3 RR w EL ‘+ ‘The damage, =x value of: the Plans 28 his company. was 3 Liberty h¥s been variously estimated $95,000,000 L0SS IN BLAST AND FIRE Five States Shaken When Sun- fions Expiode is Jarsey City] SHELLS STREWN FOR MILES Goddess of Liberty Damaged—Manhat- tan and Brokiyn Streets Strewn With Shrapnel; Skyscrapers Shaken Property loss estimated at $25,000,- 000 was caused Sunday by a series ui terrific explosions of ammunition awaiting shipment to the entente allies and stored on- Black Tom island, a small strip of land jutting into New York bay off Jersey City. The loss of life is problematical It will not be determined definitely until there has been opportunity to check up the workmen employed on the island on boats moored nearby. The detonations, which were felt in five states, ‘began with a continuous rapid fire of small shells, then the blowing up of great quantities of dyna. mite, trinitrotoluene and other high explosives, followed by the bursting of thousands of shrapnel shell, which literally showered the surrounding country and waters for many miles around. Fire started soon after the first great crash. The tentative number of dead, ac cording to police estimates, stands at thirty-three. The victims were em: ployees of the plant. Police believe this number will be greatly increased by later reports. If i, feared many persons in the vicinity of the ex plosion may have been killed. Many persons in Manhattan and Brooklyn swore. injured, most. of them slightly by broken glass. Windows: Shattered, In. Manhatan. including shattered windows in lower New ‘York ana + Brooklyn and New Jersey cities is ex- :»pécted to reach $10,000,000 or more. A suggestion that the fire had yo inated in trains of munitions, which ~had been parked on the powder dock «of tha.plant..of. the National Storage company, was voiced by Edmund *L. <M ‘at Ma hopo in 1 in Plainfield, +N, J." Mr: Mackeasie stated that the about 47,000,000 It-consisted of about 1 -+ four, coverse iplers, Bone, of which was 8 ier deck. . ere were no com- bustib: les in’ the here wer ‘he said. i Dr. Joséph Wilson of the Tmmigra- ton hospital on. Bilis Island reported : Teland, Black. Tom. island, is about, a. quarter of the way from Ellis Island to Staten Island. Patients in the Ellis . Island hospital were ordered {rans ferred to another island. Explosions on the barges were oc: curring at frequent intervals, although ‘noné of them was especially severe. = Statue of Liberty Damaged. Great, havoc was wrql , loes island. Damage. to.the statue of at from $100,000 to $1,000,000. The * exact injury cannot be ascertained un: + til experts have made a careful exam- 3 7 ination of the pedestal and. base of the statue. Bedlges Istand, almost on a direct line {with Black “Tam; bore; ; the’ brunt of the shock. A wirehoiise “recently completed there is in ruins. The light on the statue, however, * burned ‘steadily, notw.even flickering + when the succesgive blasts rattled the ! monument to its foundation. Every, window in. the pedestal. is broken, but a_ cursory examination ( failed ‘to reveal any exfensive damage | i to the structure. A little curio shop b inside the statue wes found torhete " been completely demolis 1.0} 50 * more-chattered- ShEIoEAlictering ig «< bottom of the staircase. + The main door, a he Seon aftr, weighing nearly. a ton, | lon com fetely’ off its hinges and a few rods sway, Both doors in the powder maga zine were carried away. The cause of the disaster has not been determined. ' Offeials of the Na: tional Storage cempany ‘and the Le “high Valley railread; which also suf. fered threugh loss of property, de r «clare, however, that peporis to, them , show a: fire started.on a barge helongs ing to an independent tewing; company that had been moored , alongside a dock used by, the raflroad. company to transfer ammunition shipments from trains ‘to vessels in ‘the harbor. The barge, it is said, was there with. [' out duthority either of the railroad or os! the Sines ROEDATY i TTHIGT ¢ pv = KEYSTONE Fo (GRAPHS | PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO Tae CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED HE CITIZENS OF THE COM- ey Ezra Dietrick of Hudsondale is dis-| FOR THEIR AP- playing a number of interesting In-! PROVAL OR REJECTION, BY THE dian relics which he found on the farm i GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE of Achbel Ritter, near that piace. The | COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL- relics consist of various shapes Of | VANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY OR- arrow heads, tomahawks, knives made 'DER OF THE SECRETARY OF of flint rock, a stone used to grind | THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PUR- corn and grain and other instruments | SUANCE OF ARTICLE: XVIII OF . follows: white, of McKees Rocks, and William Cobb, drowned Sunday in the rivers near ! Pittsburgh while seeking relief from the. heat. The thermometer registered «and-.three..or.. +| and one woman from ‘Baltimore ye | their canoe upset in the ht on Bed: 4 used by red men, who are thought to haye made Mr. Ritter’s farm a camp- ing ground at one time. . A citizens’ committee is making plans to block efforts of the Pennsyl vania railroad to spend $1,500,000 for improvements to its property in Oi: City. Included in the railroad projec. is the crossing of the Allegheny rive: near the center of the city by a new bridge. This scheme. would necessi- tate raising every bridge in the city and this caused the objections. That the cooling system in use in some of.the plants of the America: Sheet and Tinplate company a Sharon has more than paid for the ex: pense of construction has been proved during the present hot weather.” The system is so successful it is probable it will be installed in other mills of the -United States Steel gorporation where practicable. bo More than 600 packages of tobacco, contributed by citizens of Oil City, were. shipped to Captain John F. Ir- win at Fort Bliss, Tex. to be dig tributed among the men of Company donor. Richard G. Wagner, aged seventeen, M. Glover, twenty-four, twenty-six, and William negroes, were 92, the highest of the summer. Michael Previch; aged fifty; and John Ruby, thirty-two, were killed and: thir: teen others injured when two trains: No. 3 of the Pennsylvania. Coal ang ‘Coke company near Cresson. The ac cident occurred 200 feet from the foot of the shaft on a slope. While a contracting firm was exch vating for a sewer in C er diggers ar a vein of. Sn hae stange that resembles, even to the trainad eye, ‘pure ‘ gold. The vein is about eight.inches .wide.and, was discovered by Harry Foster of. the city engineers department, - D and the Sixteenth Infantry band. All the tobacco is in 5-cent packages, so as to insure an equal division and each package bears the name of ‘the THE CONSTITUTION. Number One, A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to Article IX of the Constitution of Pennsylvania. Section 1. Be it ‘resolved by the Senate and House of Representa- ‘tives in General Assembly met, That the following amendment to thel Constitution of Pennsylvania be, and the same is hereby, proposed, in ac- cordance with the XVIII article thereof: — fection 16. The State, or any mu- priating property or rights over or iu property for public “use, may, in fur- therance of its plans for the acqui- sition and public use of such proper- ty or rights, and subject to such re- strictions as the Legislature may from time to time impose, appropriate an excess of property over that actual- ly to be occupied or used for public use, and may thereafter sell or lease such excess, and impose on the prop- erty so sold or leased any restrictions appropriate to preserve or enhance the benefit to the public of the prop- erty actually ‘occupied or used. A true copy of Joint Resolution nicipality thereof, acquiring or appro- .day next following the first Monday of of mine cars came together in Shaft | No. 1. CYRUS E. WOODS, Secretary of the Commonwealth. _— Number Two. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Con- stitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania so as to consolidate the courts of common’ pleas of Phil adelphia county. Section 1. Senate and House of Representa tives of thé Commonwealth of Penn- sylvania in General Assembly met, That the following amendment to the. Constitution of Pennsylvania be, and the same is hereby, proposed, in ac-: cordance with the , Sishizenth article. titereof:» amended, 80 as to read. as follows: ‘Section 6. In the county of A delphia all the jurisdiction a Frank ‘Gorner, Jr. Mafietta, ‘saved the lives of three men Miss Irene Ce was injured sort Ta. and two others were hurt when automobile driven by Thomas dam, of Lock No. 3, near Pitts burgh, leaped from the state road nea: that city, over a twenty-five foot em bankment and was wrecked against 9 tres, Striking city laborers: and teamsters voted almost. unanimously at a meet ing in Labor Temple, Pittsburgh, Sun day afternoon to remain on strike. The vote of the teamsters was 42 for and 12 against strike, while the laborers vote was 442 for to 18 against. ” Mrs. Lucricio Folino of New Castle ‘has filed a suit against thé Pitts burgh and Lake Erie railroad fo $35,000 damages for the death of he: husband, who was killed recently while engaged as a trackwalker for that company. Barefooted and hungry, Henry Swartz, aged twelve, of Pittsburgh- walked into thé home of his uncle Jacob Swartz, ‘at Liberty, Pa. He hac walked the distance {n two days. The boy said he had been on “a little walk.” A suit for $10,600 for the death of their.daughter, Mary, hag been brought by Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim Allison of Charleroi against Robert W. Jones oi Charleroi, driver of an automobile When an: effort was made to bread up Sunday baseball.games at Dushore the mayor refused to; act unless, asked so,t0 do.by. a majority of the citizens An election was ‘held and of 1,10 votes cast 900 favored the games. At the instance of’ ‘the Washingtor County. Medical society, Angelg: Colos ;was arzestql, charged, with illegally 1}; practicing medicine. caused some of his patients to com plain, it is said. | strike demanding an increase in wage: of from $2 to: $2.25 for a nine-hour .{'day.. ~The men were discharged, Al .} but one or two are said to have re turned to work. Farmers in the Chartiers valley are ‘searching for farmhands to assist ir harvesting, but: find it almost: impos sible to get them owing to activity in’ the steel and iron mills. Plans are maturing rapidly .for the big , Washington county Laror day | celebration, which is to be held at the Arden’ grounds of the Washington Fair association. en Yn ALERTING RSI T aged fifteen, of : which ran down and killed the child: Bxorbitant fees |’ Connellsville street laborers called & | powers now vested in the ([tovessd n | numbered courts of common p be vel aes 3 shall. hie all t Yrogending and in equity, which shall ha instituted sever courts and shall be subject to sich change as may be by law, and subject to change of venue as provi: ded by law. The presidenit judge of the said’ count shall be selected as provided by law. The number of indges in said conrt may be by law! increased ‘from time to time. This a mendment: shall take effect on the first day of January succeeding its a- doption. jurisdiction and powers now vested | in the several numbered courts of common pleas, shall be vested in one court of common pleas, com- posed of all the judges in commission powers shall extend to all proceed- have been instituted in the several! numbered courts and shall be subject ‘to. such change as may be made by law and subject to change of venue {law The humber of judges In from time to time. This amendment January succeeding its adoption. A true copy of Joint Resolution No.8, ~% pes CYRUS E. WOODS. : i of the Commonwealth. , — Number Three. A JOINT RESOLUTION nine, a Penngylvania; authorizing the Commonwealth. Senate and House of tives of the Commonwealth of Penn- | sylvania in General Assembly met, |" That the following amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania be, and ‘the same is hereby, proposed, in ae.’ cordance with the elghteenth article thereof: — That section four of article nine; which reads as follows: “Section 4. No debt shall be crea: ted by or on behalf of the State, ex! cept to supply casual deficienciés of ‘Be it resolved by the| In the county of Allegheny all the ! in said courts. Such jurisdiction and "ings at aw and in ‘equity which shall said court may be by law increased shall take effect on the first day of Proposing an amendment to article ; section four. of ‘the _Consti- "tution of the Commonwealth of the , State to issue bonds to the amount of “fifty ‘millions of dollars for the improvement of the highways of : Section 1 ‘Be it. resolved by the Representa- revenue, repel invasions, suppress in to pay existing debt: and the debt cre- ated to supply deficiency in revenue: shall never exceed in the aggrega's at any one time, ome million dol- lars,” be amended so as to read as Section ‘4. No debt shall be crea. ted by or on belglf of the State, ex- cept to supply casual deficiencies of revenue, repel invasion, suppress ‘n- surrection, defend the State in war, or to pay existing debt; and the debt created to supply deficiencies in rev- enue shall never exceed in the aggre- gate, at any one time, one million dol- sire: Provided, however, That the General Assembly, irrespective of any debt, may authorize the State to issue bonds to the amount of fifty millions of dollars for the purpose of improving and rebuilding the Bfhwers of the Commonwealth. Section ‘2. Said proposed amend- ment shall be submitted to the qual ified electors of the State, at the gen- eral election to be held on the Tues- November in the year nineteeen hun- dred and eighteen, for the purpose of deciding upon the approval and ‘rati- fication or the rejection of said amendment. Said election shall he opened, held, and closed upon sald election day, at the places and within the hours at and within which’ said election is directed to be open- ed, held and closed, and in accord- ance with the plovisions of the laws of . Pennsylvania governing elections, and amendments thereto. Such a-| mendment shall be printed upon the “ballots in the form and manner pre- scribed by the election laws of Penn- sylvania, and shall in all respects conform to the requirement of such laws, *A true copy of Joint Resolution ‘No. 3. CYRUS E. WOODS, Children Cry for Fletcher's The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has boro the signature of ‘ and has been made under his per= sonal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and ¢¢ Just-as-good’’ are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children—Experience against ¥Xxperiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paree goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor othcr Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. For more than thirty years it has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, - Flatulency, Wind Colic, all Teething Troubles and Diarrhoea. It regulates the Stomach and Bowels, assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural Slecp. The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought THE CENTAUR COMPANY NEW YORK CITY, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Four. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to section eight, article nine of the Const- tution of Pennsylvania. Bection 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- tives of the Commonwealth of Penn- sylvania in General Asserb!y met, ‘and is hereby enacted by the author- ity of the same, That the Constitu-|- tion eight wi article nine BALTIMORE & OHIO SEASHORE EXCURSIONS ory MEYERSDALE TOy size ATLANTIC CITY CAPE MAY, SEA ISLE ci, OCEAN CITY, STONE HARBOR, ‘WitLwoow AUGUST 10 AND 24, SEPTEMBER 7 $8. GOOD IN COA 0 ONLY 10.50 GOOD IN PULLMAN CARS TICKETS Goob RETURNING 1B DAYS SECURE ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET GIVING FULL DETAILS #ROM TICKET tution be ‘amended by § ‘ G 'S, BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD RoRdse AGENTS, BA rated district, except as provided here ! in and in section fifteen of this arti- cle shall never exceed seven (7) per centum upon the assessed value of the taxable property therein, but the | debt. of the city of Philadelphia may | ibe increased in such amount that tke’ total city debt of said city shall not _excepd ‘ten, per centum (10) upon the | assessed value of the taxable prop- erty therein, nor shall any such mu-' i nicipality or district incur any new debt, or increase its indebtedness to an amount exceeding two (2) per’ centum upon sueh dssessed valuation’ of property, without the consent of’ the electors thereof at a public’ elen- tion in such manner as shall be pro- vided by law, In ascertaining the ‘borrowing capacity of the said city jot ‘Philadelphia, at any time, there shall be excluded from the calcula 80 much of the debt .of said city as 8s provided hytlawi¥ Thesphes: shall have been incurred, and dent judge ..of the said court| Oo i ereof in Si] ei! shall ‘be selected as provided by D there’: ny ) y' public improvements of any character be ascertained by capitalizing the an- nual net reyenue from such improve- ment during the year immediately principal amount which would yield ‘trict or other ‘municipality incorpo- | f against ‘the germ - - laden broom, dust - clo ~ and feather duster—can best be wags with HOTPOINT VACUUM CLEAN- * ER— which operates ‘from lamp- yotaint p) socket and can be bought during Hotpoint Week (July 3-8) at a sav- ing of $5.50. Baer & Co. men me mom tion and deducted from such debt|’ the PvE which shall be yielding to the said’|"'§ city ‘an ‘annual © curnent net revenue. | : The amount of such ‘deduction shall'[’ $ preceding the time of such ascertain- | ments; and such capitalization shall’ be estimated by ascertaining the’ such a nnual, “current net revenue, at the average ‘Yate of interest, and sink- _ing-fund “charges “payable” upon the fndebteddess” Inéurred by said city’ for such purposes, up to the time of such ascertainment. The method of detorminidl Stdh amount, so to be de: ducted, may be prescribed by the 'Gen- eral Assembly. In incurring indebted- ness for any purpose’ ‘the city of Phila: delphia may issue i#ts“obligations ma’ turing not later than ‘fifty (50) years from the date thereof,” with provision for a sinking-fund sufficient fo retire said (obligations at maturity, the pay- ment t6” such sinking-fund to be in equal or’ graded’ annual or other per: ‘fodical “instalments. Where any in- debtedness Shall be or shall’ have been incurred by said city of Philadel “'phid’ for the” purpose:of the construct. ion or ifipréevement of piblic works of any ‘¢haracter from which income or: revenue is to be derived by said city, | or for the Teélamation of land to be | Secretary of the Commonwealth. Every Farmer with two or more cows heeds a Del AVA THE BEST SEPARATOR MADE, J. T. YODER, 223 LevergoodSt. JOHNSTOWN, PA- ” ot Cotate‘mie aininintnlulin] used in the construction of wharves or RECENT MARRIAGES docks owned or to be owned by said Miss Mary Zimmerman, daughter city, such obligations may be'#n an ot Mr. and Mrs. John Zimmerman; of amount sufficient to provide for, and gajishury and Clarence Heaters; son may include ‘the amount of, "the im-''of Mr. and Mrs. John Heaters, of Jer terest and on throughout the period of construct fon, and until the expiration of” one | year after the completion of the work for wiiich said indebtedness shall have” been’ incurred; andisald iAity. of Listie, were married at Somerset, shall not be required to-levy-a tax to i by Register Charles ¥- Shaver. pay sald interest’ and sinking-fund | <0 31 hy > charges as required by section’ tem. | Miss Irene Horne, daughter of Mr. apticle | nine “of ‘the Constitution of | 2nd Mrs. Martin E. Horne and R. Pennsylvania; “until the expiration of | Fister Wigard, son of Mr. and Mrs. said period of one year after the com- | | Willis Wigard, both of Paint borough, pletion’ of said work. | were married at Johnstown, by. L. G. A ‘trie copy of Joint Resolution No 4. Shaffer. CYRUS BE. WOODS. Miss , Caroline Elizabeth Crissey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, J. Robert Crissey, and Sylvestor W. Fetzer, son | of Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan Fetzer, both I’ll meet you at the Firemen’s cam nival sinking-fund charges’ 8¢-' ome were married at Keim, Pa., by | “cruing and which” may accrué’there= iy. Rev. I. M. ‘Wilson,
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