Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-15

missions issued for twenty-eight COM
mon pleas judges, Philadelphia having
four. two orphans court judges, one
municipal court judge for Philadelphia
and six associate judges
Opinion by Mr.. Collins. - An opin-
ion has been given by Emerson Col
Inns, deputy attorney general, who is
! in charge of the legal problems arising
out of the child l2bor and women s
employment acts, that when time is
| lost in establishment in consequence
of the breakdown of an outside power
plant, furnishing current, that the
| time lost may be lawfully made up by
overtime work by a female employe.
/ The question was raised by an inquiry
| to the Department of Labor ana In
duStry.
/ First Stamps BY Christmas. - The
| Auditor Generals Department is plan
ming to make the first issue of the
stamps for the States new stock trans
! fer tax about Christmas day. The first
instalment of the stamps has been
received and is about to be treated
with fugitive ink which will prevent
any frauds. The total issue runs righ
into the millions.
Big Demand For Bounties. - Over
| $4,000 has been paid out to various
counties of the State in game bounties
| in the last few weeks, that sum having
been put to the credit of counties at
the State Treasury. Thanks to the
energy of the State game authorities
| the frauds have been largely checked
| Governor Returns. - Cover
! Brumbaugh returned last night from
| Washington and also filled an engage
ment to speak at Carlisle.
Approved Applications.-The Pub
i
the agreements between the Pennsyl-
vania railroad and the borough of Mt.
| Union on laying of sewers.
Addressed Teachers.-Prof. W. NJ
! Denison, of the Department of Pub
| lie instruction, is at Tunkhannock to-
| day addressing the Wyoming county
teachers. He is State high school
| inspector.
-Four Hearings. - For the first
time the Public Service Commission
| is holding hearings in four different
/ places at once. Hearings are being
held in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, AL
toona and Allentown.
To Address Farmers. - Deputy
| Highway Commissioner Hunter and
| Deputy Attorney General Keller are
| to be speakers at the Farmers Week
meetings at State College the latter
part of the month. Mr.. Keller, who
is an authority on highway laws, is
!
Still No Blister. - Notwithstanding
valiant attempts it was reported to-
/ day that the State Forestry Depart
ment did not know of the presence of
/ the white pine blister in Dauphin
/ county. Cumberland and Perry will
now be searched.
Macl<ey's Busy Days. Chairman
! Mackey, of the Compensation Board.
! who made somewhat of a political
I speech at Philadelphia last week, is
now devoting himself to compensa-
I tion strictly. He spoke last night at
Frankford in Philadelphia on the
compensation system and will speak
before the State Street Railway As
sociation at Scranton. He will make
a number of other speeches on COM
pensation in the next fortnight, giving
the benefit OF his study of the subject
and answering questions which have
been raised.
Speakers Son Saved. - Merrill
Amber, son of the speaker of the
House. was saved from drowning at
Arlington yesterday by a playmate.
Both boys were badly scared, the
rescuer being the worst frightened.
Congressman Here. - Congress-
man Henry w. Temple. of Washing
ton, was a visitor to the Hill to-day.
Urge Stillwagon Friends of III.
here, are urging the Governor by mail
to name him as justice of the peace
for Ardmore.
Board to Meet Tomorrow. - The
State Compensation Board will meet
tomorrow and the assignments of
districts to referees may be made at
that time. Some changes are to be
referred to the Governor for his ap-
proval.