Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-05

investment. The fund is growing al
most weekly owing to escheatings
and the sale of forestry products.
During the year just closed the in
come of the fund was $4,000 alone
from the sale of products of the
States million acre forestry reserves
this sum being turned in by the De-
partment of Forestry, $50, 1928 from
escheated estates and $179, from sales
of State land
The State Fire Insurance Fund,
created by the last Legislature, which
is to replace burned buildings owned
by the State is now over quarter OF
a million dollars.
1t is expected that the State Work
mems Insurance Fund will go over
the $750.000 mark this year.
The Stag Case. - The Stag rate
case which involves the charges on
hauling Stag from furnaces in the
Pittsburgh district and affects plants
in every part of the State is due to be
considered finally by the Public Serv-
ice Commission this week. The argu-
ment will be heard tomorrow.
Special Dates Made. - S p C a |
orchard demonstrations have been ar
ranged by the Pennsylvania Depart
ment of Agriculture, Bureau of Zoology
in Potter and Wayne county for next
week. These orchard meetings will
be in charge of experts and everybody
is invited to attend and bring speci-
ments for identification. The schedule
of meetings is as follows:
Potter County, M. l.. Benn, Demon
strator.
April 1O-David r. Persng, North
Bingham.
April 12-E. G. scoville, Roulette,
r. No. /.
April 14-Frank Morris, Millport.
Wayne county, w. Fl. Bullock, DEM
April 1O-R. w. Murphy, Hawley.
April 12.-W. J. Hicks, Honesdale.
April III. w. Pelton, Hamlin.
The Very LateSt.-The Philadelphia
Press to-day contains this interesting
item about compensation matters:
Can a man suffer an attack of ap-
pendictis from shock caused by
steel forging dropping on his toes?
This is a question that the Workmen's
Compensation Board will probably
have to decide in the near future. Mrs.
j. Frank Knorr, Philadelphia, has
taken out a claim petition and an
nounced that she will ask for compen-
sation for her husband from the South
wark Foundry and Machine Company,
Fourth and Washington streets, on
these grounds. According to infor-
nation given Referee Scott several
days ago, Knorr, who was a workman
at the place, had suffered several
smashed toes Wnen q forging uIOppeu
on them. The accident occurred
March 6. and on March II, the wife
claims, her husband was operated upon
for appendicitis. Her physician, she
told the referee, declared the atlliction
developed as a result of shock caused
by the accident
Union InsurCS.-Cigarmak Union
No. 226 to-day insured its employees
in the State fund under the compen-
sation act.
At Burnham.- S. Spicer to-
day went to Burnham to conduct the
State safety first moving picture eN-
hibit before the employees of the
Standard Steel Company tonight.
Mr.. NIumma's Paymcnt-County
County Treasurer Mark Mumma to-
day paid the State $21, 900 as Dauphin
liquor licenses.
New Shirt COmpany.-The Sterling
Shirt Company, of this city, was char
tered yesterday with $4,000 capital
by G. L. French, Duncannon; Theo-
dore Khares Harrisburg, and S. A.
Garman, Richfield.
Pardon Case Filcd.-Newton II.
Miller, of this city. to-day filed an APP
plcation for pardon. He was con-
victed last year of larceny and given
from fifteen to thirty-siX months.
Ten new cases are listed for the Par
don Board.
No Contract Known Of.-State Of
ficials stated to-day that they had
no information that the contract for
the West Chester ArmOry had been
let to w. II. Jones at $4,000.