Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-10
To
STOP LICKING" J"
Commissioner jackson Issues No.
tice That Practice Shall
Be Discontinued

s.ssssszs==.s::s: s;:::SsE5 of cigar IN a 9
placing tips Of ci-
gars in their mouths during manufac-
ture. This order is the result Of in
spections recently made by the divi-
sion Of hygiene of the department,
ting the tips of cigars with their lips.
OF thirty-e eight factories inspected in
the western end of the State 1t was
found that in eight the cigarmakers
were putting the end Of the cigars
into their mouths.
"Inasmuch as the practice Of lick
ing or wetting the end Of the cigar
seems to be O more or less prevalent
practice and one which is not only
unsafe to the operative but certainly
undesirable for the smoker, the COM
missioner gives notice that this prac-
tice must be absolutely done away
WITH" said Dean Jackson to-day.
| Exhibit Showed Up.-The tuberculo-
sis exhibit of the State Department
Of Health, is at Bristol this week. 1t
was at Bristol last week, but could
not be taken away because of the
storm and remains for another week.
New Company new company Of
the Fourteenth Regiment has been
mustered into the National Guard at
Bellevue, Allegheny county and will
be known as Company c. This makes
the Fourteenth q complete regiment.
Board at observation-disclosures of
the State Industrial Board will meet
Tomorrow in Pittsburgh where peo-
pie connected with the industries and
labor of Western Pennsylvania will
present their suggestions regarding the
labor laws and make complaints.
Landscape Targets. - Officers of
Philadelphia regiments of the National
Guard have secured the use of 81
number of landscape targets from the
government and they will be used In
practice by the commands this Spring.
Reports upon the work will be made
to the brigade headquarters.
Eyre Sells Farm.-T. L. Eyre, form
er superintendent of public grounds
and buildings has sold his model farm
near West Chester to George Fl. Nc
Fadden. of Philadelphia at $4,000.
1t consists of 176 acres with handsome
and substantial buildings.
To Stop Pollution. - Fifteen heads
of industrial establishments at Allen
town, arrested on charges of polluting
streams by wastes, were arraigned yes
terday at that city and when confront
ed with evidence made arrangements
| to compromise suits. Commissioner
! n. r. Butler said that the wastes were
killing off the fish.
missions to the Superior Court bar to-
day was r. w. Aiken, prominent Milf
| fin county attorney, who Is one of the
parties in the Aiken divorce suit from
| that county. The case was argued
shortly after he was admitted. The
court to-day heard tho conclusion of
the argument of kuhns VS.. Supervis-
ors of Upper Allen township, Cum
berland county, in which damages
\ ly,ar ,fx f0r i,,i, IN
bile through bad roads and received
the Lupp case from Adams on pa
pers. The Dauphin cases listed were
Smith estate, West VS.. Hanna and
| Lightner estate. The court will prob
ably conclude it's work tomorrow.
! Boards Meet.-To- day was Board
day at the Capitol and they were busy
/ with routine work. The State reve-
nue. board considered a number of
matters connected with the State de-
posits.
| Food Commissioner James Foust to-
! day ordered several arrests for the
sale of adulterated soft drinks" in
Schuylkill and Northampton counties
Two arrests for the sale of bad eggs
were made.
Verdicts Tomorrow. - Verdicts In
twenty State tax cases will be taken
In the Dauphin county court to-mor-
row, some of them being for large
sums. They are cases which have
been in litigation for some time.
Attorney General Home.-Attorney
! General John c. Bell has returned
from Florida and is expected at his
Office in the Capitol late in the week
Charters To-day. State charters
were issued to-day to the Olney Subur.
ban, Thomas w. Gillespie, Sixtiett
street and Washington avenue an6
Forty-eighth Ward Building and Loar
Associations, all of Philadelphia, each
with capital of s1,000,000. Other
charters issued were to True Blue
Slate Company. Easton, capital $4,000
the Belmont Company, hotel, Yoe
capital $4,000; Buffalo Valley Farmer.
and Consumers Company, Lewisburg
capital $4,000; Auto Supply Company
Allentown, capital $4,000; Dickinson
| Reeves Company, motors, Philadel.
lphia, capital $4,000; Hellam F'urni
ture Company, Hellam, capital $780,.
900; Kresge Shoe Company Philadel.
lphia, capital 10000; Keystone Screw
Company, Philadelphia. capital $780,.
1000; P. McManus Company, construc.
ton, Philadelphia, capital 100000.
Local Cbarter.-Among the charter.
Issued to-day was one to the Asso
Iciated League of American Travellers
to maintain an agency in this city! The
capital is $4,000 and the incorporation.
are c. +. Hill, L. y. Schoaff and w
II. Moody.
New Chief Named.---Dr. j. Monro,
Campbell, of Philadelphia grad.
luate Of the University of Pennsylvania
land lately connected with the labora
tories of the State Department Of
Health, was to-day selected as chiel
of the division of biological products
by Commissioner Dixon. He succeed.
H. w. Pierson who resigned. DR.
\ Campbell has had wide experience al
a path .ogist and Is one of the ables
Imen connected with the laboratory
work which has been such an import.
ant feature of the work of DR.. Dixon's
big department. He will assume his
work at once.
Counsellor Here.-Richard William.
son, the new counsellor of the Depart.
ment of Labor, assumed his duties to.
day. He met number of people con.
nected with the departments.
/ Lawyer at Capitol.-Charles A
jerks, former postmaster of Punxsu.
tawney and one of the we'll known
4 democrats of Jefferson county, was al
the Capitol to-day on legal business
He is mentioned for postmaster again
NEW MAIL BOXES FOR
/ STATION AND COURTHOUSE
Twelve new mail boxes were re-
lceived at the Post Office this morning
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