Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-16

bread under the inspectors and on
construction of the inspection law as
applied to gasoline pumps. which, 1t Is
contended, through defects are costing
consumers considerable loss annually.
The State is now operating under a
law passed soon after the Revolution
in which it was provided that bread
should be sold by the pound avoirdu-
pois and that the marketmaster should
provide public scales for weighing.
This statute, it is held by the inspect
ors, is not workable. and they also
contended at their recent convention
here that there was no uniformity re-
garding the size or weight of loaves.
Big Calendar.-The Public Service
Commission will have hearings here
all of next week except Saturday. the
calendar prepared being the largest
in months. Three electric companies,
a conduit company and a railroad
company are also asking charters. Ac-
ton will likely be taken during the
week on applications for permits for
grade crossings in Philadelphia.
Chemical Work Here New. - All
chemical work of the various branches
of the State Department of Agriculture
is now handled at the departments s
laboratory in this city. The laboratory
is located in the Capitol Park extern
sion and is doing all kinds of agri-
cultural chemical work. including
much which was formerly handled at
State College.
Pardon Board List-In addition to
the application of Joseph w. O'Brien.
who seeks Communication from SEN
tence of electrocution for a murder
committed in Montgomery county the
State Board of Pardons next Wednes-
day will hear an application for a re-
hearing of the plea of II. e. Filler,
IVaStrn nraIqn q
ton. This case has been in the
courts since the summer of 1914 and
after going to the supreme court of
the United States was refused rec
ommendation for pardon by the State
board. He was granted a respite
William Jones, Delaware, and Will
liam Eyeler, Adams commuted MUIR
derers, are seeking pardon. George
Frularg, of this county, asks pardon
after serving since September last
year for bigamy.
Two-Cent Order-What is probably
the smallest postal money order ever
received at the Capitol came to-day
to Attorney General Brown. 1t came
from a man who has been endeavoring
to get the legal machinery of the
State. started to straighten out some
imaginary troubles. 1t is for just two
cents to cover cost of postage. It cost
him three cents to get it, and two
cents to mail it
Surfaces Last Bulletin-The last
bulletin to be written by ex-State |
Zoologist H. A. Surface. who retir-
ed last month, appeared to-day. It
deals with thirty-seven varieties of
tree pests, including the tent cater
Pillar and the pests that have an af-
Unity for everything from apple trees
to horse chestnuts, ounces rhododen-
drons and weeping willows. The bull
Ietin is profusely illustrated by pic
lures taken by DR.. Surface
Charters Issued-Nine charters for
new corporations were issued yester-
day afternoon at the State depart
ment They include big lumber and
coal companies for western Pennsyl-
vania.
Furman Was First-Paul N. Fur
man, chief of the bureau of statis-
tics, holds the record for being first
In getting his car into Harrisburg on
the Governors agricultural tour. He
got here some time ahead of the rest
of the line.
To Bring Suit-Instructions went
out from the Department of Fisheries
to-day for immediate suits to be
brought against polluters of the west
branch of the Susquehanna and Bow
mans creek.
Curry Quits Alfred E. Curry,
Washington party candidate for the
Legislature in Armstrong county has
withdrawn.