Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-08
EIGHTY COMMIT
SUICIDE IN MONTH
Deaths by Violence Also Run
Up Rate During June, Health
Department Reports

Suicide and deaths
INN y nm by violence ran up
, ANN 4I/A the death rate in
/ N\\\\A E0 Pennsylvania dur
| ESS$SSnSS ing June consider
/ ~ SkTTsW.NNrJ ably. according to
kSGi5igsM / figures issued by
II h6Q6SA the State Health
/ GkaFsSahSkSAS Departments bu-
/ k9KA|NHTIJH reau of statistics
/ EfESgYO0SVA to-day. The total
number of deaths,
- zzzzaaEAA exclusive of still
births during the month of June was
S,1S4, and of these so were those of
suicides, sc were due to mine acct-
dents. 81 to railroad accidents and
oO9 to other forms of violence.
Other causes: Scarlet fever, 10:
diphtheria, 90 measles. 1853; typhoid
fever, 65; whooping cough, 81; inf1u-
enza, 80; malaria, a. tuberculosis of
lungs, 6S1; tuberculosis of other or
gans, 173; cancer. 494; diabetes, So;
meningitis. IS; pneumonia, 5s7; diar-
diarrhea and enteritis, over 2 years,
90; Brtght's disease and nephritis,
! 719: early infancy SIS; all other dis
eases, $3.50. The total number of
births recorded in Pennsylvania dur
ing the month of June. exclusive of
stllloirths was 1884. The total num-
Der of stillbirths was 761.
Big Merger Approved.-Applica
for the merger of the Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington. the -Phila-
delphia, Baltimore and Central, the
Elkton and Middletown and the Col
umbia and Port Deposit railroad COM
panies under the name of the Phila-
delphia, Baltimore and Washington
railroad company was approved to-
day by the Public Service Commission.
All are subsidiary to the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company. The capital stock
OF the new corporation is S29, ,900,459.
Contract Not Approved. - The Pub
lie Service Commission to-day de-
clined to approve the contract of the
Philadelphia Electric Company and
the Keystone Telephone Company
whereby the electric company was to
have used the underground conduits
OF the Keystone company in certain
Philadelphia streets The commits
sion gave no reason nor did it file any
ruling or opinion. The case has been
before the commission since the Spring
OF 1915 and has been the subject of
number of hearings and arguments.
Gas Rate Complaint.-Louis FRANKIE,
Mayor of Johnstown, this morning
hled complaint with the Public Service
Commission against the Johnstown
Fuel Supply Company on account of
an increased rate to domestic conSum-
ers OF 90 cents per month called
readiness to serve charge" which
they are required to pay in addition
to the regular motor rate. Complaint
also has been made of the increase to
industrial consumers from 10 to IS
cents per thousand cubic feet. This
latter complaint is identical with the
one flled some weeks ago by the Cam
bria Steel Company.
Is Pardon Cases - Eighteen par
don cases are on the books for appeal
before the Board of Pardons on Sep
tember 20. The only local case is one
of bigamy on the part of George Fur
long who was convicted of the charge
on September so, 1915. and sentenced
to pay a fine of $1,000 and costs and
is months to two years in the Eastern
Penitentiary. The appeal was filed
yesterday.
The Governors Trip. - Thirty cars
will leave Harrisburg next Tuesday on
the first of the three agricultural tours
under the direction of the Department
of Agriculture. w. r. Douglas is at
present wrestling with the problem of
hotel accommodations and announces
that six cars will join the original thir-
ty at various points along the route.