Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-26
EVEN ELEVATORS
RATES ADVANCE
Pittsburgh Concerns File No
tees of Increases For
Their Services

The Central and Exchange Eleva-
tor companies. of Pittsburgh. TODAY
MED notice with the Public Service
commission that December 20 new
tariffs for drying grain would be-
come effective, the latter company
also increasing rates for sacking. but
reducing price for bleaching. The
IaM Transportation Company, op-
Grating between Charleroi and Bel
leVernon, filed notice of increase of
rates on December 81 from five to
ten cents; The Erie County Tele-
phone Company increasing party line
ana rural rates and the Revere Ma
tural Gas Company, operating in JET
Ierson county. new scale of rates
effective January /.
superintendent q. A. Shreiner to-
uay arranged for representation of
the force of the Department of Pub
iIc Grounds ana Buildings at the fu-
neral of f. +. Rohn, sergeant of
state Capitol police. Mr.. Rohn was
ABOUT to be retired, after thirty
years service.
met this afternoon in executive ses-
sion.
Word was received here TODAY
that Secretary of the Commonwealth
cyrus E. Woods was in a very satis-
Factory condition at the University
Hospital, Philadelphia.
Representative III. T.. Lanius. of
ork county, who has been blind for
several years, underwent an opera
ucn for removal of an eye on Sat
urday.
Fred j. HoIben, of the State DO
partment of Agriculture. has resign
I ed to enter State College faculty,
DR.. Nathan G. SchaefTer. state su-
pertntendent of public instruction.
delivered the address at Bethlehenn
High school dedication.
Governor Brumbaugh made reoui-
sitlcn on the governor of New York
Tor return TO Philadelphia of Walter
q. Wilson. wanted on murder
charge. He is at Brooklyn.
Complaint was filed with the Pub
lie Service Commission to-day by w.
5. Coausworth and II. S. Miller. who
have certificates for a jitney line in
the DouoIa-Monessen district. that
] StavCros Maroulas, George DeFones.
| Tom Filen and John Maris, all of
MoEessen. were operating iitne-s
without state certificates.
The Franklin Board of Trade To-
day called attention of the Public
Service Commission to the fact that
the New York Central railroad had
cancelled Sunday travel on the oil
City branch. The commission in
! formed the board it must file a for
mai complaint.
The Public Service Commission To-
day issued an order dismissing the
complaint of the borough of Galeton
against the Potter Gas Company
which had ordered the borough to
turn off during daylight the natural
! gas furnished free for street light
ing. The effect of the order is that
the borough must turn off the gas
and turn 1t on and bear expense of
| adjusting lamps. The company con-
tended that 1t was trying to conserve
| natural resources and the commits
| sion upholds its move to prevent
| waste.
The name OF the Town Meeting
| party was pre-empted to-day for the
| York senatorial district by Noah
Reever, George I. Wanbaugh, John
! Fl. Klbbler, Guy S. Shelter, r. c. Kel-
/ Ter, Charles +. Foist and S. l.. SeitZ.
all of Glen Rock.
The Attorney Generals Depart-
ment has given an opinion that rec
| ords of the State Department OF
Health cannot be produced on de-
mand of a state compensation ref
cree ''if the State Department OF
Health regards it as improper to
! produce such records, but that the
doctor who made the examination
| Cat tubercular dispensary) wheth-
| er he be an inspector or not, must
! testify to relevant facts within his
knowledge, even though such facts
were obtained in his capacity az q
| physician In the employ of the De-
/ partment of Health"