Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-14

State Industrial Board. of which he Is
the chairman. The bills creating the
bureau and defining its powers and
for state supervision over private
agencies have become laws and eff
forts will be made to get the system In
to operation in order to prove its USE
fulness in event of pronounced revival
in business. Under the act provision
Is made for districting the State and
for branch offices, while the indus
trial Board is charged with h duty
of studying means for Repatriation
of employment in various industries
and the seasonal trades and with or
ganizing district councils to investi-
rate local conditions in various parts
of h state and the different NOUS.
tries and report to the bureau so that
1t may be in touch with the labor
situation.
For the last two years the labor
and immigration conditions in this
state have been carefully studied IN
cooperation with the federal gov
eminent and much data has been Sc
cured.
Semimonthly Pay Rulles.-The
semimonthly pay bill for attaches of
the state government, which AFFECTS
over 1100 persons, will become effec-
tive on July /. Under the act the
first ond fifteenth days of each month
are to be pay days. but the general
appropriation bill, which carries the
funds to run the state government,
has not been approved and it would
ready II it were approved today. Hence
June % will be the pay day for
Capitol Hill and the various places
where the state has employees. There
after those desiring semtmonthly
pay will be paid as the law directs,
but any desiring monthly pay Will
get checks on the first.
To Attend COnvention.-The mem
bers of the State Pharmaceutical
Board will attend tho meeting of the
State Association at Forest Park. Pike
county. this week and report on the
enforcement of State laws and the
changes made in State laws.
Investigating Fires.-The State Fire
Marshal's department is making an in
quiry into the outbreak of fires In the
vicinity of Warwick. Barns and to-
baCco warehouses AVE been attacked.
Governor Returns.-Governor Brum-
baugh returned to the Capitol to-day
after a weekend spent in Philadelphia
and Allentown. He was highly de-
lighted with the reception given to
him at the playground ceremonies in
Allentown. where he was greeted by a
large number of school children, who
pelted him with roses and strewed
them in his path to the speakers
stand. The Governor considered it
infinitely more pleasant than acting
on bills.
Object to Rates.-W. f. Crow and
T. b. Palmer. receivers of the United
Lumber Company, have filed a COM
plant with the Public Service Com
mission against the Ursina and North
Fork Railway Company, which OPP
crates in Somerset county. It is al
legged that the respondent has attempt
ed to collect a rate in excess of a rate
agreed upon in 1910.
Newport Comprehensive borough
of Newport has filed a complaint
against the Newport Home Water
Company because it has increased its
rate for fire hydrant service SIS a year.
The borough believes that the reason
for the excessive rate is occaSioned by
an effort on the part of the company
to pay dividends on the capital stock
as originally issued and to pay i'm
provident salaries to it's officers.
Commissioner Here.-Frank S. Black,
of Somerset county, n of the new
agricultural commissioners, was among
the callers at the Governors office.
Mr.. Black expects to devote consid-
cradle time to the work of the new
commission. He is a personal friend
OF the Governor ana a SucceSSIul DuSl-
nessmen and farmer.
Department Closed. The Depart
ment of Labor and Industry was closed
his afternoon because of the funeral
of George S. Comstock, member of the
State Industrial Board.
Delegations Here.-Highway Com
missioner Cunningham to-day received
delegations from Lycoming and other
counties regarding road improvements.
Pomeroy to Inspect.-A. Nevin Pom
eroy, Superintendent of Public Print
ing, left to-day for Massachusetts,,
where he will witness the tests of
paper on which bids were submitted
for state contracts a few days ago.
Mr.. Brown Returns.-Attorney Cen
eral Brown returned this afternoon
from Philadelphia, where he spent a
few days.
Paper Worth While. - The State
Treasury to-day got $S70.74 from the
sale of waste paper from the Legis-
lature and the departments. This sum
was turned in by superintendent POM