Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-07

Applications Tor release on parole with
endorsement of penitentiary inspec-
tors and the usual other business, are
listed. OF this number thirty are new
cases and the remainder continued
from the November session.
Several applications for commuta-
ton are also listed and there is a con-
tinued murder case.
The largest number of cases pre-
Viousiy listed was thirty four, which
was earlier this year. The large num-
Der is attributed to the approach of
Christmas. Many applications are
made in December.
To represent State.-Chief Engi-
need E. ID. Foster, George II. Biles en-
glneer of maintenance; j. Il. Gephart,
assistant engineer. and Thomas Kane
superintendent of asphalt construc-
ton, will represent the State High
way department at the American
Road Builders Congress in Chicago.
1t was Some Stunt.-The expense
account of the Palmer Mccormick
League of the First Congressional Dis
trict in Philadelphia, which was filed
to-day. shows that practically all of
the $l14 raised was spent for a DEM
onstration. The items include redfire,
band, a drump corps, horse hire,
transparencies and a hall.
Reading For Hearing.-Oficials of
the Public Service Commission went
to Philadelphia to-day to arrange for
the hearing of the complaints against
the proposed increase of railroad fare
which will be held Thursday.
Must Go Back. - Governor Tener
to-day approved an application for
return to Chicago of Thomas Milliken,
charged with robbery and arrested in
Philadelphia.
Complaints FiIed.-W. II. Enck, of
LititZ, Pa, lodged a complaint with
the Public Service Commission this
morning, alleging that the Philadel-
phia and Reading freight depot in the
borough of Lititz is inadequate to
properly accommodate the business
at that point. Formal complaint
against the proposed increased pas
senger fares was filed by the German
town and Chestnut Hill Improvement
Association against the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company. and informal pro-
tests were received from Girard Real
Estate and Improvement Company,
of Philadelphia, and Charles e. Pugh
of Norristown.
West Looming Up. - Interest in
farmers institutes in Western Penn
| sylvania this year is greater than ever
before and the fact is shown by the
| increased attendance" said A. L. Mar
| tin, director of Institutes in discussing
his recent trip to the western counties,
where he addressed the meetings. "I
attended meetings in Fayette county
regarding the attendance in Westmore-
| land and Somerset. The interest shown
| Is rivaling that shown in Lancaster
county, which has turned out the usual
| big crowds this year. If the weather
| is favorable, / am looking forward to
record-breaking year. The western
end of the state is pressing the east
| for interest in institutes"
Observing Storm. = Instructions to
make special observations upon the
rainfall which has been general over
the State for the last forty eight hours
and to report upon its effect upon
streams and upon the farmland have
been given to State agents, so that in
/ formation may be available this win
ter. The Bureau of Statistics has
been getting data regarding the effect
of the long dry spell upon the winter
wheat, of which larger acreage than
Hast year is in the ground, and the
State Water Supply Commission has
gone after information on the results
of the heavy fall on the streams which
are very low and partly frozen in
some localities. 1t is believed that the
rainfall will come at a time to be of
considerable value to water supplies
and to crops as we'll.
Preparing Exhibit.-Dr. Samuel G.
Dixon, State Commissioner of Health,
has completed the outline of the eX-
| hibit of the State Department of
| Health for the Panama-Pacific EXpo-
sition and it will show not only rep
licas of the sanatoria, but also give
Information of the manner in which
| the State is conducting its dispensary
work.
Locating Prescrves.-Deflnite steps
| TO locate other game preserves will
he taken shortly by officials of the
Game and Forestry Commissions and
| 1t is expected that early next year the
stringing of wires around the pre-
serves in the Loyalsock region, and at
the point where Lycoming, Clinton,
Potter and Tioga counties come to-
gether, will be taken. The Hunting.
don site will be surveyed soon. Two
other preserves are to be located.
State CharterS.-State charters have
been issued as follows: f. ]. Guard
Clay Products Company, Wilkes
Barre, capital 100000; Walter Davis
! Company, engineers. Philadelphia,
capital $4,000; Thomas Kern Lum-
ber Company, Slatington, capital
$10.000; Kuhn Catering Company.
| Pittsburgh, capital $4,000; The Kri-
| der Garage Company, Meadville, cap
ital $4,000; Leibendorfer Agency, in
lsurance, Ellwood City, capital SIS, 900;
Warren County Agricultural Associa-
tion, Warren, capital S27,50O; United
Furniture Manufacturing Company,
Port Allegheny, capital $4,000.