Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-29

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Public instruction, to cooperate
with the State Department of Health
IN the carrying out of plans for
nealth, education and preservation
In u circular just issued, DR.. Fine
gan submits some regulations call
ing for fresh air, systematic exercise
and similar means which were pre-
pared by DIR. George K. Strobe, chief
or the division of school hygiene of
the State Department of Health, and
says that they should be followed.
Dr. F1negan in his letter an
nounces that plan for close COOP
GRAFTON between the educational and
,, health authorities has. been worked
out and that the new bureau in the
department of Public Instruction
Tor health promotion will have the
| assistance of Col. Edward Martin
and his staff.
DR.. w. d. Lewis, of PHILADELPHIA,
VIII assume his duties as second dep
uty superintendent of public instruc-
! tion this week. Late in the week
DR.. Finegan will have a general con-
ference with the newly-appointed
heads of bureaus.
Argument morTow-Areumen
VIII be held by the Dauphin county
court tomorrow afternoon on the
demurrer filed by the Attorney Cen
eral on behalf of the State fiscal of
| hcers in the equity action to re-
strain payment of appropriations in
| volVlng many thousands of dollars
10 slxty-six hospitals and homes de-
clared by the papers filed in the ac-
tlon 10 be sectarian. Several of the
institutions have also filed demur-
rers and others will be represented.
| The basis of the States demurrer is
that there is multiplicity of actions
EN- mbraced In one. Attorney General
| w. /. Schaffer and Deputy w. M.
Hargest will argue on behalf of the
| State.
Heat Case Soon-The hearing on
! the application of the Harrisburg
Light and Power Company for in
crease of steam heat rates here has
been set for October %.
10 rush Inspcction-Inspec of
potato growing in the southwestern
Pennsylvania counties which has
Deen in progress in Fayette and
stmoreland counties the last
week VIII be completed in those re-
gions during the coming week and
men will then go into the mining
communities of Allegheny and
washington counties for the study
OF the conditions. The reports on
the wart will be considered both by
| the state and national agricultural
authorities and used as a basis for
campaign against the pest which
mas caused loss of many thousands
| or dollars worth of potatoes in the
| lower anthracite field. In the event
that the wart is found in the coke
regions or In any part of the south
western bituminous field a ouaran-
tlne VIII be established as was done
IN parts OF Luzerne, Schuylkill and
carbon counties. The State experts
nave discovered the wart in districts
| ABOUT Lilley, mining community in
cambria county, and it is believed
that the Infection was carried in
some potatoes from the anthracite
neld and spread through lack of
care in selection of seed or cuItiva-
tlon. There were some facts ad-
duced IN the study of the Cambria
outbreak that led State officials to
fear that the wart had extended to
southwestern counties.
Ielephone MISUNDERSTANDING in
the. complaint of the city of pitts
burgh against the proposed continu-
ance or the wartime rates of the
Bell Telephone Company after De
cenlDer l. viii be resumed by the
uolc service Commission on Oc-
tober Is. The Public Service Com
mission has fixed that date after
consultation with interested parties
and TO permit its own expert ac-
countants to finish their study of the
business of the telephone company,
The prospects are that the Bell will
present further testimony and that
the examination of General Man
ager L. H. Kinnard by the special
counsel of the city of Pittsburgh
Will be the first matter taken nm
when the next session is held.
increases Ffled-Notices of in
crease of stock or debt have been
filed at the State Capitol as follows.
YORK Metal and Alloy Co, York,
stock. $50, 900 to s250,O0 Foco Oil
Co, Franklin, stock, 100000 to
$450,OOO; Advance Oil Co., Franklin,
stock, 100000 to 100000; Fair.
field Coal and Coke Co., Greensburg.
stock, $50,O00 to 100000; Irving
Worsted Co, Chester, stock, $142,-
600 to S165,000; Spang & Co., But
Ter, stock, 100000 to $500, 900:
Wllkes-Barre Light Co., Wilkes |
Barre, debt 100000 to $1,000, 900:
stock, $4,000 to $175,0OO; r. 81
Loughney Motor Co., Pittsburgh
stock, $25.O00 to 500, 900; Olympic |
Amusement Co., Pittsburgh, stock, !
$4,000 to $S6O,OOO; Dubois Fertilizer
Co., Dubois, stock, 100000 to s1OO,-
600; Universal Steel Co., Washing
ton, stock, 100000 to $363,OO0;
Ajax Paper Co., Downingtown, stock,
$150,OOo to 100000; Albert IT,
Brahm Co, Pittsburgh, stock, $780,
600 to 100000.
At Dedication-Governor William
c. Sproul, Chief of Mines Seward
Button and Deputy Chief Frank Hall.
are attending the dedication of the
Federal Bureau of Mines at Pitts
burgh to-day.
More Companies = Charters for
more electric companies to operate
in western Pennsylvania have been
sent to the Governor with Public
Service approval.
Many Trout Go Out-Thousands /
of trout are being shipped daily
from State fish hatcheries for dis |
tribution in streams in northern and |
central Pennsylvania according TO |