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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13
Number Two.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.

Number Two.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to section
eight, article nine. of the Consti-
tuition of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva-
mia in General Assembly met, That
the following Is proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
in accordance with the provisions of
the eighteenth article thereof
Amendment to Article Nine,
Section Eight.
Section 2. Amend section eight,
article nine, of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania, which reads as fol-
lows:-
"Section 8. The debt of any
county, city, borough, township,
school district, or other municipality
or incorporated district, except as
herein provided, shall never exceed
seven per centum upon the assessed
value of the taxable property there
in, nor shall any such municipality
or district incur any new debt, or in
crease its Indebtedness to an amount
exceeding two per centum upon such
assessed valuation of property, with
out the assent of the electors there
of at public election in such man
ner as shall be provided by law; but
any city, the debt of which now ex-
ceeds seven per centum of such as
sessed valuation, may be authorized
by law to increase the same 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 coun-
ty, city, borough, township, school
district, or other municipality or in
corporated district, except as herein
provided, shall never exceed seven
per centum upon the assessed value
of the taxable property therein, nor
shall any such municipality or dis
trict incur any new debt, or increase
its Indebtedness to an amount ex-
ceeding two per centum upon such
assessed valuation of property, with
out the assent of the electors thereof
at 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 as
sessed valuation, may be authorized
by law to increase the same three
per centum, in the aggregate, at any
one time, upon such valuation, ex-
cept that any debt or debts herein
after incurred by the city and coun-
ty of Philadelphia for the construc-
tion and development of subways for
transit purposes, or for the construc-
tion of wharves and docks, or the re-
clamation of land to be used in the
construction of 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 excess of the interest on
said debt or debts of the annual in
stallments necessary for the can
collation. of said debt or debts, may
be excluded in ascertaining the pow
er of the city and county of Phila-
delphia to become otherwise in
debted: Provided, That a sinking
fund for their cancellation shall be
established and maintained.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 2.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13
"MlLE IN 4:1O Is POSSIBLE"

So Says Mel Sheppard, Now Training
For New Mark.
'Tbe time will surely come when the
mile will be run in minutes and
10 seconds" remarked Mel Sheppard,
the greatest middle distance runner
the world has ever known, at the time
John Paul Jones of Cornell establish
ed new worlds record by travelling
the distance in minutes and Is 2-5
seconds, which was exactly one-fifth
second faster than that of Tommy
Conneff's old mark.
Sheppard insisted that If trained es-
pecially for the mile and given a
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13
The Fast FIyina Red Devil,

A disheveled citizen rushed into q
Boston police station Saturday after
moon and shouted for vengeance.
'"The automobile that hit me five
minutes ago was No. 41144," he sput.
tered. II can prove that he was eX.
ceeding the speed limit. and l want-I
want
"You want warrant for his ar.
rest?i
"Warrant nothing! What good
would warrant do me at the rate
he was going? / want extradition pa
pers." Boston Traveller.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13
HERE'S A PRIZE GOLF YARN.

Every now and then you golf
ers, gathered about the fireplace
in the clubhouse. hear strange
stories Of strange shots. Here's
one from England that you can
tell the next time the group
gathers: "a golfer approaching
the green from the rough cut
too much under his ball, with
the result that It rose a short
distance and dropped into a
pouch pocket in his jacket.
Lifting his head quickly to fol
low the flight of his ball, he did
not notice this fact, and his as
tonishment can be imagined
when he was told to look for
the ball in his own pocket"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13
KNABE'S HISTORICAL SPIRIT.
Traces Alexander Back to the King of
the Maeedons.

Say, fellers, we've got a prince
among u.s." squalled Otto Knabe Of
the Phillies during a quiet spell at the
hotel IN Cincinnati.
"Whatchu mean?" demanded Dave
Altiser suspiciously.
why" explained Mr.. Knabe,
here's a history book that distinctly
says, Alexander the Great was the
son Of Philip, king of Macedon.'"
'Gee whiz," exclaimed Tom Dow
ney, II always thought there was
something mysterious about that guy!
He's grand pitcher, Just the same"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13
Clarke Takes Many Chances.

Fred Clarke is one Of the few out
flelders who once in awhile dare shoot
the ball In to second base when Il
runner turns that bag instead of al
ways making the conventional return
to third. The play calls for quick per
ception and some boldness and is n
departure from conservatism which
most outheldefs haven't the rapid Judg-
ment to chance.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13

A local minister. having forgotten
the name of new member of his con-
gregation, is said to have approached
him with the remark:
LET me see-do you spell your last
name with an Il or an 'e%"
"An Il by all means. You know my
name is Hill."-Youngstown (O) Tele.
gram.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13
Number One.
A JOINT RESOLUTION,


Proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, so as to
consolidate the courts of common
pleas of Allegheny County.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva-
mia in General Assembly, met, That
the following amendment to the
Constitution of Pennsylvania be, and
the same is hereby, proposed, in
accordance with the eighteenth ar
ticle thereof
That section six of article five be
amended, by striking out the said
section, and inserting in place there
of the following:
Section 6. In the county of Phil
adelphia all the jurisdiction and
powers now vested in the district
courts and courts of common pleas,
subject to such changes as may be
made by this Constitution or by law,
shall be in Philadelphia vested in
i've distinct and separate courts of
equal and coordinate jurisdiction,
composed of three judges each. The
said courts in Philadelphia shall be
designated respectively as the court
of common pleas number one, num-
ber two, number three, number
four, and number five, but the num-
ber of said courts may be by law
increased, from time to time, and
shall be in like manner designated
by successive numbers. The num-
Der of judges in any of said courts,
or in any county where the estab-
lishment of an additional court may
be authorized by law, may be in
creased, from time to time, and
whenever such increase shall
amount in the whole to three, such
three judges shall compose distinct
and separate court as aforesaid,
which shall be numbered as afore-
said. In Philadelphia all suits shall
be instituted in the said courts of
common pleas without designating
the number of the said court, and
the several courts shall distribute
and apportion the business among
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
Jurisdiction thereof, subject to
change of venue, as shall be pro-
vided by law.
In 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 common pleas, composed
OF all the judges in commission in
said courts. Such jurisdiction and
powers shall extend to all proceed
ings at law and in equity which
shall have been instituted in the
several numbered courts, and shall
be subject to such changes as may
be made by law, and subject to
change of venue as provided by law.
The president Judge of said court
shall be selected as provided by law.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13

The Birmingham England Daily
Mail, aided by somnolent proof
reader, has achieved distinction as a
blunderer in this single short para
graph:
"Mr. Andrew Carnegie, receiving
the freedom of Liverpool, said If he
could see his dear old land and his
beloved republic knit in the bonds of
peace he could say. Lord. now let
thy serpent depart in peace"
Should Andrew again attempt a
scriptural quotation he will probably
go round to the newspapep Office to
see that 1t goes In right.-Echange.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13
Belmont Not to Race Abroad.

After carefully studying the racing
situation in this country Mr.. August
Belmont has Cancelled an arrangement
he had made for the shipment to Eng
land and France OF several OF his
thoroughbreds at the nursery stud.
and the horses will remain in Ken.
tnckv for the nrasant
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13

SHERIFF'S SALE OF VALUABLE
- REAL ESTATE.-By virtue of process
issued out of the Court of Common
Pleas of Wayne county, and State of
Pennsylvania, and to me directed
and delivered, l have levied on ana
will expose to public sale, at the
Court House in Honesdale. on
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 25, AT 2 p. M.
All the defendants right, title,
and interest in the following de-
scribed property-viz:
All that certain piece or parcel of
land known as the Crist Mill lot; sit
uated in Damascus township, county
and State aforesaid, and bounded and
described as follows, to wit: Begin
ming at a chestnut tree on the south
side of the public highway; thence
north twenty-seven degrees west
twenty feet to the middle of the said
highway; thence along the highway
north forty degrees east one hundred
and forty-six feet to corner in said
highway; thence south fifty degrees
east sixty feet to a corner; thence
forty-eight and one-half degrees east
twenty-six feet; thence south thirty
four degrees east siXty-tWo and a
half feet; thence south twenty-one
and one-half degrees west five hun
dred and forty-four and half feet to
a stake and stones forty-three links
from the corner of land formerly
owned by w. S. Vail; thence north
sixty-four and a half degrees west
two hundred and eleven feet to a
stake; thence south sixty-five degrees
west forty-eight feet; thence north
twenty and one and quarter degrees
west two hundred feet to the above
named highway; thence along said
highway north sixty-five and one-half
degrees east three hundred and six
ty-one feet or thereabouts to the
place of beginning. Containing three
acres and seven rods of land be the
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13

at Pittsburg. Ramsdell won the 100
yard and 220 yard championships in
England, but met with i'll luck in the
Edinburgh (Scotlan0 races, where the
runners received too much of a handi-
cap on him.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13

The number of judges in said court
may be by law increased from time
to time. This amendment shall take
effect on the first day of January
succeeding its adoption.
A true COPY of Resolution No. /.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13

WAYNE COMMON PLEAS: TRIAL
LIST, OCT. 23, 1911.
Airey & Spencer VS.. Keen.
Klausner VS.. De Breun.
Cole VS.. Cole, AdmX.
Wallentynowicz VS.. Allen ct al.
M. ]. HANLAN, Prot'y.
Honesdale Pa, Oct. 5, 1911. 79w4
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13
RAMSDELL NOW A PRO.

Crack Sprinter Athletic Director at
Carnegie Tech In Pittsburg.
Another great amateur athlete has
Joined the professional ranks. He is
Fred L. TEX Ramsdell, last year
the star sprinter of the University of
Pennsylvania track team and All
American football player.
Ramsdell has accepted a position as
athletic director Of the Carnegie Tech
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13

n ROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
i THE CONSTITUTION SUB
MITTED TO THE CITIZENS OF
THIS COMMONWEALTH FOR
THEIR APPROVAL OR REJEC-
TION, BY THE GENERAL ASSEM-
BLY, OF THE COMMONWEALTH
OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND PUB
LISHED BY ORDER OF THE SEC
RETARY OF THE COMMON
WEALTH, IN PURSUANCE OF AR
TICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTI-
TUITION
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13

of the re-
cent trip Of
TIL e Cardi-
n a | 8 t o
p TT 8 burg
about 1000
t a n s hied
t b e mselves
to the ball
yard to see
M a r t Y
O'Tooie. In
eide en- tally
h Y went
out to s e g
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13
EVANS OF CARDINALS A
GREAT JOKER.

Steve Evans, the clever out
fielder of the st. Louis Nation
ais, Is live one. The last day
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13
A UDITOR'S NOTICE.
n Estate of WILLIAM CORRELL,
Sheriff's Office
Honesdale Oct. 8 1911.

LdVt UI Ldkt IUWHSnIp, utCtHSeu.
The undersigned, an Auditor appointed
to pass upon exceptions, re state the ac-
claims on the assets and reportdistribution
OF said estate, will attend to the duties of his
appointment, on
THURSDAY. OCT. I9. 1911,
at 10 o'clock a. M, at his Office i'm the borough
OF Honesdale, at which time and place all
claims against said estate must be presented
or recourse to the fund for distribution will
be lost WIN. II. LEE Auditor
Honesdale. Sept. %. 1911. 76W3
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13

All the defendants right, title,
and interest in the following de-
scribed property-viz:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-14
Notice.

Public notice is hereby given that
a special meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the StreckfUs Steamboat Line
company will be held on the 18th
day of June, a. D., 1911, at the
hour of 10 O'Clock, a. m, at No. 80
State bank building in the city of
Rock Island, ILL.,, for the purpose of
considering the following questions:
1. Changing the name of said cor
poration to Streckfus Steamboat
Line.
2. Increasing the number of d.
rectors of said corporation from
three to five.
3. Electing two directors in case
the proposition to increase the num-
Der of directors is adopted.
JOHN STRECKFUS
JOE STRECKFUS,
ROY STRECKFUS,
Board of Directors
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-14
TRUST DISCOVERS
LOCAL NEMESIS
Gordon Van Tine Company,
Davenport, Real Prosecutor
of Lumber Combination.
IS MAKING GOOD A THREAT
qas Been Principal Target of Black
listing Letters as Result of
Its Independence.

The Gordon Van Tine Lumber
company, a mail order house of Dav-
export, was revealed yesterday as
the real prosecutors of the lumber
trust now under investigation by the
federal grand jury. This company
is just making good its threat to
expose the secret agreement among
lumber wholesalers. This company
was the principal target of thousands
of blacklisting and in some cases
blackmailing letters as result Of
it's fight against the trust.
1t was the Gordon Van Tine com
pany which presented to the grand
jury proof of the blacklisting let
tiers spread broadcast by the lumber
dealers associations, and pointed to
Miss Martha Thomson, confidential
clerk to w. c. Mollis, secretary of
the Northwestern Lumbermen's as
ISOLATION, as the person who could
expose the system without an immun-
ity bath being administered to trust
officials. Several hundred letters
written by various associations to the
Gordon Van Tine company and let
tiers written by this company expos
ing trust methods were taken before
the grand jury yesterday and Of
ficials of the company are to testify.
ATTACKS BITTER.
The bitter attack carried on
against the mail order concern by
the Scout, the Mississippi Valley
Lumberman and other trade jour
mails, said TO be dictated by the al
lied lumber interests, is the subject
of close scrutiny by the grand jury.
The possibility of the institution of
a civil suit for the dissolution of sew
eraI lumber dealers associations
said to control prices and sdistribu
ton is discussed about the federal
building, but only criminal action
seems a certainty. There is a civil
suit now pending in New York
against the Eastern States Lumber
mems association.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-14
Grand total
.S563,440.000

Grand total ............ 1858, 440 900
Along all lines of benefits under pol
icies-death claims, endowments and
dividends-the transactions of the reg
ular life insurance companies contin-
ued to increase last year, under the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-14
CITY IS SEVENTH
IN POLICIES PAID
Rock Island Beneficiaries Re.
ceive SITS, coo on Lives
During 1910.
SEVERAL LARGE PAYMENTS
Aggregate Distributed in Illinois Is
S22, 3OO,OOO-Ffgures From
Insurance Press

Rock Island stands about in its pro-
per position in the state in amount of
money paid on life insurance policies
in the past year, according to the an
nuaI statement issued by the IRsur-
ance Press.
This city received payments in 1910
of s17s,000 for policy losses in the
tweIvemonth. A number of large pol
icies were paid to people in towns and
cities in this portion of the state, as
follows:
Amboy, Frederick W. Leake, SILL
3ss.
Elgin, name not given, $4,000.
Mt. Carroll, o. F. Mckinney, SIS.
$50.
Rock Island, Thomas F. Laveile.
1000
Rock Island, Stuart Harper, $4,000.
The policies paid on the life Of John
Farson of Oak Park aggregated SIG
600.
In Illinois as a whole payments were
made to an aggregate of S22, 100000
and the larger cities rank as follows
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-14
MEMORIAL TO DR.. CRAIG
County Medical Society Adopts Fit
ting Resolution.

County Medical Society Adopts Fit
ting Resolution.
The Rock Island County Medical
society held a memorial meeting al
the Manufacturers hotel, Moline, last
night for the late DR.. G.. G. Craig Tho
speakers were Drs. Eyster, Eddy Sa-
la, Assay, Dunn and Mueller. The
committee in charge of the meeting
consisted of Drs. Sala, Bernhard and
De Silva. The following resolution
was adopted:
Whereas, The Supreme Ruler of
the universe has seen fit to remove
from our midst the late DIR. G.. G.
Craig, that we as an expression of re-
spect and appreciation coming from
the Rock Island County Medical socl
ETY., extend 40 the family of the de-
ceased, Dr. G. G. Craig, our sincere
sympathy in this hour of bereavement.
Whereas, We feel deeply the loss
Of one who has always been so ac-
tive in the profession and one who
has ever been ready to respond to the
many calls of his profession, being in
the harness till the last, and
Whereas, DR.. Craig did much to
make the Rock Island County MedicaI
society what it is today; therefore. TT
it be
Resolved, That copy Of these res
olutions be spread upon the records OF
this society and that copy thereof be
sent TO the immediate family of the
deceased DR.. Craig.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-14

Asthma and
hay f e V e r
are diseases
Of debility;
the result OF
a run down
condition Of
the system.
This is sim
ply another
way of say
i n & I b a t
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-14

was autnorlZed 10 award the con-
tract on the remaining concessions.
The frolic will be aboard the steamer
Morning Star The boat will leave
Moline at $50 in the afternoon,
Rock Island at and Davenport at
$50. Only 1000 tickets will be
sold A lunch will be served on
board the boat free of expense to
the guests. The boat will land dur
ing the evening, but just where the
entertainment committee of the club
is not ready yet to announce.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-14

$9,S36,494 of dividends due and I'M
paid, including amounts left on de-
post, an increase of $1,641, 1929, COM
pared with S1,361 ,S64 for increase in
1909, payable in 1911, amounted to
$72, GAS, 141, an increase of $6,015,647
over declared dividends for 1910. The
amounts set apart, calculated or pro-
visionally ascertained upon deferred
dividend policies had total of $272,-
939,437, an increase of $5,5S0,103 for
the year 1910, according to special re-
ports from the companies, several were
on account of commercial insurance.
OF the insurance carried by the presi.
dent of two corporations, who fell from
train and was killed in December,
SIS, 900 was payable to each of the cor
porations.
FRATERNALS SHOW WELL.
The payments of fraternal orders and
similar assessment organizations in
creased also in 1910. The year was
eventful for fraternal insurance. After
several conferences, a committee of
the National Convention of Insurance
Commissioners and representatives of
the National Fraternal congress and
the Associated Fraternities of America
agreed upon uniform bill OF the reg
ulation and control of the organiza-
tons by the insurance departments of
the states, with the purpose of estab-
fishing adequate rates and attaining
solvency. The bill was submitted at
the sessions of the legislatures of many
of the states this year. AS to adop-
ton, the record to date is not COM
plete.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-14

normal conditions that prevailed. New
insurance for more than $4,000, 100000
of protection was written, and, after
the policy account deductions, the in
surance in force showed an increase
of nearly $1,000, 100000.
DIVIDENDS INCREASED.
An indication of normal business
conditions in 1910, according to life
insurance records in the New York
insurance department, where 80 per
cent of the insurance in force through
out the country must be accounted for,
was the decrease of disbursements for
surrendered. lapsed and purchased
policies. The amount of the decrease
was about $1S7,O00, compared with
S3,059,0 for increase in 1909 and S14,-
900 for increase in 1908.
For policy holders who were able to
hold their protection throughout the
year dividend payments were increased
largely. The record of dividends paid
by the companies that reported in New
York showed an increase to the amount
of S10,S39,572, compared with $685.
734 for increase in 1909 and $7,730,10
for increase in 1908. Several millions
of dollars of dividends were applied for
the purchase of annuities and paid-up
additions to insurance carried.
NOTABLE FEATURE.
According to that record notable
feature of the transactions was that
the amount of the dividend distribu-
tons ($73,S74, $3.50 was S17,470 in ex-
cess of the amount of disbursements
for surrendered, lapsed and purchased
policies (s72 ,S57 ,O6S).
Besies showing increase of the
amount paid, the record accounted for
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-14
A Charming Woman.

is one who is lovely in face, form, mind
and temper But it is hard for a won.
an to be charming without health. A
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skin eruptions and a wretched com.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-14

II you are not satisfied after using
according to directions two thirds of
bottle of Chamberlain's Stomach anc
Liver Tablets. you can have your mon
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gestion, regulate the bowels. Give
them trial and get well Sold by all
druggists.