Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-03

| the new forms approved by the Com
monwealth. Under the law. all fire
! insurance written now must be ON the
same form. 1t is estimated that the
/ act will affect millions of dollars
worth of insurance.
The provision for the uniform con-
tract was one of the bills to be enacted
by the last Legislature as a result of
The work OF the Insurance lnveSti-
cation Commission, which probed the
fire insurance situation throughout the
State. Some of the bills regulating
rating fell by the wayside, but will
likely be introduced again next session.
Institutes Reconnaissance farmers
institutes We're resumed to-day in five
counties of the estate and the series of
meetings will continue until March.
The first section meetings began in
Lebanon county and will be followed
by Franklin and Cumberland this
month: the second section meetings
began in Cambria and will be followed
by Somerset Bedford. Fulton. Hunt
ingdon and Blair; the third section
began in Lawrence and will be fol-
lowed by Mercer and Butler: the
fourth in Susquehanna. to be followed
by Northampton Lehigh and Bucks.
10 Build Chapcl.--Charles Hood of
Pittsburgh, has been awarded the con-
tract for the union chapel TO be erected
at the state Sanatorium at Cresson.
Open Bids Next Week. - Bids for
furnishing bond for the investment of
the State fire insurance fund will be
opened on January IL at the State
Treasury There is 10000 to be in
vested.
Mr.. McDcvitt Returns. - Harry S.
McDevitt, counsel of the Economy and
Efficiency Commission. who has been
90 Cd l. -ftN,p
various State institutions and offices
throughout the State, returned to the
Capitol to-day.
Wants Chartcr.-The Ambridge Light
Company, which figured recently in
some proceedings before the Public
Service Commission, applied TO the
commission to-day for approval OF its
incorporation papers.
To Ask Statc.-The Berks County
Conservation Association plans to ask
the State Forestry Commission for
about 100000 seedlings for planting
in that county. The commission will
meet Friday and will likely act on this
request and some for creation of aux
iliary forest reserves.
Guarantee Was Not Rieht.-Agents
of the State Department of Agriculture
have rounded up two agents for cattle
feeds in a central county on a charge
of selling feeds which were not prop
erly guaranteed. There was a lot of
guarantee. but the mixture did not
agree with 4.
First Compensation Casc.-The first
official report Of an accident coming
under the new State wor<men's COM
pensation system was received at the
State Capitol to-day. The man injured
was Vincent Breiline, employed in a
paper mill at Erie. The probable
duration of his incapacity because of
the accident is given as six weeks
The State board will have the compen-
sation agreements arranged at once.
The board resumed its sessions here
to-day. some details of organization
of referees Offices applications for
exemption and other matters COM
ing up.
Starts pcctions.-Federal inspec-
tion of organizations of the National
Guard begins to-day at Lancaster, Will
Transport and Hollidaysburg, the in
fantry organizations at those places
being the first on the list. The inspec-
tions at Philadelphia will begin on
Wednesday and at Pittsburgh next
week.
Reading School First.-State officials
in charge of the enforcement of the
new child labor law stated to-day that
no difficulties had arisen and that steps
for working it were under way in n
number of school districts in addition
to those which had taken up the mat
ter last week. The opening of the
first continuation school at Reading
to-day attracted some attention here
and it was stated that more would be
opened within few days in the larger
cities.
Guard Appointments. - Announce.
ment was made at National Guard