Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-24

kSyyN6oVka capitol on Tues ae
- -: day and Wednes-
| Wednesday will be taken up by a
meeting of the National Committee on
| Standardization to consider further
Standardization of forms; it has al
| ready met in New York for this pur-
| pose.
The national committee is coming
to Harrisburg for this meeting be
| cause PENNSYLVANIA already has its
own state committee on such stand
| ardlzation. This state committee will
meet at the Capitol on Tuesday and
! probably will lay the result of its work
| before the national committee at
! Wednesdays session.
The state committee numbers be-
| tween twenty and thirty representa-
| tive manufacturers and the meeting
! probably cannot be held in the De-
| partment of Labor and Industry be-
| cause of the size of the body. The
Senate caucus room will probably be
| used.
At last weeks meeting of the State
| Industrial Board in Philadelphia to
consider regulations for bakeshops It
was decided to hold another meeting
! before taking final action. This will
be in Philadelphia some time next
month.
| The Department of Labor and In
| dustry is also working with insurance
| inspectors so as to draft a suita BILE
report blank which these inspectors
may use in reporting to the depart
| ment.
Armory Board Meeting.-The State
| Armory Board will hold its next meet
ing on September %.
Levin Property Bought.-At a special
meeting of the Capitol Park Exten-
| sion Commission to-day the commits
sion purchased the property of Max
Levin. SIS Filhert street
Mr. Cunningham Coming.-Deputy
Attorney General Cunningham will be
mere tomorrow after spending the
weekend in Pittsburgh.
Beware of Rats.-The world-wide
readjustment of commerce which is
| going on as result of the European
war and the opening of the Panama
canal has led Health Commissioner
DIXON to utter a special warning
against importation of foreign dis
| eases, with particular emphasis on
| bubonic plague, which has been found
in rats in both New Orleans and
Liverpool. Anyone who wishes a COPY
| OF this bulletin may obtain il at the
Department of Health. DIR. Dixon es-
| pecially urges that buildings be made
| rat proof when constructed and also
advocates proper use of traps and
poisons under other conditions.
Powell Returning.-Auditor General
/ Powell, who had expected to be here
to-day, will not arrive until Thursday.
He has been on a fishing trip in
canada for a week and the party was
late in leaving. They will probably
reach Pittsburgh tomorrow night.
! At Mercersbur9.-Lew A. Irwin
clerk in the Department of Labor and
Industry, is at Mercersburg on his
vacation.
Want the Code-Copies of the new
I a y 4 lion 4
| the Legislative Reference Bureau
/ The bureau has expressed the hone
/ that the code be studied throughout
| the state and criticised before the next
| Legislature assemblies. The demand
for the pamphlets indicates wide
! spread interest in the proposed new
act.
Payroll Unfinished.-Most of the or
ganizations of the First and Second
! Regiments have sent their payrolls
| for the recent Mount Gretna camn to
| the Adjutant Generals office. but a
| few are not vet at hand. This will
/ delay completion of the payroll for
another day or two.
Going to MISUNDERSTANDING of
the Senate Baker is in Philadelphia
| to-day and will leave tomorrow for
| Pittsburgh to complete arrangements
! for the meeting of the Republican
state committee in that city on
!
Steese Home. - James A. Steese
| chief clerk of the Department of La
Dor and Industry. has returned from
a vacation in Canada and SAYS that
the entire population of the Dominion
appears to he enthused over the Euro
pean war. He met scores of reservists
! of one country and another who were
| returning to Europe with all speed
and found all of them imbued with
the utmost patriotism Mr.. Steese left
! Canada ten days ago and since that
| time was engaged in department work
| in Bradford and Westmoreland
counties
| At Erie.-The Public Service Com
mission is at Erie to-day for the hear
ing and inspection in the matter of
the Dead Mans Curve grade crossing
| Secretary Millar and Investigator
/ Dohoney are with the board. Mr.
Dohoney is expected home tonight
and Mr.. Millar by the end of the
week. The commission will not meet
| here until September I.
Study Next Week.-The ten young
men appointed last week to scholar
| ships at the State Forestry Academy
| will spend this week at their homes in
! final preparation. reporting at Mont
Alto next week to take up their studies