Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-16
STATE BOARDS TO
ASSEMBLE HERE
Important Meetings Are Scheduled
to Be Held in This City Dur
ing Next Six Weeks

@zE.=--r-As slider the requests
==-''-i--.--:..srEJ and to plan such
inspections as may be necessary. The
board is charged with the duty of
recommending appropriations for all
charitable institutions and last ses-
sion its findings were within a com
paratively small amount of the total
approved.
In addition to the boards work on
the appropriations the State Depend
ents Commission will meet very soon
to prepare its report to the Cover
nor covering the whole proposition
of caring for the mentally and phys
ically incapacitated.
The State Building Code Commits
sion, which has drafted set of laws
governing all construction. work for
the State, will publish its draft very
soon and invite comments.
The State Engineers Commission,
which is drafting bill to provide for
licenses for engineers on hazardous
works, will ask an extension of time.
Boards Big Task.-No less than
nineteen cases involving homicide are
scheduled to be considered by the
State Board of Pardons at the Novem-
Der meeting which will be held on
wednesday, November 49, Five of
these are applications for commuta-
ton and one of the same kind is on
the continued list; five men convicted
of second degree murder are asking
pardon with one case held over; five
convicted of varying degrees of man
slaughter and two murderers granted
Communication are also asking release
The board has thirty-three cases to
consider with six on the continued
list. Twenty-Five prisoners are rec
commended for parole by the inspec-
tors of the eastern penitentiary and
nineteen by those of the western peni-
tentiary.
Mr.. Foust to Speak.-Dairy and
Food Commissioner James Foust will
be one of the speakers at the ban
quet of the Pennsylvania Speciality
Manufacturers Association in Phila-
delphia on November 10.
Public Service to Meet.-The Pub
lie Service Commissioners will meet
here tomorrow for the second No
hearings have been held in other
places. The Commission will be here
until Friday evening.
Can Change Plans.-The Water
Supply Commission has granted per-
mission for Shippensburg to change
plans for the dam across Furnace run
in that borough. Shamokin will get
a new bridge by reason of approval
of plans for a bridge.
Other States Watching.-The opera
ton of the State Livestock Sanitary
Board in combating the foot and
mouth disease are being closely
watched by other States, whose Off
cials have been in close touch with
Pennsylvania.
Becht, secretary of the State Board
of Education, was speaker at the in
stitutes in northeastern counties dur
ing last week
Taking Time.-The State Forestry
Commission is taking time to pass
on applications for State auxiliary
forest reserves and some of the ap-
plications will be seriously considered.
The State officials are anxious to get
lands where they can be used to i'm
prove the water supply.
More Cases Heard Of-One definite
case of the foot and mouth disease
was reported to the State Livestock
Sanitary Board to-day from Lycoming
county and reports came of suspicious
cases in Northampton county. Addi-
tional cases were reported from sew
eral counties where the disease had al
ready appeared. The shipment of
cattle under the quarantine regula
tions is reported as progressing.
Killing Doesa-Estimates received
at the office of the State Game Com
mission indicate that twenty does
have been shot by hunters contrary
to law since the opening of the deer
season. The does were found by
wardens.
New Clock Up.-The new gold trim
med clock has been placed in the hall
of the House of Representatives. 1t
occupies a place on the gallery and is
large enough to be seen.
Got a Million Today.-State re-
eipts approximated a million dollars
to-day. The Pennsylvania lines paid
in $226, 900, the Bell Telephone $780,
600 and the Philadelphia company
and Pittsburgh railways S1S2,000, all
for capital stock tax.
Charged With Murder.-A requisi-
tion from Governor Glynn, of New
York, was granted to-day for the re-
moval of Frank Grabowski from Sus-
quehanna county to New York City to
stand trial for murder. 1t is alleged
that he killed George w. Rogers, an
aged Washington man, with a ham
mer in a New York hotel to which he
had decoyed him. The motive is al
legged to have been robbery. 1t ap-
pears that the man had talked while
he was drinking and the State Police
got to hear OF 1t and rounded him up.
An Unusual Case.-The Richland
Township Water Company and the
Paint Township Water Company, To-
Gated in Somerset county, have made
application to the Public Service Com
mission for an order authorizing re-
paration to customers on account of
suspension of service through hose
connection. Because of the prolonged
drought the companies found 1t nee
essary to prohibit customers from
using water through hose attachments
for irrigation and sprinkling purposes
during the period beginning August
Is and ending October 15; but. mas
much as the patrons paid for complete
service, the water companies feel that
they should make a refund.