Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-13

G8gy stitutes slit s"fNdnfS IN the ia
Gratz town hall to-day. The Gratz
meeting opened the season in this
sectlon, meetings being also held in
Warren, Monroe, Fayette and Greene
counties. The sessions will run until
the middle of March.
The Gratz meetings will continue
until Tomorrow night and the speak
ers are q. B. Dorsett, who is dealing
with marketing organizations, grading
ana routing OF prouucts; Prof. Frank
lin Menges on soil conservation: Paul
EI' Guld1n, poultry expert, and +. II.
Fasett, orchard expert. E. s. KEEPER
Is the general chairman for Dauphin
county.
Wednesday institutes will be held in
Halifax and on Friday the speakers
Will go to Linglestown.
Board to Meet. - The State Work.
mems Compensation Board will re-
sumo sessions on November 15. A
week.
Three to Speak. - Auditor General
a. w. Powell. chairman of the Ma
tional organization of auditor generals
and controllers, will speak on the
federal Inheritance tax at the annual
convention in San Augustine. w. b.
Kay, chief of the corporation bureau,
VIII speak on indirect taxes and c. Fl.
Graf, chief clerk, on systems.
Called Home by Death. - l.. H.
While, chief of the bureau of statistics
OF the State Department of Agricul-
| ture, was called to his home in Nc
Connellsburg by the death of his
mother, who was injured yesterday
church.
Many VIII Attend. The confer
ence of interurban trolley company
representatives to be held here Friday
will be largely attended. The COM
mission has received number of re-
sponses.
At Washington. Deputy Secretary
of Agriculture Carothers went to
| Washington to attend the meeting of
the national organization of directors
of farmers Institutes.
Commission Coming Here The
State Fisheries Commission will have
special meeting here tomorrow. Re-
ports on the number of cases of
pollution certified to the attorney gen.
eral will be made.
Little Paralysis. Few cases of
infantile paralysis have been reported
lately. Most of them are from the
larger cities.
Dennis Holds Meeting. - L. II.
Dennis. the agricultural expert of the
vocational Education Bureau, held
meeting in Allentown with men in
terested in that branch of education
| on Saturday.
Public Service Commission said today
| that 1t is unlikely that any action would
be taken to-day in either the Philadel-
phia commuters rate or the Keystone
conduit lease cases. In the former mat
ter 1t Is held that until the problem as
to who is the counsel for the United
Business Men Is Strengthened out
there is nothing officially before the
| commission. The commission to-day
received E. B. Martins statement and
affidavit to the effect that he was chair
man OF the transportation committee
and that L. M. Abbott was not counsel
and also Mr.Abbotts letter that he
and Mr.. Martin were the counsel for
the United. Meanwhile things are to
be allowed to remain quiet as far as
| the commission is concerned.
10 Discuss POllutiOn.-District At
torney N. b. Lesley, of Tioga county,
has been summoned here for a confer
ence tonight with representatives of
the attorney generals fisheries commits
sion and health departments to prepare
Tor prosecution In court of cases
brought by the State against tanning
companies on Cowanesque creek in Tio-
ga county. The attorney generals de-
partmentt stated to-day that additional
suits for the pollution of streams would
be brought in the northern tier.
| Died After Listing.-Officials of the
request to strike from the list for
rehearings the case of Emil Gratz,
York. Gratz died after the list was
printed The board will meet Thursday.
Jitneys Again.-The Public Service
Commission to-day heard the COM
plants of the Southern Pennsylvania
Traction Company against several op-
orators of titneys on the Baltimore pike
near Philadelphia. The Farrell jitney
cases have been postponed until Novepo
ber 20.
New Policemnn.-J. L. Ehrman, of
York. has been appointed a member
of the State Police force.
Wanted in F1Orida.--A requisition was
| sent from Florida for return to that state
of Oscar Harris, charged with murder.
He was arrested in Williamsport
MiMin Man Named.-Merril A. Davis
of Mifflin county. was to-day appointed
special policeman for the Pennsyl-
vania railroad.
Dauphin Cases.-Several Dauphin
county applications were made before
the Public Service commission to-day
including those of the Pennsylvannia
railroad for additional tracks at Hall
fax crossings and of the Reading for
more tracks in Derry township be-
tween Swatara and the county line.
Autos For the Police.-Four automo-
biles have been bought by the State for
emergency use by the State Police The
cars will be kept at the barracks of
the four troops and be used to rush