Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-27

or special police service, The num-
ber of applicants for the crack force
keeps UP,
No Work New Year's-Attaches Of
the states fiscal departments, who
are enjoying holidays this week. will
have to make up for next week. The
two departments will be open on
New Years Day. ...
DIR. Dixon Improves--Accordin to
reports from Philadelphia Commits
sioner of Health Dixon IL improving
at his home at Bryn Mawr and
hopes to get to Harrisburg soon.
Dohoney Reports-John p. Do
honey, investigator of accidents Of
the Public Service Commission, has
made q report on the Pittsburgh
trolley accident to Chairman Amey.
10 Fight Charge-The operators
ofS the Pittsburgh district will make
a contest against the new Goal and
Labor" charge of one of the western
companies. They claim it is too
much of an innovation.
Kcphart Improves-State Treas
urer Kephart is improving rapidly
from his attack of rheumatism.
Auto Tags Moving-George 3.
Brusstar, register of the automobile
ulNlSAOI VI IIlS Dldl6 highway D6-
partment to-day estimated that close
to 100, 600 license plates for pneu-
matte tired vehicles would be
shipped TO license holders by the
end of the week. I'VE began ship
ping the license tags ordered and
paid for prior to this week to-day.
There will be about 10000 of them
started. Of course, they can not
all go to-day, but we have started
and there will be q steady shipmen
OF the tags every day" said he. 1.-THE
rush for tags is on in full and we
are working day and night and eX-
pect to until the end of the year.
Every car. run on January l must
display the new tag" Mr.. Brusstar
said that he could not estimate how
many tags would go to Harrisburg
car owners as the applications are
not kept by counties.
Complaint DiSmissed-The Public
Service Commission in an opinion by
Commissioner Ryan has dismissed
the complaint of Hiram L. Stein
metz. of Ephrata, against the Bell
Telephone Company in which pro-
test was made against new regula-
tions which did not allow a call to
be made for a particular person at
says: 1T is regrettable that the
new schedule should entail some
added expense in any particular but
in its entirety there will be gains to
the people of Ephrata for in the ag-
gregate there are statewide reduc-
tions aggregating more than one
million of dollars saved to the people
of pennsylvania"
Cities ProteSt-The cities of Pitts
hurgh and Reading to-day filed COM
plants before the Public Service
Commission against proposed in
creases of trolley fares from five to
six cents by the companies operat-
ing in those cities. The Pittsburgh
complaint asks an answer in five
days. The complaint of the city of
Scranton: against n similar increase
in that city is to be heard January
10. The Edison Electric Company,
Lancaster. has filed notice of an in
crease of $500 in common stock
to be issued in part payment for the
Akron Electric Light and Power
Con- pany. The Lehigh Valley Rail-
road has filed notice of intention to
discontinue Jeapesville as an agency
station.
State Don't Pay-In an opinion
given to the division of the state
government in charge of distribu-
tion of state documents the attorney
generals department holds that no
federal war revenue tax can be i'm
posed on parcels post packages sent
by the state of Pennsylvania in it's
governmental operations" A state
ment that exemption is claimed on
that ground must be made on the
package, it is held.