Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-07

| hsNkNTsN.TNrJ day failed to do so
hKEaggNM because they did
IL hQQ0S2 not have commits
I'll STHEENo sions bearing the
| EdEHWHIHNW State seal and the
eCO signature of the
i-@zs=SEzz Governor 1t was
| because either the
squires had not sent their acceptances
of the election on November in time
or else the prothonotaries of their
counties had not forwarded them to
| the State Capitol in time for commits ,
sions to be issued Under the law
every magistrate must file an accept |
ance of election within thirty days.
| Many of the justices failed to send :,
| notice and yesterday and to-day the
| mail of the department of the Secre-
! tary OF the Commonwealth has been
| hlled with requests for commissions to
| be sent, while some have gone to the
expense of telephoning and telegraph I
| ing. Several counties only filed their |
lists yesterday and wanted the COM
| missions right away. AS there are
about $500 justices involved. and each
| man has to be looked up on the rec
! ords and the terms verified, the clerks |
| had TO work overtime to get the parch- |
\ ments ready for the Governor to sign.
Want DemonStrationS.-St Zool- |
! ogist I'll. A. Surface, who announced u |
| day or so ago that the orchard demon
Strations would end the third week |
| this month. has been receiving nu-
| merous requests that he continue them
and there have also been a number of
! offers of orchards for special demon /
strations if he will send the men. The
| orchard demonstration places were
changed in many counties this year
and people in other localities are ask
| ing for visits by the State inspectors.
! Owing to the condition of the funds, it |
Will be necessary to adhere to the |
| original schedule
Attending Funeral. L. KendIe- |
hart of the State Department, and
! Mrs. Kendlehart are in Gettysburg at |
tending the funeral of Mr.. Kendle- /
hart's nephew. George 3. kendlehart, |
who died at his home in that place |
! Sunday morning after a brief illness |
| from pneumonia. Young Mr.. Kendle- |
hart was member of the senior class |
at Gettysburg College. He was II
years old
Visited Washington. - Deputy At
torney General ]. l.. Kun was in
Washington yesterday and was ad- |
mitted to practice in the United States
Supreme court.
Board of Accounts. The State
Board of Accounts is scheduled for a
meeting tomorrow. !
In Chicago Highway Commits |
sioner Cunningham and Chief Engi- |
neer w. ID. Uhler are in Chicago at |
tending the big road congress.
Trade Gets Notice. Secretary of
Agriculture Charles E. Patton has is
sued letter to the paint trade giving |
notice of the paint and putty inspec- !
ton provided by the last Legislature. |
The inspection will begin at once.
Many Want Examinations. The |
State Vocational Bureau is getting
many letters asking about the exam
nations for teachers for continuation
schools, which will be held in six cities |
of the State on Saturday.
Inspected Mont Alto. - Harry S.
McDevitt, counsel of the Economy and |
Efficiency Commission, is making an |
inspection of business methods at State
Sanatoria. To-day he was at Mont
Alto.
Appointments Made. - Governor
Brumbaugh to-day appointed Clarence
Il. kohler as register of wills of York
county to succeed II. c. Kohler de-
ceased. He had been serving as de-
putty.
The Governor also reappointed ex-
Attorney General Hampton l.. Carson.
philadelphia, and ex-Auditor General
A. e. Sisson, Erie, as members of the
State Historical Commission.
Final Argument. - The Public Ser
vice Commission to-day heard the final
argument in the industrial railway
case in which the trunk line railroads
and most of the States steel compan-
les figure. The testimony has been
taken in the last year and a half. The
arguments were made to-day chiefly |
by George Stuart Patterson for the |
Pennsylvania railroad. and C. S. Bel 4
sterling for the constituent companies
of the United States Steel corporation
Ruling ON Schooling. - Attorney
General Brown to-day gave a decision
on a question of hours of employment /
of minors raised in the Department /
of Labor and Industry under the new
child labor law. 1t was held that
minors could be employed one week |
and go to school another week so long
as they were given the hours of
schooling required in the child labor
law.
Birth Rate Away Up. - Pennsylva-
Mas birth rate during September was
twice the death rate, the number of
births being 1851 and of deaths
$3.50. There was a marked decline
in the number of deaths from tuber-
culosis the total being 742. Intestinal
trouble of children under two years
caused most of the deaths, being re-
sponsble for 1,524. There were 76
suicides, sc killed in mines and lit
killed by railway injuries. Bright's
disease caused $50 deaths, and cancer
525.
After Bad Food. - Agents of the
State Dairy and Food Commission to-
day rounded up sellers of bad chest
nuts IN Philadelphia, causing half a
dozen arrests. Arrests were also made
in Mexican, Luzerne and Delaware
counties for violation of food laws.
Tags Break Records. - Issuance of
automobile licenses for 1916 will break
all previous records. Tags for this
year will be issued unit 1.-The end of
the month, but it is not expected that
there will be many more. The total
licenses of various kinds by the State
Highway department to date run as
follows: Pneumatic tired machines, Il
152,30S: trucks, 1857: traction en-
gines, 2,19S; trailers, 1888; motor cy-
cles. 17.245; paid drivers, 26,707: un-
paid drivers, 6,329.
Legislator Here. Representative
t. ]. Ferguson. of Hogestown, was at
the Capitol.
Hill Visitors. Ex-Judge w. E. Il