Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-21

terated. The reports received at the
Department of Agriculture to-day
showed that the worm was in large
numbers in northeastern counties
along the northern tier, where it had
not been very active. Erie reported
q bad visitation.
To-day a new pest was reported
from several Corn-growing counties, il
being the web worm which attacks
the interior of the st,i!:s. and is very
destructive. 1t is said by state officials
TO be hard to discover until it has
eaten the heart of a stalk. Remedies
Tor 1t are the same as for the army
worm.
Named tn Board.-PatriCk Gilday
of Wilkes Barre. was to-day appointed
member of the commission to sug-
gest amendments to the penal laws to
succeed Dennis \. Hayes. resigned.
LewiStown Complaint.-The Public
Service Commission to-day began its
second July session with a number of
complaints about rates and numerous
contracts to act upon. The Lewistown
citizens committee protested against
rates charged by the Penn Central
Electric Company.
Local Districts Paid.-Derry town
ship school district to-day received
S2.96S.16 as its share of the school
appropriation and Elizabethville ST.
269.4S.
State Charters.-The following State
charters have been issued: Fort Pitt
Stamping and Enameling Company.
Pittsburgh, capital $4,000: Montour
and Lake Erie Coal Company Pitts
burgh, capital s125.OOO; Peoples Trust
Company, Tamaqua, capital S125,OOO;
Aquitania Realty Company, Philadel-
phia, capital $1,000; Vulcan Coal Min
ing Company, Philadelphia, capital
$4,000; Ramsay Silk Company,
Avoca, capital $4,000.
Increases FfIed.-The following no.
tices of increase of stock and debt
have been filed at the Capitol: Kress
House Moving Company, Pittsburgh,
hsStock, $4,000 TO 10000; Boulevard
Realty Company, Philadelphia, debt.
$S50,000 Collingwood Hulsman Com
pany, Pittsburgh. stock. $4,000. to
$4,000, and Warner Coal and Coke
company, Pittsburgh, debt. SS00,0 600
Foust On the Job.-Eight arrests for
the sale of adulterated ice cream were
ordered in Allegheny county to-day
by Dairy and Food Commissioner
James Foust; Seven arrests for the
sale of pop" fixed up with saccharin
were ordered in Philadelphia.
Board TO Meet.-The State Armory
Board has been called to meet in Camp
Beaver, at Indiana. on Thursday. The
fINS ApA III N4lS al injury VIII pe opened
at that time.
Auto List Up.-Issuance of state
lautomobile licenses climbed to the
i1l4,000 mark to-day
Going to Camp.-Governor Tener.
,AdJutant General Stewart and mem
'bers Of the Governors staff will leave
here early tomorrow morning by au-
tumobile for the camp OF the Third
Brigade at Selinsgrove. They will go
to Indiana by train on Thursday morn
ding.
Committees Called.-Two commit
tees in charge of the drawing up of
standards Of safety will meet this week
in Philadelphia. They are meeting
Under the auspices of the Department
of Labor and Industry and are as fol-
lows: Theater construction. Wednes-
day, and paints and varnish plants.
on Friday They will report to the
State Industrial Board in the fall.
Reif Coached.-A baby coach in
veded the department of the Secretary
of the Commonwealth this morning.
William Reiff. assistant com mission
clerk, recently became the father of a
boy and the staff of the department
bought a coach, which was dfsplaved
in the midst of the department. VIII
liam Hertzler, deputy secretary, made
a speech in which he felicitated Mr..
Reiff and presented the coach. 1t was
the first ceremony of the kind in anv
of the departments. Mr.. Reiff comes
from NOrristowD