Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-19

lgJUyuA sstdrts set for the III FIJI fling g,,S1 Of
Ez:sszzsazzgl9 Der of the largest
| producers have not fled. Some lee
way will be given by the auditor gen.
erals department on the fling.
Some objections are understood to
have been voiced to the filing by the
twentieth because of the contention
that the prices are not known much
before that time. The contention has
also been advanced that dredging is
not washing coal and that coal dredg-
ed is not taxable, but the State Off
cials take the other view.
1t is probable that some stipulations
regarding the coal tax assessment will
be filed before many weeks.
VIII Start Tuesday. - The States
official train for the San Francisco ex-
position which will take the Cover
nor and the members of the State
Commission to the exposition and the
guests will start next Tuesday Most
OF the members of the Governors staff
and State officials will take the train
at Philadelphia, although several will
come to Harrisburg.
Receipts Run High. - The receipts
from automobile and other motor We
hicle licenses at the State Highway
Department have been running along
so well that it is believed that by Sep
tember the revenue from that source
VIII be close to half a million dollars
more than it was on the same day last
year: 1t now amounts to almost ST.
500, 900.
The pay rolls for the second bril-
gade organizations for their service at
the Indiana encampment were made
out yesterday by Adjutant General
Stewart. The total cost was s4S,677.-
SO. Brigade headquarters received
SS2o.5S; signal corps company. sS34.-
oS; Tenth infantry, $1S,726.79; Four
teenth S9.936.20; Sixteenth, $11.
S24.S9; Eighteenth, $11.585.54.
Smith Goes Home. - Thomas B.
Smith, the new Public Service Com
missioner, returned to his home in
Philadelphia last evening. The new
commissioner is expected to return
before the end of the week.
To Address Meeting. - Highway
Commissioner Cunningham will ad-
dress meeting of Columbia people to-
night in the interest of the campaign
for freeing toll roads. Frank B. Bosch,
president of the Motor Club of Har-
risburg, will also speak.
Clearing Up Cases. - Commissioner
Brecht was at Scranton yesterday TAX
ing the last of the testimony in the
Montrose water case. This clears UP
L.
Got Results. - The Public Service
Commission to-day received letter
from William j. Shillady notifying it
that the Chester County Gas Company
had agreed to lay mains as asked In a
petition made. The case has been
closed.
After Thompson. Requisition pa
pers were sent to Raleigh, to-day for
the return to Pittsburgh of ]. A.
IlnT1 NM Infs IL II
vile, n. c., on a charge OF attempting
to defraud Simeon H. Jones or Pitts
burg, out of $4,000. It is alleged that
Jones was the victim of a fake sale
of coal lands to an English syndicate. !
Increase Filed. - The United States
Fashion and Sample Book Company,
of Philadelphia, to-day filed notice of
increase of stock from 100000 TO
100000.
Thorn Gets a Surprise - George d.
Thorn, chief cerk of the STATE Depart
ment, was to-day presented with a
handsome umbrella, in honor of his
birthday. The presentation was made
by Frank H. Hoy, Jr., OF the corpor-
alton bureau, with some worcs OF an
probation by William Hertzier, deputy
Secretary of the Commonwealth. Mr. !
Thorn, who was surprised, made a |
feeling response.
Mfr. Hunter Ill. - Joseph w. Hun |
ter, first deputy State Highway Com
missioner, is seriously i'll au MS home |
in Jenkintown. He is sufrer,ng from
effects of an injury received some time
ago in a collision.
Attended Fair. - H. L. Hosrord. of
the Department of Health, to-day went
to the Lebanon Fair to attend the State |
tuberculosis exhibit.
Capitol Visitor. - E. Lee Ellmaker, |
of the Philadelphia Press, was at the
Capitol to-day on a vacation trip |
through central counties
Judge Gillian Here. - Judge w. |
Rush Gillian, of the Franklin county |
courts, was at the Capitol to-day.
MiddIetown's Check. - MiddIetown |
appropriation check amounting TO
$1,000.
Ex-senator Here - Ex S n o
James L. Adams, a member OF the |
Panama-Pacific Exposition commits
sion, was here last evening.
Ex-Commissioner Visits - ExI
Banking Commissioner ]. A. Berkey, |
of Somerset county, was at the CapitoI |
to-day.
Senatorial Visitors. - Senators c. |
A. Snyder, Schuylkill, and d. P. Ger
berich, Lebanon, were at the Capitol |
to-day.
Complaint Filed. The National
Tube Company. of McKeesport, to-
day instituted a complaint before the
Public Service Commission against the
Baltimore & Ohio, Erie, Pennsylvania
and other railroad companies, request
ing the commission to set aside as un-
lawful the joint tariff of 20 cents a ton
for the transportation of ''slag" from
its furnaces. The complaint alleging
that this Stag has been used by the
railroads in maintenance anc construc-
tion work and that the expense of
hauling is more than Offset by the
Steel and Jones & Laughlin Steel
Company have signifed their fnLen-
tion Of intervening as complaints.