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thousands of smokers until today three
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egislative News
lIFFMGE HOLDS
BIG PLACE TONIGHT
lators Will Vote on the Resolu
tion to Submit Amendment
to the People
LENDARS ARE HEAVY
rd Judgeship Bill to Be on the
Senate's Third Reading
Calendar Tonight
Toman suffrage will he to the front
he legislature to-night. The House
already passed the resolution to
nit to the people the proposed
■ndment to the constitution to per
women to vote and to-night tlie
ate will have its final sav. It is
cved that the resolution will pass,
there will be opposition to It.
elegations of women Interested In
bill are arriving: and the Senate
nber will be an animated place
ight.
ich branch has over seventy bills to
upon this evening. There ate
nty-three in the Senate and sev
-nlne in the House, the largest of
day this session. Notwithstanding
absence of the governor and State
ials anil committees of tile two
tea at the launching of the battle-
Pennsylvania the two houses will
sessions this week, and many corn
en meetings are scheduled. Weil
ay the joint hearing on the child
r bills will be held,
le Senate third reading calendar in
es In addition to the woman suf
e resolution the bill to make the
el the State flower, to provide a
I Judge for Dauphin county, to re
the cold storage act and the
metrv bill. On second reading are
militia code, agricultural extension
several township bills,
i the House third reading calendar
thirty-three bills, four on final pas
and forty-two on second reading,
le most advanced list are the game
tin and bounty hills, tjie third class
service bill for firemen and police
and the general repealer of obso
laws. The Philadelphia rounty pen-
Allegheny sheriffs fee, Philadel
liousing and various foreign cor
tion bills are on third readl lg. On
nd reading are the bills regulating
less healers and optometrists, the
ugh e, the pure paint hill, sec
class city taxation bills, measure
k" Philadelphia policemen and five
out of politics and the appropria
of hunters' license Income to the
e Commission.
rth Week For
State Orchard Work
e schedule of orchard demonstra
tor the fourth week of the State's
s was announced to-duy li.v Dr.
t. Surface, the Slate's zoologist,
will cover twenty-five counties in
reek commencing March 2". The
week starts to-morrow and will
arked by demonstrations in twen
ven counties.
. Surface says that the attendance
cmonslrations has been larger
usual and deep interest is being i
n in '.lie new methods of pruning
the soil treatment. He has an
ced that where premises are quer
ied for foot and mouth disease the
>nstrations will be postponed until
icr notice.
ites for this week have already
announced here. Those for next
c in this vicinity ar< as follows:
an Klin County E. <Bowers,
instrator. Monday. March 22.
v R. Krebs. Mercersburg.
ilton County—E. Mowers, dem
■ator. Wednesday, March 24, J.
unyan, of McConnnellsburg.
intingdon County —J. S. Iloch
pr, demonstrator. Monday. March
>. M. Wright, Calvin: Wednesday,
'li 24, George P. Irwin. Pennsyl
t Furnace.
irthumberland County —G. R.
her, demonstrator. Friday. March
U. Scott Ammerman, Danville,
:e Xo. 6.
ft IKESTIOIf
Br stomach paiii i
I IN HVE MINUTES
Hie's Diapepsin" makes sick,
sour, gassy stomachs
feel fine
it! In five minutes all stomach
will go. Xo Indigestion, heart-
H. sournnss or belching of gas, acid,
of undigested food, no
bloating, foul breath or
Hpe's Diapepsin is noted for its
Hi in regulating upset stomachs.
I the surest, quickest and most
indigestion remedy In the
world, and besides it is liarm-
of men and women now
favorite foods without fear—
Hknow Rape's Diapepsin will save
H from any stomach misery.
Hasi. for your sake, get a large
case of Rape's Diapepsin
I any drug store and put your
right. Don't keep on being
—life, is too short—you are
long, so make your staj
Htbli!. Eat what you like and
it; enjoy it. without dread of
in the stomach,
Diapepsin belongs in your
anyway. Should one of the fa m -
something which doesn't agree
Hthem. or in case of an attack of
dyspepsia, gastritis or
derangement at daytime or
the night. It is handy to give
surest relief known.—
MONDAY EVENING,
BOROUGH CODE IS
, MUCH AMENDED
Important Changes in the Big Act
Which Will Affect Many
Municipalities
Changes of considerable interest to
t Steelton. Middletown, Carlisle and the
3 numerous other boroughs in Dauphin
> and Cumberland counties, as well as
I to the smaller boroughs scattered j
• t throughout the State, are contained in !
! the amended borough code which has ;
5 been placed on the tiles of the mem- j
i hers of the House for second reading!
to-night.
» W hen enacted the code will clarify !
> all borough law and the amendments !
made in committee are important, j
! Among the more important are:
Boroughs may now hold, lease, let I
and convey such real and personal I
estate its purposes require, not ex
ceeding a yearly value of $3,000. The
committee has removed the $3,000
limit.
Boroughs can now prohibit and re
move any nuisance on public and pri
vate ground. The same power over
dangerous structures is given.
Boroughs now have power to regu- 1
late health and cleanliness, and the i
right of regulating the "beauty, con-j
venience. comfort anil safety" of the I
borough is added.
Additional powers are given bor- i
otighs to regulate the prevention of I
fires: also to regulate and license and j
to fix the time of opening and closing j
of pool and billiard rooms and ten
pin alleys, also to provide for the I
confiscation of false weights and I
measures.
Power is given to condemn private :
land, properly or material for sew
erage systems and sewage, garbage!
disposal, gas and electric light plants!
in addition to the condemnation pow- !
ers now held by boroughs.
As to Highways
The restriction is eliminated that
provides that no street or alley shall!
| be open to public use unitl the dam
ages are liquidated in cases where |
boroughs survey, lav out. open, widen. I
straighten, extend streets or alleys
without petition of property owners.
Where such action is taken or a
petition to council, the committee has
stricken from the present law ihe
provision that such ordinance must be,
adopted by an affirmative vote of
three-fourths of the council and ap-|
proved by the burgess; also that it |
cannot be adopted until thirty days I
after its introduction and must be ad
vertised.
The present law provides that if a
petition for grading, curbing, paving
I or macadamizing signed by petition
j ers representing four-fifths in num
ber of feet abutting on the proposed
improvement then the whole cost
may be collected.
The committee has added:
The whole cost of such improve
meti shall not be assessed unless the
petition shall contain a statement to '
the effect that the whole cost may be |
collected.
Give Auditors More Ray
The sections of the code which re-!
late to the present law on grading. !
paving; curbing and macadamizing !
connecting streets have been stricken
from the bill. Rower is given bor- I
oughs to enter into agreement with j
adjoining municipalities and town-1
ships to improve boundary streets and I
streets outside the borough limits. !
Xow such agreements are limited to I
townships.
The biennial organization of coun- j
cil is fixed b.v a committee amend
ment at S p. m. on the first Monday
of January, ISlti. and every two years
thereafter. The present law fixes the
I' organization hour at 10 a. m.
Borough auditors are now paid $2
a day. The committee would make
i the compensation not less than $2
j nor more than $0 a day, council to
! fix the amount.
j The burgess of a borough is given j
power for cause to suspend a police- !
man until the next regular meeting of I
council, when council may reinstate
or discharge the officer.
Court May Kill Vacancies
Power is still vested in the quarter
sessions court to fill vacancies in
council, but the committee has elimi
nated the provision of the law which
requires the judge to appoint an elec
tor who voted for the person last
holding the office. It also has stricken i
out the law that where a vacancy oe
' I curs in council from failure to elect
[ or when two or more vacancies occur,
• the court of quarter sessions may or- I
' j der an election. As the code now
reads, the appointee of the judge I
would serve until after the next mu- |
nicipal election, when his successor
would be chosen for the unexpired
, term.
The committee has provided that in '
, all proceedings for the recovery of
municipal claims, an attorney's cpm- I
, mission of 5 per cent, may be In-1
eluded, not to exceed S2O.
UIDGK AVKM'K BOYS BltK; \l>E
IS MXKIXG RKOGKKSS i
Lieutenant John C. Rainier was]
I i elected vice-president of Company G, |
4th Pennsylvania division Roys' R.ri
gade nf the Ridce Avenue Methodist'
• Church, at a special meeting of the|
. board of officers yesterday afternoon. |
. A number of candidates have ap
• j plied for admission to ihe company. I
• Thoy will be admitted Friday, March)
• 126. The members of the company'
: I help in the Sunday school work and 1
• Ithe summer camps, by their military;
I discipline and traini
FIM UNIFORMITY
ll< COLD STORAGE
Legislative Commission Makes
Public Elaborate Study of the
Situation Here
I Recommendations that legislation j
lon cold storage in Pennsylvania'
should be uniform with the cold stor-:
j ase laws of other States is made in j
• the report of the legislative commis- !
j sion to investigate cold storage, which
j will be presented to the Legislature!
| to-night.
i Business is hampered and destroyed
' by the conflict between the cold stor- 1
j age laws of the States, the report j
asserts, particularly because of the j
I difference in the time limit and the'
j branding of storage food products.
According to the report cold storage !
is an equalizer of prices and the com- '
j mission finds that prices during the I
j year have been maintained nearer a '
| level since storage became a factor
j .than before the days of artificial pre-;
I sol vation of Coods by cold storage. ,
The commission found that the fix
ing of arbitrary time limits in regard
ito the keeping of. food in storage,
I means less to the consumer than the
I condition of the stock when it goes t
I into cold storage, and how it is lian
| died after it is taken out. On this j
point the report says:
"It was brought out before the j
commission that instead of a time I
limit on food it would be far better I
to have inspection at warehouses with
| a view of ascertaining the condition I
j nf food when it goes in and its con- |
I dition when taken out."
Against Branding
The report declares that most 1
i branding laws do not accomplish j
what they aim to accomplish. It is I
asserted that all consumers must lie j
the judges of the quality of goods
produced, and that, regardless of
branding, he must depend largely |
upon the honesty of the merchant, i
The commission protests against the I
branding of goods as cold storage that j
are kept in warehouses for short pc- j
riods. "There is 110 good reason why ]
! products, especially fish, should not
be carried over for temporary periods
in cold storage warehouses without
going into the class of cold storage
food." the report observes.
The commission failed to find any
evidences of conspiracy between the
cold storage warehouses and the mer
chants for the purpose of increasing
the price of goods to the detriment |
of the consumer. The report states |
that the warehouse men are merely [
custodians or property placed in their j
possession, and under no condition do j
they profit by reason of the abnormal 1
prices on or any other food com- I
modlty given to them for preserva
tion. The fact that cold storage fa- I
cilities of the big concerns are open!
to any householder is brought out as
proof that no connivance to advance
the price of food stuffs is possible.
The commission found that the ac
cumulation of food products in cold
storage, during the season of excess 1
products, is practically exhausted be
fore the next season of "flush" begins,
and the ability to carry goods in cold
storage from the period of the great-
I est production to the period of short-
I age, adds to the food supply without
' enhancing the average* price.
Value of Storage
"Through the medium of cold stor
age foodstuffs can be taken out of the
market during the season of abund
ance and held in a wholesome and
palatable condition until the season of
scarcity," the report continues, "when
they can be sold at a price much
less than the article of food produced
in the season of scarcity. This tends
1 to equalize prices and prevents them
| from alternately falling low or rising
| high as would otherwise be the case."!
The commission will not submit to j
! the Legislature the draft of a bill 1
i carrying its recommendations into ef
j feet for the reason that it was not
I empowered to draft such proposed
| legislation.
Meetings of the commission were
held in Philadelphia. Pittsburgh and
Harrisburg. and the investigation was
j greatly aided, the report declares, ]
through the co-operation of the De
! partmcnt of Agriculture at Washlng
! ton.
Senator Charles 11. Kline, of Alle-
I ghen.v, was chairman of the commis
i sion, and the other members- were
\ Senator A. F. Daix. Philadelphia; ]
j ex-Senator J. Harry Morgan, of Has-I
ton; Representatives Thomas F. Mc
; Xichol, of Philadelphia, and William 1
' I». Walton, of New Castle. and ex-
I Representative A. W. Mitchell, of
I Erie.
Holy truth, eternal right.
Let them break upon my sight.
Let them shine unclouded, still,
: And with light my being fill,
j —William Henry Furncss.
HARRISBURG &STELEGRAPH
HUNDREDS OF MEN
TAKE OPTION STAND
Agree to Write Letters to Legisla
-1 tors Asking Them to Knock
Out Booze
; Every male mem
! her of a church.
Bible Class or Sun-:
day school in Dau- j
phin county is urg-1
.. cd to take, a iretinitej
C *• Li stand on the local,
tfrff option question by!
• ' Department of the
County Sabbath
hundreds of letters
asking each man to
» write a personal 1
letter to the county legislators urging
j them to support Governor Brumbaugh
in his efforts to obtain a local option |
i law.
The letters are signed by E. F. !
| Weaver, county president, and J. G.
jAldinger, superintendent of temper
ance work. They enclose the names of i
'the assembly members of the county:
115. E. Beldleman, State senator; and
j members of the Mouse, J. W. Swartz.
j Augustus Wildman, J. C. Xissley, of
Harrisburg, and Walter S. Young, of
Lykens.
The local option question is assum
ing great importance among church
peoplg of the city, and definite en
dorsement of Governor Brumbaugh
has been made by many church socie
ties. A special local option session of
Ibe Epworth League of the Stevens
Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
I was attended by more than 600 per-
Isons last evening, when Mrs.
[Mabel Cronise Jones spoke on the
temperance question as it relates to
I Epworthians and cited figures and
1 facts from the experiences of corpor
ations and governments to bear out
her statements.
Men's Classes Take Stand
A resolution endorsing the local
option stand of Governor Brumbaugh
passed yesterday by the Men's Bible
clasp of Olivet Presbyterian Church
was signed by the following:
W. O. Vates, J. W. Craver, Floyd R.
1 Lear, G. W. Brinser, D. C. Werts, C. W.
Barton. C. E. Bowman, James W. Mac-
Donald. Wm. F. Mote, J. E. Boob, M.
D. Hauck, John D. Hosfleld, A. L.
Groff, A. B. < leckner, Thomas R.
Reigle, John W. tlarlacker, J. Harry
Steele, James I). Hayes, Robert. F.
Webster. John C. Gates, Lloyd 11.
Ware. ('. D. I limes. Percy R. Walker,
A. 11. Blouch, H. W. Shoemaker. H.
Weildman, G. M. Gleim, C. E. Leas,
Edwin L. Lyme. A. B. Shartzer,
Charles 11. Cox. Kdward Askins, Wm.
W. McKinnie, J. B. MacDonalil and A.
C. Dean.
The James MeCormick Bible Class,
organized prior to 1860. passed a reso
lution yesterday in which they state
their opposition to the liquor traffic
as constituting a menace to the wel
-1 fare of the people and the spreading
lof the gospel of Jesus Christ; also
1 that they claim the privilege of voting
on the question as to whether liquor
may be sold in the district in which
they live; that they favor the passage
of the local option bill to be presented
before the legislature; and that copies
of the action taken be sent to Gover
nor Brumbaugh and the members of
{legislature from this district.
Christian Life. The Rev. A. W.
Kltcliin, recor of the Episcopal
Church of Mt. Joy, Pa., addressed the
Allison Hill Men's Christian Associa
tion yesterday afternoon on Christian
Life. An Interesting motion picture
| depicting scenes from the Life of
I Christ was shown. J. P. Braselman.
president of the association, presided,
i Gospel Crew at Vork. —The Gospel
crew of the Harrisburg P. R. R. Y. M.
<'. A., had charge of the services in the
Epwortta Methodist Church, York yes
terday.
Continues Sermon Series. The
Rev. Dr. Lowis Seymour Mudge. pastor
of Pine Street Presbyterian Church,
spoke on "The I'neseapable God," last
evening.
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Derry St. Men Shout
"So Long" to Beckley
! Attendance records in the Sundaj
school session of the Men's Bible Class
of Derry Street United Brethren
| Church, Fifteenth and Derry streets,
| were again broken yesterday when ."28
men turned out to says "So Long!" to
jo. P. Beckley, one of the class tcach
-1 crs.
j Mr. Beckley. one of the class teach
ers, has been giving a series of talks
lon the lessons of the last three months,
and he leaves to-morrow on a busi
j ness trip to Florida which will keep
him away from the sessions of the
class for about a month. To show ap
preciation for .Mr. Beckley's work this
year an effort was made to have an
especially large attendance with the
result mentioned.
H. L. Carl will begin a series of
talks next Sunday. Mr. Beckley will
take up a new series when Mr. Carl
finishes.
ELLIOTT-FISHER <> LEE SINGS
BEFORE MEN'S CLASS
The newly organized Elliott-Fisher
Glee Club sang several selections be
fore the Men's Organized Bible Class
of Zion Lutheran Church yesterday
afternoon.
Among the strong points brought
out in the lesson by Dr. E. E. Camp
bell, teacher, were: Men measure
man by position; but God measures
man by works; any man who has him
self in complete control morally and
religiously straight, morally and re
ligiously clean in the eyes of God,
is a king. The devil is usually spoken
of and pictured as having horns and
a tail, in reality he comes with the
sweetest smile, most pleasing conver
sation and kindly manner.
E:'WORTH LEAGUES COMPLETING
M ASS MEETING PLAN'S
The Rev. Dan B. Brummitt, of Chi
cago. editor of the Epworth Herald,
will address the Kpworth League mass
meeting in Grace Methodist Church,
Wednesday evening. A reception will
be tendered to the Rev. Mr. Brummitt
before the service. Music will be fur
nished by the Stevens Memorial Meth
odist Male chorus. The plans for the
meeting were arranged last Thursday
at a meeting of presidents and repre
sentatives of the various leagues.
"Seven Indispensable Thing's."—
"Seven Indispensable Things," is the
topic for discussion at a meeting in
Studebaker's hall of members of the
Christian Workers' Bible class.
Girls' Club to Entertain. —Members
of the Girls' club of the Calvary Pres
-1 byterian Church, will give a St. Pat
rick's entertainment in the church to
morrow evening. Music and readings
will be features of the program.
700 Attend Sunday School. More
than 700 persons were present al the
■ Sunday school services in the Christ
Lutheran Church yesterday. This is
1 one of the largest attendance in the
■ history of the school. Every effort
' is being made to have fhe attendance
at the 25th anniversary next Sunday,
the largest ever.
■ Commissioner Jackson to I«rturr.—
I < 'ominissioner John Price Jackson, of
' i tlie Department of Labor and Indus
fry, will lecture Thursday evening in
I Market Square Preshyterian Church
■| on "My Experiences In Germany at the
| Outbreak of War." The lecture will
.I be given under the ntispices of the
'.Men's Organized Bible class, taught by
IJ. Henry Spiccr.
WSRCHIS, 1915.
IFEWER ACCIDENTS I
ij IN ANTHRACITE
r
11
1 Roderick's Report Shows an Im
provement in Conditions in
Hard Coal Fields
i Official figures issued by James E.
' Roderick. State chief of mines, show
t that the production of anthracite coal
. In Pennsylvania during 1914 was 91,
5 357,305 tons, a decrease of onlv 259,-
« 659 tons as compared with the tonnage
• of 91,625,964 tons the previous year.
I The summary of the bituminous re
• sorts showed the 1914 production to
, have been 145,884.530, a decrease of
1 27,081.129 tons as compared with 1913. :
1 During the year there were 6001
3 fatal accidents in the anthracite mines
- a decrease of 24 and the production of
coal per life lost was 152,279 tons
against 145,838 the year before.
i Statistics on employes show 180,-
S 902 employed in 1914 against 175,310
in the previous year. The percentage
- of lives lost per thousand employes
, is given as 3.31, the smallest since
5 1902, while the production of coal per
, life lost has not tyeen equaled since the
1 act of 1870 regarding mine operations,
t The average production per life lost
- from 1870 to 1913 was 138,875 tons
- and the average life loss per thousand
a employes in that period was 3.63.
f In the summary attention is called
- to the fact that 27 lives were lost in
three accidents, a cage accident at
Scranton causing 13 deaths, over
- winding of a case in Schuylkill county
e and an explosion In Carbon county
i causing losses of seven each.
e
B Homicide Cases on
Pardon Board's List
s The lives of Andrew Mallnowskl, Al
legheny; Arthur Simons, Tioga, and
r> Oregario Rlzzato, .Philadelphia, under
c sentence of electrocution, depend upon
t fhe action of the State Board of Par
s dons when it meets here on Thursday.
b The Allegheny man's case was held
t over for further consideration and the
e Board awaits the report of an alienist
. on the Tioga man. Rizzato was re
fused commutation once.
Dusan Melio, convicted of murder In
r the first degree in Pittsburgh on
- Christmas day, 1903, and granted com
-1 mutation almost on the same day a
1 year later, is asking for pardon as arc
e Luke Zareovic. Dauphin, second de-j
I gree murder; Dionino Dimltzlo, Mont-
B gomer.v, manslaughter: and Harry .Mc-
Hough, manslaughter, Philadelphia.
William llatton. sentenced in Phila
delphia on May 5, 1910, to from five
to twenty-one years on seven counts
of larceny, is also asking pardon. An
application was made by Charles C.
Rodewig, York, is for pardon from an
unusual offense in board records. He
was sentenced to from three to five
years and given SIOO fine for gamb
ling.
YOUR SICK CHILD
IS CONST PATED!
LOOK AT TONGUE
If cross, feverish or bilious
give "California Syrup
of Figs"
No matter what alls your child, a
gentle, thorough laxative should al
ways be the first treatment given.
If your little one is out-of-sorts,
half sick, isn't resting, eating and act
ing naturally—look. Mother! see if
tongue is coated. This is a sure sign
that ltf little stomach, liver and bow
els are clogged with waste. W r hen
cross, irritable, feverish, stomach
sour, breath bad or has stomachache,
diarrhoea, sore throat, full of cold,
give a teaspoonfut o£ "California Sy
rup of Figs," and in a few hours all
' the constipated poison, undigested
food and sour bile gently moves out
of its little bowels without griping,
and you have a well, playful child
again.
Mothers can rest easy after giving
this harmless "fruit laxative," be
cause It never falls to cleanse the llt
tlo one's liver and bowels and sweeten
the stomach and they dearly love its
pleasant taste. Full directions for ba
bies, children of all ages and for
grown-ups printed on each bottle.
: • Beware of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask your druggist for a st)-cent bottle
of "California Syrup of Figß"; then
see tliat it is made by the "California
Fig Syrup Company." Advertise
ment.
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