[4 ~ provided by law. The number PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ‘THE CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED 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= XVill OF “THE CONSTITUTION. Number One. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to Article IX of the Constitution eof 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 wmu- aicipality thereof, acquiring or appro- priating property or rights over or in property for public use, may, in fur- therance of its plans for’ the acaul- sition and public use of such proper- ty or rights, and subject to such re- strictions as the Legislature may from stime to time impose, appropriate an -excess of property over that actual- 1y to be occupied or used for public use, and may uhereafter 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 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. Be it resoived by the Senate and House of Representa- 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 ac- «cordance with the eighteenth article thereof:- That section six of article five be amended so as to read as follows: Section 6. In the county of Phila- f the Commonwealth. Number Three. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to articie nine, se .on four of the Consti- tution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; authorizing the State to issue bonds to the amount to pay existing debt; and they debt cre- ated to supply deficiency in revenue shall 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 deticiencies of revenue, repel invasion, suppress imp- surrection, defend the State in war, or to pay existing debt; and the debt 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 said election day, at the places and within the hours at and within which said election is directed to be opén- ed, held and closed, and in aecord- 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 respecis conform to the requirement of such laws, A true copy .of Joint Resolution No, 3. 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 Senate 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 pre- visions of the eighteenth article thereof: — Amendment to Article Nine, Section Hight, : 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 any county city, borough, township, school dis- trict or other municipality or incorpo- ated 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 be increased in such amount that the total city debt of said city shall not exceed tem per centum (10) upon the assessed value of the taxable prop- erty therein, nor shall any such mu- nicipality or district incur any new debt, or increase its indebtedness to an amount exceeding two (2) per of property, without the consent ot the electors thereof at a public elec- tion in such manner as shall be pro- vided by law. In ascertaining the borrowing capacity of the said city of Philadelphia, at any time, there shall be excluded’ from the calcula- tion and deducted from such debt so much of the dsbt of said city as shall have been incurred, and the proceeds thereof invested, in any public improvements of any character which shall be yielding to the said city an annual current net revenue. The amount of such deduction shall 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 shall be estimated by ascertaining the principal amount which would yield such annual, current net revenue, at the average rate of interest, and sink- ing-fund charges payable upon the indebtedness incurred by said city for such purposes, up to the time of such ascertainment. The method of determining such amount, so to be de of fifty millions of dollars for the improvement of the highways of the Commonwealth.’ Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representa- 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 se- cordance with the eighteenth 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 deficiencies of =m} epoaddng ‘SEOPSBAN] [ode ‘SNUSAIX ducted, may be prescribed by the Gen- ' eral Assembly. In incurring indebted- ness for any purpose the city of Phila- | delphia may issue its obligations ma- turing not later than fifty (50) years from the date thereof, with provision for a sinking-fund sufficient to retire said obligations at maturity, the pay- | ment to such sinking-fund to be in equal or graded annual or other per- jodical instalments. Where any in- | debtedness shall be or shall have | been incurred by said city of Philadel phia for the purpose of the construct- | fon or improvement of public works of {any character from whick income or | revenue is to be derived by sald city, or for the reclamation of land to be created to supply deficiencies in rev- 4 debt of “the “city of Philadelphia” may | centum upon such: assessed: valuation} Charles E. Hughes cannot get so far away from Washington that the men in charge of the chariot of government there do not feel the jolting of his criticisms. In fact, the Democratic leaders at the capital city show symp- toms of seasickness from the way in which the ex-justice of the supreme court has shaken them up. Mr. Hughes is pursuing the only proper method, which is first to take the deadwood out of the way so that the path to righteous and propitious government may be made clear. oe oe of fe of of fe fe ofe ols ofe of of fe ole ce oe of THE NEUTRALITY OF PONTIUS PILATE But as soon as the need for deeds arose Mr. Wilson forgot all about “the principle he held dear.” He promptly announced that we should be “neutral in fact as well as in name, in thought as well as in action,” between the small, weak, unof- fending nation and the large, strong nation which w.- rob- ing it of its sovereignty and in- dependence. Such neutrality has been compared to the neutrality of Pontius Pilate. « This is un- just to Pontius Pilate, who at least gently urged moderation on the wrongdoer. — From the speech of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, delivered at Lewis- ton, Me., in behalf of Charles E. Hughes. ppbhhk bh hbk bbb bb dbl t td oe oe fe ofo obs ef ofs of oie of fe of of ofe oe ole fe ofe oo fe oo ofe ofr oe fe op do de oo of oe oe oe of ole ob ole of obo fe ole obo obo ok The president gets up early during the hot spell, and there are some who think he may have to continue the practice until November if that man Hughes continues to be so undigni- fled.— Pittsburgh Dispatch. fo of ofe oe ole ofe fe fe of ofe ole of fe oh oe oF obo ob WILSON'S IGNOBLE, UNSUC- CESSFUL LITTLE WARS. President Wilson took Vera Cruz in 1914, as we were official- ly informed at the time, to get a salute for the flag and to pre- vent the shipment of arms into Mexico. He did not get his sa- lute. He did not prevent the shipment of arms. But several hundred men were killed or wounded, and then he brought the army home without achiev- ing either object. President Wilson sent an army into Mex- ico in 1916, as we were informed at the time, to get Villa “dead or alive.” They did not get him dead. They did not get him alive. Again several hundred men were killed and wounded. Again President Wilson is bring- ing the army home without achieving his object. Of course it is a mere play upon words to say that these were not “wars.” They were wars and nothing else—ignoble, pointless, unsuccessful little wars, but wars. They cost millions of dei- o ofe ole fs ole ole ofe fo of ole oe ofs elo ojo ofe fe of “Ie ofe of oe , * lars and hundreds of lives, squandered to no purposs, They accomplished nothing, t they were wars.—From the Speech of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, De- livered at Lewiston, Me., in Be- half of Charles E. Hughes. fe ols ole ols ols os os oe slo fo fo oe of fe os of oe o o THE COMPELLING PERORA- “TION “TO MR. HUGHES“ ACCEPTANCE SPEECH. Fo ool eo de oe ob ole oe oe ode oe ole de fe le ob fe de fe obec cle be ele che bee oie le ob bbb or oe oe os of ofr oe ob of ofe ole ole ofe ofo of ole fo oe of oe We live in a fateful hour. in a true cenee, the contest for the preservation of the Nation is never ended. We must still be imbued with the spirit of heroic sacrifice’ which gave us our country and brought us safely ough the days of civil war, We renew our pledge to the an- cient ideals of individual liberty, of opportunity denied to nore because of race or creed, of un- swerving loyalty. We have a vision of America prepared and secure; strong and just; equal to her tasks; an exemplar of the capacity and efficiency of a free people. | indorse the platform adopted by the Convention and accept its nomination. —- O used in the construction of wharves or docks owned or to be owned by said city, such obligations may be in an amount sufficient to provide for, and may include the amount of, the in- terest and sinking-fund charges as cruing and which may accrue there- on throughout the period of construct- ion, and until the expiration of one year after the completion of the work for which said indebtedness shall have been incurred; and said city shall not be required to levy a tax to pay sald interest and sinking-fund charges as required by section ten. article nine of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, until the expiration of said period of one year after the com- pletion of said work. A true copy of Joint Resolution No 4. CYRUS B. WOODS. i Anita Stewart is one of the very ed by a great actress, Anita Stewart at the. Bijou, Friday, Sept. 23... Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTOR! A MINGO ELECTION AIRED IN COURT Only 11 Democrats Counted, Says Precinct Officer WOMAN TELLS OF THREATS Witness Tells of Organization of Elec tion Board Before Sunup, to Head off Regularly Appointed Members. Testimony of three witnesses con- sumed the entire time of the United States district court in Huntington, W. Va., in which the hearing of the first evidence in the so-called Mingo county election cases was begun. More than 100 witnesses have been summoned, as the prospects are that the trial may be long drawn-out. The case is being heard before Charles A. Wood of Charleston, 8. C., judge of the United States court of appeals, sitting for Judge Benjamin F. Keller of the southern district of West Vir- ginia. » The men under indictment are R. L. Simpkins, H. D. Copley, G. W. Kelly, W. S. Hatfield, Tom Maynard, Grant Gibson, Ben Copley, Noah Lester, Linko Blankenship, Anthony Gaujot, Berman Hatfield, Greenway Hatfield, Jack Brewster, Noah White, George R. Maynard and Vallentine Hatfield. Of these Noah Lester and Linko Blankenship have entered pleas of guilty and they were the first two wit- nesses introduced by the government. The third witness was Mrs. Noah Lester. The story told by Lester and Blank- enship was to the effect that they were approached by some of the defendants and others, who asked them to serve as’ Democratic officers at War Eagle precinct, taking the place of the regu- larly appointed officers. They were promised $56 ealh, according to their testimony, and immunity from indict- ment for some trouble in which they ‘had figured. They said that they spent the night with a number of others at the home of Tom Maynard. According to the story told by Lester, corroborated in most of its details -by Blankenship, those present at this meeting were W. S. Hatfield, Berman Hatfield, Grant Gibson, R. L. Simpkins, Harrison Cop- ley, Ben Copley, Linko Blankenship, George Kelly, Anthony Gaujot and Blaine York. . It was arranged that they should go to the precinct so early as to ar- rive ahead of the Democratic officers who had been appointed and they left the Maynard house at 3:30 and organ- ized the election board two hours be- of, them were d Berman ‘Hatfield Ref iian who was a stranger, stood guard on the outsidé all day. He testified that it was agreed that only eleven Democratic votes should be counted, and that in accordafice with this agreement all other such ballots were removed from the box, ‘which was uniocked all day, and burned, and that other ballots were marked and put in their places. He said that there were about sixty- five votes actially cast, but that fraudulent ballots were marked dnd equal to the registration. Blankensh testified that after the electton he was paid the $8 put into the box to bring the total | i which Bed been promised Sim and that mo fmdictitent against him had even deen returned so far as he knew as the result of the affair which he was threatened. Mrs. Lester testified that she sought to keep fer husband from, serving as an election officer and that in this effort she followed him to thé home of R. L. Simpkins, that night and he some of the plans alleged to have heen made for the seizure of the pr-- ~~‘. ' She testified that after her ad made his statement to a Simpkins had threatened to prosecute her boy in a pistol case unless her husband and Blankenship signed an | affidr vit to the effect that their state- ment had been made under pressure. PA. DAY AT SHADOW LAWN Keystone Democrats Will Make Pil- grimage to Long Branch. Saturday, Oct.. 14, will be ‘“Pennsyl- vania day” at Shadow Lawn, summer home of President Wilson at Long Branch, N. J. On that day a large dele- gation from Pennsylvania will visit the president and have him address them. A special train will carry the! delegation to and from the presidents A large delegation, it is be- home. lieved, will make fhe, trip. The special train will leave Pitts-; burgh the mizht of Cet. 13, returning! Special : on the morning of Oct. 15. rates for the trip will be made by the Pennsylvania railroad. RIOTERS ARE INDICTED Thirty-three Secret Bills Returned at Lima, O. Charles Daniels, alleged negro as- sailant of Mrs. Vivian Barber at Lima, O., and cause of the recent race riot | there, was indicted by a special grand |; jury report. Thomas Patton, alleged to have been the man who tightened the rope about Sheriff Eley’s neck the night of the rioting, also is Indicted, charged with assaulting ca Meco ith iadaat | to lynch. Thirty-three more true bills, held secret, were returved. The prose- cuior admits &ll are riot charges being =ithheld awaiting arrests. pm, — a EF ere phe remained officer R. L. i Hu . t ay The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, 8 borne the § gnature of and haS'been made under his per sonal supervision since its infaney. , Allow no one todeceive 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 Experim What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare=- goric, Drops and Soothing Syraps. It is pleasant. If contains neither Opium, Morphine mor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. ¥or more than thirty years it has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic, all Teething Troubles and Diarrhceea. It regulates the Stomach and Bowels, assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural sleep. 14 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 fr I ~~. rm, ROCKWOOD Julia, are this week visiting relatives in Meyemnsdale. Mrs. Floyd Miller of the Miller block has been removed to the Alle- gheny hospital at Cumberland, Md., where she is being treated for stom- ach trouble. Lloyd Morgan, son of My. and Mrs. Frank Morgan and Anton Jacko both about the age of six years were badly burned about the head and body Fri- day. They had built a fire in the back vard and having found a powder can with miner’s powder in it at once poured the conténts of the can on the fire causing a terrific explosion. i Miss Florence Dull and Miss Grace i McClellan were hostesses at a 500 party given at the home of the for- mer’s parents Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Dull on Broadway. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Miller, Miss- es Ethel Denison Elizabeth Miller, John D. Lock and Tommy Atkins. J. C. Enos attended the United THE PL. W. & S. TO SHUT DOWN After a check career, converting 2 period of 12 years, the Pittsburg Westmoreland & Somerset railroad will discontinue the operation of pas- sengerr trains between Ligonier and Somerset Saturday, accordng to am annonucemet just issued. No reason for discontinuing trains on the popul- ar “high line” has been made public, but it is presumed to have been decid- Brethren Conference which Was | ed upon because of insufficient patron- held 'at/ "Johnstown last week. age during the wintep months to jus- Se Emanuel Custer, who has been tify operating the antiquated equip- making his home at the Soldiers’ mentéalways accompanied by more er ‘less danger. The absence of the train service will prove a great inconvenience to many business men who have used it in traveling along the road will suffer ‘hardships by reason of the removal of their easiest meang of travel to Home at Erie for. the past three or four years, is spending several days in Rockwood where he will visit his brother James Custer. It is believed that the'thieving out. rages which have been going on fr several months past may be at a1 end on account - of the activities of | g ooo os Superintendent = Grimes "of the Que-| mhers * hag always been more of mahoning Coal Company havifg It joes mystery concerning the identity v J cated in the abandoned mine between of those financially interested in the } { Rockwood and Garrett a large supp 1y | P. W. & S. The income derived from of copper wire, ect, stolen from: the different mines and other mer- chandise. Frank Herwick was recent | the operation of the road was never sufficient, it is said to justify passen- er srvice between Someret and Li igi! arrested When he aitempied Ta but the service rendered wh dispose of some of the wire to a junk: oh ay a) Bolsa ant ecsoramaodation dealer. ; : : 1 to the public. The P. W. & S. offered ne a Digi the only rail competition ever enjoyed ve i o D by the shippers of the Somerset com- them of 10,000 smal! Ales to be Pip: munity and its discontinuance means ced in the several mountain streams that os B'& OR. R. will have to in that vicinity. This shipment comes bé relied thon sxelniively while’ the from the Bellefonte hatcheries and is only one ‘of the many ior ents that public will be deprived of the services s rendered there by Adams Express have heen promised Bon ¥ eonany Miss Ethel Dennison departed Fri- | . : day evening for Pittsburg where she Ine P. W. & S. skirts the rich Jeu- will spend several days with her moth- | 67 coal fields and the immense coal er before returning home. | deposits of Jefferson township. In the A large number of Rockwood peo- | future it may become an important ple attended the fair at Meyersdale | feeder of three great transportation last week. | lines the Pennsylvania, the Baltimore Miss Hazel Byerly has returned to ' & O- and the Western Maryland. her home in Monessen after spend- | ing several days as the guest of Bdi- | tor and Mrs. H. A. Miller. D. F. Hanna, B. & O. supervisor, is this week in New York where he ie attending the annual convention of the Roadmasters association. Philip Schaff and Roy Wilt have acl ~ ; cepted employment in the Westing- Services will be held in Amity Re- ‘house electric shop where they will formed Church on Thuhsday ard Fri- be employed until the first of the day evenings of this week and the r. Then Mr. Schaff will enter State Holy Communion will be celebrated next Sunday both morning and even- Ellen Snyder and daughtering. HARVEST HOME SERVICES There will be held at the Mt. Leb- anon Reformed church on Sunday at 10 A. M. Harvest Home services and at Glencoe at 2 p. m. conducted by the pastor Rev. A. S. Kresge. yea College. Mrs. { i I i | el AVAL ORCB0BCA0ACROBORCHONC THE BEST SEPARATOR MADE, Every Farmer with two or more cows ; J.T. YOPER, 3 n>. ds a TI. 223 Livergood St. JOHNSTOWN, PA. . OO [+