Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27


stationery to suit himself, some having
the State arms In gilt and some in
black and some not at all. Some de-
partments have the names of all bu- !
reaus carried on the letterhead, while !
others have only the head of the de- /,
partment. There Is also a variety as
to color and quality of paper This !
week heads of departments and 9TH
er branches who have been receiving |
inquiries as to details of departmental !
organizations, were asked to furnish |
samples of the stationery in use.
The new commission is giving the |
Capitol some things to think over.
Perfecting Bureau.--Another meet |
ing Will be held in Philadelphia on |
Tuesday to perfect the organization |
of the new Pennsylvania Compensa- ;
tion Rating and Inspection Bureau, |
which has been formed under the |
supervision Of the State Department !
of Insurance and the State Work |
mems Insurance Fund to bring about |
uniform ratings and inspections on |
employers liability risks in Pennsyl- |
vania. The bureau is to be directed |
by a governing committee of seven, |
on which the two State branches will |
be represented and will have a gen. |
eral manager who will handle the |
inspection force. a special effort will |
be made to bring about elimination
of bad risks. Under the bureau plan
the insurance companies and the
State are brought together.
To Lven Misunderstanding of Agri- |
culture Charles E. Patton is work
ing out a plan which will make the
meeting of the State Board of Agri-
culture in thin city in January real
live proposition instead of a mere |
gathering for the presentation of re-
aNtg g-9 fNf nd Irfn
matters, while an effort will also be
made to get away from the practice
of having officials at the head of de-
partments of the State government
give resumes Of what they have been
doing. Instead it is the plan to have
some men of wide reputation on agri-
cultural topics, who have had some
thing to do with innovations, make
addresses. The announcement of the
plans will be made next month and
the meeting may be one of the most
notable of the kind in years.
The first of the conferences of the
field forces of the divisions of the
department will be held next week
when the inspectors and chemists of
the dairy and food division will meet
to hear the new secretary and Com
missioner Foust.
State Plans Ready.-Oficials of the
State educational departments will
Dor law at the meeting of teachers
at Reading on December 4. This
Eeeting will be under auspices Of the
Schuylkill Valley Schoolmasters' AS
Bociation and the Northampton
Teachers Association and the Valley
Arts Club will attend. Professor Nj.
B. King and Richard Hackett, of the
State Vocational Education Bureau,
will speak.
Governor Declines. - Governor
Brumbaugh will not so with Henry
Ford Last night he sent the follow
ing declination of Henry Ford's invi-
tation to be one OF his party to visit
Europe:
Henry Ford, New York: Our con-
stitution makes no provision for the
care of public business under circum-
stances such as your kind invitation
figures. My duty is to serve our peo-
pie. Regret my inability to go. Be
lieve 1t the duty of Governor here
not to take steps you have in mind.
Private individuals can act with much
more freedom"
Must Hold to Contract.-In an
opinion handed down to-day by Com
missioner Riillng the Public Service
Commission rules that a subscriber
to telephone service can not install
contrivances not approved by the COM
pany giving service. The opinion dis
misses the complaint of John f.
Stickel and other residents of Frank
lin county, who had what was known
as club telephone service and who had
installed switching devices so that they
could get service from competing COM
panies. The Bell Telephone Com
pany had protested against the
use of such a contrivance as not sane
toned by the contract and the objec-
tions were upheld.
Requisition Made.--Governor Brum-
baugh to-day made requisition on the
Governor of New Jersey for return to
this State OF Charles Leonard wanted
in Philadelphia on a charge of kid
naping. 1t is the first requisition OF
the kind TO be made in some time.
Muster in TIesday.-The two new
batteries of artillery formed of COM
panies of the Fourteenth infantry will
be mustered into the service at Pitts
burgh on Tuesday.
Marshall to Attend.-State Veteri-
marian c, ]. Marshall has gone to Chi
cago where he will on Monday attend
the meeting of State veterinarians
called to discuss the foot and mouth
disease. He will present this States
position and suggest changes in laws
Wheat Looking Well.--According to
reports made to the State Department
of Agriculture the condition of the
winter wheat is excellent throughout
the State. In some of the southern
counties the favorable weather has ad-
vanced it very much in spite of late
planting.
Increase Notice Given.-The Cham
bersburg Ice and Cold Storage Co., of
Chambersburg, has filed notice of in
crease of debt from $40, 900 to $50, 900.
Warlens Arc Warned.-All State
game wardens have been given q no.
tice by the Commission to strictly en-
force the law relative to shipment of
game. 1t may be moved only when
accompanied by the owner and hunt
ers must be held to the legal kill At
tention is called to the fact that own
rers of preserves and of game raised
in captivity have certain rights which
must be respected and that wardens
are to use discretion in such matters.
At observation-disclosures Brum-
baugh and members of his family
went to Waynesboro to-day to dedi-
cate the new Y. NJ. C. A. building. He
will return tonight.
To Attend OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
State officials will attend the National
Guard convention at Allentown and
next Saturday the Governor and his
staff will attend the dedication of the
new armory at Allentown.
Mr.. Deunis a Speaker.-L II. Dem