Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07

tol tHe payment by the state, In ad-
d1tlon to its present school appro-
priation, to every school district in
the state, at least one-fourth of the
salaries now paid by such districts
to their teachers. This committee
was authorized at the meeting of the
Board held in Philadelphia and it is
expected that an early launching of
the movement will be started.
The membership of the committee
Is William Lauder. Robert C. Shaw,
DR.. Nathan e. Schaeffer, State Super
lntendent of Public instruction and
Or. j. George Becht, Secretary of
the board. 1t is believed that the ad-
dltlonal sum required will be about
$lo,g0O,0OQ, but resolutions adopted
by the board declare that it is alb
solutely essential to assist school
districts in paying teachers salaries.
me resolutions call attention to the
iact that the increased cost of liv-
ing requires more pay for teachers
ana that the districts because of the
war emergency are unable to hold
teachers needed, especially fol
Americanization of foreign born and
to make schools effective without
paying more. 1t is also claimed thai
real estate, in addition to taxes borne
Tor general government, bears the
entire cost of maintaining the school.
except the state school appropriation
which is comparatively small com.
pared to the gross cost of education
in Pennsylvania. The suggestion /.
made that the state, which has var
ious untouched sources from which
revenue may be obtained" should
increase its allowance for education
and not unduly burden school dis
tricts which have only real estat,
as their sources.
Printing Code Data-The STATE
Printing Code, drafted for safetN
and sanitation in the printing trade
will be the subject of a hearing b,
the committee named by the STATE
industrial Board at Philadelphia, OF
June II. The Industrial Board will
meet in Philadelphia on June 10 fol
general session and on June 25 il
this city the final hearing on the
transmission of power code will bC
held with the final hearing on tn,
eye protection, or goggles code, here
the following day.
Many Rate BooSts-The Public
Service Commission has announced
that fifty-nine tariffs of increased
rates to become effective on or abou
July 1 have been filed. They in,
ten street railways, nine natural ga.
companies, seven telephone com
panies, six artificial gas companies
three water companies and one each
from ferry, steam, sewage, transfer
and pipe line companies. Amonl
recent increases are Mt. Penn GRAY
ity Railroad Co., Reading; st. Mary!
Gas and St. Mary's Water Comp
anies; Stroudsburg Traction Co.
which raised fare to six cents; Cado.
gan Gas Co., Ligonier Valley Tele
phone Co., and Ridgway Light an,
Heat Co.
New Exnminer.-W. N. Boggs, o
Pittsburgh, was to-day appointed i;
state bank examiner to succeed
Wesley Conn, Delaware county, whC
resigned to enter the service of {
trust company.
Senator Graf Dcad.-The death o,
Senator ]. Frank Graft. of Armstrong
county, was officially announced a
the offices of the State Senate to,
day and a committee will be named
by President Pro Tenn. Buchanan tC
attend the funeral. The death of the
Senator will mean that there will bt
four special Senatorial elections to b'
held this fall, other vacancies hav'
ing been caused by deaths of Sena
tors J. P. McNichol and C. ]. Maget
and resignation of Auditor Genera
Charles A. Snyder. The Lieutenant
Governor will proclaim the specia
elections.
Park Money Used Up.-The mex
Legislature will be asked to make al
allowance of $4,000 to meet the pur
chase of the last property for Capito
Park extension, the appropriation
having been exhausted. AS a resul
of settlements effected just befor,
the appeals of e. N. Cooper & Co
and Helen NJ. Lee were to be hearC
in the Supreme Court the state Sc
cured title to their properties anC
payment was ordered made. In th'
Lee case the payment was made, bu
$4,000 short of the amount needed
for the settlement of the Coope
claim of $4,000. The total appropri
alton made for park extension prop
erty purchases was S2,300,0O0.
New Officers. - Governor Brum
baugh to-day announced appointment
of ]. Kennedy Mccormick as captain
| of the Reserve Militia to comman
the Lock Haven company, wit
| Charles L. Swab to be second lieu
tenant. Edward Hadie. Pittsburgh
was appointed second lieutenant o
Company A, Third Infantry.
Bid Rejected.-The State Highwa
Department to-day rejected the bi
of 67,126.60 which was submitted b
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