Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28


they hold at the end of the year. By
the act of 1918 the cold storage plants
make reports to the dairy and food
commissioner every quarter showing
amount of food held in storage and
when the time limits on the deposits
will expire.
This month the time on millions
of dozens of eggs, stored last Spring
when eggs were abundant, will expire
and there will also be movements out
of storage of those on which the limit
will not expire Immediately because
the southern eggs will soon commence
to enter the market. 1t is expected
that the reports will show large
amounts of butter held in storage as
well as considerable meat
Rushing Out Tags. Attaches of
the State Highway Department are
working over time to get into the par
eel post the last rush of applications
for 1916 automobile license tags and
it is expected that by Friday night
every application on hand will be
shipped. No tags will be sent out on
New Years day and any car operated
on January / or thereafter without
the yellow sand white tags will be
cause for arrest. The number of Ii
censes already issued for 1916 is
greater than issued for a whole year
half q decade ago. The Department
is turning between $4,000 and $780,
900 into the State Treasury every day
from automobile licenses.
New Batteries Next Year. - Organ
iZation of the additional batteries of
field artillery for The National Guard
will not be taken up for some time
according to information at the
Capitol. The new batteries will I'M
dergo their first inspection in the next
ninety days.
Await Approval. - Papers have
been sent to the Governor for ap-
proval of the nine electric companies
to be part Of the Eastern PennsyI-
vania system in Schuylkill county.
They were approved by the Public
Service Commission last week.
Industrial Board Meets. - Th e
State Industrial Board is in session
to-day and it is probable that a secre-
tary may be selected.
Year Will Close. - The State will
day shortly after noon. The fiscal
year ended on November 80. Tt is not
expected that December will show
very large receipts.
State VIII Reply. The State
Highway Department will make a
reply through the attorney generals
department to the Northampton
county mandamus proce dings.
Deputy Attorney General w. r. 'Kell-
er will be in charge of the case.
More Arrests Made. State agents
have caused the arrest of a number
of merchants in Washington and
other counties for the sale of eggs
which had come from cold storage
and which had not been properly
marked.
Attending Meeting. - Wilson |.
Fleming, assistant chief of the Bureau
of Statistics and Information, of the
State Department of Labor and Indus
try, is in Washington to-day attending
session of a national committee to
determine on the classification of in
juries sustained in Industrial plants.
The purpose of the meeting is to stand
ardize accidents and subsequent in
juries.
| Commission Meets. The Public
Service Commission was to-day in ex-
ecutiVe session on cases which were
argued recently. The commission may
have several decisions soon
Returned From Vacation.-William
Bingham Kay, chief clerk to the audi
tor general, returned to-day from his
vacation. John Lucas, of the execu-
tive department. also returned to-day
from his vacation.
Mr.. Brown Here. Attorney Cen
eral Brown was at the Capitol to-day
after a short absence. He held a con-