THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1912. PAGE SEVEN JOHNNY M'GRAW DESERVES CREDIT Champion New York Team is of His Own Building. HAS MADE SEVERAL STARS. Two Years Aqo Meyers, Merkle and Marquard Were Known os Boobs, but Are Now Classed With the BesV Mo Graw Known as Shrewd Trader, It must bo a pource of considerable satisfaction to John McGrnw, manager of the Giants, that his present cham pion team Is mostly of his own build ing and developing Individually and as B strong whole The competent mana gers can develop tho smooth and po tent machine given tho capable units that's what they arc there for but Me Praw, like his great rival, Mack, has an exceptional gift of taking green ma terial, learning quickly whether H is of sufllclcnt potcntlnl worth to keep and then with patient skill nursing It Photo by American Press Association. CIIAItLKT nUUXXi, GIANTS' TXIIllD 6ACKEE. along until it Is of top notch caliber Qnd ready to be 6hoved into a regular place to keep up the speed of the team. There la much more to McGraw's high ability than tho Influence of Ills personality to keep his men always doing their best and his kocn eyo for maneuvering, though for awhile these were thought to be his entire stock In trade. He has accomplished a good deal by 6hrcwd trading for material ul ready developed, but ho baa accom plished moro through new material se cured through scouts and by hlH own expert handling of new men. Merkle, Dovorc Snodgrass, Meyers, Marquard, Shafer, Fletcher a good part of his team all tbepe have made their greatest Improvement, realized their possibilities, under McGraw. Lar ry Doylo was a pretty good ball player when ho Joined the Giants, but was made into a bettor ono, Shafer and Fletcher were kept along on tho bench for several seasons, but nlwnys imbib ing knowlodgo, and when tho tlmo came to make regulars of tln-m they Jumped In and moro than flllod tho places of those they succeeded. Much that Dovorc knows about batting ho learned from McGraw, who also taught him how to make tho best uso of his natural speed. Chief Meyers was a lumbering nnd Just an ordinary catcher when ho first grist his fortujMjs with McGrnw and was considered somctlung of a Joko But McGrnw saw before anybody else that Meyers not only had tho making of a first class catclier, but was a won flerful uutural hitter. Meyers at first was weak on foul flies, but now ho Is not only good on thorn, but Uio most valuable backstop In basoball today. It Is well known how Snodgrass was made Into an outfielder and a helpful run getting factor from a catcher; how Marquard, under McGrawV tute lage, when everybody elso was con dcmnlng ldm, was transformed from u lemon into a peach; how Mcrklo, an bbscuro substitute during tho Tv'nney days, was retained and when ho did get his clianco developed rapidly Into a crack first baseman. It was under McGraw that neraog caroo Into promi nent notice, and lie schooled Crandnll until that pitcher became tho steady, dependable workman he la. Mfttnow Eon became famous under McGraw. AH of which goes to e bow that Mc Graw has made his own twin. A Disappointment By MARGARET DARR My Dear Helen I have something to toll you which I am sure will in terest you; besides, I wish your sym pathy. I hove met with a disappoint ment and a loss at tho samo time. Oh, dear, what a world tills Is! Hut 1 must not begin at tho wrong end or there will bo no story. We are expecting to go abroad next autumn, to be absent nt least a year, and I know no language except my own native tongue and French. Since we ore to spend the winter In Italy I concluded to study the Italian lan guage. In order to bo able to speak It well enough to enter society, espe cially In Home, where we have advan tages In the way of Introduction, I con cluded to tako lessons. I secured a teacher who was born and educated In Florence and a member of n good fam ily there, so I could be sure that I would get the language pure. Having only n few months for study In order to progress rapidly I deter mined to engage an Italian maid. I advertised for one and received a num ber of replies. I called for several ol them to come to see me, and after In specting them all 1 chose one calling herself Vlttoria. She told me her oth er name, but I wns not interested In that. I chose Vlttoria because she seemed to bo of so much higher grade than the others and because my Italian teacher, after talking with her, told mo that she spoke tho languago with tol erable correctness. Since this was all I wanted her for I decided to give her the position nt once. Clarlsse, you know, is my personal maid, who at tends me when I nm making my toilet, does my hair and all that. Well, I found Vlttoria quite valuable to converse with. While I got noth ing from her of the construction of the language, the practice of talking with her advanced me more rapidly than my regular lesions. She spoke French as well as Italian, and she and Clarlsse became very good friends. You know how nice it is to have servants who get on well together. If they arc at swords' points one has no comfort. Be sides they divided the work very well between them. Vlttoria would have nothing to do with my toilet, nnd Clar lsse had no reason to fear that the Ital ian would become necessary to me. The arrangement suited mo exactly. The friendship between Clarlsse and Vlttoria seemed to be continually grow ing. It appeared that there must bo some bond between them. I question ed Clarlsse about it, but got no satis faction. Then Clarlsse began to look worried. Again I tried to get out of her If there was anything on her mind, but she would not tell me. Ono day 1 tried Vlttoria, asking her what was the matter with Clarlsse. She told me that Clarlsse had a lover. She had told her (Vlttoria) about him nnd had Intro duced him to her. Vlttoria took a great dislike to him and advised Clar lsse to have nothing to do with him. Vlttoria also asked mo to say nothing to Clnrisso about tho information she had given me, for Clarlsse would cer tainly regard it as a betrayal of con fldence. This seemed to me a very satisfac tory explanation. Vlttoria after hav lng Informed me of Claris se'e Infatua tion and that she wns trying to Induce her to give up an unworthy lover, made no effort to conceal their Interest in one another and once or twice they asked to hare the same afternoon off, This I granted, of course, wishing to give Vlttoria every opportunity to ar gue with Clarlsse against yielding to a love that would likely turn out un fortunately. I suppose it was very selfish In me, but I have been so de pendant on Clarlsse for so long that to lose her through n marriage or from any other causo would break my heart. So matters drifted on. Ono after noon I returned from a bridge party and went to my room. It was Cla-1 rlsse's afternoon out A bureau drawer I containing my Jewels hi use, which I kept always locked, stood open and tho Jewels gone. Suspecting that bur glars had been In tho house, I rushed to a closet where I kept an Iron box containing my most valuable gems. It, too, had been rifled. I called for Vlt toria. She did not reply. Great hcav ensl Whut did it mean? My Jewels, worth many thousands of dollars, had been taken, nnd my Italian maid, who was expected to 1k close at hand when my French maid wns absent, did not answer when called. In the midst of my confusion Clarlsse came in. Wlien I showed her my empty Jewel boxes I thought she would faint I wus obliged to support her- Sho tried to say something to me, but her voice failed her. "Never mind, Clarlsse," I said sooth ingly. "I know what you would say. Vlttoria has turned out to bo a thief. Sho has deceived us both. Sho told mo that you had a lover who waB un worthy of you and elw was trying to dlssundo you from him." "Sho," repeatod Clarlsse, covering her face with her liands. "Vlttoria is a man." "Great hcavenul" "He confided his secret to inoj told mo thut for love of mo ho had dressed as a woman that ho might bo near me. I knew I was wrong to listen to him, but I did. My faith! What shall I dor now womon may bo hoodwinked by men. I don't care eo much for the Jewols, since I can buy those of later stylo, but I am bo disappointed at los ing my practlco In speaking Italian. s E SPICY SPORT GHAT Jennings Not to Blame For Poor Showing ot Detroit Team. PLAYERS ABE ON DOWN GRADE. Give Hughey a Good Ball Club and He Will Make a Winner Out of It Takes Time to Build Up Strong Team Oth er Notes. Dy TOMMY CLARK. Owner Nnvln of tho Detroit team seems to haTC changed his mlndancnt Hughey Jennings, and he is out with a statement that Jennings Is not to blnme for the failure of tho Tlgors this year. Most every ono familiar with tho conditions wns aware of that fact before Mr. Nnvln, and the story print ed several weeks ago to the effect that he was disgusted with his mauager created tho impression thnt Nnvln was not the baseball man that he had been given credit for being. Give Jennings some ball players and ho will prove himself as good n man ager as ever before. But without play ers neither Jennings nor any other man can have n winner. It requires a good ball team to play good ball consistent ly, and nil the brains nnd knowledge cannot make a lot of weak players win pennants. Surely a manager Is not to be blamed when a majority of his players start on tho down grade and are unable to deliver the goods. With a good ball team Jennings has proved himself a capable leader. Al Palzcr looks like tho real thing in white hopes today. In his fight with Bombardier Wells In New York re cently ho showed the fighting instinct, which sends a man back for more after ho has been punished. When Wells scored n knockdown In the first Photos by American Prets Association. TUKEIl VIBWB OV TALZEJl. No. 1, hla fighting faoo; No. 2, ready for a mill; No. s, reeling, j round many a fighter In Palzer's place would have quit for tho evening satis' fled thut tlw other man could not only outbox but outpunch him. But nix on tho quit stuff for Pal eer. Ho loves tho game and id stopped only when unconscious. Bo too day ho may win tho heavyweight title. F ' JT 7 nOI'OSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION SUBMIT TED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH FOH THEIR AP PROVAL OR REJECTION, BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL VANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY OR DER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PUR SUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITUTION. Number One. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to article nine, section four, of tho Constitu tion of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, authorizing the State to Issue bonds to tho amount ot fifty millions of dollars for the Improvement of tho highways of tho Commonwealth. Section 1. Be it resolved by tho Senate and Houbo of Representatives of tho Commonwealth of Pennsyl vania In General Assembly, met, That tho following amendment to the Con stitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania be, and tho samo Is hereby, proposed, in accordance with the eighteenth article thereof: That section four of article nine, which reads as follows: "Section 4. No debt shall be creat ed by or on behalf of the State, ex cept to supply casual deficiencies of revenue, repel Invnslon, suppress in surrection, defend the State in war, or to pay existing debt; and the debt created to supply deficiency in reve nue shall never exceed, In the aggre gate at anyone time, ono million of dollars," be amended so as to read as follows: Section 4. No debt shall be created by or on behalf of the State, except to supply casual deficiencies of rev enue, repel Invasion, suppress insur rection, defend the State In war, or to nay existing debt: and the debt created to supply deficiencies In rev enue shall never exceed, In the ag gregate at any one time, ono million of dollars; '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 high ways of the Commonwealth. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 1. ROBERT .McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Two. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to section seven, article three of the Constitu tlon of Pennsylvania, so as to per mit special legislation regulating labor. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl vania In General Assembly met, That tho following Is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth ot Pennsylvania, In accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof. Amendment to Article Three, Section Seven. Section 2. Amend section seven, article three of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, which reads as fol lows: "Section 7. The General Assembly shall not pass any local or special law authorizing the creation, exten sion, or impairing of liens: "Regulating tho affairs of coun ties, cities, townships, wards, bor oughs, or school districts: "Changing the names of persons or places: "Changing the venue in civil or criminal cases: "Authorizing tho laying out, open ing, altering, or maintaining roads, highways, streets or alleys: "Relating to ferries or bridges, or incorporating ferry or bridge com panies, except for the erection of bridges crossing streams which form boundaries between this and any other State: "Vacating roads, town plats, streets or alleys: "Relating to cemeteries, grave yards, or public grounds not of the State: "Authorizing tho adoption or legi timation of children: "Locating or changing county seats, erecting new counties, or changing county lines: "Incorporating cities, towns, or villages, or changing their charters: "For tho opening and conducting of elections, or fixing or changing the place of voting: "Granting divorces: "Erecting new townships or bor oughs, changing township lines, bor ough limits or school districts: "Creating offices, or prescribing the powers and duties of officers in counties, cities, boroughs, townships, election or school districts: "Changing tho law of descent or succession: "Regulating tho practlco or Juris diction of, or changing tho rules of evidence In, any Judicial proceeding or Inquiry hoforo courts, aldermen, Justices of the peace, sheriffs, com missioners, arbitrators, auditors, masters In chancery, or other tribun als, or providing or changing meth ods for tho collection of debts, or tho enforcing of Judgments, or prescrib ing tho efrect of Judicial sales of real estate: "Regulating tho fees, or extending tho powers and duties of aldermen. Justices of tho peace, magistrates or constables: "Regulating the managoraont o! nubile schools, tho building or repair lng of school houses and tho raising of money for such purposes: 'Fixing the rato of Interest: 'Affecting the estates of minors or persons under disability, except after duo notice to all parties in interest, to bo recited in tho special enact- mont: "Remitting fines, penalties and forfeitures, or refunding moneys leg ally paid into tho treasury: "Exempting property from taxa tlon: "Regulating labor, trade, mining or manufacturing. "Creating corporations, or amend lng, icnewlng or extending tho charters thereof: "Granting to any corporation, as soclatlon or individual any spocial or exclusive prlvllego or immunity, or to any corporation, association or in dividual tho right to lay down a rail road track. "Nor shall tho General Assembly Indirectly enact such special or local P law by tho partial repeal of a general law; hut laws repealing local or special acts may be passed: "Nor shall any law bo passed grantlng powers and privileges in hered year Provided further, That all any caso where the granting of Judges for tho courts of tho sevoral such powers, and prlv'leges i Judicial districts holding offico at shall have been provided for by gen- tho present time, whoso terms of or eral law, nor whore tho courts havo i Aco may end In an odd-numbered Jurisdiction to grant tho same or give 'enr. shall continue to hold their of- tho relief asked for." so as to road ' as follows: Section 7. Tho General Assembly shall not pass any local or special law authorizing tho creation, exten sion or Imnalrlnc of lines: Regulating the affairs of counties, ' cities, townships, wards, ooroughs, 1 or school districts: I Changing the names of persons or places: Changing the venue in civil or criminal cases: Authorizing tho laying out. open ing, altering, or maintaining roads, highways, tsrects or alleys: Relating to ferries or bridges, or incorporating ferry or bridge com panies, except for tho erection of bridges crossing streams which form boundaries between this and any oth er State: Vacating roads, town plats, streets or alleys: Relating to cemeteries, graveyards, or public grounds not of the State: Authorizing tho adoption, or legiti mation of children: Locating or changing county-seats, erecting new counties or changing county lines: Incorporating cities, towns or vil lages, by changing their charters: For tho opening and conducting of elections, or fixing or changing the place of voting: Granting divorces: Erecting new townships or bor- oughs, changing township lines, bor- ouch limits or school districts Creating offices, or prescribing the powers and duties of officers In coun ties, cities, boroughs, townships, elec tion or BChool districts: Changing the law of descent or succession: Regulating the practice or Jurls iction of, or changing the rules of evidence in, any Judicial proceeding or Inquiry before courts, aldermen, Justices of the peace, sheriffs, com missioners, arbitrators, auditors, masters in chancery or other trib unals, or providing or changing methods for the collection of debts, or tho enforcing of judgments, or prescribing the effect of judicial sales of real estate: Regulating the fees, or extending the powers and duties of aldermen, justices of the peace, magistrates or constables: Regulating the management of public schools, the building or re pairing of school houses and the rais ing of money for such purposes: Fixing the rate of interest: Affecting the estates of minors or persons under disability, except after due notice to all parties in interest, to be recited In the special enact ment: Remitting fines, penalties and for f -ltures, or refunding moneys legally paid into the treasury: Exempting property from taxation: Regulating labor, trade, mining or manufacturing; but the legislature may regulate and fix the wages or salaries, the hours of work or labor, and make provision for tho protec tion, welfare and safety of persons employed by the State, or by any county, city, borough, town, town ship, school district, village, or other civil division of tho State, or by any contractor or sub-contractor per forming work, labor or services for the State, or for any county, city, borough, town, township, school dis trict, village or other civil division thereof: Ci eating corporations, or amend lng, renewing or extending the charters thereof: Granting to any corporation, asso ciation or individual any special or excluslvo privilege or Immunity, or to any corporation, association, or individual the right to lay down a railroad track: Nor shall the General Assembly In directly enact such special or local law by the partial repeal of a gener al law; but laws repealing local or special acts may be passed: Nor shall any law be passed grant lng powers or privileges in any case where the granting of such powers and privileges shall havo been pro vided for by general law, nor where tho courts have jurisdiction to grant the same or give tho relief asked for, A truo copy of Joint Resolution No. 2. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Three. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to section threo of article eight of tho Con stitution of Pennsylvania. Section 1. Be It resolved by tho House of Representatives of tho Com monwealth of Pennsylvania (If the Senate concur), That tho following 13 proposed as an amendment to tuo Constitution of tho Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in accordance with tho provisions of tho eighteenth article thereof: Section 2. Amend section three of article eight, which reads as follows: "All Judges elected by tho electors of tho State at largo may be elected at either a genoral or municipal elec tion, as circumstances may require. All tho elections for judges of the courts for tho several judicial dis tricts, and for county, city, ward, borough, and township officers, for regular terms of service, shall bo I held on tho municipal election day; namely, tho Tuesday next following tho first Monday of November in each odd-numbered year, but tho Genoral Assembly may by law fix a different day, two-thirds of all tho members of each Houso consenting thereto: Provided, That such elections shall always bo held in an odd-numbered year," so ns to read: Section 3. All judges elected by tho electors of tho State at largo may bo elected at either a general or municipal election, as circum stances may require. All elections for Judges of tho courts for tho sev eral Judicial districts, and for county, city, ward, borough, and township officers, for regular terms of service, shall bo held on the municipal elec tion day; namely, the Tuesday next following tho first Monday of Novem ber In each odd-numbered year, but tho General ABBembly may by law fix a different day, two-thirds of all tho members of each Houso consenting thereto: Provided, That such oloc- "ns shall ho hold in an odd-num- "ces - unui mo nrsi aionuay oi janu- ary in tho next succccding oven- numbered yenr. A true copy ot Concurrent Resolu tion No. 3. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Four. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to section ono of article nine ot tho Consti tution of Pennsylvania, relating to taxation. Section 1. Be it resolved by tho Senate and House ot Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva nia In General Assembly met, That tho following Is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of tho Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, In accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof: Section 2. Amend section ono of article nine of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, which reads as fol lows: "All taxes shall be uniform, upon tho same class of subjects, within tho territorial limits of the authority levying the tax, and shall bo levied and collected under general laws; but the General Assembly may, by general laws, exempt from taxation public property used for public pur poses, actual places of religious worship, places of burial not used or held for private or corporate Profit, and institutions of purely pub- He charity," so as to read as fol lows: All taxes shal' bo uniform upon tho same class of subjects, within tho territorial limits of the authority levying tho tax, and shall be levied and collected under general laws. and the subjects of taxation may bo classified for the purpose of laying graded or progressive taxes; but the General Assembly may, by general laws, exempt from taxation public property used for public purposes, actual places of religious worship, places of burial not used or held for private or corporate profit, and In stitutions of purely public charity. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Five. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to tho Con stitution of Pennsylvania. Be it resolved by the Senate and Houso of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the fol lowing is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania, in accordance with tho provisions of the eighteenth article thereof: Article IX. Section 15. No obligations which have been heretofore issued, or which may hereafter be issued, by any county or municipality, other than Philadelphia, to provide for the construction or acquisition of water works, subways, underground rail ways or street railways, or the ap purtenances thereof, shall be con sidered as a debt of a municipality within tho meaning of section eight of article nine of the Constitution of Pennsylvania or of this amendment, If the net revenue derived from said property for a period of five years, either before or after the acquisition thereof, or, where the same is con structed by the county or munici pality, after tho completion thereof, shall have been sufficient to pay in terest and sinking-fund charges dur ing said period upon said obliga tions, or if the said obligations shall be secured by Hens upon tho respec tive properties, and shall impose no municipal liability. Where munici palities of counties shall Issue obli gations to provide for the construc tion of property, as herein provided, said municipalities or counties may also Issue obligations to provide for the Interest and sinking-fund charges accruing thereon until said proper ties shall have been completed and in operation for a period of one year; and said municipalities and counties shall not be required to levy a tax to pay said Interest and sinking-fund charges, as required by sec tion ten of artlclo nine of the Con stitution of Pennsylvania, until after said properties shall have been oper ated by said counties or municipali ties during said period of one year. Any of tho said municipalities or counties may incur indebtedness in excess of seven per centum, tand not exceeding ten per centum, of tho as sessed valuation of the taxable prop erty therein, If said increase of in debtedness shall have been assented to by three-fifths of tho electors vot ing at a public olectlon, in such man ner as shall bo provided by law. A truo copy of Joint Resolution No. 5. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of tho Commonwealth. X The Jeweler would like to see you If t you are In the market! for JEWELRY, SILVER4 WARE, WATCHES, CLOCKS, DIAMONDS, AND NOVELTIES "Guaranteed article: only sold." I