Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-21

| ANfA Va 81 N0t AlCCd
Under the terms of the act the
commission is composed of the Gov
ernor, Auditor General and Commits
sioner of Labor and Industry and
! the governor is chairman. Otto T.
Mallery, of Philadelphia, member
of the State Industrial Board, has
been chosen as secretary. William
Lauder, secretary of the State In
dustrial Board, will handle some of
the details of the organization. The
act carries an appropriation of
$40, 900. n.
BY the terms of the act the Com
mission is to secure tentative plans
of such extensions of public works
as may be made by departments,
branches, bureaus or commissions of
the state government and be adopted
Ito supply increased opportunities
for advantageous public labor dur
ing periods of temporary unemploy-
ment" such as industrial depress-
! ions. When such times occur the
Commission is to hold an inquiry
and If conditions are adverse to un-
dertake work to furnish employment
as far as funds in hand permit or
1t is advisable to do so.
| Examination Dates - Dates an.
nounced for state examinations are
as follows: II
Medical, Philadelphia. January Z,
8 and 8.
Dental, Philadelphia and Pitts .
| burgh, December 3, 4, and 6.
Time to Spray - State Zoologist
Sanders has issued warning that this
Is the time to spray for the orchard
disease known as the peach leaf
curl. 1t is better to do it now that
the leaves have fallen than in
| spring.
| New Hearings.-The State Com
pensation Board has ordered a new
hearing and examination of the
| claimant to be made in Haber VS..
| Monks, Bristol, and in Stott VS..
| White Il Brothers, Inc, Philadel-
phia.
! Hearings Held.-The Public Serv-
ice Commission held hearings to-
/ day on applications for changes of
tracks at grade crossings in West
| Rockhill township, Bucks county,
and in several gas rate cases. Hear
ings are being held also in Phila-
| delphia, PittsburghS and Scranton.
Goes to New Place Miss Mary
Stephen Mark, of Lebanon, clerk in
the Public Service Commission for
several years, has been appointed
to a clerkship in the Department of
Public Grounds and Buildings.
"DTy's" Dividcd-Delegation of
| WestmorelaIt countians appeared
at the Capitol to-day to urge ap-
pointment of a judge for that coun-
| ty, but Governor Martin G.. Brum-
baugh gave no indication of what he
will do. Senator James b. Weaver,
of Latrobe, saw the Governor at the
Executive Mansion, while others
waited at the Capitol. Senator Weav-
er is believed to be favorable to c.
B. Whitten. In the delegations were
dry" men who are divided between
Mr.. Whitten and Representative D.
]. Snyder of Greensburg, whose term
as legislator expires next week and
who will then be eligible for appoint
mCnt. Representative j. B. Gold
smith, of Mt. Pleasant, was also here.
Asks Jitney PapcrS-Howard Nit
eel, of this city, to-day filed an ap-
plication for a jitney certificate to
operate in Harrisburg in the district
bounded by Front, Sixth, Chestnut
and Division streets. This is the dis
trict which the Commission indicat-
ed it would not grant certificates for, /
but the applicant holds that traction ,
facilities are not adequate. The Har- |
risburg jitney cases will be argued
in the superior court the first week !
in December.
Mackcy II Suppliant"-Harry A. |
Mackey, chairman of the State |
Compensation Board, was counsel in |
a case before the Pardon Board to- |
day. This is my first appearance as |
an humble suppliant," said he Mr.. |
Mackey declined to discuss possible |
compensation legislation.
More Outbreaks.-Dr. B. f. Roy |
err acting commissioner of health, |
to-day reported new outbreaks of |
influenza in Cambria county to-day
and a serious situation at New Cas-
tie, whether DIR. ]. NJ. Campbell, !
medical officer. had been sent.
AppoiRtmentS.-Albe E. Swoyer,
of Honesdale, was to-day appointed
prothonotary of Wayne couny to
succeed Senate-elect Wallace ].
Barnes and Abraham L. Eckert as
alderman of the Second ward of
Pottsville.
Coaldale Objects The borough
Of Coaldale to-day complained to the
Public Service Commission against
the fares and zones OF the Eastern
Pennsylvania Railways Company.
Woodward Accounts.-James f.
Woodward, secretary Of internal af-
fairs elect, to-day filed a statement
showing expenditures of $2.7S5. of
which S2,7S5, of which $2.500 went
to the Republican state committee.
He received $40 from George J.
Churchill. Dalton T. Clarke, So
cialist candidate for lieutenant-gov-
ernor, spent less than $50.
Respite Giycn.-The. death war
rant of Sam Barcons, Allegheny, was
to-day respited from the week of
November % to that of January 13
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