Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-29

@z6az# taxation and also
z.z'a of the time in
In the auditor generals department
over $500 pieces of mail were received
and 1859 had been opened, sorted and
assigned before IL o'clock.
A number of companies have asked
for extension of time to file their re-
ports and probably 1000 will get this
privilege.
Treasury receipts were over $1,1O0,-
coo to-day, of which $650.000 came
from insurance premium tax. The
Prudential paid $S09,105.07 and the
Metropolitan $222, 2,033.47. Bank stock
tax brought in 100000 alone.
Prominent Men Here. - Governor
Brumbaugh's visitors to-day included
several men who are understood to
have talked politics with him. They
were ]. Banks Kurtz, Altoona: w.
Lloyd Hartman, Juniata county and
Col. E. Nj. Young, Allentown. Ex-
Senator Walter McNichols, of Scran-
ton, was also here.
To Enlist More. - Several men will
be enlisted by the State Police in
March to fill up vacancies. The police
headquarters to-day received the re-
ports In the Christy case in Mercer
county in which a murder mystery was
cleared and a confession obtained
through the police.
New Local Company. - The Ster-
ling Shoe Company. of Harrisburg
was chartered to-day with $4,000 cap
ital by w. f. Paul, E. H. Waters and
David Morrison, of this city. Bernard
Schmidt of this city, was one of the
mcorporators of the new Hazleton
Baking Company, and b. K. Huntz-
niger of the Hayes Milling Co., of
Montoursville.
Cumberland Payment. Sou t h.
ampton township. Cumberland county
to-day received check for S2,3S7.43
as'its school payment.
Commission Meets. The Meade
Memorial Commission which is in
charge of the erection of the statute
in Washington, held a meeting in the
office of the governor to-day.
Filed Petitions. Representative
James Q. Campbell, of Butler, to-day
nled petition to be a candidate for
Republican denomination. c. f. Yost
of Manchester township, York county,
filed a petition to be candidate for
Republican nomination for the House
in the Second York district.
Big Merger Approved. - The Pub
lie Service Commission has approved
the application for the merger of the
West Penn Electric and West Penn
Traction interests. These combina-
tions include a number of companies
chartered for Western Pennsylvania
counties in the last few years. The
consolidation of several electric COM
panies in Erie county into the North
western Electric Service Company of
Pennsylvania, Erie, has also been ap-
proved.
Lieutenant Goes. The adjutant
generals department to-day an
nounced the discharge of Second
Lieutenant Walter A. Selfridge, Com
pany E, Third Infantry. because he
had attended only one drill between
October 4 and February 2S.
March Meeting. - The March
meeting of the State Board of Par
dons is announced for Wednesday,
March 10.
Reports Under Way.-It is under
stood that reports to the State Bureau
of Standards from Pittsburgh are on
the way. This will remove any chance
of difficulty arising under the new sys-
tenn in the State and operations of all
sealers will be reported here.
Other Counties On Way.-It is un-
derStood that a number of counties in
this part of the State are considering
petitioning the Governor to name trus-
tees for mothers pension systems.
The commissioners have the matter in
hand.
Expect to Free Pike.-According to
word received here to-day. Highway
Commissioner Cunningham expects to
free the Lancaster pike out as far as
Paoli before the end of the year. The
negotiations were pushed forward in
Philadelphia yesterday.
Discussed Code.-The discussion of
the code of safety for millers and
milling was continued by the State In
dustrial Board yesterday. A number
of suggestions were made.
At Pittsburgh.-Jacob Lightner and
S. S. Riddle, of the Department of
Labor and Industry. are in Pittsburgh
in connection with the organization of
the new employment bureau.
Mr.. Bigelow Spoke.-E. NJ. Bigelow,
former State Highway Commissioner,
was one of the speakers at the pre-
liminary meeting of the American
Road Builders Congress at Pittsburgh.
Closing the Case. - The prolonged
Philadelphia electric case is about be-
ing closed at Philadelphia. The final
attack made against the company yes
terday was by witnesses who had been
heard here. They aSSailed the values
of the company.
Trying to End thames A. Steese,
chief clerk of the Department of La
Dor and Industry, is at Wilkes-Barre
in an effort to end the strike.
Suit Goes Over Again.-The pro-
ceedings instituted by City Treasurer
McCoach against Register of Wills
Sheehan, in the form of a case stated,
which renewed the old fight over the
fees of the register of wills office in
Philadelphia, were called for argu-
ment before President Judge Auden-
ried and Judge Finletter yesterday,
but owing to the number of cases on
the list ahead of it it was postponed
until to-day. The suit is practically
to test the constitutionality of the act
of 1918, which provides that all fees
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