Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-28


district had insured. will pay for a
short period of disability. The teacher,
who is employed in a western county,
is young woman and was directing
the play of children during q recess
period when she slipped and fell in
the school yard. She broke an arm.
Officials of the State Compensation
insurance Fund have announced that
all policies, including those at the
minimum rate of So, will be pro rated
Tor insurance taken out until the end
of the year. The experience of the
State fund in regard to accidents for
the first month is said to be about as
expected, there having been few pay
ments required. The fund is also car
rying S2OO,0OO reinsurance against ex-
ceptional conditions which might arise.
Four Books Now.-Nominating Pc
titions for the May primary will be re-
corded in four books at the depart
ment of the Secretary of the Com
monwealth this year instead of two,
as heretofore. There will be one book
for congressional and senatorial can
dtdates; two books for House candi-
dates, one for Philadelphia and Allie
gheny and one for the rest of the
state; one for state candidates and
national delegates and one for state
committeeman. This plan will greatly
facilitate the business of recording
the names.
More Charters Asked. - Twenty
seven electric companies which desire
charters to operate in Mercer. Beaver
and Lawrence counties are asking the
Public Service Commission for GER
ticates of convenience preparatory to
Incorporation. The companies are
projected by several groups of men
and cover townships and boroughs.
Inspection to Start.-Pennsylvani s
national guardsmen, who will begin
their annual spring inspection this
week, will be closely inspected in re-
gard to their equipment and readiness
to take the field. The efficiency of or
Sanizations is to be carefully noted
and in the work of the inspectors
every defect in an organization will be
noted. The rifle practice cards for
the 1915 season will be shown and
where men are absent authority for
absence must be given. The attend
ance at the federal inspections the last
six weeks was excellent and the men
are reported to have shown marked
interest in their work. The organ
iaation of the new regiment of field
artillery will become effective Wednes-
day, the headquarters to be in Pitts
burgh. 1t is not thought that any
additional batteries will be organized
Immediately owing to the impending
changes in the militia system through
congressional action.
Big Payments Made. - Heavy pay
ments of State tax on baks are being
made at the State Treasury, as the
time for making reports and payments
expires on March 1. This form of
taxation yields the State over a million
dollars annually.
Must File His Reports.-Under man
damus proceedings instituted by James
Sweeney, chief of the Bureau of
Standards, to compel Murray G.. Liv-
ingston to file monthly reports of the
inspections made by his department
for Pittsburgh, Mr.. Livingston in his
answer to-day says that he has been
advised by the city solicitor of Pitts
burgh that it is his duty under the
provisions of the act of July "a, 1913.
to make the monthly reports at Har-
risburg and that he has prepared and
forwarded reports of the work done
by his department since June. 1915.