Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-01

HsyUUyWA 4aa,,S,s tSrney GspeTai snent
HsszzisSssz;zizs Commissioner Rob
ert S. Conklin within a few days. The
papers in thirty cases have been sent
TO the law department and final state
ments will go in a few days with COM
plete information in ten others. Mr..
Conklin will ask that the Attorney
General institute proceedings wher-
ever the evidence warrants.
These informations are the result of
investigation of fires which burned up
thousands of valuable timber last
spring and are said to represent about
10 per cent. of the fires reported. IN
der the recent acts carelessness is as
much cause for prosecution as mali
ciousness.
Prosecutions were started this sum-
mer for causing fires in Blair, Lacka-
wanna, Lehigh and Monroe counties.
Investigations have been made into
fires in Lycoming, Westmoreland Pot
ter and Mexican counties. Suits for
recovery of damages by fires have been
started in Fayette and Indiana coun-
ties.
Newport Hearing.-The Public Ser
vice Commission has fixed September
9 as the time to hear the proceedings
growing out-of the objections of the
borough of Newport to the Newport
and Sherman's Valley railroad aban-
doning part of its narrow gauge line.
The railroad desires permission to do
so. Ihe complaint of the borough OF
Mt. Union against the water company
in that town because of fire plugs will
be heard the same day
No August Sessions. - The State
Comp pensation Board will hold no
hearings during August, but will work
out decisions and announce them in
Near, h.@ - 4.
resumed in September.
To Inspect Trees.-Inspection work
which will include all of the CONNER
cial nurseries in Pennsylvania was
started to-day by the special inspec-
tors of the State Department of Agri-
culture, Enos B. .Engle taking charge
of all in western counties and T. w.
Wendle those in the eastern part of
the State. The bulk of the nurseries
are located near Philadelphia, there be-
ing large number in Chester. Della
ware, Montgomery, Bucks and other
counties in that district. In addition
a close watch must be kept upon all
shipments made into the port of Phil
adelphia from abroad. Mr.. Engle will
have charge of the inspection in the
Erie county grape district where thou
sands of dollars worth of vines are
raised and sold to vineyard owners and
to the farmers. There are also several
good sized nurseries in the vicinity of
Pittsburgh to be visited.
Two More Ready. - Two more nor
NAL schools will soon be added to the
list now under complete State control,
the shareholders of the Shippensburg
school having voted to sell their hold
ings to the State Board of Education
and the papers being now in prepar-
ations for the formal sale of the stock
of the Kutztown school The Millers-
Vile school negotiations are under
way. When these schools are taken
over there will be only the Indiana,
Mansfield and East Stroudsburg
schools not under State control.
Examinations Next = Plans are
being made to-day for the quarterly
examinations for auxiliary boiler and
elevator inspectors by the Depart
ment of Health. They will be held to-
morrow in caucus rooms.
Attend Dinner = Commissioner
Ainey was guest of honor at a dinner
given at Atlantic City by Judge John
Monaghan, of Philadelphia, former
public service commissioner.
Fourteen Cases - Yesterdays list
of paralysis cases numbered fourteen,
including ten from Philadelphia. Two
deaths were reported.
Wcstmorcland Men Here.-Berkey
H. Boyd, county treasurer of West
Westmoreland county men who were
here to-day to ask Commissioner
Black to expedite some repair work
on certain roads.
Small Revenue.-The States reve-
nue. to-day was less than 100000. The
disbursements included S15O,000
payroll. There are untitled reuuisi-
tions for S1,100,000 on the State
Treasurer's desk.
Williams Named.-Major H. S. Will
liams, of Phoenixville, chief of ord
nance on the division staff, has been
named as general recruiting OFFICER for
Mt. Gretna. Lieutenant D. E. Thomas,
Of Philadelphia, was also named by
Governors Island.
MIR. Keller Returns.-First Deputy
Attorney General w. H. Keller re-
turned to-day from vacation at
Pocono Manor.
New District Made. = Announce
ment was made at the Capitol to-day
that the Superior Court has abolished
the Williamsport district and attached
all counties heretofore in that district
to the Harrisburg district. The Har-
risburg district now comprises Clinton,
Cameron, Elk, Lycoming, Sullivan,
Tioga, Union, Adams, Cumberland,
Dauphin. Juniata, Mifflin, Perry, Sny-