Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-02


tary Board and county commissioners,
sheep owners, wool dealers and farm
ers in order to reach an agreement
upon measure which can be gener-
ally supported.
In the last year there have been
considerable investments made in
sheep which have been placed on
Pennsylvania farms and the number
of animals has jumped in number and
value In some districts where sheep
raising had been given up it has been
revived and there have been many
complaints about dogs killing them.
Conflicts of opinion regarding the re-
quirement that unlicensed dogs be
killed have also arisen.
New Electric Companies.-Charters
have been issued for five electric COM
panles to operate in the Juniata Val
ley. They were chartered by Clair
field people with offices at Bellefonte.
The capital is $4,000 each and the
companies are named for the districts
IN which they are to operate as fol-
lows: Fermanagh Township Electric
Co, Juniata county; Penn Township
Electric Service, Rye Electric, Watts
Township Electric and WheatfieId
township Electric companies, Perry
county.
Snyder Honored. - Senator P. w.
SnJ Ter, of Blair county, has been
elected president of the new Blair
County Historical Society.
Argument Called OF. - The argu-
ment in the Wilkes Barre lighting con-
tract which attracted general attention
for time has been postponed. 1t was
to have been held to-day.
To Visit Dam. - Members of the
legislative fisheries committees and
other lawmakers will go tosthe Nc
Calls Ferry dam on Wednesday to OBJ
serve the conditions attending the fish
way.
VIII Decide This Week. - ATTORNEY
General Brown says that he will COM
plete his decision in the Thaw case
this week. The hearing was held on
Friday.
Can't Collect Tax-Deputy Attorney
General largest to-day gave an opin-
ION to Auditor General Powell that
claims for State taxes against the Real
Estate Title and Trust Company, of
Philadelphia, on gross premiums for
lSS6-7-S can not be collected for the
reason that there is no evidence of
proper settlements. 1t is stated that
there was an effort to impose the tax
ana a. settlement was made, but moth
ing seems to have been done to force
the collection. The original settle
ments can not be found and there is
no data on file showing why the set
Elements We're made. Suit to bring
settlement can not be undertaken, he
holds on mere docket entry in the
Auditor Generals Department.
To Take a ReccsS.-Members of the
Legislature, who will reconvene to-
nlght VIII probably take a recess from
wednesday afternoon until the fol-
lowing Tuesday to enable men living
at distance to spend Good Friday
and Easter with their families. The
recess will enable work to be done on
the general appropriation bill which is
far from complete.
Can Pay For Supper.-Auditor Cen
eral Powell was to-day informed in an
opinion by Deputy Attorney General
Hargest that fifty cent allowance for
support may be granted to employees
of the State workmen's insurance fund
when they are required to work at
night The employees in question are
on an annual salary basis and the
fund board adopted a resolution allow
ing the charge. Mr.. Harvest says: "If
the night work prevents the emplove,
to whom it is allowed from taking
their meal at the usual place and re-
quires an additional expenditure.
therefor by them it is a proper allow
ance.
Guard Appointment. Adiutant
General Stewart to-day announced the
following appointments in the first
Infantry: stephen ]. Ketrain to be
second lieutenant of machine gun
company; Rutherford Mckay Warren
TO be first lieutenant Company c.;
Charles f. Fisher to be captain Com
pany G; Felix r. Campuzano to be
captain Company b; Norman p. Croft
to be first lieutenant and battalion ad
jutant; Harry r. Sage to be first lieu
tenant
appointments announced were: Zers
+. Blain, Philadelphia, to be first
lieutenant medical corps, and William
B. Dunsmore, Washington, to be first
lieutenant Company H, Tenth Infan-
try