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OHIO PYLE.
June 10— Miss Ruth . Saylor was
calling on Connellsville friends and was
doing some shopping on Saturday.
Lester Foust, of Casselman spent
Sunday evening in this place.
Our base ball team crossed bats
with the Confluence team on Saturday
at the latter place. The score was 6-2
in favor of the home team. An ex-
change game will take place here on
Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Charles Cunningham was at
Connellsville on Saturday, shopping.
Mrs. John Adamson, of Pittsburgh,
ig the guest of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. McFarland, for a few days.
Miss Verna Cunningham returned
to her home here Saturday after vis-
iting Uniontown friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Potter, of Monessn,
spent Sunday here, visiting relatives.
After spending Saturday and Sun-
day at Confluence, Misses Ella and
Della Corristan returned to their home
at Ohio Pyle.
Geo. Fowler, of Dunbar, spent Sun-
day the guest of Ohio Pyle friends.
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ROCKWOCD.
June 10— COC. W. Bush and sister
Grace, have returned to Rockwood
a three month’s sojourn with friends
and relatives at Elizabeth City, N. C.
R. H. Miller and wife, of Connells-
ville. were guests on Friday and Sat-
urday of E. E. Miller, of front street,
brother of Mr. Miller.
Miss Elizabeth Miller, who was at-
tending the Connellseille High School,
is spending the vacation with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Miller.
Rev. and Mrs. Kurtz,and daughters,
Pearl and Marie, returned from Me-
chanicsburg where they attended the
graduation exercises. Miss Marie has
accepted a position as teacher in New
York state, .
At the Rockwood school board meet-
ing on Friday evening, it was decided
that applicants would be received for
teachers, and that election would be
held July 5th. There will be no elec-
tion for principal, Prof. Frazel has two
more years to serve.
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SALISBURY.
June 10—Earnest Blocher, of Johns-
town spent a few days of last week
in town on business. :
Miss Emma McOlune, spent the
week end at the home of N. D.
Hay and family.
Dr. Bowen, of Grantsville was in
wn on business Monday evening.
' Mrs. Harry Anderson and three
children of Johnstown arrived here
Sunday to spend several weeks at
the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Easton. cd
Children’s Day seryices at the
Lutheran church Sunday evening was
well attended. Besides the children’s.
part of the program the choir sang
some excellent selections.
Miss Imogene Hay, entertained a
number of her small companions,
Monday afternoon at the home of
her aunt, Mrs. C. 21. May, where she
is making her home. The guests
were, Misses Dorothy Barchus,
Aileen Petry, Mary Petry, Hester
Shaw, Mahel Welfley, Alberta Stot-
ler, Dorothy Hay, Anna Hay and
Mary Maust.
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SUMMIT TOWNSHIP.
Farmers are busy plowing corn and
potatoes.
Miss Emma Schrock visited friends
in Glade City over Sunday.
Louis Klotz, who had fractured sev-
eral ribs by a fall while working at
Geo Beal’s barn, is improying.
Daniel Klink bought a Ford touring
car from M. Knight at West Salisbury
last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Noah Kinsinger were
visiting friends and relatives near
Grantsville, last Sunday.
H. R. Kretchman was a business
caller at Somerset one day last week.
Many people from this township at-
tended the Childrens Day services at
St. Paul last Sunday and it was pro-
nounced a grand success.
D. 8. Gnagey and Andrew Rishel
each lost valuable a horse last week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kinsinger, Kin-
singer and Mrs. Abraham Kinsinger
have returned home after a fortnight’s
visit in Ohio.
S. M. Gnagey, a prominent and
hard-working farmer, is hauling logs
for Austin Miller, who is building a
barn.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hay spent Sun-
day at the home of A. C. Lepley.
Hlmer Vought, who lives on the Jd.
Newman farm near Boynton was vis-
iting in Summit Mills on Sunday.
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GRANTSVILLE, MD.
June 10—King Brothers, of Springs,
have moved their saw mill from
Niverton, to the farm of Menno
Hershberger, where they will saw a
bill of lumber for a new house. Mr.
Hershberger contemplates building
a large roomy house some time in
1914,
D. J. Stevannus, agent for the
Marathon automobiles, delivered a
fine touring car to Mrs. Harriet
Stanton, of Little Crossings, one day
last week. This is one of the most
beautiful as well as smooth running
cars that hasbeen brought to Grants-
ville this season, and Mrs. Stanton
feels proud of her investment. Her
son James Urban is manipulating the
leeyers on the car.
J. J. and C. A. Bender, were Frost-
burg visitors Saturday.
Mrs. Anna Bell Brown and son
Albert, of Cumberland spent from
Wednesday until Sunday with Miss
Margaret Brown, returning by auto-
mobile with Albert Charles, who
motored to Grantsville on Sunday.
A. H. Johnson, the tombstone man
of Meyersdale. was a business caller
on Monday.
Dr. R. CO. Bowen, is building a
commodious stable on his lot.
Mr. Harvey Emeigh and crew of
Meyersdale are doing the work.
The Dr. is also having a concrete
payement but down, Wm. Winter-
berg, being the contractor.’
H. 8. Yoder is improving his prop-
erty by a large number of windows
in the basement.
Miss Lizzie and Rev.J. B. Miller, are
in Michigan attending a conference
of the Amish Mennonite church.
Thomas McKenzie, who had been
mining coal at Midland, has returned
to Grantsville.
Ward Beachy, painter and decora-
tor has been doing some artistic
work for Jacob Beachy.
H. G. Peck of Savage was a busi-
ness caller on Monday.
Nathan & Bill, are re-roofing the
dwelling house on the Tressler farm
with Chestnut shingles.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Stanton, Mrs.
Harriet Stanton, and Mr. and Mrs. J.
U. Stanton, motored to Salisbury
on Saturday afternoon, as the
guests of Harvey Maust and family.
Rev. Morris, motored to Oakland,
Md., with a load of court attend-
ants, as passengers returning the’
same day. ;
Ethel Broadwater,is visiting friends
in Cumberland.
A. J. Irwin, Iletterer for the
Williams Tombstone Co.,” of Frost-
burg. Md., was doing some work
at New Germany and Bittinger, last
week...
Work on the state road is some-
what delayed on account of stone
shipments not arriying. ?
Monday proyed to be the liveliest
day Grantsville has had for some
time. Many strangers were shopping
intown and all the natives seemed
tobe hustling. Street .committeeman,
N. 8. Ringer is putting in a pipe and
fill between the First State Bank
and Bonig’s store. His gang of men
had scarcely gone to work when
Petry Bros., and crew arrived to
continue their work on the new
church and shortly after this Mr.
Ameigh and part of his crew ap-
peared on the scene and began
work on Dr. Bowen’s stable. Just
then ‘‘Dode” Livengood the piano
tuner of Meyersdale sailed in and
furnished music the remainder of the
day.
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‘CONFLUENCE.
June 9-Mrs. Charles "Osler, and
three children of Connellsville are
visiting the former’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John Alexander.
The base ball game between Con-
fluence and Ohio Pyle was called off
at the end of the fifth inning, on ac-
count of rain. The Ohio Pyle team
won by the score of 5 to 2.
C. W. Hall spent several days of
last week at Uniontown and Point
Marion.
Mr. and Mrs. Al. Crabbe, of Hynd-
man, spent Sunday with the former's
sister, Mrs. John Hawke.
B. S. McNutt, of Somerfield, spent
Sunday with his father, Joseph
McNutt.
Marshall Flanigan of Humbert, was
a Sunday visitor with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs, Andy Flanigan.
Miss Ethel Hawk has returned from
a visit in Ohio Pyle.
Wm. Clouse of McKeesport spent
Saturday and Sunday with his moth-
er, Mrs. Sarah Clouse.
Clyde Brown, who has been em-
ployed inthe Westinghouse in East
Pittsburgh, has returned home. He
will spend the summer with his pa-
rents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Brown.
James Swan, and son of Connells-
ville, spent Sunday with the
former’s sister, Miss VanDyke. of
Humbert.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
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CAPITOL’S HANGING GARDENS
Grow In Leng Rectangular Granite
Bexes on Marble of Three Sides
ef Building. :
The banging gardens of the Capitel
Inge. These hanging gardens grow in
the long rectangular granite plant
boxes on the marble terrace om the
west front and the north amd south
sides of the capitol In summer
“cannas, scarlet sage and other bril-
liant flowers glow there higher than
the top of trees in the west grounds.
Bome of these boxes have been set
with small evergreen specimens of the
cone family and others have been
Planted with bulbs. of hyacinth, cro-
cus and tulip, which will blossom at
the early touch of spring.
In these granite-bound beds have
been set thickets of small balsam firs,
hemlock, spruces, Cephalonian firs,
Cilican firs, white firs, Noble silver
firs, Nordman’s firs, European silver
firs, Chinese arborvitae, golden Chi-
nese arborvitae, ever-golden Chinese
arborvitae, Mount Atlas silver ce-
dar, Indian cedar, cedar of Lebanon,
large fruited yew, blue Colorado’
Spruce, Austrian pine, Swiss stone;
pine, Himalayan pine, Corsican pine,
NMugho pine, bull pine, red pine,
Scotch pine, little Douglas spruce, sil-
ver retinospora, golden retinospora,
spreading English yew, Thuya glob-
O82, pyramidal arborvitae, dwarf hedg-
ing, azalea amoena and roundleafed
boxwood.
On the marble posts of the marble
balustrate of the west staircase 18
cedars have been planted in the
bronze tubs that top these posts. In
these tubs multi-colored flowers
bloomed and vines trailed last sum-
mer,
TRIBUTES TO FAMOUS MEN
National Museum Installs Collection of
Military Decorations—New Medals
on Exhibition.
Several of the exhibits in the divi
sion of history in the National Mu-.
Seum have recently been rearranged,
to make room for new and valuable
additions to the collections.
Prominent in the recently placed ex-
hibits is a series of medals awarded
by the United States gevernment, in-
cluding the naval medal of honer, the
certificate of merit badges of the navy
and marine corps, the Dewey congres-
sional medal, the West Indies naval
campaign, the campaign badges of the
army and mavy, and the decorations
given to members of the army, navy
and marine corps for proficiency in
the practice of small arms. Alto
gether these 24 medals make an in-
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teresting display, especially calculated
ito atract attention on account of their
bright-colored, distinguishing ribbons.
Other medals of the same type are to
be seen in several of the collections
of personal relics and mementos of
distinguished men.
The “medals recently installed in
the National museum include those of
Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury,
eminent as. a pioneer in the sci
entific investigation of the cur
rents and meteorology of the
ocean. He was of a practical turn of
J d, and the main object of his stud-
les was to increase the safety of nav-
igation and promote the interests of
commeree.. In recogrition of his re-
searches he received orders of knight-
hood from several foreign govern-
ments, was made a meniber of numer-
ous scientific ‘societies, and was pre-
sented with many degrees and medals.
WIRE FENCE AROUND ISLANDS
Uncle Sam Takes Possession of A&M
Reclaimed Lands on the
Potomac River.
By direction of General Bixby,
chief of engineers, 6000 feet of wire
fence have been placed around two
small islands in the Potomac river op-
posite Georgetown, just below Analos-
tan island. That action was taken at
the suggestion of the attorney general
to indicate that the islands are the
Property of the United States. .
It is in line with the recently an-
nounced intention of the federal gov-
ernment to take complete jurisdiction
over all the reclaimed area along the,
Virginia shore behind the riprap train-
ing dike being built along the south
side of the Virginia channel from the.
lower end of Analostan island to the
Highway bridge. That area is now
covered with water, but is being filled
in by the deposit of material dredged
from the channel to improve naviga-
tion.
Setting an Example.
Laying aside his paper, Beanbrough
exclaimed: :
“Men have been wearing trousers
for a hundred years.”
“Yes,” snapped Mrs. Beanbrough,
“and most of them expect their poor
wives to wear their dresses for the
same length of time.”—Cleveland
Plain Dealer. :
Whe Did the Work?
“Can’t you find any work, Sam?”
“Oh, yes, sah; plenty, sah.”
“Why don’t you go and do it,
then?”
“Oh, I doesn’t has t’, sah.” ;
“What's the good of finding
work if you don’t intend to do it,
Sam?”
“For my wife, sah.”
Shifting the Graft.
“How do you like running a restau-
rant on the no tipping plan?”
“First rate!” replied the proprietor.
“It enables me to raise the price 10
per centh. on the bill of fare.”—Judge.,
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Over the State
Philadelphia. —This city will have a
municipal Christmas tree. It is to
be erected in Independence Hall
Square and will be the Quaker City’s
biggest aid to Santa Claus. An emis-
sary will go to the depths of the
Maine woods next December to cut
the biggest fir that he can find and a
wealthy citizen has promised to load
it with gifts for all who come.
Pittsburg.—A .32 caliber revolver,
steel bullets and the keen eye and
steady hand of J. R. Porter, an em-
ploye of the city health department,
have cut 30 feet off the top of the in-
cinerator stack at the corporation
yards. That section of the stack,
which is 130 feet high, had become
corroded and useless. After puzzling
for some time over how it could be
removed, it was decided that Porter,
who is a crack shot, should shoot it
off.
Carlisle. — While excavating for
curbing along the Cumberland Valley
railroad tracks, A. J. Spotts, a con-
tractor, uncovered the roadbed ‘of the
original road, one of the earliest in
the United States. Although none of
the old strap rails were found, the
majority of ties were still in place
and are in a remarkable state of pres-
ervation.
Shamokin.—Two miners were killed
and more than a dozen injured in an
explosion in Scott shaft, four miles
from here, operated by the Susque-
hanna Coal Co. Officials of the com-
bany announce that no men were en-
tombed, but mine workers declared
they believed other men were still in
the mine. The explosion occurred in
the second lift of a slope, almost a
mile under ground, and the slope im-
mediately caught fire. John Wier, in-
side superintendent, and his assist-
ants organized a rescuing party and
within an hour two dead and 14 in-
jured were brought to the surface.
Two are expected to die.
Philadelphia. — Charles H. Cramp,
former head of the shipbuilding firm
of William Cramp & Son, died here
after a lingering illness. He was 85
‘| years old and was the eldest son of
William Cramp, who founded the busi-
ness in 1830. Charles H. Cramp suc
¢eded to the presidency of the com-
pany om the death of his father in
1879 and retired in 1903. During his
incumbency many warships were con-
structed at the yards for the United
States and for foreign countries.
Wilkes-Barre.—A conflict between
the United Mine Workers and the Ia-
dustrial Workers of the World led to
a strike of 1,000 miners in the employ
of the Lehigh Valley Coal Co. at
Plains. Many foreign workmen want
to join the Industrial Workers, the
United Mine Workers insist that they
join their organization and none other
and will refuse to work until they
do so.
Indiana. — Angelo Lazarri, with a
Portion of his lower lip missing, called
at’ the office of a Homer City physi-
cian’ for treatment. Three stiches
were put in the injured lip. Lazarri
explained that he had caught a snap-
ping turtle and not understanding its
proclivities, had blown tobacco smoke
at its head.
Marietta.—George W. Bierly, 70
years old, of Eden township died at
his home near here. Fifteen years
ago he met with an accident, being
shot in the foot, and this was the
cause of his death, as he had net been
well since. Hs served a2 ssacsstaor
of Eden township and was a leading
Republican. Several children survive.
Gettysburg. — Assistant Secretary
of War B ajScn. With-
erspoon, Ydeut-Col. Brainerd, with
Maj. J. BE. Normoyle and Lisut..-Col.
Lewis E. Beitler, made a complete in-
spection of the camp now in course
of erection here to accommodate 40,-
008 veterans duvina the ocalsbration
of the fiftieth anniversary of the bat-
tle of Gettysburg in July. Maj. Nor
Moyle, who has been detailed to have
general charge of the camp, and other
officers on duty here, went over all
the details of arrangements. Every-
thing has advanced satisfactorily and
the camp is expected to be in read-
iness for the formal opening on the
evening of. June 29.
Jobnstown.—The annual baseball
game between the minsterial associ-
ations of Johnstown and Altoona re-
sulted in a victory for the Johnstown-
ers by the score of 21 to 17. Despite
the big score, the game was exciting,
and was enlivened by home rumrs and
numerous slip-ups. The Johnstown
ministers were jubilant, and the Al-
toona ministers loudly proclaimed that
they would have won if it hadn’t been
for the umpire, which shows that the
divines are only human after all.
Harrisburg.—Miss Anna E. Steckel,
who figured in the sensational kid-
naping some time ago at Allentown,
has announced her engagement to
Arthur H. Cole of Haverhill, Mass.
Miss Steckel was forcibly kidnaped
last January by Samuel Sinclair, for-
merly an inspector in the state high-
way ‘department, who is now serving
a six months’ term in the Lehigh
county prison. Cole is a Harvard
man.
Philadelphia.—Dr. Edward H. Fa-
: hey, a member of the Pennsylvania
house of representatives from the
Eighth district, died at his home here
from uraemia. He was 55 years old
and represented the district in the
sessions of 1899, 1901, 1905, 1907, 1909,
1911 and 1913.
Sharon.—After a separation of over
60 years W. A, Davis, a wealthy sugar
beet merchant of Fordlupton, Col. is
visiting his sisters, Mrs. Catherine
Mountain of Sharon and Mrs. Thomas
Jennings of Masury. It was through
a newspaper advertisement that the
sisters and brother were united.
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NO DAMAGES FOR
GIVING REBATES
Coal Companies Lose Suit in
ihe Highest Court.
PENNSYLVANIA IS A WINNER
The Court Held That Shippers Must
Go First to the Interstate Com-
merce Commission Before Su-
ing to Recover Damages.
Washington, D. C.—Holding that
one shipper cannot sue for rebates as
damages, the supreme cour? reversed
the decision of the Pennsylvania
courts awarding to the IntSmptional
Coal Mining Company of the’ Clear-
field regions of Pennsylvania a judg-
ment of $12,000 against the Pennsyl-
vania railroad. Justice Pitney, dis-
senting, declared the decision practic-
ally annulled the right of the shippers
to sue for damages conferred by re-
cent legislation, leaving a right to sue
only in the almost negligible instances
where the goods of a shipper come
into competition with competitors who
received rebates. :
In a companion case, that of Mitch-
ell Coal and Coke Company against
the Pennsylvania railroad, the court
held that shippers must go to the
Interstate Commerce Commission be-
fore suing in the courts to recover
damages for unlawful discrimination
in allowances for hauling on side
tracks. Damages were held to be
proper in that case because “unlaw-
ful” as distinguished from the “law-
ful” rate charged in the other case.
In still another case, that of the
Morrisdale Coal Company against the
same railroad, the court held shippers
must go first to the commission in-
stead of the courts in cases of unlaw-
ful discriminations resulting from the
distribution of cars. Justice Lamar
announced the majority opinion in all
three cases and Justice Pitney dis-
sented in all.
150 Feet To the Bad.
La Crosse, Wis.— Women’s feet are
ell wrong, and they've got to be cor-
rected, in the opinion of Miss Amanda
Clement, who has started a class of
75 young women and has taken dia-
grams of the feet of the girls, both
with shoes on and off. In the 75 pairs
thus far examined, Miss Clement has
found none perfect, all having been
deformed to some extent by being
shod imipreperly.
SOAK FURNITURE IN OIL
Suffragettes Fire Grandstand at Hurst
Park Race Course.
London, ' Eng.—Thes #arson squads”
of the militant suffrdeettes have be-
come active again: sides the fire
at the Hurst Park racefdourse, they
destroyed a boat house on the River
Lea and the grandstand at the North
Middlesex cricket rounds. The fire at
Hurst Park was started in the royal
‘box, the furniture of which had been
saturated with oil.
Burning Ship Speeds for Port.
Charleston, S. C.—Advices received
here state that the steamship Olinda,
with fire in her hold, was in convoy
of the United States gunboat Nash-
“ville and the steamer Curityba. The
wireless dispatch received here con-
tained no details regarding the prog-
ress of the flames in the ship’s hold.
Debs Hikes Aftar Weston.
New York.—Samuel A. Debs, former
president and vice president of the
Central Federated Union, started from
City hall Monday to walk to Minne-
apolis in the wake of Edward Payson
Weston, the veteran who set out a
week ago. He hopes to overtake and
perhaps to pass Weston. Debs is 41
Years old; Weston 74. XK
age LE
Pays $200,000 for Paintin
Paris, France—Rembrandt’s plsture
‘“Bathsheba” was bought for $200,000
by Duven at the sale of the collection
of Baron Steengracht, of The Hague.
Peary Honored by French.
Paris, France.—Rear Admiral Rob-
ert E. Peary was made a grand offi-
cer of the Legion of Honor by Presi-
dent Poincare.
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“KODAK TRUST” SUED
Dissolution Asked in Action Brought
By Government.
Buffalo, N. Y.—Dissolution of the
so-called Eastman kodak trust was
asked in a civil anti-trust suit filed
here by order of Attorney General Mc-
Reynolds. The federal goverdment
seeks the dissolution of reeeivership,
if necessary, of the Eastman Kodak
Company of New Jersey and the East-
man Kodak Company of New York,
which are charged with monopolizing
the trade in photographic supplies.
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Panama Canal to Open Soon.,
New York.—“By January 1, 1915,
anything that floats can pass through
the Panama canal between the At-
lantic and Pacific oceans,” declared
Colonel George W. Goethals, chief en-
gineer of the canal zone, who arrived
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here. . “I shall send a vessel through
the canal just ag soon as we get
water into it,” continued the chief en-
gineer. “I promised that the Fram, |
used by Amundson in discovering the |
south pole, should go first, but it will
be a smaller craft.”
DEADLOCK ON
COMPENSATION
Senate Passes Bill With ‘Option-
al’ Clause, House Disagrees
LITTLE EMPLOYERS WINNERS
Senate’s Attitude Based on Solicitude
for Small Manufacturers and Farm-
ers—Special Session Expected Be.
cause Progressive Bills Fail.
(Special Harrisburg Correspondence.)
Harrisburg. — Indications are that
there will be no workmen's compensa
tion act passed by the present Leg-
islature. The House and Senate are
at odds over the House bill. The
House will probably refuse to concur
in the Senate’s amendment which in-
serted the “optional” clause, though
it may put the bill through and allow
the Governor to veto it. The Senate
passed, 39 to 0, the bill as amended
on second reading. The House re-
fused to concur in the amendments.
The Senate proposes to maintain its
position and will ask for a conference
committee. There is not much chance
for agreement.
The situation is parallel with that
of two years ago in the consideration
of the utilities bill. The Governor at
that time was unable to force the
bill as passed by the House, and as
an agreement could not be reached
the bill died during the last hours of
the session. The Executive maintains
the same position now in reference to
the workingmen’s compensation act
and will not accept the measure as
passed by the Senate.
Leaders of the Senate insisted that
the entire plan of the Shern bill,
which was drawn by the Industrial
Accidents Committee, is wrong in that
it fails to guarantee payment of dam-
ages in case of accident or injury.
They are inclined to favor a measure
similar to that passed im California,
which makes the State the guarantor,
although an insurance fund collected
as taxes from the employer. This
compromise was suggested to the
commission, which thus far has failed
to consider it. :
Expect Extra Session.
Some of the Legislators are inclined
to think that the Governor will call an
extra session of the Legislature if
this and other progressive measures
fail. Sentiment for an extra session
has already become active, being fos-
tered by representatives of organized
labor.
A delegation of labor leaders called
upon the Governor, complimented him
upon his position on the compensa-
tion bill, and suggested a special ses-
sion. In reply the Governor said he
would continue to fight for a bill with-
out the “optional” feature, and that
a compensation act was sure to come,
it not now, two years’ hence.
Small Employers Objected.
Opposition to the compensation act
as it passed the House was not con-
fined to any party or faction. The
small manufacturers were the princi-
pal objectors, although one or twe
large corporations were lined up
against it, particularly several coal
companies of the Western end of the
State. Senators from the country dis-
tricts, which have many small indus-
tries and farms, were besieged to
stand for the optional feature. It was
argued that the individual employing
a small number of men and working
on a small capital could be wiped out
by one accident.
The situation as explained by Sen-
ator Crow was that the farmers and
small industrial establishments would
be ruined. Even the combined influ-
ence of the Administration and the la-
bor leaders, supplememted by the ef-
forts of Flinn and Penrose, could not
prevent the insertion of the “optional™
feature.
Senator Crow explained the oppo-
sition as based upon an injustice to
the small employer of labor. He said
that an honest effort had been made
to arrive at some compromise which
would eliminate what was regarded as
the “unfair, drastic and unreason-
able feature of this bill.”
Some other form of compensation
was discussed and proposed, but the
proponents of the bill stood committed
to this plan and refused to consider
the substitution of any other. !
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21,450 Veterans Listed.
Over 300 applications for transper-
tation to Gettysburg were received
from veterans by the Semi-Centinnial
Commission, making the total 21,450.
The order for transportation will be
issued June 15. Steps to secure the
aid of 350 boy scouts to act as order
lies during the celebration are being
taken. About 350 boys will be drafted
from Eastern Pennsylvania organiza-
tions. i
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Tax on Hard Coal Passes.
After efforts in successive Legisla-
tures for years, a bill laying a tax on
hard coal passed the Senate by a vote
of 31 to 38. It is the first big revenue
raiser to go through both branches in
years. The tax would raise $5,000,000
annually, one-half to be returned to
the counties in which the coal is min.
ed. The Tax Commission drafted the
bresent bill. and because of the fea-
ture dividing the revenue between the
State and the anthracite counties did
not encounter the obstacles of former
years. The tax is 5 cents a ton.
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