
numbers. If they do, as soon as word
of the drawing comes they will know
in Just what order of liability they
stand.
Obviously there will be high num
bers drawn for which there are no cor
responding registrants in small dis
tricts. The smallest district in the
country is understood to have but 187
registrants and the largest about 7,000.
Whenever a number beyond the total
in any given district comes out It will
operate as a blank for that district
Thus, if the theory works out evenly
the larger district will be constantly
assessed In excess of the small, on a
pro rata basis corresponding to their
site.
Drawing Week Of July 23.
The drawing will probably be held
during the week of July 23, according
to nreseht Indications. Only 24 states
have completed the organization of
their exemption boards nnd the post
ing of red ink numbers. The drawing
cannot be held until Ml states are com
plete so that no Juggling of numbers
will be Dosslble.
The drawing probably will be held in
the big reception room of the War De
partment adjoining Secretary Bakers
office. The Secretary is willing to do
the drawing himself, but that point has
not been decided. The President win
not take part personally in the draw
ing.
Fate In Capsules.
Officials are unwilling to disclose the
details of the drawing itself, but the
suggestion which seems to have the
most support is that the numbers
Rtamned on thin slips of paper, be In
closed in non-transparent gelatin cap
sules and placed in a large glass ves
sel to be removed one at a time by
the official designated to do that work.
The number of capsules which would
be necessary will be equal, of course,
to the total in the largest district.
Thus under the present arrangement
7,000 numbers would have to be drawn.
Amalgamation of smaller districts and
division of the large ones may be de-
jcJded on, however, to reduce the varia
tions.
How It Will Work.
Information so far available Indi
cates that the drawing will work out
in this way: There are 4,650 exemp
tion districts. When the first number
1 drawn say No. 10 it will be re
$30,000 FOR LOSS OF ARM.
Newsboy Gets Highest Verdict Ever
Given In Illinois.
Chicago. John Curran, a newsboy,
17 years old, was given $30,000 dam
ages by a jury in the State Circuit
Court for the loss of hiB right arm in
a railroad accident two years ago. The
Joint defendant were the Chicago and
Western Indiana and the Pittsburgh,
Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroads,
and the sum awarded was the largest
ever given in this State for the loss of
a limb.
ElrllLUON
SAM
corded as No. 1, with the serlul num
ber (ten) following. The record would
show that the men whose cards bear
the serial No. 10 In each of 4,650 ex
emption districts would be first to ap
pear before the exemption boards.
PreiiUMiably the announcement made
at the drawing would be No. 1, serial
No. 10.
It Is assumed that when the draw-
ine is complete the government will
compute how many men are repre
sented by No. 1 In the drawing and
by the numbers immediately succeed
Ine. and then Issue an order for
enough to report to make the total de
sired for the first army. For Instance,
the first cnll might be for Nos. 1 to
100 in all districts. When the first
exemption came In each district No.
101 would be called, and so on.
Buttons For Those Exempt
To prevent emburrassment among
those who are exempt, the War De
nartment has decided to give with
each exemption certificate a bronze
badee bearing the inscription Ex
empted U. S." The design for this
badge has been approved by Secretary
Eaker and a number already are in
nrocess of manufacture. It is intend
ed to protect those exempted from any
suspicion of being slackers
The law specifies that exemptions
are not permanent unless the cause
for which they are aranted Is perman
ent For instance. If a man should be
exempted on the first call because of
a dependent relative and that relative
should die or become self-supporting
before the second call, the registrant
would be liable for service under the
second call. It will be the duty of the
exemption boards to keep watch of
such cases and recall men who have
been nassed over once, but whose
statuB may have changed before the
second call Is made.
TO DEPORT ALIEN SLACKERS.
Those Who Fail To Declare Intention
May Have To Go.
Washington. Chairman Burnett, of
the House Immigration Committee, In
troduced a bill to provide for deporta
tion of alien slackers, which he says
he will press for early action. It
would authorize deportation after 60
days of any alien native or subject of
an ally of the United States subject
to military duty with the ally, who
has not filed declaration of intention
to become a United States citizen and
empower the President to draft enemy
or neutral aliens between the ages of
18 and 44 years who has not declared
his citizenship Intention to perform
such labor on the farms, factories or
other enterprises.
WOULD AID DEPENDENT WIVES.
Miss Rankin Introduces Bill TO Pen
sion Soldiers' Families.
Washington. Dependent wives and
children of all soldiers would be grant
ed Federal allowances during the war
by a bill introduced by Representative
Bankin, of Montana. Wives with no
children would receive $30 a month;
those with one child, $45; those with
two children, $60, and those with more
than two, $75.
ALLIE8 MAY REVISE WAR AIMS.
Britain Willing To Discuss Subject
With Russia.
London. Lord Robert Cecil, Minis
ter of Blockade and Parliamentary
Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs,
announced in the House of Commons
that the British Government had in
formed the Russian Government of its
willingness to enter into a discussion
looking to the possible revision of the
war aims of the Entente Allies.
LIGHTNING STRIKE8 AIRPLANE.
Flyer In Canada Killed, Another Seri
ously Injured.
CampBorden, Ont A bolt of light
ning, it is believed, struck the airplane
while in fight of Lieut Claire A. Page,
of the Royal Flying Corps, who was
hurled to his death here in an electric
storm. The same storm drove down
Cadet Donellln, who was seriously in
jured when his machine turned over
in landing.
TWO MORE CAMP SITES.
Jacksonville and Hattiesburg Said To
Have Been Selected.
Washington. Jacksonville, Fla., and
HattioBburg, Miss., are said to be the
War Department's selection for the
last National Guard camp sites. The
proposed camp for Fayetteville, N. C,
will probably be shifted to Charlotte,
N. C, Secretary Baker said today.
$100,000,000 FOR NAVY.
Daniels Asks Deficiency Appropriation
For Destroyers.
Washington. Secretary Daniels ask
ed Congress for a deficiency appropria
tion of $100,000,000, mainly for addi
tional destroyers and submarine
chasers and to speed up work on the
general building program.
WOMEN CARRY MAIL
Fair Sex Deliver Letters In Lorain,
Ohio.
Lorain, O. Scarcity of men has
brought the lady mallcarrler to Lorain.
Special permission from Washington
was received to allow women to take
the examinations. Lorain had the first
women section hands in the country.
To Confer In Paris.
Paris. The forthcoming conference
of the Allied governments to be held
here will consider not only the ques
tion of the Balkans, but everything re
garding the conduct of the war, ac
cording to 'Excelsior.
Express Earnings Drop.
Washington. March earnings of ex
press companies, which were $1,202,
848 in 1916, dropped to $995,044 in
March, 1917, reports to the Interstate
Commerce Commission show.
687,000 III UNDER
NEW DRAFT Li
Secretary of War Baker Promul
gates Formal Order.
HOW THE QUOTA IS FIXED
Quotas Wanted To Fill Regular Army
and National Guard and To
Form First 500,000 Of
National Army.
Washington. A formal order by
President Wilson drafting 687,000 men
Into the military service under the'
Selective Conscription law was pro
mulgated by the War Department, to
gether with an official allotment show
ing what part of the total must be fur
niBhed by each state and territory.
The only steps now remaining are
distribution by the Governors of state
quotas among the local exemption dis
tricts, and the great lottery which
probably will be held this week and
which will establish the order wherein
registrants are to present themselves
for service or exemption.
The men summoned for service will
be used to fill the regular army and
National Guard to war strength and to
organize the first 600,000 of the new
national army. The total of these
three forces will be 1,262,985 men.
Later another 500,000 will be called
out supplemented by sufficient men to
make up losses and maintain reserve
battalions.
Baker Makes Announcement
Following Is Secretary Baker's an
nouncement of the order:
"By virtue of the authority vested in
him by an act of Congress entitled
'An act to authorize the President to
Increase temporarily the military
establishment of the United States,'
approved May 13, 1917, the President
of the United States has ordered the
aggregate number of 87,000 men to be
raited by draft for the military service
of the United States in order to bring
to full strength the organizations of
the regular army and the organizations
embodying the members of the Nation
al Guard drafted Into the military
service of the United Stntes, and to
create the national army, and has
caused said aggregate number to be
apportioned to the several states and
territories and the District of Columbia
as set forth in the schedule hereto,
appended.
Numbers To Be Apportioned. -
"The Governor of each state and ter
ritory ,and the Commisi-ioners of the
District of Columbia, acting for and
by the direction of the President and
In accordance with said act of Con
gress and rules and regulations pre
scribed pursuant thereto, shall appor
tion the quota so apportioned in such
state, territory or district, and shall
communicate to each local board
established In such state, territory or
district notice of the net -quota to be
furnished by such board; and such net
quotas shall thereupon be furnished
by the respective local boards as re
quired by said act of Congress and
rules and regulations prescribed pur
suant thereto.
"In computing the number of men
to be required from the various states,
the Government put to the credit of
each state every man it has now in the
National Guard and every man It has
contributed since April 1 as a war vol
unteer to the regular army.
( . Net Quotas Given.
Following are the net quotas for
each state: Alabama, 13,612; Arizona,
3,472; Arkansas, 10.267; California, 23,
OCO; Colorado, 4,753; Connecticut, 10,
977; Delaware, 1,202; District of Co
lumbia, 929; Florida, 6,825; Georgia,
18,337; Idaho, 2,287; Illinois, 51,653;
Indiana, 17,610; Iowa, 12,749; Kansas,
6,439; Kentucky, 14,236; Louisiana,
13,682; Maine, 1,821; Maryland, 7,096;
Massachusetts, 20,586; Michigan, 30,
291: Minnesota, 17,854; Mississippi,
10,801; Missouri, 18,660; Montana,
7,872; Nebraska, 8,185; Nevada, 1,051;
New Hampshire, .1,204; New Jersey,
20,65; New Mexico, 2,292; New York,
69,241; North Carolina, 15,974; North
Dakota, 5,606; Ohio, 88,773; Oklahoma,
15,664; Oregon, 717; Pennsylvania, 60,
869; Rhode Island, 1,801; South Caro
lina, 10,081; South Dakota, 2,717;
Tennessee, 14,528; Texas, 30,645;
Utah, 2,370; Vermont 1,049; Virginia,
13,795; Washington, 7.296; West Vir
ginia, 9,101; Wisconsin, 12,876;
Wyoming, 810; Alaska, 696; Hawaii,
none; Porto Rico, 12,833.
WOMEN IN U. S. ARMORY.
Taking Places Of Day Force Of Men
Inspectors.
Springfield, Mass. The plan undet
consideration at the United Statei
Armory of employing women inspeo
tors for certain classes of work haa
been adopted by Col. "W. S. Pierce, com
mandant, and several women have
been put to work, releasing the men
whose places they take for more im
portant work or night duty..
ITALY TO FEED SELF.
Rome Cables Say Harvest Will Be
Eight Per Cent Above Normal.
Washington. Italy ts one warring
nation that will feed herself during the
coming year. Cables from Rome say
the 1917 harvest will be at least 8 pet
cent, above normal.
WARSHIP SUNK BY EXPLOSION.
British Dreadnaught Vanguard Blows
Up While At Anchor.
London. The British battleBhlj
Vanguard blew up and sank on July
9, says an official statement issued by
the British Admiralty. An Internal
explosion while the ship was at anchor
caused the disaster to the Vanguard.
Only three men of those on board bup
vived, and one of them has since died
Twenty-four officers and 71 men, how
ever, were not on board at the timi
of the explosion.
SIGNS BILL FOR
RIFLE PRACTICE
Also Authorizes County Boards
to Arm and Uniform Home
Guards. .
ATTAPIQ RnDnilflUQ P.T HPfl'r and wild tnrkov In t,, '
Approves Amendments to School Code
Fixes 8alary of County Superin
tendents at $2,000 to $2,500 Assis
tant Superintendent's $1800.
i Harrlsburg.
The McKee Senate bill authorizing
County Commissioners to make appro
priations for support of rifle ranges
and to pay instructors in rifle Are was
approved by Governor Brumbaugh.
The bill is designed to encourage the
formation ami maintenance of rifle
clubs as a part of the general defense
plan, and also provides that commis
sioners may appropriate money for the
purchase of uniforms and rifles for
such rifle, clubs as volunteer for coun
ty defense or who answer the call of
the Governor.
The Governor also approved two
amendments to the school code. One
fixes the salary of county school su
perintendents between $2000 and $2500
unless school boards vote a higher
figure and 'the other makes the mini
mum for assistant superintendents
$1800 per year.
A Senate bill proposed by the State
Association of Boroughs was approved,
although the Governor believed that
during its passage through the Legis
lature "some bad features were slip
ped Into it," especially In relation to
auditors and controllers. "The evi
dent Intent Is to make It hot for some
official," says the Governor, who adds
that In other sections the language
was changed to overcome vetoes of
specific acta earlier in the session,
which he considers bad practice.
Hopes for Some Repeals.
On the whole, however, he says he
finds the provisions wise, and to give
the boroughs all the good that can
be provided he approves the bill, "in
the confident hope that in the next
Assembly a more worthy sense of duty
may cause the repeal of these obnox
ious and unjust features."
The bill makes a number of changes
in administrative features.
The Governor also approved the
Senate bill making an appropriation
of $195,000 to the Board of Public
Grounds and Buildings for replace
ment of bridges which are destroyed.
In approving the Senate bill provid
ing for annexation of boroughs con
tiguous to cities,' the Governor- also
issued a statement in which he says
the initiative rests with boroughs, as
it should, and that as he had received
many letter and telegrams from per
sons desiring to be heard he issues
the statement to let people know be
hag approved the bill.
Governor Brumbaugh announced hie
approval of the Stern House bill fix
ing the date of the 'September primary
for the third Wednesday instead of
the third Tuesday. This change af
fects only the primary in odd-numbered
years and was made because of
a Jewish holiday falling on the third
Tuesday.
The Beidleman act providing' for
special registration days for special
elections in third-class cities was ap
proved, as were the following bills:
Providing . that companies incor
porated in the United States may hold
real estate and erect buildings.
Requiring counties and municipal
ities to sell bonds to the highest re
sponsible bidder.
Permitting companies organized in
other States to manufacture rubber
and 1U products to hold real estate
in Pennsylvania.
Extending the malicious mischief
act to protect water works, power
plants, standplpes and reservoirs.
Providing for admission of patients
to the new Western Hospital for the
Insane.
Making $350,000 of unexpended bal
ances of the State Armory Board avail
able for use by the board.
The Swartz House bill amending
the escheat act of 1916 by clarifying
certain portions and regulating adver
tisements and notices approved.
He also approved the following
House bills:
Extending the State tax on premi
ums of insurance in foreign insurance
company, to companies not registered
In Pennsylvania.
Providing that counties shall pay
costs of transfers of criminal insane.
Authorizing a State convention of
poor directors and empowering coun
ty funds to be used to pay expenses
of delegates.
Authorizing State Highway Depart
ment to sell tollhouses along turnpike
or toll roads which may be acquired
by the State.
Enlarge Allentown Camp.
From 1Q0 uniU of thirty-six men the
United States Ambulance Camp at Al
lentown Is to be enlarged to 160 units
of forty-five men, not counting base
hospitals and casuals, and it is figured
that in a few weeks the roster will
reach 10,000. It was explained when
the camp was established that the or
ganization was to be changed from
units of eighty-eix, under the United
BtateB army system, to 100 units of
thirty-six men, under the French sys
tem, at the suggestion of Marshal
Joffre.
Women to Pick Region' Cherries.
The Housewives' League of Reading
has offered to provide cherry pickers
to farmera who live within reach of
the city by train and trolley. A num
ber have volunteered, and it Is ex
pected a large force can be mustered.
At the same time, the league mem
bers will can and preserve the surplus
cherries which in other years have
gone to waste. The county agricultur
ist, Charles 8. Adams, has asked farm
ers to sell such surplus to the league
at a lower figure than the market price
than Incur a total loss.
I BRIEFS I
i iiHiiiiiiiiiiiiinniiiii iJ
"Contracts have been dosed fori!
construction of 36 residences at I
dale for the II. C. Frldi Coke r
nanv. and for 80 rpnllnn.. ..
burg for the Eheneburg Coal r
nnnv.
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Beginning October 10,
I will close for two yearj, during S
iuo Dime game nuuiorilles to plj, I
MimW ftf Haiti and 4...1 'l
" v " - lui nevi
ous points throughout the
,
count; b
propagation purposes.
me estate Magistrates' ktmifa
will hold its next meeting at P. I
..111a lamia,) 1A 1&1D I
Labor for harvesting crops
nl&hed to the farmers of the Hm
district by the Y. M. c, A., m
enrolled Its boys and turned U
over to the Farm Corroltte of a.
iuuuc ouiei; uuiummce of the hi
The Lebanon county munition h A
unit was filled at Lebanon, tik,l
memoerBnip oi oo, most ot them ciu I
feurs ana machinists. Kugeni I
jwoyer, oi Aajuiani ueneral SteturJ
office, a CBmpbelltown boy, iuttt
luiiy conducted me organiutloi
Heavy losses have been statu I
by the farmers of Northern LuJ
ter county in damage to the turn, I
oy reason oi ine long spell of it
weather. Hundreds of acrei wetes
and left in the field when the m
came and most of it Is i totilim
eo far as ieeaing qualities irenl
cerned.
WeBt Chester Red Croni StaJ
has more tnan uuu memben.
The heavy rains of this wertpl
destroying much hay In Buckiml
ty.
At public sale in Downlngtoiu
BuuroB ui iuo i-tauuuui uauK Marl
from $125 to $127 a share, ttt A
V. t IL. V-,. J .. 1 T 1 I
value being $50.
Andrew Hegedus, aged 9, wul
ed near Bridgeport by an expreti hi
when be ran from behind i fcr
traln, and the boy's man?W k
was found by his mother cmp
lunch to her hwbnnil.
Mr?. Phoebe Haight Mitten lute
elected Warren's first pollceis
She Is to receive the same a;
policemen are paid at the b(ii;i
of their service with the bcrojj)
An ordinance has been Introi;-
Into the Altoona Councils Jppff.I
lng 60 per cent, of the license
on dogs for the completion and ji
tenauce of a muniilpal
pool.
Port Allegheny's officials ire
tlatlng fcr the purchse of then7
works owned by S. W. Sn!tl
matter now han?s upon the m
of the increase of the bcroiei'ifl
debtednesa to pay for the wsrli
Organization of the atninit
suooly train of the National Cxi
which will be composed of Hi
truck companies, is under if 1
Major Howard S. Williams in (
and units are being recruited'
rlsburg, Philadelphia, Readli.I1
Shamokln and Johnstown. lukjK
Federal recognition.
Shenandoah milk dealeri
raised the prices to six centiiD
and 11 cents a quart and crea
30 cents a auart.
Simpson Learn,' paymaster M
M R Kemmerer Coal CoPt
Hazleton, has resigned to betl
farmer, as manv mine wOWl
doing.
P. F. Lvnott. City Treaiire
Scranton, died after an illnetsofi
six weeks. His death was W
and was a shock to his mavM
Mr. Lynott was a native of .
and in addition to being 1
holder was a wholesale conff-1
merchant. He was about 11
vpnrR filrt
The retail price of pea coiUj
mine ftf the G. B. Markie i"
for the domestic trade h ""J
duced from $5 to $4.55 a MM
in to an official announces
Hazleton.
firnrpltv of eiearmakers !
capping the cigar manufacl
while nienty of 01
coming In the manufacturer! 1
.i., .anni inn manYO"!
ot the uncertainty of the col
lit ThPV are now COnsH"!
question of Increasing pricl
thou ool miiQi innn come, 1
want to see all profits wlpef J
mfn " r. Hffi
municipal nunimui,
hooti fnrnlnherf With ball 1
i.ii . m,wh of I""
playing the national game .
That the Hessian fly
. . , to l"
removed as a ni"
neius oi uiu -
,1 . -,nalvB inVftSt'P". ,
the Research VmtW
United States Bureau or '
located at Carlisle. A
war n the flv has bee
by this department, unJ,r
uon oi w. a. jutvu...---A
horse, purchased '
. . i nr men
aonatea ny ousiuco j(l
wood Park, presented
feiiman, cap""" ,rttj
Company, Second ren d
Artillery, who is cniei
rlstown.
Radnor township nai
I
wit)
year in school garm-- j,,
Highland avenue,
Davids, and 50 at Bo
nnentlv Radnor BO "t
has appropriated $500 to J
,. iha reel & i
under the supervision '
beth Usher. C-
Schuylkill County " ,
turers are enjoying -' n
compelling them to V
mented force or n- g,
. . .... . - the. orfe" ..,
nigni mi"" yiiuKi
and several large fA
up,
are hard
put
to 6Bt-
hands. Hitl"?'
To stop the State ' ,,;
ment from blowing ,
mite the piciur-- i
hanging rock at Cult
tlon was started at No r
, ..niiv nrotel 1 1
people Roue.. ' -ropol"
ment against the Pw
despoilment