Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-06
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Titles of some of the films for
whose display moving pictures theater
owners paid fines to the State of Penn
syvania because of suits started by
the State Board of Moving Picture
Censors, are almost enough to have
caused their being banned The list
or prosecutions carried out by the
State Board in Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh contains names of soma
thriliers. One of those which led to
an arrest was entitled 1.-The Cruise of
the He'll Ship" Another was Little
Busters Came" while two of the very
first to cause arrest were John Bar
leycorn" and Drug Terror" Smiths
Marmalade" and House With Nobody
in It, also led to arrests because some
parts were not "pruned." Other titles
which appear on the list of prosecu-
tions are interesting, being "Mabel's
Busy Day." "Gertie's Joyride,'
waking Father" "And Percy Got
Married" "The Bum Detective" and "A
Woman's Resurrection" Others in a
group were 1.-The Master Hand" "rhe
Stolen Voice" and BOLD, Bad Boys"
The Johnson-Willard films cost u
Philadelphia firm $50 and another
called "The Snake was the cause of
$25 fine. Among names of films
which cost fines were THE Tramp"
THE Ghost" and "The Champion"
Another styled alone at Last" cost
the producer $50.
Probably one of the funniest letters
| received by Governor Brumbaugh
| since he took the executive chair turn
ed up yesterday afternoon from mar
who evidently deals in inks. He ask
ed If the Governor would please in
form him of the man who sells ink to
the State Capitol. the Harrisburg Post
| Office and the Capitol at Washing
ton. The man gave no reason for de-
string this information and thanked
the Governor in advance.
There is less State money now held
| by banks and trust companies of
Pennsylvania than for over twenty
years. In fact there have been days
when the active repositories of tho
State funds, against which checks are
drawn for daily business, have had
almost half of the funds OF the Com
monwealth. 1t is not so many months
since there were 100 financial institu-
tions handling State money, being
classed as inactive repositories and
/ having deposits subject to withdrawal
upon notice. Now there are hardly
forty. The State financial showing at
the end of the year was the poorest
in long time and the heavy appro-
priations authorized do not promise
much relief. The general fund of the
State contains about two millions and
there is a million dollars owing to
the schools of the State, which under
ordinary circumstances would have
been paid before this time.
Judging from inquiries being made
at the State Capitol there will be q
scarcity of farmhands in Pennsylva-
MIA next Spring. Some of the coun-
ties of the State have been report
ing that men were being attracted
from the country to the cities by the
demands for hands for mills and fac
tories and on the railroads. In some
country districts there were inquiries
made as to whether the State could
reach some peasant labor from Eu-
, rope, but it was found that all such
,, men were engaged in industrial work
of various kinds. An effort Will be
made by the States new employment
agencies to put farmers into touch
, with men hunting jobs and some city
workers may get chances to go baclS
to the soil.
Some people have very hazy ideas OF
, what compensation means. The gen.
: eral impression in conversations over
heard in trolleys cars and in streets is
! that it relates to benefits, while some
, have the idea that it will STANDARDIZED
. | wages in various lines. One lawyer
!, !, told a story yesterday of a man who
called on him and asked If he could
; deduct certain sum from the weekly
wages paid to provide for the compen-
sation of men who got hurt In his gang
= and who had a hard time to realize
: that he would have to look to the pub
!. lie to pay the extra cost. Some work
ingmen have the compensation system
, and old age pensions rather twisted, as
!. s. was evidenced by one man who In GO
. ing home told a fellowworkman that
! he hoped to be able to work twenty
years for his employer because then
: he would be under the compensation
:. act. In spite of all the miles of mat
J. ter that have been printed and the un-
/ told number of words spoken about
compensation it would seem that there
: are many who do not yet understand
J, what it means.
! Among visitors to the city is William
e C. Fownes, art collector and golfer
{ of Pittsburgh, who is the guest ot
e Mr.. and Mrs. Walter II. Gather. Mr.
II Fownes has been planning a little goli
. on Harrisburg courses this week II the
y weatherman will be kind.