Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-14


at the meeting of
the board this
week. The board is to meet in Erie
on Thursday, when it will confer with
employers and employees in that part
of the State and will meet the fol-
lowing day in New Castle.
The board has been considering the
propositions attending the definitions
of a daily wage for several weeks and
has received briefs from miners, rail-
road mems organizations and others
representing labor as we'll as from
employers. Attorney General Brown,
the counsel of the board, has also
taken part in the discussions.
A number of applications for eX-
emption of employers from necessity
of insuring compensation are pending
before the board and will be disposed
of this week
Lee Solomon. the secretary of the
board, will visit Pittsburgh the early
part of this week to look after matters
in Western Pennsylvania and then pro-
ceed to Erie.
Reports Coming In. - Reports Of
| Pennsylvania corporations for State
taxation for the period closing with
| December 81 are being received at
the Auditor Generals Department in
bales. The report covered more than
the usual fiscal year because last year
the Legislature made the capital stock
report period the same as the calen-
dar year and extra months had to be
added. The mail of the department
the last few weeks has been greater
than for a long time. 1t is believed
there will be few delinquents in MAX
ing the reports.
Going TO Europe.-Dr. c. j. Mar
shall State veterinarian, will leave the
latter part of the month for Europe
to study veterinary practice in the
British and French armies and also
the manner of handling cattle for
the military food supply. DR.. Mar
shall has arranged with the two gov
ernments to visit encampments food
depots and the front and to make eX-
haustive inquiries.
No Anthrax. - Pennsylvania has
no anthrax now, according TO ofhclals
of the State Department of Agricul-
ture, although number of cases have
been reported in other States. The
State Livestock Sanitary Board is
maintaining a vigilant lookout against
the disease and as soon as the wealth
er is favorable will begin its Spring
campaign of vaccination against an
thraX and blackleg.
To End Cases. - The State Board
of Pardons will dispose finally on
Wednesday of the applications for re-
nearlflR OIL the anu Adttil
murder cases from Delaware county
and it is expected that reports of med
ical men on the sanity of the prisoners
will be submitted. Their respite eX-
pires next week.
Fish Sent Out. - Reports of the
work of the State Department of Fish
cries during January showed that
103.600 one year old brook trout were
distributed through the State. In ad-
Il TN, Of GH-es
set out together with 396 adult brown
trout, and 400 full grown catfish for
breeding; 2,400 lingering catfish, and
500 lingering sunfish. In addition
hundreds of thousands of eyed trout
and whitefish eggs were distributed
Chicago EPec.-The State Livestock
Sanitary Board has followed the fed
eral governments relief of Chicago
from foot and mouth disease quaran-
tine by announcing that it will admit
cattle from Chicago free from such
quarantine restrictions as were i'm
posed against the disease which caused
so much havoc. The quarantine
against u number of Central Illinois
counties for foot and mouth disease
will be retained.
Carlisle Increase. - The Beetem
Lumber and Manufacturing company,
of Carlisle. to-day filed notice of in
crease of stock from $4,000 to $780,
600.
school Payments. Among pay
ments of school warrants to-day were
East Hanover township $1,SS2.44, and
Miffin township $72S.14.
Decision on Charges. - Executive
Controller Todd was to-day informed
i'm an opinion by Deputy Attorney
General largest that the expense of
fitting up offices for the Compensation
Board should be charged to the items
in the appropriation to the Depart
ment of Public Grounds and Build
ings.
Nearby Charters. Among COM
panies in this vicinity chartered at the
Capitol were Keystone Table company,
Mt. Wolf. capital 100000; Beck and
Benedict Hardware company, Waynes-
boro, capital 100000; E. 3. Fritz &
Sons, inc, grain, etc, Quarryville, cap
ital $4,000.
Aviation school Chartered. - The
Philadelphia School of Aviation, the
first of the kind in the State, was
chartered to-day with capital of $780,
600. Robert Glendenning, Philadel-
phia banker and prominent as an
amateur aviator, is the chief stock
holder.
Public Service Meets. - The Public
Service commission met this afternoon
for its contract hearings, there being
several from this part of the State.
The Marysville and Obey Valley troll
ley complaints are down for hearing
tomorrow.
Governor Returns. Governor
Brumbaugh to-day returned from
Philadelphia where he spent Sunday.
Mrs. Brumbaugh accompanied him.
Big Increase. - The Robert Weth-
Grill Company, Inc, of Philadelphia,
to-day filed notice of issuance of
$65O,00 of bonds.
Complaint Filed. - The main Line
Stone company which operates a quar-
ry on the Philadelphia and Western
railroad between Beechward and
Wynnewood stations, to-day filed a
complaint with the Public Service
Commission, alleging that the COM
pany had refused to grant siding IA
cilities. The commission will ask the
company for an answer.
New Lieutenant.-James l.. Dillon,
of York, was to-day appointed a first
lieutenant in the National Guard and
assigned to company *, Eighth regi-
ment, York.
BETTER GET SHAVED TO-DAY
The boost in prices in many of the
115 barber shops of the city will be-