Montour American FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor. Danville, Pa. Sept i, 1910. REFORMERS REFUSE TO SUPPORT BERRY Leading Men inWiltiam Penn Party For Republican State Ticket. [Special Correspondence.] Philadelphia. Aug. 30. The most significant and important development of the state campaign thus far is found in the refusal of prominent and potential men in the William Penn Party in this city to support the Berry-Casey Democratic combination on the Keystone Party ticket. The fact that thousands of voter? who have been allied with reform movements intend to support the ful! Republican state ticket, including tie nominees for congress, has necessitat ed the withdrawal of the William Penn Party from the field, and the nn'n win: j are behind the Berry candidacy are I now seeking to marshal their Falstaf ! fiian outfit under the banner of the J hybrid Keystone Party. At a meeting of the city committee of the William Penn Party a ' w < nights ago. when that organization went out of business for this cam paign. members of the committee very frankly admitted that a large percent age of the citizens who have been vot ing the Penn ticket are Republicans in national and state affairs, while voting independently in municipal con tests. It was acknowledged that they intend to support Juhn lv. Tener and all of his colleagues on the Repuhli can state ticket, and leading reform ers of the type of Theodore Justice, John C. Winston and others who have been among the heaviest contributors to local independent movements arc out in public declarations of their pur pose to stand by the Republican state nominees. Canrct Stand a Bryanite. Not only will Mr. Tener and his sociates receive the support of this element, but they will also have the votes of thousands of Philadelphia in I dependents who might under cer j tain conditions back an Independent j Republican for governor, hut who un j der no circumstances would suppo t a radical Bryanite Democrat like Berry. ' The loss of these two elements of the reform forces has completely de moralized the soldiers of fortune whe are behind the Berry movement, fcl lowing the attacks of Democratic r I: ticians upon whom they confidently counted to stand by Berry. The aggressive campaign waged fot Senator Grim, the Democratic nom' nee for governor, has resulted inn lining up o! the Democratic work :-s in the regular Democratic organiza | tion. Democratic leaders who wen j expected to be for Berry have cor» out for Grim, in order to retain the!' standing with the Democracy. Wlr r they have failed to do so they have been asked to re-sign or been expe'le' from Democratic committees. Eugene C. Bonniwell, Berry's cam paign manager, threatened with ex pulsion, has resigned from the chair manship of the Delaware county Dens ocratie committee. While the Berry Democrats and thf Grim Democrats are fighting anion " themselves reports from all over t' ■ ] state indicate harmony among tin P | publicans. Chairman Henry F. W>-,i c and Secretary W. Harry liaker. of 1 Republican state committee, hav ;? ; preliminary work tip to date anil hn\ I their plans matured for an aggri - ■ j campaign. Gubernatorial Candidate Tener a. | his colleagues. Messrs. 1T ynol I j Wright and Houck. will ailiir»>- ■? meeting at Charleroi on Saturd.v Sept. 3, when Mr Tenor's neigh! propose to make a great demons tion in his honor. They wiil be in Pittsburg on I.F'W. ' Day, Sept. 5; in Philadelphia, Sop'. 1 at the State League of Remibi' clubs. Pottsville. Sept. 15. and In!-• high county on Sept. 17. MAFIA ALARMS SICILIANS. Banditti Shoot Down Men Who Refute Demands. Renewed activity on the part of the Sicilian Mafia is causing alarm, es pecially in the neighborhood of Al eamo, where well to do men who have | not complied with the demands of tho banditti go about In fear of their lives. Signor Vesco, a town councilor, had several thousand vines destroyed one night. The next evening he was shot j down by masked men with revolvers ' In the main street. Four of the principal wine mer- j chants have had their warehouses de- ; stroyed by incendiaries. One of them j was enticed out of his bedroom on the i balcouy at midnight and was fired at j by an armed band. lie saved his life j by throwing himself flat on the floor. A farmer was clubbed to death on the highway In broad daylight, and the as sassins got uway with his horse and cart. Tho brigands who are committing these crimes appear to be working In three bands under the leadership of I Grisalfl, Gallofo and Itallo. The po- j lice attribute their immunity to tho i many safe retreats which a mountain- ! ous country affords, as well as to the fact that the Inhabitants of the region ! rather obstruct than aid the police through fear of the brigands. Meantime strife has broken out among the brigands over the distribu tion the booty. Three of them, one n lad of fourteen, were treacherously ! stabbed to the heart while overcome I with wine at a supper of the band near Corleoue. A Big Shadow. We ate v ! that the "smallest hair ] throws a.* low." And so It does. It throws a si: : low over your appetite when vnu Hud li lu your font I'x vnnnee PRES. M'GOLLUM RENDERS OPINION William L. MeOollum, president of the Susquehanna league, lias address ed a lengthy opinion to the board of managers in which he treats upon the incidents which led up to the trouble at. the Danville-Berwick game last Saturday. As stated in the Morning News on Tuesday President McOollum does not suspend any of the players implicated, but imposes fines on four—three from Danville and one from Berwick. The president also declines to sus tain the action of Umpire Wilson in forfeiting the game to Danville. He declares the game as counting for neither side, and to be played over. THE OPINION President's MeOollum's opinion fol lows : Wilkes-Barre, Aug. 8», 1910. To the board of managers of the Susquehanna league, Gentlemen : —I regret to inform you that despite your efforts to suppress rowdyism an incident occurred at Ber wick 011 Saturday, August 27, during a game between the Berwick and Dan ville clubs which has brought disgrace and discredit upon your organization. Umpire Walter Wilson, who officiat ed at the game in question, reports that in Danville's half of the seventh inuing Catcher Wager of the Berwick club sustained a broken linger which incapacitated said Wager from further play. When it came Berwick's turn to bat iii Berwick's half of said inning Man ager Foster of the Berwick club substi tuted Player Sharadin. as was his right. This substitution was then an nounced to the spectators, as required by the rules, by Umpire Wilson. Thereupon Manager Nipple, of the Danville club ran up to the plate and protested against the subtsitution of the batsniau ou the ground that he, j Nipple, had not been informed of tliei substitution by tho umpire. Nipple was also joined in this pro-1 test by Pitcher Brannen of the Dan-1 ville club, who left his place to join | in the controversy. Manager Foster! of the Berwick club also came to the plate from the Berwick bench and in ! a dispute with Brannen the latter ap plied a vile epithet to Foster which was promptly responded to with a blow. Ainsworth of the Danville club then rati up and struck Foster and a light that practically amounted to a riot took place in which specta- j tors, who had invaded the playing | ground, participated. After order) hail been restored Umpire Wilson or-1 dered Brannen and Ainsworth of the j Danville club and Foster of the Ber wick club out of tho game. This left the Berwick club without sufficient j men to continue the game and it was | declared forfeited to the Danville club j by the score of It to 0. Manager Foster was clearly within ; his rights when he substituted player Sharadin for Wager, for the substitu tion of a player may he made at anv! stage of the game as defined by Sec- | tion 2, of little 28, of tho National | agreement. Umpire Wilson fully complied with Section 4, of Rule 23, when he an- j liounced the substitution of Sharadin J for Wager to the spectators. Tho rules do not require such notice of such substitution to be made either by the captain of the team making the change or the umpiie to the captain of the opposing team, and the presi dent is convinced that the objection raised by the Danville plaveis was either for the purpose of delaying or harrassing the umpire, or else to a lauieutable and inexcus able ignorance j of the game for which they are being paid to play. There is no excuse for the action of Manager Nipple of Danville in leav- i ing his position to raise the dispute ' with the umpire anil still less excuse ' tor Player Brannen. There is no excuse for Manager Fos- i ter of the Berwick club. Had here- j mained where he belonged there i would have been no trouble and had j he the proper conception of the moral j obligation resting upon him would! not have resented the insult of Bran nen as he did, thereby precipitating i the trouble that followed. There is less excuse for the action j of Player Ainsworth than any of the other offenders. Instead, as was his | duty, of making every effort to separ- \ ate the combatants, he instead became au active participant in the disgrace- : ful proceedings. FINES IMPOSED It had been the intention of the' president to suspend indefinitely all 1 the players implicated in the trouble , at Berwick and he still believes that ] such action would have been entirely; warranted. But as the Berwick club is seriously crippled by sickness and i injury, and a suspension of Manager Foster would practically prevent the Berwick team from placing a line-up in the field, extreme action will not be taken. Therefore, Player Nipple of the Danville club is fined $2.00; Player Brannen of the Dauville club is fined $3.00; Player Ainsworth of the Danville club is fined $3.00, and Player Foster of the Berwick club is fined $3.00. These fines to be paid on or before Friday, Sept. 2ud. WILSON'S FORFEIT NOT SUSTAINED Under all the circumstances it seeuis to tho president that instead of award ing the game to Danville, 9 to 0, Um pire Wilson would have been justified in taking advantage of Kule 22 and and deolared tho game called or term mated. Section 3 of (his rule gives the umpire power to terminate a game among other causes "for other causes which puts patrons or players in per il." The disorder at Berwick closely approached this cause and even after the trouble had been promptly sup pressed by the Berwick authorities, with the tension existing and the bit terness engendered, there was no guarantee that the game could be play ed to a peaceable conclusion. Had the game been so terminated it would have left the score 2to 2—a drawn game. Tiie president does not believe that the Danville club should profit or that the Danville club does desire to profit, by a disgraceful row pre cipitated largely by the unwarranted and disgraceful conduct of certain of its players. Therefore the action of Umpire Wilson in forfeiting the game of Aug. 27th to Danville is not sus tained and the game will not. stand as a championship game. For the same reason the protest of the Berwick club and its claims to a forfeiture of the game to Berwick, !• to 0, is dismissed. The game shall be played over by the Danville and Berwick Clubs in the | same manner as a postponed game in ■ the event that the managers of the I two clubs can agree upon an open I date for playing the same before Sep ! tem ber 10th. Kespectlully W. L. McOOLLUM. flSSill" Miss Blanche Wilson, of Kaseville, spent Monday and Tuesday as the I guest of Mr. and Mrs. William Boyer at McEwensville. Mis. M. A.'Hoffman, of Shamokin, is visiting friends in this city. Lewis Horner and Miss Ethel Hor ner who have been spending a month with Mr. and Mrs. William Wert- j man, Bloom road, left yesterday for I their home in Robinson, Kansas. j Miss Catherine Gray returned to | Philadelphia yesterday after a two i weeks' visit with her aunt, Mis. Oli- I 1 ver Johnson, Pactoiy street. i ■ Mrs. D. C. Lyons, of Klinesgrove, | returned to her home yesterday after a visit with relatives in Berwick. Misses Elsie and Grace Bloch and I Lucy Detweiler, of this city, Miss Sylvia Gross, of Bloouislmrg and Mrs. B, W. Wolf, of Philadelphia, spent yesterday at Rolling Green park be-1 low Sunbury. Mrs. Clarence Liedv, of this city, and Miss Emma Wands, of Rushtown, spent yesterday with ttie former's sis ter, Mrs. Earl Kishel, Sunbury. Henry Deightuiillor, of Bloomsburg, president of the Columbia County Agricultural society, was in Danville yesterday making arrangements for advertising the Bloomsbuig Pair. Mrs. John G. Voris and daughter Rebecca spent yesterday as the guests of Mrs. Lou Yetter at Catawissa. Rev. and Mrs. Edward Haughton, who have been spending a month's vacation in Canada, returned home last evening. Mis Helen Sway/.e,Pront street, left yesterday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. David Thomas, Wilkes-Barre. Mrs. James Drum, of Catawissa, spent yesterday with Mrs. Sarah Cleaver, South Danville. Mrs Dallas Clemmens.of Mt. Pleas ant, Michigan, spent yesterday with Miss M. O. Madden, Church street. Miss Edna Parley, Cherry street,re turned yesterday after a visit with rel atives in Williamsport. Mr. and Mrs John Doster and Mrs. William Maters, of this city, and Wil liam Kemp, of Virginia, automobiled ; to Williamsport yesterday, for a visit \ with Mr. Kemp's brother, Eugene j Kemp. Miss Margaret Ilixson spent yester day with friends in Catawissa. AFTER WRONG MAN.—Charles Beckman, of Doylestown, started out | with a revolver to find John H. And- ) rows, a Philadelphia showman, who, ! he alleges, has ruined his family. In | his hunt for the gulity one the young j husband nearly killed an innocent' man. Discovering his mistake he se-1 cured the release of the innocent man j and had Andrews airested instead. I Andrews was held in default of SIOO | bail. EPILEPSY St. Vitus Dance, Stubborn Nervous Disorders, Fits respond immediately to the remarkable treat- j rocnt that has for 39 years been a standaid . remedy for these troubles — DR. KLINE'S CREAY F*F| NERVE RESTORER. It is presented V&aUU especially for these diseases and is RoHIP uo * q cure " beneficial eHerts Sf ll«9 are immediate and lasting. ' Physi free cians recommend it and druggists sell j it.l o prove its wonderful virtues, we will cheer fully send, without charge, a FULL $2.00 SUPPLY Address I>U. KLINE INSTITI'T!*, 11 ranch 100, lUui Hank, Now Jeraej CHICHESTER SPILLS DIAMOND BRAND o° jf LADIES I *-r JOUR L>R.I KK TM for Cni-CHES-TER'R A IAMONL) JiHANI) I'IU.S in RED nii'l/A GOLD metallic boxes, scaled with IllunO) Rlhbon. TAKB NO OTIIKH. UOJ OF ;„NR V/ DRNKKL'T AND A.U FOR CIII-CUES.TCU » V DIAMOND RIIAMI 1M1.1.H, for twrntv-firc years regarded in nest, Safest, Always Reliable. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS trikd EVERYWHERE FOSTER SMASHED, DANVILLE'S GAME Continued from Ist Page. men to their hotel and later embarked safely on a trolley car for Danville. GAME A GO OD ONE The game itself, as far as it went, was a good one, with chances about even for victory on either side. Brennau was in the box for Dan ville and was pitching fiue ball be sides having two of Danville's foui hits. Berwick scored their inns in the first on two singles, a sacrifice, an | error and a passed ball. After that ! they were not really dangerous until j the seventh, when O'Brien's three bag | ger just proceeded the fracas. | Danville, too, threatened to score in ' the first,but McOarty's strike out with the bases full ended hopes that time. In the seventh Brennau opened with a single into left field, which was fol lowed by McCarthy's home run over the left field fence. Masser was beginning ito weaken and it is likely Danville would have gotteu to him for some | runs hail the game proceeded. ! The score: DANVILLE. AB. R. H. O. A. K. I Urnlauf, ss .... 4 0 0 ] 4 1 | Livengood, 2b ....3 0 0 a 1 0 Nipple, lb 2 0 0 !) 1 0 Waguer, of .... 3 0 11 lo i Brennan, p 2 1 2 1 4 0 i MoOarty, o .....3 l li o u I Mack, if ;i 0 0 0 0 0 j Veith, 3b :i 0 0 0 2 0 , Maekert, If ... .2 0 0 1 0 0 I Totals 20 2 4 *l9 13 1 *2 out when game was forfeited. BERWICK. AB. it. 11. O. E. A. Pleiss, of 2 11 0 0 0 Sweeney, 2b .... 2 0 2 n 2 0 | Shafcto, If 2 11 1 0 1 Foster, lb 3 0 0 7 0 0 'Flaherty, 3b.. .3 0 0 2 0 0 j Patterson, ss ... 2 0 0 () 3 0 | O'Brien, rf 3 0 1 3 0 0 Wager, c 2 0 0 S 2 0 j Mustier, p .2 0 0 0 0 0 Totals .... 21 2 5 21 7 1 Berwick 2 0 0 0 0 0 x—2 I Danville 0 0 0 0 o 0 2—2 Earned runs—Danville 2, Berwick 1. Left on base —Danville o, Berwick t Stolen bases—Nipple, Maekert. Sacrifice hit —Sweeney. Three base hit—O'Brien. Home run—McCarty. Struck out—by Brennan 4, by Musser H. Bases on balls—off Brennan 2, off Masser 2. Passed hall—MoOarty. Hit by pitched hall—Nipple. Um'pirt— Wilson. BLEACHERENOS. Saturday's game was Danville's fifth straight Susquehanna league victoiy. The batting averages in this morn ing's paper show some inetersting things. Everybody was glad to see Jimmie Brennan come hack into good pitching form in Saturday's game. We need his head and his arm in the box. I'p until Thursday Livengood had played every innings of every game this season. The Susquehanna league games this week are with Shiekshinny and Ber wick—Friday at Shiekshinny and Sat urday here. In view of the performances last week, there will be few to deny that the Danville team has again struck its gait. Ploouisburg is playing a good game of ball these days. Their strength lies in their infield. Pitcher Karl is do ins line work for the Columbia coun ty seat team, and has an able second in the box in Shawkey. It is likely that John Buskirk, Nan ticoke's field manager, who was injur ed at Bloomsburg on Thursday will not play again this season. If Jimmie Brennau hits the next two weeks as he has during the past two weeks he will be batting .400. Since MoCarty has boen playing with Danville he has had 8 hits for It; total bases or an average of a two bag ger for every hit. Moss Maekert, the Eddie Collins of the Danville team, steals bases with utter disregard for honesty. Five in the last five games is a pretty good record. Kube Ouster has not had a hit since he has plaved with the Danville club, but ho has had 4 sacrifices and they help some. The loyalty of the Danville fans to their team was shown by the large J crowd that accompanied the Browns |to Berwick on Saturday. About fiO rooters took the trip. Danville played G games last week, won three and lost three; but the three we won were the league games. - -*■ Would Welcome Rain. Bain is needed very badly. In addi tion to the low water, the roads are dusty and the soil at many' places is 1 parched. Theie have been indications of rain eacli day for a week past but up to last night all signs hail failed. Even j the predictions of the weather bureau, j which almost daily foretold showers, have remained unfulfilled. People have become weary of the j sameness of the weather along with the disagreeable features of the | drought. Bill day comes around quickly, ' doesn't it? HAI HAIR R BALSAM a luxuriant (rrowlh MSET Nc v «' r Fail. to CJray | Proposed Amendments To Penn'a Constitution -A "pROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THR A CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMON WEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR REJECTION. BY THE GENERAL AS SEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. AND PUBLISH ED BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH. IN PUR SUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITUTION. Number One. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to section twen ty-si* of article Ave of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the following amendment to section twen ty-six of article live of the Constitution of Pennsylvania be, and the Fame is here by, proposed, in accordance with the eighteenth article thereof:— That section of Article V., which reads as follows: "Section 2»>. All laws re lating to courts shall be general and of uniform operation, and the organization, jurisdiction, and powers of all courts of the same class or grade, so far as regu lated by law. and the force and effect of the process and Judgments of such courts, I shall be uniform; and the General Assem- ! bly is hereby prohibited from creating • other courts to exercise the powers vested ' by this Constitution in the judges of the ' Courts of Common Pleas and Orphans' j Courts," be am nded so that the same ■ shall read as follows; Section %. All laws relating to courts i •hall be general and of uniform opera tion, ami the organization, jurisdiction, , and powers of all courts of the same class or grade, so far ;»s regulated by law, and J the force and effect of the process and ! Judgments of such courts, shall be unl- j form; but. notwithstanding any provl- i sions of this Constitution, the General 1 Assembly shall have full power to estab lish new courts, from time to time, ms the 1 same may be needed In any city or coun- j ty, and to prescribe the powers and Ju- ; risdiction thereof, and to increase the number of judges In any courts now ex- ; Isting or hereafter created, or to reorgan- I ize the same, or to vest in other courts ! the jurisdiction theretofore exercised by \ courts not of record, and to abolish the same wherever it may be deemed neces sary for the orderly and efficient adminis tration of justice. A true copy of Resolution No. 1 ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Two. RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Consti tution of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, so as to eliminate the require ment of payment of taxes as a qualifi cation of the right to vote. Resolved (!f the House of Representa tlv< - concur). That the following amend ment to the Constitution of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania bo. and the same is hereby, proposed. In accordance with the eighteenth article thereof: That section on-* < 112 article eight he amended, by striking out the fourth numbered paragraph thereof, so that the said section shall read as follow-. Section l. Bverj male citizen twenty one y. ars of age possessing the : ing qualifications, shall be entitled t.» vote at all elections, subject howevc r to such laws requiring and regulating tho registration of electors as the General Assembly may enact. First. He shall have been a citizen of the l nlted States at least one month. Second. He shall have resided in the State one year (or If. having previously been a qualified elector or native-born citizen of the State he 'shall have re moved therefrom ai d returned, then six months), immediately preceding the elec tion. Third. Tie shall have resided In the election district where he shall offer to vote at !• ast two months immediately preceding tlx election. A true copy of Resolution No 2. ROBERT McAFEE. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Three. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constl tftvm 112 : Commonwealth of Penn as to consolidate the ■ ■ " imon pleas of Allegheny ! ' it resolved by the Senate " 1 H- 112 I Representatives of the ' • of P< nnsy Ivan la In Gen- ! • i A••nb ■ m t That the following am. ?-dm. Nt to the Constitution of Penn sylvania b'\ and the same is hereby, pro- ■ posed. In accordance with the eighteenth article thereof:— That section six of article Ave be amended, by striking out the said sec tion. and inserting In place thereof the following: Section 6. In the county of Philadel phia all the jurisdiction and powers now vested In the district courts and courts of common pleas, subjcct t<> such changes as may be made by this Constitution or by law. shall be in Philadelphia vested in dlfStlprtijjjljtvJ'ULu. courtjLPC^uol Westminster Ha!!. Westminster hall. Ltigland's old hall of the king's Justice, is one of the world's notable historical shrines. Built four centuries before Coiumlaiv sailed for America, burned restored, remodeled, it has seen more history in the making than perhaps any other building west of Home. Here some or the early parliaments met. and here the second Kdward was expelled from his throne. Here Kit hard II was de posed, Charles I condemned and Crom well hailed as lord protector, whose head, if the legem! Is authenrh*. was afterward exposed from one of the hall's pinnacles Westminster hall was the scene of the trial of Warren Hast ings. In it sentence of death was pro nouneed on William Wallace Sir {'hum as More. Somerset. Rssex Strafford and (Juy FawUes.—New \ork World. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD PERSONALLY-CONDUCTED EXCURSIONS NIAGARA FALLS September 7, 21, Oct. 5, 1910 Hound Trip $7.30 from So. Danville SPECIAL TRAIN of Pullmau Parlor Cars, Diuiiig Car, ami Day Coaches ruiiuint; via the PICTURESQUE SUSQU EHAN N A V ALLE Y ROUTE Tickets good coliin on Special Train and connecting trains, and good returning on regula train* within FIFTEEN DAYS Htnp-oir within limit allowed at Butialo returning, lll'* i 'I d> i tl.n a*i l rail liTjr mt. >i any b; >', i ilu.i Ifr »-.n Tic ;et Aitent*. J. R. WOOD GEO. W. BOYD rftssenger Tra flic Malinger (ieueta\ Passenger Apen i and co-ordinate Jurisdiction, composed i of three Judges eneh. The said courts In Philadelphia shall ho designated respect- ! IveJy as the court of common pleas num- i her one. number two, number three, number four, and number five, but the number of said courts may be by law Increased, from time to time, and shall be In like manner designated by successive numbers. The number of judges In any of said courts, or In any county where the establishment of an additional court may be authorized by law. may be In creased. from time to time, and when ever such Increase shall amount In the whole to three, such thre«» Judges shall compose a distinct and separate court ha aforesaid, which shall be nqmbored as aforesaid. In Philadelphia all suits shall be Instituted In the said courts of com mon pleas without desig-natlnpr the num ber of the said oourt. and the several courts shrill distribute and apportion the business nmonß them In such manner as shall be provided by rules of court, and each court, to which any suit shall be thus assigned, shall have exclusive Juris diction thereof, subject to change of venue, as shall be provided by law. Tn 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 com , mon pleas, composed nf all th»> judges in ; commission In said courts. Such Jurls j diction and powers shall extend to all j proceedings at law and in equity which | shall have been instituted In the several i numbered courts, and shall be subject to i such changes as ra ly be made by law. I ami subject to change of venue as pro j vided by law The president judge of | said court shall be selected as provided , by law. The number of judges in said ; court may bo bv law increased from I time to time This amendment shall take 1 effect on the first day of January suc j ceedlng its adoption. ' A true copy of Tlesoltitlon No. p. ROHKUT McAPRK. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Four. A JOINT RESOLUTION ! Proposing an amendment to section eight, i article nine, of the Constitution of Penn . sylvanla. | Section 1. He It resolved by the Senate i Rnd House of Representatives of the Com j monweulth of Pennsylvania In General ' Assembly met. That the following is pro posed as an amendment to the Constitu tion of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva nia. in accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof:— Amendment to Article Nine, Suction Eight. Section '1 Amend section eight, article nine, of the Constitution of Pennsylvania which reads as follows: ! "Section X. The debt of any county, city, borough, township, school district. or other municipality or in< *ed dis trict, except as herein provi i hall nev er exceed seven per centum upon the as sessed value of the taxable property there in. nor shall any such municipality or district incur any now debt, or increase its indebtedness to an amount exceeding two per centum upon such assessed val uation of property, without the assent of the electors t lereof at a public election in such manner as shall be provided by law; but any city, the debt of which now ex ceeds seven per centum of such assessed valuation, may be authorized by law to Increase the samo three per centum. In the aggregate, at any one time, upon such valuation," so as to read as follows: Section 8. The debt of any county, city, borough, township, school district, or oth er municipality or incorporated district, except as herein provided, shall never ex ceed seven per centum upon the assessed value of the taxable property therein, nor shall any such municipality or district In cur any new debt, or increase its indebt edness to an amount exceeding two per centum upon such assessed valuation of property, without the assent of the elec tors thereof at a public election In such manner as shall be provided by law; but any city, the debt of which now exceeds seven per centum of such assessed val uation, may be authorized by law to In crease the same three per centum, in the , aggregate, at any one time, upon such valuation, except that any debt or debts hereinafter incurred by the city and coun ty of Philadelphia for the construction and development of subways for transit purposes, or for the construction of | wharves and docks, or the reclamation of land to be used In tin- construction a i system of wharves and docks, as public improvements, owned or to be owned by said city and county of Philadelphia, and | which shall yield to the city and county of Philadelphia current net revenue in ex , cess of the interest on said debt or debts and of the annur.l installments necessary for the cancellation of said debt or debts, i may be excluded in ascertaining the pow er of the city and county of Philadelphia to become otherwise indebted: Provided, That a sinking fund for their cancellation shall be established and maintained. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4. ROBERT McAFEK. Secretary of the Commonwealth. UUI ..HAS one wanted. "1 can stand for some thinus. »,»i» not for everything," said tile clerk he watched a stylishly dressed young woman leave the store "What is the matter?" asked t*:;* proprietor, who had walked up uno!>- served. "That woman who just left bustled up to the counter and asked to see men's shirts. 1 showed lier every style and color we carry After in specting the entire stock slie rust and thanked me sweetly, adding: 1 didn't wish to purchase any. You see. 1 am making my husband some shirts, and I wauled to lie sure I w is doing iheui right My busbaud is very particular about the tiuish <>t his shirts And ihey say married women are so considerate" The boss smi.ed and walked awav.- Boston Traveler GERMANS'POWER RULES PALESTINE I Teuton Consul Biggest In Holy Land. HAVE COMMERCIAL CONTROL Invasion of Turkish Domain Dates Back to Early Fifties, and Spread Became Possible Through Friendship of Kaiser Wilhelm and Deposed Sul tan, Abdul Hamid. 1 ® The Germanlzation of Palestine Is r proceeding rapidly. In the early fif i ties of the nineteenth century a body i of Germans calling themselves Tem- I ; plars left their native land for Pales i tine. These early pilgrims were well j | supplied with money. Each of them' , j bought land and built a house for him ' | 6elf. In less than three years a colony of ■ j 20(1 well built houses of European \ style stood on the slopes of Mount i Cnrmel. Little by little from this cen- II ter the German colonists branched out 1 ' to Jaffa, Jerusalem and other places. | Recruits came freely from the father ■ land. lu thirty years the German proprie tors could be counted by thousands. \ With Teutonic tenacity of purpose ; they worked to open up a market for ' i manufactures and find an outlet for I all kinds of articles of German pro i duel ion. Every inducement possible, i cheap prices and long credit, courted the patronage of merchants. Merchants' Influence Powerful, t | Commercial travelers followed close ly after one another. Some of them ' remained at Haifa, Jaffa and Jeru j salem as commission agents. They of > fered their wares at very low prices j and were willing to wait long for pay r | merit. Thus they became powerful and popular. When the ground had been thus pre r- ! pared the Emperor Frederick visited r j the country, an event which greatly iv ! heightened German prestige in Turkey. - | When the present kaiser ascended the 112 throne he prosecuted his father's pol " | i'.v with far greater vigor. . The friendship between Wilhelm 11. 1 j and his "cher et ires grand ami," Ab " 1 dul Ilamid, made the position of the I, I Hermans in Palestine stronger than j ever. After the visit of the kaiser and '• | kalserin to Jerusalem in INO.S there t . , was another Increase of German intiu - j ence. Germans acquired immense i tracts of land In all parts of the coun- T _ try. The recent visit of the Prince - j and Princess Eitel Friedrlch has kept r j the German influence strong. t! German Consul Rules Country. t The German consul today is the great | man in Palestine. Germans are still I flocking Into the country on every side. - j Must of tliem remain. If they have t " the money they buy property at once, si cultivate it and build houses. If they - i are poor they are financed by the " j Templar bank, which is subsidized by lf i powerful political syndicates. if ! This German immigration is careful -1 I ly planned and cleverly organized by y j influential syndicates composed of i j great financiers, princes, manufacturers ■' j and military officers. The kaiser taim- H I self is said to preside over the meet >• | ings of the principal of these syndi -• j rates. The conquest of Palestine seems j to have begun. i. 1 n | Knew the uutcome. Sympathetic rather—Parted froti | Harry forever, have you? Well, i.er I haps it's jusi as well not to see each other for a tin? or two I.ife. A sunny temper I lie eilges of t life's blackest cimicl. Uuthrie. A Reliable jPATftRttU Remedy Ely's Cream Balm 1 is quickly absorbed. jjCQIPI Gives Relief at Once. W^V/< i J It cleanses, soothes, Ma tho diseus.'(l meiu. 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