CERTEPA spss P EER TR CEE RITA EO TEN TR aids pte vn pn —— — x r ad Te RT » ROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO 'to pay existing debt; and the debt ae) a . i - _—- ————— “ suBMI ated to supply defici i 3: om er oy hs KEYSTONE PARAGRAPHS | a 70 MONWEALTH PRC GENCRAL ASSEMBLY OF co MMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL- THE CITIZENS OF THE COM- shall never exceed in the aggregate FOR THEIR AP- VAL OR REJECTION, BY THE lars THE follows: at any one time, be amended one million dol S0 as to read as Section 4. No debt shall be crea- VANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY OR- ied by or on behalf of the State, ex- DER OF WHE SECRETARY OF cept to supply casual deficiencies of THE COMMONWEALTH, cUANCE OF ARTICLE XVill tHE CONSTITUTION. + Number One. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an IX of the Constitution ef 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. nicipality 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 actual- 1y tc be occupied or used for public use, and may thereafter sell or: lease such excess, anfl impose on the prop- erty so sold or leased any restrictions appropriate to. preserve or énh the benefit to the public of .the Drop- erty actually oceupied or used.- A true copy of Joint Retolution No. 1. CYRUS E. WOODS, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Two. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendmefit to the €on- stitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania so as to consolidate the courts of common pleas of Phil adelphia county. Section 1. Be it resolved Ws the enate and House of ives of the Commonwealth of Penn- “Asylvania in General Assembly met. “That the following amendment fo the Constitution of Pennsylvania be, and. the same is hereby, proposed, in ‘ac- cordance with the eighteenth article thereof:- : « ¥hat section six of article five be amended so as te 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 "hat county, shall be vested in one | Jourt of common pleas composed of all the judges in, commission in said ‘courts, Such furisdiction and powers IN PUR- revenue, repel invasion, suppress OF |surrection, amendment to Article The State, or any mu- ‘ Representa- in- 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 te issue bonds to the amount of fifty t 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 ratfi- fication or the rejection of said amendment, Said election shall he opened, held, and clesed upon said election day, at the places andiwithin 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 electioas, and. amendments thereto. Such a- mendment sliall be printed upon the ballots .in. the form. and manner pre- scribed by the election laws of Penn- |'sylvania, and shall in all respecls 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 Sonate and House of Representa- tives of the Commonwealitnh of Penn- sylvania in. General Assembhy met, and is hereby enacted hy the author- tion of the Commonwealth of: Penn- sylvania, in accordance with the pro- visions of the eighteenth article thereof: —- Amendment 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: — + gy of ‘the same, That #e Constitu- | - Where Motorists Lodge The favorite route for motorists is the ! Great National Highway, formerly known as the National Pike. from the east through Cumberland and down into Pittsburgh by way of | Brownsville, entering the main part of the city right at the Monongahela House PITTSBURGH where cool, airy rooms with open river view afford the most comfortable summer quarters, European Plan Single Room, without bath, $1.00 2nd $1.5) per day. Single ‘oom with bath $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00 per day. Each additional person $1. 0 per day in any room, with or without bat Complete Cafe Service from 25c Club Breakfast to the most x J. B. Kelley, Manager Smithfield St., Water St. and First Ave. Pittsburgh Waverly — the best petroleum products \§ made—all made from ¥ high grade Pennsylvania - Crude Oil. Gasolines, illuminating oils, lubricating oils and paraffine wax. © For all purposes. 329 Page Booklet Free— tells all about oil Waverly Oil Works Co. Independent Refiners ! PITTSBURGH, PA. | twenty-six-acre, | Eleventh ward, It winds [sion of Ralph Beatty, that | . proper Jed : oe Y An appeal has beer The United States Steel corporation is giving eighty. frame houses to em- ployees of the Seamless Tube works, McKeesport. The houses are being razed. They are awarded by the lot system to employees who desire to build. homes. The houses are on a mill . site in the purchased several months ago by the company for $238,000. Postofice robberies which puzzled federal authorities have been solved through the arrest and. aged sixteen, son of Albert ‘Beatty of Leechburg | Personal mail, money orders, checks and packages containing valuables have been stolen frcm boxes for some time and the loot is said to have amounted to several thousand dollars. Amer Mowrey, twenty-two, lost his | life trying to save another employ- ee of the Carnegie Steel company at Farrell. An Austrian workman went into one of the benzol plants to open a water gate and was overcome by fumes. Mowrey went to his assist- ance and was carrying him out when ‘he also was overcome and fell, break- is his neck and dying instantly. " '|*~ Charging false arrest and imprison. ment, Melvin Pfeil, formerly of Wil kinsburg, now of Aron, O., has filed | action in the United” States district | esurt in Pittsburgh asking for $36,000 from Samue] C: Jamison, coroner eof Allegheny gounty, yy reason of the injury ‘and suffering induced by his commitment to Jail and and arrest. , Armed guards have “have béen thrown around the residence of Alfred M. Ful- ler, millionaire of Perryopolis, because Mr, Fuller, recently fpeceived letters demanding meney. One dummy package placed in ‘& hollow tsee, as designated by the writer of the let- ters, disappeared without the guards seeing the person “wlio took it. , Policeman - Wiliam &. Pottmyee of Pittsburgh . was” justified in shooting ida Starr, aged “fofty. -eight, when she resisted arrest’ “Aug. 7, a _coromner’s jury decided. 1 was testified the wo- man’ had attempted: To. "shoot ' several. persons and when Officer Pottmyer at- tempted to arrest. her: -gshe: threatened to kill him. Ml i ‘Gustave - Guitafson. of Homestead lost the end of the index finger on hig right hand Sher it was bitten off by a turtle. Gustafson had purchased an eight- poundex, and was taking it home in the street car when he met a friend, who asked to see it. As : Sugtreon reached -to the floor the turtle snapped oft | his finger. "The ‘ten-cent lent tare, initiated by the Hittsburgh Railways company last ; is declared illegal by the pub- SL rico ‘commission, it being held credse from fiv ‘been filed in a confes- | a roe & ® CASTORIA - For Infants and Children. | Mothers Know That “Genuine Castoria Always «4 Bears the RL : Promotes catia aed 4 hl ALCOHOL- 3 PER CENT ht Vegetable le Pre similating the food: ; ing the Stomachsaad Dow ‘TESS and Rest Contains pelfier | Opium, Morphine nor Mineral Jl; Nor NARCOTIC. i aT 5 rershicss and | a X OF SLFEE CM et ; TTR Lo FEL 0 0 CENTS =35Ce EEL Every Farmer with ftwu Or more cows needs a Del AVAL THE BEST SEPARATOR MADE, J. T. YODER, 223 bLivergoud Si, JOCHN>TOW x, | ROBERT CRON E| KNOWS HOW TO MAKE A NEw AGAIN. N OLD suIT HIS CHAI GE! EM ATE en 5 EANS ANDF CLOTHES. SAND REPAIRS ROBT. CRO: VE, Tie Tailor A lighted cigar in the trousers pock- et of Ralph Flora of Pittsburgh ignit- ed his clothing and causea members of his family to turn in an alarm of fire. Firemen extinguished the smol- dering clothing. The damage report. ed by the police was the loss of q ings a la } 4 vols : hall extend to all proceedings at law |i 8 fon 8. The ache of ans counts d in equity ‘which ‘shall have been | .. 3 AE ¢itv, borough, township, school dis- tuted in the’ several numbered |. * sah Badia > bid Bittner trict or other municipality or incorpo-| 1 = «8 and shall be subject to such 8D ny : ated distriet, except as provided here . nge as may bie ‘made by law and Sact 16 clin of verte as provi in, and in" section fifteen of this artis Jee change © cle shall never exceed seven (7) per : Waverly a by Machine Works, . Weisel, P. J. Cover & Son. Meyersdale, Pa. A by law. The president judge oi oT PMehrovided by law. The number several numbered t of common pleas, e ‘number of judges e to time. succeeding its adoption. ‘CYRUS E. WOODS. : btary : Number Three. a "JOINT RESOLUTION an = an amendment to article 'ement of the highways ommonwealth. of House Representa- reof:— hat section four ich reads as follows: koction 4. No debt shall be 1e said court shall be selected as of Tin thé county of Allegheny all the : wisdiction and powers now vested ; ‘courts of com- all the judges in commission gourts. Such jurisdietion and shall extend to all procee i- at law and in equity which shall ‘change as may be made 1 subject to change of venue Med by law. The presi- : of ithe said court selected as provided by in may be by law increased 7 This amendment xe effect on the first day of e copy of Joint Resolution yf the Commonwealth, Be it resolved by the | delphi a may Issue its oblig es of the Commonwealth of Penn- j from the vania in General Assembly met, |for a sinking-fund sufficient to at the following amendment to the said obligations at matu hstitution of Pennsylvania be, and | {ment to such sinking-fund L game is hereby, proposed, in sac- dance With the eighteenth article lodical instalments. Where any by or on behalf of the State, ex Bi to supply casual deficiencies of | epesddas ‘WuoIEBA¥] del ‘enusdes centum upon the assessed value of the taxable property therein. but the be increased in such amount that tte total city debt of said city shall not exceed ten per centum- (18) 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 centum upon such assessed valuation of property, without the consent or the electors thereof at a public elec- tion in such manner as shall be pro- vided Dy law. In ascertaining the borrowing capacity of the said city of Rhiladelphia, at any time, there shall he excluded from the calcula- tion and deducted from such debt so much of the debt of said city as shall have been incurred, and the proceeds thereof invested, in any public improvements of any character which shall be yielding te the sald city an annual current net revenue. The amount of such deduction shall he dscertained 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 debt of the city of Philadelphia mav | THE MODERN NEED is a remedy for the evil effects of quick eating, over-eating and strenuous liv- ing. The medicine that meets this need —that tones the stomach, stimu- lates the liver, regulates the bowels—is SEEEES Largest Sale of Any Medicine Hell avorymitr. io pore, Oe Ayer. 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 inciude 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 shail have been incurred; and said city such annval! eurrent net revenue, at the average rate of interest, and sink- | ing-fund charges payable upon the " ise .ion four of the Consti-|indebtedness incurred by said ci tty | of the Commonwealth of | for such purposes, up to the time of a . Nin, authorizing the ;such ascertainment. The method of | } issue bonds to the. amount | determining such amount, so to be de © millions of dollars for the!ducted, may be prescribed by the Gen- of eral Assembly. In incurring indebted- Phila- {ness for any purpose the city of tions ma- | ft uring not later than fifty (50) years date thereof, with provision retire ty, the pay- to be equal or graded annual or other per- | in- | | debtedness shall be or shall have of article nine, {been incurred by said city of Philadel- | phia for the purpose of the construct- | crea- | ion or improvement of publ Cc WOl ks of ch ir any character from which Ince or [revenue is to be derived by satd city, in | - i shall not be required to levy a tax to { pay said interest and sinking-fund charges as required by section article ten. of Pennsylvania, until the expiration of nine of the Constitution 7 aid period of one year after the com- | pletion of said work. A true copy of Joint Resolution No 4. CYRUS BE. WOODS. ed by a great actress, Anita Stewar? | le { Anita Stewart is one of the very | | at the Bijou, Friday, Sept. 28... Children fev FOR FLETCHER'S ASTORIA | Qhildren Ory | FOR FLETCHER'S or for the reclamation of andtobe CC AS TO RIA Flora’s trousers. William Cook, aged forty-one, of | Sharon, was probably fatally injured ‘when his automobile was struck by a, fast Erie freight train near Sharon. The shattered auto with Cook in it was carried for nearly half a mile be- fore the engineer became aware of the accident. James Brown Taylor, aged twenty- four, formerly of Sharon, has been fatally wounded in the battle of the ‘Somme, according to a cablegram re- ceived by his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor of Farrell. Taylor was fight ing in the British army. A. V. Rogers, a Capitol park police man, ig in the Harrisburg jail on a charge of trying to influence witnesses in the case against B. R. Gougler, charged with enticing from home Josephine Rogers, aged fourteen. Miss Mabel Orr, aged thirty, was killed and her six-year-old niece had & narrow escape when a buggy in which they were riding was struck by a Pennsylvania railroad train near the West Apollo station. A Pennsylvania. train. struck an sutomobile driven by Charles Zolen of Driftwood, at Cameron. Zolen, aged twenty-one, and Charles Callahan, twenty-two, also of Driftwood, were killed instantly. Holding the breath while crying caused the death of Faith, four-month. old child of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Ying- lin of Lilly, near Johnstown. the who supnly Mill Pitt with 1 prices for th e¢ product. PARIS BORR ROWS 5 MONEY Loan of $50,000,000 Arranged Through New York Syndicate. Paris is borrowing money for the first time outside of France. A $50, 000,000 loan has been arranged for the city in New York through Kuhn, Loeb & Co. The loan will take the form of five year 6 per cent bonds, which will be offered the public by the banking firm next week. The city of Paris will usa the funds provided by the bond issue to increase hospital facilities, build erphan asylums, care for widows of soldiers and to maintain the wnem- the ployed. r¢ negotiating: alers for higher: THE FILM DEBUT OF E. H. SOTHERN. For the, first time in his career, Intense interest has been display- H. Sothern, dictingutatied exponent | ed