Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-16

been busy bringing prosecutions as
the result of findings by chemists
These drives" are made every
spring by State employees who sam
pie the milk and ice cream directly
as furnished to consumers, buying
from wagons m the street or in
stores or ice cream parlors. The
number of violations is not greater
than the average.
Agents of the bureau, however,
have turned up numerous violations
of the law forbidding placing of flour
and water in sausages. In some in
stances sausage was found to con-
tain twenty-five per cent. water and
-four.
Twenty-six Cases - The State
Board of Pardons will have the
heaviest calendar of months on
Wednesday when it will hold it's last
session until fall. There are twenty
six new applications being made, of
which seven involve homicide of
various degrees. There are three ap-
plicationS for rehearIngs and one
case held under advisement. In the
list is the application of Archie Mil
Ter, Cumberland, for Communication of
death sentence, and application for
pardon of Harry Snyder, York, con-
victed of first degree murder in 1908
and granted commutation.
Ready to Muster-The new truck
company of the supply train of the
National Guard division will be in
spected preparatory to muster into
the State service next Wednesday in
this city. The company will be sta
toned in this city and will have
about thirty motor vehicles. Inspec-
ton of Field Hospital No. and AM
bulance Company No. 4, which COM
plete the hospital troops of the di-
vision. was made this week.
Chaplain Was There-Chaplain
Thomas w. Davis, of the State Sen
ate, put a long-haired advocate of
some cult or other to fight in Mar
ket Square a few evenings ago in
a manner which is the talk of Cap
itol Hall. The chaplain was taking
a walk when he was attracted by
crowd which had gathered around a
couple of street speakers. The chap
lain stopped to listen and did not
like the way the Scriptures were be-
ing handled. He broke into the
crowd some more and then asked a
question. The speaker made an eff
fort to answer from the Bible, but
he got his quotations wrong and
the chaplain put a few more pointed
queries to him. The man gave 1t
up and said he had to catch car |
leaving the parson the center of an
a6miring throng.
Must Use Old Ones-Departmen |
of the State government bureaus |
and commissions which will ask for |
desks and other furniture in the next |
year or so will have to take second |
hand stuff. The State Board of Pub |
lie Grounds and Buildings has found |
a considerable number of desks, |
tables and chairs are in storage in !
the Capitol and that there are rooms |
which contain furniture which is not |
extensively used. Consequently there |
will be a redistribution of the prop |
erty.
Many Cases-The Public Service |
Commission has been receiving more |
complaints about increases of rates |
of service of electric, gas and SIM
liar companies lately than for a long |
time. Many of the complaints are |
coming from small consumers and |
the indications are that the commits |
sion will have to follow the example |
of last summer and not take any !
vacation.
Public Service-The Public Serv-
ice Commission has scheduled hear
ings for Harrisburg and Pittsburgh |
next week, the latter being fixed for |
Friday when complaints against jit- |
neys operating without State certif-
Gates will be heard. The cases listed |
for Harrisburg include arguments |
on Monday, including the applica-
ton of the Jefferson Electric Com
pany for approval of a sliding scale
of rates.
To Sit Next Week-The State Com
pensation Board will have meetings
most of the coming week in Pitts
burgh, Western Pennsylvania ap-
peals have been listed for hearing.
No Action Yet-No action will be
taken on awards of contracts for
construction of State highways for
which bids were recently opened un-
til next week. Commissioner Black
is studying local conditions and
prices. He will then determine upon
the policy to be followed by the
State in highway construction this
year.
City Complains.-So South Bethle-
against the proposed increase of
rates of the Bethlehem City Water
Company, in which it is alleged
that the increase in rates for each of
seventy-six fire hydrants from s25
TO $50 is unreasonable and it is
also charged that the supply is in
sufficient for fire and domestic pur-
poses. The borough of Yardley
complained against the Philadelphia
and Reading railway bridge at Main
street, Yardley, and the commission
has ordered an engineering investi-
cation.
Guard Changes Adjutant Gen.
eral Stewart to-day announced that
Lieutenant John z. Boyle, adjutant
Tenth Infantry, had been promoted
to be captain and assigned to COM
mand the machine gun company.
Carl Clinton Tinstman was appoint
ed second lieutenant of Company K,
Sixteenth Infantry.
Pottsville Case.-The Public Ser
that it would sit at Pottsville on
Thursday, June 81, to hear the COM
plant of the Pottsville Merchants
association against the Pottsville
Union Traction Company.
No More Seedlings. - Forestry
Commissioner Conklin announced
to-day that no seedlings will be dis
tributed for private planting this
fall. Hereafter they will be dis
triouted in the spring. 1t was stat
ed at the department to-day that 'if
weather conditions are favorable
during 1917 from 100000 to A.
100000 trees will be available for /
private planting about April 1,
1918"
NEGRO STILL AT LARGE
Ned Rodgers, negro who shot and