Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-04

claims, arising each year and which
must be paid, in many cases, during
period of years, and also to general
wage increases.
According to the records of the
Workmen's Compensation Bureau,
the total number of compensation
agreements. approved during the
year was 65.574. OF this number,
6S,025 covered non-fatal accidents,
while 2,549 covered fatalities. The
total amount of compensation paid
in non-fatal cases during the year
was S3,257, 7,SS1.93, while S1,154,-
99S.S1 was paid in fatal cases. Com
pensution awarded for fatalities dur
ing the year was $6.77S,SS0.76. The
total number of agreements for the
payment of compensation approved
during the year 1917 was 1906.
Compensation costs for permanent
disability of workers during 1918,
according to agreements filed in ac-
cordance with the compensation
law, are as follows: Loss of hand
262 cases, total cost 39,413.S6; loss
of arm, 20 cases, total cost $780,
| 1851; loss of foot, 154 cases, total
cost S212,1S7; loss of leg, los cases,
total cost $202,636.71; loss of an
eye, 699 cases, total cost SS37, 1855.
Two thousand two hundred and
fifty claim petitions for workmen's
compensation were received and as
| signed to referees during the year
| 1918. Awards were made in 735
cases; 4S8 were disallowed; 646 were
dismissed; 1873 were withdrawn, and
| 242 are still pending. The total num-
ber of cases received and assigned
! during the year 1915 was 1870, and
in 1917 the number of cases received
and assigned was 1894.
The Compensation Bureau also
received and assigned 963 petitions
for termination and for modification
during the year as follows: Petit
tions for termination 649; petitions
| for modification 314.
| During the year 1918 there were
397 appeals taken to the Workmens 8
Compensation Board, 335 arising
out of claim petitions, and 62 out of
modification and termination petit
tions; SIS petitions for commutation
were also filed with the Board, and
261 petitions for review.
An Army of Notarics-The COM
missions of approximately $500
notaries public will be issued or re-
newed during the forthcoming ses-
sion of the state senate. Not much
time will be taken in acting upon
! thSSO SOhlhiiSSiOlSt IL Is true, DuI
! they must be acted upon. There
may have been time when notaries
public were few and far between,
and considered very important ad-
1uncts to the state, and the practice
of having the senate pass upon them
probably dates from that time.
There are approximately 100 in
| terim appointments of notaries to be
| approved These are com missions
issued since the rising of the last
senate. In addition there will be
1900 or 2,S00 renewals or new COM
missions, depending upon the length
of the session. The interim appoint
ments must be confirmed by the
senate and the commissions are then
| renewed.
| State Papers-If some legis-
lator has the nerve to introduce q
bill providing for an appropriation
covering the cost, it may yet be pos
sible for the people of Pennsylvania
to know what the governors of this
state since the days of William A.
Some have said in their official state
papers. But the beautifully bound
+ volumes titled Papers of the Gov
ernor" cease with the administra-
! ton of Gov. Stone, consequently the
. official pronunciam mentas of Cover
nors Pennypacker, Stuart, Tener and
Brumbaugh remain hidden from the
world in their original and unbeau-
tiful form. For example, the BIZ
ennial report of the secretary of the
commonwealth, dated Dec. l, 1918,
credits Gov. Brumbaugh with AZ
proclamation in 1918, up to Dec. /
and 80 in 1917. During the preced-
ing two years he issued thirteen,
making a total received by the secre-
tary of the commonwealth of So.
But there were a number which did
not reach the secretary at all, so
that the present governors total is
in the neighborhood of 110. These
will all be available for studious
Pennsylvanians If some legislator
[, will Introduce and secure the pas
sage of q bill appropriating money
for bringing Papers of the Cover
nors'' down to date. Usually 1000
copies are issued. under the direc-
ton of the state librarian. Papers
of Governor" include all of the
executives messages and proclama-
| tons. Governor Brumbaugh wrote
each proclamation himself in long
hand. usually in the library of the
| axecutive mansion. With a long
| Sr,- atgar which he smOkAd ft,r