ACTIVITY SHOWN
BY LEGISLATURE
Calendars of Two Houses Are
Well Filled,
PENROSE AT STATE CAPITAL
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Holds Reception in Lieutenant Gev-
ernor's Reems and fer Hours a
Steady Line of Visitors Greets Him.
Appropriatien Committees Quietly
Probing Certain Departments.
Harrisburg, Pa. March 27.—The
Jegislature is now steaming up. Per-
‘haps the arrival of spring has had
something to do with the present ac-
tivity, or maybe, it can be attributed
to some other cause. The fact re
‘mains, however, that the Pennsy.vania
law-makers have denned their husiling
clothes with the result that the im
portant committees and the active
legislators are working overtime.
. A glance at the senate calendar the
other ‘day showed forty-two bills on
third reading; twenty-six op second
reading and ninety-nine on first Tead-
ing. Inasmuch as not more than a
Ralf dozen of these were appropriation
bills it is easily seen. that the upper
Branch is putting in some heavy work.
On the house side the dally calendars
are even larger than in the senate and
certain new members. .are beginning
te realize that service in the legisla-
dure is not a sinecure,
Penrese Meets Legislators.
A feature of last weask's sessions
was the presence of United States
Senator Penrese in Harrisburg. He
<eame here to attend: the biennial ban-
quet of the Legislative Seas of St.
Patrick. Senator Penrose arrived
about noon of the banquet day and
up until the time of the dinner was
kept busy receiving a steady line of
senators and representatives and capi-
tol attaches, who called to pay thefr
respects. He held forth in the rooms
of Lieutenant Governor McClain.
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SENATOR BOIES PENROSE.
Who Paid Visit to State Capitol and
Received Great Reception.
The banquet speech of Senator Pen-
Tose was easily the feature of the
evening. ‘He reminiscently referred to
his service in the house and senate
before his election as United States
senator and the fact that he attended
the first banquet. of the association.
Senator Penrose told about St. Pat-
rick driving the snakes from Ireland
and added that it might be a good
: thing if he could be reincarnated and
visit Harrisburg in order to. drive
“snakes” from certain bills that usu
ally* appear in the‘legisiature. ©
. He closed his address with an ap-
- peal ‘to the patriotism of his listeners,
saying ‘that in times like these or dur
ing Any crisis, all“good Americans are
expected to stand by their country and,
if necessary, fight for it. He declared
that this . country should not enter
into any entangling alliances with
other countries, but that it should
stand on its own firm foundation in
keeping with the spirit of the Declara-
tion of Independence and the intention
of its framers and our first presidents.
Senator Penrose was applauded longer
than any man who has spoken before
this organization duréng its existence
of nearly twenty-five vears.
Quiet Investigation On.
Following on the heels of a resolu-
tlon passed in the house and senate
demanding that Auditor General Pow-
ell submit a full report not later than
March 26 and to answer the charges
that he is spending the state’s money
to pay expert accountants to straight-
en out his books it became known that
the joint appropriation committee has
been quietly conducting an investiga-
tion into the manner in which heads
of certain departments have expended
their contingent funds during the past
two years.
Until such time as the committee's
recommendations on contingent fund
appropriations are announced the re-
sult of the probe will not he known.
It is said the committee will be guided
4n its recommendations by what this
investigation reveals. Other commit.
{ee investigations will be gotten under
way at an early date.
As a result of the probing being
done the joint appropriations commit-
tee hopes to be able to effect some
real economy. Thousands of dollars is
expected to be saved by the reduc-
tion of departmental expenses, thereby
directly benefitting the taxpayers of
¢he state. This will mean that all ef
the additional taxes considersd By the
4eint revenue commission will be used
for scheels and te improve the read
Systems of tiie commonwealilh.
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AFTER SALDONS
IN THREE BILLS
Legislators Propose fo Maks
Stringent Rules.
FRE
ORE AIMED AT TREATING
Second ‘Weuld Step Entertainment
and Third Directed .at Ali-Night
Restaurants—Measure Put In to
Change Ferm ef Gevernment in
Third Class Cities.
Harrisburg, Pa:, March 27.—On the
very day of the hearing on the Vick-
erman loeal option bill three more bills
affecting the liquor business were in-
troduced in the house. To date meas-
ures directed against saloons number
fourteen and the last day to introduce
bills has not yet arrived. Im other
words, it is safe to assume, that even
more of such bills are coming.
One of the latest temperance bills is
sponsored by Representative McKay
and deals with or rather specifically
prohibits treating in bar-rooms. »
The bill makes it unlawful for a
saloonkeeper to furnish. liquor to any
_pargon who has net paid for the same,
or 40 permit any person who 'has+not
paid for liquer to drink it upon the
saloon premises. This makes the
measure not only anti-treating, but al-
so “anti-tick.”
The bill dees permit liquor to be |
furnished by any person to his adult
wife, .adult sister, adult daughter or
‘parent .of any person. This 1s the
only exception. The penalty for vio-
lation is a fine of $500, or three months
in jail, or both, just as the court de-
Almed at Oabarete.
The second bill aimed at saleoms
pertains to ‘entertainment in saloons.
It was Introduced by Representative
E. R. Smith, of ‘Bedford, and sent te
the committee on law and order.
“The baby member of the house,” as
he is known, because he is the young-
est assemblyman in Pennsylvania, this
young men frem the mountains of
eentral Pennsylvania has been quite
active this session for a new member
and his new bill will attract wide-
spread attention and be the subject of
many discussions. The bill he presents
will make the cabaret a thing of the
past; will banish vaudeville and danc-
ing from the precincts of licensed
liquor houses and will eliminate any
display of moving pictures as an in-
ducement to have men line up at the
mahogany and give orders to the bar
tenders and in addition wonld« be 2
severe blow to the diningroom feature
of many prominent cafes operated in
conjunction with a saloon.
The bill reads: “That from and after
the passage ~f *hi~ art it sh~11' b> un
lawful for any re~e np ~r perscns licen.
sed to sell vincus. eniritnous. malt or
brewed liquors to mairtain or condnet
any public dances or dancing, whether
by any performer or performers en-
gaged for the purpose, or by any
guests, customers, patrons or any oth-
er persons whatsoever upon any part
of the premises so licensed; or any
public singing therein, or any cabaret
shows, vaudeville or theatrical enter-
tainments, or ‘exhibitions of moving
pictures upon any part of the premises
so licensed.” * The penalty is a fine of
$500 or six months’ imprisonment or
both.
A third bill would ‘wipe out might
saloons. ‘This proposed law is: father-
ed by Representative: Duncan ‘Sin-
clair, of Fayette County. It directs
that every place where liquor. is sold
must close between one A. M. and
five A. M. ’
There
where saloons are not permitted to b-
open all night, but this is accomplish-
ed by court erders and there is no law
on the statute boos’ regulating hours
for the sale of intoxicating beverages.
Hotels and saloons in “the large
cities would he hit by this Sinclair
bill. It would practically mean the
end of the cabaret, for that form of
entertainment is at its height about
one A. M. and rarely ends before three
o'clock.
Wants New Law for Small Citles.
Senator E. E. Beidleman, of D:zu-
phin, president pro tem. of the senate,
has Introduced a bill to repeal the
Clark third city act, and enact in fits
stead a new form of government for
such cities.
The bill, as a whole, is a combina-
tion of the act of 1889, the Clark act,
amendments to the act of 1889 as in-
troduced at the session of 1913, and
some few provisions from the Ramsey
amendments to the Clark act of the
present session.
This new form of government would
consist of a mayor and single branch
of council made up of a representative
from each ward. These councilmen
would be chosen on regular political
party ballots, thus wiping ont entirely
the non-partisan system in cities of
the third class, The mayor would like-
wise be selected hy the partisan plan.
The salary of mayors is graded ac
eeording to population. There is no
salary or compensation of any kind
for councilmen.
' An examination of the bill, ‘which
consists of over 1500 sections, shows
that its enactment virtually returns
third class cities to the old form of
government, with the important excep-
tion that instead of a bi-cameral coun
cil there would be a single coumeil
gonstituted as explained above.
are some “wet” counties |
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THIRTY-SEVEN DIE
IN INDIANA STORM
Part of New Albany Laid Bare
by the Elements
40 STRUCTURES WRECKED
Negro School “Building ls Destroyed.
Path Two Blocks ‘Wide and More
Than Mile Long Is Devastated.
Thirty-seven persons wee killed and
-gcores were injured during a storm
whieh swept the northéastern part of
New Albany, Ind., last week.
More than forty structures were
either damaged or destroyed. The ma-
jority of those killed and injured were
white persons.
Requests for aid were made on the
authorities of Louisville, the Indiana
state reformatory and Jeffersonville.
The governor of Indiana was request.
ed to send state troops.
West. Union, a sub-division in the
northwestern section of ‘tia ‘¢ity, bore
the brunt of the storm. Here the
wind swept .a path two blocks wide
.and more than a mile long, demplish
ing residences, several facto ;
destroying a negro ‘school building
Twenty-five “children” “were In the
building. -* The ‘ total number of vic
tims here will not ‘be ascertained until
the wreckage has béen sclsired away.
At Carlisle, Ind., West Hyines, aged
forty-five, was killed i8 a satorm
which swept through the southwest
part of Carlisle.
GERMANS PLAN DRIVE
AGAINST RUSSIAN CAPITAL
Ven Hindenburg Will Take Advantage
of -Russia’s Internal Troubles—*Unit-
ed States of Russia” New Nation.
Russia* will be the “United States
of Russia’—a republic—if the leaders
of the present provisional government
prevail in the assembly .shertly to be
called. Sentiment in Petrograd among
the general public supports this plan
—the name as well as the form of
‘government.
Duma committee members are now
en route to all provinces of Russia to
spread to the people the gospel of the
revolutionists; to explain how the
duma seized control, and to urge the
people to consider what form of gov-
ernment they desire. :
The United States is the first na-
tion to recognize formally the new
government of Russia. «+i = “=
First steps by the new’ Rué§ian gov-
ernment toward the emancipation ‘of
the Jews in Russia were reported by
Ambassador Francis, who said all edu-
cational restrictions as to both schools
and colleges had been removed.
The attention of ‘Russia has‘sudde-
ly been diverted toa new! dang
which threatens from “without:
There now is indisputable evider
that the Germans are massing gr
numbers of troops along the worth «
front ready for an effort agaist’ R
sia’s capital: Lik & Les
The country has been apprised
the new mensce by ‘a series of procl
mations from its ministers.
‘Indicating the rapid order Which is
being installed ‘everywhere and the
‘active operations of the provisional
government seeking to eliminate ene-
tary of War Gutchkoff issued ¥a‘ warn-
' ing ‘to all citizens to guard carefully
‘against spies, and urging-unity of ac-
tion against Germany. & lp
Foreign Secretary Milukoff also i3-
sued a statement, declarings Russia
was “no longer a dead weight in the
coalition of the entente. allies” =
WARNING NOT GIVEN °
Official Report of Tanker’s Sinking Is
Received In Washington.
The first detailed official aceount of
the sinking of the American ‘steamer
Healdton reached the state “depart-
ment from American Consul ‘@rogh at
Rotterdam. It gives the names of
twenty-four of the forty-one members
of the crew saved. It follows in
part: i
“American tank steamer Healdton,
Bayonne, N. J., owned Standard Oil
company, New York, en route Phila-
delphia via Bergen to Rotterdam, com-
manded by Captain Charles ‘Christo-
rher, American citizen, carrying eargo
6,000 tons petroleum, having forty-one
officers and crew aboard, including
number of Americans, reported tor-
pedoed and sunk without warning by
German submarine at 8:15 evening of
21st, twenty-five miles from Teerschel-
ling. Captain and nineteen men
brought safely to Yjmuiden. One died
of. exposure in lifeboat. Twenty re-
ported drowned by capsizing.”
The tanker Healdton was insured
by the government's war risk bureau
for $499,000. The loss of the Heald-
ton is the greatest yet sustained by
the bureau. The next largest was
the loss of the steamer Illinois, in-
sured for $250,000. Approximately
$83,200,000 in insurance has heem is-
sued by \:e bureau on American ships
within the las. thirty days.
Ready to Believe It.
A person who had got some litile
smattering of zoological lore said one
day to a novice that crocodiles were
often seen in tears.
“Oh, that’s nothing!” rejoined the
povice. “I've often myself seen whales’
blubber!”—Stray Stories.
Paw enra
stories and
‘mies from within the empires Secre--
about them.
dealers.
popular prices.
Suits, $15 to $28.
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* FOR WOMEN MOTORISTS.
Some Things a Good 'Driver Should
and Should Not Do.
The good driver of a motorcar never
applies brakes swiftly except in an
emergency. When drawing up at a
street side she cuts off ignition early
and allows momentum to carry the
car to the stopping place, using tbe
service brake gradually. The good
driver thus saves gasoline and wear
upon brakes, coasting to a stop with
the smoothness of operation of an easy
start.
A good driver never uses the emer-
gency brake, because she never has
emergencies. She sees and avoids the
emergency before it arrives. The poor
driver rushes into trouble and depends
upon quickness in grabbing the emer-
gency lever to save life. More than
one accident has followed a futile at-
tempt to find the seldom used emer-
gency lever in a hurry.
The good driver rounds sharp cor-
ners to the right and goes over ex-
tremely rough stretches of road or hits
unexpected “thank you ma’ams” with
clutch disengaged, to save the rear
axle mechanism.
The good driver uses the wheel with
the least possible motion. She does
not drag it suddenly from side to side,
but turns it so gradually that passen-
gers are unconscious of the fact. In
rounding a corner she commences to
straighten the car up before it is half-
way around. — Woman's Home Com-
panion.
James Gray, aged fifty, of Braaaecs,
p teamster, was ground to death under
the wheels of a Pittsburgh and Lake
Tirie »afiroad! passenger train, and #
team eof mules he was driving werd
Mifled at a crossing in Braddock.
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Rapid Education.
_ In “John Barleycorn” Jack London
tells how quickly he achieved his rep-
utation as, a writer. “Critics “have
complained about the swift education
one of my characters, Martin Eden,
achieved,” says London. “In three
years, from a sailor with a common
school education, I made a successful
writer of him. The critics say this is
impossible. Yet I was Martin Eden.
At the end of three working years,
two of which were spent in high school
and the university and one spent at
writing, and all three in studying im-
mensely and intensely, I was publish-
ing stories in magazines, was correct-
ing proofs of my first book, was selling
sociological articles to magazines, had
declined an associate editorship prof-
fered me by telegraph from New York
city and was getting ready to marry.”
Eskimo Candy.
Tallow is the Eskimo’s eandy. It is
put up in bright red packages made
out of the feet of a waterfowl. - The
women cut off the red feet of this
bird, which is called the dovekie, draw
out the bones and blow up the skin so
as to make pouches, which they fill
with reindeer tallow for their little
folk, None of the food that the Eski-
mos eat seems very inviting to us, but
they are extremely fond of it and are
very apt to overeat. It is said by ex-
plorers who have gone into Greenland
that it is no uncommon sight to see an
Eskimo man who has eaten an enor-
mous meal of the raw frozen flesh of
the reindeer, seal or walrus lying on
his back and eating blubber until he
cannot move.
Still Willing,
“You said you’d go through fire and
water for me.”
“Show me a combination of the two
and T will.”—Puck.
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RECORD COAL LOADING.
Uncle 'Sam’s Plant at Cristobal ls the
‘Fastest In the World. :
The good work of the Oristobal coal
loading plant at the isthmus of Pana-
ma is the subject of a report receiv-
ed at the war department from one
of its boards, whose conclusions are
that the plant fully meets the plans-of
the engineers and is probably the:most
efficient loading plant in the worlds: It
was. found that the minimum perform-
ance during the test was 1,950 tons an
hour and the maximum 2,486 tons. The
minimum occurred when one of the
four diggers was temporarily out of
commission, due to a defective bucket.
At 2,400 tons an hour the plant far
exceeds the work of any other known
plant for loading steamships or even
of railroad l.ading plants. The canal
collier Ulysses was loaded at the rate
of 1,650 tons an hour, and 12,000 tons.
were put on her in eight houss. Mer
chant ships cannot be loaded at this.
rapid rate, as their hatches are too
small and their bunkers are not ar-
ranged to admit of such work. This
is a feature in shipbuiiding that is be-
ing carefully taken care of nowadays
in constructing ships that are to pass
through the canal. All new United
States naval colliers are so built that
they can be loaded at high speed.
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For a Postage Stamp, $670.
The highest price paig lately for a
postage stamp was $670, a sum given
&t @ New York auction the other day
for a five cent Hawaiian missionary
stamp of the issue of 1851. When the
early missionaries went from New
Bogland to Hawaii they looked ahead
to many things, but hardly to the sale
of their postage stamps at prices high-
er than their salaries for a year,
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