Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02

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rather prodigal with appropriations
and many heavy demands have been
made for payments, especially for
charities. with the result that some
of the school districts have not yet
received money due. The statements
of the Treasury have also shown
steady declines in the available cash.
November has always been the BAN
ner month for collections of State
taxes by the Auditor Generals depart
ment and one month they went over
the S5,000,000 mark. The Auditor
Generals department worked up many
settlements on taxes during the sum-
mer and they have been out some
time, so that payments may be ex-
pected in November. 1t is also under
stood that a number of appeals to
court are in the department which
have not yet been sent to the court
officials for entry. The taxation work
is just now occupying the depart
mentS experts.
Within a few days the coal tax de-
cision problems will be taken up with
the ATTORNEY General and it will then
be determined whether the fling of
escheats for money paid by coal con-
sumers to operators because of the
tax and which may be in dispute will
amount to anything or not. The gen.
eral belief here is that 1t is up to each
person paying the tax to take steps to
got it back. The Auditor Generals
department acted to head off anyone
else. but no one about the Capitol eX-
poets to get very much cash for the
commonwealth as result of the
eScheats.
school Fund Grows. - The State
Board of Education has just added
bonds to the value of 1000 to the
State permanent school fund and it
now amounts to S17S,000 in invest
ments and several thousands addi-
ttonal in cash held in the State Treas
ury. The school fund was created by
the code of 1911 and is designed to
establish a fund the interest of which
can help in education in the future.
To it goes all money escheated to the
State. income from the forests and
proceeds of sales of State property.
This year some of the State forests
have added materially to the revenue,
as they are just commencing to be
valuable. The escheated estates have
also shown an increase and should any
money be collected as a result of the
discussion of the coal tax decision it
would also go to the school fund.
Sixty-four New wAssociatfons.-Sixty
four building and loan associations
have been incorporated in Pennsyl-
Nania since the first of the year, the
largest number in any similar period
In a long time. There are in the
neighborhood of 1,775 associations of
the kind in the State, the great ma
jority being in Philadelphia.
, Old Men Get Preference
orders to be issued for the reorgan-
fZation of the new batteries of field
artillery at Pittsburgh will permit the
men of the Fourteenth Regiment to
make make application for transfer to the
artillery arm of the service, prefer
ence to be given to men of that or
gan1zation. Lieutenant L. V. Crook
son is to be in charge of the recruit
ment of the men for the new batteries
which are to he known as E and F.
Pittsburgh will then have three bat
teries. Six more will be organized
throughout the State, with a possi
bility of some in PHILADELPHIA
Maybe New Cities. - Capitol Hill is
taking big interest in the special
elections being held at Bethlehem and
South Bethlehem to-day on the ques-
ton of becoming third-class cities.
South Bethlehem was a city for
while. but the courts set aside the
election.
Capitol Closed. - The State Capitol
was closed up tight to-day as it was
a legal holiday and everyone who
could was out campaigning. In most
of the departments some one re-
mained until noon to look after bust
ness.
Eight Enlisted. - Eight men were
enlisted for the State Police yester-
day afternoon. Most of them were
formerly in the army.
Governors Return. Govern +
Brumbaugh is expected to return
from Philadelphia, where he voted to-
day, some time before noon to-mor-
row. He will spend Thursday at State
College.
After Tax. The State authorities
have sued for large amount of tax
on property owned by George Grocer,
of Delaware county Twenty-Five other
States want some tax, too.
Going West. - Adjutant General
Stewart scarcely got time to vote to-
day owing to preparations needed to
go to San Francisco to attend the Ma
tional Guard convention. He leaves
tomorrow.
No New Outbreaks. - No fresh
outbreaks of typhoid fever have been
reported to the State Health Depart
ment the last few days. Shippensburg
Is showing an improvement.
Commission to Meet. - The Public
Service Commission will start its meet
tngs for the week tomorrow. Several
contracts from this section of the State
will he IA kan I'm