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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-23

ate and House OF Representatives oi
the Commonwealth OF Pennsylvania II
General Assembly met, That the fol.
lowing amendment to the Constitution
OF the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
be, and the same is hereby, proposed
in accordance with the eighteenth ar
ticle thereof
Amend section twenty-one. article
| three of the Constitution or the Com
monwealth OF Pennsylvania. which
reads as follows:
NO 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
Tor injuries to persons or property, or
for other causes different from those
actions against natural persons, and
such acts now existing are avoided. !"
SO rbs fnat cnnshal It shall read as follows:
laws requiring the payment of empiovS
ers, or employers and employees ioint.
~, or reasonable compensation for in
Juries to employees arising In the course
of their employment, and for occns
pational diseases of employees, whether
or not such Injuries or diseases result
In death, and regardless of fault of en-
ployer or employe, and fixing the basis
or ascertatnment of such compensa-
ton and the maximum and minimum
limits thereof. and providing special or
general remedies for the coIlection
thereof; but In no other cases shall
the General Assembly limit the amount
to be recovered for injuries resultinp
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
shaii prescribe any limitations OF time
against corporations for injuries to per-
sons or property, or for other causes
different from those fixed bv general
laws regulating actions against ma
tural persons. and sdcn acts now exist
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-23

! uation, may be authorized by law tc
increase the same three per centum, in
the aggregate, at any one time. unor
such valuation, except that any debt
or debts hereinafter incurred hv tbs
city and county of Philadelphia for the
Gonstr9erion l:t 9c ana development of sub
construction of wharves and docks nr
the reclamation of land to be used IN
the construction of a system of wharves
owned or to be owned by said CITY ana
county Of Philadelphia, and which aha n
yield to the city and county OF Phiia :
delphla current net revenues in excess
of the interest on said debt or dsbts
and the annual instalments necesas r.,
for the cancellation of said debt or
debts, may be excluded in ascerta ainfne {,
the power of the city and countV 1rnins ns =
philadelphia to become otherwise In
dehted: Provided, Tbai a sinking fund
LOT thelr cancellation shall be estab-
read as follows:-
Section s., The debt of any county.
city. borough. township. school district,
district, except as herein provided, shall
never exceed seven per centum unon
the assessed value of the taxable prop
erty therein, nor shall any such min
nicipality or district incur snv new
debt, or increase its Indebtedness 10 an
amount exceeding two per centufn upon
without the consent OF the eIactogy.:
thereof at a public election in such
manner as shall be provided by law.
but any city. the debt of which on The
first day of January. one thousand
elsht hundred and seventy-four, ex
ceeded seven per centum of such as
sessed valuation, and has not since been
reduced to less than such per centnm
may be authorized by law to increass
the same three per centum in the ae
gregate, at any one time. upon such
valuation. The city of Phiiadelphfa-
upon the conditions hereinafter sef
forth, may increase its Indebtedness To
the extent of three per centum in excess
OF seven per centum upon such as
sessed valuation for the specific pur-
following purposes. 10 wit: For the
construction and Improvement of sub
ways tunnels, railways. elevated rail-
ways, and other transit facilities: for
the construction and Improvement of
wharVeS and docks and for the re-
clamation OF land to be used in the
construction OF wharves and docks,
owned or to be owned by said city'
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-23

Such increase, however. shall only b.
made with the assent of the electors
thereof at public election, to be held
in such manner as shall be provided
by law. In ascertaining the borrowing
capacity of. said city OF hiladelphia, at
any time, there shall be excluded from
the calculation credit, where the work
resulting from any previous expendi-
specific purposes hereinabove enumer-
ated shall be yielding to said city an
annual current net revenue: the amount
of which credit shall be ascertained by
capitaliZing the annual net revenue
during the year Immediately preceding
the time of such ascertainment Such
capita lization shall be accomplished by
ascertaining the principal amount
which would yield such annual cur
rent net revenue. at the average rate
OF interest. and sinking-fund charges
red by said city for such purposes, up
to the time of such ascertainnent. The
method OF determining sucn amount so
10 be excluded or allowed as a credit
sembly.
In incurring Indebtedness, for any
one, or more of said purposes of con-
the city of Philadelphia may issue its
obligations maturing not later than
nfty years from the date thereof. with
to retire said obligation at maturity,
the payments to such sinking-fund to
be in equal or graded annual install
ments Such obligations may be in an
amount sufficient to provide for and
may include the amount of the interest
and sinking-fund charges accruing and
which may accrue thereon throughout
the period Of construction and until
the expiration of one year after the
completion of the work for which said
Indebtedness shall have been incurred;
and said city shall not be required to
levy tax to pay said interest and
charges. as required by
section ten OF article nine of the Con-
stitution of Pennsylvania, until the ex-
piration OF said period of one year after
the completion of such work.
true copy of Joint Resolution No. q
CYRUS E. WOODS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Three.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing an amendment to section
twenty-one of article three Of the
Constitution of Pennsylvania
Section /. Be 1t resolved by the Sem
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-23

citizen Of the United States at least
one month.
Second. He or she shall have re-
sided In the State one year Cor, having
previously been a qualified elector or
native born citizen of the State, he or
she shall have removed therefrom and
returned, then six months) Immediate
ly preceding the election.
Third. He or she shall have resided
IN the electton district where he or she
snail oner to vote at least TWO months
lmmediItslE preceding the election,
rnurrl. If twenty-five years of age
and upwards, he or she shall have paid
withil two years a State or county tax,
which shall have been assessed at least
two months and paid at east one month
before the election.
Fifth. Wherever the words "he,"
mis-. him., and himself" occur in
any section of article VII OF this Con-
stitution the same shall be construed
as II written, respectively. "he or she."
self or herself"
A true copy OF Joint Resolution No. l.
CYRUS F. WOODS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-23
Election Proclamation

NOTICE of an election to be held
November 2. 1915. to decide whether or
not the indebtedness of the City of
Harrisburg shall be increased.
Notice is hereby given that an cleo
tion will be held. at the time and
places for holding the General Eiec-
ton in the City of Harrisburg. on Tues
day. the second day of November, 1915,
O'clock a. m. ne and sever seven o'clock p. oeTgm mi,
for the purpose of obtaining the assent
of the electors to a proposed increase
burg.
The amount of the last assessed vaIu-
alton of taxable property in the City
hundred and thlrty-six thousand, seven
hundred and fifty-four dollars ESQ.,
336.75D.
The amount of the existing debt of
the City of Harrisburg is one. million.
nine hundred and thirty-one thousand.
seven hundred and ineteen dollars and
dfty seven cents ($1,931.719.5O
of Indebtedness of the City of Harris
burg is three hundred and sixty thous-
and dollars ($360,0O0).
The percentage of the proposed in
crease of Indebtedness of the Citv ~
Harrisburg is .0071319 (plus) per cent
The purposes for which the Indebted
ness aforesaid is to be increased are
For. the construction of a bridge.
with the necessary approaches there
to, on the line of Walnut street, from
of the right of way OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company to a point at on.
about the intersection of Twelfth and
Walnut streets, and the Consequential
damages resulting therefrom." three
hundred thousand dollars $500, oO0j.
For the purpose of equippinR the
fire department with motor driven an
paratus and remode1ing fire houses to
accommodate the same" sixty tbo,isS
and dollars (S60.000).
JOHN K. ROYAL.
Mayor of the City OF Harrisburg.
SeaD
Attest:
CIIAs. A. MILLER, City Clerk.
Harrisburg, Pa. October /, 1915.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-23

p RoPosED. AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED To
THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMON
WEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR
REJECTION. BY THE GENERAL AS
SEMBLl OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Ed BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY
OF THE COMMONWEALTH IN PUR-
SUANGE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE
Number One.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment TO section
one, article eight of the Constitution
Be it resolved by the Senate and
House OF representatives of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General
amendment to the Constitution of Penn
sylvania be. and the same is hereby.
proposed. in accordance with the
eighteenth article thereof
That section one of article eight
which reads as follows:
Section l. Every male citizen
the following Qualifications. pGiSsiS'fe shall be
entitled to vote at all elections, sub
ject, however, to such laws requiring
and regulating the registration Of
enact:
First. He shall have been a citizen
Of the United States at least one
second. He shall have resided in
the State one year Cor. having previous
ly been a qualified elector or native
born citizen of the State. he shall have
removed therefrom and returned, 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 immediately
preceding the election.
Fourth. II twenty-five years OF age
and upwards, he shall have paid within
two years a State or county tax, which
shall have been assessed at least two
months and paid at least one month be-
fore the election" be amended so that
the same shall read as follows:
Section l. Every citizen, male or fe-
male, OF twenty -one years of age, Dos
sessing the following qualifications,
shall be entitled to vote at all elections.
subject, however, to such laws requir-
ing and regulating the registration of
enact:
First. He or she shall have oeen
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-23
Number Two.
A JOINT RESOLUTION


Proposing an amendment to section
eight OF article nine of the Constf-
tuition of Pennsylvania
Section !. Be 1t resolved by the Sem
ate and House of Representatives of
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania in
General Assembly met, That the fol-
lowing is proposed as an amendment to
the Constitution OF the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, in accordance with the
provisions of the eighteenth 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 district
or other municipality or incorpora ted
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 district incur anv new
debt, or increase its indebtedness to an
amount exceeding two per centum upon
such assessed valuation of property,
without the assent of the electors there
of at a public election in such rnannsr
as shall be provided by law: hut anv
city, the debt OF which now excseds
seven per centum of such assessed val
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-23
ing are avoided,
A true copy of Joint Resolution No.
CYRUS e. WOODS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Four,

Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Four.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Con-
stitution of this Commonwealth in
accordance with provisions of the
eighteenth GXVIID article thereof.
ate and House. of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gem
eral Assembly met, and 1T is hereby en-
acted by the authority OF the same.
amendment to the Constitution of the
Commonwealth OF Pennsylvania, in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the
eighteenth CXSMNiEiID CSMEInnt5ST aTtie1e thereof
Laws may be passed providing for a
system of registering, transferring, in
suring and guaranteeing land titles by
and for settling and determining ad-
verse or other claims to and interest in
lands the titles of which are SO regis
anteed; and for the creation and collec.
tion of indemnity funds; and for carry.
ing the system and powers hereby pro-
vided for into effect, by such existing
Legislature, and by the establishment
OF such new courts as may be deemed
necessary. In matters arising in and
judicial powers. with right of appeal.
may be conferred by the Legislature
upon county recorders and upon other
officers by it. designated. Such laws
may provide for continuing the regis
tering, transferring, insuring, and
guaranteeing such titles after the first
or original registration has been per-
be made for raising the necessary funds
for expenses and salaries OF officers.
which shall be paid out of the treasury
of the several counties.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 1.
CYRUS E. WOODS
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-23

NOTICE - Letters of administration
on the estate of Martha E. Fox. late of
Harris burg, Dauphin county Pa, de-
ceased. having been granted TO the un-
dersigned residing in Harrisburg. All
persons indebted TO said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment.
and those having claims will present
them for settlement.
w. STUART FOX,
DAISY L. STRAUSNER
Administrator.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-23

Number Three.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing an amendment to section
twenty-one of article three of the
Constitution Of Pennsylvania
Section /. Be 1t resolved by the Sem
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-30
REGULATING TRAFFIC FOR SAFETY

HERE IS A strong tendency wildly denounce
y automobile drivers. The automobile is It is
swift and powerful and requires greater degree of 1t
unpopuar because creates It
that the the demand for
the streets should be directed against automobiles.
But It would be mistake neglect to dwell also the
duty of pedestrians take themselves. It determined
that the streets and ito be given to swift
propelled These and vehicles
All be held to the rules of the road But while the
rules of the road being carefully and strictly obeyed
toobe drivers accidents to
vehicles, pedestrian steps directly
denly front of automobile
into the right of way Of an automobile esA
The London Board Trade has
London Traffic. with safety
life and limb, and the better movement of the traffic
with respect the devoving upon
pedestrians expressed follows:
Of the years
aeeEnso herei is no doubt tn
avera he to be.
be traffic rules, and they
every
be safety Violations Of the traffic rules must
punished and careless reckless driving ought be
especially the of habual offenders
this accomplished there viii continue a
contributes
quota of wyatchfuIness and obedience to rules
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-30
GEN. WILLCoCKS

General Sir James Willcocks, who
commanded the native army from In
dia in France until a few weeks ago,
when he resigned that post because
which arose between him and Field
Marshal French, is fifty eight years
old and has had a most romantic
career. His adventures began when
he was only q few weeks old. for he
was born in Delhi shortly before the
great native mutiny OF 1857, and he
and his mother had many narrow es-
an army officer. and he was destin4
ed for like career, but for q time
it seemed that he would never attain
the goal When a mere lad he left
home without notice and was engag-
ed as a cabin boy on a tramp steam
er. When he returned to his home
he continued his education, but it
didn't sttake' sufficiently to permit
him to gain a commission in the army,
and he again became a wanderer of
the seas, serving before the. mast on
tramp steamers. At twenty-one he
ret urned to England and had another
try at an army com mission. He ex-
perience as a sailor seemed to have
been effective, for he passed the ex-
anination on, and in 1884 was duly com
mi ssioned a lieutenant of the Lem
ster regiment. Previous to that he
had served in the Afghan campaign
and the Waziri expedition, and had
marched with Lord Roberts from
Cabul to Kandahar. Since then he
has taken part in dozens of England's
little wars in India and Africa and,
between fights has gained a reputa-
tion as one of the most daring of
big game hunters. He has received
medals by the dozen. as well as the
freedom Of the city of London, a
r1f 1ananx- and other evidences
of appreciation of his gallantry and
soldierIy ability. His long experi-
ence in India and his great knowI
edge of the native character made
him the ideal leader of the Indian
army corps, and his resignation of
rnat command following supposed
quarrel with Sir John French add
ed to the public c1amor against the
Field Marshal, and probably fastened
the Iatter's retirement from the
chief command of the British army
in France.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-30
BOMB EXPL- ODES
ON LINER; FIRE
RACES FOR DAYS

New York, Dec 3o-The steamer
Banlxdale arrived this morning from
Bordeaux after a most tempestuo Gus
passage in which the cattle fittings
and rails were carried away and boats
lifted from their fastenings. On the
outward passage to Bordeaux on Nov.
10. while $50 miles from that point,
a bomb exploded in No. 6 hatch. The
explosion was distinctly felt through
out the steamer. The cargo, which
consisted of cotton, was set on fire
and ragged until reaching port. when
it was finally subdued.
All the cotton in the No. com-.
partment, consisting of 200 bales was
destroyed.
Cable dispatches received here ON
Nov. &c from Bordeaux stated that
the Bankdale had arrived there with q
fire in her hold and that an inquiry
was being instituted. No mention was
made in the cable dispatches of a
bomb explosion on board.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-30
Kipling, at Half
Century Mark, Mourns
Son Among the Missing

Rudyard Kipling. poet and novel
list and preacher of militant patrio-
tism, will attain the half century
mark in Hfes journey today, having
been born in Bombay on Dec. 80, 1866.
The famous authors only son. John
k1pHng, aged eighteen, was report
ed wounded and missing in the north
of France last October. The miss
ing soldier boy was half-American,
for his mother came from this side
of the Atlantic, and the inimitabIe
"Just So Stories" of Mr.. Kipling,
which nave been read with delight
by innurnerable youngsters in Eng
land and America, were written first
for the private dedication of little
John.
Although it has become the fashion
to say that Mr.. Kipling has shot his
literary bolt. and has become a burn
ed-out fire, there is much of the old
KIpling that the whole English
speaking world knew, and loved, and
Quoted, in his recent war contribu-
tons to English Journals. The ring
ing note of patri otis4ns and the clar-
ion call of Imperialism, sounded so
frequently in his earlier works, are
again heard in these. days when he
appeals to Eng1ishmen to- stay the
rush of organized barbarism," or be
content to see their country ga Ger
man province" Within recent
months Mr.. Kiplfng has paid several
visits to the front. and has describ-.
ed in Kiplingesque English the dread
things he saw and heard along the
frontier Of civilization While Mr.
Kipling, in the capacity Of bard, does
not WELD "a pen SO facile as of yore,-
there is much of the old Prom othean
fire in his recent poem entitled
France of which the following lines
are three of sixty one:
S sstrictest judge of her own worth,
gentlest of mans kind;
First to follow truth, and last to leave
old truths behind
France, beloved of every soul that
loves its fellow-kindI,'
MrA Kip1ing has been in the lit-
efary slime1ight for nearly thirty.
years, as he was only twenty when
he published his Departmental Dit
ties.'' soon followed by plain Tales
from the Hills
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-30
ENGLISH GENERALS
SHORT ON FRENCH
IN PARIS COUNCIL

Berlin, Dec. 3o-English shortcom-
ings in the matter of linguistic ability
are the subject OF an amusing edi-
toriaI in the Frankfurter Zeitung. In
Flanders. it says. .'the English gem
eral staff and the English command
ing officers have as little knowledge
OF French as the French generals
have of English y 1t adds:
Sat a recent conference of Allied
Ministers in. Paris, this barrier of Ian-
guage caused the greatest difficulty
The dictionary played the chief part
in the conference, since the four Eng
lish ministers who went to Paris
Asquith, L1oyd-George, Balfour and
Grey-onIy the first is in position
to speak a few French words in a
hardly Ineligible English accent. Mr..
LIoyd-George's ignorance of French is
natural and pardonab1e. Mr. Balfour
can manage at need to read some
French without being able to utter
a single French word intelligibly, Sir
Edward Grey is much too proud to
learn any other language than his
own. So in all the diplomatic bust
ness betw cen Paris and London the
Anglo French dictionary plays the
leading role"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-30
VICTORY FOR FREE
THOUGHT IN ENGLAND

London. Dec. so-A victory for lib
erty OF thought was achieved when
the Stafford Council by a three to one
majority refused to countenance an
attack made on a teacher in the tech
meal school, named Hudson It was
held that the teachers private views
did not in the least interfere with the
efficient discharge OF his duties even
if his views, as an extreme pacificist,
were unpopular.
IF he were a lat-earther,'' com
ments the Manchester Guardian, 1--WE
could understand people wanting to
get him out of q secondary school,
for that heresy might infect the quail
ity of his scientific teaching; we can
rot see, however, why his views on
consumption should, or for that mat
ter how they could
1T was not charged that Mr. Hud-
sen preached against CONSUMPTION be-
fore his pupils. Hudson also denied
that he had conducted any propa-
ganda against recruiting. His own
opinions were based on religious and
conscientious grounds.