Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-14

able comment a.
zzsszzEZ - the State Capitol
and men connected with the Audito,
Generals Department expect to come
close to n record. Moves TO get n
old accounts are being made with
considerable vigor and the books
will be so industriously cleaned thai
there are chances very much IN 70,
Vor of getting to the S37.500.00
high water mark made in November
1918. as the result of the heavy col
lections of delinquent taxes in the
last year of Robert X. Young. son:a
of which came along in the first year
of his successor.
The sS4,000,00 mark has only been
exceeded in four years in the states
history and only in the case of 1913
was it much beaten. At this time last
year the receipts were SS1, 500, C0C
in round numbers.
What is interesting men at the
Auditor Generals Department is
whether the development of the di-
rect inheritance tax is going TO make
up the loss following the enactment
of national prohibition. which will
hit the state and many municipali-
ties. 1t is believed that ii will help
much. Wealth is increasing in Penn
y
tration this tax should count heavily.
The Militia. - Considerable dis
cussion of plans for enlargement OF
the Reserve Militia is being heard
about the Capitol in view of the call
for men up to thirty-siX years Of age
and it is probable that authority for
the formation of additional cavalry
units and one or two regiments of in
fantry will be asked. Under the law
enacted by the last Legislature Penn
sylvania will be in shape to have its
own National Guard again when the
war ends, but no one knows what
will happen.
To Seek Ruling. - Plans for n
meeting of committee composed OF
officers of the State Department of
Health and various public institu-
tions of the Commonwealth, includ-
ing state hospitals. and representa-
tives of the State Board of Public
Charities, to be held here next week
have been completed with a view to
reaching some line of policy to pre-
sent to the War Department in re-
gard TO drafting of trained attend
ants at such establishm The
Public Service Commission 1as al
ready made representations to the
government about its engineers.
1t is stated that many men con-
nected with the state hospitals have
enlisted and others have been draft
ed and the desire is for an under
standing with the government IN re-
card to classiiications for these men.
s The 30th Code.-The code for
Safety in operation of what are
known as plant railways or the in
dustrial establishme narrow gauge
IN WITHIN r-Hf,l-S iG the fhirfipfh T0
be promulgated by the State Indus
trial Board. Scaffolding of all kinds
and clothing for women engaged in
factories were the latest to be Is
sued. The plant railway code takes
effect January l.
Big Hearing On.-Lancaster, Phil
adelphia, Erie and Harrisburg will
have Public Service Commission
hearings reXt week. Monday will
be devoted tc hearing arguments
here. while Tuesday the Middletown
and Wednesday the Wayne Sewerage
rates affecting part of suburban
Philadelphia and the first case of the
kind to come up. will be heard here.
The Lancaster hearing. fixed Tor
Wednesday. is in complaint of the
Lancaster Automobile Club against
the Lancaster and Ephrata Turnpike
COMPANY. Thursday the Stroudshurg
cases will be heard here. The Prog
ress Water Company hearing is set
for Wednesday.
Wagner Withdraws - Samuel P.
Wagner, Prohibition and Washington
nominee for Senator in the Schuyl-
kill county district, to-day filed his
withdrawal.
Two More to Die-Death warrants
fixing the week of October % as the
time for electrocution of Havern Lee
Cutlip and Albert Patterson. Alle-
gheny county, were issued to-day.
Object to Eight Cents-The Allied
Printing Trades Council of Scranton,
to-day filed a protest with the Public
Service Commission against the
eight-cent fare of the Scranton Rail-
ways Company. Complaint was also
filed against the policy of the Pen
Argyll Gas Company, operating in
Northampton county, in regard to
extensions and connections.
Personal Study-Dr. B. F. Royer,
acting commissioner of health, is
conducting personal Investigations
into the outbreaks of infantile par
alysis in the state. Every case is be-
ing followed up by state physicians
and inspectors.
No. . Has More TroubIe-Indict-
ments were returned last night in
Philadelphia against District Appeal
Board No. ., Local Draft Board No.
4 which formerly operated in the
Fifth ward, Mrs. Emma A. Bergdoll
and A. B. Gordon Davis by the special
Federal Grand Jury, which has been
devoting most of it's work in regard
to draft irregularities. Both of the
draft boards now under Indictment
had been ousted pending the investi-
cations by the jury. Local Board No.
! was indicted on thirty-five counts.