Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-24

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ton and Center counties plan to do the
same and that the city of Easton will
act on April /.
Considerable attention has been at
tracted to the suit pending the Dau-
phin county court and fixed for hear
ing on Monday wherein the State seeks
to require NJ. G. Livingston, Pitts
burgh, to file reports with the State
bureau. This will settle point which
has been in question.
Money From TaXcs.--The first big
payments of the State tax upon the
premiums of foreign or out-of-S State
pennsylvania are now being received
at the State Treasury. On a couple of
days the amounts paid have passed
the 100000 mark. Much of this
money goes to local fremens relief
organizations.
Miners TO Assist.-Assurances from
a number of mine owners of the State
that they Will cooperate with the State
In Its campaign against pollution of
streams by installing filters of waste
products have been received at the
Department of Fisheries. Half a dozen
concerns manufacturing powder and
refining oil have sent word that they
are awaiting an improvement in the
weather before starting work. Fully
tributed by the department for use of
manufacturers.
Record On File Now.-Dairy and
Food Commissioner James Foust has
received the fun record of the cold
storage egg case recently tried in the
Blair county courts when the manager
and clerk of the Armour & Co. plant
at Altoona were found guilty of selling
cold storage eggs without being labeled
as required by law. IT is the only case
on record where eggs have been proved
to be colo storage eggs on physical and
chemical eZG;lsination to the Satisfac-
tion of a jury. The verdict was a
Sreat victory for the Department of
Agriculture and proves the ability of
the department chemists, who have
worked out a method of analysis to
establish cold storage eggs. The testi-
mony comprises 1876 typewriter pages
and that with the judges charge and
the verdict may be printed in bulletin
form.
Board Meets Tomorrow. The
State Workmen's Compensation Board
will meet in Philadelphia tomorrow.
Pays Big Bonus. - The Curtis Pub
fishing Company of Philadelphia yes
tCrday paid the State S13.333.34 as
bonus on increase of stock from S20,-
100000 to S24.0O0,000.
Visited by Son. - Lee Solomon,
SttitldIN OF tllP compensation DOGGu.
is being visited by his son this week.
Wants Better Methods. - DR.. j.
George Becht. secretary of the State
Board of Education in speaking at
Detroit yesterday, declared that the
methods in teaching were archaic.
To Test Halston Act. - Steps are
being taken in court at Philadelphia
TO test the Ralston practice act which
was adopted by the last Legislature.
Urges Union of Organizations. -
Steps to unite the various agricultural
and allied organizations were urged
by William T. Greasy. former legisla-
tor, who said that 1t would mean bet
ter work in legislation. There is such
q federation for legislative matters.
State to Profit. - Officials of the
auditor generals department. to-day
estimated that the transfers of. the
stock of the Cambria and Pennsylvania
Steel Companies in the recent trans
actions would net the Common
wealth between $4,000 and 100000
in stock transfer tax. The tax is two
cents on each hundred of value.
Mr.. Connolly Here. - City Solicitor
John p. Connolly, of Philadelphia,
was at the attorney generals office
to-day on professional business. He
said that it was a matter which had
been pending some time and did not
relate to city affairs. Attorney Gen
eral Brown was not here to-day and
Mr.. Connolly saw the deputies.
Can't Change Bills. - In an opin-
ion given to-day to the State Depart
ment of Public Printing and Binding
Deputy Attorney General Kun holds
that an amendment to the printing
laws is necessary before bills intro
duced in the Legislature can be
printed in the same size as the acts
appearing in pamphlet laws or ad-
vance sheets. The inquiry was in an
effort to avoid reprinting.
Guard Orders. The following
National Guard appointments were
announced to-day: Charles II. Hatfield
of Huntingdon, to be captain and as
signed to company T., Eighth In
fantry; Harry f. Robb. Huntingdon,
TO be first lieutenant and assigned to
same company; Second Lieutenant
Daniel S. Gressang, of Pottsville,
battalion quartermaSter and COM
missary. appointed first lieutenant and
assigned to Company +, Fourth In
fantry.
Compensation Rule. - A ruling
that a man employed by telephone
or telegraph company in emergency
repair work is entitled TO compensa-
tion for injury and disablement the
same as though he had been regularly
employed has been made by T.. X.
Saylor. of Lancaster referee in COM
pensation. The ruling was made in
the case of Samuel T. Tscudy, who
fell from a pole while making repairs
after one of the recent storms in Lam
caster county. His claim for COM
pensation was allowed
Murdcrcrs Wanted. Requisition
was made to-day on the Governor of
New York for return to Pittsburgh of
Mike Miller and Joe Miller, both of
whom have numerous aliases. They
are wanted to answer q charge of
numbering John Conowski near Pitts
burgh.
Want Later Traiu. - c o m p | a int
was made to the Public Service Com
mission to-day by w. II. Molly. of
Lebanon, representing the Travellers
Protective Association. against the
Philadelphia and Reading Railways s
schedule. which does not provide a
train east from Harrisburg to Allen
town after 6:30 p. IN. 1t is claimed
that the service depriVes men ar
rivii here from north and west after
that hour of opportunity TO go to their
homes I'm towns along the Reading.
Hunting Typhoid. - State health
authorities are cooperating with
Huntingdon county. Mt. Union and
powder company officials in an effort
TO find sources of typhoid fever in Mt.
Union. Inspections are being made
by eneineers who will file detailed re-
ports.
70 Get Ratc-The State Insurance
Fund has taken up with the State In
surance department the proposition of
allowing a lower rate for liability in