Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-18

in any single month by the Employ
ment Bureau. The placements were
made through offices in fourteen
cities, including Harrisburg, Altoona
Johnstown, York. Philadelphia, Allen
town. Reading, Pittsburgh, New Cas-
tie. New Kensington. Scranton.a VIII
Jamestown, Erie and Oil City. or the
total number of placements, 1,2Tb
We're women and 11.754 were men.
There were 26s men placed on Penn
sylvania farms during the month OF
March by the Employment Bureau
and 100 placed in employment in an
thracite and bituminous mines. The
remaining 1876 men were placed in
industrial and miscellaneous employ
ment and all women were placed un-
der that classification. Approximate
ly thirty per cent. of the men placed
in employment were laborers. Three
hundred and fifteen women obtained
employment in industrial work and
tht remainder in executive. clerical
and domestic positions. During the
month of March employers requested
the Bureau for 24.s3S men workers
and 2,515 women workers. while
1926 men and 1850 women filed ap-
plications for employment. Virtually
all the applicants were referred to
positions for which they were con-
sidered suitable.
Hearing ON Autos.-Auditor GEN
eral Snyder told newspapermen last
night after being informed that the
news was abroad in Pittsburgh that
he had ordered summons to be served
in Pittsburgh. on representatives of
the White Motor Car Company to ap-
pear at his office next Tuesday for q
hearing as to why the state paid ap-
proximately $1,000 more for nine mo-
tortrucks for the State Highway De-
partment than the same trucks a
month later could have been purchas-
ed by private individual. He
had held up the warrant for the pay
ment of the trucks pending investt-
cation. He admitted, however, that
he knew of an inquiry being made
into the transaction outside of the
department, with which he has moth
ing to do. O'Neil followed this an
nouncement. berating Snyder and de-
claring that papers on file in his de-
partment show that the cars were
bought from the lowest of many bid
ders and that the transaction was
scanned by the Board of Public
Grounds and Buildings. IT'S mali
cious lie," he said.
Trustee Appointed. -. Governor
Brumbaugh to-day appointed DR..
Jane r. Baker. of West Chester. trus-
tee of the State Asylum For the
Chronic Insane at wernersville.
New Boiler RuIfng.-The Attorney
Generals Department in an opinion
rendered the Department of Labor
and Industry to-day decides that the
Industrial Boards ruling that boilers
not built in conformity with the
Boards boiler code may not be
brought into Pennsylvania cannot be
enforced. The opinion holds, how
ever. that such boilers cannot be OPP
Grated in the state unless changed
to conform with the Boards rules.
Complains sf Rates = Complaint
was filed with the Public Service
Commission to-day by Mayor J. A.
Heinman. of Butler. against the pro-
posed increase of rates by the Har-
mony, Butler and New Castle Rail-
way and the Pittsburgh. Mars. and
Butler Street Railway Co. The
Greencastle and waynesboro Railway
Company, operating in Franklin
county, filed notice of increased rates.
as did the Allegheny Valley Street
Railway Company.
Physicians Punished.-The State
Board of Medical Licensure at a re-
cent meeting decided to revoke the
medical license of three practicing
physicians of Pennsylvania, the ac-
tion in each case being based on
court records and sentences imposed.
The Board announces that 1t will use
every endeavor to keep the standard
of the medical profession in this state
high and will deal radically in all
such cases.