Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-26

uaNs Ewing details of the extension.
General Stewart said that the rea-
son for the extension was so that men
could be qualified. there being a pos
sibility that some company command
ers had overlooked the requirement of
the gallery practice test before COM
mencing the outdoor practice.
The rifle practice season has closed
on October 81 for several years and
there has been much activity reported
from the ranges. Rife practice is
obligatory and this year the indoor
work is added to the regular practice
at ranges
Shipping Trout.-Orders for the re-
sumption of the distribution of trout
from the state fish hatcheries were
issued to-day by n. Il. Butler. State
commissioner of fisheries following
receipt of reports that conditions of
streams were improving. Some days
ago IL was found that some brooks
and creeks for which trout had been
asked were so shallow because of lack
of rainfall that it was not advisable
to put out the yearling fish. Since that
time the rains have bettered Condi-
tions and trout are being shipped at
the rate of over 1000 day from
Bellefonte and at the same, from,
Cory. All fish shipped are year old,
it is stated. Demands for trout sun
fish. perch, blue gills and bass this
year are greater than ever known and
the trout acquisitions will probably
he greater than the capacity of the
hatcheries. although the year has been
very successful in propagation.
Lawyers HonOred.-Deputy Attor-
ney General w. NJ. largest has been
honored by appointment as chairman
of the special committee of the State
Bar Association on uniformity of leg
islation, which has just been created
to assist in that important work. Ex-
Senator John +. Fox has been ap-
pointed a member of the committee
on revision of statutes; John Fox
Weiss on revision of penal laws; 4
Carson Stamm on biography and
Frank NJ. Eastman on legal education.
Board Reappointment.-T mem
bers of the Philadelphia mothers pen
sion board have been reappointed by
Governor Tener.
Names Presented.-The name of
the Personal Liberty party has been
pre-empted for SChuylkill county con-
gressional district aud of local option
for the Seventh Luzerne district.
Preparing to Pay.-The State au-
thorities are preparing to pay the pri-
mary bill costs, but the checks will
not he sent out until more money isl
in the State Treasury. School and
highway payments have the call now.
Pneumonia to BIamc.-Pneumonia
is shown to have caused over 500
deaths, or almost two-thirds as many
as tuberculosis, in PENNSYLVANIA dur
ing the month of June, according to
statements issued to-day at the State
Treasury. At the same time Bright's
disease and cancer are shown to have
been responsible for many deaths
The death toll from pneumonia in the
month of roses was 523. from tubercu-
losis of the lungs 663 and tuberculosis
of other organs 145: Bright's disease
632 and cancer 4SS. Five hundred and
|seVenty-four children died in early in
fancy. The figures also show that the
communicable diseases which were so
much feared a few years ago are now
being checked. Typhoid causes but
So deaths, scarlet fever IS, diphtheria,
81, whooping cough 50, measles 50,
smallpo%~S 3, Influenza 21 and malaria
D. There were SIS cases of suicide, IS
deaths from railway injuries and go
killed in mines. Other forms of vio-
lence accounted for SIT. In June there
were 1858 deaths and 1919 births.
State Charters.-State charters is
sued include: Bedford County Trust
Company, Bedford. capital S125. 900,
tA al lNh fluSlltSt DtuIOIus
Berkshire Hotel Company. Reading,
capital $4,000, John G.. Faber, Erie;
Imperial Engraving Company, Pitts
burgh. capital sic. 900, John A. Carey;
Jaindl Shoe Manufacturing Company,
Allentown. capital $4,000. John
Jaindl; the Rose Jewelry Company.
Pittsburgh, capital $4,000. Esther B.
Rosenthal; Twin Lakes Park Com
pany, Milford, capital $4,000, Walk
er r. Newton, Paterson, n. j.
An AmicabIe Action.-An interest
esting question has been raised by an
action of mandamus instituted by the
Indiana State Normal school to COM
pei the payment from the State ap-
preparation of certain accounts in
Cured in the construction Of buildings
prior to the adoption of the act of
1909 which provides that the Com
lmonwealth shall be entitled to liens
for all moneys appropriated to private
institutions for buildings or perma-
nent improvements The claim is
made that the act applies only to
buildings erected and improvements
made after the approval of the act
and not TO appropriations made subse-
quent to the date of approval of the
act for the cost of buildings previously
erected. The action is amicable and
the decision will affect other institu-
| tions.
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