Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-03

by the War Department, will be to
determine efficiency and readiness for
held service. The cavalry inspections
VIII begin January 4. but the other
inspections VIII run from January IL
to February Is.
This inspection, which is under the
militia act. will be made by officers
connected with the branches of the
service they are to inspect. A special
detail will be made for the Thirteenth
and Sixteenth Regiments and the sepa-
rate battalion created out of Twelfth
ment'companies. There will also
be special detail for the signal corps
company at Pittsburgh.
1t is the plan to have the annual
winter inspection by officers of the
National Guard held at the armories
of the various organizations In March,
April and May.
Hearing Tomorrow. - The largest
list of hearings scheduled by the State
Industrial Board will be held at the
capitol tomorrow, when standards of
SAFETY and sanitation in half dozen
branches of industry will be laid out
Tor criticisms. 1t is planned to have
number of similar hearings next month
ana to continue until standards are
adopted for about seventy industries.
The Anthracite Cases.-Pennsylva
Mas anthracite coal tax law will be
put to the test again in the Dauphin
county court this month and it is prob
able that the trial of appeals of COM
panies from settlement of the Auditor
General and State Treasurer on the
taxes will take the place of the action
In equity which was heard some
months ago in this city. 1t is believed
by some of the attorneys that the
questions can be better raised and de-
termined by following out appeals
from the tax settlements. Three cases
will be selected from about fifty
brought to trial on December 10. 1t is
probable that they will occupy a couple
of days When the cases are ended 1t
is likely that the action in equity
brought by fourteen or fifteen Scran-
ton coal companies will be dropped.
Big List Ahead. = Officials of the
State Board of Pardons say that there
will be the usal christmas list" for
the December meeting of the board.
This means that there will be a rush
of applications for pardon so that
people can get out of durance for en-.
1oyment of Christmas at home. Thir-
teen cases were carried over from last
month and already as many more have
been listed. 1t is expected that the
list will grow. The board will meet
on December 16.
Will Sit Here. - Members of the
committee on revision of the State
Board of Public Charities will meet
here next week to go over some of the
requests of charitable institutions for
recommendations for appropriations
from the next Legislature. These re-
quests were made at the recent hear
ings and have been under investi-
cation. They come from all parts of
the State. The board will meet later
in Philadelphia to make up its list
To Discuss Armorles. = The State
Armory Board has been called to meet
here on December II. 1t is probable
that action in regard to the legislative
program will be taken. Last session a
request for money to build each or
ganization an armory was outlined,
but dropped as too expensive. The
idea is to have a program extending
over several years.
Greasy "Called. ed."-''Farmer" w, T,
Greasy, the Democratic candidate for
Lieutenant Governor, was called" by
the State Department to-day. He
failed to file his vouchers for his exc
pense account. On his paper was writ
ten that he had been a candidate ''for
election or defeat"
Lynch Reappointed. Thomas ].
Lynch, State Water Supply Commits
sioner. was to-day reappointed for
three years to succeed himself. Mr..
Lynch has served as secretary of the
commission for several years. He was
formerly executive clerk and is the
secretary of the State Dependents
Commission. He is one of the best
known in the State service.
Still Wrestling.-State officials are
still wrestling with the problem of
what official papers must bear stamps
for the war tax. Inquiries addressed
to Washington have not been answered