Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-21

e@ssE speeding UP" to
increase the out
put of fuel, ac--
cording to officials at the State De-
partment of Mines. The reports for
the last tyo years have been very
carefully studied here and II Is fear
ed that the results of the influenza
outbreak may have a serious effect
upon the production. although in
many sections miners continued in
service as long as they were able
and returned as soon as possible.
The records of the department
show that in the anthracite region
there were 41s fatal accidents in
side of the mines and SO outside
in the first eleven months of 1918
against 451 and 81 in tahe same
period of 1917. In the bituminous
region there is also a more favor
able showing. the fatal accidents in
side of the mines being 416 and 45
outside for the eleven months
against 424 inside and 81 outside.
At the department this is con-
sidered q good record and is ''an
indication of extraordinary care on
the part of the workers considering
the rapidity with which they were
required to do their work"
Special Session. - Arrangements
have just been made for a special
session of the State Board of Par
dons to be held about January or
to dispose of cases held over or
not decided at the December meet
ing of the board on Wednesday. The
Webber. Barcons and other cases
will be considered at that time.
Sending Out Fish.-The State De-
partment of Fisheries was able TINS
week to distribute some young tsh IN
streams freqlented by trout Usher
men, it being the latest such WORK
was ever carried out. Demands for
young trout for next springs plant
ing" are heavy.
To Help Blind Man-For the first
time the Pennsylvania State Work
mems Compensation Board mas mace
a commutation of an award OF COM
pensation to an injured man so that
he could be re-educated. The order
u
Mackey provides that $500 shall be
paid by the Buck Rodge Coal Min
ing Company, of Shamokin, 10 Ben
Tomashefski, of Renshaw, Northum-
berland county, one of its miners
who lost his sight when cutting coal
it being supposed that his pick stuck
an unexploded charge of powder and
that the explosion blinded him. Mr..
Mackey's order says that the en-
ployer and insurance carrier have
Joined in a petition for commutation
of a sufficient amount to provide that
the man may go to an institution for
the blind for some education in or
der to acquire a new occupation ana
tnat the plan for re-education has
been approved. The $500 will be
taken off the weekly payments to
be made during the course of the
wear to the miner and the order re-
uuires that the insurance carrier see
that the claimant is placed in prop
er home.
Printing Code-The State Depart
ment of Labor and Industry has CIV
en- notice that the new code of safety
and sanitation for printing estab-
lishments will take effect on jan
uary l next. Special attention is
called by the division of industrial
hygiene and engineering to the pro-
visions for exhaust systems, which
it is urged be promptly installed in
case that equipment does not come
up to the standards proided.
After Doe Killers-The hunting
season of 1918 bids fair to bring a
considerable number of arrests for
violation of the game laws in its
train. In sections where people took
care of the birds, say State Game
Commission officers, there was good
shooting and the dear season seems
to have been prolific of kills and ac-
cidents, while the rabbit hunting was
the worst in years in many coun-
ties. The violations of the game code
have been turning up generally and
they have not all been by aliens,
Most of the arrests already reported
are of natives of the state. The
whole force of the State Game Com
and some special officers
have been engaged for days in efforts
to run down the persons who have
been shooting does. Several arrests
for the shooting of grouse have oc-
CURED, some of them near state
game preserves. In these cases it is
the pOllCy OL lu0 SldL0 OlllCSTS 10 III
sist upon the fines and costs as the
grouse have been ordered protected
so that they may be increased.
Harrisburg Week-Harrisburg will
have most of the hearings by the
Public Service Commission next
week. Three hearings are scheduled
and they will include the complaint
against fares and service of the Har-
ri htIrP RAILWAYS CarnOaOV on Man
day and against the steam heat rates
of the Harrisburg Light and Power
Company on Thursday. The argu-
ment in the Scranton Railways Com |
pany fare increase will be heard on
Monday. The city of Scranton and
some OF the nearby boroughs and va |
rious organizations are eomplainants. !
Militia Inspection--All command |
ers of Reserve Militia units have |
been called upon by AdJutant Gen. |
eral Frank d. Beary to be prepared |
for the first inspection of the Militia |
to be started next month and to run |