Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09

6Es0SOoS celled or post
zxesEss.s;J poned because OF
s,.--4-- = the influenza con-
alilons. officials of the State De-
partment of Health say that it is
Impossible TO forecast when the or
uer against meetings of all kinds
may De changed and as the Public
service hearings bring people here
from an over the state sittings are
uncertaln Tor next week, although a
| large calendar has been prepared,
special calendar has been pre-
pared for sittings to be held at
wilkes Barre October 2s, "a and 20
by chairman w. d. B. Ainey which
| VIII include complaints against the
| scranton, Wlkes-Barre, Scranton
and Binghamton and Waverley,
Sayre and Athens railways, Luzerne
county Gas and Electric Co., and
| otheE concerns in the Luzerne and
Lackawanna district.
influenza has affected the staffs
or a number of the departments of
the State Capitol, but has caused
sharp decline in the number of
persons coming here for business of
various kinds. The falling off on
the visitors register at the Capitol
is very noticeable this week.
No First Degree Cascs.-The call
endar of the State Board of Pardons
for the session to be held on October
l6 does not contain any first degree
murder cases, although a dozen other
crimes are listed. over score of
| cases are listed
Argument On December 2. - The
state superior Court has fixed De-
cemoer at Pittsburgh to hear the
cases wherein franchise ordinances
specifying a flve-cent trolley fare
are involved. There are a number
OF such cases before the Public
Service Commission, the appeal hav-
iHs- been, taken in an Allegheny
county case.
To Meet Tomorrow.-The special
committee in charge or drafting leg
islation to provide for state appro-
priations to increase salaries of
teachers twenty five per cent. will
meet in Pittsburgh on Thursday
when officers of the State Board of
Education, Department of Public
Instruction and Philadelphia city
Tschools. will attend. A meeting was
held last week in Philadelphia.
Marcus Aaron. of Pittsburgh, is
chairman of the committee.
Draft ProgreSS.-S a te Draf t
! Headquarters has asked that all
| local draft boards do the best un-
| der the circumstances" to get Sep
tember registrants examined for
army service during the influenza
! epidemic and that where it is i'm
practicable to hold examinations to
notify headquarters. The call for
| 6,725 white mem to go to Camp
| Greenleaf is not to be taken from
the September registrants. The
Philadelphia district board last week
acted on 635 Industrial claims, 269
| being placed in class l and on 62
appeals, half being placed in class l.
The Harrisburg district board acted
on 465 agricultural claims. $50 be-
| ing placed in class /; 322 industrial
claims, 145 going into class 1 and
1 appeals, while Greensburg district
board acted on 3S7 industrial claims.
20 going into class l and 61 agri-
cultural claims, only 16 of which
went into class l. Four appellants
were placed in class 1.
March Is Worst.-March appears
to be the worst month for forest
fires in Pennsylvania, 692 having
occurred in that month this year.
April had 400 and May 252. Fifty
of last springs fires burned over
1000 acres each.
Tractor Work.-Results of h e
work of sixteen tractors of different
makes in the tractor demonstration
conducted recently by the State De-
partment of Agriculture on the
United States army quartermaster
depot farms near New Cumberland
were issued today at the Capitol.
Each machine had a different piece
of ground as to size and some plowed
in corn stubble with weeds several
feet high, while a few were given
fields with gullies and stones to
demonstrate adverse conditions. 4
heavy rain occurred during the DEM
onstration. Eight tractors were
worked in a field with two year old
corn stuhble with weeds five feet
high and then seeded 1t with wheat
MIR. Greasy Better. - EX-Represen-
tative William T Greasy, of Column
bia, who was taken i'll at the Bolton
while on a visit here, is reported as
much improved.
To Cut Timber. - Inmates of the
State Institution at Farview have
been put to work cutting timber on
the state tracts near the place.
Permits Issued. - The Water Sup
ply Commission has granted permis-
sion to the Dauphin county commits
sioners for the Fishing Creek bridge;
]. R. Umberger and H. G. Umberger
at Lebanon; commissioners of Union
county for a bridge over Turtle creek;
Lebanon Blast Furnace Company for
a channel at Lebanon, and Lavino
Furnace Company, for changes at
Sheridan.
For Marine Ways. The first ap-
plication to be approved by the State
Water Supply Commission for the con-
struction of marine ways has just
been issued to the Carnegie Steel
Company for such works near Glass
port Two other unusual permits
were issued to residents of near Au-
burn, Schuyllkill county, and Sha-
mokin lighting concern to construct
and operate coal dredging plants In
the Schuylkill river and Shamokin
creek.
Credit to Boards. - Major w. G..
Murdoch. chief draft officer. has sent
to local draft boards a telegram from
Provost Marshal General Crowder
complimenting them upon the success
of the registration of September II in
in Pennsylvania, which Major MUIR
dock says was carried out by the local
boards, to whom belongs the credit.
Many Cases. The Superior Court
has arranged to hear III cases which
have been listed. The Supreme Court
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