Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-06

situation. 1t is probable that the
question of a chief for the bureau
, of markets may be settled at that
time. The members will meet n
: number of Lancaster county people
and the following day will motor
through parts of Lancaster and
Chester counties and visit the farm
OF Secretary of Agriculture Charles
e. Patton.
The Department of Agriculture's
reports show a big expansion of the
area planted in buckwheat in north
ern counties and also many farmers
trying it, in Southern Pennsylvania.
Reports coming here also tell of peo-
pie needed in the fruit belts.
To Arrange Camp. Details of
men from the State Arsenal will
leave here within a few days for
Mt. Gretna to prepare for the annual
state rifle matches to be shot off by
teams representing organizations of
the Reserve Militia. The matches
will last the greater part of next
week, most of the high officers of
the Militia attending.
To Pay 1914 ,00O.-First payments
of money on account of second class
townships entitled to the cash road
tax bonus will be made from the
State Treasury in q few weeks. There
will be close to 1000 warrants to be
drawn for distribution of $944, 900.
Times Arc Abnormal.-Abnorm
conditions now prevailing in regard
to labor and material are given as
the main reasons by the Public SerV-
ice Commission for dismissing COM
plants brought against the Pennsyl-
vania railroad in regard to station
facilities in Cambria county and
in Gt hA of ha M n
operating in Westmoreland county.
The decisiors were written by Com
missioner James Alcorn. In the
complaint against the Pennsylvania
it was asked that an agency station
be established at Beaverdale as more
convenient to many people than
Lloydell, $500 feet away. Beaver
dale has developed more rapidly due
to mining operations. 1t is suggested
that it would be better to have one
commodious station and an agency
situated with regard to the bulk of
the population, but owing to the war
the commission will not act. In the
Latrobe case an extension of water
lines was asked for and the company
agreed if the persons to be served
would pay the difference between the
prices of labor and material now and
in normal times. The complaint is
dismissed with leave to renew in
January, 1920. In the complaint of
Byron c. Bair against the Bell Tele-
phone Company, growing out of SER
vice at Sinking Springs, Berks coun-
ty. it is held by Commissioner John
S. Killing that the company should
not refuse service.
Compensation Award:-The state
compensation board to-day announc-
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pensation in the claim of Eugene j.
CHASER VS.. ]. N. Garfield, Philadel-
phia, a case which was remanded
back to the board by Judge Suden-
reid, of Philadelphia, for a supple
mental finding. The board goes into
much detail of the case and holds
that there is no testimony to substan-
tiate even an insinuation of malign-
ing and gives data as to the in
jury sustained by the claimant. The
board awarded compensation in
three other cases which had been
the subjects of extensive study: Hahn
VS.. Reading Paper Mills Reading;
Cromly VS.. Everhart, Williamsport,
and Cleland VS.. Garrett, New Will
mington. The latter case was a
complicated one in which the owner
of saw mill agreed to remain with
the new buyer to show him how to
operate it. After the sale had been
made the boiler blew up and the
former owner contended that he had
remained as an employe and was en-
titled to compensation for injuries.
The defendant 'strenuously," in the
language Of the opinion, denied such
an agreement. The board in con-
sidering the testimony of the claim
ant and a miller to whom he had
spoken awards compensation.
In Executive Session.-The State
Public Service Commission today be-
gan its first August executive ses-
sion and will probably take action on
the applications for approval of coma
tracts and agreements on the ex-
tensions of the Philadelphia Rapid