Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-15

arrange for a simpler form of blanks
for reporting of accidents. The pres
ent forms are declared to be burden
some and too full of detail. The sug-
gestions will be considered at later
meeting and then taken up at a meet
| ing of national and state officials on
| the same subject.
Those at the conference were A. r.
Houck. chief of the bureau of statis-
| tics; John z. Dohoney, investigator of
the Public Service Commission, and
Frank Hail. assistant chief of mines,
and DIR. John b. Andrews, of the
American Association for Labor Legis-
lation; James H. Maurer, president of
the State Federation of Labor; ]. b.
| Douglass, chief of claims department
of the United Gas Improvement, Phila.
delphia; G.. T. Fonda, safety expert of
the Bethlehem Steel Company; DR.. D.
| u. DuNott chief surgeon, Western
Maryland Railroad; c. l.. S.'Tingley,
president State Street Railway Asso-
| citation; Thomas Ewing, assistant to
the president of the National Tube
Company; A. Hunter Boyd, assistant
general counsel, Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad; w. w. Finn, Rambo & Rae
| ger, Norristown, and Carl Hochstadt,
| of the federal bureau of industrial re-
| lations.
New Inspectors. - Governor Tener
| to-day named three new inspectors of
Pittsburgh business men who resigned
I because they felt they did not have
| the time to devote to the work. The
new inspectors are G. w. Dahlinger,
Fred r. Babcock and John A. Fair
man.
More Paid.-Thirty-fiv more war
rants for the pay of school appro-
| priations to districts were sent out
from the State Treasury to-day. A
! number of them were for Perry
county.
Mr.. Boyd's Death.-Word was re.
ceived at the State Highway Depart
ment this morning that John Boyd,
father of T. C. Boyd, registrar of the
automobile division. State Highway
| Department, died in the West Penn
| Hospital at Pittsburgh last night. Mr..
Boyd was struck by an automobile on
| Sunday night and was taken to the
hospital The gravity of his condition
| was appreciated and Registrar Boyd
! was notified by telegraph to hasten
to his home. He left here on Monday
and was at his fathers bedside when
| the end came.
Commission to Meet.-Application
! for construction of a number of
| bridges in Chester. Lancaster ana
other eastern counties will be acted
upon by the State Water Supply Com
mission tomorrow. Engineers have
made inspections of the bridge sites.
| Ready for Camp.-State officials and
| departmental attaches who are mem
| bers of organizations in the Second
and Third Brigades left to-day for
their homes to prepare for the en-
| campments, which open on Saturday.
| Adjutant General Thomas j. Stewart
will leave early next week for the
camps and Governor Tener and mem.
bers of his staff will go on Monday or
| Tuesday.
Death of Mr.. Niver.-Word was re-
ceived at the Capitol yesterday of the
death of Edward C. Niver, Charleroi
newspaperman, and well known here.
Mr.. Niver was the husband of Mrs. E.
c. Niver, one of the State moving pic
ture censors.
Game Wardens Busy.-The reports
received at the Capitol indicate the
activity Of the game wardens in dis
tricts where foreigners are numer-
Gus. Arrests for the killing of song
and insect eating birds have been
made at a lively rate the last few
weeks.