Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-29


ernor Brumbaugh within a few weeks.
Sittings may be held in various cities.
Attorney General Francis Skunk
Brown, who is designated as counsel
for the commission under the reso-
luton creating it. has been working on
plans for the coal probe and will con-
suit with the members during the COM
ing week in Philadelphia. 1t will then
be determined what policy to adopt
and the extent of the preliminary in
quiry. 1t Is understood that consid-
cradle data has been gathered by the
State.
The Escheat Act.-Time for filing
reports under the operation of the new
escheat law of 1915 will expire on
Monday. but the Auditor Generals De-
partment has received numerous re-
quests to grant extensions of time be-
cause OF the work required to look up
deposits or holdings of money or prop
erty. 1t is expected that there will be
test of the constitutionality of the
act instituted.
Next Weeks Cases. - Hearings on
the ruling of the Public Service Com
mission making one-way tickets good
in either direction and on the increase
of rates for 100-trip tickets in vicinity
of Philadelphia are scheduled for the
Public Service Commission next week.
Both cases have been before the COM
liliSSlOH lot some tlIle. Inc CODlInlS-
sioners will sit in this city, Philadel-
phia and Pittsburgh next week.
Eleven applications for charters are
due to come up on Monday, including
eight electric and two telephone COM
panies. Among contracts listed for ap-
proval are those for lighting the city
of Philadelphia for a year. The N1arys-
Vile car service comes UP on Tuesday.
To Define Wage.-Members of the
State Workmen's Compensation Board,
employment experts, employers, busi-
ness managers, workers and men in
terested in economics, who have been
struggling for the last two or three
weeks to define the terms daily
wage" will devote next Wednesday
afternoon to the subject in the hope of
reaching a term which will stand in
all compensation affairs. OF all the
definitions which the compensation
board has been compelled to make,
this proposition has been the most
difficult. and a number of suggestions
have been made which will be sub
mitted for general discussion next
week. AS most of the claims that will
be made will be based on the daily
wage, general agreement that will
stand for all classes of employment is
essential. The coal operators and mine
workers are showing much interest in
the proposition and will be well repre-
sented. according to word received
here. while the iron and steel workers
will also send men here.
To Represent State.-Pennsylvani s
State Department of Mines will repre-
sent the mining interest at the confer
ence to be held at Washington next
month under the auspices of the
United States Department of the In
terror for the purpose of discussing the
safety work and getting together on
forms for reports and for general uni
formity in legislative and other mat
terS. This conference will bring to-
gether the men in charge of the super
vision of mines of every State and sug-
gestions for legislation will be drawn
up. Frank Hall, deputy chief of mines.
will represent the States department
of mining.
Not Much Better.-Not much i'm
provement in the condition of the State
Treasury funds is expected to be shown
over the close of business for Decem-
Der when the books for January are
posted. The receipts this month have
been rather light even for January and
the disbursements have been held
down accordingly.
Lynch Complimentcd. - Thomas J..
Lynch, of Bethlehem. who acted as
chairman of the Water Supply Com
death of Chairman John Birkinbine
and the reorganization this week was
formally thanked by the commission.
He will retain the work as secretary.
Studying Diseases. - Ways and
means to avoid occupational diseases
which have been recognized for years
and newer dangers which have come
from the development of gasoline cleo
trical and other machinery are being
studied by the medical experts of the
State Department of Labor and Indus
| try for issuance in bulletin form at an
early date. For over a year the re-
ports of accidents made to the Bureau
| of Statistics and Information have been
analyze,. and studied and then follow
ed up by investigations in plants. One
| of the latest Investigations to be un-
/ dertaken and the results of which will
/ be published soon will be of carbon
monoxide poisoning or petromortis as
! it is called This form of accident
which comes from breathing fumes
from combustion of gasoline has caus-
ed number of deaths in the country,
notably two in a garage in Centre
county. Warnings against conditions
which favor the dissemination of this
gas will be issued.
! Highways Hard Hit. - State High
way Department officials are COM
mencing to wonder which would be
worse for the roads of the State-the
present mild weather with it's alternate
| periods OF freeZlnS anu muQ or an old
! fashioned snowy winter with the
ground covered with snow or frozen
Ihard. The departments maintenance
| forces have been held ready to open
highways in event of heavy SHOWS but
have had little in that line. On the
other hand the weather and the rains
have caused many roads to be affected
and the traffic naturally caused some
damage to those which are not paved.
The dirt roads have been especially
hard hit and thousands of dollars will
have to be spent to put them into
shape.
Ludwig in Charge. - Walter d.
Ludwig. the forester in charge of
Western Pennsylvania forests, has es-
tablished his headquarters at Johns
town. He will cooperate with local
and county authorities.
Pittsburgh Schools. Pittsburgh
will start next week fifty-three contin-
uation schools. Three of these will be
in factories.
Radio Company Mustered. - The
National Guard Radio company has
been mustered at Pittsburgh from men
who were in the Fourteenth infantry,
1.-The existing signal corps company will
become a wire company. Major Fred
G. Miller, Pittsburgh, will command
1.-The two companies under the name of
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