Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12


eSzssss545 Commission in the
=s@A49 last month or so
and in all probability something will
be done regarding a recommendation
for one central office to stamp, send
out and distribute mail matter. The
distribution of State publications is
now centralized. the division OF dis
tribution of public documents having
it in charge
Every department on Capitol Hill
buys its own stamps and handles its
own mail, each one having a mes
senger. and some of the bureaus also
having messengers. In addition a
number of departments have their
own multigraph and mimeograph ma
chimes.
The last economy commission rec
commended an Office for handling all
mail and the concentration of the ma
chimes.
MIR. Lauder On Job.-william Lau-
der, the new secretary of the State In
dustrial Board, has assumed charge of
his work and II is expected that a.
number of codes for standards of
safety and sanitation of several indus
tries Will be passed upon soon. The
board has also several questions under
the women's employment law to
handle. Mr.. LADDERS experience as
manager of furnaces and mines will
enable him to give particular attention
| to those branchec.
To Work Together.-State and fed
eral agents will work together in en-
forcement of the oleo license laws
along the borders and especially in
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Arrange
ments have been made to carry out a
campaign which will force every seller
of oleo to have license or face a
court.
Appointments Made. - Governor
Brumbaugh to-day appointed George
q. Myer as alderman of the new city
of Coatesville, and Horace w. Orwig,
Miffinburg, as a trustee of the State
Hospital for the Insane at Danville.
New Prison Labor. - According to
an opinion given to-day to the trustees
OF the Western penitentiary by Deputy
Attorney General Joseph l.. Kun all
labor performed by inmates of State
correctional institutions such as peni-
tentiaries and reformatories under the
act of 1915 providing for prison labor
and its compensation is to be under the
supervision of the new Prison Labor
Commission and not under the officers
OF such institutions. The opinion says
that the administration OF the act is
delegated to the commission and it
will designate the character of work
and rate of compensation.
Accidents Grow. - The State De-
partment of Labor and Industry to-
day announced that in the first twelve
days of January there were 1893 acci-
dents reported to its bureau of statis-
tics and transmitted to the Workmen's
Compensation Board. Eighteen of
this number were fatal. \ statement
issued by the bureau says that statis-
tics show that twenty-five per cent. of
all accidents in the industries of the
State are subject to compensation
benefits.
To Settle Question. - The State
Compensation Board is considering
to-day the questions of what constitute
daily and a weekly wage and will
issue ruling for guidance of employ
ers.
Amber NoncommittaI. - Speaker
Charles A. Amber, who was among
the callers at the Governors office to-
day, replied when asked If he was a
candidate for auditor: "I have not
said l was"
Invited to Speak. - Governor
Brumbaugh and Secretary of Agricul-
ture Patton were to-day invited to ad-
dress the Bradford County Farmers
meeting at Towanda on March 1. A
delegation of Bradford countians head
ed by NJ. S. Jennings extended the in
vitation.
More Sealers. - James Sweeney,
chief of the State Bureau of Standards,
has received word that Clearfield, Bed
ford and Monroe counties and Dubois
and Cory cities have appointed seal
ers of weights and measures.
Not Settled Yet. - State officials de-
clared to-day that the future of the
coal tax would be worked out later on.
The tax under the 1915 act will be as
sessed as announced when the su-
preme court decided the case, but the
escheat proceedings will be considered
with the attorney general.
Bought Bonds. - The State Sinking
fund has purchased $150,000 of bonds
or various boroughs for the new State
fire insurance fund. They have all
been investigated and are declared
to be guilt edged.
Meets Tomorrow. - The Public
Service Commission will meet to-mor-
row for argument in the Ohio Valley
water case. Some decisions may also
be given.
State TO Assist. - The State will
take hand in the prosecution of the
IuuIueT case against the men who
killed State game warden in Carbon
county. Deputy Attorney General
Davis will go to Mauch Chunk to-mor-
row for the trial.
Capitol Visitors. - Visitors to the
Capitol included ex-senator r. Il.
Blewitt, Scranton; Representative
James F. Johnson. Philadelphia: Ex-
Representative James A. Dale. York:
c. M. Johnson. Pittsburgh attorney;
DR.. j. M. Patterson, Philadelphia: Mrs.
Samuel Semple, State Industrial Board
member from Titusville; Representa-
tive j. r. Wylie, Williamsburg.
To Close Business. The Panama
Pacific commission will meet in Phila-
delphia on Friday to close up business.
Board Meets. The State Board of
Accounts is holding its meeting to-
day. Newspaper advertising may be
taken up.