Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-03


committees of the Legislature in
charge of capital punishment aboli-
ton bills had some interesting near
ings in both ends of the State yester-
day. Prominent officials and law
yers denounced the present penalty as
barbarous.
Thanks Despite War. - Commits
sioner OF Health Dixon has received
a note of thanks from the secretary
of the Royal Botanical Gardens III
Berlin for some State publications
sent him. The war does not seem
TO have interfered with the German
routine.
More Seeking Insurance. - The
State Workmen's Insurance Fund has
received more applications the last
two weeks for insurance than in any
similar period in a long time. The
Fund will shortly invest a big sum of
its surplus. The success of the fund
is attracting attention in other States.
Many Go To Capital. - In spite of
the weather many people connected
with the State government and the
Legislature left for Washington to-
day. There was little doing at the
State Capitol to-day.
Medical Inspection. Inspections
of medical and sanitary detachments
of the National Guard are being
pushed by regular army officers. The
Eighth's detachment was inspected
last night.
Attended Meeting. - G. II. Writ,
the chief forest fire warden, attended
the big meeting at PottsVille yester-
day at which an organization was
formed to fight fires in the lower
anthracite region. Big interests have
agreed to work with the State.
Death From Paralysis. - state
authorities have received word of a
death from infantile paralysis at
Hazleton. An investigation is being
made.
High Cost of SuitS.-Costs in a single
case instituted in Northampton county
against a hog dealer on a charge of
selling hogs without authority from the
State Livestock Sanitary Board amount
ed to $4,000, according to information
just received here. This suit was
brought against a dealer who was
charged with having sold 500 hogs last
year without subjectiIg them to inspec-
tion by a veterinarian, and the state
agents charged that - farms were in
fected.
Biennial RcpcaIers.-The State will
adopt a policy OF presenting repealers
to the Legislature biennially in order
to keep the statute books of the COM
monwealth clear of obsolete laws This
will do away with the necessity of
enactng a big list of ropealers such as
was necessary in the session of 1915
and this year. The plan is to gather
data annually on the laws declared un-
constitutional or supersede and have
the books kept free Of them by means
of legislative enactments
Work During Recess.-Plans are be-
ing made for series of hearings and
inspections to be held here next weeell
when the Legislature is in recess and
number of members plan to return hero
from Washington or from their homes
the middle of the week. The State
Economy Commission will sit on two
days at least, to hear heads of depart
ments explain requests for increases.
Bridge Case NeXt.-The complaint of
the Lancaster Automobile club against
the traffic conditions on the Columbia
bridge, spanning the Susquehanna. will
be heard by the Public Service Commits
sion next Wednesday, it being a case
which has attracted much attention
among automobile owners and because
the bridge is one of the most Travelled
in southern Pennsylvania. Another case
to be heard will be the objections to
the abandonment of the flag station at
Middletown ferry, one of the Oldest
stops on the Pennsylvania Railroad and
where ferry was operated for over
$50 years and only recently abandoned
for regular trips.
Franklin Electric MerEer.-Governor
Brumbaugh has approved the merger
of four electric companies into the
Waynesboro Electric Company, of
Waynesboro, with a capital of $780, ,000
The companies merged are the Antrim
Quincy, Guilford and Washington town-
ship electric companies, w. l.. Minick,
Waynesboro, is the president.
Local Cases Listed-The Public Serv-
ice commission has listed the Harris
burg jitney cases for next Wednes-
day. The whole series will be taken
up.