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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-08-22
Number One.
A JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment TO article
nine, section four, Of the Constitu-
ton of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, authorizing the State to
issue bonds to the amount of fifty
millions of dollars for the improve
ment of the highways of the Com
monwealth.
Section l. Be 1t resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva-
mia In General Assembly met, That
the following amendment to the Con-
stitution of the Commonwealth Of
Pennsylvania be, and the same 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 Gre
ated by or ON behalf of the State,
except to supply casual deficiencies
of revenue, repel invasion, suppress
insurrection, 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 any one time, one million OF
dollars" be amended so as to read
as follows:
Section 4. No debt shall be Gre
ated by or on behalf of the State,
except to supply casual deficiencies
Of revenue, repel invasion, suppress
insurrection, defend the State in war,
or to pay existing debt; and the
debt created to suppy deficiencies in
revenue shall never exceed, in the
aggregate at any one time, one mil.
lion of dollars: Provided. however,
That the General Assembly, ire
spective of any debt, may authorize
the State to issue bonds to the
amount of fifty millions of dollars for
the purpose of improving and rebuild
ing of highways Of the Common
wealth.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. l.
ROBERT McAFEE.
Secretary Of the Commonwealth
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-08-22
Number -Four.
A JOINT RESOLUTION


Proposing an amendment to section
one of article nine of the Consti-
tuition of Pennsylvania, relating to
taxation.
Section 1. Be 1t 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
Section 2. Amend section one OF
article nine Of the Constitution Of
Pennsylvania, which reads as fol-
lows:
"All taxes shall be uniform, upon
the same class of subjects, within
the territorial limits of the authority
levying the tax, and shall be 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 wor-
ship, places of burial not used or
held for private or corporate profit,
and institutions of purely public
charity" so as to read as follows:
All taxes shall be uniform upon
the same class of subjects, within
the territorial limits of the authority
levying the tax, and shall be levied
and collected under general laws, and
the subjects of taxation may be clas-
sified for the purpose of laying graded
or progressive taxes; but the Cen
eral 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 pri-
vate or corporate profit and institu-
tions Of purely public charity.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 4.
ROBERT McAFEE.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-08-22
TO REFIT CONSTELLATION.
Appropriation Asked In Congress For
Navy's Oldest Ship.

Appropriation Asked In Congress For
NaVy's Oldest Ship.
The old frigate Constellation, built
in Baltimore in 1897, when President
Washington laid the foundations of the
American navy, and under Captain
Thomas Truxtun, the victor Of decisive
fights with the French frigates La In
surgente in 1799, and La Vengeance
In 1900, which established the United
States as q maritime power, has come
into the records of congress again as
living part Of the nations naval es-
tablishment.
An appropriation of $4,000 was ask
ed by Representative Linthicum Of
Maryland for the repair and fitting
OUT of the historic ship, the Oldest
in the navy. The Constellation is at
Newport The resolution would pro-
vide for her transfer to Baltimore for
public exhibition.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-08-22

DRoPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
l. THE CONSTITUTION SUBMIT
TED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS
COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR AP-
PROvAL OR REJECTION. BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLr
vANLA, AND PUBLISHED BY OR
DER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE
COMMONWEALTH, IN PURSUANCE
OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CON-
STITUTION.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-08-22
$1,OOO,OOO MARRIAGE PLOT.
Alleged Scheme Discovered to Despoil
Three Indians of Lands.


Three Indians Of Lands.
Judge e. ]. Van Court of Oklahoma
was in Carlisle, Pa, recently taking
the depositions of two young Indians
at the Carlisle school in suit involv-
ing an alleged marriage conspiracy to
get possession of the $1,000,000 estate
of the Derrisaws, an Indian family
1t is alleged that Beeley Derrisaw, then
eighteen years old, was lured from his
home in Oklahoma a year ago by a
companion, conducted to McAlester and
induced to marry one Sallie Cindle,
aged thirty years. He married with
out the permission of r. B. Hutchin-
son, his guardian. Under the Oklaho-
ma law a marriage without such per-
mission can be annulled. The purpose
of the present suit is to annul the Der
risaw marriage.
Beeley Derrisaw, his brother Oscar,
eleven. and his sister Matte are joint
heirs to the $1,OOO,000 estate. 1t is
alleged that the schemers also had
picked out mates for Oscar and Matte.
The guardian sent the girl to an Ari-
zona Indian school and Oscar and Bee
ley to Carlisle.
The conspirators are said to be led
by an Oklahoma banker.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-08-22
Number Three.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to section
three Of article eight Of the Consti-
tuition of Pennsylvania.
Section /. Be 1t resolved by the
House Of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Qf
the Senate concur), That the fol-
lowing is proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the
eighteenth article thereof
Section q. Amend section three of
article eight, which reads as follows:
"All judges elected by the electors of
the State at large may be elected at
either a general or municipal cleo
tion, as circumstances may require.
All the elections for judges of the
courts for the several judicial dis
tricts, and for the county, city, ward,
borough, and township officers, for
regular terms of service, shall be
held on the municipal election day;
namely, the Tuesday next following
the first Monday of November in
each odd-numbered year, but the
General Assembly may by law fix a
different day, two-thirds of all the
members of each House consenting
thereto: Provided, That such cleo
tions shall always be held in an
odd-numbered year." so as to read:
Section 8. Ali judges elected by
the electors of the State at large
may be elected at either a general
or municipal election, as circumstan-
ces may require. All elections for
judges of the courts for the several
judicial districts, and for county,
city, ward, borough, and township
officers, for regular terms of serv-
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-08-22
SHlNS RUE SLIT TROUSERS,
First Man to Wear Them Ia Kicked
by Newsboys.

A martyr to fashion, W. Leffingwell
Doak, a member of the north side gen.
tility of Pittsburgh, was mobbed by a
gang of newsboys in that city. Doak
was the first wearer of the prophesied
slit trousers.
When the boys saw the innovation
they gathered about Doak, voicing un-
complimentary criticisms. Finally they
began to jostle him and kick him in the
shins. At sight of a policeman they
scattered.
Doak's trousers were of light check
material. The slit extended from the
bottom outside to about six inches
from the knee. Bright green hosiery
Of the length women wear were dis
closed.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-08-22
LESS AMERICANS TO CANADA.
Report Shows Decrease of Such I'm
migration to Dominion.

Immigration figures for the first
three months of the fiscal year just
issued at Ottawa, Ont, show an in
crease Of British and European i'm
migrants over the same period last
year and heavy decrease in immigra-
ton from the United States.
American settlers entering Canada
during the first quarter this year num-
bered 44,99S, as against 53,343 in the
same period last year Total arrivals
were 210,206, as against 175,346 in the
same period last year. OF these S4,305
came from Great Britain, an increase
Of $4,000. The government estimates
that the American settlers brought
with them in cash and effects up
ward of $67,OO0OOO.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-08-22
New cold Field In Konqo.

A gold field of exceptional richness
has been discovered in the southern
part of the province of Katanga, in
the Belgian Kongo, according to dis
patches just received in Antwerp
Some of the samples are declared to
Yield an ounce of gold to the ton.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-08-22

Would Pay Vice President $4,000.
Senator Salisbury of Delaware is the
author of bill just introduced in con-
gress to increase the salary of the vice
president from $4,000 to $4,000 a
year.
Bisbee daily review., 1913-01-30
1 R O.THE .SPVR!:G ? i E 2 OF.THEMC)MENT
 &7b by Roy K KMoultor. q
: Roy K.Mo,1Lton.

William Hanks was a blacksmith and
 Was all the rage With the home talent shows, so he
 went on the stage. Now his wife has divorced him and
 he's had hEnch That he's well on the road to the gin
 mill free lunch. For hard work has not recently been Williams bent, 0n account of his artistic tempera.
 ment. In tse works of the slangist high art
 is a shine" And hereafter it's naught but the
 old fame for mine. For three square meals a day and the
 old fame for mine For three square meats day and the
 quiet home game Is mighty sight Letter tss=sa iasiress
 and fame For there's 10 Deace of mind and no
 lasting content, When you're sfuug by the artistic
 temperament.
Bisbee daily review., 1913-01-30

pened for many years and the public win hardly know how to meet the new conditions. There have been fam ines in the luxaries of life, such as bread and coal, but never in sucn a necessity Of the poor as champagne. There is some question as to how the new battleships will be christened and the champagne famine may prove great setback in this respect. The United States can hardly afford to drop from second or third place to seventh or eighth on account of a scarcity Of champagne. and it seems as though the administration wOuld bestir itself to find a remedy
 When one stops to consider the un- told suffering that the shortage on champagne will cause in the poverty stricken districts along the Great White Way and of the misery that will prevail among the Pittsburg mil- ijonaires and the chorus girls the true meaning of the situation becomes ap- Parent But let everyone remain as calm as possible and it may turn out that the reports concerning the grape crop failure have been exaggerated.
 My Lady's Hat.
 4 little bunch of bent and battered
 felt,
 A quarters worth of lace that's
 hardly seen;
Bisbee daily review., 1913-01-30
A REFORM THAT REFORMS.

When Mark A. Smith and Henry F. Ashurst were elected to the United States senate by the Arizona Iegisla- ttIre the time required was twenty two minutes. The legislature had been directed in this action by a sen atorial pimary in which our present senators were victorious.
 At Lincoln, Nebraska, fast week. a legislature which is dccisiyely in con trol of the democrats on joint ballot concluded the election of George ". Norris, republican, to the United States senate.
 On the same day. Mr. Norris, at. tending stric,ly to his business in Washington. reported an important bilI from the house committee on judi. ciary. lie knew he was going to be elected, because the people Of Ne braska, voting under the Arizona plan at the polling In November had Is. sued their orders to the legislature to elect him.
 On the same day al Salem, Ore. ar oyerw helningly republican legislature elected Harry Lane. democrat, to the senate. under the same procedure. Oregon thus gains the distinction of being represented by two democrats in the senate. both elected by repub- iioan legislatures.
 in no case has there been a dead lock scandal. hold-up of legisla- tive business incident to electing a senator under the Arizona plan.
 The legislature Of West Virginia. Tennessee. New Mexico and Illinois, trying to choose senators under the machine caucus plan. are deadloeked and hints of scandal are already beins emitted. Most Of the senators who w.n finally be elected wiIi be men aho could not have been chosen fl the people had mad the chance to de. eide.
 lis a fine lesson to legislatures that have before them the constitutional amendment for direct senatorial cleo tions. Indications are that every state vil ratify that amendment
Bisbee daily review., 1913-01-30
AFTER THE HAT PIN.

The Massachusetts legislature is how devoting it's time to the consider. stlon of bill to limit the length os the hatpin which leads the Boston JoGrnal to remark
 "The subject is not altogether d. serving of the light treatment some of ihe legislators are inclined to give it only few weeks ago man in this city died from the scratch of a hat pin and a serious accident is liable to overtake anyone in crowded ear SO long as women ihroughtlessly per sist in wearing hatpins that pTotrude several inches outside the crown or their hats as many of them still do. These perilous pins. of course, are relics of the time when hats were of the washtub stsle. Hats have been reuced in size. bue too many pins have not although t is an easy matter to have them shortened, as the wo<n. cn would find out by consulting any shopkeeper The good sense Of most women has already anticipated the proposed legislation"
Bisbee daily review., 1913-01-30

has been spent or allowed for renew. als or depreciation since 1908. Such bookkeeping by a private business would be considered ntle less than criminal
 The price charged for electricity in Frankfort is l2Is cents per k. ". hour up to 5000, then 1o cents. In Berlin. under private ownership, the rate is 91s cents. and in 1911 the Eerlin company paid the city s1,S64.. a5S in taxes.
 The same publication in it's Decem- Der issue presented a list of 177 muni- cipal lighting failures.
 Are the peapie Of America willing to purchase and turn over to the pol itieians big business enterprises and take the chances of paying dearly for Lad management. and aiso of SC in- creasing the strength of the party in power that political reform will be rendered practically impossible?
 Of course all unsuccessful busi nesses are for sale and the owners will spend money to promote senti- ment iE favor of government pur chase, it is well to remember. how ever, that losing ventures pay taxes as well as profitable ones.
Bisbee daily review., 1913-01-30

Two rooster feather stuck up on the topi A bunch os artificial grapes be. tween. A paper rose or two pinned on the side, A silver buckle, value fifteen ceats; A velvet ribbon hangin' down be- hind The whole thing made regardless of expense" The thing looks like soup plate up; side down It hangs around her head. before and aft. Looks dropping like and wilted, from the rain; The whole effects enough to drive one daft. X man should beat sewing basket up Until it looks like nothing on this earth, And trim it up and make his wife hat, For then he'd surely get his moneys worth.
 Bill for
 Her bonnet.
 Ten plunks
 Doggone it,
Bisbee daily review., 1913-01-30
IT WILL COME TO ARIZONA
(Arizona Democrat.l

Arizona pays seyenty-four per cent of all the internal revenue collected in New Mexico and this state Yet New Mexico has the internal revenue collector This Is unfair and unjust Arizona is entitled 10 that ohice with it's twenty-five employees and we Gug- Eest to our representation in Wash ington that they get busy and bring that office home to Arizona. We real ile why II was located in New Mexico under territorial rIls-thaJ territory was republican and it was placed there to aid the republicans to hold Ir in the republican columns. Those days are past and we don't think a demo- cratic president will appoint the col Iector from state that has two re- publican senators, when it's neighbot with solid democratic delegation in congress and paying three quarters of all the revenue collected, is demand. ing the position.
Bisbee daily review., 1913-01-30

cred Second Class Matter Bisbee Arizona
 let March A. 1872.
Bisbee daily review., 1913-01-30
The Artistic Temperament

Maggie Jones studied music and
 learned how 10 sing. And she went in quite strong for the
 grand opera thing. When she visited homo her Feeep
 ton was grand, But her language the old folks could
 not understand; For she spoke with a strange, aImosi
 foreign accent. On account of her artistic tempers'
 ment. Henry Peek was the pride and the
 joy of his town. 'TiIl one day he ieaped into sudden
 renown When he drew a cartoon which cailej forth glad acclaim. And secured a half Nelson on old
 Mistress game. Then he quit work and hasn't q
 single red cent, On account Of his artistic tempera'
 ment. Katie Binks made gocd money type
 writing until Some .ose told her spe had a ane a. sf { ftistic skill; And she went in for nainting just
 three months ago. And she spent all her coin on fins
 studio. katie's just been ejectcd for miss
 ing the rent. On account of her artistic tempera ment.
Bisbee daily review., 1913-01-30

Mark Smith In the cloak room said
 How is it Mark, that Arizona Is nc; sending delegations to Washing ton for positions? Haven't you any man out there that want officer
 Well, senator" replied Mark, -our people of Arizona are too busy build ing highways. school houses, canals, etc, to waste time in such foolish ness. but my colleagues propose t. see to it that our state will be prop er!y represented in the democratic admiristrateion.
 The New York senator paid a nice compliment to the good sense and in telhgence of Arizona citizens who placed such implicit trust m then representatives. The democrats fl 10th branches of congress favor the prompt removal of all republican, of licials, no matter what the date or their commissions may be, and it is thought that President Wilson, while he is not in any sense radical, will listen to the advice of the representa- tive democrats Of the country. The Arizona Federal judgeship is still in the air. The friends of Judge Sloan have given up all hope of confirming him. but are working to have the president give him another position that would take him from the state How this will work ont Is problemat ical as yet
 The Review gives the above for the purpose of pointing out the dry humor of Senator Mark smith who, when he left Arizona for Washington was compelled to purchase an extra trunk into which ne packed several thoE- sand lottery and notifications of appll- cations for positions at the political pie counter. Besides the applications there were other thouands of letters Of endorsements.
 No sHe ih Arizona believes that there will be any scarcity of aDpli- eants for federal offices. In fact they are as numerous almost as grass hopPers during plague year in the state of Kansas. And no one knows this better than our senator II is aIl right to string" Senator Ottoman with a line Of talk about our people being busy with building roads ant school houses. brt the number seek ing ofiee amount to stunning figure
Bisbee daily review., 1913-01-30
soUAN0ERiNo STATES MONEY
CTucsoa Star)

tTucsOH Star.)
 One thing that Governor Hunt did Eot mention in his call for an extrs session: He fail1d Co ask that the leg islatUre consider appropriations icT building at San Diego and San Fran cisco. This is taken 70 mean that the governor does not want the Iesisia- ture to squander the states money in erecting buildings at the Pacific ooasl exposition. But the lob5yista will b. on hand In Phoenix asking the mem ters of the legislature to make appro PriariOns for the buildings or at ieasl iutroduse measures providing for such apgropriatioHs
Bisbee daily review., 1913-01-30
4 Nsu chanpaane PerII

This country is facing another cri- sis. This awful news has just leaked out. via New Yerk. that on account Of the shortage of the grape erof shis year there Is going to be cham pagne famine. Many families wiB be caught without a drop Of champagne in the house. Thus it is that the se riousness of the crisis msuifests. t. self
 It is the lIrst time this has hap
Bisbee daily review., 1913-01-30

nnforsunate that the progress of gen uine reforms should be hampered by the idiotie performances Of would be statesmen whose brains and bowels suffered transpoaition during the pre- natal period and whose sense Of de cency and honor got lost in the schuhlC.
Bisbee daily review., 1913-01-30
COVE RIM ENT OWNER SHIP.

The following from the Boston Commercial is worthy Of careful con sideration in connection with the question of government ownership in this country:
 The tendency Of the present re- form movement is so strongly in the direction of ultimate state and muni- ciral ownership and operation that those enterprises now conducted by dlaerent branches Of the government should be investigated and their prof i;s and losses, benhts and detriments. thrown into comparison with those ot similar business privately owned and operated
 For example, the post cffice service. oi the United States pays operating expenses for one year and in other years reports deficits running up into
  many millions; but even these deficits Go not include numerous important items of cost that necessarily must bc met by private business.
 Goyernment-owned enterprises pay no taxes aud taxpayers in general have to make up by increased pay ments the money which the govern ment thus fails to get
 If the parcels post is to be com pared with express companies, for in stance, consideration properly mus. be given to the fact that the govern ment now has a large income from the express companies through. the medium of taxes. wEiie every post oG dce building and equipment of tho the postal department are tax free
 The governments expense of erect ing buildings and maintaining them for the use of the post office depart rent has never been figured as a par ot the cost of conducting the postal business, notwithstanding borrowed money is used for this purpose and tho sgvernment pays interest on T continuously.
 Government ownership of railroads ;.1turaIly would exempt the lines, ter tniaaIs, office buildings. etc. from tax atioa. Unless they were handled much more efficiently than the gov oTameHt has ever handled anything else. this would immensely increase ii.e hrrden of taxation on all other enterprises and property
 ha sample of the governments rrogressigeness it may be mentioned that the United States courts are stil. compeasating witnesses precisely as they did in stage coach days, tbe wit ness receiving five cents per mile go ing and coming and only s1.5o day for his time. The government has not yet discovered the fact that trans }rortation rates have declined in the last 5o years. or that wages and sal aries have advanced.
 Our attention has recently been called to the fact that a professional man doing business in the far west vas summoned to New York to testify in the United States court He was kept in that city for three Nor four weeks before being called to the stand. during which period he was forced to neglect his business. prob ably worth s5oso to sio,ooo year to him. and the government paid him only s15o a day.
 Concerning Municipal Ownership Nsw fYork weekly magaz;ne. states tAae in F'rankforton-Main, Germany. a municipality that is pointed to with pride by advocates of state socialism, the most notable profits earned in 1911 were by the lighting plants, the amount being s7ss97e but nothing