Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-21

/ NNN4A'Ni IHldShNellS, llOSa county; |
Austin and Crossforll, Potter county, |
The planting work will start about |
| April 10, and continue six weeks in |
| which time it is hoped to plant from
-FOUR to five million young trees
winch have been raised in state
nurseries. Three hundred men,
/ seventy-five of whom will come from
State College, will be employed. The
/ department has received applications
for million and a half forest seed
| lings. of which 1000 have been
asked by the city of Altoona. The
! total is not much less than asked
last year in the state and is taken
! TO mean that labor to plant is in
/ sight. The first shipments will be
/ started in a few days, providing
weather remains good.
Mr.. Abbott Here-Ex-Re epresenta-
tive Z. NJ. Abbott, of Philadelphia,
was here yesterday on Pardon Board
/ business.
Chester County Visitor-Ex-Dis-
/ trict Attorney w. w. McElree, of
| West Chester, was at the Capitol
yesterday.
! No Decision Given-The Public
Service Commission did not hand
down any decisions last night in any
of the trolley cases. Hearings were
held yesterday in Coudersport and
/ Pittsburgh.
Went TO Philadelphia-Secre
/ of the Commonwealth and Mrs.
! Cyrus z. Woods. left last evening for
Philadelphia, where Mr.. Woods will
consult medical men and then go to
| his home in Greensburg for a short
/ rest.
Mr.. Ramsey Files Papcr-Repre-
sentative w. T. Ramsey, of Chester.
chairman of the rules committee of
the last House, yesterday filed a pc
| tition to be a candidate for renomi-
nation in his district
Big Road Plan-Agitation for the
improvement of the old Susque-
| hanna and Waterford pike from Erie
to Tyrone to connect with the Will
/ liam Penn highway is gaining mo-
mentum rapidly. Already four
! counties have signed up on the prop
osition-Clarion, Blair, Crawford and
! Erie. The amount to be paved in
each county averages about IS miles
and delegations are forming to urge
the counties not yet signed to do so.
The commissioners of Jefferson,
lClearfield and Venango counties are
still debating the proposition, but
are expected to accept and sign for
it.
Erie county has agreed to spend
( 81, 500, 600 on the state roads within
her borders. Crawford county has
signed up with the State Highway
Department to spend 100000 on
state roads and to submit to her
voters a bond issue of SS00,000.
Water Conference HeId-Repre-
sentatives of water companies oper-
ating in many counties. cities and
boroughs of the state discussed the
proposed uniform system of book
keeping for water companies with
members of the Public Service
! Commission to-day at the Capitol.
/ The system was worked out by
| Coleman ]. Joyce, chief of the
Bureau of Accounts, who held hear
| ings on it in various places in De-
cember and the criticisms and sug-
| gestions made at those hearings
were studied. The draft discussed
to-day is the final paper.
Ruling on Asthma-The State
4 Compensation Board has refused the
claim of John Bell Schofield, Phila-
delphia VS.. Z. G. Budd Manufac-
/ turing Company, Philadelphia. for
/ compensation because of asthma al
! legged to have been contracted while
/ acting as a fireman and from in
! halation of coal dust. THE asthma
is not the result of any particular
| inhalation of the coal dust, but must
! of necessity have developed from
long continued exposure and physi
cal irritation from the coal dust. So
far as can be determined the asthma
was developed by gradual process"
says the decision.
Major McCauley Here-Major
Levi G. McCauley, former Auditor
General, was a visitor to the capi-
tol yesterday.
More SmallpoX-Addition small
poX cases have been reported as de-
veloping in York.
| Lancaster the Center-Governor
Brumbaugh and many state officials
attended the celebration of Lancas-
ter's centennial last night The CITY
was the historical land officia! cen
ter of the state last night.
Compensation Case - Indicating
that the Pennsylvania industrial
compensation laws are applicable to
all accidents occurring in the course
of employment, without regard to
time, place or circumstance, the
supreme court of Pennsylvania
handed down a decision yesterday.
upholding the opinion of the work
mems compensation board in the
claim of Mrs. Henry +. Siglin, of
Scranton, against Armour G. Co.
also of Scranton. The opinion of the
board had been taken to the court
of common pleas of Lackawanna
county and then appealed to the
Supreme Court. According to Off
cials of the workmen's compensa-
ton board, the decision is an import
ant victory for workmen of Penn
sylvania and shows the strength of
the Pennsylvania industrial laws as
compared with those of other states.
PATRIOTIC PRAYER SERVICE
The weekly patriotic service Of
prayer will be held at Pine Street
Presbyterian Church tomorrow aft
ernoon at SIS o'clock. The service
will last a half hour. The singing
will be led by Mrs. Roy G. Cox.
Only One "BROMO QUTNINE.