Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-25

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question of the constltutionality of tn,
tax is pending in court.
The companies filing appeals hav,
brought up the number to almost
score. The largest tax settlemen
from which an appeal was taken wa
| by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation
Company, which appealed from pay
ment of tax amounting to over $99,
! 900 Other big companies appealing
were Harleigh- -Brookwood, wilkes
Barre Colliery, Colonial Colliery
Ihomas Colliery and Oxford Coal Min
ing. Appeals for a number of other:
were filed some time ago.
Pardes Bros. Co., paid $1S,545 un
der protest This Is the second pay,
ment to be made, the first having beer
by a Carbon county operator.
Five Capital Cases.-Five capita
cases are already listed for hearinG
by the State Board of Pardons at its
meeting on September 16. They in.
clude Martin Fleming Harrisburg
John Chimelewski, Lackawanna, anC
William Abel, Philadelphia, who are
sentenced to be hanged in the week
following the meeting of the Board
The case of Malena Massa, SchuylkiIl
continued from last June, is also pend.
ing.
Sold Bad Meat Arrests for the
sale OF meats unfit for food have been
ordered in Philadelphia by Dairy and
rood Commissioner James Foust
whose deputies reported that pork and
mutton past the edible stage was be.
ing offered for sale, Arrests for the
sale of Increase not up to State stand.
ARDS were ordered in half a dozer
counties.
Big Payment Made The largest
payment of State tax to be paid in a
long time was made at the Capito
to-day when the Pittsburgh and Lake
Erie Railroad Company paid in $397,.
900.
Attending Meeting. - Insurance
Commissioner Charles Johnson is at
tending the meeting of the Republican
state committee at Pittsburgh
Inspected Crossings Members OF
the Public Service Commission, In.
vestigator Dohoney and Secretary Mil
lar have returned from Erie where
they looked over the grade crossings
in that county. Some serious problems
have been encountered.
VIII Make Addresses. - Henry
Houck, Secretary of Internal Affairs
and Professor l.. IL. Dennis, agricul-
tural education expert of the Depart
ment of Public Instruction, will speak
at the Allegheny county teachers in
stltute in Pittsburgh this week.
Visiting In Ohio, - Chief l.. H.
While, of the bureau of statistics OF
the Department of Agriculture, is in
Columbus, making inquiry into the
methodcs of gathering statistics and
crop report data in that State.
Allentown NeXt.-The State Armory
Board Will take up the matter of ask
Ing bids for the new armory at Allen
town when 1t meets next month. The
site has been decided to the State.
September Bids.-The State High
way Department will open bids on
two occasions in September. Bids for
several miles, including the Dauphin
county road, will be opened on Sep
tember l and on September the ELL
wood City road tenders.
Arousing Interest, The work of
the National Guard riflemen at Mt.
Gretna is attracting much attention
from army officers. number will
attend the matches this week.
Many Settlcments-Settlem of
state tax cases are being made at a
lively rate at the Auditor Generals $
Department. on Saturday over 200
were made and yesterday almost as
many. The year ends November 80
and 1t Is going to be big one.