Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-29


use heretofore and there have beer
separate forms according to certain
lines of business such as banks, brew
cries, oil and gas, electric, brick ant
other companies.
The reports are being sent out il
fiat envelopes under mailing permits
instead of being folded as heretofore
which enablesq quicker handling. The re
port is to be made as of December 81
1915, and because of the change in tine
law fixing the report period as OF the
calendar year, the report must bf
made for the fourteen months begin
ming the first Monday of November
1914. Hereafter reports will be made
for calendar years. The report musI
be filed before the last day of Febru-
AIRY.
one of the important changes is that
if any part of the company's real es-
tate and tangible personal property IN
Pennsylvania is employed in manufac-
turing, a separation of manufacturing
and nonmanufacturing assets is to be
made and subdivided between those
in the State and those outside OF the
State. Surplus and deficit are to be
used instead of profit and loss. Al
lowance will be made only Tor depie-
ton and depreciation only in the re-
port period.
The department will not acknowl-
edge receipt of reports unless postcard
is enclosed. There will be no letters
of acknowledgment.
Increase F'iled.-The Cambria and
Indiana Railroad Company to-day
filed notice of increase of debt from
100000 to 100000.
At Scranton.-Dr. Nathan c. Schaef-
fer. State Superintendent of Public In
4 1f cot cd
cational officials are at the state Edu-
Cational Association meetings in Scran-
ton.
Mr.. E9an Here.-John NJ. Egan,
prominent in prison regulation affairs
in Pittsburgh, was at the Capitol yes
terday.
New Form of News.-The State De-
partment of Agriculture will hereafter
issue a weekly news letter so that the
people of the state may know what the
department is doing to carry out the
plans of Governor Brumbaugh for eN-
pansion of agriculture In the State.
The weekly news bulletins of State
Zoologist Fl. A. Surface will be incor-
porated in it. The last of the Surface
bulletins was issued to-day.
Torrance, Chairman.-Chairman OF
the State Board of Public Charities
Francis ]. Torrance was chosen chair
secretary and treasurer of the new
commission appointed by Governor
Martin c.. Brumbaugh to select site
and pass upon plans for the building
of new State hospital for the insane
in the western part of the state. The
commission includes. besides Mr.. Tor
rance and Mr.. Dilworth. Lening Har-
vey, of Wilkes Barre; Wilbur F. Croft,
Blairsville. and Samuel S. Reichard,
of Altoona.
Bee Inspection Over.-State bee in
spectors. who have about finished up
their work for the winter, have found
very little trouble in Cumberland
county apiares, but some cases of the
foul brood were discovered in Mifflin
and Juniata counties. The bees have
been given treatment by State experts.
More Excmptions.-It is expected
that by the end of the week q number
of additional large corporations will
have been granted exemption from ne
cessity of insuring against liability.
Their applications are now being in
vestigated. Among the latest to be
exempted were the Allegheny River
Mining, American Locomotive, McCaf-
frey File and Crescent Pipe Line COM
panies.
Hearings On.-Public Service Conn
missioner Killing is holding a hearing
in the Ohio Valley water case at Pitts
burgh to-day.
No Action Soon.-It is not regarded
as likely that any appointment of a
brigadier-general to command the
Third Brigade as successor to General
&. NJ. Clement will be made for some
time to come. The commission of
General Clement will be issued in a
few days.
To Make Inspection. - Chairman
Ainey, of the Public Service Commits
sion. has gone to Philadelphia to
make inspection of proposed crossings
in the vicinity of Cramps shipyards.
Complaint OH Rates. 5. II. Oil.
of Columbia county, to-day filed
complaint with the Public Service
Commission regarding rates charged
by the Belr Telephone Company in
certain territories.
Board May Extend. The State
Insurance Board is in session this
afternoon and owing to the rush for
applications for State Insurance may
extend the time for applications to
become effective.
Big Payments Made, - The Penn
sylVania Steel Company to-day paid
the State S31,979.55 as State tax on
loans and the Berwind White Coal
Mining Co, paid S46,095.41 as State
tax on capital stock.
Filed Reorganization. - The certi-
ficate of reorganization of the Cum
berand Valley Telephone Company,
effected here yesterday, was filed at
the CAPITOL to-day.
Paid Big Bonus. The American
Manganese Manufacturing Company,
in which E. E. Marshall, of the New
port Furnace is interested, to-day
paid the State S2S,51S.42 as bonus on
an increase of stock amounting to SS.-
555,525. It was the biggest bonus
paid in a long time.
DIR. jackson Ill. - Commissioner
of Labor Jackson is confined to his
home with an attack of grip.
More Smallpox. a case of small
poX was reported to the Department
of Health to-day from Mauch Chunk.
State police are helping the health
officials to round up the patient who
escaped from Coaldale. A case has
also appeared in Mercer county.
State Enters Suit. - Eight prose-
cutions against concerns in Phila-
dclphia selling stale eggs as fresh
eggs have been ordered by the De-
partment of Agriculture. In each case
the eggs were represented and sold as
fresh eggs but they were found to be
stale and unfit for food in some in
stances. The Department of Agrs-
culture has also brought prosecutions
against two dealers in feeding stiffs
for selling feeds under a guarantee
for protein that was not sustained
upon analysis These cases were In
Chester and Cumberland counties