Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-19

s.azAslS compared with the
original petitions AS soon as this
comparison is completed preparations
to certify the nominations to county
commissioners for printing of ballots
will start. This certification must be
made before Friday night at midnight
1t is expected that there will be a
number of Withdrawals, which can be
done up to Friday.
The number of petitions filed ran
up into the thousands. AS high as
200 names were recorded for single
candidates and nominations for which
100 signatures were required were sup
ported by ten times that number.
Some of the petitions filed were in
bundles.
The actual number of candidates is
less than in 1912 or 1914. In the lat
ter year there were about $500 pa
pers. The decrease is accounted for
by the lack of general filing under new
party names.
The close ofthe time of filing brought
some amusing incidents as some men
insisted upon waiting until five min
utes of midnight and others whose pa
pers had been rejected endeavored to
file again.
The whole task was cleared up with
in two hours of midnight. Deputy
| Secretary i. A. Godcharles signed
every petition when 1t was filed and
did not have to work much after l
O'Clock. Chief Clerk Thorn had the
whole force of the department on duty
and there was a promptness about
securing information that facilitated
matters very much. Despite the task
the men of the department made a
record.
Altoona Helps. The Altoona
Chamber of Commerce is cooperating
with the Division of Industrial Hygiene
and Engineering of the Department
of Labor and Industry for the exhibit
ing of the safety motion pictures of
the Labor Department in Altoona dur
ing the week beginning Monday, May
l. Among the Altoona industries CO.
operating with the Chamber of Com
merce and the Labor Department in
the safety project are: Pennsylvania
Railroad, Altoona and Logan Valley
Electric Railway Company. Schwarz-
bach-H Huber Silk Mills; All public
school children will also view the
safety films. The pictures will be
shown in the high school auditorium
and in the Nichler theater.
Safety films of the department have
been shown in number of the cities
of the State in the campaign of the
Labor Department to promote safety.
Arrangements are also being made for
the exhibiting of the films in Riddles
burg, April 2S.
Sales Taxable. - Sales made by au-
tomato slot-machines throughout the
State are within the act of May 2, 1899,
imposing a mercantile license tax on
retail venders of goods according to an
opinion rendered to-day to Auditor
General Powell and Deputy Attorney
General Hargest. Mr.. largest holds
that those who own and operate these
automatic slot machines are certainly
retail vendors of or retail dealers in
goods, wares and merchandise He
also says that ''it certainly has some
of the incidents of permanent place
of business attached to it."
Schedules Up Again. The Public
Service Commission spent it's morning
executive session considering the rate
schedules of the Philadelphia Electric
company, but announced no decision.
Named Notary. - Mary b. O'Don-
nell, of this city, was to-day appointed
a notary public.
Palmer n Candidate.-Reports were
spread to-day that Justice E. A Wall
ing of the Supreme court, was not op-
posed for reelection. These reports
are erroneous. Charles Palmer, Ches-
ter, prominent prohibitionfst, who
ran for Superior court last year. has
filed papers.
Chicken Crop Short. - According
to bulletin of the State Department
of Agriculture issued to-day the crop
of Spring chickens in Pennsylvania
will be short this year this condition
being attributed to the loss of the
January and February chicks. The
peeps are weak and their backs
feets and legs are crippled. The
disease is said to be without a cure
by the department experts. Poor re-
suits are also reported from the March
broods.
More jitncy Cases. - More applica-
tions for jitney certificates have been
received at the Public Service Com
mission and more protests have come
in. No decisions have been announced
ON the caSeS heard on Monday