Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-13
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THE Attorney Generals depart
ment has informed me that justices of
the peace and other magistrates who
ere cognizant of perjury or who con-
nive at 1t in the game bounty frauds
are liable to prosecution and must be
prosecuted" said DIR. Joseph Kalbfus,
secretary of the State Game Commis-
sion, to-day in talking about the diff
culties he has encountered in admins
tering the game bounty fund.
have turned up some cases that reve9i
astonishing conditions. Magistrates
nave taken aff1davits in q manner fatty
against what the law provides, not in
isolated cases, but by scores and even
hundreds l have been amazed that
such transactions as have been un-
earthed in our investigation of the
bounty frauds should have taken place
ana justices Will have to explain what
they mean. Instead of pelts being
brought in it has been shown that only
heads. and some very old ones at that.
were produced. / have heard of one
case wherein head of bird with a
straight bill was presented as the bill
| OF hawk. When the official probe
was on 1t was asked If hawks did not
nave curved bills. The man answered
| by saying that when attention was
called to this straight bill the hunter
VINO made the affidavit replied that 1t
was young hawk and 1t would have
gotten curved bill if it had lived.
why, we have turned up some of tho
most bare-faced frauds and we are
prosecuting every place we can. The
magistrates who are bIamable will
have to stand their part of It, We
intend to go right through with the
inquiry no matter who it hits
The delay in the filing of official
returns on Superior Court from Phila-
10 some amusing inquiries at the Capi-
toi. Apparently some people have
peen betting on whether certain can
dldates would get 81 per cent of the
! vote or not. When one man heard
That the two counties had not filed lie
expressed the hope that the Secretary
of the Commonwealth would collect
the fine for being late. Another sug-
Sested that maybe State police could
hurry them along.
hunters licenses seem to be quite a
line Oh business said County Treas
urer A. II. Bailey yesterday. "This
vas a holiday. The office was not
open and just went in to look at the
man. Well, l issued $50 licenses by
the time got through"
Charles II. Wolfe, of Williamsport
chief deputy fire mashal has ideas
en- holidays, too. Mr.. Wolfe rose at
$50 yesterday morning to get a train
10 TINS city in time to take up some
business. When he arrived he found
the Capitol in the throes of a holiday
ana nothing doing except in a few
spots. He attended to the business
| to-day.
There is pear tree in a garden
adjoining the Telegraph building
whlch Is Is living example of fruitful
ness rms tree contains some dozens
! OF Well-deVeloped pears and IL also has
three fine clusters of blossoms. The
pears and the blossoms are on the
| same limbs.
Dr. j. j. Mullowney, who had charge
OF the exhibit of the Department OF
Health at the San Francisco Exno-
sition. has returned home fulI Of en-
thusiasm over the scenery of Penn
| sylvania. He said to a friend to-day.
nave lust returned from a wonder
lul exposition. 1t is magnificent. Cali
| rornia is wonderfully attractive.
country, but in all my travels 1 have
nor seen scenic view that surpasses
in beauty and inspiration powers that
winch Harrisburg has at its very door
the Susquehanna river basin!"
rather questionable looking stranger
accosted passer-by in Front street
| AiiOiilillB anu urged him tn
buy diamond ring which he had in
ms vest pocket. It isn't often that
one is given an opportunity of mr.
CHASING diamond ring in the street
nor is 1t often that an utter stranger
makes bold to negotiate a sale in the
Iubiic highways. The attempt to sell
valuable ring 10 the first person who
comes along is indicative either of a
guilty conscience and an eagerness to
get rid of white elephant or else the
gambling chance of getting more for
| something of value than would he
given at a regular three ball establish
ment. The only other possibility is
that 1T was bunco game. At any
rate, a well-known businessman who
was given the opportunity the other
morning of making this purchase and
| thereby getting n great bargain was M
connoisseur on diamond rings and was
TOO much surprised to do anvthinp
more than shake an emphatic refusal
OF the offer. -S-U0''i
Joseph s. Alexander, prominent
Fttsburgh insurance man, was here
yesterday on business at the Canitoi
lie was member of the IesisIatiy,a
investigation commission which Looked
into the insurance business of fbe