Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-23

phia, $780, 600 TO $4,000 National
Ffberstock Envelope Company, Phil
adelphia, $4,000 to 100000; VIII
Transport Improvement Company.
Williamsport, $275.O00 to S2s6,oO0;
Vetterlein Bros, Inc, Philadelphia'
100000 to 100000; Bartlett
Shotts- Wilson Company, Pittsburgh,
$40, 900 to s1OO,0O0; Lehigh Foun-
dry Company, Fullertown, $150,0OO
to $192, 900; Inland Mfg. Company
Pittsburgh, $4,000 to $4,000; II: 5.
Henry IL Company, Inc, Philadel-
! phia, $25,000 to $150,000.
Debt increases filed included
Braun Bros. & Company, Pittsburgh,
$150,0O0; The Janney Burroughs
Company, Inc, Philadelphia, $780,
900 to $1,350,000.
| Right Hand RAiling-The Pennsyl-
vania State Compensation Board
has awarded compensation in Evey
VS.. Sheldon Axle and Spring Works,
| Wilkes Barre, in an unusual case,
The employe fell while working in
/ the plant and injured his right arm.
He Is a right-handed man and when
! he returned to work was able TO
earn the same or higher wages by
| the use of his left hand, the right
being of little or no aid In perform
ance of duties. The board holds that
| he has in fact lost use of his right
| hand. The board has upheld the
referee and dismissed an appeal in
Catharine Howard VS.. S. S. Kresge
Company, Wilkes Barre, in which 1t
is held that claims of death result
| ing from tuberculosis alleged to
have been superinduced by blow
must be established by convincing
testimony"
Favor Season Changc-As a result
of the meeting of members of the
! Wild Life League and sportsmen
from Western Pennsylvania at Pitts
burgh a few days ago considerable
support has been found for the
project of taking thesprotection of
the game code OF 1877 away from
the red squirrel because of his de-
! structiveness and making him legiti-
mate game at all times, and a so to
advance the. opening of the black
bird season for the same reason.
| These two projects have been much
heard of since last summer when
farmers complained of the annoy
ance caused by the squirrels which
raided corn and other fields and
the numerous protests against the
blackcoats which came from farm
ers whose oats and other fields were
raided and people in towns who
were pestered by large fiocks of
blackbirds.
Support was also given to a move
ment for an increase of the force OF
the State Game Commission so that
1t will number 100 men. The pay is
to be left to the judgment of the
Game Commission but not to go
above $3.50 month.
Big Gas Confercncc-United States
fuel officials will attend the natural
In piftG-
burgh on January 8, according to
officers of thesPublic Service Com
mission which is arranging for the
meeting. Commissioner John 5.
Killing is to preside and the men ac-
tive in the management, engineer
ing and legal ends of all the natural
gas concerns of any size in the state
have been invited to attend. S. s.
Wyer head of the natural gas end
of the fuel administration is to speak
on the supply and Vice-President
L. l.. Graham, OF the United Natural
Gas Company, on conservation. Ac-
cording to officers here the confer
ence will have an effect upon COM
plants which are pending against
rates and service in the western and
central parts of the state and affect
thousands of consumers and many
industries.
To Close To-night-Several of the
State Capitol departments will close
tonight for the holiday. People will
leave for home tomorrow.
Protect River FrOnt-One of the
largest grade crossing abolition
propositions to reach the State Pub
lie Service Commission in many
months and which also illustrates
the manner in which the smaller
municipalities are moving to safe
guard their river fronts has come
from New Brighton. There are a
dozen or more grade crossings on the
Fort Wayne, whereby people go from
the central part of the town to the
waterfront and II is now planned
to abolish them all and to establish
instead three undergrade crossings
and then to improve the avenue
along the river.
New Trust FoIming-The Scotch
Valley-Turkey Valley Telephone
Company is reaching out again. This
time 1t is going after the Morrison's
Cove Telephone Company. The
Scotch Valley and the Turkey Val
ley were rival rural telephone lines
which operated in the section where
Blair county goes down to meet
Bedford and Fulton and they con-
solidated. Now they have come to
the Public Service Commission with
proposition for the sale and lease
of certain properties and facilities
of the Morrison's Cove Company to-
the new one. There is nothing to in
dicate whether the title of the COM
pany is to be heightened with it's
lines.
Thanks For NTIIItin-Members of
the Reserve Militia organization in
Lackawanna and Luzerne counties
have received letters from Governor
Brumbaugh thanking them for the
service they rendered during thu re-
cent epidemic when so many of the
men were actively engaged.
Main Returns-Lieutenant w. r.
Main. U. 8. N, who was auditor of
the State Highway Department ~
several years and is now stationed
at Boston, is home on a furlough.
SHe was warmly greeted by friends
at the Capitol.
Protests LikcIy-It is probable
that there will be protests filed
against the new grade crossings in
Oil City, where 1t is proposed to de-
velop some new industrial sections
and to establish grade crossings to
do 1t.
Need More Politics.