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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1914-09-02
Number Three.
A JOINT RESOLUTION

A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section
'twenty-one of article three Of the
Constitution of Pennsylvania.
Section l. Be it resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth or Pennsylvania
in General Assembly met, That the
following amendment to the Constitu-
tion of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania be, andsthe same is hereby,
proposed, in accordance with the
eighteenth article thereof
Amend section twenty-one, article
three of the Constitution Of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, which
reads as follows:
mo act of the General Assembly
shall limit the amount to be recovered
for injuries resulting in death, or for
injuries to persons or property and
in case Of death from such injuries,
the right Of action shall survive, and
the General Assembly shall prescribe
for whose benefit such actions shall
be prosecuted. No act shall prescribe
any limitations Of time within which
suits may be brought against corpora.
tions for injuries to persons or prop
erty, or for other causes different
from those fixed by general laws reg
ulating actions against natural per.
sons, and such acts now existing are
avoided" so that 1t shall read as
follows:
The General Assembly may enact
laws requiring the payment by en-
ployers, or employers and employees
jointly, Of reasonable compensation
for injuries to employees arising in
the course of their employment, and
for occupational diseases of employees,
whether or not such injuries or dis.
eases result in death, and regardless
of fault Of employer or employee, and
fixing the basis Of ascertainment of
such compensation and the maximum
and minimum limits thereof, and pro.
viding special or general remedies for
the collection thereof; but in no other
cases shall the General Assembly limit
the amount to be recovered for in
juries resulting in death, or for in
juries to persons or property, and In
case of death from such injuries, the
right of action shall survive, and the
General Assembly shall prescribe for
whose benefit such actions shall be
prosecuted. No act shall prescribe any
limitations of time within which suits
may be brought against corporations
for injuries to persons or property,
or for other causes, different from
those fixed by general laws regulating
actions against natural persons, and
such acts now existing are avoided.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 3.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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BRITISH FLEET
BEATS GERMAN
Sink Eleven KalSeT'S WarshIpS
OF HGIigOIand
NO BRITISH VESSEL is LOST

Nine Hundred Germans Lost-Britlsh
Lose Twenty-Five Killed and Thir.
ty-Eisht Wounded in Engagement.
The British admiralty in an official
statement says that of 1900 men com.
posing the crews Of the eleven Ger
man warships sunk in sea fight of
the German naval base at Heligoland
only $50 were saved.
Twenty-nine killed and thirty-eight
wounded was the price in men paid
by the British.
Stories of the battle say It was per
feet in execution as we'll as in plan.
The British destroyers lured the Ger.
mans to the open sea where other de.
stroyers were spread out in fan shape.
According to the announcement no
British ship was lost in the battle and
the British loss of life was not heavy.
Heligoland commands the mouth of
the Elbe river and is in a position OF
great Importance in the North sea.
The war Office declined to divulge
the names of the British ships en-.
gagged, but said that no British ship was
lost in the engagement and that there
was little loss of life on the English
side. The names of the German craft
sunk and what became of the crews
is withheld.
The British squadron was command
ed by Rear Admiral David Beatty, who
married in 1910, Miss Ethel Field,
daughter of the late Marshall Field of
Chicago.
The people of London are the more
joyful over the news of the victory
because of an announcement of tie
admiralty that all the British ships
involved returned from the engage
ment safely.
The British torpedo beat destroyer
Welland has engaged and sunk the
German torpedo boat destroyer. S 80,
near Chefoo, China.
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse has
been sunk off the west coast of Africa
by the British cruiser Highnyer.
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KAISER'S ARMY
is PRESSING ON
Aiming TO Reach Gateway to
Valley Of the OiSe
FATE OF CAPITAL YET IN DOUBT

Allies Claim to Be Holding Most Of
Their Line But Admit Retirement at
La Fere-French FierceIy Attack
Germans Along Meuse River, Hoping
to Compel Reinforcement Of Ger
man Army There.
London, Sept. 1.-The allies hurled
back IN defeat one of the huge tent
acles that the kaiser has been reach
ing toward Paris from the north Of
France. General Pau, the one-armed
hero of the Franco-Prussian war, de-
feated part of the German army that
within a week has driven the allies
from Valenciennes to Cambria, from
Cambria to the banks of the Somme
river.
dispatches report that the allies
scored a brilliant victory near Pc
rOnne, on the Somme, and drove back
for the first time since its entry into
France one of the three huge invad'
lng columns of Germans.
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Number Five.

Number Five.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Con-
stitption of this Commonwealth in
accordance with provisions of the
eighteenth (XVIID article thereof.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
In General Assembly met, and it is
hereby enacted by the authority OF
the same, That the following is pro-
posed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the Commonwealth Of
Pennsylvania, in accordance with the
provisions of the eighteenth (XVIID
article thereof
AMENDMENT.
Laws may be passed providing for
a system of registering, transferring,
lnsuring Of and guaranteeing land
titles by the State, or by the counties
thereof, and for settling and determin-
ing adverse or other claims to and in
terests in lands the titles to which
are so registered, transferred, insured,
and guaranteed; and for the creation
and collection Of indemnity funds;
and for carrying the system and
powers hereby provided for into effect
by such existing courts as may be
designated by the Legislature, and by
the establishment Of such new courts
as may be deemed necessary. In mat
ters arising in and under the opera
ton Of such system, judicial powers,
with right Of appeal, may be confer
red by the Legislature upon county
recorders and upon other officers by
1t designated. Such laws may provide
for continuing the registering, trans
ferring, insuring, and guaranteeing
such titles after the first or original
registration has been perfected by the
court, and provision may be made for
raising the necessary funds for eX-
penses and salaries of officers, which
shall be paid out of the treasury of
the several counties.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. g.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary Of the Commonwealth.
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Number Two.
A JOINT RESOLUTION

A JOlNI hEOOLU llON
Proposing an amendment to section
eight of article nine of the Constitu-
ton of Pennsylvania.
Section l. Be it resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
in General Assembly met, That the
following is proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania in accord
ance with the provisions of the eigh-
teenth article thereof
Amend section eight, article nine Of
the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, which reads as fol-
lows:
"Section 8. The debt of any county,
city, borough, township, school dis
trict, or other municipality or incor-
porated district, except as herein pro-
vided, shall never exceed seven per
centum upon the assessed value OF
the taxable property therein, nor shall
any such municipality or district incur
any new debt, or increase its indebt-
edness to an amount exceeding two
per centum upon such assessed valua-
tion of property, without 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 exceeds seven per
centum of such assessed valuation,
may be authorized by law to increase
the same three per centum, in the az
gregate, at any one time, upon such
valuation, except that any debt or
debts hereinafter incurred by the city
and county of Philadelphia for the
construction and development of sub
ways for transit purposes, or for the
construction of wharves and docks, or
the reclamation of land to be used in
the construction of a system of
wharves and docks, as public improve
ments, owned or to be owned by said
city and county of Philadelphia, and
which shall yield to the city and coun-
ty of Philadelphia current net reve-
nues in excess of the interest on said
debt or debts, and of the annual in
stallments necessary for the cancella.
ton of said debt or debts, may be
excluded in ascertaining the power of
the city and county Of Philadelphia
to become otherwise indebted: Pro
vided, That sinking-fund for their
cancellation shall be established and
maintained" so that it shall read as
follows:-
Section s. The debt of any county
city, borough, township, school dis
trict or other municipality or incor.
porated district, except as herein pro
vided, shall never exceed seven per
centum upon the assessed value OF
the taxable property therein, nor shall
any such municipality or district in.
cur any new debt, or increase its in
debtedness to an amount exceeding
two per centum upon such assessed
valuation of property, without the con.
sent of the electors thereof at a public
election in such manner as shall be
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tion or lease Of wharves, docks, sheds,
and warehouses, and other buildings
and facilities, necessary for the estab-
lishment and maintenance of railroad
and shipping terminals along the said
rivers; and the dredging of the said
rivers and docks: Provided, That the
said city and county shall, at or be-
fore the time of so doing, provide for
the collection of an annual tax suffi-
Client to pay the interest thereon, and
also the principal thereof within fifty
years from the incurring thereof.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 8.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Number Four.

A JUINT RESULUTTUN
Proposing an amendment to the Con-
stitution of Pennsylvania abolishing
the office of Secretary Of Internal
Affairs.
Be 1t resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in
General Assembly met, That article
four of the Constitution of Pennsylva-
mia shall be amended by adding there
to section twenty-three, which shall
read as follows:-
The office of Secretary of Internal
Affairs be, and the same is hereby,
abolished; and the powers and duties
now vested in, or appertaining or be-
longing to, that branch Of the execu-
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tive department, office, or officer, shall
be transferred to such other depart
ments, Offices, or officers of the State,
now or hereafter created, as may be
directed by law.
A true copy Of Joint Resolution No. A..
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1914-09-02
Number One.
A JOINT RESOLUTION

A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section
one, article eight of the Constitu-
tion of Pennsylvania.
Be 1t resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General
Assembly met, That the following
amendment to the Constitution of
Pennsylvania be, and the same is
hereby, proposed, in accordance witt
the eighteenth article thereof
That section one of article eight,
which reads as follows:
Section /. Every male citizen
twenty-one years of age, possessing
the following qualifications, shall be
entitled to vote at all elections, sub
ject, however, to such laws requiring
and regulating the registration of
electors as the General Assembly may
enact:
FIRST. He shall have been citizen
Of the United States at least one
month.
Second. He shall have resided in
the State one year (or, having pre-.
viously been a qualified elector or
native-born citizen of the State, he
shall have removed therefrom and re-
turned, then six months) Immediately
preceding the election.
Third. He shall have resided in
the election district where he shall
offer to vote at least two months i'm.
mediately preceding the election.
Fourth. If twenty-five years of age
and upwards, he shall have paid
within two years State or county
tax, which shall have been assessed at
least two months and paid at least
one month before the election" be
amended so that the same shall read
as follows:
Section l. Every citizen, male or
female, of twenty-one years of age,
possessing the following qualifications,
shall be entitled to vote at all cleo
tions, subject, however, to such laws
requiring and regulating the registra-
tion of electors as the General AS
sembly may enact:
First. He or she shall have been a
citizen of the United States at least
one month.
Second He or she shall have re-
sided in the State one year (or, hav-
ing previously been a qualified elector
or native-born citizen of the State,
he or she shall have removed there
from, and returned, then six months)
Immediately preceding the election.
Third. He or she shall have re-
sided in the election district where he
or she shall offer to vote at least two
months Immediately preceding the
election.
Fourth. If twenty-five years of age
and upwards, he or she shall have
paid within two years State or
county tax, which shall have been
assessed at least two months and
paid at least one month before the
election.
Fifth. Wherever the words "he, y
"his," him." and himself" occur in
any section of article VIII of this Con-
stitution the same shall be construed
as If written, respectively, "he or she, .
'his or her." him or her" and "him-
self or herself"
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. l.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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Paris Is preparing for q siege. All
pretense of hiding these preparations
were abandoned following the an.
nouncements that the Germans have
taken the French towns of Lille, Rou.
baix ana Velenciennes.
French forces concentrated for de-
fenses between Verdun, first class
fortress, and Sedan, numbering 1,000-
900 men, equipped with the most
powerful artillery ever made.
Austrian reservists are massed on
the border of Italy and are en-.
trenched in camps which have been
| formed In the Tyrol, where the fortiii.
cations have been strengthened with
feverish haste.
A French army aviator and his
| pilot, whose names are suppressed
under the ale of the minister Of war,
were killed in the fall of their ma
chine at Juvisy.
The Dutch chamber has passed
credit of $2,OOO,OO0 for the purpose of
maintaining neutrality.
Significant of the differences be-
tween offensive and defensive tactics
was a statement by the war Office
that the German losses to date are
estimated at three times those Of the
allies. And the latter are admittedly
staggering"
Sixteen-year-old Gordon Belts, prl.
vate in the Fifth Royal Highlanders,
was shot in the eye and killed by an
unseen assallant while on sentry duty
at the canal at Soulanges, near Mon.
treal, Can. Since the outbreak of the
war guard has been placed over all
canals in the dominion to prevent
their being injured by dynamite. Sol
diers at Soulanges, guarding the canal,
have been fired on repeatedly.
Dispatches from Nish declare that
there have been wholesale desertions
from the Austrian army. Prisoners
taken by the Servians say that in
some regiments 40 per cent of the re.
servists failed to appear.
The fierce nature of the fighting on
the France-Belgian frontier may be
estimated by the fact that ChaYieroi
was taken and retaken seven times.
Luneville, near the Alsatian border,
has been retaken for the third time
and 1t is believed it is again in the
hands of the French.
Several of Japan's largest warships
are bombarding the eastern defenses
of Tsingtau and owing to the fact tina
they carry heavier guns than those c,
the Germans they are inhicting daU
age without danger from the shore
artillery.
All captured German officers say 1t
is a horrible war and that the Ger.
man losses are enormous. Out Of two
regiments-the 18TH and 142d \.
fantry-only 60 men were left after
one engagement. All reports indicc C
the tremendous heaviness of the Gre
and say the murderous results have
been OF unprecedented proportions.
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MI A. CARRINGER,
INl. Attorney and Counsellor-at- Law.
Office over Forest County National
Bank Building, T1ONESTA, PA.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

IN f. RITCHEY,
l.. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Tionesta. Pa.
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DR. J. B. SIGGINS,
- Physician and Surgeon,
OIL CITY, PA.
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DROPoSED AMENDMENTS ATC

DROPOSED AMENDMENTS ITO
l. THE CONSTITUTION SUBMIT
TED TO THE CITIZENS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR AP-
PROVAL OR REJECTION, BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL-
VANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY ORDER
OF 1.-THE SECRETARY OF THE
COMMONWEALTH, IN PURSUANCE
OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CON
STITUTION.
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CJOTEL WEAVER,
II S. e. PIERCE, Proprietor.
Modern and up-to-date in all its ap-
pointments. Every convenience and
comfort provided for the travelling public.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1914-09-02

A French army aviator and his
pilot, whose names are suppressed
under the ale of the minister of war,
were killed in the fall of their ma.
chine at JuVisy.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1914-09-02

Significant of the differences be-
tween offensive and defensive tactics
was a statement by the war office
that the German losses to date are
estimated at three times those Of the
allies. And the latter are admittedly
Staggering"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1914-09-02

The Dutch chamber has passed a
credit of $2,OOO,OOO for the purpose of
maintaining neutrality.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1914-09-02

Austrian reservists are massed on
the border of Italy and are en-.
trenched in camps which have been
formed in the Tyrol, where the fortif-
cations have been strengthened with
feverish haste.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1914-09-02

Several of Japan's largest warships
are bombarding the eastern defenses
of Tsingtau and owing to the fact tina
they carry heavier guns than those c
the Germans they are inilicting dar
age without danger from the shore
artillery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1914-09-02

The fierce nature of the fighting on
the France-Belgian frontier may be
estimated by the fact that ChaYleroi
was taken and retaken seven times.
Luneville, near the Alsatian border,
has been retaken for the third time
and 1t is believed it is again in the
hands of the French.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1914-09-02

French forces concentrated for de-
fenses between Verdun, first class
fortress, and Sedan, numbering 1,O00,-
600 men, equipped with the most
powerful artillery ever made.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1914-09-02

Dispatches from Nish declare that
there have been wholesale desertions
from the Austrian army. Prisoners
taken by the Servians say that in
some regiments 40 per cent of the re.
servists failed to appear.
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WAR PARAGRAPHS

Paris is preparing for siege. All
pretense of hiding these preparations
were abandoned following the an.
nouncements that the Germans have
taken the French towns of Lille, Rou.
baix ana Velenciennes.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-09-23
DESCRIPTION Of SINKING
Of BRITISH CRUISER
HpNpITAI.S CROWDED WITH RES
ClD From TIL. iII.-l iILD
VESSELS.
sailors Say They Must Have Destroy
cd Two If the German Suhma-
rines While Making The
Attack.
BY the Associated Press.

IIoNich. England, Sept. elm
proyised hospitals here are crowded
with sailors rescued from the three
British cruisers which were sunk
yesterday by German submarines.
The sailors Say they must have dos
troyed two Of the submarines One
nidshipman 40 larger than a gram
mar school boy said
"The cruisers we're out scouting
A mist partially obscured the view
Suddenly the Aboulir keeled over.
Then the HoRue seerued to be lllt-
Cd clear of the water and The ocean
was Immediately ftlled with naked
sailors as We had pulled Off QUE
clothes for swim The Greasy
sighted submarine and fired eyi-
IDENTIFY hitting the mark. The second
torpedo hit US and we sank -
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WILSON WILL
NOT ACCEPT DECL|NAT|0N
OF COLORADO FUEL co. TO HE
PLAN OF ENDING
STRIKE,
Threats to Withdraw Protection OF
Troops If Operators Fail 10 Nc
cept Truce Plan OF
fered
BY the United Press.

Washington, Sept, % President
Wilson this afternoon told the Colo
RADIO Gonard Fuel Co., that he could
not consent to accept their declina-
ton Of his threeyear truce plan for
ending the Colorado strike. Il Is
believed that the president threat
ened to withdraw the protection of
the federal troops il the operators
failed to accept his truce plan. \
substitute compromise was discussed
but its details We're kept secret.
1t is understood that the presi-
dent intimated the possibility of gov
eminent control OF the mines
1t was also stated that the presi-
dent would not bubble with the OPP
orators.
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SHELLS FILL dIR
Ry the United Press.

London Sept - -Ntae miles OF
trenches fuled with dead an1 wound
ed aecc found by the bHiush tro9ps
aner rhey turned tho German right
wing Tie British tro driving tie
Germans from st Quentin.
-Four hours before the British
eAaggad the German line British
artillery shelied the eueugs posi-
tor The range Was perfect. Shells
hurst ike deadly hail directly over
the heads OF the German troops jan-
med in TIE trenches waiting fof
orders to charge the British line
T,yIce the Germans charged but the
british fire wa 50 accurate and
deadly that tile Germans cra"led
back 10 the shelter Of their earth
works.
When the British finally charged
there was hardly a single German
unhurt In the line Thousands we're
dead The wounded and dead were
50 mixed up it was hard TO rescue
the wounded.