Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-05


@I=-=EzS ing 1915, according
to the office of the
State Board of Censors. The board
brought its first prosecution in the Fall
of 1914 and since that time it has
secured fines against seventy-five eX-
The fines received during 1916 ag-
gregated $4,265 and ranged from So
to $500, according to the number of
ofenses. The prosecutions We're
mainly in Philadelphia, with a number
in Pittsburgh, Reading, Harrisburg,
Lancaster, Altoona, Allentown and
ScrantonN
Seized Ohio Fish.-The State De-
partment of Fisheries has seized
over 1000 pounds of fish taken by q
fishing tug from Toledo in Lake Erie
on the charge of having violated the
new Pennsylvania law regulating sizes
of nets to be used in lake fishing. The
Attorney Generals Department will
also proceed against the owners of the
boat.
Groceries Hold Up.-Reports made
by the State Department of Agricul-
ture indicate that less than 1 per cent
of the staple groceries sold in Pennsyl-
vania during the year just closed were
adulterated. This report is stated to
show the best condition ever noted by
the agents of the pure food division of
the department.
The Guard Inspection.-The inspec-
tion of the organizations of the Ma
tional Guard by the officers of the
pennsylvania Inspector generals de-
partment will begin shortly after the
conclusion of the federal inspection
The schedule of inspections is now be-
ing arranged.
Exemptions Granted. - The Com
pensation Board last night announced
that it had exempted from insurance
the Harrisburg school district, and
West Fairview, Penbrook, Hunting
don and Hanover boroughs and Ches-
ter city. The Pennsylvania Steel
Company and Middletown Car Works
were also exempted. The board is in
session again to-day.
New Charters. - Three electric
companies to operate in Berks and
Lehigh counties and the Lebanon Val
ley Ice Co., Lebanon, were chartered
to-day.
State Officials Ill. - DIR. ]. NJ. Esler.
chief of documents, and T. ]. Bell,
chief clerk of the Department of
Printing and Binding, are ill with the
grip.
Legislators Here. - Speaker Amb-
Ter, and Representatives Urich, Leb-
anon and Greenwood. Chester. were
callers at the office of the Governor.
Auditor General Returns. - Audi
tor General Powell, who had been
suffering from grip, is at the Capitol
again.
appointed Inspector. - w. Lloyd
OF Pittsburgh. was last night appoint
ed deputy factory inspector to spe-
cialize in fire prevention.
Rehearing Granted. - The Public
Service Commission has granted a
rehearing in the Tenth street grade
January II.
Governors Visitors. - Horace ].
Culbertson, of Lewistown. who has
been mentioned for Public Service
Commissioner; ]. Banks Kurtz, AL
toona, and c. C. A. Baldi, Philadel-
phia, were among the Governors call
ers to-day.
To Represent State. - Deputy At
torney General w. NJ. largest will
represent the State in the State tax
cases in the United States supreme
court at Washington this week.
Big Case on Again. - The hearing
IN the Philadelphia Electric COM
pany case was resumed in Philadel-
phia yesterday. 1t began here over
a year ago.
Will Cooperate. - Agents of the
United States Public Health Service.
who have been engaged in investiga-
uonS OF sanitary, Industrial and other
conditions in the State. will co-oper-
ate with the State Department of
Labor and Industry in inquiries into
occupation diseases in PENNSYLVANIA.
announcement to this effect was
made to-day by Commissioner Jack
son. who has arranged for State
agents to place at disposal of the fed
eral bureau results of the investiga-
lions they have been pursuing along
the same lines.
First Fatality. - The Workmen's &
Compensation Bureau to-day received
the first report of a fatal accident un-
der the compensation act from the
statistical bureau of the department
of labor and industry. 1t was of the
death OF Joseph Polimoc, an Austrian
who lost his life on railroad of the
Ninton Colliery Co. He left a wife
and four children and received S1O.SO
q week. The second fatal accident
was reported from tbs cambria Steel
Works at Johnstown.
Williams Gets Place. Chief of
Mines Roderick to-day announced
that he had assigned the sixth anthra-
cite district to ID. T. Williams, of
Scranton, over whose status there had
been some question.
Case Held Over. - The Public
Service Commission has held under
advisement the application of the
Northern Lancaster Electric Co, for
sale of its franchises in that county.
Complaints Filed. - c mplaint
against the alleged refusal of the
Bucks County Public Service Co.,
and the Bucks County Gas and Fuel
Co., to extend service was filed at
the Public Service Commission to-day
by residents of New Hope borough,
The Union Switch and Signal Co, OF
Pittsburgh, complained against the
rates of the Pennsylvania Water Co