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200.
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T. Gomer,
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$150.
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225.
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A
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS T0|
THE CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED 2ted to supply deficiency in revenue
TO THE CITIZENS OF THE COM-
MONWEALTH FOR THEIR AP-|
PROVAL OR REJECTION, BY THE |
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE,
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL-
VANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY OR-
DER OF THE SECRETARY OF
THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PUR-
SUANCE OF ARTICLE; XVIII OF
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 the
Constitution of Pennsylvania be, and
the same is hereby, proposed, in ac-
cordance with the XVIII article
thereof: —
Section 16. The State, or any mu-
micipality thereof, acquiring or appro-
priating property or rights over or in
property for public use, may, in fur-
therance of its plans for the acaui-
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 -aetual-
1y 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
No. 1. :
CYRUS E. WOODS,
Secretary of the Comniénwealth.
Number Two. bonis
/ A JOINT RESOLUTION
‘Proposing an amendment to the Cob-
stitution of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania so as to consolidate
the courts of common pleas of Phil-
adelphia county.
Section 1. Be it resoived by
Senate and House of Represenia-
tives of the Commcnwealth of Penn-
sylvania in General Assembly met.
“That the following amendment to the
Constitution of Pennsylvania be, and
the same is hereby, proposed, in aec-
cordance with the eighteenth article
thereof: - - or *
That section six of article five be
amended so as to read as follows:
Section 6. In the county of Phila-
«delphia all the jurisdiction and
powers now vested in the several
numbered courts of common pleas of
that county,>shall be vested in one
court of common. pleas composed of
all the judges in commission in said
courts, Such furisdiction and powers
shall extend to all proceedings at law
and in equity which shall 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 as provi-
ded by law. The president judge of
the said court shall be selected as
provided by law. The number of
jndges 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.
"In the county of Allegheny all the
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
in said courts. Such jurisdietion and
powers shall extend to all proceei-
ings at law and in equity which shall
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
as provided by law. The presi-
dent judge of the said
shall be selected as provided Ly
law. The number of judges In
said court may be by law increased
from time to time. This amendment
shall take effect on the first day of
January succeeding its adoption.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 2.
CYRUS E. WOODS.
Secretary >t the Commonwealth.
Number Three.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article
nine, se” .on four of the Consti-
tution of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania; authorizing the
State to issue bonds to the amount
the |
court
to pay existing debt; and the debt cre-
sball never exceed in the aggregate
at any one time, one million dol
lars,” be amended so as to read as
follows:
Section 4. No debt shall be crea-
ted by or on behalf of the State, ex-
cept to supply casual deficiencies of
revenue, repel invasion, suppress !p-
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-
lars: 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 highways
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-
day next following the first Monday of
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 provisions 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
No. 3.
-Resolution
CYRUS E. WOODS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Four.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to section
eight article nine of the Consti-
tution ‘of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
fonate and House of Representa-
tives of the Commonwealth of Penn-
sylvania in General Assemh.y met,
and is hereby enacted by the author-
ity of the same, That the Constitu-
tion of the’ Commonwealth of Penn-
sylvania, in accordance with the preo-
visions of the eighteenth article
thereof: —
Jwendment to Article. Nine, Section
Eight. )
That section eight of article nine
of the Constitution be amended by
striking out the said section and in-
serting in place thereof the follow-
ing: —
Section 8. The debt of dny county
city, borough, township, school dis-
trict or other municipality or incorpo-
ated district, except as provided here
fn 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
be increased in such amount that tke
total city debt of said city shall not
exceed ten per centum (10) upon the
assessed value of the taxable prop-
erty therein, nor shall any such mu-
an amount exceeding two (2) per
centum upon, such assessed valuation
of property,” without the consent ot
tse electors thereof at a public elec-
vided »y law. In ascertaining
borrowing capacity of the said
of Philadelphia, at any time,
shall be excluded from
thers
so much of the debt
shall have been incurred,
proceeds thereof invested,
and the
city an annual
principal amount
ing-fund charges
indebtedness incurred by said
such ascertainment. The method of
determining such amount, so to be de
of fifty millions of dollars for the
ducted, may be prescribed by the Gen-
improvement of the highways of ‘oral Assembly. In incurring indebted-
the Commonwealth.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
Senate and, House of Representa-
tives of the Commonwealth of Penn-
gylvania in General Assembly met,
That the following amendment to the
@onstitution of Pennsylvania be, and
the same is hereby, proposed, in ac- equal or graded annual or other per- pay said interest and
cordance with the eighteenth article iodical
thereof: —
That
which reads as follows:
section four of article nine,
{ness for any purpose the city of Phila-
A
fcr a sinking-fund sufficient to retire
said obligations at maturity, the pay-
jment to such sinking-fund to be in
instalments. Where any
jdebtedness shall be or shall
Well do I mind the story, said
Finnegan. Balaam was a highbrow
that knowed less than his Jackass. He
took an |office to curse the people.
The Jackass saved them. 'Tis alk {
Numbers Twinty-two. Och hone! “Ti
different these times, The Jackass’)
knew better till Balaam tamed him.
“Lave me ride ye,” says Balaam, “an’
I'll make ye the biggest Ass in the
wurld.”’ ‘
“Great,” says the Ass; “what d'ye
feed?”
“Pork,” says Balaam.
“Me savior,” says the Ass.
So Balaam mounts. But soon the
Jack balks. :
“Phwat is it?” says Balaam. ”
“Snakes,” says the Ass; “Ut looks
like the jawbone uv me mother.” :
“G'wan,” says Balaam, hittin’ the
Ass a clip, “’tis me furren’ policy.”
he says. : Si
“Phwat’s ut for?” axes the Ass.
“Ut definds the nashun,” says Ba-
laam. : : :
“How?” says the Ass. :
“Faith,” says Balaam. “ut takes a
bigger Ass than you to know that.
Lave it to Brine,” says Balaam to the
Ass; an* the Jack walks on medita-
tin’. i y Fa
Pe - re Y
“Hee, haw.” says the Ass, balkin’:an'T Old Forge shut down an
kickin’... iv -
“What now?’ says Balaam. . .
“Divil a Jackass ever seen the like,”
says the Ass. “Ut could*beé“a frog
says he, “for ut stands up in front,
an’ sits down behind; an’ tis .mos’ly:
mouth,” says the Ass. “Ut has: white
feathers.” says the Jack, “wid yaller
streaks, that” changes.” he says, “to
Very Crooz Red, or Niagaray Blue, an’
now they're Carrysall ‘Yaller again.”
says he. “Hivins, have I been drink-
in’? screams the Ass to Balaam.®
“Saints be praised,” says Balaam.
“Me Watchful Waitin’ can still change
its mind,” he says. “G'wap, where
glory waits,” he says. *“G'wan, in the
service uv Mankind,” says Balaam to
the Ass. touching him up. An’ the
Ass shufiles ahead, wavin’ his ears in
admiration. ; : :
“Hee-haw! Hee-haw!" says the Jack.
rearin’ up wid his eyes bulgin’. |
“Phwat’s grippin’ ye now?’ says Ba-
laam. impashunt like.
*1 donno.’ says the Ass. “Ut looks
like the Klyin' Dutchman with a So
cialist Crew,” he says.
“Tis me Ship Bill.” says Balaam.
“Side step to the right,” he says: “side
step to the left,” says he, weltin’ him.
“Back up.” says Balaam, near wrench-
in. off the Jack's jaws “Now forward
for. the 3erchant Marine an’ fifty
millyvun pork,” says Balaam wid a
shower uv blows; an’ the Ass goes on
thremblin’.
“Wah-hee! Wah-hee! Wah-hee!” says
the Jack, shyin’ so he near threw his
rider. % : ;
“RAILWAY MAIL PAY.
Congress Directs Interstate Commerce
Commission to Investigate Subject.
Washington.—The annual Post Of:
fice appropriation bill recently passed
by Congress contains a clause directing
the Interstate Commerce Commission
‘to take up for investigation, report anf
the fixing .of rates the system of pay-
ment to the railroads for carrying mail.
The Commission is authorized to test
the relative merits of payment by
weight and by space. :
The railroads have long contended
that they were underpaid for this serv-
ice and that the, were losing million=
of dollars a year under the system of
payment now in effect.” It was felt
that the Interstate Commerce Com
: mission. on account of. the information
nicipality or district incur any new.
debt, or increase its indebtedness to!
at its command regarding all phases
of railrcad operation, is in the best pu
i . : i ah
{| sition to determine the merits of th.
tion in such manner as shall be pro-
the |
city |
the calcula-|
tion and deducted from such debt! =
of said city as | +
oe
in any =
public improvements of any character |
which shall be yielding to the said | 4
current net revenue. |.
The amount of such deduction shall 4
be ascertained by capitalizing the an- |
nual net revenue from such improve- | %
ment during the year immediately! ®
preceding the time of such ascertain | *
ments; and such capitalization ghall |
have article
been incurred by said city of Philadel- |
phia for the purpose of the construct: |
«gection 4. No debt shall be cres- | jon or improvement of public works of
ted by or on behalf of the State, ex-|any character from which income or |
revenue is to be derived by said city, |
cept to supply casual deficiencies of
or for the reclamation of land to be |
uj sooaidng ‘PuoERAu] (oded ‘GUUSASI
A
case.
Date ole clo of ole fe ifs ojo oe ole ole ole ols oe ole of fo ©
oh
¥
ots 3
+ DEMAND WAS NOT FOR he
} AN EIGHT HOUR DAY. =
Sie a al
4 “lt is said that the judgment +
of society has made the demand
for the eight-hour day. This was
not an eight-hour day, and the
judgment of society had "nothing
| 4 to do with the proposition laid
before congress and passed by
congress. The proof of this is
found in the bill itself. which
proposes an investigation to find
out whether Congress had any
pusinses to de the thing whiss
it was asked te do, and which
it did de.'—Mr. Hughss in His
Speech at Portlamrd, Maine.
+
be estimated by ascertaining the , oo god ge of oe ogo ole ole ofe of oo oie of oi
which would yield | :
such annual, current net revenue, at'
the average rate of interest, and sink- used in the construction of
| city,
Fane putasoony 1 SORRNTON POLICE
rR iil
| of the people there, Burgess Memold's
drole oe ob ole ob oe ob ob le ok ob
f such obligations may be in an
or such purposes, up to ile Hime of amount sufficient to provide for, and |
ARREST LW. W.’S
Forbidden Maeting of Strikers
Broken Up; 318 Jailed
BURGESS’ LIFE THREATENED
Industrial Workers Have Been En
deaviering to Tie Up Mines; United
Mine\\Workers Refuse to Go ®ut.
Three \hundred and eighteen In-
dustrial Werkers of the World, at a
mesting at\Qld Forge, near Scranton,
Pa, in defikuce of the orders of
Sheriff Phillips, were arrested by the
sheriff and his deputies, . assisted” by
a large detail % state police; They
were marched Scranton under
guard and arraignad before an alder-
man, A :
The arrival of the sheriff's, posse
with their prisoners ckeated much ex-
citement. The I
are mine workers, have: the mines at
‘is ‘alleged, made. threats against many
‘life being so. threatened, it ‘was. said,
that he'moved out of the tows. ..
~The men were arrested without. any
resistance on ‘their part, the &fficers
trapping them in a-hall which they
had taken possession of against' the
protests of the owner. A
. For. two, weeks the I. W, W.
have been trying to tie up the il
company collieries. The employees,
are about evenly divided between I. W.
latter would hot join in the strike and
the I. W. W. pickets, by agsaults and
various forms of -intimidatien; sought
to. keep them. away from the mines.
There. were: daily disturbances and
finally ‘the . burgess, unable tc “cope
with the situation, summoned .. the
troopers. The saloons were ordered
closed, meetings of the I. W. W. for
‘bidden, -and various other measures
taken to prevent trouble. :
Joe Nozzi and other alleged leaders
of the I. W. W. were among those ai”
rested. Nearly all the prisoners ‘are
>Italians. © : i
| dustrial Workers are making the. fol
lowing demands was found on one of
|: the. prisoners: “Fight-hour day, half
holiday on Saturday, $4 a day for min-
ers, $3 a day for laborers, $4 for car
penters, engineers and moter runners;
$2.50 for mule leader, $2.76 for head
nen, $2.50, 4 % footmen, $2 for breaker
Yoys, $4 for fraek loyers and $3.50 £1
‘helpers, full day ‘when colliery close
down because. of accident; release ol
all Industrial Workers, prisoners in,
Minnesota jails.”
Following the decision of the local
court to refrain from hearing the case
of 267 Industrial Workers on a
writ of habeas corpus, counsel for the
defendants announced that they would
go to the United States courts with
a similar petition on alleged infringe:
ments of rights granted by the United
States constitution.
TRAIN HITS AUTO; 4 KILLED
Three Pittsburgh Women and Chauf:
_ feur Lose Lives in Erie.
Four persons were killed at the
grade crossing of the tracks of the
New York €entral railroad north o-
Girard ‘(Pa.) depot when the fast
train, No. 35, westbound, struck th»
automobile of Mrs. Percy R. Seager of
Pittsburgh.
Those killed were Mrs. Percy R.
Seager, aged forty-one, Pittsburgh;
! Mrs. Katherine Shipman, widow, fifly:
| four; Miss Maude B. Shipman, twenty:
| five, and Ernest Branson, negro chau’
| feur. . :
The car was dashed into a shapcless
{ heap without an inStant’s warring.
The chauffeur disappeared beneath t .¢
| wreckage and was dead when the train
| stopped. He was picked up horribly
mangled. The three women were also
dead when reached. They had been
entangled in the wreckage of engine
and automobile and swept to one side.
mol
ma
|
| a ————————————
HOLDUP SUSPECT CONFESSES
i Said by Pittsburgh Police to Have Ad-
mitted Stopper Company Robbery.
“Nick” Remito, aged eighteen, who
i was arrested Sunday in connection
! with the robbery of the office of the
Pittsburgh Stopper company in Am-
berson avenue, Pittsburgh, on Aug.
— | 19, when two masked men entered the
wharves or | office with revolvers and escaped with
payable upon the gq "= od or to be owned by said | $817. is alleged by the police to have
city | :
| confessed his part of the robbery and
| implicated his brother, John Remito,
| aged twenty, of Grand avenue, Car-
may include the amount of, the, in-! peeie; Tony Rickey, thirty-six, and
terest and
have been incurred; and said
in- | charges as required by section ten.
nine of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania, until the expiration ©
said period of one year after the com-
nletion of said work.
indebtedness shall
city
shall not be required to levy a tax to
sinking-fund |
A true copy of Joint Resolution No 4. |
CYRUS B. WOODS.
sinking-fund charges ®> | his wife, Mrs. Apna Rickey, thirty:
|cruing and which may accrue there | five, of the same address.
| on throughout the period of construct
delphia may issue its oblizations ma- | ion, and until the expiration of one |
turing not later than fifty (50) years year after the completion of the work |
from the ‘date thereof, with provision for which said
Coxey Out For Senate.
more than twenty years ago
papers with the Ohio secretary of
United States senator.
Ontario Goes Dry.
RBvery bar in Ontario went out
of existence by legislative enactment
f Saturday night. In nearly every city
and town in the province the passing
|
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W.\W. tien, who |
d ‘have, it] |
W. and the United Mine Workers. The f.\{
sheriff. The latter called in the; state .
-A® paper setting forth that the In _:
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children,
Mothers Know That
Genuine Castoria
—
ThL
=
i = detable Pre ont a
stented Boars the
Exact Copy of Wr.
; J L fi Bd ha PEAR
b
oi 5 8 \ A : -
"The Brisk Smoke-—“Bull” Durham
When you see an alert-locking young man in a
lively argument roll a “Bull” Durham cigarette—it’s
the natural thing. He likes to punctuate a crisp
sentence with a puff of “Bull” Durham. His mind
responds to the freshness that’s in the taste of it, and
his senses are quickened by its unique aroma..
cigarette of “Bull” Durham just fits in with keen
thinking and forceful action. A
GENUINE
Bult DURHAM
Made of “bright” Virginia-North Ask for REE pachase ol
Carolina leaf, “Bull” Durham is ;
rich, fragrant, mellow-sweet—the
mildest, most enjoyable of smokes.
“Roll your own” with “Bull”
Durham and join the army of
smokers who have found that so
good a cigarette cannot be ob-
tained in any other way.
let, showing correct
FI E way to “Roll Your
Ow:
n’ Cigarettes, and a package of
cigarette papers, will both be mailed,
4 dd; U. S. on request.
eee ar Durham, Durham, N.C.
THE AMERICAN TOBACCO €0.
An Illustrated Book-
Jacob S. Coxey of Massillon, who
led !
“Coxey’s army” of unemployed on a |
long march to Washington, has filed
state as an independent candidate for |
Every Farmer with two or more COWS
needs a
cel AVAL
THE BEST SEPARATOR MADE.
J ~~ YODER 223 Livergood St.
eo BE. 9
JOHNSTOWN,
PA.
So
CONFLUENCE Miss Anna Rosenberger of Pitts-
Jack Hawke of Jerome, is visiting | burg, is a caller here.
relatives here. ern SUE
T. BE. Null of Addison, was calling | Business failures in the United
| on friends in town a few days ago.
ing several weeks
turned home.
| a caller here a few days ago.
| of the saloon was marked by riotous
| disorders.
|
| was
week.
| States during the month of August to-
| talled $15,890,500, an increase of fif-
ty-seven per cent over the figures for
the month of July. Here is a chance
for Democratic orators to dilate on
the “marvellous prosperity” which
J. L. Reiber of Johnson’s Chapel, | Democratic policies have brought to
a caller in town one day last | the country and to prove it by these
! figures.
P. A. Turney who has been spend-
in Kentucky, re-
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Dr. C. P. Large of Meyersdale, was |