Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-08

ber of complaints with the Public
Service Commission during June, no
less than xty-eight being entered.
Applications for approval of, various
matters by the commission and mu-
nicipal contracts, which constitute
much of the routine work of the
commission, only numbered ten more
than the complaints. There were
twenty-three cases decided during
the month and dozens of applica-
tions and contracts approved.
State q Loscr.-A recent decision
of the Supreme Court of Pennsylva-
mia in regard to priority of Federal
inheritance taxes over the state df-
rect inheritance tax will cost the
commonwealth anywhere from three
quarters of million to a million dol
lars annually in opinion of men con-
nected with the fiscal department of
the state government. The decision
was handed down recently after ad-
verse decisions against the state in
Philadelphia, Westmoreland and
Montgomery counties. The point at
issue was whether the Federal tax
was to be considered in the same
class as estate administration ex-
penses and just debts. The courts
held that it was and should be de-
Quoted before the commonwealth
could make its claim on the value of
an estate.
Public Service.-The Public Sery-
ice Commission, which will consider
the transit lease in Philadelphia at
it's executive session here on Tues
day, will have hearings during the
week in Philadelphia, Allentown,
Wilkes-Barre and Pittsburgh Mon
day has been reserved for argument
here. A number of grade crossing
cases are to be heard in Harrisburg.
The Wilkes Barre cases will be on
complaints against increased fares.
Bankers Called. = Banking Com,
missioner Lafean to-day issued call
to 100 representative bankers or
Pennsylvania who are connected with
meet in Philadelphia on June IA at
IL a.. IN. to form a state association
for the purpose of cooperation with
the federal authorities during the
war. The suggestion that such an or
ganization be formed was made at
the Hot Springs convention of su-
pervisors of state banks, and ma
tional organization will also be Gre
ated. +. z. PaSsmore, governor OF
the Philadelphia Reserve Bank. has
written to Mr.. Lafean commencing
the purpose of the organization and
giving assurance of cooperation: atho Nv -
b. e. p. Prugh, of the Prohibition
state committee, to-day secured from
the State Department names OF men
not connected with that party who
had been elected to seats on the Pro-
hibition state committee by scatter
ing votes and, will ask them to re-
sign. There are about thirty such
elections reported.
Efforts were made at the Capitol
to-day to secure the returns of Al
legheny, Lackawanna and LuZerne
counties as the official count of the
vote cast on May u can not be start
ed until theX hand.
The O'Neil committee of Westmore-
land county to-day filed a statement
of S1S1 expended.
Pardon Is First. - A pardon issued
by the Governor of Pennsylvania on
recommendation of the State Board of
Pardons is paramount and there is
justify any authority in disregarding
the full legal effect of a pardon" says
Attorney General Brown in an opin-
ion to George d. Thorn, secretary of
sponse to an inquiry as to the eff
feet of a pardon on the parole of a
persons convicted of prior offense.
The inquiry attracted considerable at
tention as person convicted and
having served the maximum period
of his indeterminate sentence was
paroled and while on parole commit
ted and vas conyicted of another
a pardon for the second offense. Mr..
Brown, in an exhaustive review of
the case says that "a person convicted
while on parole of another offense and
for which he was subsequently par
doned, must be considered as still on
parole for the first offense, and, un-
less other circumstances appear, is
entitled to his freedom on parole"
Rochester Joins. = The borough of
Rochester to-day Joined municipal
tiles which have filed complaints
against the new rates of the Man
ufacturers Light and Heat Company,
of Pittsburgh.