Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-10

pairing for the hearing of the test suit
on the payment of full salary of a
legislator who serves only part of a
term, which is to be heard in the
Dauphin County Court tomorrow.
Representative Max Aron. of Philadel-
phia, brings the case.
Will Pay Fairs. = Auditor General
Powell has directed that the warrants
be drawn for the reimbursement of
counties which gave aid to county
fairs under the State law. The ap-
preparation is 100000 for two years.
About sixty counties will be paid this
year York did not apply.
Bureau to Meet.-The State Medical
Bureau will meet here tomorrow. 1t
is probable that something relative to
examination of drugless healers will
be taken up.
Ask ParOle.-Among the applicants
for release from the penitentiary I'M
der parole are George Smith, Lebanon
Joe Solich, Dauphin; Blaine Hastings
and John Brown. Cumberland The
cases will come up February Is.
City Pays Loans.-The city of Pitts
burgh to-day paid the State Treasury
$4,000 in a lump as State tax on city
loans.
Thompson On Warpath-Senator J.
III. Thompson, of Beaver, Is on the
warpath against the moving picture
censorship. 1t is probable that he will
arrange test suit against it.
CongdOn Wins. = On October 21,
1913. Clement H. Congdon, Real Es-
tate Trust building, Philadelphia, COM
planned to the Public Service Commits
sion that he was induced to execute a
contract for measured service, with a
mileage charge of $3.50 per month. on
the representation that no other or
better contract was issued to any per-
son in Melrose Park district. He sub
sequently learned that other subscrib-
ers were receiving this service at the
rate of SO cents month. He advised
the commission that the telephone
company investigated the matters
complained of and reimbursed him to
the full amount of his loss. He
thanks the commission for the atten-
ton given the case. A hearing will
be held before the commission on
March 8 on the petition of the Irwin
Electric Light and Power Company
Tor the approval OF q contract with
the borough of Irwin for street light.
ing.
After Butter HOIders.-Dairy and
Food Commissioner James Foust is
getting after the people in PhiIadel-
phia who have been loading up stor-
age warehouses with butter for the
purpose of forcing up prices He saws
that he expects a million pounds to be
put on the market in short time as
the holders have been informed that
unless they release it the consipn
ments will be declared outlawed at
the end of the legal storage period.
Outlawed means that it can not be
sold in this State.
Inspections Under Way.-Inspec-
tions of National Guard organizations
are being pushed by the officers of the
Guard this month and 1t is proba BILE
that all will be cleared up before the
regular army inspections begin in
April.
Institutes On.-Farmers' Institutes
will close in York county this week
and begin next Friday in Adams.
Dover and Wellsville are having ses-
sions and then York Springs, Arendts-
Vile and Fairfield will have their turn.
Franklin, Union, Snyder and North
cumberland are next.
New Charters.-State charters have
been issued as follows: Initial Build
ing and Loan Assn, Philadelphia, cap
ital s1,O00,000; American Auto Tire
Jobbers Co., Philadelphia, capital
$4,000; Myerstown Foundry and
Manufacturing Co., Myerstown, cap
ital 10000; Peoples Recreation Co,
Philadelphia. capital $4,000; Turone
Building and Loan Assn, No. 4, cap
stal $s99.000; s. Al. Meltzer G. Co, dis