Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-13

will receive s22,27s.s5; Chester with
2,045.34 miles, $35,491.55 and Bucks
with 1.631.22 miles, $25.419.27.
The bulk of the counties have been
certified for 1911 payments, those
for 1910 and 1912 having been met
last year when an aggregate of ST.
875,470.40 was appropriated to pay
arrears due to the townships under
the acts of 1905 and 1909. The bonus
system was abolished by the Legis-
lature of 1915 after it was found
that the state was not meeting its
obligations to the townships by ap-
propriations and it is figured out
that the next general assembly will
be called upon to appropriate ST.
142,049.3S to square accounts for
1913 and 1914.
Ready For SoIdiers-Over 10000
blank forms for soldiers to author
ize persons at their homes to pay
taxes so that men in the military
service may vote at camps are being
sent to the various cantonments by
Secretary of tn commonwealth
Woods. They are being sent to forty
four camps where Pennsylvanians
are located. Efforts are being made
to find out how many pennsylvan-
ians will be in camps in the United
State sin November so that commits
.sioners can be sent. No decision in
regard to the men overseas has been
reached.
Fairman Reappointed-John A.
F'airman, of Pittsburgh, has been re-
appointed a member of the board of
inspectors of the western peniten-
tiary.
Object to Fare-Residen of Mt.
Bethel to-day filed complaint with
the Public Service Commission
against the increase of fares on the
Bangor and Portland street railway
to six cents. The borough of Clarion
and residents of that place complain
ed against the service of the Monon-
gahela Valley Water Company as in
Humes RetireS-E. Lowry Humes,
United States District Attorney for
Western Pennsylvania who resigned
recently to enter the army, to-day
resigned as a member of the National
Guard Reserves.
Fees Fixed-In an opinion rem
dered to-day the Attorney Generals
Department gives the state board of
examiners of public accountants, the
authority to make charges for pre-
liminary examinations, the fee paid
to be credited on the final examiEa-
ton. Twenty-Five dollars is the max
imum to be charged.
New PoIiceman.-S. P. Batdorf, of
Lebanon, was to-day appointed
special policeman for the Bethlehem
Steel Company.
Bond Approyed.-The bond of w.
w. Muir, the new sheriff of Warren
county, was approved to-day.
Investigate PolIution.-Investiga
tion of causes of pollution of the
Susquehanna near WilliamsporJ is
under way by state fish 'wardens as
complaints of hundreds of splendid
fish being killed by wastes have been
flooding the Capitol. 1t is believed
that paper mill or tannery waste is
running the waters and the sourcei
will be traced.
Men Disqualified.-Adju Gen.
eral Beary to-day issued orders dis
qualifying regimental officers from
serving on rifle teams at Mt. Gretna.
Young nt Scranton. William
Young, of the State Department of
Labor and Industry, is attending the
convention at Scran-
ton.
Mr.. Patton Returns. Secretary of
Patton has returned from
Chester county, where he spent the
weekend after the meeting of the
state commission.
At the Matches. Adjutant Cen
attended the rifle matches at Mt
Gretna to-day.
Home From Dix. Banking Com
missioner Daniel F. Lafean has re-
turned from Camp Dix, where one of
his sons is an officer.