Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17

8sS90Sug enforcement of the
new escheat act.
Mr.. Brown h s
given the subject considerable thought
and during the winter secured infor-
nation as to practice IN other States
and will endeavor to reach some
agreement on q method that will be
fair to all concerned. When he pre-
sented the bill he said II was designed
TO secure for the state what belonged
to 1t and that the bill would not en-
courage any raiding.
A plan will be devised whereby the
reports required by the act will be
fled and one OF the new deputy at
torney generals will take UP the coll
lection for the state when the auditor
general hears that there is money
coming to the Commonwealth.
Ali OF the proceeds under this act
will go to the permanent State school
fund. No one knows just what it will
amount to, but it is expected that
several hundred thousand dollars will
be secured in the next few years.
Pardon Board SeSsion.-The State
Board of Pardons will close up its
hearings for the summer next Tues
day. The regular m Getting was sched
uled for yesterday, but deferred until
June % because of officials being
largest for months and will include
the application Of Helen NJ. Boyle,
who figured in the Whitia kidnapping
case. There are no capital cases.
To Complete Arsenal.-Bids for the
completion of the states new fire.
proof arsenal building will be asked
by the Board of Public Grounds and
Buildings next month. The building
will be made large enough to hold the
canvass and supplies for a National
Guard considerably larger than the
present.
fus. secretary OF the State Game
Commission, was on a tour Of in
spection OF new game preserves yes
terday. He accompanied Col. Harry
c. Trexler, of Allentown, who is
keenly interested in game protection
and who has made many donations
for II.
Gephart Looks Over Roads-John
T. Gephart, jr., the division engineer
assigned TO the roads in the Allen
town district. has taken charge of his
work.
Legislative Visitors. = Among Wis
LSrs to the city yesterday were
Snator ]. H. Thompson, Beaver. and
Representatives James A. Maurer, of
Reading. and W. T. Ramsey of
Chester
Shenandoah Visitors. - The men,
bers of the Shenandoah lodge of
NIasons who were here yesterday on
their way to Elizabethtown and
Gettysburg, were escorted through the
Capitol last night.
Attended commencement. - Com
missioner OF Health Samuel G. Dixon,
attended the University of Pennsyl-
vania commencement at Philadelphia
yesterday
Three Arrested.-Three more en-
ployers of female labor were arrested
IN Philadelphia yesterday by agents
of the department of labor and in
dustry for disobeying the women's
employment law.
In Connecticut.-H. Lindley Hos
ford, secretary, to Commissioner
Dixon, is in Connecticut on his vaca-
ton.
Big Payment NIade.-County Treas
urer Frank ]. Harris, of Allegheny
county, to-day paid the State 1913, 900,
representing liquor license fees
Mr.. zimmerman Here. - r. Scott
zimmerman, former legislator and
member OF the Capitol investigation
commission, was at the Capitol to-day.
On Business Basis.-Auditor Cen
eral Powell has given an opinion that
persons connected with the state gov
errment shall be paid for the days
actually spent in service when begin
ming their first month. In other words.
the first check will be based upon the
number of DAYS.
Tax Delegates. - Governor Brum-
beugh has appointed George Elliott,
Philadelphia, and John ". Hoke,
Chambersburg, to represent the State
at the ninth annual conference on taxa
ton, to be held at San Francisco.
August 1914. Auditor General Pow
ell and Hale Hill. corporation clerk
~ Az Ca-a-o1f-
have been appointed as alternates
Preparing FormS.-Auditor General
Powell is preparing forms for the re-
porting of anthracite production and
the assessment and collection of the
tax under the act Of 1915. There will
be form for monthly reports and for
an annual report.
Local Charters.-State charters have
been issued to the State Real Estate
Company. Harrisburg, capital $40, 900;
incorporators, Lewis Baturin, Robert
Rosenburg, Samuel Fishman and 6
KatZman, Harrisburg. and the Over
land Harrisburg Company, automo-
biles, capital $50. 600: :incorporators. DR..
]. r. W. Hunter and NJ. E. Grove,
Lewistown, and Carl Hanson and Mar
guerite Hanson. New York
Sunbury Case Up.-The Public Sery
ice Commission to-day heard the com
plant of the Kift Milling Company.
Sunbury. against the Pennsylvania
Railroad for alleged failure to provide
siding. The Adrian Furnace Com
peny and Delaware River Steel Com
pany cases are scheduled for later in
the day.
Butler On Job.-F1sh Commissioner
Butler has given notice to Blair county
paper mill companies that they will be
prosecuted for failing to take pre-
cautions against pollution Of streams
b He will collect fines and insist upon
Installation of filters.