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‘+ ‘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
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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,