Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-18

with local authorities will endeayor 10
fix the responsibility and to prevent
occurrences
The Departments staff. although
very busy now with the infantile par
alysis, will detail men this week to
check up on the water and milk sup
plies in this vicinity. The investiga-
uons at Altoona and Coatesville have
SHOWN the typhoid came from water
and possibly from ice cream in vicin-
itS OF Juniata. In this city the typhoid
Is generally blamed on ice cream. The
water supply is carefully followed and
the suburban supply is also being
checked up. Recently improvements
were made to filters in vicinity of the
city.
After going through places where
milk is received in Harrisburg. the
STATE inspectors will follow the milk to
its shipping point and then go to the
farms where it is produced and re-
port on conditions and on the sur
rounding country. 1t will be one of
the most careful investigations and
will be of value not only to Harrisburg.
but to other places in the State which
receive milk from the Cumberland val
ley and other points which also sup
ply Harrisburg.
being taken in Philadelphia to draft
more stringent laws relative to the
sale OF drugs such as cocaine. Inves-
ugations have established, it is report
ed there. that the State acts are not
strong enough. The subject will be
taken up in a short time with the at
torney general
Working on Case. - Deputy Attor-
ney General Hargest is working on the
Mayor Jonas Fischer. of Williamsport
He will make a report to the attor-
ney general this week.
To Be an Examplc.-Prosecu of
the West Virginia Pulp and Paper
Company for polluting the Juniata
river at Williamsburg with wastes
from its plant is the first of series of
arrests to be made this month by State
fish wardens. The West Virginia COM
pany ignored notices to filter its wastes
and paid S1Oe fine. If II does not COM
ply with the order it will be fined
again. There are a number of plants
in northern and eastern counties which
have ignored such notices and their
managers will likely be arrested this
week.
Beer Rate Cases.-The Public SerS-
ice Commission has set September 90
at Pittsburgh for hearing the beer rate
cases, which involve charges for haul
ing beer in Allegheny and adjoining
counties, It traffic which amounts to
thousands of dollars a year
Proceedings Printed.-The proceed
ings of the recent convention of bor-
oughs at which proposed amendments
to the borough code and other mat
ters interesting to smaller municipali-
ties were discussed have been pub
lished in bulletin form by the Depart
ment of Labor and Industry. The
committee named to have charge of
various ordinances will soon submit its
drafts
Take Party Name - The name of
the Union party was to-day pre-
empted for the first Legislative dis
trict of Blair county by c. C. Myton,
C. f. Cestyle, Michael Finello. W. L.
Fasick, A. H. Classon, all of Altoona.
The same name was pre-empted for
the Bedford county Legislative dis
trict by William S. Reed, Milton S.
Enfield, Thomas Cessna, John F.
Brightbill, ]. H. Schabby.
Protest Filed - James A. Maurer,
President of the State Federation of
Labor, to-day presented to Governor
Brumbaugh dozen or more protests
made by residents of LuZerne county
against conduct of State Police in
Wilkes-Barre on September II. It
was charged that the police clubbed
and rode down innocent people during
disturbances in that city.
Urge Appointment = Jesse Walker,
Tobias Hall, Charles Saylor and Ed
ward Mason. representing Philadel-
phia Textile workers called on Cover
nor Brumbaugh to-day to urge ap-
pointment of William Boylan as a fac
tory INSPECTOR