Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-01

blanks cover almost a dozen classes
of corporations and the bulk of them
call for reports on business done dur
ing the calendar year, although some
ask for information on certain parts
of the year. The data will be used
as the basis for figuring the tax on
1917 business which will be payable
this year.
1t is estimated that there are over
$4,000 corporations in the state, al
though only about 23,200 are in the
class making formal reports. The
volume of business done by state
corporations during 1917 will show
tremendous figures it is believed at
the Capitol.
The Auditor Generals department
is also issuing blanks for the report
ing of unclaimed money and valuable
things which are liable to escheat to
the Commonwealth and which banks
and other concerns holding such ar
ticles of value or money must report.
No Danger to Chickens-"There
is no danger to chickens, pheasants
or quail from corn poisoned with the
limited amount of strychnine we will
USE III IIlG CtlOIL W MIL lHO u ONot
said DR.. Joseph Kalbfus. secretary
of the State Game Commission. I'VE
have made repeated tests on chick
ems and other fowls with poisoned
corn and they have survived enough
strychnine to kill a man." DR.. Kalb-
fus made the statement because of
protests which had come to him
that there was danger of killing do
mestic animals.
40. T,.r
Departm ent to-day called on the 200
fire insurance companies in Penn
sylvania to file statements of pre-
niums and losses paid during 1917.
This call is made annually and much
interest is attached to it now because
of the increases in rates lately an
nounced.
Capitol Closed-The State Capitol
was closed to-day because of the
holiday except the Auditor Generals
Office. The departments will resume
business tomorrow when the Public
Service Commission will meet.
Col. Burchfeld Honored-Colonel
and Mrs. Theodore Burchfield, of AL
toona yesterday celebrated their
hftieth wedding anniversary. Colonel
Burchfield was colonel of the Fifth
regiment during the Spanish-Ameri-
can War and he was also a former
mayor of Altoona. All the couples
children and seventeen grandchil-
dren were present. The children pre-
scented the colonel and his wife with
$50 in gold. Colonel Burchfield is
connected with tho State Library.
Governor Returns-GovernorB Brum-
baugh returned to-day from Phila-
deIphia. where he spent the weekend.
Lafean Makes CaII-Banking Com
missioner Daniel T. Lafean to-day is
"a E..sI
and loan associations in Pennsylvania
as of the close of their business for
1917.
MOttern Commutatlon-The papers
for the commutation of the death
sentence of Henry Ward Mottern, JEFF
ferson county, were sent to the Gov
ernor for his action to-day. The
board of pardons in it's reason says
Mottern's case is bound up with that
OF Haines, who was acquitted on
second trial, and that it's members do
not think justice will be done by
compellig one of the boys to suffer
the full penalty while "the other is
permitted to enjoy complete freedom,
nor on the other hand are we dis
posed to recommend the applicant for
pardon, as there exists no question as
to his guilt"
Commission to Sit The Public
Service Commission will sit to-mor-
row to hear several cases, ipcluding
the Derry township crossing COM
plants.
Names Pre-empted-The names of
the Liberty, National and American
parties are to-day pre-empted for the
York-Adams congressional and the
York senatorial districts. the Ma
tional for the First York; Liberty for
Second York and American for Third
York assembly districts.