Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-03

ENlQ9Q96kf of the State Bu-
Hi S4aHsfnI6ITk reau of Economic
E4dHMUGEyuRl Zoology n. e n
SSsS towns in the an
Ezuaz thracite re g n
about Haz1e1Dn
according to an announcement made
oy the State Department of Agricul-
ture to-day. The department gave
out a statement which said that
state and national government ex-
perts We're in the region and that
TO prevent spread an absolute
quarantine would have been estah-
lished against potato shipments.
The disease is supposed to have
been brought to this country in a
shipment of potatoes received from
Germany some years ago" says the
statement issued by the department,
which says that the disease not only
ruins potato plants, but infects
soils.
DR.. ]. G. Sanders. state economic
zoologist, and a corps of national and
state agricultural experts. are now
ma aklng surveys in Luzerne, Schuyl-
Kill, Lackawanna and Carbon
counties, as the center of the potato
disease seems to be in the anthra-
cite region Ten mining towns be-
tween Hazleton and Freeland are af-
fected. Quarantines forbidding
shipments of potatoes will be estab-
lished at once and the growing of
potatoes on the infected soil will be
prohibited as there is no known
remedy to get rid of the disease,
which has been traced in several
countries and against which the
United States government declared
a quarantine in 1912.
To Go Over Top-state Treas
urer Harmon NJ. Kephart to-day is
sued a statement in which he said
he had arranged to pay all attaches
of the state government the full pay
at the middle of the month. This
is done so that the state govern
ment can go over the top on the
Fourth Liberty Loan" said he.
To Close Bids.-Highway Com
missioner O'Neil will to-day dispose
of the last of the bids for highway
construction. Most of them will be
rejected as the government has We
toed work and others are too high.
The department is not. asking any
bids now
Millions Certificates of
notification for the following stock
and bond issues have been filed with
the Public Service Commission;
Duquesne Light Co.. Pittsburgh,
bonds, s15.000,00O; notes $4,000
100000 three years six per cent.
gold: Penn Public Service Co., Phil
adelphia, bonds s139,0O0: Citizens
Light, Heat and Power Co.. of Penn
sylvania. Johnstown. bonds $780,
900; Penn Electric Service Co.,
Johnstown, bonds. 100000; Kane
frin oh q
bonds 100000, common stock.
s254,712.50; Lehigh Valley Transit
Co., Allentown, bonds S1s5,000; JEFF
ferson Electric Co., Scranton, pre-
ferred stock, $4,000; Lehigh Valley
Railroad. bonds S27. 100000; Water
Gap Water Co, Delaware Water
Gap, bonds $4,000; South Pitts
burgh Water Co., Pittsburgh, bonds
$1,000; Penn Central Light and
Power Co., Altoona, bonds SIPS, 900;
Penn Central Light and Transmits
sion Co., Altoona, bonds $50, 900;
Topton Electric Light and Power
Co.. Topton, bonds $4,000; Metro
politan Edison Co., Reading, bonds
s24.500: Lycoming Edison Co.. Will
Transport, notes S67. 500; Eastern
Pennsylvania Railway Co., Potts
Vile, bonds $4,000; Somerset Tele-
$4,000; Pennsylvania Water and
Power Co., HOLLYWOOD, bonds $780,
600; Susquehanna Transmission Co.,
HOLLYWOOD, bonds s32 900; Philadel-
phia Suburban Gas and Electric Co.,
Philadelphia, bonds $4,000; The
Williamsburg Electric Co., Hunting
don, bonds 100000; Allentown-Beth
lehem Gas CO., Allentown, bonds
S129, 900; Boyertown Electric Co.,
Boyertown, bonds $4,000.
How They Registered. = Major W.
G. Murdoch. the states chief draft Of
ficer, to-day issued a table showing
how the 1,14S.969 men who registered
in Pennsylvania on September II put
down their names according to dis
tricts. Philadelphia No 6. with which
was consolidated No. district. leads
second, with $40; Philadelphia, No.
%, is next, with S,0SS, while No. 50
has 1858, and No. 4S. 7,171. Washing
ton, No. 4, shows 6.S6i: New Castle.
No. j, 6,632; Washington, No. 5. 6.552;
Mercer, No. >, 6,467; Somerset. No. 2,
6,334. Schuylkill. No. 5, has 6,1o2, and
Chester county, No. 8, $50. Eight
Philadelphia districts have over 5000.
Calls For Doctors. - State Health
Department officers were to-day ask
ed to send doctors and nurses to help
combat an outbreak of influenza at
Butler, the first serious outbreak in
the western end of the state. More
doctors and nurses are being sent to
the Jefferson and Indiana county min
ing districts. where serious outbreaks
have been reported.
HeaFfing Cancelled. - The hearing
in the exaradition proceedings against
c. Emory Tittman, of Philadelphia,
was cancelled yesterday, as his coun-
sci withdrew the protest before the
Governor. Tittman, who is something
of a celebrity in Philadelphia, is want
ed on a charge of grand larceny in
New York.
Major Griffiths Spoke - Major Grif-
fths. of the State Treasury, yesterday
made his sixth speech of presentation
to an attache OF the State Treasury
entering the service. He presented a
goes TO Fort Thomas, and the sixth
star was added to the department flag
Senators Here. - Senator'S James
r. Weaver, of Latrobe, and Samuel w
Saius, of Philadelphia, were at the
Capitol.
ledge. active in the Johnstown Home
Defense organization. was here yester-
day to discuss arms with the Adju-
tant General. but found that the state
did not have any to give. 1t was sug-
gested that the JohnStown people do
ss the Harrisburg Reserves have done
and buy their own arms.
Ex-Member Dead.-Joseph A. Scho--
field, former member of the House
days ago. He was well known to
many here, as he took an active. part
in the session of 1911.
Chester Acts. Chester city coun-
ell Yesterday enacted ordinances clos
ing every place of amusement in the